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It’s called recency bias. Very much a “what have you done for me lately” impact on this list.

Last year at one point they had Paolo 3 and Franz 4. That is a big drop. I don’t like this list at all. Scottie Barnes and Chet are ahead of both our guys! Paolo is really getting disrespected this year in my opinion.

Dyson Daniels over Suggs is a joke. Peep Dyson's 3P% this season. Suggs is a better passer, better shooter, better scorer and comparable defensive player (I'd even accept if you wanted to give a slight edge to Daniels but that edge doesn't make up for the gulf between them offensively). Franz and Paolo together, and Franz one place higher, feels specifically designed to be bait. Personally I'm taking our two guys over at least 2 or 3 guys above them. But that's probably bias.

https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/47181302/nba-25-25-rankings-wemby-ant-flagg-cade-chet-young-stars ESPN's rank of top 25 stars under 25 has Suggs 21, Paolo 13, and Franz 12.

https://x.com/automaticnba/status/1998867260581233000?s=20 Venn diagram of players who are 90+% in scoring, playmaking and defense. Features Suggs, Franz and Goga.

Thank you so much All Eyes On Me. Your words are comforting and means so much to me.

Always here to provide some relief as best as I can TMF! Hit me up over DM if I can help with anything you’re going through. You’re stronger than the struggle, every single time.

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I didn't do the mime as to make fun of what All Eyes On Me as to what he said. I loved it, and I was laughing at the thought of it might be true. It made my day after all that I've been going through, personally, for the past month. I needed that. It helped to pick me up.

I’d find it funnier if it wasn’t true.

". . .you breathe on Shai and it's a guaranteed foul and depending on the direction of your breath it may be a flagrant."

I agree with this and I feel the same. Also, as much as I was a fan of Chets game pre-draft, I can't stand that dude off the court.

Thank you +100000. I feel bad for feeling this way also. They are a small market team and I should like them. I loved the KD and Russ Thunder back in the day for example. I just don’t like this team and I have no rational reason for it. The Lakers have been my least favorite team since Shaq left us for them. I have rooted so hard against them. I think I would actually root for The Lakers over them in The Playoffs (just threw up). I’ve liked Luka since before the draft and can’t blame him for being a Laker because Nico is stupid.

OKC is so annoying, and I hate that I feel that way. Like, they’re a new team to contention and they’re young and they should be rooted for over the Lakers and Celtics and usual suspects of the league, but they play the most unwatchable bull**** brand of basketball that nobody enjoys. They also get the most consistent inconsistent whistle I’ve ever seen. They’re allowed to play physical and never called for anything, you breathe on Shai and it’s a guaranteed foul and depending on the direction of your breath it may be a flagrant. Most frustrating part is they don’t need the whistle and the favoritism to be great.

Everyone loses by 50 to OKC lol

The Dunker Spot (can't recommend this pod highly enough as a general NBA pod) did about 15mins on the Magic and Paolo in their recent episode. Well worth a listen, at no point does it ever get into "this team is better without Paolo" stuff either.

Good for us and for Franz. Really would like to see him get back so he’s still eligible for the all-star spot he deserves and eligibility is based off games missed not time missed

Great point!

Pho lost by 50 to OKC after CT post! :P Seriously, barring a Booker injury, there's still a lot of games to play but that pick should be not a top 10 one, at least. So we probably will have no regrets about that, but still the importance of protecting picks (even the ours ones in the future) is key, because you never know what could happen. Each season there're a lot of changes and unexpected situations, plus, unfortunately, injuries (see Indiana sinking after being in the Finals). In the other semi SA surprising LA without Wemby still. Fox showing he was worth trading for with solid and costant numbers, plus a lot of young guys that makes them a big option to be contenders in the near future.

Really quite beneficial for us that Franz' injury has coincided with us only playing 3 games in an 11 day stretch.

Yea if that's a foul Paolo should be averaging like 40 FTA a game. I think SGA benefits from being slender and thus being "knocked off course" because the rules have some kind of wording about "affected the shot attempt" (paraphrasing cba to look it up) so you can technically be punished for being stronger.

OKC is just great. I must admit. That coach needs praise. And that organization. They draft to their needs and they rarely shoot for high upside players that are more athletes than ballers. half of their team are rock solid at everything and play within their strengths. They don’t turn the ball over and also don’t try anything fancy. Just a serious and solid approach from everyone. I mean SGA is a great role model as well. Their superstar also doesn’t try anything fancy or special. He operates just within his strengths and abilities. That’s actually what our team has to learn from. Feels like a lot of players tryna make headlines instead of playing within their strengths.

https://x.com/logionnoops/status/1998921371309756679?s=46 i look at that foul call on SGA and i’m baffled. This happens on literally every play on Franz, Paolo or Bane when they drive in the paint. Especially Franz and Bane rarely get that call..

Appreciate your assistance Jay!