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optimistic Heat fan

8 months

I’ll be keeping tabs on all of Bam’s defensive masterclasses (ie basically every game he plays) this season in this thread Feel free to add more stats and context, tag your least favorite dpoy voter as the season goes along, etc.

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optimistic Heat fan

@kellyoburner

10 months

Jjj without the Memphis scorekeeper

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@kellyoburner

1 year

“And so the Derrick White buzzer beater was erased from history. Amen.” - Heatlations 6:9

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@kellyoburner

2 months

It’s one of those rare rivalries that always delivers iconic moments, but the league refuses to market accordingly

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4 months

Is the Miami Heat x Boston Celtic rivalry one of the most underrated rivalries in sports? @bjay93_ speaks on this topic in the latest episode of @TheNBAHangout

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@kellyoburner

2 months

This Tyler Herro 100000% would have made a difference in the nba finals

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@kellyoburner

2 years

The Miami Heat entering the all-star break with the 1st seed and no all-star selections would be the most Miami Heat thing ever

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@kellyoburner

2 years

The Heat beat the 76ers, but Embiid was injured, so it was fluky. The Celtics beat the Bucks in 7, fair and square. That the Bucks were missing a guy who averaged 24/7/5 and closed games for them during a Finals run is irrelevant. Just thought I'd clear that up for anyone.

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@kellyoburner

1 year

I survived the D*rrick W*ite buzzer beater You think a game 1 Finals loss is gonna break me?? Lmao

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@kellyoburner

1 year

. @trailblazers Jaime Jacquez Jr and Nikola Jovic are not assets. They are bad. Ignore them. You don't want them on your team.

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@kellyoburner

1 year

My favorite part of this clip is Jayson Tatum complaining about a stiff arm

Kevin O'Connor

@KevinOConnorNBA

1 year

Duncan Robinson cooking Grant Williams off the bounce

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@kellyoburner

8 months

Not a lie told

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@kellyoburner

4 months

The amount of money they saved buying Blazers tickets probably allowed them to fly business class

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4 months

These fans flew from Taiwan to Portland yesterday just for our game tonight 🥹

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@kellyoburner

1 year

This series has exponentially increased the respect I have for Jalen Brunson

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@kellyoburner

1 year

I don’t think anyone has had as much fun in the playoffs as Nikola Jović has

Miami HEAT

@MiamiHEAT

1 year

"Let me be that guy." 🗣 He is HIM.

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@kellyoburner

2 months

Ok but didn’t Joe Mazzulla — your coach — literally contest a player’s 3 after a whistle?

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@5ReasonsSports

2 months

Al Horford says he “was mad” about the Bam flagrant. Says to just let players shoot after the play.

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@kellyoburner

2 years

New rule: if you voted Kevin Love for 6moy, you’re not allowed to talk about the Heat

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2 years

“Some guys who thought they were untouchable are about to find out how touchable they are. It seems crazy for Miami to call the Nets and offer Jimmy Butler … but on the other hand, how could they not?” - @johnhollinger on KD to Miami

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@kellyoburner

1 year

Fuck it, Duncan Robinson offense highlights (no 3's)

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1 year

“We still believe we are the better team.” - Malcolm Brogdon (Via @BrianTRobb )

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@kellyoburner

1 year

Watch Tyler Herro suddenly become a “rising star on a steal of a contract” when he’s in any other uniform It’s inevitable

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@kellyoburner

8 months

“Joe Cronin just took the deal that was best for his team” 🤓

Will Manso

@WillManso

8 months

Jaime Jaquez Jr taking a soul.

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@kellyoburner

1 year

Maybe this is a hot take, but I think Bam deserves the ECF MVP Trophy

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@kellyoburner

1 year

My brain and eyes: “This was not a good Jimmy Butler game. At all.” The stats: 27 pts (52% shooting), 10 assists, 6 rebounds, 2 steals, 2 blocks

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@kellyoburner

1 year

Teams are gonna stop waiving players out of fear that Miami will sign them to minimums and turn them into Finals rotation worthy pieces

Naveen Ganglani

@naveenganglani

1 year

Random fact: Haywood Highsmith was signed by the Philadelphia 76ers for the remainder of the 18-19 season... then eventually waived him. Lol.

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@kellyoburner

1 year

This is a center.

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@kellyoburner

1 year

"The way Miami is shooting is unsustainable! There's NO way they keep hitting the 3s they've been getting at that rate!!!" The 3s they've been getting:

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@kellyoburner

1 year

Hot take - Kevin Love is a different and slightly better vibes and glue guy than PJ was for the Heat

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@jeremytache

1 year

🗣️ “LEAD US, KEVIN” Caught up with the Heat’s Kevin Love after Miami’s big-time Game 4 victory to take a 3-1 series lead 🔥

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@kellyoburner

2 months

How can you read quotes like this and NOT think these dudes are arrogant?

Jared Weiss

@JaredWeissNBA

2 months

Jaylen Brown: "Guys that we want shooting the ball was hitting them and we couldn’t get them to miss. We thought they were decent closeouts."

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@kellyoburner

2 months

Does he not understand what the concept of an award is? I don’t get it

Zack Cox

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2 months

The Celtics didn’t have any finalists for any NBA awards this season. Did that bother Joe Mazzulla? “No, not at all. I think it’s beautiful. … Why would you get an award for the past?”

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@kellyoburner

1 year

I refuse to believe he isn't going to be good

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@5ReasonsSports

1 year

Nikola Jovic (autocorrect!) has been in the weight room

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@kellyoburner

1 year

This series is giving off 06 Finals vibes

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@kellyoburner

1 year

We are on the cusp of going to the Finals with the 18th pick in the first round lmaooooo

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@kellyoburner

6 months

Bro got ESPN fan fiction written about him after - lying to Dame for years - not even negotiating with the team he requested - accepting an atrocious package for a franchise legend Glad we kept our trash assets!

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@TheDunkCentral

9 months

Joe Cronin made sure not to let his emotions get the best of him during trade negotiations, per @wojespn “Through it all, Cronin told himself: Eliminate the emotion, the frustration, the fatigue. And most of all, Cronin implored himself: Don't settle. Don't let yourself

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@kellyoburner

1 year

That “Tyler Herro has been upgraded to questionable” tweet is going to hit like crack

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1 year

Tyler Herro, staying stimulated.

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optimistic Heat fan

@kellyoburner

1 year

Same scout

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@HeatNationCom

1 year

NBA scout unsure if Jimmy Butler can maintain success vs. Knicks, says Josh Hart and Quentin Grimes can give him trouble:

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@kellyoburner

2 years

Amazing that Spo has been the Heat head coach in all 3 of these series

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@HeatvsHaters

2 years

2012. 2020. 2022. Here we go again. #HEATCulture

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@kellyoburner

1 year

“Mid air”

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1 year

Giannis is in mid air when Love slides in front of him, Bam lowers his shoulder into Giannis without leaving his feet. One is a run over, the other is landing zone

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@kellyoburner

1 year

New rule: If you’re tweeting out toxically shitty Bam trade packages before the game, you’re not allowed to celebrate a win after the game

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@HeatNationCom

1 year

Miami Heat take a 2-1 series lead. Heat in 5.

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@kellyoburner

7 months

So, circling back to this Can you explain to the class why this would have gone down “as one of the worst trades in NBA history”?

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@KevinOConnorNBA

1 year

Heat Get: Damian Lillard, Jusuf Nurkic Blazers Get: Tyler Herro, Kyle Lowry, Jaime Jaquez, Nikola Jovic, 2028 1st, 2029 swap, 2030 1st Considering the significant price of recent superstars dealt, this return for Portland would go down as one of the worst trades in NBA history.

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@kellyoburner

1 year

Watching other young guards in the playoffs is making me realize we are collectively too hard on Tyler Herro

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@kellyoburner

1 year

Probably a good time to dust this one off

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@kellyoburner

6 months

#aura

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@kellyoburner

1 year

Grant Williams’s shit talking embodies what’s wrong with this Celtics teams They are front runners. They only celebrate and talk shit when they’re ahead. As soon as the other team claps back and things get serious all that bravado suddenly disappears. Weak team

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@kellyoburner

1 year

Gabe’s done his job. Caleb’s done his job. It’s time for Bam and Jimmy to step up and put this thing away

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@kellyoburner

2 months

I’ve already won because nobody can take experiencing this away from me

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@TheDunkCentral

2 months

Kevin Harlan and Jimmy Butler put on a masterclass

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@kellyoburner

2 months

Watch Chris Quinn

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@YaHateTwoSeeIt

2 months

Good morning

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@kellyoburner

2 years

Including Bam in any trade would be a decision the Heat regrets for at least a decade

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@kellyoburner

1 year

He’s so back next season lol

NBA

@NBA

1 year

Defense, details... Max Strus was LOCKED IN during Game 1 🔒 Heat seek 2-0 lead • 8:30 PM ET on TNT

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@kellyoburner

1 year

Can we stop pretending that anyone in the NBA is a better defender than @Bam1of1 ?

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@kellyoburner

1 year

Bam Adebayo is a special defensive player

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@kellyoburner

2 years

1-17??? Jimmy went 7-16 with RJ defending him. Bam 3-3. Herro 1-3 (good job by RJ there). (All those stats here: ) All combined went 14-30. He was getting hunted.

Hana 🏀

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2 years

So RJ Barrett scored 46 points yesterday while playing lock down defense (held Heat players to 1-17 shooting) but he’s not one of the best young players in the league to some? 😂

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@kellyoburner

1 year

No matter what happens tonight, I love this Heat team

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@kellyoburner

3 months

If you look closely you can see Bam lifting Josh Hart’s leg and directing it at Javonte Green’s face

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3 months

Knicks players out here karate kicking people Interesting

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@kellyoburner

2 months

You people will NEVER make me not love this team. EVER.

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@kellyoburner

5 months

Damn had no idea Jaime was putting up all star numbers! Thanks for this side by side

TatumsWrld

@WrldOfTatum

5 months

Aight bro just stop it

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1 year

What stands out to you about this late game defensive possession?

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@kellyoburner

4 months

When will Spo realize he needs to start Duncan, Jovic, Caleb, Rozier, Bam, Jimmy, Jaime, and Herro?

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@kellyoburner

1 year

"Bam just isn't the passer Sabonis is" is a dog whistle

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@kellyoburner

2 years

No better way to honor Black History Month than holding Gordon Hayward to 0 points on 0/7 shooting

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@kellyoburner

2 months

Genuine question: Where does this narrative come from? Besides his rookie season, Bam's consistently outperformed Embiid in the playoffs both 1v1 and in their careers.

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2 months

Joel when he sees Bam trying to guard him

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@kellyoburner

6 months

It’s not about missing on Dame (for me personally) It’s about all the people who condescendingly told us that Malcolm Brogdon is a more valuable player than Tyler Herro loudly and consistently

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@kellyoburner

2 years

Tired: We're paying Duncan 16 million and Strus 2 million for similar roles?! Wired: We're paying a combined 18 million for two playoff rotation caliber, floor-spacing 2 guards

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@kellyoburner

2 years

I'll ask again: Why do people feel so empowered to have takes about the Heat and Heat players without actually watching them play?

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@kellyoburner

1 year

Can you guys pls call these in the ECF? Thank u @NBAOfficial

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@kellyoburner

8 months

🏀Hawks Fan TV

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8 months

When you force Bam to put the ball on the deck, good things happen. He’s a spot up open mid range shooter with ZERO bag. Make him beat you off the dribble

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@kellyoburner

3 months

The Lowry Package 👀

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3 months

Scary Terry was clutch. Undefeated when Patty starts. Delon’s defense.

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@kellyoburner

1 year

Caleb Martin is a winner and a playoff riser

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@kellyoburner

1 year

That game literally made all the pain of this season worth it

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@kellyoburner

1 year

Here's 41 seconds of Haywood Highsmith clamping star players Enjoy, @TiffanyMeeks23

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@kellyoburner

1 year

Jimmy’s ankle is in worse shape than we thought

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1 year

Brunson outplayed Donovan last series and is outplaying Jimmy Butler right now. What does that say?

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@kellyoburner

1 year

Can’t believe the Miami Heat has managed to completely fluke its way into 3 Eastern Conference Finals in 4 years Culture is fake and this team is so lucky man!

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@kellyoburner

2 years

Per , Evan Mobley guarded Bam for 6:28 mins of the game (most on the Cavs) Bam went 8/10 from the field in those mins and drew 2 fta

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@kellyoburner

1 year

What stands out to you about Jokic's 5 turnovers last night?

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@kellyoburner

2 months

(This is literally the kind of performance the Heat has been getting out of Bam Adebayo every single playoff run since 2020) (If this is cause for appreciating Rudy now, you should all have been on the Bam hype train for years now)

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@kellyoburner

1 year

The way he used his body to shield the ball and (legally) create space was beautiful

that one guy

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1 year

That fast break drive by Bam on Smart was just 🤌🏼

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@kellyoburner

1 year

exhausting.

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@kellyoburner

1 year

Definitely a dirty play by Giannis. Swings his body in front of Bam at the last second and doesn’t set his position. (See how dumb I sound?)

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@Bucks_Take

1 year

Definitely a dirty play by Love. Swings his body in front of Giannis at the last second and doesn’t set his position.

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@kellyoburner

9 months

There are 2 kinds of Heat fan. Only one is right.

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@kellyoburner

2 months

...wasn't Bam the starting center on the last gold medal team? lmao

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@kellyoburner

2 years

A majority of Heat fans watch this team closely but don't watch the NBA at large, making their takes too extreme and devoid of context A majority of NBA fans seemingly don't watch the Heat very closely This recipe leads to an abundance of atrociously shitty takes about the Heat

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@kellyoburner

2 years

Jimmy Butler got the max because he proved he could singlehandedly will a team to the Finals and compete even with the odds stacked against him Russell Westbrook got the max for putting up insane regular season stat lines These two are not the same

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@kellyoburner

1 year

"Teams that resort the zone don't succeed. There's no way it continues to work." That might normally be true, but there are reasons why the Heat zone is unlike any other. These are also reasons why it may continue to work A short thread on the unique elements of the Heat's zone

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@kellyoburner

1 year

Notice: every supposed DPOY candidate’s team has either been knocked out or is on the cusp of elimination Only 1 clamped arguably the best player in the world to clinch a series Edrice is above that award as far as I’m concerned

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@kellyoburner

1 year

Whoever made this: I love u

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@kellyoburner

1 year

….they were crowning these mfs in November man In November.

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@kellyoburner

2 years

The segment of Heat twitter that only cares about the off-season and transactions annoys me to no end Who cares about trades and contracts rn bro? We’re in the middle of a playoff run

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@kellyoburner

1 year

What an advantage it must be to be allowed to carry the ball and just lower your shoulder into anyone without consequences

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@kellyoburner

1 year

Welcome to Miami @kevinlove !

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@kellyoburner

9 months

Can you imagine what would happen if you asked Sabonis to guard Giannis or Jaylen Brown in a 7 game series?

KingsMuse

@kings_muse

9 months

2022-23 Playoffs Bam: Sabonis: 17.9 PPG✅ 16.4 PPG 9.9 RPG 11.0 RPG✅ 3.7 APG 4.7 APG✅ 0.9 SPG 1.4 SPG✅ 0.7 BPG 0.9 BPG✅ 48.1% FG 49.5% FG✅ 0.00% 3PT🤢 20.0% 3PT✅ And people said sabonis

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@kellyoburner

1 year

Josh Hart did a great job on Jimmy today And Jimmy had 25/11/4 on 50% shooting lol Hope Jimmy’s ankle is aight

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@kellyoburner

5 months

It’s like playing against the Bulls but worse. So happy it’s over.

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We no longer have to play the Brooklyn Nets for the rest of the regular season!

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@kellyoburner

2 years

I am BEGGING Heat fans to ride with Bam Adebayo the same way Raptors fans ride with Pascal Siakam in 22-23 Bam deserves that much love

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@Imman_Adan

2 years

Just finished a podcast and Pascal Siakam 2023 MVP

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@kellyoburner

2 years

E Reid really said "Forget the Alamo and remember the Heat win tonight" 😂 He's been in his bag lately

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@kellyoburner

1 year

This is what I meant when I say that the Heat don't play a "PJ Tucker" anymore and that could strain C's defense - Bigs respect Love's spacing, esp ATB - Martin reliably hits corner and ATB 3's - Martin attacks closeouts aggressively and competently

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@kellyoburner

1 year

This is actually very funny I’m not kidding

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Celtics Get Curb Stomped

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@kellyoburner

3 months

I didn’t expect Jović’s in-season growth to be this dramatic

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@kellyoburner

2 months

Can’t believe it’s your birthday tomorrow!! @D_Bo20 Also I can’t believe it’s Christmas Eve right now!!! @jaquez_jr

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@kellyoburner

2 months

Bam Adebayo tonight: • 20 Points, 10 Rebounds, 2 Assists • +20 • Switched 1-5, shut down isolations • Hedged, Blitzed, and Dropped against P&R • Punished mismatches offensively An average playoff game by his excellent standards. Solidifying the narrative.

optimistic Heat fan

@kellyoburner

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(This is literally the kind of performance the Heat has been getting out of Bam Adebayo every single playoff run since 2020) (If this is cause for appreciating Rudy now, you should all have been on the Bam hype train for years now)

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@kellyoburner

1 year

My brother, Bam Adebayo has been doing this since 2018

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1 year

Starting to feel pretty strongly that Nic Claxton is the 2nd/3rd best defensive player in the NBA (JJJ 1 & Draymond 2/3). The absolutely otherworldly ability for a guy w/ size + length + athleticism to be mega comfortable on the perimeter & also a menace at the rim is so special.

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@kellyoburner

5 months

My biggest takeaway from this game is let Terry run point

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@kellyoburner

5 months

"Bam and Jimmy wanted Donavan Bam and Jimmy wanted Dame Tyler just wanted to be wanted" - @Herrojuku No verses have ever rung truer

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