GS got lucky in 2015 to win, let's be real. Kerr definitely turned the team around and Curry's improvement plus Draymond's improvement was massive. But they literally won the finals because Love was out and Kyrie got injured in game 1 :lol
Could you imagine the scenario reversed where Lebron/Kyrie/Love are healthy while Dray doesn't play in the...
Who is hating on Kyrie? Not me. Also you didn't disprove anything that I said about net rating. It's far better applied as a team stat, not as an individual stat.
Some people are acting like Kyrie is suddenly this evolved/matured player when he's the same player on the court the he has always been. Mavs couldn't make the playoffs last year...
2015 and 2016 Curry was for sure.
In 2015 the Warriors over / under odds were set at 52 wins. They won 67. Incredible difference. +2800 massive championship underdogs.
^ with Cleveland as absolute massive favorites.
And then in 2016, Golden State was projected at 59.5 wins O/U. They won 73 and broke the NBA season win record.
Edwards has produced at a similar clip this postseason regardless of Gobert’s presence. He has scored 35 points per 100 possessions on 59 percent true shooting with Gobert in the playoffs, versus 36 points per 100 on 57 percent true shooting without him.
One reason Edwards still produces despite the presence of a paintbound big man is that...
Fair enough. Gobert definitely held up his end of the bargain on defense in the first four games which is where the series was lost. Poor offensive play from Ant and Kat in the first three games is what did Minnesota in. You can critique Rudy's offense but that's a minor issue considering his role.
. Dallas is scoring 109.9 points per 100 possessions when Gobert is on the court in this series; that’s the rough equivalent of the Wizards’ 25th-ranked output in the regular season. But when Gobert is off the court, the Mavericks’ offensive rating rockets up to 127.4—five points better than the Celtics’ record-setting regular-season mark.
Again, it doesn't alter peoples perception of Trump. This is who he is. It's not like when Tiger came out as a seriel cheater, which was a complete juxtaposition on his media image. Trump has the opposite of a squeaky clean media image. Paying a whore to stay quiet just doesn't move the needle. "felon" is a cool buzzword, but he paid a worthless...
cliff notes is luka is just too good. gobert/mcdaniels couldnt guard luka/whoever 2v2 so that means either luka scores, he lobs it or open 3pt shot. Lowe said wolves tried helping off derrick jones a lot but he made enough 3s and easier said than done with how the mavs spaced the floor. switching the pnr isnt an option when you play...
Like I said, he had the 3rd best net rating among key rotation guys in the RS behind Luka & PJ. I didn't count Exum because he's on the bench most of the time & they haven't even used him much in these POs.
If Kyrie didn't do what he did in the 1st rd they'd have been eliminated by the Clippers yet again, and people would have been clowning...
Personalities matter. Luka has a phycho competitiveness to his game. It's something that doesn't show up in the stat sheet, which is why OP was fooled. Human phychology is paramount in everything. Can't quantify it.
Gobert is not worth the price that the Wolves paid to get him. He had a "meh" series, but that's the type of player that he is in the Playoffs. He had good defensive players around him this time around and the Mavs still made him look useless as a player. Thats just how it is in the modern NBA. Rudy is a great individual defender, but opponents...
Right there is literally nothing he could do that would lose him support from MAGA cultists. But swing voters who dislike both Biden and Trump? I actually think there are much more on the fence this time around. And Trump being a felon, and reminding the population that he was soliciting prostitution from porn stars?
I still can't get over them putting that ****ing bum Lillard over Kyrie, I know it was because of their personal dislike for Kyrie not getting the vaccine and his comments about Jews but still
Net rating for individual players doesn't mean much, especially on a short sample size like 3 rounds of playoff games.
Net rating has Luka as 6th on the Mavs team in the playoffs. Does anyone think he's the Mavs 6th best player? Even looking at that, Lively actually has the highest net rating by a long shot at 13.4.
Hell, Dante Exum led the...
That series made it not even debatable. LeBron destroyed him on both ends with a weaker cast. Not even close. He humiliated Curry as if he was a child.
Can all the Rudy haters and defenders provide some arguments for your sides?
I'm not a hater. I'm actually a defender of his for the most part. But the one thing I struggle to understand about the WCF is how easily the Mavs were able to score at the rim. Usually when a team is able to neutralize a shot blocker it's because he's being pulled out...
Not sure what to think of that. I don't feel like he really pushed any boundaries with this. He was canceled back in the 90s for saying "f*g". Maybe he should try to say that again if he wants to make a real splash. Or better yet, the n-word.
I do feel like he has actually aged much better than Dre, 50, Snoop, have. They are all so old.