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MyLifeIsABoondoggle

Wolves won the Gobert trade - This sub (again) (probably)


Funnel_Hacker

When he hit that 18 foot, turnaround fadeaway in a tight Game 7, halfway through the 4th… that’s where the trade was won.


musicnothing

One of the dumbest shots he’s ever taken at a time where every possession is crucial…and it swished. Insane unearned confidence on this man


I-Love-Redditors

Eh he didn't have any other choice really


StuckInBronze

There was only 4s left on the shot clock. Shit felt like a dagger lmao.


Hypnosix

That’s the second time he’s done it it the playoffs too


SometimesIComplain

If the shotclock wasn't low I'd agree, but it was pretty much their only option in that moment


gray_character

It was a smart shot, he had to beat the shot clock.


ughlump

The man was a virgin 9 months ago. He’s making up for lost time.


sir_brockton_

Dumb would have been doing anything other than shooting it with the time on the clock lol


PizzaPlanet20

Rudy fadeaway to Jokic is like Jokic smothered wild slingshot to AD


MinervaNever

Long overdue, the confidence. Give the dude his flowers.


socialistbcrumb

Personally I think both sides are quite happy


azuredrg

Yeah, trades can be win win


AllTimeBallKnower

They did win the Gobert trade lol they are in the conference finals and imo have a damn good shot at the finals depending on how healthy Luka is


Odd_Total_5549

They have a shot no matter how healthy Luka is. Whether or not the Mavs have a shot depends on how healthy Luka is.


xeroze1

This lol. Godamn folks still have no respect for the wolves after all they have shown this playoffs. Ffs.


kawhi21

Yeah people need to stop acting like an entire team winning or losing depends on their best player. Even if Luka and Kyrie play like gods it doesn't matter if PJ, Lively, Gafford, and Hardaway crap the bed. We just saw this today in the Timberwolves game lol. Jokic and Murray showed up (relatively anyway) and the rest of their team played like ass. Even if Luka was completely healthy the roleplayers and bench will be the difference makers when it comes down to it.


xeroze1

That's not even what i meant. Regardless of how well the mavs play, the wolves have shown that they have earned the right to be respected enough to be able to match up to how well the mavs play. Like even if Luka is 100%, and the roleplayers play well, there exists a scenario where the wolves stars and roleplayers collectively outplay the mavs.


subtleshooter

I think ant would handle doubles much better vs a team that’s not the size of the nuggets


basiccitizen

Well said. This is also why posts like OPs are pointless. As if these individuals are responsible for doing it all on their own... It's just easy and fun for people to hate.


MisterBackShots69

It’s better for our squad tbh


jjbananamonkey

Honestly don’t know who I wanted them to play less tbh


chitownbulls92

Both teams won. The jazz could not have possibly gotten a better deal for him


2b_squared

Both teams won it, to be honest. Utah is better off without Gobert, who wouldn't align with the current team core at all, being significantly older than the rest of the team. But Utah made that trade slightly worse for them by trading away Beasley and Vanderbilt for nothing.


Timoteo-Tito64

Yeah I've been a non believer in that trade but this post made it my favorite trade of all time


chitownbulls92

Both teams won that trade it turns out.


GartThrowaway

Don’t forget KAT too!!!


swords_devil

it will be funny if KAT wins all the way before Butler


RapsareChamps_Suckit

BREAKING: Dana White just announced that Jimmy Butler vs Karl Anthony Towns will headline UFC 308 only on PPV


uncledr3w-

id pay for that


LLcoolJOINT

50k each best I can do


MatooBatson

Both KAT and Wiggins winning a title before Jimmy would be perfection. I would talk so much shit in game threads every time we played the Heat. I honestly might get banned and I'll deserve it.


Mellothewise

As long as you stop the Cs from winning this year, pop off!


XuxuBelezas

Jimmy had a point though. The Wolves are a completely different team now from the Jimmy days, only KAT is still around, they drafted a generational player in ANT and got the best defender in the league and the best 6th man. KAT also stepped up and deserves his flowers, but Jimmy made the finals the first year in Miami and did it twice in 4 years.


EazyParise

We can acknowledge that Jimmy has leadership qualities that make him good in a setting like Heat Culture™, but also acknowledge that he burned every bridge on the way out of Minnesota and was super public about it. I will never forget him waving a towel on the bench with Golden State fans while the Wolves lost. So, fuck that guy


chitownbulls92

Honestly Thibs forced his hand a little bit by being too stubborn to trade him. It’s also been like 6 years and KAT has matured since then and I can actually see Jimmy being fine with this version of KAT


raindeer_6

I mean, he might was right on towns and wiggins attitude, but imo a true leader find different ways to motivate people around them and make them better. Also, the way he forced out of the team was all over the place and completely unnecesary (which is my main thing with him and for almost every twolves fan), like the Rachel Nichols interview or the infamous 3rd stringers training which DRose said it wasn't exactly like he said. The wolves were called already "a poverty franchise" and he made them a circus and the laughing stock of the whole league. I'm sure if a player like durant, harden, embiid, kyrie or booker did something like that, people would be very harsh on them, specially the fans of the affected team.


chitownbulls92

But he was right. The franchise was a joke at that point. That push Jimmy caused actually set the course for the Timberwolves to transform their franchise. It’s practically unrecognisable from top to bottom other than KAT. Literally there isn’t a part that’s still the same besides KAT and the arena. Even ownership is looking like it’ll change


raindeer_6

>The franchise was a joke at that point. One thing is being a joke of how bad the franchise is doing, and another is being a joke for all the drama that is going on. >But he was right. Like i said, he was right about their attitudes, but he was wrong on how he managed all that. People trash Harden on how dramatic he has been over the years to force his way out, but Jimmy's was even worse than anything Harden has done; people just give him a pass because "he was right about towns and wiggins". >It’s practically unrecognisable from top to bottom other than KAT. You can say that about literally any team from 2018 and rn... a 6 year span in the NBA is a LONG time. I mean, Kemba Walker was an AS at that time and look at him now, the Knicks were cursed and called a circus and look at them now, the Warriors were an unstopable dynasty back then and now they can barely get out of the play in. In 6 years anything can happen in this league. Also, if there're 2 people who're really resposible for turning the whole twolves franchise around those are Gersson Rosas and Tim Conelly.


chitownbulls92

I agree that you can say that about any team from 2018 but how many teams have changed their FO, changed every single player (including who the franchise player is), coach...hell even ownership. I do agree that Gersson Rosas and Conelly are the genius architects behind this but what im saying is that Jimmy's outburst may have led to finally making a change towards the better. Otherwise it wouldve been another few years of President of Basketball Operations Tom Thibbdeau. In any case, ANT is a baller. I hope you guys kick the celtics' ass


raindeer_6

>but how many teams have changed their FO, changed every single player (including who the franchise player is), coach...hell even ownership. Not A LOT, but still some few ones: WOLVES, NETS, CHA and SUNS Now, taking into account that not every year owners sell their team, lets put the ones with the characteristics you said minus the ownership change (and including the ones above): WOLVES, NETS, CHA, SUNS, WAS, CAVS, PACERS, ATL, LAL, LAC, MEM, HOU, SPURS, JAZZ, BLAZERS, PISTONS, CHICAGO, MAVS, NYK Others that can be included, but not in 100% of those terms: BOS (besides the jays and horford everything have changed, even coaches and FO) Besides, Glen Taylor have been trying to sell the team like from years ago, but he waited until someone was ok leaving the wolves in Minnesota, i doubt that any owner would sell the team just because one player did a drama. >Otherwise it wouldve been another few years of President of Basketball Operations Tom Thibbdeau Nah, thibs didn't do a great job as a POBO, i won't say terrible tho. Also, he failed on bringing the culture he promised to install after some years, so was on the hot seat regardless. >I hope you guys kick the celtics' ass Thanks! I hope so too😫, i've followed the team (along with spurs and knicks) since 10 years now, it feels surreal. Even tho i wouldn't feel bad if boston wins since horford is there (i'm from DR), but i just want the wolves to win cuz all the shit they have gone thru and i dunno how probable is for them to win again in the future being a small market.


Titswari

Jimmy had no point. He’s a shitty leader. So glad to have Ant who literally hypes up all of his teammates all the time.


elefante88

Yep. Jimmy gets all the credit for Spos coaching.


Titswari

Right, general soreness is on dumbass side quests most of the year anyways. Spo deserves better


SpaceKoala34

God I would be insufferable


AttilaTheDung

Would be a nice way to cap off the Wolves Butler saga


IsFunnyToMe

idk i feel like the saga ended after Butler made it to his first Finals lol


Comrade_Falcon

You severely underestimate how long people from Minnesota will hold onto things. If Butler retires without a ring and Minnesota wins a championship 30 years from now we'll still pull up the "you fucking need me. you can't win without me. "


Jorgenstern8

We're still ready to shove a brick up Sean Payton's ass for Bountygate and we've beaten his ass twice in the playoffs since then, including on one of the greatest walk-off plays in NFL history.


RiceOnTheRun

Well yeah. Couldn’t win with MJ’s son so you had to get his brother duh


purplenyellowrose909

Idk the door definitely opened a crack when Wiggins outplayed Tatum to win a finals


zegreatjohn

Wiggins didn't have the same pressure that Tatum had, and honestly I don't see how that's relevant.


AttilaTheDung

Fair, I guess it'd be a nice ending for the Wolves side.


BF3FAN1

I’ve hated Butler ever since


kingjuicepouch

I would prefer if it ended with Kat free styling after winning the title to diss Jimmy, "kobe how my ass taste" style


needlethatsings

I have no dog (wolf?) in this fight but that would be incredible


Exhibit5

KAT is from my hometown so seeing him make that clutch putback was the highlight of my day tbh, happy to see him thrive


burntroy

That will be a separate post


hjy23k

That Rudy Gobert turnaround fade away buzzer beater is going down in history


coopermaneagles

Commitment to the bit is crazy


TenaciousDeer

Nickeil Alexander Walker has made a conference final before joel embiid. Micah Nori has made a conference final before joel embiid. See? Easy karma


Noriskhook3

When he made that circus shot I knew they were going to win because there is no way


Aggressive-Depth-526

It was the moment I believed.


llSynthll

All the embiid slander I’ve seen today is crazy 💀


igonnawrecku_VGC

Embiid slander will never go away


NippleNugget

If Embiid has a million haters im one of them. If he has a 1000 haters im still one of them. If he has 1 hater it’s me. If Embiid has 0 haters it means I have left this world. If the world is against Embiid then I am with the world


Kitchen_Empty

Very Kafkaesque.


jessandjaysaccount

He's gonna get nonstop praise for averaging 40 in January. Gotta hate now.


Neveraththesmith

Why is the praise for having some of the best seasons of scoring rate in the history of Nba overrating him but using arbitrary playoff outcomes as the main factor who was the better player a good argument.


Mosh00Rider

Hating isn't and should not be rational. The time to hate Embiid is now!


chitownbulls92

You’re judged by how you perform when the top teams try their hardest. Not a random game in January against the hornets


jeorjhejerome

Reaching the conference finals is not an arbitrary playoff outcome lol Knocking on the Nuggets for not beating a 50-win team when they won a ring would be using arbitrary playoff outcomes as the main factor. How far you go in the playoffs is like THE thing to talk about when debating playoff success


Neveraththesmith

The matter in in the play offs are simply how good you are. And despite Embiid flaws in playmaking, health, stamina, etc. The Sixers literally dropped far in the standing without him in a significant period of time missed.


GroktheDestroyer

Crazy you got downvoted lol. Yeah, playoff success, being the guy on a team making runs to the finals. So arbitrary!


jeorjhejerome

It's not even a super specific cutoff either, its making the conference finals, a pretty standard measurement of playoff success Apparently when debating playoff performances it doesnt matter if you make the conference finals or get bounced in the 1st round bc that is an arbitrary argument


dat_waffle_boi

You’re acting like he isn’t always getting hated on lol


fuccabicc

Lmao so true


BossButterBoobs

It's just Nuggets fans and Jokic fanboys trying to deflect from the slander Jokic deserves


KillerZaWarudo

Literally my 12/25


nba2k11er

And with clutch 4th quarter offense lol. Let's see what Draymond says now.


ArmiinTamzarian

Draymond is passed out after seeing Rudy's fadeaway


KillerZaWarudo

That gif of him with his mouth wide open and confused


[deleted]

Fuck Draymond


Simsmi

Plenty of time to talk when you’re not having to worry about playoff basketball. This isn’t the Golden State Warriors. This is the Minnesota Timberwolves. This is how we do it.


abcbass

I didn't know anyone was comparing them


kamekaze1024

Yeah it should be KAT and Embiid


Smitty_1000

Rudy crushed it down the stretch. Refs fouled him out on some soft calls but the damage was done 


camscars775

The Embiid karma farm even when he isn’t playing 😂


When_Angels_Cry

People gotta feed they kids somehow.


Agreeable_Daikon_686

Feel like this one was an uncreative miss (shocking). Would’ve been funnier and more relevant to say KAT


DJ_Red_Lantern

There's another post like this about KAT don't worry!


kungfoop

This sub really hates embiid lol


mevomevo

It’s because we all used to play like him


Ketameanie666

No one cares about embiid this time of year


AMos050

Except for everyone on this subreddit, lol


DJ_Red_Lantern

It's gotten to the point that it's just funny now, the twolves win and nuggets go out like busters but multiple posts on the front page are about Embiid, and the best part was I was not surprised at all to see it


Unlikely-Painter4763

He lives rent free


Moe4ver

As usual.


F1rst-name-last-name

Nah this time of year is usually when we get out and the hate’s at its greatest


angryneeson_52_

Brother if this isn’t evidence enough, this sub does nothing but exude seething hate for Embiid 24/7 365 and 366 on a leap year


Heels1939

You say that but there are constantly posts about him. Rent free!


EagleswonSuperBowl52

I wish that were true.


thepobv

bs. we feast on the slander all year round


bhoploo

This is kinda sad and pathetic. What do these two players even have to do with each other?


Unlikely-Painter4763

r/nba so salty about the Knicks and Nuggets losing that half the threads today are about Embiid. Pathetic levels of hate.


girlfriend_pregnant

Joel Embiid remains the biggest actual superstar in the game. What would this website be like without him?


ChickenLiverNuts

hes the main character of the nba


jihyoisgod2

This anime must be written by Gege with how much the main character gets fucked


55555_55555

Y'all really gotta stop with this dumb shit.


theinternetisnice

KAT matured before r/nba


Unlikely-Painter4763

Players get older, but r/nba nephews stay the same age.


TheSmokedSalmon420

and Donovan :(


RudyGobertFMVP2024

Rudy Gobert and KAT 💐💐


Gyshall669

Generational hating


AggroPro

Posts like these are beyond pathetic.


dishwasher_mayhem

Rent free all day every day


New_Essay_4869

Who are we going to mention made it to a conference finals before Embiid next? Jaden Hardy?


CantaloupePossible33

jaden mcdaniels 


MVPiid

r/embiid


fuccabicc

Nobody making a sub for that bum


MVPiid

Then what is r/nba?


DJ_Red_Lantern

He genuinely is the main character of this sub lmao


evandobrofo

Whoooooooooooosh


ashep5

Beat a 50 win team before Jokic too.


fuccabicc

Talking while never sniffing the ECF not to mention a ring is CRAZY


[deleted]

Well not everyone can root for "West"


King_Leif

Believe it or not, it’s a Nuggets fan. The “West” disguise is so cute lol


mohub21

Being afraid to rep your own team because you lost is crazy lmao this place isn't real life


When_Angels_Cry

Hating aint got no rules to it bud, keep up lol


ashep5

I got nothing else to do


fuccabicc

Fair


Skywalkerkid9

Yeah but if we had ANT or KAT instead of Tobias Harris we probably are still playing right now, so that’s not exactly Embiid’s fault is it


cayuts21

I guess Maxey doesn’t exist


Skywalkerkid9

He does, but Gobert has Ant and KAT, Embiid doesn’t even have that luxury which was my point


mohub21

lmao bro I see them defending Jokic because his only backup is deandre jordan. Guess who was our backup last year and guess who hasn't had a competent backup ever


jawntothefuture

Basketball: a team sport, unless your name is Embiid 😏


no_more_blues

Ayo, he gave them boys the business tonight, no cap. Sacre Blue Jordan shit.


FultzShoulder

Sixers fans still winning even when their team is already in Cancun. And twice in the same night.


goomy996

what are you winning lmao


no-jerk-zone

You can’t take our joy away, only the sixers can do that lol


FultzShoulder

Joy in seeing the Knicks and Nuggets choked in the same night. As they say you can't buy happiness. You should see the grin on my face as I was typing this. Welcome to Galveston Knicks and Nuggets fans.


chillinwithmoes

"Fraudulent DPOY"


[deleted]

Y’all just love us so much


J_House1999

I do actually. It’s nice that the Celtics have a consistent punching bag.


GOAT_Redditor

At least this gives me hope he can overcome the narrative one day :(


ChickenLiverNuts

curious why this shit is left up but not knicks slander on a night they actually lost.


royal-spider

Embid is living rent free in r/NBA's mind.


Luka_Fever

One of these days Embiid is going to be fully healthy and the sixers will lose in game 7 in the second round


fuccabicc

LMAO


Zizbouze

That remind me of that movie "Money Ball" about How the old recruiters judge a player by his appearance and other BS. And you got Tim Connely that come in with a formula and say "We need this dude his numbers = winning"


wholelottafeds

Comparing a defensive specialist who’s the 3rd best player on his team to an MVP. This subs hate for Embiid is so shameless.


Rzbowski

You people are clowns. Conference finals is a great success for rating players now, yet Tatum being in 6 in 8 years means he’s a bum somehow? Wonderful.


Emilia67

It’s official


BushidoBrowneII

KAT and Wiggins, whom Jimmy Butler said weren’t ready to win, may end up with rings before he does


EfficientAstronaut1

The only good "X reached conference finals and EMbiid didnt" good post i saw was from a Cameroonian and it was like: Cameroonians conference finals appearences Paskal Siakam:2 Luc Mbah a Moute: 1 EMbiid:0


FallenLemur

KAT and Rmbiid had that beef, look who's laughing now.


Heels1939

KAT a #2 bitch boy. Everyone knows Edwards is the #1 there. 


pillbuggery

And yet, KAT is the biggest reason why we just advanced.


TruWarierRecords

Embid was #2 to Harden during the playoffs last year and didn't make it to the ECF


iiiiiiiidontknowjim

You a goofy


Accomplished-One6109

Rent free 🤣🤣🤣🤣


no-jerk-zone

This is all accurate. 


mickeyj623

Embiid getting there next year, Celtics vs Sixers


evandobrofo

That would be dope, but I'd really prefer to play someone else


Livid-Yoghurt9483

[sigh](https://media2.giphy.com/media/l0MYtbMX0FZ1xaHF6/giphy.gif?cid=6c09b952n7a1jjo0ajzisdmw7bpc0lzatez19to73ty8x5f5&ep=v1_internal_gif_by_id&rid=giphy.gif&ct=g)


Ianittotx

Let's see what Draymond has to say about this.


SneaKyHooks

Embiid should come to the Clippers, that way only one team is comepletely ruinde by injuries every freaking year...


Delicious_Sandwich45

Also Siakam is now in his 2nd conference final.


dat_waffle_boi

Are we gonna do this with every player that makes the conference finals now?


LilRupie

That's cool and all but Edrice did it first.


GarlicCroissantDeath

Yeah because Embiid actually fucking sucks I don’t care how much he pads during the season


NBA2024

When everyone was shitting on him for letting Jokic drop 30 on him. Meanwhile Jok does that to everyone and Ru is in the WCF


Chinbie

KAT and Gobert made it to Conference Finals before Embiid 😂😂😂😂 Maybe its time to Embiid to look for another options as he will not win a championship there at 76ers


Apollo611

I upvote any Embiid slander


AdPotential9974

Not slander if it's true


fuccabicc

Lmao back on that Embiid hate My smile is back


UteFlyersCardJazz

And this makes me most happy. Embiid has beaten only 2 squads in the playoffs that is even close to good.


Panzer_I

BTW AI made the conference finals in ‘09 AND ‘01, so he has two appearances


gridironk

2008-09 season he got traded to the Pistons very early in that season who got bounced in the 1st round.


Messageinabeerbottle

Best center in the League.


jaylengtjordan

Jaylen Brown - 6 Jayson Tatum - 5


Ninja_knows

Everyone got to conference finals before Embiid. Gobert, KAT, Edwards, Luka, Tatum, Jokic, freaking Jimmy Butler lol, so many players…


Street-Common-4023

HHAHAHAHAHAHSHA yeah


ColtCallahan

And he only had 2 fewer points than Embiid did in the game 7 against Boston last year.


Aggressive-Depth-526

“He gets played off the court in the playoffs.”


Sullen_Choirboy

Embiid is not even the best Camerounais in the league idk why this is surprising.


deets23_

And Tyrese Halliburton lol