Owners have egos. They like drafting the franchise player themselves and looking like a genius. Joe Lacob is one of these owners. Lacob likes Kuminga. He likes him so much that he is willing to sacrifice Steph’s final years just to make Kuminga work long term. (To be more specific, it’s really because Lacob wants to […]
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Steph Curry being the GOAT? Yeah we know he’s the greatest shooter ever. But Steph Curry, the Greatest Player of all time? No way. That’s crazy, right? No. Stephen Curry is a one of a kind player. The greatest shooter ever, and also the best player without the ball in his hands ever, Curry adds
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Kobe Bryant is a basketball legend and icon worldwide. We don’t even need to review the luster of his accomplishments – 5x NBA Championships, 2x Finals MVPs, 18 All-Stars, 9x All-Defensive teams, etc. In fact, some of Kobe’s accolades sell him short – he only has 1 MVP to his name, but many consider Kobe
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It’s funny how LeBron James, in the Eastern Conference, never lost in the 1st round (15 years). But in the western conference, he has lost in the 1st round 3x in 7 years. It’s funny how that works. It’s funny how LeBron made 8 straight Finals in the eastern conference from 2011-2018. But since going
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There has been a lot of discussion about why the NBA All-Star game isn’t good anymore. It really comes down to the lack of passion and interest from stars, first and foremost. We can blame Adam Silver all we want, but the reality is that any of the recent changes to the All-Star game format
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People have looked at the Celtics the last few years, and many have come to the silly conclusion that they can’t win with this core, and that Brown should be traded or that Tatum isn’t “that guy”. Many of these people are either A) fans of other teams who stealthily want Jaylen Brown to be
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Look at some of the guy who have won rings: Jordan, LeBron, Magic, Bird, Kobe, Shaq, Giannis, Duncan, Hakeem, Curry, Kareem, etc. They each have experienced winning championships as a number 1 option. They all have things in common. We’ll explain what that is in a minute. Generally speaking, there are three fundamental components that
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In sports, there are always jobbers. (Sorry for basically repeating the title). We always discuss how competitive the league is nowadays and how there’s no way any player is going to win up to 4 or 5 championships. Then, 6 years pass by and one player already has 2 or 3, while the other competition
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In the NBA, a wide variety of players exist (even though they all shoot threes nowadays ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ ). Many of these players have made a name for themselves by being incredibly skillful – think LeBron James, Kawhi Leonard, Kevin Durant, James Harden, Anthony Davis, Wardell Stephen Curry – but despite all these players being great,
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Many sports fans that watch the NBA and NFL often fall into 2 groups: those who generally use rings to judge players (they put a LOT of weight on rings), and those who generally don’t like to weigh rings as highly, and prefer to weigh stats much more. (In the NFL, this is usually pivoted
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Here at TakeThis, we believe that rings are a reflection of a player’s greatness. That generally speaking, great players tend to win rings, and players that don’t win rings usually weren’t great enough. And as always, the key word is usually. There are always exceptions, which we outlined before: This is because any good theory
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Back in the 2020 bubble, Jimmy Butler put up an admirable performance, taking two games off the 2020 Lakers, who had Anthony Davis playing at the highest level in his career, and a still spry 35 year-old LeBron James. Many did not give Butler much heat for this series loss, because he managed to outclutch
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