PG: First road loss in this playoff

[K_ick_God]

When did it become okay to hold guys around their waist? I see that all the time. Can’t breathe on a shooter but hugging a guy around his waist is okay? So you can stop a guy from getting to his shot, but not even a touch on the release is okay? Makes little sense.

And even if it is the rule, grabbing a guy around the waist, let alone the genitalia, is not a basketball play.

It is fully prom-picture wrapped around the waist. And see Horford and Brown both doing it.

[Guano]

Guano are you alright my brother?

Im solid i but feel a tad bad for dragging you into with them quoting you now.

All good it's an interesting debate

Im not debating. Im insulting them for not gassing up Brunson and aligning themselved with losers.

[3toheadmelo]

That guy is a jackass for real. On what planet is Boston better without a hall of fame level talent?

Should we listen to KD or Bill simmons and a bunch of ex football players? Lmao

I hate KD but he's right here.

Boston with Tatum is a championship team. Without him they are nowhere near that level. Tatum is elite and doesn't resort to grabbing meat to win games.

Tatum averaged 7.2 APG in the NBA Finals last year, which is how they won the chip. The idea that he's a ball stopper iso chucker and the team is better without him is one of the worst arguments i've seen

[Guano]

Should we listen to KD or Bill simmons and a bunch of ex football players? Lmao

I hate KD but he's right here.

Boston with Tatum is a championship team. Without him they are nowhere near that level. Tatum is elite and doesn't resort to grabbing meat to win games.

Tatum averaged 7.2 APG in the NBA Finals last year, which is how they won the chip. The idea that he's a ball stopper iso chucker and the team is better without him is one of the worst arguments i've seen

In a game his teammates started missing shots he went 16/28 and more importantly Brunson took over and the nerd wants to call us casuals cause Barkley has his back

[dakomish23]

Guano are you alright my brother?

Tell me MDB - is what I wrote below what the casuals are accusing me of?

That would assume he was looking to create shots for others

I've been a Tatum is on the same level as Luka guy for years not b/c I think he's as good a shot maker / scorer, but b/c his floor game could be absolutely elite while dropping a somewhat efficient 25. But he's gone away from that this series.

BOS was up 72-58 at the 9:06 mark in the 3rd quarter.

Here's their half court stuff from Tatum from that point
7:48 Jayson Tatum misses 30-foot three point pullup jump shot 72 63
5:37 Jayson Tatum makes 15-foot two point shot 79 71
3:57 Jayson Tatum makes 15-foot two point shot 83 76
3:22 Jayson Tatum misses 29-foot three point pullup jump shot 83 78
2:11 Jayson Tatum misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot 83 81
1:35 Jayson Tatum misses 26-foot three point step back jumpshot 83 81
12.1 Jayson Tatum misses 26-foot three point step back jumpshot 85 86

They were rolling when he was moving the rock and picking his spots in the flow of the offense. Then they went to Tatum bringing up the ball, dribblign it for 20 seconds, step back chuck fest. Just b/c he made a couple doesn't discount the impact it has on momentum and the flow of the offense. It's the same reason why I call out Thibs when he goes to SMB too early. It's hard to get your mojo back once you destroy it.

I'd bank on BOS looking a lot better IF they stick with team basketball. Will it turn into a W? We'll see as that depends on which Knicks team shows up

Hmmm....

I agree with Boston being talented enough even without Tatum to be like the 4th best team in the East. But I think regardless of him disrupting the flow of their offense when he tries to hero ball, Boston with Tatum is a championship level club. Without him? Not a chance.

Oh absolutely. They won last year b/c of Tatum doing all the stuff that doesn’t show up in highlights IE being able to guard DAL Cs on a switch. Did you think me pointing out this specific time period in the game where he hurt the team means I think they’re better without him?

[3toheadmelo]

I hate KD but he's right here.

Boston with Tatum is a championship team. Without him they are nowhere near that level. Tatum is elite and doesn't resort to grabbing meat to win games.

Tatum averaged 7.2 APG in the NBA Finals last year, which is how they won the chip. The idea that he's a ball stopper iso chucker and the team is better without him is one of the worst arguments i've seen

In a game his teammates started missing shots he went 16/28 and more importantly Brunson took over and the nerd wants to call us casuals cause Barkley has his back

Brodie tripping Tatum should've taken more shots if anything. This analytics nerds sht ruined basketball. Remember we had people even starting to turn on brunson cause he was isoing so much. this the playoffs this is literally iso basketball! wtf did you think this was lmao. we should be grateful we even have a superstar to go shot for shot with another superstar. let them iso and duel it out

[Clyde_Style]

Put Hukporti into the game with the sole mission of getting ejected for kicking Brown's nutsac up into his chest cavity

[K_ick_God]

Tatum averaged 7.2 APG in the NBA Finals last year, which is how they won the chip. The idea that he's a ball stopper iso chucker and the team is better without him is one of the worst arguments i've seen

In a game his teammates started missing shots he went 16/28 and more importantly Brunson took over and the nerd wants to call us casuals cause Barkley has his back

Brodie tripping Tatum should've taken more shots if anything. This analytics nerds sht ruined basketball. Remember we had people even starting to turn on brunson cause he was isoing so much. this the playoffs this is literally iso basketball! wtf did you think this was lmao. we should be grateful we even have a superstar to go shot for shot with another superstar. let them iso and duel it out

Boston just blew us out passing more than they had in any game before

Just saying — your statement is not as rock solid as you’re suggesting

[dakomish23]

I hate KD but he's right here.

Boston with Tatum is a championship team. Without him they are nowhere near that level. Tatum is elite and doesn't resort to grabbing meat to win games.

Tatum averaged 7.2 APG in the NBA Finals last year, which is how they won the chip. The idea that he's a ball stopper iso chucker and the team is better without him is one of the worst arguments i've seen

In a game his teammates started missing shots he went 16/28 and more importantly Brunson took over and the nerd wants to call us casuals cause Barkley has his back

Lying about what someone said on a message board and I’m the nerd?

The board knew it was a pathetic circle jerk of man babies, but we didn’t know it started with yall getting hard over instagram highlights. Sorry for shattering your casual bubble. I’ll keep it simple from now on.

Put ball in round hole. Win game. Better?

[matchman]

I woke up at 6 AM for this?

Are you in Japan or Australia?

[Guano]

Tatum averaged 7.2 APG in the NBA Finals last year, which is how they won the chip. The idea that he's a ball stopper iso chucker and the team is better without him is one of the worst arguments i've seen

In a game his teammates started missing shots he went 16/28 and more importantly Brunson took over and the nerd wants to call us casuals cause Barkley has his back

Lying about what someone said on a message board and I’m the nerd?

The board knew it was a pathetic circle jerk of man babies, but we didn’t know it started with yall getting hard over instagram highlights. Sorry for shattering your casual bubble. I’ll keep it simple from now on.

Put ball in round hole. Win game. Better?

No, not really cause at this point I'm disappointed with myself for wasting my time engaging with a dork who thinks poorly of basketball fans who enjoy highlights when he spends his free time listening to the sport guy pod.

Also, you're getting kinda weird. rein it in. Its unbecoming of a mod. This place has standards.

[dakomish23]

In a game his teammates started missing shots he went 16/28 and more importantly Brunson took over and the nerd wants to call us casuals cause Barkley has his back

Lying about what someone said on a message board and I’m the nerd?

The board knew it was a pathetic circle jerk of man babies, but we didn’t know it started with yall getting hard over instagram highlights. Sorry for shattering your casual bubble. I’ll keep it simple from now on.

Put ball in round hole. Win game. Better?

No, not really cause at this point I'm disappointed with myself for wasting my time engaging with a dork who thinks poorly of basketball fans who enjoy highlights when he spends his free time listening to the sport guy pod.

Also, you're getting kinda weird. rein it in. Its unbecoming of a mod. This place has standards.

You took shots at me. I shot back. You started it. I finished it.

Don’t talk to me about decorum when you guys can’t control your emotions and you guys solely jerk each other off derailing thread after thread.

This time you and your lackey picked the wrong target

[Adelheid]

In a game his teammates started missing shots he went 16/28 and more importantly Brunson took over and the nerd wants to call us casuals cause Barkley has his back

Brodie tripping Tatum should've taken more shots if anything. This analytics nerds sht ruined basketball. Remember we had people even starting to turn on brunson cause he was isoing so much. this the playoffs this is literally iso basketball! wtf did you think this was lmao. we should be grateful we even have a superstar to go shot for shot with another superstar. let them iso and duel it out

Boston just blew us out passing more than they had in any game before

Just saying — your statement is not as rock solid as you’re suggesting

knicks are more susceptible againsts playstyles that pass the rock vigorously because some knicks guys are late to rotate and/or are ballwatching and overhelping rather than staying home

[matchman]

Put Hukporti into the game with the sole mission of getting ejected for kicking Brown's nutsac up into his chest cavity

Hukporti looks too nice for this task, I will send in PJ Tucker to give rooks a demonstration.

[Clyde_Style]

Put Hukporti into the game with the sole mission of getting ejected for kicking Brown's nutsac up into his chest cavity

Hukporti looks too nice for this task, I will send in PJ Tucker to give rooks a demonstration.

PJ will DJ the Fist BJ up Brown's VJJ OK?

[Guano]

Lying about what someone said on a message board and I’m the nerd?

The board knew it was a pathetic circle jerk of man babies, but we didn’t know it started with yall getting hard over instagram highlights. Sorry for shattering your casual bubble. I’ll keep it simple from now on.

Put ball in round hole. Win game. Better?

No, not really cause at this point I'm disappointed with myself for wasting my time engaging with a dork who thinks poorly of basketball fans who enjoy highlights when he spends his free time listening to the sport guy pod.

Also, you're getting kinda weird. rein it in. Its unbecoming of a mod. This place has standards.

You took shots at me. I shot back. You started it. I finished it.

Don’t talk to me about decorum when you guys can’t control your emotions and you guys solely jerk each other off derailing thread after thread.

This time you and your lackey picked the wrong target

Twice now you've turned this weird...
A loser and a pervert. Checks out.

[2020]

The game was close until the refs decided to screw the Knicks in the 3rd quarter. We'll close it out tomorrow and convincingly.

I'm just hoping for Brunson to figure out (along with Thibs) how to put Kat in a position not to fail. Another separate point from Kat making himself a liability with his dumb fouls.

Have him back down in the paint whichever guard that switches on to him. I don't care if KAT barrels through him and gets called for the offensive foul, I WANT TO SEE BLOOD! DO some Ron Artest/Draymond Green schit.

[Context]

The game was close until the refs decided to screw the Knicks in the 3rd quarter. We'll close it out tomorrow and convincingly.

I'm just hoping for Brunson to figure out (along with Thibs) how to put Kat in a position not to fail. Another separate point from Kat making himself a liability with his dumb fouls.

Have him back down in the paint whichever guard that switches on to him. I don't care if KAT barrels through him and gets called for the offensive foul, I WANT TO SEE BLOOD! DO some Ron Artest/Draymond Green schit.

I'll be honest. I think Thibs dosnt help Kat. However, Kat needs to do some soul searching as a player and figure out what he can get better at. We all know for certain he needs to stop whining about no calls and stop with the silly fouls.

[2020]

Thibs critics been saying since before day one:

1: switch heavy defense, no drop
2: bring Hart off the bench, start Deuce- go 5 out
3: take a lot more 3’s
4: put the ball in Mikal’s hands more
5: run more plays for KAT, get some 2 man game w Mikal/Jalen


Everything last night was the opposite of this. Still not adjusting to use Mitch at the right times either.

NOT BRINGING MITCH IN MIDWAY IN THE 3RD WAS THE BIGGEST HEAD SCRATCHER.

WE WERE MARVELING AT HOW KORNET WAS CHANGING THE OUTCOOME OF THE GAME WHEN WE HAD SOMEONE ON THE BENCH THAT COULD LITERALLY DO THE SAME THING IF NOT BETTER.

[2020]

I'm just hoping for Brunson to figure out (along with Thibs) how to put Kat in a position not to fail. Another separate point from Kat making himself a liability with his dumb fouls.

Have him back down in the paint whichever guard that switches on to him. I don't care if KAT barrels through him and gets called for the offensive foul, I WANT TO SEE BLOOD! DO some Ron Artest/Draymond Green schit.

I'll be honest. I think Thibs dosnt help Kat. However, Kat needs to do some soul searching as a player and figure out what he can get better at. We all know for certain he needs to stop whining about no calls and stop with the silly fouls.

This and I think he should try to exploit mismatches more. You know try to do things that could get your star whistle treatment He should probably demand the ball more when smaller guys are guarding him on the post.