Juwan peaked early, Jalen peaked properly.
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It’s not necessarily the best way to decide who is better, but Juwan won one playoff series until he got to the Heat as a 37 year old. So from my mind it’s easy to make an argument Jalen contributed more to winning basketball. But part of that fault could be laid on Juwan’s contract. And Juwan wasn’t a worse player because of his contract, it just made it hard to even build a playoff team if he was on the team.
Overall they seem pretty equal and arguments could probably be made either way
Yeah Rose was the 2nd or third best player on a team that made the ECF and then the Finals in consecutive years.
Including genuinely having the MJ Bulls on the ropes.
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Saw this while wasting time and thought it was cool
https://www.instagram.com/reel/CdmWRa0jdN2/?igshid=NDBlY2NjN2I=
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Off topic but did anyone see the 39 foot jumper by Poole?
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Daaaaang…Jordan Poole with another long buzzer beater just inside half court!!!
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I’ll always love a Jordan Poole buzzer beater.
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Warriors offense has been abysmal all night long. Jordan’s defense has been pretty bad, but they need his shotmaking right now.
Poole’s late 3rd and early 4th completely changed the complexion of this game. Buzzer beater, hit a 3 and had the flop haha.
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Poole is becoming a 40ft buzzer beater specialist. It is crazy that he makes such shots quite consistently.
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Heck of a shot but that was maybe JPs worst game this series? He took a lot of shots that were best described as emotionally drunk.
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Baiting Smart was hilarious, but still not the same as actually playing defense
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Two of those were just forced two for one shots.
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Whatever, Jordan humming Hail to the Victors at the beginning and end of his postgame NBATV interview erases all mistakes.
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There’s such a fine line in fan reaction between “WHY ARE THEY NOT GOING TWO FOR ONE” and “OH MY GOD THAT WAS THE WORST SHOT EVER”.
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Hah. That reminds me of a good line from Mark Jackson on the Draymond Game 4 benching. Jackson said of the decision, it worked bc they won.
Great “line” from Mark (take your process and shove it!), however I can’t really even guess if it is ironic or straight coming from Coach Jackson.
In this case, the opposite … right? Fans see a shot that looks bad and think it is a bad decision when in reality the EV is positive even if it isn’t a “great shot” and doesn’t go in because it guarantees a 2-for-1 and gets the team a second shot.
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Wasn’t aware. But, obviously, Poole was a lockdown defender last night.
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It’s really hard to describe 14 points on 8 shots (in 14 minutes) from a player whose role has been reduced to “heat off the bench” as bad. He needs to put up enough points to overcome the volume they hemorrhage when he’s on the floor. Last night, he accomplished that.
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