Talent alone rarely wins championships. Especially egocentric talent. There's no mystery why the Bucks eliminated us so easily. They play as a team, both offensively and defensively. The 18 - 19 Celtics didn't remotely resemble a team... just a collection of individuals. I strongly believe that the Celts will be a markedly better team next year without Irving, regardless of whether they get AD. I am looking forward to next season, as I predict there's only a 10% chance Irving signs with the Celtics. Also, I believe Danny will be crazy to give up both Brown and Tatum for AD.
Talent almost always wins in the NBA.
Almost all title winners have a top-5 player / MVP candidate and most also have another all-star level player.
OKC 5-6 years ago had the most talent in one umbrella... didnt win
Im not a fan of the Celts bettet get AD and look the other way when it comes to Irving poisonous ways... because thats the only way you can win in this league
Steph Curry was not born a shooter but rather built to be a great one. And shooting is just one aspect of it all
This was the shortcoming of Irving...because he thinks he is "great" and didnt put in the extra work to tackle a very different challenge of not playing with/relying on a Lebron
Celts if it clicked, and built via hard work wouldnt have gotten destroyed by the Bucks
No, the Thunder didn't. LeBron was better than Durant, Wade was better than Westbrook and Bosh was better than Harden.
That is just nonsense about Kyrie. I'm not sure what you're even saying. That he didn't improve?? Because that is just not true at all. His rebounding, passing and defence all took considerable strides, and he put up his second most efficient shooting season. Your insistence to blame Irving for other players' & coaches not improving or adapting to their scenario is ridiculous
why are you leaving out Ibaka? that team was stacked .... and even though you make little comparisons here and there. The truth is Russell Westbrook back then was the Kyrie of today. The guy was a major hot dog and at times Durant looked like a passenger...it was sad
Also I like the way you list Irving own little stat improvements
how did that empower the rest of the team? how did this help the team?
maybe if he focused more on passing... team would have been better for it? maybe if he let others "be a hero" late in games, would that have helped better prepare the team?
Kyrie out of all the players deserves the most blame....it is a no brainer
he held the ball the longest, took the most shots, played inconsistent defense, poor leadership skills. He basically called his own shots....
At least if he was going to act this way, help empower the others ...by the suggestions above
This lineup was oozing was talent...to let it go down the drain...
Trading for AD with a Kyrie "my team" Irving....goodluck if you think , this is the answer to everything
I won't be rooting against such squad if it happened, but I have my doubts. Even with AD, there is still an underlying issue between Irving and Brad Stevens