All of this is going to happen anyways. And the reason nobody was shopping was media hysteria. Period. Point blank. There is no other way to describe it.
We have lost 1 million people in the US in 2 years to covid. 500k a year. We lose like 600k a year to heart disease and 600k a year to cancer. Nobody bats an eye.
Covid is now...
So you focus on the '4th season' thing. Shall we discuss Luka's first two playoff series next to MJ?s Or hell, let's discuss their first. Luka against the Clippers with peak Kawhi( someone on your top 10) took them to 7 games with a much worse team( did it twice). MJ managed a single win against the Bucks and we don't really need to rehash him not...
Use to have an ice coffee or two every week. Never was into hot coffee. Ain’t have one since 2019 tho. Was hooked on diet soda from the pandemic just kicked that habit last week believe it or not. Now I’m hooked on bottle water flavor enhancers smh. Now I need to kick this and I’ll be set on water only
I know you're trolling, but one substantial thing DID actually happen during that time: The voting for the all-defensive teams went from being determined by NBA coaches, who had named LeBron to the all-defensive 1st team 5 seasons in a row, to the media. Yet you and your alts have the audacity to say that LeBron is some media darling, when...
Jordan missed the vast majority of the 86' season, so his 4th healthy season was 89'.
89' Jordan carried a low seed over the #1 SRS team by averaging 40/6/8 and hitting "the shot"..
Then he upset the Knicks' in the 2nd Round and took the dynasty Pistons to 6 games in the ECF.
So Luka hasn't matched this run because he only has 1 upset...
Its pretty much the same because they gain some defense and lose some playmaking. Which is what happens with the 2001 Lakers too in reverse.
MVP Rose is criminally underrated.
What it comes down to is you don't get points for team hopping. Butler stuck it out on shitty talented bulls teams and then eventually transitioned to a lotto heat team. (at the time) And he had to battle title favorite super Heat and Cavs teams.
And then when it finally looked like wed have a somewhat decent matchup, Bam and Dragic, the Heats...
Kobe was a legit all-NBA defender in 2001, and legitimately so, not those 'reputation' all-defensive teams he got in the mid 2000s. That Spurs series where Shaq had to deal with Duncan and Robinson, Kobe was 33/7/7 51%, with 45 and 10 in game 1. Rose isn't duplicating that kind of effort.
But weren't you quite having a meltdown yourself when the only precious stimmy funded tv lighting and heating up inside your box was smashed by shooting stones coming from the bullies from outside or downstairs? Good thing you puffed so you could move on and escape from reality. :(
Pre injury Rose was a pretty good defender. Even with all the offensive responsibilities he was still a plus on defense because of his quickness and athleticism. If he doesn't have to carry that much of a load on offense because he has Shaq, he would be even better on defense.