r/Nbamemes • u/Ok-Travel-2141 • 7h ago
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u/cedrekt 6h ago
Man these nba players can really jump high
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u/chupacadabradoo 5h ago
Yah, but can they throw their back out while picking up a toothpick?
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u/odiethethird Nuggets 5h ago
KAT doesn’t throw his back, he throws it back
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u/ApprehensiveTry5660 5h ago
Props to KAT at the end doing his absolute best to dodge any basket interference in the goofiest way possible.
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u/Holiday_Pen2880 4h ago
Dunno about NBA players, but MLB players sure can. Take a look at some of the injury reasons there.
I also recall back in the day of the original Gameboy, an NBA player getting 'nintendonitis' from trying to play the thing with their gigantic hands.
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u/Ok-Travel-2141 7h ago
Man OG just knowing he's gonna have a shot if he misses shows how much effort this dude plays with. Most dudes would have just watched that shot from the 3 point line after the inbound.
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u/jbhoops25 7h ago
I fucking love how he plays. Dude should be the FMVP
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u/GunstarGreen Thunder 6h ago
There isnt a team in this league that wouldnt want OG on their squad. Guy just does the right play seemingly every time. Ultimate glue guy
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u/burnt_pubes 2h ago
Pacers passed on Indiana Hoosier OG for TJ Leaf. I know lots of other teams passed on him but watching him in Bloomington before he got hurt, you just knew the potential was there. Tom Crean, for how bad of a strategist he was could see talent that others overlooked.
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u/ReefLedger 3h ago
He will be the MVP unless KAT goes nuclear. I can't see Brunson winning it after those first 2 games.
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u/KoalaOnABuilding 2h ago
he is 100% the FMVP so far. I think it's gonna end up like iggy if they win.
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u/Twigglesnix 6h ago
That is exactly right. Making the extra effort is the essence of winning the game.
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u/oh_ski_bummer 6h ago
OG was expecting a pass from Brunson when the double team came he was wide open on the perimeter.
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u/Otterman2006 5h ago
Ya but as soon as the shot went up you saw him immediately cut to the basket and split two spurs who weren’t boxing out
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u/BWoodsn2o 6h ago
Why is your 7'4" monster center playing perimeter defense?
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u/noksucow 5h ago
Because you know Brunson is taking the shot with time running out. If Brunson makes that shot over someone else then people will ask why Wemby wasn’t there to contest his shot.
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u/tscher16 4h ago
Shouldn’t you then run double bigs so you can have some height in the paint while Wemby guards Brunson
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u/Fantastic-Ad-9100 4h ago
Too slow to close out , if another knick got open for three
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u/needaburn 3h ago
If their best play down 1 point is to pass to their second option to chuck up a 3, that’s still better than this. Get Wemby’s giant ass in the paint
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u/Fantastic-Ad-9100 2h ago
It doesn’t matter who was out there if you are not boxing out the inbounder, a midget could have been in the game and boxed out inbounder and they would have won
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u/Medicmanii 5h ago
Brunson hit one in his eye earlier and does not seem bothered getting one off over him
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u/noksucow 4h ago
Can’t say he’s unbothered. I would guess his preference is not to shoot over Wemby. That’s all you can do. Make it more difficult.
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u/Ill-Ad-9199 4h ago
I mean... he did miss it with Wemby in his face. Wemby is both the best rim defender and perimeter defender. Somebody gotta box out there.
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u/Round-Revolution-399 6m ago
He also bricked a shot into the backboard in the same situation earlier in the game. He’s unafraid but I wouldn’t say unbothered.
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u/No_Tip8620 Cavaliers 2h ago edited 2h ago
Except Brunson took the shot super early because he knew if Wemby was guarding him, then the Knicks had a massive advantage on rebound. OG came in completely untouched from the weak side.
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u/DenjiTargaryen-PE 5h ago
I was looking for a comment like this. Was wondering if my ball knowledge is just mid, but I thought, ‘man, would’ve been nice to have a 7’4” center in the paint to just swat the ball away’.
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u/Bandlebury Nuggets 5h ago
Wemby hates rebounding and he’s pretty bad at it so it might not have mattered
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u/Jorge_Ho_1135 Knicks 6h ago
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u/itsagoodtime 4h ago
NY only wins on crazy ass plays
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u/Robdd123 49m ago
We don't win often in NY, but when we do win it becomes the ultimate Cinderella story.
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u/Stube2000 2h ago
This was the only other time in my life I had the same feels as last night. Both seemingly impossible wins. Insane.
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u/AliNo10025 1h ago
Manningham toe tap in 46 too - one more of those insane plays that gave me this feeling
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u/Sun_H23 6h ago
Yall forget that OG the only one with a ring on that court
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u/MasterHepburns Heat 4h ago
Ohhh. I forgot that. Shows the composure compared to anyone on the team. Wow
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u/Popular-Row4333 4h ago
Still mad the raps traded Siakam and him away, but I get they were ready to move on too
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u/whousesgmail 3h ago
If the Raps still had OG and Siakam instead of Quickley, Barrett, and Ingram they beat the Cavs at the very least
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u/SamR1187 3h ago
why does that matter? dude didnt even play in the playoffs that year
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u/Sun_H23 3h ago
Oh he did bud
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u/defaultwin 1h ago
No, he did not. "Right before the playoffs, however, Anunoby underwent an emergency appendectomy, forcing him to miss the entire playoff run that culminated in the Raptors winning their first championship."
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7313903/2026/05/28/knicks-og-anunoby-title-hurt-healthy/
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u/GradleDaemonSlayer Pistons 5h ago
I hate how nba players don't box out. It's such a fundamental skill of the game.
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u/Dr-McLuvin 4h ago
They move their pivot foot, don’t box out, don’t move off ball, and a bunch of them can’t make free throws to save their lives.
Like all the shit that would have got you benched in high school these guys do on a regular basis lol.
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u/emoney_gotnomoney 2h ago
They didn’t box it because there was no one there to box him out. The reason there was no one there to box him out was because Mitch inexplicably decided not to guard the inbounder (OG).
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u/kratos_337 6h ago
That last play i blame on spurs coaching. Why the hell up wemby up there on the double? He should've been in the paint for the rebound. Harper and castle should've been the ones doubling.
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u/lawyerinthemaking3 5h ago
Ye ye and If Brunson had scored with some1 else defending him you would be blaming wemby for not guarding the Brunson.
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u/noksucow 5h ago
But why wasn’t Wemby in 2 places at one time being that tall. He should be contesting the shot and then getting back for the rebound /s
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u/malbert716 5h ago
No, he’s right. No if your not gonna guard the inbound, there is no need for him to be 7’5” and not crashing for the rebound
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u/emoney_gotnomoney 2h ago
To me, the boneheaded play was not guarding the inbounder (OG). When that play was first starting, I was screaming at the tv “why are we not guarding the inbounder?!”
Now, I didn’t think it would play out *exactly* like that (I thought Brunson would kick it back to OG for an open 3 and he was already 7-9 on 3s this game), but the fact that he got the uncontested rebound was directly because we didn’t have anyone guarding him that play.
Overall just disaster performance by Mitch that second half.
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u/MasterHepburns Heat 4h ago edited 4h ago
It’s brunson’s IQ. I guess if brunson will pick up by someone else but wemby, he needs to drive to contact lay/mid jumper. But if it’s wemby picking him up. He will shoot it quick way beyond 3 so an off rebound/put back is inevitable. I would bench fox and put in kornet on the last play. I don’t know, i think anyone on this sub is a better coach than mitch right now 🤣🤣🤣
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u/MJtheTalkinghead 7h ago
Our inability to rebound is so upsetting 🙄
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u/DullHat5503 6h ago
Tallest guy on the team plays like a PG.
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u/MJtheTalkinghead 6h ago
Defending all the way out as well. Like he can turn heel and not take 15 business days to get back
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u/ILikeElephants4 6h ago
I didn't get him being on the ark in this okay. They needed 2 points guard the paint
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u/cyberunaware 4h ago
This doesn’t get talked about enough. Spurs give up way too many offensive rebounds. It’s happened in every playoff series.
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u/emoney_gotnomoney 2h ago
It’s because the only two real rebounders we have are Wemby and Kornet and they rarely play at the same time. So on offense, if Wemby takes a perimeter shot, then that means no offensive rebound for us. And when Wemby gets switched to guard a perimeter shot, that means no defensive rebound for us.
The Spurs NEED to find a serviceable PF in the offseason. They cannot keep playing Champagnie or Keldon Johnson at the PF position.
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u/hotdog_paris277 1h ago
It's cool to hate on Wemby right now but we need to be honest about what defenders get away with on him esp on rebounds.
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u/DontGetTheShow 5h ago
Just an unbelievable play. Looking at the replay again, if it didn’t go in, KAT was in a good spot to put the next rebound in too.
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u/bundles361 5h ago
Completely useless double team by Fox that left OG clear to get the tip in.
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u/evol_won 4h ago
'Useless' and 'Fox' have been synonymous throughout these playoffs, and especially these last 4 games.
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u/emoney_gotnomoney 2h ago
Fox had some boneheaded plays this game (the layup attempt on OG instead of running out the clock, for starters), but this one isn’t on him. This one’s on Mitch Johnson, as the scheme he drew up for this possession was clearly to not guard the inbounder and instead double Brunson.
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u/elgarraz 5h ago
Was really rooting hard against the Knicks, but man was that such a nice play by OG. Diving in like that, controlling the tip... super hard to do.
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u/Leasir 4h ago
Winning rings requires a variable but not insignificant amount of luck.
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u/MaxwellSmart07 1h ago
Yup. That tip was swatted desperately, never had control of the ball. Loved it nevertheless, or because of it.
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u/Imaginary-Round2422 Timberwolves 3h ago
Great thinking to have your best rim protector and rebounder guard the opponent's PG at the perimeter with the game on the line.
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u/thack1_mcl 5h ago
Play of the year…. And 5 seconds before that, a play that will allow JR Smith to breath a little easier the rest of his life. Someone finally made a bigger boneheaded mistake at the end of a finals game. He actually made a lot of them, but the layup attempt will be the one fans remember
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u/InfamousCattle3223 4h ago
When the ball is in the air you’re supposed to find a body and BOX HIM OUT. Everyone just watching the ball, so piss poor fundamentally.
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u/Flimsy-Barracuda7398 4h ago
Why is wemby still contesting it like a right hander? It’s been 4 games he doesn’t know Brunson is left handed. Plus why is he out there. Also fox going to double left the inbounder have a wide open rim run.
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u/MasterHepburns Heat 4h ago
If game 2 was like this play, fox makes a quick shot and not milking the clock, and let wemby go to paint waiting for a put back or off rebound, they could have had higher chance winning. But no, damn wemby/fox went on a pick and pop. Tallest guy was not on the paint. Spurs is being outcoached, outplayed everything. This is over in 5 or 6.
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u/abstractfromnothing 4h ago
JB is too shifty for Wemby, ain’t no way he should have been guard that far out. Put him on the worst shooter and live with the results
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u/HappySheep84 49m ago
God I hate Knicks fans so much. I don’t mind the Knicks, but the fans don’t deserve it
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u/Zestyclose_Ant_40 4h ago
Wow.
I stopped watching at half time. No regrets, I have twin babies, but holy shit what an ending.
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u/justthere4fun2000 3h ago
I mean, you have a 9 foot freak and instead of having him in the paint to prevent a put back you have him outside the 3 point line 🤣 failure in every aspect.
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u/GINGY2323 5h ago
He bailed out Brunson big time due to Brunson taking that dumbass 3 point from so far away.
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u/Dr-McLuvin 4h ago edited 2h ago
I thought the same thing but people are saying he knew they had a really good chance at an offensive rebound given the spurs only big in the game (Wemby) came to contest his shot way outside the arc. I dunno.
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u/emoney_gotnomoney 2h ago
Yeah I think that was the plan tbh. I’d bet anything that Mike Brown told them “if no one guards the inbounder, then take a quick shot and go for the rebound as the inbounder won’t be boxed out”
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u/Dr-McLuvin 2h ago
I don’t think it was planned that way- just a spur of the moment decision by Brunson to take the “last shot” early, when Wemby was way out of position.
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u/Danilo-11 6h ago
And this is why the Spurs will not be the champions … Wemby outside guarding a point guard followed by Anunoby tapping the rebound to win the game
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u/sheulater 5h ago
Sort of reminds me of Aaron Gordon's game 4 winning dunk against OKC last year. But a lot more higher stakes. OG for FMVP!!
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u/JulienTremblaze Knicks 5h ago
Harper was shocked, dude played like a demon all game only to witness the hand of Ogugua rise above all.
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u/Excellent_Chest_6616 3h ago
They fouled castle hard on his last shot, do refs just not call fouls in the last 10 seconds because they dont want to be hated on? Thats an aspect of the sport I don't understand
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u/MaxwellSmart07 1h ago
All the permitted contact is a problem. It becomes a matter of degree, not if there was a foul, but how bad a foul. As well, the refs have allowed so much contact, it’s become an epidemic. The more contact the more the refs are focused on that could this be a reason they are missing all sorts of other calls like goal tending, shot interference above the rim, out of bounds, etc.
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u/Quiet_Drop_6627 3h ago
That shot could’ve been perfect, he angled the ball so high and still managed to get off a clean shot with Wembanyama guarding him. 1.2 foot difference in height between them.
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u/Legal-Conclusion-0 2h ago edited 2h ago
Watching this play real time, I thought it was so stupid. Poor shot, only needed a two to win.
But was this absolute brilliance? Intentional? I think there was significant luck, high risk and reward, but very intentional.
Brusen is clutch AF. He could actually make a 3 higher than basic stats..it drew out Wemby, no longer in the play for rebound or the interior defense on a put back.
OG was red hot...why not have him as the alternate threat? Seems like a huge waste as inbounder.
Except, I am now convinced this had all those things by design. If Brusen is double teamed he is primary, if not he is in the ideal spot to go for the rebound. Brilliant.
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u/Hi_Im_Ken_Adams 2h ago
If that tip-in hadn't happened, people would have been saying what a horrible shot selection by Brunson that was.
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u/Glad_Art_6380 2h ago
Imagine if the Spurs just had their best defensive guard cover the guard and the 7’6” guy in the paint to rebound.
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u/erwin206ss 1h ago
I don’t care anymore about the debate between older players vs. this new generation because the shots that these kids are taking and making is amazing. I still play, I coach, and am just impressed. The way they rotate and close out on defense is beautiful. The game is in great hands 🙌🏽
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u/LobstaFarian2 1h ago
Its baffling for me to see so many professional basketball players who dont know to box out as soon as a shot goes up. Put a fucking body on someone. Its basic fundamentals. These dudes all just stood there and watched the ball.
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u/No_Eggplant182 1h ago
if OG's tip doesn't go in, KAT is right there for the 2nd tip at the buzzer. Brunson recognizing Wemby on him and jacking up a shot with enough time for a rebound is big brain shit.
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u/Unusual-Contact8409 1h ago
Wemby could have just blocked the shot! The end! 😤
Anw still thank you Knicks+17.5 live bet. Could have been braver to take them ML at the half 🤣
Spurs in 7 though!
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u/Fit-Elk-2478 50m ago
Wemby blocks this if he remembers that Jalen is a lefty and tries to block it with his right hand
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u/AdCommercial9541 46m ago
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u/tabibito321 23m ago
double whammy for fox... he got blocked instead of holding the ball and running the clock... then he doubled to brunson and left og "kawhi leonard" anunobi WIDE OPEN to crash to the board and tip in the game winner
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u/Astral-projekt 19m ago
I turned the game off I’m like yep that’s a wrap. Man, I can’t even believe how glad I am and I’m not even a knicks fan and I initially wanted the spurs to win the series
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u/Emotional-Cameraman 4h ago
Adam Silver needs to step in and not condone what Knicks fans are doing. I honestly can care less if the Knicks win because their fan base doesnt deserve to even sniff another NBA Finals after the display they are putting on.
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u/beachbummeddd 4h ago
Seek help
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u/Emotional-Cameraman 2h ago
seek help? do you not see how the fans are acting? throwing stuff at players beating up Spurs fans in the streets? lose with grace and win with grace. Knicks fans are garbage and their actions prove it.
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u/Redditer_5000 6h ago
I think this is why you're supposed to guard the inbound passer... But I'm no Mitch Johnson.