Scholarship table
You're write Fluffster. Sue Bird iz a hellofa playa, hey?
That's fair. Bird also had McHale, Parish and DJ (among others) as teammates, so there was every reason to share the ball. If he were playing today, I think he'd be somewhat more ball-dominant, because that's the way the game is played. He'd also average way more 3s than he took (career average - 1.9 attempts per game).There definitely are former players who were stars once upon a time but whose games wouldn't work very well now. A guy I just mentioned, Parish, is probably one. But Bird would have been a superstar today.
The same Patrick Beverly who lost a round earlier in the playoffs, and who last year got smoked in the playoffs by Paul, and resorted to shoving him in the back. Beverly's a middling role player who is doing his job on the air now I guess, being a prick.
Not sure how that changes anything I said. I never said it wasn't insanely petty and agenda driven, of course it was. He hates CP3 and always has. But at the same time, its funny to call out Beverly for pushing Paul...when Paul has been dirty his entire career. Beverley had issues in college, went to play in the Eastern European hinterlands, and then clawed his way into becoming a starter on playoff teams for a decade....mostly by being a defensive pest to HOFers like Paul. Acting like he has no credibility is silly.His point that Paul was hurting the Suns was absolutely right. And he even acknowledged that he, himself, was benched in a similar way and that it was the right move. People are getting bothered thinking about the collective "Chris Paul"...not the 37 year old Chris Paul who was terrible the entire Mavs series and who was a defensively liability.
NBA Lottery is tonight, here's the odds and a writeup - https://www.nba.com/news/nba-draft-lottery-explainerWho're you rooting for? Rooting against?
Heat ain't winnin' if the C's shoot like they did vs Bucks. But, da Deers game-plan sucked major ass for a team without guards who can shoot, hey?
Rough night for the Jimmy Butler haters, one of whom we have on Scoop.He's been one of the top 3 players this postseason, along with Luka and Giannis.
Offense and defense included I think hes been number one.Coming into tonight him and Luka and idential PER's. And Jimmy has a massive defensive edge.
Great point. Jimmy was outstanding on D tonight, and he capped it with that two-handed block/steal on Pritchard in the closing minute.If there are three better 2-way players in the NBA, I don't know who they are. He's like Sidney Moncrief in his prime.
Jimmy is playing a lot like Kawhi did for Toronto a few years ago.
Duncan has lottsa tyme ta chek his bank account while ridin' da pines, hey?