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KOC has just had a lot of bad takes over the last 12-18 months. He just seems like a bandwagon jumper. I love when Vernon puts him in his place.

Blazers have a +1.4 NRTG with Nurkic on the floor. Are we going to pretend that Jokic doesn´t have a Zubac, JV, Sabonis or Adams body? According to their Wiki pages, they all weight about the same. Also that basically means that five of the six best teams in the West, record-wise, start an ancient relic body or style of play center. I sure hope they never catch on how stupid they are, cause we have a tough enough time dealing with them as it is.

So far though these are the exact types we WANT to see in any matchup with Luka because we play them off the floor.  We've done it to Zubac, Gobert, Ayton and McGee right before we decided we should pay him (smart!).  Adams also dropped out of the rotation once the playoffs started last year and I wouldn't be surprised if the same is said for JV now that they have Zion healthy.  Very interested to see how folks play the Kings this postseason because my assumption would be teams target Sabonis over and over and over.  Also to your Jokic point, he's kind of the reason I still can't seem them coming out of the West.  He basically presents the modern day Dirk problem, he's a walking top 10 offense but building a real defense that can win a championship around him is going to be difficult (they were middle of the pack in drating last I checked).

These guys are fine for regular season but once everything slows down and becomes about avoiding mismatches over a 7 game series things change quickly.

I agree on KOC, he's just about drooling over all his pet players and ignoring any sort of real conversation and is kind of ignoring the fact that the Lakers came back while Nurkic sat but it's not going to change my mind that these players have lost a ton of value over the past decade because they aren't great options in the playoffs.