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PierceFan4ever wrote:Sixers fans on here keep pimping Covington being better than Tatum or Brown right now. Dude is nothing but a catch and shoot player. Right now his ass is 2-12 for 4 points. Last game had 8 points on 3-7 shooting. That fan base needs a little humbling
PierceFan4ever wrote:Sixers fans on here keep pimping Covington being better than Tatum or Brown right now.
and the Celtics even with injuries get to the finals. Then Hayward returns and we beat the Warriors 
Ok I need to stop dreaming but hey things don’t look too shabby right now PierceFan4ever wrote:What if Sixers and Cavs both get bounced in the first round?
PierceFan4ever wrote:What if Sixers and Cavs both get bounced in the first round?
prov1ml wrote:
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Green89 wrote:prov1ml wrote:
I believe the Heat will win this series. These guys aren’t mature or experienced enough. The 16 game win streak where they mostly beat tanking teams gave them false hope and a big ego. I’m glad they came back down to earth and it will be interesting to see Spoelstra dismantle them even further back in Miami.
Valid wrote:Marvel wrote:Bar Fight wrote:Eh, I guess. Nothing you can do about it though. I'm sure many fans found the Celtics hype annoying when we were on a 16 game win streak.
It's nauseating because they haven't done anything....yet. When they actually win a series or 2 or 3 then the hype is warranted.
Yeah. This is what bothers me, too. Never in my life have I ever seen a team get THIS much hype before accomplishing anything. Not even the Thunder got this kind of press when they had Durant, Westbrook and Harden.
Not to mention the fact that Embiid is yet to even play a full season.
SmartWentCrazy wrote:Valid wrote:Marvel wrote:It's nauseating because they haven't done anything....yet. When they actually win a series or 2 or 3 then the hype is warranted.
Yeah. This is what bothers me, too. Never in my life have I ever seen a team get THIS much hype before accomplishing anything. Not even the Thunder got this kind of press when they had Durant, Westbrook and Harden.
Not to mention the fact that Embiid is yet to even play a full season.
100% this.
I mean, Markelle Fultz just had a puff piece on ESPN talking about how he can help the Sixers this post season. Its bananas. Ironic that he followed that up with a terrible game that resulted in him being benched for the second half.
PLO wrote:Tatum played OK - took advantage of a few mismatches - decent on the defensive end. He is what we thought he was going into the season - a technically very proficient player operating close to his career ceiling as a rookie.
akhan786 wrote:You need 2 things to have a chance of winning a championship every year.
1) A system
2) Elite 1 on 1 talent
Having only one doesn't cut it in the later rounds of the playoffs. A system is invaluable because it increases your margin of error significantly so that you can consistently set up your elite talent to have the energy to finish the game if they need to. Elite 1 on 1 talent is the most expensive and valuable asset in the league. In the last 5 minutes of the biggest games, systems always breakdown. And this is when the stars shine which is by far my favorite part about this sport. Who can make a shot/play with near perfect defense on you almost every time down the floor? There are maybe only 4-5 players in the league at any given time that I would consider are Tier 1 in this category.
We have one of them. And we have a system. That's why Kyrie left the Cavs because he knew that they had no shot against a team with equal or better 1 on 1 talent AND a system. And to be honest that Cavs 2016 championship was an aberration. Kyrie and Bron had to go God-mode to do something that literally has never happened before and likely never will again.
This playoffs sucks because we have no Kyrie and Gordo, but I'm at least really encouraged that we are truly on the right path towards longterm consistent title contention.
*edited to add a 3rd thing you need to have a chance at winning --> Injury luck*
CeltsfanSinceBirth wrote:It seems like the Spurs are the only team in the league who still know how to throw an entry pass into the low post. It was cringe-worthy seeing the Celts/Bucks game and watching numerous missed opportunities by both teams to get the ball to a guy on the block.
2Mas wrote:CeltsfanSinceBirth wrote:It seems like the Spurs are the only team in the league who still know how to throw an entry pass into the low post. It was cringe-worthy seeing the Celts/Bucks game and watching numerous missed opportunities by both teams to get the ball to a guy on the block.
C's fan how old are you? Do you still play a lot of ball?
I'm 26. Obviously the amount of 3's taken & the ball movement are the biggest changes over the past decade. But a lowkey part of the game that has flat out been abolished is throwing an entry pass. I take pride in my passes so much. This HS generation is amazingly bad at them.
