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Powell with a huge 3. If Kawhi can stay healthy I'd love to see the Clippers advance.
 

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And he has that ugly drive that got blocked this quarter too.

He shot out of the gate with 19 in the first half. And a big fat 0 goose egg in the 2nd half.

I really fear a Bridges package is what’s coming back for KD and that will just make me vomit.

I doubt it. They have hardly any draft picks after dumping them all for Bridges and, more relevant, that would be a level of humiliation and admission of total failure that I don't think Ishbia would debase himself to.
 

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Kawhi really is something else when healthy.
the thing with him is his transformation was insane. I saw him in HS and he was a center, had no range at all. He was in the same class as the Wear twins, Brendan Lane and Derrick Williams all were rated ahead of him. I knew Williams was good I had seen him, I knew the twins were massively overrated but I had no idea how good Kawhi would end up. He had no offense at all but dunks. To become the ball handler and shooter he is now is amazing, work ethic and coaching by the Spurs staff
 

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I doubt it. They have hardly any draft picks after dumping them all for Bridges and, more relevant, that would be a level of humiliation and admission of total failure that I don't think Ishbia would debase himself to.
A good exec makes decisions with as little ego as possible. We don’t know what we have in ish in that regard yet. That said, I don’t the Knicks have the gunpowder to get a deal done. Bridges alone wouldn’t suffice at this point.
 

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I doubt it. They have hardly any draft picks after dumping them all for Bridges and, more relevant, that would be a level of humiliation and admission of total failure that I don't think Ishbia would debase himself to.
I really hope you’re right.
 

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Ja starts 0-6 after vowing to never play that poorly again.
 

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Shai definitely deserves the MVP. What the Thunder have done with Chet missing more than half the season is remarkable.
 
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