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A40:I really doubt they will be able to retain all of them this offseason. To be more precise, if any team needing a PG is not pricing Gabe Vincent out of the Heat budget they need to fire their GM ASAP. These are the type of role players that helps to build a winning mentality. |
Jamal is a baller. Great defense better offense |
A40:That is what they used to kill the Lakers. They never let them set their half court defense consistently. Totally smoked them |
The worst part about this denver run is that it is in non Jokic minutes |
A40:Nuggets are deep abeg. The dude played great all year and also against the Suns, but couldn't just find his groove in the Lakers series. Now he his back ![]() |
donlittle25:You can see a bit from his face up passes, and how he sees cutters from the elbow. The only thing is, the student is way better than the master |
steady986: . I still cannot see how Miami competes in this series. I was talking about them making 3s, but just saw that Denver only shot 29% from 3,which is 10% points lower than their average. |
steady986:There was nothing of the sort, Miami only have themselves to blame, you only get FTs if you drive to the basket, only Bam was even attempting to try to score from about 8ft in, every other person was just driving to kick out or taking a jumper or shooting the 3 ball. As for how they will cope, they will only avoid getting swept if their 3 ball starts falling at a high enough clip, they cannot beat the Nuggets with defense because they just don't have the personnel, but they might be able to outscore them if they shoot the way they shot during the Bucks series and the 1st 3 games of the Celtics series. If not at most this series goes to game 5. |
donlittle25:That's why his game is hard to understand. His game just sneaks up on you and because he his so efficient, you wonder when he got the shots up to score 27pts. Today he went 8 of 12 with 27pts and a triple double to boot. |
donlittle25:The worst part for Miami is the pocket of spaces where Lakers wanted to send Gordon to, in order to minimize his impact on offense will be a disaster for them as this first half has shown. Sending Gordon under the basket with a smaller guy on him, with Jokic passing him the ball is just barbecue chicken for Gordon. |
Jokic is a mismatch in this series |
steady986:If he wins, then automatically he is already better than David Robinson. KG and Duncan are not centers they are both PF. As for the rest as i said an argument/discussion can be made that he his top 5. Jokic is an elite rebounder, as good a scorer as any of them in totality (his range of shooting helps him in this category). his only knock is that he is the worst defender amongst them. But, I will argue that the gap between his playmaking and everyone else's is wider than the gap between their defense and his. PS: If he wins it, he will definitely be ahead of KG on my all time list |
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Caleb Martin is a dawg |
I Just hope game 7 is not a dud. Game 6 was not the best basketball, but it was close and tension filled till the end. |
Whoever wins this series might just have emptied the tank both physically and mentally just to get to the Finals. |
Both teams are playing subpar basketball, too much TOs by the Cs and too many misses on good looks by the Heat |
greypencils:I have friends who are man utd fans, I am a real madrid fan. Nobody that I know was insulting Messi when man city knocked city out of the champion league |
A40:They will retire both I think. It will just be a unique situation, just like the Lakers retiring both of Kobe numbers |
A40:Maybe me and you grew up in different environments, so I disagree, when Gerrard was playing any man utd fan will jump at him playing for them. I as a Madrid fan watched live when Madrid fans gave Ronaldinho a standing ovation after watching him demolish their side 3-0. I watch sports to enjoy the game not to see a players downfall. If I have my team playing I want both teams to play to their very best and my team winning in the end. But where I don't support any team, I want to watch a spectacle, I want to see great players play great. |
greypencils:They don't have to like him to respect him as a footballer. For instance,I don't know any man utd fan that watches PSG lose and makes it all about Messi |
A40:For me there is a difference, man utd fans hate Liverpool with a passion but they still by and large respect Steven G. This hate for a player and not the team, I just will never understand it PS: Its also observable in cR7 and Messi, but at least that can be said to be about their rivalry. But the Lebron thing I just will never get it |
larride:Go for 3 when you've been atrocious all game. Na the coach made the right call |
Jokic is a cheat code abeg |
steady986:4 minutes to go and baba don tire. You can see it from that sequence where he guarded Murray and caused the shot clock violation . Father time is still undefeated |
donlittle25:That's what offensive rebounds does, they got like 2 put backs in that sequence |
steady986:Wow, it's more than 110, Yepa. Make it more improbable |
Baba won play 48mins ohh |
Honlucas:The existing record is 0-110, so for both the Lakers and Celtics it's near impossible. |
Skrrrrrrr:The future is fine, you are talking about a talent pool of 7 billion people against 350 million people. What we are seeing is the actualization of the vision that David Stern had, which started with him sending the 92 dream team to the Olympics. Other usa sports followed also copied it, the best player in baseball is currently Japanese. David Stern just decided to open up his league to 8 billion people rather than restrict it to 350 million people. |
Eric spoelstra is an incredible coach, the dude's team is always fine tuned and don't make mental error. Everything I know about basketball and even from listening to commentators and ex-players say zone defense should not work that well against nba caliber players, but time and time again he finds ways to make it not just work but work very well. |
A40:His ACL injury can be blamed for that, he got injured right around the time he put it all together |

