2-0 in cup play, above .500 are we back?!

We’re the same except it’s the end of season 2 and OKC and a lot of teams are Marlo 😔

Shiiiiiiiiiit!

Raptors spooky again

Raptors just took The Belt tonight. Cavaliers had it after they beat the Heat just the day before. The Heat took it from the Blazers after they in turn took it from the Thunder.

Everyone will be coming for the king now. Raps are the team to beat.

Mamu! Kelash!! Vili!!!

Ya’ll better treat him good 😔

I am so not used to seeing Jakob referenced by his first name alone that I initially thought you meant Ja’Kobe and was wondering how you thought he outplayed them.

(Mamu has been one of the best off-season signings this year )

So happy for you guys. Always knew he could help a team. He just didn’t fit with the current Spurs personnel for play time. Sometimes it really is right time, right place. Tre Jones and Derrick White come to mind from other former Spurs, who fit that mold to varying degrees

My favourite player on the current roster by faaaaaar. Dude plays with the poise and demeanour of a 10 year vet as a sophomore.

I think having Davion Mitchell on the team even for part of the season last year helped a lot because Shead has that dog in him like Davion did/does.

Our scouting team does a good job of finding these undersized guards to lead the bench.

Shead is our FVV

IQ is our Lowry (all be it a much worse version of Lowry right now).

I’m ready for the toxicity of a Toronto-Detroit series.

If you’re not actively tanking in the east you’re basically guaranteed a play in spot

He got a job with the UN he’s doing just fine.

He’s collecting 15M to chill and do side quests rn, hes fine

I’m with you I was so pissed when he got fired

They kept him around to complete the hardest part of the rebuild then had to let him go because he was too expensive

Fired for ego reasons not basketball.

Fucking Ed Rogers… 😤

Five words but yes agree

Scottie becomes a demon every other year lol 

But don’t you know Mobley would go first overall if a redraft happened today???

It really does feel like the east playoffs is going to depend on Garlands health, with him healthy they feel like the best team there, without him they feel so much worse.

Playoff basketball for the past 2 years certainly doesn’t agree with Garland being their most important player. Unless you mean he’s their biggest liability when that time rolls around.

Garland is always hurt and doesn’t play defense

But they’re so expensive!!!!! - podcasters that don’t know half the players on the roster (we won’t even be a tax team)

has a pretty cool story too. didn’t even play basketball in high school

There was a stretch in the third he looked like the best player in the world haha.

He reminds me of Chris Boucher, tall, long, skinny guy with bounce and lots of energy.

If you want a fun fact(that’s not so fun), he got kicked off KState because he got drunk and tried to swing on someone at a local bar, and ended up decking a girl instead

(Mhk local, heard the story directly from a bartender at the bar lol)

Has me thinking why we can’t get a random big guy who can give us great minutes like that. Mamu is an A+ signing, but we need a typical big.

Yes

I feel like im invested in them after this week lol, theyre such an interesting team to watch

Yeah that end of quarter 3 was such a weird/dumb ref moment

Refs tried to help. Still failed.

He’s all of our dads.

He’s not struggling now that’s for sure. Just had a slow start

People don’t understand but we were legit tanking last year and we still weren’t that bad. Quickley probably could have played through a couple of those injuries on a team trying to win

Felt more like he was unsure where his shots and role fit in the new system with BI. Seems it’s starting to click now for him though - also playing with Yak helps more. IQ seems to really benefit from having Yak as a roll man.

I think some of it is also just adapting to the personnel with having more creation where he can get assists but also he can shoot off the catch or create advantages with his speed as a guard instead of having to be on ball so much. I think this also shows when he’s been in stagger lineups and I’d playing the 2 with Shead who’s a bit more of a traditional PG while IQ can lean more into his strengths as an off ball defender compared to the starting lineup

holy can’t believe yall let him go, he’s a gem

We love him

In what way are we 2000s balling

Either that or the Cavs are on serious fraud watch.

Flip a coin. 😅

He’s already been to a game this year.

Lol guy was completely absent the last few years, he’ll be back with the quickness now

You can say ass. It’s okay.

But yeah, Jak is completely underrated among traditional bigs in the NBA. Dude is strong and completely understands his strengths and limitations.

There was a run of like 4-5 Cavs turnovers in consecutive order as well. They didn’t have it tonight and Raps looked like this game meant something to them.

“of all people”

Sct Brn is fucking awesome tyvm

I feel like Mobley made such a big leap last year that everyone expected him to make the same type of leap to an elite level, but ya he’s either dealing with an injury or took the foot off the pedal or just regressing to his mean, wouldn’t be the first player to flash greatness then disappoint, and obviously he’s still a starter in the NBA and plays like it, not calling him trash, but ya needs to work on consistency and maybe settle on a role, he might be practicing all parts of his game too much and not focusing on a specialty that helps the team.

Scottie Barnes is an elite two way talent and mobley is not some offensive creator

He needed to rest the day before. Someone should have woken him up for this game.

He rested last game and decided to rest during the game tonight as well.

He’s overrated. He’s not bad but he isn’t an Alpha or a #1. He’s closer to prime Al Horford than KG

Jak had him in solitary lol

and somehow more above .500 teams than the west.

Garland

It’s not last year. Pacers exposed them