Michael Malone on Lakers FT disparity and what they should do to change it: “Why should we? We keep winning… in the 2nd half we had zero FT attempts… but we went into this series knowing they had a +500 differential this year.”
by defenestrate_me_now
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I think its a bit important to note all these quotes aren’t Malone just coming out blasting the Lakers. He gets asked these questions.
But also Nuggets too good regardless.
except if the matchup was more balanced (if Nuggets weren’t as good as they are), this would be a huge problem and influence the outcome of the series.
and it’s annoying af to watch
The media baiting Malone into these sound bites is so cringe
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I would be pleased if we started fouling more, playing more physical defense and stop with this bullshit give up 3s defense
Right mentality. Only losers complain about the officiating*
*except for the 1988 Finals because fuck you
If the nba wanted the lakers to win this series they would do it. This isn’t Lakers vs kings levels of reffing. Murray and Jokic would be in foul trouble immediately.
Is it me or do the lakers also give up a bunch of easy buckets? Like maybe it’s a choice they’re making to foul less to keep their best players in the game but the flip side is giving up the easy ones.
You know if Nuggets wasn’t this good to overcome the disparity, Malone would be complaining too lol. He ain’t the one to shy away from fines. He just holding back. And he’s not the only coach who has complained and won’t be the last.
Surprised he didn’t throw a ‘9 straight wins’ and ‘fuck the Lakers’ in there for good measure
You gotta play to beat the lakers by 10 minimum, because you know the league wants laqueen in the finals at all costs for the “storylines”
Owning the Lakers this bad must be the best thing to ever happen to the Nuggets. This is already a team/franchise/market with a bit of an inferiority complex. They get more national media for how badly they own LA than they do for being champs.
As much they probably don’t actually care about mass exposure or popularity, it has to feel good when they get pitted against the Lakers on this stage and just completely annihilate them
Posting, attacking and playing to the rim are all good ideas, but have you considered having your franchise based in Los Angeles, California?
Michael Malone went on to say “despite beating them 9 straight times we are treating every game like we haven’t beat them 9 straight times”
You have to treat every game like its the very first.Thats how you win 16.
When they don’t know you think Jason Tatum is mediocre. Thats where it came from. 🤭
The Lakers were getting their asses kicked in the first quarter, and a bit in the second quarter, without any foul calls. If that happened to the Nuggets this entire sub would be complaining about the Lakers even more than now lol
It’s the right answer. Why adjust your gameplan to what has consistently been a non-factor to your team winning?
0 fts in a half is ridiculous
He’s not wrong lol. Why change anything if they keep winning. Lakers can take 100fts but if the Nuggets still win it doesn’t matter nor should it phase them.
Nuggets will repeat. They are too good!
“We’ll take two”
Nuggets getting 2ft total next game confirmed
He can say whatever he wants. It’s not like the Lakers can stop them
I mean… the Lakers don’t play defense aside from AD. You can settle for a wide open 3 or a back cut right to the hoop while AD is occupied. Like what are teams even complaining about?
Brutal. He just told the nba “keep cheating. it won’t change shit”
“we prepped knowing they get FTs and we won” is a great response
Suffering from success
I haven’t been a fan of the Lebron era. Let Malone and crew end it so I can go back to enjoying basketball again.
DO YOU HEAR THAT FRANK VOGEL?!?
Michael Malone’s speaking like the boss who knows has the best employees.