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MrPel = Boom. Please stop arguing with him.

Awesome defense by Asik at the end.

he's one of them. regardless, he's not worth it.

eta: actually, you're probably right. for whatever reason, he's reacted really strongly to a few of my posts directed at him, and Alejandro really hates me. i get under his skin

QPon came into the interview and said "this boy's the MVP"

Cousins was 9-22 with 0 offensive rebounds. Asik was awesome tonight.

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would you kindly go frick yourself?

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McNamara has a good write up on why Asik is going to get paid despite his frustrating offense.

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look no further than his play against Demarcus Cousins this season. Yes, that Demarcus Cousins who put up 39 and 20 against the Pelicans last week and 24-20-13 last night. Those are the raw numbers, and they say that Cousins dominated Asik and the Pelicans. But reaching that conclusion would be false. Cousins went 3-12 against Asik last night, and 6-10 against everyone else. Asik was the primary reason that the Pelicans won both games against the Kings, and it is because he contained Cousins, despite what the raw numbers say.

If you look a little closer, you will see that Asik made Cousins work incredibly hard to put up those numbers and forced him to use a lot of possessions to put up those stats. He also kept him out of the paint, which kept him off the offensive glass (zero offensive rebounds last night) and it kept the Pelicans out of foul trouble. In fact, the difference when Asik is on the court as opposed to off in this area is astounding. When Asik is off the court, 56% of Cousins shot attempts come inside the restricted area against the Pelicans. When he is on? Just 36%. Instead, Cousins tends to take mid-range jumpers, as 50% of his shot attempts come from mid-range when Asik is on the court. Just 17% when he is off.

As you might guess, Cousins is far more efficient when Asik is off the court, as he shoots 58.7% when Asik is off the court. Just 44.2% when he is on. Look at those numbers again. Basically, Cousins is Shaq when Asik is off the court and has the efficiency of an average guard when Asik is on the court.

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More at the LINK

He works.

He does not get credit for hustle since he is not the most dextrous guy (maybe ambisinistrous?) and is generally low key, but for that size of a meat pile, he moves. He's now Ryan Bowen / Jason Smith hustle, but it is, relatively speaking, a one tier below situation. He just can not sustain it, it seems. Defense on that level, especially down low against big dudes, is constant work for the body and mind.

Because Bower is a racist, Demps is a bizarro-racist?