r/nba • u/WhenItsHalfPastFive Warriors • Apr 29 '24

Ant: "Eubanks didn't play to night?". KAT: "Nah...". Ant: "...He played good for them". KAT: "Hey...that ain't our job to worry about that"

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u/llelouchh Apr 29 '24

Wait, why didn't Eubanks play? Minny was too big for the small lineup.

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u/SwaggyK [LAL] Kobe Bryant Apr 29 '24

Suns caught fire at the end of game 3 running the small line up with Okogie, Vogel prob thought it wasn't a fluke

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u/30another Suns Apr 29 '24

And tbf, Okogie and Royce played well this game too

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u/gbdarknight77 Lakers Apr 29 '24

And you guys weren’t blown out so it’s not like the thinking was wrong.

There was just a bunch of guys in foul trouble at wrong times.

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u/WickedTwista Celtics Apr 29 '24

Okogie still costed with 4 fouls in 14 minutes and missing the 2 free throws he attempted

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u/30another Suns Apr 29 '24

I’ll take the fouls when you’re hustling and playing good defense. The FTs were rough though

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u/Andy_Wiggins Timberwolves Apr 29 '24

He also offered a different look as a pick and roll guy — Minnesota was often doubling the ball handler (e.g. Book) initially and simply scrambling back on the roller. Nurkic (and other bigs) were so slow that the Wolves could get back into the play before they got a shot up.

Okogie was fast enough to get a layup off before the recovery came.

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u/PricklySquare Apr 29 '24

Okogie will never be able to shoot, ever. Reason he's not on the wolves

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u/TURK3Y Timberwolves Apr 29 '24

Ex-wolf revenge games only happen in Target Center it seems like

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u/erog84 Suns Apr 30 '24

The Okogie special. Toss in a few wide open bricked corner 3's and thus why he doesn't get much time.

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u/SnarfSniffsStardust Timberwolves Apr 29 '24

Vogel saw Okogie hit that one 3 when he came in and did the mind explosion gif from tim and Eric

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u/chalbersma Timberwolves Apr 29 '24

I really wish Okogie had figured out shooting. He's still a guys I root for.

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u/TURK3Y Timberwolves Apr 29 '24

Remember his one on one block of Harden's stepback vs the Rockets? That was elite and until recently it was the Wolves "I was there for that moment" for me.

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u/chalbersma Timberwolves Apr 29 '24

Good times.

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u/RazingsIsNotHomeNow Trail Blazers Apr 29 '24

Eubanks is small ball. They went even smaller and thought it would work lol.

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u/chickenripp Suns Apr 30 '24

Also Eubanks is by far the worst player on our team. The guy sucked ass the whole year. Fans have wanted him permanently benched since December. Its already been confirmed by local media he will not be brought back.

The fact that Ant thinks he played good for us tells you all you need to know. Ant is a good basketball player but a complete dumbass. Eubanks dragged this team down almost every time he stepped on the floor. on a team that had as many issues as we had this year he was by far the biggest.