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Fans were polled about the trade deadline and its impacts on the NBA Finals and they had a lot of opinions.
Hard to argue with that assessment. We’re all collectively still baffled by the chain of events.
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Again, not terribly surprising, though not very appetizing from a Celtics fan perspective. Unless of course Luka leaves in free agency and wins a title somewhere else.
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I’ve been saying this for a while. The Celtics better win their titles now because Wemby is coming and he’s most likely going to have a solid (or better) supporting cast. I think the potential is there for multiple titles (assuming reasonable injury good fortune).
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The disrespect! The defending/attacking champion Celtics are only getting 19% of the vote to the Thunder’s 37%. While Boston has been a bit up and down this year, I think I like our chances in the Finals better than that.
(Note that the Celtics are +580 to beat the OKC Thunder in the Finals on FanDuel Sportsbook.)
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This is probably the right choice since Luka takes the Lakers from a likely early round knockout team to a legit contender to come out of the West. Jimmy Butler gives the Warriors a new star to add to their roster without giving up too much of their future assets, but I’d give the Lakers an edge over them in the playoffs still. We’ll see though.
What were your deadline takeaways? Any reactions to the above poll results?
