NBA Playoffs, Round One
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SacTownKid
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If the Nets waltz to the title it will be a nice little asterisk on this whole era, haha. Man, I hate where the game is at right now. Go Bucks! Go Suns! Go Jazz! Go Nuggz! Go anyone else.
Well I mean even if they lose to Denver, you can't say he's overrated. He's averaging 26/5/5 in the playoffs and is an all star. That sounds about right to me. Nobody in their right mind would say Booker is top 5 overall in the league or a franchise changing superstar or anything like that. But he's definitely not just empty stat chucker on a bad team like some think/thought
... And all it took to change his reputation was an all-time great point guard.
When you say "while Chris Paul was out" do you mean one game?
Well let's not forget they put up a good run in the bubble too. But yes, great players make others better, surprise surprise.
Kingz19
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2006-2007 Miami Heat and Dallas Mavericks both lost in the first round the year after their finals showdown. Dallas notably lost to the 8th seeded Warriors after a nearly 70 win season. Miami swept by Chicago
2014-2015 Heat didn’t qualify and the Spurs lost to the Clippers in the first round after their finals matchup the season before.
Telemachus
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I think Paul showed him how to play with a different mentality. All the stats is the world are nice, but meaningless if you don't win. Paul doesn't care about stats, just winning. That means that sometimes you sacrafice stats for the good of the team. It also means playing both ends of the floor (something Booker didn't do until this season).
Because they weren't a good team?
The team that was 26-39 pre-bubble is identical to the team that was 8-0 in the bubble. So how did they get good? You telling me the key to going from sorry to good was simply not having to play Aron Baynes? Hell, the team that they started the 2020-21 season is damned near identical to the team they started the 2019-20 season with, except they replaced Rubio and Baynes with Paul and Crowder. That might be the most damnable indictment of Ricky Rubio I can think of.
steelevt
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i guess i shouldnt have said "out" when i meant injured. He got hurt in the first game i believe and the next 3 games i felt booker played mediocre. he did score a lot in game 2 but wasnt super efficient from the field and got most of his points from the ft line, and wasnt that good in games 3 and 4. I just feel he plays better when chris paul is in the game (uninjured).
Touché. I forgot about the suspension.
What, that Rubio is no Chris Paul? That's like saying your significant other is no Christina Hendricks. Yeah, we knew that.
I still don't know what you're arguing about. Nobody's saying that Chris Paul isn't important ... Heck I'm totally in the Cp3 makes a huge difference camp. A great point guard makes others better. Booker is better and the team is winning alot. So what exactly are you arguing about?
steelevt
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the thing is he's smart about it tho. knowing there's a under 7 min timeout he was able to steal a few more minutes of rest. he knows he's not the same as he was physically so he got to be better mentally
steelevt
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yes, it was bush league, but doing it to the lakers make it a little bit more tolerable
kingsboi
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I don't know of many humble 25 year old multi millionaires
SLAB
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Idk what it is about Booker, but I just don’t like him at all. I laughed and enjoyed Trae’s antics at MSG, but when Booker’s doing his thing I can’t stand it.
KingsFanSince85
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He's a wanna be tough guy. Thinks he's much better than he is. But so does LBJ, so there's that too.
Booker, like a lot of players these days, is streaky and can really get hot when he's on like tonight. But he plays next to no defense and relies upon a lot of bail out calls. Reminds me of Kevin Martin in that way.
Regardless, glad PHX took out that overrated LA team.
LeBron James thinks he's better than he is?
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