Around the NBA (and other Sports), 2023-24, Part 3

[zoyathedestroya]

pascal not shooting 3s isn't good because he's had many ops, hes scoring so I can't hate but they could use that.

Bucks sagging down on Siakam and McConnell. Problematic. Cs fans should appreciate Horford and Pritchard more. Our top 8 are all threats from beyond the arc and in KP/PP's case way beyond the arc. Opens up the rest of our offense.

[Shak_Celts]

I would start TJ next game if I'm the Pacers. Let him hound dame on d. get dame tired earlier.

[zoyathedestroya]

Brook Lopez just ended Nesmith's career.

[zoyathedestroya]

Home teams 6/6 so far. Bucks about to buck the trend.

Teams that made more threes are 6/6 so far.
Teams that hit a higher % from three are 6/6 so far.

Bucks with a 15-pt advantage from 3 early. 38.5% (MIL) vs. 0% (IND).

Playoffs now 7/7 on all these markers.

[batabatuta]

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I personally would've had Mazzulla over Mosley. But leaving him out of top 3 isn't that egregious.

Man the disrespect towards the Celtics, not even one Celtics as a finalist. Let that be their chip on their shoulders.

[Smart2Nesmith43]

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I personally would've had Mazzulla over Mosley. But leaving him out of top 3 isn't that egregious.

The Bulls have finalists for two awards but the Celtics that won 25 more games can't get a mention

For what exactly? Nominees are all deserving for their respective categories. More deserving than our guys. We're just better than the sum of our parts. Gun for the Bird, Russell, and LOB trophies instead.

Will riot though if Brad Stevens doesn't win EotY.

EDIT: Me and Smitty see eye-to-eye here.

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The Celtics were by far the best team during the regular season so someone has to drive all that winning. I'm just confused who exactly those voters think is responsible if it's not the star player, the coach or anyone off the bench and they don't have anybody that can close games. Scal ?

[zoyathedestroya]

The Bulls have finalists for two awards but the Celtics that won 25 more games can't get a mention

For what exactly? Nominees are all deserving for their respective categories. More deserving than our guys. We're just better than the sum of our parts. Gun for the Bird, Russell, and LOB trophies instead.

Will riot though if Brad Stevens doesn't win EotY.

EDIT: Me and Smitty see eye-to-eye here.

Spoiler:

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The Celtics were by far the best team during the regular season so someone has to drive all that winning. I'm just confused who exactly those voters think is responsible if it's not the star player, the coach or anyone off the bench and they don't have anybody that can close games. Scal ?

It's the combination of all those things. Not one standout. But it's mostly a soundly built roster with an awesome top 6. Like I said, I would've had Mazzulla in top 3 for maximizing the roster he has but CotY has never been about coach of the best team. If there was a Best Ensemble Award, Celtics would run away with it.

[Shak_Celts]

For what exactly? Nominees are all deserving for their respective categories. More deserving than our guys. We're just better than the sum of our parts. Gun for the Bird, Russell, and LOB trophies instead.

Will riot though if Brad Stevens doesn't win EotY.

EDIT: Me and Smitty see eye-to-eye here.

Spoiler:

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The Celtics were by far the best team during the regular season so someone has to drive all that winning. I'm just confused who exactly those voters think is responsible if it's not the star player, the coach or anyone off the bench and they don't have anybody that can close games. Scal ?

It's the combination of all those things. Not one standout. But it's mostly a soundly built roster with an awesome top 6. Like I said, I would've had Mazzulla in top 3 for maximizing the roster he has but CotY has never been about coach of the best team. If there was a Best Ensemble Award, Celtics would run away with it.

Think it's harder for jt to stand out more than any other player given the talent we have and he did it better than most. A lot of players can score if they are one of the few scores on the team, Tatum was surrounded by three other players who scored 20+ points just last season. 2 others did it this season and white could on most teams. The man can't win for winning.

[zoyathedestroya]

The Celtics were by far the best team during the regular season so someone has to drive all that winning. I'm just confused who exactly those voters think is responsible if it's not the star player, the coach or anyone off the bench and they don't have anybody that can close games. Scal ?

It's the combination of all those things. Not one standout. But it's mostly a soundly built roster with an awesome top 6. Like I said, I would've had Mazzulla in top 3 for maximizing the roster he has but CotY has never been about coach of the best team. If there was a Best Ensemble Award, Celtics would run away with it.

Think it's harder for jt to stand out more than any other player given the talent we have and he did it better than most. A lot of players can score if they are one of the few scores on the team, Tatum was surrounded by three other players who scored 20+ points just last season. 2 others did it this season and white could on most teams. The man can't win for winning.

We praise them for the sacrifice they made this season. This is all part of the sacrifice for the greater good. We wait for the bigger prize.

[Fierce1]

I'd rather face the Bucks than the Knicks, even with a healthy Giannis.

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Every playoff game so far has been at least somewhat low-scoring.

Play-in games too, with the single exception of Bulls-Hawks.

[JaMarco]

I'd rather face the Bucks than the Knicks, even with a healthy Giannis.

u crazy

[Fierce1]

I'd rather face the Bucks than the Knicks, even with a healthy Giannis.

u crazy

The Bucks defense is bad and they don't rebound as well as NY.

Cs will get beat up by NY.

[Mr_Mojo_Risin]

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I personally would've had Mazzulla over Mosley. But leaving him out of top 3 isn't that egregious.

The Bulls have finalists for two awards but the Celtics that won 25 more games can't get a mention

For what exactly? Nominees are all deserving for their respective categories. More deserving than our guys. We're just better than the sum of our parts. Gun for the Bird, Russell, and LOB trophies instead.

Will riot though if Brad Stevens doesn't win EotY.

EDIT: Me and Smitty see eye-to-eye here.

Spoiler:

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Don't agree, Joe should be top 3...it's ridiculous in an historic RS level performance in a RS award that he didn't. If integrating new players of quality was always easy the Bucks, Suns and Clippers should have dominated out of the gate.

It's fine that he didn't win it, but ridiculous he was not top 3 IMO.

[Mr_Mojo_Risin]

The Bulls have finalists for two awards but the Celtics that won 25 more games can't get a mention

For what exactly? Nominees are all deserving for their respective categories. More deserving than our guys. We're just better than the sum of our parts. Gun for the Bird, Russell, and LOB trophies instead.

Will riot though if Brad Stevens doesn't win EotY.

EDIT: Me and Smitty see eye-to-eye here.

Spoiler:

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The Celtics were by far the best team during the regular season so someone has to drive all that winning. I'm just confused who exactly those voters think is responsible if it's not the star player, the coach or anyone off the bench and they don't have anybody that can close games. Scal ?

Only this guy apparently and the margin isn't close, it's this big.

[zoyathedestroya]

The Bulls have finalists for two awards but the Celtics that won 25 more games can't get a mention

For what exactly? Nominees are all deserving for their respective categories. More deserving than our guys. We're just better than the sum of our parts. Gun for the Bird, Russell, and LOB trophies instead.

Will riot though if Brad Stevens doesn't win EotY.

EDIT: Me and Smitty see eye-to-eye here.

Spoiler:

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Don't agree, Joe should be top 3...it's ridiculous in an historic RS level performance in a RS award that he didn't. If integrating new players of quality was always easy the Bucks, Suns and Clippers should have dominated out of the gate.

It's fine that he didn't win it, but ridiculous he was not top 3 IMO.

The fact that Spo hasn’t won the award tells me the award is bogus. So I’m not that bothered about it. I did say I personally think Joe should be top 3. My guess is he still ended up top 5 (we’ll know for sure when they announce the winner).

[Fierce1]

NBA knows Cs will win the chip, that's why they're not giving the Cs individual awards.

[shackles10]

NBA knows Cs will win the chip, that's why they're not giving the Cs individual awards.

Did they already vote on this?

[brackdan70]

For the individual awards, though we have Tatum and some great defensive guys. I can see why we don’t have top 3 in MVP and DPOY. White is probably 5-6 for DPOY and Tatum around 5-6 for MVP.
Horford has an argument for 6th man. He didn’t put up the stats as the nominees but much more effect on winning. Mazzula should be in there for COTY.

[BK_2020]

For what exactly? Nominees are all deserving for their respective categories. More deserving than our guys. We're just better than the sum of our parts. Gun for the Bird, Russell, and LOB trophies instead.

Will riot though if Brad Stevens doesn't win EotY.

EDIT: Me and Smitty see eye-to-eye here.

Spoiler:

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Don't agree, Joe should be top 3...it's ridiculous in an historic RS level performance in a RS award that he didn't. If integrating new players of quality was always easy the Bucks, Suns and Clippers should have dominated out of the gate.

It's fine that he didn't win it, but ridiculous he was not top 3 IMO.

The fact that Spo hasn’t won the award tells me the award is bogus. So I’m not that bothered about it. I did say I personally think Joe should be top 3. My guess is he still ended up top 5 (we’ll know for sure when they announce the winner).

Regular season award and Spoelstra teams have not been very impressive in the regular season other than the 66 win Lebron team. How you don't get 60 wins every season with Lebron-Wade-Bosh in the 2010s East if you are a top coach in the league.
Even his two impressive playoff runs post-Lebron have also been helped by stars getting injured (Giannis in 2020, Embiid in 2023, Kemba & Hayward in 2020, Tatum in 2023) and last year's unreal two-way shooting luck.