ajnapoleon
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2 days rest is insane when you think about it
Did the Kobe disciple kyrie Irving have a bad finals performance due to …😳 no “mental toughness”🤯
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IsThatBrothaMouzone?
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Boston had enough perimeter defense and Dallas couldn't punish them in the paint. Celts were the best team all year and the most balanced overall. Jrue Holiday isn't a true #1 or #2 option but dude is that glue you need to win rings. Dallas might have taken this to 7 just adding Jrue.
Dallas is solid but they need Lively to keep developing, unload guys like THJ and add a very good 3 & D. They need someone who can get buckets without needing the ball but can also play defense....a Klay or Scottie type.
Dallas is solid but they need Lively to keep developing, unload guys like THJ and add a very good 3 & D. They need someone who can get buckets without needing the ball but can also play defense....a Klay or Scottie type.
The Celtics dismantled KD offensively two years ago and Kyrie this year.
When Beard was with the Nets, they smoked the Celtics and last year he put up two 40+ point games in two Ws against them as the second option before his number one let him down.
We're going to start a dialogue. (but don't quote me about how many points Harden had in games 6 and 7 last year, I don't care
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When Beard was with the Nets, they smoked the Celtics and last year he put up two 40+ point games in two Ws against them as the second option before his number one let him down.
We're going to start a dialogue. (but don't quote me about how many points Harden had in games 6 and 7 last year, I don't care
ajnapoleon
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Those klays types is hard to find
In fact thinking about it
Who playing right now is equal to pre injury klay
What this gotta do with Kobe? Aint like you can transfer mental toughness 
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That said, I dont think this is about his mental toughness. Everybody, including Kobe and Mike and whoever else, got a soft spot. I think its a matter of him actually feeling bad about how things went and ended in Boston moreso than him being rattled. A team full of bigger players that all are committed on the defensive end didnt help either.
.That said, I dont think this is about his mental toughness. Everybody, including Kobe and Mike and whoever else, got a soft spot. I think its a matter of him actually feeling bad about how things went and ended in Boston moreso than him being rattled. A team full of bigger players that all are committed on the defensive end didnt help either.
Kyrie’s worst move will always be tanking the Nets in my book. Him and Bron may have been able to make some more noise, but that Nets 3 woulda changed the narrative for all 3, and he just couldn’t get outta his own way. It’s not often you get 3 elite perimeter scorers who don’t overlap too much, and the numbers said they were the coldest nikkas ever on that side in the limited minutes togetherThe Celtics dismantled KD offensively two years ago and Kyrie this year.
When Beard was with the Nets, they smoked the Celtics and last year he put up two 40+ point games in two Ws against them as the second option before his number one let him down.
We're going to start a dialogue. (but don't quote me about how many points Harden had in games 6 and 7 last year, I don't care)
In The Zone '98
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But this is why I say Kobe was one of one
I think he let Boston rattle him
The mavs would have not beat the Celtics no matter what that team was built perfectly
But kyrie was rattled
Let Kobe live in peace. There were times where Kobe literally gave up during games. The man is a legend but his death has immortalized him and now it won’t be fair to player comparisons.
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steph_harden
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I would chalk it up to Boston just having too many good defenders to throw at him.
But he was kind of underwhelming the entire playoff run. He had some big games in every series...but disappeared for alot of them.
His whole playoff run was 22/5/4 on 45/39/86. Pretty decent but with the Cavs he was at 25/5/4 on 47/38/90.
He was clearly a more impactful playoff player on the Cavs which is confusing because he's supposed to be a better player now.
But he was kind of underwhelming the entire playoff run. He had some big games in every series...but disappeared for alot of them.
His whole playoff run was 22/5/4 on 45/39/86. Pretty decent but with the Cavs he was at 25/5/4 on 47/38/90.
He was clearly a more impactful playoff player on the Cavs which is confusing because he's supposed to be a better player now.
When you get locked up, you really get locked upWhere was the skill that should have been able to overcome?
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...on the otherside of the pond
I wonder if kyrie on that
“We are the real native Americans never was African’s” wave
Tariq stuff
I mean do what you do but kyrie is a strange one
He seems like a good hearted person tho
But those kicks was wild
I'm willing to bet he is on the indigenous wave.
I also wonder when all of this "enlightment" started with him.
Definitely seems like a good dude, just different lol
It's actually symbolic of each dude. Talent is unquestionable. Mental is all questions. If it wasn't the pandemic it was gonna be something else. Every team they ever been on got coulda, wouldas. Kyrie left Bron, KD left Steph, and Harden...well Harden was on 3 different teams in like a year and a half. Between those 3, trust me, they woulda found something
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