Shouldn't the prize be a helicopter?
His flight was delayed.Kobe didn’t even have the decency to show up and hand out the MVP award.
I'm a defense guy too, but there's enough defense in the game to keep it interesting. The Jay shootout at the OK Corral was awesome. The long stretch of shotmaking by Team Giannis (not just Tatum, but Mitchell and Dame also) was so absurd that it alone merits watching. You'll know it when you see it. If you took a video of this game back in time 40 years, you'd think that it was a big budget Hollywood film with a hundred takes on each shot. Completely asinine and well worth it the watch.I almost never watch these games anymore as they evolved over the decades into efenseless (sic) exhibitions. Watching a game with no D is not an enjoyable pastime for me. So I watched an old Netflix series and checked the score and saw late in the 3rd it was like 160-145 and I laughed and wondered if 200 was doable.
However, I find myself this AM wanting to watch the 3rd qtr mano a mano J on J dick swing.
It sounds like the purist in me shoulda picked and rolled to the ASG hoop last night.
I do love how the National NBA media made that a thing 2years ago. Then those same folks are like remember when Boston was questioning if Brown and Tatum could co-exist?The whole Can Tatum and Brown Co-Exist With Each Other narrative has really taken a beating, hasn’t it?
I mean, the mutual resentment isn’t exactly palpable.
I was working for Turner Broadcasting in 1997 here in Detroit and we took a bunch of clients to that All Star Game. One of the gifts was a Columbia NBA on TNT lined winter jacket which I still have and wear often. An employee at Five Guys offered me $50 for it and I told him NFW. Hard to believe it is 25 years old.View: https://streamable.com/v1jvr8
If NBC ends up winning the broadcast rights to the NBA. Hopefully they can bring back the above
Joe gets it.Because of who Jaylen and Jayson are, you have to allow them to empower themselves for their individual legacy," Mazzulla said. "I think it's important for them, it's important for our team, it's important for our organization. So to watch Jayson go after a legacy like that was really awesome ... I'm glad that he was able to achieve that."
1. Who is the NBA’s trash-talker?
Pat Beverley: 6
Draymond Green: 4
Udonis Haslem, Dillon Brooks, Joe Ingles, Damian Lillard, Memphis Grizzlies: 1
Bam Adebayo, Miami: “The obvious answer is Draymond, so I’m gonna say Draymond.”
Domantas Sabonis, Sacramento: “Nowadays everyone’s trash-talking, so I can’t even tell you.”
Jaren Jackson Jr., Memphis: “I know he’s not in the league anymore, but Joakim Noah was on my team, and the first time he came to practice, he was talking crazy to me. He was screaming at me and pounding the ball in my chest. It was great.”
Zion Williamson, New Orleans: “I’d have to say the entire Memphis Grizzlies team. They do it in like a collective way, you can’t help but respect it.”
Tyrese Haliburton, Indiana:“Maybe Pat (Beverley). I know a lot of these guys wouldn’t agree with that. He never stops talking, which is what the good guys do. So probably Pat Bev.”
Paul George, LA Clippers: “Pat Bev is undefeated at trash-talking.”
Kevin Huerter, Sacramento: “Think Pat Bev knows that’s his role, that’s his effect on the game, kind of junking it up and get guys off their game.”
Jayson Tatum, Boston: “No doubt, Draymond.”
And this one may surprise some people here... except for Deuce's dad (LFG!)4. How many games should a player have to play to be MVP?
62: 4
No minimum: 3
42: 2
82: 1
75: 1
K.J. Martin, Houston: “That’s a tough question because I mean, a guy could play 75 percent of the season and have ridiculous numbers. It just depends. You have to play at least more than half the season. If you play less than half the season, you shouldn’t be in the conversation.”
Clarkson: “Early games, guys compete trying to get to the All-Star, and then after, in terms of the playoff push, maybe the last 15 games in terms of teams tanking and sit guys out – I think to that point those guys shouldn’t be chosen for those awards.”
Adebayo: “If a guy plays 50 games, but he’s the best player in those 50, it’s kind of hard to justify not giving it to him.”
De’Aaron Fox, Sacramento: “I’d say 65-ish (games). I don’t know the percentage of 65 out of 82.”
Haliburton: “I don’t think there should be a requirement. I think it’s overblown. I think the idea of having to set a game minimum, amount or whatever, I think is dumb. If this guy gets hurt, how can he control that? And if he’s the best player in the league that year, having the best year, what can you do? I think the voters take that into consideration.”
DeRozan: “All of them. All 82. … Minimum? 78.”
George:“I think if you play at least 75 to the full 82, it just says a lot about that particular player to be able to do it for that many games. To go that long into the season with consistency requires to just be healthy and available on a nightly basis. You got to play the majority of them.”
5. Besides yourself, is there a player in the league you’d love to see win a ring?
Damian Lillard: 3
Chris Paul: 3
Russell Westbrook: 2
Aaron Holiday, Devin Booker, Jonas Valančiūnas, Trae Young, Cade Cunningham, Luka Dončić, Bruno Fernando, Ja Morant: 1
Buddy Hield, Indiana: “Westbrook. Good dude, man. Lotta people give him a lot of crap. He’s a Hall of Famer. He doesn’t get the credit he deserves. A great dude and you can hear the way his teammates talk about him. The way the media portrays him isn’t accurate.”
Collin Sexton, Utah: “CP3. He’s one of those guys who comes in and does the work and never complains.”
Jrue Holiday, Milwaukee: “My older brother (Justin) won one with Golden State in 2015, I won one in 2021, and then my little brother would be next.”
Sabonis: “Jonas Valančiūnas, my fellow Lithuanian.”
Haliburton:“Probably CP, just because I’ve grown up watching him for so long and to see him get a ring would be dope.”
George: “Probably Russ. Just as much as he’s been through, as much – they paint the picture of him. He’s absolutely one of the best dudes, one of the best people in this league. And it would be nice to see him get decorated.”
Tatum:“Nah, nobody. I’ve gotta get one first.”
Nikola Jokić, Denver: “I’d have to say Luka because he’s such a good friend. That’s about it.”
Huerter: “I’d say Bruno Fernando. He’s my boy, a Maryland guy, we’re really close.”
Williamson: “Ja’s my guy. We grew up together. We were both on the same team and nobody knew us, and to see us both here now as All-Stars, it’s pretty crazy, so if there’s anybody outside of myself who I’d like to see a ring, it’s Ja.”
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Oklahoma City: “Chris Paul, for sure. Or my cousin, Nickeil (Alexander-Walker).”