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So much of the NBA and its outcome is luck based. Which is why I shake my head when people try to act like they KNOW who is a great coach, a great GM, a great POBO candidate, etc.

You name any "bad" team and I will show you bad luck. Any "great" team and I will show you how they got extremely lucky. LIke Dwight Howard spurning the Warriors and instead going to Houston. Don't get me wrong, some of it is skill and intelligence, but people look far too much at outcome and judge retroactively, when a lot of outcome is luck based.

Okay Daddy. Whatever you say.

They have the Bulls and Knicks on the schedule.

Pels winning any more games would be beyond stupid. 7th is there for the taking with an outside shot at 6th. But Charlotte looked terrible tonight. Losing that game will be the biggest challenge

Charlotte game will be tough to lose. They got at GS tonight, then at Utah tomorrow night. We will be their third road game in 4 nights and they will probably be eliminated by then.

Warriors and Kings should be losses. And at Phoenix - they will have more talent on the floor and be at home. I'd give us a 50% chance of losing out. 95% chance of winning 0 or 1.

You expect Irving to give anyone a firm answer or even know himself on June 20th?

Whoever trades for AD is going to have to do so without knowing how July will play out and they also won't get 100 percent assurance AD will stay more than one season.

But to get a guy that caliber, you gotta take that risk or someone else will and they you definitely won't get him

Definitely lower. Maybe Demarre Carroll? A 3/4 who can do everything at an above average level but nothing great.

But Carroll had to scrap to even make rosters and was a blue collar star as a result. Knox might have to fail for a few years until reality hits. Kind of like Jah. Skill wise, I don't see anything exceptional with Knox. I think some teams just fell in love with his physical profile as the draft got closer

George in his second and third year played with a ton of passion and was a monster on D. Thats when Lebron gave him dap at half court. That kid was something special.

At best, Tatum might be Granger. Which aint bad, but that's the ceiling IMO

Even in games when Kyrie is out, I see Brown being more assertive than Tatum.

It's nice to have Kyrie as a scapegoat but the reality is that this is just who Tatum is. A real future star wouldn't be this passive. And even if he wasn't getting a bunch of shots, he would find a way to impact the game in other ways. Think of Kobe at that age. He had Shaq and other good players like Eddie Jones on his team but he gave zero fricks and still asserted himself. Same with D Wade as a rookie. Almost every elite guy you can think of. Just tells me Tatum won't be that. But of course he can still be good. Just not elite.

I have probably watched 80% of Celtics games since January and he just seems like a beta with an okay iso and catch and shoot game. Solid defender, but no shut down ability. Like a slightly better Harrison Barnes in Golden State. Could be a decent 4th piece on a contender, but honestly I don't see anything more than that. I don't even see flashes of exceptionalism. Honestly, Jaylen Brown shows far more passion, fire, and flashes of ability to change a game.

Ask this question on May 16th. We will know then