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JDR720 wrote:It's not about being traded. It's being traded, the team trading for him pulling out, and now he's stuck on a team that doesn't want him.
So he's probably thinking why should he play and risk injury for a team that doesn't want him.
Balllin wrote:Zion Williamson is 6-5, with a 6-10 wingspan. I see him as a slightly better Kenneth Faried.
"I didn't think I had failed my physical. That didn't even cross my mind. The night I got traded I played hella minutes. I didn't think in any world that was possible. Since I've been back at the start of the year, I've played games with a lot of minutes. I feel like every injury I've had has been well-documented and I've recovered, and been 100% since. So, I don't know what went into that decision. I think that's up to them."
fatlever wrote:"I didn't think I had failed my physical. That didn't even cross my mind. The night I got traded I played hella minutes. I didn't think in any world that was possible. Since I've been back at the start of the year, I've played games with a lot of minutes. I feel like every injury I've had has been well-documented and I've recovered, and been 100% since. So, I don't know what went into that decision. I think that's up to them."
from mark
fatlever wrote:paywalled... any other interesting nuggets in mark's article?
Williams’ presence bolsters a center rotation initially weakened with his temporary departure. Jusuf Nurkic, acquired from Phoenix on Feb. 6, didn’t make his debut until Charlotte’s final game before the All-Star break and had been pegged for a reserve role behind Moussa Diabate.
Diabate, who cashed in on a standard NBA contract following the trade deadline activity, was given the starting nod. But that all changes now with Williams in the fold again.
“I think each one of us brings something different,” Williams said. “I don’t see that as a negative thing. I just see it as another piece of the puzzle that we are able to have. So, I think it will be just good for us.”
Similar to the mentality Williams is now taking: letting his game do the talking.
“Yeah, I think the biggest thing for me is showing I’m healthy,” Williams said. “Like I said, I didn’t think there was a world (where) I’d fail a physical. So, I’m just excited to play.
“I get it’s a business, right? What I got traded for, picks, players … Like I said, it’s a business. Obviously, on their side, they thought I could have contributed to them winning going into the playoffs, whatever. And now I’m back here. I’m back with the guys, excited.”
MasterIchiro wrote:Looks like he's been smoking a ton of weed. There's no testing in the NBA, so it's fine. But is this PJ Washington all over again? I'm great. No, I'm slow. Great again. Slow again. Just chilling out today. Dominant this time. Next time slept in late.
yosemiteben wrote:MasterIchiro wrote:Looks like he's been smoking a ton of weed. There's no testing in the NBA, so it's fine. But is this PJ Washington all over again? I'm great. No, I'm slow. Great again. Slow again. Just chilling out today. Dominant this time. Next time slept in late.
I have no idea what you're talking about, is this just you making stuff up? When was PJ or Mark ever late for anything?
What possible connection does their play have to do with whether they use marijuana?
MasterIchiro wrote:yosemiteben wrote:MasterIchiro wrote:Looks like he's been smoking a ton of weed. There's no testing in the NBA, so it's fine. But is this PJ Washington all over again? I'm great. No, I'm slow. Great again. Slow again. Just chilling out today. Dominant this time. Next time slept in late.
I have no idea what you're talking about, is this just you making stuff up? When was PJ or Mark ever late for anything?
What possible connection does their play have to do with whether they use marijuana?
Smoking weed too close to a game results in the player playing high sometimes, which changes athletic performance as any stoner can attest. Sometimes the reaction speed is there - looks sharp. Others it looks like the game moves too fast. PJ had stretches where he looked like a completely different player. Mark has those dominant spurts that seem missing in the first half of games most of the time. Then the lackluster play subsides magically after halftime.
yosemiteben wrote:MasterIchiro wrote:yosemiteben wrote:I have no idea what you're talking about, is this just you making stuff up? When was PJ or Mark ever late for anything?
What possible connection does their play have to do with whether they use marijuana?
Smoking weed too close to a game results in the player playing high sometimes, which changes athletic performance as any stoner can attest. Sometimes the reaction speed is there - looks sharp. Others it looks like the game moves too fast. PJ had stretches where he looked like a completely different player. Mark has those dominant spurts that seem missing in the first half of games most of the time. Then the lackluster play subsides magically after halftime.
It is also possible that they are just inconsistent, no reason to assume that they are toking up right before games and that's the reason.
Seems bizarre to me to jump to the conclusion that they must be getting high right before games.
MasterIchiro wrote:yosemiteben wrote:MasterIchiro wrote:
Smoking weed too close to a game results in the player playing high sometimes, which changes athletic performance as any stoner can attest. Sometimes the reaction speed is there - looks sharp. Others it looks like the game moves too fast. PJ had stretches where he looked like a completely different player. Mark has those dominant spurts that seem missing in the first half of games most of the time. Then the lackluster play subsides magically after halftime.
It is also possible that they are just inconsistent, no reason to assume that they are toking up right before games and that's the reason.
Seems bizarre to me to jump to the conclusion that they must be getting high right before games.
Maybe Cannabis is bizarre to you, Nancy Reagan, but these players use it, and I totally disagree that it's bizarre to acknowledge it. It's bizarre to not acknowledge it.
Of course inconsistency can be blamed on other factors. But when inconsistency becomes consistent, you start to think about physiology.
Do you get high?
yosemiteben wrote:MasterIchiro wrote:yosemiteben wrote:It is also possible that they are just inconsistent, no reason to assume that they are toking up right before games and that's the reason.
Seems bizarre to me to jump to the conclusion that they must be getting high right before games.
Maybe Cannabis is bizarre to you, Nancy Reagan, but these players use it, and I totally disagree that it's bizarre to acknowledge it. It's bizarre to not acknowledge it.
Of course inconsistency can be blamed on other factors. But when inconsistency becomes consistent, you start to think about physiology.
Do you get high?
I'm very familiar with marijuana and its effects. I think it's ridiculous to start with marijuana use right before games as an explanation for on court play.
MasterIchiro wrote:yosemiteben wrote:MasterIchiro wrote:
Maybe Cannabis is bizarre to you, Nancy Reagan, but these players use it, and I totally disagree that it's bizarre to acknowledge it. It's bizarre to not acknowledge it.
Of course inconsistency can be blamed on other factors. But when inconsistency becomes consistent, you start to think about physiology.
Do you get high?
I'm very familiar with marijuana and its effects. I think it's ridiculous to start with marijuana use right before games as an explanation for on court play.
What I hear here is you do not directly experience the effects of Cannabis