My wacky theory: Cronin would have been OK keeping GP, but, he could have signed him mainly because he knew how much Golden State wanted him. So, basically signing the guy with the intention of trading him back for resources, or legal and by the book extortion. And Golden State might have not been too happy about it.
I fully expect him to shoot like that EVERY game. Now let me take a big sip of this coffee and watch the next game...
Not a bad theory, and also makes sense. Also not considered a conspiracy lol. “Legal and by the book” makes it not a conspiracy. Smart business imo. Nets burned us with the offer to Crabbe and we’ve burned OKC with the offer to Kanter. They’ll get us back one of these days, I’m sure.
Thybulle was born in Scottsdale, Arizona, the son of Greg, a Haitian-born engineer raised in the Harlem neighborhood of New York,[3][4] and Dr. Elizabeth Thybulle, a naturopath who died of leukemia in 2015.[5] He was named after French artist Henri Matisse.[6] When he was two, his family moved to Sydney, Australia, where they lived for around seven years.[7] The Thybulle family lived in Sydney's North Shore while in Australia and the children attended elementary school at North Sydney Demonstration School.[8] Matisse did not play much basketball in Australia and focused more on swimming while there, where he said lifeguards "were a really big deal".[9] His family returned to the U.S. in 2005 and settled in Sammamish, Washington, a suburb east of Seattle.[7] Thybulle could not make layups consistently until around the eighth grade, when his coordination began matching his speed.[9] He attended Skyline High School for two years, then transferred to nearby Eastside Catholic,[9][10] where he was ranked a four-star recruit by Scout.com and three-star by ESPN,[11][12] and graduated in 2015. Thybulle played college basketball for the Washington Huskies. As a senior in 2019, he was recognized as the top defender in the nation with the Naismith Defensive Player of the Year and the Lefty Driesell Award. He was selected in the first round of the 2019 NBA draft with the 20th overall pick (along with Nassir Little 25th pick, and Cam Reddish 10th pick). He was named to the NBA All-Defensive Second Team in 2021 and 2022.
Matisse Thybulle and Tobias Harris visit Strand bookstore in New York and discuss Ta-nehisi Coates. Then (surprise! Was it a setup?) meet Ta-nehisi Coates there. We learn from Harris that the team has given Thybulle the nickname " 6 biscuits." Harris says we have to Google it.
Having Thybulle on the team looks like a nice single. A good hit. If he becomes a stand-up double, awesome. His O needs a lot of work!
One of the greatest things of moving to Portland from NYC was seeing how much better Powell's is than Strand.
"This guy got 6 biscuits for 20 people!" Thybulle says in his defense "nobody asked." "Where's the Popeye's fries at?!" (Thybulle) "They're at Popeyes." "The man got 6 biscuits for 20 people." Watch the Youtube Short: https://youtube.com/shorts/Jkcr7FZhsnQ?feature=share
No disrespect to Bill Russell, but it will now be difficult to see the #6 on his jersey and not think "biscuits".
Matisse Thybulle NASTY FALL - Almost Ended His Career This is scary. Reminds me of Josh Hart. One of the comments - "only out a week with a shoulder injury. Could’ve been his career but he was smart enough to tuck his chin and land on his butt"
"It appears the rook got a measure of redemption Wednesday, according to O’Quinn’s Instagram story." https://www.nbcsports.com/philadelphia/76ers/it-appears-matisse-thybulle-has-made-biscuit-fiasco
A large part of me can’t wait until this summer when we trade a bunch of young up and comers for good but not great vets to appease Dame. This place will lose its collective mind
I enjoy watching Matisse a lot, but I am really worried about the switching defense exposing the blazers at times with such an unusual defender as he is. He will really thrive if the Blazers bring drop coverage with Nurk behind him, first, it will allow Nurk to play to his advantage, second, Matisse's tendency to attack the perimeter players from the side or behind instead of the traditional "get between him and the basket" leaves the basket vulnerable when he is not able to get to the guy he is trying to alter the shot of. The beauty of drop coverage with a guy like him (as we have seen with Embiid in Philly) is that there is always someone between the offensive player and the basket (in Embiid) - and they also have to think about from what unusual angle Matisse is going to fly at them. Time to play to the roster, Chauncy.
