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Mar 7 2018 01:10pm
Marcus Smart got fined for complaining about calls but when Harden does it, nothing? Sigh.... refs nowadays really irk me. I feel like the Celtics rarely ever get calls to go their way in close games.
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Marcus Smart got fined for complaining about calls but when Harden does it, nothing? Sigh.... refs nowadays really irk me. I feel like the Celtics rarely ever get calls to go their way in close games.


Pretty much the same with all Boston sports I've noticed. Particularly their nfl team.
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Marcus Smart got fined for complaining about calls but when Harden does it, nothing? Sigh.... refs nowadays really irk me. I feel like the Celtics rarely ever get calls to go their way in close games.


NBA refs are the worst in all four major sports and it's not even close
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Mar 7 2018 05:32pm
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NBA refs are the worst in all four major sports and it's not even close


to their defense there's a bunch of whining going on all the time just like foosbaal
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to their defense there's a bunch of whining going on all the time just like foosbaal

That's a fair point. NBA players are the biggest drama queens/divas (football and baseball players a close second).
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That's a fair point. NBA players are the biggest drama queens/divas (football and baseball players a close second).



can you believe horford is the 11th highest paid player this year
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can you believe horford is the 11th highest paid player this year


Yeah i can believe that. He's obviously overpayed but he's an all star and has a high bball I.Q. it is what it is. If we can use him to get AD in a future trade people will loveeeeee Horford.
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can you believe horford is the 11th highest paid player this year


Also he's one of the best 3 pt. Shooters in the league right now (easily the best "big" 3 pt. Shooter in the league).
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Horford stretches the floor, creates offense and is more than handy in the post. He's also a pretty good defender. He has nights where players murder him on offensive rebounds but I'll take all the good for that one negative trait.

He isn't a locker room cancer, social media whore or a stat padder like the majority of the other bigs in the league right now (looking in your direction embiid, boogie, drummond etc etc.)
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can you believe horford is the 11th highest paid player this year


Bruh.

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Yeah i can believe that. He's obviously overpayed but he's an all star and has a high bball I.Q. it is what it is. If we can use him to get AD in a future trade people will loveeeeee Horford.


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Also he's one of the best 3 pt. Shooters in the league right now (easily the best "big" 3 pt. Shooter in the league).


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Horford stretches the floor, creates offense and is more than handy in the post. He's also a pretty good defender. He has nights where players murder him on offensive rebounds but I'll take all the good for that one negative trait.

He isn't a locker room cancer, social media whore or a stat padder like the majority of the other bigs in the league right now (looking in your direction embiid, boogie, drummond etc etc.)


Horford is spearheading the 2nd best ranked defense, and that is without our 2nd best player who is also an underrated defender. He contests more shots than anyone besides Smart, and even though he's a quiet leader, he tends to guide players and take them under his wing. (Brown, Smart, and Rozier being a couple.) He's well spoken, Dominican, and is also one of the league's deadliest spot up shooters. Make the point he isn't the best player at scoring? Sure he's not the best player concidentially, but he's a well rounded 3rd or 4th option.

Overpaid? I think so.

Underrated? I'm 50/50. A lot of people don't see his greatness, and why the Hawks made the playoffs so many years. You can argue that if we had Horford next to Durant, (which was the original scenario,) that would absolutely be mindblowing.

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Al Horford...

has the second best on/off net rating differential on the Celtics (+7.0)

is 2nd on the team in win share

is 5th in the NBA in 3-point%

is 5th among high-volume defenders allowing 0.813 points per play per Synergy, for No. 1 defense in NBA.
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