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Giannis and Devin Booker duo ftw
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Suggesting LeBron was DWade’s Pippen. 
35Ventures media surrogates sowing discord too. Nasty.
35Ventures media surrogates sowing discord too. Nasty.
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Them ****** call too many fouls
How NYC’s scrappy street ball shaped the NBA’s most showstopping moves
NYC’s hard-edged, sharp-elbowed iteration of basketball, as practiced on courts in schoolyards, parks and projects, is celebrated in “City/Game: Basketball in New York.”nypost.com
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HEHE.
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Did OKC win last night or something?
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Suggesting LeBron was DWade’s Pippen.
2011 he was
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6pm tonight the best player in the world back on your TV sets check your local listings
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Harden getting praised for blocking a guy who would've airballed if he was left open. I'm allowing a 24 hour grace period for cp3 slurpy
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You refering to the team mates or the stars with the last point?
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Suggesting LeBron was DWade’s Pippen.
Word.
In 2011 he was Wade's Ron Harper
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i mean, it's facts. chris paul did his thing this year. that's a big feat.
he just didn't have the support to be able to continue
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For the teammates, the groove is out of sync, they seem to not know if and when they are getting the rock. The lead player has so much on his plate, then at that size during the end of the game, he often does not get the easiest bucket. Due to possible fatigue and D, they’ll rely on the three with everyone standing around.
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I know exactly why a lot of people in this thread, who hated on Harden before, are his biggest fans now
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Steph curry isn’t playing tonight
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LOL he cost Wade a Finals MVP with that pathetic performance. He didn't have it mentally yet.
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Random but this interaction has me in tears man
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You can't be the best player on the planet & get outplayed by Jason Terry for the championship
... This was the closest i've ever seen to one superstar being responsible for his teams loss.
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Chris Paul is an all time great point guard, on the back end of his career. Still good. Still contributes to wins. Him and the thunder over achieved this year. That happens from time to time with great players.
This is being celebrated as like his greatest accomplishment. And It isn’t
The conversations in basketball now are mostly about who is “carrying a team” (to ultimately L’s). And hypotheticals. And switch player A & B. And Player movement. The culture isn’t about winning or teams really. Yeah...they won.....BUT only because of injuries/talent is more of a slight than somebody putting up big stats with a competent team, but ultimately not winning.
It’s just the nature of it right now.
I disagree and I think you're proving my point. There's nothing wrong with praising him for his performance this year. He exceeded expectations. That doesn't change the lob city clippers and how they couldn't reach a WCF, or how he got to the rockets and got to the WCF but got hurt. Even when comparing, you can take into account the context of the individual seasons you're talking about.
With regards to your comment about what people remember more fondly, I agree to an extent. On one hand, there's literally no comparison to be made in getting to game 7 of the WCF and leading an underdog to a game 7 in the first round. On the other hand, and going to my earlier point, we need to be able to have a nuanced conversation and think about the context of each. The rockets were a top 3 team in the NBA that season and one of the only real threats to the warriors. the rockets steamrolling minnesota and utah on the way is great and he had some good moments along the way.
But people love an underdog story. This year's thunder team was predicted to tank, widely regarded as damaged goods, speculated that they'd miss the playoffs, end up trading everyone, and completely rebuild. last season was the 2nd year in a row CP personally only played 58 games, last year being more injury than just load management. CP shot his worst field goal percentage of his entire career last year. in the playoffs, he averaged 17/6/6 on 45/27/84. By all accounts, he looked absolutely washed. He changed his diet, and had a very productive bounce back year and exceeded expectations. For Chris Paul, in year 15, after looking washed in year 14, with a team that everyone thought was going to tank, he had a good year. It's ok acknowledge that but, and correct me if I'm wrong, it sounds like you're wanting to dismiss his performance this season and whatabout the rest of his career. Yes, the bar is lowered, because context necessitates lowering the bar for him this year, unless you think this team is supposed to compete for a title.
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