The only players in NBA History with 17+ steals and 17+ blocks across the first 8 games of a playoff run:
2003 Ben Wallace
2004 Ben Wallace
2018 Anthony Davis
2026 AUSAR THOMPSON
This is what we wanted to deliver to our fans more than anything. This is a club that should always compete for everything and be right at the top. No excuses. All teams win games but in the end there’s only one champion. That’s what history remembers and this applies to next season as well.
𝗧𝗥𝗘𝗡𝗗𝗜𝗡𝗚: Bill Belichick says he doesn’t like the rule that allows coordinator interviews before the postseason ends, saying it’s a distraction to the team trying to win a Super Bowl, he said on the “Let’s Go!” Podcast.
“I’ve never been a big fan of it. I think it’s really unfortunate when you have a team, including the coaches and the coordinators, worked so hard all year to get to the playoffs, to have an opportunity to play in conference championships and Super Bowls, and then they’re totally distracted by another team, who was a bad team, who has a coaching change, infringing on that team that’s trying to get to a championship by hiring one of their top coaches. Nobody would be happy if that was a player. But for a coach, that’s also very disruptive, especially when you’re the play caller. I mean, it’s just human nature to be distracted by a potential job opening, staff and change of lifestyle from a coordinator to a head coach when you’re trying to prepare and call plays in a critical game.”
(H/T: @ProFootballTalk)
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