mikal
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Maybe they just need to listen to "Get Out Of Your Own Way" to get out of this 0-3 hole.
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Maybe they just need to listen to "Get Out Of Your Own Way" to get out of this 0-3 hole.
LuckyNumber7
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Most importantly in the NBA… it looks like we are past the “unbeatable” era of super teams. Boston, Miami, Golden State, LA, San Antonio, Cleveland… a decade ago, they all had destined teams. I feel like that’s not really a thing at the moment nor has it been since the Covid Cup.
oh indeed.
the league is designed for pace and space now - not a collective of players with high usage rates.
which is wonderful - because, hey - that's basketball.
in the first 70 years of the NBA there were 2 MVPs not born in the United States - Dirk and Hakeem.
In the last 5 years of the NBA - there were 0 MVPS born in the United States.
The european way of developing players is better than ours.
In the last 5 years of the NBA - there were 0 MVPS born in the United States.
The european way of developing players is better than ours.
this is some wild shit lol
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DaveC
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LuckyNumber7
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Here's a guy who recognizes faces
cobl04
45:33
On behalf of peef, I hope Embiid now feels bad for fawning over Tatum after game 7.
Hewson
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On behalf of Cobbler's wallet, Jason Tatum says you're welcome.
lol espn stuck interviewing Tristan Thompson because LeBron had to go drop a half time deuce
I was expecting a gentleman's sweep.
Alas - the far superior team won.
Alas - the far superior team won.
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From a purely basketball standpoint, wouldn't you rather have Kyrie on the court in the 4th quarter of a playoff game than Tatum? Kyrie is a better ball-handler, a more versatile shot-maker, and has turned up in the biggest moments. Him being insufferable off the court has made us forget how good he is while he's on it.
I would not want Kyrie anywhere near my team ever ever ever ever ever.
He's undersized and dribbles too much - before we even touch his off the court antics. Sick handle tho
I'll take Tatum.
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the lakers were a bad to mediocre team all season. they barely won their play in game - and then got to play a Memphis team in utter disarray because their star player thinks he's Gilbert Arenas 2.0 (not to mention major injuries)... and followed that up with a Golden State team who couldn't win a road game all year.
once they met a team that was actually good? they got smoked.
lebron is still a very good player. he isn't, however, a player who can just will his team to victory anymore. time has caught up. even last night - he had a dominant first half, but only scored 9 points in the 2nd half. and with the season on the line he got tied up by Jamal Murray. lebron of 5 years ago would have put Murray through the rim. this is no insult to lebron - it's merely the reality of his being 38 years old.
he's entered that late Tom Brady phase of his career - where he's still capable of looking like the guy you remember at times, and over the course of a season will put up stats that LOOK like the guy you remember... but he just isn't that guy anymore.
and i think he knows that, too. which is where the doubt is creeping in. his comments the day Bronny committed to USC also makes it seem as if, perhaps, Bronny asked him to chill on the "i need to stick around until i can play with bronny" thing.
i don't think there's a zero chance he retires - but i don't think there's a 100% chance that he returns, either. let's put it at 75/25 - with 75 being that he's back.
once they met a team that was actually good? they got smoked.
lebron is still a very good player. he isn't, however, a player who can just will his team to victory anymore. time has caught up. even last night - he had a dominant first half, but only scored 9 points in the 2nd half. and with the season on the line he got tied up by Jamal Murray. lebron of 5 years ago would have put Murray through the rim. this is no insult to lebron - it's merely the reality of his being 38 years old.
he's entered that late Tom Brady phase of his career - where he's still capable of looking like the guy you remember at times, and over the course of a season will put up stats that LOOK like the guy you remember... but he just isn't that guy anymore.
and i think he knows that, too. which is where the doubt is creeping in. his comments the day Bronny committed to USC also makes it seem as if, perhaps, Bronny asked him to chill on the "i need to stick around until i can play with bronny" thing.
i don't think there's a zero chance he retires - but i don't think there's a 100% chance that he returns, either. let's put it at 75/25 - with 75 being that he's back.
Hewson
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Right, it's now a question of does he want to put in the of season work required to keep a soon to be 39 year old body in NBA shape. That was the part that I think eventually got to Brady.
i don't think it's completely out of the realm of possibilities that he takes a year off.
LuckyNumber7
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IMO there’s zero chance that he retires. When he retires, it’s because either 1) he goes out on a high note, 2) after going on an 82-game farewell tour to get as many standing ovations as he can, or 3) to play just one game with his son.
enough talking about the team that got swept.
i'm really happy for Jokic here. he's an absolutely brilliant player - and the anti-Jokic pro-Embiid narrative that certain parts of the media took in January/February when it was becoming clear that Jokic was going to win his third straight MVP this year was absolutely disgusting. you want to pump up your guy? fine. but the bashing of Jokic for absolutely no reason was a joke. looking at you, Kendrick Perkins, Drew Hanlen.
i'm really happy for Jokic here. he's an absolutely brilliant player - and the anti-Jokic pro-Embiid narrative that certain parts of the media took in January/February when it was becoming clear that Jokic was going to win his third straight MVP this year was absolutely disgusting. you want to pump up your guy? fine. but the bashing of Jokic for absolutely no reason was a joke. looking at you, Kendrick Perkins, Drew Hanlen.
yea i think he's absolutely the kind of guy who's going to want his farewell tour - which is why i don't think he's retiring, either. but i don't rule out taking a gap year and coming back in 2024-25 to play a year with whatever team drafts Bronny in the mid 2nd round.
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I have a hard time believing many people take Kendrick Perkins seriously, no less the awards voters.
Hewson
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Jokic can have the last laugh and get Finals MVP, an award Embiid will never sniff.
it was more than just him... he's just the face of the idiocy at this current moment.
also jokic thinks i'm mean.
https://twitter.com/BleacherReport/status/1661002600613924864
btw - the guy who just got smoked by him was about to pick him last in the all star draft. last. i know it's a silly thing - but what other two time mvp would be picked last?
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Hewson
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Probably still just fingers.
like... who are those fingers for? people without fingers?
cobl04
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In short, the Kings should have made the west finals.
There ya go
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