Because the Bucks are much better than the Bulls?
They'll be fine if Dillon Brooks comes back healthy. He's their best perimeter defender last season.
Because they shot like shit yesterday and were on fire against a lousier team today whose best player went down after 5 mins.
Not to mention the Nets just annihilated the Bulls with a fully healthy LaVine so it kind of takes the luster off the win.
Fair enough. Although Chicago are nowhere near as good as Milwaukee, I still don't think there's that drastic a difference, but I didn't watch the game and didn't realize the LaVine barely played.
Yeah, it's why for all the talk about the parity in the East, I'll be surprised if any team other than the Bucks/Nets makes it to the Finals.
By (a) playing much better and (b) playing a worse team.
You guys talk as if Miami plays in the WNBA. I wont say much but the Heat will take out one of the Bucks and Nets if not both. Its obvious most on here don't watch Miami games.
I like Spo but nobody's winning a championship with Jimmy Butler as the best player on the team.
Malcolm Gladwell actually did an interesting podcast on effectively this question several years ago. Discussing how basketball is a “strong link” sport (who has the best player usually wins) vs a “weak link” sport (whoever has the worst player usually loses). He’s talking a lot about whether you should focus on improving the best or worst school in a region, but the discussion on why basketball is that way vs something like ice hockey is very interesting.
That's an interesting statement for a Suns fan to make since the strength of your team relies on the skill of your players as a whole and the way they fit together rather than one true superstar. Devin Booker is a very good player but he's probably not top 10 on most people's player rankings. Chris Paul is a sure fire HOFer but even he would admit he's on the downside of his career. I would actually argue that Jimmy Butler is probably as good a player as anybody on your roster yet it wouldn't surprise me at all to see the Suns win it all even without a top 5 player. I also dont think it would be that big a surprise if the Heat pulled an upset or two and did the same.
Think Pistons 04, it's not about the best player on the team but more about the performance of the whole team including the bench. Miami is probably the deepest team in the league with Herro avg 21 points off the bench and Oladipo coming back. Second in the East with Bam out for 20 games and Butler too, Morris has missed most of the season too but still the Heat have have won 8 of the last 10 and beat the Bulls twice, beat the Suns, beat the Bucks just to name a few. Yurtseven has been a great find, double double machine, Strus is a sniper, Duncan picking up form, Caleb Martin has been amazing so take them lightly at your peril.
I'm biased, but Booker and CP3 are better than Jimmy
I would actually argue that the Warriors are the deepest team in the league but either way when the playoffs come around those rosters become a whole lot shorter. I do think the Heat have a punchers chance to upset the odds and as I said previously it wouldn't shock me too much if they did. However, I still believe the most likely scenario is for either the Bucks or Nets to come out of the East.
We'll see, but i still have the Bucks and Nets as the clear favourites for the East especially come playoffs time when every team including the Heat will tighten their rotations.
It's funny but deserved. LeBron mortgaged the future at the expense of the present and the present sucks.
We sold our soul for a chip, I feel like I mention this every other page but I don't understand how we now have the team that we do. Even when we picked up Lebron we could have had:It's funny but deserved. LeBron mortgaged the future at the expense of the present and the present sucks.
Schadenfreude!
Only future LeBron cares about is his own, but the ring was probably worth it for most Lakers fans.It's funny but deserved. LeBron mortgaged the future at the expense of the present and the present sucks.
Schadenfreude!
And thanks to the deal they did to acquire Westbrook they have basically zero way of changing that roster for the next 2 years outside of free agents who want to take minimum contracts. And all three players they traded for Westbrook are actually better fits for that team.
The deal for AD basically did not work out perfectly for either side I think. NO let Lonzo go for nothing, Ingram has developed nicely but is still not a top player, Hart is just about a decent rotation player and picks have been rather average so far. They do have some picks quite far out in the future though that may end up looking tasty. On Lakers side they got a championship but on the other hand seem to have no future way to build around Davis.
Jimmy 2022 is not going to be prime Jimmy, injuries has taken its toll.I'm biased, but Booker and CP3 are better than Jimmy
And they have a lot more help than Jimmy. I swear the Heats roster are made up of random 2K regens.
I think Suns and Heat are kind of on the same boat when it comes to squad depth to be honest. It's a bunch of players you would not normally expect to be that good but somehow they are.I'm biased, but Booker and CP3 are better than Jimmy
And they have a lot more help than Jimmy. I swear the Heats roster are made up of random 2K regens.
Steph might be in a bit of a slump but when he's not there the Dubs are not the same team. Draymond too. Having said that I think the poor run is as much to do with who is playing. Klay will eventually be a huge plus to the team but at the moment players are trying to adjust to him being on the floor and he is trying to adjust to them. I think that is causing some disruption to the team as a whole. It will come good eventually but it's going to take some time. As you say we (hopefully) have some winnable games coming up and they can use those to help figure out what works and what doesn't.
That one had some feelings behind it.
