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Don’t get me wrong. I did enjoy CJ’s performance in their 2018-2019 playoff run but even then it was evident that there was insufficiency. I just think that they do not complement each other’s game at all and it’s disappointing that the Blazers organization keep rolling it back. There’s also the factor that Dame and CJ are close friends. By making CJ the SG, their backcourt duo is almost always undersized and they get killed on switches. This is the reason why their defense always suffers. They had Zach Collins during their deep 2018-2019 run who covered much of the mistakes with his solid defense. However, he cannot get healthy nowadays.

It’s the right time to trade CJ. Ben Simmons is a go

Based on draft projections, Cade Cunningham, Evan Mobley, and Jalen Green are the top 3. It would also be surprising for the Rockets or Cavs to select Suggs considering they already have solid point guards in their line-up in John Wall and Colin Sexton. Most likely, Suggs ends up with the Raptors to replace Kyle Lowry.

Suggs, VanVleet, Trent, OG, Siakam in the roster seems solid. They could just find a permanent center down the line through trades or FA. VanVleet could either be once again the spark off the bench or a starter in small ball line-ups.

Congratulations to Jokic and the Nuggets. I just wish that my team would get a franchise player as well that deep into the draft. That’s just crazy.

Maybe one among Chris Paul, Milsap, and Conley deserves it for all their years playing. They may be other vets among the 8 teams remaining.

This dude is definitely unguardable. He doesn’t have an unstoppable go to move. He has unstoppable go to moves. Plural. He has that mid range pull-up, one legged fade from Dirk, crossover pull-up 3, and dream shake.

I thought Giannis was the best matchup against him since they’re both long and Giannis is one of the best defenders in the league. But KD treated him like a cone. Jrue (the best guard defender) even tried KD out of desperation but he gave him the low post shake for the easy basket.

LeBron was lucky that KD got hurt or else he won’t even win that bubble ring. Since Kobe retired (2016), the face of the NBA mantle has been shared among LeBron, KD, and Steph but if KD stays healt

The father of the super teams will do his maneuverings yet again to do his best to catch up to Jordan and Kareem.

There’s a battle for the torch now among Luka, Curry, or Giannis. Jokic, Embiid, Harden, and KD are right there in contention.

Thank you for leading the league King (with Curry) since Kobe left last 2016.

Years ago, there was a selfie trend by girls doing what they call a “duck face” and posting their pics online. I guess Anfernee was suppressing his urge to join in on that wagon for years and finally succumbed by stamping it permanently in the realm of men’s basketball.

After being the starting point guard of the Grit and Grind Memphis Grizzlies playoff teams for many years, Conley was widely considered as the most underrated player prior to his huge contract signing. At the time, that contract was unheard of for a non-All Star. He would have gone down as the best non-All Star but I guess at least getting in once does serve as validation for him personally after all the seasons he played. This is not even his best season and his game (other than his 3 point shooting) is already on the decline.

Pros:

Career Validation for Mike Conley

Cons:

DeMarr DeRozan was definitely screwed by the NBA considering that the Spurs have zero all stars even if they are al

In the 4 games that Embiid did not play, the Sixers lost via blowouts. He’s putting up career numbers this season as well.

As for LeBron, he has arguably a top 3 NBA player as a teammate. Without AD, the Lakers lost to the Pistons decisively and LeBron could not prevent it. He’s clearly benefiting so much from AD’s presence on the court.

In the game against the Warriors this season, LeBron also didn’t make the game winning shot.

In fact, LeBron is so much threatened by the prospect of Embiid winning MVP over him that he tried to injure Joel during the game that the Sixers won against the Lakers. He didn’t go for the ball and was not even professional enough to check if Joel was fine.

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