NBA 2023-2024 General Discussion Thread

[Alan_Wilson]

Congrats Jayson!

 

[brevity]

From Duke MBB Twitter:

 

[Furniture]

Don’t forget White as well. Not for MVP, but still so integral to this team.

White is really good. Very underrated. Every time he shoots you feel like it’s going in

 

[SouthernDukie]

“What they gonna say now??!”

— Jayson Tatum, NBA champion

Will have to find new motivation for next season. Tatum and Brown have put the doubts to bed - emphatically!!!

 

[SkyBrickey]

Very happy for Tatum. MVP?

Brown, Horford, White, Holliday. All high character and deserving guys.

 

[SouthernDukie]

White is really good. Very underrated. Every time he shoots you feel like it’s going in

For sure!

 

[Billy Dat]

Congrats DBR Celtics fans….enjoy it!!

Thrilled for JT, Amile, The Pagliucas, etc.

18 titles.

Very cool for Duke.

 

[FosterCoachK82]

Adam Silver looks likeGollub.

 

[Steven43]

Congrats DBR Celtics fans….enjoy it!!

Thrilled for JT, Amile, The Pagliucas, etc.

18 titles.

Very cool for Duke.

Cheers, Billy!

 

[SouthernDukie]

Order has been restored!!!

 

[elvis14]

Order has been restored!!!

Ah, no that's saved for next March.

 

[Alan_Wilson]

Congrats DBR Celtics fans….enjoy it!!

Thrilled for JT, Amile, The Pagliucas, etc.

18 titles.

Very cool for Duke.

I didn’t realize Amile was on the Celtics staff. Even better! Make that two Duke rings tonight.

 

[Edouble]

Well Jaylen Brown won Finals MVP. It would have been nice if Tatum had gotten it, but if Tatum didn’t get it, I’m just glad it went to an ACC guy.

 

[FosterCoachK82]

Well Jaylen Brown won Finals MVP. It would have been nice if Tatum had gotten it, but if Tatum didn’t get it, I’m just glad it went to an ACC guy.

lol

 

[SouthernDukie]

Now it’s time to follow this up with several more titles in the coming years! 3-peat? 4-peat? Or even more?

 

[HaveFunExpectToWin]

From Duke MBB Twitter:

And he’s only 19!

 

[Gooch]

I was hoping Dallas would make the first ever comeback from 3-0, but then realized how devastating that would be for Tatum that I switched my rooting interest. So glad Jayson had a killer game and got the ring. You could tell what it meant to him by the force of his post game hugs!

 

[Owen Meany]

Tatum led the Celtics in points, rebounds and assists in both the finals and the playoffs. I wonder if any other player has ever done this for the winning team and not won MVP? For that matter, I wonder how many players have done that period.

 

[DBKilby]

I understand the love for Luka, but jeebus his defense is absolute garbage

Before this series I put him in the Harden/Westbrook tier of ball dominant guards who don't play a lick of defense and would never win a championship being the best player. I am sticking to that. He wines too much and doesn't want to put in the work on the defensive end. There are several guys I would take over him right now.

 

[JayZee]

Before this series I put him in the Harden/Westbrook tier of ball dominant guards who don't play a lick of defense and would never win a championship being the best player. I am sticking to that. He wines too much and doesn't want to put in the work on the defensive end. There are several guys I would take over him right now.

Oddly enough, both Luka and Kyrie seemed to play better D against Denver and Minnesota. Maybe they were just happy to be in the finals? Maybe they were exhausted? I get that Luka doesn’t play great D during the season, but he as pretty good earlier in the playoffs.

I think he is also really beat up. Sucks for a guy who is younger than Cormac Ryan - true, look it up - but he looks pretty worked for a 25 year old. Maybe something to do with being pro since he was a mid-teen? Or just his game which is pretty physical?