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Wasn’t that the year Wiggins was balling out of his mind?
And it’s 2025…Draymon can’t be your second best player. Need to inject some new life.
Ant is a villain….i worked all summer with Steph on my jumper about out to Steph after beating his team.
Wiggins has never balled out of his mind AFAIK.
A lot of people claimed he was the second best player on the team in the playoffs that year but that's because those people are morons who don't understand that both offense and defense matter.
You wouldn't say that if Steph didn't get injured, because the Steph/Draymond/Jimmy Warriors would be headed to the conference finals.
He's tired of that
He wants an ocean in the backyard with a big ass boat to take the fam out in
Reminds me of how Reggie Miller worked out with a young Kobe Bryant who asked him about all his moves and then went on to use them against Reggie in the finals.
Shocked to see Klay on this list.
How is it that 3 out of the worst 9 ever (or since 1975) are Curry teammates??????
Lebron lol
and thats the real issue; If he was shooting at least 40% they would be tied; and thats too dam low lol; if it was 45 and above they would be leading; it aint Jimmy; its Podz and Moody thats the issue...
Exactly, it's not Jimmy or Draymond.
Though Jimmy's statline was exactly the same as Draymond's for points/rebounds/assists at halftime yesterday (he had one more assist) and that's not acceptable for him. He needs to do better. But he's not the reason why they lost.
I still don't think it makes sense to bring Jimmy back next year. He makes twice as much as Draymond, almost as much as Steph. And he'll be a year older and his health is an issue right now. I like him and I'm not scapegoating him, just assessing the landscape moving forward.
It makes sense for sure; example : Steph Jimmy Lauri Green and Hield, more than solid; or Steph Jimmy KD Green whomever or LBJ or Zion; those teams are very solid offensively and defensively; so no I’m keeping Jimmy; and worse case if he don’t work next year; you trade him after next and clear salary and space or add player; it’s a win all the way around for GS…
ESPN thinking I'm going to pay $30 a month for a service whose main draw is Stephen A Smith? lmao. Hell, I don't really watch them now when they're bunded in with my TV service.
Julius Randle on being mentored by Kobe Bryant: “I grew up in Dallas, so I had this early-season road game against the Mavericks circled on my calendar. I was excited. Excited to feel that sense of accomplishment, of being that kid from your neighborhood growing up who made it to the league.
So then we get off the plane, we ride to the hotel, and — ha. Wow. I will never forget this. We’re coming up on the hotel in Dallas, and Kobe turns to me and he goes, ‘Julius, what you bout to do.’
I’m like, ‘I’m about to see my family, chill with some friends, you know. Have a night.’
And Kobe, he just cuts me off. He’s like, ‘Nah. We’re going to the gym.’
I mean, that right there, it’s just the power of Kobe. If anyone else in the world had said that to me, in that moment, I might have hit ’em with an eye roll and went on with my business. But when Mamba is telling you that it’s a change of plans, and you’re coming with him to the gym tonight? You don’t ask questions. You just do as you’re told.
And of course Kobe knew we were in my hometown. Of course he knew. But that wasn’t him being a bad dude or anything. It was more like — it was him trying to use the situation to teach me a lesson. The lesson being: To get to the next level in this league, you can’t be putting in that next level of work only some of the time. Has to be all of the time. No such thing as sacrifice without sacrifice.
That was November 2015, Kobe’s last season. And from then on, everything he showed me that night, straight up: it’s become my routine. If we’re on a road trip, as soon as we get off the plane, there you go, that’s my night — before I do anything else. I’m heading to the gym, I’m getting my shots up, I’m putting in my work....
I guess how that story connects this season to everything else for me, is like: I think I’ve always known what a blessing it was that I got to be teammates with Kobe for his last two years in the league. I’ve really understood why Kobe mentored younger players like me. Not just so we could flourish ourselves, but so we could pass down what we learned to other players as well.”
playerstribu.ne/JuliusRandle
As soon as he plays bad, you Kobetards will throw him under the bus like you always do.
Chokes
That's not how journalism works though
They give up their source they aren't getting any more Intel
Fuck their intel. just like @dtownsfinest said, “Anonymous” gives them room to make shit up.
What’s the point of even reporting that? So Russ can come in the locker room investigating? I mean ultimately it’s up to the player to ignore this shit but it’s trash journalism at its finest.
Y'all are being silly. Look up "Deepthroat" in safe search mode on Google. Anonymous sources can be legitimate and extremely important.
I like Jay Williams, but after trading Luca Doncic to the Los Angeles Lakers the mere mention of trading the potential number 1# pick of Cooper Flagg will cause the Dallas Mavericks fan base to react like this (going after Nico Harrison and Patrick Dumont).
Anonymous is synonymous with Bitch. What are you talking about
