Also their is a trade off defensively, rozier/smart both 5 times the defender that kyrie is so yes u gain offensively with Irving back but I think you loose a bit of grit and defense. Obviously it's still a better team with Irving starting but it's not a landslide
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LOL- how do defensive players do in the nba? Who’s the superstars in the nba? Harden/curry/Durant/Davis/kyrie? All have elite offense - You win games by putting the basketball in the net- and I have said this many times - no defense will stop a great offensive player- once again - GSW is consider a good defensive team - on the biggest stage in the finals ? They couldnt stop kyrie ? Also there’s no one more clutch then kyrie - If Boston is lucky enough to make the finals? GSW will sweep there ass!! last time I check harden and curry Doesn’t play a lick on defense ? What defensive player in the league is stopping them ? Case closedComment -
Irving for Leonard? Leonard wants to go west. We will see. It's a decent trade for both teams. I'm not sure it's the best offer the Spurs could get? Everyone wants Leonard.Comment -
Boston good because they have good defensive players
You might not stop superstars but good defensive makes them work very hard and it wears them down
Boston goes nowhere this year without Smart..he is a tough guy that does all the little things
Harden killed himself to score 40 as did James last night...wears them down
GSW plays very good defense..Durant, Igg, Green are so tough defending
It wins gamesComment -
Never ceases to amaze me at the stupidity from people who have clearly never laced up in their lives
Holy sht, kawhi Leonard to Boston now! They only made a franchise move to bring in the exact same position in small forward with Hayward as the face of the franchise so it makes perfect sense to get rid of a point guards for 2 small forwards
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They just know names.Never ceases to amaze me at the stupidity from people who have clearly never laced up in their lives
Holy sht, kawhi Leonard to Boston now! They only made a franchise move to bring in the exact same position in small forward with Hayward as the face of the franchise so it makes perfect sense to get rid of a point guards for 2 small forwards
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Imagine being kyrie Irving? Why not? The guy has lived the life the day he was born.
He was the toast of the town growing up. When my youngest brother played him in high school people from all over the state flocked and packed into the gym to see him play
He was on the fast track to nba stardom at Duke and his family cashed in at every stage along the way
Hits a game winner for the title in game 7 and got to play with arguably the greatest player of all time
Man it must suck having that life
Only downside is if Boston gets beat by philly next yr as he will undoubtedly take the blame regardless of his playComment -
Most players can be replaced nowadays
So many great players all sports except nfl qbsComment -
Kyrie Irving is gonna be delt like Isaah Thomas if I had to guess.. It's all happening exactly the same because of season ending injuries.. Especially if the Celtics make it to the Finals..Comment -
Wowzers, I think u you opened a new case. All I did was compare rozier/smart to Irving starting, and if u read my post I did State that with Irving starting they ARE slightly better overall but they loose a bit of defensive toughness. So yes I will take Irving's 25 a game over rozier stopping a few more baskets from happening but it isn't a landslide especially on night when rozier gets 20. Also Every championship team needs an elite defender to go along with the superstar to make the team complete. That's why all these offensive juggernaut teams don't win titles, the warriors have a balance on both sides.Comment -
Kyrie ain’t going no where - Boston needs him to beat the western conference teams - nobody on this current Boston roster team have the offensive skills and late game clutch ability kyrie has- case closedComment -
Hayward is more of 2 guard.Never ceases to amaze me at the stupidity from people who have clearly never laced up in their lives
Holy sht, kawhi Leonard to Boston now! They only made a franchise move to bring in the exact same position in small forward with Hayward as the face of the franchise so it makes perfect sense to get rid of a point guards for 2 small forwards
Can't believe sbr has a fair share of the idiots of the Internet
Celtics could easily play Rozier, Hayward, Leonard, Tatum, Horford...then you got Jaylen Brown/Marcus Smart/Baynes off the bench. NBA is all about small ball, so I think that team would kill everybody.
Defensively, if you had Leonard, Tatum, Brown, Smart, Baynes lineup out there...best defensive lineup in the league.Comment -
Theoritically sure that's a sick lineup but if we're going to go down that road theres about 501 other theoritical what ifs as well
Hayward is a 3 all day and everyday but given the nba environment today he's a swing which can span from the sg to the pf depending on the player
In any event he and brown will be the swing men with both interchanging at times but traditionally speaking brown is built as the sg or 2 and Hayward the 3 or sf
Boston just acquired their face of the franchise in Irving, there is no way they will trade him and San Antonio would be foolish to give up a top 3 player in the league for a player in kyrie that isn't even a top 3 player at his respective positionComment -
Giant, I gave u a shout-out in post #10k:
Laker knows I'm in his camp. But 2018 has not been kind to him. It's not going to be B2B POY for him.Where's the fuckin power box, Carol?Comment
