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*without playoff experience

Has Kemba even made the playoffs before? I don’t remember it.

Kemba is clutch he hit that shot at uconn

boston downfall was really signing hayward. imagine if they didn't. imagine the cap space they would have had

negative son, kawaii stays home

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in 2014 and 16, swept in both by miami

I know what it's like to lose. To feel so desperately that you're right, yet to fail nonetheless. It's frightening. Turns the legs to jelly. I ask you, to what end? Dread it. Run from it. Destiny arrives all the same. And now, it's here.

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i call dubs and kawhi stays and wins 5 more rings

Why play with Kyle Lowry Jr when you can play with Kyle Lowry?

Who's the crackhead

Hayward was the only all star free agent who would come to boston because he's white and had butler connections with Stevens.

I agree. Watch grainy mid 2000s videos of LeBron.

dubs and with the clippers of the los angeles of california

the real reason why Lebron is changing jerseys is so he can sell more jerseys. Dude is a shrewd businessman

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7 he stays

JERRY WEST IS THE GOAT

Leafs btfo LOLOLOLOL He's coming home

Imagine Kawhi going to the Clippers - SGA, Gallinari, Harrell, Lou Will, Landry Shamet as supporting pieces who made the playoffs without him, significant cap room to sign more guys around him, Doc Rivers coaching

Now consider him going to the Lakers - AD and Lebron dominating all of the time on ball, literally no one else on the roster, no more cap room, and being coached by Frank Vogel until he's immediately undermined and replaced by Jason Kidd

which would you choose

kawhi is the mayor of toronto. he aint gonna play the other guys in LA. if anyghing jimmy comes to LA

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...

just

Tell me about james why does he wear the mask ?

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Foolish to think otherwise

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The raptors

Lelkers it is for kawhi

Lakers because I would be playing with NBA talent instead of mediocre role players. Bucks already proved that gets you nowhere.

Kawhi to the barbados raptors for a chip

Reminder that LeBron single-handedly willing a championship to the diseased shithovel of Cleveland is a greater feat than anything Jordan ever did.

>b-but but muh 6 rings
Oh wow that must have been so hard for Jordan, having to win championships in the 3rd largest market in the US while being coached by the GOAT.

You forgot the part where Gallinari gets traded to Philly for Butler

>pays the bill himself
>leaves

Clippers supporting cast is literally already better than the Raptors supporting cast that he just won with and they still have money

i actually like this lineup a lot, but it could be better if they can get a better center than Chandler to be a starter and have McGee come off the bench. It's a shame the Lakers have a good shot at getting Kawhi, because they're honestly better off pursuing Russell and solid role players (unless they can convince some vets to ringchase with Kawhi, Lebron, and AD)

Snitch
Green
LeBron
AD
DJ

Bench:
Seth Curry (MLE)
Kuzma
McGee
Korver

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I really hope Kyrie and Durant sign for the Nets and they completely blow dicks

LeBron fans are literally obsessed with Michael Jordan.

Heatles Bron is peak aesthetics.

>nba talent
>lakers
like who? alex caruso? rondo? muscala?

there's no way they have the cap space to sign DLo, Green, and DJ, those are all 12-15 million dollar guys at least, surely?

Butler and Kawhi play too similarly. they're not really a good match for each other

Asterisk title.

lmao got em

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reminder the GOAT coach of the 90s ran the triangle and would encourage his teams not to fast break in order to run their Half court sets. Says a lot about the post bird/magic era.

Still contingent on who Pooston gets as an AD stopper but see you in the finals, carnal

>Raptors technically don't actually win the championship
>Their best player leaves and wins the championship with another team before they even get a chance to try again

You can't make this stuff up.

Well all of the Clippers are worse than Lowry, Siakam, Gasol and Van Vleet. Other than that you're right.

>I've always worked out, done yoga, I'm fit and slim, and have an above average sized dick. This combination has given me the unique talent of being able to suck my own dick. I've been doing this for many many years, all of my partners have always found this amusing and arousing. I know there are dangers, but trust me, I've done it a lot and I know what I'm doing.

Damn, based Kyrie is so woke bros....

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I could see DJ signing an MLE tier contract to ring chase, however I think he goes to the Rockets instead of the Lakers if they get Butler.

choker, overrated, old, sucks

SGA is going to be a star, Lou Will and Harrell are one of the best pick n roll duos in the league, these are just facts

Butler is going to the Rockets to create the best offensive big 3 the NBA has ever seen. 80 win season incoming niggas watch the fuck out

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teams still use the triangle you moron maybe not as much as phil jackson but it's still used in some sets if you actually watch the game.

realistically D'lo is getting at least $24-28 million, if not an actual factual max

Holy fuck this would be beyond based

ok but do they choke? yeah they choke

What specifically are you trying to imply?

SGA is a bust and the other two aren't even good enough to start for an 8 seed. Literally the pistons of the west.

it's more that triangle-based offensive philosophy has permeated most of the ball-movement teams, but it's definitely not run as a static scheme the way the Bulls ran it

and definitely, no coach today would tell his team not to take advantage of transition buckets

Sga can't score nor is he as good of a passer like Simmons fox or ball.

>steve kerr got outcoached by nick nurse using box and 1

Steve Kerr got outcoached by Tyron Lue running horns with 35 year old shooters.

Daily reminder that with all the campaigning LeBron has barely made a dent in the GOAT conversation.

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>Raptors are expected to be given the final meeting presentation in Los Angeles, a move that typically goes to the incumbent team

WHAT DID KAWHI MEAN BY THIS?

Why don't the Clippers move to a new arena in San Diego or whatever? It's embarrassing sharing a building with another team and they'll never be taken seriously cause of this.

triangle is great at creating good floor spacing when run right. a triangle set with embiid would work well i think if simmons can get over being afraid to shoot

Phil was completely right though. Fastbreak points are a meme and teams that heavily rely on them always get exposed in the playoffs. Teams that win in the half-court game win championships.

Isn't it blatant that Kerr is a fraud of a coach and the only reason he's achieved anything as a head coach is because he's had two of the greatest 3pt shooters in the history of the NBA

steve balmer wants to build a new bulding but jame dolan is blocking it. dolan owns the forum in LA

2% of the population of the believes curry is the GOAT

coincidentally, 2% of people are also legally retarded

Headband/Villain Lebron needs to come back this year
my bad, DJ is with MLE, not curry. This is assuming D'lo is willing to take a paycut, say ~22m instead of his 27 max (which I don't think anyone is going to offer anyway) . That leaves around 10 million for the rest:
1 year @ 6m for Green
min McGee, Korver, and seth

the absolute state of craptor fans

Steve Kerr didn't get outcoached, he was missing 3 of his 6 best players, what the fuck was he supposed to do

Because personal bias. Nobody is ever going to appreciate the multiple things LeBron does on the court in favor of the athletic scorer with the cool layups and faders ,
>nigga give him the clamps

>Stephen Curry 2%

Jesus Christ zoomers need to be gassed

$27 million is the most he is eligible to make

>comparing a retired legend to an active player
During LeBron's retirement tour season in a few years from now, that 10% is gonna go waaaaaay up with all the retroactive circlejerking. Happens with every great.

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Bird is so underrated

who the fuck is other? what are his stats?

then that's what he'll get

Geaux Pellies

instead of having curry handle the ball he should have moved him off ball and let livingston carry it up. with curry bringing the ball up he's getting trapped near the fucking halfcourt line

To be fair, coaching in the NBA is 80% personality management. Steve Kerr was good at maintaining Draymond chimp levels and making everyone in favor of passing the ball around. Coaching basketball isn't like the chess game the NFL is.

Butler is coming to my Lakies get over it already

can't wait for box and 1 on the warriors all next season

LeBron's also gonna finish with 40k points 10k assists 10k rebounds and that'll make the casuals happy

Lou Williams on Clippers’ owner Steve Ballmer- “He’s dead serious on winning… We spend a lot of time with him, it’s not just a hobby. He’s into this shit. We meet with this man probably once a month, he’s like, ‘what’s up? What y’all need? Everything good?’ He’s very hands on.”

Looks like the Lakers managed to fix their cap space fuck-up. Guess they’re landing Irving?

The Celtics are in a really weird place rn by refusing to commit to win-now or building a young core. It’s all a bit of a mess tbqfh

>Shaq over Kareem
>Curry higher than both Russell and Magic combined
>Kobe over Kareem
Larry over Wilt is debatable, but god damn this chart is retarded

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so lakers are a guaranteed 30-40 win team right?

the fact that he's meeting with the Lakers (where he'll have to take a paycut for them to even consider signing him) is proof he's willing to take less than his max if it means a better basketball situation for him

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Skip might actually heem himself if the Lakers get Kawhi

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Why do brainlets actually embrace """tanking"""? Are niggers and children too stupid to understand statistical odds?

I can' t imagine anything more cucked than PAYING MONEY and BEGGING your team to lose for 7 months just to risk rolling the dice to land a teenager that might not be as prone to busting as slightly worse teenagers

>iTs BeTtEr ThAn JuSt SuCkInG
Would you chop your dick off if I told you there was a 5% chance it grows back bigger, 95% chance you get shot for being a tranny freak?

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WHAT THE FUCK BREH

This. He can eat for free anywhere in the city for the rest of his life and I bet any business owner would give him a sweet fucking deal on real estate or a car or whatever he wants. It's not bribing him, it's the fact that the city unironically wants him here and appreciated what he brought. If he leaves, he leaves, none of us should have any hard feelings.

and i'm pretty sure lebron is already 1st all-time in career PER, VORP, and BPM which will make the analytic nerds happy
>just checked
>damn not bad lebron

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Give her some ibuprofen and she'll be fine

No it isnt, hes doing it as a polite gesture. If he didnt meet with them despite meeting down the hall with the Clippers it would be a middle finger, even if he isnt interested. So hes just gonna pop in, listen to what they have to say and leave. Theres not a chance in hell that he signs with the Lakers and anyone who isnt a brain damaged Lakers fan is aware of this.

Because the alternative is not tanking but still being shit anyway and getting worse odds in the end. Tanking is statistically smarter even if the ping pongs don't "bounce" your way

If you're a team who's most likely a 7th-15th seed and likely a first round exit, then sacrificing the second half of a shitty season for a 14% chance at a generational player is more than worth it. The Lakers tanked post all star break and got the 4th pick which allowed them to trade for a top 5 player in Davis. The pelicans sat out their star player and now they have Zion.

do zoomers not drink milk

bros is Twilight actually a good movie series?

It's safe to say LeBron is a more complete player than Jordan and also more physically gifted (just as athletic but taller with a Karl Malone body) Jordan simply accomplished more. Whether that's due to his era or what, it's why people call Jordan the GOAT.

They're great if you're a teenage girl in the late 2000's to early 2010's

The only player to ever leave his team immediately after winning Finals MVP was Jordan leaving the Bulls to play baseball.

Kawhi was photographed in a Jays jersey.

Kawhi to Jays confirmed?

Has there ever been a more team-oriented, unselfish superstar than LeBron James?

He is giving up his uni number to AD and going back to No 6.

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For big markets? Because it gives them something to look forward to during down years, with the occasional payoff of a good pick/prospect to at least use as trade bait.

For small markets? Because it makes them feel better about being shit teams, and if they fail they can at least say "We tried our best, please understand!" as they get relocated.

LAKERS GOT THE MAX SPACE
TRADE KICKER WAIVED
SCRUBS TRADED
LET'S GET KAWHI

this sums up the celtics nicely

And any free agent who schedules multiple meetings always leaves.

kawhi a laker fäm

just applied to a new college lads. i'll finally move out in september :)

Kawhi only granted a meeting with the Clippers and Raptors. Then the Lakers showed up because they are next door neighbors and the Knicks somehow inserted themselves for no reason.

No. Same for Harry Potter.

The only “decent enough to watch” book turned movie series that largely panders to teenage girls is Hunger Games.

what's the draft order looking like for next year? Who goes first and to where?

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lakers getting a max player
we cleared this up to get kawhi bro

I'll never forget what this man has done for my franchise. Bless up. Lakers fans, this man is going to make you really fucking happy next season. Embrace the hate and media clownshow while King James dominates the league.

>Many men, many, many, many, many men
>Wish death 'pon me
>Lord, I don't cry no more
>Don't look to the sky no more
>Have mercy on me

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Lebron, Kawhi, Kuzma, AD, Cousins

League fucked

Next year is definitely Charlotte’s turn to get the #1 overall pick.

t. knower

what if it was for KD lel

I want to die. Fuck MJ. Fuck Kupchak. Why is it always us getting fucked over? I just want to have a decent team.

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>t. Lebron

Paying Kemba the supermax is the opposite of what you do if you want a decent team. Kemba leaving unironically saves the franchise from itself.

kyrie lebron ad
mega team

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Is anyone else entertained by the constantly shifting Laker hater narrative?

>Implying the lottery isn’t rigged

lel

Fuck you're so young I could have babysat your son

yeah jordan is terrible

Is Rachel a jewess

Is it comfy to play in animeland?

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You guys have the best colourway in the league. That counts for something?

Of course. She's slimming down however

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Whens the last time you saw a "got milk" commercial?

This nigger reading the Godfather too much. Y'all realize he's now placing all the pressure and all the blame on a glass AD if their team fails any of impossible expectations their fanbase have for them? Davis just got the omerta kiss by wearing #23

>Sure AD, you're the king now. Wear it with my blessings...

already frontrunners for the worst team in the league

no, letting kemba walk for free while signing a bunch of shitty vets is the opposite or what you do if you want a decent team. They knew this was coming. A competent team would have traded him if they didn't want to pay him. The hornets are just continuing to be one of the worst run teams in the league

No more entertaining than the constantly shifting Lakeshit supporter narrative.

Interesting how aside from a star studdened FO with Jerry west and the richest man in the NBA, all clipper fans have to argue to get Kawhi is to debase Canada instead of highlighting how great it is to play for Squatters.

>that last photo

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im 23. i actually graduated uni but with a meme degree. also the uni was close to my house so i didn't bother moving out.

>we went from not even being considered to getting a meeting with Kawaii while having max to offer
How are we feeling, lakerbros?

it doesn't matter, Hornets will be moved again probably to Seattle lmao, Kemba in Boston is less about the Celtics and more about relocating an underperforming team to a real market that was robbed of a good organization

literally no fans, playoffs, or division wins in 30 years, and you expect to survive?

people literally aren't gonna come to games if Kemba walks. If nobody comes to games while we're absolute shit for the next 3 years they'll move the team. Kemba getting paid isn't what ruins us, its trading an expiring Dwight Howard for 2 more years of $17mil/year Biyombo. 2 more fucking years of $25mil/year Batum. Its another year of $14mil/year Marvin Williams. Kemba on a max is a good contract. Those bums are not.
I wish he'd fucking sell.
Yeah our uniforms are always sick but I'd rather look like a bunch of clowns and be good at basketball.
And knowing our luck we'll end up with the 7th pick or something. If Kemba does leave I hope we just bench all the bum vets and run Graham/Bacon/Bridges/Washington/Kaminsky with Monk as the 6th man and just say fuck it

>everyone's a lakerbro now
i hope they shit the bed

I want Jordan to sell the Hornets and then become a recurring cast member on the Herd.

Lol, I love seeing women get annihilated.

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very good f a m
we're either getting him or kyrie

Kawhi re signs
Clippers get fuck all
Lakers get fuck all
Nets get kyrie
Knicks get fuck all
Mavs get Horford
GSW gets Klay and KD
Timberpups get Russel
Rockets get Jimmy Cancer
Boston gets Kemba

We have no fans because of the first time they moved us. We were one of the highest attended teams in the league when they stole the team and moved them to new orleans. Attendance never recovered to that level.

Obesity really is a plague on the States.

>A competent team would have traded him if they didn't want to pay him. The hornets are just continuing to be one of the worst run teams in the league

Kemba wasn’t eligible for a supermax until he got an all-NBA selection, which didn’t happen until AFTER the last trade deadline.

In this particular case, it wasn’t incompetence. Hornets got fucked over by the league and the Warriors got a gift from the league when they put Kemba on the all-NBA team and left Klay Thompson off, meaning the Warriors only had to pay Klay a regular max, and the Hornets had to pay Kemba a supermax.

lakers will be getting somebody, they wouldn't have cleared up the space if they didnt know they were getting someone. they would have just gotten d'angelo russell and role players if ad didn't waive his kicker and we didn't get rid of bonga and co

She had a set of twins and lives off airplane pancakes give her a fucking break and worry about the shitty condition Puerto Rico is in right now

Shithole flyover teams shouldn't exist anyway

Just try and draft somewhat decent players so the relocation doesn't cuck the new city from Day 1

watch the lakers fuck it up and overpay someone not worth the space

Wasn’t Kemba only eligible for the supermax because he made the all-NBA third team this season? Not totally the Hornets fault. They’re stuck between a rock and a hard place, no-one would want to pay that for him.

this aint the knicks bro

No one cares, I forgot you even had a team in your shit city until the All-Star Game happened. /nba/ is for relevant teams that can exist for longer than 5 years without revenue sharing

Go cry on reddit or something

they knew it was a very real possibility, especially if they were in the playoff hunt. What kind of shit team doesn't have contingencies for stuff like that? They haven't even tried to move contracts to clear up space. They are just a shit organization

no it's the lebrons of california

If we’re being honest, Kahwi signing with the Clippers is the spiciest most entertaining conclusion.

>Charles Barkley criticizes Jordan on the way he runs the Bobcats (now Hornets)
>Jordan cuts Barkley out of his life because it was true
what the fuck is his problem?

>worry about something I can't change myself

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t. pablo hernandez who's too poor to attend Laker games
Oh you mean like when we were the worst team in the league and lost the #1 pick to the league-owned Pelicans, who were purchased by Tom Benson(Saints owner) shortly after winning the lottery? If we got AD like we were supposed to we would be buttfucking the east with AD+Kemba.

bring back the sonics

>we ain't the Knicks bro
>proceed to waste every single lotto pick which was literally top 3 every time on absolute gutter trash that dont even play for the team anymore

desu if the Hornets are really getting gutted I hope Pelinka can grab Lamb instead of overpaying Danny Green

That last pic probably isn't even her.

Come on now. You can still worry about it

>Lakers clear 3rd max spot space

Who's the third guy

more like we turned those assets into anthony davis, a top 5 player and a championship piece. yall say they're gutter trash when talking about them on the lakers, but when the lakers traded them you said the lakers got ripped off and the pelicans are scary now with the same "gutter trash". haters...

The spiciest most entertaining conclusion would be Kawhi inexplicably signing with the Knicks. The Knicks always fuck everything up and the Knicks organisation/press/fans love to turn on players

Since there are apparently actual Charlotte fans ITT, can y’all tell me, do you have any players on your team which are underrated firesale buys?

they're still trash, nothing changed

The dude still drives a 97 Chevy and still uses free gift cards to wingstop. If he got a free vacation, he's staying. Why would he go to the LA to at best get bounced in the second round or stay at Toronto where they just won a final?

Kyrie, Butler, or Kawhi

Can't wait to see all the retards claim Ballmer was cheating when Kawhi comes home, Lakeshits included lmao

AD would have demanded a trade by 2014 if he had to play in that irrelevant hick town, then you'd just be looking at relocation in 2016 instead of now. Be happy the league gave you an extra 4 years to say goodbye.

Cory Joseph

a fucking leaf haha

Anthony 'glass ankles cant make it past the 1st round' Davis

Michael Jordan

...

Fuck the lakers

i feel bad for the hornets. they've always been my secret eastern conference team-fu. when they had the best version of jeremy lin outside of linsanity jeremy lin they were really fun to watch.

if kemba walkers leaves them, they would still be over the cap even if they renounce all the cap holds for their bird rights FAs. they could not even sign decent-ish FAs if they wanted to.

be very afraid

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Kuz stayed on the roster cause he was the only mentally tough player on the team. LeBron likes to challenge his teammates mentally like how Kobe used to. Ingram had a few good games then ultimately fizzed out. Lonzo had a shitty infatuation with the media and would rather mess around in FL Studio than work on his game. Josh Hart was a baby who couldn't shoot. I'm happy to see LeBron is actually getting men to be his knights.

fuck charlotte, orlando, wizards, memphis, minnesota, pelicans, sacramento, and all these irrelevant literally who teams nobody gives a fuck about

>unironic Hornets fans
>on /nba/
lol now I know why Tony Parker seemed so exhausted in his retirement interviews, imagine literally killing TP's love for the game

Memphis is literally winning a chip in the next 5 years, that team is gonna be stacked

>boo hoo I didn't get the first pick for being the worst team
Not how the lottery works, bucko. I'm sorry you had to learn that.

The best thing about next season is gonna be to see how many embarrassing losses the Lakers can stack up

It’s a lottery to discourage teams being the Bobcats.

I’m glad for the lottery reform as it discourages teams from being dogshit. You’re better off now not trying to bottom out.

You forgot the Mavs

Honestly bored of the “LeBron forms a big 3 + literal whos” episode. Why can’t he just make a normal competitive team for once?

>jimmy butler to the heat

really we are doing this shit again of being a 8th seed again with no long term plan

Honestly we should make another version of the ABA to send all the MAGAcuck towns to desu

Lets see what it is, unless it's disabled...

they'll be in seattle in 5 years

So the 76ers second process is actually happening? That's gonna be a yikes from me

Because hes shit

>kemba walker virtually paying 81 million dollars to kill the hornets franchise dead
>pushing them into the nether realm
ice fucking cold

lakers opened up 2000 with a title
2010 with a title
2020 with a title
it is written...

Could be worse, you could be a Charlotte Hornets fan lmfaoooooo

Heat should make it next year with how dogshit the East will be

you cared enough to reply to my post faggot. And what team are you too poor to afford tickets to go see? Here's my 2 guesses and you tell me which one it is. You live in Ohio and are a "lebron fan" so you've been Cavs/Heat/Cavs/Lakers, or live in some shitty ghetto neighborhood near the bay and started watching the warriors 3-4 years ago once they got good and claim to be a lifelong.
pretty sure its just me, but Jeremy Lamb unironically had a really good season and hit some clutch ass shots. His wingspan is huge too, he's decent on defense and can grab rebounds.
Why would he want a trade when we'd be a lock for 5th seed at worst every year? Charlotte is a great comfy southeastern city. Stay in your shithole.
its not losing the lotto, its losing the lotto to the 1 team the NBA would want most to get the pick so they could sell the team.
discourage us from what? We weren't tanking we were just dogshit.

Wherever they will be, that team is winning

LAKERS LITERALLY WHO EDITION:

Darren Collison
Seth Curry
Bojan Bogdonavic
Lebron
AD

Kuzma
Either Lopez
Kantaveous Caldwell-Pope
Reggie "I Suck" Bullock
Trevor Ariza
Vince
Udonis Haslem
Garret Temple
Imam Shumpert
Boban Marjanovic

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reddick gets 5
ariza gets 7
beverley or collisson get 10
lopez gets 10
seth curry gets mle.
another 3-4 vets join for the min.
lakers win.

no that will be Charlotte

>the absolute state of the one single Hornets customer

Mavs have a championship, play in a major market, and have the future GOAT. Our ultimate 5D chess plan to entice Giannis is still in operation.

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none of that happens and they get reddick and lopez

depth is cool
but superstars are cooler

Nothing has really changed with the sixers. Regardless of who signs where or re-signs. They go as far as Embiid and Simmons can take them. Everything else is just smoke. As is the most important thing for the team is 22 year old Ben Simmons improving

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>you cared enough to reply to my post faggot. And what team are you too poor to afford tickets to go see? Here's my 2 guesses and you tell me which one it is. You live in Ohio and are a "lebron fan" so you've been Cavs/Heat/Cavs/Lakers, or live in some shitty ghetto neighborhood near the bay and started watching the warriors 3-4 years ago once they got good and claim to be a lifelong.

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You didn't answer my question, which one was it?

Go Blazers
Fuck LA

Crazy the Whornets are so shitty this nigga turning down the bag so he don't have to play there.

>t-trust the process!!!!!!!
>blows up all of that work to make a one-year 5 all star team with absolutely no depth and utterly shit the bed in the playoffs
Genius

ya hill billy seethe

How insecure do you have to be to talk shit about the fuckin Hornets lmao

seethe
yall cant get to the finals with that ass front court
la will smoke your asses

Lakers level

laker haters status: seething
lebron - ad - kyrie/kawhi
league fucked

Beverly and Reddick will get real money.

...

i want kyrie over kawhi. i wanna see lechad stomp that nigga into the ground.

I'm a Cavs fan and I'll never hate on the Hornets bros

>won a championship once
>haven’t got out of the first round the last 8 seasons
>gave up all their assets to max out a chronically injured big man
>only major free agents in a decade are paying Chandler Parsons the max and a six month rental of DeAndre Jordan

don't worry pablo, save up enough money from your job at the car wash and maybe you'll be able to afford a ticket for a game a couple years from now.

Butler is a cancer on any team

As soon as the Mavs won that title they went straight to the dumps lmao

Rockets in 5 not even gonna lie

Holy Seethe this flyover hick is fuming

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Wade needs to comeback

feeling good about my lakers
you know things are looking good when the haters are getting worked up

nah probably gonna commentate or some shit

>samefagging
ay dios mio, pablo!

>rent free

It better be rent free to live in Boston. That small town is such a shithole

>@wojespn: Reining NBA Champion and Finals MVP Kawhii Leonard has agreed to a 5 year $185 million deal with the Los Angeles Lakers

>w-w-we getting kawhi

You're getting jack shit faggots. Fuck LA, entitled bitches.

>the biggest news in baseball is some chick running out and hugging a chad outfielder
>/nba/ out in full force during the off season
365 day, 24/7 sport, gentlemen.

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ignore that woj hasn't posted in 3 hours

>Reining
>Kawhii
>5 year

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Because Cuban blew up the team to chase after shit free agents.

Was the chick hot?

I hope he will go after vucevic or Horford to fuck up his team for years

I actually checked

Have a (You)

LA is definitely getting somebody. Stop lying to yourselves and drinking that haterade, it's not healthy. We wouldn't have done all this cap manuvering today if we weren't sure a max guy was coming.

Won’t happen. Gonna be Beverly and Favors at a reasonable price.

mavericks sign vucevic
doncic - vucevic - porzingis
roll out the white boy squad

niggas

>I actually checked

You’re a retard then

Vucevic and Porzingis on the court together would be a disaster.

this. imagine the mental gymnastics that it takes to think LeBron doesn’t have a third star lined up
>dude nobody wants to play with lebron
>dude nobody wants to play for the lakers
>dude nobody wants 32 million

>uncle dennis in a kobe jersey
holy shit hahahaha

Yeah I like Baseball but NBA is peak entertainment and drama all year long. WWE should take notes.

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Lakers should get a combination of these players
>Lopez
>Beverly
>Korver
>Redick
>Ariza
>Seth Curry
>Javale Mcgee
>David Nwaba
>Nik Stauskas
>Paul Millsap
>Rodney Hood

what

this desu

I completely agree and I’m not a lakeshits fan. Lakers are definitely signing a max player, I’m just not sure who yet.

Harden would score 80 on them

Knicks are getting Paul Millsap & Tobias Harris

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John Wall status?

>NOBODY WANTS TO GO TO THE LAKERS
>WAAAAH NOBODY GOING TO LA
what does this mean???

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If the Mark Cuban signs another whitey then Adam Silver will for sure roll out a full on racism-in-the-workplace scandal on the Mavs.

>the Wizards took 3 shitty players so the Lakers can steamroll the West
What does Agent 0 think of this???

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What? No. KP and Vuc would be shit on the floor together because athletic PF/SFs would pick them apart, not because of players like Harden. You clearly don’t know shit about basketball.

Jordan is an asshole. Him and Barkley were like best friends for almost 30 years. Jordan shits on Barkley all the time. But the second Charles says something about him, Jordan stops talking to him.

Maybe their way of shitting on the Raptors

>trade Narry Lance so he can wear #23
>trade Jordan Clarkson so he can wear #6 when Davis comes
>trade Lonzo so Kawhi can wear #2
bron playing 5D chess all this time

nothing is solve

Based Wiz beginning their revenge tour against the league. Punished Wall is about to dab on Nintendo and leave no survivors.

He's a true Canadian

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explain, leaf

Next week, in LA

This obsession Cucknadians have with Kawhi is cringe.

kareem>mj>wilt>bird>magic>duncan>kobe>shaq>lebron

first canada wins championship.

then best nba player makes toronto his home.

press F to pay respects to america

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Shoppers Drug Mart is a well-known grocery chain here.

all he needs is 1 sit down with actual hoopers in LeBron and Anthony Davis to be convinced to sign a deal in Los Angeles.

>the face of a man who just got off the phone with Jerry West saying hes getting maxed alongside Kawhi Leonard on the Clippers

we're like that. we appreciate talented people choosing to come to our country. we don't build walls, we build bridges.

>then best nba player makes toronto his home.
When the hell did LeBron sign to LeBronto?

>a fucking leaf

he's said multiple times he doesn't want to play with lebrony.

Did he make that bitch pregnant again or is she just fat?

lakers need to get harris

>we don't build walls, we build bridges.

Yeah no, spare the virtue-signaling pleasantries. You already have a massive effective wall on your border called “America” which prevents unfettered 3rd worlders from illegally flooding in to your country.

he said multiple times he doesn't play for the fans so quit stalking his grocery bags and giving him restaurant coupons you fucking mosquitoes.

F

chinese bridges

>$141 million for a C+ point guard who can't even make it to the playoffs

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What else can you even do at this point?

Nothing more insufferable than a self-righteous leaf talking about how much nicer and moral Canadians are than Americans after having cheered at KD suffering a career jeopardizing injury.

They drink onions milk.

>Singlehandedly cockblock Toronto from making the Finals for years
>Finally leave the East
>Toronto wins a ship
>Afterwards convince their best player to leave and join his crew

Why does LeBron hate Canada so much?

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>aerospace engineering
She didn't fly so good tho

>singlehandedly
to be fair, Channing Frye & Kevin Love had their sloppy seconds after LeBron used Toronto's RAPE HOLES.

Save the shekels

thanks bro!

The true 6 God is coming for his 6 rings

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Asterisk title.

lol he's still this mad 26 years later

twitter.com/LennyDykstra/status/1144340472971874309

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>twitter.com/LennyDykstra/status/1144340472971874309
some things are hard to let go of.

explain

many men...

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lenny and the phillies lost to the blue jays in game six of the 1993 world series when joe carter hit a walk off home run

This nigga is so insecure he cant even decide his number
What a bitch lmao

What does he have against Kawhi

It's gonna be so kino to see fully healed, charged up LeBron back next season

>he ranks a gambling addict that played in a weak era over lebron james
cringe

All the greats wore two numbers.

The Cavs/Warriors were on the brinks of becoming an 80's Lakers/Celtics rivalry and then Golden State decided to coward out of competition by essentially giving Bruce Lee a shotgun in essence of a 73 win team signing Kevin Durant.

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Anti-lebron bros I’m calling for an emergency meeting. How do we cope with the current situation?

I don't get the argument that western or southern cities are better because it's "warm", or it's "not cold".

Do these people not own jackets?

D'Angelo Russell is definitely not the type of nißßa to make polite gestures, least of all to a team that traded him. His meeting with the Lakers most certainly means he has interest

You must be autistic

LeAirconditioner uses another mans number. He is a bitch.

>no melo

am /fit/ in the midwest and can confirm my bones hurt after lifting heavy in the winter
can't imagine what its like for nba players working out in practice facilities and having to do constant trips in the cold, let alone the negative degree fuck factory it is in toronto

Can relate.

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Can't imagine hooping in Phoenix

I literally laugh out loud everytime I read this shit, lmao...

Lou Williams said on the podcast that nobody wants to raise their kids in Canada, nobody wants to get a Canadian phone number, and a Canadian bank account. Let alone go through airport customs every time you travel back home. Plus it's cold as fuck in Toronto. He said it feels like you're so far away and isolated from home when you play in Toronto, desite the fans and organization being good.

He’s completely right.

>world class athlete
>basically infinite money
>still beta

>Kuma

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I like advanced analytics because they expose overrated And1 early 2000s era chuckers such as Kobe, Tracy Macgrady, and Allen Iverson.

Damn they making it sound like Alaska or something up there

1776 motherfucker, he's going to philadelphia!

kek

Mark Jackson couldn't even get to the finals with those same dudes.

This. He knows that if he were to sign with the Lakers they wouldn't be signing anyone else worth a fuck, so the whole load management thing that he enjoyed in Toronto wouldn't happen for him. He'd get run into the ground.

I GOT HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOES

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Kawhi is definitely autistic but lord knows he could do better

>Let alone go through airport customs every time you travel back home

NBA negroes already travel by team plane or special chartered flights and they're still complaining that they get groped by TSA and their Leaf equivalents?

holey moley is on

I would say that love is not about what is on the outside, but in this case, it's probably some bitch he knocked up and has to stay with now because he had kids with her by accident. Oh well, play stupid games win stupid prizes, guy seems like an alcoholic from what I've read and seen.

Well hes wrong since DeRozan literally wanted to do all of that

that's his sister you idiots

Before the off-season I wouldn't have thought Kemba "never won a playoff" game" Walker was better than Kyrie and Horford combined but Celtics fans seem to think he's the next AD but better.

whew, almost felt sad for the man

I GOT OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOS
ON MYYYYYYY DAMN BOX SCOOOOOOOORE

No it isn't, his sister is MUCH uglier than that.

ad plays with 23, lebron has played with 6 in miami, league is fucked, 6 lebron was peak

Lou Will talking a lot of shit for being a backup his entire career lmao just because you're an all time great Clopper doesn't make you anything in the real NBA

Kawhi staying and /nba/ absolutely btfo for the second fucking time in not even 30 days

Arenas BTFO'ing everyone who romanticizes 90s defense and takes shits on Rodman/Pippen.

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Fuuuuuu

toronto wont win another with him man, it doesn't matter if he stays, league will only be impacted if he leaves

>literally brought dozens of guns into the locker room daily
>valid opinion

what makes him an alcoholic? you wanna see an alcoholic nba player look at tristan thompson

all those years tanking and being bad and high lottery picks to only nr. 27 overall pick Kyle Kuzma survive?

Shut up.

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>raptors won't win
>raptors won't sign kawhi
>when they do they won't win
>ok they won twice but they won't win again
>threepeats are stupid anyway dynasties are lame

No it's cool if you want to put stock in a definitive n*groids opinion but I'm not gonna hitch my horse to that wagon

He's not even that good, the Lakers front office really just listen to sports bloggers and media people to know who could be good.

>Canadians don't have second amendment rights therefore can't protect themselves from shootings at their parades

he has 4 sisters, she's one of them

well think of it this way, would you tank 8 years for a guaranteed top 8 player just starting his prime?

think most teams probably would

>gun is the only way to protect yourself
Sound like a huge bitch to me

they got very fortunate man, i understand bias can stop you from seeing that, but its very unlikely it'll happen again

oh, Damn, he really keeps his life on wraps.

The only huge bitch was your fat ass mom who would.not.stop.letting.me.fuck.her.last.night

It's ok jealousy is a natural reaction to greatness. Feels good being a winner

I am a Laker fan. I've been following the off season with cautious skepticism. So far, so good, but I don't want to assume anything.

All this hate though, makes me feel like a championship is coming. Little bitches only make noise when they are feeling threatened. Thanks for the encouragement, losers.

Only the immigrants believe this was a legitimate championship.

There are only 4 basketball powerhouse nations in the world:

Black America, Serbia, Lithuania, Philippines.

ayy P we won a chip against jonas jerebko and quinn cook

>everyone up until the mid 90's played basketball like street fighter
Based No Chill Gil

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Is there a name for this specific sort of retarded illogical argument where people go

>you said x wouldn’t happen but it did
>you said y wouldn’t happen but it did
>therefore z will happen because you said it won’t

Is what all the warriors immigrants believe when they won one facing LeBron and Delly as the Cavs second best player.

blanka main

Yes it's called experience in you always being wrong so I disregard your opinion because you are always wrong. You have the brain power of a shooting victim.

Thats cool just means his bitch ass is getting swept by my Lakies in the finals.

I think kuzma is good but the problem with him is that he's already peaked and he's 23.

he's not even gonna make the finals. Gasol is going to be wine drunk and old all year and then Lowry is going to come in to training camp at 240lbs.

>LeBron won’t go to LA they said
>Pelicans won’t trade AD to the Lakers they said
>Kahwi won’t join the Lakers they said

There, I just countered your retarded argument with a similarly retarded argument.

Bro, you're just setting yourself up to get BTFO.

This is so right. I can smell butthurt all the way down here coming from passive agressive haters.

Everyone said LeBron and AD were going to LA a year in advance. The difference is I'm right and you're wrong. Again...

mj could have gotten a real gm too in rosas but instead he went with kupcheck because he was a freaking tar heel

Why is noboy questioning Kawhi's noticeable limp from the ECF onwards and he's still walking with a limp into this summer? It's safe to say he's gonna need to manage his load a lot this year.

Why Philippines?

It's ok LeBron and AD will play 2 on 5 for half the season then be full of energy for a championship run

Can someone explain how the salary cap works?

Like, how much does $32 million in cap space for one player translate actually? Does that mean they get paid $32 million per year for 4 years or what?

/nba/ is always wrong
#hestay

They have two years to figure something out.

The Raptors won a title because of injuries

That being said, defeating the 76'ers and sweeping the Bucks from a 0-2 deficit was impressive.

The only reason they signed Hayward was because they knew their fans wouldn't buy any jerseys otherwise.

WE DID IT BROS
THEY STILL SEETHING LMFAOOOOOOOOOOOOO

>That being said, defeating the 76'ers and sweeping the Bucks from a 0-2 deficit was impressive.

Not really. The Raptors had an infinitely more experienced and veteran roster than both those teams.

Just gonna fake injuries so they can focus on the movie. That's why they are both in LA in the first place.

regardless, they're talented teams and Giannis is arguably better than Kawhi

>defeating the 76'ers and sweeping the Bucks from a 0-2 deficit was impressive.
No it wasn't, they are both TERRIBLE overrated teams.

Giannis, is fucking NOTHING without free throws, and that showed when he actually started passing out of every drive because he was scared of the free throw line.

The Sixers can't space the floor at all, and it's basically 4v5 when Ben Simmons is on the floor, dude can't even shoot a MID RANGE!!!! that's a disrespect to the game, you can't be a professional and not shoot, it's crazy to me.

Bo Fucking Jackson

>having two small forwards in the starting lineup
you a stupid nigga OP

butler is a jumbo guard who can guard 1-3

But together we six deep, with five heats, nothing sweet
First nigga fronting getting lifted off his fucking feet

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Raps just won the ship and their fans are already panicking

is this average /nba/ poster this retarded or...

Assuming Kawhi stays:

WC
1. Nuggets
2. Lakers
3. Blazers
4. Clippers
5. Warriors
6. Rockets
7. Spurs
8. Pelicans (if Lonzo and Ingram stays healthy, if not then Jazz)

EC
1. Raptors
2. Bucks
3. Nets
4. 76ers
5. Pacers
6. Magic
7. Hawks
8. Celtics

The Raptors also have talent, but they have talent AND experience. Go look up the number of teams who’s best player was 26 or younger who have won a championship. Giannis and Embiid would immidiately have entered the track of top 10 player all time territory if they won a championship at their ages.

manlet

Wait, the raptors are a great team, but they are the type of team that can only do what they did once. Others will catch up, and they used up all they had in the tank that post season. No way they can keep it up for another whole season and stay first. Bucks are better.

you think curry by himself can get 5th seed?

thatd be impressive

wilt was like 7'2 and had an above 40 inch vertical

fuck off skip

>Thunder not in the playoffs

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>is this average /nba/ poster this retarded

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>hawks
ok no

I like the cold more but there are a number of people that hate it. It's why so many people end up flocking to to Florida or cali. But in Floridas case people will hate the humidity and they end up moving to nc where it's not as bad. Then the nc locals bitch about the Florida license plates everywhere

I like the cold too, but I’m still in my 20s, and it’s a pretty common occurrence that once you get older, you start to dislike colder weather.

Reminder the cucks are only gonna get worse and the raptors are going to get back one of their best defenders.

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it's complicated
cbafaq.com/salarycap.htm

>Conley Mitchell and gobert won't make the playoffs
Nigga

Will Lebron turn back into being 27 years old?...

>Kyrie can I take a pictu-
>First, tell me what does Government mean to you?

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Asterisk title.

You have a 35 year old Lebron that no longer plays defense.

A new coach that has been mediocre his entire career.

And a PF in Davis that has made the playoffs twice in 7 years, and also injury prone.

Unless the Lakers land a few solid role players, they are nowhere near being a title team.

Why stupid pajeet?

Toronto reporting in.

The summer is beautiful, honestly amazing. Winter is a hellish abyss where -40 for a week wouldn't be unusual. You don't understand how terrible that shit is until you experience it.

They almost fucked it up this year but barely got in. Now next year we have better teams and these guys stayed the same. They ded mate.

good morning

false
lebron plays defense

brad stevens: good morning

kyrie irving: WHEN YOU HAVE A TOOTHACHE DOES THE PAIN EXIST IN YOUR MOUTH OR YOUR BRAIN

Hi Lebron.
How the offseason steroid injections going?...

we gon get kawhi

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1. LeGod (down 3-1 2016 NBA Finals)
2. LeBronto
3. Black Mask LeBron

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>lakers clear clap space
>clips still sign kawahi

lol

can't wait to see how the lakers fans spin this L coming their way....

hows it going fattty

we gon get kawhi, kemba, kyrie, dlo

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>a fucking leaf

Why is Houston so retarded? They shouldn't trade all their fan favorites away like Eric Gordon and Clint Capela. They need to trade Chris Paul. Memelytyics Man needs to be fired as well.

Kawhi wants to play with Butler, a guy who will fit perfectly as a second man, especially behind someone of the caliber of Kawhi. Butler also is probably cool with that, Kawhi is approaching messiah status at this point, but I dont think hed be cool with being a third option who gets run into the fucking ground since theres no backup like he would be on the Lakers.

No one is taking 35 year old Paul, which still has like 42 million on the books.

trade Chris Paul for Gordon Hayward

Fuck all you zoomers, this is what real rap sounds like
youtube.com/watch?v=cXxMIOX-qJA

Kawhi and Butler would be an awesome defensive duo.

No one wants chris paul right now and Gordon and capela are more movable. They will land butler first then figure out the rest later

Kawhi never wanted to play with butler lol literally reported by some loser hired by ballmer and copied by every other site

I don't see how this is worth it for the rockets, is butler that much better than capela and gordon?

nobody wants to play with butler. he thinks he's better than he actually is

Jesus there’s no way heat fags were worst than laker fags

As a LeChad fan, I don't want gay ass Kawhi. My nigga Bron need his ass to win.

did the debates break Yea Forums

Sam Amik is not a loser... plus he write for the athletic, that's like the top of sports reporting these days you can't even read their shit for free you ahve to pay

>he doesn't understand placebo
LeBron wearing the number 6 will make play better, retard.

Man I won’t mind Kawhi leaving because at the end of the day, he’s the dude and would be making a power move unlike a certain snake.

But lord have mercy, I will tear this fucking General to fucking pieces if he ends up staying. I’ve got screenshots ready for you racists, Star spangled dick sucking?brain dead motherfuckers that keep disrespecting my country.

T. Lardass
>lose weight

Ok
Why did Wizard help the Lakers?

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I'm sure there's a ton of nazi's losing their shit over at /pol/ right now, warren or bernie would destroy turmp in athe elction

wizards don't have a gm. adam silver stepped in. the golden goose of lakers and lebron will never miss the playoffs again

I have heard/read the Toronto writers and podcasters who joined the athletic. Useless hacks that get no patreon support or ad revenue so they figure they might as well get a few bucks from the athletic.

sanders literally looks like a senile get off my lawn guy

yea they did hire a ton of local beat guys in every market but sam amick is their senoir NBA writer, plus he used to write for USA today before that

And trump looks like a McDonalds every meal guy

So I heard my Lakies won today

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What is there to hate? We have the best history. The largest fanbase. The best location. We're considered to be the number 1 contenders for the ring the next few seasons. Do you hate our success?

can't we get younger candidates like in their 50's at least? who the hell is gonna vote for biden

The same sheep that went for Hillary, Obama and Biden as that defeatist conservative Democrat that plays patty cakes with republicans

AOC will likely run for president in the coming years, she's pratically a shoe in at this point I think she's like 22 or something....

Fuck off to /pol/ or r/politics you autists

youtube.com/watch?v=kroxmCZUgQ4
Tfw its been 10 years since LeBron and Green been teammates
What have I been doing with my life?

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/pol/ chimping out

Yeah. Plus every rockets fan has wanted to pair harden with an all star sf for a while now. A guy like kawhi, pg13, or butler.

>mfw they said the Lakers couldn't create max cap space
>mfw the Lakers created max cap space

And you can hear the collective silence of the entire NBA as their buttholes tighten up a little bit more.

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>you will never see a silly, goofy, happy-to-be-here LeBron ever again

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who is Marianne Williamson? literally never heard from her

Are lebron/AD/kawhi winning a ring?

who the fuck are the guards on that team?

Klay and Kyrie

Caruso and Rondo. And that's more than enough with 3 top 5 players on the team.
Kawhi, AD and LeBron will create the greatest frontcourt in the history of mankind. You could play current Isaiah Thomas and Ray Allen and still win it easily.

>LOL LAKERS WON'T GET AD
Lakers get AD
>LOL LAKERS HAVE NO CAP SPACE
Lakers get cap space
>L-L-LOL LAKERS AIN'T GETTING KAWHI
???

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I really doubt Rondo will sign for the minimum

AD is getting injured and missing the playoffs, LeBron can't carry a shit team to the playoffs anymore, and kawhi is either going to the clips or the staying Toronto. The days of lelkers dominance are over for good

really can't see them winning it all with rondo and JR smiff starting, they should be bench players on a title team
if they are starting who the fuck is on the bench?

If the lakers get Kwaahi I will kill myself on cam....

That's how confident I am they won't sign him...

Great now I have to cheer for Kawhi to go to the Lakers

fucking kek

Lakers vs Nuggets

Davis > Jokic
LeBron >>>>>> Milsap?
Kawhi >>>>>>>>>>>> Barton

Davis would eat Jokic alive on offense and make him work on defense. Lakers in 5.

Davis >>>>>>>>> Clit Capela
LeBron>>>>> PJ Tucker
Kawhi>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>????

Harden can't keep up with that trio and Kawhi can guard him on defense. Lakers in 5.

Davis>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Cousins?
LeBron>>>>>>>>>>>>Drayboon
Kawhi>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Iggy

Curry and Klay would get their pussies eaten out by that front court. Draymond would look like a child.

Davis >>>>>>>>>>>>>. ????
LeBron > Giannis
Kawhi>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>.Middleton

Bucks will lose depth as well from free agency

Davis < Embiid
LeBron >>>>>>Tobias
Kawhi >>> Simmons

Sixers have the best chance to beat them.

Why can't you see that Kawhi going to the Lakies is a win win for the whole league? The Lakies become the defacto bad guys that the other teams come together to hate on now that the Warriors are kill and the Lakies get at least 2 rings. Everyone is happy.

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>2 rings
5. They trade whatever they have left outside the big three for Bronny to team up with his dad for 1 year and he ends up winning FMVP like Magic.

>third
are they forgetting about the hawks

>Curry and Klay would get their pussies eaten out by that front court. Draymond would look like a child

Lmao Dubs would score 100 in 3s alone with all the wide open shots

Now that the Warriors are dead and buried, where do you rank them as a dynasty?

Ainge too much of a pussy to give the Pelicans Tatum

>LeBron liked it
Based as fuck.

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he was also too much of a pussy to trade for kawhi. the guy is a lame duck gm, like his buddy larry he'll go down as a failure in the front office

Even if Ainge gives the Pelicans Tatum the Celtics would probably be fucked regardless since AD pretty much guaranteed it to be an one year rental

Kawhi's camp want him in NY or LA

hahaha

The lakers literally only have 6 players (3 under contact) on their roster. Who the fuck are they going to sign?

IFF they really go with the "third max dude" route it'll be literally nothing but ring-chasers on vet mins and whatever MLEs they could get

Jordan played in the most physical era and LeBron played in the most skilled

ray allen, kobe bryant, tim duncan, paul pierce, and kg

Me

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unironically a 40 win team on its own in todays nba

Lottery reform just makes teams be more likely to bad for longer periods of time. Thanks to the draft often being akin to throwing darts to a dartboard blindfolded, and the potential side effect of lottery reform causing teams to overpay B and C level players which leaves them no cap space to sign actually elite talent that will substantially improve their team.

Can you bet on Kobe coming out of retirement?

honestly, we need a lakers vs knicks finals. sorry flyovers you had your time to shine

is kawhi into ratchet hoes? was that the secret all this time bros?

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Black Mamba's comin' outta retirement

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That's his sister, retard. Here's the family photo with his sisters to the left of him. His actual girlfriend is moderately attractive

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Holy shit for once you make a good post

Only considering the 2000+ dynasties:
>Spurs
>Shaq/Kobe Lakers
>Warriors
>Heat

>That's his sister, retard
Damn canada you didn't have to get so retaliative

>jawn nigga even brought out the family photo and defended the attraction of kawhi's hoe
lmao

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>3 players and a pick for free
It's not like the Wizards are worried about running into the Lakers in the Finals this year. They'd be stupid to turn down that offer

> players and a pick for free
the players are complete ass and the pick is a 2022 second rounder.
shut up.

Asterisk.

Title.

Why is this the only picture on the entire internet of Kawhi's girlfriend?

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She got that eggplant head

Whi got his Navy SEAL hacker buddies to scrub his footprints off the internet. He only allows what he wants you to see.

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>93784390
Don’t ever make me do this again

...

redick won't play for teams that are far away from brooklyn.

>nets and bucks that high

So you rank them Embiid > Davis > Jokic???

You are wrong, it is Jokic > Davis > Embiid.

>kill myself on cam
but youre already dead to us why bother

He hit the nail on the head. The level of play in today's NBA is so much higher than any era before it. Lebron would have a fucking field day being guarded by wings from the 90s.
>but muh hand checking
again, his mobility and strength means this wouldn't impact him much anyway. Also, both of those qualities (and the fact that he is a tough defender in today's NBA when he tries) mean he would be an absolute menace on defense with the physicality the rules allowed then
>Everyone said LeBron and AD were going to LA a year in advance.
t. brand newfag
Clearly you weren't on Yea Forums the past year and a half. every other post was saying the Lakers wouldn't do either -- I'm guessing you had never watched basketball before this year's playoffs for that matter

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tl;dr
the maximum contracts are annual based on a percentage of that year's salary cap and a given player's accolades and time with the team. The cap is slightly different every year based on the CBA and can be exceeded by a team under certain conditions. being over the cap incurs some penalties, including trade restrictions and the luxury tax if well over the cap which increases every consecutive year a team pays it
but yeah is right

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small forwards and shooting guards are the same in the modern nba. There's more variance in play style within each of them than between them

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Replace Warriors with Jazz, Spurs with Thunder, and switch the nets and sixers and I approve

Lebron will be able to put forward effort on defense this year as he'll no longer have to carry the offense by himself

Buttigieg is okay

(You)

yeah, and that's okay I'd say. Assuming the max player is a wing say, Jimmy or Kawhi, add Korver for some more shooting, rondo at point, someone like DJ or Lopez with an MLE starting at 5, and McGee, Kuzma, and Caruso or a vet after a ring (D. Rose?) coming off the bench and you've got an absolutely nasty rotation

That would imply the NBA is overrated.