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Bob HugginsBob Huggins

Deflections are the most important stat when playing a press defense

Since we started pressing, it's deflections. Deflections is a sign of activity and energy. It's disruptive.

This is a coaching philosophy and a subjective valuation of a statistic.

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May 22, 2017
#19442
Big CatBig Cat

Adam Silver texted LeBron James and told him to play bad for ratings and revenue

Did LeBron James get a text from Adam Silver being like, 'Hey, LeBron, all anyone can talk about is how the NBA Finals are nine days away after you sweep the Celtics. We're going to really need some more cash here, so could you just suck for an entire game and look totally disinterested?'

This is a satirical conspiracy theory that is factually incorrect regarding actual league mandates.
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May 22, 2017
#19440
HankHank

The Celtics are in year five of a rebuild and are closing in on LeBron James' tail

We're in year five of a rebuild. We have the number one draft pick. We're in the Eastern Conference Finals. We're clearly coming up on LeBron [James]'s tail. As long as we can dominate LeBron in the beginning of his career and then dominate him on the way out, I can be content with that.

The Celtics did eventually reach the Finals after LeBron left the East, but at the time of the take, LeBron still won the series 4-1 and remained the dominant force in the East for another year.
Loss
May 22, 2017
#19444
Big CatBig Cat

This is the year of the Nashville Predators in the Stanley Cup

The Predators, I feel like this is the Predators' year. People have been saying it for a long time. This is the Predators' year. Take out your fang claws. Nashville's number one hockey city in Tennessee.

The Penguins defeated the Predators in the 2017 Stanley Cup Finals 4-2.

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Bob HugginsBob Huggins

Kenyon Martin's comeback from a broken leg is one of the greatest feats in sports history

It blows my mind that a guy could like him, could break his leg and come back and play 11 years in the NBA... I'll bet you nobody's ever done that in the history of sports. With a broken leg and come back and... that's a lot of running, that's a lot of jumping and pounding.

While Martin had a great career, many athletes have returned from broken bones (e.g., Paul George, Joe Theismann's recovery attempt, or more recently Alex Smith). However, Martin's longevity as a high-flyer post-injury is remarkable.
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Bob HugginsBob Huggins

West Virginia is a basketball school

I asked Scott this question, I'll ask it to you too. West Virginia, a basketball school or a football school? Basketball school. I think that's tradition.

This is a matter of fan perspective, though the basketball program has had more recent high-level success (Final Fours) compared to the football program's results in the Big 12 era.
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Cincinnati would have won a national title in 2000 if Kenyon Martin didn't get hurt

I think anybody who doesn't [think we would have won] don't know anything about basketball. [I think about it] not more than four or five times a day.

This is a famous sports 'what if'. Cincy was the favorite, but since it didn't happen, it remains subjective.

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