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It's fun to watch him work.

Every team needs a TJ.

Even if he's not scoring he's lighting a fire under your ass and pumping the fans up.

Imagine him and Jose Alvarado on the same team.

Hype meter at nuclear levels. Even the lame Laker crowd would be a HC advantage with those two.

bigger fan of megan lol

djsunyc wrote:bigger fan of megan lol

She's a baddie. I didn't know the genetics ran like that.

picc wrote:It's fun to watch him work.

He is inspiring some young fans
We need more of him in the league.

Rick had JJ in Dallas and now he's got TJ.

I understand that this isn't the most thought-provoking OP but, man, TJ McConnell really earned himself the right to have his own GB thread after tonight's performance.

He had 5 steals in 15 minutes. 5. 3 of them were on the inbound pass.

Clear example of how hustle/playing hard is a skill/talent. There's a lot of dudes out there on the court playing hard, but there's levels to it, like everything. The willingness to compete NONSTOP, the cardio to maintain that effort, and the tenacity to push through the constant uncomfortable-ness that effort level puts you in, it's very impressive.

Deathray wrote:Rick had JJ in Dallas and now he's got TJ.

Wow.

Its like Rick knows little angry dudes who play like Tommy Davidson's character in Ace Ventura 2 are key to championship drives.

Nuntius wrote:I understand that this isn't the most thought-provoking OP but, man, TJ McConnell really earned himself the right to have his own GB thread after tonight's performance.

He had 5 steals in 15 minutes. 5. 3 of them were on the inbound pass.

Its infuriating when a guy does to your team what TJ did tonight. Like they don't allow you to just play basketball.

mattg wrote:Clear example of how hustle/playing hard is a skill/talent. There's a lot of dudes out there on the court playing hard, but there's levels to it, like everything. The willingness to compete NONSTOP, the cardio to maintain that effort, and the tenacity to push through the constant uncomfortable-ness that effort level puts you in, it's very impressive.

Pretty awesome court awareness too. You don't get all those steals by luck.

He's the ideal perfect backup pg. I would imagine he was also a solid reliable college player too. Thats what missing a lot in the NBA. The solid pg or backup pg. Nowadays too many pgs are looking to shoot and not necessarily run the offense or serve as a floor general for the team and set guys up.

picc wrote:

Nuntius wrote:I understand that this isn't the most thought-provoking OP but, man, TJ McConnell really earned himself the right to have his own GB thread after tonight's performance.

He had 5 steals in 15 minutes. 5. 3 of them were on the inbound pass.

Its infuriating when a guy does to your team what TJ did tonight. Like they don't allow you to just play basketball.

Yeah. When he just straight up intercepted Caruso's inbound and scored to tie up the game, that was a back-breaker for OKC.

mattg wrote:Clear example of how hustle/playing hard is a skill/talent. There's a lot of dudes out there on the court playing hard, but there's levels to it, like everything. The willingness to compete NONSTOP, the cardio to maintain that effort, and the tenacity to push through the constant uncomfortable-ness that effort level puts you in, it's very impressive.

I agree. McConnell is going 120% out there on every possession. This is also why he isn't as effective as a starter. You can go 120% when you play 15-20 minutes but you absolutely cannot keep this up for 30+ minutes.

Nuntius wrote:

mattg wrote:Clear example of how hustle/playing hard is a skill/talent. There's a lot of dudes out there on the court playing hard, but there's levels to it, like everything. The willingness to compete NONSTOP, the cardio to maintain that effort, and the tenacity to push through the constant uncomfortable-ness that effort level puts you in, it's very impressive.

I agree. McConnell is going 120% out there on every possession. This is also why he isn't as effective as a starter. You can go 120% when you play 15-20 minutes but you absolutely cannot keep this up for 30+ minutes.

He's the Manu Ginobili of TJ McConnells.

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10/10 career arc for TJ. I remember an interview how happy he was when Philly paid him. I don’t think he really expected that. His goal was always just to play one more season in the nba when he got drafted.


https://youtu.be/5opNNP-N9Lc?si=wcKF8YiFCtnl6M_8

azcatz11 wrote:10/10 career arc for TJ. I remember an interview how happy he was when Philly paid him. I don’t think he really expected that. His goal was always just to play one more season in the nba when he got drafted.


https://youtu.be/5opNNP-N9Lc?si=wcKF8YiFCtnl6M_8

Dude is actually Rudy.

Always rated TJ