2021-2022 NBA Season

white lightning

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One NBA Team we don't talk about often here is the Atlanta Hawks. Despite the location they have 3 white stars that are worth watching. One of them is a a longtime legend by the
name of Danilo Gallinari. This Italian Stallion has over 11,000 points in his career despite never being the primary scorer the majority of the time. That's a very good career in my honest opinion. He got a rare start tonight where he usually just comes off the bench for many years now as he is in his thirties now.

Tonights Game between the Atlanta Hawks vs the Chicago Bulls:

Atlanta Hawks:

Danilo Gallinari 25 points and 9 rebounds
Bogdan Bogdanovich 27 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 steal & 1 blocked shot
Kevin Huerter 9 points, 3 rebounds and 1 assist

Chicago Bulls:

Nikola Vukevic 12 points, 10 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals & 2 blocked shots
 

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Luka had a monster put back dunk against the Lakers the other night! https://thesportsrush.com/nba-news-...-flushes-down-an-emphatic-putback-dunk-o/?amp

Both dunks were nasty! Scary how he landed on his first dunk. The second put back dunk over Howard as amazing! I've never seen Doncic jump like he is this year. Maybe he is
finally getting his weight down like we said before and his body is fully healthy. Luka has battled many injuries in his first few seasons and played through some of them and sat
out of games at other times.
 

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Both dunks were nasty! Scary how he landed on his first dunk. The second put back dunk over Howard as amazing! I've never seen Doncic jump like he is this year. Maybe he is
finally getting his weight down like we said before and his body is fully healthy. Luka has battled many injuries in his first few seasons and played through some of them and sat
out of games at other times.

Seems like Luka has made an in-season change to his conditioning that has lowered his playing weight.

Mark Cuban attributes Luka Doncic's recent surge to All-Star starter snub, comments about weight gain

Dallas Mavericks superstar Luka Doncic entered the All-Star break averaging 35.4 points, 9.8 assists and 10.3 rebounds in his last 10 games, including a career-high 51-point outing over the Los Angeles Clippers. He was looking like the MVP-caliber player many expect him to be, something that Mavericks team owner Mark Cuban attributes to a couple of things.

During a radio appearance on The Morning Musers this week, Cuban said he thinks Doncic's motivation stemmed from the criticism he received earlier in the season about his reported weight gain, as well as being snubbed as an All-Star starter this season.

"I think he was humbled a little bit," Cuban said. "He didn't like being called out for his weight and other things and it finally clicked that there's a level of discipline that's required. All athletes at his level go through it at some level, where things are just easy and you're always used to being the best. You're always used to getting all the accolades, and then when something doesn't go according to what you expected it makes you reconsider."

Doncic admitted earlier in the season that his conditioning wasn't where it needed to be, saying he relaxed "maybe too much" after competing in the Olympics. It was reported that he entered the season for the second-consecutive year at 260 pounds, despite being listed on the Mavericks' game notes as 230 pounds.

It was a major topic of conversation when Doncic looked sluggish out on the floor to start the season, as he wasn't getting to rim as easily as he has in the past, and looked gassed at certain moments in the game. Doncic's slow start to the season resulted in him receiving no media votes for Western Conference All-Star starters, as Memphis Grizzlies Ja Morant and Golden State Warriors' Stephen Curry were named as the starting backcourt.
 

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Luka off the charts already this evening.
Last look he was nearing 40 points before the fourth quarter!
 

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NBA Stats on 3/3/22

Luka Doncic 41 points, 10 rebounds, 9 assists and 2 steals

Tyler Herro 27 points, 4 rebounds, 8 assists and 1 steal
Max Strus 21 points, 5 rebounds, 1 steal and 1 blocked shot

Nikola Vukevic 21 points, 11 rebounds and 5 assists

B. Bogdanovich 20 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 blocked shots
Kevin Huerter 17 points , 2 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal and 1 blocked shot
D. Gallinari 11 points, 5 rebounds and 1 steal

Ivica Zubac 19 points, 9 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 blocked shots
Luke Kennard 9 points, 1 rebound and 1 assist

Dom. Sabonis 12 points, 12 rebounds, 6 assists
D. Divencenzo 11 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assits and 2 steals
 

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NBA Stats on 3/3/22

Luka Doncic 41 points, 10 rebounds, 9 assists and 2 steals

Tyler Herro 27 points, 4 rebounds, 8 assists and 1 steal
Max Strus 21 points, 5 rebounds, 1 steal and 1 blocked shot

Nikola Vukevic 21 points, 11 rebounds and 5 assists

B. Bogdanovich 20 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 blocked shots
Kevin Huerter 17 points , 2 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal and 1 blocked shot
D. Gallinari 11 points, 5 rebounds and 1 steal

Ivica Zubac 19 points, 9 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 blocked shots
Luke Kennard 9 points, 1 rebound and 1 assist

Dom. Sabonis 12 points, 12 rebounds, 6 assists
D. Divencenzo 11 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assits and 2 steals

Im glad to see Strus playing again WL! He had a couple games where he either had very few minutes or didn’t play at all. Miami needed that win badly to regain momentum from a 2 game losing streak.
 

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Nik Stauskas signed a two-year deal today with the Boston Celtics. Stauskas is coming off 57 and 43 point nights with Grand Rapids in the G-League and parlayed that into a deal to finally get back into the league.

Stauskas was drafted 9th back in 2014 to a pitiful Sacramento Kings franchise and bounced around seven teams via trade before leaving for Spain in 2019. He helped Saski-Baskonia win the 2019-2020 ACB (Spanish League) title for its first time in a decade. He was the #3 scoring option and was primarily tasked with spacing the floor as a shooter and playing plus defense. Highlights from his 57-point performance show that he can still take the ball to the rack and penetrate with his dribble. Stauskas was the Big Ten conference player of the year and first team All American as a sophomore - he really seems like one of those unlucky talents that just never had the pieces fall into place for himself.

The Celtics are currently bringing Payton Pritchard, Daniel Theis, and Sam Hauser off the bench. They certainly aren't a white-friendly team, but just stacking their bench with some whites is a big overhaul for Boston considering where they were last year. Hopefully, Stauskas can carve out a role as the season closes out and sneak into their playoff rotation.
 

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Thanks for the update on Stauskas Phall! What a road he has traveled to finally make it back to the league. It seems like athletic white 2-guards often find themselves in unlucky situations with teams that have other white perimeter players. He looks like a swoll Luka of the g-league in these highlights. Nick must have added 10 lbs of muscle to his upper body since his Michigan days.
 

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Thanks for the update on Stauskas Phall! What a road he has traveled to finally make it back to the league. It seems like athletic white 2-guards often find themselves in unlucky situations with teams that have other white perimeter players. He looks like a swoll Luka of the g-league in these highlights. Nick must have added 10 lbs of muscle to his upper body since his Michigan days.

Thanks for posting the video. I remember seeing a video of him working out at home before the NBA Draft. His parents had a really nice basketball court in their backyard. Even
when he was skinny he could dunk on anyone. There is no doubt in my mind that he is yet another white stud that they ignorred. The nba mainly wants big slow white guys. Not
athletic, slashing, dashing and dunking on people guards or forwards. As an example Tyler Herro averages about 21 points per game off the bench. Stauskas is more athletic than
Herro yet he got screwed. Tyler Herro can dunk but he doesn't have an incredible vertical leap like Stauskas, McClung and Wieskamp along with others do. They also don't like
white guys to become stars. Especially if they are from America. They want only black stars leading the teams in scoring. The Caste System is as strong as ever. Yet a few of our
guys slide through. I hope someday to see more of our guys. It's so unfair and only based on an anti white bias in almost all of sports.
 

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Thanks for posting the video. I remember seeing a video of him working out at home before the NBA Draft. His parents had a really nice basketball court in their backyard. Even
when he was skinny he could dunk on anyone. There is no doubt in my mind that he is yet another white stud that they ignorred. The nba mainly wants big slow white guys. Not
athletic, slashing, dashing and dunking on people guards or forwards. As an example Tyler Herro averages about 21 points per game off the bench. Stauskas is more athletic than
Herro yet he got screwed. Tyler Herro can dunk but he doesn't have an incredible vertical leap like Stauskas, McClung and Wieskamp along with others do. They also don't like
white guys to become stars. Especially if they are from America. They want only black stars leading the teams in scoring. The Caste System is as strong as ever. Yet a few of our
guys slide through. I hope someday to see more of our guys. It's so unfair and only based on an anti white bias in almost all of sports.
I think one of the biggest screw jobs by the nba on a white talent was Mario Hezonja. He was very confident and one of the most athletic players in the league which I’m sure threatened a lot of black players. It seemed like everytime he played more than 20 minutes a game he scored a least 20 points with a bunch of rebounds and assists. he could have been a more athletic Luka.
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Another day, and another game where Mac McClung shows all the haters that he is an NBA Talent! Why won't a team give him a chance. All he did was score
35 points while pulling down 11 rebounds and 3 assists. The assists would have been higher but so many of his teammates missed makeable shots.

 

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NBA Stats 3/6/2022

Goga Bitadze 20 points and 6 rebounds

K. Porzingis 25 points, 5 rebounds and 2 blocks
Corey Kispert 9 points

B. Bogdanovich 35 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists

A. Pokesevski 12 points, 11 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 steal and 1 block
Vit Krecjci 6 points, 2 rebounds and 1 steal

L Markkenen 22 points, 12 rebounds and 1 block
Kevin Love 15 points, 9 rebounds and 1 assist
Cedi Osman 17 points, 1 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 steals

J. Valanciunas 19 points, 14 rebounds and 2 assists
W. Hemangomez 8 points, 8 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal and 2 blocks

Nikola Jokic 46 points, 12 rebounds, 11 assists, 3 steals and 4 blocks (TRIPLE DOUBLE) :)

Luke Kennard 10 points and 4 rebounds

Goran Dragic 7 points, 6 rebounds and 1 assist
 
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((Media)) has been crying all year long how Lakers need more help. They've got McClung dominating The G League.. But they've already reached their quota of acceptable number of White Men on their roster, 1. Austin Reeves should be starting over Westbrick with McClung off the bench. Makes sense if things were actually based on merit and not race and Westbricks fragile, Black Power Fueled Ego. "He ain't coming off no bench for a White Boy!"
 

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((Media)) has been crying all year long how Lakers need more help. They've got McClung dominating The G League.. But they've already reached their quota of acceptable number of White Men on their roster, 1. Austin Reeves should be starting over Westbrick with McClung off the bench. Makes sense if things were actually based on merit and not race and Westbricks fragile, Black Power Fueled Ego. "He ain't coming off no bench for a White Boy!"

Very true and it's so unfair. Whites need to have more confidence and swagger. A don't back down mentality in all apsects of life. One reason society calls grown men white
boys is to downgrade us. You never here them say black boys. They should not call grown white men by the saying white boys. It's ridiculous. Another from of looking down
on whites.
 

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Very true and it's so unfair. Whites need to have more confidence and swagger. A don't back down mentality in all apsects of life. One reason society calls grown men white
boys is to downgrade us. You never here them say black boys. They should not call grown white men by the saying white boys. It's ridiculous. Another from of looking down
on whites.
I agree 100% but unfortunately (as u well know Wl) if a player is highly athletic, white and has some swagger/confidence he will get the Mario Hezonja treatment and be out of the league. If a guy is perceived to play under the rim like Luka, Joker or Herro they have a a lot more leeway. It’s hard to believe that out of all the white men since the nbas founding we couldn’t have had a white Michael Jordan. Steve Nash skill with Pat connaughton athleticism. It would be like arguing that there wasn’t a white man that could rush for 1000 yards in the 25 year span from Craig James to Peyton Hillis.
 

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NBA Stats 03/07/22

Luka Doncic 35 points, 16 rebounds, 7 assists, 3 steals and 1 block Doncic now is top 5 in NBA Scoring and averaging 28 points per game! :)
Maxi Kleber 8 points, 6 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 steal and 2 blocks
Davis Bertans 2 points, 2 rebounds, 1 assist and 1 steal.

B. Bogdanovich 21 points, 2 rebounds, 4 assists

Nikola Jokic 32 points, 15 rebounds, 13 assists and 1 block. (Playing on back to back nights and he had 2 consecutive (TRIPLE DOUBLES) :)

Tyler Herro 31 points, 2 rebounds, 3 assists and 1 steal
Duncan Robinson 13 points, 1 rebounds and 2 assists

B. Bogdanovich 22 points, 5 rebounds, 6 assists and 2 blocks
D. Gallinarri 14 points and 4 rebounds

Austin Reaves 13 points and 6 rebounds

Doug McDermott 11 points, 3 assists and 2 blocks
Jakob Poeltl 18 points, 8 rebounds and 4 assists

Domante Sabonis 19 points, 12 rebounds, 5 assists
D. Divencenzo 13 points, 3 rebounds, 4 assists and 1 steal
 

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Luka Doncic again led all the Mavs in scoring. He had 37 points, 9 assists, 9 rebounds and 2 steals. They are finally winning alot of close games this year. I predict that
the Mavs will get a 3 or 4 seed in the 2022 NBA Playoffs but that is still a little over a month away. Good to see the Mavs dominating. Doncic is amazing!

Nikola Jokic continues to do things night after night and he cannot be stopped. Jokic had 29 points, 8 assists, 13 rebounds, 2 steals and 1 blocked shot.
 

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Luka scores 37 points in 30 minutes in a blowout loss to the Hornets. No other Mav scored more than 12 points. Dinwiddie did not play, and he’s honestly been an upgrade over Porzingis. Luka is an all-time great player, it’s just a shame that he has no help.
 

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Quietly, the Wizards have become “White friendly”, with Porzingis, Satoransky, Avdija, and Kispert.
 

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Luka scores 37 points in 30 minutes in a blowout loss to the Hornets. No other Mav scored more than 12 points. Dinwiddie did not play, and he’s honestly been an upgrade over Porzingis. Luka is an all-time great player, it’s just a shame that he has no help.
I would really like to see a great white shooting guard and center to play alongside Luka.
 

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I'll call out Duncan Robinson finally. He got a four year, $80 million contract and has certainly **** the bed, stat-wise. Does he have an instagram-gf he can dump?
 
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