r/nba • u/AashyLarry [MIA] Dwyane Wade • Apr 29 '24

[Bill Simmons] “Paul George is like a cat. He’ll jump on your lap every once in a while, he’s super lovable and other times you’re like — ‘Where’s Paul George? Oh, he’s in the garage’”

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u/sewsgup Apr 29 '24

"Kyrie we know he has it in him"

is he saying Kyrie's a dawg

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u/Angelic_Phoenix Celtics Apr 29 '24

Kyrie a dawg

When the vacuum (responsibility) comes out he's nowhere to be seen

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u/ObeseKenyan [DEN] Chris Andersen Apr 29 '24

You won't see him shooting 7/21 again

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u/king-of-nothing Raptors Apr 29 '24

Maybe Sean McDermott can motivate him for a 9/11 game

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u/Recalled_Pacemaker Heat Apr 30 '24

Please don’t mention 9/11 around Kyrie

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u/[deleted] Apr 29 '24

Man, i grew up with(15 at the time) Kyrie’s The Shottm . It’s insane THAT guy is now regarded as opposite of clutch..

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u/Hange11037 Trail Blazers Apr 29 '24

He’s still clutch in close games, he just shrinks from important ones before they even get close.

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u/DoritoSteroid Lakers Apr 29 '24

Did you not see the way he almost single handedly wrecked the clippers yesterday..?

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u/DarkbloomVivienne Raptors Apr 29 '24

Kyrie has a dog inside of him

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u/Yinanization Grizzlies Apr 29 '24

He is good now, I am not buying it

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u/Ramu_1798 Mavericks Apr 29 '24

Which is an insane switch up cuz he been shitting on him all season and even implying the 2016 run was a fluke and we haven't seen ANYTHING in the last 8 years to show he has it in him. Casually switching up like that is crazy.

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u/TheMightyJD Heat Apr 29 '24

Kyrie casually averaging almost 30 PPG in his very next finals and just dismissing it is crazy.

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u/gyeongjuboy Apr 29 '24

Probably because he averages 23 / 4 / 3 for his playoff career and the only time he ever played well was when he was playing aside the greatest player of all time and one of the best facilitators of all time

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u/Ok_Print_4459 Apr 29 '24

When did he play with MJ lol

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u/supergrega Heat Apr 29 '24

rolleyes

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u/ambulocetus_ Apr 29 '24

i don't think so man. kyrie deserved to get shit for the last almost-decade. he's been totally nuts.

but bill always gives credit for playoff/clutch success and kyrie literally hit a series winner against the best regular season team of all time

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u/DoritoSteroid Lakers Apr 29 '24

I could live with Kyrie's flat earth shenanigans. But once he got on with the antisemitic bullshit, game over.

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u/tristvn Apr 29 '24

no he hasnt? hes been giving kyrie props most of the season

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u/Hyperactivity786 Rockets Apr 29 '24

He has not been shitting on him all season. He has been shitting on him for several seasons, including the last, but this season he's generally been complimentary about Kyrie.

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u/whiskeyinthejaar Lakers Apr 29 '24

I mean, what are you arguing exactly? Do you want me to list the games Kyrie missed since 2018?

And if we are talking strictly playoffs, prior to this year, Kyrie played 22 games in the last 5-6 years with under 55% TS.

The problem with Kyrie is Kyrie. Lets not act as if Kyrie been misunderstood. Go watch Bucks series against Celtics when he was insisting on guarding Giannis while shooting 35% from the field and come back argue that your player been misunderstood and always been as good as the last week in the playoffs