/nba/ general - Rumors edition

>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

>COMPLETE NBA 2019-2020 SEASON SCHEDULE RELEASED: stats.nba.com/schedule/

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FUCK THE LAKERS

I TOLD YOU FAGGOTS COUSINS WOULD GET HURT

I JUST NEVER THOUGHT IT WOULD BE SO SOON

Doesnt matter we will get Dwight and melo anyway

Cringe

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.

LOL when will you lakeshits stop shilling for old ass superstars of 10 years ago?

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.

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?

lmao imagine actually being a clippers fan

Is Kawhi sporting an afro his final form?

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At this moment, it feels pretty damn good.

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.

Fultz Bamba and Isaac are terrible but the Magic are good

Kawhi was the 3rd best player on his own team last season

>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

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

1.Lin
2.Kawhi
9001. Siakam
9002. Lowry
9003. Ibaka
9004. Gasol
9005. VanVleet
90006. Green

post yfw dwight redemption arc

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>post yfw Dwight and Lebron dont get along, the team implodes and AD leaves after one year like he already said

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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,

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>Lakers
I predict in the next 35 years the Lakers will win exactly 0 finals.

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Harden might have developed a new skyhook

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PELICANS will win their first title in 2022-23, cap this shit.

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Honestly, if we can just tie or even surpass the Celshits in rings with Lebum and AD, then I won't mind another 10 years of tanking afterwards.

I’m glad cousins got hurt this early. That gives the Lakers plenty of time to find an actual center who can defend the position like Noah.

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WHO

SDOPPIN

AYDEE??!?!?!?

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WE GON GET DWITE

If the Lakers sign Melo, between him and Bradley will be enough bricks to build the Great Wall of China

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Ladies and gentlemen:

The new Death Lineup (now with improved defense!)

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I hopped on the Clippers bandwagon
Expect to see a great deal of us in the upcoming season

This is going to be so much fun

>ayy lebron sorry about 2009 but we cool now right?

this is gonna be so hilariously awkward

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

geez i wonder which team wins

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the clips need 1 strong Eastern European guy to beat people up in the post

that's all they're missing

>Harden might have developed a new skyhook
*BLOCKED BY WILT*

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which of u ass clowns were the ones getting triggered by this image during regular season? show yourself

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Based
We have not yet seen Zubac’s final form

Buried six feet under. That zombie won't stop shit

4th is unlikely
5th would be great for them

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

Funny. I predict the same thing for the Clippers and Celtics.

pop if you need a warm body just call me
i bring that worldly je ne sais quoi

Who is going to be the laughingstock of team usa and be the only 1 man cut from the team?

ESPN high as a kite ma man

Jerry West is the GOAT executive. As good as he was as a player, he's a better exec.

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Are my lakies waiving boogie?

kd is so fucking soft lmao

Elite post

>DeMarcus Cousins out infinitely with torn ACL

Fixd

how do you go from this...

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to THIS?

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Kawhi Leonard

this general is dead. literally 0 fun here anymore

rip

How can you fall for this bait

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

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>the truth
>bait
Sorry youre a retard
Caruso gets humiliated every time he steps on the court and the light shines on his head

western conference is spicy. who in my house is based?

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Ken and Larry

fuck kahwi

What kind of faggot has friends named Connor or Trevor?

why are the Suns so bad? Shouldn't Booker + Ayton be enough to get better than 19 wins by themselves?

>the Suns
*Los Suns

Fuck the Raptors
Fuck Canada
Fuck Pierre Trudeau

based

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white people

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Eastern conference:
1. 76ers
2. Bucks
3. Pacers
4. Raptors
5. Magic
6. Nets
7. Pistons
8. Heat

Western Conference:
1. Clippers
2. Nuggets
3. Rockets
4. Jazz
5. Trailblazers
6. Warriors
7. Spurs
8. Kings

December 15. Warriors trade dlo to the heat for Jimmy butler

Rockets
Nuggets
Clippers
Jazz
Lakers
Blazers
Spurs
Warriors
Brehs Westbrook might get eliminated in the first round again

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

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>heat at 8

lmao they are going to get a 4 seed. nets are too low too. pistons arent making a playoffs

just a guess but I'm pretty sure reed has the biggest cock

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

based dip

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Y’all nigs be sleepin on my celties :) all I can say is watch out, we comin for dat ship ya feel me

didnt matter if he was healthy, shit show(lake show) is just getting started

Be honest, did you know Dwight Howards played for the Grizzlies before the news of this potential trade?

Has the season started yet?

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Y'all see DBooker looking like a bitch online?

yes

Night losers

WE
GON
GET....

DWIGHT

WE
GON
TRADE
BOOGER

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He's coming home

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>WE GON GET JANIS

Larry is spot-on

seriously FUCK your team. how do you make the finals and then lose. good god i cant even imagine that shit

why do NBA sports writers love the Hawks so much?

>lakers fans were actually excited to get boogknee cousins

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Which players are the most malignant lockeroom cancers?

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Lakers are so desperate they're welcoming back a guy the fans still hate from the first stint?

shaq has made more 3's than ben simmons

lonzo "magic 2.0" has made more 3's than ben simmons

That picture is so funny.

KD cringe compilation thread? LGTSS

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memes aside, What's the deal with Lonzo? is he legit or are people praising him as a joke and just playing along with the meme lavar started?

I cant tell anymore when people praise him

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cringe compilation? How about a based compilation

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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.

I think Melo still has a chance to turn his career around, all he needs is a change of scenery

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

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.

bynum was the defensive linchpin on 2 championship teams
call me when cousins approaches that level of "bust"

could you play vooch at the 4

>i think melo has a chance to turn it around he just needs a change of surgery

lmao, absolutely not

Vuc for Dlo, who says no

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

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?

he's basically what happens when someone min/maxes the wrong stats

>SG: Kuzma

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Who can stop him this year?

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Is that the Cavs roster in 2 years?

*blocks your path*

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So Jason Kidd is waiting to swoop in and be the next Lakers head coach, right?

>spurs won't make playoffs because Kings are Mavericks are going to be better

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Are Shaqs good basketball sneakers? Need some poverty basketball shoes

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The NBA 2k20 demo is supposed to come out tomorrow. I'm excited to see what kind of builds you can create this year.

>tfw you know lebron will carry the lakers to another championship

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>hating a man you've never met this much

Fuck Erdogan nigga

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no
does anyone care about the grizzlies?

/ourguy/

This team shouldn't work but I feel like it would

Kawhi is absolutely based, making the genny seethe like this.

Bros a man died in my arms last night. Feelsbadman. Please be careful out there, even if youre just crossing the street.

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

damn that sucks. take care man.

yep. first time they lose three in a row, lebron will start throwing teammates under the bus

>why the fuck did Dallas and then Memphis so wildly overpay Parsons?
as always, the answer is 2016

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

Melo is even worse than Dudley lmao

Fultz b a pussy nigga n u kno it

Niggs please L3-6ron achin for Whi dick

I just kno dis nigga stay playin for da wrong team nah mean

I thought he was on the wizzards

Day 1 niggas done knew dat nigga wuz a herb

Cuz faggots wanted a taste of dat fuccboi dick

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.

JKidd b a slimy ass nigga. Dude ousted his college coach ffs

Just add Wade n u got a dynasty LMAOOO

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

What's the hardest part of committing vehicular manslaughter?

Your dick as he dies in your arms.

Why does Lebron like him? Is it because he shut him down in the Mavericks series?

How good is Mo Bamba gonna be?

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There's nothing basketball fans like more than looking at a guy with catastrophic injuries and deciding he was always bad

Real fucking good, gonna destroy guys on defense

>the city of the lakers
LOL
I’m dyinnn here bruh

How good the Blazers gonna be?

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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.

Once they trade out Hassan Mudslide after Nurkic returns, they'll either go for Kevin Love or Lamarcus Aldridge and go Super Saiyan.

The Kings traded Cousins for peanuts because they didn't want to pay him

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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.

>lakersfags think dwight coward is good

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Is Jaylen Brown a good player?

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

conner.

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.

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Based

What's the ceiling for my guys, The Houston Rockets?

Winning the whole thing

Night losers

>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.

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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

>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.

nba.com/clippers/ballmers-and-clippers-make-major-gift-renovate-basketball-courts-across-la

twitter.com/AndrewGreif/status/1163874972692971520?s=09

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How the fuck can anyone else compete?

Also this is pretty god damned good news because LOTS of the courts at parks in the Valley and elsewhere havent gotten any attention in decades.

Clippers are setting the tone for the next generation of basketball fans

As ballmer looks to the future, the lakers look at the past

>lakers 1
>warriors 2
reed offers his wife to darkies.

>westbrook
1st round.

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Larry and Nick understand the secret of basketball but no one else does

Unironically based

WE GON GET TACKO FALL

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Steve Smith would be AWESOME in todays NBA

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What the fuck is going on with that court?

*gets injured in game 27*

So people are just going to vandalize the Clippers ads, right?

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Losing to my Detroit Pistons in the nba finals

>Steve Smith
>2,03m
>MJ
>1,98m

mmh

>mfw melo finally gets a chip with my lakies

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Does he make it through the season?

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

Cause it's not the Olympics.

How to get over an obsession with LA Lakers and anime?

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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

They don't want to waste their time on anything that isn't the Olympics.

he's coming off the bench mob, so yes

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

I'm one melo or dwight away from becoming a mavs fan. What in the fuck has happened to my lakies

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>What in the fuck has happened to my lakies

It's taken this long to wonder that?

>dat flag
>this topic

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

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the Lakers are a stupid team but they'll almost certainly be better than the Mavs this year

will they? they seem ridiculously slapped together and have no full court depth

>malone and payton all over again

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

Happy Birthday To The Goat.

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At least Payton got his ring, right?

Because it's worthless and they'll get better competition playing at the local park than playing worldwide 'talent'

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New managment

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

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Real shit, Lakers "let go of 5" would be pretty litty

I love everything about this

whose career will he fuck up next?

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nearing 60, failed marriage that only lasted 3 years, never had kids

what went wrong? think she feels fullfilled?

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jr smith? i haven't heard of him since lebron left that crappy team.

AD obviously

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

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Too rich and coddled to live a normal. She never met someone she could connect with.

New Korn song is dope.
youtube.com/watch?v=yBQNIP4zFP4

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.

I seriously can not wait for Kawhi to body your dead franchise

where the new memes?

>s-so what if kawhi and PG will be alternating load management all season? t-they have lou will!! p-patrick beverly too!!

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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

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Imagine trying to guard this nigga

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sorry meant to reply to

the back injuries are the only concern there, the rest are pretty normal, especially for a big

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.

> "AYO BRUH NO DOUBLE TEAMING I GET ENUFF OF THAT SHIT DURING THE REGULAR SEASON"

Switch Jazz with Clips and that's pretty much my list. Although I would have warriors above rockets.

Is San Diego more of a Clippers city?

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.

I Think the clippers should be the clear favourite to win the nba title next year.

>calls others desperate
>writes an essay illustrating how theyre right

Lmaoing at your life

>implying the regular season means anything
>implying the MVP means anything

yes

i remember this post lol. he's referring specifically to the choking clippers curse with Chris Paul, DeAndre Jordan and them.

oh she gets fulfilled every night if you know what i mean

>implying they can reach postseason with that handicap group of misfits

>What in the fuck has happened to my lakies

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Based
Also f*ck kawhi

>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

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.

that's why you develop them for the future instead of splitting them up because of MUH ALL-STARS

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.

I didnt know they were still making music

I feel bad that people arent talking about Ayton at all, dude had a fantastic rookie season

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

30 year old scrub

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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.

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

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.

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

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The average NBA draft has 5 All-Star or All-NBA players

what 5 guys from the 2019 draft are going to make it

>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

the problem is what they put around him

Hakeem lookin like an absolute P I M P

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.


YOU MAD /NBA/?

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why do white women fukkin love bbc bros..

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it's the natural order

anyone here? talk hoops.

The Clippers really are intriguing this season.

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?

kek pure cope
literally WE GON posting hahahaha

>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)

locked in Hall of famer?

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the incredible boomers vs zoomers derby

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>how is Faried still a free agent?
maybe the fact that he has been unplayable the last two seasons on three different teams

cant be mad at a person burning their own house down

>Trips to NBA Finals: 0
>MVPs: 0

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Godammit I can't wait for Paul George and Russell Westbrook to take a big fat shit on the Portland Trailblazers logo

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cursed image

of course.

>keep getting server errors
Fucking hell

Night losers

them and the Bucks should be considered the clear favorites this year to me. Only question w LA is Kawhi and PG need to work out who's the main guy

The Koreans know the GOAT, do you?
youtube.com/watch?v=Hqob3MJ0ZQ8

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

it's not whos the most famous or has the best marketing department behind them it's greatest

Damn I want her...

definitely

>Kings are built for the future

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

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The Australian national basketball team is literally called the Boomers.

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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.

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.

>3 days
wtf lads

Anyone watching this australia game? Just me? OK...

Zero

It’s the deadest time of the offseason, there’s literally nothing happening

>mfw I hear people saying Melo still has a lot to offer and he should join the Lakers
>mfw no face

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.

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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.

>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)

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

Shaq pretty much single-handedly added 20 wins to an expansion team.

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

Zion
Morant
Garland
Cam Johnson
Kevin Porter Jr

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

>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

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What is the most retarded general on Yea Forums and why is it /nba/?

Idiot zoomers who laughably believe L36ron James is GOAT? Inferior mutt genetics from their 400 lbs white trash mothers and absentee black fathers?

NON BASED

>Idiot zoomers who laughably believe L36ron James is GOAT?
Wilt is the/nba/ pick.

>Wilt is the/nba/ pick.
dad?

Faggot

>Faggot

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Stay mad bitch nigga

raptors retiring kawhis number y/n?

yes, but after lowry

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Zion
Ja
Coby White
Romeo Langford
Goga Bitadze

didn't Duncan, Hakeem, and Shaq all play multiple years in college

>yfw shaq has a doctor of education degree

Oh, fuck

D. Rose?

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

Why are you typing like a guido

t. Wiltanon

>honorary
Timmy D held off on entering the NBA until finishing his bachelor's because he was genuinely interested in it. What a man.

Kareem
MJ
LeBron
Hakeem
Duncan
Shaq
Russell
Wilt
Garnett
Curry

facts are facts

>no FMVP
>top 10

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hell yeah, Jo Jo White is better than Kevin Garnett, let's fucking go

>Garnett
LMAOOO

Can't even refute the statement properly.

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

because it's a stupid argument

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

Garnett has no claim to top 10 so just shut the fuck up.

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

Aint nuthin guido bout dis long dick, nigga

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.

Live and let live, baby

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

>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.

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.

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.

>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

they're all wrong and can fuck off, fuck kobe

>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

Does anyone have the imagen of LeBum and Spongebob's characters?

Ya'll must'a forgot
youtube.com/watch?v=t45OXWk1m2M
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Depends on what you judge players by - either how good they were in their peak or their overall career.

well bird is golden according to either standard

>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.

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.

Oh yeah just read what you're responding to. Bird is way above Garnett.

I love when Zoomers try to put together top 10 lists. At least do 5 minutes of research before sperging out ITT. ffs

hey guys.
please keep me relevant.

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Reminder that Zoomers literally think Duncan guarded Shaq lol

EVERY DAAAAY IS EXACTLY THE SAME

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.

I fukt Toronto like an animal

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>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.

He can still get you 10/10 easy, just isn't worth big money anymore and not the star he was

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.

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

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

>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?

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.

based

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.

that nigga was good at shooting at chino and ucla. why'd he fall off so hard

Or he’ll be Iverson/Sprewell and get bounced out of the league despite ability because of his shit attitude

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?

isn't this the guy that went on reddit to get people to do this?

Yes this is entirely true. But we both know Duncan had a huge influence on that +36.

watch this shit bro: youtube.com/watch?v=yT86sfzm5-0

And because Lonzo can't shoot for shit, he clogs up the spacing on the floor and makes it worse for everyone.

Those 90s Hawks jerseys were fresh

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

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.

Weird career. You realize he shot 7% higher for 3s in 2001-2002 than any other season?

um what. Iverson could barely play at the end lol. Dude was no different from Isaiah Thomas.

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

bros, I'm travelling through Asia soon

is it really this easy to steal them Asian girls over there?

youtu.be/eJLGpOBV764

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>>can't shoot
>provide spacing
oh ya?

A lot of RH shooters turnt feet.
Stephs feet towards baseline, eyes towards rim

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bro are you really trying to compare Lonzo's shot to Steph's

No, just talking shooting mechanics

granted these shots are wide-open... seems like kuzma has improved his shooting form

and i forgot to post the link, naturally
youtube.com/watch?v=yFF4KEXlRpE

WE GON GET YANIS

WE GON GET YARIS

Russel
MJ
Kareem
Shaq
Lebron
Robinson
Duncan
Johnson
Bird
Malone
the true list

>Robinson better than Duncan
said no one never

post your thread themes (no ghetto mumble rap trash please)

youtube.com/watch?v=LkP5moWKVHU

Said me, Robinson is one of the greatest offensive forces in basketball history, Duncan while a legend does not quite measure up to that standard.

what's similar about Robinson and Malone is that they're both total playoff frauds

they both had the great misfortune of running into even better players in their playoff runs

>bill russell top 25
kek

>not respecting the true goat
kek

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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.

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Also, since it is summer I will post these if you don't mind.

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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).

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>summer
posting c*msl*ts is acceptable year-round

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Should you double in the offseason?

i'm the only one with these webms

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Duncan was also the superior passer. Robinson just did oonga boonga shit, Duncan used his brain

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*saves ur waifu webms*
not anymore

>losing in the finals
seriously, fuck your franchise if you do this. cowards

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That burger patty looks disgusting, what the fuck is that? Looks raw

what's raw is my doggy dick in that ass

nba.com/video/channels/nba_tv/2014/06/21/20140621-is-finals-food-challenge.nba

this depression get the best of me

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

Not just stats, but money too since he basically forced his way into New York before the lockout

Literal meme player. He's lucky Dolan's such a fucking idiot

Can Sabonis pass like his dad? I haven't watched the Pacers in years

see

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this nigga only pass to the other team

is there a sadder collection of people than melo stans?

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Iverson stans can be just as bad. Especially the faggy ones on Leddit

at least iverson made it to the finals

bro Iverson won 1 game in the Finals!

le epic stepped over Ty Lue man xD

Iverson was a faggy manlet and that's all he ever was

dude he wore baggy clothes

dude he rapped

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

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>this same thread has been up for a week

the samefag lakers spammers were defeated lmaooooo

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

dude the KILLER crossover

r/JustBeWhite told me that noodlewhores are white supremacists

fuck kawhi

btw gg Boomer

based
Fuck these zoomer shits

both of you sound fucking retarded. Dude was trash, deal with it

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

Aren't you guys excited to see Kawhi in Toronto...to pick up his ring and proceed to assrape the Raptors?

They're winning it all next season right? It's still a 3 point game

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Zaza

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.

>idts da media :DDD!!11

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they wont even make the playoffs.
westbrook will be waving them goodbye.

also fun fact: "Dame" means "bad" in Japanese

>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.

but dude le long arm man can dunk XD

top seed: Clippers o/u 62
bottom seed: Hornets o/u 14

the faggot is a meme player who only thrives because he gets epic foul calls.

every superstar in NBA history has thrived on getting epic foul calls. harden is no different

um yes he is. His whole game is based around drawing ticky tack fouls.

tm104 goes hard f.a.m

based white guy

>Hornets O/U 14

Can they really be as bad as if not worse than last year's Knicks?

>tm104 goes hard f.a.m

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why the fuck do the aussies call themselves "the boomers"

my hornies will win more than 14. Bottom 2-3 in the league for sure but more than 14.

Ok Larry Sanders

>pass like his dad
no
>haven't watched pacers
you aren't a real klansmen if you don't watch our pacies

haha reddot is bad but 4chins is epic gamer style

because they boomed your moms begina last night

gotta visit china soon

I'm living my fantasy watching /nba/ disintegrate into ashes. shout out brazilialarry

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

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what's next, they're going to ban trash talk cos it would be considered bullying?

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Hakeem > Kareem
Lebron > Jordn

Wilt >Hakeem jordan kareem lebron

>Hakeem
>ignore everything between '86 and '94

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Knicks at least have solid prospects like Trier, Robinson, Dotson, DSJ. Hornets have fucking Terry Rozier

DSJ, Dotson and Trier are not solid prospects.

Wilt stans

just in time for the knicks to waste it all again

Akira Sendoh > Jordan

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How much is Ballmer paying his street team?

How do you score on this?

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Dam i forgot all about dat nigga. He wuz good af

KD and Kyrie would destroy them

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.

Seijuro Akashi whoops both

>Hakeem was a meme player
>Hakeem was a meme player
>Hakeem was a meme player

You ever heard of da 3 pt shot, nigga?

Yeah because Hakeem won all those rings when MJ, Magic, Larry, or Isiah were playing... oh wait

Also u forget my Zoomer friend. Hakeem's rep was damn near Dwight Howard-tier before he won

Hi Isiah!

>before he won

So is Stockton a 'meme' player?

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

all white players are meme

The '93 team was very good but only missing one piece.
The '94 team was built perfectly for Hakeem.

How dare you disrespected the great George Mikan

>Kareem's sky hook was unguardable

Only won him 1 chip before magic johnson and he get to statpad MVPs in weaker 70s

Compton

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aw shit here we go again

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.

he doesnt want to play center cuz hes bad defensively at it

How good were those Bucks teams in the 70s? Kareem may have the same case Lebron has.

Then the Lakers should sign Noah for defensive purposes.

15 per hour I assume

Yes, retard. He literally farmed assists with Malone and never won shit because they had a predictable ass offense.

turrble

what's the opposite of cruisin for a bruisin
because that's what he's doing
why am i so bad with word

your rhyme style is just absurd

Reminder wilt schooled jordan.

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I should say before he stole two while MJ was away

lakies not having Stern anymore exposed them

He did it all by his damn self, retard. You're dumb af if you think Kareem's chip with the Bucks wasn't a huge accomplishment.

Single players do not steal rings from another individual. It's a team fucking game.

wow thats worse than the raptors one. impressive

>Jeanie Buss will be sucking dick to keep the lights on in Staples Center.
You just made me rock hard bro

Bucks only lost Brogdon who I consider a garbage player tbqh and that euro guy

The point is that he wouldn't have won shit if MJ wasn't suspended, my literal-interpreting autistic friend.

I would love to see Pels sneak into top 8. Unfortunately they drafted a fat fucking baboon

The Pistons are at least #3, u buggin'

...

Probably not bait considering lakersfags.

whose career will he fuck up next?

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