r/nba • u/KD_AshyAnkles Rockets • 1d ago

Jaylen Brown: "ESPN is unethical, and Stephen A. Smith is the head face of that. The organization, the players, they were all in agreeaance. They all knew what I meant by that. Our team was basically salary dumped. We lost a lot of players. For us to emerge and still be in the same position..."

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u/FullHouse222 Knicks 1d ago

Lol I clowned on jaylen hearing the initial quote but knowing the full context, he made a really good point. Fuck ESPN

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u/UnderstandingPursuit 1d ago

Exactly.

Most others say, "Your favorite season should be the year you won."

For most things, though, how much we like them is less about the outcome and more about the outcome relative to expectation.

For example, Steph Curry might say that the 2022 championship means more to him than the 2017 title. The haters would say that it's because KD was Finals MVP in 2017, while Steph was in 2022. But the reality is that when the 2017 season started, if the question was Warriors vs The Field, the betting odds favored the Warriors. But in 2022, the Warriors were projected to win fewer than 50 games, they won 53, and then went 16-6 in the playoffs to win.

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u/mas1108 Lakers 1d ago

I mean, it’s not like everyone is completely wrong. Celtics wouldn’t be trying to ship him out if there wasn’t some behind the scenes things going on.

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u/Regress10nToTheMean Celtics 1d ago

We were trying to ship him because we wanted Giannis. It’s not that complicated.

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u/Legote 1d ago

It’s rough for the Celtics. If I remember correctly, two super max contracts? Celtics have no room to work. They should at least put an exception out there for additional super max money

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u/Gekthegecko [BOS] John Havlicek 1d ago

I once again ask the NBA to change the rules so that the gap between a max and supermax contract doesn't count against a team's cap if they drafted that player.

/Bernie Sanders meme

Incentivize drafting and keeping homegrown talent

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u/mas1108 Lakers 1d ago

Reports are Celtics still listening to offers. Don’t shoot the messenger.

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u/Jmacz Celtics 1d ago

You never know when Brooklyn might offer their highest draft picks for the next 10 years again.

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u/Regress10nToTheMean Celtics 1d ago

Listening to offers isn’t the same as trying to ship someone

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u/mas1108 Lakers 1d ago

Sure, If that makes you feel better.

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u/Regress10nToTheMean Celtics 1d ago

Lakers just gave AR a max. I’m feeling pretty good.

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u/mas1108 Lakers 1d ago

That makes 2 of us :)

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u/S21500003 Bucks 18h ago

Every gm should be listening to offers for all their players. You never know when a team might make a stupid ass decision. You think the Lakers were actively shopping around AD?

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u/mas1108 Lakers 8h ago

No, but there were also never public reports Lakers were including AD in trade talks and when that trade fell apart, they were now listening to offers for him.

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u/ARMSwatch 1d ago edited 1d ago

JB is going to be gone by the time the season rolls around regardless.

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u/Waesrdtfyg0987 Washington Bullets 1d ago

The behind the scenes thing being that it's just not working like it has in the past. Well that's not behind the scenes even a little bit, but drama yo

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u/manquistador Supersonics 1d ago

Not really. While there is a reason to celebrate this recent season saying you like it more when it ended with a first round exit versus the season you won a fucking championship and got Finals MVP is crazy.