>DeMarcus Cousins out indefinitely with torn ACL >De'Aaron Fox drops out of Team USA leaving the current roster to 13 >Prokhorov agrees to sell Brooklyn Nets and full ownership of Barclays Center to Joe Tsai >Spurs to Retire Tony Parker's No. 9
Dude holy fuck >Melo >anything other than pure fucking cancer >Dwight >OHHHHHH MY BAAAACK
Holy shit you faggots are desperate, Booger tearing his ACL is beyond a bad omen for your doomed ass season. Kawhi is destined for glory, LeBron is destined for a death spiral, and the Lakers will die with him. The paradigm shift is upon us. This last decade of utter failure is only the beginning and at the end of it all, LeBron single will have single handedly destroyed the “mystique” of joining the Lakers.
Meanwhile Ballmer will funnel unlimited amounts of cash into the Clippers dynasty and Jeanie Buss will be sucking dick to keep the lights on in Staples Center.
Grayson Rivera
LOL when will you lakeshits stop shilling for old ass superstars of 10 years ago?
Cameron Harris
ESPN has the magic finishing 4th in the eastern conference. Fultz is back in college form and bamba and Isaac are the twin towers of The south east. Been a long time since I've been this excited.
Ian Carter
Who else remembers that time Kawhi made the entire Lakers FO wait like a hungry dog for its dinner - only to take away the bowl and put it on top of the fridge, all for the purposes of fucking over his competition for current “best in the league” status - LeBron?
Who else is excited for this year when Kawhi knocks Le3-6ron out in the first round on the way to his third Championship/FMVP run, sealing his fate and strengthening his own legacy in the process?
Do you think LeBron is scared knowing that Kawhi has his number and is gunning to put his old ass in the ground?
I cant imagine being a Lakers fan though. Boogie tearing his ACL seems like a harbinger of whats to come. Id be scared. When AD leaves after LeBron shows hes out of steam, id want to kill myself knowing theres another decade of tanking before we reach the Playoffs again. All id be able to do is watch my garbage team play like the garbage team they are and hope things get better while knowing that they wont. Id just tell myself all those Championships I was born after make up for it.
Matthew Brooks
Fultz Bamba and Isaac are terrible but the Magic are good
Isaac Lewis
Kawhi was the 3rd best player on his own team last season
Parker Sanders
>averages 30.5pts in the postseason in one of the best postseason performances of all time >hits gamewinner to bring team to ECF
Holy FUCK cope bitch cope
Logan Ross
Toronto players that deserved the chip 1. Kawhi 2. Siakam 3. Ibaka 4. Lowry (for once he did not choke and played very well) 5. VanFleet 6. Marc Gasol ... 9001. Patrick McCaw
The Clippers picked up Mo Harkless and a first round pick from Miami for free so the Butler trade could be completed. How the fuck does Jerry West keep getting away with it? That pick was then immediately flipped as part of the PG deal, too,
I hopped on the Clippers bandwagon Expect to see a great deal of us in the upcoming season
Kayden Gray
This is going to be so much fun
Brandon Watson
>ayy lebron sorry about 2009 but we cool now right?
this is gonna be so hilariously awkward
Anthony Fisher
PatBev - elite 3&D LouWill - best 6man PG - elite 2 way wing Shamet - basically Cuttino Mobley on a rookie deal Kawhi - elitest 2 way wing, best player in the world Mcgruder - 3&d wing with playmaking qualities Jamychal Green - 3&d giganigga Harkless - 3&d Zubac - lighthouse Harrell - ubergiganigga
Rondo - dribble dribble shit defending team cancer Cook - famous for being steph currys friend who can hit open shots 1/3 times, cant defend Avery Bradley - 3&d guard 3 years ago, might go to jail for wifebeating KCP - might come back to jail, 3&d if you dont value making shots and defense means running like your head is cut off Danny Green - only good player on the list Dudley - might hit a standstill shot when he's not on some espn gig, otherwise a traffic cone Lebum - 6'8 rondo at this point Kuzma - mike beasley with greenlight not yet turned off, should i continue with the defense theme or we just assume Davis - great rim rolling big, too bad his body breaks when doing the only thing he's good at, otherwise he's just a mediocre high volume long 2 shooter Mcgee - autism therapy willing he'll continue to be ok backup level lobcatcher Cousins - gsw was a rehab, slimmed down, best shape of his life, improving shooting, attitude, could look great in frank vogels roy hibbert patterned system
Buried six feet under. That zombie won't stop shit
Carter Foster
4th is unlikely 5th would be great for them
Benjamin Torres
the Magic are a weird team to predict
last year they were all about Vuc having a career year, so you would expect him to fall back to earth and them to fall off, but they also have a million young guys in Gordon, Bamba, Isaac
they should trade for CP3 that would rule
Henry Foster
Funny. I predict the same thing for the Clippers and Celtics.
Eli Sullivan
pop if you need a warm body just call me i bring that worldly je ne sais quoi
Andrew Martinez
Who is going to be the laughingstock of team usa and be the only 1 man cut from the team?
Daniel Hughes
ESPN high as a kite ma man
Lucas Gomez
Jerry West is the GOAT executive. As good as he was as a player, he's a better exec.
this general is dead. literally 0 fun here anymore
rip
Carter Powell
How can you fall for this bait
Robert Gomez
Here is video of the 10th best (maybe) buzzer-beater of all-time followed by the absolute best. all in under 3 seconds of game time... youtube.com/watch?v=p-u4pIQyjfE
our boy is coming home and he's slightly more mature! we will welcome dwight with open arms
P.S. i'm going to be watching that caruso-beverley MU like a hawk this season just in case patrick gets humiliated
Western Conference: 1. Clippers 2. Nuggets 3. Rockets 4. Jazz 5. Trailblazers 6. Warriors 7. Spurs 8. Kings
Eli Perry
December 15. Warriors trade dlo to the heat for Jimmy butler
Mason Lewis
Rockets Nuggets Clippers Jazz Lakers Blazers Spurs Warriors Brehs Westbrook might get eliminated in the first round again
Xavier Roberts
I just checked in for the first time this summer and it's still only the same pathetic anti laker semites posting. sad! I left this place and like larry, I traveled the world during the off season. I just left Borneo and I heard larry is still DJing trap music in Ibiza. does anyone remember who won the title? it escapes me so it couldn't be that important. shout out brazilarry, I hope this post finds you well
lmao they are going to get a 4 seed. nets are too low too. pistons arent making a playoffs
Jayden Brown
just a guess but I'm pretty sure reed has the biggest cock
Blake Reed
I still remember that one half time show at a shillcocky lucks home game where a guy brought a dog onto the court just so it could take a shit on the court much like my Raptors took a shit on the bucks every year for the past decade
So when does the season start again? 2 months? Sigh. This place is a ghost town during this off season. Well at least Larry isn't here anymore.
Adam White
I think Melo still has a chance to turn his career around, all he needs is a change of scenery
Jordan Perry
Shooters shoot! Just realized how far back that one was. Definitely happened before the whole metoo movement shit, doubt he'd get away with that today
Xavier Butler
So basically Demarcus Cousins was nothing but a big waste of talent, not a bum but a player that was incapable of staying healthy therefore doing nothing but bouncing from team to team eating up big contracts only to do jack shit and the only time he made the finals was with an already stacked team and still didn't contribute shit. Is he an Andrew Bynum type bust? Probably not but he's on the cusp at this point.
Mason Walker
bynum was the defensive linchpin on 2 championship teams call me when cousins approaches that level of "bust"
Bentley White
could you play vooch at the 4
Evan Kelly
>i think melo has a chance to turn it around he just needs a change of surgery
Thomas Thompson
lmao, absolutely not
Vuc for Dlo, who says no
Nathan Young
He's very very good at the things he's good at (passing, transition, defense) but he's also very bad at the things he's bad at (scoring in the half court, shooting)
and the thing's hes bad at are much more important especially if you still expect him to be a #2 overall pick All-Star pick, instead of Rich Man's Ricky Rubio. but he's still an exciting player to watch
William Martin
in 2 years we can make a run for Giannis
PG: Lebron SG: Kuzma SF: Giannis PF: AD C: Howard
bench: ray allen, melo, CP3, bosh
literally who can stop us?
Tyler Torres
he's basically what happens when someone min/maxes the wrong stats
Kawhi is absolutely based, making the genny seethe like this.
Luis Parker
Bros a man died in my arms last night. Feelsbadman. Please be careful out there, even if youre just crossing the street.
Dylan Wright
Now the dust has settled, why the fuck did Dallas and then Memphis so wildly overpay Parsons? Overpaying him destroyed the last few competitive seasons of Nowitzki and Marc Gasol
Matthew James
damn that sucks. take care man.
Jaxson Moore
yep. first time they lose three in a row, lebron will start throwing teammates under the bus
Adrian Hall
>why the fuck did Dallas and then Memphis so wildly overpay Parsons? as always, the answer is 2016
Kevin Hill
Fuck Dame, faggot ass nigga actin like he even give af about winning. Nigga would never be second banana (all he good for) to a real nigga like Greek or Whi
Brayden Brown
Melo is even worse than Dudley lmao
Jason Butler
Fultz b a pussy nigga n u kno it
Charles Hughes
Niggs please L3-6ron achin for Whi dick
Ethan Fisher
I just kno dis nigga stay playin for da wrong team nah mean
Wyatt Martin
I thought he was on the wizzards
Nolan Carter
Day 1 niggas done knew dat nigga wuz a herb
Justin Thomas
Cuz faggots wanted a taste of dat fuccboi dick
Austin Wright
Yes. It's only a matter of time before he starts plotting against Vogel.
Next season on the Lakers is almost guaranteed to be a shitshow because of how many Machiavellian motherfuckers they've managed to gather all in one place. Just off the top of my head, there's LeBron, Rich Paul, Rondo, Kidd, Jeanie Buss, and Pelinka, all in the same building, all plotting and scheming around and against each other. It's going to be some Game Of Thrones type shit.
Easton Morales
JKidd b a slimy ass nigga. Dude ousted his college coach ffs
Liam Russell
Just add Wade n u got a dynasty LMAOOO
Hunter Torres
Slow ya roll lil nigga he only been hurt for da last 2 years. Nigga wuz a beast b4 dat
Nigga please if dem niggas had Boogie Kobe wud have more rings than MJ
Andrew Thompson
What's the hardest part of committing vehicular manslaughter?
Your dick as he dies in your arms.
Levi Sanchez
Why does Lebron like him? Is it because he shut him down in the Mavericks series?
In 3 years when the Kings win the championship. Demarcus Cousins will be looking back on what could have been when he retires and Lebron will be leading the Lakers to another 32 win season as he rides off into the sunset.
Carter Young
Once they trade out Hassan Mudslide after Nurkic returns, they'll either go for Kevin Love or Lamarcus Aldridge and go Super Saiyan.
Brayden Collins
The Kings traded Cousins for peanuts because they didn't want to pay him
Vivek was a big fan of Buddy Hield. He said he wanted to draft him because he thought he could be a top shooter like Klay Thompson and Steph Curry. This goes back to Vivek being a part owner of the Golden State Warriors before he was involved with the Kings. He saw how the Warriors were able to build through home grown talent and he wanted to do that himself. He saw Buddy as the first piece: acquiring a great shooter and building around that.
lonzo ball is an extremely good full-court defender, that's his main strength. he's also a smart and accurate passer. his weakness is his shot which is all kinds of awkward. kuz' has the same problem he's extremely athletic and good on defense but he still hasn't learned how to catch and shoot a basketball. lonzo has the classic "hurlball" problem; he nests the ball over near his shoulder/arm when it's supposed to be in front of you
>In 3 years when the Kings win the championship let us review what teams are currently better than the queens, shall we? my lakies the clappers trailblazers rickets nuggets jazz 76ers deer warriors L'tics you guys have some room to make up
Daniel Edwards
conner.
Adam Butler
Larry is a Nuggets fan. Trevor, Conner, Nick and Ken are plebs merely repeating what they heard somewhere. Reed is a sunny personality and the leader of the pack.
What's the ceiling for my guys, The Houston Rockets?
Charles Campbell
Winning the whole thing
Elijah Martinez
Night losers
Tyler Peterson
>everyone hates the Warriors >claim Curry and Draymond are cocky >they pick fights and Klay initially backs off to watch and intervenes only to break up fights >Klay is included in all Warriors hatemongering
>Golden State Warriors win another championship >Curry, also KD major benefactors >Klay Thompson gets thrown under the bus
Man I hate all of you for dissing Klay. I bet if he weren't injured, he would be on the USA Basketball team right now.
Lonzo's big weakness that he doesn't get enough crap for is, he's unable to beat guys off the dribble in the halfcourt, or do anything useful. It's not just that he's useless off the ball.
Kings are built for the future Harry Giles Marvin Bagley and De'Aaron Fox all gonna be good
Klay rules eternally
Jackson Scott
>Clippers are renovating all parks in Los Angeles and adding Clipper advertisements with them >Clippers are giving away free backpacks to every single student in LAUSD Hahaha the Lakies are finished. Ballmer is literally going to buy the Clippers way into being the biggest team in LA, and there is nothing anybody can do about it. Money speaks. We the richest team in the NBA.
why do so many american players drop from the national team? they have like 6 months of vacations per year and can't go 20 days with the national team? buch of spoiled cunts
Aaron Richardson
Cause it's not the Olympics.
Benjamin Murphy
How to get over an obsession with LA Lakers and anime?
so? it's not like it's the panamerican games or the world cup qualies, it's just a 6 games cup every 4 years
in the nba they just play the league, it isn't like europe or south american where they play the domestic league, domestic cup and continental cups all at the same time, they have lot of free time
Jaxon Carter
They don't want to waste their time on anything that isn't the Olympics.
Angel Morgan
he's coming off the bench mob, so yes
Nicholas Cox
It still takes time and energyand runs the risk of an injury, and no one really cares if you win the thing, the only international competition Americans care about is the Olympics
Plus the league is really wide open this year so players are especially motivated to train for that even more so than usual
Joseph Bennett
I'm one melo or dwight away from becoming a mavs fan. What in the fuck has happened to my lakies
Not at all nigel, the writing has been on the wall since kobe retired. I'm more upset that lebron has completely taken over the ship to have a comfy retirement. We were on the right track for a rebuild tio we got rid of D'lo for a guy who's ceiling is Jason Kidd. Oh well, Luka is a big cute and should be an all-star this season and porzingis will ball out and stay healthy along with a pretty decent core. I have them as a 7th or 8th seed
the Lakers are a stupid team but they'll almost certainly be better than the Mavs this year
Connor Wood
will they? they seem ridiculously slapped together and have no full court depth
Mason Sanchez
>malone and payton all over again
Logan Nelson
Their roster doesn't make a lot of sense and IDK if I buy them being title contenders but being able to put lineups with Anthony Davis, Lebron James, Kyle Kuzma and Danny Green is basically good.
the Mavs can't put together lineups like that. The Lakers might get beat in the playoffs but they're a good RS team
Really smart play by ballmer. Maybe he should have kawhi and pg13 help with one for photo ops with a pizza party to show that they will show up for fans
jr smith? i haven't heard of him since lebron left that crappy team.
Gabriel Ross
AD obviously
Grayson James
the desperation is truly palpable. i laugh hysterically when i hear fellow lakies' fans talking about our "rivalry" with the clappers. what rivalry? we're going for our 17th championship this year and are very likely to get it. would you like to know the "OTHER" L.A. team's record in the playoffs? well... and i quote: >Overall, the Clippers have qualified for the post-season fourteen times; most recently in the 2018-19 season. They passed the first round of the playoffs five times (1975–76, 2005–06, 2011–12, 2013-14 and 2014-15). The Clippers have never won league or Conference titles. In their 45-year history they have never been to a Western Conference Finals, and the 30-year drought between winning a playoffs round is the longest in league history. that's sixteen to zero for anyone keeping track. we don't even need to get into division and conference championships because we know what that comparison would look like
it doesn't matter how much cocaine ballmer does. it doesn't matter how much money he chooses to blow on a doomed franchise. you're never going to be competing with us. never. maybe if you win 16 championships in the next 30 years then we can talk. until then it's the 1st or 2nd greatest team in NBA history (it's the 1st btw L'tics fans) being compared to the most notorious losers in the history of the league
lakies' have dominated them in every single meaningful match-up that has ever taken place. the only reason the head-to-head regular season stats are close AT ALL is because we chose to prioritize Kobe over everything for 10 years straight (no regrets). and we still managed to get a chip out of it
maybe ballmer and microsoft can make a $500m deal with the NBA so that the allstar game and the finals will have clappers-themed colors on the court. boy that would be something
Official western seeds rankings: #1 Jazz #2Nuggets #3Clippers #4Rockets #5 Warriors #6 Trailblazers #7 Lakers #8Spurs I think no team is going to be incredibly dominant, there are too many teams that are too good, additionally, I think many teams are going to be good enough to win games but not good enough to make the playoffs such as the mavs, and the Pelicans.
Ryan Harris
I seriously can not wait for Kawhi to body your dead franchise
Evan Taylor
where the new memes?
Austin Cook
>s-so what if kawhi and PG will be alternating load management all season? t-they have lou will!! p-patrick beverly too!!
real talk, are the Lakers better off with Dwight, Noah, or Faried? they just need a guy to fill minutes during the regular season, so I'd lean towards faried since he's got the lowest odds of getting injured. That said, D12 could be pretty effective playing 10-15 minutes a night getting a bunch of rebounds and a lob or two
the back injuries are the only concern there, the rest are pretty normal, especially for a big
Jaxon Mitchell
Clippers aren't as tough as everyone thinks imo. Both PG and Kawhi have bad habits of completely disappearing on the offensive end unlike most of the west stars. I can see Curry and Klay sweeping them in the western finals.
Luis Anderson
> "AYO BRUH NO DOUBLE TEAMING I GET ENUFF OF THAT SHIT DURING THE REGULAR SEASON"
Dominic Peterson
Switch Jazz with Clips and that's pretty much my list. Although I would have warriors above rockets.
Jonathan Williams
Is San Diego more of a Clippers city?
Grayson Ortiz
its hard for me to put clippers that high when I think that both Kawahi and PG are going to get the shit load managed out of them. Especially with how intense kawahi played last year.Im really high on the westbrook+harden combo I think itll work fantastically after the initial figuring things out phase.
Grayson Foster
I Think the clippers should be the clear favourite to win the nba title next year.
Jose Foster
>calls others desperate >writes an essay illustrating how theyre right
Lmaoing at your life
Connor Ross
>implying the regular season means anything >implying the MVP means anything
Gabriel Martin
yes
Matthew Bennett
i remember this post lol. he's referring specifically to the choking clippers curse with Chris Paul, DeAndre Jordan and them.
Dylan Reed
oh she gets fulfilled every night if you know what i mean
Jordan Morris
>implying they can reach postseason with that handicap group of misfits
>Jaysun Tatum Overrated mid range iso shooter can't finish inside >Kyle Kuzma Low skilled high energy bench wing >De'Angelo Russell Run and gun perimeter chucker that can't finish inside or play defense >Julius Randle Poor man's Zach Randolph >Ivica Zubac Awkward big man that's ok at rebounding and getting layups
Isaac Martinez
How *anyone* can take a look at Dwight fucking Howard and give it a moment's thought is absolutely laughable, ignoring the fact he's washed he has also established via four teams in four years that he is an absolute cancer. He couldn't even put up the effort in his hometown!
He also bangs trannies while pretending to be a holier-than-thou Christian with his thousand children, serious cancer.
Joshua Jackson
that's why you develop them for the future instead of splitting them up because of MUH ALL-STARS
Lincoln Smith
Lakers aren’t a top 4 team in the West next year (Clippers, Nuggets, Warriors, Jazz and Rockets are all better regular season teams) and aren’t a conference finals team next year (Denver, Warriors, Clippers and Rockets are all better). Spics will be buttmad but you know it’s the truth.
Daniel Evans
I didnt know they were still making music
Landon Wright
I feel bad that people arent talking about Ayton at all, dude had a fantastic rookie season
Adrian Clark
Wait, how is Faried still a free agent?
load management might reduce the number of regular season games they play but it shouldn't have a huge effect on their playoff chances. the whole reason you load-manage is so that you can be intense in the postseason
skeptical on Harden + Westbrook because Westbrook was really bad last year, isn't necessarily better than Chris Paul, fits worse with Harden, and they're both dickheads. but who knows they're both pretty fucking good at basketball
obviously, Im just talking regular season here, the clippers, barring injuries, are going to be a force in the playoffs.
Westbrook was also recovering from surgery for most of last season and has talked about being completely willing to give harden the ball. I dont think people are paying enough attention to what Westbrook brings to the rockets that they didnt have previously: athleticism, a refusal to take his foot off the brakes, and a consistent threat under the paint. Teams when playing against OKC usually clog the paint to prevent westbrook from driving in, you cant do that against a Harden lead offence.
Jace Evans
Unfortunately him being in the Suns and lack of a real point guard made him worse than he looked, maybe with Rubio instead of Booker or a bunch of inexperienced players doing ball handling duties Ayton will probably do better. Still have to hope Monty run schemes that'd benefit him though since Ayton didn't get fed enough under Igor
Owen Rivera
They say you should always give big men and point guards a few seasons before judging them because they take longer to develop than other players.
Carson Williams
he didn't look bad at all tho, hopefully with rubio and a better coach hell get more attention but the man balled out hell be scary in a few years then
The average NBA draft has 5 All-Star or All-NBA players
what 5 guys from the 2019 draft are going to make it
Ian Gray
>how is Faried still a free agent? he's still a bad shooter and defender he'll get signed closer to the start of the season as an energy guy but doesn't bring anything to camp
Benjamin Ross
the problem is what they put around him
Xavier Mitchell
Hakeem lookin like an absolute P I M P
Logan Parker
Haven't been on /nba/ for weeks, don't even give 2 keks, wanna know why /nba/? cause we're getting Dwight howard, we're getting everyone next season, and we got the capspace.....
shit we might even fuck around and sign kobe and nash and try this that big 3 on top of this new big three, call it a big 6.
Seriously, who the fuck is stopping this? Add in Lou, GOAT bench guy off the bench, and then Shamet who literally CAN NOT be given an open look from three point range because hes shooting 43% as a rookie and its going to be a slaughter. Zubac will improve, Terance Mann will very likely be another SGA, and Harkless and McGruder are serviceable end of rotation guys, with Harkless having been a starter. Its a fucking lock. Doc Rivers is a fantastic coach responsible for unlocking Harrell, and Ballmer will be the GOAT NBA owner of all time.
The only question now becomes can Kawhi become the GOAT?
Daniel Flores
kek pure cope literally WE GON posting hahahaha
Leo Parker
>Thinking Ballmer will be the GOAT NBA owner
The team still needs to win enough championships and undo three decades of failure, underachievement, and all the negative narratives first before that can happen, otherwise he'll just end up being another Paul Allen (for the Blazers anyway since the 12s did win a SB under him)
everyone knows mj. even people who don't follow basketball know the goat. this shit isn't even a debate unlike other sports where you can kind of make an argument for multiple athletes
Camden Wood
it's not whos the most famous or has the best marketing department behind them it's greatest
Michael Jordan is a psychopathic bum. He dominated during a notoriously weak period of the NBA (post-Bird and Magic, before Kobe). His nemesis was Clyde Drexler. He faced teams full of absolute nobodies with the sole exception of the Utah Jazz (Stockton definitely got the better of him). He had to rely on an incredible supporting cast throughout his career which included Rodman, Pip, Kukoc, Grant and Kerr. He was given the benefit of the doubt on every single play he was involved in. Referees were explicitly told not to call fouls on Jordan. That is a fact. And it makes sense considering he was the face of the NBA and the most massively-marketed athlete of all time.
And I guess that's the reason we have to deal with all of these Jordan shills. Because of Space Jam and Hane's commercials and all of the other "Be like Mike" nonsense. Couple that with the racist hatred that Lebron gets for his social activism and it's no wonder we get these stupid posts. Lebron James literally built a school for poor black children while Michael Jordan was building private prisons used to cage black people. Get fucking real even trying to compare these two guys. There's a reason that Lebron is considered the GOAT on and off the court. He carried teams, often with little to no support. And he did it against elite opposition. Something that Jordan wouldn't be all that familiar with. I don't give an athlete points for going off to play baseball when things get tough.
Lebron gets fouled every time he drives towards the hoop but he's so strong and stoic in his reaction to the hits that these stupid refs miss it. It's also worth noting that Lebron is the greatest high school player of all time while Jordan was irrelevant in high school. If Lebron had played college ball then he would have surpassed Pete Maravich as the greatest college player of all time. But we'll never have that confirmation because he was so good he went straight to the NBA.
Zachary Gray
How much rings you think Bron has left in his career? I'm thinking he gets one during this stint with the lakers, and a 5th at the end of career as a ring chasin vet.
Ryan Butler
>3 days wtf lads
Robert Moore
Anyone watching this australia game? Just me? OK...
Bentley Taylor
Zero
Adrian Brown
It’s the deadest time of the offseason, there’s literally nothing happening
Aiden Green
>mfw I hear people saying Melo still has a lot to offer and he should join the Lakers >mfw no face
Matthew Lopez
Lakers are like a old past their prime thot. That tries their best to remain hot by putting on 37 lbs of make up on and wearing leggings. But the reality is they are a shriveled up ugly gray haired boobs sagging to the floor irrelevant franchise.
Zion has the easiest path with his popularity. Jah is more than talented enough offensively. Barrett's probably borderline like Tyreke Evans/Rudy Gay where you assume they'll make at least 1, but they never do. So I still need 3 more. After the top 3 it's mostly role player types, but Jackson Hayes and Cam Reddish seem like good bets to me with their ceilings. Then maybe Garland or Langford for the last spot. I haven't watched much of either, but I think more potential is there compared to the other first rounders.
Kayden Smith
>Duncan 20 to 56 wins (+36) >Hakeem 29 to 53 wins (+24) >Shaq 21 to 41 wins (+20) >Towns 16 to 29 wins (+13) >Deandre 21 to 19 wins (-2)
Xavier Diaz
they are unironically on their way to becoming the knicks of the west yeah ayton is on the worst team of all of those guys
Robert Ross
Shaq pretty much single-handedly added 20 wins to an expansion team.
Julian Sanders
yeah because they made him the centerpiece of the offence, watch any suns game last year and youll see ayton get open constantly and noone giving him the ball, which makes no sense considering his averages
David Torres
Zion Morant Garland Cam Johnson Kevin Porter Jr
Nathaniel Allen
Zion aint gon do shit. Fat ass no skill ass nigga. Runnin n dunkin like a fucken baboon ass nigga. Dance nigga dance. Fucken pussy ass coon ass nigga
Juan Bailey
>Zion aint gon do shit. Fat ass no skill ass nigga. Runnin n dunkin like a fucken baboon ass nigga. Dance nigga dance. Fucken pussy ass coon ass nigga
didn't Duncan, Hakeem, and Shaq all play multiple years in college
Tyler Torres
>yfw shaq has a doctor of education degree
Noah King
Oh, fuck
Connor Wilson
D. Rose?
Andrew Hall
Da nigga got no skills lmao. He only in da league cuz he athletic. 100. Da nigga cudnt make a bucket if a 3 piece and grape juice wuz on da line. Fucken Bismack Biyombo ass nigga. Fucken monkey ass nigga. Ooh ooh aah ahh! Zion take a good look. Dis ya future u fucken no dribblin no shootin no cuttin ass nigga
Colton Nelson
Why are you typing like a guido
Lucas Roberts
t. Wiltanon
Connor Flores
>honorary Timmy D held off on entering the NBA until finishing his bachelor's because he was genuinely interested in it. What a man.
Isaac Morales
Kareem MJ LeBron Hakeem Duncan Shaq Russell Wilt Garnett Curry
hell yeah, Jo Jo White is better than Kevin Garnett, let's fucking go
Hunter Diaz
>Garnett LMAOOO
David Foster
Can't even refute the statement properly.
Evan Morgan
Why do boomers say stuff like "Wilt was the most dominant player in history"? He only won 2 rings, if anything he just looks like a massive statpadder who choked in the playoffs
Grayson Diaz
because it's a stupid argument
James Carter
Bros how do do i tell gf to shave her moustache? Im not at patrice level (yet) where i can just tell her to no problem and i cant think of any way to get it done without doing some sort of james bond operation
Eli Gonzalez
Garnett has no claim to top 10 so just shut the fuck up.
Jackson Ward
One of the best two-way players of all time, elite for like a million years, carried a bunch of egregiously garbage Minnesota teams and then won a ring as the best player in Boston
Andrew Reyes
Aint nuthin guido bout dis long dick, nigga
William Bell
Just pretend to try to wipe something off her face and when she says "is it gone?" Just say "oh... nevermind." She'll get the hint.
Robert Murphy
Live and let live, baby
Xavier Morales
This would only work if you say yeah instead of nevermind the only way i see it working without pissing her off or directly making her insecure is planting the consciousness of it in her head while making sure she doesnt think im trying to hint about the hair on her lip Yeah im close to just doing this its just i was macking her the other day and it caught the light in a bad way for a sec and it killed my chub for a bit
Ethan King
>one ring LMAO shut the fuck up which other nigga in ur top 10 has only one ring. That's right, none. You included this one ring wonder over Magic, Bird (he would be Curry-tier in today's game so shut your faggot Zoomer mouth) or Kobe. Even Wade would be a better pick. You're dumb dude.
Landon Adams
You can't say yeah because then she doesn't get the hint lol. There's no good way to do this. She has to feel self-conscious or she won't do it. She hasn't shaved it yet because she's either not aware or doesn't care.
Hudson Wright
Bird is close he just got hurt too much towards the end of his career, same with Magic basically
Wade and Kobe weren't as good as Garnett and it isn't really even close. Wade had similar career length issues, and Kobe is the most overrated ever probably, won a lot of rings but got carried by Shaq for the first 3 and had another elite big man and supporting cast for the last 2. It's stupid how much we care about counting rings, like Kobe or Wade deserve 100% of the credit for winning those rings and most of it doesn't come down to chance. You look at the 02 WCF or the 06 finals and tell people that Kobe and Wade singlehandedly carry those teams to victory. Like if you put Kobe or Wade on those Minny teams they're going to win? Don't make me laugh.
Carson Jones
>Kobe is nowhere near Garnett are you aware that virtually every basketball great disagrees with you, including garnett himself? i mean you zoomers make me laugh but i have to ask that basic question
Hunter Hernandez
they're all wrong and can fuck off, fuck kobe
Cameron Green
>Bird is close he just got hurt too much towards the end of his career Yeah let's just ignore those 3 MVPs he won in his prime
Justin Parker
Does anyone have the imagen of LeBum and Spongebob's characters?
Depends on what you judge players by - either how good they were in their peak or their overall career.
Alexander Rodriguez
well bird is golden according to either standard
Brayden Harris
>Game 7 of the 2000 Western Conference Finals between the Lakers and the Trail Blazers. The Lakers were down by 13 at the start of the fourth quarter when new ref Dick Bavetta went to work. The Lakers outscored Portland 31–13 in the fourth quarter and went on to win the game and the series. It certainly didn’t hurt the Lakers that they got to shoot 37 free throws compared to a paltry 16 for the Trail Blazers.
Justin Ramirez
you don't know jack shit you fucking faggot. You weren't fucking alive during Bird and Magic, you weren't alive during MJ. Go stick your Juul up your gay little ass and fuck the fuck off. Fuck, you were still sucking on your mom's tit when Wade won in 06 so what the fuck do you know, nigger.
Camden Robinson
Oh yeah just read what you're responding to. Bird is way above Garnett.
Joseph Wood
I love when Zoomers try to put together top 10 lists. At least do 5 minutes of research before sperging out ITT. ffs
Reminder that Zoomers literally think Duncan guarded Shaq lol
Christian Clark
EVERY DAAAAY IS EXACTLY THE SAME
Logan Watson
Howard is still a much better baller than the other Lakers center candidates and it’s not even close
Problem with Howard is he’s a head case that doesn’t want to play team ball or play to his strengths. All he needs to do is protect the paint, do picks, catch lobs and rebound. He’s really good at all of those things, but instead he wants to be the centre of attention and have his shitty offensive possessions.
>but instead he wants to be the centre of attention and have his shitty offensive possessions THIS is why he's not a better option than the others. Go read the stories. he's been considered a cancer in SO MANY locker rooms. Even in Charlotte they hated his faggot ass. Literally nobody wants to play with him. His reputation around the league is that he is low character af. Bringing him to your team would destroy team chemistry.
Zachary Fisher
He can still get you 10/10 easy, just isn't worth big money anymore and not the star he was
Easton Lee
What you really mean to say is that he can pad his stats with a 10 and 10. Half the players in the league can do that but only so many can make their teams better while doing it. Lakers can do better with the ball in other peoples' hands.
Dylan Harris
lakers are desperate man who else they can get? joakim noah? bogut? idk greg oden? javale is their only 5 unless they move ad there
Grayson Jones
Don’t disagree.
It’s a shame tbqfh because Howard is honestly underrated as an individual player - the things he’s good at, he’s really fucking good at. I mean, he’s been the best rebounder in the league for at least a decade
The problem is whether Howard will accept that. He’s bounced around from team to team because he’s unwilling to be a role player
Aaron Jenkins
>Duncan's +36 wins
While the 56 wins after he was drafted is impressive, but wasn't the season before that a tank job after everyone on the Spurs was injured?
Easton Ross
He's going to have to or he's going to get the Melo treatment. If LeBron can't get him in line he's done.
Charles Anderson
based
Christian Clark
Come on dude, it's not as if Boogie was gonna play 30 minutes a night. Just play smaller, not everyone can pull it off but you have LeBron and AD ffs.
Honestly does it matter who they get? LeBron is gonna make them look good. I mean he even made Mozgov look passable.
Luke Jenkins
that nigga was good at shooting at chino and ucla. why'd he fall off so hard
Justin Barnes
Or he’ll be Iverson/Sprewell and get bounced out of the league despite ability because of his shit attitude
Jose Johnson
I think he's actually lost a lot of value due to the way the game's played now. He's a SHORT big man (like 6'9" IRL) who can't shoot and hates running to the rim. He can't even post up lol. So what exactly is he gonna do for a modern NBA offense?
Joshua Robinson
isn't this the guy that went on reddit to get people to do this?
Cooper Hernandez
Yes this is entirely true. But we both know Duncan had a huge influence on that +36.
And because Lonzo can't shoot for shit, he clogs up the spacing on the floor and makes it worse for everyone.
Andrew Diaz
Those 90s Hawks jerseys were fresh
Kevin Morgan
Catch lobs and provide spacing
Rockets are a modern NBA team and they had Howard and now Capela who plays the same. Only real difference is Capela is more willing to play P&R
No-one posting up anymore should benefit Howard given he’s dogshit at it
Adam Ward
Willingness is a big thing for team chemistry and what not. And every team Howard's been on, they feed him the ball in the post for at least a few possessions a game to keep him happy. People hate that manbaby shit.
And you can't forget that Capela is more young and athletic. All it takes is losing a single step for a non-shooter to lose all their value.
Owen Bailey
Weird career. You realize he shot 7% higher for 3s in 2001-2002 than any other season?
Lucas Cox
um what. Iverson could barely play at the end lol. Dude was no different from Isaiah Thomas.
Connor Jenkins
He is good at shooting when he has tons of time to release his shot and set up and he's wide open
that happens way less in the NBA
Isaiah Hill
bros, I'm travelling through Asia soon
is it really this easy to steal them Asian girls over there?
It's not just that they lost. Plenty of guys lose. Malone and Robinson lost but they also played like total shit in the playoffs to an egregious extent.
Still good players obviously. Both easily top 20 of all time. But you don't belong on the top-10 list if you get exposed in the playoffs like Robinson and Malone did.
Robinson is NOT better than Duncan lol. That's a dumb opinion. Robinson was flashier on offense but Duncan's defense was FAR superior. And Duncan was much better in the playoffs (aka when it counts).
Melo was ALWAYS a scrub. All he did was pad his stats his whole damn career. Mad niggas could do that but they wanted to win so they sacrificed their own stats. He never could because he's a bitch
Christian Smith
Not just stats, but money too since he basically forced his way into New York before the lockout
William Butler
Literal meme player. He's lucky Dolan's such a fucking idiot
Evan Davis
Can Sabonis pass like his dad? I haven't watched the Pacers in years
Iverson stans can be just as bad. Especially the faggy ones on Leddit
Jaxson Smith
at least iverson made it to the finals
Ayden King
bro Iverson won 1 game in the Finals!
Ayden Parker
le epic stepped over Ty Lue man xD
Iverson was a faggy manlet and that's all he ever was
Andrew Flores
dude he wore baggy clothes
Henry Barnes
dude he rapped
Christopher Davis
i know you children are too young to have watched it live but it was one of the best individual performances ever in a finals game. and i'm saying that as a lakies' fan who never liked the guy. the general "storyline" going into the game was that shaq and especially kobe were going to dismantle and humiliate philly in an easy home game. vast majority of basketball fans thought that iverson was going to get exposed and that he had only been putting on all-star performances because of the easy coast
then the game actually happens and kobe totally disappears. iverson is having a godlike performance from the first moment. shaq is having a strong game and 100% carrying my confused, shell-shocked lakies'. it ends up being close anyway because philly is hot garbage but jesus christ he took over the game. i had to listen to my little snotty friend brag about the game for a couple of days at school. but naturally my lakies' took over eventually >le epic stepped over Ty Lue man xD it's funny that zoomers only know the game from that totally inconsequential moment but then they'll use it to dismiss the godlike performance. why don't you just watch the rest of the highlights and then you won't be so ignorant. give a man his props when he has a legendary game, even if it's an annoying manlet youtube.com/watch?v=GWoc0HRO5V0
the samefag lakers spammers were defeated lmaooooo
Alexander Morales
shut the fuck up you little faggot. The Lakers obviously didn't try very hard because they knew they were huge favorites, you must've forgotten that they won THE NEXT 4 GAMES you fucking retard.
Ivermanlet got fucking DOWNLOADED oh btw downloaded is a computer reference you senile boomer fuck
Josiah Gonzalez
dude the KILLER crossover
Leo Lee
r/JustBeWhite told me that noodlewhores are white supremacists
Brandon Murphy
fuck kawhi
Thomas Evans
btw gg Boomer
Colton Foster
based Fuck these zoomer shits
Asher Gomez
both of you sound fucking retarded. Dude was trash, deal with it
Jacob Davis
Some decent G-league center with no injury history would be fine. They just need someone to fill minutes at 5 during the regular season
Camden Gray
Aren't you guys excited to see Kawhi in Toronto...to pick up his ring and proceed to assrape the Raptors?
Grayson Kelly
They're winning it all next season right? It's still a 3 point game
Neither of these little faggots want to win. They're happy ending their careers having people wonder about "what could have been". Dame especially is a fucking clown. He just wants to be the top dog, nothing more. Fake ass bitch.
they wont even make the playoffs. westbrook will be waving them goodbye.
also fun fact: "Dame" means "bad" in Japanese
Andrew Watson
>learned to shoot from his offhand >learned to make floaters >vastly improved his defense Last season, I'd say he didn't deserve that MVP, but he sure deserved this one.
Henry Campbell
but dude le long arm man can dunk XD
Landon Jackson
top seed: Clippers o/u 62 bottom seed: Hornets o/u 14
Ryan Nelson
the faggot is a meme player who only thrives because he gets epic foul calls.
Chase Morales
every superstar in NBA history has thrived on getting epic foul calls. harden is no different
Isaiah Ward
um yes he is. His whole game is based around drawing ticky tack fouls.
Jack Wood
tm104 goes hard f.a.m
Levi Brooks
based white guy
Robert Bennett
>Hornets O/U 14
Can they really be as bad as if not worse than last year's Knicks?
why the fuck do the aussies call themselves "the boomers"
Christopher Thompson
my hornies will win more than 14. Bottom 2-3 in the league for sure but more than 14.
Jackson Peterson
Ok Larry Sanders
Aiden White
>pass like his dad no >haven't watched pacers you aren't a real klansmen if you don't watch our pacies
Ethan Gonzalez
haha reddot is bad but 4chins is epic gamer style
Aiden Garcia
because they boomed your moms begina last night
Parker Gonzalez
gotta visit china soon
Robert King
I'm living my fantasy watching /nba/ disintegrate into ashes. shout out brazilialarry
Joseph Butler
Why are players so soft these days?
around 4:14 in he talking about how they need team psychiatrists and shit. lmao wtf is with this soft ass mental midgets. even goes on about keeping a dear diary journal
Hakeem was a meme player who only won because MJ was serving a suspension.
You may not like it, but Kareem's sky hook was unguardable. Much more efficient than all that footwork.
Nathaniel Robinson
Seijuro Akashi whoops both
David Allen
>Hakeem was a meme player >Hakeem was a meme player >Hakeem was a meme player
Luke Roberts
You ever heard of da 3 pt shot, nigga?
Charles Green
Yeah because Hakeem won all those rings when MJ, Magic, Larry, or Isiah were playing... oh wait
Noah Fisher
Also u forget my Zoomer friend. Hakeem's rep was damn near Dwight Howard-tier before he won
Jaxson Young
Hi Isiah!
Isaac Barnes
>before he won
Nathan Morris
So is Stockton a 'meme' player?
Jeremiah Howard
the only two who can defend are slow big men. simmons is ok but it shouldnt be too hard to cross him up and pick and pop or something probably because MJ had the GOAT coach and Pippen to help him, Magic had literally fucking Kareem Abdul-Jabbar plus Pat Riley, Bird had Robert Parish, McHale, and DJ, and IT had the entire roster of the fucking Pistons. Hakeem had fucking nobody until 95 by which point he was old as shit
Anthony Collins
all white players are meme
Austin Bailey
The '93 team was very good but only missing one piece. The '94 team was built perfectly for Hakeem.
Nicholas Williams
How dare you disrespected the great George Mikan
Jack Wood
>Kareem's sky hook was unguardable
Only won him 1 chip before magic johnson and he get to statpad MVPs in weaker 70s
I really hope that Davis only doesn’t want to play center in the during the regular season cause if he pulls this diva shit in the playoffs I’ll look at him the same as I did Dwight Howard.
Mason Taylor
he doesnt want to play center cuz hes bad defensively at it
Owen Reed
How good were those Bucks teams in the 70s? Kareem may have the same case Lebron has.
Nicholas Perry
Then the Lakers should sign Noah for defensive purposes.
Jordan Morris
15 per hour I assume
Parker Ramirez
Yes, retard. He literally farmed assists with Malone and never won shit because they had a predictable ass offense.
Jaxon Williams
turrble
Landon Lopez
what's the opposite of cruisin for a bruisin because that's what he's doing why am i so bad with word