Yea, I was about to say this. Robinson led the team in scoring in 1998, so maybe he meant Duncan's rookie year? And like you mentioned, 3/4 of the games, Robinson had more FGA. So it's possible Sheed is just thinking of the first year. But anyone who watched '99 onward knew who the ball was going to.
Unclear about the answer to the question but it's obvious Holiday makes the Celtics better. The Celts have enough offensive firepower in Tatum, Brown, and White. They don't need Jrue on that end but he still delivers- having big nights like 10-16 recently when they need him and shooting 40% from 3 in the playoffs.
But obv. his big...
The real regret is firing Budenholzer, who was our defensive mastermind (at least in the regular season). It could’ve worked out for the better if we replaced him with, say, Nick Nurse, but the odds were generally against landing a better HC otherwise (as proven with Griffin and Doc).
Sure, losing Jrue didn’t help, but HCs tend to be bigger...
Kenny is doing this thing where he pauses a long time before he says something to give it more weight. But then he just delivers the same mundane take he would anyhow. The first few years of Inside the NBA were the best; too bad it got widespread acclamation after those years.
He won the 2016 Finals as the big 1 without any all-stars that year. Plus the idea of calling Love part of a big 3 in that Finals in laughable.
Who were the big 3 in the 2015 Finals besides Iggy, Curry, Klay and Draymond?
Lebron
0-1 with Big 1
1-1 with Big 2
3-4 with Big 3
He's been to 7 straight Finals with Big 3 but never been to 2 straight Finals with a Big 2. When he forms his next Big 3, he'll win 3 straight Finals and surpass Jordan with 7 championships.
On 33fga per game. Not hard to lead your team in scoring when you're taking 90% of the FGA while your sidekick leads in rebounds, assists, blocks and steals.
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See this is what I’m alluding to with your predictions. The Celtics very well might win the series should Dallas hold on against Minny. And if so, you’ll claim to be this genius.
When in reality you’ll have made the exact same prediction for the same reasons on 3 occasions and been right once.
Nanners put on a tin foil hat just because he's a sheep and the right told him to put one on. But Doomsday Dallas is actually just insane.
Tinfoil culture is for the dumbest of the dumb.
AD was arguably not the sidekick in 2020, since he led the Lakers in scoring for the regular season and playoffs, while also leading the entire league for the playoffs and dominating Jokic in the "real" Finals.
Since AD was arguably the 1st option in 2020, your argument fails..
Of course, I've always believed that Lebron's ring count should...
Jordan averaged 36/7/8 for the 91-93' Finals and 34/7/7 for the 91-93' Playoffs, and 35/7/7 for the 85-93' Playoffs.
41/9/6 in the 93' Finals with only a 90 pace and facing a top 10 defensive team.
All this with great shooting efficiency (including threes) and great efficiency per possession (low turnovers)
Oh, and all this while WINNING...
In today's game, getting a 3-peat or dynasty isn't a good thing - it's all about winning only 1 chip and then getting massively destroyed every other year... Then leave the franchise in shambles.. this is the new goat standard.
Btw, we also know HOW the Mavs will lose the Finals - they will lose 3 straight games to lose the series once the Celtics solve Luka-ball the same way opponents solved Bron-ball - Bron lost 3 straight games to lose nearly every series that he lost, as opponents figured out bron-ball and couldn't lose thereafter.
Wade was not the best sidekick while they were winning chips, he was actually the worst if you just include their 2013 run. He wasn't even top 10 in 2012, probably has a discussion for it. AD was his best sidekick in 2020.
Why didn’t you properly embed this video? You did it on your previous post. What happened with this one? What happened to you in those 12 minutes between posts?
I disagree... Kyrie and Brown are comparable - Kyrie has the far better resume and accomplishments.
After that, Luka has a bunch of really great role players and so do the Celtics...
I think it's extremely even but Tatum will win due to superior chemistry that results from his skillset, while the Mavs are saddled with a brand of ball that...
Wade was the best sidekick that dominated the 2011 Playoffs and Finals, but Lebron simply couldn't fit with Wade due to Lebron's reliance on ball-dominance and lack of expert jumpshooting skill.
Btw, AD won a game off the 2018 Warriors with zero help, while Lebron was blown away by record amount - this shows that AD was a better 2-way player...
Luka's ball-domination produced a bunch of upheavals with Porzingas, Brunson and now Kyrie, while Tatum's expert jumpshooting produced great chemistry and stable chemistry that didn't require upheavals..
So do the Celtics really have more talent, or did they just develop great chemistry over time and have stable chemistry due to Tatum's expert...
Yes and no.
Bucks defense fell off a cliff without Jrue even when they were all healthy, but Jrue is getting up there in age so it's not like they are killing themselves over it.
Bosh wasn't his sidekick... Wade and Kyrie were the sidekicks and they made the Finals without Lebron,
so for Lebron to win as the 1st option, he needs a sidekick that made the Finals without him and he also needs 2 perennial all-stars as teammates.