Hey, turning Covington, Saric, Redick, Shamet, Luwawu-Cabarrot, Richaun Holmes and two firsts into Harris, Horford, Scott and Josh Richardson wasn't Brown's fault! But yeah, he's totally still fired.
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Hey, turning Covington, Saric, Redick, Shamet, Luwawu-Cabarrot, Richaun Holmes and two firsts into Harris, Horford, Scott and Josh Richardson wasn't Brown's fault! But yeah, he's totally still fired.
Don't get me wrong. They play a great style of basketball. Kawhi is great. I just don't like them! I'm kinda pulling for LeBron to win another and I see them as his biggest threat.
I won't lie, some of it also has to do with my strange inability to ignore Skip Bayless and I think LeBron beating the Clippers would make him unhappy so I'm really rooting for that.
They got lucky yesterday with Porzingis getting ejected. Don't know if they win if he plays the whole game. Doncic was outstanding.
Man, talk about a garbage ejection too. Both of those T's were incredibly soft calls for a hotly contested playoff game, especially the first which was just classic thin skinned referee nonsense.
What I took from the comments of the announcers, as well as comments on ESPN website, was that the first t was for his fist punch in the air, which they said was an automatic t. I don't follow the NBA that closely, and never heard of that.
Brown will be fired (fair -- every roster he has had has struggled with turnovers), but imho the real problem is the Sixers have had three consecutive GMs simply miss too many times on draft picks, trades, and free agent signings. The result has been a series of somewhat talented but incoherent teams with mediocre chemistry and no "culture" (buzzword warning) of winning.
The Blazers are now my favorite team because of my son, but it's also pretty fun to watch Dame right now.
The are followed by the Celtics (love Brad and Brad) and OKC because of Steve.
After that -- probably the Bucks.
I appreciate LeBron, but I'd probably say I'm more rooting for him to lose.
I have tons of respect in every sense for LeBron -- and have always rooted against him. I embrace the contradictions.
Birch is a solid backup. I think that he ran into hype issues too young and it affected his growth. Also, he was always much older than his competition until he hit college.
I am happy to see that he has carved out a decent career, making good money. I hate though that I view him as the start of the end of Pitt's great program that they once had.
Birch is another of those ironic stories though in that he hated the way that Pitt utilized him but now he's in the NBA as a rim runner and defensive backup center...
Straight up didn't take Orlando seriously today and you really just can't flip a switch defensively against NBA teams. Even a bad team like Orlando is going to have a Vooch who if you let him get cooking he's just going to go off.
I took Orlando +10 live once I saw they came ready to play and Milwaukee was flat. I hope I didn’t jinx it.
It's just one game but every Buck that isn't Hill or Bledsoe just looks shook today for absolutely no reason.
Nice Job! I jumped on Portland as the first team to
10 points. I figured LA would come out flat, and Portland was riding high.
It is surprising how LA just cannot hit shots recently in the bubble. Not sure why. If they need this series to extend long and bully Portland, I think they will get it done. But, for them to play deep, multiple players need to start hitting jumpers.
I don't think anyone had both the Bucks and Lakers losing Game 1.
I don't think anyone had both the Bucks and Lakers losing Game 1.
Once he hit that late long bomb, I knew the Blazers would win. It seems like once he hits a shot like that, other Blazers hit threes to follow.
They have a slight advantage early in this series because they've been playing meaningful games all bubble season
Fun question imho: who is more likely to lose in the first round now that they are down 1-0 -- the Lakers or Bucks? (I realize some people will just say "neither, but I am not asking if either is likely, only which of the two is more likely.)
Lakers. Players 3-8 on the Blazers right now are better than 3-8 on the Lakers. LeBron shouldn't have to play hero ball in the first round to keep a game close like that.
Lakers. Players 3-8 on the Blazers right now are better than 3-8 on the Lakers. LeBron shouldn't have to play hero ball in the first round to keep a game close like that.
I think that you will come to eat these words later. Davis is an excellent basketball player. His stats/metrics literally match up to anyone and he is a beast when healthy on the floor. As he turns up the intensity, I think you will see a lot of what people see in him during this playoff run.
The Lakers are still very likely to run over the Blazers. It was just one game where they shot 5 of 32 from distance. It is hard to win when you shoot like that against anyone in the NBA.
Lillard is an excellent basketball player and the Blazers have made for a great story, but their likelihood of getting out of this first round series with LA is pretty low. If the Lakers get in real trouble (say they go down 2-0), all that will happen is that LeBron and Davis will offensively condense the game and bully the Blazers. It would be an all-time upset if the Blazers get out of this series.
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If it's all about playoff wins, wouldn't you take James over the entire Blazers squad?
Anthony Davis metric fun fact, only five players this season had usage rates over 25% and were worth +0.1 points for their team every possession: Giannis, Kawhi, LeBron, AD, and Jimmy Butler.
In a time of special basketball players, he generally stands out. He is very unique.
I am a little worried about the Lakers right now just because they have played very disjointed in the bubble. I understand that they spent time working through new potential rotations, etc. in most of the games, especially after clinching. But, they need to start to gel again like they were when the season was suspended.
That said, against the Blazers, they have a high likelihood of winning even if they have to take it to 7. AD and LeBron are just too much at the end of the day (barring injury, of course).
I would guess that Caldwell-Pope, Green and Kuzma (and LeBron) start hitting more shots soon.
Davis, with the Pelicans, took out these same Blazers (with Dame, Nurkic and CJ) in 4 two seasons ago as well.
The Lakers have guys like James, Green, McGee, Rondo, Smith and Cook that have won championships along with Howard, who has been to a championship and has a lot of playoff experience.
If they don’t, Dion and/or JR need to get a little more run.
I am not sure that JR has anything left. Waiters does, but I think he is a terrible stylistic fit for this crew. And, inside the bubble, his timing has looked completely off (which is understandable considering he did not play much of any this year).
The guy that they need to take a step forward, in my view, is Caldwell-Pope. He fits everything that they need that player to be (take care of the ball, hit open shots and play D) and has largely done the role well this year. But, he has to hit shots. He has the ability to hit them and he gets very good shots just from playing with LeBron and AD (like everyone else on that team).
I also think that getting back Rondo will not hurt because he makes the game easier for everyone and allows James to take a break. He will be back this series at some point, it appears.
The dirty secret of KCP is that he's a 3 and D wing who isn't very good at the 3 or the D.
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