Who do you move up or down instead?
in the context of the present... you'd switch the two
hell, jimmy butler is first team based on the playoffs
Yeah. They're raving about his potential. I don't think anybody is reading to crown Tatum as a top 10 player. And elite players throw up bad shots all the time (see Rockets, Houston).
ESPN said Bam was the first player to block a potential game-tying or go-ahead dunk in the final minute of a playoff game since the advent of play-by-play in 1996-97. I can't remember anything like it from before 1997, definitely not that I've seen. And I imagined if it had happened back in the 70s or before, we would have seen highlights of it our whole lives.
Charles Smith got blocked like 5 times in the last 30 seconds by Grant, Pippen, and the rim.
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the heat are some tough SOBs
Lowe piece today was pretty good -- includes a good list of teams that became contenders from the middle of the pack without tanking
seems like a really great organization
crazy how well they hit on their recent draft picks and UFAs
you're more likely to hit on your draft picks and UFAs when you have a rock solid culture/organization (meaning you're more likely to develop those players)
spurs are another example of this
would be nice to pull for a team like that
Pat Riley. Top three NBA people at any level of the league. Stern, Jordan, Riley.
The Spurs have had pretty medicore picks and player development that was masked for years by Duncan, Manu, and Parker and then trading for Kawhi. The franchise has been held together by FA duct tape and Pop's coaching. Parker was the last player the Spurs drafted and kept who became an All-Star. Years of wasted drafts at the end of Duncan's career. You couldn't even put together a decent starting lineup of Spurs picks since Parker. George Hill, Cory Joseph, Splitter, and the young guys on the roster now. That's about it.