Around the NBA (and other Sports), 2023-24, Part 3

[Fierce1]

7-23 is cooking lmao, that’s when you know people are disingenuous.

7-23 and winning. I’m fine with JT shooting 1/10 from 3, just as long as we’re winning.

No, you’d 100% say “we can’t keep winning with Tatum playing like that”.

C’mon lol, that’s your thing.

Playing both sides.

[Triple7]

Killa is killing it with stats.

That's hard to dispute, guys.

Just admit that some of you guys are just biased against JT.

So you believe scoring with over 4mins remaining is clutch?

[KillahGhostface]

I’m shocked shocked shocked that someone is ducking the numbers.

[Fierce1]

It's just weird when you say a lot of negative things about Tatum then you also say you're hoping Tatum wins you a championship.

If Tatum is as bad as what some here are saying, no way Cs get near Banner 18.

[KillahGhostface]

Killa is killing it with stats.

That's hard to dispute, guys.

Just admit that some of you guys are just biased against JT.

So you believe scoring with over 4mins remaining is clutch?

I just showed you that he’s 5-6 on game tying or go ahead shots in the last minute of playoff games.

Is 5-6 not good enough?

[Triple7]

Here's the big difference, JT might not be the polished product Luka is right now, but JT will still get better.

Asking Luka to play good defense will never happen.

Defense wins championships, right?

Or you guys don't believe defense is an integral part of winning a championship.

Tatum defense sure was amazing on Wednesday. He was contesting everything

Dude is busy complaining to the refs when he misses, than go back to defend.

[KillahGhostface]

“I am too reactionary and i was wrong”

It’s not that hard.

[CelticsPride18]

Killa is killing it with stats.

That's hard to dispute, guys.

Just admit that some of you guys are just biased against JT.

So you believe scoring with over 4mins remaining is clutch?

I just showed you that he’s 5-6 on game tying or go ahead shots in the last minute of playoff games.

Is 5-6 not good enough?

If hes so clutch how are so **** bad in close games.

[KillahGhostface]

So you believe scoring with over 4mins remaining is clutch?

I just showed you that he’s 5-6 on game tying or go ahead shots in the last minute of playoff games.

Is 5-6 not good enough?

If hes so clutch how are so **** bad in close games.

Because late in playoff games, other teams entire gameplan is to hard trap Tatum, and make other guys beat them.

But the fact is that he’s been incredibly clutch down the stretch of playoff games. It’s literally the numbers, it’s inarguable.

[Fierce1]

Here's the big difference, JT might not be the polished product Luka is right now, but JT will still get better.

Asking Luka to play good defense will never happen.

Defense wins championships, right?

Or you guys don't believe defense is an integral part of winning a championship.

Tatum defense sure was amazing on Wednesday. He was contesting everything

Dude is busy complaining to the refs when he misses, than go back to defend.

You're absolutely correct on that.

No arguments from me there.

But that's a problem about maturity, not ability.

That's why you saying he's a grown ass man is not accurate.

JT is still a kid!

[Triple7]

Killa is killing it with stats.

That's hard to dispute, guys.

Just admit that some of you guys are just biased against JT.

So you believe scoring with over 4mins remaining is clutch?

I just showed you that he’s 5-6 on game tying or go ahead shots in the last minute of playoff games.

Is 5-6 not good enough?

5-6 is great, but i’m more of a eye test guy. Those stats are deceiving. Like what i’ve said, consistency is his problem. He can have a really great game in the playoffs, which he does from time to time, and those stats will get jacked up.

[Fierce1]

So you believe scoring with over 4mins remaining is clutch?

I just showed you that he’s 5-6 on game tying or go ahead shots in the last minute of playoff games.

Is 5-6 not good enough?

5-6 is great, but i’m more of a eye test guy. Those stats are deceiving. Like what i’ve said, consistency is his problem. He can have a really great game in the playoffs, which he does from time to time, and those stats will get jacked up.

Already tried that approach with Killa.

The eye lies sometimes, right?

[KillahGhostface]

So you believe scoring with over 4mins remaining is clutch?

I just showed you that he’s 5-6 on game tying or go ahead shots in the last minute of playoff games.

Is 5-6 not good enough?

5-6 is great, but i’m more of a eye test guy. Those stats are deceiving. Like what i’ve said, consistency is his problem. He can have a really great game in the playoffs, which he does from time to time, and those stats will get jacked up.

How can 5-6 POSSIBLY BE DECEIVING lol.

It’s not some “eye test” thing, he’s been lights out in the last minute of playoff games.

[KillahGhostface]

Tatum defense sure was amazing on Wednesday. He was contesting everything

Dude is busy complaining to the refs when he misses, than go back to defend.

You're absolutely correct on that.

No arguments from me there.

But that's a problem about maturity, not ability.

That's why you saying he's a grown ass man is not accurate.

JT is still a kid!

He’s a grown man lol, cmon.

[Triple7]

Tatum defense sure was amazing on Wednesday. He was contesting everything

Dude is busy complaining to the refs when he misses, than go back to defend.

You're absolutely correct on that.

No arguments from me there.

But that's a problem about maturity, not ability.

That's why you saying he's a grown ass man is not accurate.

JT is still a kid!

Lol. Deuce is a kid. JT is a grown ass man. I thought the loss last year was motivation enough. JT even said he’s excited for the playoffs to start. I was hoping they wouldn’t slack off again. Lets see what he does game 3 and 4.

[zoyathedestroya]

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Luke Kornet can outscore those three if given enough minutes/touches.

[Fierce1]

Don't tell me some of you guys closed your eyes in Game 6 of the east semis when Philly was leading and it was looking like the Celtics were about to get eliminated.

Well, if you guys closed your eyes, you missed the magic that Jayson Tatum performed in the 4th qtr. of that Game 6.

[BRUNiNHO91]

You can’t remember any close wins in the playoffs? Really?

Stop it lol.

I remember significantly more losses than wins.

Last year the close one in round 1 we lost to Trae Young.
Vs Philly we lost a close game 1, lost a close game game 4 where we pissed ourselves multiple times, games 1 and 2 vs Miami we got smoked by Jimmy Butler in the clutch..the Derrick White one was the only one we got and that was more survival than anything as we were pissing ourselves hard until that put back. Had like a 9 pt lead with 4 min left and almost gave it away.

This team has nearly nothing in the clutch.

In clutch playoff games the Celtics were 5-6 last year. 7-5 in 2021-2022. 1-0 in 2020-2021. 6-7 in 2019-2020. 3-1 in 2018-2019. 5-3 in 2017-2018. That's 27-22 in the Tatum era. If you remember more losses than wins then you have a faulty memory.

What a BS stat lol Celtics win by a lot or lose tight ones. The games that were decided in the last few seconds like the Pacers one today they lost basically all of them. I guarantee this stupid stat there includes games where we beat the Hawks by like 12 lol foh.

[zoyathedestroya]

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[Triple7]

I just showed you that he’s 5-6 on game tying or go ahead shots in the last minute of playoff games.

Is 5-6 not good enough?

5-6 is great, but i’m more of a eye test guy. Those stats are deceiving. Like what i’ve said, consistency is his problem. He can have a really great game in the playoffs, which he does from time to time, and those stats will get jacked up.

How can 5-6 POSSIBLY BE DECEIVING lol.

It’s not some “eye test” thing, he’s been lights out in the last minute of playoff games.

I havent seen him light out since the Nets series against KD. Then after that, its one bad game, then a great game alternately. He was awful in the finals, and played as bad last year against the heat.