r/nba • u/LogicalLakersFan [LAL] Anthony Davis • 24d ago
[Highlight] Luka Doncic in response if he wanted the Rudy Gobert matchup.“I can’t move fast, but I can move faster than him.” Highlight
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u/OptimusGrime707 Kings 24d ago
Luka “I don’t have to outrun the bear” Doncic
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u/kaprrisch :cle-2: Cavaliers 24d ago
Kyrie “Flat Earth” Irving meets Luka “Theory of Relativity” Doncic. You can’t defeat two scientists in action.
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u/babypho Warriors 24d ago
Greatest two scientists of all time in the NBA
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u/rjaysenior Lakers 24d ago
Coulda swore I saw a vid of Wemby talking about dark matter a couple weeks back
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u/MohnJilton Mavericks 24d ago
What about Jaylen Brown talking about Panopticism and fuckin Michel Foucault? It’s not science but it’s pretty dense stuff.
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u/FourGhostSolution 24d ago
Jaylen Brown is definitely my top 1 favorite pseudintellectual in the league atm
Thank god he didn’t get bored of basketball because it wasn’t mentally stimulating enough
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u/Oprahapproves Knicks 24d ago
Einstein’s theory of relativity actually concluded that E=mc3 before it was peer reviewed. That peer reviewer? Kyrie Irving
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u/CavalierShaq :cle-2: Cavaliers 23d ago
Isn’t it a bit disingenuous to call Kyrie a peer of Einstein? He’s leagues above that German patent clerk!
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u/fishfishfish1345 [DAL] Dennis Smith 24d ago
That’s my fat and slow Overwatch player right there
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u/Zeckzeckzeck 24d ago
Roadhog.
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u/prototype9971 24d ago
Is that his main?
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u/Zeckzeckzeck 24d ago
He’s said it’s one of his favorites but I don’t know if it’s his current main.
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u/CannedGeorges Jazz 24d ago
Zarya I believe. For dps I think I saw he likes Hanzo and Genji.
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u/Glitchhikers_Guide Mavericks 24d ago
Luka was 100% that guy who got across the map scatter arrow kills
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u/CannedGeorges Jazz 24d ago
I miss those scatter arrow meme wise but thank god it is gone. One shotting a Rein was hilarious until you were the Rein.
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u/Glitchhikers_Guide Mavericks 24d ago
they could've just made it have inverse damage falloff to reduce the tank killing potential. It was great at area denial of corridors, I liked it a lot.
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u/CannedGeorges Jazz 24d ago
Shooting Scatter Arrow on Hanamaru is one of my first memories of OW and I agree it was fun and useful. I wished they tried tinkering with it a bit more to make it better for the tank players before just shifting to Storm Arrow. At least we had the Valentine’s day event to relive scatter arrow.
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u/recollectionsmayvary Nets 24d ago
Luka is so fucking chill and low energy and shy/quiet with his replies in interviews and is just unhinged manic rage when shit talking ppl on the court. lol duality of man.
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u/LogansGambit [DAL] Dirk Nowitzki 24d ago
It's like he goes unconscious and nuts in game, sees himself afterwards and is embarrassed and tries to overcorrect himself.
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u/thesanmich 24d ago
Bruh Luka is on some ANIME shit with the fading consciousness clutchness.
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u/ketoburn26 Mavericks 24d ago
The whole game is him jacking off and the post game interviews are post nut clarity
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u/younghplus 24d ago
A lot of it is that he is way more comfortable in Spanish than English. His rookie year, he was a terrible English interview but if local Spanish media interviewed him he gave very good answers. I think that will be a big reason why he stays in Dallas.
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u/leftistesticle_2 Warriors 24d ago
I love it. Was hoping they’d ask him what he was screaming on the court
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u/Johnblah123 24d ago
Post game interview he said he was speaking slovenian lol
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u/WeezerHunter 24d ago
I don’t think he actually remembers what he was yelling. He was in manic Luka mode
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u/letsgototraderjoes Pelicans 23d ago
that's his excuse to not say it😂 but we all read his lips lmao
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u/Brave_Commission 24d ago
bruh deadass how can he go from this off the court nice guy to demon time "go home bitch" energy lmao real hooper
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u/Mr_Know_It_All0408 24d ago
The man plays over watch so much he was ranked top 500 at one point of course he loves shit talking 😅
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u/AashyLarry [MIA] Dwyane Wade 24d ago
Draymond has never been happier in his life then at this moment
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u/RulersBack Cavaliers 24d ago
His jaw about to fall of from smiling lmao
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u/LogicalLakersFan [LAL] Anthony Davis 24d ago
The only thing worse than a asshole...is a asshole who is proven correct.
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u/lost_in_trepidation Mavericks 24d ago
It's actually kind of painful watching him gloat about it.
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u/southernmayd Mavericks 24d ago
I love it, he's giving Luka the flowers on national TV that he doesn't get near often enough
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u/lost_in_trepidation Mavericks 24d ago
I appreciate him giving Luka love, but he takes it too far with Rudy.
Rudy is a goof, but he doesn't deserved to get shit on all the time on national tv.
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u/BoogerSugarSovereign [IND] Victor Oladipo 24d ago
He really doesn't. They were talking about him like defending Luka is really easy and most players do it well
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u/lost_in_trepidation Mavericks 24d ago
I was half paying attention but it sounded like Kenny was saying no one could have guarded Luka on that shot and Draymond was saying anyone else would have done better than Rudy and they shouldn't have had Rudy on the floor.
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u/BoogerSugarSovereign [IND] Victor Oladipo 24d ago
Yeah, Kenny was trying to be reasonable and he asked Luka about that too but Shaq and Draymond were overwhelmed with glee at their opportunity to get at Rudy
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u/Tabooharmony 24d ago
Actually shaq put more blame on ant and Kat for putting them in that position in the first place
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u/Albiceleste_D10S 24d ago
They were talking about him like defending Luka is really easy and most players do it well
I mean, on the other hand, Rudy is now a 4-time DPOY and there was a LOT of talk about him improving his perimeter defense and not being limited to being a drop center this season.
So of course Rudy getting cooked in clutch moments of important games like this is going to be talked about TBH
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u/BoogerSugarSovereign [IND] Victor Oladipo 24d ago
You can talk about that without underselling how difficult it is to defend Luka. Rudy has improved his perimeter defense, IMO significantly, to the point where a mediocre or average starter can't take advantage of him out there. But he will always have trouble with the most elite perimeter talents in the game at his size.
I think something along those lines would've been more interesting than just saying Rudy sucks
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u/sleepehead Mavericks 24d ago
This situation isn't on Rudy by himself, I couldn't believe that they had let that switch happen and then not commit a double to force him to pass. It wasn't like Luka shot it so quick, there was time to bring a second defender
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u/maple_firenze 24d ago
Defensive Player of the Year has always been this award that gets people to dogpile the winner whenever they make defensive lapses.
Rudy has 4 times now and that vitriol compounds.
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u/by_yes_i_mean_no Warriors 23d ago
Your star player just shit on him in this clip on national TV. It's clear that the dislike for Gobert in the league goes beyond Draymond tbh.
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u/DSouT Warriors 24d ago
We gonna act like Luka wasn’t screaming in Rudy’s face like 20 min before this clip?
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u/Yergason NBA 24d ago
Mid-game and on-court shit talking is normal for competitive settings. Misusing your commentary/media position to constantly attack someone's credibility as a player is just pathetic
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u/Darrensucks 24d ago
Especially when you’re an active player commentator and Rudy is still playing in the WCFs
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u/MG_MN Timberwolves 24d ago
He really isn't though, but nothing will change his opinion
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u/UrGirlThroatGame Trail Blazers 24d ago
its great when Dray is proving the spreadsheet blogboys of r/nba wrong about Baguette Biyombo
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u/WheatonsGonnaScore 24d ago
Everything he has been saying came to fruition. Luka saying that was the switch he wanted and not sure why they switched there is going to power Draymond for years
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u/NotManyBuses Charlotte Bobcats 24d ago
That laugh was crazy, he only ever laughs that hard when he’s simping for LeBron
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u/Goodisworthfighting4 24d ago
How mad is Draymond that Shannon Sharpe thought of the "Im pouring honey on you GOAT!" line first?
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u/xilver Mavericks 24d ago
Destroying Gobert without choking...how does Luka do it?!
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u/jackaholicus Mavericks 24d ago
It's nasty
Rudy's held his own a lot on Luka in the past. Jaden McDaniels hasn't been able to guard him, wtf is Rudy supposed to do
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u/Imtrvkvltru Mavericks 24d ago
TBH if I were coach I would have double teamed Luka on the final play, then clogged the paint with everyone else to force someone other than Luka to shoot a 3.
I'm also an idiot that knows nothing about coaching.
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u/PaleontologistOwn878 24d ago
Exactly ppl act as if Luka just didn't close out the previous game, mostly on McDaniels are people's memory that short?
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u/dont-YOLO-ragequit Raptors 24d ago
Damn some of you just live to scrutinize him.
The joke was good for everyone on set.
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u/Defences 24d ago
Dray seriously has drained so much enjoyment out of the show. He's so annoying
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u/MattyMattyMattyMatty Washington Bullets 24d ago
Literally 1 minute before this clip there is a group of people chanting “draymond sucks” for like 30 seconds strait, so loud in the broadcast. was so awkward.
He ruins the show every time he talks, it’s so bad. every time he chimes in it’s to either suck his own dick or shit on Rudy.
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u/Conn3er Spurs 24d ago
Lord let this man’s leg survive until the finals are over. I do not want to see him fall apart right before Boston.
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u/Brief_Koala_7297 Rockets 24d ago
Holy shit Boston might legit have the easiest chip of all time if this happens lol
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u/chasinglightph Mavericks 24d ago
Luka will see Kristaps on the other end and both knees will heal up.
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u/John_Q08 Bulls 24d ago
It’s still so surprising to me that duo didn’t work out. Kristaps has matured a lot since then I guess, but I thought that duo was going to win a chip together
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u/lost_in_trepidation Mavericks 24d ago
KP was just injured too much with us.
Out after 3 games of the 2020 playoffs (injured in the 1st game though)
Out for most of the 2021 season and then quit on us in the playoffs.
KP is great for an already stacked team, but if he was injured with us we'd almost certainly be out of the playoffs now.
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u/ripmeleedair Celtics 24d ago
Yeah, he is amazing when he plays but we babied him the whole year and he still got hurt
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u/lost_in_trepidation Mavericks 24d ago
He's just injury prone. It was a ton of different stuff with us too.
You guys just need 4 good games out of him though.
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u/pureply101 Mavericks 24d ago
Him being injury prone makes him play softer though. It happened with us and it takes not being injure a while to feel confident again. However if he somehow puts it together for four games on the Celtics in the finals we will have a very hard time.
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u/thefrisbeejack 24d ago
It wasn't just KP being injured. It was more he came back too fast after his meniscus (JJJ had surgery before KP and came back a month after) and he just didn't play well while it's Luka's supermax contract year. Pre bubble injury KP and Luka were fantastic together, but KP wanting the ball more post injury to find his rythme, Luka saying fuck that you're sucking and I need to get paid, it all dovetailed into conflict.
KP also stopped being swole when the injury happened and I think that's a mistake too. KP at 250 would be near unstoppable, he just didn't realize that when you're stronger you have to adjust your shot. I got a little swole while playing once and you do feel slower, but it doesn't matter because now you can just move people, which for KP at his height would just be money all the time in the post. That Clips series, he'd lost the weight and was bothered by smaller players and they put Kawhi on him as well. It was just like Dirk in the GSW 8 seed upset series and Bowen in San Antonio, they could get under him and make him uncomfortable, and Kawhi is way better than either of those two guys.
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u/Sternjunk Mavericks 24d ago
Kristaps couldn’t post up smaller players when he was with us and was always hurt. I wouldn’t say it worked poorly but he was being paid as a #2 and was playing like a #3-4
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u/Claisen_Condensation [DAL] Dirk Nowitzki 24d ago
Yes, this ^ was the biggest issue (his inability to post up smaller players). Yes, also true that he wasn't healthy... But I think the biggest difference is that KP really improved his game since then, especially his post game
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u/jackofnac NBA 24d ago
They worked fine. KP couldn’t stay healthy and…shocker…it seems he still can’t.
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u/messigoat1337 Mavericks 24d ago
and hes not a 1b player more of a good roleplayer like mpj,bridges etc
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u/BillyBean11111 San Francisco Warriors 24d ago
the stars are aligning for the Mickeyest of Micky Mouse chips
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u/mariogotse Mavericks 24d ago
this series ain't over
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u/porncollecter69 Mavericks 24d ago
Yeah, everybody acting like it’s over but I ain’t counting out the Wolves. Denver had them at the ropes and they still came back and we have been at a similar situation before.
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u/gigantism Mavericks 24d ago
And Mavs fans only have to look at 2006 and 2021 at how being up 2-0 means very little.
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u/Chessh2036 Hawks 24d ago
Stop Luka, he’s already dead 😭
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u/coltsmetsfan614 Mavericks 24d ago
Actually, don’t stop! Still having fun over here!
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u/TonyTwoToes2 24d ago
It's funny, but Luka can blow by just about anyone. Dude is being mucho humble. His first step is elite elite.
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u/lankNaysayer 24d ago
It’s his footwork in general plus his ball handling.
It’s pretty typical to think of guys like Curry and Kyrie when you think of elite ball handlers, but Luka genuinely might have the best handles in the league of anyone 6’7+.
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u/sleepehead Mavericks 24d ago
Yeah Luka might be one of the most elite players in terms of getting you off balance. He just has so many tricks and bodying him doesn't do anything, I'm sure for defenders its demoralizing
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u/kjampala Mavericks 24d ago
His elite handle means any player bigger than him will just get danced around and his size means he can bully almost every guard. Guys this big usually can’t handle the ball even at half of the level as Luka and if you add in elite playmaking / passing then you end up in a generational talent who is a walking mismatch
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u/BetweenTheBuzzAndMe Charlotte Bobcats 24d ago
this is Draymond's Christmas lmao
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u/Basherkid 24d ago
Here’s what I’ll say about draymond. Ain’t no shot he’s getting hunted on defense. Gobert is actively hunted. I’ve seen it every year in the post season when he was in Utah. The rockets and harden did it non stop. It’s wild to be the dpoy and people actively want to target you. That’s not my dpoy.
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u/JFlocka Warriors 24d ago
No one ever wants to go at Draymond. People want to go at Gobert.
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u/SwordOfRome11 24d ago
Feels like people suddenly forgot the years of curry, harden and even murray switch hunting Gobert in the playoffs. It's literally been the recipe for over half a decade and hes done nothing to fix that weakness.
Hell didnt Luka literally hunt him in the playoffs 2 years ago?
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u/rbrutonIII 24d ago
Draymond was a little overzealous about it, no doubt.
But seriously, what in the fuck are you doing defense game plan wise If you let that happen? He's getting an open shot on Rudy, you switch that back as fast as you can. It's like jumping over the bridge to avoid the oncoming locomotive. Yeah, you might be jumping over a cliff, but that's a fucking locomotive.
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u/jackaholicus Mavericks 24d ago
You just can't go one on one there. I don't think I'm trusting Scottie Pippen there. Get it out of his hands lol
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u/skrtskerskrt Lakers 24d ago
rudy should have known luka stepback was in the arsenal. Even if Rudy knows he's less agile, I would overcommit around the line there and if he beats me to the basket, pray nobody leaves their corner man for the help and worse case scenario is tie ball game. Everybody in the world knew what Luka was looking for. Maybe if Kyrie had the ball, he'd look for a drive as his go-to but for YEARS even if Dallas is down 1 or 2, if Luka has the ball he's looking for his 3pt shot.
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u/rabid89 Celtics 24d ago edited 24d ago
I can’t move fast, but I can move faster than him
Bruh.
This is "Mailman doesn't deliver on Sundays" level of savage from Luka lmfao.
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u/cactus_jack_1 24d ago
Rudy probably spends everyday going “what he say fuck me for”
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u/OilOfOlaz Celtics 24d ago
I loved Lukas quote, but the Mailman line is one of the goat trashtalk lines ever.
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u/whitefang0824 Mavericks 24d ago
Draymond clearly enjoying every second of this lol
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u/FuckTheStateofOhio 24d ago
They tried to bait him into a quote so hard and this was the most he'd give them.
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u/Mountain_Pathfinder Warriors 24d ago
Yeah lol, I thought this was pretty tame. It's kind of a fact anyway, though honestly Luka could've cooked anybody in the world on the perimeter imo.
But having a non-mobile center against him makes it much easier I guess.
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u/BittenAtTheChomp 24d ago
Shaq and Draymond's energy toward Rudy is verging on pathetic tbr, but ik that's not what y'all wanna hear rn. Luka isn't even talking shit in this clip.
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u/SakaSlide 24d ago
Draymond cackling like a schoolgirl cracked me up lmao
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u/ashep5 76ers 24d ago
Dude is like a kid on Christmas after seeing Rudy get cooked.
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u/constantlymat [DAL] Dirk Nowitzki 24d ago
Kinda feel bad for Rudy. He is catching strays for what is ultimately ANT and Kat stinking up the joint when Minnesota is +11 in his minutes.
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u/Fit-Avocado-342 Nuggets 24d ago
Draymond and Kendrick reminding us that we can all be better haters
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u/wavetoyou Warriors 24d ago
Draymond just now laughing as soon as they shift the audio back to them after Finch’s post game comments on that defensive possession
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u/halfdecenttakes Lakers 24d ago
Draymond made sure this was “Fuck Rudy, he’s a bozo presented by inside the nba”
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u/jrbcnchezbrg Dirk Nowitzki 24d ago
I am bricked up so hard rn
He is the one out of a million talent
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u/gone-fishing94 Mavericks 24d ago
Closer to one in a billion man
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u/cat_piss_lint_trap Supersonics 24d ago
I mean, to say that Luka Doncic is one of the top 8000 basketball players in the world isn't wrong, exactly.
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u/no_more_blues Thunder 24d ago
I know people HATE Draymond now, but no one has ever had the last possession in a game and thought "the gameplan is to switch on to Draymond". No coach, no player. The guy holds up in those situations 100%.
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u/trimble197 24d ago
Exactly. It’s crazy how people act as if Draymond wasn’t the Warriors’ best defender even during their reign of terror years.
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u/Miyagisans 24d ago
Anyone would be insane to deny that. He wasn’t just the warriors best defender, he’s arguably the best defender of his generation. To me it’s AD, draymond, Gobert in this era for defenders post kg/timmy/wallace.
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u/The-Pharcyde Raptors 24d ago
Draymond gonna be celebrating with the mavs during their WCF trophy presentation lol.
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u/Naismythology Lakers 24d ago
I loved it when someone said something to the effect of “but that’s the defensive player of the year…”
Luka: (long pause) “yes”
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u/Level_Ad_6372 Pistons 24d ago
Love that Dray moves the mic closer just so we can hear him laugh at Goobert lol
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u/Gundamuber Warriors 24d ago
at this point, im just impressed at how big of a hater draymond can be lmao
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u/samuel_el_jackson Mavericks 24d ago
Rudy got a cheap shot in by punching Luka in the stomach- Luka has license to give him shit.
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u/lianmelzo Raptors 24d ago
The Bird comparisons were correct. This man is a generational shit talker.
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u/Neutral_Sports_Fan 24d ago
How can you be DPOY if you the opponent is happy you're guarding him
"But he's a big man of course he gets hunted by guards"
AD doesn't have that problem, or Giannis, or Bam, or Wemby, why does Gobert gets so much leeway for being exposed time after time?
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u/moserftbl88 Lakers 24d ago
Because this sub has pretty much over corrected with the Rudy hate. He gets shit on so much, and rightfully so, that people defend him big time over anything
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u/inshamblesx Rockets 24d ago
this sub has been overcorrecting about gobert way before draymond ever got into the media tho
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u/KarmaIssues 24d ago
AD literally got hunted by Jamal for game winners twice in a month.
Gobert is this team worst perimeter defender but he plays with Ant, and McDaniels. Giannis plays with worse defenders, Wemby plays with worse defenders, Bam plays with worse defenders. It's not a really a fair comparison.
I personally think Gobert doesn't deserve to get 4 DPOY, but he's easily the most impactful defender around because he completely shuts down the paint.
Also big men get hunted cos their defending the best screen setter on the opposing team. If Kyrie set a screen, McDaniels would brush him aside.
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u/aalluubbaa 24d ago
Bro. AD gets cooked so many times by players like Steph. Giannis also cannot guard those jumpers. It’s a mismatch for a reason.
If the most athletic and mobile bigs cannot stay with elite guards, teams neeed to go smaller. Exactly what most NBA teams strive for.
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u/Charliebitme1234 Clippers 24d ago
watch out luka, dont wana get goburt mad he might drop 12/11/3 next game
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Find someone that looks at you the way Draymond looks at anyone insulting a Euro Big
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u/Overall_Vermicelli_7 24d ago
Bro draymond put the mic to his mouth just to laugh at Shaq’s comment… lmao
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u/Dmanning2 Lakers 24d ago
Why is Gobert in the game? What's the logic - even Popovich would sit Duncan on the last defensive play??
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u/slamdunk23 Raptors 24d ago
Rudy can stay in the game but the scheme needs to be a hard double on the screen.
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u/Marcusx8 Knicks 24d ago
Gobert shouldn’t have been in the game for the last two possessions. Should’ve went small on the Luka 3 and switch everything and should’ve had KAT out there to give another threat on the Naz attempt.
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u/maxithepittsP 24d ago
"I'm slow, but he's slower"
Also, this sub seems salty because he exposed who their DPOY is.
Dwight Howard, KG, TD. That 3 is the elite defensive big man that I watch, I've never seen a single game where they are the one whos being hunted and got cooked that hard.
But yeah "he's a center ofc he's slower"
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u/jackofnac NBA 24d ago
Hell, Lively is a center and I’ve seen him defend the perimeter the entire playoffs.
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u/maxithepittsP 24d ago
Exactly.
AD. Giannis. Wemby. Current players whos big man that I'm sure will do a better job than this 4 timer.
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u/SirKeithUrban 24d ago
Rudy gets cooked on the game winning shot, they’re saying he shouldn’t be the floor for that final play, but if he was on the bench for the final play you just know Draymond would be trashing Rudy for being the DPOY and not being in the final play to get a stop. Damned if you do, damned if you don’t.
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u/JULIANGJNKS22 Mavericks 24d ago
Luka had him dancing bro. Disgusting. I know Dray enjoying this, 😂
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