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Jimmy TatroJimmy Tatro

Austin Reeves is the Lakers' glue guy and it would be a huge mistake to trade him

Austin Reeves. I swear to God, if we fucking trade Austin Reeves, I'm gonna be so pissed off. We need a guy like Austin Reeves. ... [He] is a glue guy.

The Lakers did keep Reeves and he remained a core part of their rotation.

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May 24, 2023
#1678
HankHank

The Celtics will become the first team in NBA history to come back from down 3-0

They [the Celtics] just need to win two and if they win two, they're winning four. And everyone in this room knows this... It was exactly reminiscent of the Yankees and Red Sox game three. They lost like 19 to eight. Got absolutely blown out... They came back, they won. They shocked the world First team to ever do it. Why not us?

The Celtics won three straight games to force Game 7, but they lost Game 7 at home to the Heat, failing to complete the comeback.
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May 24, 2023
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The Denver Nuggets are an absolute wagon and I was wrong for not thinking they were this great

The nuggets are just, they're a wagon right now. ... I would like to admit that I was wrong. Nugs and six is what I kept saying I was wrong about not being right enough about the nuggets. ... I didn't realize just how great they were.

The Nuggets went on to win the NBA Finals, proving they were indeed a 'wagon'.
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May 24, 2023
#1679
Big CatBig Cat

LeBron James is not actually retiring; he is just using the rumor to distract from being swept

Well, he's not gonna retire. That was classic LeBron to basically be like, oh, I got swept. Let me talk about retiring real quick so that the story then becomes LeBron might walk away instead of LeBron got swept.

LeBron James returned for the 2023-2024 NBA season and did not retire.

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Jimmy TatroJimmy Tatro

I am officially anti-biopic; the industry needs to let stories finish before buying the rights.

I've taken a bit of a stance against Biopics. I'm somewhat antibio pic. I just think enough. We've done 'em all and people are starting to get the rights to stories before they're even done happening. Like the Luigi Mangione thing happens... and then it's like someone gets the rights the next day. Let the story at least end before you buy the rights to it and start casting someone.

This is a subjective opinion about artistic and industry trends.
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Jimmy TatroJimmy Tatro

The Lakers have become a 'novelty situation' because of the Bronny James drafting.

The second we drafted [Bronny], I knew, I was like, damnit, we've just signed up for like a novelty situation. Which I'm happy for 'em, but like, they got the photos already. They're on the court doing the dad son hug some passes. I think maybe they just are waiting to get an oop, and then that'll be it.

Whether a team's strategy is a 'novelty' or a genuine competitive move is subjective.
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Jimmy TatroJimmy Tatro

The 2020 Lakers Bubble championship counts the most because it removed all distractions and travel advantages.

If anything, 2020 counts the most. Listen, you take out all the distractions and you just boil that game down to who's truly the best. Everyone plays on the same court, you get no traveling for the guy who's in his late thirties. No traveling. It's tougher on those young guys; they don't have families they had to deal with missing. The older guys have to deal with that. If anything, that was just a testament.

The 'value' of a championship is entirely subjective and a matter of fan debate.

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