Many people on this board: "It'S oKaY tHaT sMaRt Is OuT fOr ThE fIrSt RoUnD dUe To A dUmB dEcIsIoN tO pLaY hIm In A mEaNiNgLeSs GaMe! We'Ll HaNdLe InDy WiThOuT hIm!" We should still win this series, but people thinking this would be a cakewalk without Smart are crazy.
We clearly are struggling without that secondary playmaker out there in Smart. It might be time to start Hayward over Tatum, as he can provide you with Tatum's scoring while also providing the passing and playmaking to allow Kyrie to play off the ball, which neither Brown nor Tatum can provide you. And I prefer Brown at the 2 rather than going big with one of Tatum or Hayward there, as I don't think they are quick enough to guard as 2's.
Yes, that's what everyone that disagrees with you is thinking. Everyone that doesn't think you should sit everyone for the last two games is actually thrilled that Smart got injured, we love seeing guys not play
I mean, what? lol
First, no, literally - not figuratively, literally - many people on here were saying just this thing. It's not me speculating; this is literally what people here were saying, i.e. that Smart is not a big loss for this series due to it being Indy and us still having more overall talent.
Second, again, this is another fallacy - specifically a strawman this time - to say that I think that people are "actually thrilled that Smart got injured." That's asinine. I certainly don't think that. I just think that people are clearly wrong based on rationalizations that they are creating in order to protect Brad.
Sorry, was your post NOT a strawman? Is your insistence that Smart shouldn't have played not just based on Smart getting injured? Because, sorry, I can't see anyone making a big deal about Smart playing in that game if he hadn't gotten hurt
I get annoyed with everyone here insisting that, because Brad didn't do exactly what they would have done exactly when they would have done it, he's an idiot/a bad coach. No one here wants to face the possibility that they could be wrong
And I'm not saying that Brad is never wrong - I'm saying that people act like, if they ever disagree with Brad, the only possibility is Brad being wrong. It can't be that both are right (but have different philosophies), or that a freak accident happened and no one is to blame, or that both sides alert wrong. The only possible answer is that Brad is wrong and the fan is right. It's one of the reasons that >50% of the game thread posts are some variation of "Brad doesn't know what a timeout is!" and botching about literally every lineup that is or could be put on the floor
If you want to use Brad as your dumping ground for everything bad that happens, go ahead. But don't try to drag down everyone that disagrees with you based on some absurd opinions you assign us all
Also, I generally like your posts, but pointing out logical fallacies in people's posts instead of actually responding to them just makes you look like a prick. You of all people know that an argument having a fallacy doesn't automatically make it wrong (and that dismissing something just because there is a fallacy is itself a fallacy)
Topic: Pacers (0-0) at Celtics (0-0) Round 1 Game 1 4/14/19 (Read 64296 times)