No meh. It’s impressive AF.
It's a good question. Clearly Jokic is better at setting up his teammates. But Embiid managed to complete a scoring feat that Shaq or Hakeem never even did in their prime. To me, that's ****ing unbelievable. And he didn't do it on some shitty team.
Embiid is a great player, but IMO he ducked Jokic in Denver in March. And I had tickets, the bastage!
He did duck him in March. But in January Embiid put up 47 & 18 with Jokic on him. Jokic didn't care the final four weeks of the season, he took himself out of the running. Still, that would definitely piss me off if I had tickets.
Hmmm… In March he averaged 35.5 min, 26.2 ppg, 12.8 rebounds and 9.4 assists. Since the all-star break in late Feb he’s had eight triple doubles.
I know the numbers but watching the games...he got sick of all the commotion & wasn't bringing it. I guess that's how good he is, to put up those offensive numbers while coasting. Either way we're nitpicking;Jokic, Embiid & Giannis were well above everybody else.
I know, they had a little slump near the end. for sure, those three were the stars this year and any one of them would have been justifiable.
So long as the warriors can keep getting those no touch foul calls they’ll win.
AD is so goddamn good when he’s healthy.
I was about to lose my shit if they blew it down the stretch. The Warriors can score so quickly. It’s unbelievable sometimes.
They are scary when they get rolling. Especially Curry and Thompson. Lillard is the other guy I worry about like that.
Agreed. I love watching Lillard play. And with Golden State, when Poole starts getting hot, anything can happen. He’s so damn streaky. With that said, that long ass 3 he took at the end was a bit unnecessary. Could have gotten a better shot IMO.
If that happens, I hope I'm still alive for it. I get reeeeeal close to having a heart attack every damn time AD goes down.
One has to assume that Steph is going to play out of his mind tonight. Outside of his solid 4th quarter in game 1, he really didn't play that well. I'm not counting on that happening again.
Yep. Them dropping the 1st game at home really hurt. Series is over if they lose tonight.
Okay guys, help with some perspective with an argument I am having with my son (18). He has seen all of the Shaq dunks and highlights, and he says AD is playing like Shaq in the post and is better than Shaq was. I said there is no doubt that AD is infinitely more skilled on offense than Shaq, but that prime Shaq was something the NBA has not seen before or since in terms of overpowering world class big men on offense, defense, and on the boards. I just don't see AD throwing prime Shaq's shit because Shaq simply went around/through people on the way to dunking. On the other hand, I concede that Shaq could not cover AD's mid-range or perimeter game. Overall, they are probably close to overall value to their respective teams, but I give the edge to Shaq. I am suffering from nostalgia, or is he suffering from recency bias?
You should pack your son's shit up and sever all ties. Shaq would shit all over every big man in today's NBA.
Prime example of why conversations about “GOATS” is a waste of time. As years go by you are asking a lot of those alive to say the GOAT is somebody they never saw play.
Shaq did make the All NBA Defensive Team 3x (all 2nd team) while Davis has made it 4x (2x 1st team, 2x 2nd team). I think people underestimate Shaq's defense, as he wasn't that good once he got to Miami, Phoenix, Cleveland & Boston.
