2023 Playoffs: Around the League Round 3 (WCF/ECF) News Thread

[ShelC]

[Superbone]

Crazy that Boston brought it all the way back to 3-3 on their home court and couldn't finish.

[Nodack]

A twisted ankle on the first play was a bad omen for them.

[INFORMER]

Am I the only one who doesn't want Brown? Something seems off, him and Tatum have no idea how to play off of each other, no clue how he'd exist with Book/KD.

I think Brown is great, but the "three star" thing simply hasn't worked. One guy always has to become an elite-skill role player (Bosh, Draymond/Klay, Jrue) and do the little stuff. That's really hard to make work if all three guys are scorers before anything else.

You're right that the third guy always gets marginalized, but Cleveland, Boston, and Miami all won with three stars, so it doesn't seem right to say it "doesn't work."

[INFORMER]

Crazy that Boston brought it all the way back to 3-3 on their home court and couldn't finish.

Not that crazy. Jaylen Brown was really bad, and the Celtics' 3-point shooting was abysmal two games in a row.

[Flagrant Fowl]

Am I the only one who doesn't want Brown? Something seems off, him and Tatum have no idea how to play off of each other, no clue how he'd exist with Book/KD.

I think Brown is great, but the "three star" thing simply hasn't worked. One guy always has to become an elite-skill role player (Bosh, Draymond/Klay, Jrue) and do the little stuff. That's really hard to make work if all three guys are scorers before anything else.

You're right that the third guy always gets marginalized, but Cleveland, Boston, and Miami all won with three stars, so it doesn't seem right to say it "doesn't work."

Cleveland and Miami did it with arguably the best player to every play basketball in his prime, so the Celtics are the only team I think did it in a replicable way. That team was masterfully constructed.