Philly's press in the 4th was impressive. ATL needs to practice against that really really urgently.
2021 NBA playoffs thread
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Altana Hawks survived. We have almost witnessed a UNI kind of meltdown (vs TAMU) at the pro level.
Man, maybe I needed to add Trae Young to my list of really young players who have been or could be MVP.
I don't think landing hard, all his weight, on his R knee late in the game, did him any favor!
Agreed. We had a discussion not too long ago about Tyrese Hunters' 6-0 or 6-1 height, and how that is a disadvantage. Trey is that height, only 6-1, and we don't think of him as being able to be a dominant player because of it. But he is special.
trey young - Bing
In contrast, Steph Curry is 6-3. The extra two inches is very helpful.
Hard to beat Kawhi vs Luka in game 7 for a first round matchup. Both look up to the challenge.
This is really the first I've seen of Luka Doncic. The ABC commentators are describing him as a cross between Larry Bird and Magic Johnson! Holy cow! That's some pretty rarified air and extremely high praise!
I know the compliment might be just a little exaggerated but still. He's got my attention.
I know the compliment might be just a little exaggerated but still. He's got my attention.
Ha Ha. I deserved that! Walked right into it.That’s what she said.
/shows self out
He's a very nice player! Doncic does have 29 pts with 1 min left in first half. Not bad! He's a 6-7 point guard, nothing like Magic IMO, but very good PG. But he can kind of shoot like Bird, sort of maybe. A very good shooter no doubt.
The combination of those two qualities is pretty special though.
I'm sure there are some plans in the making now to eventually get him on some super-team. May be a while. Dallas won't want to give him up.
Finally an Atlanta or team from Georgia who didn't choke a game away. That being said it was just game 1 of a 7 game series and Philly missed a ton of free throws in this game. I think if Philly shows up with that late 4th quarter effort for 48 minutes they will still take this series.
It's a good comp. He shoots high release and quick like Bird and has some of Magic's game too in running an offense.
Dallas makes super-teams, they don’t give up their guys to help form them.
Can't forget Kawhi. What a great player and his team might be advancing, up 17, 9 min left in game.
Kawhi is still only 29 y/o, soon to be 30 this month. Been in the League 10 years already, accomplished a lot!
Really, ok. Which ones, other than the couple years Dirk was contending and the one year he/they won the title? I can't remember back that far.
Leonard won't do the same things but to me he effects the game in the same manner that someone like MJ did where he just seems to influence everything even if he's not on or with ball.
They had some really good years with Kidd and then Nash. Might have made a finals in there somewhere but I can’t remember.