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I said this a year ago. When Kawhi was a 4th option scoring 15 a night he could focus all his energy on defense and just play off other guys. Ever since he became a "superstar" and is expected to drop 25-30 every night hes been average to subpar as a defender. Still livin off his reputation from 5 years ago.
 
playahaitian said:
Zion Williamson out indefinitely with fractured finger as Pelicans blame injury on officiating

New Orleans Pelicans power forward Zion Williamson is out indefinitely with a fractured left ring finger, an injury that executive vice president of basketball operations David Griffin said was "avoidable" if the league did a better job officiating his franchise superstar.
Williamson, who is left-handed, underwent a CT scan Thursday prior to the team leaving for Philadelphia that revealed the injury. A treatment plan and timetable for his return will be determined after further evaluation.
Griffin didn't specify when the injury occurred, but Williamson appeared to hurt the finger while attempting to get a rebound in Tuesday's 108-103 win over the Golden State Warriors. With roughly nine minutes left in the third quarter, Williamson appeared to injure the finger while going up for an offensive rebound against Warriors center Kevon Looney.
Williamson grabbed at his left hand as he went back up the court. On the other end, after a Stephen Curry 3-pointer, Williamson walked to the bench and asked to be subbed out. He subbed back in four minutes later and helped lead the Pelicans to a victory.
Pelicans Call Foul

Zion Williamson is fourth in the league in free throw attempts per game, but the Pelicans believe he should be getting to the line even more.
FTA PER GAME
Joel Embiid11.1
Giannis Antetokounmpo9.7
Trae Young8.8
Zion Williamson8.7
Jimmy Butler8.0
Griffin said he believes the injury was likely the result of an accumulation of hits.

"I believe he probably suffered the injury over a period of time," Griffin said. "It's a striking injury. It's a blunt-force injury. He was being beaten on the hand over and over and over again. For me to tell you one time, I don't think I can do that. I don't think he knows one time."
Griffin's comments came during a striking 13-minute news conference Friday in which he went after the league for the way Williamson has been officiated this season.
"I'm really frustrated because this was avoidable. We told the NBA through every means available to us, through sending in film, through speaking to everybody in the officials department and everybody in basketball operations, that the way they were officiating Zion was going to get him injured," Griffin said. "And, quite frankly, he's injured because of the open season that there's been on Zion Williamson in the paint.
"He has been absolutely mauled in the paint on a regular basis to the point that other players have said to him, 'I'm going to keep doing this to you because they don't call it.' There is more violence encouraged in the paint than any player I've seen since [Shaquille O'Neal]. It was egregious and horrific then, and the same is true now."
Entering Friday, Williamson was second to Giannis Antetokounmpo in total free throw attempts and behind only Antetokounmpo, Joel Embiid and Trae Young in free throw attempts per game this season. Still, Pelicans coach Stan Van Gundy said his star should be shooting even more.
"He certainly takes a lot of hits. We've been on the referees hard. I know I have been every game," Van Gundy said. "I get the response that, 'Well, how many free throws has he shot?' and my response is always, 'Not enough.'
"The guy gets hit all the time. ... In my opinion, he should easily lead the league in free throw attempts. The swipe-downs, the guy on both hands is just getting killed every night. The referees let it go too often. This is what you're going to have."
Those echoed the comments that Van Gundy made April 28 when Williamson was apparently fouled by the Nuggets' Nikola Jokic on what would have been a game-tying dunk in the final seconds. There was no call on the floor, and Denver came away with a two-point victory. The NBA's Last Two Minute Report released the following day ruled that Jokic did foul Williamson.
Griffin noted that Williamson, who does not have a technical foul this season (and also didn't have one in his one season at Duke), has been "doing exactly what he was taught to do in terms of honoring the league's rule around decorum. He was respectful to officials. He was having conversations with officials, using the language that the head of officiating told him to use."
Griffin also said that Williamson has been playing with an injury to his right hand as well.

"He's a player that wanted to be available to his teammates so badly that he played through an injury that quite frankly nobody else would've played through," Griffin said. "What reward he got for that was injuring the other hand in a way that didn't need to happen at all."
With Williamson out, the Pelicans were without five of their top eight scorers against Philadelphia on Friday. Brandon Ingram's injury was dubbed a "left ankle inversion sprain" by Griffin, who added that Ingram will also be out indefinitely as he tries to work himself back.
New Orleans was also without center Steven Adams (toe injury), Nickeil Alexander-Walker (left high ankle sprain) and Josh Hart (right thumb surgery).
The Pelicans entered Friday's game 2½ games back of the San Antonio Spurs for the last play-in spot in the Western Conference. Williamson, 20, is averaging 27 points, 7.2 rebounds and 3.7 assists this season.
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Wow, that's a new one. Not blaming the officiating on any particular play, just in general.
 
KingTaharqa said:
This is a Black woman?
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Jordan knocked up a very fair skinned Dominican and had a shotgun marriage to salvage his squeeky clean family image in the 80s. Soon as his career was over she bounced and he married a wealthy fully white Cuban American. These are the 2 women who will be controlling Jordan Brand when he checks out....


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I dont hate Klay or Steph. I hate people pretending they dont have a colorism bias and overrate athletes for being light skinned because they do, hell white people do. I laugh when Team Light Skin does everything it can to help WHITEN the NBA and create a color caste for millionaire athletes but dont want you to question their Blackness GTFOH.
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Who is your All-NBA Black Pussy Loyalist Team??,
 
Amajorfucup said:
@LordSinister , lot better movement and defense tonite. Lake Show beat Suns. Kuzma caught a DNP coaches decision. Im sure thats just a coincidence tho.
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AD sat him down. Light on light crime. Kuz was like I was the whole show when you was out.

Funny thing though, I was checking online and Kuz was like 2-12 but had the only positive +/- on the squad. :dunno:
 



Portland is a game ahead of LA with 3 tough games of 4 left. LAL has 3 easy left of 4.

Warriors have only a half game over Memphis for 8 with Utah and Phoenix on deck before a head to head. Prior to that, Memphis has 4 at home with two games against the Kings plus the Pelicans, with Dallas being the only real challenge.

The reasonable 6-10 expectation is LAL 6, POR 7, MEM 8, then GSW 9 and SAS 10.
 
Rembrandt Brown said:
Who is your All-NBA Black Pussy Loyalist Team??,
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Most NBA players marry and love BLACK WOMEN overwhelmingly. I know weird concept on this board, but the vast majority dont hate themselves like a Kobe did. Kobe hated Black women and hated his mom which was an extension of how he sa hated himself, and did everything in his power to not be associated with them. Kobe wasnt as confident in himself as portrayed, maybe on the court, but around CACs very unsure, which is why yall love him so much, he was non threatening save for Colorado. You cant expect that out of all NBA players. Not everyone wants to lighten their gene pool and graft the Blackness out of their bloodline and ass kiss their way into white society.



Most Kobe stans have never seen this pic. They prolly dont think Kobe was raised by a Black woman.



Read the caption, Kobe stans hate his mom and talk dog shit about her. But they looooooooooove his white hispanic wife and credit her with being his rock. Kobe's brand is more about swirling than anything.




Another rare pic of Kobe embracing his mom (in his high school days). Theres maybe 2 online and Kobe played 20 years. :o

On the flipside here's a guy that loves himself and constantly uplifts Black women...







We don't have to wonder what the Black women in his life look like cuz he always shows us. Yeah, he couldve married some nobody white woman to blend in better at the social functions and high society that these NBA players live in, but he chose a woman who comes from the same place as him. LeBron doesnt hate himself like some of the other all time greats who chose to simp for white women to gain social acceptance..

Promoting Black women is a major part of why white people and half the Black men on this board always root against LeBron. Black man + Black woman = Black child. We're tryna lighten the game and center biracials so LeBron hate will last until hes gone. Black love is a sign of defiance to coons and white NBA fans.
 
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The shot that ended Pooh's tenure as a Bull.

Can you believe there are still stans who claim LeBron isnt clutch? :smh:



@therealjondoe you mean the greatest Heat player ever never did this? But a guy who was only there 4 years did it 3 times? No wonder D Wade was NEVER the highest paid Heat player his entire tenure with the team.
 


I wish Bron would stop pandering to these niggas. :smh: Its a waste of time. The Rembrandt Browns, largebills, cac walsh, etc and other Kobe fanatics will never accept you bro. No matter how much you promote Kobe there will always be some cac or light skin player they wanna see ruin you. Its deeper than basketball.
 

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