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Parlayed PHI ML and UTA ML tonight.

Not confident in either game but I didn't like anything else. 

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20 minutes ago, Mole said:

Since Bird and Magic won titles as young pros in the early 80s, very few players have been the main guy on their team and won a title before age 27.

Using Finals MVP as a proxy for being the guy on a championship team (with a few exceptions like the Warriors first run):

Steph was 26 (didn’t win Finals MVP but obviously was the main star).

DWade was 24, but he also had a hobbling Shaq.

Duncan was 22 but had an aging superstar teammate and a well constructed team. Same with Kawhi.

Tony Parker was 24 when he won the Finals MVP, but it was obviously TD’s team.

Dumars was 25, but it was Zeke’s team, who was 27.

Then you have Magic and Bird who did it young.

Jordan, LBJ, Hakeem, Shaq, KD, Dirk, Zeke, all couldn’t win the big one until they were at least 27. Kobe didn’t do it without Shaq until he was 30.

So in the last 35 years, the only guys who were led their team to a title before age 27 were Steph, DWade, and the Spurs.

 

Good list. I will say KD and LeBron got their teams to the Fnals as the best player by 22. No one's done that since Durant in 2012. 

I guess the difference is that with Durant and LBJ you could see it within a year or two as they made runs to the finals so early on. It was just a matter of time till they got one. With Giannis, I’m not sure he will get there.

10 minutes ago, HookEm said:

I guess the difference is that with Durant and LBJ you could see it within a year or two as they made runs to the finals so early on. It was just a matter of time till they got one. With Giannis, I’m not sure he will get there.

I was a bit bummed that LA went out because I wanted to see KD/Bron IV with both of them on different teams AGAIN. That's a 30 for 30 right there. 

There's definitely a Messi/Ronaldo type arc going on where Messi is heralded as the GOAT (maybe Bron is not quite there yet but he's a lot of people's #2) and then you have the guy (Ronaldo) that was never quite as good during Messi's peak but always right behind and finding some big accomplishments later on in his career to narrow the gap a bit and make people wonder where HE has to rank all time. 

And all four of these athletes get taken for granted.

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12 minutes ago, HookEm said:

I guess the difference is that with Durant and LBJ you could see it within a year or two as they made runs to the finals so early on. It was just a matter of time till they got one. With Giannis, I’m not sure he will get there.

Durant and LeBron were going through some pretty tough teams those years, too. I don't think the East from 2018 to 2020 was nearly as competitive as the West between 2011-2014 or the East between like 05-08.

9 minutes ago, shadow_operative said:

Philly on fire early. 23-6 and the Hawks take their second TO of the 1Q.

Better coach. Better roster. At home. Must-win. They were never losing this game. 

But Atlanta is hanging around enough. Wouldnt be surprised if this is close through at least 3. 

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What are we gonna do when the Suns win the title and Booker averages something like 40 a game? Nobody talks about him being the next superstar. But he could write his destiny these playoffs.

Just now, HookEm said:

What are we gonna do when the Suns win the title and Booker averages something like 40 a game? Nobody talks about him being the next superstar. But he could write his destiny these playoffs.

Maybe Atlanta will win the title and John Collins will average 30/15. 

Let me see if I can predict the rest of the playoffs from here on out just for kicks:

BKN over MIL in 5 or 6

PHI over Atlanta in 6

UTA over LAC in 6

PHO over DEN in 5

UTA over PHO in 7

BKN over PHI in 5

BKN over UTA in 6-7 maybe

 

8 minutes ago, HookEm said:

What are we gonna do when the Suns win the title and Booker averages something like 40 a game? Nobody talks about him being the next superstar. But he could write his destiny these playoffs.

everyone talks about him being the next superstar. he's been the sexy up and coming guard for at least two full years now. people are constantly fawning over him. hell, he *literally* gets waaaaay more love than Jokic does, or at least he did up until extremely recently. frankly i think he's overhyped and overrated based on the amount of fanboyish love that he gets. he's an all star reserve caliber player who gets more praise and love heaped on him than guys like Giannis do. i've never understood it.

also, PHX ain't coming close to winning it all. i'll believe that CP3 leads a team to a title/plays a full playoffs when i see it.

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Philly not putting their foot down here. 

If Embiid can't play at leat 38 minutes a game it really limits Philly's ceiling as a team. Optimally you'd like to get 40 mins from him. He's so far and away their best player. 

Why does a guy like Capella not have a couple of low post or mid range offensive moves? What does he do during the off-season?

A jump shot, spin move to go back at Embiid would make the game better.

I'm trying to think who this Philly team reminds me of. They have a bit of a Rockets Hakeem vibe but I don't think the Rockets were as talented on the wing. Maybe those Philly Moses Malone teams?

Or kind of like the Barkley Suns maybe?

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Philadelphia looked dominant for portions of that half and they're up just 2.

3 minutes ago, Machinator said:

Philadelphia looked dominant for portions of that half and they're up just 2.

I thought Philly had a few tough calls against them, Embiid cost them with a technical, and Atlanta has shot the ball very well. (Atlanta actually hasn't shot it great - don't listen to me).

Philly is just so much better with Embiid on the court that they're rarely going to look dominant for an entire half or game. 

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1 minute ago, Machinator said:

 

Where has Shake been?

Embiid 25 and 9 on 11/17 shooting in 23 minutes so far 

This Atlanta team doesn't suck. They could easily be down a lot right now but they're fighting hard. Maybe McMillan is hitting his stride (more likely though is that Trae, Collins and Bogdonavic are special players).

Imagine if Luka got calls like the one young just got

7 minutes ago, ztejas said:

This Atlanta team doesn't suck. They could easily be down a lot right now but they're fighting hard. Maybe McMillan is hitting his stride (more likely though is that Trae, Collins and Bogdonavic are special players).

More like Atlanta has more than 2 players that can shoot the ball. Gallinari would be the 2nd best player on the 76ers.

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34 minutes ago, ztejas said:

Where has Shake been?

Thank you. Pm me for a resume, NBA.

1 minute ago, HtownHorn said:

More like Atlanta has more than 2 players that can shoot the ball. 

Philly doesn't have more than 2 shooters? Maybe take a look at their roster chief. 

2 minutes ago, ztejas said:

Philly doesn't have more than 2 shooters? Maybe take a look at their roster chief. 

Ok they have 3.

2 minutes ago, HtownHorn said:

Ok they have 3.

You're a fucking idiot. Meanwhile I just called an obvious adjustment that Philly should make that they then did make that is completely changing this game. 

Your depth. You're out of it. 

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Trae should have been on the floor coming out of the timeout.

Just now, Message Board User said:

Shake Milton muthafuckas.

Doc Rivers apparently isn't as stupid as I thought.

Trae should have been on the floor coming out of the timeout.
If you mean someone knocking him on his ass, then yep.

Humbelbrag we partied a few times in college and I have his phone #

1 hour ago, ztejas said:

Where has Shake been?

Post of this thread so far btw. But I feel like a lot of you are getting sick about how right I am all the time and how I couldn't be further from being gracious about it. Wev. Rep me accordingly. 

Utah is the better team and has more in the tank. But they didn't shoot that well in the 1st. I bet some of that evens out and it's a close game in the 3rd. 

Also this Utah arena is fucking rocking. And they are better rested. 

Just put more money on UTA ML +190.

Maybe this is my downfall. If so, please don't go easy on me. 

5 minutes ago, Llogg said:

Maybe take a break from posting for a few minutes, man.

9 in 50 minutes isn't crazy by my standards. There's just no on else posting. 

But yeah I'll chill. This shit is just like crack to me. 

Jazz just can't get over the hump. 3Q will be super interesting.

Spida

SPIDA 

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