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1 year
Brandon Payne on Scoot Hendersons workout with Steph Curry: "Mr. Curry hadn't touched a basketball in about 4 weeks and he decided to rattle off 60 in a row in 1 drill & Scoots eyes got about this big... I had to keep telling him don't worry this isn't normal, this not normal"
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2 years
"I'm watching Steph Curry play against the best defense I've ever seen & he's breaking it in ways Giannis couldn't, Jimmy Butler couldn't & Kevin Durant couldn't" - Bontemps
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2 years
Steph asked "What they gonna say now" and Dray said I got something
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3 years
Dame Lillard On Steph Curry: "At my position...If you say who's the best at this, who's first like this, Steph is the 1 person I can accept coming behind.. Steph came from a mid major, Steph went through injuries, Steph teams struggled..I respect Steph" Via Draymond Green podcast
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3 years
I stand with Kyrie. His morals the only thing that's preventing Harden a ring so I gotta support
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2 years
Draymond: "Do we have Klay Thompson finsihing his career with the Golden State Warriors?" Klay: "I did tell Steve Kerr at the NBATV podium 'I'm going full Michael Jordan, I'm aligning myself with Steve. I ain't playing for anybody but Steve'. So that's the plan"
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2 years
Kd def got something against steph cause you don't see him reacting like this when people say bron or giannis better than him
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2 years
"Kevin Durant was absolutely insane. Steph Curry got double teamed probably 7 times the amount that KD did in a given series" - Draymond Green on the Colin Cowherd podcast
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2 years
This the first coach to throw single coverage at Steph and this the exact reason no coach does it
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2 years
Betting warriors to win the series now cause ain't no fucking way Derrick white and al horford cooking them like that again
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3 years
"Harrison Barnes, I think to this day don't like me for KD coming here...he took it very personally because of that story that came out that I cried to KD in the car...this dude invite Steph/klay everyone to his wedding except me" - Draymond Green on the Draymond Green podcast
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3 years
If Davidson loses to Michigan state, Steph Curry will be walking into the arena as the Michigan State mascot. Via Draymond Green podcast
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3 years
Andre Iguodala asks Steph Curry on what occasion does he lie. He mentions 2 reasons: "When coach asks if I'm tired" "When our kids catch us in the bed" Via Point Forward pod
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2 years
Austin Rivers on who was the hardest player in the league to guard: "Steph... it's not even close...you can't touch him, they give him every f*ckin call, they set illegal screens for him the entire game... they don't call it cause they want to see him shoot" Via Ringer nba show
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3 years
This like saying Steph Curry a better shooter than Kyle Kuzma
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2 years
Skip hating this much on Steph basically means he's elevated him to Bron levels. Should be taken as a sign of respect
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3 years
Draymond Green: You ain't winning Defensive player of the year blitzing Steph. They don't blitz with Rudy Gobert" Joel Embiid: "Hold on... that's why Steph always freaking kills him... cause you cannot play drop against freaking Steph Curry" Via Draymond Green podcast
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2 years
101 former NBA players voted on which player they enjoy watching the most: 1. Stephen Curry - 28.5% 2. Ja Morant - 15.2% 3. Nikola Jokic - 10% 4. Kevin Durant - 8.7% 5. Luka Doncic - 8.4% 6. Giannis - 6.5% 7. LeBron James - 5.7% Via The Athletic
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3 years
Okc announcer on Steph: "2s are harder for him but 3s are a piece of cake...so jus get him inside that 3 point line" Who wants to tell him Steph shooting 57% from 2?
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1 year
Zach Lowe on the Warriors core staying together: "Based on what I've heard, and what I think & how they're playing on the court...I would bet on Steph, Klay & Draymond all being on the Warriors next year & if they have to cut costs, looking at other ways to cut costs"
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2 years
Dray gonna come out and drop 4/6/6 on opening night and his fan boys still gonna come out saying this why he's irreplaceable
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3 years
Draymond Green on why Steph Curry should be the MVP via Sam Amicks latest article
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3 years
Draymond Greens award picks: MVP: Devin Booker MIP: Jordan Poole DPOY: Mikal Bridges ROY: Evan Mobley COY: Ime Udoka Via Draymond Green Podcast
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3 years
Strph Curry says he's "entertained himself" with the Twitter opinions on his game. Some of the things he's said he's seen" - Needs to shoot more - get to midrange more - can't finish - losing athleticism - his lift gone - he's too swole This man legit lives on Twitter 😂
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3 years
Highest assist combos this year. Steph/Dray connection is like no other
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1 year
Austin Rivers on Draymond/Poole situation: "He got his deal...you got paid, you stayed on your team, you got your core back, you got all the players you won with, you got everything you wanted, Why are we talking about this again?" Via Ringer NBA Show
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3 years
Steph Curry on his return: "The goal has always been game 1. I'm very optimistic it'll be game 1"
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2 years
Jeff Van Gundy on Steph Curry: "You can make the case to me, year in & year out... you could make a strong case he's been the most valuable player in the league over the past decade" Via Lowe Post
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3 years
Steph Curry leading every guard in every advanced stat there is but people will bring up FG% when they wanna say he shouldn't be 1st team All NBA. Comedy
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4 years
Draymond never clamped an individual player. He clamped your entire team. It's levels
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3 years
Darius Garland on Steph Curry: "I watched Steph alot growing up. Steph was definitely 1 of my favorite players growing up. Steph changed the game for all of us. Shooting the 4 pointers, not even a 4 pointer but we call it 4 pointers" Via Draymond Green podcast
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3 years
17% of GM's thinking Dame is better than Steph Curry is absurd man
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2 years
Kerr benched Dray in the playoffs cause he was unplayable on offense btw. Offense function fine without him and wasn't solved. Seemed like the league figured him out more than anything if we being real
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3 years
"I personally think 85% of the guys in the NBA don't truly love the game of basketball" - Draymond Green on the Old man & the 3 podcast
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2 years
Not sure why so many ppl on my mentions saying "I thought he didn't need KD 🤔" when KD got bullied by this same defense putting up 26 on 43 eFG% while Steph averaging 31 on 62 eFG%
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4 years
Steph Curry is shooting 58.2% on 2 pointers this year. He's a 6'3 guard. For comparison, LeBron James is shooting 56.4% on 2 pointers this year. Anthony Davis is at 57.5%. Steph built different
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3 years
Jordan Poole asked Steph 'What's your take on trash talking' "Most of my trashtalking is reactive, if you say something to me I'll say something back. I'm not out here huffing and puffing... I'm good for a facial expression or a smile, that's my trash talking" - Steph Curry
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2 years
Bontemps: "Steph Curry has been thr best player in these series by a significant amount" Windhorsts response: "I don't even think Stephs played great yet"
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3 years
Nick nurse in the post game: "We did a really great job on curry" Well that's 1 way to look at it
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3 years
"The way Wigs has been attacking the rim in incredible...the way Wiggins has been rebounding... that's what allows that newer version of the death lineup to really work...Wiggins has been locked in like ive never seen wiggins locked in before" - Draymond Green
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2 years
"If Warrirors sweep that series (Dallas), Andrew Wiggins would have been Western Conference MVP. That's just based on conversations with the voters" - Marcus Thompson Still don't understand how people get this galaxy brained when it comes to Steph
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4 years
Steph Currys rank in ESPN's Offensive Plus Minus (ORPM) every year of his career: 2010: 23rd 2011: 12th 2012: 13th 2013: 3rd 2014: 1st 2015: 1st 2016: 1st 2017: 1st 2018: 1st 2019: 1st 2020: 4th 2021: 1st
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2 years
Steph putting up 31 on 1.48 PPP and Boston still up double digits. There isn't an adjustment for this. The other guys just gotta be better. He can't do everything on his own
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3 years
Steph Curry is now leading all MVP odds at +450
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3 years
Marcus Thompson: "Out of all the times in the game you're fouled, what % would you say are called" Steph Curry: "About 45%" 😂😂
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3 years
Draymond told Kuminga to do the dunk contest and Kuminga responded "Man I don't do fancy dunks.. I can jump high but I ain't really got all the fancy dunks" 😭😭
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3 years
The players love watching Steph the most as well
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Jerry West on Steph Curry: "Teams are starting to play him differently now, they're really accounting for him, but it's not gonna make any difference because he's still gonna find a way to make a difference in the game" via TK Show
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3 years
Suns fans being upset over Warriors fans not liking CP3 is so strange. We've disliked him since 2014 😂 it has nothing to do with the suns. Clippers rivalry which than bleed into Houston rivalry
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2 years
Boston changed their scheme on Steph and he ended up having the worst shooting night of his playoffs and yet the teams offensive rating was the 2nd highest with him on the court for the series. Scheme change allowed everyone else to get easy shots
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3 years
Draymond said on his pod that when he was told he couldn't play on Klays return it brought him to tears. Don't think any of us really realized how much that moment meant to him
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3 years
Ben Taylor's top 10 players of 2021. Steph Curry slots in at #1
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4 years
Thread: Steph Curry was drafted to a team where the current star said on draft day he didn't want him there & said the 2 of them would never work together. Monta then refused to dap up Curry for half of that season and Curry never said a word. He was benched for Acie Law /1
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The fact that he’s still giving us a chance despite this complete shit show, everyone jumping ship including his best friend...James Harden is the ultimate ride or die. What other current superstar has been this loyal?
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3 years
It's pre crazy that Warriors single covered Bron and AD for most of the game and they sent 3 bodies at Steph the entire game and he still outplayed both of em
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3 years
Steph a sicko for letting the game stay close till the 4th for him to go off. Triggering these fans PTSD for no reason
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2 years
Steph has been really good this postseason and easily the best guard by a big margin but for some reason has still felt underwhelming. Not sure why
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3 years
Draymond on a player in the league who most fans don't appreciate how good they actually are: "Other than me?...Klay Thompson...Thompson not being on the top 75 team is ridiculous..it's disgusting to basketball, it's disgusting to winning" Via Draymond Green podcast
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3 years
Took awhile but Steph is now hitting 41.1% of his wide open 3 pointers for the season
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4 years
The evolution of Steph Curry. Rookie year vs Unanimous MVP year
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Draymond Green on how Nikola Jokic reacted to him criticizing his defense in the playoffs during the bubble: "When I saw him the following year, he said to me 'Hey I saw your comments about my defense, I've gotten better and I appreciate it'" Via The Draymond Green Show
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3 years
This Warriors team is +7.8 when Steph is off the court. That's the best mark of any team he had in his career
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3 years
This gonna be the 4th Steph postseason we've been robbed of at his peak cause of lower body injuries
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2 years
In between the venting Austin actually said alot of complementary things about steph but this made me laugh 😂
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3 years
On the Point Forward Pod Andre tells a story where Draymond was mad at Steph for shooting bad shots... "Steph took another shot and he (Draymond) going crazy" Draymond says "Dang you took a bad shot" Steph: "Ay Imma shoot it again"
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3 years
Seeing alot of "How are the Warriors so good and Klay aint back yet?" They have Steph Curry and Draymond Green and gave them veterans instead of rookies to play with. Its as simple as that. Most underrated duo of all time
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3 years
Stan Van Gundy on Steph Curry on the Slapping glass podcast: "He's the hardest guy in the NBA to guard"
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3 years
Pooles development as a guard finisher from his rookie season to now might be one of the most unprecedented growth curves we've seen
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2 years
Any series KD been doubled he shit the bed man. 2016 GSW. 2022 BOS. 2013 MEM
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3 years
Kuminga point blank the best roll man Stephs ever played with
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3 years
Steph had the worst shooting slump of his career and the team kept winning games, probably should drive home the point that the most important thing in basketball is high level playmaking
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2 years
People thinking 5/12 from 3 isn't a great performance from Steph is the part that makes me laugh. That's 1.25 PPP. That's elite!
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3 years
Steph Curry's top 5 favorite players: - Michael Jordan - Allen Iverson - Steve Nash - Reggie Miller - Muggsy Bogues via Knuckleheads podcast
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3 years
Draymond on the DPOY Award: "Obviously if I didn't get hurt I was running away with that and you know I was running away with it because no one still has solidified themselves and I had solidified myself by game 30" Via Draymond Green podcast
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4 years
Steph Curry really been a tier above the rest. Insane
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3 years
Andrew Wiggins is having the best 3 pt shooting season of his career. He is also having the worst FT shooting season of his career. It doesn't make much sense
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3 years
Steph Curry on him adding bulk: "I'm really working on my body, making sure I can withstand the physicality at this stage of my career. That's a big piece of me being efficient. It has nothing to do with my shooting" via Dubs talk pod
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4 years
Steph Curry averaged more points in the 2019 Finals than both of the Raptors Point Guards combined and yet the talk is Steph couldn't guard either of them and he was having trouble scoring Steph: 30.5 PPG Lowry & FVV: 30.2 PPG
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3 years
Steph got 2 scoring titles and both the most efficient scoring titles of all time
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3 years
Steph on Draymond: "As creative as I am on offense... if you take that same approach whatever that means defensively, that's Draymond. He'll see things, he'll make reads, he'll make rotations that don't make any sense... he'll guard 3 people in 5 seconds" Via Knuckleheads podcast
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3 years
This the first season Steph Curry isn't a definitive top 3 (tbh top 2) player in the league since 2015. If you see people getting bold on their takes its cause they've been waiting for this for 7 years
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2 years
Overall thoughts: - Wiggins hustle the best I ever seen - Steph has been getting inside the arc with ease and needs to do so more - Klays shot selection is a major issue. 3 guard lineup is pointless unless klay accepts his role - Memphis has been able to negate dray on offense
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2 years
Warriors won the Steph stinker game. This just won them the championship
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4 years
And thats why, Steph Curry is one of the greatest and unique basketball players of all time
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4 years
Career Playoff On-Off Net Ratings for Stars: Steph Curry: +12.6 James Harden: +12.1 Shaquille O'Neal: +11.7 LeBron James: +10.2 Russell Westbrook: +8.9 Kobe Bryant: +7.6 Anthony Davis: +7.5 Chris Paul: +7.1 Kawhi Leonard: +6.4 Kevin Durant: +6.3
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4 years
@rashadalaiyan @JonRothstein Dudes mad he backed out of an unpaid internship
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3 years
Lowe writing about Steph Curry is still one of my favorite things
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3 years
Warriors jus won a game while they were still half drunk, this team is so far above the rest man
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3 years
12-6-12 and Poole starter moving forward are the 2 things needed and this the best team in the west
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2 years
Doubling KD at 15 feet vs doubling Steph at 30 feet results in completely different looks for the offense. It's way easier for the defense to rotate at 15 feet and get a contest. Doubling at 30 usually results in a open dunk
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4 years
"What Bradley Beal does for the Wizards is not that much different than what Curry does for the Warriors" - Windhorst Yall need to legitimately watch more basketball if you think these players are the same in terms of offensive impact
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3 years
Jus watched the highlights. The clipper commentators are hilarious. Steph hits an insane shot and they jus pause for 4 seconds to take deep breathes and then start commentating like he jus hit a normal shot 😂😂
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3 years
The Athletic had Steph as the 15th greatest player of all time & ESPN had him at 16. By the end of this season he's gonna be considered top 10
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2 years
Self Created eFG% in the playoffs from 14-16 (Min 150 attempts): 1. Steph Curry: 55.7% 2. CP3l: 55.5% 3. Kawhi Leonard: 54.2% 4. PG: 52.8% 5. Blake Griffin: 51.6% . . 29. Kevin Durant: 43.7% Saying Steph couldn't go get a bucket & needed KD to fill that role is jus inaccurate
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3 years
steph way too open bout this stuff now lol
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1 year
Stephen Curry on winning the American Century Championship: "I'm legit calling it number 5. That's number 5 right there" Via the Ringer NBA show
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Seth Curry tells a story where Draymond and him were talking crazy to each other during the game: "Steph was at the free throw line inbetween. He was acting all awkward, he ain't know what to do." Via Draymond Green podcast
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Marc Spears on NBA Today on Draymond: "I keep hearing there's no light at the end of the tunnel...& it's very uncertain when Draymond will be back" Ok
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Brian Windhorst on the Chris Paul deal: "Imma say the quiet part out loud... The reason why the Warriors did the Chris Paul deal, #1 , it was a salary dump.. they didn't do this deal because it was a good fit"
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2 years
Steph is shooting 81% inside the restricted area lol there's never been a guard with that level of touch around the rim
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3 years
Btw if Steph misses First team All NBA this year its 100% cause Warriors PR decided to push "look at all the amazing signing and depth we got this year" instead of acknowledging the real reason they still winning games and pushing that 🤙
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