who knows, we only ever played 3 off the bench really. D'Antoni doesn't like trying things out of the ordinary
who knows, we only ever played 3 off the bench really. D'Antoni doesn't like trying things out of the ordinary
Dragic has played a whopping 14 minutes in the Finals. Bam has missed a couple games. That’s their 2nd and 3rd best players. It’s not an overreaction to give Jimmy props for the historically great playoff run he’s had. People would literally **** their pants (myself included) and Clutchfans would crash for a week if Harden ever led this team on the same run Jimmy has. Thing with Jimmy is he knows when to ISO and he knows when to defer. When he ISO’s you don’t see him launch an off balanced step back 3 pointer off 1 foot from 30 ft. When he defers it doesn’t mean standing around at half court looking lethargic and disinterested. It doesn’t matter if the Lakers win the next game. Butler is a winner regardless.
There honestly isn’t a better player in the world than Butler to pair with James. Harden needs a guy with that attitude. CP3 had it just got hit by Father Time. Harden can do his thing the first 3 but when it’s crunch time and ***** tough and we need a dude to shine that’s when Butler takes over. Sigh. It was almost a reality.
https://apnews.com/article/b16a77c7b09a4ad9ad42e2ecccdb222b He was a game 7 Kawhi buzzer beater away from potentially making it to the ECF last year. Not his first playoff run.
Disagree. CP3 looked pretty good this year. It wasn't Father Time; CP3 got hit by Harden "knowing exactly what we need to do."
I love CP3. Yea Harden drove him out but let’s be honest he isn’t the 17-18 CP3. Still a very very good player and compliment to Harden but he’s not that ELITE guy anymore.
That is true and yet sad all the same. He needed CP3's leadership to make that run. Jimmy Butler wants nothing to do with James Harden for a reason.
If Harden pushed the Lakers to game 7 and we lost on a last second buzzer beater by Lebron I’d call that a run. You would too.
Harden having to be the system is our biggest problem. We have to have some nugget/heat elements to our offense. I really think having motion would make us so much better in the playoffs vs elite defenses.
The heat constantly move and put pressure on the defense that matters too. I think the flaws of Dantoni system make it hard for harden to go off for crazy 50 point games against elite playoff defense because he’s the one doing all the work. I don’t know why u haters can’t admit that. Our system is broken.
I am giving Butler huge props but he is still not as good as Harden. Miami also have a different game plan than the Rockets do......different coach, different set up. They also don't have a GM who sets the game plan that he wants his coaches to implement. Jimmy has had 2 amazing games in the Finals and not really aggressive enough in the other 3. Wish we had a Duncan Robinson in our three point style offence.
And even when Harden goes down fighting...............people still hate on him...........he can't win either way people just love to hate Butler has done it twice in his career and all of a sudden he is an all time great apparently........where was he the other years ?
Aggression is the key for Jimmy Butler......Miami are 6-1 when he has attempted 10 or more free throws in the Playoffs this year