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[2020-2021 and 2021-2022 and 2022-2023] Official "Players Only" Meeting Thread

Discussion in 'NBA Dish' started by Os Trigonum, Jan 30, 2021.

  1. steddinotayto

    steddinotayto Member

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    Marcus Smart: You guys aren't passing bro! We need ball movement and shots for the rest of the team.

    Also Marcus Smart: *shooting from the field like a very good baseball player*
     
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  2. payaso

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    How about an ALL-NBA Players Meeting to discuss this?

     
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  3. daywalker02

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    Please post Fight Club meetings!
     
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  4. J.R.

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    Good thing they fired their coach.

    https://theathletic.com/news/kings-...loss-caps-off-winless-road-trip/OqjLNK3LNDPi/

    The Sacramento Kings held a players-only meeting after being throttled at Toronto, 124-101 on Monday to go winless on their three-game road trip and fall to 11-17 this season. After the game, interim head coach Alvin Gentry said the loss was embarrassing: “That’s the only phrase I think you can use: embarrassing.”

    “I’m not gonna answer that,” Kings guard De'Aaron Fox said when asked about the tone of the meeting. “On to the next one.” Forward Harrison Barnes added, “We’re not playing together. That’s what it boils down to. As a group, we discussed it. That’s really all I’m going to say on that.”

    The Kings are 5-6 under Gentry, but the issues that existed under Walton remain. The defense remains terrible and there are still questions as to whether the players care to give maximum effort. Fox, said the Kings' issues aren't simply about playing hard because it's hard to be lazy and make it to the NBA. He pointed to mental breakdowns that have been Sacramento's issue for years.

    “When we are out there running a play, obviously you want to run the play fast and get into your ****,” Fox said. “But it's not about doing the play hard, it's about doing it sharp. So if the timing is off, that's not about playing hard. That's about being sharp.

    “If we **** up a coverage where you're not supposed to switch and you switch or vice versa, whatever it may be, it's not about playing hard, it's about playing sharp. You're not giving up 130 because you're not playing hard.”

    The Kings are 11th in the Western Conference, but only 3.5 games from being last.
     
  6. steddinotayto

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    So what Fox is basically saying is that there's a lot of dumbasses on that roster.
     
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  7. Os Trigonum

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    Players-only dinner huh? F what y'all arguing about, somebody pass the ribs.
     
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  9. Jontro

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    when will rox have a players-only bbq?
     
  10. Salvy

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    They do it all the time but Silas always shows up and no one has the courage to say no to this face...

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    Every night the Rockets play is a players-only bbq. Rockets stay getting grilled & cooked.

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  12. daywalker02

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    More for the fans.
     
  13. Os Trigonum

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    apparently it worked

    https://www.nydailynews.com/sports/...0221116-2ntenevpkveeznoeqi3dfbwizm-story.html

    excerpt:

    With the Knicks traveling a day early to Utah to get acclimated to the high altitude, the players gathered for a dinner Monday night where they supposedly bonded and discussed the team’s issues.

    Maybe it worked. An uptick in energy was apparent from the first half from the Knicks, who took a 3-point lead into the break because Brunson hit a buzzer-beating trey at the end of the second quarter.
    of course it worked
     
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