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McCollum has to be the most underrated guy in the league. Nobody talks abiut him and some casual fans don't even know who he is.
 
gtcam said:
Keeping that Bucks team together in todays NBA will be near impossible plus they need a legit playmaker and may have to part with one of the core 5 to get one
The Celts, if they play their cards right with this years off season dealings and get a legit 5, will be the 2nd best team in the East
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I think they can move parker for a playmaker. They are in OK shape from a cap perspective, with only Henson sitting on a bad contract.

I think most teams in the East will have to add a player to get better. The exceptions are the Wizards and Bucks, which still have some room to get better with what they have. The Raptors are good, but this kind of feels like their ceiling with this group. I don't think Embiid will ever play a full season, and he could end up being forced to retire young. I don't see the 76ers becoming good without getting lucky in the draft. The Celtics may have over achieved this year. Charlotte, Chicago and Detroit are bubble teams next year without major movement.

The East is wide open for a team to make a move like getting Paul George.

The one bad team in the west that I think could be really good next year without a major addition is the Timberwolves, but I thought they should have been good this year.
 
I know I said the other day that Durant going to Golden State was bad for the league. But this is awfully fun to watch.
 
Watching Wall and Thomas go at it reminds me of Rondo vs. Rose in that epic '09 first round match-up.
 
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After watching Thomas, I don't think you can ever ever count out a short college player again. He's showing that height matters, yeah,but it certainly isn't everything.
 
superjohn said:
But he's black, must be difficult for the fans to reconcile.
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Yeah, the fans hated it when the first all-black starting 5 in NBA history was winning championship after championship. It was awful.

The Celtics were trailblazers when it comes to race in the NBA.
 
superjohn said:
But he's black, must be difficult for the fans to reconcile.
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A few drunk balloon knots represent millions of people. What if every UConn fan was judged based off your posts?
 
Isaiah Thomas...

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upstater said:
Yeah, the fans hated it when the first all-black starting 5 in NBA history was winning championship after championship. It was awful.

The Celtics were trailblazers when it comes to race in the NBA.
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It was a joke considering today's news.

They were serious trailblazers in their treatment of Bill Russell. He brought them 11 championships and became a pariah in his own city. They can erect all the statues they want now but it will never erase them blackballing him and the indignities he suffered.
 
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superjohn said:
It was a joke considering today's news.

They were serious trailblazers in their treatment of Bill Russell. He brought them 11 championships and became a pariah in his own city. They can erect all the statues they want now but it will never erase them blackballing him and the indignities he suffered.
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The Celtics treated Bill Russell like a pariah?
 
Watching that Celtics game gave me chills.

53 points from IT on his sister's birthday.
 
upstater said:
The Celtics treated Bill Russell like a pariah?
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The city treated him like a pariah. Sorry if there was any confusion, I never considered the organization racist just many of the fans /Boston residents. Russell brought that city so much and it was disgusting the way he was treated, I find that a lot of the tributes to him in his old age ring hollow just like it does with Ali.

Boston has been trying to shake their racist past for a long time, these incidents with professional athletes certainly isn't helping.
 
superjohn said:
It was a joke considering today's news.

They were serious trailblazers in their treatment of Bill Russell. He brought them 11 championships and became a pariah in his own city. They can erect all the statues they want now but it will never erase them blackballing him and the indignities he suffered.
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What are you doing? Jesus.
 
superjohn said:
The city treated him like a pariah. Sorry if there was any confusion, I never considered the organization racist just many of the fans /Boston residents. Russell brought that city so much and it was disgusting the way he was treated, I find that a lot of the tributes to him in his old age ring hollow just like it does with Ali.

Boston has been trying to shake their racist past for a long time, these incidents with professional athletes certainly isn't helping.
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Well, I'm not from Boston, but let's go through every American city and see what was going on at the time.

Unreal.
 
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Why is 'Bron not in best ever convo? Honestly, I've turned to him being it. He'll never be as pretty a player as MJ or even Kobe, and probably not get to their #s.

He's the best I've ever seen.

He has arguably the best defensive play in NBA history.
 
JSM1970 said:
Why is 'Bron not in best ever convo? Honestly, I've turned to him being it. He'll never be as pretty a player as MJ or even Kobe, and probably not get to their #s.

He's the best I've ever seen.

He has arguably the best defensive play in NBA history.
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He's definitely in the conversation, and definitely higher on the list than Kobe (who is not even Top 5). That said, I wouldn't put him above MJ because MJ was also a ridiculous defender, and LeBron has a few series where he collapsed (2012 vs. Celtics, 2013 vs. Dallas).

But there are few in this guy's orbit. Very clearly one of the best handful of players ever.
 
The stats are very similar. LeBron has 6x all D, Jordan 9x, so that's close to a wash, and I'm not buying that Jordan was a better defender when you consider that LeBron could probably guard all five positions in a pinch.

What's really jumping out at me about LBJ is what a year he is having.
Career wise, he's having his 3rd best 3pt shooting year, 2nd best 2pt shooting, best rebounding year, best assist year, while playing only his 9th most minutes. Un-freaking-real.

He has, probably, the best playoff stats of any player, and still going.

When it's all said and done, the only statistical measure that may be plainly in Jordan's favor may be total championships, but that remains to be seen.
Further, James will likely finish top 10 in points and assists, and top 60 rebounds. Jordan is top 10 points, less that top 120 rebounds, #43 for assists.

Jordan played on great teams in an era with few great teams. After the 80s Celts and Lakers faded via heel spurs and HIV, who was left? The bad boy Pistons? For what? 3 years? The talent in the league was nowhere near where it is today - not even close.

Finally, I've seen LeBron beat the GSW multiple games in the finals playing against the greatest shooter I've ever seen with a back up point guard starting and his two best teammates out. And he carried a group of no-names in Cleveland to the finals when he was young.

Best player I've ever seen, and I saw Jordan's whole career too.
 
Lebron's career, combined with the come up story that approaches levels of mythology considering the hype behind a teenager who not only lived up to the unachievable, but surpassed them with grace, makes Lebron James the GOAT.
 
I am firmly back on the anti-Harden bandwagon. He is making a mockery of the game with these 3 point fouls. Great game going on by the way.

Lebron over MJ might be a stretch but he is solidly #2 in my book and I do think he is underappreciated.
 
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