"It is an embarrassing loss for the Clippers... but this isn't so much about them collapsing as much it is about LeBron just being fabulous."
"So those two together was because Grant was such a us unselfish player he didn't need to be a scorer um, and Mike was such a great shooter I think the fit would have been perfect."
"You're team full of bad passers versus Tyrese Haliburton, who's the best point guard passer in your league right now besides Luca. That's going to be an issue for the Celtics."
"I think it's a perfect time for a guy like me who's not the biggest guard in the world but can shoot the ball; he's made it okay for teams to go out and get those type of guys and play them the way that Steph has changed the game."
"Michael Jordan, I don't care what any of these analytic Geeks have to say, he would eventually have made the adjustment if he wanted to become a three-point shooter."
"Nobody can check Dame all the way, man, that's dangerous."
"That's every bit as impactful as LeBron driving and kicking to a shooter."
"Success needs no explanation; failure needs no alibi."
"Larry Bird is a top 10 player ever. But I'm taking Larry Bird over Kevin Durant right now, today, yes."
"Let's just start with the fact that sabonis is 10 and 0 against ad in his career."
"As far as defensive versatility goes, that's about as good as it gets."
"John Wall is honestly a more athletic Rajon Rondo."
"I mean they're very very great basketball team and you know I don't see why they couldn't make it to the championship and and possibly win it you know just you know luck shots and you know who stays healthy in the postseason."
"The vision the the footwork the ability to punish people with the sides and the frame that the passing is Elite and the way they utilize him in the offense is what makes it so difficult for the Lakers."
"As long as he's cutting down on some you know careless mistakes some careless passes I see him becoming kind of one of those connective pieces within your offensive system and one of your real stoppers on defense as well."
"Shaq said KD would join the goat discussion if he wins a title as the bus driver."
"Bernard King, MVP... probably the second best MVP season... in this video at least."
"LeBron is one of the few men in the league who's man enough to bang, strong enough just to hold his ground."
"As long as they got their PG and James Harden, I think they'll be okay."
"One thing is for sure, they're absolutely gonna need Tatum to play like he's been doing recently."
"I think if Mello was in the Giannis, Chris Middleton role, they'd win six rings."
"The offense is running through Yic, not Embiid, because I know Embiid is going to have 33 and 12. Yic is going to have 24, 12, and 12."
"Kyrie Irving is the clutchest player in the NBA. You want to talk about clutch? He just took the game over last night."
"The most important question in the basketball world right now: Is Jokic the best player on the planet?"
"In the 2017 finals in particular, KD would finish with an average game score of 30.3 in five games." - Mike
"Kevin Durant is a basketball junkie and if you're a basketball junkie, you're going to want to talk about basketball."
"You gotta put a Keem in that's my top five bigs absolutely."
"Despite being a basketball genius, James was never and never will be a favorite among neutral fans."
"Chris Webber was right in the middle of the conversation with Kevin Garnett, Tim Duncan, and Dirk Nowitzki for the title of the best power forward."
"James Harden has one of the best five-year stretches out there."
"I wonder how long this guy's had his job for him to tell what everybody knows that Kevin Durant is the greatest scorer of this generation."
"I still would take Paul George over the other guys because I know at full strength he's gonna be even better than this."
"Driving left, spinning, like, to your other hand, and a step-back in a step-back fader like he did this so many times last year, and that's why he was in the running for like clutch player of the year."
"Hey, he's proven he's the closer. Wow, wow, he's definitely proven if you watch him for in a bo-beautiful he will literally get the ball and he will he even if it's a pin roll he if he's at that shooting guard spot he will most of those games."
"It's easily John, some real, I don't know like when I watch them of course that John wall's team but Bradley Beal is definitely a big factor in this."
"The Clippers finally just found the best way to counteract that redundancy by having someone like James Harden in the fold and Russell Westbrook." - Discussing team strategy and player acquisitions.
"Everybody else on the [Milwaukee Bucks] team, you're getting cooked."
"He's fine. He's important to a franchise. But when the, when you get the opportunity to be an alpha, you just don't have it."
"So there's a lot of context needs to be applied but there's no debate that Kobe is one of the best players of all time."
"Star in OB every time you see Obi he's producing the same kind of numbers Julius is producing with fewer minutes. Imagine if he had starter minutes."
"They have one of the best leaders in basketball."
"I think my final thought here is that the name we didn't mention: Christian Wood."
"Offensively it might be more prolific than Jason."
"I mean, Embiid is one of the more dominant offensive centers we have seen in the 21st century."
"I picked the Zags at the beginning of the season, I didn't know they'd go undefeated, but offensively they're the best team in the country."
"I think they're gonna make the play-ins and like everything that I said Shay Shay's also been able to like carry that offense and like not be a three-point shooter."
"If we're looking at single Seasons alone, Steph Curry's 15 to 16 season is top three in my opinion."
"Overall, versatility-wise, Kevin Garnett brought more to the table and just offers slightly fewer weaknesses than Ben Wallace."
"I think the rock has played incredible defense but I think the Warriors and those turnovers you win the turnover battle you win this series I it was just saw premeditated where they could double Durant I didn't like watching that basketball..."
"Quick, intelligent, crafty, unselfish, durable: top three point guard of all time."
"Jayson Tatum has been the biggest scorer in those moments."
"Kawhi Leonard is arguably a top three player in the league." - Nick Wright
"The only people I see winning the MVP... Giannis, Luka, and Embiid."
"I have consistently told you, the best player on the planet is Kevin Durant. I've said it for a year and a half."
"LeBron shoots a better percentage from two, shoots a better percentage from three."
"Ben Simmons, in five games, he averaged 20 points, eight rebounds, almost seven assists, almost two blocks, almost two steals..."
"Larry Bird's IQ alone resembles the same aspect we get from Luka Doncic. Now do I think Larry Bird has a better IQ by far? But you could tell the resemblance."
"It's no longer just one guy, I think the league has gotten too good."
"Getting Michael Porter Jr. falling to 14, I think that was a steal. And they arguably got the best small forward in the draft."
"Shout out to Thinking Basketball for the video, great video, great analysis, one of the best in the game, no cap."
"I think the Pelicans found out how to use him properly."
"Eddie Jones's game would absolutely translate to today's game."
"We're gonna have to start having real conversations about Jokić, where we rank him amongst all-time greats."
"They can legit go 12 deep. This is a nasty team top to bottom."
"I'm going to defend KD. I think he deserves absolutely no blame."
"Who are the two best teams in the NBA in my opinion just faced off and what looks like it's going to be the perfect preview for the 2024 NBA Finals."
"Denver just seems like the superior team to me."
"I think that's the best part of LeBron James's game: his passing, his vision, his ability to see the floor."
"I have the Celtics. I think they have the length and bodies to match up with somebody like Giannis to at least neutralize as much as you can neutralize them."
"There is a cap on three-point shooting in terms of the value it brings you. You can go too far with it."
"Stats can tell the story sometimes that the game might not fully tell you."
"I think playing competitive basketball whether it's with Portland or not, I think Portland makes the most sense."