01-28-2024, 07:16 PM
(This post was last modified: 01-28-2024, 07:36 PM by KillerLeft.)
(01-28-2024, 07:00 PM)SleepingHero Wrote: Correct. Exactly. Removing THJ would help this team incredibly.
The reasonable argument is the team reached the WCF without him. When Timmy went down that season the Mavs were 27-21. They ended the season 23-11 without him.
If Timmy was this integral player, why did the team improve so much after he went down?
Come on… You don’t honestly believe that team got better as a result of his injury, do you?
I think it’s a reasonable argument that he’s not indispensable, sure, but it’s bonkers to believe they were better as a result of his absence. Bonkers. I have always thought they got better because Kidd finally let them go back to the spacing they had played with in the previous couple of seasons. I feel like there is a reason to believe they would’ve been even better if Hardaway had been there.
I don’t know how to move forward in a conversation about this with someone who believes what you’re saying. Seems like this is an emotional issue for you, not a logical one. I mean, no judgment, because I have felt that way about players before, only from there on it’s not a very interesting conversation.
You realize that there is a really good chance the guy you’re talking about wins Sixth Man of the Year this season, right?