Caris LeVert named 2nd team NBA's all bubble team

Submitted by Michigan4Life on August 15th, 2020 at 7:52 PM

Source: https://www.slamonline.com/nba/nba-names-all-bubble-first-and-second-teams/

Caris making 2nd team all NBA bubble team is a huge accomplishment. He was fantastic against Portland on the last game of the regular season where they repeatedly ISOed him on Gary Trent and score whenever he wanted to.

He's Beilein's best NBA player to date and I don't think it's close. Duncan Robinson is probably #2 with Tim Hardaway at #3

The Fugitive

August 15th, 2020 at 8:32 PM ^

Lillard unanimous MVP. Fun to watch his 3 game stretch of 150 points. 

I've enjoyed the bubble so far. Aside from the Wizards and Kings, it's all been pretty good to really good teams so there were hardly any bad matchups since they resumed. I would have liked to have seen Suns vs Blazers for the 8th seed. 

AC1997

August 15th, 2020 at 8:57 PM ^

Duncan is having a great year, but I don't think you can put him ahead of THJ this early.  THJ has been a regular starter for multiple years and made a ton of money.  

I think Duncan is competing with GR3 and Burke for third thru fifth place.  

BJNavarre

August 16th, 2020 at 6:23 AM ^

Duncan is a key component of a team that's expected to compete for the Eastern Conference title. He is probably the 2nd most valuable Wolverine in the NBA right now, and not far behind LeVert (LeVert clearly has the highest ceiling of all 3...would love to see him stay healthy for a season). Top 20 player in offsensive rating, and better than THJ in win share. THJ has been a starter for longer, but it's not a stretch to put Duncan ahead of him.

njvictor

August 16th, 2020 at 9:23 AM ^

Duncan is definitely the clear #2 or #3 spot over GR3 and Burke and close with THJ. Duncan is considered a top 5 shooter in the league and an analytics darling while GR3 is just a role player and Burke has been traded around as a bench scorer every year

Sleepy

August 16th, 2020 at 1:29 AM ^

Can't watch Caris in the NBA without thinking about how he all-but-completely lost his junior & senior seasons to injury.  Which was a giant bummer.

njvictor

August 16th, 2020 at 9:20 AM ^

Caris deserves to be traded and get the keys to an offense. Once KD and especially Kyrie come back, he's going to become an afterthought

BJNavarre

August 16th, 2020 at 5:47 PM ^

It's sad that this post, which includes entirely Michigan related sports discussion, hasn't even broken 20 posts after a day.  Probably should've ended the title with ". Covid" to get more views.