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Blame the coach guy, of course, will still blame the coach for that while sometimes ya have to hold the player (Durant) accountable.

Absolutely. Coach can't handcuff a shooter without taking him out, and how do you take out KD in crunch time normally? I just wish teams would just keep going to the hot hand until the opponent adjusts. Too often they try to use the hot hand as a decoy and overthink things.
 

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Blame the coach guy, of course, will still blame the coach for that while sometimes ya have to hold the player (Durant) accountable.

It's both, imo. KD was bricking shots. But he's a scorer, so he's going to keep shooting. He should recognize that his shot isn't falling and pass the ball, but sometimes they get tunnel vision. At that point, it's up to the coach to call timeout and remind them that Jrue was hitting his shots and they need to feed him the ball. Or at least draw up a play to try to get an easy shot.
 

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It's both, imo. KD was bricking shots. But he's a scorer, so he's going to keep shooting. He should recognize that his shot isn't falling and pass the ball, but sometimes they get tunnel vision. At that point, it's up to the coach to call timeout and remind them that Jrue was hitting his shots and they need to feed him the ball. Or at least draw up a play to try to get an easy shot.
all true....but still up to the player to make the pass. Then, of course, if Jrue starts missing it's "KD needed to keep shooting".
 

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Off to a much needed good start for Team USA tonight
 

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30 point lead at half. Dame cooking from 3
 

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No it isn’t.

But it is definitely more talented than the teams they are losing to.

by far

no one is even close talent wise
 

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LOL.

Jerry Colangelo is old and just doesn't give a fuck anymore. Woke up and decided to throw Kevin Love under a bus

From The Athletic

Colangelo on Kevin Love: “I didn’t think Kevin Love was gonna play. I wasn’t even sure he had much left to play. He reached out to us and said he was in shape and said he felt he owed us. And on the basis of that, we’re looking at someone with international experience who at one time was a heck of a rebounder and could still shoot the ball. You know, being like a 12th man on a roster. Well, it didn’t work out. He wasn’t in shape. And he was way behind as it turned out. So you move on. Call it a mistake. Call it giving someone an opportunity. Someone who had equity with us. Guys who play for us get a little plus.”
 
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