Gives me vibes of the 2005 Finals against Detroit. 4 straight blowouts to start...it seemed lopsided one way or the other.
Then Game 5 happened (thanks Horry) and suddenly it was a real dog fight.
I think Celtics and Heat are actually very evenly matched and it sucks injuries have played so much of a part but...I wouldn't be surprised to see this go to 7.
I hated them after '15. A combination of a few things. The whole entire team took Draymond's persona after the '15 le and his clownish antics. The rest of the league copied their style and in return and it made the game boring to a large extent which killed diversity of styles resulting in 3- point spamming everywhere. Kerr is a in the Phil Jackson mode. They also got special treatment from the refs on both ends of the court. Durant joining them exacerbated my disdain for them.
I root against GS Warriors because of Kerr.
He bashes his own country and says nothing about China when it comes to human rights.
Golden gots even getting beat by 15 at halftime are a joke to watch.
Stephie Curry given how many phantom FTs. Regina Miller on the broadcast so you won't hear a peep out of her.
Curry limping slightly. Not sure if his Midol is not covering his cramps or what, but this could be a story unless it's minor.
Regina picked up on the limp.
Wish someone would hard foul him.
It's a pride game. Everyone knew Dallas would win this one. But it is yet another boring blowout in the 2022 playoffs.
Prime opportunity to lay Curry out with his prancing layup with 45 seconds left.
Oh well.
dallas gonna win game 5. then game 6 is back at home...
I wonder where their owner gets the money to spend on luxury tax. Only reason I wonder is Mark Cuban used to be a big spender until luxury tax and his net worth is greater than Lacob's net worth.
Cuban was a meddler, only has one championship to show, and broke up the team immediately afterwards. Lacob has 3 ch'ips, and understands that his best role is writing checks. Maybe he just wants it more than Coban, or understands that you HAVE to ride a contender into the ground.
That's kind of a deflection answer to be honest. Majority of owners are scared of luxury tax and these owners are owners who have more money than Lacob. I just find it interesting he's not scared of luxury tax despite not being as rich as other owners. Maybe your right he just wants it so badly but something tells me he probably has some sophisticated accounting system in play to minimize his expenses or he's doing some other shady things to be able to deal with the luxury tax.
We don't live in China you moron. Why do you care more about innocent lives in China than innocent children in America? You're probably the biggest idiot on ST and that's truly saying somethin
a lot has been made about the frequency of blowouts in these playoffs but one has to wonder if there is something intrinsic about the current game that lends itself to more potential blowouts. for instance, the lack of post up play and overreliance on the three point shot. if such a trend continues, the NBA would be dealing with the consequences of focusing on offense so intensely over the past decade. ironically, in an effort to be less boring the NBA may have made it just as boring even if the scores are much higher now. i mean, what's more intriguing? a 125-105 blowout or a 89-87 down to the wire finish?
You expect all of the owners to react alike? It's also a canard to think that people with MORE money spend more. The richest .000001% tend to sit on their money, big time. Pop is an counter example. He doesn't even have as much money as the Holts, who would be considered poverty owners by league standards, yet he picks up tabs all the time, tips multiple times the amount of the actual check, helps people in the organization, donates time and $$ to the food bank. If you shook the billionaire tree to see who spends, gives, and donates a proportional amount of their wealth, probably only Gates and Buffet would fall out. Super wealthy people tend to be cheap as , and terrible tippers, because they see money as the end, not the means to an end.
One would also be more motivated to pay the tax if one is winning championships. Maybe Lacob thinks more like Pop in that money isn't the end, it's the means to an end. Enjoy life and how things are going. People acknowledge that 'you can't take it with you', but they rarely act like they believe it.
WRT to GS and the lux tax, I recall an analysis done 3 or 4 years back, and it came down to if GS fills the lux boxes at their new stadium, they make money despite nearly any amount of tax. At that point, Lacob is willing to spend to put a product on the floor to fill those boxes; he's still making a profit and gets to go for championships...
yeah, i mentioned early in the second round how wild these swings are... and it hasn't changed.
I wouldn't be surprised if Silver doesn't make Lacob pay the Luxury Tax.
TV CONTRACT
all nba franchises split the billions from the networks
4 mins into 2Q for MIA vs BOS and a scoring of 17 vs 21 either both teams have great D or sucks on O. Wow, White is top scorer for BOS.
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It's evident White does a lot for the Celtics even as an inefficient scorer.
Dude when did Jalen Brown forget how to dribble??
once I thought Brown would turn out better than Tatum. Tells you of my ability to spot talent. He’s so damn inconsistent
In fairness, Tatum can be frustratingly inconsistent too. But I think Tatum will take an even bigger leap next year with this deep run, not sure we’ll say the same for Brown
Can we just skip to Game 1 of BOS-GSW already? These conference finals have been atrocious.
Brown and Tatum is a good problem to have
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