Chris Broussard - Jayson Tatum and Kyrie Irving are a Tale of Two Superstars

[@theblackbolt5514]

Chris takes credit for everything 😂😂

[@AggravatedMan365]

He needs to take credit for saying mavs in 6

[@arkadiuszrogala1359]

Haha he does get credit for “Luka Legend”

[@stackntax1308]

Why hasn’t Chris said anything about how the Celtics haven’t played any good teams? That’s all he’s been saying all playoffs now it’s about how bad Tatum is playing he’s such a narrative merchant

[@miguelbe93]

Who would you want the Celtics to play ? They have been the best team all year long. Of course they are going to smack all the teams they play

[@stackntax1308]

@@miguelbe93 no I’m saying Chris has criticized the Celtics competition they’ve played

[@ricardobernard9159]

@@stackntax1308it’s not their fault who they play. What can they do about it?

[@stackntax1308]

@@ricardobernard9159 I’m not saying that that’s what the media was saying

[@TheCardFanatic]

It's obv why. His bias. He in the past chose Boston the last few years in many cases, and weve fallen short. This year he chose the mavs bec of this and spewed what u are mentioning. And right now, he is tryin to get kyrie going lol. He will never admit that but that is what it is

[@SALLEY99]

“Their defense is really carrying them and their balance”… that’s not something to frown upon Chris.. it’s the finals.

[@rickyrobby8133]

He didn’t say it was anything to frown on. He was pointing out a fact. Their offense has been lackluster, but doing everything else has put them in a great spot.

[@817Juan_]

The issue is kyrie is not a superstar he’s a star that can make superstar highlights so it has people confused 😂

[@BigcarolinaBman]

He is a superstar just had 2 bad games watch tomorrow he scored 25

[@rickyrobby8133]

@@BigcarolinaBmanKyrie has never been a superstar. He’s never been on a winning team that he was the best player. You can’t only be successful as Robin and be a superstar. That guy said it perfectly, you guys can’t separate looking cool for being a superstar.

[@BigcarolinaBman]

@@rickyrobby8133 watch he drop 25 tomorrow

[@datsapaddlin]

@@BigcarolinaBman he’s a complimentary star on a contender not a lead superstar on a contender.

[@jctslice]

You got it backwards. You're describing Tatum

[@Whocares-z6v]

Gotta give boston their props. They are an extremely talented and well-constructed team. They have taken full advantage of the trades they made in the past to get those extra draft picks and used their assets to assemble a team that has more talent than an nba team is supposed to be able to have under the salary cap. They literally broke the game with trades like ppl do in 2k

[@sender5804]

KP took less money to be a champ, for next 2 years tbf

[@marlonious7650]

I underated the Celtics defense. Holiday has locked 🔒 Kyrie up.

[@thaofficiall2thad420]

It's not just holiday who's making the mavericks turnover prone..... Jaylen brown steals tell it all the team defense is great tho

[@SkinsFan902]

He's putting the straps 🔫🔫 on kyrie

[@datsapaddlin]

They been making him work for years now as a unit. They make it their personal duty to not let him play well.

[@bernyourhart]

@@SkinsFan902 Got Kyrie in a straitjacket.

[@robertadams305]

@@bernyourhart you got me, lol. Why? Because Ky is mental.

[@King_Mac80]

Stop trying to use Kyrie's size as a excuse for why he sucks on defense, Rondo is smaller than Kyrie and he was a all nba defender

[@laz0rama]

cp3 too

[@King_Mac80]

@laz0rama yup these media dudes love making excuses for these players who suck on defense especially the ones who they call superstars while on judging them based on offensive production

[@Amos_Lee]

The best backcourt ever smacked the Celtics in the 2022 😂

[@prod.snqwfall1347]

I feel like y’all missed what he’s saying and took it as Tatum criticism. He’s using Kyrie as a comparison to show how, even tho neither of them are shooting well, Tatum is still impacting the game, while Kyrie just vanishes from all areas of the game when he goes cold. That’s precisely the value of Tatum

[@Yakkii]

Exactly it. Tatum is shooting poorly that’s about it. He can get away with it cause his teammates are so good unlike kyrie and luka.

[@pisomark]

Tatum is a great defender in a great team defense, rebounder, plus good passing snd decisions on offense. Doncic is a cone on defense, Irving is a chair on D and s ball hog... The Celtics are exploiting them, they terrible on 3's but still winning because mavs trash defense (they are 80% for 2). Tatum is good for the team even if he shoot porly..

[@renewd]

Luka is not averaging 32-11-11, he had 1 assist in game 1, giving him an average of 6.

[@donmoore5340]

Kyrie might have the best handles, but he doesn't have a great crossover like a.i. or Hardaway... that's why it's a little harder for him to create space

[@one_minute_storytelling]

I think he does but just doesn't use it the way A.I. and Hardaway did. AI would send you 3 feet in the wrong direction. But all Kyrie needs is for a defender to take a bad angle and it's over -- he'll either blow by you or he now has enough space to hit a shot.

[@davidcovington1046]

Yeah I agree

[@Whocares-z6v]

Not working out in these finals. Kyrie is just dancing around but not going anywhere and whoever happens to be guarding him just aint buying it​@QuentinLucasQLuke

[@JamesKlass79]

Kyrie has a good handle but I think his foot work is what makes it look even better. AI was handle plus speed.

[@49DubsPXK]

Irving is 32 years old. He's past his prime or really at the tipping point IMO from the eye test. As great as your handle, if you don't have the speed/quickness/burst, it's hard to get separation. He can still play for probably 3 more years at least as he slows down little by little.

[@thiagomennabarretoguedes2835]

Irving os Just being himself. He was Just like this against the Bucks in 2018.

[@Whocares-z6v]

Kyrie looks like the classic case of style over substance right now. I believe all this talk about him has gone to his head. Even when he has an easy layup he turns it into some kind of gingerbread bullshit that either gets blocked or almost gets blocked for no reason

[@Nick-fc9xy]

Celtics and UConn have a lot in common. Win by 50 if hitting shots, win by 20 if not

[@dennisknowles9293]

WIZARD OF OZ😂😂😂 You're killing me Bro😂😂😂

[@HighlanDre4573]

Celtics is not listening to superstar FMVP narrative, only to winning in teamwork for 18th championship...

[@solidsnake7167]

Which is great, the way it should be. Just dont dare try to desperately insert Jason Tatum in to any discussion in regards to being a top 5 player. He isnt, and wont be. He is not Luka, Steph, Jokic, Giannis etc. Warriors in particular personify team ball, but steph will give you 40 on the road and not shoot 33%. Tatum is a tier below, and what makes the Celtics great is that they have 3-4 guys in that same tier. Guys 1-6 can give you 20. Theyre impressively built and will certainly make another run next yr. After that though, will be hard to keep Jrue/White/Porzingis on the team.

[@HighlanDre4573]

@solidsnake7167 definitely KP will not play, so maybe shrink to 7 players or use Kornet, any which way is still good imo...

[@graeadventures]

Where are the people who said Kyrie carried Bron in 2016 ? Lol.

[@brandonjames740]

He saved lebrons career

[@_will795]

Man nobody said he carried Lebron lol quit making stuff up

[@ALARGADORDECU]

The reality is, Kyrie looks shook and hopeless, like a dead man walking. He just there.

[@TheMdw77]

Not only does Luka and Kyrie have to be great, they're also not able to rest on the defensive end because Boston is so balanced and after a while, playing both ends of the court and not just offense like they've been getting away with, shots are falling short, people blowing by them, no lift.. all because Luka and Kyrie are getting worked, they're tired because BOS is making them work all game

[@reggiechristian-mz1cf]

Dallas playing one on one and the Celtics playing team ball. That's the difference

[@mr.odumosu3585]

Allen Iverson has the best handles in NBA history

[@laz0rama]

maybe so, but he's also the dude that made it ok to carry all the time.

[@cp3190]

Kyrie Irving is 0 time 1st team all nba and 1 time 2nd team all nba. We need to stop the hype. Highlights dont translate to him being top 75 all time or 1st ballot.

[@DynoGreen313]

hes better than dame lillard and dwight howard and anthony davis THEIR highlights dont translate into THEM being top 75 either so and yes hes a 1st ballot hofer and if you dont think so you must be gen z ... i have seen all of the greats from the 1980s onward... kyrie is a first ballot hofer

[@cp3190]

@@DynoGreen313 You lack the basic analytical skills. Hes not better than Dame or Dwight. They were number one options on their teams and took the team further. Kyrie has never done anything as the best player on his team. What has Kyrie lead the league in ? Anything ? What does watching the greats from the 1980s have to do with anything ? If you don't have the brain cells ur opinion doesn't matter. 0 All NBA First Team is all that matters.

[@DynoGreen313]

@@cp3190 nah what actually matters is watching someone play and seeing how great they are ; not how many 1st team all nba they have because in each era there are a different number of greats vying for all nba in each position as a result sometimes the greats dont get all nba or mvps just because there are a few other GREATS in the same position who get those honors doesnt mean the guy is NOT one of the top 50-75 to ever do it gen z sucks

[@z-mane1438]

@@DynoGreen313that’s the new era criteria because they don’t know what they’re watching..they can’t tell a players strengths or weaknesses just numbers & analytics

[@rickyrobby8133]

@@DynoGreen313you’re delusional if you believe that. He’s nowhere near AD and he’s never once taken a team on a playoff run as the unquestioned best player. And what do you mean their “highlights”? They ALL have more All-NBA selections than him. Dwight took a team to the Finals as the star, Dame took a team the WCF as the star, and AD is undeniably the best of all four of them. Kyrie has never won a series as without a doubt the best player. You guys straight up cannot distinguish “I like him and he looks cool” from actually being better. And you’re talking absolute nonsense. The VAST majority of people who think he’s top 75 are young or don’t actually watch. You’re a prime example.

[@philipnickens8092]

Kyrie has to stop wearing funny outfits to the game.. lmao 🤣

[@robertadams305]

Edit: Chris makes a great point about regular vs playoffs. Your numbers cant drop. Period. If you're that guy then minimum your numbers stay unchanged, and all-time guys have better numbers in playoffs. I mean if you're a scorer then scoring is same or better, and so on. Playoffs is a much smaller sample size, but importance magnifies ten-fold.

[@NovakaneWorldwide93]

Kyrie got the best handles but curry was chopping these Celtics up in 2022 finals

[@CoraNFL]

Not the same team, and they've matured and added a lot to their bag since 2022

[@Whocares-z6v]

Boston better be sending Danny Ainge and his 2k trade executing ass a care package right about now

[@hdiverson]

Brad Stevens is the one who finally got em over the hump.

[@themoviefan9990]

Rob pretending he didn't have Kyrie on a pedestal lol

[@WhyYouMadd40]

Chris a funny dude bruh he refuse to speak on Fluka defense 😂😂😂

[@vecci6173]

Mavericks are losing because all Cuban did was build the Dallas NETS, The Brooklyn Mavericks 😂 Look at the coaching staff and the roster. This reminds me of the Kyrie and Durant series Celtics SWEPT, Its just Luka instead 🤷‍♂️ Watch for yourself

[@904TallerTim]

If Celtics swee or gentlemen sweep or 4-2 the Mavs then how good really is this Celtics team. They're blowing through these teams

[@cabral4116]

Don’t forget what the C’s ☘️ did to KD

[@reginalddavis19144]

Kyrie does alot of dribbling can’t get pass anyone

[@antoinerogers2692]

I think Kyrie got left off the top 75 team cuz he stay injured.the man was hurt coming outta college for petes sakes. I think Dame should’ve been left off and then maybe you add Klay or Dwight before we even get to Kyrie 🤷🏾‍♂️

[@ctbcardinal]

Kyrie has The Shot and a title.... NO NIGGA... and it's who he hit it on.... stop the crap..

[@borganfreeman]

Remember Glow Stick had the Mavs in 6 😂

[@tmi890]

Glow stick is crazy 🤣

[@rickyrobby8133]

What’s your point?

[@Spotdogg32]

Maybe everyone can please stop saying Kyrie is better than Steph, some of yall was saying that!!!!!!!!

[@laz0rama]

def not better than steph. tho he did outplay steph in the 2016 finals.

[@michaeljohnson7945]

@@laz0rama Kyrie Irving played poorly in the first four games of the 2016 Finals. It wasn't until he exploded in Game 5 that Irving came around.

[@jamalmarsh2617]

Kyrie living off a shot 8 years ago. They league talked about him like Kobe or Reggie Miller. Not even as clutch as Ray Allen

[@DynoGreen313]

what do you mean "not even ray allen "? like ray allen was a slouch; ray allen basically won a ring for lebron just like kyrie did and kyrie is living off what he JUST DID in THESE playoffs what do you mean "off a shot 8 yrs ago" ??? some of the things gen z-ers say ... smh

[@jamalmarsh2617]

@@DynoGreen313 u misunderstood. They talk about him like he's Ray Allen. HE AIN'T

[@z-mane1438]

Why u guys kill these players when they’re doing bad?? I never hear a peep when from you guys when they’re doing great

[@jamalmarsh2617]

@z-mane1438 I been killing Kyrie for leaving Cleveland. Tf

[@z-mane1438]

@@jamalmarsh2617 how would I know that lol all you dudes act the same..kill a players whole career when they have a bad game

[@michaelharris1254]

Lmao Chris funny ash

[@oozziehalifa4435]

What I can’t understand is, why people don’t give defense the credit it deserves. Celtics have great team defense. Kyrie ain’t missing all wide open shots! Celtics have good length and great individual defensive players. We say defense is this and that but then we blame the player on offensive just lacking instead of giving defense and it’s defense players the credit they deserve. Did we play the game?? Like my young boys say, who raised you!!! 😂

[@Yakkii]

I think people are giving them credit for their defense though. Like we all know this is the best defensive team perimeter wise. They might not mention it enough because they have so much scoring power that you’d figure they’d be lighting it up offensively. If this was the knicks they’d be praising their defense since the knicks don’t have so much scoring ability.

[@oozziehalifa4435]

@@Yakkii it seems as if they putting too much emphasis on what Kyrie isn’t doing instead of what the Celtics defense is doing. I feel that’s the easy perspective as well. Kyrie didn’t forget how to play, dribble or make a shot all of a sudden. It’s more of what the defense scheme is and the players executing that scheme in my humble opinion.

[@MarkLaw13]

All of them players drop in points with the exception of Butler, Jamal Murray and Kawhi leonard Kawhi is the most efficient of them three. Jamal is the most deadly. Butler is brilliant but always deeps but no one talks about it

[@qualinteranzy7948]

Lmao when ky was with LBJ he was able to just cook terrible defenders while lebron always had the best defenders defending him. IE the shot he hit in 2016 had the luxury of having steph curry guard him 1 on 1 😂while Iggy and draymond was guarding lebron.

[@Ljay968]

SMH.. you know nothing about Basketball

[@qualinteranzy7948]

@Ljay968 lmao this must be kyries burner account no argument for me at all?

[@oluyomifadipe5634]

​@@Ljay968😂😂😂 he knows nothing

[@RellyRell-ud3iz]

I said he ain’t been the same player since he played with the Cavs

[@Yakkii]

Media always tryna come at these angles with some “mental” stuff. Can’t a good player just be locked down by good defense? Is that not allowed? Can defense ever win? Or is it always he’s going through something or it’s a mental thing?

[@laz0rama]

more times than not, great offense beats great defense. kyrie is more than capable of great offense, but he most definitely has not been playing great offense yet in this series. it is not ONLY the great defense, as evidenced by him throwing the ball away, dribbling off his own foot, etc. i think the celtics (and their fans) have gotten into his head.

[@Kingdom_Finance]

Boston has the best collection of Perimeter Defenders in the League… give them Credit and then they’re all long and Kyrie’s only 6’2”

[@coreyeatmon5101]

It's a 2 man team. Those other guys only catch lobs or shoot open 3s. Boston has athletes to bottle that up.

[@boonebeasley9622]

Kyrie isn't a superstar

[@sportsguy25]

U can’t be serious? None of the players other than Holiday were heralded before coming to Boston . Sun, wolves, Lakers, Kings..plenty of teams have tons of talent on their roster

[@darrellprice3695]

Chris you're a low-key Kyrie hater any kind of negativity you can bring as discussion you will stop hating on Kyrie haven't you learned. It's obvious it's coaching and personnel with Dallas not having a third option and they haven't hit their open threes thank you

[@rickyrobby8133]

You mean you’re a fanboy who thinks any critique of him is unjustified. Chris has been hyping Kyrie up since he was in High School and even stood behind him through the shenanigans in Brooklyn. Kyrie has played poorly it’s as simple as that, and they aren’t going to make this a series if he doesn’t change that.

[@DarrylRascoe]

I’m going to make this Kyrie prediction a la Caitlin Clark…”The monster will awaken in Kyrie Wednesday night!!”

[@Riles3152]

Neither guy is a "superstar" though. Stars sure. Not superstars. Superstars are unquestioned #1's on title winning teams. Kyrie has ALWAYS been best suited as a #2 and Tatum has literally been playing like the 4th best player on his own team in these finals so far (behind Jrew, Jaylen and Porzingis)

[@richardnelson26]

Ppl forget they did this to KD. Why can’t they do the same to Kyrie?

[@heygringo7]

Celts-Nuggets would have been a much better final. This one is uneventful

[@johndenver7035]

Tatum is gonna get credit for this ring but he's been the 3rd or 4th best player on Boston these playoffs.

[@rickyrobby8133]

That’s just factually incorrect. And why wouldn’t he get credit for winning a championship?

[@2rawww4tvkd]

Broussard MO biggest flip flopping false narrative creator in the game nobody’s better then Dirty Deacon

[@theworkethic]

😂 These deacons done be durrrty fr 😂

[@rickyrobby8133]

What is the “flip flop” exactly?

[@Yakkii]

In hindsight, the Celtics were the easy choice. Better team, better defense, better shooters. The problem was the Celtics from the east and in all of those series the other team had a star or two injured. So obviously you’re going to go mavs due to the competition in the west. And isn’t the western team mostly favored in the finals every year?

[@jamalsag7812]

Less pts, less efficient, less everything.... Kyrie is a great ball handler. He makes NOBODY better!

[@millardthomas9059]

Tatum younger and has spent majority of his career as his teams premier player. That's in stark contrast to Kyrie. I don't think either is a superstar. Tatum has time on his side tho.

[@Latasha-qz1lz]

Drew Holiday is the real MVP

[@jayallen6862]

MILWAUKEE why????

[@dadleydorfeuille4353]

Rob hates for Lebron is outrageous 🤦🏾‍♂️ why mentioned Lebron for how bad kyrie is playing. What does lebron gotta do with that? 😒

[@brandonpenn9887]

And these new basketball internet nerds tryna clown Tatum for not averaging 35 lol these people expect the spectacular each occasion. No grace for these guys. It’s all about winning Tatum is playing good winning basketball. That’s the difference between him and Kyrie, if he’s not having a good offensive night he won’t impact winning no other way

[@keysersoze6506]

The 2019 raptors team had all 5 starters averaging 17+ ppg. If your team as a collective are performing that's great and the leader shouldn't receive flak for it. LeBron receives all the credit when his team loses or wins

[@laz0rama]

you mean he deflects responsibility/blame when his team loses, and gets all the credit when they win.

[@keysersoze6506]

@@laz0rama I'm referring to the general media but yes. He did that exact thing when asked about one of the finals against GS with KD. He made a look at the reporter to one of the questions about him not doing enough in the series eluding to his team not showing up

[@rrogers2370]

Both teams suck if we’re being honest. Dallas is what’s left.

[@arizonaFIREent]

The 2 teams left suck???? What about the other 30 teams haha.

[@anthonysmith4606]

Only “yu would think Kris “yu great at predictions lol

[@madboyreadynow28]

You would be a fool if you chose the Mavs because of just Kyrie. The Celtics have several great players. The Mavs have 2. The Mavs never had a chance to beat Boston,

[@tahirhinds941]

Very weak topic, Dallas has to guard up, Luca getting exposed. When u rest on def and have high usage rate its not a good look, 3pts 4th quarter. Boston was easy pick this finals but people got caught up with hype and Serapis Worship. Its tuff for guys when they touch basketball at end of shot clock, Luca has to guard up and getting tired. Boston is Eastern conf 90s style team with that defense.

[@darrellprice3695]

💯💯

[@rickyrobby8133]

If you think Luka is getting exposed you just don’t know basketball. It’s as simple as that.

[@tahirhinds941]

@@rickyrobby8133 0-2, excuses is for the weak. Im sure u cant play or kno basketball or just moving the goal pole, Defense being in shape and usage rate is important, let guys touch the basketball. This era of basketball many dont play def and guys are young, Bos locks up so he is getting exposed.

[@rickyrobby8133]

@@tahirhinds941 no one made an excuse…I said he didn’t “exposed.” Do you think any time you lose it means you were exposed? You’re talking nonsense. You can’t even write in full sentences and you’re trying to call me dumb. Can’t make this stuff up. Their ENTIRE OFFENSE is built around Luka being at the center. They wouldn’t be in the finals if they did what you’re saying. He’s averaging 31 PPG, in what world is that “locked up”? Your basketball IQ is zero.

[@rickyrobby8133]

@@tahirhinds941​​⁠I didn’t make an excuse…I said he wasn’t exposed. Do you think every time a player loses they were “exposed”? They’re only in the Finals because of this playstyle, thinking they should completely change it now is nonsense. And he’s averaging 31 PPG if you think that’s “locked up,” you know even less about Basketball than I thought. Your basketball IQ is just zero and for you to be trying to insult my intelligence when you can’t even write in full sentences is just insane.

[@Dyce2k]

Bro need a call from Kobe 😞

[@andrewgill6267]

The truth is that Mavs were lucky to beat Minnesota because of the refs, all those games were close aside from game 1. It should’ve been wolves ca Boston.

[@Ljay968]

Looooolllllll a hurt Wolves fan… FOH

[@bladesmith930]

yep..Kyrie got to go for atleast 6-7 points a quarter.. he will be ok..Boston not gonna keep this up..

[@rodjulius2745]

Don't care about not of that they lose tomorrow this series is over

[@rolandocedillo5685]

Little guards need hrlp They not jordan kobe or LeBron

[@jctslice]

Jayson isn't a superstar. Superstars don't constantly choke in big games. Kyrie is a superstar tho

[@arizonaFIREent]

So many superstars choked in big games it happens

[@anthonysmith4606]

Luka Defense is reason they down

[@brandonjames740]

Luka is on one damn knee and he’s the only reason they in the game. U obviously didn’t watch not a one. If u did get a translator

[@drewn5271]

of course lebron tried to prop him up, hes the one who convinced kyrie to sabotage the celtics in 2019

[@SALLEY99]

Naw Chris keep the same energy

[@bernyourhart]

Wild how they're ignoring how bad Luka and Kyrie are on defense. Celtics are attacking Luka and posting Kyrie up.

[@brandonjames740]

Luka is on one damn knee. He’s the only reason they in the games…

[@rolandocedillo5685]

So the greatest ball handler ever. Can't get his own shot consistently?? 😂😂 MJ and AI and Kobe are laughing at the ignorance 😂😂

[@BLUEPRINT5EAST]

👍🏾👍🏾

[@Osei_Bean_8ryant]

Idl how yall call kyrie a surefire first ballot hall of famer. Hes a hall of famer but NOT first ballot

[@jcvelez915]

2 bad games in the finals and suddenly the narrative switches once again. Sports media and social media reactions are disgusting

[@Osei_Bean_8ryant]

@@jcvelez915 I felt like this loooooong before now

[@cp3190]

@@jcvelez915 lol. 0 1st team all nba is first ballot ? 1 2nd team all nba in 12 year career is 1st ballot ?

[@BlessMane]

Luka ass on defense badddd

[@daa_97]

Damn the Celtics mopping up another bum team 😂

[@BlessMane]

These 2 clowns 🤡 hatr ky so much ik both happy

[@aaronmack9958]

The playoffs don't start until someone loses at home.

[@OtakuMainer]

Then they're starting tomorrow

[@brandonjames740]

Kyrie is next level trash. Luka is on one knee

[@theblackbolt5514]

These talking heads get off on players not doing we'll

[@oluyomifadipe5634]

Kyrie has 2 bad games all of a sudden he is trash huh? Smh. Rob is ridiculous

[@z-mane1438]

That’s what I hate about these new fans