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A great one doesn't get you much. A bad one can ruin everything. If Reddick is even average, that's going to be enough for the talent to do...well whatever the talent says it should do. But Ham wasn't average. He actively impeded the team's ability to get the most out of its talent with weird rotations and a nothing system on offense. He was a bad coach. I think Redick can be better than Ham on day 1. But do I think he'll get a ring in LA? No - because the Lakers aren't as talented as probably 3 or 4 teams out of the West or the Celtics out of the East (the rest of the East is lousy). |
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06-20-2024, 02:44 PM | #2687 | |
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06-20-2024, 03:33 PM | #2688 |
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OKC just got way better. Giddey is trash and Caruso is one of the better defenders in the league. |
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06-20-2024, 04:01 PM | #2689 | |
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06-20-2024, 04:08 PM | #2690 | |
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Surprised Chicago unloaded him for as little as they did. |
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06-20-2024, 04:55 PM | #2691 | |
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06-20-2024, 05:36 PM | #2692 |
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06-20-2024, 05:40 PM | #2693 | |
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Should've blown this shit up a long time ago. I knew they were ****ed the day they traded for Vucevic. |
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06-20-2024, 06:37 PM | #2694 | |
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I agree; it's 100% recency bias. And tbf, for a long time I just conceded that Lebron was 2nd or 3rd all-time; I didn't really analyze it much. But go back and watch 20 or 30 games of Larry Bird before he hurt his back, when he won MVP three times in a row, and averaged more minutes/points/eFG% per gm than LeBron. Bird was far more clutch and far better in every meaningful way than LeBron ever was. And he was doing it during the hand-check/there's no flagrant fouls era, so scoring was harder back then. If you brought prime Bird into the 2010-present, he'd average 35+/gm and probably would have 6 championships by now. Again, just my opinion, didn't do a hardcore mathematical or NextGen type of analysis obviously, but Prime Bird was one of the very best players to ever grace the hardwood. Just saying. |
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06-20-2024, 07:16 PM | #2695 |
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Like I said, just my opinion. However, when I look at both players, and ask myself one question, "who do I want leading my team in a best-of-7 series?" The answer is obvious and clear: The Bird-man, every day, twice on Sunday, no doubt in my mind. Larry Bird in his prime was everything or close to everything that LeBron ever was, and Bird had the killer instinct, like MJ or Kobe, which Lebron never had. I have to take Bird over LeBron at that point. Ymmv. |
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06-20-2024, 07:45 PM | #2697 | |
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06-20-2024, 07:50 PM | #2698 |
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No "killer instinct" though |
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06-20-2024, 08:00 PM | #2699 | |
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