seminoles1 Posted July 27, 2022 Share Posted July 27, 2022 (edited) 19 minutes ago, Kip Smithers said: KD is gonna be fine, his injuries have mostly been freak occurrences it’s not a case of being brittle like AD. Like I said it’s overstated. Also dunno why people feel that teams can be championship contenders for a decade without winning a championship. It never works out like that. Say if Boston don’t win the championship next year, you think they’re gonna keep running it back both organisationally and through player choice? Aren't all injuries "freak occurrences"? Who says Boston can't/won't win a title during that time? They literally just went to the Finals and got better this off-season already. Edited July 27, 2022 by seminoles1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kip Smithers Posted July 27, 2022 Share Posted July 27, 2022 5 hours ago, seminoles1 said: Aren't all injuries "freak occurrences"? Who says Boston can't/won't win a title during that time? They literally just went to the Finals and got better this off-season already. Not all injuries are created equally. Bruce Brown falling on KDs knee shouldn’t be something that validates this “injury prone” tag. KD isn’t Kyrie where you have questions whether his body can hold up throughout an NBA season. Being concerned about his availability is not something as a fan I’m concerned about. so what if they did? That’s such an easy trap to fall into. Other teams got and get better too. They’re just amongst a bunch of teams that can win the East. Gotta take this **** year by year. They aren’t KD/Steph Warriors. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CWood21 Posted July 27, 2022 Share Posted July 27, 2022 13 hours ago, Kip Smithers said: KD is gonna be fine, his injuries have mostly been freak occurrences it’s not a case of being brittle like AD. Like I said it’s overstated. Anthony Davis' injuries haven't been freak occurrences? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kip Smithers Posted July 27, 2022 Share Posted July 27, 2022 3 hours ago, CWood21 said: Anthony Davis' injuries haven't been freak occurrences? For the most part, nah. Dude is just made of glass. He always has some sort of ailment and is fighting through something. There’s levels to this. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stl4life07 Posted July 27, 2022 Share Posted July 27, 2022 Kyrie getting hurt in the playoffs in the 2021 season was a fluke. Giannis rolled into his ankle in Game 4. We all know had Kyrie not gotten hurt the Nets probably win in 6. But in general Kyrie is just injury prone but not to the level of AD but it’s up there. What’s frustrating is people try to poop poop that and say the Big 3 didn’t work without context. It didn’t work bc of freak injury by Kyrie in the playoffs. It didn’t work bc freak injury by Harden with the hamstring and since it was his first major injury combined with him never having a big workout in shape regimen he didn’t know how to recover fully or even trust his body enough. Then Kyrie didn’t take the covid so he missed a lot of time last season which made Harden want out bc he was frustrated. It would’ve all been a success had Giannis never rolled into Kyrie ankle in Game 4 or even if KD toe wasn’t on the line in Game 7. Nets win and I feel like they at least get to the NBA Finals where Kyrie and Harden would be more healthy and they could’ve helped KD beat the Suns to win the title. That’s just imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigC421/ Posted July 27, 2022 Share Posted July 27, 2022 Can we stop calling injuries in highly competitive contact sports “flukes” ? A fluke would be rolling your ankle on the walk back to the locker room. Injuries are expected and part of the game, not flukes. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seminoles1 Posted July 27, 2022 Share Posted July 27, 2022 1 hour ago, stl4life07 said: What’s frustrating is people try to poop poop that and say the Big 3 didn’t work without context. It didn’t work bc of freak injury by Kyrie in the playoffs. It didn’t work bc freak injury by Harden with the hamstring and since it was his first major injury combined with him never having a big workout in shape regimen he didn’t know how to recover fully or even trust his body enough. Then Kyrie didn’t take the covid so he missed a lot of time last season which made Harden want out bc he was frustrated. It would’ve all been a success had Giannis never rolled into Kyrie ankle in Game 4 or even if KD toe wasn’t on the line in Game 7. Nets win and I feel like they at least get to the NBA Finals where Kyrie and Harden would be more healthy and they could’ve helped KD beat the Suns to win the title. That’s just imo. You got any examples of this? Because this seems made up. Everyone understands that the big 3 worked when they played. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stl4life07 Posted July 27, 2022 Share Posted July 27, 2022 28 minutes ago, seminoles1 said: You got any examples of this? Because this seems made up. Everyone understands that the big 3 worked when they played. Yes but when people say the Big 3 was an epic failure they don’t expand. Then I hear Nick Wright saying how even with KD, Kyrie, and Harden their ceiling was the 2nd round. He fail to understand the Nets was so banged up in that series and still KD was a toe on the line from beating the Bucks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beekay414 Posted July 27, 2022 Share Posted July 27, 2022 Remind me to send my regards to KD's shoe. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redsoxsuck05 Posted July 28, 2022 Share Posted July 28, 2022 4 hours ago, seminoles1 said: You got any examples of this? Because this seems made up. Everyone understands that the big 3 worked when they played. Not really. There were lots of big-brained takes about how there was only one ball, which is like B7B trying to convince everyone that he'd rather start a franchise with Andre Iguodala than LeBron James. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kip Smithers Posted July 28, 2022 Share Posted July 28, 2022 (edited) 14 hours ago, BigC421/ said: Can we stop calling injuries in highly competitive contact sports “flukes” ? A fluke would be rolling your ankle on the walk back to the locker room. Injuries are expected and part of the game, not flukes. Is a teammate falling into your leg part of the game? People acting like all injuries are created equally are just being disingenuous. The issue nobody cares or has time to analyse every single injury, so everybody then gets painted with same brush. Edited July 28, 2022 by Kip Smithers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OkeyDoke21 Posted July 28, 2022 Share Posted July 28, 2022 (edited) 2 hours ago, Kip Smithers said: Is a teammate falling into your leg part of the game? People acting like all injuries are created equally are just being disingenuous. The issue nobody cares or has time to analyse every single injury, so everybody then gets painted with same brush. In a contact sport? Absolutely. How would it not be? It's a part of practice, for the game even, not just the game itself. Edited July 28, 2022 by OkeyDoke21 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seminoles1 Posted July 28, 2022 Share Posted July 28, 2022 2 hours ago, Kip Smithers said: Is a teammate falling into your leg part of the game? People acting like all injuries are created equally are just being disingenuous. The issue nobody cares or has time to analyse every single injury, so everybody then gets painted with same brush. I get what you're trying to say that it's just 1 or 2 injuries keeping him out for extended periods instead of a lingering thing or a bunch of small injuries that keep people out a game or 2 at a time, but an injury is an injury. When a player gets hurt over and over again, regardless of how and especially when that player is older and been in the league for 15 years, it is a concern. There's no way around that or rationalizing it. Durant is an injury concern. Maybe he won't get injured again and he'll have a random streak of seasons where he doesn't miss a bunch of games like Grant Hill did, but chances are he will. That also doesn't change the fact he's currently an injury concern. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amac Posted July 28, 2022 Share Posted July 28, 2022 Zion has a weight clause in his contract, brilliant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYRaider Posted July 29, 2022 Author Share Posted July 29, 2022 On 7/26/2022 at 5:48 PM, indifference said: TMinus 9 days until #WhyNot is padding stats and becomes the Jazz best PG since John Stockton to lead yall into a top 3 pick @NYRaider Even if we trade for Westbrook I'd say there's like a 1% chance that he plays for us, we'd likely just buy him out. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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