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Landscape With Ascanius Shooting the Stag of Sylvia; Claude Lorrain; 1682 Something odd about the pre-series storyline that the Dallas Mavericks might have the two best players in the NBA Finals is that even based on Kyrie Irving’s 2023-24 season — healthy, available and playing for a top-notch team — on paper he’s not close to where the two top Celtics are. That storyline was built almost entirely on what Kyrie did over two long playoff runs with Cleveland (including one championship) and two of the first three rounds of this postseason (he was not terribly effective against Oklahoma City). Meanwhile, the Celtics had gone 12-2 in the playoffs this year, with Jayson Tatum averaging 30-10-6 in the conference finals … and Jaylen Brown winning series MVP. This is all to say that the “what if Dallas has the two best players in the series?” storyline was deeply, ridiculously insulting to what Tatum and Brown have done... Keep reading with a 7-day free trialSubscribe to Good Morning It's Basketball to keep reading this post and get 7 days of free access to the full post archives. A subscription gets you:
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Well, *that's* a swerve from the Lakers
Thursday, June 6, 2024
JJ Redick is apparently no longer the front-runner as Dan Hurley enters the chat. ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏
Redemption, erasure, complexity in human relations and Kyrie Irving
Wednesday, June 5, 2024
Normal people keep the world going, but controversial people give us a lot to talk about. ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏
Why (I think) the Celtics will win
Tuesday, June 4, 2024
These Mavericks might win most Finals. But these Celtics are so, so good. ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏
Jaylen Brown is a true avatar of these Celtics
Monday, June 3, 2024
A 40-spot in a big Boston win, and a certain annoyed nonchalance about the All-NBA miss. ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏
The Timberwolves' Achilles heel was, in fact, an Achilles heel
Monday, June 3, 2024
The epic series win over Denver looked like resolution. The Mavericks have proven otherwise. ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏
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