[NBA] Unofficial Discussion Thread

[Baofeng]

Game 4 blowout and the first Mavs win in the series.

I don't know about you but going into game 4, I felt like it's a trap that's why I pulled out of our P2P bet (original bet was Celtics win). My hunch was they will probably ease up and then claim their championship on home court. True or not, I'm just glad I avoided another loss

Finally, the Mavs takes their first series win in game 4. And it shows what the Mavs can do, I mean all the core players did score and some of the role players too. So that will should happen in this series, and not just Luka and Kyrie doing the scoring.

Now their backs is still against the wall, they still need to steal one game at Boston and then go back again at their homecourt to try to even the series and then everything goes in game 7.

[bisdak40]

Now their backs is still against the wall, they still need to steal one game at Boston and then go back again at their homecourt to try to even the series and then everything goes in game 7.

I think the series won't come back to Dallas anymore as the Boston Celtics are now up by 21 big points. Nothing good going on for the Dallas Mavericks in the first half as Luka struggled to get his game going. The way i see it, the Mavs can't come back from this huge deficit.

[Zed0X]

As mentioned before, Celtics really finished the job at home. Congrats to the Tatum-Brown duo and the rest of the team for the deserving Championship. They dominated the regular season and on their way to the Finals.

On a side note, I'm expecting memes to come out on social media about Marcus Smart missing out on the title because they won it all right after he was traded

[LogitechMouse]

As mentioned before, Celtics really finished the job at home. Congrats to the Tatum-Brown duo and the rest of the team for the deserving Championship. They dominated the regular season and on their way to the Finals.

On a side note, I'm expecting memes to come out on social media about Marcus Smart missing out on the title because they won it all right after he was traded

Just for context, the cheapest ticket for this Game 5 of the 2024 NBA Finals is a whopping $1,715, and it's the most expensive sporting event in the history of Boston sports. Many fans really expected that they will win on this one hence, they spent money just to see their team winning their 18th title.

Well-deserved title, and Bob Cousy's dream became a reality already. Tatum and Brown's dream became a reality already. Many said that their route to the NBA Finals is way too easy compared to the Mavericks but for me, I would say that the Celtics are just way too strong compared to other teams including the Mavs. Anyway, as for the memes, don't forget Grant Williams and Robert Williams to the list as well because they got traded as well like Marcus Smart.

Congratulations to the Boston Celtics for getting their 18th title. The regular season is over, the playoffs is now over, but the discussions about NBA will not be over because we will expect more dramas, trade talks, and many more during the off-season.

[bisdak40]

Congratulations to the Boston Celtics for getting their 18th title. The regular season is over, the playoffs is now over, but the discussions about NBA will not be over because we will expect more dramas, trade talks, and many more during the off-season.

Speaking of NBA drama, there are now post circulating on social media that Jason Tatum was robbed of the Final's MVP.

What is your opinion on this matter bro?

[Zed0X]

^ It doesn't really matter who won the Finals MVP (Tatum probably don't care either). I have no problem with Brown taking it because he also played well during the whole series.Tatum is more popular and has more fans that's why they likely undermine Brown's achievements. At the end of the day, they both got the title and at a young age.

[LogitechMouse]

Congratulations to the Boston Celtics for getting their 18th title. The regular season is over, the playoffs is now over, but the discussions about NBA will not be over because we will expect more dramas, trade talks, and many more during the off-season.

Speaking of NBA drama, there are now post circulating on social media that Jason Tatum was robbed of the Final's MVP.

What is your opinion on this matter bro?

In my perspective, Tatum really got robbed, but there are reasons that I believe as to why Brown has been chosen as the Finals MVP. Remember that the first 2 games of Tatum in this NBA Finals is pretty much awful especially his FG percentage, and although Tatum played really well in the remaining games, Brown remained very consistent all throughout the Finals hence, he deserves that Finals MVP for me.

Well like what @Zed0X said, I guess neither of them care about the Finals MVP because what they care more right now is their first title together. At the end of the day, a title matters more over Finals MVP. Just for context as well, Al Horford finally got his first title after many NBA Finals games. He's also the first Dominican to get an NBA title. A big achievement for him knowing that he's almost at his post-prime years already.

[Baofeng]

^ It doesn't really matter who won the Finals MVP (Tatum probably don't care either). I have no problem with Brown taking it because he also played well during the whole series.Tatum is more popular and has more fans that's why they likely undermine Brown's achievements. At the end of the day, they both got the title and at a young age.

I do agree, there's no robbery there, Brown played the whole series with bad intentions and hitting outside shots while Tatum was inconsistent and missed a lot of his shots and then Brown playing good defense too.

And it might just create friction for them, so it's better for Tatum to just let it go and instead, why not go for a second ring and established a dynasty? They are complete, with Holiday, KP and White + Al Horford and a bunch of role players. Plus they have a young coach in the Joe Mazzulla who became the younger ever to coach and win NBA title.

[LogitechMouse]

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And it might just create friction for them, so it's better for Tatum to just let it go and instead, why not go for a second ring and established a dynasty? They are complete, with Holiday, KP and White + Al Horford and a bunch of role players. Plus they have a young coach in the Joe Mazzulla who became the younger ever to coach and win NBA title.

I don't also think that Tatum will think more of that Finals MVP knowing that he already got his first title. That's way better than individual awards. Second Ring? Dynasty? With how stacked their roster are right now, there might be a chance that they might do it. All of their players including role players are in a contract for another season before their contract expires so I guess they will stay with the Celtics, will run it one more time, and depending on their performance, the management will decide.

I remember the Denver Nuggets' roster when they won the title with this Celtics team this season. Both teams have 2 all-star players plus a bunch of role players. In today's era, a super-team isn't working anymore. What works right now is a couple of superstars that are being surrounded by a bunch of good role players. The Celtics' roster is stacked. Congratulations to them.

[bisdak40]

^ It doesn't really matter who won the Finals MVP (Tatum probably don't care either). I have no problem with Brown taking it because he also played well during the whole series.Tatum is more popular and has more fans that's why they likely undermine Brown's achievements. At the end of the day, they both got the title and at a young age.

I do agree, there's no robbery there, Brown played the whole series with bad intentions and hitting outside shots while Tatum was inconsistent and missed a lot of his shots and then Brown playing good defense too.

And it might just create friction for them, so it's better for Tatum to just let it go and instead, why not go for a second ring and established a dynasty? They are complete, with Holiday, KP and White + Al Horford and a bunch of role players. Plus they have a young coach in the Joe Mazzulla who became the younger ever to coach and win NBA title.

It was just the people in social media that put malice on that issue but on Tatum's side he said that winning the championship was the important thing for him and he is not mind who would win the Final's MVP award.

Good point, Tatum was inconsistent all through out the Finals while Brown was a little consistent than him and he played good defense too on Luka.

[Zed0X]

Now that the season is over, we move on to the next generation's draft that will shape the future of the league. It's just a few days away but I haven't really paid attention to this, who do you think will be drafted in the first 5? Bronny is likely to get one of those spots because everyone know Lebron's intention of playing with his son in the NBA.

The order https://www.nba.com/news/2024-nba-draft-order

[yahoo62278]

Now that the season is over, we move on to the next generation's draft that will shape the future of the league. It's just a few days away but I haven't really paid attention to this, who do you think will be drafted in the first 5? Bronny is likely to get one of those spots because everyone know Lebron's intention of playing with his son in the NBA.

The order https://www.nba.com/news/2024-nba-draft-order

I personally think Lebron is a bad influence as far as the NBA goes and shouldn't be using his influence to get his son drafted. Bronny is trash and that's not coming form a hater, look at his stats. Any team that drafts him is just wasting a draft pick IMO and praying they get Lebron too. I don't support the way Lebron is handling this.

[Baofeng]

I posted this on the other forum, so I might as well put in here.



https://x.com/wojespn/status/1803866324730331335

So as per our favorite NBA insider, @Adrian Wojnarowski Los Angeles Lakers have hired JJ Redick as their next head coach.

What are your thoughts on this? Is he a perfect fit? He doesn't have the experience but just a NBA analyst and most of the time he had to be controversial so that many basketball fans watch his podcast. But I don't think it will translate to being like a great NBA coach.

[LogitechMouse]

I posted this on the other forum, so I might as well put in here.



https://x.com/wojespn/status/1803866324730331335

So as per our favorite NBA insider, @Adrian Wojnarowski Los Angeles Lakers have hired JJ Redick as their next head coach.

What are your thoughts on this? Is he a perfect fit? He doesn't have the experience but just a NBA analyst and most of the time he had to be controversial so that many basketball fans watch his podcast. But I don't think it will translate to being like a great NBA coach.

Just for context, no other coach has been coached the Lakers for more than 3 years since Phil Jackson in 2004. Longest was Frank Vogel and Darvin Ham. Vogel, who gave him the title in 2020 even got fired and even Darvin Ham who led the Lakers to the Conference Finals in his first year got fired as well.

I'm not saying that it will be the same with Redick, but we know that this decision has been made by Rob Pelinka, and Le-GM. I mean both are very close friends as we saw in their podcast. Is he a perfect fit? It's too early to tell since we don't know how he will be coaching the Lakers since it's his first time to do it. I'll just hope that he will not be the same as how Coach Steve Nash coached the Nets when he's starting. I hope he will be do what Coach Steve Kerr did to the Warriors where he got his first title in his very first year as a head coach.

Thoughts? I'll just say good luck to him. The environment around the Lakers is very harsh as we saw it with Darvin Ham, but I wish him the best and I hope this first year will be a success to him. Pressure's high since it's LA, but I hope he will not get overwhelmed by it.

[Zed0X]

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What are your thoughts on this? Is he a perfect fit? He doesn't have the experience but just a NBA analyst and most of the time he had to be controversial so that many basketball fans watch his podcast.

Since he has a lot to say as an outsider, let's see what he can actually do when he's the one on the job. My prediction is that the job will humble him and I don't know if he can handle the heat once he's on the receiving end of harsh criticisms. It will be interesting to see his post-match interviews