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pdub wrote: Mon Jan 06, 2025 9:24 am It's a big part of their identity - everyone on in their rotation can shoot and hit the 3.
They won the title doing that, they aren't going to change.
They also aren't really built to do other things.

And it's tough to argue with results. When they are hitting, they're almost impossible to stop.
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pdub wrote: Mon Jan 06, 2025 9:24 am It's a big part of their identity - everyone on in their rotation can shoot and hit the 3.
They won the title doing that, they aren't going to change.
oh, i know it’s part of their identity

i stand by my point. if they’re happy dying by the three on nights when they aren’t falling, that just seems dumb
Have we fallen into a mesmerized state that makes us accept as inevitable that which is inferior or detrimental, as though having lost the will or the vision to demand that which is good?
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shooters keep shooting.

Considering they're the reigning champs, Celts might be doing something right.

Whether it makes for the most entertaining product for consumers, tho, is another can of worms.
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KUTradition wrote: Mon Jan 06, 2025 10:16 am
pdub wrote: Mon Jan 06, 2025 9:24 am It's a big part of their identity - everyone on in their rotation can shoot and hit the 3.
They won the title doing that, they aren't going to change.
oh, i know it’s part of their identity

i stand by my point. if they’re happy dying by the three on nights when they aren’t falling, that just seems dumb
Did it seem dumb becoming nba champions?
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randylahey wrote: Mon Jan 06, 2025 10:48 am
KUTradition wrote: Mon Jan 06, 2025 10:16 am
pdub wrote: Mon Jan 06, 2025 9:24 am It's a big part of their identity - everyone on in their rotation can shoot and hit the 3.
They won the title doing that, they aren't going to change.
oh, i know it’s part of their identity

i stand by my point. if they’re happy dying by the three on nights when they aren’t falling, that just seems dumb
Did it seem dumb becoming nba champions?
live by the three die by the three

i stand by my point
Have we fallen into a mesmerized state that makes us accept as inevitable that which is inferior or detrimental, as though having lost the will or the vision to demand that which is good?
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Self won natty’s, yet you’re one of the most vocal of his critics

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DeletedUser wrote: Mon Jan 06, 2025 9:51 am
pdub wrote: Mon Jan 06, 2025 9:24 am It's a big part of their identity - everyone on in their rotation can shoot and hit the 3.
They won the title doing that, they aren't going to change.
They also aren't really built to do other things.

And it's tough to argue with results. When they are hitting, they're almost impossible to stop.
I do think they could do other things better than a lot of teams are trying to do their own things because of the talent they have. If you really wanted it to be complete iso ball for Tatum and Brown to drive, you could, and you could be better than others at doing so.

Their identity, when it matters, is also in their defense.
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KUTradition wrote: Mon Jan 06, 2025 11:06 am
randylahey wrote: Mon Jan 06, 2025 10:48 am
KUTradition wrote: Mon Jan 06, 2025 10:16 am
oh, i know it’s part of their identity

i stand by my point. if they’re happy dying by the three on nights when they aren’t falling, that just seems dumb
Did it seem dumb becoming nba champions?
live by the three die by the three

i stand by my point
That's correct. But nba is 82 game seasons and 7 game series. Usually your shooting averages will play out. They also have games where they make fuck loads of 3s and are impossible to beat. Their roster is stacked with good shooters who are high level defenders and passers
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cool
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Oh my....



This dude is almost 40!




Oh, and Zion is back apparently...

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DeletedUser wrote: Tue Jan 07, 2025 8:23 pm Oh my....



This dude is almost 40!




Oh, and Zion is back apparently...

Old balls dunking LeBron, AD, and the rest of their squad lost by 21 to Q Grimes and a no Luka nor Kyrie Mavs team.
Quick! Someone find JJ Redick (he puts the Dick in Redick) and ask him a few questions.

Yeah, Zion is back and..... the Pelis still blow. (Now watch them come back and win because I said that :? )
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That's funny gutter...I actually thought to myself after posting the LeBron dunk "I wonder if they lost?".
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DeletedUser wrote: Tue Jan 07, 2025 9:17 pm That's funny gutter...I actually thought to myself after posting the LeBron dunk "I wonder if they lost?".
Looks like LeBron didn't really give a shit they lost.

Gutter wrote: Fri Nov 8th 2:16pm
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he'll never be the goat
Just Ledoux it
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TDub wrote: Tue Jan 07, 2025 10:02 pm he'll never be the goat
Can there be a difference between the Goat and the Boat?
I may give LeBron the Goat and Jordan the Boat. Or should It be the other way around?

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Helluva sequence there.
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'Its My Fault' Charles Barkley Trolls JJ Redick After Bad Lakers Loss. Lebron James Lakers, Anthony Davis, Los Angeles Lakers. Lakers lose to Dallas Mavericks without Kyrie Irving and Luka Doncic

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No one realistically thought the Lakers were going to be contenders just because of JJ Redick - not sure what this guy is talking about.

https://www.nba.com/news/offseason-powe ... -west-2024

They've struggled on defense for a while now.
LeBron and AD are still, at worst, top 15 players, and you definitely can put some of the blame on them, but that roster otherwise ain't contending.
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pdub wrote: Wed Jan 08, 2025 7:33 am No one realistically thought the Lakers were going to be contenders just because of JJ Redick - not sure what this guy is talking about.

https://www.nba.com/news/offseason-powe ... -west-2024

They've struggled on defense for a while now.
LeBron and AD are still, at worst, top 15 players, and you definitely can put some of the blame on them, but that roster otherwise ain't contending.
This is the cycle that occurs when you trade a lot of young players and future picks to acquire elite talent. It can work in the short term, and did. They won an NBA title.

There is no realistic path to them becoming a contender anytime soon. They'd have to move AD and even then, not sure the return would pay off in time before LeBron retires.
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