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@JuliettKilo 20 күн бұрын
Those old school fans will simply said nobody is defending and let Klay have a free drive to the lane.
@kelleyeidem667 Ай бұрын
It's interesting how this video was made before the season had ended prior to Wemby's performances soaring to new heights.
@JeffreyHowerton-k2z 2 ай бұрын
What other teams won't dare do the Knicks will and that's paying often injured non All-stars and max money them OMG y'all better pray he doesn't get injured cuz heads will roll it's just like stoudemire seven years and his team wouldn't max him the team that drafted him which should tell you something it took them seven years to not max him for some players that's a career especially when your basically the same player and after seven years you start getting older and pretty much have reached your ceiling I believe josh Hart is worth more than him and even though he gets injured Mitch leads the NBA in offensive rebounds before getting hurt and he been with us for a while so he gets a pass cuz we drafted him og only been here three months and got injured and I don't care what he did in the regular season damn it was only 29 games and he was dead by the playoffs didn't he miss most of the first round and they still won he came back for the second round and they got eliminated bad resume and he said he would be willing to take less to stay so he is a liar cuz he turned his nose at 35 per for an injured guy that's great but he said no...the nerve. He better not break down or heads are gonna fly or he might get away with it by hiding behind his team mates accomplishments cuz we still can get there without him which they have proven especially now with Bridges here he might not be such a distraction as far as his health goes Amar'e Jr and he better be an all-star cuz 40 per is all-star money but thanks to the cba rules everybody getting paid like all-stars even triple single guys that's right dude averages two points a game and gets three million per lol don't hate the player y'all know the rest
@primo289 2 ай бұрын
Gonna need top 10 players of 2024
@ZachNguyen-vp7nz 2 ай бұрын
This is already on a podcast on Spotify
@ziyingc 2 ай бұрын
I need a place to comment on #276 2 way forward episode. kinda drive me insane, Cody was doing a great job trying to define a line or threshold for the concept. But mostly the whole conversation is like "better players will make team better, better player is better than worse players." there definitely needs some comparison to talk about this.
@tyw3516 2 ай бұрын
Would you upload the episodes that were recorded in the offseason?
@TolbertOseiOwusu 2 ай бұрын
I love this
@MusicLyf4 3 ай бұрын
1:17:18
@nono6167 3 ай бұрын
Looking back from the future, yup, Celtics were inevitable.
@LarsMarkson 3 ай бұрын
Great as always. Maybe sprinkle in a couple more Tolkien references.
@havenxochiquetzalli9478 3 ай бұрын
where's the end of the video man 😅
@TheMetalHomer 3 ай бұрын
Mavs are slowly entering panic mode, so coach JK should try something radical from the start. I think puting Doncic on KP (or Al) and one of the Lob Goblins on Jrue, could be a good idea. KP had no success against Luka, except a foul drawn, and also the Mavs' big can rim protect better maybe. The Celtics would try to feed KP as always when he has a missmatch, but this is not much of a missmatch if he is catching it at the elbow. Also the clock will run down easily. Luka can be a good post defender (similar to James Harden). Bonus is that Luka will not be hunted by a quick perimeter player. If they bring up KP for ballscreen, the Mavs should pre-switch. They could try all these out in the first quarter just to disrupt the rhythm of Celtics' offense.
@michaelahurt 3 ай бұрын
I take back nothing I said about how bad Joe Mazzula's "offense" was last year however... Now that the players are executing the system _correctly_ and they have the pieces they need, it's actually a brilliant offensive system. Maybe the biggest thing is it creates an environment where JT and JB can complement and play off each other and all the spacing creates easier passing windows and reads for two guys who aren't savant level passers
@dddiop 3 ай бұрын
Enjoyed as always but podcast ends in the middle of a sentence
@antonioleon3123 3 ай бұрын
You guys cut out the end of the video
@sskmanentsa5326 3 ай бұрын
My idea was that Luka should absolutely torch the single coverage since the help is basically them stunting at him to force him to pick up the ball. He is a ball dominant player and has been since he was a kid so asking him to do a lot of that off ball stuff like a Curry or Jokic will just take him out of the game mentally since that involves a lot of physicality and he has been whining and complaining about it all postseason. There is also the option of a pass and chase on an empty side DHO, that Luka-Kyrie PnR sound like a good idea, but Joe will just switch that with Holiday and Brown.
@michaelahurt 3 ай бұрын
But it's real stunts not fake stunts. He was more aggressive in game 2 about testing Boston's commitment but 1) he can't carry the offense alone for 4 quarters so the torching single coverage just isn't tenable; Boston isn't Atlanta and 2) Boston's defenders, especially Jrue, will stay until he picks it up or passes. It's not just a token stunt for show he can just ignore like Minnesota was doing, they are actually in the gap. Moving him off ball is less about running him off screens like Curry but loosening Boston's defense so they can't load up. So instead of Luka bringing the ball and getting his matchup with 10 eyes on him, he starts in the corner or under the basket and comes off screens to flow into his PnR or iso game so that he starts the possession with half a step. Same with Kyrie on the opposite side so the defense is occupied. And it has the added benefit of putting more miles on Brown which puts more of the offensive burden on Tatum
@sskmanentsa5326 3 ай бұрын
@@michaelahurt I see. What if he gets it in an area where he is at least 2-3 dribbles from the basket? Also his health and conditioning might not help him sustain this type of game. My worry with him is that when he does not have the ball he will disengage. hence why I think Kidd will still have him primarily on-ball.
@michaelahurt 3 ай бұрын
@@sskmanentsa5326 Yeah same thing. You can use off ball movement to get him the ball a little closer. This is where Exum is big as a former PG who can operate the offense and bring the ball up. Luka is still going to get the ball. They aren't good enough to use him as a decoy. You just use off ball movement to get him the ball in more advantageous spots.
@tomislavnedanovski 3 ай бұрын
On the brink like GSW in 2016 or like PHO in 2021?
@fitznchipz5090 3 ай бұрын
You guys gotta give us the definitive Finals MVP when this is all over. You guys are the only minds I trust.
@pupunoob 3 ай бұрын
Ron Harper, TMac and Danny Green
@EzekielSadamir 3 ай бұрын
Pretty abrupt end there, what happened?
@zoobiezaa 3 ай бұрын
Jason Kidd going ultra small ball and trying to make it a three point shootout is mavs best game plan … if he’s plays luka, kyrie, josh green/exum, jones jr, and pj at the 5 for 36+ minutes of the game I think mavs have a chance to win game 3 and force Celtics to make some adjustments
@Nelsonwang1991 3 ай бұрын
Cs has handled Pacer, whom plays a much faster pace than Mavs... C perimeter defenders are going to have a field day...
@michaelahurt 3 ай бұрын
I'm not even sure you can play DJJ tbh. If you're gonna play a non-shooter Boston can leave, it needs to be one of the bigs. Especially with KP hobbled But yes it's time to try to outscore them because you can't stop them on defense anyway as long as you're playing Luka (and Kyrie)
@zsomborszigeti6797 3 ай бұрын
Why would you try to make it a full 3-point shootout when you have the worse 3-point shooting team by a wide margin, as well as the worse perimeter defenders by a landslide. Like I think it's just way too drastic of and adjustment. The Celtics only won game 2 by a few points, and 2-0 is not an unrecoverable lead. All you really need is for Kyrie to wake up, that preserves energy for Luka making him a competent defender as well as making him be able to still play well in the fourth quarter and the second half in general and if you pair that with not conceding every single swicth on defense and not hunting non-existent mismatches you can definitely win 1-2 games. To actually win the series you have to do something with the lob brothers as well for sure especially defensively, but you definitely don't need anything as drastic as you are suggesting.
@michaelahurt 3 ай бұрын
@@zsomborszigeti6797 Because you can't beat them anyway unless Luka and Kyrie score 80. Variance is an underdog's best friend Although Porzingis is injured so you can just keep plugging away to your point. KP is the one who really hurts Dallas so if he's a non-factor the Mavs can pull a 2016 Cavs. You get the desperation game tonight. Luka and Kyrie score 40 each back-to-back in 5 and 6 and then it's game 7
@zoobiezaa 3 ай бұрын
@@zsomborszigeti6797 because the mavs can potentially outshoot them , they can’t potentially beat them playing straight up , simple , like the other commenter said , variance is an underdogs best friend
@slightexag 3 ай бұрын
Mavs should consider conceding 3s to Tatum until he shows them he can make a jumpshot; treat him like C's have treated Jones Jr. Baiting him into shooting 15 3s would both get in his head and could be effective when he goes 3/15. Also, on Tatum, a 92 offensive rating, 35.6% true shooting, on 22 shots (1/4 of the C's attempts) is hardly good, even if his play-making and defense offset some of his terrible shooting. While some drives ended in those assists, several were also him attacking the rim and missing layups (he shot sub 30% at the rim), or passing up wide open 3s for contested drives that ended in nothing. Even with his play-making, his offensive contribution was a net-negative given the high volume inefficiency. He played great defense, but are these really the expectations for a #1 option? C's still won because they're just better, but every game is harder than it needs to be because Tatum possessions are just not that valuable for a superstar
@Nelsonwang1991 3 ай бұрын
TBH...the whole East series, Tatum played much experienced centers than Mav's twin centers, the Pacer didn't double him, he has averaging 32.5 points, 11.0 rebounds and 5.8 assists... SO JKidd really cant have that...
@slightexag 3 ай бұрын
@@Nelsonwang1991 Luka played the best defense in the league in the Wolves and evaporated their entire team. Tatum faces any defensive pressure and his scoring folds like laundry
@michaelahurt 3 ай бұрын
No one is saying he's meeting expectations but the possessions are still relatively valuable. Like Jrue was 11/14 on shots created mostly by Tatum. Tatum serves an interesting function for Boston -- against good defenses -- in that he's kind of a loss leader. He's not good enough to beat star coverage but he's good enough to get it which has a trickle down effect to everyone else. Conceding threes is most likely to result in him getting in rhythm. That's how PJ shot 47% against OKC. He got a couple wide open ones and got a rhythm. To me the worst thing you can do against guy who is struggling is let him get comfortable shots But it's worth playing off a little and trying to bait him (and Brown) into taking pull up threes. It creates an easier driving lane but Luka is getting beat anyway so what's the difference But I _would_ flip the coverage. Load up on Brown and try to take him out of the series and/or test his playmaking and ball handling in traffic. Then play Tatum straight up (like everyone else) until he beats it. At this point bringing an extra guy is helping him because he can just pass.
@slightexag 3 ай бұрын
@@michaelahurt I agree that loading up on Brown would be a good strategy here. His scoring really shifts momentum. All Tatum hate aside, and just thinking facts, I think conceding top of the key 3s to Brown and Tatum like C's have been doing to Mav role players would be most effective because drive and kick is the core of what the C's want to do to open up good role player 3s. Letting Brown shoot did not work for I think it was Cleveland and Brown had like 6-7 3s. However, just like how Celtics are okay with Luka and Kyrie iso as long as they aren't play-making, Mavs should let Tatum try to beat them with jump shooting, since he's been inefficient this playoffs. They should give him the wall off the paint Giannis treatment, not for Tatum's scoring but for his play-making. Another option, though I don't think it would work, would be to force White and Holiday to score when driving. White has been weak to length and even moderate shot-blocking in the paint and Holiday has a reputation for missing even somewhat contested layups this year.
@michaelahurt 3 ай бұрын
@@slightexag Well you can't wall off the paint without leaving shooters open. That's the problem. If you load up too much Tatum is just making the pass to let his teammate shoot/attack With White and Holiday, they are contesting as well as they can at the rim. Jrue in game 2 was driving right at the big and finishing around them. Although you could crash even harder and try to make them playmakers. Maxi not being able to shoot really hurts because what you want is PJ, Maxi, Gafford/Lively so whoever is on the weakside crashes _hard_ to the paint on drives and make Boston's guys make really difficult passes over and over. But Dallas is often operating at a size deficit I also think they could just leave Horford more. Lively/Gafford sink to the rim every play and the team does a full rotation to Horford on the pass rather than them rotating back. Then Al either shoots or they need to reset and burn clock. Although Boston has been pretty good about operating up high or leaving the big as lone guy in the weakside corner or having him as the high guy so you can't play two with one without giving up an open three or drive. But especially with the minutes Al will need to play, you just make him beat you as best you can There are no good options. Boston is just a lot better.
@mustaphalove8934 3 ай бұрын
produced, edited & uploaded in the same day?! damn helluva flu game cody #fatherflex
@explosivehotdogs 3 ай бұрын
Given Boston's lack of 3 point shooting I think Dallas needs to gamble and focus more on taking away easy paint scoring until the Celtics start making outside shots. I don't know what the plan B is if that begins to backfire but at this point it's as good as strategy as any.
@glovs4188 3 ай бұрын
The best strategy is luka stay in front of his man.
@ChuckConti 3 ай бұрын
Lol, giving the regular season's best and most prolific three point shooting team open threes sounds like a really bad idea for the Mavs.
@zsomborszigeti6797 3 ай бұрын
You can't really leave any of Bostons players open on 3's no matter how bad their percentage is. Team will always look at long-term averages, especially with consistent shooters like the Celtics have, because if you give them space they will come into a rithm and torch you. Also the Mavs have been helping on most drives, Bostons easy under the basket points have mostly been in transition and on off-ball cuts.
@zsomborszigeti6797 3 ай бұрын
@@glovs4188the best strategy is for Lukas teammates to do things offensively so that Luka wouldn't have to score 25 in the first half just to keep them in the game completely tiring himself out. Obviously some of the blame needs to be thrown onto Luka, but he is on painkillers and also I think most people already know that he has a below average motor and Luka wont be able to do that much about it.
@glovs4188 3 ай бұрын
@@zsomborszigeti6797 so you gonna take the ball off luka hands and ask him to play off ball 50% of the time instead of 80%. Something they have never done all season and not what they were aquired to do?
@uniontpke772 3 ай бұрын
The video cuts off.
@Enlightened_SpursFan 3 ай бұрын
Startling lol
@uniontpke772 3 ай бұрын
"Man, I have to run to Home Depot at some point." - Cody
@Dimework 3 ай бұрын
“Slob Goblins” - Cody Houdek
@Oldmanhoops 3 ай бұрын
I’ve met a few slob goblins in my day. Very different skill set from the Mavs “Lob goblins”
@Enlightened_SpursFan 3 ай бұрын
@@Oldmanhoops😭😭
@uniontpke772 3 ай бұрын
PJ Washington had several nice floaters-do you see more of this in Game 3?
@uniontpke772 3 ай бұрын
Maybe we get co-Finals MVPs?
@josephrafferty6763 3 ай бұрын
Brad Stevens lol
@braxteneilert6012 3 ай бұрын
Sportsbooks wouldn’t allow it
@Tbonedoesfsx 3 ай бұрын
Can you guys make a spin-off podcast that is just Cody talking about random shit and also his giant man crush on Jrue Holiday? I'd pay good money for that.
@shavontejohnson4874 3 ай бұрын
Is there a discord link
@philbrisell6479 3 ай бұрын
People are down on the Celtics cause they are bored with them. There's so much talent they should have won it already, but they haven't. Personally I'm underwhelmed by these teams. On one side there's Luka hogging all the attention and the green team is drive and kick drive and kick till forever. Hope I'm wrong.
@kannon1610 3 ай бұрын
On the topic of expanding the definition of clutch from high pressure game deciding plays in the final minutes of games to whole game/series performances, i think the two great examples of the extremes of this are Robert Horry and James Worthy. Whereas Big Shot Rob is legendary for his many game clinching shots and single plays, Worthy was a great example of the other archetype, someone who constantly came through in the clutch in terms of ramping up his performance in all four quarters when the games mattered most, not necessarily just in the decisive final moments of games.
@pulsarreflex 3 ай бұрын
if it goes 7 only a mad person would bet against luka and ky
@themostrandom8424 3 ай бұрын
The Celtics takes looks ridiculous and obviously because literally nobody watches Mavs games just highlights that's why everyone is saying how the Mavs gonna stop Boston offense like seriously? The reason why there's people clowning the Celtics run is because they didn't prove anything in their run. Cavs has smaller guards who plays no defense, Indiana is worst with literally kids in the wing. You can put an argument of how good or perfect the Boston offense is but the fact is that they're not tested and proven in their run meanwhile the Mavs on the other hand proved they can do good against their weaknesses in their previous match-ups. Mavs haven't faced like Celtics is a cap they did with OKC it's just the Celtics is better and Mavs proved they can do good at that kind of team. Did the Celtics played a team like the Mavs? Hell fxxxxxg no because all of their opponents were without their best players it's fact. Yeah Pacers are good but you can't say Boston's defense is tested in that series when you're playing against baby Nembhard and TJ McConnell 😂
@th3f145h 3 ай бұрын
Celtics fan here. 29:20 onward, and more specifically at 34:20 - that is the best description of what's going on with Boston's offense that I've heard anyone describe.
@emilioreyes4159 3 ай бұрын
51:48 that was a park walk for the Celtics not a run lol
@Teenieweeniemussolini 3 ай бұрын
Cody earlier in the year brought up the possibility that the Celtics just roll through this season all the way to the title. I think the assumption then was it would be Boston Denver, but with it being this mavs team I think it’s even more possible that they just clamp Luka and the lobs up and the guys around regress to their career 3 point percentages and it becomes Boston just being absolutely surgical with the series. Edit: And then I get to end of the episode and realize I shouldn’t comment in the middle of the episode. Because now I just posted a comment saying the exact same thing that was just said in the video.
@dereksimmons5877 3 ай бұрын
They're a legendarily great offense and yet everyone can acknowledge that one single opposing player can steal the series from them. This creates great anxiety in a fan base that is accustomed to winning and has been too close for too long. Then that anxiety gets concentrated on Tatum because he's the best player on the best team and still not a top 5 talent. Then the rest of the league and media see the uncertainty of the city and team and blow it out of proportion. I think Joe's mentality, then, is and has been perfect for this group. We're taking 18.
@PutXi_Whipped 3 ай бұрын
It’s idiotic that the best team in the NBA with a historic net margin is treated like the underdogs by NBA media and even channels like this one that didn’t even make Celtics videos all season.
@SirMan48 3 ай бұрын
Yup.
@AsianOps2018 3 ай бұрын
Tf Ben’s made multiple Celtics videos lol
@jd3thegreat 3 ай бұрын
Apparently this is from 2023. How did they know? The NBA is rigged.
@mohamedbassiouny7432 3 ай бұрын
Completely glossing over the fact that Luka was clearly hobbled in OKC series, and then when it mattered in Game 5 & 6 he delivered, also in the game 2 win to split away from home.
@ctoaun23 3 ай бұрын
Yeah cuz it's completely irrelevant to what they're discussing. It's not a Luka apologist convention sorry.
@PutXi_Whipped 3 ай бұрын
So if the Celtics win the chip will this channel finally cover them instead of making videos of lottery team players?
@EmanCollins 3 ай бұрын
Excellent work as always! 🔥🔥🔥 By the way, thank you for diving into that whole "best player in the series ALWAYS wins" adage. It's used so often and it is worth analyzing on a deeper level. 👍👍
@mrRambleGamble 3 ай бұрын
Incredible that this podcast came out Jun 4, 2023. These guys are really ahead of the curve
@Yagami913 3 ай бұрын
Its very easy. People LOVE a good underdog story.
@TulioMCano 3 ай бұрын
Why do you guys use so many regular season stats to make arguments for the playoffs? What does it matter to me if the Celtics are 33-4 at home if they are barely over .500 at home in the playoffs the last couple of years including 2 bad losses this year.
@taptiotrevizo9415 3 ай бұрын
The 2 bad losses literally had amazing 3 point luck in the other teams camp. They literally said if 3 point luck is that imbalanced you aren't gonna win anyway.
@TulioMCano 3 ай бұрын
@@taptiotrevizo9415 yeah good point for Miami but I don’t know, the Cavs win was pretty convincing IMO. It still doesn’t change the fact that they have not been good at home the last couple of years in the playoffs.
@taptiotrevizo9415 3 ай бұрын
@@TulioMCano This team is clear a rung above the last several celtic teams.
@TulioMCano 3 ай бұрын
@@taptiotrevizo9415 let’s see
@PutXi_Whipped 3 ай бұрын
Hey dummy, Celtics are 8-2 at home in the 2024 playoffs.
@mrRambleGamble 3 ай бұрын
40:28 No. We don't call them the "lob goblins". Somebody's feeding you bad intel
@rgonzalo511 3 ай бұрын
Yeah they do I know so many ppl who call them that
@ny3793 3 ай бұрын
It’s a lopsided finals. Anyone who disagrees is fooling themselves because if they believed it wasn’t they should put a ton of money on the Mavs considering you’d get one of the largest pay days in finals history from a bet.
@circaen 3 ай бұрын
Ben was unsure Mavs would beat Clippers. Yes everyone is saying Dallas is going to win but what they mean is "I want Dallas to win". Dallas has such a low margin of error it's hard to see them pulling this off. People are hype because their playoff run has been so impressive & Celtics has been so blahh. But at the end of the day, Celtics are the most talented team we have seen for a long while.