The NBA created a 65 game minimum for postseason awards, then turned around and bent the rules for Luka and Cade so they could both make 1st Team All-NBA.
If the league isn’t going to enforce its own standards, then get rid of the rule altogether.
As a Celtics fan, watching Jaylen Brown lose out on 1st Team because the NBA moved the goalposts is ridiculous.
For what Jaylen Brown did in the regular season on both ends, as the solo star on a "gap year" team that rose to 2nd in the East, he deserved 1st team over Luka Oncic, who led the NBA in turnovers per game and complaining to refs, took most FTs and 3s but average at both.
Jaylen Brown on Joel Embiid:
“We didn't really have the answers for him. We tried a bunch of different things. He's a big body. He also was flopping around. He got some extra calls ... they rewarded him for that, but that's the league we’re in.”
Shout-out to Jaylen Brown. He left it all out in Game 7.
Had tough series against the 76ers overall, yes, but don't forget he was one of the main reasons Celtics exceeded ALL the expectations in their "Gap Year".
Appreciate you for all you do @FCHWPO 😤
Bruce Cassidy absolutely nailed it, from the moment of puck mismanagement by Buffalo in the O-zone, and remember it was Hampus Lindholm who found Pasta off the end glass to win the 2024 series vs. Toronto.