/nba/ general - #8 SEED edition

LeBum for Westbrook straight up who says no?

larry please save us from this pic spammer. im already reporting his ass

DeRozan + Mills or Poetlel

Remember Hassan Whiteside?

OKC

Tiny

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Rozan/Jakob would be a pretty sweet trade actually....And LeBum/Pop would be the perfect storm...

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>In 1972–73 season, Archibald led the NBA in scoring and assists, becoming the only player to win the titles in both categories in the same season.

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Why didn't the Sixers traded for Harris before instead of giving up my boy Saric for Jimmy "Brett Brown doesn't know how to use him" Butler reeeeeeeeeee

MODS

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This dude boomerposting is literally just the butthurt SPARKS spammer
Either that or a butthurt lakespic who is assmad he’s getting bullied and not getting to make his cancer thread editions

Remember that time Russell Westbrook got shook by a small child?

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>Joe Lacob: Warriors moving to phase 3, to become more than a team

What was meant by this

>SEED edition

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Look at the muffin top on that ump.

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My red-hot Blazies are about to shit on the Celtcucks tonight and it could get really ugly.
I'm looking forward to piling on that Boston dumpster fire desu.

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phase two was soaping each other up in the shower, phase three is after hours hot-tub sessions in the nude.

Based Bill, what a fucking beast at that time.

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would be sweet but the celtics are pretty good at home while the trailblazers are pretty big frauds

The Rich Paul Mafia and Adam (((Silver))) won't allow a LeBitch trade....And if they somehow did trade him they would instruct all big time FA to not sign with the Lakers effectively blackballing the team...But all that would be worth it to get rid of LeShit tho tbqh.

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Those shorts holy shit, those are way too short you could literally see pubic hair

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Based throwback photo poster.

I think there’s only 2 players with clear and obvious superstar potential in the upcoming draft, and thats Zion and Ja Morant.

Barrett disgustingly reminds me of Wiggins with how he plays, and Cam Reddish, while not a terrible player per say, clearly lacks the alphadog gene to be a true star since he’s been relegated to 3rd wheel by Zion and RJ. Romeo Langford is statpadding ineffiently on a bad team, and Nasir Little has just been all around disappointing as a freshman.

I think after Zion and Ja, the 2 players I’d actually be most interested are Jarrett Culver and DeAndre Hunter. They are unlikely to be dominant stars in the NBA, but they look like great complimentary players if you already got a ball dominant star. Both play excellent all around defense, make good decisions, have excellent off-ball skills, pass and rebound well, and both are low ego heady guys who currently lead 2 very good college teams.

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I also reported

>trailblazers are pretty big frauds
18+ here kid

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you're making another first round exit like always and you know it.
Not hating, I have CJ in fantasy and want him to ball out. And I'd genuinely like the Trailblazers to be good because I really like Dame, but your defense is just too bad to really advance far.

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the absolute state of lebitch

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Lespacejam

Apparently jannies DON'T do it for free lel

Requesting something from the 90s and 00s, mighty pic bot

Lebron has always played for himself, his impact on the game is making the total focus of the media and fans on individual stats/box scores. Hasn’t cracked my top ten despite being the most physically gifted player since Malone

please stop holy shit fuck off

>Space Jam 2:
>The Monstars are back, and they want revenge on the Looney Tunes bunch
>Jordan is too busy running his franchise into the ground, so Bugs Bunny turns to Lebron for help
>Lebron challenges the Monstars to a seven-game series, betting the fate of Earth on his victory
>He loses the first two games in the series and trades all of his Looney Tune teammates for Jordan Clarkson and Larry Nance Jr.
>Proceeds to get very wine drunk and drop the next two games in the series
>The Monstars take Earth and turn humanity into cattle
>Lebron is relegated to an alien zoo, and in between his scheduled shows, he proclaims himself the greatest ever and says he just needed more help

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Why has this winter been so abnormally shitty?

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I would kill myself if I lived in any other time zone, it truly is the comfiest

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How do we stop the spammer /nba/?

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beg larry to help us again

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we might have to...pay...the janny

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what would be a suitable price for such services? I do believe we have to take into account the Jannies salary first

Russ be bitching about that kid that barely touched him baka

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To become a brand on the same level as the Lakers, Celtics, Bulls, and Knicks. To be talked about even during the down years. The new arena will kick it off, their eventual renewal of their local TV deal to be closer to the money the Knicks and Lakers make. More sponsors and more everything for the plastics to stay.

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Reminder to report the spammer for spamming/flooding so that the mods might see it and ban him

As of this post, literally 26/70 posts in the thread are this spammer

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Those pictures have iPhone filenames. Wtf is he doing lads?

is it a bot?

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Its not a bot, he replies to his posts sometimes

probably just some tard

The college freshman class really is dogshit outside of Zion. It’s been a while since I can remember so many sophomores like Ja Morant, Culver, and Hunter quickly moving up so high in the lottery when they’d have been at best late end first rounders if they declared last year.

And that’s not a knock on any of those 3 guys in particular, it’s completely understandable why they were getting underlooked as freshman since the 2018 draft was stacked as fuck, I’m more just making the observation that this year’s freshmen are such scrubs that a bunch of late holdovers from last year are taking a wet shit on them.

It’s the guy who always posts Wilt Chamberlain shaking hands with MJ and Bird

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LAKERS

No its not

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Pearl

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I got warned for reporting this spammer as spamming/flooding as misclassified, what the fuck?

please fuck off

he has a no trade clause

only thing I can think of is lebum for ben simmons and jimmy butler sign and trade

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Lebron James does not have a no trade clause

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Hambone

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Is /nba/ going to pre-order The Wizenard??

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Luka and Robinson are elite everyone else is a bust

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>The West Bottom Badgers are the worst youth basketball team in the league. That is until one summer when a new coach gives them the chance to change everything. Rolabi Wizenard and his magical coaching techniques cover offense, defense, individual strengths and weaknesses, and physical conditioning. Through basketball, he shows his players that working at each of these will not only make them stronger physically, but also mentally and emotionally.The Badgers players - Rain, Twig, Cash, Lab, and Peño - each have their own story, their own challenges, and their own fears. Over the course of a two-week basketball camp, we get to know each character and their struggles, where they've come from, and where they are going.Each story teaches readers empathy, the understanding that there are multiple sides to every story, and that accepting our differences will help us become better friends as well as better athletes.

pretty cringe tbqh

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So can someone please tell me why people unironically think AD is one of the top players in the league when Randle and Okafor can also throw up similar crazy eye-popping stats in Alvin Gentry’s system? If anything the Pelicans have actually looked better without AD recently.

He has continually never been able to win shit during his entire career in New Orleans, you can’t tell me someone who was actually a top 10 or so player in the league couldn’t at least take a team with Jrue Holiday as point guard to the playoffs consistently. The guy is a fraud.

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boys I'm in the middle of one horrific lonzo here. No idea how I salvage this one..

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This spamming is getting on my nerves bros and the mods arent doing anything about it

He will be a curse for whatever team gets him. The NBA doesn't really use bigs anymore.

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Because he looks like an athletic freak and makes the highlight blocks and fast break dunks

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See you in the finals, Warriors.

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Because he's a second fiddle. He's a great player but not a great winner and a leader.

Let's be honest, no one will respect a man with a unibrow like that. It's goddamn comical

looks like this is the end of /nba/

Nah, more like Luka and Robinson are having freakishly good production for a couple of rookies, while most everyone else is doing just about as well as you’d expect for a 1st year player.

Knox and Sexton are the only 2 in genuine bust territory on that chart, Trae Young’s placement isn’t all that concerning when you take in account he’s been way better recently, and getting dragged down by his poor early season performance. Ayton’s location is actually very good, and would win ROTY in a lot of years.

all according to the jannies plans

he doesn't have a ntc but thats a sweet offer tho.

its over bros...the spammer won...see yall in the locked discord...

it works well for both sides imo

What is peculiar is that he doesn't have any playmaking ability whatsoever.

Will the crowd boo the Celtics for losing to Damian Lillard?

It's clear that the trade rumors shook the Celtics' lockerroom and thus they don't give a shit anymore if everyone else but Kyrie is expendable.

Kyrie is expendable because he's seen as having a bad attitude.

it's clear the celtics play better without kyrie. then add hayward just eating minutes not doing anything

No way bombston lose to the fucking Blazers

what did he mean by this?

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>Ainge wants to trade for AD but Kyrie has to get a new contract first this off-season (MUH ROSE RULE)

IFF Kyrie opts-out and gives the Celtics the first dibs on negotiating a new contract, would Ainge max him out or let him walk?

>Forgetting that they lost to the fucking Suns and Knicks at home AND blowing big leads against the Clippers and Lakers

He'll become Boogie Cousins 2.0 and continues to chimp out as the Suns keep losing while collecting his big boy paycheck starting next year

Rick Barry with the shot boy
360 with the arm boy

>IFF Kyrie opts-out and gives the Celtics the first dibs on negotiating a new contract, would Ainge max him out or let him walk?
It all depends on how Kyrie seems to play in the post season. If he ends up feeling disconnected from the team I'm sure Danny will let him go.

> Injury report for tonight’s game at Miami: DeMarcus Cousins (load management - Achilles recovery)
Since when did the league start using the word load management? What happened to explicitly saying REST

That’s not peculiar, that’s normal for a big man. There are really only 2 bigs in the league who possess legitimate playmaking ability: Jokic and Giannis, and it shouldn’t be surprising at all that they are also the only 2 bigs who seem to significantly impact their team’s winning %.

All these other overhyped star big men like Embiid, AD, and KAT with more traditional playstyles are not nearly as valuable as their stats indicate. Giannis and Jokic are the only ones who aren’t eye-candy and can actually carry a team to wins.

>What happened to explicitly saying REST
It's been under heavy scrutiny when coaches rest their stars.

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You see the value in players like Capela that are switchable, block shots and catch lobs for teams with good guards? Well AD is that to another level that can do a whole bunch of other shit. Don't sleep on him, he's no alpha or "best player on championship team" kinda guy but he's a beast. Would be even more so taking a backseat on a good team

Just as a general rule, any player who’s scoring production mostly comes from iso or transition points is stat-padding cancer which includes most star bigs.

Zach Lowe on AD

>There is no denying the importance of this story. Any trade over the next year involving Davis might be the single most important trade of an NBA veteran since the Lakers acquiredKareem Abdul-Jabbarfrom Milwaukee in 1975.

>Still, those aren't the same as real trades. Let's look at some post-Kareem trades that might measure up:

>Charles Barkleywon the MVP in his first season after Philadelphia traded him to Phoenix, and led the Suns to their second appearance in the NBA Finals. He also turned 30 that season. Davis is 25.
>The Thunder tradingJames Hardenis a flashbulb NBA moment. Harden had just turned 23. He is a perennial MVP candidate. But I'm not sure even the most bullish Harden optimists thought he could bethisgood
>None of thePaul George,Dwight Howard,Carmelo Anthony,Pau Gasol,Clyde Drexler, Shaq-to-Miami, Jason Kidd (to the Nets), Deron Williams,Jimmy Butler, orDeMarcus Cousinsdeals quite fit. Howard might actually come the closest; he was a year removed from finishing runner-up in MVP when the Magic traded him to the Lakers. But the endless, candy-addled Dwightmare stained his reputation, and the injury problems that eventually derailed him started toward the end of his final season in Orlando. Don't sleep on the Nets adding 28-year-old Kidd, either.
>Kevin Garnett was 31 when the Celtics acquired him from Minnesota. They got one-and-a-half seasons of MVP-level play and a championship before Garnett suffered a leg injury jumping for an alley-oop in Utah in February 2009.

I think it's mostly because he's putting up Milwaukee Kareem numbers and he's only 25.

Laugh at the Suns while you still can, I am completely unironically serious when I say all they need is a good point guard, and it’s immediately a playoff team.

The reason why they have probably been holding off on adding even a decent one is so they can deliberately keep tanking and rack up a bunch of latent talent in the draft before deciding to get one to put all the pieces together. It’s gonna be exactly like what happened right before Nash joined the Suns where a team loaded with talent like Joe Johnson, Amar’e, and Shawn Marion was at the bottom of the league but then suddenly transformed in to one of the best teams overnight after getting a good PG.

Future superstars and top15 players in the NBA:
>De'Aaron Fox
>Lauri Markkanen
>Luka Doncic
>Trae Young
All-stars and top30 players:
>Jayson Tatum
>John Collins
>DeAndre Ayton
>Donovan Mitchell
>Kyle Kuzma
Busts that'll never amount to anything:
>Markelle Fultz
>Lonzo Ball
>Jonathan Isaac
>Mo Bamba

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Sexton is shooting over 40% on his threes and over 85% on his free throws. He's going to be fine. Rookie point guards have to deal with a lot more shit than bigs/forwards. Larry Drew is running Sexton through so many variants of the PnR when he came out of college labeled as a "shoot first" guard. I've had my eye on the Cavs because of Sexton and I can tell you he's going to be fine, not a bust.

If you put Lonzo in the east with some okay shooters, he would be good. His biggest problem is actually that he obviously can't shoot, but more that he can't stay healthy. But there are situations where he would be a good fit.

Milwaukee has had 7 different starting line ups this season.

Toronto has had 15...

>comparing AD to KAJ

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not gonna lie simmons would look pretty in a lakies jersey...no homo

pretty sexy**

>The Lakies definitely need another memey guard/forward who can't shoot

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Isaac gonna be a star
You don't know shit about basketball

Kareem won fucking mvp and a title
Davis is just statpadding on a shit team

But I will say the Lakies could use a good rebounder for obvious reasons

Kareem didn't make the playoffs his last 2 years in Milwaukee.

Anthony Davis had an MVP tier season last year. Don't believe me? Look up the god tier stretch he had February onwards to drag the Pelicans to the playoffs.

And yeah of course AD hasn't won a title yet. Look how good the league is. You can't deny he is similar to Kareem and is putting up almost identical numbers at age 25.

they're going to form voltron

My rapshits :)

What Zach Reddit is failing to understand is the fact that around-the-basket bigs in the days of Kareem, Barkley, and KG had a much larger ability to impact on the game than they do in this modern age of position-less memechucking.

This is an astonishing double digit take by Lowe to insist that decades old examples of Kareem and Barkley are better evidence of what’ll happen than the more recent examples of Kevin Love, Dwight Howard, and KG (whom I don’t buy stopped being as good because of the injury, the game was already starting to pass him by before that) seeing a huge drop in their stat-padding numbers after they stop being a big fish in a small pond.

I'm sure Zach knows more than you kiddo.

Not an argument

Redpill me on these 3 teams:

1, Nuggets
2. Pacers
3. Lakers

Not a contender
Not a contender
Not a contender

Actually Lonzo would be such a perfect fit on the Suns it’s not even funny. They already have a bunch of good shooters, they need somebody who can defend at an elite level and orchestrate plays for the offense, literally the definition of what Lonzo is as a player.

If (and they probably will) the lakers make the playoffs they will be a threat in the playoffs...

can the nuggets hang on to the #2 seed? do they have a chance at #1? I'd love to see them as the #1 since it'd give them a better shot at GS.

>can the nuggets hang on to the #2 seed?
OKC will eat shit throughout their remaining schedule so probably
>do they have a change at #1
probably not, they have to play the warriors twice and will probably only beat them once, maybe if they get really lucky and play warriors on off days

Favorite players of all time?

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Agent zero was so fun

Omitting players that have played for my team, unironically [spoiler]LeBron[/spoiler]

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duncan

>mfw zoomer gsw bandwagoners itt haven't seen all no chill pod episodes and missed on best comedy special by swaggy p

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Yeah comparing AD to any actual NBA legend is straight up trashfire bullshit. The only young player in the league who can even come close to having their name mentioned in the conversation of an all time great big man right now is Giannis.

AD has accomplished absolutely nothing in the category of greatness except throw up winless stats year after year and suffer a bunch of booboos. I’m tired of people propping up this fraudulent faggot like he’s one of the best players in the league when he’s been fundamentally unable to achieve the actual goal of basketball which is to win fucking games.

That's probably true too although how do you get him there? Are the Suns going to trade their core or their awesome draft picks for a guy that's hurt for their entire playoff push?
But I do agree he's a tad underrated on this board, and he makes the Suns a playoff threat if he's healthy.

They won't and they aren't.
>Cap it.

And yet they have almost the same record. I bet if Kawhi didn’t rest back to backs they would have 50+ wins already.

Milwaukee is a trash fraud team.

Those podcasts are great. I find it funny as fuck how Gil disagrees with the host on literally everything. The host will make a basic point and Gil always finds a way to disagree. It's fucking hilarious.

Deeper bench and Kawhi's load being managed. When it comes to playoffs, the Raptors better not trying playing 11 men. Coach bud knows better.

>podcast

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Man, these lonzos are tearing me apart rn. Was it the spicy beef stew? Was it bc I adjusted my medicines?

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Wish I had time to listen to Podcasts.

Please understand as I've said many times being a hoops analyst is not about being right. It's only about building a following, and part of how you can do that is saying retarded shit that gets memed everywhere by the other double digits of the world.

Welp, it's the beginning of the end of the 2018-2019 Nba season
>Suns are the first team mathematically eliminated from the playoffs
>)':

>suns

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>the #1 team in the East is trash and a fraud
Correct. Correct every year.

Long live the West.

Name one (1) defense.

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>conference allegiance

Cringe

Unless the lottery lands them in a position to draft Ja Morant or Zion, their first rounder isn’t actually worth too much to consider trading it for Lonzo + maybe some additional stuff like a pick swap or something to make it a sensible trade.

There are really only 2 good targets in the upcoming draft if you need a good point guard: Ja Morant, and a guy named Darius Garland who is projected to go somewhere roughly around 7-14 in the draft and was having a very nice season early in college, but tore his meniscus and would be a somewhat of a high risk gamble.

If I was the Suns, I’d without a doubt keep the pick if I can select Ja Morant, but I’d be open to a discussion about moving it in some way to acquire Lonzo if my pick didn’t fall in the top 2-3. They simply don’t need anything besides a PG, and Lonzo would sooner make them a good team than adding another player who’s primary skill is scoring.

not allegiance, just stating facts, kiddo.

the last time a non-Lebron East team won the NBA title was the Chicago Bulls in 1998, Jordan's last year with the team.

Long hair Dirk >>>>> short hair Dirk

>conference allegiance
Cringe

Tatum is just a poor man's Brandon Ingram, I don't know why Celtics fans suck his dick when he could have been used as a piece to get a real star

Who’s the best player under 25

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Giannis
Jokic
Embiid
Kuzma
Ingram
Doncic
Ayton
Simmons

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Are we just gonna pretend the Celtics or Pistons didn't win?

Saric was having a rough go of it on the 76ers but yeah he really complemented Embiid with his skill set.

>Cringe
cringe

Unironically Arenas was my favourite player in middle school. I tried so many times to recreate the walk away 3 pointer

>Tatum is just a poor man's Brandon Ingram

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you have a friend in me

gym
commute (train, one hour per direction)
mountain biking
house cleaning

all gives me a good chance to get my podcasts in.

>the last time a non-Lebron East team won the NBA title was the Chicago Bulls in 1998

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Fair enough, though Lebron was in the league at the time and those teams had to go through him to get there.

I think Barrett has much more potential than Wiggins since I actually see him try on the other areas of his offensive game whereas wiggins never gave any effort towards anything other than chucking. The difference will be whether Barrett can actually develop an offensive game outside of driving to the left.
Reddish has proven he can be a fantastic option in this league but you better not drafting him expecting a team leader.

But yeah I think this draft will be one star in Zion and a bunch of solid role players.

What the fuck is this idiot talking about

What are some good podcasts

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should've said "an East team that didn't have Lebron on it/had to play against LBJ"

He can literally do everything you want from a big man outside of maybe being a great facilitator in the same vein as Horford or Jokic. He can defend gaurds on the PNR, run the rim, space the floor, post, and doesn't suffer from the lack of speed that other post do.

He's literally the prototype modern big man. Everything you would want times 2

Sexton just hasn't proven he can be the kind of guy you want running your offense, he has intangibles but you're not getting away with being a starting pg at 2 assists a game and combo guards are usually only relevant if they can be in a impact 6 man role.

Based

Now that the era of Lebron is over, who takes over as the face of the NBA? Giannis?

It's a reasonable plan, but if I'm Suns GM I'm more worried about giving up that early pick (or a sign and trade) for Lonzo when his ceiling is pretty well known. I just think if he doesn't work out you get fired, but when the pick player doesn't work out you're probably okay.

AD is not a good passer he's a scorer and shot blocker

Based janny killed the spammer, put some respeck on his name

>similar
Kys

Yeah I'm not nearly as concerned about Young as I was early in the season, outside of his passing that shooting was freakishly bad. Ayton would be clear ROTY if it wasn't for the big D.

A lot of the other players in this draft have proven they belong in the league, the question is say will a player like Bagley or JJJ be able to take the all star leap, is SGA going to be able to remain a perennial starter in the league etc.

Steph
(maybe KD)

*Nuggets
It's the kino finals

Nice going jannies

Giannis will be tough, he literally hasn't won a single thing yet

On this date, 6 years ago Steph Curry scored 54 against the knicks at MSG

On this date, 3 years ago Steph Curry scored the BANG, BANG shot against OKC

Steph Curry is the best player in the league

Don’t @ me

Zach Lowe is a top tier analyst and provides plenty of evidence including clips and advanced stats for his takes. Not only that he regularly makes a few outlandish predictions at the beginning of the season just for fun and they come back correct.

The Celtics have the worst fanbase of any NBA team.

You are right

Weird way to spell Kevin Durgod...

No serious person disagrees. Although it might actually, unironically be KD and don't @ me.

It is actually KD tho

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KD still has to prove he can be the best player on a championship team

So......we're all watching this right now right?

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I said he does everything but facilitate the ball, hopefully he develops that but probably not.

If you look at post players who suddenly start being known as facilitators you'll notice they were actively trying to move the ball early in their career but didn't have the touch to thread the needle leading to turnovers i.e Nurkic. I don't think AD possesses the desire to make those reads but we'll see.

He has two FMVPs leaf

Best right now is Giannis obviously followed by Jokic who are both 24 years old. However most “valuable” I would have to predict is Luka Doncic slightly edging out Giannis when you take in account what he’s doing at his age + contract status.

I think if you were to ask every GM around the league which player contract they’d soonest take if they could pick any one, most would say either Luka or Giannis with slightly more people leaning Luka just because of his cheaper longer contract.

Certainly the most offensively efficient, ridiculously so. You can argue KD though since he's not far behind and his defense is miles better thanks to his length and speed.

I do love the Lebron cucks who pretend he is miles ahead of Curry in defense. Having the capability to defend clearly doesn't translate to desire. And when he does his "mastermind" roaming on defense he just reminds me of when rondo would forget his man on defense because he was to busy gambling for a passing lane steal. Also, he is the shittiest excuse of a help defender I've ever seen. He knows where to be but simply pretends like he's playing help defense without actually being in an area to impact the ball.

Literally means nothing on a team as stacked as the warriors

Can you boil this down to one sentance please? Like on a bumper sticker.

Lmao Royce White is trying to get into MMA

Yeah it's pretty neck and neck with them in terms of potential. If giannis can develop a three there would be no question as to who the best player in the league is, Luka just has to prove that his average athleticism won't cause him to plateau (it won't)

link?

Gonna double my life savings betting against his soft, flabby ass

youtube.com/watch?v=-5yh2HcIlkU

Ben Simmons after he declines his option, moves to LA, and learns all he can from his mentor, becoming LeBron 2.0

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Meant to reply to

More like a worse Lamar Odom

Curry’s been the face of the NBA for 4 years now

What’s his ceiling?

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I love curry but I actually believe hes regressing already

>Curry is the most offensively efficient
KD is arguably more efficient though. His FG% is higher, he takes more close shots and hits them more often. They are slightly different types of player obviously.

Imagine being 6'10" and not attacking the basket when the defense backs off to the free throw line. Westbrook is 6'4" and averages more assists than Simmons because Westbrook is an actual threat in the paint. Ben Simmons needs that killer mentality if he wants to be LeBron tier. Not that pansy, pass around the perimeter to a guy coming off a screen shit. He plays like a YMCA player. It's horrible how Brett Brown is using him. I want to see Ben taking 30 shots a game.

Unironically Kevin Garnett

He hit it

It will certainly be one of the more memeish Lakers teams in a while.

4th best player on a championship team. Could be an all star.

That's why he needs to learn firsthand from LeTeammate, LeTrainer, and LeCoach.

>broke his career best 7 times already this ceiling
>hurr he’s not getting any better
You’re just buttmad that your team missed out on him, he’s better than Tatum and Ingarbage by a metric mile and he’s still improving. He shoots the 3, he dominates in the paint, he posts up and does jump shots, he defends spectacularly. He will be a perennial all star.

He isn't wired like KG and doesn't have his defensive skillset.

why the fuck doesn't shaq say BBQ CHICKEN ALERT anymore?

Well I'm just talking from the stand point that a 3 is more efficient than a 2 and his TS% is obscene, I'd have to look in to more to see if KD matches him. I might be underrating K-God

Are you shitting me dude, have you even watched Siakam play? He’s crazy on defense.

Toronto Raptor a cute!

its almost time

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And he's just 35 years old

Someone make an edit of "it's Goody time!" But with "playas only baby" instead

>Lacucks still seething that their shitty gm doesn't have African connections to farm out Cameroon and snatch up the thousands of Embiids and Siakams just running wild out there

What was the last time someone dominated in the post this season?

Exactly.

based thousands of embiids poster

I honestly hope for the sake of having a competive league Giannis doesn’t actually consider going to Dallas in free agency in a few years to form a superteam with Luka like Curry and Durant did. I thought that might have been interesting scenario a few months ago, but since then they have both clearly established themselves as being way too good to be joining forces with each other and should rightfully be competing against one another.

Both of them got drafted out of college

I'd rather see Giannis-Jokic-whoever than Giannis-Luka-Porzingis core

>sports analyst before a game: "team abc will come out of the east"

>after the game: "from what i saw last night, team xyz is my pick to come out of the east"

what the fuck is the point of these dudes

I wouldn't worry about that, Giannis has that mamba mentality and hates other superstars. He wouldn't even work out with those phonies in the summer.

As a Dallas fan I sincerely hope we do get Giannis, especially since Cuban completely fucked it considering Nelson begged him to draft Giannis instead of clearing space for FA

based

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It's okay I checked for you. Steph has a better 3% by just a tad, but KD takes enough high percentage 2's to edge him out overall.
But these two are like 1a and 1b no matter how you do it

Does Tatum think he's a star?

He said he's going to be an all star next year no matter what team he's on

So yes

Poetry.

Based

>you're not allowed to change your opinion based on new information
Wtf is wrong with you?

kyrie is such a hateable dude. can't stand pseudo intellectuals and robins that try and be batman

What does it mean

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Pottery

what is the point of these shows? they constantly change their opinions based on whoever wins the most recent game. there's no solid conviction or actual in depth analysis

>you know what, boston has that deep, talented team. kyrie can take over in the 4th quarter

celtics get btfo

>celtics just aren't as good as last year, they've regressed. kyrie isn't a leader.

it's just constant prisoner-of-the-moment shit

Kd to lakies confirmed!

Tatum isn't as good as he or the normies think he is

They're actually saying he's the C's most "valuable asset" as a player, coming from the FO allegedly

Understandable, the Celtics do a good job of making Tatum look good when his ceiling is closer to Rudy Gay than any superstar.

>literally seething that Tatum is way superior to Ingbust, Kuzbust and Lonzbust

COPE

I'm sure they're gaming everyone but this also makes sense when you factor in that Kyrie wants to leave.

Not a Lakers fan but Tatum is not better than Kuzma lol

The only one who seems to know his shit, is that guy Nick Wright

lol faggot

>can't play defense at all
Kuzma is like IT but taller and somehow worse on D

based

celtics fan here and hate to admit but brandon ingram is better than tatum

Ingarbage only looks good because the rest of his team is so bad

Nobody would care about Tatum or Kuzma if they didn't play for a big market team

I don't talk to dogfuckers

>I don't talk to dogfuckers

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Tatum is top 20 in DefEff. and the 90th percentile of offensive efficient.

Kuzma is neither.

It’ll depend on whether the Bucks can legitimately compete for a championship with their current core before Giannis becomes a free agency.

Giannis is in the honeymoon phase right now with fans and analysts. The moment he starts not getting it done in the playoffs, people are gonna come down on him like a hammer like they did with Durant and LeBron. I can see the guy getting frustrated enough that he leaves to go somewhere he’d win a ring, and in that case, it’s obvious that Dallas would probably be where he’d go given how they’ve set themselves up nicely with drafting Luka, trading for KP, and opening up room to sign a big free agent this off-season, and STILL be perfectly able to go after Giannis in a few years assuming they don’t re-sign any of their current players they have besides KP beyond the year that Giannis becomes a free agent.

Great NBA players are usually stuck between 1 of 3 dilemmas of putting up HoF stats (Easier to statpad on a shit team), simply winning a championship (easier to win a championship on a stacked team), and winning a championship which actually impresses people and endeares fans to you (think Dirk 2011, LeBron 2015).

If Ingram played for your Rapties you would be on hear saying he's a damn hall of famer

LMAO the Raptors wouldn't waste the 2nd pick on Ingram are you fucking stupid

Source: my ass

Siakam is literally better than Ingarbage, I would rather Siakam on the Raptors any day of the week

KP is fucking done. He is never going to be 100% healthy again and his game is overrated anyway.

>The moment he starts not getting it done in the playoffs, people are gonna come down on him like a hammer like they did with Durant and LeBron.
Triple digit IQ detected

I guess so leafnig

That wasn't the question

The Nuggies are still 2nd in the west. I thought they were gonna collapse and fall just like the Clippers? :^)

just think, there are literally thousands of Embiids and Siakams just walking around in west africa. Why don't more teams have GMs with african connections?

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You didn't ask a question you fucking brainlet

Source: Stats.nba

9th in defense
stats.nba.com/players/advanced/?sort=DEF_RATING&dir=-1&CF=MIN*GE*30

23rd offense
stats.nba.com/players/advanced/?sort=OFF_RATING&dir=-1&CF=MIN*GE*30

Kuzma? No where to be seen here.

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I think Giannis is watching the Lebron situation and staying in the east. He doesn't feel like the guy who needs a flashy lifestyle in the West.

dubs

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B T F O
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I don't reply to leafnigs

BASED AND REDPILLED

Kuzma is ASS

trust me every team has scouts all over the world.
think SI did a story on the average nba scout. their life is just traveling every single day to dinky gyms all over the world looking for that diamond in the rough

>He doesn't feel like the guy who needs a flashy lifestyle in the West.
to this point, he literally had a garage sale and started pawning off his stuff for no reason lmao
I love the guy

>get BTFO
>I d-don't r-reply to leafnigs

Giannis is doesn't have to hop teams to chase rings, he is going to himself start attracting chasers like a light in the darkness attracts moths. Doubt he leaves the Bucks until his prime is over.

>Search Kuzma
>he's 83rd in Off. Rtg. for all players that average at least 30mpg

Holy shit, what an overrated chucker.

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your not even making arguments faggot.
Just watch your shitty team and stfu

Ingbust is 93rd lmaooooooooo

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but there are no gyms in africa... so much untapped talent... so many embiids...

Golden State are looking at him

just watch your shitty team not make the playoffs you dumb spic lmao
Another hot L coming in fresh for you tonight

Wilt is the greatest

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woah...

Rachel Nichols is ugly af

>Le2-4

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I'm a lily white Warriors fan, you mother fvcking leaf.

sure thing bitch, hop right on that bandwagon you lowly, lowly mexican't

I would still let her blow me, just for old time sake.

Veggie burgers are fucking nasty

I bet your not even canadian. Your probably some minimum wage shill doing this for ten cents a reply

Kyrie is 100% leaving Boston

Obviously.

Kawhi is 100% leaving Toronto

it's amazing watching kyrie get humbled after he thought he was too good to be 2nd to lebron

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Celtics going 34-48 next season

I KNOW you’re not even American. Go back to Mexico City you stupid beaner

But his teams going to the playoffs

Im 100% leaving Serbia

That doesn't matter, he is on good terms with the players and has taught both Siakam and OG well

Kyrie is leaving nothing but destroyed chemistry in his wake

I bet your dad lies to the neighbors and just says your gay rather than telling them the truth that your a broke, degenerate internet shill

uproxx.com/dimemag/report-nba-concerned-phoenix-suns-video/2/
>Suns
What happens now?

LeShit fags BTFO

Taught them what? How to lose to the Magic?

does it matter if he leaves?

they'll play better

they'll still be stuck with horford and hayward's awful contract

How to make it to the NBA Finals™

*0*

Seethe harder, spic.

Kawhi Leonard has never lead a team past the second round

>does it matter if he leaves?
Yes, it means that a new superteam will be forming somewhere else since Boston failed to accomplish it

LeBum is done
LeBum is done
LeBum is done
LeBum is done

>failed to accomplish it
the celtics didn't have a superteam though

Brad Stevens alone is enough to get them to the playoffs in the east

Will do

I don't think it matters. I've never thought that highly of Kyrie honestly. I don't think Boston is worse off without him necessarily but I think by losing him, you lose that star power sort of vibe that would help Davis come to Boston

He's being really positive though

Is there any reason behind it? It's so specific that there must be.

That's what I said

you can't fail if you don't have it in the first place

Rose never deserved MVP

They failed to make one is what I meant fucking flip stop it

Whats going on with the leaf shit posters tonight? is there some kind of hockey game or curling right now?

Ainge's strategy has been leading up to this moment for the past 5-6 seasons. If he fails to deliver in the most crucial of moments, it will have all been for naught. He will have failed to complete his strategy. He had a great strategy but it was risky. If it works, Boston will be competing for titles for 4-5 years. If it doesn't the C's are back to square 1.

PS I'm a Celtics fan

All because he wouldn't trade Tatum

Like half of the MVPs honestly don't deserve it.

It’s not about living a flashy lifestyle, it’s about actually winning a championship. Like the Bucks have an admittedly decent built core with Giannis, Bledsoe, Middleton, Mirotic, and Brogdan, but let’s not pretend that any of those players besides Giannis are actually HoF or all-time great worthy players. The dude is gonna have to fight tooth and nail to win a championship while dealing with the ever-growing temptation of envisioning a perspective team of Luka/KP/Giannis/(some free agent Dallas signs this season) if he doesn’t get a ring.

If he wins a championship during this 3 year window before he becomes an FA, I have almost no doubt he stays in Milwaukee, but he’s about to expierence what it’s like to deal with actual expectations and people shitting on him if he doesn’t win, and at the end of all this in 3 years when he becomes a free agent will be a Bucks team where Middleton and Bledsoe are already in their 30s and presumably still under contract during a year where the Bucks probably won’t have much of any cap room to add anybody given naturally predicted financial obligations required to keep their current team together long term.

I like your analysis.

I agree with it. I'd love to see Giannis remain in Milwaukee. I think he fits well there. But if Milwaukee can't execute and build around him, that dude is gone.

This is what will happen to some of the players in this upcoming offseason, my main concern is who will the Bucks keep / let go and will they make the mistake of giving Middleton a huge payday IFF he opts out and gets a new contract? (he might be worth all-star money, but definitely not superstar money similar to Tobias Harris' vein)

Player Option: Middleton
UFA: Bledsoe, Mirotic, and Lopez
RFA: Brogdan

these piece of shit "fans" and media are asking pro athletes and coaches to lose on purpose to have some more % to get a pick. yall niggers make me sick in the stomach. keep this sort of shit out of sports.

take out buzz city

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>lakespics deluded themselves yet again into thinking they would make playoffs

AHAHAHAHAHAAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHHAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Deal with it

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>Stephen A Smith has been shilling the Celtics as the best team in the East for months now
>constantly talks shit about every other top team in the East, especially the Bucks
>Celtics get monumentally BTFO by the Raptors
>new vid by ESPN on Youtube: Raptors are the best team in the East, built to stop the Greek Freak - Stephen A.

I mean, respect to the Raptors, but this nigga serious?

His job is to have hot takes
He is hot take artist after all

harden already teaching

Brogdan will get better than Marcus Smart money, so $17-$20 per year. Middleton will ask for the max knowing the Bucks can't attract anyone better and get it. Mirotic should get little less than Brogdan. Lopez and Bledsoe are shit.

He looks like the lovechild of Kelly Olynyk and Luke Walton

Not a single good game is on today

based PJ

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>Return of pic bot

Big money to be made tonight

This is why the Clippers is even more confusing since I feel like the FO and the owner are not really in sync

>Front Office: Let's trade away our best player (who we don't plan to re-sign anyway) for more assets and give up the season!
>Ballmer (Owner): LOL no we'll be competing a playoff spot!

>Taking professional hot take artists seriously when their opinions usually change on a dime (justfication be damned especially when they crave on clicks and views)

That's your mistake right there

Nah its the sparkies-faggot

why do centers refuse to shoot underhanded?

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Imagine you get stabbed and then the paramedics arrive and jerk off to hentai 10 feet away from you and only give you medical attention when you're half dead from shock. No respect

It looks funny, Barry actually led the league in free throw percentage the last three years of his career

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fadeawayworld.net/2018/10/17/ranking-the-worst-free-throw-shooters-per-position/
>Ben Simmons - 56%
Is this real?

Dudes were really wearing Grandma socks back then WTH lol

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they didn't become grandma socks until those people became grandmas tbf

It is real, and remember this is the guy who still hasn't made a single three pointer in the NBA yet

2017-18: 191/341 FTM/A (56%)
2018-19: 197/334 FTM/A (59%) in 60 games so far

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Oh I know who Simmons is, the point is he's a 56% who shot 56%

four point play!

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>Harden's name in the same panel as Jordan and Wilt

Something just aint adding up

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chris paul is showing up at home

at least winslow is playing tonight

heat will pull another win against warriors out of their asses tonight

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he's the new wilt

>another
They didn't win the first game

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Nerlens Noel is a punk ass who got laid out and stepped over by Wiggins.

probando esta mierda de chat. alguien me explica como funciona?

The Heat unis tonight are kinda gay but I still like them

Wiggy does that to most bitches in the nba

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Dlo is unironically fun to watch

Rip Wizkids

>Jizzards

It's already over Miami
>Cap this

I can't believe I thought Bradley Beal would be a star coming into the 2012 draft

necesitas que hablar en ingles. si quieres responder a una persona nomas selecta los numeros en el rincon

shumpert is being useful

It’s alright to be wrong sometimes. At least you’re not one of those assholes that think Dwight Howard is a hall of famer.

Dwight Howard is a hall of famer

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Twolves coming for that #8 seed

did he win a gold medal? that might be enough to get him in with a finals appearance

nope

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Zoomer

He won Gold in 2008 Beijing Olympics, 3 straight DPOY (2009-11), 8 straight NBA All Star (2008-14), 5 straight All-NBA First Team (2008-12), and 4 straight NBA All-Defensive First Team (2009-12). The accolades alone should be good enough for the HoF

That's Luke Walton's dad, and you're stupid

If T-mac is hofer than Dwight is for sure

If Kawhi Leonard has the offense of let's say PJ Tucker would he still be a great player?

I don't think people get how easy it is to be in the hoop HOF

what are you doing houston?

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I could be in the hall of fame if I played basketball

Is the Celtics/Blazers game worth watching for the drama of Celtics losing badly again?

Currently sitting on a Lakers taking a big steamy Lonzo as I post this

You must be seriously underage if you don't think Dwight is a HOFer. You embryos don't remember he was the best 2 way big man in basketball in Magic days. One of the all time best defensive and rebounding bigs overall.

Only bucks kings is worth watching

If Kings can put up a fight I'll gladly watch that game instead.

>my main concern is who will the Bucks keep / let go and will they make the mistake of giving Middleton a huge payday IFF he opts out and gets a new contract? (he might be worth all-star money, but definitely not superstar money similar to Tobias Harris' vein)

This is a scenario which is completely out of the question. There is this team called the Mavs which has conveniently opened up enough cap room this off-season to throw a max at whomever they want. This team ALSO is not so subtly trying to bait Giannis to come there. So what is the rational option for them?

The Mavs are gonna at the very least toss a max at Middleton at the very moment free agency opens up because it’s a win-win scenario for them regardless of whether he goes to Dallas or the Bucks match. The Bucks can’t sign anybody major even if they don’t match Middleton, so they’ll be forced to match or else it’s bye bye Giannis. THEN they might even consider running up the price on Brogdan to a certain amount to completely lock them in to unfavorable contracts after the Bucks are forced to match the Middleton offer because the Mavs aren’t actually concerned with going after any of the real major free agents. Their real target after all this is Julius Randle who is from Dallas and has expressed a huge interest in playing there, so he’ll wait patiently while Dallas messes with the Bucks finactial situation knowing they’ll toss him a big contract at the end of this and he’ll get to play in a place he actually wants to be.

Warriors just tryna cruise to the playoffs, having to deal with these 8 seed teams going all out, must be annoying

U know how it goes
Kings gonna lead first 3q than procede to choke in last few minutes

Fuck off retard

Kobe, Steve Nash and Dwight Howard Lakers were less of a shitshow than Lebron lakers.

BULLS & GRIZZLIES
BULLS & GRIZZLIES

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Harden has now missed 21 straight 3 pointers.

Did they promote Doris Burke? Ewww I don't want to hear a woman color commentating

You now remember Rafael Araujo

Tatum is ass

Leltics will be a bigger shitshow the the Lelkers by the end of the year

i just realized the trailblazers have a better team than boston

The meltdown after every Boston loss is the best part right now

Kyrie and Lebron both left the cavs to somehow create simultaneous dumpster fires on the two most iconic NBA franchises, pretty based desu.

>this miami heat season ticket shilling

god its so fucking sad

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Keep deluding yourself into thinking Jayson Tatum will ever be more than prime Rudy Gay

Rudy Gay was good tho

Kyrie taking literally every shot jesus

Kyrie gonna go off and lead the team to a win.

Damian Lillard seems like a likeable dude

cut it to 3

I'm pretty sure all those missed threes were Mook

Prime Rudy Gay is poor man's Carmelo Anthony

25/8/4 leading Bulls to the best record in the NBA at 62-10 over Miami Heat. Like Curry did with GSW.

Yeah he deserved all of it.

3 point shooting became a factor only after 2012-13 season which is also the last time Lebron won the MVP. The mental gymnastics you are performing because you can’t stand strong men/non shooters win is hilarious.

Btw, Greek freak will win this year and he doesn’t shoot 3s. Suck it up.

The celtics are actually playing 4-D chess. They realized that philly isn't catching indiana so they've decided to tank into the 6th seed to avoid being a first round exit.

the whinning warriors

>Warriors getting burned by the Heat

kek

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Fuck off and spark world war 3 with pakistan already.

I hope everyone in this general fucking dies painfully.

win some, lose some

What business do the Jazz have being 7 games over .500? They can match up with the Warriors, Nuggets, and Thunder and either beat or give them trouble.

>Durcant getting dunked on

And Carmelo at his best was elite. What are you trying to say here?

By who

I feel like a lot of people have vastly differing ideas on what "elite" entails

Bam adebayo

Charlotte surviving right now with Harden and Gordon missing every 3

at least let me get my bunker ready first

Alot of teams battling to be swept 4-0 in the 1st round rn

every team is a first round exit

prove me wrong

I think I figured out why the NBA is gay af and plastic
>old nba
>real niggas from the hood rising from the ghetto because their life literally depended on the sport; go pro or die trying
>NBA now
>rich spoiled brats from NBA families, and/or getting paid and babied by AAU/endorsements. Ball isn't life to them, it is more of a hobby that happens to pay a lot. Fame and wealth means nothing to these zoomers because it's easy to come by in the age of social media and gibsmedat

I miss the old, rough, and rugged NBA. It was filled with soul. It just blows my mind when I see an OG oldhead like Iverson praise a cuck like Curry who was raised on a silver spoon.

some lad named basedboy is shitting on a serbian guy in my lobby

>heat play better w/o their max player

I blame you riley

Bad perm

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HAHAHAHAHAHAHHA

Man, 3 point shooters/Analytics babies weak men never predicted this. They thought 6’7 men with muscles can’t shoot beyond the arc and now everyone can do it leading to all the weak players who only shoot 3s to be less unique and go extinct now.

It’s hilarious. Analytics actually thought spacing the floor, playing small ball and increasing the pace will not lead to dunking coming back with a vengance.

Suck it up mate. Greek freak/Harden is the future of the NBA now. And try to understand how the game works.

the lakers

>they wont make the playoffs

go down there and take them both down

I don't give a fuck about the content of your posts. Go be useful for once in your life pick up the shit that you take on your designated streets, and throw it across the Paki border so we can all be released from this hell.

i totally forgot ryan anderson was on the heat

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Remember that time Westbrook got shook by a small child?

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HAHAHA. I’ll spell it out for you.

3 point shooting leads to dunking/inside game coming back.

Hence, why Derrick rose is back. He’s shooting less 3s than he did in his MVP season.

you win this round, fuckhead...

3 point shooting is cancer i wish they got rid of it because the nba is a glorified sissy chucking sport.

fuck harden

Real talk. The NBA used to be gutta af and now this shit some PG family friendly garbage. Thats why i got love for dudes like Jimmy Butler because they keep the spirit alive somewhat.

BRRRR BRRRR BRRRR

based Willis Reed poster
also kek Wilt's face

He got shook by IT?

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Its over warriors won

If everyone shoots 3s, the inside is left wide open. That’s why Greek freak is leading his team to the best record and he hardly shoots 3s.

The game is actually easier for Rose now. He doesn’t have to drive against shot blockers anymore.

god damn yabusele is thicc

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Heat better not choke this lead

HARD3N

Watching rich spoiled brats play against each other even though they're buddy buddy just removes the competitive spirit. Real niggas from the ghetto like Pat Beverley play with the intention of killing you because it's what keeps them on the court. If you ain't first you last.

There's just too much job security in the NBA to bother being passionate and putting your body on the line for it now. Who cares about legacy when you can play ball for fun and secure the bag? GSW was just the nail in the coffin.

New thread

trae finna drop 50

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>If everyone shoots 3s, the inside is left wide open
This. Before GSW got figured out, you would often find that they had many wide open looks right under the rim because of their cutting and spacing that their 3 point threat creates.

And it takes someone like Giannis, who would be a street urchin if not for his freak brody, to see how wrong it is to work out with opposing players in the offseason.

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