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I might be wrong but I think Europe experience will never turn out to be bad for them, especially if they're hard working. Knowing those lads are so young even Lithuanian level will be too tough now. Good way to gain playing exp against grown man and test yourself against some tough teams, including the Baltic league ones.
But yeah, agree. This is strange. I'd understand if they were attracted by the chance to play for an elite European team, like Zalgiris for example, but a 7th placed team last season sounds crazy. In fact, they're last this season so far.
But yeah, agree. This is strange. I'd understand if they were attracted by the chance to play for an elite European team, like Zalgiris for example, but a 7th placed team last season sounds crazy. In fact, they're last this season so far.
you realize they rarely were on the court at the same time?
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they never will get enough minutes at an Euroleague club, they are youngsters that need playing time so a club of that caliber is good for them.
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so i see Simmons struggled vs Minnesota, was Jimmy guarding him?
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they never will get enough minutes at an Euroleague club, they are youngsters that need playing time so a club of that caliber is good for them.
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so i see Simmons struggled vs Minnesota, was Jimmy guarding him?
It was kind of a garbage game for 3.5 quarters. 76ers turned the ball over like 25 times and were down 10 points after not making a single field goal in the first 6-7 minutes of the 4th and turning the ball over like 8 times in those 6-7 minutes. Simmons had 0 points on 0-4 shooting and only Embiid was really keeping the game close. Then the 76ers just went off. I don't think they turned the ball over again in the last few minutes of the 4th and overtime and just went unstoppable mode, would have ended in regulation if Butler didn't hit a couple clutch 3s. Simmons and Reddick just turned on the jets to help Embiid. The assists from Embiid to Simmons for back-cut dunks were damn amazing. I had no idea Embiid had that passing touch.
Oh, and Wiggins absolutely stunk up the joint. Terrible performance. KAT looks like he needs some conditioning work too. Could hardly jump in the last bit of the game.
Oh, and Wiggins absolutely stunk up the joint. Terrible performance. KAT looks like he needs some conditioning work too. Could hardly jump in the last bit of the game.
Didn't see all of the game as the baby had problems sleeping and I was on-off, but from what I saw Lonzo was beastin against JJ and once Frank came on he remained mostly silent and lost the battle between the two imo. Anyways, the Knicks are in worse position than they should be, I'm afraid they've already lost too much to get to the play-offs, have a really hard away schedule coming up and that team really stinks when it's on the road. Would have stood a chance with Tim HJ healthy and KP missing less games, but their quality is way too thin if injuries come knocking.
What I meant to say was not that European basketball is infinitely inferior to NBA, just that they play the game so differently that they'll have to learn a lot of stuff that probably won't be used on the other side of the ocean. But of course, playing against experienced, tough guys at that age can never be useless, I agree with that 
Lonzo rarely looks to score in crunch time (rightly so, as guys like Ingram, Kuzma, Clarkson are better scorers), and that was the time they spent together on the court. even then, Ingram was guarding Ntilikina for most possessions, except Ball for a few, and i dont remember any major stops from Franck on the other end on Ball. stats dont say he outplayed Ball, and the sample size of them going at each other is almost non existent. in reality, Porzingis outplayed everyone.
Knicks are doing alright, a bit better than i expected before the season. if they could make a good trade at the deadline, they can get into the playoffs imo
Knicks are doing alright, a bit better than i expected before the season. if they could make a good trade at the deadline, they can get into the playoffs imo
: (will never happen tho)
