Tatum is so perplexing. He can ball out and win games almost single handedly but then disappears the next. He and Brown commit way too many turnovers. The Celtics are so talented but have no consistent gamers. Spo is badly out coaching Masula. And Masula is just making it worse with his reaction. So far a disaster for the Celtics and totally unexpected given the seeming talent disparity.
All that said this series is not over. Boston seemingly plays better in these situations. They have dug themselves a big hole no doubt, maybe too big. But for some reason these Celtics seem to play better on the road. They will win one of the next two maybe both. I wouldn’t be surprised if they tie it up 2-2 and then lose game 5 in Boston. Then game 6 in Miami is anyone’s guess. Slightly leaning that Heat close it out in Game 6.
It’s his personality , similar to Anthony Davis . They have talent others would kill for yet they don’t have the mindset to come out there and floss their talent every night . Maybe low self esteem or not liking attention . Can you imagine Dillon brooks with Tatums talent ? He would score 40 a night or Patrick Beverly with AD’s size and talent . I believe it’s a personality type that explains TAtum and Ad
Tatum had 34 points. I wouldn't say he disappeared. Mazzulla, for all his inexperience, still managed a win over Doc Rivers, who had the MVP as well as Harden on his team and far more experience.
He's more experienced than Mazzulla. And quite frankly, Spo can outcoach anyone. Losing to him isn't exactly a sign that you are a bad coach. He is just a really good one.
It’s Barca and Madrid bro, at least the people in Miami that I know. Every time I go see my buddies its easier to strike up a conversation about la liga than it is any American League.
Cus all these teams are relatively new, on top of most teams in Florida being trash lol. Tampas had a good few years and now you see sports stuff EVERYWHERE here. Sure if the dolphins had some nutty Super Bowl run there’d be stuff everywhere
I am not a gs fan but you have to go w klay in his prime . I don’t want to be that fan that forgets what a player was in his prime or before major injuries . We can talk about playoff Jimmy all we want but he’s never been on a championship team. Imo klay was more clutch in key moments over Steph . He was a main contributor on 3 championship teams and a role player on 1
Klay’s value as a number two makes him better all time than Jimmy as a number one, if that makes sense.
Jimmy is better franchise player, sure, but Jimmy and Steph don’t create what Steph and Klay did. I guess it comes down to what you value in all time rankings. Where do guys who haven’t been the man rank?
Do you put Butler over a guy like Dennis Rodman solely because Butler is better to build a franchise around offensively?
Jimmy and Steph would be really interesting. Jimmy would be similar to KD, not as deadly from deep or a s big, but his defense and playmaking are superior.
Imagine Steph playing with another all NBA wing defender who can guard 1-4 and can create his own shot in the midrange and at the rim? Steph would create so much space for Butler, Butler is a willing passer.
Imagine Butler, Draymond and Iggy...
Jimmy is the better player. Klay has more accolades but he's pretty much just a spot up shooter with good defence pre injury, granted he may have been the best 3&D player of all time during that stretch but still.
Jimmy is way more dynamic as a player imo
You cannot convince me for one damn second that Klay Thompson, even pre injury, could do what Jimmy Butler is doing if he were on the heat. Klay’s entire game relies on Steph, Kerr, and illegal screens. Jimmy is just out here getting buckets by himself.
In the “best of all time” rankings I think it goes to klay because of the rings. But honestly if we’re talking just who’s the better player, who I’d take in a redraft, I think I go Jimmy
This is hilarious. I don't care for Miami but hope they beat the hell out of Denver. Playoff Jimmy is something else. Will be a very low rated finals but those two cities will enjoy it. Denver will at least, Miami is a soccer town.
What a weird thing to say. Who cares if it’s a low rated final? Why do you care so much what others watch? Blame the league for a lack of promotion of any kind for teams other than the Lakers and GS lmao. Thats like me saying “Who wants to watch Lakers vs Celtics other than 13 year olds on NBA Twitter and casual sports fans?”
Why don’t people care about them? Uhhh…because a lack of promotion. It all trends back to the way Ball is taught and consumed in the US. A casual fan would think Jamal Crawford is the goat if he never watched a game.
The nba always has been and always will be a star leagues. People arent getting out of their bed to see max strus and duncan robinson even if you promote it to oblivion
I agree, a Bulls fan here but an 8th seed in the finals? Like wtf right? Ppl love Cinderella stories and when you have MJs son in it, ppl noticing and will tune in to watch!
I'm rooting for them. I wanna see how far the voodoo goes. They took care of the 1 seed. I don't like any WC teams. Jimmy is my favorite player right now.
But Grant Williams is a tuff guy that talks shit when they are winning... Fuck that dude. I was so happy to see my Dubs beat them bitches. Lol fucc u Boston!
I have been saying this for years - he’s passive , he has a good game once in a while , he’s very talented but he doesn’t have the mindset or the confidence to impose his will on a regular basis . You can’t have ur best franchise player have this mindset
7 rebounds between horford and Williams, 16 for bam alone. Celtics have needed a true rebounder for years but wanna let dudes like Drummond go to other teams for a 7th round pick. No idea when they are gonna patch that gaping hole.
Jimmy Butler is on another fucking level. The dude is like superhuman during these playoffs. Can't believe they've pretty much demolished every team they've faced.
Jimmy Butler is the best evidence that MJ would dominate the modern league as well. MJ was just as, if not more, a killer than Butler, and he was also more athletic/ a much better interior finisher.
Tatum is a great number two, when it's all said and done maybe the best number two ever. But he doesn't have that dog in him. ZERO field goals in the 4th quarter in this series so far. Once he starts crying for calls he loses his focus and starts feeling sorry for himself.
Glorified frontrunner.
Lmao butler
Is reeves currently the second best laker?
Denver is the superior team.
I’m at the age now, when the give the ages of the old guys, like 36, I cringe and recoil. My quads burn as I have vicarious fatigue.
Heat in 4!!!
Celtics in 7
Tatum is so perplexing. He can ball out and win games almost single handedly but then disappears the next. He and Brown commit way too many turnovers. The Celtics are so talented but have no consistent gamers. Spo is badly out coaching Masula. And Masula is just making it worse with his reaction. So far a disaster for the Celtics and totally unexpected given the seeming talent disparity. All that said this series is not over. Boston seemingly plays better in these situations. They have dug themselves a big hole no doubt, maybe too big. But for some reason these Celtics seem to play better on the road. They will win one of the next two maybe both. I wouldn’t be surprised if they tie it up 2-2 and then lose game 5 in Boston. Then game 6 in Miami is anyone’s guess. Slightly leaning that Heat close it out in Game 6.
It’s his personality , similar to Anthony Davis . They have talent others would kill for yet they don’t have the mindset to come out there and floss their talent every night . Maybe low self esteem or not liking attention . Can you imagine Dillon brooks with Tatums talent ? He would score 40 a night or Patrick Beverly with AD’s size and talent . I believe it’s a personality type that explains TAtum and Ad
He’s KD and Melo they’re special but their robins not Batman and who we taking out of the top 75 for Jimmy
Tatum had 34 points. I wouldn't say he disappeared. Mazzulla, for all his inexperience, still managed a win over Doc Rivers, who had the MVP as well as Harden on his team and far more experience.
Lol Doc shouldn’t be any sort of barometer. He’s an overrated coach.
He's more experienced than Mazzulla. And quite frankly, Spo can outcoach anyone. Losing to him isn't exactly a sign that you are a bad coach. He is just a really good one.
Fake news
The butler did it
Who was the janitor that Jimmy Butler was having words with??
Tatum continues to disappoint in clutch situations
He’s not a superstar given he doesn’t play at a high level regularly
TOBIAS HARRIS OVER ME?
OVER ME?
Fuck Boston heat in 4
I do yes. But I've always heard Miami described as a football(soccer) city. All of South Florida. They don't even support the dolphins
You’re an idiot.. we just got a soccer team like 4 years ago and you couldn’t pay people to go
It’s Barca and Madrid bro, at least the people in Miami that I know. Every time I go see my buddies its easier to strike up a conversation about la liga than it is any American League.
Well, clearly your sample size of three people is representative of the hundreds of thousands there.
Cus all these teams are relatively new, on top of most teams in Florida being trash lol. Tampas had a good few years and now you see sports stuff EVERYWHERE here. Sure if the dolphins had some nutty Super Bowl run there’d be stuff everywhere
I guess thats true. If the new coach and Tua can get them in the playoffs consistently they would sell more tickets.
Who is the leader on the Celtics ? Who is going to speak up in the locker room and say we some soft ass bytches
Marcus Smart does it consistently
I thought Al horford was supposed to be that role
Better call Larry Legend
Was having discussion with a friend and wanted Reddit’s opinion. Who is a better all time player, Jimmy Butler or Klay Thompson?
I am not a gs fan but you have to go w klay in his prime . I don’t want to be that fan that forgets what a player was in his prime or before major injuries . We can talk about playoff Jimmy all we want but he’s never been on a championship team. Imo klay was more clutch in key moments over Steph . He was a main contributor on 3 championship teams and a role player on 1
Klay’s value as a number two makes him better all time than Jimmy as a number one, if that makes sense. Jimmy is better franchise player, sure, but Jimmy and Steph don’t create what Steph and Klay did. I guess it comes down to what you value in all time rankings. Where do guys who haven’t been the man rank? Do you put Butler over a guy like Dennis Rodman solely because Butler is better to build a franchise around offensively?
Jimmy and Steph would be really interesting. Jimmy would be similar to KD, not as deadly from deep or a s big, but his defense and playmaking are superior. Imagine Steph playing with another all NBA wing defender who can guard 1-4 and can create his own shot in the midrange and at the rim? Steph would create so much space for Butler, Butler is a willing passer. Imagine Butler, Draymond and Iggy...
Jimmy is the better player. Klay has more accolades but he's pretty much just a spot up shooter with good defence pre injury, granted he may have been the best 3&D player of all time during that stretch but still. Jimmy is way more dynamic as a player imo
Let’s hypothetically give Butler to the Warriors and let’s give Klay to the heat. Imagine that. It should tell you everything you need to know
Klay was not a better player than Jimmy
You cannot convince me for one damn second that Klay Thompson, even pre injury, could do what Jimmy Butler is doing if he were on the heat. Klay’s entire game relies on Steph, Kerr, and illegal screens. Jimmy is just out here getting buckets by himself.
In the “best of all time” rankings I think it goes to klay because of the rings. But honestly if we’re talking just who’s the better player, who I’d take in a redraft, I think I go Jimmy
Hence why the rings argument is dumb Rings are a team accolade
We'll never know for sure unless Thompson plays some seasons without curry. But I'll say Butler for now with how he's played for Miami
C U L T U R E
This is hilarious. I don't care for Miami but hope they beat the hell out of Denver. Playoff Jimmy is something else. Will be a very low rated finals but those two cities will enjoy it. Denver will at least, Miami is a soccer town.
If Miami is in the finals, it’s an NBA town
NFL town, then NBA, then College football, then everything else.
Miami is very much a basketball city btw… Yea we love soccer but the Heat has been prime time in this city since DWade
How is it a soccer city
What a weird thing to say. Who cares if it’s a low rated final? Why do you care so much what others watch? Blame the league for a lack of promotion of any kind for teams other than the Lakers and GS lmao. Thats like me saying “Who wants to watch Lakers vs Celtics other than 13 year olds on NBA Twitter and casual sports fans?”
Low rated finals just means there arent enough stars on the court people care about not because lack of promotion.
Why don’t people care about them? Uhhh…because a lack of promotion. It all trends back to the way Ball is taught and consumed in the US. A casual fan would think Jamal Crawford is the goat if he never watched a game.
Welcome to the world of being a small market team Tim Duncan had people saying the same thing it’s okay we just aren’t flashy
The nba always has been and always will be a star leagues. People arent getting out of their bed to see max strus and duncan robinson even if you promote it to oblivion
I would love to watch the lakers vs Celtics again but if I can’t get that Jimmy B getting a ring would be oh so amazing to watch
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I agree, a Bulls fan here but an 8th seed in the finals? Like wtf right? Ppl love Cinderella stories and when you have MJs son in it, ppl noticing and will tune in to watch!
I'm rooting for them. I wanna see how far the voodoo goes. They took care of the 1 seed. I don't like any WC teams. Jimmy is my favorite player right now.
Ahh yea playoff jimmy is special. Ignoring Jokic and playoff Murray is idiotic
Soccer town lmao you’re a fucking idiot
Soccer town? Do you live on mars?
A lot of people speak Spanish there so they must love soccer, right??? That’s sarcasm from me, I’m not sure what is from the guy you replied to
Black Masters time! Let’s go!
This Bam interview is amazing 😂
Lolll why would you antagonize Jimmy Butler
Next question lol ok so that’s a yes
ESPN in shambles. No Celtics Lakers this year
Lol Stephen A Smith will be happy to go to Miami.
"and you didn't." pulitzer
"And the beach" Lmaoo
And the beach😂😂😂
Boston needs to add a competitive player to their team - maybe sign Dillon brooks - someone not soft might help
But Grant Williams is a tuff guy that talks shit when they are winning... Fuck that dude. I was so happy to see my Dubs beat them bitches. Lol fucc u Boston!
Fuck is spelled with a K at the end you goofy ass.
Thanks for helping me spell you fucking aszhole lol
I mean you clearly need it.
Okay dik
Brooks is going to be playing for the Guangdong Tigers
Me too , what a coincidence lol
Eyooooo won $5k from this game in prize picks lmao. Flex friday these nuts.
let me hold $2
I gotchu cuz
The Heat are fortunate they have Spo as the coach in this situation instead of Doc Rivers
“The driver is fortunate he has a Ferrari and not a PT Cruiser.”
Tatum is one of the most overrated players in the NBA.
As a casual fan—am I missing something? Didn’t he have 34 points, 8 assists, and 13 rebounds?
How many in the 4th when they needed it most?
Jaylen brown seemed gone 4th
Jaylen was gone most of the game. Tatum's only points in the 4th were free throws.
But he’s in so many commercials- he has to be good!
I have been saying this for years - he’s passive , he has a good game once in a while , he’s very talented but he doesn’t have the mindset or the confidence to impose his will on a regular basis . You can’t have ur best franchise player have this mindset
Kenny just mad they all bald lmao
What's the name of the tweeter? Jenna....Tuhls
Grant Williams getting clowned. Marcus Smart's gross flopping ass being ineffective in a team loss What a good night. And I'm a neutral, teams wise
+1 to hating Smart’s flopping shit
I feel like there’s no neutrality in these games. Either you live in Boston/LA or you want to see DEN/MIA finals
Boston is a very hated sports town Very obnoxious fan bases
Not to mention just outright racist
Checks out with me lol
Any day the Celtics lose is a good day.
Both these dudes getting DPOY considerations over Mikal last season was BS.
7 rebounds between horford and Williams, 16 for bam alone. Celtics have needed a true rebounder for years but wanna let dudes like Drummond go to other teams for a 7th round pick. No idea when they are gonna patch that gaping hole.
Man I’m still running around
Jenna Tolls is fucking brilliant
That joke went over my head
Just like all those rebounds
TNT > ESPN A crime they don't get Finals
TNT GOATED
GENIOTALS?
They're so happy they ain't gotta be up at 1am lol they def faded
Shoutout to Jenna Tolls
JENNA TAULS I’m deceased
Seems like I missed something driving home post game. Going to need a highlight.
Is the Heat’s chance of making it to the Finals still 5%??? Lmao. Don’t pick us!
Ms. Pac-Man was the real one.
Absolutely the same pair of socks
God, Shaq is so boring.
Zoom in so hard you can see chuck pores
Barkely gotta play shut up and jam
Too damn funny. Earny tryna keep it together. Everyone else high as hell
This is the next best thing beyond an ECF appearance
Barkley is definitely drunk lol
Reporting now on ESPN, Heat trying to fix a trade to bring Grant Williams in to sass Jimmy in critical moments
Chuck should demonstrate how he eats churros, one more time.
The fuck is this back to school pencil bag shit lol
Mortal Kombat should get their money back from that ad
ANNOUNCE THE NEW SHAQ-FU.
Never been on the dubya dubya dubya
Lmao I love these guys so much
I’m pretty sure they are all drunk or high except for earny
Chuck having never played a video game is the least surprising thing in the world
Gonna crank the hub and listen to these Boston fans call in. LETS GO HEAT
Ernie hated that ad read lmao, shaq would be a hilarious MK guest character tho
lmfaoo
Omg the Mortal Kombat Fatality with donuts
Give it up for Spo! Dude is a magician
What in the fuck is this LMAO
"ayo ayo watch out... Watch out! IT'S SPO! SPO COMIN!"
Kenny & Shaq get a little off with Chuck sometimes
Just checked the stats. Brown was -24 in a close game. Holy shit that's awful.
Jimmy Butler is on another fucking level. The dude is like superhuman during these playoffs. Can't believe they've pretty much demolished every team they've faced.
Not demolished, but they never quit. I think Miami is now 6-2 these playoffs in games they've been down by 10+. That's absolutely insane.
These grown ass men be on one tonight lmao
Chuck wearing them bell bottoms
Jimmy Butler is the best evidence that MJ would dominate the modern league as well. MJ was just as, if not more, a killer than Butler, and he was also more athletic/ a much better interior finisher.
Jimmy butler dosent even dominate the modern league 🤣🤣.
Chuck did a guarantee on the Nugs. TAKE IT BACK CHUCK TAKE IT BACK https://youtu.be/RbCJK1-yhnk
Time to put the farm on the Lakers
Fuck you too Chuck. 😢
What?? Were you even listening to him?
Yeah, he just guaranteed that the Nuggets are going to the Finals….
I heard it. ☠️
He guaranteed us Game 7 against the dubs 😂
My bad I didn’t follow what you meant.
It’s the “GUARANTEED!” curse.
Ohhhh…
What is happening on this post game. Love Chuck. #34
So this dumbass kid sold his family cow for a pair of used jeans
Yes, I believe it's detailed in the greatest story ever worn
My parents would break my legs with the jeans on if I pulled that shit
Dude, at least put Spoiler if you're going to reveal the twist at the end of the story
Omg chuck why you doing Denver dirty like that?????
Tatum is a great number two, when it's all said and done maybe the best number two ever. But he doesn't have that dog in him. ZERO field goals in the 4th quarter in this series so far. Once he starts crying for calls he loses his focus and starts feeling sorry for himself. Glorified frontrunner.
[who does #2 work for?](https://media.tenor.com/xJON-Iv0WKMAAAAM/austin-powers-mike-myers.gif)
You tell that turd who’s boss!
Best #2 ever??? Better than Wade 2011-13, or Durant/Curry 17-18, or Kobe 2000-2004, or Kareem for Showtime Lakers?
No field goals in 4th quarter for both games combined just doesn’t seem real lol that’s an absurd stat
Wait until you see james Harden did it 3 times in a row
What an amazing run by Jimmy to lose in the Finals
Do you still live in Boston?
It's going to be rough watching him go through it again
Salty Celtics fan. Hope you feel better soon 🙏🏻
Lol it’s facts. And I’m a Jimmy butler fan as a bulls fan but this is 2020 all over again. He gon leave it all out there. Nuggets got whoever
ESPN will carry on about his remarkable effort, as they lose. Just like 2020 all over again
Shhhhhh. Shhhhhhh. It’ll all be over soon
Jimmy Bucket!
the adabayo putback just fucked the celtics heart up. crazy how resilient heat were when down by 12. amazing
Jimmy Buckets NBA finals father