Ebony & Ivory with Burning Sage vs. Lucky Charms & Unicorns Colliding on Flat Earth | Official Mavericks (#5) vs. Celtics (#1) 2024 NBA Finals Thread
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Bucks didnt even make it to Boston. nikkas aint even make it to rd 2 for the 2nd year in a row. Giannis aint even make it to round 1. They got way bigger issues than Jrue ending up in Boston.
If you can get Dame for Jrue you make that trade. Jrue is not equipped to be a running mate. Milwaukee suffers the same fate with him there...just like last year. He is more than qualified to be a 3rd or 4th option that gets to focus on defense. Thats actually the perfect rolr for him, especially at his age. Any of the final four from last year add him alone for the song that Boston did and they are probably here (barring injury of course). Then you add Porzingis.
Point is we cant start this "why did Milwaukee trade/give up on Jrue?" narrative like Milwaukee wasnt trading for Dame or as if Jrue is being asked to do what he was being asked to do in Milwaukee.
But that’s exactly the point. They made the trade just to end up in the same position and in the process made the team they were trying to compete with better.
I don’t think it was a bad decision to try to make the trade but I also don’t think questioning whether they would have second thoughts in hindsight is too far fetched either
cartierhoe
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Yeah I questioned if Milwaukee still makes the Jrue/Dame deal knowing he eventually goes to Boston during the regular season. Coming off that Heat series last year I could see why they'd want to but how it ended up turning out is the worst possible outcome for them. Milwaukee somehow ended up with the short end of the stick by helping their main EC rival twofold because Jrue has nowhere near the level of responsibility he had with the Bucks.
OGBobbyJohnson
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We also cant forget Miami was the frontrunner for Dame. So that move was also made in part to keep him from the squad that had just embarrassed them. With Dame they probably arent in the playin...Jimmy doesnt get hurt in the playin and who knows what they do. Then its "how could you let Jrue Holiday hold up a Dame trade?"
This thing could be flipped any way based on the result.Through a schadenfreude lens I can see it. But I dont see how you are even tripping when you couldnt even get there. Like if MIL gets to the ECF and Jrue clamps Dame thats one thing. But when things are as messy as they are looking for MIL right now I don't see how you could even begin to look elsewhere. But maybe thats just me and how I view things
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Bigblackted4
Superstar
He was dog shyt but it never gets talked about
Bigblackted4
Superstar
You should have said 3/4s at least make it a real joke
General Mills
More often than not I tend to take that L.
Why don’t I remember this?
William Heavy
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Tillman, Kornet, and Brissett all need to get ready mentally for these next games. Hauser had a great game 1 but went back to terrible in game 2, He needs to shoot up to his standard. Tatum is due for his shooting percentage to go up isn't it? isn't it?
He inherited the team from Ime… So call Ime the best coach
Joe has them playing a whole different offense, the best efficiency in NBA history plus they’re #2 on defense. Mazzulla coaches nothing like Ime.
People like to discredit Joe because he has a great team but Ime had a great team as well.
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Jrue and the Celtics are perfect for each other. They don’t have to constantly lean on him to produce offensively, him being hot is a plus. They’re probably the most balanced, deep team in the league.
White’s talent/skill/experience is enough, but Jrue’s talent/skill/experience shoring up the backcourt makes them nightmare to deal with.
White and Jrue are like having two the same player. Both plug holes, cover the teams backcourt weaknesses while also adjusting to compliment each others games.
They allow KP, Brown, and Tatum to basically do whatever the fukk they want without having to worry so much and the little things, plus second and third chances. All they have to do is work on their assignment a little and get buckets because everybody is able to cover each other in some way.
Dallas winning this is a miracle waiting to happen, but I’m still feeling like Joe Mazzula will end this season as the youngest head coach to win the chip.
