Kyle Kuzma Discussion: Wizard

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    It's true. Scientific evidence that AD poops bigger than BI

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    Notice for BI's poop is skinnier. The circumference of AD's sphincter is scientifically bigger. Please don't ask about Dwight. I'm not posting clogged toilet pics up in here.

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    I think this is more a question of Testicle size. Kuz obviously has the bigger balls, but I'm unable to provide and display scientific evidence as below.

    Kuz has more balls than anyone on the team as far as I can tell. He'll likely end up being our most reliable closer. But he needs the ball on the move to be most effective. Can't think of a better setup man than Lebron, and a better backup plan than AD and Danny Green.

    We gots this.
     
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    Nah, both BI and Kuz have taken the initiative to take a big shot... and both of them had a season where they couldn't hit from three.

    I'd say they are pretty equal in terms of having the balls to take the shot in crunch time.

    Difference is that BI can create his own shot better.

    But the Kuz we saw yesterday would be good enough to succeed with AD and LBJ.
     
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    Hold onto Kuz. The kid has heart, and when he's not hurt he has delivered this year. He's shown he can play alongside Lebron. When healthy if he can give us 15 - 20 points a game (I think he can if he gets enough minutes from Vogel) that's really what we need.

    On the occasions that he can't let's hope that our shooters figure out how to shoot again. I'm looking at you Danny Green, Avery Bradley (mid-range not so many threes), Cook, Daniels and Dudley. KCP has improved dramatically since his sucky start.
     
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    Please stop taking entire threads off topic. At this point you’re doing it on purpose, and it’s making it so I can barely tell what some threads are actually about, despite their title.
     
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    oh yes. and i'd have traded kuz in addition to brandon christ for AD.
     
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    kuz was hurt, took a few games to get into the scheme/playing shape, got hurt again, took a couple games, and now he's kuz again.

    as i said the whole time: he didn't forget how to play basketball between august and november.

    he's not a star; we don't need him to be. we need him to be the guy he was last year, and he's that guy again.
     
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    I only compared Kuz to other "closers" on our team. If I didn't express that well, my bad. I'm a fan of BI, and hated to lose him. Would be cool to have him on this team for D, but he was the price of admission for AD.
     
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    My intention wasn't to go off topic but merely to point out the difference in perception between Kuz and BI.

    It's actually interesting to me how one player is perceived vs. another in spite of numbers and production being better.

    I discussed a similar topic when people kept calling Rondo a poor shooter when he shoots better than Doncic from two and even from three this season.

    Everyone universally loves Doncic... and most want Rondo on the bench.

    And yes I get the variance in advanced metrics... but still the difference in perception is mindboggling.

    And no I'm not trying to derail on purpose... it was a genuine interest on why it was so.

    I left the last board I posted at because one moderator didn't like that I thought differently from the group. I suppose this will eventually happen to me here as well.
     
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    the correct answer was, "I'm sorry, I'll do my best."

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    :Byronbye: JK
     
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    a "perception" espoused and stated by nobody except you, when you ascribed it to your imaginary adversaries. in the kuz thread.

    rondo's a poor shooter. teams ignore him, and that's all he makes. teams send doubles at doncic when he crosses halfcourt. i...don't know...where you're going with any of this.

    i question the former due to the latter.

    it wasn't so. nobody said kuzma is an allstar because he scored 25 points in two games. you said that. it's not other who are driving you away--the pattern should mean something to you.
     
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    Kuzma and BI were debated ad nauseam last season when people were speculating on possible trade preferences

    He's a poor shooter except for the fact that his 2pt FG% is higher and his 3 pt% is higher than most of the top ten drafted young point guards of the last ten years. He was shooting 50% during his 60 win and championship season in Boston... were people ignoring him then? Of course Doncic is better than Rondo... but my point is that people keep calling him terrible when he's not. He checks out sometimes and that isn't right... but he's capable of playing well especially for what we pay him.

    The Kuzma who showed up last night is a potential all star... unfortunately we haven't seen him in several months.
     
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    The hills you're willing to die on .... mind bottling.

    The Kuz who showed up last night as apposed to the one we haven't seen in several months. You mean finally healthy Kuz?
     
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    Kuz was injured all last season?

    Kuz who shoots 30% from three is not a valuable player... Kuz who shoots 36% from three is.

    Plus this version of Kuz is playing better defense.
     
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    :Koberubeyes:

    Yes, poor you, so much smarter than everyone else that you can’t find a place it’s appreciated. Again, you are taking threads off topic, Ingram is NOT related to Kuzma discussion, YOU started that discussion out of nowhere as you have done in at least 4 or 5 other threads. There is literally a Brandon Ingram thread in NBA discussion where you can talk about this. People may not AGREE with your take, but you can still talk about it there freely, as much as you like.
     
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    When did I say I was smarter than anyone? In fact some of the people who argue with me are some of the best posters here. The last place I left was because of one moderator who had to establish dominance over everyone... didn't have a problem with any of the others on that board. I get that moderators have a difficult job to do but when they tell you not to say differing opinions while letting others who are nearly functionally illiterate spam silliness all day, that's my signal to leave.

    To me a mediocre poster is someone who never says anything new and just presents the same information over and over again.

    Bland is the worst crime in my book.

    I will try to keep it more on topic, but it did start with that comparison.
     
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    The only thing that was said bringing up Ingram's name before you did YOU again defending his honor against all this "disrespecting" ..... was what I said above. Shirley, you can't be serious ..... saying that triggered you? Guess it was. My bad, thought it was a compliment to BOTH of them.
     
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