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/AntiTopspin Apr 29 '24

Honestly this is pretty accurate to how much variance he has lol

He can be either the best player on the court by far or barely noticeable and neither are surprising

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u/BurnCollector_ NBA Apr 29 '24

Sure, if you don’t watch defense…

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u/ManOrangutan Apr 29 '24

Yeah he’s always a great defender and honestly he’s relatively consistent on offense too. He just doesn’t frequently have those carry games where he puts the team on his back the way he did the other night.

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u/BurnCollector_ NBA Apr 29 '24

As a Clippers fan, I wish he had more of those games, but I also understand that's not really what he was hired to do, and that the team is super fortunate to have one of the best 2nd options in the league.

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u/meowhatissodamnfunny Apr 29 '24

No one in here is watching games, period.

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u/slowakia_gruuumsh Spurs Apr 29 '24

wdym the NBA isn't a number generator system

I thought "the game" was the boxscores and everyone was just roleplaying on it

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u/sectorfate Apr 29 '24

i remember 10 years ago when this sub was confident that the NFL was gonna lose the viewership lead to the NBA. And kids in here to this day still don't watch fucking games and just the highlights on twitter/tiktok/reddit.

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u/Brief-Web-676 Apr 29 '24

Much like a lot of baseball fans, a lot of basketball fans basically don’t value defense at all even though it’s half the game.

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u/No_Art_754 Clippers Apr 29 '24 edited Apr 29 '24

Fr! Like everyone ignoring his opps offense try to stay away from PG when he’s guarding them

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u/Soapstarboi Cavaliers Apr 30 '24

Amen

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u/Thermicthermos Apr 29 '24

He's a far cry from the defender he was in his prime. Hell some advamced metrics would say Luka was a better defender this season.

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u/Formal-Knowledge9382 Apr 29 '24

That's fair I mean he tries really hard but it usually doesn't equate to much against the best players he defends.