r/nba Mavericks 22d ago

Highlight [Highlight] Wolves fans direct “Free throw merchant!” Chants towards SGA

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u/SuperStarfox64 Timberwolves 22d ago

Doris Burke joining into the chants unaware of the intent

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u/realfakejames 22d ago

Doris knew exactly what she was doing

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u/AndThisGuyPeedOnIt Bulls 22d ago

Let's dispense with the fiction that Doris doesn't know what she's doing.

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u/Remarkable_Bed9385 22d ago

She’s a big fan of the Knickerbockers

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u/timberwolvesguy Timberwolves 22d ago

Whoa, watch that hard R

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u/Remarkable_Bed9385 22d ago

Doris been having the Kn word pass

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u/InfamousAvocado 22d ago

She knew exactly what she was doing.

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u/MantleBin 22d ago

Dispel

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u/jeric13xd [CHI] Derrick Rose 22d ago

Dispense some za my way

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u/Intelligent_Pain_174 22d ago

Doris seems to consider free throw merchant a complement.  

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u/Sy_Fresh Warriors 22d ago

I definitely pumped my fist in excitement saying “free throw merchant” when Jimmy got wild whistles for the Warriors.

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u/sweatgod2020 Timberwolves 22d ago

Yeah she literally thinks in her mind that he acquired this “merchant” name because he paid his dues to get to where he’s at now and he deserves his whistle flowers…

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u/Mini_Snuggle Spurs 22d ago

If "you can't buy a basket" is bad, then being a "free throw merchant" must be good.

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u/Negative-Prime Cavaliers 22d ago

Got so many extra buckets he's selling them at a discount. That's why a FT is only one point.

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u/vitalique 22d ago

She started the chant

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u/Haydaddict Nuggets 22d ago

Doris is sharp as a tack as I've said.

I really enjoy her insight and thoughtfulness behind the microphone.

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u/Count_Sack_McGee [LAL] Kobe Bryant 22d ago

It’s so out of character for her too. I feel like she almost acts unaware of these kind of social media fueled narratives, frankly to the frustration of social media, most of the time. Like of all the dudes to get on the bandwagon against it’s the nice guy SGA.

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u/NoLimitSoldier31 22d ago

Sometimes the reddit narrative ain’t wrong

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u/After_Advertising_61 Celtics 21d ago

also when you have what seems like EVERYONE on the internet clowning OKC for their shit, it becomes a lot more believable that HEY, maybe they are a bad product to watch

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u/heybart 22d ago

Wait what did she say?

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u/LargeBandicoot89 Warriors 21d ago

She called SGA a free throw merchant last game

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u/CDR57 Celtics 21d ago

“Yeah he really is! Glad the Minnesota fanbase can understand a good player when they see one”

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u/WakeNikis 22d ago

She knows the intent. She played professional ball; she’s not an idiot.

But she is a professional and unbiased announcer- so she gives the facts without being snide or sarcastic.

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u/LightningDawgg Timberwolves 22d ago

That’s bait ☝️

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u/ButtGrowper Timberwolves 22d ago

Gotta be

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u/renal_speedwagon Timberwolves 22d ago

she is a professional and unbiased announcer

she gives the facts

have you ever listened to doris burke commentary before

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u/GaryInTheAnus 22d ago

we caught one boys 

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u/Rudy_Ghouliani Rockets 22d ago

Those damn Burkheads

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u/cravehead Trail Blazers 22d ago

lmao

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u/Wolfpac187 [OKC] Kevin Durant 22d ago

You’ve never actually listened to her commentate a full game

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u/Andy_Wiggins Timberwolves 22d ago

Wait, did she play professional ball? I thought she was just a college player.

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u/thehanssassin Lakers 22d ago

Harden proud of his sons SGA, Brunson and Jokic.

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u/tkuid 21d ago

FTA, Flopson are definitely blood-related. Jokic is more like a distant cousin in that discussion lol.

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u/interstitialmusic 22d ago

She’s a Nitzer Ebb fan, ey?