"Joel Embiid falls on his head intentionally to minimize impact on his knees" — PFT Commenter

Take Slip·Aug 9, 2024

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Joel Embiid falls on his head intentionally to minimize impact on his knees

I saw some people saying that maybe [Joel Embiid] was trying to minimize the impact on his knees. So he's just not landing on his feet anymore. He is the opposite of a cat. He just lands on his head.

Opinion Basketball Mild

While Embiid has stated he falls to protect his joints, landing on his head is likely not the intended mechanic.

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Carmelo Anthony should be the coach for the next Olympic team

Melo should be the coach in next Olympics. Melo literally called a play for Kevin Durant from the far sideline. He was like clear out, clear out. It was when Kevin Durant had the sauce.

Opinion Basketball Medium

The next Olympic coach (2028) has not been officially named, but Steve Kerr has stepped down.

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Big Cat

Steve Kerr purposefully played bad lineups to make the Serbia game more dramatic

Credit Steve Kerr for making it an interesting game and one of a highlight Olympic basketball game because that was more fun than the US just killing everyone. If he had just kept with his best players the whole second half, we probably would've won by double digits.

Hot Take Basketball HotSarcastic

Kerr did not intentionally make the game close for drama, he was managing a complex roster.

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Hank

Steve Kerr is an idiot for benching Jayson Tatum during the Olympics

I'm an American first and foremost... I think Steve Kerr is a fucking idiot. Even his own player Draymond Green was chirping him on Twitter saying you gotta mess with the lineups. You have Jayson Tatum, one of the best players in the NBA, didn't play at all.