It's college basketball. You can do anything. Surprised they don't have Cricketesque tea breaks for 90 minutes when there's 1:37 left on the clock in the 2nd half. As long as the tournament keeps printing money they won't have any urgency to fix shit. It took them way too long to change the shot clock - and the shot clock is still too long. They still haven't given players 6 fouls. I digress...
Can't remember who it was - Lowe and someone else maybe - saying they'd keep Amen over Sengun if you theoretically traded one. I think that's fucking insane. Amen is a phenomenal talent - there's just some stuff under the hood that's concerning when you watch this team. I'm rooting for him to figure it out because he's likeable and seems like a really high character guy - he just leaves you wanting a little bit. That turnover last night down 2 was brutal as was the blown lead when Durant sat. JSJ was an easy target and deserves a lot of blame but Amen has to play around stuff like that and figure it out. Say what you want about Russ but Amen needs a little Westbrook in him. He needs a little "go fuck yourself". On the other side of the coin, Sengun may have a little TOO much of that. I think y'all figure it out. You're not going to keep missing these looks from 3 all season. Your schedule has also been brutal to start the season.
I have him ahead of Hakeem for sure. Probably Oscar as well but kind of hard to evaluate across those eras. Agree on the rest. I think Durant could close in on him if he keeps it up. I mean he's literally doing that on the scoring list - but a couple more good playoff runs and it's a debate. 21 year old KD and Shaq would have been just as disgusting.
Holy shit I can't fucking stand college basketball. It's a 25 point game between these teams and we're devolving into some sort of beauracratic, call-challenge ref dickshow. Get the game over with you ass clowns.
I'm not that big of a LeBron hater but this season has Kobe farewell tour vibes. I hope their record comes back to earth - losing that one is a start. Unserious team that no one plays D on.
I wouldn't overreact too much. Your best asset hasn't played in a couple weeks now. You're in all of these games. I think JSJ will be fine. I'm just not sure what Thompson is going forward and I get that that's a hard pill to swallow but he can't shoot or play point guard. Is that worth a rookie max extension? I'm not sure. I don't see him as the 2nd best player on a title team unless he takes a leap or Apli turns into Jokic. A lot of this is just noise until Alpi comes back. That dude is a fucking dog and has been sorely missed in these games against POR especially.
I'll say it again - Amen has to be better. Durant goes to the bench and he can't create anything. JSJ not shooting well but he isn't supposed to be an all-star. DFS not shooting well. You have to figure something out and get buckets. Thompson needs to step up and maintain leads and extend leads in stretches like that - he's been shit at that all season.