He's too young to know what's going on and has been coddled so far in his career... This honeymoon, no-pressure period will end soon.. The Finals has a way of squeezing everyone - we saw "the game" from Lebron against the Pistons in 07' and it was all fun and games - but the Finals is always a different level and even the court has special...
mcDaniels length gets taken out of the equation if you get into his spindly, weak 185lb body. Luka was 230 as a rookie and keeps getting fatter. He’s 250-255 currently. Was as high as 264 in 2022-2023. Luka posting up OFTEN AF would be exactly what Dallas needs more of from here on out.
^^^^ Pippen fouls Hubert Davis
Notice Hubert's wrist area on his right hand bends to the left as Pippen hacks him
Here's Hubie Brown specifying the foul on the telestrator:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3FbvWSZQkY&t=01m28s
Check the size on this lineup:
C - Lively
PF - Kleber
SF - Washington
SG - DJJ
PG - Luka
Everyone is 6’7” - 7’1”
Everyone can get hit the offensive glass.
He will be humbled
The first time he felt a hint of pressure in Game 7, he shot 25%...
The Finals will certainly have this kind of pressure... But it's all just fun and games and surprising everyone right now
First off, it’s a highlight reel. It’s not gonna show examples of competent defense played by either side. These vids don’t show stops. Second, did you actually watch this reel, because it shows maybe two defensive breakdowns by Jokic, out of about 30 highlighted MN plays. It also clearly shows a couple of plays where Jokic deterred a driver,...
Ive read about Jordan shooting like shit vs the Knicks in that must win game in 93 and it’s rarely mentioned we were up like 20 early and it never became a game. But 3-18 looks real bad even if it’s of no consequence and largely during a blowout.
A whole lot of series average skewing things happen that don’t matter nearly as much as they change...
that's because KAT built a playoff team before Ant even got there and they were a playoff team again before Ant was even the team's best player - Ant didn't take the team over until his 3rd season, so he was completely coddled compared to Jordan's path... ONLY JORDAN had to develop teammates, teams, and franchises, while everyone else was gifted...
No, Jordan's absence in 94' gave Hakeem the confidence to bust out his full bag... By 96', Hakeem couldn't maintain the dominance at just 33 years old - part of that is he knows MJ is fully-back now.. He isn't the king lion anymore.. It's all part and parcel
That's incorrect - you have to win the championship to be "championship-caliber", so the Wolves aren't that - they simply beat a team that wasn't nearly as good as they were last year and no longer championship-caliber (champs).. The wolves will prove that they're championship caliber by winning the title this year - otherwise, they're short of...
You missed the point - apparently you've never done anything competitive.
There's a special confidence that comes with knowing that you're the best player on the floor - or in this case, in the league... You can basically f*ck around and do whatever you want - no one can say anything to you because you're the best... As the non-competitor that...
The 2024 champions will need an * next to their name. In a season with so much competition we end up with everyone injured durnig the playoffs and an ECF that everyone already knows the result of. :facepalm