I don’t disagree with the NBA rule but in terms of sportsmanship(hitting an injured players injury) that’s a whole other thing.
I do want to know is if Stephen is dealing with some thumb ligaments issue or something else possibly? I can’t find anything that states anything about the injury other than it’s something he’s been dealing with.
There's a difference between attacking a weakness, and overtly trying to re-injure somebody.
Example I would use is a player with a broken rib.
Easily fair game:
Get them switched onto your biggest player in the post, and physically back them down.
Force them to run around a bunch of screens
Questionable:
Sneakly elbows in a rebounding scrum
Way out of bounds:
As they're running down the floor, have somebody run up behind them and surprise shoulder slam into their broken rib.
The refs are supposed to call nothing on the "fair game" stuff, call common fouls on the questionable stuff that's actual fouls, and should really be calling flagrant fouls on the way out of bounds stuff. Flagrant fouls should be reserved for deliberate non-basketball moves, and when everybody knows a guy is injured, you really shouldn't be giving the benefit of the doubt to guys blatantly targeting that injury in a non-basketball way.
In Steph's case, if the Rockets contest a shot with a normal contest, they're going to hit his arm/hand sometimes... it happens. Can't take that away from them. However, if somebody is going to wind up and swing nowhere near the ball obviously aiming to get arm/hand after the release, the refs can and should call a flagrant on that if, and only if, they identify it as a non-basketball play. Compare Dillon Brooks whacking GP2 in the head from behind vs. Jimmy Butler whacking Dillon Brooks' arm from behind. If you do it right, you can make a legit hard foul that's not a-holery level flagrant stuff.
Apples and oranges, but: Steph at 37 years old, 6’-2”, double and triple teamed by a vastly better defensive team, and with a totally jacked up thumb, is putting up 23.4 pts on .644 TS / 4.8 reb / 6.2 ast.
Notice how the Bucks make a lot of mistakes on defense in the video.
-Portis didn't step up to contest Haliburton when he was going for a game-tying shot in the 4th Q
-They allowed the Pacers to get a quick three after AJ Green missed a FT. Then the Bucks were forced to call a timeout when they couldn't inbound the ball cleanly.
-The ATO play was a disaster, which led to a turnover.
-Bucks had a foul to give, and the Bucks didn't foul Hali when he was driving to the basket for an and-one. Giannis wasn't also contesting Hali's shot, because he was concerned about the Pacer in the corner.
-Bucks were forced to burn another timeout when they couldn't get a clean inbound again.
-Trent Jr. had the basketball slip out of his hands in a crucial moment.
-Pacers ran the same play that got them FTs in the final seconds of the 4th Q, but they failed to defend it properly, leading to a game-winning shot by Hali.
Man, bballbreakdown never misses an opportunity to point out a Doc failure. Not that I mind watching, I don't think Doc is a very good coach either. Coach Nick just seems to find a particular pleasure in it more than other nba youtubers.
OT: Manchester United up 2-0 and the other team is down to 10 men. Nothing can possibly go wrong, can it lol? It not, it looks like two bottom-half EPL teams are going to be playing for a chance at next year's Champions League.
So, our team game-leading scorer of G5 was MOODY, with 25 pts in 24 minutes PT, off-the-bench, while shooting 50-42.9-100...while our only starter in double figures was STEPH with 13 pts in 23.5 minutes PT, while shooting 33.3-33.3-66.6....go figure...
When the Luka trade was first tweeted by Shams, I said to my family, "This is the best hack hoax because it works in the trade machine but it makes both teams worse so they wouldn't want to do it." Obviously I was wrong about the hoax, but I was right that (for this year) it made both teams worse.
Lakers weren’t a real finals contender either way. Don’t think they beat the Wolves with AD either, tbh. They could be a finals contender next year if they need up the frontcourt.
Mavs were a Finals contender, and now wouldn’t even project for the play in next year.
If AD stayed healthy and played 4 games at "peak AD making hella jumpers & some 3s, and patrolling the paint like a boss", then they can beat anybody... with an also healthy LeBron, and a real rotation around them (including a solid perimeter defender in Christie). It wouldn't necessarily have happened, but you don't have to squint too hard to envision it.
Wouldn't get my hopes up regarding "some 3s" - AD is a career 29.6% and his last five years (starting with this year and going backwards) he's shot 28.2, 27.1, 25.7, 18.6, and 27.0% on threes.
I'm (stupidly) sticking with my top-6 prediction for a healthy Mavs team next year. but if they have injury problems (likely), Kyrie leaves, or they can't improve their roster enough, it could get ugly(er) fast. They do have a lottery pick this year, though, and can move Gafford, etc if they want, now that they have AD.
I'll take any short bets on the Mavs. Most ACL's in the NBA are a minimum 12 month recovery. We've seen when players hurt it towards the end of one year, they miss the entire next year.
A great outcome would be if he returned to action by his 34th birthday in March next year. So he might have like 4-5 weeks of regular season play. Maybe he misses the whole season. But he's not gonna play half or 2/3.
So now you've got 50-60 games of 32 year old AD, a lottery pick, and whatever ballhandler you can trade Gafford for. It's grim. A healthy Kyrie as primary ballhandler is a lot to ask for a top 6 team. He's just been much more successful as your secondary playmaker.
That is getting you nowhere in the West. There might be some teams that drop off out of the top 6, but the Spurs will arrive next year. They're a top 6 team in the West for the forseeable future assuming Wemby's healthy.
It's not Jason Kidd's fault that they cast Doncic off and AD and Kyrie got hurt. He has gotten them to the NBA Finals and the WC Finals in the last three years.
Depends on how soon Kyrie heals, and how he looks when he’s back. That team fully healthy is nothing to sneeze at, it’s just that their “window” is like 2 years as opposed to the like 10 they had with Luka.
Window is already closed. ACL’s take at least a year for basketball players and Kyrie is 33. He’s gonna miss half the season. From a “what will he look like” perspective - it’s not quite Dame-level career is over, but it’s close. It was VERY questionable whether he could be the primary creator for a semi-contender. Partially why I thought the trade was crazy is I don’t think you’re winning multiple rounds with him being your main decision maker. Now off the injury that chance is zero.
When they made the trade they had this year and next year. Both years are toast.
Their best course would be to trade AD in the offseason because he’s 32 and they can’t risk that he gets hurt in a way that fully tanks his trade value.
More mildly interesting stuff from the vegas lines... Warriors are 4.5 point favorites for tomorrow's game, after being 4.5 underdogs in yesterday's game... and 2.5 point underdogs in Game 1. I guess G5 to G6 is expected to be a huge swing in a bunch of factors... which kinda makes sense, but is also a wildly high swing.
One takeaway from our awesome bench from this game that need carryover into game 6, is the toughness it exhibited, and particularly MOODY, TJD, AND, MOST OF ALL, THE DON'T TREAD ON ME BY SPENCER. Should give HOUSTON something to think about, as well as our starters/coaching staff...
Another related takeaway for me. Wasn’t sure before the series but I do want Pat ‘don’t call me Cam’ Spencer on the roster next year. Guy doesn’t get rattled nor intimidated by fake tough guys like Sengun.
I like him also...a lot...seems to have an internal 'ship pedigree...but, then. I liked MOODY also, yet it seems we are still trying to drag BUDDY along, only to unfailingly discover we are trying to build an elusive mirage mountain out of a mole hill.... he appears just long enough to keep you hoping...I still hope BUDDY proves me wrong, as I wanted to start him at SG from the beginning of the season, as I thought his consistent performance would be key to how deep a run we had in the playoffs...hey, hope dies last...
KERR has some rotation adjustments to make before game 6 after this one...keenly-interested what the staff comes up with...particularly regarding MOODY and, even SPENCER utilization...
This is the same thing that Kidd said after we eliminated them in 2022... it's the same thing that all his professional coaches have said and will say until it happens. I don't think it's quite fat shaming, but that's just my perspective.
I can see your point tbh. I think it is fat shaming but the difference is in professional sports I think that is a valid strategy as sufficient physical condition is a job requirement.
But yeah when someone calls someone else out in a press conference rather than behind closed doors, hard to argue that shaming them into changing isn’t part of the motivation. When Kerr called Podz out earlier this season that was certainly something he could have done behind closed doors but he felt doing it in public would be more effective and part of that effectiveness is presumably the shame aspect.
I don't think it's fat-shaming. No one is disparaging Luka for what he /looks/ like. Rather, he is a professional who is paid handsomely to perform at the highest level. Anything he does that keeps him from doing that is fair game, IMO. They shouldn't call him a fat slob; they shouldn't poke fun at his weight. But saying that he needs to get in championship shape (even publicly) should be uncontroversial IMO. YMMV.
It's not fat shaming if it's speaking to lack of his offseason effort, and I still think it's speaking to effort more than the presence of fat in his body. Luka can have biology that makes it impossible for him to get to 5% body fat 6-pack, etc. That's fine, "championship shape" can mean different things for different people. Jokic is in championship shape. He's not a super cut dude, but he clearly works to be in the best shape he can. If the coaches around him are observing Luka half ass his training, and come into camp out of shape *for him*, then he's not getting in championship shape. Luka isn't a software engineer, his performance is entirely physical, and half of his performance is heavily driven by how quickly he can move his body and how long he can hold up that effort level. I can see how someone can read it as "fat shaming", but I read it differently.
This gets a bit philosophical or semantic. I don't quite consider JJ-Luka to be fat shaming because to my mind typical fat-shaming in our culture is about an individual's appearance being correlated to attractiveness or to character.
I oppose universals like "If you're heavy you're ugly" and I oppose "If you're heavy you're lazy." And I certainly imagine that others here agree on that.
But this is different. This is "If you're that doughy, you can't play basketball well." And that just seems accurate. I don't know why Luka isn't in basketball shape and I don't really care to know. I would guess JJ doesn't care why. Is it because Luka is lazy and likes donuts, or because he's going through a family crisis, or has a genetic disposition? It doesn't really matter why. If you can with reasonable effort get fit and be a better player and teammate, then your coach is well within bounds to say "do that."
>>>Luka on playing with LeBron and Reeves: "Its tough to get that chemistry on the court without any practices, so I'm really excited to have a preseason with those two...when Kyrie got traded to the mavs we didn't really connect on the court [until] we had a preseason together"<<<
Well, LUKA need realize that when he begins his penetration and the defense collapses on him, he is big enough to get a a 3pt pass through the defense to an OPEN REAVES or other teammate at the perimeter, elbows, or the corners, rather than ISO-bull his way all the way to the rim. Passing to open 3pt shooters while penetrating is a skill set that every PG need have these days...3 pts are more than 2...he does not do enough of it...KYRIE has the same shortcoming in DALLAS, but his size makes it more difficult to get those passes through...together, as iso-penetrating guards finishing to the rim they were awesome....while the open perimeter 3pt shooters stood and watched...
People are really dumping on JJ Redick for the Laker's failures this year and while he still has lots to learn in the head coaching game he was far from being the problem IMO.
Pistons up 61-59 at halftime
Bballbreakdown: The Real Reason The Timberwolves Beat The Lakers | 2025 NBA Playoffs Game 5
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwLDYdMkydM
So with all the reddit posts highlighting Steph’s thumb, do any of yall know what kind of injury he is dealing with?
All the Reddit posts might be because of this:
https://www.mercurynews.com/2025/05/01/steph-curry-thumb-foul-rockets-nba-rules/?share=kebm2lwhee2cb2srtwwc
I don’t disagree with the NBA rule but in terms of sportsmanship(hitting an injured players injury) that’s a whole other thing.
I do want to know is if Stephen is dealing with some thumb ligaments issue or something else possibly? I can’t find anything that states anything about the injury other than it’s something he’s been dealing with.
There's a difference between attacking a weakness, and overtly trying to re-injure somebody.
Example I would use is a player with a broken rib.
Easily fair game:
Get them switched onto your biggest player in the post, and physically back them down.
Force them to run around a bunch of screens
Questionable:
Sneakly elbows in a rebounding scrum
Way out of bounds:
As they're running down the floor, have somebody run up behind them and surprise shoulder slam into their broken rib.
The refs are supposed to call nothing on the "fair game" stuff, call common fouls on the questionable stuff that's actual fouls, and should really be calling flagrant fouls on the way out of bounds stuff. Flagrant fouls should be reserved for deliberate non-basketball moves, and when everybody knows a guy is injured, you really shouldn't be giving the benefit of the doubt to guys blatantly targeting that injury in a non-basketball way.
In Steph's case, if the Rockets contest a shot with a normal contest, they're going to hit his arm/hand sometimes... it happens. Can't take that away from them. However, if somebody is going to wind up and swing nowhere near the ball obviously aiming to get arm/hand after the release, the refs can and should call a flagrant on that if, and only if, they identify it as a non-basketball play. Compare Dillon Brooks whacking GP2 in the head from behind vs. Jimmy Butler whacking Dillon Brooks' arm from behind. If you do it right, you can make a legit hard foul that's not a-holery level flagrant stuff.
yup, totally agree
I doubt we'll know anything until after the playoffs.
Makes sense
>>>Jaden McDaniels finished the series against the Lakers averaging 17.4 PPG and 6.4 RPG on 57/38/85 shooting splits (65.2 TS%)<<<
https://old.reddit.com/r/nba/comments/1kckc08/jaden_mcdaniels_finished_the_series_against_the/
Apples and oranges, but: Steph at 37 years old, 6’-2”, double and triple teamed by a vastly better defensive team, and with a totally jacked up thumb, is putting up 23.4 pts on .644 TS / 4.8 reb / 6.2 ast.
TBH I'm going to be really disappointed if we come flat tomorrow after our bench put up that fight to close out the game. Have to carry that over.
The Doc Rivers Effect? Bucks Implode vs Pacers in Game 5
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eASD_06sjiM
Notice how the Bucks make a lot of mistakes on defense in the video.
-Portis didn't step up to contest Haliburton when he was going for a game-tying shot in the 4th Q
-They allowed the Pacers to get a quick three after AJ Green missed a FT. Then the Bucks were forced to call a timeout when they couldn't inbound the ball cleanly.
-The ATO play was a disaster, which led to a turnover.
-Bucks had a foul to give, and the Bucks didn't foul Hali when he was driving to the basket for an and-one. Giannis wasn't also contesting Hali's shot, because he was concerned about the Pacer in the corner.
-Bucks were forced to burn another timeout when they couldn't get a clean inbound again.
-Trent Jr. had the basketball slip out of his hands in a crucial moment.
-Pacers ran the same play that got them FTs in the final seconds of the 4th Q, but they failed to defend it properly, leading to a game-winning shot by Hali.
Man, bballbreakdown never misses an opportunity to point out a Doc failure. Not that I mind watching, I don't think Doc is a very good coach either. Coach Nick just seems to find a particular pleasure in it more than other nba youtubers.
4 straight Haliburton layups unchallenged after the 1st defender, down the middle...interior defense backup absent...
OT: Manchester United up 2-0 and the other team is down to 10 men. Nothing can possibly go wrong, can it lol? It not, it looks like two bottom-half EPL teams are going to be playing for a chance at next year's Champions League.
Come On You Spurs!
That is European ''futball'' for ya...
So, our team game-leading scorer of G5 was MOODY, with 25 pts in 24 minutes PT, off-the-bench, while shooting 50-42.9-100...while our only starter in double figures was STEPH with 13 pts in 23.5 minutes PT, while shooting 33.3-33.3-66.6....go figure...
To be fair, he was mostly going up against Houston's 2nd and 3rd string units.
That is fair; and he did it so well, they had to insert their starting unit, and, then, he did it against them, also....
Wins since the end of the regular season: Lakers 1, Mavs 1
When the Luka trade was first tweeted by Shams, I said to my family, "This is the best hack hoax because it works in the trade machine but it makes both teams worse so they wouldn't want to do it." Obviously I was wrong about the hoax, but I was right that (for this year) it made both teams worse.
Lakers weren’t a real finals contender either way. Don’t think they beat the Wolves with AD either, tbh. They could be a finals contender next year if they need up the frontcourt.
Mavs were a Finals contender, and now wouldn’t even project for the play in next year.
If AD stayed healthy and played 4 games at "peak AD making hella jumpers & some 3s, and patrolling the paint like a boss", then they can beat anybody... with an also healthy LeBron, and a real rotation around them (including a solid perimeter defender in Christie). It wouldn't necessarily have happened, but you don't have to squint too hard to envision it.
Wouldn't get my hopes up regarding "some 3s" - AD is a career 29.6% and his last five years (starting with this year and going backwards) he's shot 28.2, 27.1, 25.7, 18.6, and 27.0% on threes.
38% in 21 games in the bubble!
I'm (stupidly) sticking with my top-6 prediction for a healthy Mavs team next year. but if they have injury problems (likely), Kyrie leaves, or they can't improve their roster enough, it could get ugly(er) fast. They do have a lottery pick this year, though, and can move Gafford, etc if they want, now that they have AD.
I'll take any short bets on the Mavs. Most ACL's in the NBA are a minimum 12 month recovery. We've seen when players hurt it towards the end of one year, they miss the entire next year.
A great outcome would be if he returned to action by his 34th birthday in March next year. So he might have like 4-5 weeks of regular season play. Maybe he misses the whole season. But he's not gonna play half or 2/3.
So now you've got 50-60 games of 32 year old AD, a lottery pick, and whatever ballhandler you can trade Gafford for. It's grim. A healthy Kyrie as primary ballhandler is a lot to ask for a top 6 team. He's just been much more successful as your secondary playmaker.
That is getting you nowhere in the West. There might be some teams that drop off out of the top 6, but the Spurs will arrive next year. They're a top 6 team in the West for the forseeable future assuming Wemby's healthy.
That's a pretty optimistic outlook for the Mavs with Kyrie sure to be out for most of the regular season with his ACL tear
If they do not get a new coach, they will struggle to make the playoffs with the roster they have...
It's not Jason Kidd's fault that they cast Doncic off and AD and Kyrie got hurt. He has gotten them to the NBA Finals and the WC Finals in the last three years.
True, although I think they go ALL IN(tm) to try and save face. It'll be interesting to see who they can get with relatively limited assets.
They have some good personnel....they simply are poorly coached...
Depends on how soon Kyrie heals, and how he looks when he’s back. That team fully healthy is nothing to sneeze at, it’s just that their “window” is like 2 years as opposed to the like 10 they had with Luka.
Window is already closed. ACL’s take at least a year for basketball players and Kyrie is 33. He’s gonna miss half the season. From a “what will he look like” perspective - it’s not quite Dame-level career is over, but it’s close. It was VERY questionable whether he could be the primary creator for a semi-contender. Partially why I thought the trade was crazy is I don’t think you’re winning multiple rounds with him being your main decision maker. Now off the injury that chance is zero.
When they made the trade they had this year and next year. Both years are toast.
Their best course would be to trade AD in the offseason because he’s 32 and they can’t risk that he gets hurt in a way that fully tanks his trade value.
>>>Steven Adams-Alperen Sengun lineups have outscored the Warriors by a total of 31 points in 54 minutes.
In those minutes, the Warriors have scored only 0.85 points per possession.<<<
https://bsky.app/profile/joeviraynba.bsky.social/post/3lo3j4iuyrn2q
Time to throw TJD/SPENCER at them for a few minutes....lol
More mildly interesting stuff from the vegas lines... Warriors are 4.5 point favorites for tomorrow's game, after being 4.5 underdogs in yesterday's game... and 2.5 point underdogs in Game 1. I guess G5 to G6 is expected to be a huge swing in a bunch of factors... which kinda makes sense, but is also a wildly high swing.
One takeaway from our awesome bench from this game that need carryover into game 6, is the toughness it exhibited, and particularly MOODY, TJD, AND, MOST OF ALL, THE DON'T TREAD ON ME BY SPENCER. Should give HOUSTON something to think about, as well as our starters/coaching staff...
I really hope Spencer gets an audition in the rotation. We need his ball-handling and aggressiveness going to the cup.
Who do you ant him taking minutes from, Podz or Steph? There’s the rub.
If Houston actually game plans for him it will be letting him shoot, not sure if Spencer can do that otherwise he’d probably be in the league already
He is a sparkplug alright, and should get a better look...he may be a lot more useful than utilization at garbage time/game decided...
Another related takeaway for me. Wasn’t sure before the series but I do want Pat ‘don’t call me Cam’ Spencer on the roster next year. Guy doesn’t get rattled nor intimidated by fake tough guys like Sengun.
I want Knox too.
I like him also...a lot...seems to have an internal 'ship pedigree...but, then. I liked MOODY also, yet it seems we are still trying to drag BUDDY along, only to unfailingly discover we are trying to build an elusive mirage mountain out of a mole hill.... he appears just long enough to keep you hoping...I still hope BUDDY proves me wrong, as I wanted to start him at SG from the beginning of the season, as I thought his consistent performance would be key to how deep a run we had in the playoffs...hey, hope dies last...
KERR has some rotation adjustments to make before game 6 after this one...keenly-interested what the staff comes up with...particularly regarding MOODY and, even SPENCER utilization...
LOL. The Luka fat shaming is universal now.
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“During his end of season remarks, JJ Redick, without naming names, says the roster must "get in championship shape" during the offseason.”
This is the same thing that Kidd said after we eliminated them in 2022... it's the same thing that all his professional coaches have said and will say until it happens. I don't think it's quite fat shaming, but that's just my perspective.
I consider it fat shaming only because it's being said to the public.
I can see your point tbh. I think it is fat shaming but the difference is in professional sports I think that is a valid strategy as sufficient physical condition is a job requirement.
But yeah when someone calls someone else out in a press conference rather than behind closed doors, hard to argue that shaming them into changing isn’t part of the motivation. When Kerr called Podz out earlier this season that was certainly something he could have done behind closed doors but he felt doing it in public would be more effective and part of that effectiveness is presumably the shame aspect.
What makes you think the conversation hasn’t happened behind closed doors?
I'm sure it has, to an extent it can.
I don't think it's fat-shaming. No one is disparaging Luka for what he /looks/ like. Rather, he is a professional who is paid handsomely to perform at the highest level. Anything he does that keeps him from doing that is fair game, IMO. They shouldn't call him a fat slob; they shouldn't poke fun at his weight. But saying that he needs to get in championship shape (even publicly) should be uncontroversial IMO. YMMV.
It's not fat shaming if it's speaking to lack of his offseason effort, and I still think it's speaking to effort more than the presence of fat in his body. Luka can have biology that makes it impossible for him to get to 5% body fat 6-pack, etc. That's fine, "championship shape" can mean different things for different people. Jokic is in championship shape. He's not a super cut dude, but he clearly works to be in the best shape he can. If the coaches around him are observing Luka half ass his training, and come into camp out of shape *for him*, then he's not getting in championship shape. Luka isn't a software engineer, his performance is entirely physical, and half of his performance is heavily driven by how quickly he can move his body and how long he can hold up that effort level. I can see how someone can read it as "fat shaming", but I read it differently.
Did I read somewhere that Joker smokes cigarettes?
I hadn't really considered the possibility of a Serbian NOT smoking, but I guess it could happen.
This gets a bit philosophical or semantic. I don't quite consider JJ-Luka to be fat shaming because to my mind typical fat-shaming in our culture is about an individual's appearance being correlated to attractiveness or to character.
I oppose universals like "If you're heavy you're ugly" and I oppose "If you're heavy you're lazy." And I certainly imagine that others here agree on that.
But this is different. This is "If you're that doughy, you can't play basketball well." And that just seems accurate. I don't know why Luka isn't in basketball shape and I don't really care to know. I would guess JJ doesn't care why. Is it because Luka is lazy and likes donuts, or because he's going through a family crisis, or has a genetic disposition? It doesn't really matter why. If you can with reasonable effort get fit and be a better player and teammate, then your coach is well within bounds to say "do that."
> "If you're that doughy, you can't play basketball well."
And I think it's actually "If you're that laterally slow, and tire that quickly, you can still play basketball well, but not at a championship level."
Sure. A fair refinement of the general statement.
They lost the game, but not their confidence. Let's close out the series on Friday.
https://old.reddit.com/r/warriors/comments/1kc4pgx/im_confused_we_did_lose_right/
>>>Luka on playing with LeBron and Reeves: "Its tough to get that chemistry on the court without any practices, so I'm really excited to have a preseason with those two...when Kyrie got traded to the mavs we didn't really connect on the court [until] we had a preseason together"<<<
https://old.reddit.com/r/nba/comments/1kca0gz/luka_on_playing_with_lebron_and_reeves_its_tough/
Well, LUKA need realize that when he begins his penetration and the defense collapses on him, he is big enough to get a a 3pt pass through the defense to an OPEN REAVES or other teammate at the perimeter, elbows, or the corners, rather than ISO-bull his way all the way to the rim. Passing to open 3pt shooters while penetrating is a skill set that every PG need have these days...3 pts are more than 2...he does not do enough of it...KYRIE has the same shortcoming in DALLAS, but his size makes it more difficult to get those passes through...together, as iso-penetrating guards finishing to the rim they were awesome....while the open perimeter 3pt shooters stood and watched...
LeBron even at 40-41 is still way better than Jaylen Brown, and Brown is making $60M a year, so…
People are really dumping on JJ Redick for the Laker's failures this year and while he still has lots to learn in the head coaching game he was far from being the problem IMO.