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Old 03-07-2023, 05:36 PM   #294
Antonin
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Originally Posted by thehef View Post
I feel ya. The C's have infuriated us fans on a number of occasions for playing basketball at the highest levels, then having stretches where they aren't dialed in defense and are absolutely brutal on offense...
Maybe it's a "the grass is always greener" thing with us in Cleveland, because where we sit the Celtics look like a well-oiled machine, even though we beat them 3 out of 4 times this season. As "everybody" knows, the regular season doesn't mean much. Maybe the Celtics look 10 feet tall because we here don't see them every day. And, really, the national media talks about them far more than they do the Cavs. The team slogan this season is "let 'em know," which I assume means that we think we don't get the level of attention from the national media that we should.

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Originally Posted by thehef View Post
Oh yeah. Williams clearly said he was going to make them both. Not sure what DM was saying but afterwards he fully admitted that he and other Cavs were trash-talking and trying to get into his head. Clearly, they did. To DM's credit, he was (not surprisingly) pretty classy about it, not only admitting it all but also complimenting Williams and saying next time he'll make those free throws. I mean, it's not really a big deal either way, but in today's NBA where it's usually "all about me" and "respect" and whatever other blah-blah-blah, it's nice to see a guy showing some classy behavior.
I don't mind a bit of good-natured trash talking. What I really, really, really don't like is the vulgar, angry or threatening kind, insulting someone's wife and kids, etc. And I hate it when somebody screams the f-word so loud you can clearly hear it on the TV broadcast.
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