MugiwaraCole
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Lebron is retiring soon?
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Lebron is retiring soon?
Cornbread78
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Guys, the Celts are not getting #1. It's 3 or 4 at best. Silvers needs Phili and LA good again and stat...
LyleLanley
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Fire Ainge, he could've had Ibaka!
LyleLanley
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That's lewd, killface!
led4lyfe
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John Wall is not very good at hero ball. Between game 2 and tonight he was extremely sloppy making poor shot selections and passes in crunch time. I understand he hit the clutch three in game 6 but that was an aberration. A guy of that size and quickness he needs to be driving the lanes getting and-1s ala Prime Wade. A lot of it might have to do with him being gassed because I noticed he plays a lot more aggressive in the paint in the first half of these games.
LyleLanley
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Wall played 44 minutes, he's great but he needs a backup PG that isn't complete trash.
I'm holding you to this.
Dude, he IS a very solid bench player, at minimum. He is also consistent from 3.
LyleLanley
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He's also going to get paid 500 trillion this off season.
Gonna get himself dat Evan Turner $$$$$
That voodoo really paid off with their selection!
Bronx don't do it
Can you say 'anthony bennett 2.0"?
You really wanna drink ya piss huh?
Not sure if it was the injury but the utter lack of defense from Morris was laughable. Gortat and Mahinmi both seemed scared of the moment.
Celtics were the more disciplined team. Washington had to earn everything offensively. I lost track of how many missed assignments the Wizards had on defense.
Best I've ever seen Olynyk play.
Also very curious to see if the Al Horford the Celtics got in these first two rounds will carry over to the matchup against the Cavs. The version of Horford the Atlanta Hawks got against Cleveland the last two years was absolutely useless.
Celtics were the more disciplined team. Washington had to earn everything offensively. I lost track of how many missed assignments the Wizards had on defense.
Best I've ever seen Olynyk play.
Also very curious to see if the Al Horford the Celtics got in these first two rounds will carry over to the matchup against the Cavs. The version of Horford the Atlanta Hawks got against Cleveland the last two years was absolutely useless.
LyleLanley
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Jack The Nipper
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I would like to see anyone win the finals other than gs or cavs. Really hope spurs pull though. Have said since last playoffs that id like to see celtics make it but feel that's unlikely against the stacked cavs.
I can't stand him either, but he'll most definitely make it 4 years. Get ready for the piss.
LyleLanley
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Bennett was a bad pick as soon as he was taken, Ball looks like at worst he'll be a serviceable PG.
His floor is probably something like Ricky Rubio with a jump shot. He'll be around for awhile.
LyleLanley
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Ricky Rubio with a jump shot would probably be an all star.
Not in the West
eBay Huckster
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probably for the best, because olynyk would snap zaza in half going for a rebound and nobody needs to see that
Obviously in hindsight Bennett was a bad pick but I'm pretty sure every gm would have taken him in the top 5. It wasn't a very good draft and he had the tools to be a really good offensive player. He shot 40% from three in college, was athletic and already had a man's body. For a 19 year old that's a pretty intriguing package. The problem was he didn't improve his skills once he got to the league and his shooting range didn't extend out to the NBA three point line.
He was pretty gassed in both Game 2 and Game 7. Brooks had him playing all but 4 minutes tonight and it showed by the fourth quarter.
You don't wear out your LeBron stopper against the Washington Bullets
Mike Conley still can't make it
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I keep looking at Luka Doncic thinking to myself, he's a year older than me. Barely. Fuck.
perfectchaos007
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I hope the Lakers get suckered into drafting all the Ball brothers and give them big money contracts. That will ensure the Lakers will suck for yet another decade
beat
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The league was trying to crack down as early as 2006, when they called Bruce Bowen on the phone to tell him to stop undercutting shooters. And Pop was mad about that, back then. He told Bowen to keep playing the way he played.
Rubio is a stud on defense though, that's not Ball's floor.
Sure, it's not a perfect match, but lower end starting point guard is still the worst I can see Lonzo being
beat
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Ball's shooting mechanics annoy me far more than they should. Worst case, it'll be too slow to fire off when covered, but I guess he'll still be good when left wide open.
Of course he's going to tell Bowen to keep playing like he's been playing, Bruce Bowen wasn't just a random goon, he was a very skilled 3&D player at the time. Probably the best perimeter defender at the time. Like firing out against Zaza, he's sticking up for his man/team.
The league has cut down on a lot of the seriously dirty plays. You're not going to see John Stockton screens or Bad Boy Pistons paint defenses in this league anymore.
LyleLanley
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I can't believe Ainge gave this loser a max.
Wait what? He's a tall point guard that can guard multiple positions, loves a fast pace game and jacking up threes. He's like the prototypical modern PG if he can continue doing what he does in the NBA.
i don't see how a guy with range is outdated in today's NBA.
We were the Original BeClevers
I can't believe Ainge gave this loser a max.
Not really talking about his range, but more about his style of play. He's no big time scorer like the current top PGs in the NBA. He's closer to an old-school PG ala CP3 or Kidd, but with height and length. That's why I feel like he's somewhat outdated. But with that height for a ball handler, maybe he can be trained to score more.
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