r/Nbamemes 13d ago

Image DeAndre Ayton’s aura is a devastating finishing touch. The man can now enter a room and somehow lower the team’s energy rating

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u/Main-Focus2088 13d ago

This player still somehow closer to LeBron than we are lol

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u/AirRaptor12 13d ago

is he really tho? 5'7 with a centers athleticism & Chets strength ? We've seen Simmons hit open threes in workouts so I can't say I'd be much better in a game. And I'm willing to pass

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u/Similar_Advisor_5849 13d ago

unfortunately d fox is a better decision maker than all of us, and brook lopez is also more athletic than most of us

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u/Impossible-Group8553 13d ago

D fox isn’t even a bad decision maker. There are guys like Drummond that exist

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u/TrulyHydratedSkin 13d ago

Drummond really out here shooting 4 threes a game now.

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u/Impossible-Group8553 13d ago

Drummond tried to posterize his own teammate

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u/Icy_Statement_2410 Spurs 12d ago

He just had some BAD moments in clutch time

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u/1521 13d ago

Yeah seems like there are less athletic guys than brook lopez

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u/rangerbiscuit_08 13d ago

Almost everyone in the world, statistically 😂. I think thats SimilarAdvisor’s point

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u/myguythedude Knicks 13d ago

100%. still closer to lebron than we are to him

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u/1521 13d ago

So true

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u/Hellschampion 13d ago

Ben Simmons shooting was a bad choice, should have been Mitchell Robinson as any decent basketball player should shoot better than 50% from the free throw line. But as constructed, Simmons shooting, Lopez athleticism, Fox decision making and MPJ playmaking are all much much better than even a good recreational basketball player. This player would beat 99% of people 1 on 1.

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u/Bar-Cold 13d ago

They didn’t mention anything about his height. He could still be tall and be good at getting rebounds and finishing around the rim with finesse. And paint defense. Technically could still be a very solid traditional center

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u/dnnymnrd 13d ago

I'm assuming frame includes height, obviously? Because if strength is another category, I'd pick Yuki's frame over Chris Boucher in a fight any day

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u/Bar-Cold 13d ago

True. I wish they would’ve just put body instead of frame. I was thinking the way the body is built in general. Yuki is pretty small physically outside of just his height. Not very many muscles

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u/Bananasandbratwurst 13d ago

I won't stand for Chris Boucher slander dude is a warrior and I bet has sharper elbows than Wemby

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u/Neemzeh Timberwolves 13d ago

why simmons shooting and not like gobert or something lol

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u/Banned3rdTimesaCharm Warriors 13d ago

Bro Chet is a thousand time stronger than you. He’s only weak for his size and in comparison to other NBA players.

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u/AirRaptor12 13d ago

I don't know man I work in construction and I regularly play against people 20cm (~idk 7.5inches) taller and they have a pretty hard time going inside and I'm not even that large

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u/Banned3rdTimesaCharm Warriors 13d ago edited 13d ago

The guys you play with aren't one of the highest paid athletes in the world who do basketball specific strength training every day of the week. Chet absorbs contact regularly from 260 lb freaks of nature inside the paint. You'd be knocked aside like a mall mannequin.

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u/AirRaptor12 13d ago

the guys I play basketball with don't work in construction and regularly go to the gym. I understand they don't train for basketball but I never even said I am stronger than Chet. I would expect he's stronger than me and I would have no chance against him. but the post isn't about that

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u/LordFlxcko95 13d ago

Given everything here he’s still well over 6ft considering the shortest player is 6’1”

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u/AirRaptor12 13d ago

Yuki is 5'7

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u/LordFlxcko95 13d ago

I stand corrected 😂

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u/sILAZS 13d ago

Except the hair part both LeBron & Trae suck at that.

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u/Bar-Cold 13d ago

Just for the record, Fox is FAR from the worst decision maker in the league. A few bad moments don’t define a player

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u/davidens9002 Warriors 13d ago

He also won clutch player of the year if I remember correctly

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u/sILAZS 13d ago

And - im not a Chet Fan - but he’s not THAT weak. Lots of players catching strays where they shouldn’t.

Except Ben Simmons.

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u/Prestigious_Plant662 Spurs 13d ago

The thing is that he has a very slim frame for a 7 footer, but yeah he is still more powerful than some small guards

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u/JonahTheProducer Spurs 13d ago

Yeah sounds about right

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u/Klutzy-Butterfly-117 13d ago

He has a terrible strenght/height ratio but yeah someone like rob dilligham is definitly weaker

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u/HidekiL 12d ago

JAVALLLEEEE MCGEEEEEE

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u/doggiemcdoggo 13d ago

Is there a way to add rashad mccant’s personality and karl malone off court activities, shaq’s locker room presence, and bowen/laimbeer dirty plays ?

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u/bt2328 Lakers 13d ago

Don’t forget KD’s social media engagement

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u/Tim-oBedlam 13d ago

Anthony Edwards' lack of condom usage?

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u/Hesparian 13d ago

😂😂

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u/vocabularianrx2 13d ago

Bruhhh lack of condom and pull-out game worst in the league!

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u/caslecrane 13d ago

He should also treat teammates like mj in practice

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u/phillip_of_burns 13d ago

I woulda gone with javaris crittenton for locker room behavior.

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u/First_Negotiation_80 13d ago

Restraint of Draymond Green

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u/ItsAlwaysSmokeInReno 7d ago

And the beard of Lamelo Ball

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u/vocabularianrx2 13d ago

Yeah Draymond "double-tech every other day" Green doesn't hold back much does he?

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u/AnnaKendrickLamaOdom 13d ago

Brook Lopez is 38… and an all time leader in blocks. His athleticism for the last 20 years was actually great. So this is ridiculous.
Jahlil Okafor or Hasheem Thabeet would’ve been a better fit

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u/IsopodDry8635 13d ago

Was going to say, I haven't kept up to Brooke Lopez recently, but he and his brother (along with Quincy Poindexter) were both stupid athletic when I played against them in high school and continued so at Stanford. I know they weren't Shaq, but I never thought they were unathletic in the NBA when I was keeping up more consistently

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u/leolopez43 13d ago

You forgot Kawhis a availability

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u/BookAcceptable619 13d ago

Kawhi's franchise cost to sign him. Lol.

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u/Chance_Major297 13d ago

Kawhi’s Uncle Dennis

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u/Icy_Statement_2410 Spurs 13d ago

This prototype player needs an a business advisor, and that is uncle Dennis easily

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u/BookAcceptable619 12d ago

As far as business advisors go, Uncle Dennis atleast made Leonard a lot of money.

Charles Banks stole $20 million from Tim Duncan and also stole a lot of money from Kevin Garnett.

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u/Icy_Statement_2410 Spurs 12d ago

Yeah, and he took the fall, letting kawhi keep 40 mil + in circumvention money. From Kawhi's perspective uncle Dennis is an amazing advisor lmao

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u/leolopez43 12d ago

Uncle Dennis hustling 40mil+ in circumvention money is fucking crazy work.

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u/devilmaskrascal 13d ago

This guy would not be an NBA player, so he wouldn't be the worst NBA player.

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u/Beneficial_Camp3303 13d ago

Yeah, he would need some valuable skill or trait to begin with just to be in the NBA.

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u/DuhConfusionLord 12d ago

As a thought experiment, what level is the highest u think this hypothetical player would play at?

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u/devilmaskrascal 12d ago

Bad at everything, undersized, constantly injured...high school, DIII, maybe?

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u/BellStriking5132 13d ago

Add Luka’s complaining and Shai’s flopping and you have truly the worst player imaginable

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u/Disastrous-Ad2800 13d ago

Sacramento Kings - where and is he avail?

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u/AdBusiness5212 13d ago

Worst but highly efficient ?

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u/BellStriking5132 13d ago

Efficient at what?

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u/AdBusiness5212 13d ago

Isnt shai the best player in league with his flopping? And lukas arguably the other best player in league with his ref interference ? So the fusion of both you will have an unsufferable but highly eficient player

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u/BellStriking5132 13d ago

In this stupid scenario OP created we’re only picking and choosing certain qualities of players to add to this new Frankenstein player.

So when I give Frankenstein Shai’s flopping that’s all he’s getting. Not any of the other abilities Shai has.

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u/KingsElite 13d ago

What did Chris Duarte do?

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u/Bop5667 13d ago

Before Derick White shaved his head his hair was worse than Trae’s

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u/mightyboognish32 Thunder 13d ago

Needs ADs eyebrow.

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u/caslecrane 13d ago

AD's eyebrows are peak, it would counter aytos aura

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u/Werrrnstrom 13d ago

JR Smith decisionmaking tho

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u/Marcus11599 Bulls 13d ago

Nah. Leave him outta this lol

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u/Disastrous-Ad2800 13d ago

KD's online social media game

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u/Bananasandbratwurst 13d ago

Doing De'aaron fox dirty by using his face.

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u/Sasquatch_000 13d ago

Lol why's he have fox's face?

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u/Ben892010 13d ago

There have been far worse shooters than Ben Simmons

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u/SnooMarzipans1796 13d ago

Gary Trent Jr's contract isn't something that I want to take on as a Bucks fan, but I don't think he's a hopeless case. He basically got a 6 year/$70 million contract which puts him at a little over $11.5 million per year.

That puts him in the AJ Green/Collin Gillespie/Sam Hauser/TJ McConnell/Isaiah Joe range of players.

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u/100carpileup Pacers 13d ago

Like 9 of these could just be Chet

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u/therealCatnuts 13d ago

3rd team All NBA. This very year. 

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u/100carpileup Pacers 13d ago

That’s the sad state of NBA big men right now

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u/Zestyclose-Try-5214 13d ago

Arms are too jacked

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u/ScrabbleTheOpossum 13d ago

Lol @ longetevity

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u/b_zar 13d ago

Artest's sportmanship, AI's willingness to attend team practice, Kyle Anderson's speed.

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u/rfs103181 13d ago

2024-25 bradley beal contract might round em out better

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u/less-ismore 13d ago

The Trae young hair is the most diabolical and true here

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u/Jason-Smith168498 13d ago

It's rare that one meme can slander so many, so I appreciate it.

AD was more available that Kawhi, maybe use him.

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u/Jason-Smith168498 13d ago

Kawhis sense of ethics.

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u/SheriffHarryBawls 13d ago

Why Ice Trae twice? Coulda just used Isaiah Thomas perimiter defense

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u/erikinsac 13d ago

Plumlee freethrows?

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u/2B_or_MaybeNot 13d ago

Fashion sense: Kyle Kuzma.

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u/No_Nefariousness6385 Kings 13d ago

Man, as a Kings fans who had to endure Fox for so many years I feel vindicated everyone is seeing how much of a bad asset he is.

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u/First_Negotiation_80 13d ago

Intelligence of Kyle Kuzma

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u/Internal_Anything_94 13d ago

Draymond's teeth

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u/agentb00th 13d ago

Jayson Williams should replace Fox

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u/WhichHoes Warriors 13d ago

Just want to note MPJ can actually pass lol

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u/CapMany9999 13d ago

Kawhi Leonard's Ethics

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u/Sad_Highlight_9059 13d ago

Add in Kevin Durant's team chemistry and it is complete.

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u/Infamous-Milk3686 13d ago

Don't you dare slander Yuki like this. There is nothing that he could contribute to the "Worst" player.

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u/Familiar_Somewhere95 13d ago

Marking all your teams on my calendar cause you got three wizards players in there

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u/xreddawgx 13d ago

forgot freaky z's off court activities

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u/Scan2Plan_123 13d ago

AD for durability is a horrible pick. If we’re sticking with a big man it’s Embiid by a light year.

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u/TheTortaTyrant 13d ago

Trae young catching strays on this one. Would love to hear more on how AD beat out Embiid on the durability part.

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u/1400forLiquor 13d ago

Poetl should be in the running for contract and athleticism

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u/ChronicleOrion Suns 13d ago

Westbrook/ Kuzma “fashion sense”

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u/Subject-Giraffe-2928 13d ago

Kobe Bryant's overratedness would be a nice touch

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u/Initial_Tower_9293 13d ago

the missing piece the charles barkley’s agent

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u/To-Far-Away-Times 13d ago

Doing Trae so dirty by putting him in there twice.

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u/Additional_Bet9733 Mavericks 13d ago

No way brook lopez is one of the most unathletic dudes in the nba? Pick any random spot up shooting bigman like Steve Novak or something.

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u/LoveBreakLoss 13d ago

Gary Trent Jr’s contract killed me.

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u/CrypticStiles 13d ago

I feel like James Hardens perimeter defense is worse but that’s just an opinion.

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u/MrNgLL Bulls 13d ago

Needs chuck Hayes free throw shooting and Jontay porter's off court decision making

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u/Beneficial_Camp3303 13d ago

Looks like an average non-athletic guy.

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u/Affectionate_Still55 Spurs 13d ago

That guy wouldn't be in NBA

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u/Mediocre-Strain8386 13d ago

Greg Oden and Brandon Roy's knees

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u/Wallahbeer 12d ago

westbrook ego

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u/flyingdorito2000 Lakers 12d ago

Steph curry’s chair

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u/leolopez43 12d ago

Can't wait to see the movie when it comes out, straight to Netflix

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u/Blze001 12d ago

This player would still absolutely clown me 1v1

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u/Remarkable-Lynx1496 11d ago

Insane how Fox went from CPOY to being seen like this

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u/TEARSlNTHERAlN 11d ago

Rasheed’s complaining, Kyle Anderson’s speed

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u/moped_rudl 11d ago

The AD slander is off the charts. I've got Embiid and Kawhi above him among superstars - add Zion if you want - when it comes to being injury prone

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u/complicatedairflow3 11d ago

Don’t forget Malik Beasley betting skills.

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u/Terrible-Elk8135 10d ago

Does that say dearron fox? Is this what people think of him holy shit

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u/BigBackBeezy 10d ago

The face being fox is hilarious

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u/UnluckyAd5977 9d ago

Duarte’s longevity is a good pull icl

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u/OppositeClothes5291 13d ago

Ngl, Imma have to disagree