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Khanben:
When people where talking 40+ games it surprised me a bit, yes he broke rules but this is the USA, owning a gun is not a crime. This is the country where politicians use guns in election campaign adverts.

A40:
Saw an interesting take by Richard Jefferson on NBA today. Basically said this Jokic run is a combination of

KD scoring
Magic passing
Tim Duncan rebounding
Steph shooting
Giannis defense

And he brought out numbers and a solid argument to back it up. As we know the NBA is a copy cat league so it will be interesting to see if the league goes back to the traditional big man route. They will ultimately fail cos it takes a 1 of 1 like Jokic to pull that off

Just like teams have failed trying to spam 3pters like Steph. Denver showed that you can shoot horribly and still win,

We will see if teams will be able to come up with an antidote for Jokic, another underrated aspect of his game is his defense. Even till now people still bring up Embiid being better on defense I don't know maybe cos Embiid is black people just assume he's better but he was holding guys to 39% shooting as the closest defender

Khanben:
We only talked about Tatum and there was clear improvement in his game. Jaylen on the other hand I did not see any, that is why I asked incase someone noticed what I did not

donlittle25:
Honestly forgot about melo. This buttress someone point on this thread about European being loyal to their teams than Americans.

Melo left denver and went to the knicks? wetin you wan do there? Fashion? Anyways, we don see am now. Among that class, he is the only one without a ring.

Roland17:
From what we have seen Butler has a unique personality and thrives ONLY in certain situations that is catered towards that personality. He has the tendency to be disruptive in the locker room in certain situations

Chicago Bulls
He wasn't regarded as a good locker room guy in Chicago, he had issues with Rose and Noah which ultimately led to him being traded to the Sixers. He tried to usurp the leadership of Rose and Noah causing disruption and a divided locker room. Infact, he asked that players not interact around certain members of the coaching staff/ leadership.

Sixers
The same issue plagued him in Philly. He couldn't get along with other players except Embiid and had several disrespectful arguments with coach Bret Brown. Remember the 'Tobias over me" comment? while legitimate, buttresses the point about him being disruptive in the locker room.

A40:
I guess you can call it that. Jimmy as far as I'm concerned has maxed out his talents. 2 NBA Finals and a Game 7 conference Final as the best player on his teams.

30th picks are simply not supposed to go that far.

The question really now for the Heat is can Jimmy coexist with another superstar. I know the new CBA will make it nigh impossible to create a Superteam but I don't think it will be fair if we never get to find out if Jimmy is just the plucky underdog or is he a guy capable of winning it all with another superstar or All NBA level player

A40:
Definitely a flaw on his game. The Nuggets did not bite on those fakes all series which meant Jimmy had to work for every bucket. Not sure he crossed 30 in any game and it was a huge reason why

Khanben:
Tatum and Brown have a lot of growing to do, Brown needs either develop a tighter handle or if he cannot learn how to score with less dribbles. As for Tatum this is the 2nd year in a row the team has struggled in zone coverage, if non of the big men can do the inside work, he has no choice but to learn how to post up, he needs to take one for the team.
Watching that Heat vs Celtics series I truly believe if you switch Luka and Tatum the Celtics will win in 5, because you are not deploying that zone with such success against Luka


PS: can you see anywhere Jalen improved from last finals appearance to this season, I cannot see any? He had the same handling issues in the conference and nba finals last year

donlittle25:
Birdman when will your team will s championship?

Old glory no matter again o

Nigeriagood:
And Michael Malone has said in his latest press conference that jokic is pulling out of the playoffs while Jamal Murray will pull out too to assist him with household chores

Roland17:
The Sixers have hired Nurse, coach Bud is the only one left.

donlittle25:
Why them go pay untested coach a lot of money?

Roland17:
When 3 coaching assistants jump ship at the first chance to join the previous coach and the Celtics are aggressive in hiring experienced assistant coaches like Sam Cassell, Charles Lee, that should tell you all you need to know about my wailing!

Roland17:
It was never going to work. Too many egotistic personalities who barely had minutes together on the floor.

donlittle25:
Sweeter than a bubble championship

donlittle25:
Zion Williamson ladies and gentlemen

A40:
Hmm he will not be able to live with himself in the future if he loses this opportunity.

What he needs though is a lengthy suspension. It's like someone on drugs, if they don't hit rock bottom they will keep relapsing till they hurt themselves

A40:
One of him or his camp is saying the gun was a toy

Roland17:
Hard Take:

The Miami Heat as presently constructed with Butler and Bam as their best players will not get over the hump and win a championship because neither player can average 30-35 points in a 7 game series.

A40:
Lol this Ja Morant nigga just doesn't get it does he?

If I'm Silver I'd add 5 games to his 50 game minimum suspension just for insulting my intelligence with that lie

The NBA will be making a grievous mistake and enabling bad behavior if they don't give him a lengthy suspension

larride:
Coach Malone actually needs to work on the way his team just lose intensity when they have a huge lead in the 4th quarter

steady986:
Can't make this shiit up

A40:
Omolomo went to secure the bag. The best job. No pressure. Big money. Limited expectations and hopefully coachable players

etidy:
Facts, big facts. I think this is ultimately on the coach, it's your responsibility to draw up plays for your team and ensure your team sticks to it.

When you see your star player struggling, spamming threes and can't draw up a simple play to give him an easy point or preach patience and ball movement, then it means you are either a clueless coach or the players don't respect your voice.

steady986:
Who y'all got?

https://twitter.com/FanDuelTV/status/1663224117821161488?t=OmFfEJhNDgXquY7r_4w-vA&s=19[/quote]I guess everyone is bored now that their teams are out of the playoffs lol

A40:
Jaylen Brown embodies the problem with this era. This joker been 7/40 from 3 and kept spamming 3s today. Now finished with 1/9

I'm probably letting him go try his luck someplace else

steady986:
The Heat lead by 21 with only 4 FT attempts. Is this telling us you can win a basketball game despite shooting significantly fewer FTs?