Celtics and Mavs up 3-0, Kyrie Irving ‘born for this situation’, Boston vs. Dallas? | NBA | THE HERD

Celtics and Mavs up 3-0, Kyrie Irving ‘born for this situation’, Boston vs. Dallas? | NBA | THE HERD

let’s talk about the final that’s not official but it sort of is sort of yeah so let’s talk Celtics and Mavs final oh forget jinxes that’s what we’re going to get it’s about as good as you can get in the NBA the Big Brand Celtics with two stars Jaylen Brown and Jason Tatum and because of Mark Cuban’s ownership Dirk in the title the Mavs carry some some gravatas and weight in this league and they’ve got the two best closers and the two best Stars finishing games in Luca and Kyrie Irving you have arguably the best player in the world Luca on a heater and you have arguably the best domestic player in Jason Tatum you have the drama of the Celtics Duo when are Jaylen Brown and Tatum finally going to deliver a trophy to this story franchise and you have the Kyrie Factor he hated Boston they didn’t like him so four big factors if you’re not going to have a dynasty LeBron a Steph or a KD this is as good as the finals can get and if porzingis is healthy I think I kind of like Boston and seven but I don’t know that I’ve been burying the Mavs all season I didn’t like him against OK OKC I didn’t think they beat Minnesota but Boston to the finals is probably the easiest sports prediction of the last year they were 41- 11 against the East and then the Knicks fell apart and halberton hurt and no Dame no Giannis embiid wobbly listen that was an easy one everybody in the world picked Boston in the finals there was no reason to be a contrarian Dallas to the finals yeah I missed that about six times uh I said it last week I think Boston and this group is too good not to win at least one title they’re weird though odd historic Al they’re a 5050 bet at home against the Eastern Playoff teams and I think Luca is too gifted and too great for him not to win at least one championship and this series actually reminds me of one I covered about 24 years ago the Blazers and the Lakers so the Celtics are the Blazers more quality B plus above players a good staff gave the Lakers problems many times in the series you thought the Blazers a Scotty Pippen a sabonis uh it could be Rasheed Wallace Damon stmy they had really good players they had the Lakers pinned in Many Games took the lead in many games that’s the Celtics a deeper quality team of B+ players and then there’s the Mavs which remind me a little bit of the Lakers the two best closers Shaq and Kobe won the series in seven the two best closers at the time on the planet one inside one perimeter that series went back and forth those were the two best teams both would have been beaten Indiana in the finals one did the Lakers Portland would have but for a majority of that series I was in Portland I thought Portland was better and they were until that slam dunk from Kobe to Shack and then the closers coffees for closers closed it and that’s how I feel about this series I’ve been betting against Kyrie and Luca now for a month and they’re both in a heater and Kyrie was a big swing an aggressive wins in sports and offense wins in basketball I know I know I know defense wins championships yeah I’m going to take Mahomes fourth quarter I don’t care what his defense looks like and it is really hard to bet against Luca and Kyrie yeah the degree of difficulty Luca takes with about half his shots is remarkable and it feels like 65 % go in so I think I like Boston if porzingis is healthy but I’ve been saying this against every team that faces Dallas I thought OKC was going to beat them with their youth Luca was all banged up I thought Minnesota would probably win their size in six or seven I even thought the Clippers would give the M Mavericks problems as wrong wrong wrong wrong can’t wait for it Celtics will wrap up their series I presume tonight Dallas will wrap up their in a couple of days and I want to talk about Kyrie Irving I’ve had my issues with Kyrie Irving although when they made this deal on February 5th a couple years ago I said at the time you got to take a swing Mark Cuban’s taking a swing you got to get Lucas somebody or he’ll leave town Kyrie is actually fascinating he is the Dilemma even the top GMS in the NBA face when you have an all-time talent that can be moody and difficult on a regular basis what do you do he was a disaster in Boston mostly a disaster in Brooklyn before LeBron got to Cleveland nobody liked him and his first year was a tad turbulent in Dallas but right now it’s incredible and in the NFL it’s different in the National Football League your top Stars usually get in line with the coach and the culture and the offense defense special team system they get in line but the NFL is not a star driven League it’s not it’s a roster driven Shield driven GM coach driven league with stars the NBA is a star driven League like international soccer and they’re going to get what they want and most guys are good guys but some guys are petulant and Moody and difficult and yet all world and it’s why even the best general managers Like Pat Riley are going to take swings on a Jimmy Butler a kawhai Leonard uh Kyrie Irving uh James Harden when you get these players that are just different if that player’s in the right frame of mind you get trophies you secure your job your coach’s job your family’s security and that’s why people take swings I mean I think it’s been PJ Washington and Gafford have been very very nice supplemental pieces but no Kyrie and Dallas is already out of the playoffs February 5th 2023 we looked it up this morning I said when Dallas went after Kyrie well it’s going to be good or bad but they’re going to be a handful and they’re going to be kns that you can’t stop them and this is an offensive League over a defensive League do you realize in the playoffs Kyrie leads the post season in fourth quarter points and that’s playing with Luca that’s playing with the best scorer in the playoffs so Luca needed a running mate they got him one with a history of being difficult and Moody and temperamental and his own guy but I’ve been watching this league forever an aggressive wins in sports and you got to take swings and the Mavericks best two closers in the world right now are playing in Dallas the best people in any business are in it to get the ring and Dallas looks like they’re good enough to keep Boston from getting it even one more time so JM they have been your team I will say this for a 3-0 series The t-wolves Mavericks is a really fun watch it doesn’t feel that lopsided whereas Boston feels like significantly better than Indiana Dallas feels better than Minnesota but the games are tight uh Dallas has too many bad halfcourt offensive possessions and when you have Luca and Kyrie you have very few of those so the right team is leading the series but it you can see Minnesota picking up a win I doubt it but uh Minnesota was built to beat Denver as we’ve talked about they’re not built to beat Dallas and there’s also something about um teams grow like Dallas before the PJ Washington gaford moves they weren’t the same team it wasn’t the so they’re a different team than they were early in the season so that’s why when you went into the Minnesota Dallas series you could not take all their earlier matchups we’ve seen that you see it in college football now teams have an issue then there’s the transfer portal and you see it sometimes in the NFL where Houston’s a laughing stock oh wait they get CJ straden a good coach they’re a playoff team so what’s fun about sports if you pay attention are the trade deadlines the draft the NBA draft does not give you any immediate help like the NFL does but the trade deadline gives you help Dallas is out of the playoffs even with Kyrie potentially without this front line to match up against an OKC and a Minnesota so the supplemental players uh it’s it’s just give Dallas Credit big swing on Kyrie big swing at the deadline Dallas tends to be that’s kind of the the way to do it big swings and Big D and it’s paid off they after porzingis back in the day they thought he would be the running mate for Luca that kind of blew up they had Brunson they blew that one right they didn’t want to offer him the money and now the third uh third pitch and they hit it out of the park with Kyrie Irving but to your Point Minnesota has led in the final five minutes of all the first it feels very very close but again when these games are close late one team’s a brilliant offensive team one team’s based on defense and you cross your fingers of cat is in the mood okay but isn’t your take that Jason Tatum has struggled in late game scenarios does that give you pause for the finals there’s no question there is no question I said it is Blazers Lakers that that series came down to a couple Kobe sha plays if you covered that series Lakers Trail by double digits in most games Phil Jackson acknowledged we don’t have a game plan for Rasheed Wallace we we really don’t know what to do it was just back and forth but in the end Kobe and chck were the difference one of the great series I’ve ever it’s probably the best series I’ve ever covered in terms of intensity and talent so I mean I I’ll say this from an NBA perspective oh yeah you cannot do better than Luca Kyrie in the Mavs against Brown Tatum the history porzingis Drew holiday in the Celtics that is as good we’ve been very lucky March Madness NFL Super Bowls we’ve been on a string here for a lot of years Celtics Mavs feels right it’s just a tough one for rooting interest I like Tatum a lot I love Luca Don like there’s no one to dislike in this series it’s going to be great uh should be a fun one hi everybody it’s me Uncle Colin subscribe here to get the latest from the herd including exclusive behind the scenes videos and more wherever you may be however you may be watching thanks again for making us part of your day

The Boston Celtics and Dallas Mavericks are both up 3-0 in their Conference Finals series, and Colin Cowherd believes that the Celtics will play the Mavericks in the NBA Finals. He also talks about how Kyrie Irving was “born for this situation” and how he and Luka Doncic are a great backcourt for the Mavericks.

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