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Remember when a lot of you wanted DFS, Fans in Brooklyn wants him gone yesterdays……lol

I'd still take him, and he's going to be cheap in the off-season too. The Nets aren't really a team right now. They're a collection of assets. So I'm not going to fully blame him.

Obviously playing next to Doncic raised his opportunities/stock, but he still had to actually 3 and D in playoff atmospheres.
 
Remember when a lot of you wanted DFS, Fans in Brooklyn wants him gone yesterdays……lol

With the way he's playing lately and still having 3 years guaranteed left on his deal I wonder what kinda value he even has. Brooklyn will probably just hold onto him and try to see if he can raise his stock with a bounce back year.
 
Interesting to see the Celtics fall back a little bit, and now recent rumors that Jaylen Brown is not confident about his future in Boston.
Boston's team paradigm (Tatum-Brown-Smart-Horford) has been persistent for six or so years now, minus a brief Horford departure. Their big shakeup move in adding Kyrie failed spectacularly (as things often do involving Irving post 2016).

Tatum and Brown have improved from where they were circa 2018 but... The team as a whole and their style largely remains the same whether it's Stevens, Udoka, or Mazulla coaching. They have become a successful team and are consistently at the door of a title run, yet I find their unit's ability to meaningfully improve has stagnated and they have been more than beatable throughout all of these years. Part of it is variance because of the outside-outside playstyle of leading scorer Tatum (that playstyle also applies to Booker who I feel similarly about in playoff scenarios).

Horford is getting older and older. Grant Williams is probably out of there this off-season. Robert Williams, while good, is oft injured and limited in some ways. Boston's front court depth will degrade. Tatum at the 4 full time makes some sense, and he has experience there over different seasons and when others are injured/small-ball lineups. Their back court is filled with good-solid players including one that's the heart of the team in Smart, but Marcus still has weaknesses that can be exploited. The rest are eh (minus Jaylen Brown of course, I think of him as a 2-3 wing).

Trading Jaylen makes some sense to break up the monotony Boston has in spades, but there's far from a guarantee that it works out in their favor.

As things stand, Cavs are positioned well against the Celtics for years to come.
 
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I'd still take him, and he's going to be cheap in the off-season too. The Nets aren't really a team right now. They're a collection of assets. So I'm not going to fully blame him.

Obviously playing next to Doncic raised his opportunities/stock, but he still had to actually 3 and D in playoff atmospheres.

Why is starting instead of O'neal?

People were saying to me "no way we have enough to get him" and I still don't get that.
 
Interesting to see the Celtics fall back a little bit, and now recent rumors that Jaylen Brown is not confident about his future in Boston.
It's actually crazy, but analytics have White as a better player this year than Jaylen.

White +3.5 EPM, 8.9 EWin
Brown +2.8 EPM, 8.6 EWin

Pretty much White has matched Brown's offense for the usage spent, but has been a better defensive player in the process.

Analytics are just tools and this is a case where you'd already know who'd you rather have.
 
Why is starting instead of O'neal?

People were saying to me "no way we have enough to get him" and I still don't get that.
I wonder if the Cavs couldn't get both of them in a LeVert sign and trade.
 
Brown basically hinting a departure next year. Once a player starts saying things like we will see oh boy get the popcorn ready. If brown doesn’t sign an extension this off-season he is gone
 
The “Tatum & Brown don’t work” or “Tatum & Brown don’t like playing together” thing has been mentioned for years now. Wouldn’t be surprised if it was all smoke from organizations around the league just trying to get their hands on one of them. Boston would be foolish to trade Brown or let him go. They’ll pay him the whatever that giant max will be without hesitation. And they should, in my opinion. He’s that good.
 
Refs strikes again the Dallas and golden state game. Jesus are they bad how can this not be addressed my biggest fear nba turning into boxing
 
Refs strikes again the Dallas and golden state game. Jesus are they bad how can this not be addressed my biggest fear nba turning into boxing
Curious how the NBA handles Mark Cuban's protest. Legitmate beef. Only one official knew of the change, the other two were down the court not knowing what was going on.
 
I'd still take him, and he's going to be cheap in the off-season too. The Nets aren't really a team right now. They're a collection of assets. So I'm not going to fully blame him.

Obviously playing next to Doncic raised his opportunities/stock, but he still had to actually 3 and D in playoff atmospheres.

Exactly a guy like DFS thrived on the Mavs cause all he had to do was defend and shoot 3s, Brooklyn is a terrible fit for him but he’s got amazingly here
 

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