And just like the 49ers fans got to see Gore plug away and get a few yards every carry, we got to see Deebo score off his midrange footwork, never more, never less. For the regular season, he was always old reliable.

(Except for the random 10ish game stretch when he started taking 3s and we thought there was a new DeMar in town.)

Deebo did kind of align himself with Kendrick even though Drake showed him love. Not sure what went down behind closed doors but from a public perspective it seems outta left field.

82 games is still possible, look at Mikal Bridges as an example of someone who has reached 82 often in this modern era.

Bridges takes a lot of games off and just kind of does his 20 minutes of cardio, takes 6 shots, and then sits the rest of the game. It’s an argument at this point whether his ironman streak is even a positive for him.

Yes it is? How do people like you genuinely still exist you have to play defense at half court in the modern nba with a billion screening actions. It’s not even a conversation about what era is more taxing.

Most teams weren’t playing like the Pistons and Celtics lol. Watch a random Nuggets-Spurs game in the 80s, that shit was soft as hell.

Also, just the amount of movement players have to do today FAR exceeds the 80s and 90s. Like its not even comparable

They only have some hard fouls that would’ve been flagrant now and then. But the general state of play back then involves a lot of just standing around.

Most of the injuries these days aren’t from physical contact with other players but rather wear and tear from a lot of sprinting around in bursts.

Spoken like a true nephew

Yes, many players would suffer from the 65 game rule if it was previously implemented earlier. A user made a post about it. Al Hordord would be a 4x All NBA player with it.

But tbf, players would’ve probably played the few games necessary to meet the threshold. But still

The 65 game rule protects LeBrons streak. Maybe LeBron lobbied for it as protectionism lol. Fun new conspiracy

LeStreak. LeLobby. LeCitizensUnited.

Absolutely. It’s just not zero.

yeah but as you see, he never scored 83

Not true, a low end role player that plays 82 games is nowhere near comparable to stars that miss time. The point is to win, what good is it if you play but just keep losing ?

He wasnt the problem, he just wasnt the solution

Eh, would amend your comment to say “in playoffs”. He has the same problem as Harden where the favorable whistle dries up in the post-season.

Well there was LeBron blocking their way for the longest time too. Remember LeBronto.

people dont like to admit it but without injuries its a pretty low chance we win to begin with, and then kawhi leaves for nothing the next season. Nevermind the bounce against the sixers. We lucked out incredibly.

Plus under Pop he was at least playing passable defense.