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Colbinii wrote:It's interesting how a choke job by LeBron resulted in Dirk somehow vaulting up in the eyes of many.
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Colbinii wrote:It's interesting how a choke job by LeBron resulted in Dirk somehow vaulting up in the eyes of many.
Texas Chuck wrote:Colbinii wrote:It's interesting how a choke job by LeBron resulted in Dirk somehow vaulting up in the eyes of many.
Good try.
No doubt the Mavs benefit by Lebron playing poorly, but then those same people forget they gave him fits in the regular season too. At some point the Mavs deserve some credit for Lebron's struggles. Anyone who wants to dismiss the career of Dirk over Lebron having 3 bad games is welcome to do so, but it seems silly.
MartinToVaught wrote:Colbinii wrote:It's interesting how a choke job by LeBron resulted in Dirk somehow vaulting up in the eyes of many.
It's interesting how people only want to talk about "a chokejob by LeBron" when the same Mavs team swept Kobe and humbled Durant, Westbrook, and Harden. Maybe, just maybe, the 2011 Mavs were an excellent team.
JordansBulls wrote:The Warriors are basically a good college team until they meet a team with bigs in the NBA.
PaulieWal wrote:Do people really think CP will be blamed "unfairly" if the Suns lose this series? He has been pretty bad in the 3 games he has played and his let me hold the ball and try to go up against a set defense clearly isn't working. These weird playoffs keep on getting weirder and weirder.
PaulieWal wrote:Do people really think CP will be blamed "unfairly" if the Suns lose this series? He has been pretty bad in the 3 games he has played and his let me hold the ball and try to go up against a set defense clearly isn't working. These weird playoffs keep on getting weirder and weirder.
MartinToVaught wrote:PaulieWal wrote:Do people really think CP will be blamed "unfairly" if the Suns lose this series? He has been pretty bad in the 3 games he has played and his let me hold the ball and try to go up against a set defense clearly isn't working. These weird playoffs keep on getting weirder and weirder.
If they do lose this series, I expect the narrative to be all about CP3's shoulder injury and COVID absence. Some people will probably also start looking for reasons to blame Booker and Ayton instead. And it will also be the refs' fault somehow.
CP3's never actually gotten much blame for underachieving in the playoffs, and now that he's being propped up as some heroic underdog who "deserves" a ring, I don't expect it to change now.
MartinToVaught wrote:
MartinToVaught wrote:
Eddy_JukeZ wrote:MartinToVaught wrote:
The players aren't necessarily blameless.
They were given plenty of options including a reduced schedule and they declined.
They could have taken less $$$ and played less games and reduced the totality of stress on their body.
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MartinToVaught wrote:
70sFan wrote:PaulieWal wrote:Do people really think CP will be blamed "unfairly" if the Suns lose this series? He has been pretty bad in the 3 games he has played and his let me hold the ball and try to go up against a set defense clearly isn't working. These weird playoffs keep on getting weirder and weirder.
It would be unfair for people who will extrapolate this loss for Paul's whole career and I'm sure a lot of people would do that.
It wouldn't be unfair to blame him for playing poorly now, but again - Paul is way past his best and he shouldn't have as big role as he has. Maybe something is wrong with his approach, but I wouldn't be so sure.
JordansBulls wrote:The Warriors are basically a good college team until they meet a team with bigs in the NBA.
MartinToVaught wrote:
Texas Chuck wrote:That sucks. But Hawks have some guys who can score still. Nobody should be conceding the night just yet.
Colbinii wrote:Texas Chuck wrote:That sucks. But Hawks have some guys who can score still. Nobody should be conceding the night just yet.
Who can score, Lou Williams?
Bogdanovic has been injured for the past 2 weeks and can hardly jump.
Do we really expect Gallinari with no point guard to be able to be a #1 option here?
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