DeacdeTejas
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I will pick up Royce ONeale in case Mitchell cant go tomorrow. That is quite the drop off
I tend to agree with D14 that Okongwu and Capela are much more similar than Okongwu and Collins. But it does seem like Collins is much more likely to be traded, between the return they can get on him (over Capella) and the possible friction between him and Trae
Ph, I do agree that using Trae like Steph makes more sense than what they do with him now, but the roster is certainly not meant to do that, and barring trades, they dont have a lot of flexibility
the playoffs beget a lot of small sample size arguments about players, especially narratives around clutch-ness
Giannis' game was never going to win a championship until he did; Middleton was a choker until he wasn't; Trae's game elevated in the playoffs until it didn't; and so on
the playoffs are indeed different and some of the trends are real -- e.g. the Thibs Bulls that won a ton of games in the regular season but never did anything in the postseason -- but a lot of playoff narratives are just noise
on the topic of narrative, i get annoyed with the "you need XYZ to win a championship"
i definitely think there are some good practices for roster construction, like creating lineup and matchup flexibility, trying to get at least two and ideally 3 players in or around the top 25 in the league, etc.
but also we've seen big shifts in the league every 5-10 years or so to the extent that the people wanting to set a narrative based on last year are a bit narrow-minded
there are so many players now with unique skillsets that to just say roster construction must be XYZ is reductive
you can't really name a player in the league without limitations, so every narrative falls short in some way or another
I mean I know you cant not play Jokic, but the hottest dude on the floor outside of him was Boogie
Doesn't sound like VanVleet is going tonight either. You want a sub for tonight?oh I don't understand these sub rules sorry
they already started playing tho so I guess I'll eat it
Doesn't sound like VanVleet is going tonight either. You want a sub for tonight?