The Celtics are in the same position and they're a big market team. They are looking to jettison some players to get payroll down. The NBA salary rules were put in place specifically to achieve balance and keep teams from dominating for a long period.
Bruh. You may have a point about his father but I don't know what you're talking about with Hali himself. He was ranked the "most overrated player" in an anonymous poll of his peers and then just about outperformed everyone on the biggest stage. His stats in crunch time are unparalleled and he's a well spoken, well liked kid who didn't mind assuming the roll of the heel. He gained my respect this postseason.
I get what John is saying (I still liked OKC's chances tonight even before Haliburton got hurt), but to me games one and four ended up canceling out much like they did in the Denver series.
Tell that to a Knicks fan which I'm not. I'm just happy OKC and Celtics have won it both the last 2 years. Those are my favorite teams.
In this case physics rules. While you are bulking up and gaining flexibility in muscle you aren't bulking up the tendons supporting that muscle. Its the same with Tommy John surgeries. Pitchers are 6'5" 220 pound behemoths torquing on that elbow. Today planned Tommy John surgery is a routine part of pitcher development
This is ridiculous. Congrats to OKC for beating a team without their star and glueman.
It’s funny how you speak in absolutes as if you aren’t wrong about so much here.
Caruso was valuable on both ends but I would say Dort’s defense was the 2nd most important aspect to their championship.
That may be. Your opinion of Tyrese is simply wrong though.
Well it is my opinion. I don't think he one of the best players in the NBA. Not everyone likes each player the same. Just go back to threads talking about Jordan vs. Bryant. We all have players we like and Halliburton isn't one I like. I'm actually surprised there is so many people who like him since all the Knicks fans on this site who despise Indiana.
True, but that doesn't make an misguided opinion valid. Like this:
Haliburton isn't even a top 25 in the league. Yeah he is clutch but that is about it. He isn't in the same league with SGA and I think JDUB is better than him too. Definitely the Pacers can't complain about their injuries as they have lucked out with other teams the last 2 years. Milwaukee with Dane, Cleveland with Darius Garland, Evan Mobley, Hunter and even Mitchel hurting his ankle. Knicks with Townes this year. Last year the Kincks had OG, Josh Hart and Brunson broke his hand and before that the Bucks without Giannis and Dane got injured. Kharma just came back and bit them this time. It is part of winning to stay injury free. They have been a lucky team beating other teams when their best players were injured or not playing.
It's luck and it's also depth. OKC only even got that series to seven games because its bench outplayed Indiana's. It beat Denver for the same reason.
Speaking of which, kill the stupid 7-10 seed games, maybe run first real series 5 games. The fact playoffs can last close to 2.5 months is nuts. I was getting to the point to playoff exhaustion. No idea what the point of 2 days between finals games is. Keep it flowing Adam. Hoops and marathons don’t go, especially when you see stars going down like flies.
Roster sizes need to be increased, Cam Spencer for instance wasn't playoff eligible due to a stupid rule.
We have two top 10 players that will be out all of next season due to the marathon. Achilles are usually wear and tear injuries, and quite traumatic in a sport where leaping and cutting is what the sport is built on.
