I was a better basketball player than Ray Allen
Ray Allen... I'm not saying Ray wasn't great but... I'm a basketball player. I wasn't one dimensional. I just didn't shoot, I just didn't play defense. I did everything. So I look at myself as different than a lot of these guys that were one dimensional... I just felt like I was a better player.
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I'm gonna say right now, the [Celtics] are gonna win on Friday night. I don't know if that's a fact, but I feel like they're the better team. Well, that's a fact. They are the better team. And the Mavs have quit.
Jalen Brown should be the NBA Finals MVP
I do agree with Hank that Jalen Brown—it should be offense though, but—Jalen Brown was incredible. Like phenomenal. The Celtics team... Jalen Brown's gonna hit a big jumper to ice the Mavs out at home.
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More than just Luca's defense, it's just more of a testament to the Celtics having no holes. They don't have a guy who can—you can sag off of. They don't have a guy that you can basically say we're gonna ignore them. They don't have a guy that you can put your worst defender on and say he's gonna be okay.
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Anthony Edwards is a top 5 player in the NBA right now
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