Poor Al Horford. He's given this team years of his life and they just can't find it in them to want it badly enough, not even for him, not even knowing these playoffs are his last games.
That says just about everything there is to say about this team, especially its core, who I'm just about convinced at this point are never going to win a title together because there isn't a man among them with the talent and the will combined to drag this team to wins. Their best player claims to worship at the altar of a guy who would have eaten him alive every single time, if they had ever played against one another, who might still be able to if not for being no longer in this mortal realm. Their second best player steps up sometimes then disappears. And when a guy who does have the drive to take over tries to, it's a guy who isn't a consistent enough shooter or scorer, so it all goes for naught.
It's just maddening that nobody wants to be The Guy and that nobody wants to win at all costs. Talent gets you very far, but if you can't go for the throat when it's there, you're never going to me anything more than a piece of the puzzle at best.
They've won two in a row before. Hopefully they can again. If not, what a waste.
That says just about everything there is to say about this team, especially its core, who I'm just about convinced at this point are never going to win a title together because there isn't a man among them with the talent and the will combined to drag this team to wins. Their best player claims to worship at the altar of a guy who would have eaten him alive every single time, if they had ever played against one another, who might still be able to if not for being no longer in this mortal realm. Their second best player steps up sometimes then disappears. And when a guy who does have the drive to take over tries to, it's a guy who isn't a consistent enough shooter or scorer, so it all goes for naught.
It's just maddening that nobody wants to be The Guy and that nobody wants to win at all costs. Talent gets you very far, but if you can't go for the throat when it's there, you're never going to me anything more than a piece of the puzzle at best.
They've won two in a row before. Hopefully they can again. If not, what a waste.