Great acting right there. Have to show the home crowd you are disappointed, when the real goal went according to plan. #tanking
I don’t even know where to post this, but coach Popovich‘s wife died today, and in the post-game interview Allie LaForce asks LeBron for his thoughts. WTF kind of question is that? LeBron just barely won a playoff game by 3 points, carried his team scoring 46 points of their 100, and he gets asked that. She asked about him being aggressive scoring wise, then about like thoughts for game 3, then out of nowhere, “Erin Popovich died today, thoughts on that?”. Dude is dripping sweat, can probably hardly think, and he’s supposed to give an on the spot eulogy, ends up saying “oh s***” on live tv. If I were LeBron I would not be happy right now, that is tactless, ask the guy in the podium interviews if you’re gonna ask. Who would authorize that question at that time? Talk about an NBA lowlight.
I honestly think he had a better season than the last few...so I assume he must have been even worse before lol.
This is disgraceful. As bad as things got for us, sometimes I'm very happy this type of **** never played in a Laker uniform.
https://www.theringer.com/nba/2018/...-twitter-joel-embiid-anonymous-markelle-fultz Apparently Coangelo made some secret Twitter accounts to criticize his players! Embiid responded back:
Not only weird, but potentially massive. He released inside information on trades (Jahlil failed trade, successful draft trade), inside information on player activities, but maybe most importantly inside information on a player's health. The fact that he was letting it be known Jahlil had failed his physical is a massive problem. Forget the idiotic use of social media to criticize the team, how can the league be okay with him letting insider information out into the public?
well, the league essentially installed his dad (and thus him) to help smooth over the hinkie fiasco. and somehow, hinkie comes out looking like the hero (which is a bs narrative, imo--he was clearly smart but totally immoral/non-sporting, the latter has to be worth something in a sports league). anyway, silver's in a pickle.
Seeya Bryan. Twittergate in Philly a wrecking ball rolling downhill on your career. https://www.yahoo.com/sports/report...yers-coaches-league-executives-022004036.html And props to The Ringer for the thoroughness and investigative work in breaking this story after the anonymous tip. https://www.theringer.com/nba/2018/...-twitter-joel-embiid-anonymous-markelle-fultz
Some great tweets from last night on the CRAZY Colangelo story: If you thought NBA wasn't the best league with the best stories, you are surely wrong. Check out this tweet thread
it seems that bryan colangelo (or perhaps dad or wife or all of them, but probably just him) had several twitter accounts, some of which were used to bash their own players and divulge private medical information (i.e., that okafor failed physicals which stopped trades). it's sort of sad and hilarious. i'm guessing he's fired by week's end, but i'm not sure it's as impactful as folks are suggesting going forward. philly managed to wash the stench of the process off in like, 8 weeks. this should be nothing.
The process isnt dead yet though, especially in the Sixers fan base. When Colangelo is fired watch how quickly the fan base asks for Hinkie back. They love that guy for making a mockery of their franchise. I could certainly see the NBA trying to steer big names away from them for what they've done.
only if they bring hinkie back, imo. i think the nba wants philly to succeed AFTER they got rid of hinkie. that's a better storyline. a hinkie redemption would be a bad look for the nba. i know that's the blogger narrative anyway, but a) they're wrong and b) they don't quite have the national pulpit on lock. much like morey, people like to champion hinkie's successes and completely ignore an equally long list of failures.
