/nba/ - Daily reminder that Michael Jordan is the GOAT Edition

>there are people who still believe in the Jimmy Butler meme
Hope the Mavs waste the last of their cap on him

Was Rob Pelinka a baller? He's holding his own next to these absolutely giant humans

He was on the fab five Michigan team

Crackas can't go pro.

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Lebron is a top 3 all time player.

Its a fact.

Top 8 probable, he's not better than Moses Malone, Tim Duncan, Shaq, Larry Bird, Earl Monroe, George McGinnis, Kareem Abdul Jabbar, or Michael Jordan.

He's better than everyone you mentioned except Kareem and Jordan. The order of those top 3 is up for debate.

He's been consistently outplayed by Duncan for the overlapping duration of their careers and was never as dominant as a lackadaisical Shaq in his prime who tore apart a much tougher Western Conference and seamlessly transitioned to the East. Never was the player Moses Malone was on either end of the court but I won't pretend you watched him play.

Reminder that all the people attacking Porzingis are redditors

reddit.com/r/nba/comments/b7jqc3/re_kristaps_porzingis_no_one_knows_anything_and/

I've seen more Redditors dismissing the accusations than I've seen 4channers, given more people discuss basketball on Reddit and have an opinion on it. Just browse 'new' on any submission related to Porzingis and you'll see comments that would make 4channel incels blush.

This is the 17 year old KP tried to fuck earlier.

Someone really going to tell me a girl with a body like this is underage? That she hasn’t taken a few dicks already? Come on.

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Based victim-blaming Incel

redpill me on the calvin klein underwear

It's weird seeing NBA players get rejected, guess for the white boys the male fans love them far more than the women.

oof

/nba/ told me she was black

Based absolute fucking retard

This isn’t the rape victim

Dubs

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NBA players aren't the biggest Chad's apparently.

So who the fuck are the gigachads that even mogg LeBron?

Looks > height and wealth

Mike Tyson's first wife was sharing his money with a then unknown Brad Pitt
youtube.com/watch?v=iQFtYyu581E

LA is probably going to go back to Portland once his contract's up. I don't think he's going to ask for a trade now that Kawhi is gone and he got through the phase where everybody(I'm sorry LA) was asking for him to get traded.

Demar probably wishes he could still play for Toronto but I think he's planted in San Antonio unless Ujiri puts Lowry under the bus

Who would really trade for Derozen? He's good but the teams that are a Derozen away from contention don't have the salary to pick him up, he's not the easiest fit in the modern era, and he's on the wrong side of 30 while never having truly been an elite player.

Think he plays out his contract in bum ass San Antonio on several overachieving but ultimately first or Cinderella second round exit squads, then joins a good club for Rudy Gay money in a Rudy Gay role.

DAMN even Lebron can't get him a white girl... There's no hope for me......

More articles about the Warriors losing a game, Lebron not playing basketball, and Kristaps possibly raping a woman than there are of my Pisties definitely beating the dog shit out of the Trailblazers.

There is little chance Jimmy wants to play with a diva like Lebron.

Reminder the only thing holding back women are other women.

anyone who wants to win would like the opportunity to play with the greatest player of our generation. I dont buy the /nba/ hype. maybe 20 year old instagram guys like Ball or Ingram or whoever dont want, but guys 25+ know that its a privilege to play with a guy like lebron if you want to win a title
even kyrie who left for that exact same reason called him up and apologized.

>Greatest player of our generation
He was never better than Duncan. On one hand everyone wants to play with him, on the other Paul George didn't even give the Lakers the opportunity to sign him, KD has openly spoken about the perceived displeasures of playing with Lebron, and Kyrie left him after three consecutive Finals appearances. If you want to win a title you play with Curry who's team has won 75% of the championships in the last four years and is poised to compete for and likely win a forth.

If I want to win a title why do I team up with a guy who is not in the playoffs this year and won 34 games for a 35 win team?

All you nerds shit on the knicks since perry got hired- Reddit Twitter and Facebook - and y’all are gonna be sucking their dick when they become serious contenders and become the fun and likable explosive offense. They have so much draft capital to put talent on this team. Perry gutted the roster so he could build it in his image. I think it’s hilarious. But memes, it’s all you fuckers know. You don’t even care to have in depth discussions about roster acquisitions and departures and why said acquisitions and departures are logical or illogical. Y’all just go for the low hanging fruit for fake internet points. It’s pretty fucking comical.

i believe he had more impact on the game than duncan. also duncan is more of a 00s guy, bron is more 2010s (dont get fixated on the years you get my point)

i am writing that assuming that what GSW succeded in, although admirable, is not manageable in the long term. It is obvious that gsw is going to break up this year due to cap issues, and that is going to leave the championship wide open.

lebron is still one of the best if not the best player in the nba as far as what he can achieve individually and in terms of court vision. the points you make are legit, but i do think that if the lakers make good moves in the off season (doubtful), then lebron will be huge next year. but you have to have a certain attitude to play with lebron like you have to have a certain attitude to play with shaq and kobe. you cant be bitch made cause theyll eat you up. for example cousins cant play with lebron hes a kid although i like him as a player. kd is a bitch. leonard is too shut in. paul george would be a good fit, players like butler are a good fit.

jordan missed the playoffs in 94

I think the Olympic village turned Durant into an incel. He got turned down even worse than lebron iirc. And then a few years later lebron cucks Rihanna away from him too.

I still believe Durant joined the warriors because of Rihanna breaking his heart.

You have teams paying the luxury tax for the 8th seed like OKC, but the Warriors should be questioning whether or not to extend a core that has won three of the last four championships? If they break up it won't be for money reasons when they've ascended to the fifth most valuable franchise this year (wonder what changed their franchise prospects).
>more impact on the game
He had more impact on player mobility, for better or worse but achieved far less while playing with more talent in a weaker conference.
>Lebron is still one of the best if not the best
The NBA is the sole team sport in which an individual can have such a significant impact, which is why fans salivate over individual player movement in free agency and Lebron fans have asserted he could take any team to the chip regardless of construction (true in the East.) The best players will almost always make the playoffs in a sport where eight of a given fifteen teams will make the playoffs. If the player you're building around is a questionable fit with other all stars due to off the court issues it's time to question whether or not that's the player you want to move forward with.

pretty sure rappers are the gigachads now for today's zoomers. Maybe handsome white boy video game streamers too

Safe to say Jordan would have made the playoffs and likely won the chip being added to a 50 win team if he hadn't retired. Hell when he joined the Bulls the next year on a then sub .500 team they made the playoffs.

safe to say lebron would have made the playoffs had he not been injured this year. If we're playing hypotheticals bron would have made the finals this year too.

not questioning, i dont think its achievable to hold durant klay and curry, while having to pay iggy and green 20 mil each. and im not even considering boogie. its just not possible.

i agree with what you said, the lakers thought that lebron would be the mentor to the presumably strong young core, and that failed miserably. its partly lebrons fault because he wasnt used to be a teacher in miami or in cleveland and he cant do that now in 34, thats why they got chandler and rondo and beasley and those veterans because it turns out he doesnt want to school young ones, he just wants to win
so its obvious that the lakers office decided that theyre sticking with lebron and not the young core that in all honesty doesnt look that good to begin with.
i would also stick with a guy like lebron rather than admit a failure of those proportions and stick with a bunch of unproven 20 year olds.

What was the team's record when he played? Above .500?
>Bron would have made the Finals this year
So apparently Lebron is capable of single handidly beating the super Warriors but also simutaneously his previous two Finals losses do not count since they are extremely stacked?

The obvious play at this point is to stick with Lebron, he's under a much larger contract and is still a much better player than any of the young core, absolutely none of whom look like they'll develop into an all star. The problem is the same front office that squandered D'angelo Russell, Julius Randle, Zubac and whiffed on Paul George after tampering with him is now responsible for building a contender around an aging star.

>What was the team's record when he played? Above .500?
when healthy, yes

i need a smug tuxedo lebron toasting wine

They were sub .500 when Lebron played, you can argue he was injured to save face but he himself asserted he was playing at a playoff level in order to save the season before losing to cast such as the Grizzlies, Suns, Pelicans without AD and Jrue Holiday playing 20 minutes, and the Hawks. Now maybe the Lakers don't have the best roster outside of Lebron, but neither do any of those teams and they don't have Lebron.

Please go back to Plebbit immediately

what did you accomplish this week?

Lost my job

Forgot they lost to the Knicks as well with Lebron playing 38 minutes. How is that even possible?

neat, more time for anime

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what happened?

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Can't get into anime sadly, short attention span
Failed a suicide attempt, wound up in a psych ward but didn't call them because I was pushing to get out early so I could take an exam for my job on Monday (that they were paying for) did eventually get out relatively early on Sunday, evening. When I called my job and explained I had been in the hospital, didn't mention why, they said they'd mail me my final check.

i want to feel bad for you but i don't

I don't feel bad about it, I hated my job but I am looking for another.

try frantic short-form anime. teekyuu is for you.

wow, you're an idiot

>no kobe
>no magic
>shaq
who was the retard who made this poll?

Shaq was the most dominant player in the NBA and only other people on his level were MJ and Wilt. You’re a retard.

Kobe and Magic couldn't carry Shaq's jock

How is depression real lmao just smile nigga like stop being sad

Kareem Abdul Jabbar would be Greg Monroe in today's game.

I want a brown skin girl to nut in and leave.

a reliable 14 year, 15 year vet who reminds the youngins that it's a marathon and not a sprint?

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Wilt would still be good today if he put up a quintuple double every game in the sixties

I could do that against 6'5 centers and all white teams, my question is what could he do against the Celtics.

>jimmy butler
>willingly going to a team with a shitty 'leader' like lebum
he's staying in philly. cap this.

Wilt would be Lucas Nogueira in today's game.

>drops 34-20-5-2-2 on 57% with only 2 FT

are we witnessing the comeback of the big man dominating in the post?

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Memphis got a steal for a guy that wasn't going to accept his player option and had declined significantly through the latter years of his contract. Making treasure out of what the Raptors threw away in the trash. Bruno Caboclo looks like a rotation player as well as of lately, not sure why Toronto can't develop their young guys.

This was done against the la Lakers in 67. At the time they had a 7 foot center and two 611 forwards. As well as Jerry and elgin.

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What did he do against the Celtics 6'8 big man?

Just took my first Lonzo of the day.

Well bill russel was 69 and 1/2 bare foot. In the modern day NBA, they measure people with high heels on. So bill would be 611. Also bill got to 240 pounds with no modern day training.

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>PPG Leader: James Harden (36.4)
>RPG Leader: Andre Drummond (15.5)
>APG Leader: Russell Westbrook (10.4)
>WS Leader: James Harden (13.9)
Why do all these players suck cock? Are stats a meme?

the "james harden sucks" meme is such a normie redflag

i thought based /nba/ would realise harden is based as fuck for dominating and letting the normies stay mad

What did Wilt do against the 6'8 Bill Russell in meaningful games?

How can you be based and choke in the playoffs every year?

One of these days I want one of these "on pace for" ridiculous early scores to actually turn out that way
who doesn't want to see a bucks hawks 240-80 final score

Daily reminder that when MJ played, teams scored 9 ppg more than during LeBron's career, on average. Throw in rebounds and assists, and LeBron is clearly the greater player. Scoring 5 more ppg when the league is 9 ppg easier to score in does not make you a better scorer.

61-62 season wilt famously avg 50 points. But in the second round they lost to the Celtics where he only avg 37 points. The reason wilts points went down was bc he shot less in order for his team to shoot more. Before the series the celtics were expected to SWEEP the warriors. The warriors strategy got them to game 7 where they would lose by one point.

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>taking the defending champs to 7 games in the WCF with CP3 injured is choking

Wilt Chamberlain was the GOAT. There's absolutely no debate on this, he was the greatest basketball player of all time.

Also you word your question seemingly forgetting it is a team game.

What happened in Game 7? Was this Harden's first playoff choke or last in a long line of embarassing playoff elimination games?

>PPG
Really remedial way to judge a player, tantamount to arguing Gilbert Arenas was a better player than John Stockton because he averaged more PPG in a better defensive era while ignoring every other aspect of their games. Basketball is a two way game, on both sides of the floor Jordan was way better.

Bucks g-league team is killing the hawks.

>no curry

It's the only needing 1 win in 4 games and not getting it that's the choking
Also "Chris Paul was injured" stopped being a valid excuse in about 1964 because he's been hurt in the playoffs every single season since then.

How many titles did Wilt win with Elgin Baylor and Jerry West on his team?

>The reason wilts points went down was bc he shot less in order for his team to shoot more
What was his career playoff field goal percentage compared to the regular season?

According to OP Hillary Clinton should be the president

Jordan
Kareem
Shaq
Duncan
Kobe
Bird
Bron by the time his career is over
Magic
Wilt
Hakeem

The fact that LeBronze is getting as much votes as he is is disgusting enough

If she had won the popular vote by an overwhelming majority like Jordan won this poll she would be.

>Kristaps "First I tear my ACL then I tear your ass" Porzingis
>Kristaps "Can't play ball so I'll rape you in the hall" Porzingis
>Kristaps "Injury prone so I'll force you to bone" Porzingis

Well 0 because Baylor retired midway through the season

Wow. I don’t know any of those players except for Lopez and Brown because of the taser.

18-29 and wilt here ama

He retired midway through the 1969 Finals?

who's your favorite quint

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Jordan
Bird
Duncan
Moses Malone
Kareem
Shaq
Lebron
Hakeem
Magic
Havlicek

I think the Hawks might be the worst team in the NBA but they're too retarded to tank

The Celtics won in 1969, Jerry West just won the only losing Finals MVP. West and Wilt won in 71-72 and Baylor retired 9 games in to the season because of knee problems.

I hope things work themselves out for you

They better not try to give Trae Young rookie of the year

They better not try to give D'Lo most improved player

He deserves it
They are tanking, they traded away all their vets or let them walk in free agency. Their long time coach and former GM left because the franchise was rebuilding. You're not genuinely under the impression that players tank rather than front offices?

They better not try to give Harden most valuable player

Kobe
>grow up in Europe, rapes
Kristaps
>grow up in Europe, rapes
Harden
>grow up in Compton, does not rape, bangs strippers
Are you seeing what I'm seeing?

Trae Young is ass how do you get folded by a Bucks' third unit... Luka is better at everything and that trade was pure retardation

it's fucking annoying that there is no website that updates the playoff pictures in a bracket format

how has nobody fucking done this yet jesus christ

Based retard

Luka's team has been plummeting since they traded away their veterans. The Hawks waived Jeremy Lin and the Hawks have been significantly more competitive since then. Since the trade deadline Young's three point percentage has eclipsed Luka's, while Luka's threes and free throw percentage have dipped. He doesn't have the stamina to be the primary offensive force on his team without vets taking on the scoring load, whereas Trae has never had any opportunity to be anything but given his secondary and tertiary have been a sophmore John Collins (who has been made a by far better player playing with Trae as a distributor) and rookie Kevin Huerter who no one ever heard of before he started balling this year on the Hawks.

Lastly one of these is Trae Young, the other three are first ballot Hall of Famers.
18 PPG 7.3 APG
16.1 PPG 7.8 APG
11.7 PPG 7.7 APG
18.7 PPG 7.9 APG

If Trae Young is ass I can't wait to see what he develops into.

He's getting it. /nba/ just has to deal with it

Did you drink your milk today, /nba/?

open wide for the choo choo train since apparently you need to be spoonfed
stats.nba.com/playoffpicture/
fyi there's this really cool website called 'google' and you can use this to search for websites that you want to use :)

I forgot

Trae Young sucks

based

I drink rice milk

The Mavericks play in the west lmao

the nuggets can beat OKC but they cant beat san antonio

According to that other KP thread European women are different, more likely you can just grab a woman from your local village in European countries hold her down and not expect any consequences to come of it. A different and more barbaric culture, whereas the African American players were taught to utilize either their charisma or resources to get pussy Euro players like Kobe and KP have been using force on white girls and refugees since they were 5'10 in the 8th grade.

>ancient

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So Luka will spend his prime years missing the playoffs with THJ chucking away? This hardly paints a positive portrait.

>ancient

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Stop playing dumb

Bonzie out here looking like his prime Notre Dame days

Stop being dumb

>ancient

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Trae Young is a bust stop pretending Trae vs Luka is still up for debate and stop conveniently forgetting one plays in a stronger conference

assuming the seeding doesnt change

west 1st round winners
warriors
blazers
rockets
spurs

west 2nd round
warriors
rockets

wcf
warriors

east 1st round
bucks
celtics
sixers
raptors

east 2nd rd

bucks
raptors

ecf
raptors

nba finals
warriors

Craptors probably think their line up is enough to win the Championship (lol) so they have no time to wait to develop players.

sounds right. I'd say it could go either way in a Bucks/Raptors ECF.

What, when they got boatraced by WVU in the 2nd round?

well, I agree, but that was the only aspect of the game that MJ excelled at, so that ad to be the basis of the comparison, and MJ loses due to the inflated offensive totals of his era.

LeBron has a huge edge in rebounds and assists, so it would be unfair to compare MJ to him in those other categories. I was giving MJ the benefit of every doubt. He had nowhere the impact of LeBron in any aspect of the game. Then consider that MJ only played 12 full seasons compared to 15 (and counting) for LeBron, and it's silly that anyone would claiim MJ was greater.

LeBron was a greater scorer adjusted for the defensive toughness of the era, was far more dominant as a rebounder and in assists, and played several more years. Only the inflated offensive era that MJ played in gives simpletons the illusion that he was the GOAT.

Stop being completely disingenious and pretending an NBA bust is going to average upwards of 15ppg and 8apg or that the only way to determine a player's capabilities is team success. You act as though the western conference has inhibited Lebron James from accumulating his famed counting stats even while his team has churned out unimpressive performances.

If Trae Young plateus this season, while spending his first offseason with a pro NBA team, he's already in historic company.

if my raptor makes the NBA finals I'm gonna eat an entire cake

screenshot this post

trae young is the next stephen curry
lucas doncic is the next james harden

Jordan the ten time scoring leader is a worse scorer than Lebon, who led the league in scoring once in his career? Relative to other players playing in the same "defensive" orientated league that Lebron plays in today, he has rarely ever been the best despite playing 15 seasons. Jordan dominated his competitive field in scoring. Jordan made more defensive teams than Lebron and won the DPOTY award, as well as the MVP award, something only achieved by Hakeem Olajuwan. If you understand the history of the DPOTY it is rare for a wing player to win it to begin with, being the best defender in the league while being the best player in the league is a feat Lebron has never approached in spite of his versatility, size and athleticism.

Jordan led the league in steals three times, while playing in a league that had Scottie Pippen. Lebron never accomplished the same feat. Lebron averaged an astounding and humiliating one additional rebound per game than Jordan and two additional assist, Jordan played the prime of his career in the triangle offense.

Lebron played several more seasons than Jordan and only won 4 MVP awards and 3 FMVPs, Jordan won 5 MVPs and 6 FMVPs. Lebron missed the playoffs three times, Jordan missed them twice as a 40 year old player on the Wizards.

Essentially your argument boils down to Lebron attaining more rebounds and assist by a narrow margin suggesting he is the better player

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On Lebron's "superior" competition.

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Cumulative PER and BPM average of the three greatest teammates of Lebron and MJ's respective careers.

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Curry's GSW would win 4-1 against the jordan bulls

Durant's GSW would sweep them

is it fair to compare scottie and rodman to kyrie and wade when rodman was a 3rd option while kyrie and wade were both 2nd options?

it throws it off for sure

I like the NBA teams, without any championship, I like to be irrelevant, losers, pathetic, with a very low attendance in the arena, and also live always under the shade of a more popular, more successful, more winning and more Important MLS Soccer Team

never understood the thailand gimmick. which team is he referencing ?

If you compare D Wade and Kyrie's career PER (23.5, 22) to Pippen's (18) it doesn't exactly cast doubt on the comparison.

This Costa Rican is suffering from that mental disease where he wakes up every day and doesn't remember anything about the day before. So he keeps asking the same stupid question every day for the rest of his life.

like the movie 50 first dates?

like the movie inception?

exactly

>raptors can't develop their guys
>what is siakam

>Kobe

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>what is siakam
Shit

jam ohhh jam

What is with the one guy that makes long posts to look smart that only make him look like the biggest dumbass in the thread.

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The thing about Jordan is that literally everyone knew him. And that was back when there was no social media or even internet. If I asked people right now if they know who LeBron is they'd probably have no idea. That's why a Space Jam sequel makes no sense. He just doesn't have the reach Jordan had.

Toronto won't beat Brooklyn, Celtics will beat the Bucks. Portland won't beat Utah, Houston won't beat the Spurs.

yes nigger, that is what got posted earlier in bracket form. good job

you're retarded

They should make Space Shooter starring Messi

Jordan was like Larry Bird and Magic rolled into one in terms of relevance.

>/nba/ thinks caboblo or whatever is better than siakam
stay hatin fellas! he's gonna be MIP and FMVP whether you like it or not!

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Great argument

except for the last one there is no debating with you if you genuinely believe these things

>one guy makes a retarded post
>hurr /nba/ said
Literally kill yourself. Also, the Raptors are losing to the Sixers if they can even get past the second round, they're unironically worse than Denver as a team

The last one is the most questionable given the Spurs don't have a long wing stopper for the first time in their history in the Pop era. You don't have hoop knowledge.

lmaoooo the cucks stay choking

say it with me
F M V P
M
V
P

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>You don't have hoop knowledge
>Unironically believes that Toronto won't make it out of the first round
the Rockets are dog shit you nigger

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bros I think I'm in love with these shoes....

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my team = good guys
your team = bad guys

>perennial chokers won't choke because they added a system player, G league all star game MVP, and 65 year old Marc Gasol
Rockets are dog shit, Spurs are the worst they've been since Tim Duncan was drafted. It could legitimately be a wash but I predict Spurs advance. Raptors won't.

whoa this dude is booty blasted
Must be a celtshits fan

The Spurs traded the Harden stopper

keep seething you literal retard, like I said there's no debating with you if you genuinely believe these things

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what do you think my team would be in the NBA

Shut up bitch

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What the fuck is wrong with you

I'm a Lakers fan to the contrary
Simmons and Manu have both shut down Harden, feel like he's not that difficult to game plan for but the best wing defender on the roster is now 6'4
You can't debate me because I've forgotten more about basketball than you'll ever know
How many times do you have to be taught this lesson?

>I'm a Lakers fan
>I've forgotten more about basketball than you'll ever know
K E K
E
K
literally clockwork

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Lakers are the wealthiest franchise in modern NBA history, you'll do well to remember that.

is that I simply like the losing teams, pathetic, without any kind of championship, with very low attendance in their arena and that this in a city where soccer and MLS are much more important than the NBA and basketball

>retarded
>is a lakeshit fan
checks out

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>I've forgotten more about basketball than you'll ever know

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Ten titles since '79, who has more? Don't make us sign Kawhi

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Trae Young is retarded

>LeBron has a huge edge in rebounds and assists

LeBron is/was a way worse offensive rebounder, he just helped popularize the whole "ball handler grabbing uncontested boards" thing.

>assists
It's almost like players record fewer assists in the triangle lmao, MJ averaged a triple double when they moved him to PG for a bit .

>LeBron was a greater scorer adjusted for the defensive toughness of the era,
literally needed rule changes because the league wanted a new MJ lmao

Imagine having all these freak athletes who can do 360 windmill dunks or split a double team and land a beautiful finger roll over some 7 footer, but instead you settle for all these guys walking up and chucking up a 3 pointer every play.

When is silver going to do something about this shit? The NBA stepped in when low post play was too dominant so this should be no different.

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twitter.com/leighellis/status/1099147486806056962?lang=en

>muh ringz

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Laughing at the Lakers but the league has to collude against us in order to prevent us from putting a major piece next to Lebron. Why do you fear the LA Lakers?

>feel like he's not that difficult to game plan for but the best wing defender on the roster is now 6'4
swear to god i've seen some manu-on-harden-esque transition defense moves in white. my body is prepared and ready for the spurs sweeping the rockets in 5.

Who is Bruce Brown? This isn't even low hanging fruit it was already on the ground. Posting highlights against d leaguers baka

The Spurs have all the tools they need to beat the Rockets, it's up to the league to let them play or save the MVP's legacy.

name their band, /nba/

youtube.com/watch?v=jNcQR38s2l4

should he cross up your GOAT?

If the hawks lose this they should blow it up.

>Don't make us sign Kawhi
>Why do you fear the Los AngeLes LLLakers
no one does faggot, you ended with one less win than last year. can you not tell everyone knows that you and the Lakers are a joke?

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We're a joke but the league is carefully watching Lebron and Magic, they know one handshake can lead to another decade of dominance for the NBA's best franchise. Should we get KD or Klay?

LeBron is a joke, but crossovers are meaningless.

lmaoooo the cucks stay choking

classic Lakers delusion. you'll get Melo and you'll be happy with it

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Lebron ranks top ten in defensive mectrics among small forwards
>crossovers are meaningless
>breaking down the defense and being able to create your own shot and for others is meaningless albeit the least common skill in the NBA

We may have to pick up Demarcus for the MLE after we sign KD and trade for Beal. Let Lebron run point or..?

he'll be too busy producing and not giving a shit as usual

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LeBron ranks below slow ass PJ Tucker, Royce O'Neal, and Rudy Gay and has played no defense this year.
All it proves is that defense is dead. And crossovers aren't needed to create one'a own shot and get separation.

If 28/8/7 is Lebron not caring then we have another Shaq situation on our hands, we just need somebody hungry as the number two guy and we'll run through the West like we're used to.

>pop coached more playoff games than 19 NBA franchises have had in the entirety of their existence

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these basketball parts in between the commercials are pretty good

I want playoffs to come

>All it proves is that defense is dead.
Then why does it matter if he's schooling Bruce Brown or Lebron when you've already decided you're going to dismiss any play he makes regardless?

youtube.com/watch?v=FLGxnOXqE78
keep deluding yourself

Shaq made a rap album and Steel, I'm not worried about it.

99999 and lebron dies

Trae young GOAT

Why?

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but didn't produce a tv show you nigger. there are plenty of rappers in the league even now

close

Lebron has a strategic offseason to invest in his media pursuits, something Shaq never had as a Laker. After we pick up KD/Kawhi/Klay and AD/Beal he won't have that luxury.

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YOUNG GOAT

Wilt would be Willie Cauley-Stein in today's game.

Tell me why Harden should get the MVP over Giannis

knowledgeable and redpillideded

Lol @ crackers hating on ice Trae "Curry/Nash" Young

>Joint Rookie of the year

Meme debate again?

he shouldn't

I can't tell you why, but Giannis shouldn't get it either. They both suck and neither look like the best player in the league or as though they're elevating their team to supreme heights. MVP award has been a joke since Westbrook

which sport can i become a professional in at the age of 23

>seething
keep hating

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E-sports

I'm glad to see the brotha get his money, but the nigga is a thief in the night. Luxury tax for an 8th gamn seed?

Professional Fortnite streaming

Jokic should get MVP

I started streaming video games after I seperated from my wife, and honestly I literally pay my child support solely with money from my patreon, twitch and youtube. It's not bad for some change if you're gonna play games all the time anyway, just have a facecam and don't be boring. I usually drink a little bit or smoke a little bit before I go on, helps to have black friends that you play with they're inherently funny.

This has been the most underwhelming MVP class that I can remember. One gets 75% of his points from the line, the other is literally just a long nigger with no basketball skills beyond being tall and athletic. He's just as likely to throw a pass into the stands as he is to a wide open three point shooter.

Lebron sucks, Curry and KD cancel each other out and take games off continously or just goof around for stats, Jokic is white. Where are my dominate athletic black dudes? The Kobe's? The Jordan's?

i'm being serious

i'm thinking rock climbing or rowing

kawhi would have won if not for load management

He's of that mold that I like to watch but a pussy and a weirdo

if you're being serious, the answer is none.

Brandon Ingram could win it one day

He is the worst player I've ever seen that people talk about as though he's good or has a lot of potential. Not sure whose defense is more overrated, his or Lonzo's.

Livio Jean Charles would be Pascal Siakam in today's game.

is there a site that has game rips/vods/torrents?

im not sure my blazies will win the 1st round vs the thunder or even the spurs :(

He's the only one that meets the dominate athletic black dude criteria other than that the leagues gonna be Doncic / Trae / Booker type players

i miss missan...

theyre facing the jazz

Shooting the meme took too much precedence, now the athletic wing without range is being forced out of the league or into a reserve or strictly on the ball role provided they have the talent for it (Justice Winslow, Draymond, Ben Simmons). Beyond that if you can't shoot today your draft stock dips like Nike post-Zion's shoe explosion.

It's a shame, talented wings are some of the most exciting players to watch

nbadraftroom.com/p/2019-nba-mock-draft.html

This mock has Herro at 11 for that guy that was asking earlier, I think it's such a weak class that anything could happen. Love the pro comparisons although some are confusing

Whats the weirdest wet dream you ever had bros?

I dreamed my buckshits got past the first round for the first time in 30 years and woke up in a pool of jizz.

>19 Spurs Rui Hachimura
Make it happen

not wet but i once dreamed i killed a man and when i woke up it took me a few solid minutes to realize it was just a dream. the feeling of having taken a life was absolutely terrifying.

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Mavs thunder game is horrible

pistons are gonna tank for 7th seed, and then second round will be pistons/sixers, with sixers going to ecf

I dreamed last night I tried to commit a robbert, for some reason I was still in high school (about two decades removed) and of course SWAT and the police arrived. Somehow I slipped out (not implausible, I escaped a military base once when I was in BCT and didn't want to be in the army anymore) and woke up in the midst of a police chase. The idea of going to prison was a mind fuck.

i'm kinda semi-sure-ish that a low percentage team will get the first pick. something like the hornets.

>Bol Bol

what were his parents thinking

lol delusion
no one wants to go to the trashfire that is the lakers, they'd rather go to the more promising LA team

Hope my Hawks get the first pick and take Jaxson Hayes with the Mavericks pick. Otherwise I want Culver and Hayes.

Every NBA player grew up dreaming of being a Laker, no one wants to join the Clippers with Pat Beverly as their sidekick when they can play with Lebron on a franchise the city actually recognizes.

This despite Lebron being good, I doubt many good players with him because at any moment he will throw a bitch fit and Lebron will tell to trade them and he's probably a bitch in locker room because he acts like a twelve year old girl on the court when something doesn't go his way

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bro what
clippers have a competent coach and GM and a promising core
lakers have lebron (*trades you*) and maybe kuzma on a good day?

thunder suck dick lmao

Fuck no

Didn't Derrick Rose rape a girl

Black girls don't count.

have you told your mom you love her today, /nba/?

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>cardi b will NEVER drug and rape you

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Didn't him and his bros run a train on some hoe

Trae Young is averaging 19.0 PPG and 7.9 APG

Steve Nash and Jason Kidd never averaged 19.0 PPG in a season during their career.

Kemba Walker, Damian Lillard, Kyrie Irving, and Mike Conley have never averaged 7.9 APG in a season during their career.

These white bloggers are besides themselves right now

I don't think anyone is denying that Trae Young is good but Luka is just better

At least they didn't have pubes as hair on their head like Trae does.

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Rape is not a big deal. I wouldn’t be all traumatized if some 23-year-old multi-millionaire woman raped me.

Now but Trae has much better upside. Luka will get marginally better. The ceiling for Trae is crazy high.

Thanks Cawks.

that could be true, but time will tell for that and as of right now Luka is a better player and the clear ROTY, though you could definitely make a case for Trae

i'm fully aware this is cheap bait born out of the boredom of a sheltered underage suburbanite, but just as a mental exercise -- would you say the same thing face to face to your mom? if not, why not.

no my bad i meant "would win" as in im not sure they would beat even the lowest opposition

they would possibly beat the clippers tho

Pick protection in trades should be illegal.

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Crackers wanted him to be a bust so bad.

I wouldn’t say the same thing to my mom because she’s a woman and women have some weird complex where they have been tricked by the media into thinking rape is a horrible crime that fucks up your life, but that’s just not true, unless it’s violent rape. Not even memeing.

have you ever been hated or discriminated against?

i have

eminem is so cringe

Which college prospect is gonna have the most seamless transition into the pros? The most difficult? I feel like Barrett’s game may never translate, reminds me a lot of Derozan but isn’t a good playmaker at all. I genuinely don’t see why he’s consensus top 5 given his free throw and three point stroke should alarm any GM.

classic retard leaf. too much maple syrup on the brain as usual

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tim duncan deserves to be in the GOAT conversation!

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#BelieveVictims

He’s the third best player in history

you posting this here is like being a single counterprotester to a 1,000-man kkk gathering. though I do agree with you

tim duncan doesn't give a fuck about individual accolades in a team sport.

if only everyone were as immune as you to third parties conditioning feeble minds.

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>victims
kys

Jordan
Bird
Duncan
Moses
Kareem
Shaq
Lebron
Hakeem
Havlicek
Magic

is pop the belicheck of basketball?

my dude tony parker does the onions boy smile in all his insta pics

>3rd-best player in his own era

Scratch that, 4th. KG was better too, just different team situations.

Why would a famous 7ft. tall semi-white European millionaire rape a black woman?

KG wasn't even the best player on his super team and lost to Lebron and scrubs with multiple HoFers on his team.

As if LeBron wasn't a weeping infant in the face of those Celtics. Couldn't get past them until they were old and tired, even needing to run crying to Miami to manage it ;)

how is porzingis semi-white? the fuck is wrong with shitskins?

>KG wasn't even the best player on his super team
absolutely dropped

>tfw no NBA playoffs in two-matches series with aggregate scoring, point away rule and decision by free shots if draw persists

It was hours after he tore his ACL and had his season ended. No clue if he did it or not, but I can sure as hell see someone in that situation feeling a little rapey.

The first Latvians were black, he has moorish ancestry

Latvians aren't white. I forgot that Americans consider everyone less than 80% black as 'white'. My bad.

Just noticed that fat faggot Doncic ain't playing

Fuck this shit game

My Neties are drafting Matisse Thybulle to be D'angelo Russell's Scottie Pippen.

that T on Westbrick was fucking awful desu

feels great right?

>a trini that's either indian or black arguing about whiteness

/int/ is a mental disease

>D'lo
>Thybulle
>Caris Levert
>Kristaps (off waivers)
>Horford
Who stops us?

>Horford
there's your answer senpai

We'd still have Jarrett Allen dependent on the matchup, Horford is a solid pick up because of his ability to defend (in space especially), knock down outside shots, and pass. We would be the best team in the East irregardless as to whether or not Kawhi leaves or the Bucks retain their core.

LeBron James? More like LeDone James

AHEM

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Did the Hawks win the Young-Doncic trade? They got an equally good player and got a 1st rd pick.

I can see the Hawks becoming legit very fast.

2018 was the best rookie class in years.

Based

Conf: West
Coach: Popovich
PG: Dlo
SG: Doncic
SF: DeRozan
PF: Steven Adams
C: Horford
6: Lou Will
how many rings?

Are we watching.....college.... basketball bros?

If they keep the Mavs pick the Mavs lost the trade. Could easily see those picks they gave to the Knicks conveying lottery unless someone genuinely believes Luka can single handidly elevate a Mavs roster (they do not attract free agents) to a playoff run.

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None, you need good players (all NBA) to win a championship. Even if you're Greg Poppovich unless you're the Pistons

Don't get me wrong I like lebron but Shitposting is fun and idc what any faggot says.

This, I don't care about Lebron or the never ending GOAT debate, but I love seeing a nigga get mad and defend Lebron like I'm talking about his child's mother if I say anything negative about him.

I'm watching Zion

>I have no understanding of the concept of haplogroups

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College basketball is so disgusting to watch. 90% of these kids won't see the light of day in the NBA even though they aspire to be NBA players. Also they fit every single stereotype. White guys are spot up 3 point shooters, tall lanky guys are centers, mulatos are point guards...

The Thunder have very quietly had a really disappointing season.

Mullatos play all over the court in the college game like they do in the NBA. They're the jack of all trades race whereas the negro is athletic and the white a spot up specialist.

They are not very good team bro

thunder suck dick

they were great and then PG13 got injured and he clearly didn't fully recover correctly because even when he's been in he's been shooting horribly. they just went on like a 10 game losing streak

Their ideal of improvement was getting rid of Melo and adding Dennis Schroeder, their impact (both negative and positive) has been overstated. In fact I don't recall anyone having any genuine belief in Schroeder until he got to a popular club. The Hawks had attempted to move him before and had no takers for his salary.

That team will only ever go as far as Westbrook will take them, and he sucks dick and is easy as fuck to gameplan for in the post season.

thunder suck dick

lol that pick swap isn't looking so dumb for the Hawks anymore huh

Shroeder sucks but I'll defend the trade as the best they could get in the situation as the OKC asset/cap situation is a mess.

Crackers still love Luka cause he looks how they want to, but for those of us who enjoy the game of basketball the Hawks are the better team going forward.

They have to have at least 50% of their cap space tied up in the PG position right now. Neither of whom can shoot

Also, the Mavs aren't a well-run basketball team and haven't been in a long time. They get a lot of latitude because of "muh chip" and reaching the 1st rd of the playoffs every year. They have made a lot of bad trades and signings.

>WESTBRICK

lmao what was that shot by Westbrook

I'll never understand why people love Westbrook, even if they're Oklahomans. I get that he plays hard, so did Dennis Rodman and I loved that about him, but I also loved that he played within his game.

If he was chucking mids and memes AND making $40mil a year shooting like Westbrook I would hate his ass.

Please dont make fun of Russell Westbrooks sexuality thanks

Okc gsw gonna be lity sweep

How are OKC getting the 7th seed to play GSW at this point?

Lebron really must not be the GOAT if this shitty ass OKC team can make the playoffs in the west.

Zion is SHIT

>WESTNIGGER

this shitty OKC team you're seeing now wouldn't make the playoffs. The OKC from before all-star break were better than the warriors, don't know what happened

no ot tonight

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>OKC

so trae young confirmed the ROTY right?

thunder suck dick

That was terrible from OKC

I wish I was dead

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>Oklahoma Shitty First Round Exiters

reminder that dallas starting 5 was dirk, powell, brunson, courtney lee, justin jackson

Sure thing

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Well the Kings was officially eliminated last night when they lost to the Rockets (S for Buddy Hield's home) so the bottom half are basically jockeying for positions, but OKC will probably ended up having another first round exit against any one of the top 3 seeds.

>The OKC from before all-star break were better than the warriors, don't know what happened

PG13 injured his shoulder and Westbrook was forced to does Westbrook things

/larry/ was right about OKC

you and me both user

Are the Lakers now the most unwatchable team in the league now Bron is sitting?

Didn't know Trae was that good, he's had a really strong second half of the campaign considering where he started. He definitely deserves ROTY, I'm glad NBA players have his back

wy pipo btfo

I'm sorry to hear that man. I hope that you are able to find another job soon.

/nba/ was right all along about westbrook/okc
/nba/ was right all along about the lebron/lakers

apologize. you called us haters for thinking they were frauds

This, people only ever point out when /nba/ is wrong.

pass the lighter, /nba/.

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>based larry got it right

Why the fuck is OKC so bad when it has so many talented players?

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Nuggets gonna lose by 40 in few days to the warriors and that would cement gsw to 1 seed

what part of westchoke do you not understand?

OKC has 2 good players, Paul and George, and only 1 of them ever shows up.

Westbrook is the worst player in history to win the MVP award or be considered top ten at any given time. He is somehow less efficient than Allen Iverson who was teams entire offense in a much tougher defensive era where players were generally less efficient and didn't have today's spacing. There is no joy whatsoever in watching him play.

whoa larry has been saying okc suck dick for the past 3 years or something. the dude is a genius. hands down

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Anons, i can explain the Okc thunders play since the all star break.

I have a close associate who knows the thunder are throwing games to win big money for mobsters in vegas. All the top brass for okc is in on it.

Since the all star break the thunder decided to try one more game (ot win over utah), and then begin throwing every game they were favored in to win big cash for their benefactors. Just look at the recent memphis and dallas losses. If you bet the under dog, moneyline in either of those games you absolutely killed and made bank.

BUT the con is not over yet. Okc WANTS the 8 seed. They have instructions to get matched up against the Gsw, and then become huge underdogs.

That's when they will turn it on again and actually try for the biggest playoff upset in Nba history.

Screencap this. And place your bets.

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Yeah, he's way better than people screeching that the Hawks got fleeced would have you believe.

Young's PER: 16.6

For comparison, some other rookie PERs
Davis: 21.7
LeBron: 18.3
Curry: 16.3
Durant: 15.8
Westbrook: 15.2
Harden: 14.0
Antetokounmpo: 10.8

>somehow

As a Mavs fan I already knew >we won as soon as I saw Westbrick bringing up the ball for the last posession

Watch the Graham Bensinger interviews with both of them, and you'll see why Westbrook will never be such a good player as Dennis was.

What I'm referring to is how their players' skill ceilings are super high but skill floors are super low. They're better than their record indicates but they don't consistently deliver

>VORP of 0.3

/WL/ is the high IQ bros hip

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I just want the knicks to draft one more bust with their first. Their misery must not end soon

>/nba/ was also wrong about zion

....sad

lay off the meth

awful photoshop

>i want to believe

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What went wrong?

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The thing about Shaw is that he could have been goat if he didn't realize he didn't have to try and still dominate. If he just kept some modicum of drive other than "I'll show up for the playoffs...maybe" he would be the unquestionable goat. Sadly he smartly realized trying was for idiots

Phil Jackson drafted him out of spite (remember he was sacked a month after the draft)

Adams and Grant are also good. The team is less than the sum of their parts. I'm also willing to bet a lot of players would perform better on other teams, as is typical than OKC.

>kobe has nba sons
>ray allen has an nba son
>even dirk has nba sons

why doesn't lebron have an nba son? Someone to inherit his will and show the world his way of life was the right one? There's no way his biological son will be good enough to carry on his nba legacy.

And before you get upset, the greatest player of all time, MJ was the nba son of Dr. J

Larry Birdshit isnt even the best white player fuck boomers

his real sons idiot

derozan and kemba

>hating based larry
dirk plz

Guy played for a B level French youth club IIRC where he made legitimately no impact on the floor and was drafted for his physical profile. Not unlike Kris Dunn, who is a significantly better at everything but illicits about 5% of the discussion Frank does, he led the league in one really specific mectric his rookie season and Knicks fans were hopeful he could develop as a project. At worst a 3 and D point guard that could get the Knicks into sets at best another Kawhi Leonard or Giannis (you can search the Knicks reddit and RealGM communities and see this was a seriously discussed sentiment among fans.)

Came back the next year with no pressure given KP was not going to play this season and the front office took on several project players and could not earn minutes on a roster with Emmanuel Mudiay and Trey Burke (two bust traded from their original teams for second rounders), even when one would get injured or was traded Frank would either play extremely poorly or he himself get injured. He regressed in all defensive mectrics, his offensive game is nonexistent.

He would not start in the G league

Dirk single-handedly won his ring with the worst winning team in history that alone puts him above Larry

today we're all Warriors

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>worst winning team in history

bullshit. dirk had tons of help that year

Had nothing to do with Tyson Chandler, Jason Kidd and Shawn Marion's defense on Lebron or JJ Barea and Jason Terry's scoring?

>thunder want to play golden state

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>
>Dirk single-handedly
do you even JJ goatera?

Nigger i am handing you incels a cash cow here. Imagine how much money could of been made fading this thunder since the all star break. Look at the loss today. This is a no brainer

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why would that be a field spell card you fucking dumbass bet whover made that doesn't play yugioh. should be quickplay or normal

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Neither are Lebrons sons tho. Especially not kemba. I dare you to argue for derozan, I'll open my mind to change

Based.

lemme get this straight... the bucks couldnt beat the hawks... but they think that franchise is getting past the first round?? not since 9/11. bucks aint getting past nobody

based

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This is pretty dumb

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Fuck Wilt, I'd play Jordan at center and MJ would shut that walking toothpick down.

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players you want to punch

I'll go first....

Harden

Are the Hawks legit?

Imagine being this delusional.

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>LeBron has 15 seasons and counting, MJ only had 12 full seasons
MJ played 12 full seasons, made it to the Finals 6 times, and won all six Finals
when he played there was a fucking 50% chance he was walking home at the end of the season with a championship
L3-6ron can't even fucking compete

wesbrook, but not for the reasons you think.
are they ever?

Potentially two lottery selections and a solid chance of selecting first overall. Trae Young is posting historic rookie numbers and would be ROTY in any other class. John Collins is the only 20ppg 10rpg guy that nobody talks about. Kevin Huerter has solidifed himself as a rotation player as a late first round (second round?) selection. Omari Spellman has shown flashes and Taurean Prince can hit a wide open jumpshot and is 6'8, which makes him an interesting trade chip in 2019 despite his lack of defense.

There's worse positions to be in than having the Warriors former GM in your front office and cap space.

post yfw you realize rondo is the best player on the lakers' roster

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>forgot deandre jordan was on the knicks
hahahahaha

Can confirm. I remember 1993-94 visiting Eastern Europe. They basically knew Michael Jackson and Michael Jordan.

Michael Jackson fell off because pedo-homo, but Jordan really was on a "super level" of fame that I can almost describe as "godlike". He was like a Black Jesus. It's hard to describe how famous he was.

Maybe if you combined Messi and Ronaldo's marketing popularity but then double that, so they're as famous in the US as they are in the rest of the world.

I think peak Pelé might have been the closest in global fame to peak MJ.

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Trae Young gives away with his shit defense whatever value he provides with his offense.

i don't wanna go to work monday bros

Mavs sign their biggest-name free agent in years and trade him away at the first possible opportunity.

Then Mavs fans wonder why they don't get free agents.

We all know what horrible players Steve Nash and Steph Curry are as a result of their defense and that it is impossible for a rookie player to improve over time.

How do you lose to a team starting Dirk Nowitzki? The opposing coach is giving you a guide on how to beat them.

kek was about to post this
Curry is awful at defense and yet he's still regarded as a top 3 player in the league due to his offensive contributions
if Trae can improve defensively and continues his offensive development he will be wanted by many

And he is okay with Mitch start in place of him for the last few games in the sesaon too

twitter.com/IanBegley/status/1112110432494465024

He was on an one year "Prove It" contract (still pretty generous one at $22 million though) anyway so it is kind of pointless to rag on the Mavs trading him

literally who can stop my rapties?

First round.

>ay bruhbruh why u aint tell us he raped them kids

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strawpoll.me/17717309
strawpoll.me/17717309
strawpoll.me/17717309
GET IN HERE LADS

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>He was on an one year "Prove It" contract (still pretty generous one at $22 million though) anyway so it is kind of pointless to rag on the Mavs trading him
What? He signed for the Mavs because he wants to live in his home state of Texas, as he grew up in Houston. Mavs wouldn't give up cap flexibility to give him a long-term contract.

Curry was decent on defense before the injuries and his offense is several magnitudes better than Trae Young's.

Zion is a BUST

Zion got through the NCAA tournament with no injuries, so it worked out well for him.

Curry's offense was not much better when he was 20.

Zion is merely the next Greg oden

Only because he didn't get to the NBA until he was 21. Even if you take 10% off of all of Curry's age 21 stats he's still miles ahead of Young.

told my friends 6 months ago that Zion will be a bust, they called me retarded
who else unironically thinks he'll bust?

RJ IS A FUCKING FRAUUUUUUUUUUUUUUD

Lol at this historical revisionism, Curry is the more efficient offensive player by far but Trae is a better passer already than Curry has ever been. There is more to offense than scoring, otherwise Trae would be the better player comparing solely their rookie season where he's averaged more PPG. Curry's defense was best after his injury from 13-16, he regressed after they added KD according to his defensive mectrics.

Also Curry never played in the NBA at 19-20, he was a 21 year old rookie. Trae is playing elite players as a teenager, whereas Curry was still playing white boys at Davidson.

Zion is just like my rapties. An absolute fraud.

>magic watching michigan state vs duke while his team is getting hammered by new orleans

great gm you have there lakers

Wilt would injure Jordan if
Jordan tried to dunk on wilt.

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helo where is the proofs

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>Steph Curry rookie season
17.5 ppg 5.9apg 4.5rpg 16 PER
>Trae Young rookie season
19ppg 7.9apg 3.6rpg 16 PER

Trae is in really good company apparently, I love how you just assumed Curry had the way better stats.

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hes doing his job scouting dipshit

Not that guy but I honestly thought currys numbers were much worse in his first year. I guess feefees really AREN'T facts.

>muh assists
Assists are the most useless stats. Trae Young is shooting worse than Kelly Olynyk from the three. Sorry this debate is conclusively won and I won't be responding anymore.

zoomers don't realize curry was a literally who player until like 2014. They just assume he's always been this mega star since he's on a superteam

he was there as a fan wearing grove street colors

>Curry
TS% .568
VORP 2.2

>Young
TS% .540
VORP 0.3

No contest.

>VORP

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Mostly in basketball discussions people don't really seem to do any fact checking and just spout what they remember or whatever the narrative may be at that point in time.
And Luka Doncic is shooting worse than Trae from three, thank God you didn't get to assess Steve Nash's early career field goal percentage.

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>, thank God you didn't get to assess Steve Nash's early career field goal percentage.
lmao what? Nash shot .418 from the three in his rookie season. He had only one season where he shot below 40% from the three in his first 13 seasons. Comparing Young to Nash is like comparing Marcus Smart's three point shooting to Larry Bird.

Nash shot 36% from the field in his junior season, which would put him in Marcus Smart or Terry Rozier territory. Thankfully players progress as their career does.

/nba/ was right again, zion is a fucking bust

>Nash shot 36% from the field in his junior season, which would put him in Marcus Smart or Terry Rozier territory. Thankfully players progress as their career does.
Except Nash shot much better than 36% his first two seasons so it's retarded to claim that players steadily improve. Trae Young is a manlet goblino Terry Rozier who players worse defense, accept it.

youre just going to leave Bill Walton off the list like he doesn't exist

Trae Young is Terry Rozier but has a better field goal percentage, three point percentage, has averaged more ppg, apg, and true shot in their rookie years. Your issue with Trae is his ethnicity, which is odd given you'll have to accept the NBA is largely going to remain a black league. To suggest a player with better rookie stats than Magic Johnson, Jason Kidd, and Chris Paul is a bust because he's shooting 33% from three on 5 attempts a game is ridiculous. If your benchmark to being a capable NBA player was Curry efficiency from three point range you've already made an ass of yourself. Steve Nash and Chauncey Billups have improved far more from horrendous seasons than Trae would need to for all NBA consideration.
>d-defense
Can you name the elite defensive guards in the NBA?

Just remember Michael when you played they changed all the rules to make it easier for you to dominate. When I played they changed all the rules to make it harder for me to dominate.

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Name the rules that made it easier for Jordan to dominate

they're called the jordan rules you dumb mellenial, look it up

You mean the game plan the Pistons facilitated to make Jordan less effective in the playoffs? Kek, please be b8

>*ruins the NBA*

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imagine being this retarded

>Zion is the next LeBron

lmao LeBron never lost in the NCAA tourny tho

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jordan_Rules
>The Jordan Rules were a defensive basketball strategy employed by the Detroit Pistons against Michael Jordan in order to limit his effectiveness on offense. Devised by Isiah Thomas in 1988, the Pistons' strategy was "to play him tough, to physically challenge him and to vary its defenses so as to try to throw him off balance."

These are the rules that "they" changed to make it easier for Jordan to dominate?

LeBron never got accepted at a college lmfaooooooo

it was bait you massive retard

Keep in mind those are isaish’s Words, a known piece of shit. What the rules really meant was to essentially take advantage of lax fouling regulations at the time in order to bully MJ in ways that would legit be co sideted assault and have guys arrested in today’s feather touch foul NBA

How am I meant to tell the difference between bait and genuine stupidity when nobody who post here ever seems to know what they're talking about?

>not able to detect bait effectively
not my fault you're literally autistic

Have to respect that they wanted to win at all cost though, even if it meant hurting a guy. In today's game Jordan would have teamed up with the Pistons in free agency to beat the Celtics/Lakers and no one would blame him for it since nobody had made an all star game on his team to that point.

everyone is baiting you dumbass. you should know /nba/'s BBIQ is extremely high and we only say dumb things as an inside joke

>this fucking thread

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I guess so 90% of the time I get on here it's people saying literally retarded shit

>Lebron out
>suddenly the Lakers are annihilating the Pels
really makes me think bros

lmao no

>zion is a fucking bust

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good sign of a whore

they got nipsey...

Is this year’s draft going to be better or worse than the 2000 NBA draft?

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Kawhi got me checking New Balance bros....

Lebron-ball is cancerous, Lakers were a 35 win club before they added him and look like they might win about the same this year. People forget Lebron has lost six damn Finals, of course when he does win it's not going to be to the expense of his own stats. He would rather lose and have the most stats in each category than win while sacrificing in order to make others better, he's basically Jordan when he played point guard.

>only "generational" talent can be completely out of a game at the collegiate level
At least Jamal Crawford was a spectacle to watch when he was on

Kenyon Martin was a core piece to the Nets’ finals teams and a decent cog in the Thuggets machine

New Balance are for whites and honorary whites (like Kawaii) only

Yeah but honestly despite the fact he was a solid player I would still label him a bust because you do not use the first pick in the draft expecting a rotation player.

I'm a bit of an Uncle Tom honestly, most all of my friends are white or Uncle Tom latinos. My first born is mixed race, c-can I wear New Balances?

But this looks /fa/ as fuck

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Bros i have my master dissertation exam(?) at 9.30 am and thats in 7 hours and I can't sleep at all
Help

those aren't OMN1S tho

Just beat your dick off and take a benadyrl

Fuck already did the former, but i don't respond well to sleep drugs

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