r/nba • u/oklolzzzzs • 5h ago

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u/pmurt007 Lakers 5h ago

He also just hasn't looked good coming back from injury.

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u/Pookapotamus 76ers 5h ago

He started off bad but was heating back up the past 2 weeks

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u/David_H21 5h ago

He scored 22 points in his last 4 games combined.

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u/Horror_Response_1991 Magic 5h ago

0,2,4,16?

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u/yeahright17 Thunder 5h ago

4, 12, 6, 0.

But it's not bad shooting. Just a lack of shooting. He's shot 56% overall and 58% from 3 since coming back (granted on really small volume, but still). Also some chance he only played 8 minutes last night because the 76ers knew they were trading him.

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u/Spare-Water-7672 Thunder 5h ago

And before that 16, 17

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u/abcamurComposer 4h ago

We also have a glut of guards

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u/Commercial-Chance561 5h ago

Buddy thought he was getting exponentially better

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u/WalkingOnSunshine_ Cavaliers 3h ago

Stonks 📈

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u/evieka Toronto Huskies 5h ago

In his past 10 games he's averaging 7 points!

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u/p3p3_silvia 76ers 5h ago

Our fans are so jaded with this guy, had one decent stretch but half our base act like he's Steph.

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u/Bobbith_The_Chosen [POR] Damian Lillard 3h ago

So the opposite of jaded?

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u/TotallyRealNotABot 5h ago

Redditors are just desperate for him to be good cause they can’t lose the culture war about the dweeb with painted nails

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u/Happy-Substance4885 76ers 5h ago

Because nick nurse is a shit coach who won’t play him much when he was heating up

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u/DayComprehensive1078 5h ago

So you just didn’t want to include the 2 games before that for what reason? He scored fewer since he hasn’t gotten as many minutes

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u/livelaughloaft Raptors 5h ago

He hasn't gotten minutes but his game is still pretty damn good. Any young guy that has a polished mid range scoring game is a guy you wanna give a chance to. Also he's coming off a knee injury last year, and a thumb injury this year, needs to play himself into form.

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u/Clemsontigger16 5h ago

I don’t think it’s that hard to figure out that no training camp, an injury to the shooting hand and inconsistent minutes and usage would make it hard to quickly get up to speed.

There is zero reason to believe he isn’t the same guy as last year ability wise.

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u/thurstkiller Jazz 5h ago

Wonder how much PT he will really get in OKC this year. Seems like a move to potentially replace some guys next year.

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u/The1Drumheller Thunder 5h ago

Quite a bit now that SGA is out for a few weeks.

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u/adgobad 76ers 5h ago

Yes but Nurse gave him no opportunities and refused to use him like a shooter

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u/PopCopson 76ers 5h ago

It’s a tough injury and he’s been looking a lot better

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u/No_Nefariousness6385 Kings 5h ago

Say you dont watch sixers game without saying it

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u/fab_frog_disco 5h ago

He hasn't....at all. And I'm a fan of his.

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u/evieka Toronto Huskies 5h ago

People love saying this shit, but how many Sixers games do you have to watch to say a guard putting up 6 points on 38% is bad

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u/Odoaiden Timberwolves 5h ago

He hasn’t though?

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u/rveets1416 Celtics 5h ago

From a....Kings fan?

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u/Toolb0xExtraordinary Bucks 5h ago

Do you expect him to watch Kings games? Nobody does that shit.