I remember Lebron getting swept by the Spurs in '07, quitting on his team against the Celtics in '10 when he walked around the court pouting, and choking against the Mavs in '11.
Cleveland - Boston. Who ya got?
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I remember Lebron getting swept by the Spurs in '07, quitting on his team against the Celtics in '10 when he walked around the court pouting, and choking against the Mavs in '11.
No question Stevens is doing a great job, but I think there does need to be some acknowledgement that he's probably coaching a more talented team than anyone thought.
Al Horford is perpetually underrated, because he's never been a big scorer/rebounder, but he is absolutely outstanding in every other way. And he was, after all, the #3 overall pick when he was drafted. As were Jaylen Brown and Jayson Tatum. Marcus Smart was #6 overall. Add Kyrie, #1 overall pick, into that mix in the regular season, and we're talking about significant talent.
The advantage of stockpiling picks in just about any sport is that some are bound to pan out (unless you're the Cleveland Browns). Hell, the Sixers appear to have blown A LOT of draft capital (Okafor, Noel sort of, very possibly Fultz), yet their future looks extremely bright because they had 2 major hits and a 3rd (Saric) who's not far off that.
I think Brad Stevens is still being slept on.. at least in part. Everyone is talking about Lebron being the GOAT.. but I think you have a potential GOAT candidate in Stevens when his career is all said and done. What he's doing with those injuries is absurd. He's probably 2nd only to Pop, and even that, is he maybe the best current coach?
I liked the Celtics in 7 before last night. Now I'm thinking it's probably in 6 games.
I liked the Celtics in 7 before last night. Now I'm thinking it's probably in 6 games.
Yes, though using 2007 is pretty silly. That's like holding it against Jordan that his team got swept by the Celtics in 1986.
And LeBron has now appeared in 7 straight NBA finals.
EVERY player has had failures. To act like the mystical heroes of yore (in this case, Bird, Magic, and Jordan) didn't is to live in fairytale land.
Great coaches always make their players seem better than they are. As everyone knows, good coaching is simply putting players in the best position to succeed. Sounds easy. IT isn't the last guy who will look really good playing for Stevens only to go elsewhere and look pretty ordinary...
Hahaha. The butthurt is strong with this one.
Your boy is a joke..a FLOP of a joke. "G.O.A.T."...my ass. ![[laughing]](http://l.yimg.com/j/assets/img/emoticons/classic/laugh.r191677.gif "Laughing [laughing]")
Well just conveniently left out that it was he who chose not to close out on Marcus Smart when he that 3. Lmao.
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Lebron's flopping is even worse than Duke's..and that's saying something. What an embarrassment. A 6'8 beast looking guy out there flopping and flailing around like a little girl. Pathetic.
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Lebron wins in 5. Who's ready to see Lebron get 50 tomorrow? Besides, as a Laker fan, eff the Celtics.
A lot of players can do that. Hell, I used to serve Derrick Miller when we had a restaurant near Toyota on Nicholasville, where he works. He knew his stats from every game. I've played sports before, and I was able to do the same thing, especially less than one hour after the game. Not hating on Lebron, but many athletes are wired that way.
Lebron seems pissed.. He's been in the gym all day. I have a feeling he does what he always does after an early loss: take the next game over.
I mean it wasn't a ground breaking prediction... But this is exactly how Q1 played out..
Great game from Boston. Looks like picking the Cavs in 6 was pretty wrong.
Once again I prove how little I know about the NBA.
Shows where your mind is, sicko. But go Celtics !! 2-0 !! Now, go blow LeBron some more with your buddies.
I think we all made a mistake on few things .
We forgotten somehow that Boston has 4 players that's top 5 pick. This excludes Irving.
This team is loaded from nets pick. It's all coming together and they are super young too. They'll be monstrous in few years.
They could even trade Irving and Hayward to get even more picks.
The series shifts to Cleveland; one would think that the role players for Cavs play better, and the role players for the Celtics play worse. Lebron got his triple double, but had 6 TO's and took way too many jumpers. I know that he started 5 of 6, and even had a lucky bounce on a three, but he went 4-15 after that early start. He took 21 jumpers and 8 layups. I still think Cleveland wins this series. Boston will need to get one in Cleveland, because I think the Cavs will get one in Boston if they don't.
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