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    Tatum or Ant?

    Love the post. And it isn't just that he's taken a "step back": the whole offense is doing more with less. They do a ton of cool stuff with movement and screening that reduces the need for individual PnR/dribbling prowess, while yielding overall team offensive efficiency that guys like Luka can...
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    2023-2024 General NBA Season Thread

    Is the answer that they were pretty decent under Nurse, and that the new guy just isn't that good? 25th from 10-15 is a huge dropoff, although a lot of it came after the trades. They also didn't have Poeltl until post-deadline last year.
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    Derrick White, On-Off wizard

    It's just a matter of whether he'll accept the ~$30M/yr extension or not at this point. Cs will offer it. It's pretty clear that they are going to extend everyone they think is a value contract at their number, and then figure out the tax/apron situation once those extensions actually hit. I...
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    Who are you rooting for in the Play In Games?

    Yes, I'm bringing it up as "both sides" thing, in the specific sense that neither time has done much dirty to the other in awhile (particularly if you take out Lowry), while fans on both sides act like the other is the devil incarnate. It's all stuff like handchecking, illegal screens, etc. I...
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    Who are you rooting for in the Play In Games?

    I don't want to sidetrack the thread re-litigating this, so let me clarify my point, and then be done: - Jaylen did not injure Robinson in the slightest - Everyone here would have said it was insanely dirty had Robinson done it to Jaylen
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    Who are you rooting for in the Play In Games?

    And Jaylen sent Robinson a pretty strong message too, one that everyone here would have thought was the dirtiest thing ever had it been done by a Miami player. I get that everyone needs a villain, and I'd love to stomp the Heat, but the dirty stuff really isn't applicable to their current...
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    2023-24 Celtics

    Yeah, he really shouldn't be in the All-NBA convo imo, and wouldn't be, if people weren't really into triple-doubles.
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    Who are you rooting for in the Play In Games?

    Yeah, I just don't really see it with the Heat's current guys.
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    2023-24 Celtics

    JJ is also unique in the media that he understands basketball, not just narratives. (Plus Mazzulla interviewed him for an assistant job, so there's some rapport there clearly.)
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    2023-24 Celtics

    Orlando has been a great story, and I think that's a reasonable opinion. I personally prefer coaches who get more out of high-end rosters (think Kerr with the Warriors), just because I think that squeezing out that high-end is the hardest part of NBA basketball for players, coaches, and execs...
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    2023-24 Celtics

    Tatum and White are locks, as is Brad I think. If you go through the All-NBA names, it would be pretty surprising for Jaylen not to make 3rd team. He's also had a strong narrative push from ~everyone in the media post-ASB. Coach of the year really should be Daigneault or CJM imo, maybe Finch...
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    2023-2024 General NBA Season Thread

    To be clear, Denver would and should be massive favorites in that matchup.
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    2023-2024 General NBA Season Thread

    I don't think the Lakers would have a great shot to do it, but am I insane for wanting them to win the play-in game and then beat Denver? I don't think they'd make it through the rest of the west gauntlet, and it would be awesome to have the Nuggets out before the Finals.
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    2023-2024 General NBA Season Thread

    Gotta avoid the Sixers!
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    Pritchard Extended

    Yes, the exciting thing for me is that he's learning (rapidly) how to get his shot off in the midrange and near the rim against NBA length and athleticism. He was wayyy too easy to guard previously: he would either shoot a 3, pass, or dribble unthreateningly under the basket and pass to the...
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