Wouldn’t his response be, “It was rich!” These veteran players by the time they get out of their rookie deals realize that this is a business. Passing up tens of millions of dollars is almost always a bad business decision. That is why they hire agents/advisors to prevent their emotions from making bad business decisions.
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.
I had a similar thought about the C's in general. As it becomes more physical inside, having all 8 guys who can shoot becomes a real advantage.
Yes, which depends on having good shooters. We've also seen that in these playoffs, with mixed results. If the team has good shooters, or gets hot, it works. If not, it gets ugly fast.
Yes. I keep seeing over and over again hard closeouts, guy drives the closeout, and then gets MET at the rim. They are letting everything go there. This killed Phoenix, in particular.
The whole "PP can't play in the playoffs" thing is looking fairly wrong at this point. The new rules help, he got better, and I don't see how is contract isn't really really good value going forward.
Two huge shots for him - the one to take it from 9 to12 in the middle of the 4th quarter in Game 3 and the one that finally gave them a 10 point lead at the end of the third last night. Very nice to see.
Have to give some credit to Joe and the other guys on the team for the latter one. Huge, huge shot and Joe called #11.
This is especially true if, as people have commented in other threads (and is borne out by what we're seeing on the court), Cleveland's primary offensive approach is "shoot a shit-ton of threes and don't let Boston do that back." PP is REALLY good at sticking with his guy and harassing shooters.
