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There you go. The new NBA. Bye Joker.
And he is gone . Javalee mcgee to take his spot
If it was Lebron, it would have been a common foul; play on. I have no doubt.
Between Luka and Jokic
He does have a type, but I ain't hating. These Euro white dudes desreve more praise. They be Ballin. I wish there was better American white representation in the league. Feels severely lacking on the top end.
If we gonna talk national ethnic demographics in the NBA, tho. Let's not get emotional or personal about it. It is what is... Where is the next Larry Bird...
We've assumed the worst franchise in the NBA position...I just don't see us getting past the 8th seed anytime soon. But what do I know.
We can all wish one day the Pelicans make the WCF
PHOENIX I LOVE YOU pic.twitter.com/VODAQISjzg
— Deandre Ayton (@DeandreAyton) June 14, 2021
My favourite players in the NBA are CP3, Lebron, Jrue Holiday, Zion Williamson, Jokic, Luka, OG Anunoby, Shake Milton, Danny Green, and Kyle Lowry. Luka and Jokic deserve all the praise they get but let's not pretend like it's because I have a favouritism for Euro players or something, most of my favourite players are not from that mold at all.
And there's no sadness for me about Jokic getting bumped. After Murray went down it was doubtful they even reached the finals, let alone did some work while there were there; if they were going to go out (which was probable) there's nobody I would rather eliminate them than CP3, who I believe is the 3rd best PG of all time (at worst, I think there's room to argue for #2) and desperately deserves a ring.
*Shrug*
Zion, OG, Lebron, Lowry aren't in the playoffs, and I hate the Sixers as a team so I'm not going to talk much about Shake or Green. Luka got eliminated and I haven't posted about him since. Jrue's having a relatively bad series right now, as well.
CP3 is the one who I am really on right now. He's been just all kinds of incredible since he managed to shake off that injury.
In the Nuggets sweep CP3 averaged 26/5/10 with 1 turnover per game on 63/75/100 splits. It's legitimately ridiculous, he treated the Nuggets defense - as ragged as it was at times - like a complete chewtoy.
Reminds me a little bit of my favourite ever CP3 post-season series which is the 2010-11 series he played vs the Lakers. Pushed them to 6 despite being the clearly inferior team, with CP3 putting up averages of 22/7/12 on 55/48/80 splits with impeccable defense. That opening game where he took game 1 on the road with 33/7/14 with 4 steals on 61/68/75 splits is an all time clinic imo. Ever want to see a point guard to literally everything you could ever ask a point guard to do, go back and re-watch it. Getting to see Chris Paul have a legitimate chance at a ring this year is a dream.
Man, I remember every Houston fan calling CP3 washed up and over the hill trying to make an offense work with a blackhole that was James Harden with a terrible coach.
I knew the moment he got shipped to OKC. He gonna make he most out of the squad and he did. He got shipped to the Suns.I knew he was gonna flip shop. Don't call it a comeback. Just a late career renaissance
Is that even true? Was Chris Paul on the table?
For (hopefully) the final time....
Yes, we could have had CP3. And he would have come here, but only if we kept Jrue. So, it would have had to be Lonzo, Miller, JJ, some more filler and the 13th pick. And, that also means re-signing Jrue.
So, its not as simple as Bledsoe and Adams vs CP3. Basically, you would have had to go with a top heavy CP3-Jrue-Ingram-Zion core. No real money to add a center. Thin team, wouldnt have gotten all the Milwaukee picks and swaps, and you would have to give Jrue the 4/160 like Milwaukee did plus it looks like 3/100+ for CP3
Now, would I do it? Yes. But there is still a solid argument for not doing it - especially if you just do the original Jrue trade and dont do the stupid Adams one
Paging Derrick Favors . Paging Derrick Favors. The guy is just standing there like Bledsoe
Someone wake up Favors
Now he is fouling. At least he is awake now.
Where is our Favors fan this morning?
Jrue looking great, just absolutely putting the clamps on harden. Granted hardens hamstring still might be bothering him
Playoff James Harden hasn't changed one bit. Incredibly useless when you need him most.
Bucks have a lot of fraud players
If not now when
Well this is an epic collapse
Jrue also isn't the player he's portrayed to be
KD carrying Harden to the finish line in this one.
Also why doesn't giannis guard durant
I mean your his size after all
Bud deserves to get fired. Nets gave the Bucks so many opportunities to close this series out.
You can fire bud, biggest issue is giannis a bigger westbrook
They don't have that number 1 guy
There are A's and there are A+'s
Usually there are only 2-3 A+'s in the league at a time, but A's dont win titles that often because to win 4 playoff series, you usually gotta face off with an A+
NBA discussion is too binary. A guy is great or he is trash. The reality is that there are guys who are 97's and they come across 99's and lose. This has always been my point with Zion. I think he can and will get to that 97 level. But that 99 level is just different and I dont think its attainable in the 2020s unless you are an elite 3 level scorer and top tier defender. It's not an insult to the 97's. At all
The Bucks folded like a cheap tent. No type of creativity on offense in the closing minutes.
Chris Paul is in Covid protocols. He has not said if he has been vaccinated or not. Most likely he will miss at least the first part of the finals. RIP Cinderella Suns season.
Bud is catching heat, but if Durant doesn't have one of the best playoff games ever, Nets don't win.
If Giannis doesn't fumble the easy pass, Nets probably don't win
Sure, but Kevin Durant will have outlier games. He's Kevin Durant. Players will occasionally drop passing. It sucks but it happens.
These are events that, as a coach, you have very little control over. What Bud does have control over, on the other hand, he can be blamed for, and the Bucks have a litany of coaching issues that lie directly at Bud's feet, and that track record goes back years - hell, it was a problem when he coached the Hawks too.