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None of these come from a place of building a GOAT or Hall of Fame Career. Just very impressive play from a 19 year old who may be the most experienced 19 year old to ever enter the NBA. While one silly goose entertained the notion this made his ceiling lower, quite the opposite is likely true.

This kid has quickly taken the reigns on a team that floundered to a Trae Youngesque 2-7 start and now actually has them in the mix of the playoff hunt for the time being. He has not only quickly become their best player but a team leader.

I suspected the mavs would be around a 34 win team before the season started. I am not feeling like they are leaps and bounds better than that and if you look at the western conference teams on the outside it is a crazy list so I realistically don’t see them getting into the playoffs, but given his play so far their chances went from zero before the season to a middling shot now.

I just think you are denying yourself the enjoyment of watching this kid play by being a curmedgeonly fuddy duddy. I mean last years rookie of the year contest was between a non rookie who couldn’t shoot and another guy who couldn’t stop shooting.

Traditionally too soon to be calling out draft mistakes but three teams made huge mistakes not taking this kid.

Of course maybe you are right and Doncic will become less composed and less capable of managing the spotlight and big moments. The one area where he has a humongous advantage over every other rookie in the NBA.

I know. I imagine Boston sports talk radio was filled with idiots who didn't understand that there was some combination of the Celtics having bad luck shooting at a lower percentage than expected combined with too much iso and long twos (I think Jason Tatum was a major culprit). I don't think that moving around players in the rotation was as big of a difference as some people make it out to be (they lost three of their first four games after Hayward moved to the bench), but it did get the players' attention that Stevens was serious that they needed to change some of their habits and couldn't just flip the switch.

The Celtics were struggling to barely beat, and sometimes lose to, weak opponents early in the season, so it means something that they are now steam-rolling those teams. If they have fixed their issues, they should start to consistently beat those playoff teams that they were losing to in winnable games where they screwed themselves with one very bad quarter.

Maybe Jaylen Brown was the root of their problems and the team benefited from him being out and its easier to incorporate him back into the mix by having him come off the bench now that they seem to have found the right attitude. I think his development has been harmed by being forced to play out of position as their effective SG, if the Celtics even have such a thing in their positionless wing rotation, but if he unlocks his potential as the defensive specialist of the group, that makes for a very potent combination of skill sets. I suspect he is too cerebral and not instinctive enough to fully become some sort of poor man's Kawhi, though.

I know Boston fans viewed him as untouchable over the off-season but have probably cooled on him since and are now wondering who they can trade him for. Obviously, they would like to keep Tatum and be much more willing to part with Brown as one of the key pieces in an Anthony Davis trade, but I wonder if there are any other Brown trades that make sense for other teams seeking to buy low on Brown's potential.

I know right?

The Spurs are back, baby

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Desperate times call for Swaggy measures.

I’m irrationally giddy for this signing, mainly because it should make them more fun till the injured guys get back.

Please tell me my indefensible take? I dont think I have ever given any kind of take/opinion on Luka in this thread.

I wonder if Kyle is hurt or it's mental or just a massive slump in his shooting, but his shots aren't really even coming close

Let us not forget when Swaggy called Iggy out for her cultural appropriation

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At this point their FO seems intent to prove this wasn’t all a mistake so maybe they just double down and pay him lol

He's currently struggling mightily (nothing to do with opponent just timing of games, went from MVP to not being able to shoot at all. I don't know if it's from an injury or mental, or just a slump that's gotten into his head.

He's got a bad case of LolCanada-itis, look for him to bounce back this week with that Cali tree

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Jerami Grant has quietly become a pretty good two way player for OKC. Probably running hot from 3, but he does so much else; runs the floor, help side D, hits open shots. Was skeptical of that contract at first.

Now if only Pat Pat didn’t pass away before last season...

my nba league pass subscription ends today. i would extend it another month but i wasn't watching nearly as much as i should have to justify the price. I wish the roku app had the ability to hide the scores of past games so i could watch games the next day like you can do on nba.com. why don't they do this? absurd.

AD with the 40 bird in front of his future fans

Russ comes back into a blowout with 7 minutes left trying to get 3 points and 1 assist for the triple double

Always and forever:

its a sign of a healthy culture that Paul George will let lesser players accumulate stats so that they stay happy and engaged

Already at his peak tho

While being guarded by the Celtics' third- and fourth-string centers.

Interesting #s. If he keeps this up, I honestly believe he could be as good as Thaddeus Young.

That technical foul call is so dumb

LOL n1

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