2018 OFF-SEASON DISCUSSION THREAD

[Pugz]

so if he took better shots, he'd be an even better shooter?

 

[bosoxlover12]

https://twitter.com/FredKatz/status/1017526102997127168
 
paulie get on the jaylen train with me. hes the type of guy you actually like

 

[Pugz]

and hes 5% of the goat!

 

[bosoxlover12]

I mean y'all just wait. ive been right on jaylen since day 1 when you all doubted him big time

 

[Mexi]

man this talk about kyrie leaving is lame. that boston team is going to be really good and it's HIS team. why would he leave that? contending team for years and he leaves, to the knicks? thats beta as fuck

Cause he'd rather not live in Boston

 

[Paulius]

https://twitter.com/FredKatz/status/1017526102997127168
 
paulie get on the jaylen train with me. hes the type of guy you actually like

Ive grown to like Jaylen because hes a dog but i just think Tatum will be that superstar out the two

Both are dope man, yall have a sick duo. I feel like if i was a Celtics fan, it’d be hard for me to wanna trade one of them too just because, you know, so i dont actually blame you for wanting to keep em both no matter what

 

[Paulius]

Comments like that seperate guys for me

Hes a dog

Imagine if KD had his mentality. And joined the wizards

Going thru Lebron in the east, beating him, and then beatinf the warriors. Imagine the kind of respect he’d get

But nah some dudes just run, some make runways

 

[Paulius]

Embiid is a better shooter, yea, but he also takes worse shots (given his shooting ability)

Weird way of looking at it

 

[bosoxlover12]

Ive grown to like Jaylen because hes a dog but i just think Tatum will be that superstar out the two

Both are dope man, yall have a sick duo. I feel like if i was a Celtics fan, it’d be hard for me to wanna trade one of them too just because you know so i dont actually blame you for wanting to keep em both no matter what

i mean maybe i can articulate this better than when i said jaylen is 5% mj
 
tatum is going to be a scoring phenom, like durant. its gonna look almost effortless when he hits his peak, and he'll do it calm and collected
but jaylen, man. dude's got the mamba mentality that will win the team games by having everyone mentally in it. he's never afraid of the moment, and hes athletically gifted as fuck too. like he came out of college as the highflyer that cant shoot... he just shot 40% from three in his second year
 
like durant is an all time better scorer than kobe is, when kd officially hangs it up. its a fact, really. but if you ask me who's going to be higher up on the all time rankings, its gonna be kobe over kd. thats how i equate it to jaylen v tatum. tatum without question will be the better scorer, but jaylens gonna be the glue to it all

 

[Paulius]

I like this comment ^

Well said, i def see your point

 

[Pugz]

not only is jaylen 5% mj but hes also kobe!

 

[Paulius]

One question to ask tho

This came to me when you said a highflyer who cant shoot

How much credit should Brad Stevens get for these two? How do we know they wouldnt regress without Stevens?

Of course the talent is there no doubt but being in Brads system gotta help alteast a lil bit, right?

We know Kyrie is Kyrie with or without Brad, but how about J&J?

 

[Paulius]

not only is jaylen 5% mj but hes also kobe!

Bosox really putting it all into Jaylen

Which is ok bc hes been riding with him since before the draft so that makes it acceptable

I do see the mamba mentality in him tho, so the %’s might be somewhat accurate [emoji102]

 

[Pugz]

One question to ask tho

This came to me when you said a highflyer who cant shoot

How much credit should Brad Stevens get for these two? How do we know they wouldnt regress without Stevens?

Of course the talent is there no doubt but being in Brads system gotta help alteast a lil bit, right?

We know Kyrie is Kyrie with or without Brad, but how about J&J?

to me, coaches help. especially when the players are young but if theyre going to be great, that was going to happen regardless. he is a very good coach and has laid out a great path for his players to follow.

 

[Paulius]

to me, coaches help. especially when the players are young but if theyre going to be great, that was going to happen regardless. he is a very good coach and has laid out a great path for his players to follow.

Good point

 

[Pugz]

coaches really do help but i just always think the great players were going to be great no matter what. great coaches are great when they get the whole team to buy into a system.

 

[BNC]

Weird way of looking at it

Embiid shot 30.8% from 3 this year on 3.4 attempts, Giannis shot 30.7% on 1.9. Embiid should probably connect on a few more than 30.8%, but he's not good enough yet to take 3.4 attempts per game

 

[Mexi]

Paulius

 

[Paulius]

Is it crazy to think Luke might not be the Lakers coach for the 2019-2020 season?

 

[Paulius]

IT to the Nuggets

He better know hes coming off the bench

If hes fine with it, nice gamble on the Nuggets side