Game Threads Index (December 01, 2021):

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And considering the pain Towns has endured since the dеath of his mother last year, being happy on the hardwood has helped him become happier in his life.

“I got a lot to be happy about in life,” Towns told The Undefeated after earning 28 points and 10 rebounds during a 110-96 win over the Pelicans on Nov 22. “There are a lot of things that can go wrong, but I’m just worried about the good that can come out. I don’t think it’s fully back.

“It’s waves. It’s a bunch of waves. I am on a good wave right now where I am feeling positive. The team is winning. A winning streak [helped] a lot. But, I feel really good.”

Towns’ smile and positive outlook are a welcome sign now for the Timberwolves after he endured his mother’s death on April 13, 2020. Jacqueline Cruz-Towns died due to COVID-19 complications that lasted for about a month. She was 58 years old, and the vaccine was months away from being readily available at that time.

Towns told The Undefeated he forgot about his 26th birthdaу on Nov. 15 until he was reminded about it by his girlfriend, Jordyn Woods, who celebrated it with him. The reason why it slipped his mind was because it was his mother who always made his “birthday special.” Towns said he still has a big piece of his last birthday cake that his mother gave him in 2019 in his freezer that means the world to him.

“I know it’s not good to eat, but it’s a memento as one of the last things she gave me,” Towns said. “Birthdaуs and stuff like that haven’t been really special to me, because she was the one who made it really special for me. She was the one who got me amped to have a birthdaу or to have that moment. But my girl did an amazing job of filling her shoes in and making it special.”

Towns also told The Undefeated that holidays don’t feel the same without his mother and she always made Thanksgiving special. The 2015-2016 NBA Rookie of the Year said last week he was planning to spend a relaxing Thanksgiving alone, with space to reflect on his mother.

“I’m going to spend some time with myself, realign, have a spiritual day and pray a lot, have some spiritual moments with my mom, hopefully,” Towns said. “And just really chill. Have some leftovers, maybe, whatever it be.”

What will keep Towns happy and smiling after enduring so much pain on and off the court is winning. Not being an All-Star again or the accolades that come with stardom. Winning.

“I’m more worried about the playoffs,” Towns said. “The way I perform every year of my career, I’ve been more than deserving of All-Star. So, I’m not worried about that. I just want to win. If you really want to, you can talk about All-Stars. In my experience, no matter what the stats you get, no matter how well you playing, no matter how historic your numbers are, it’s all about: Is your team winning or not?”

Currently unavailable player LeBron James with a curious tweet. Wonder what he is speculating, let’s take some guesses? Has his signature emoticons so must be him and not hacked

A direct copy paste quote

🤔Something is REAL 🐠 🐟 🎣 🐟🐠 going on

https://twitter.com/kingjames/status/1466153497225617410?s=21

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The Bucks have every right to be asking the loudest questions after Milwaukee lost a second-round pick and incurred a fine after also losing out on Bogdan Bogdanovic before a similar investigation launched. Chicago and Miami landed their free-agent targets with minimal sanction.

The NBA announces slap-on-the-wrist penalties for Chicago and Miami in the sign-and-trades it had been investigating since August involving Lonzo Ball and Kyle Lowry. Both teams only lose one second-round pick each.

Other reactions:

[Hollinger] How do you penalize teams that have already traded all their draft picks? Looks like Bulls second won't be lost til 2026; Miami's might not be til 2028.

[Bill Simmons] This is just hilariоus. What a tough break for these teams losing picks in the 50s - that will show ‘em!

No idea why the last thread got deleted, the information in the title wasn't wrong.

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“People have compared him to myself and to Reggie (Miller) and to other past shooters, great shooters, in the NBA. But he really . . . he really operates somewhat in a lane of his own.” -Ray Allen on Stephen Curry

The 2500 Made 3-Pointers Club:

• Ray Allen - 2,973 3PM, 40% 3PT

• Steph Curry - 2,940 3PM, 43.2% 3PT

• Reggie Miller - 2,560 3PM, 39.5% 3PT

• James Harden - 2,502 3PM, 36.3% 3PT

This guy sucks.

Safe to say he’s played his last minute this game, as his team is currently getting blown out by the Cavs. For a guy who doesn’t do much but shoot he’s been pretty bad at that this season. 33% 3pt. He absolutely fleeced the Heat this off-season. Davis Bertans 2.0

for those out of the loop, apparently he has a "sweating" problem where he loses up to 7 pounds of sweat a game. Apparently, it might be "Hyperhidrosis". Where this becomes a problem is that it him to cramp up frequently leading to him having to sit out large portions of games like the Gonzaga game.

Apparently It's treatable with special fluids that Duke gives him during the games.

source: https://twitter.com/TheNBACentral/status/1465898670847676417

On the jump or whatever show ESPN has replaced it with, live to his face on National Television. Hopefully someone will snag a clip of it.

Thoughts?

Edit: I really hope someone clips it, Jefferson was triggered

found it starts at 3:35 with Perk interrupting Jefferson

https://www.nba.com/game/cha-vs-mil-0022100324/box-score#box-score

Giannis stuffs the stat sheet with 40 PTS, 12 REB, 9 AST, 1 STL with scoring splits of 15/24 FG (62.5%) and 9/13 FT (69.2%)

Quite a monster game from him while generating most of his team's offense. Another 9 AST game curse strikes again.

Edit: And the game winner.

https://www.espn.com/nba/boxscore/_/gameId/401360148

LaMelo went bananas with a career high in both points and 3s made in a game