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    (2) New York Knicks vs (6) Indiana Pacers - 2024 EC Second Round

    Am I crazy/overreacting, or is TJ better than Halliburton right now?
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    (2) New York Knicks vs (6) Indiana Pacers - 2024 EC Second Round

    It's up and down, not playoff-ish. Very playground style. A locked-in D like Boston or Minny would make most of this ball movement and shotmaking go away fast.
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    (2) New York Knicks vs (6) Indiana Pacers - 2024 EC Second Round

    This is very entertaining, but these teams are not good
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    Round 2: Celtics vs Cavs

    Hmmm...they played PP more than anyone except the starters (24 minutes), and he was +19 even though he started off shooting not-great. I think they love PP's spacing and defensive effort. He really gets up into guys and chases them around, in a way that is reminiscent of TJ McConnell's best...
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    Round 2: Celtics vs Cavs

    People have repeatedly mentioned that this was just an example of something that happens, and a way to talk about a broader topic, but you seem weirdly averse to that conversation.
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    Round 2: Celtics vs Cavs

    That's fine in this specific case, but in general, NBA coaches clearly have a universal directive to their guys to stay glued to Tatum off-ball. There's a huge gap between what Twitter thinks of Tatum and what coaches think of him. It's not hard to find tons of clips like this, across lots of...
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    Round 2: Celtics vs Cavs

    NBA Twitter brains are so warped from heliocentric brain worms that they can't appreciate economy of effort, which trickles down to other areas like defense, rebounding, and off-ball-threateningness. Like, at a certain point people forgot that the point of basketball is to score more points and...
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    Round 2: Celtics vs Cavs

    Spoelstra has had the most effective version of this strategy over the years, and the Warriors copied it in 2022: go 1:1, and send lots of late help. Tatum solved it against Miami this year, totally wrecked that gameplan, and Spo had to move to plan B. As you said, it is no longer a viable move...
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    Round 2: Celtics vs Cavs

    Yeah, you're independently re-deriving why the Cs put up stupid offensive ratings with Tatum even when he shoots poorly.
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    Round 2: Celtics vs Cavs

    One underrated Tatum thing is that coaches HATE letting him catch the ball against a scrambling D. Against guys like Luka and Harden they're ok to let the catch happen and then close out/recover, but not letting Tatum catch with an advantage is clearly a point of emphasis in gameplanning. This...
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    Jayson Tatum's Rise to the Top

    Yes, if they keep winning, JJ and Ben Taylor will pick it up next, and it will snowball from there. Maybe to the point of being over-talked-about. At that point, I'll flip to being a bit more negative on Tatum, for the same reason that I'll try to stay more positive on Ant when his jumper goes...
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    Round 2: Celtics vs Cavs

    I get the idea, but there's a reason Tatum gets tons more gameplanning respect from coaches and players than he does from Twitter people. Against that approach, he would just drive/bullyball the shit out of Cleveland. If you start sending help, then you're back to sqaure one: he'll put you in...
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    (2) Denver Nuggets vs (3) Minnesota Timberwolves - 2024 WC Second Round

    The overreliance on crunchtime execution hasn't been talked about enough imo. They easily could have been down 3-2 to the Lakers, but people treated it as total domination.
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    Round 2: Celtics vs Cavs

    Knicks will be overmatched too. Philly and Indy did not have the personnel to put the clamps on Brunson.
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    (2) Denver Nuggets vs (3) Minnesota Timberwolves - 2024 WC Second Round

    It's funny to watch all the Denver evaluation swing so hard the other way. They were never as unbeatable as they looked last playoffs, and they're not as bad as they looked in Game 2. Obviously Murray's injury complicates things. They're a good team that can win a title with lots of breaks...
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