2 points in the second half? 2?! - Stephen A. on Jayson Tatum's Game 6 struggles | First Take 

Yeah he did.

NO WAY WHAT A HOT TAKE

Wow really?

Which is embarrassing. He did have the most minutes in the playoffs but still this was the worst time to slow down. Dude beat giannis and butler but not this team.

Haha that's what they get for those delusional who proclaimed themselves the next kobe.

He has plenty of heart, but he still made dumb plays last night

@@realjayseven True but for someone who’s considered the second best player, he had a good performance. Robin showed up, they just didn’t have Batman.

brown has more heart than tatum. respectfully

@@queyoung6597 Don’t call Jaylen Brown Robin lmfao! Jaylen Brown is the best player on the team there is no debate anymore. Jayson Tatum is easily the most overrated player in the nba. I don’t want to hear about Jaylen being robin lolol he is clearly the heart of the team while Tatum continues to HIDE.

He made dumb after dumb after dumb decision last night…. Jump passes, driving into 3 people in the lane, turnovers, tough contested shot after tough shot, being a ball stopped etc. Idk what game you watched

Lol no

I think he played better than iggy and steph should’ve won 2015 fmvp

@@yahiaali4059 he definitely did not play better than steph, steph is the reason the series was able to shift in their favor

@@djmath9537 I agree but he played a similar role as iggy in 2015, and we all know Steph was still the better player for warriors in 2015 and shoulda won the FMVP.

Ye ur right. Even as a celtics fan, wiggins played phenomenal defense on tatum which helped the warriros a lot

It’s to bad he didn’t help them when Warriors played 🤣🤣🤣

😂😂🤣

I think it was not just the starters but the whole Suns team.

Don’t let this distract the media from the opinion that Tatum is considered to have Mamba Mentality

@@garyfranklin9768 🤣🤣. Luka NeEdS mOrE HeLp

You watch the game? The whole team looked like they were super nervous.

@@Amor1990 yeah Celtics looked out of place. Horford came to play 2nd half . Good on him. Brown came to PLAY . Rob Williams gave it his best even with a surgically repaired knee this season. Grant Williams played defense. Unfortunately couldn't perform on the offensive end alongside Derrick Whyte. But those guys arent expected to drop 30 like Tatum is on a game they have to win. 2 pts in 2nd half is NO GOOD

Nah it was all Tatum being tragic…. Yeah Wiggins defended him well but in the previous rounds it was Wes Matthews and PJ tucker locking him up. Comes down to Tatum not being a top player in the nba. A top player doesn’t get locked up by a Dinosaur in PJ tucker and Wes Matthews lolol.

@@AseeF it’s called defense

@@Amor1990 called defensive adjusting,

No we won’t see these guys again

Nah family. The East is gonna get tougher. Players will be healthy.

No disrespect they can't beat 😤 💯 a healthy bucs team warriors played great but the celtics choked this away as a team they had 100 turnovers in the series Andrew wiggins outplayed jason they got exposed no excuses his performance was worse in my opinion than lebron 2011 performance against the mavs

Na it’s over, y’all got lucky

I don’t wanna hear that they’re young and inexperienced excuse. Tatum went to the conference finals as a rookie. He’s been deep in the playoffs before

Both JT and JB need to get in the gym. Handles for both need to tighten up. They both need to work on court awareness. They young they be back

I am going to say he would perform better if he just get open and shoot 3s. Because the thing is he couldn't post up Wiggins or GP2 one on one, who were the primary defenders on him. The Warriors had his offense all figured out, stop his right hand drive, in case of mismatch, double him when he started to drive. He couldn't really do anything at his current skill level.

@@ghostingdagame7090 Their handles were atrocious. And their court awareness was dispicable. They were rushing plays and trying to thread the needle for high risk passes. It made no sense.Shot selection wasn’t any better. So many open threes that they pump faked and instead opted for bad passes. Rarely if ever drove into the lane against smaller defenders. It was clear after game 3 they had no clue what to do. Even if they took the lead, they’d lose it real quick to horrible shot selections and turnovers. I could go on with how bad the Tatum was and the team, and even the coaching. But I would be typing all day and night.

Wiggins played amazing defense on him but also all the time Tatum went to the basket he just wanted the foul which he didn't get in 6 games but yet he still went on trying to get the foul

Let’s not make Wiggins to be a Kawhi Leonard here folks. Tatum is just a wuss with no athleticism or alpha mentality to impose his will when confronted with length and better athleticism than him. Simple as that. You can’t brush Brown with the same paint. Their IQs and lack of elite ball handling might be similar but Brown has that great athleticism and will power to overcome what he lacks in handles and IQ. Tatum just lacks athleticism and alpha mentality. You can’t develop that in the gym. You can improve your skill but not athletic ability and most importantly laid back mental game when the chips are down. Kawhi would have absolutely bodied punked and broke Andre Wiggins’ chest and would never allow him to stare him down.

So Did PJ tucker and Wes Matthews… it wasn’t wiggins its Tatum being absolutely horrible. Jayson Tatum isn’t a top player in the NBA

Compared to his peers he doesn’t seem that athletic.

@@ryanb9305 Kobe and LeBron had terrible performances in the finals, it happens but best Tatum can do is to learn from it and see what he can improved on, I'm sure if he gets another opportunity and the pressure isn't so much on him, he won't play like that again.

Yea but Wiggins ain't have to carry the offensive load ... Wiggins way more comfortable and definitely had more in the tank because he doesn't care the offense like Tatum

@@ryanb9305 Trying to make a lowkey excuse for Tatum I see, and trying to discredit Wiggins, did you see how Wiggins blocked Tatum 3 times in game 6, I'm not even including Wiggins perimeter defensive play againts him everytime he was trying to post up Wiggins. 🤣

No it wasn’t, we’ve seen guys younger and deliver.

@@sirhoopalot1125 tatum is a soft white boy in a black mans body.

@@JT-xp3in he light I don’t see no skin tone

@@JT-xp3in 😭

@@JT-xp3in being white does not mean you can't deliver🤣🤣, I'm 110% sure that if luka was in tatum's place the celtics would have won the series...

Facts

big facts

It’s funny y’all act like the greats never had bad series like this😂 Kobe played just as bad if not worse in that series in 2004 against Detroit. And he was 26. How JT responds to this will define is career not the bad performance

Stop. Kobe launched airballs in the playoffs before. He was horrible in 04. He also went 6-24 in a game 7 against the Celtics when Ron Artist bailed him out. Y'alls worship of Kobe is weird.

Only Tatum does that.

Except Jaylen Brown is not that guy either. At best he is a number 2.

Recency bias

@@KillaSin515 nah Brown showed he can get buckets as a number 1

Not yet....JB too herky jerky/ out of control

Agreed. He has got all the skills that Kawhi Leonard and Paul George have. Also, he has played exceptionally well in spite of not being considered the face of the franchise and with JT stealing all the spotlight. I wonder how much more would he have been if JT didn't hog the ball like he did until recently.

he's first team nba. i watched steph curry get to the lane and get layups at will as a 6'2 dude. why can't JT do it? I don't think he's that guy, not yet at least.

Did you even watch the game? Like be honest.. Wiggins was primarily guarding Jaylen Brown in the 4th quarter. Jayson had multiple possessions with Steph or Poole on a switch, and literally waited for the double team to come before making his move.. He caught the ball in the corner and pump faked instead of shooting, which resulted in a turnover.. You either didn’t watch the game, or you don’t understand what you’re watching…

Scoring 2 points in a half is not about any defense it's about heart. It's about will to win which brown showed and taytum did not. Not to mention what luka did with Wiggins on him. Go watch game 5 man didn't give up until the last 2 min he tried his best to the last to will his team to the win that was what was missing from jt today and this series.

Draymond and gary payton were guarding jb lol acting like he curry was guarding him

@@wussrestbrook1200 GP2 had 5 fouls in the 4th.. He wasn’t guarding JB in the 4th..

he did average more points than Tatum as the #2 option, so I'm going to agree with you.

Tatum is miles better

@@wussrestbrook1200 no he’s not Tatum bricks as much as westbrook

Lol definitely not all playoffs but finals yes. Tatum was the best player in the bucks and nets and the beat one is a toss up.

@@wussrestbrook1200 Not even close

He compared himself 😂

Ironically Andrew Wiggins got compared to him early in his career and it took a while but he showed up when it mattered the most.

@@koryverde that’s not true

@@BoskoShabazz maple Jordan lol

@@koryverde he showed he loved Kobe. I dunno what you talking about.

Wigs was exceptional and his defense was suffocating.

What was needed be said, was not said. Wiggins was the finals mvp.

@@penkima4923 Paul Pierce would had score 45 on wiggins

@@antmck99 Points per game averages in the NBA finals: Paul Pierce - 19 ppg; Jayson Tatum - 22 ppg.

@@penkima4923 and pierce avg 22ppg. One which he score 38 and 40% from 3s. Stop it

yea good luck dunking on Draymond Green lmao. Speaking as if he could just casually decide to do that whenever he wants to. Oh, and... before he can even think about "dunking on Green" he's gotta be able to get past WIGGINS first! Aight I'ma head out now.

​@@Bayareabob Do you talk like that (Douche kind of way) when debating face to face in a sport bar? Did you read my comment? I did acknowledge Green as a good defender but it can be done (get inside the paint against the Warriors as Ja Morant did until his injury, also about Curry, like I said in my comment when he was attacking inside the paint, he, like you said casually decide to do whenever he wants to inside the paint (which is what we were demanding from Jayson), like the true Superstar that he is. Oh, and by the way Boston had good defenders too. When an NBA Superstar impose his will there is no defense that can contain him. That is why Stephen A. Smith, other analyst, former NBA players, some fans and Me (why I agree with this video) wanted Tatum to impose his will like Curry did and like the "Superstar" he is(?) by doing more to help his team, like what I think he should be doing, when he is softly attacking the paint instead of dunking over people (like my example {which he has done to pretty darn good defenders. Like during Game 7 of the 2018 Eastern Conference finals LeBron James and on Giannis Antetokounmpo in game 3 this year} especially if Jayson is a Kobe protégé) which Jaylen (his teammate), who does not have the same title "Superstar" as Tatum nor people/media said Boston is his team (what comes with that accolade), Brown did a better job thus why at this moment Tatum is not a Superstar... until he improves and earn the title of Superstar.

Everyone who claimed JT was a superstar or star shouldn't be on espn

@@kingvagar you are delusional hahaha. JT is clearly not a superstar. Wiggins put the clamps on him and sat him down. You’re so desperate to defend him though that’s cute. Hold that L.

@@Bayareabob Listen, I'm a neutral fan, second if I agree with this video and if you read my comments. I said Tatum is not a SuperStar and in both comments I explained why. Going by both answers clearly you lack social interactions to understand how other peoples opinions work and how to answer them. I'm not going to bother replying to your F*ck boy answers anymore...

Agree. He’s been overrated for a while now.

As a dubs fan, I think it was just too much pressure. Guy was sensational all playoffs but that finals spotlight is something else, there needs to be credit given to the warriors defense at times tho. Played him absolutely amazing, but man, watching him come short on so many open shots and turn it over the way he was turned into a mental lapse

I told people he’s not a superstar, and they called me crazy lol. I said he’s a “good” player, but not superstar. There’s a big difference, and people probably understand now.

He’s not that guy yet . Still learning how to be a leader but yeah the pressure was too much for him .

@@solodolo_mma3971 He took them past kd, kyrie, giannis and butler. he IS a superstar. Kobe had the worst finals series in ‘04 vs the pistons. If he wasn’t THAT guy then the warriors and all these other teams wouldn’t play him the way they did. he’s 24 years old, he’s got so much room to grow. this one stings but it’s ridiculous to say he’s not a superstar.

exactly lol

Facts!!

Wiggins is an all star if he has 3 other defined legit all stars/DPOY on his team 💀. Y’all are overrating him now, did Wiggins play good yes, did he play above expectations yes. But he’s supposed to he’s a former #1 pick, not to mention he’s being asked to defend and score. Tatum is the number 1 or 2 option no in between. Wigging has room for error cause there are 4 other guys on the floor he can give the ball too in curry,Klay,Draymond and poole. Wiggins is a 4 option compared to a 1 in Tatum.

Wiggins was always the second option lot of times pooles points are in garbage time in the regular season and klay hasn’t been shooting great all year overal wiggins was the second best player all yesr

@@hunteralleruzzo9493 Wiggins is the Warriors second option now(he's even the second best Warriors in the finals )if you don't see it you're just blind. And of course he played wayyy better than Tatum in this finals .

@@hunteralleruzzo9493 but standing out in a team like that says a lot about him. I was sceptical abt the selection but he did prove himself

@@hunteralleruzzo9493 Wiggins is at worst 3rd option (he's still 2nd, above Klay if you look at ball touches) still produces more than Tatum as a 1st. So not sure what you're talking about. How is Wiggins even 4th option, Poole is the 6th man. You probably didn't watch the game or just mesmerized by Poole's skills, Poole only plays like 15 minutes per game and averages like 1 point per minute LOL.

Being sloppy running the offense as a small point forward isn't unacceptable. Trading your only playmarker for a center in the middle of the season is unacceptable. Pointing the finger at the management.

I don't wanna hear the fatigue excuse that excuse does not work. Steph is like 30 some and lebron carried his team to a chip a couple years back in like his late 30s

@@SolaceMcfly LeBron couldn't even make the playoffs anymore in 2019, and he was 34 yo. If somebody carried the 2020 Lakers to the chip, it was AD.

@@penkima4923 what💀💀

Fool you do know they do rest right?

Lakers are FC Barcelona Warriors are Real Madrid Celtics are Liverpool

@@1990Thunderbolt the only reason i understand this reference is cause of memes

@@SolaceMcfly lmfao

He just wanted to see true greatness in the warriors

Lol low blow. 🤣

No they don’t. This is only a discussion because JT plays trash. Marcus Smart is good for them. They just need to change JTs game to make him more of a playmaker instead of a shot chucker. He would be able to score more efficiently, open up the floor, and keep Marcus Smart out their to lock up perimeter players. Cuz besides the last game. Marcus Smart played great defense all series.

It ain't going to get any easier next season for Boston, Miami, Milwaukee, Brooklyn, Chicago, philly, hornets, Cleveland and hawks are going to be way better than last season, heat, bucks and nets are also going to look for revenge against the Celtics.

He wont

@@mikemoffin6020 bro mentioned every team but raptors 🤣🤣🤣🤣

Paul Pierce would had score 45

Warriors vs Celtics in 2023. With wiseman back and development.

trust me, Boston won't go that far next season. the seasons change each year

Shaq choked? Thats a first and tatum issue all playoffs long has been turnovers, the celtics issue as a whole on offense is that they settle for too many 3s and dumb shots, the roster needs tweaking but they are scared to put Marcus smart back at the 2 and slide brown and tatum to the 3 and 4. If he's worn out before the finals even started he better get his conditioning up of he wants to make deep playoffs runs, the fatigue excuse doesn't fly with me. Jaylen brown was fasting for ramadan never once did anyone bring up him being tired or use that as an excuse. Tatum got locked up and the Celtic's barely made any offensive adjustments

Worn out at 24?? Steph 34 and seems like he never gets tired

@@waynearrington7240 curry didn't have to play 2 game 7s.

@@fox9769 naw thats not an excuse hes a young pup he shouldn't be tired

I dont want to har any excuses. he is an NBA player that makes millions. show up and perform at work! I know if I performed poorly at my job id get fired, where is my sympathy card?

I blame the Celtics organization for trying to turn Tatum into a point guard. They changed who he is as a player. Now I always thought Tatum had flaws in his offense when a bigger defender is guarding him and thought Wiggins would do well against him since he has the length to disrupt his shot. If you ever watch big scoring games with Tatum, example Bucks, he has switches where he is matched up with a undersized/shorter player. In the Bucks 43 point game, Bud had Grayson Allen, George Hill, and Jrue guarding him during that outburst when it should have been Portis or Giannis. Now to my critique of the Celtics. In the off season, I said the Celtics would go to another level if they did everything possible to get Lonzo Ball. I thought he was a perfect fit for the Celtics because both Tatum and Brown are great defensive players and with Williams now playing elite, it would have been off the chart defensively. I think Zo would have unleashed a phase of Tatum's game that has never been seen. Tatum and Brown should be in the open court running and gunning. I didn't want Zo on the Bulls because I saw him getting hurt covering too many players defensively. The Bulls are weaker defensively. Unless Patrick Williams turn into Kawhi 2.0, Zo will never be healthy. He needs a team that is already set defensively, which is the Boston Celtics.

@@ballguy1509 Yeah ngl I was expecting either the Clippers or Boston to heavily pursue Lonzo, he's basically the last piece both teams need to push them over the edge as champ favourites and give them consistency on both offense and defense.

@@TrueGuardify Back when Zo was a RFA, I had 5 teams as my best location for Zo. As the 1) Celtics 2) Clippers 3) Mav 4) Chicago 5) Atlanta. I didn't like Chicago because I saw them weak defensively.

I think the media still perceives Steph as a defensive liability when he has shown that he has greatly improved that he can hold his own against a lot of switches, at least until help comes. My only criticism for Steph's defense is that he's still too trigger happy with his hand which causes him to pick up early fouls, but you really see him working on his weakness by bulking up, which really speaks for his work ethics.

@@Avermra he has to be trigger happy with his hands, guys with his size and body can only steal/deflect on defence, they're not going toe-to-toe using their bodies but slow them enough for help to come. I think he played great on defence and really exceeded my expectations.

I wouldn’t even say that much superior.. Celtics went through more of a gauntlet than the warriors did . This probably was their biggest test all playoffs . No excuse for Celtics they went to sleep as usual at the wrong time..

DEFENSIVE MONSTER...LMFAO!!!!!

@@dr2759 that’s obviously how tatum and horford felt when guarded by steph.

🎯

How much NBA finals experience DWade/Kobe/Curry/Jordan had before they won the first one

@@momoblue1691 im so confused, what does this have to do with what i said?

@@TruthHurts58 that's exactly what im saying, there is no such think as too young when we talk about championships

@@momoblue1691 dwade won at 24 and kobe at 22 LMAO!!! take this L and zip it

He did

kobe was his inspiration. that was his favorite player. he looked up to kobe. i believe he even trained w him, so there was a personal relationship there. of course he feels like that.

He filled Kobe shoes his first finals appearance. Kobe absolutely stunk it up

Yeah Kobe wasn’t the lead man on that team but he stunk it up lol.. There’s a difference.. JT, the supposed to be top dog on the team, Kobe, not the top dog on the team and played on am badly injured ankle

@@HahaHaha-km4sm yeah but Kobe didnt play the greatest shooter of all time and a 4 chop dynasty in his first finals either.

This is the best response I’ve seen all day. Respect

Giannis has heart,JT not so much

You're point is well taken, although you didn't see Giannis complaining to the refs looking to get bailed out as much as Tatum. Toughness was never really the issue with the freak.

Bro the Celtics aren't making it back next season. They barely made it there this year. The east is only getting better

Coping is real with this one.

Because Perkins was dogshit compared to the greats

perkins was a role player LMAO

@Cristofer Clay Neither did Kobe.

@Cristofer Clay Kareem

Ok and how is any of that an excuse for 2 points in the second half of a close out finals game on your home court?

@@jonathankim4892 he was gassed ! Don't be a 🤡

Facts. Kawhi got that Mamba focus in the playoffs. Aintum & Devin Kardashian are a joke

@@SamoaVsEverybody814 too-Tame

@@SamoaVsEverybody814 exactly

We? I never did, one move Stepback. Doesn't have that killer instinct

No one outside of Boston ever thought this man was a superstar.

Tf were u watching

@@kaekae1782 lol

“He learned” yea he learned that he wasn’t that guy

Facts

Agreed. Not long after, they then allowed a 21-0 in a MUST WIN game.

Al Horford and Rob Williams were battling all 4 quarters

@@felosopha445 rob williams one of my favorite players

@@wadetheflash03 That was the game right there, once that run happened I could feel GS snatched Boston's soul and their confidence soared.... Never seen a 21-0 run in a must win gm 6, simply unacceptable

he needs an intermediate game. he needs to work on layups, he needs to work on dribbling, he needs to work on passing. the fact that this man was voted first team all nba is a joke. JT got high on his own supplyl

Tatum played poorly throughout most of the playoffs. MIA almost beat celtics in last two minutes.

Bucks lost because of injury of Middleton.

@@tomtang8708 probably

Hopefully this adversity makes a brighter diamond.

@@liquidjackson7172 I think it will

He might never make the finals again. If Giannis had any sort of help while dropping 30-40 pts and 15-20 rbs a night, not even Middleton, they never make it past 6 games against Bucks. They caught a huge break and couldn’t capitalize. Giannis would have brutalized anyone and everyone on the Dubs

One of the best players of all time in magic johnson won a ring his rookie year and fmvp.

@@SolaceMcfly Tatum doesn’t have that IT factor. He relies way too much on his jump shot and if you put athletic length on him, he doesn’t have the athleticism to get around that. Wiggins is no Kawhi Leonard or even Andre Igudala but he fk owned that boi. The single digit scoring nights with horrible shooting percentages vs injured Bucks and Heat teams should have been ominous signs. You can’t develop alpha mentality and athleticism in the gym

I didn't know he's a superstar? From what I heard he's borderline top tier star but not superstar level

@@rezhaadriantanuharja3389 a lot of people were saying he's a superstar this playoffs

@Cristofer Clay a lot of people in the media said he is

Go through a shoulder injury like say rotator cuff tear and see if you can shoot comfortable under pressure for long instances of time. Then factor in the gruesome leg injury PG was that guy and still a top 20 player in the league.

Honestly, last year PG is better than tatum in defense, play making, and still real leader of clips. For tatum, he is..I mean he is such a trash in whole six games.

Paul George is elite tho. He's only had that playoff p bs happend recently. However, he always guards the most elite talent on the opposition team at all times. The NBA is an offensive game and elite offensive is always going to prevail over elite defense, but he at least has the guts and heart to push through. JT is just sorry af!!! All that Kobe talk and he decides to be trash is so crazy! JT has been downgraded from light skin to white boi

Shut up he’s been their best player all season, all playoffs besides the finals.

Got locked up and outplayed by Wiggins

It was Lebron with zero help vs Duncan’s Spurs in their prime.. Very different. Tatum has players around him, but yeah he is still young let’s not overreact too much either.

Bruh it’s his fifth year in the league many other Superstars we’re champions by 24. In todays NBA 24 is a veteran

@@KDubb-ws9zc When did LeBron win his first? Curry? Jordan?

they need a real PG, Smart is not capable and naturally an SG. Problem is they have to stack him with Brown.

It’s not Marcus Smart’s job to design the offensive scheme? That’s the coaches job… They ran the same out of bounds play 4 times last night, they had 0 offensive movement, they ran almost 0 plays offensively… COACHES ARE PAYED MILLIONS TO FIX THOSE THINGS…

They have to tho because they have no pg they whole system is iso

You’re watching the segment specifically about Jason Tatum. There is a different segment about the team overall, and about the coach. This show is like 4 hours long but this video is only a tiny segment of it.

fr he obviously would rather go 16 for 18

Where was his hustle when he went 13 points 5 turnovers? He created as many opportunities for his opponents to score as he did for himself.

Definitely does he just had a bad series. I bet you was saying he had that dawg when he dropped 46 vs bucks. I get he had a bad series but let’s not let recency bias take over.

@@misterpurp777 Was Never saying or thinking that. The point is you can’t afford to have a bad SERIES at the highest stage. Bad game(s) happen but not an entire series when needed most. I equate him to my Guy D. Book-From PHX & unfortunately we fell short last year when it counted as well as this year-but if you want to be a BIG Dawg, a CHAMPION than you have to handle your business. Im sure he’ll grow from it-nowhere did I say this is it for him. I’m just being critical here ^ it’s not personal therefore, your condescending comment holds little merit. Just sentimental & coddling. You either win or you don’t. No grey areas

@@ShadomanG how was anything I said “ condescending” I can’t even take your reply serious when you out here taking it personal and using words wrong cause what did I say to belittle you or put you down or make it seem like I’m better then you🤣

@@ShadomanG and d book not even close to tatum , he couldn’t even make the playoffs on his own before cp3 got there lol

@@ShadomanG and you didn’t say it was it for him yes but you over here saying he don’t got that dawg with him as if he hasn’t proved on multiple occasions he does 🤦🏾‍♂️that’s all I meant by recency bias but carry on dude

Exactly. Dude has no iq or understand the flow of a game. It’s his Achilles heel.

Weird.. Cuz you sound like a corny hater…

KD led his team to the finals at 23, dwade won his rookie year. Should I keep going?

@@sirhoopalot1125 yea d wade put on a show. But KD lost, so if you gave KD time, do the same for Tatum

@@RealSpill2 KD never got back until he joined the warriors, Russ and Harden haven’t been back 😂😂

@Alex A welp the league is getting better and they aren't gonna be able to keep that core together for long. They aren't winning the championship in the next 3 years for sure.

"Drained"??? You have to be kidding me. Before the Finals, the idiotic talking heads were saying that Boston was too young, and too strong for Golden State. And that Golden State was old and tired. Now that Boston has been smacked down....they're "drained" and "tired". Get out of here with those lame excuses. And in today's NBA Finals, players have PLENTY of time to rest between games. And Boston was the younger team.