I think there’s a good chance that the Celtics are as good of a team come playoff time as last season, but with a significant dip in record. On top of the things you mentioned, they are going into the season not as rested as other teams. KP will miss the start of the season. Tatum, Jrue, and White all were part of their Olympic teams. They just made a finals run. Its very possible the start of the season is rocky, before smoothing out closer to the New Year.

1991 - Pistons

1992 - Probably the Trailblazers, but that Cavs team is sick

1993 - Suns

1996 - Probably the biggest toss up. I’d lean Knicks but idk

1997 - 100% Jazz

1998 - 90% the Jazz, there’s a slight Pacers chance though

The Clutch player of the year award is kinda lame, but if there was ever a year it would have been interesting, it was Westbrook vs IT in 2017.

The Celtics were in 44 clutch games, and went 30-14 in those. IT was scoring 5.1ppg in those 44, and shooting 48/40/90 in clutch situations.

For reference of how crazy this competition would have been, the Thunder were 25-15 in the clutch, and Westbrook was scoring 6.2ppg in those 40 games, on 45/33/85 shooting

In general, both Westbrook and IT were scoring 10ppg in the 4th quarter. To tie it back in Brunson, there is/was excitement around him. But the “omg he pulled out another game outta his ass” level isn’t the same as it was with IT. The clutch stuff just isn’t at the same level, which is the most exciting part of the sport

I hate philly so I hate saying this, but Hurts is probably a better comp than Purdy is

That’s 496 sq ft of wall, the house would be 240sq ft

Standard walls in the US are about 8ft. That means you can make 62 ft of walls using Westbrook’s bricks. If the house is like, one room, you can do make it 16ft x15ft.

Unfortunately, the minimum size for tiny homes is 400 sq ft (at least based on the optional appendix to the residential code)

Cause I didn’t know they retired Kobe’s jersey. That’s also stupid