I went overboard with my 2nd comment above. Sorry about that.

Don’t worry, Hubert’s provocation was directed to me. It was not hundreds of posts, it was only me. I’ll give him his flowers for the good prediction, but i’m saving the comment for the new thread to not have it buried at the end of this one.

The Heat are fucked lol

Rooting for the Celtics?

RJ isn’t a top tier athlete. Grimes is. That’s the difference. It shows on defense. RJ simply can’t rotate and close out fast enough. Grimes meanwhile took the toughest defensive matchups in the NBA this year and shoved.

On offense, RJ doesn’t have the athleticism to finish at elite levels. He draws fouls pretty well but isn’t elite from the line. He doesn’t shoot the three well. If he can get downhill he is effective at finding seams in the defense but he lacks finishing touch to score in bailout situations i.e. when he is met with a well positioned defender. He can pass a bit but overall he is not looking remotely like the next Jimmy Butler.

A lot of things have to go right for RJ to not be a net negative. His whole confirmation has to change basically so he can be an effective defender. He needs to become an 85% shooter from the line and 38% from three. He needs to dunk on people.

I don’t think any of that will happen. RJ is capped. I see a .100-.120 WS/48! player at peak with poor to mediocre defense. He will be fine, even useful if you need a guy who can get shots up and have guys to carry the defense. But it’s going to take a miracle for him to be a star.

I don’t think Grimes will be a star either but there is clear line of sight to him being an extremely useful 3 and D tyoe. He will definitely grow into a little more offense but if this is it and we can sign him to a reasonable deal I will be very happy.

how stupid I am for thinking this Heat Celtics series isn’t over

I rest my case re your stupid ego.

(I wish this board goes back to actually discussing the game instead of Hubert and E’s tiresome egos.)

Last week we were using the transitive property to declare we are title contenders based on winning two games against the Heat.

What does the transitive property say about us now?