We can afford to do all those things lol. The government chooses not to give us healthcare or stop taxing poor and middle class people. Ukraine is just one of the rare times they're actually using their money decently, even if it's just because the US doesn't want to see Russia gain more territory.
there's a formula for what qualifies as "expert jumpshooting" - and you can adjust the percentages to your liking but the proportion of shots that are jumpers and the number of these jumpers that assisted are the key factors in the formula:
any 25-point scorer that takes jumpshots for the majority of their shot attempts (50% or more) and is...
Luka playing the worst defense ever and averaging 29 PPG on crummy efficiency is dominating but LeBron averaging 28 PPG (in a much slower paced era and worse offensive environment) on good efficiency and playing DPOY defense is "nothing special" :yaohappy:
He also had the best rep on Kyrie of anyone.
You talk about lock down defense, this is what it looks like.
https://www.instagram.com/reel/C8CgrQrOfS2/?igsh=OXp0Mno3MTF6dTlp
I'm watching Luka dominate in his first Finals and realize that Lebron wet the bed in 2007, 2011, 2013, 2015 (iverson), and carried in 2020....
2012 was nothing special (28 ppg and Wade took a step back with 23 ppg) - again, nothing special or ATG.. 2014 was another bed-wetting of passivity (17 shots per game) and worst-ever leadership..
Jimmy would be playing for his last contract...you'd have Jimmy and Lebron as 2nd options for Luka with Butler being a significantly better defender.
For Dallas going all in this year and planing for Luka/Lively/Eddey for your future would be the smart move for the Mav's.
I doubt this Dallas team is going to be good enough to get out of...
I know i've already said this before many times. But kawhi completely avenged what's done to him in the 2017 wcf during that title run with the raptors. No way the warriors are sweeping the spurs bt had he been unharmed.
They had 4-5 players capable of having a star night, so def underrating their depth.
Throw in Championship caliber + Curry system, Id take them over the Raptors.
I find these Celtics very hard to gauge since they had a free road to the finals. In situations where teams normally show vulnerabilities, they just got let off the hook.
Its...
Amongst those listed, i think nobody expected the raptors and the bucks to end up as champions. Also i'd place the warriors lower because the '22 team defeated incomplete teams.
I would rather have Irving than Butler at this point. Both guys have missed a lot of games over the years but with Butler being the more recent playoffs absentee and a bit older Irving is the safer option. I am assuming he's done with missing games for unpredictable goofball reasons.
Also James is not playing for less than the max.
i don't care which country is in the right...we have no business giving away billions or any amount of cash when we can't even get healthcare right or have exorbitant income taxes.
Lebron can opt out and come to Dallas but he won't be able to bring AD. And I don't think you would want that. You might be able to move Kyrie to Miami for Butler and the 15th pick (you would likely move Green and Kleiber)
PG - CPIII, Bronny Jr(58)
SG - Luka, Hardaway
SF - Butler, Washington
PF - Lebron, Eddey(15)
C - Lively, Gafford
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Trump supporters are pushing for
massive tax cuts for the rich
massive spending increases for military/border
purges of thousands of government employees based on political ideology
removing the financial controls of congress
prosecution of teachers, librarians, and doctors
abortion becoming illegal in all 50 states
I finally watched enough of Luka this post-season and finals.
Luka is a guy who needs "dominant big man", NBAs best for lob passes and All-Defensive rim protector. AD is that guy.
Luka lacks conditioning and stamina. Strength is NOT an issue for his 6'7" wide body frame. He still got his 29 PPG in finals.
LBJ's conditioning, PEDs workout...
The Celtics are stacked. If Tatum plays well (for a 1st team all NBA player) in the playoffs next year and the rest of the guys play decent they will be right back here again next year.
Their fourth best player is Jrue or Porzingus. On any other team they would be at worst the third most impactful player. And then you have super duper role...
They beat the next two champions and were able to rebuild their dynasty team with bench guys like Payton, Looney, Poole, Kuminga, and Lee. But even if you want to downgrade them because Murray was out...doesn't compare to Boston, Lakers, and Raptors runs which was dominated by players that didn't play. As well as all the injuries that devastated...
Yep and that asterisk isn't much of an asterisk. KD missed basically the whole series but Klay played 5/6 games and played really well. It's not like a Warriors team without KD never won a title. The Warriors were favored over the Raptors and if they won everyone would have called them deserving champs.
Ditto for Bucks who were dominant all...