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verb_to_trust wrote:All the stuff people are saying about Boston is the same stuff people were saying about the 10-11 Bulls. Win now or GTFO.
Except it would be as if Rose and Noah missed the playoffs.
It remains to be seen if they are going to be better with diminished versions of their former max level players.
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verb_to_trust wrote:All the stuff people are saying about Boston is the same stuff people were saying about the 10-11 Bulls. Win now or GTFO.
Except it would be as if Rose and Noah missed the playoffs.
It remains to be seen if they are going to be better with diminished versions of their former max level players.
Hayward will be alright. Irving and his history are more concerning. If he can't recover they don't have to resign him after next year.
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Basketball is so much shittier without Kawhi Leonard.
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Jason Tatum can flat out ball. The Celtics will be really good for a long time. If LeBron goes to Philly “really good” might not be good enough, though.

I’ve been one of the “they don’t miss Kyrie much” people, and I still think that’s mostly true. But they miss him when everything falls apart, there’s no ball movement and they need someone to score one-on-one. Tatum can already do it, but he doesn’t DEMAND the ball yet. He will though. But they could have used Kyrie at the end of the last couple games.

I don’t know if Kyrie is long for the Celtics anyway because Tatum is pretty clearly going to be their best player very, very soon. I wonder how Kyrie will handle being second banana to a younger guy.
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verb_to_trust wrote:All the stuff people are saying about Boston is the same stuff people were saying about the 10-11 Bulls. Win now or GTFO.
Except it would be as if Rose and Noah missed the playoffs.
More like Deng and Boozer
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4/5 wrote:Jason Tatum can flat out ball. The Celtics will be really good for a long time. If LeBron goes to Philly “really good” might not be good enough, though.

I’ve been one of the “they don’t miss Kyrie much” people, and I still think that’s mostly true. But they miss him when everything falls apart, there’s no ball movement and they need someone to score one-on-one. Tatum can already do it, but he doesn’t DEMAND the ball yet. He will though. But they could have used Kyrie at the end of the last couple games.

I don’t know if Kyrie is long for the Celtics anyway because Tatum is pretty clearly going to be their best player very, very soon. I wonder how Kyrie will handle being second banana to a younger guy.
Kyrie is already not attending game 7s.
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I just heard the stat that 19 of the last 20 finals have featured LeBron, Kobe, or Duncan. That's crazy
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Also, I'm not sure exactly how I've felt about LeBron, but what he did in this series was pretty amazing.
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Guys, deviated septum surgery is serious and time sensitive!!!
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E.H. Ruddock wrote:I just heard the stat that 19 of the last 20 finals have featured LeBron, Kobe, or Duncan. That's crazy
2006 HEAT!!!!!!
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spike wrote:lebron calmly waiting to block scary terry's fast break dunk is one of the best things i've seen
That was Baller AF
The after-block stare-down of the Garden was even better.

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i was watching him, and several moments before the swat, you just knew what was going to happen. JVG did, Marc Jackson didn't.
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E.H. Ruddock wrote:I just heard the stat that 19 of the last 20 finals have featured LeBron, Kobe, or Duncan. That's crazy
Didn't we have a solid 20 years of Brady, Manning, or Roethlisberger in the SB?
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spike wrote:
E.H. Ruddock wrote:I just heard the stat that 19 of the last 20 finals have featured LeBron, Kobe, or Duncan. That's crazy
Didn't we have a solid 20 years of Brady, Manning, or Roethlisberger in the SB?
Nobody watches the NFL
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spike wrote:
E.H. Ruddock wrote:I just heard the stat that 19 of the last 20 finals have featured LeBron, Kobe, or Duncan. That's crazy
Didn't we have a solid 20 years of Brady, Manning, or Roethlisberger in the SB?
Pretty sure it wasn't 20 years, but not sure if serious
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Warriors know the game is tonight, right?
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Monkey_Driven wrote:Warriors know the game is tonight, right?
They'll come back.
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E.H. Ruddock wrote:
Monkey_Driven wrote:Warriors know the game is tonight, right?
They'll come back.
Probably, but can't let the Rockets get too confident.
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Monkey_Driven wrote:Warriors know the game is tonight, right?
I’d be happy right now if I hadn’t seen this movie before.
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Oh, Ruddo beat me to the punch.
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Kind of think the Warriors are lucky to only be down 11 right now. Have made some tough shots to stay in it.
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