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JJ RedickJJ Redick

The overall talent depth in the NBA is as high as it's ever been and is spread out across more teams.

I think the overall talent depth, meaning the amount of really good players in the NBA is as high as it's ever been. And that depth of talent is spread out more than it's ever been. There's not the concentration of three really good players on one team... There's the concentration of two or three really good players on a bunch of teams.

This is a subjective assessment of league-wide talent, though shared by many modern analysts.

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Tyrese Maxey saved his legacy and had a double legacy game in Game 5 against the Knicks.

Tyrese Maxey basically saved. Did Tyrese Maxey save his legacy while also a legacy game for [Embiid]? It was a double legacy game.

This is subjective praise for a performance, but Maxey did score 7 points in the final 25 seconds of regulation to force OT, which is objectively a 'legacy' type moment.
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The Knicks/76ers Game 5 defense by Nicolas Batum on Jalen Brunson was game-defining.

Shout out to your guy [Batum] with incredible, incredible defense. Both at the end of regulation and the end of OT being able to stay with Jalen Brunson as he drive to the, to the hoop. And he had two huge, I think the first one was a block... those were, those were game defining plays.

Most analysts agreed Batum's block and contest on Brunson were the pivotal defensive plays of the win.
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May 1, 2024
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The Bucks are alive in their series against the Pacers and could win if they force a Game 7.

The bucks are alive. For sure. And what happened in the last game was they just had everybody get hurt or ejected from the game... I don't think that they're like, they probably won't be favored to win this series, even with Giannis coming back. But if they can get it to a game seven, then yes [they can win].

The Bucks lost the series in Game 6, so they never reached Game 7.

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The Minnesota Timberwolves match up better against the Denver Nuggets than anyone else in the NBA.

I think this Minnesota team probably matches up as well as anyone in the NBA versus the Denver Nuggets. I'm really fascinated by this series.

The Timberwolves went on to beat the Nuggets in a 7-game series, proving they were indeed an excellent matchup.
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JJ RedickJJ Redick

The current NBA landscape marks the beginning of the death of the 'Super Team'.

I said at the beginning of the year... this year could be the beginning of the death of the super team. Part of that is the new second apron in the CBA... you have to build through the draft. And then be positioned... to then make an impactful trade.

The 2024 playoffs saw the Suns, Lakers, and Warriors (teams with high concentrations of veteran star salary) exit early, while homegrown teams like the Celtics, Nuggets, and Thunder thrived, supporting this take.
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JJ RedickJJ Redick

Nikola Jokic is already a top 15 player of all time.

Nikola Jokic to me is already a top 15 player of all time. And I know that that's maybe a hot take. I don't really care.

Subjective all-time ranking.

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