It was the first time Stevens had to really balance minutes, and he struggled. The offense was awful throughout the year, and they mostly won games on the defensive end or Kyrie going off. I still like Stevens, but you can’t put him in the Pop/top tier category after this.
Kyrie is such a strange dude. Part of me hopes they re-sign him just because he’s so unpredictable and there’s entertainment value there, but he’s too ball dominant and not efficient enough to be in that elite class of players. He’s DEFINITELY not someone who makes the players around him better.
The offseason will be interesting. Because I’m left with such a bad taste in my mouth about this team, I don’t really feel there’s a bad option. Kyrie comes back and they trade for AD - great, those two and Al and whatever is left can compete and hopefully Stevens figures out the offense with less mouths to feed. Kyrie walks - great, let everyone else walk and build around Tatum and Brown and fill out the roster with four picks in the first 20 or whatever.
Part of me also feels like this isn’t so much the Celtics, as it is that Milwaukee is just the best team with the best player (or maybe second and second).
one title in 33 years.
your honor please strike this from the recordGolden State lost the Houston series when they failed to successfully capture game three. It is simply a matter of playing out the string at this point. Houston-Milwaukee Finals is the course we are headed.
Wonder how many Moreypoints the Rockets got screwed out of... 19.6?Goddamn Reddit is terrible for hot takes. Every other post every single post game thread is a complaint about the refs or a copy pasta.
Edit: Wow thanks for all the Updoots
Edit 2: thanks for Reddit gold!
My biggest concern is the 3 point shooting for the Nuggets. It was atrocious the last 2 games of the series.
-YTC
He was two assists away from a trippy dubbyCongrats to the Blazers. That was an awesome series and McCollum was great. Thoroughly deserved.
Lillard is an absolute fraud, doe. Complete grifter.
-YTC
He was two assists away from a trippy dubby
bOxScOrE tAkE
Dude was trash this game and most of the series. He shot well in 2 games, and was abjectly awful in the other 5 (except for when he grifts his way to the free throw line). If you take out the Denver blowout (the outlier of the series), he had a 0 plus/minus. For comparison sake, McCollum had a +17 plus/minus for the series. Lillard's 2 worst games of the series were both wins, because he was being carried by others. An absolute fraud in this series. Looked like 2017 Isaiah Thomas: a chucker who can't impact the game when his shot isn't falling and is a negative on the defensive end.
-YTC
He says “get Wrekt”
real quickSUNS get Monty. How am I supposed to feel bout this @Reel