For real dude. That might be the latest whistle I’ve ever seen.

That looks like a bone bruise at the least

Seriously, how in the fuck do the refs miss Giddey karate chopping Ant?

If everyone (including Jaden) is healthy I feel like we could sweep OKC in a 7 game series. SGA might win one or two games just through sheer willpower but we match up really well with them.

This might be the worst officiated game all year

Pathetic. This league is so hard to watch sometimes

The refs are straight up trash tonight

They get to practice with guys like Ant, KAT, Rudy, and Mike though. That’s probably more valuable than playing heavy minutes in the G League.

Also, we’re a legit contender this year. Putting in prospects when other guys give you a better chance to win just doesn’t make sense. If guys get in foul trouble or injured then they might get a shot to step up but ideally they shouldn’t see the court unless it’s garbage time.

This is a good point. Per 48 he’s averaging 48/48/24 (also on 100% shooting).

So… he’s basically Wilt if Wilt had full control of his limbs and he was playing in a wheelchair league.

Going back to the 80s, I’d say these guys 100% DIDN’T live up to the #1 pick expectations. Some for their play, others because of injuries:

• 89 - Pervis Ellison
• 95 - Joe Smith
• 98 - Olowokandi
• 01 - Kwame
• 06 - Bargnani
• 07 - Oden
• 13 - Anthony Bennett
• 17 - Fultz
• 18 - Ayton

These guys could be considered a letdown for the #1 spot too but it’s up for debate:

• 80 - Joe Barry Carroll - Warriors traded Parish and the pick that turned into McHale for him. Had questions about his effort early in his career and left the W’s to play in Italy for a year. Made 1 all star team but overall had an odd career.
• 88 - Derrick Coleman (only 1 all star team)
• 00 - Kenyon Martin - Overall a solid player from a weak draft class. #43 pick Michael Redd was probably the best player from that draft.
• 05 - Bogut - Good player who had a good career but looking back CP3 and Deron Williams would have been picked before him.
• 14 - Wiggins - Very similar to Bogut. Above average role player on a championship Warriors team, but not quite the sustained production you expect from a #1 pick. Embiid probably would’ve gone #1 if it weren’t for injuries, and Jokic was in the same draft but you can’t really blame any team for passing on him. Nobody really thought he’d be a generational big man back then.
• 16 - Ben Simmons - Great player but has slowly gotten worse in basically every way since his rookie year.
• 19 - Zion - We’ll see. Health concerns coming into the draft are still the same. He has the talent but if he doesn’t stay on the court that talent doesn’t matter.

Or Love and Darko “Mana from Heaven” Milicic

Vogel’s timeouts are hilarious

Welp, GGs to the Suns. Not impressed by our guys tonight but given last night’s game and the Suns shooting 9000% I’m not gonna read too much into it. Get the bench guys some run and move on to the next one.

Refs are so damn soft

Man, we just don’t have it tonight. Super physical game last night, Ant’s cold, Suns are shooting the lights out, everyone except Jaden and KAT look gassed… If we don’t heat up fast Finchy should just let the bench play out the 4th.

Suns are shooting 63/59/89

This is insane.

65% shooting by the Suns is pretty crazy

Nobody in the league’s beating this team if Okogie catches fire. 😅

We need to slow the pace way down or it’s gonna be a blowout.

Wtf, Josh can shoot 3’s now? 😵‍💫