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Tatum would be looked at differently had they beat Miami the prior year and beat Denver. His team got better, he didn’t play great and they won. He probably never was a superstar star but he’s a great all star
And all the ant man aura won’t matter if they don’t repeat the team success and he levels up.
And all the ant man aura won’t matter if they don’t repeat the team success and he levels up.
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Fair Value =/= peanuts. He's an expiring so if he doesn't sign an extension then his value will drop.
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I see. thanks for the note. So August 6 is a big date then.
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So you suggesting something to promote the WNBA but woudnt even come for the WNBA game?
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Tatum wont be the face of the NBA simply because he's not good enough. You got to be levels above your competition for that. You have to have a certain feel for the game that Tatum has never had. Not at Duke, not as a Celtic. He's a great wing. Scores and defends. But he doesn't destroy defenses with his playmaking or rim pressure. He's not a freak athlete. And he's not the efficient sniper like KD. He's just a solid all around forward with a marketable face and team.
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Carmelo is kinda like the C-grade version of Tatum as a player, who also didn’t have as much “aura” as his contemporaries.
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C-grade is harsh. He never had a team as good as Tatum and the West was significantly harder during Melo's time.
Melo had some serious aura coming out of college though. If you have the DMV and then NYC behind you, you're pretty much good on the aura scale.
Compared to Lebron and Wade and even CP3 maybe, yea he wasnt up there.
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Carmelo is similar. When you are not a natural playmaker and cant get easy points at the rim your gonna hit a limit. You can only be so effective and consistent on pull up contested jumpers. Especially in the playoffs. I dont care how pretty your shot is.
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But Melo had way more "aura" than Tatum. Them shiny Denver jerseys went platinum in the streets.
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The aura actually going to make the turn on Ant even harsher if the Wolves don’t make the Finals sometime in the next few years.
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Saying Melo didn't have the aurora of his contemporaries is a disgusting production.
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West should be fun
Is a core of Ant/KAT/Gobert better than Fox/Derozan/Sabonis
Is a core of Ant/KAT/Gobert better than Fox/Derozan/Sabonis
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I heard a journalist who covers sports media on the radio yesterday say that he doesn’t believe NBA leadership is considering Inside to be a big factor in the broadcast rights negotiations. These new deals are for going to be for at least 10 years and there’s reason to question whether the current incarnation of Inside the NBA would last nearly that long even if TNT retained the rights.
Was interesting to hear that perspective and it makes sense to me from the NBA side of things.
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B- then? He’s not as good at Tatum at anything on a basketball court.
I like Melo a lot, but let’s not revise history.
EYE personally couldn’t care less about someone’s aura levels though. Just play well and win.
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Dwight Powell in Dallas for that long is
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Fixed.
Pretty sure he was still statistically the best player in the playoffs while seeing defense like this throughout
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Yea idc about aura either, you still get remembered for winning it all.
He's a better scorer though. Stats will probably show differently, not sure how many games Melo played in the new shot clock era.
Tatum's supporting cast was always better and he faced way less HOF'ers on most of their runs.
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Significantly
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Melo put the Knicks back on the map after a decade of mediocrity
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I thought Nembhradt definitely could’ve gotten more. He was very solid in the playoffs. Maybe he just wants to stay with the Pacers.
