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Secondly, no matter how you slice it and whether it was fair or not, Stephen a was right, the reason Jaylen brown didn't make the Olympic team was for non basketball reasons. 4 of his teammates made it and he was left at home. Are there 4 Celtics teammates better than Jaylen brown? |
Ridwan1821:There is no smoke without fire. If all is fine with JB, the Celtics won't trade him in his prime for a bag of chips. I am pretty sure some of those anonymous sources are Brad Stevens and his crew. It's also interesting that none of Jaylen brown's team mate ever came out publicly to defend him. When Stephen A was criticizing Mikal bridges for his poor play earlier on in the season, Josh Hart came out and had his back. None of the Celtics teammates pushed back on the narratives. I don't think all the fault is with Jaylen brown but I also don't think he's blameless in this fallout |
Ridwan1821:His issues with Stephen A started when he didn't make the Olympic squad, back then Stephen a said a source told him that the reason J brown was not taken along was due to his marketability and off court behavior. Instead of introspecting and taking criticism he started attacking Stephen A that there was no source. Instead of asking himself why his team is always trying to trade him away after just having the best season of his life he kept on attacking members of the media. The truth is the media always have an agenda and they can be offensive but you have to learn to manage them. At JB's level he's no more a businessman he himself is a Business brand. This young cats nowadays are too thin skinned. They want all the praises all the time (e.g when Stephen a was pushing jaylen brown MVP agenda) but once they get a small critic they set tripod and start podcasting or tweeting. JB has not received one tenth of the criticism that likes of Kobe, LeBron, Steph, Dirk even more recently KAT. You're a champion, a millionaire with a 300 million dollar contract, Intelligent but you still dy do victim Olympics |
People hate on Stephen A. Smith but on this Jaleyn brown issue he was clearly right. He must have had sources from the front office telling him how abrasive their relationship with jaleyn was going. |
How can a basketball fan that has watched the last 15 years say Caruso is a greater role player than Draymond. We have too many prisoners of the moment folks here. I hate Draymond's antics and his actions have probably costed the warriors more titles. But make no mistake, there is not warriors dynasty without Draymond. He's as much a product of the warriors as the warriors were a product of him. Draymond didn't defend 1-5 to be compared to Caruso. The reason the warriors could even play small ball was because he could defend and lock up centers and forwards who were 4-6 inches taller than him. You can't compare a DPOY winner and a runner up 4 times to Caruso . What an insult. And offensively they are not mates. Prime Draymond averaged double digits point four times in his career , Caruso has done that once and let's not even mention his assist. Draymond and Caruso are not mates in creativity.
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God is humorous, as LeBron dy commot he send us wemby ![]() The problem for the league is that , he's getting more experienced and developing more self belief very fast in this playoffs. Barring injury, he will be more dominant next season. |
A40:Honestly I will fault Tatum and Jalen Brown. You're two 6 ft 8, MVP caliber studs, no coach will stop you from mixing it up. Even the god or the three ball, Steph mixes it up when the three ball is not falling. Kobe Bryant would had a stroke watching Tatum and Brown spamming threes ![]() |
I think a team in the West has to trade for Giannis to counteract the wemby defense conundrum in the paint. A fit Giannis is probably the only player I see giving wemby problems. |
As long as wemby stays fit, his defense alone will be a problem for a long time. Your only hope against the Spurs is elite perimeter shooting, you see that paint area, it's gone. ![]() |
The KD sexuals have been awfully quiet. ![]() The rockets team is obviously very flawed and he got injured at the wrong time. But what this series has demonstrated is the Gulf in the leadership skills & basketball IQ between Lebron and KD. |
etidy:Lakers suddenly playing well today, guess who's absent ![]() |
birdman:If no be say I don see your post for here before and you usually make sense, I for no reply you ![]() Who mentioned golden state agenda now? Someone had issues at OKC, Golden state, Brooklyn nets, Phoenix suns and now is yabbing his teammates with burner accounts at Houston but na golden state be your problem. It shows where your bias is at. Out of all those teams, the only place he's guaranteed a statue and Jersey retirement is golden state and you think Golden state is his problem? |
birdman:Which kind fanboy analogy be this? Who is being made to look good but pointing out the irresponsible actions of KD. You're supposed to be the leader in the team, even if you have frustrations with some of the young players is it on social media you should be airing them? What happened to calling them out in the locker room? And oh somehow you have frustrations with everyone you have ever played with. Like I said, great player, poor and insecure leader and that's why he hasn't be able to "lead" a team to the title by himself. |
The KDs stans on this group have gone quiet. Only you get problem with Westbrook and OKC, Draymond and the warriors, Low-key beefing Steph from your burner accounts, beefing Kyrie from your burner, Beefing harden, beefing Brooklyn nets, beefing phoenix suns, you're not even a full season into your Houston rockets tenure you don they thrash your team mates. Great basketballer, poor leader and a very insecure person. |
Jimmy Butler has blown his ACL damn There is no way back for the warriors, they may as well blow up this team and get some draft capital. But the emotional attachment to Steph won't allow them. |
Nobody is addressing the stink brewing in LaLa land Lebron comes back from injury and the chemistry suddenly gets ruined. I don't think the Lakers can survive fielding three passengers on defense (Lebron, Doncic and Reaves) against a solid team. We know who has to leave soon. |
The Spurs guards attacking the paint is a big problem for the OKC and then they have the athleticism and grit to make things difficult on the defensive end. The OKC can't use athleticism to bully them like other teams. The only advantage OkC have over them is three point shooting and it's not like OKC is a great three point shooting team. |
greypencils:Sadly, I think Wilt shouldn't be top 10 , he didn't win enough and his competition was suspect. |
Android17:Na bipolar Draymond, blind Harrison barnes and prime Lebron/Kyrie I blame for the disrespect to that warriors team. Everyone was lining up to stop them with their best efforts. People underestimate the greatness of that 73-9 warriors. They did it in a League with prime Lebron/Kyrie Cavs, prime KD/Westbrook/Ibaka OKC, Prime Harden Houston rockets, Prime Kawhi Spurs. The league was stacked that year |
SmooshCHN:You're shying from the truth. There was an asterisk on Steph curry's career until he won the last title in 2022. At that point he had won 2 MVPs (one of which was unanimous), two scoring titles, several all stars yet he had to show his first title without durant wasn't a fluke. The Greatest fact that supports the argument that another title will change Durant's legacy is that it will immediately move him up from being Top 15 to top 7 or top 5 all time. That's a massive Jump. |
The problem I see here is that you guys are not being objective You assume two things anyone who says Durant still has something to prove is 1. A warriors fan 2. Is not a Kevin Durant fan. That's fanboy behaviour. For the record, i am a fan of Kevin Durant, in my opinion he's one of the greats. He's at least top 15 all time in terms of his legacy, Top 2 or 3 in terms of his scoring ability and overall skill set. However, Talent and Skillset is different from legacy and that's why fan boys Who view things from the lens of Good or bad get things wrong. You can absolutely give Kevin Durant his flowers while pointing out where he has failed. His failure is part of his overall legacy. IS DURANT ONE OF THE GREATS? YES, HOWEVER WHEN COMPARING THE GREATS, THE FINE DETAILS OF HOW MANY AND HOW DIFFICULT THE TITLES THEY WON MATTERS. Joining a 73 win team who has been to back to back finals, who had a reigning back to back MVP and three active all stars skewed the league. You can't erase that from his legacy. Did they win those titles because of him? Yes he was a critical factor. Regardless those titles don't carry the same weight as that of Giannis or Jokic. ALL TITLES DON'T WEIGHT THE SAME. |
SmooshCHN:All this one na fanboy talk. This would have been valid if we are talking about a tier b or c star. KD is in the debate of the greats (Top 10 or 15 all time) and invariably they are held to a higher standard 1. Kobe had to prove he could win without Shaq, we knew he was great but he still had to do it. 2. Steph had to prove his first title without Durant wasn't a fluke and that he could replicate and most importantly win the finals MVP 3. LeBron had to prove he could win outside Miami and Pat Riley/Wade which was why part of why the title at Cleveland was so significant 4. Magic had to show he could beat Bird to be the GOAT of his own era. All the greatest had a monkey, they had to get off their shoulder and durant is no exception. Deep down Durant himself knows it, Assuming he had a couple of deep playoffs run post golden state this may have been a non issue. But he has repeatedly stacked teams and failed to get anywhere. Durant needs to show he can win outside golden state, whether he likes it or not, its important to his legacy. Giannis and Jokic have one title each but most consensus agree that those titles are greater than both titles Durant won at Golden state. |
larride:That's exactly the point, you don't have valuable picks, the team is shit and not going anywhere. The clippers will definitely not make the playoffs his season. The only way to recoup some assets is to trade harden before he also begins to decline in value otherwise the clippers will be mediocre for a long time. |
Clippers now 1-9 in their last 10 games. Beal out of the season, Kawhi is a no show and OKC owns their unprotected first round pick Sam presti God will judge you ![]() This dudes better cash out on harden to get some picks |
I don't understand the stubbornness of some teams. Clippers and pelicans are overdue for a rebuild yet the persist with damaged star players. |
Clippers gonna clip : Aristotle (350BC) ![]() |
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birdman:I love how T mac recently misyarn about Kobe and he's been ethered by NBA fans. The same way we have recency bias , we also have nostalgia bias. Some of our childhood idols are not as great as we imagined to be in our heads. Imagine, comparing a player who couldn't win one playoff series in his career to another who at 26yrs has led his teams to two conferences finals, one NBA final and several playoffs series win. |
We could see SGA, Ant man, Brunson and Haliburton playing for their first NBA Title in a few weeks |
This has been the best NBA playoffs in a long time. Gritty play, solid defense, low scoring affairs, last second game winners, so many upsets, lots of small market teams doing well. Cavs and Celtics are 2 game down and if Steph wasn't injured wolves could be down bad tomorrow too. |
SmooshCHN:The fact that the warriors have never gotten just even an average center to pair with Steph for almost a decade is criminal at this point .I think fans of LeBron and Steph have to accept that all good things come to an end. Enjoy their last few years. They came, slayed, conquered but it's time for newer legends to be made. It's rare to have such legendary stars competing deep into the playoffs at their age. |
Tell me about he's unskilled and didn't developed his game. ![]()
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Sam presti God will judge you 