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What’s the chances Jokic wins a ring in the next 2-3 years? (alien.top)

submitted 1 year ago by KnicksNBAchamps2021@alien.top to c/nba@nba.space

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After winning the Finals this year, the nuggets are pretty much bringing back the same team without Bruce brown but other teams like the bucks, Celtics and suns have improved. Imo I think the next 2-3 championships will be won by either the Bucks or Celtics and I think the Nuggets will make the finals again this year but the only way they might win again in the future is to either make a trade for a 3rd star or get much better depth.

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[–] sneedmode@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah but the difference is that Giannis needed to injure kyrie (in addition to a non-contact harden injury) to win. Back then everyone knew that the bucks ring was not likely to happen again and that they weren’t the best team.

Jokic rolled a bunch of mostly healthy teams.

[–] lundej16@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The ultimate “tell me you’ve never played basketball” argument strikes again

[–] sneedmode@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

tell me you’ve never played basketball

You should tell that to the various NBA players who all agree that Giannis undercut him on purpose lol.

Or guys like claxton who he tried to injure over the past season out of frustration.

It’s funny because you’ll probably agree with me in 2-3 years after Giannis leaves milwuakee

[–] lundej16@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You should tell that to the various NBA players who all agree that Giannis undercut him on purpose lol.

Name one who’s not Kyrie. Should’ve been easy enough to type at least one name if there are so many?

Anywho, since it’s clear you don’t know, landing on someone’s feet in the restricted area is so common and unavoidable that the NBA rule book specifically exempts the restricted area from the landing space rule. It’s a part of playing at the rim, there is an inherent degree of risk in playing a sport after all.

You’ll notice that Bucks fans don’t say that dumb shit about Clint Capela “undercutting” Giannis when his knee bent backwards.

[–] sneedmode@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Gilbert arenas pointed it out?

And I don’t see why kyrie can’t say it. Plenty of other players like grant Williams and claxton have commented on his dirty plays too. It’s not like this is a one-off event.

it’s really common

Yeah it’s common when the paint is crowded, not on a barely contested layup (jrue had like a hand up facing the wrong direction) and you shuffle your feet trying to get under the other guy. Looked like a paint version of the zaza injury to me.

It’s especially funny because Giannis is a guy who has a history of trying to injure people when he’s losing.

He did the “clothesline a player on a fast break” on Tatum when losing to Boston/halfway through the Phoenix series to dbook.

He also tried to rip Clax and grant Williams arms off Kelly olynyk style.

[–] Low-iq-haikou@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

The two pillars of wisdom, Kyrie and Gilbert Arenas