Jayson Tatum is a future All Star and he is 2 years younger and right now he is 3rd option while Mitchell is a 1st option. Tatum plays with better offensive players also. He doesn't get nearly the touches or opportunities to go 1 on 1 that Mitchell does.

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Ditto for the Rockets needing 44 from James Harden in Game 1 to beat the T-Bulls by 3.

Mitchell is an all star lock next year barring injury. He’s got mvp potential. Don’t think Tatum does. Tatum is really good, I just don’t think he’s on Mitchell’s level.

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Ball stinks and he put mediocre numbers when you consider all the hype. 7 assists a game for a guy reputed to be a great passer isn't shit. When you factor in 35 minutes per game and 10 point avg and terrible Shooting % it gets worse.

Its not like he is a great defender either. He isn't shutting guys down. He is better than i thought but he isn't elite.

He rarely impacted (positively) any of the games he participated in and you and that clown ass No Great Shakes constantly moved the goalposts in order to justify thinking he was "good".

Once the Lakers realize they made a bad investment and begin to assess him correctly he will really be in trouble.

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Agreed.

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GO BEARS!!!

MVP potential

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Haha Marshmellow with a horrible shot

Yes. He’s awesome. Turn the game on.

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Feeling good about this

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Well, this is basically over

That blonde girl was a dick for informing Lebron about the death of Pop's wife right after the game and asking for his thoughts.

I agree that seemed in poor taste

28 points on 25 shots with 2 assists and 4 turnovers is "awesome" in your world i guess but i wonder what the assessment would be if it were a guy (Carmelo Anthony for instance) that you didn't like.

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I asked you to watch the game. Not quote stats. He had a 5 minute stretch of horrendous play which even I called out on here in which the Thunder went 19-0. After that he was lights out. Getting to the hoop at will, playing great defense, everything you would want. And he’s a goddamn rookie in his 2nd playoff game(first of which he played great in to) fuck outta here with your nonsense tonight.

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Utah’s a tough place to play. Lots of luck to you, Ltg, and OKC.

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I actually did watch the game. I did the stat quote game because that is the angle you use to either support or contradict whatever angle you are working. He had a very good 2nd half but that is a long way from Awesome.

He does one thing well (score) and he doesn't shoot a high percentage at all.

That isn't "awesome" by any stretch.

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OKC has got this.

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I know Houston is #1 but shouldn't a team coached by Thibs with All Star players and solid role players be putting up more resistance? For the love of god.

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Looking forward to your continued excuses

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You guys are both right.

OKC is winning this series.

Mitchell is a stud and has MVP potential

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you’re just in denial mode at this point. He’s been awesome so far in the playoffs. He’s an underdog, a rookie, playing against one of the top 5 defensive teams in the league, a team you love, and he’s played like a star on the road so far. Just go back to arguing about political and race topics if you aren’t at least going to acknowledge he’s been awesome so far.

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Hope you’ll amend this to “actually only FF was right” once Utah wins in 6.

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Dude he shot 40% from the field 0 for 7 from three with 2 assists 4 turnovers and apparently that is awesome.

You get so much wrong with this stuff its beyond debatable at this point.

The fact that he is a rookie matters not either. He play well down the stretch but he was a no show for nearly 3 quarters of the game.

That is not awesome and as evidenced by your other rather fallacious arguments you will simply change the narrative in order to suit your purposes.

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Sort of like the ones you make for Steph Curry, Lonzo Ball, The OKC G.S. series and being wrong about Lauri Markkanen. Nerlens Noel. Oh yeah those excuses?

I haven't made an excuse yet. I have OKC to win. They lost one game. It happens in the playoffs

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Again reduced to quoting stats because the game context destroys your argument. Sad.

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Let’s take those one by one:

1.) no need to make excuses for Steph Curry. He’s one of the best PGs in history.
2.) I continue to say Lonzo is good and not a star. That’s seems true but he does have star potential still.
3.). not sure what you’re talking about. GS won the series and I admitted at the time I was wrong about it not being close. It was documented that Steph was dealing with ankle injuries during that stretch.
4.) No excuses for Markkanen. Very early on I said I was wrong and have been on board since his first five games as a pro
5.) I’m fine being alone on Nerlens Island. I still think he can be good. Don’t care.

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Excuse #1 Irving only outplayed Curry because he was hurt.

#2 You can think Lonzo is good but it doesn't make it so. His shooting #s were at one point historically low and his much vaunteed passing #s were rather pedestrian when you really think about it. Jerian Grant and a number of other garbage ass guards posted better numbers and you're sounding dumb in continuing to argue about "good" and "great" when everything else lends itself to the contrary.

#3 This is illustrative of how ridiculous you can be when it comes to this stuff. It was obvious to anyone with a basketball brain that OKC had the talent to play with G.S. also obvious that Steph Curry is extremely overrated as a basketball player.

#4. You made the excuse that you hadn't seen Lauri play but you lied because you had in fact seen him play. Even after seeing him play you still thought he wasn't shit and you only changed your mind after it was painfully obvious that could in fact play. Your "not" seeing him also never precluded you from proclaiming him to be a damn bust either.

#5 You blamed Rick Carlisle for Nerlens Noel's bum ass not being shit. Carlisle has something against him. Sure he does because Noel aint shit and everyone knows it by now.

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You’re just lying or misremembering on Lauri. I was sold on him within seeing a few games of pro ball from him.

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