Jayson Tatum the MVP; Jaylen Brown the Flight risk
Tatum’s All-Star game MVP historically leads to good thing for the Celtics. Will Jaylen Brown stick around long term? Mac is on the hot seat, the Bruins make a big trade, Beat Bobby Flay surpasses Last of Us, and Peta is on the case. PLUS B.A.L.L.S
Jayson Tatum’s MVP performance
Jaylen Brown Making sacrafices
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Tatum the MVP and Jaylen the flight risk
55 points (22-31 FG, 10-18 3Pt, 1-2 FT) to go with 10 rebounds, six assists, one steal and one block across 35 minutes as Team Giannis claimed a 184-175 victory over Team LeBron.
Four of the last five All Star MVPs have made the NBA Finals. Two of those four won the Championship.
The only year the All Star MVP didn’t make the finals was 2020 - Kawhi Leonard.
- 2022 - Steph Curry
- 2021 - Giannis
- 2020 - Kawhi
- 2019 - Kevin Durant
- 2018 - Lebron
How important was Tatum and Brown's performance's in Salt Lake City?
Jaylen Brown: 35 points (16-27 FG, 3-12 3Pt), 14 rebounds, five assists and two steals over 25 minutes in
Jaylen Brown: “All is fun in games like this,” he said. “Real basketball is different. This was like a layup line. I don’t know how much notoriety we would want to to get from this. This was a glorified layup line. We got to figure out how to make the game a little bit more competitive. If the fans like it, that’s all that matters.”
Are the Gen Zers tougher than Millenials?
Anthony Edwards - “All the guys sitting, resting. That’s the only thing I probably don’t like. Just play, man. If you 80%, you gotta play. I don’t like all the sitting, missing games stuff. These people might have enough money to come to one game. And that might be the game they come to and you sitting out.”
I watched the 2003 All star Game. Shit was competitive. Double OT. Steph Marbury vs #8Kobe. MJ game winning shot
Jaylen Brown Flight risk
"It takes sacrifice on my behalf," Brown told reporters at NBA All-Star Weekend in Salt Lake City. "It's definitely a lot of opportunities that you can be a guy. But the ultimate goal for me and Jayson has always been to win games.
"So when you see team dynamics, there's nothing wrong with doing your job on the team. So throughout my career, I've learned to be and play the role that has been needed for me to play, and I think that's part of why the success has been able to happen. Being able to humble yourself and be like yeah, I know I could be something somewhere else, but there's no problem being a great team guy and winning here in Boston."
Jaylen stats: 26.5 points. 7 rebs per game
- All star 2 - 3 years
- with All NBA Celtics can offer him the Super Max contract. 5 years $270 million
Do those comments worry you or give you hope?
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Mac is on the hot seat
Albert Breer: "I don't think Bill appreciated the way that Mac handled some of the stuff last year," Breer said. "There's a way that I think Bill thinks a franchise quarterback should conduct himself. And for the most part, (Tom) Brady did conduct himself that way. I think there were certain things in the way that Mac handled his second year as a pro that Bill didn't appreciate.
"I don't know how in love the Raiders are with Mac. Like, if you're talking about getting their first-round pick, I don't think that's happening."
Since then every single person has debunked this.
- Tom E Curran: "Over Krafts dead body"
Would you trade him?
- What could you get?
Aaron Rodgers? $31 million cap hit
Jimmy G? Would he come for soft hugs from Belichick?
Matt Cassel top QBs
Mac Jones was the NFL's fifth-highest graded passer in 2022 when kept clean, per PFF, trailing only Joe Burrow, Patrick Mahomes, Jalen Hurts and Trevor Lawrence.
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Bruins doing just enough to fall short
Vladislav Gavrikov Watch 2023 may be nearing the finish line. Per source, #CBJ & #NHLBruins have the framework of a trade in place (talk of a 1st/3rd in package), but Boston has to clear cap space. One player I'm told they're shopping is F Craig Smith.
Atlantic division
Bruins 91 pts
Maple leafs 78 pts
Metro
Hurricanes - 84 pts
West - Stars 72. Golden knights 73
Gavrikov Still not enough.
The 27-year-old veteran is not much of an offensive player. He has tallied 10 points (three goals, seven assists) in 52 games this season. He's best used as a defensive defenseman who eats up 20-plus minutes per game, kills penalties and blocks shots.
* Good size to deal with Carolina and Florida. Price is too much. Just go all in.
The latest package I heard for Chychurn would be something like DeBrusk or Swayman, a 1st, a 3rd, and Fabian Lysell.
OR double up
Luke Schenn costs a 3rd round pick
St. Louis Blues forward Ivan Barbashev, for a 4th rnd pick
The 6-foot-1, 200-pound Barbashev is an intriguing blend of skill and physicality that’s been good for double-digit goals and 25-30 points in most of his NHL seasons in St. Louis while playing a style that works on the third and fourth lines
Costs way less and provides size and depth.
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The University of Alabama
- Brandon Miller. Top 10 NBA pick. Hit the game winner for the Crimson Tide. Also a gun runner.
Alabama freshman basketball standout Brandon Miller brought a teammate the handgun that was used to kill a woman last month, according to police in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
Tuscaloosa detective Branden Culpepper testified Tuesday that Miller brought Darius Miles' gun to him on the night of the fatal shooting of 23-year-old Jamea Jonae Harris, after Miles texted him and asked him to do so.
Miller - Not arrested. Not suspended.
No word from Alabama or NCAA
Trout twat Lady
- I gagged