My response to here would be more of the same showing the results of the postseason. So we’ll agree to disagree on how good of a defender those guys are but I’m looking forward to an exciting series!
They've already shown they can stop Kyrie, because they have played Dallas. Last game 9-23 for 19 points. 9-20 for 23 the game before that. Nobody is holding him much below that, that's about the best you could hope for.
Is a triple double now with 9s?
How did he do the last time he was in the playoffs against the Celtics?
Wow.
white is elite all around defender. Holiday terrific on ball. He picks his spot with pressure and is still, probably, the best on ball perimeter defender in the nba.
Jokic mvp. Isn’t just metrics, he also is worth so many more wins. Denver can’t play without him.
Luka gets criticized a lot for his defense, but he’s been not AWFUL in the post season. Jokic is a poor defender as well. He gets targeted a lot. His rebounding sways his defensive numbers a lot.
I’d understand if it was close in PPG, but it was an 8 point difference. His amount of PPG has only been done by 2 other players this century (Kobe and Harden x2) and they weren’t flirting with triple doubles while doing it. The distance between him and Jokic was the same as Jokic and Collin Sexton.
Marcus Smart was there who’s actually a legit great defender. You hardly ever saw him get cooked like we consistently see with these new guards.
Dort, McDaniels, and Suggs are all better perimeter defenders than Holiday and their performances this playoffs show that against high level players.
Idk why all the laughing reactions.
Because you’re judging players based on one series without knowing anything about the defensive strategy the team had in that series. Indiana was the highest scoring team in the league, by a lot. Raw numbers are pretty irrelevant.
I didn’t talk about one series. Tyrese had 25 and 10 that game (his first 20 point double double of the playoffs). I’m convinced guys just like Jrue as a person because the numbers don’t agree with that.
The issues weren't so bad as to prevent the Celtics from sweeping the Pacers.
I watched every minute of every game. The Celtics won every game. So if they don't win each game in a 25 point blowout then they really aren't that good?
Kyrie didn't win them that title. Everything he has won has been due to hanging on LeBron's coattails.
The cavs would not have won that title without Irving, period. I don’t even think that’s debatable, the shots he was making at the end of that series were unbelievable
So he didn’t hit the gw shot in a game 7?
I'm really excited to see some of these ridiculous narratives evaporate.
