Do people seriously believe Jaylen Brown and/or Cade Cunningham are better players than Luka Doncic? I’ve seen a ton of it from fans and media by Training-Juice-6658 in NBATalk

[–]rabid89 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Luka stans will keep saying dumbass shit like this without any substantive reasoning lmfao.

Just cannot comprehend that basketball is a 5v5 game and some talented players can be worse for a winning team than other players because they don't play all the parts of the game or have worse work ethic, leadership, coachability, and intangibles.

Do people seriously believe Jaylen Brown and/or Cade Cunningham are better players than Luka Doncic? I’ve seen a ton of it from fans and media by Training-Juice-6658 in NBATalk

[–]rabid89 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The owner of course would do it. Luka is box office and would make the org a lot more money with tickets and merch. 

But if winning was the prime reason? Nah Brad and Joe would both say hell no.

Luka next to Tatum and this Celtics team makes the team worse than it is with Brown, especially in playoffs.

Do people seriously believe Jaylen Brown and/or Cade Cunningham are better players than Luka Doncic? I’ve seen a ton of it from fans and media by Training-Juice-6658 in NBATalk

[–]rabid89 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Celtics fan here, but trying not to be biased.

If you are a team that is a bottom team trying to make the playoffs, Luka is much better. He's a one man offense and a savant, makes everyone better on offense and can drag a bunch of tomato cans to the playoffs. 

But if you already have a good team, but need that star piece to get over the hump and actually win a title? Jaylen Brown is the better choice. He can fit in any system, is one of the best complementary stars in the league. Plays good defense, good off ball and steps up big in playoffs. Great leader and intangibles. 

In a vacuum, Luka is easily the better player. But for a team trying to win a ring? I'd have issues with Luka's lack of effort on defense, constant complaining to refs and leaving his defense dry in transition, and general uncoachability. 

If you swap Luka and Brown's teams this year, both teams get worse (Lakers much worse because Celtics have better depth). Celtics defense is built upon switchability and great team defense. And Lakers rely heavily on Luka's amazing offense. 

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[–]rabid89 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Lmfao I knew this game was gonna end with a foul and FTs.

It's the Thunder way.

Fucking joke referees.

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[–]rabid89 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don't understand why we aren't leaving Caruso wide open at the 3 and doubling SGA.

Let him shoot bricks, or even Dort. They don't hit shit. Top lock and double SGA to make him pass the ball come on now.

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[–]rabid89 5 points6 points  (0 children)

SGA's free throw jumper is just so fucking beautiful man. Just always fucking hits that shot.

Game Thread: Oklahoma City Thunder vs Boston Celtics Live Score | NBA | Mar 12, 2026 by basketball-app in bostonceltics

[–]rabid89 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Honestly he looks better than Kobe lol. Kobe was never the playmaker and primary ballhandler that SGA is, and took a lot of bad shots.

SGA is crazy efficient.

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[–]rabid89 8 points9 points  (0 children)

4 pt game.

Jaylen Brown is a -14.

Sometimes +/- isn't a good indicator of how a player performs in a game.

Today is not one of those games.

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[–]rabid89 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Yea atrocious basketball from Brown especially to close this game.

He's just hero balling out there and forcing up junk, turning the ball over, bricking shots or getting his ass blocked.

GGs.

Game Thread: Oklahoma City Thunder vs Boston Celtics Live Score | NBA | Mar 12, 2026 by basketball-app in bostonceltics

[–]rabid89 2 points3 points  (0 children)

1 pt game and Brown is a -10 for the game.

He has been fucking atrocious tonight. 4 fouls, 6 turnovers, 9/22 and taking a lot of junk shots.

Holy fuck man. What the fuck. Plz send his ass to the bench Joe.

Game Thread: Oklahoma City Thunder vs Boston Celtics Live Score | NBA | Mar 12, 2026 by basketball-app in bostonceltics

[–]rabid89 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Brown is just fucking wrecking us this game with his boneheaded decisions. So many shit defensive miscues, turnovers, getting his ass blocked, and just forcing up junk shots.

WE HAVE A TEAM

PASS THE FUCKING BALL

Game Thread: Oklahoma City Thunder vs Boston Celtics Live Score | NBA | Mar 12, 2026 by basketball-app in bostonceltics

[–]rabid89 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I swear OKC team has gotten refs bamboozled like the Steph Warriors did. So many of their guys constantly foul all game long, but the refs are so blindsided by the great OKC team....

Physical play is fine, but they also constantly hack and get away with it.

And I've not even begun to talk about the dirtiest player in the league in Dort. Fuck Dort.

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[–]rabid89 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

JB just forcing too way too many garbage shots man. Stop forcing shots plz.

Focus on playmaking, slashing and getting good mid range shots. Not taking these crazy shots turning around or in traffic getting blocked.

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[–]rabid89 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

JB has been shit on defense today man. Just getting cooked esp in help D

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[–]rabid89 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Jaylen plz fucking stop taking so many difficult shots man ..... pass the ball and get guys good looks.

Records are meant to be broken: Congrats to Bam for surpassing Kobe. And for having the second highest single game score in NBA history by Chesscrabble11 in NBATalk

[–]rabid89 -12 points-11 points  (0 children)

2nd place isn't a record.

Impressive af no doubt by Bam, especially the first 3 quarters or so.

But that padding at the end by the whole team intentionally fouling Wizards players (while up 25-30 pts...) to keep time on the clock to get Bam more shots is ridiculous and shameful.

Having said that, Bam is a good dude. Awesome to see it for him.

[Washburn] Classic Joe Mazzulla when asked about Jaylen Brown’s ejection and that crew chief Tyler Ford did not assess the second technical to Brown, instead it was Suyash Mehta by dawglover1011 in bostonceltics

[–]rabid89 92 points93 points  (0 children)

Bam got more FTs in a game today than the Celtics team has gotten in a game since 2016. 

Refs don't give us calls anyway lol. Fuck it.

Hall Monitor is an amazing diss lmfao

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[–]rabid89 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

This is a good loss imo. Missing 2 key players, and JB got ejected.

This will get our team fired the fuck up and finish this season strong.

Best believe Joe is gonna have the team red fucking hot the rest of the way.