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    Wembanyamarama

    Damn do I love this dude. He won’t be everyone’s flavor off the court, but he’s my flavor. I hope I one day get to discuss Sanderson with him
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    2023-2024 General NBA Season Thread

    This is unbelievable. Holy shit
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    Xavier Tillman to Celtics for 2 2nd round picks

    I'm already in love. That defense looks fantastic.
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    2023-2024 General NBA Season Thread

    I love SGA, but that’s wild. I don’t even think he’s on the short list of guys you’d consider first overall
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    2023-2024 General NBA Season Thread

    That's kind of insane. And I know we like to talk about "stocks", but steals are more valuable than blocks, and he's almost 50% above the next closest player? Crazy.
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    2023-24 Celtics

    I've watched enough of Luka to agree that there is an effort problem, but honestly that doesn't explain enough of it for me. There's something more fundamentally wrong there. Is there a version of athleticism that works for offense but not on defense? If so, that's Luka's athleticism. On...
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    Jaylen Brown: Will he be enough in Year 8?

    As someone who has been very skeptical of JB for the past season+, I'd just like to publicly raise my hand, apologize to JB, and accept the cone of shame for as long as this community sees fit. He's transitioned from one of my most frustrating players to watch to someone that just provides an...
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    2023-2024 General NBA Season Thread

    I actually think that there’s a case to be made against the min/max tankathon philosophy that is primarily around the impact of purposeful losing on culture. How many recent champions were true tankathons? What’s the most successful tank in terms of the ultimate success of the team? The ‘can’t...
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    2023-24 Celtics

    Random thought as I was driving this morning: trading away Marcus Smart was immensely impactful in almost every way that counts. Love him though we may (and I do), I think you could point to the following as being directly enabled by the trade: - Allowing your two best players to also be your...
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    2023-24 Celtics

    If this version of Jalen Brown is for real, I don’t think anyone can beat this team absent injury or insane variance. That includes Denver. I’ve been a JB skeptic and could not be more delighted to be wrong.
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    2023-2024 General NBA Season Thread

    It’s crazy, isn’t it? Embiid is absolutely insane right now. Making Doc and/or Harden look real bad (though mostly Doc).
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    2023-2024 General NBA Season Thread

    I may be too old, but I don’t understand any of this. I understand the phrase “I like chocolate” (I do too!!) but pretty sure I’m missing something.
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    2023-2024 General NBA Season Thread

    Wow. To think I was kind of optimistic about Detroit. I really thought they were putting together some good talent and I thought Monty was a great pickup. Everything I've seen about his coaching this year is that it has been inexcusably bad.
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    2023-24 Celtics

    I had to remind myself that (1) Middleton was on the floor and (2) he used to be a certified Celtics killer. Crazy how diminished he is. Knee injuries are no joke.
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    2023-2024 General NBA Season Thread

    I thought I was taking crazy pills last night because I had the same thought. He’s obviously still amazing, but it doesn’t look or feel the way it did 2 years ago. I don’t know if it’s that he has slowed down a step or if he’s making different choices, but it doesn’t feel like he’s playing like...
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    Doogie does defense, the Sam Hauser thread

    Yeah, and in the starting lineup I would think.
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    2023-24 Celtics

    I have to admit that I love listening to Doc on the Simmons pods and that I really respect his engagement with the Ringer given how much Simmons has criticized him over the years. I'm not sure I'd be secure enough to have a 2-hour public conversation with someone who treated me like Simmons...
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    2023-24 Celtics

    A few ideas: Defense is generally up a level or two in the playoffs, from both an effort and a scheme perspective. Its the cumulative impact of a very long NBA season He's enormous. There's a lot of stress put on that body in a way there isn't for Tatum, for example they say that the whistle...
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    2023-24 Celtics

    He has to be great, deep into games, for every game in a 7-game series deep into the playoffs, on both sides of the ball. I just don't think that's Embiid.
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    Derrick White, On-Off wizard

    Agreed with all of the above. I do love the fast decision making with White. I feel like that's something Pop tries to instill up and down the roster, no? Figure out what you want to do within half a second of getting the ball?
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