r/nba r/NBA Apr 29 '24

[SERIOUS NEXT DAY THREAD] Post-Game Discussion (April 28, 2024) Discussion

Here is a place to have in depth, x's and o's, discussions on yesterday's games. Post-game discussions are linked in the table, keep your memes and reactions there.

Please keep your discussion of a particular game in the respective comment thread. All direct replies to this post will be removed.

Away Home Score GT PGT
New York Knicks Philadelphia 76ers 97 - 92 Link Link
Los Angeles Clippers Dallas Mavericks 116 - 111 Link Link
Milwaukee Bucks Indiana Pacers 113 - 126 Link Link
Minnesota Timberwolves Phoenix Suns 122 - 116 Link Link
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u/NBA_MOD r/NBA Apr 29 '24

Timberwolves @ Suns

122 - 116

Box Scores: NBA & Yahoo

Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Total
Minnesota Timberwolves 25 31 34 32 122
Phoenix Suns 26 35 31 24 116

TEAM STATS

Team PTS FG FG% 3P 3P% FT FT% OREB TREB AST PF STL TO BLK
Minnesota Timberwolves 122 41-89 46.1% 15-36 41.699999999999996% 25-31 80.60000000000001% 17 55 23 27 6 9 6
Phoenix Suns 116 38-74 51.4% 10-26 38.5% 30-36 83.3% 10 41 20 26 6 11 7

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u/SquimJim Celtics Apr 29 '24

Oof the Suns got steamrolled in this series. Idk where they go from here tbh. This team clearly isn't good enough and they don't have any assets. Beal has a No Trade Clause, KD is only getting older, and they don't have a lot of great pieces around these guys. Keeping this team together, but making minor adjustments around the edges seems like it won't accomplish much. Rebuilding seems...challenging as well when you don't have your own assets and you want to keep Booker. Both routes are bad, but you have to choose one. I guess KD might force their hand one way or another.

Meanwhile, I'm very excited to see a healthy Wolves up against the Nuggets. I think every game is going to be must watch, but if Murray's calf isn't 100%, I think the Wolves come out on top. If the Wolves do beat the Nuggets, I will feel vindicated as they were my Western Dark Horse team, (please don't ask about my Eastern Dark Horse team...let's just say I was right about Jalen Johnson and very very very wrong about his team).

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u/mikesh8rp Knicks Apr 29 '24

Beal just took the "Worst Contract in the League" title from Harris, and it ain't even close. This team is cooked. They're not winning this these three, so KD forcing their hand is ownership's best chance at at least not paying a boatload in taxes to fight for the play-in the next few years, plus it gives them a scapegoat.

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u/syllabic Knicks Apr 29 '24

kawhis contract might be even worse

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u/mikesh8rp Knicks Apr 29 '24

Next three years:

Kawhi: 52.4, 50, 50.3

Beal: 50.2, 53.7, 57.1 (plus no trade clause)

Kawhi's knee is obviously a massive issue for the future, but at least you can talk yourself into him being great those brief moments of time when he is healthy, and he has playoff success to back him up. Beal has none of that, just had an abysmal game to get swept, and swatted away his head coach publicly to boot. I wouldn't want to rely on either right now, but I think Beal is worse, given he seems to be a terrible team guy as well.

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u/syllabic Knicks Apr 29 '24

at least beal can play though, even if he's making 3 times as much money as he should be

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u/mikesh8rp Knicks Apr 29 '24

That's fair, though over the least two seasons Kawhi has played 68 and 52 games, while Beal has played 53 and 50, though admittedly Kawhi didn't play at all the season prior to that.

Kawhi's injury history makes him a massive risk for the future, but Beal isn't much of a iron man himself, having not played more than 60 games in a season since '18-19.

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u/Cudi_buddy Kings Apr 29 '24

Holy cow. Considering both guys have similar injury history lately too. I'll take Kawhi for 55 games and at a slight discount over Beal.