2025 WESTERN CONFERENCE FINALS: #1 Oklahoma City Thunder vs #6 Minnesota Timberwolves (OKC leads 3-1)

rockmanslim · Post #781 » by **rockmanslim** » Tue May 27, 2025 3:09 am

Is SGA a bad defender? Why was he not out there?

CS707 · Post #782 » by **CS707** » Tue May 27, 2025 3:09 am

Seems like not looking for the 3 there was a bad strategy.

DaGawd · Post #783 » by **DaGawd** » Tue May 27, 2025 3:09 am

heyrayray wrote:I don’t see any one of those teams in the East beating OKC

talent wise the knicks might be able to give okc a good run

MrSparkle · Post #784 » by **MrSparkle** » Tue May 27, 2025 3:09 am

NoBias wrote:Anthony Edwards needs to be more aggressive in attacking the rim. I don’t understand why he shoots so many threes

He needs a better midrange game. 3P/rim analytics are cute in the regular season. But playoffs, you need to make every type of shot.

Reason Shai is continuing to dominate is cause he keeps getting automatic 15 ft shots like MJ.

NoBias · Post #785 » by **NoBias** » Tue May 27, 2025 3:09 am

Hoopstar23 wrote:
NoBias wrote:Anthony Edwards needs to be more aggressive in attacking the rim. I don’t understand why he shoots so many threes
Not healthy

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He looked healthy to me when he did a two foot jump from the free throw line and almost hammered it

JimmyPlopper · Post #786 » by **JimmyPlopper** » Tue May 27, 2025 3:09 am

TravisScott55 wrote:Why did the Wolves take so long to foul

We are all asking ourselves this question. It wasn't as if they were going for a steal but couldn't get one. NAW was playing defense like he didn't know what was going on

duppyy · Post #787 » by **duppyy** » Tue May 27, 2025 3:10 am

azcatz11 wrote:Nice setup here for minny to steal this. I have a feeling

They wasted so much time for a layup.

JimmyPlopper · Post #788 » by **JimmyPlopper** » Tue May 27, 2025 3:10 am

NoBias wrote:
Hoopstar23 wrote:
NoBias wrote:Anthony Edwards needs to be more aggressive in attacking the rim. I don’t understand why he shoots so many threes
Not healthy

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He looked healthy to me when he did a two foot jump from the free throw line and almost hammered it

maybe tired or also maybe low BBIQ?

Post #789 » by **Diop** » Tue May 27, 2025 3:10 am

At least we can all agree that WNBA players deserve a pay rise

HangTime · Post #790 » by **HangTime** » Tue May 27, 2025 3:10 am

NoBias wrote:Anthony Edwards needs to be more aggressive in attacking the rim. I don’t understand why he shoots so many threes

It's so hard to find any space, even for him.

DrModesty · Post #791 » by **DrModesty** » Tue May 27, 2025 3:10 am

Upperclass wrote:
MoneyTalks41890 wrote:I’m just saying I think the Ant/Jalen Williams conversation is more warranted than folks would like to admit

Ant doesnt have an SGA to play off of.. but the gulf between Ant and SGA is apparent

Ant is a totally different level to Dub when it comes to shooting the 3 and scoring in general. But Dub has advantages in defense and in playmaking that narrow the gap significantly. Ant still clearly better at this stage.

powerball1373 · Post #792 » by **powerball1373** » Tue May 27, 2025 3:10 am

Ssj16 wrote:
JustBuzzin wrote:Ant was the reason the Wolves loss tonight.

He's still not ready. 2nd straight year he couldn't get the job done.

Like I said in another thread, Ant is a good player but he's overrated. There's another level he could reach to be a legitimate top 5 MVP player but he's not there yet but he's treated by many like he's already reached that level.

That's bc Ant is actually fun to watch, unlike the free throw merchants (fLuka, SGA).

Post #793 » by **Dadouv47** » Tue May 27, 2025 3:10 am

I'm so used to watch the Thunder lose these games...

NoBias · Post #794 » by **NoBias** » Tue May 27, 2025 3:10 am

MrSparkle wrote:
NoBias wrote:Anthony Edwards needs to be more aggressive in attacking the rim. I don’t understand why he shoots so many threes

He needs a better midrange game.

Bingo, all the superstar wings with rings had an in between game. He has time, LeBron learned it later on in his career.

Post #795 » by **MoneyTalks41890** » Tue May 27, 2025 3:10 am

Ant with 6 assists and 5 turns, not sure that was a masterful floor general performance. Much more passive than game 3. There were a few possessions where he didn’t try to take the OKC defender one on one, opting to pass it back out instead.

azcatz11 · Post #796 » by **azcatz11** » Tue May 27, 2025 3:10 am

JimmyPlopper wrote:
TravisScott55 wrote:Why did the Wolves take so long to foul

We are all asking ourselves this question. It wasn't as if they were going for a steal but couldn't get one. NAW was playing defense like he didn't know what was going on

It’s Goberts fault

Post #797 » by **Diop** » Tue May 27, 2025 3:11 am

MrSparkle wrote:
NoBias wrote:Anthony Edwards needs to be more aggressive in attacking the rim. I don’t understand why he shoots so many threes

He needs a better midrange game.

i agree he needs something in the middle, would make him so much harder to defend

NoBias · Post #798 » by **NoBias** » Tue May 27, 2025 3:11 am

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powerball1373 wrote:
Ssj16 wrote:
JustBuzzin wrote:Ant was the reason the Wolves loss tonight.

He's still not ready. 2nd straight year he couldn't get the job done.

Like I said in another thread, Ant is a good player but he's overrated. There's another level he could reach to be a legitimate top 5 MVP player but he's not there yet but he's treated by many like he's already reached that level.

That's bc Ant is actually fun to watch, unlike the free throw merchants (fLuka, SGA).

Wooo! 14 points; so much fun.

NiceLikeChrist · Post #799 » by **NiceLikeChrist** » Tue May 27, 2025 3:11 am

NoBias wrote:Anthony Edwards needs to be more aggressive in attacking the rim. I don’t understand why he shoots so many threes

He doesn’t get calls and all of OKC defenders are allowed to straddle him anywhere inside half court

Nobody can honestly say Dort would be allowed to defend SGA the way he defends Ant

jehosafats · Post #800 » by **jehosafats** » Tue May 27, 2025 3:11 am

God zoomed in on SGA's face

Omg you guys who wins Game 4??