The NBA offensive explosion is caused by rules and officiating that make it impossible to play defense
I don't know what the defense is supposed to do anymore... The foul number isn't the really thing to look at. I think it's defenses are scared to death to even be in compromised positions because guys just fucking run into everybody now. You just adding it all up... the offensive player has never had this many advantages.
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View episodeThe Dunk Contest is unfixable because we have already seen every possible dunk
There's really no way to fix the Dunk Contest. I think they've jumped over the biggest human they can find... maybe it's just that we've seen every cool Dunk and there's only so many cool dunks that you can do.
Mac McClung should be ineligible for the NBA Dunk Contest because he isn't an active NBA player
Mac McClung should be ineligible because he is not in the [NBA]... That is the NBA dunk contest, not the G League dunk contest. If you're going to do that, just bring people off the street.
A G-League player who wins the NBA Dunk Contest should receive a two-week NBA contract
If you win the Dunk contest and you're on a G League team, you should get like a two week contract.
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Last night with Mitchell not playing well, all the points off of turnovers, which again, he was, he was guilty of. But look, I just have a super hard time with the way he's officiated. It gets so bad with him that I'm like, well I expect there's gonna be some kind of 30 point game. Yeah. I mean he's got the ball in his hands the entire time. But at the end when he needed the free throws, it's like he missed two of the last four. 'cause it—that tells me there's just something about him.
The Knicks should be dangerously confident given how the Eastern Conference is looking
They should be. Because if you go back to the regular season games and you know, you try to figure out, okay, what really matters... Detroit's physicality and their defense messes up New York in a way that feels very real. So if you're a Knicks fan and then watching last night going like, I hope Cleveland wins this based on what you saw in the regular season.
Cade Cunningham could end up becoming the best point guard in the NBA
When we're done with this, let's not, not Cade if they don't get through this. 'Cause I think we're all realizing like, Cade could end up becoming the best point guard in the NBA.