Instantly one of my all-time favorite posts. Not at all the 7 second clip I anticipated from the unassuming title.
This is why we love basketball. A 5 minute sequence, a full and brilliant ending to an ordinary regular season game. Might not mean too much in the grand scheme of things, but the game itself is always so damn beautiful and thrilling.
Still the most unfairly hated on player in sports IMO
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Label it “war” and people forgive a lot more killing. It’s just the cost, after all
I have no explanation for this at all lol
How? Just think about it for like 2 seconds. If that doesn’t work, read some comments and watch some games.
What a strange question
This might be a lot to ask, but I would be very interested in a scan of that 1993 Sixers Media Guide. I think it would make a good post if you ever feel like it.
Weird definition since not all top 75ers were superstars. Ray Allen? Especially Heat Allen?
Anyway why is the cutoff 1991 in that case? 1990 had Isiah Thomas. You could probably go much further back
He created the possession and cannot be blamed for the loss. He also had 3 seconds when he rebounded the ball, and could have made the right play to pass but chose not to.
Not really sure why they had him out there for so long
Terance Mann is out, right? Who are the Clippers’ options to close out games?
I think they gotta bite the bullet and take some L’s like this to try and get it to work in the long run.
This has been the weirdest mald seethe cope saga
It’s closer to one of the worst arguments than one of the best. Lebron has already played 6 more seasons than Jordan. Who cares about “percentage of seasons they were viewed as the best”?
All that matters is actual on-court impact on winning, and the pro-Jordan arguments that rely on that are the best.
Since no one else is diving in, and you made an earnest attempt at discussion…
Single elim is tough since even bad teams can beat great ones any given night. Best-of-7, I’m taking Blue. The main reason for this is that Blue can better utilize modern offensive philosophies, which imo are objectively more effective and efficient than ever.
They won’t have to rely on iso, but will always have the option. They can fall back on arguably the greatest PnR handler of all time attacking the opponent’s weakest defender, and arguably the greatest PnR finisher of all time to score on the play, with 3 decent-to-great spacers in Kobe/Bron/Nowtizki.
They also strike me as the superior transition team, with the greatest transition player of all time on their side in Lebron. They have two all-time playmakers, whereas Red doesn’t have any, so their offense should be more deliberate and less wasteful.
I see one defensive weakness on each team, Dirk and Dame, but I think Dame’s gonna be more exploitable. He has nowhere to hide, with no chance whatsoever at guarding prime CP3 or anyone he switches onto. Weak POA defense here could be disastrous when the other team can space well and is extremely smart (countering Red’s rim protection advantage).
Dirk will be guarding KG, and won’t be able to protect the rim as well as the TD/KG combo, but can cheat a little bit due to the lack of frontcourt spacing from Red. He will give up long KG twos all day, knowing they’ll get those points back.