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AlexKzillion 04.10.23	rudy gobert
Purpl3Spartan 04.10.23	GO KINGS LIGHT THE BEAM that is all
MarsKid 04.10.23	I don't follow NBA but the beam is cool so Go Kings [2]
robertsona 04.10.23	Knicks in it. First fun real-life rivalry: my and Jared’s friend is a big Cavs fan
SteakByrnes 04.10.23	My predictions for play-ins: Heat beat the Hawks Raptors beat the Bulls Raptors beat the Hawks Lakers beat the Timberwolves Thunder beat the Pelicans >:] Thunder beat the Timberwolves >:] So Heat face the celtics (again lmao), Raptors face bucks, Lakers face grizz, and Thunder face nugs
SteakByrnes 04.10.23	also alex you have the matchups for play-ins wrong lol, it's 7 seed vs 8 seed and 9 vs 10
AlexKzillion 04.10.23	thanks steak lol oops
SteakByrnes 04.10.23	Rudy Gobert not playing against the Lakers lmao
normaloctagon 04.10.23	TBD vs. (1) Buck Tick* ftfy
Storm In A Teacup 04.10.23	Thunder up! Go Russell Westbrook!
AlexKzillion 04.10.23	just now realizing we are getting kd vs. russ in the first round lol
pjquinones747 04.10.23	Suns year
Storm In A Teacup 04.10.23	Ugh
Storm In A Teacup 04.10.23	Can we just get one playoff redemption run for Russ please. My boy has the Claw on his side.
unclereich 04.10.23	Dubs get Wiggins back 🥵
bludngorevidal 04.10.23	Light the beam. I've been a Kings fan for 26 long, cold, barren, desolate years
Purpl3Spartan 04.10.23	Oh yeah baby kings run the league
Storm In A Teacup 04.10.23	Clippers beat 76ers in finals
Ryus 04.10.23	go knicks
robertsona 04.10.23	go knicks
Purpl3Spartan 04.10.23	Knicks are cool yeah Need a Knicks vs Kings finals
Futures 04.10.23	bucks in 6
Storm In A Teacup 04.10.23	Thunder in 18
AlexKzillion 04.11.23	a wild futures appeared 👀
YoYoMancuso 04.11.23	god i just love when my team finally hires a competent GM and he has an amazing draft by getting both Anthony Edwards and Jaden McDaniels in the first round but then he gets fired for workplace misconduct and just bad penis behavior in general and then the new GM decides to trade the team's entire future for a French version of The Elastic Waistband from SpongeBob who throws the weakest punch I've ever seen which makes his teammate so mad that he throws an actual punch at a concrete slab and fractures his hand Yeah I really love that shit
Storm In A Teacup 04.11.23	Rudy Gobert been a clown for years. I hate the timberwolves (cuz they in the west and young) and he manages to make me feel bad for the team and their fans.
Manatea 04.11.23	I’m just waiting for AD to inevitably get injured and ruin my happiness
dedex 04.11.23	"I hate the timberwolves (cuz they in the west and young)" lmfao never change Storm go Celtics!!! but i won't be mad if the Kings make it big, Mike Bibby's nose still is pissed it made a foul on Kobe's elbow
unclereich 04.11.23	nothing will ever top last years championship. watching the warriors now is like playing with house money.
Purpl3Spartan 04.11.23	Rudy Gobert will prove his 6 1st round picks value in the boxing ring 😤
Purpl3Spartan 04.11.23	“ Mike Bibby's nose still is pissed it made a foul on Kobe's elbow” undoubtedly lmao. That fated game will never be forgotten in this city. My dad still talks about it
SteakByrnes 04.11.23	I do not see any team beating the bucks
AlexKzillion 04.11.23	picks aside jazz look like they've won that trade getting walker kessler alone
pjquinones747 04.11.23	Clippers probably couldnt survive the suns even with PG, theres no way they're beating Phoenix without him. Suns in 5, 6 if the refs make it a series.
Snake. 04.11.23	spurs legend victor wembanyama
AlexKzillion 04.11.23	i want him to go to orlando personally that would be so fun
pjquinones747 04.11.23	banchero and wemby together could be nice
Snake. 04.11.23	stfu he's going to the spurs
YoYoMancuso 04.11.23	"I do not see any team beating the bucks" [2]
Storm In A Teacup 04.11.23	Banchero is a star or a bust depending on that shooting efficiency skyrocketing upwards or staying relatively the same.
Storm In A Teacup 04.11.23	Give him Vemby tho and they might do some damage before Vemby takes a season or two to become current era injury prone anthony davis
Storm In A Teacup 04.11.23	Bunch of fickleness if you ask me. Thunder up. We the ones. 👆
Storm In A Teacup 04.11.23	Coach Pop deserves a fun experiment like Vembanyana.
Trebor. 04.12.23	Spurs can't get Robinson, Duncan, and Wemby. It's just not fair
Storm In A Teacup 04.12.23	Hmm. Thunder give 12 1st round picks for Wembanyana.
unclereich 04.12.23	This fucking game holy shit. Conley has to make 3!
unclereich 04.12.23	Insane! What a horrible foul 🤣 Ad fucking SUCKS
unclereich 04.12.23	Anderson and his huge forehead shouldn’t be allowed to touch a basketball every again
unclereich 04.12.23	I can’t imagine being a wolves fan. This is just a nightmare
Trebor. 04.12.23	Not a fun game as a Lakers fan but a win is a win. Here's hoping Ja pulls a gun on a teammate or some shit and misses the whole series
YoYoMancuso 04.12.23	Trust me, it is @reich
YoYoMancuso 04.12.23	@Treb Memphis is missing both Adams and Clarke, AD will EAT
Trebor. 04.12.23	AD will EAT the hardwood and threaten not to get up like he does every game
AlexKzillion 04.12.23	do the heat just like suck this year or something lol was surprised to see them in the play-in to begin with and then they get beat handily by the hawks what gives every nba podcast i follow (basically how i follow the regular season) has been treating the heat like this zombie team nobody wants to see in the playoffs
calmrose 04.12.23	heat been booty all year
pjquinones747 04.12.23	Suns beating the Bucks in the finals this year. Book it
SteakByrnes 04.12.23	Yea the heat have been ass this season, Hawks sent them to the shadow realm
AlexKzillion 04.12.23	nice to see quin snyder back coaching... over/under on how many months until he tries to strangle trae?
Ryus 04.16.23	knicks going all the way baybee
Purpl3Spartan 04.16.23	Kings vs Knicks finals m///
Ryus 04.16.23	that would be pure vibes
Slex 04.16.23	Kings v Warriors gonna be the best 1st round matchup ez
Storm In A Teacup 04.16.23	I wonder how SGAs eye looks. He played pretty good after that. Looking forward to winning some playoff games next year. Thunder up ! We the ones.
Eakflanderyof 04.16.23	Trae only seems to be any good whenever the other teams aren't overly concerned about winning. That's why he always gets cooked in the playoffs
Snake. 04.16.23	being a hawks fan has to be fucking painful
Storm In A Teacup 04.16.23	Atlanta could have just kept both Luka Doncic and Dennis Shroder.
Storm In A Teacup 04.16.23	Like....
Storm In A Teacup 04.16.23	That makes the OKC James Harden thing look ...hm. nevermind.
Storm In A Teacup 04.16.23	If the 76ers self destruct again i wonder how good chet holmgren and 8 1st round picks would be looking to philly.
Storm In A Teacup 04.16.23	That would be hilarious. Start the whole process over with a frailer 7 footer
Ryus 04.16.23	i have a feeling theyre gonna win it all this yr
Storm In A Teacup 04.16.23	I have a feeling that some sputnikers are freaking out at the kings being in the lead by 1 with 12 minutes to go
Storm In A Teacup 04.16.23	18,253 people in the crowd tonight oh my
Purpl3Spartan 04.16.23	We showing out yeah
Storm In A Teacup 04.16.23	Kevin Durant should have been nicer to Sabonis and the Thunder shouldnt have traded him lol
Trebor. 04.16.23	Finally a good ass game. Love to see Sac back in the playoffs
robertsona 04.16.23	Knicks rock
Purpl3Spartan 04.16.23	LIGHT THE BEAM UNDEFEATED IN THE PLAYOFFS THE LAST SEVENTEEN YEARS
Trebor. 04.16.23	One of the best round one games in recent memory
YoYoMancuso 04.16.23	Wolves will inevitably lose to the Nuggets so I am hopping on the Kings bandwagon choo choo mother effers
unclereich 04.16.23	Every sac fan is a bandwagoner so you’re good
Storm In A Teacup 04.16.23	Except Kayte Christensen.
YoYoMancuso 04.16.23	they're the only fanbase that understands Minnesota's misery, we're simpatico
Storm In A Teacup 04.16.23	Could be worse. Could be a New Jersey Brooklyn Nets fan.
Purpl3Spartan 04.16.23	“ Every sac fan is a bandwagoner so you’re good” Worst statement in the history of statements
Ryus 04.16.23	"Could be a New Jersey Brooklyn Nets fan." i feel for those fans regarding the nets fans in brooklyn, i wish them only misery
Purpl3Spartan 04.16.23	https://streamable.com/tlbk7e
Storm In A Teacup 04.16.23	The pelicans need to trade zion to some dumb team before its too late. I just saw that cj mcollum post conference after thunder loss. Zion is the worst.
Storm In A Teacup 04.16.23	Congrats kings fans on win tonight
Ryus 04.16.23	"Zion is the worst." i still love that fat mfer even if he and the boys couldnt even make the final four
SteakByrnes 04.16.23	go KINGS
Storm In A Teacup 04.16.23	Probably gonna be Sabonis lowest scoring game in the playoffs
unclereich 04.16.23	Purple do u live around here?
Slex 04.16.23	Austin Reeves is fucking amazing wow
Trebor. 04.16.23	I love our quirked up white boy
unclereich 04.16.23	Ja 🚮
Purpl3Spartan 04.17.23	THE HEAT BEAT THE BUCKS WHAT
ArsMoriendi 04.17.23	I am a Knicks fan but only because Robertsona puts on basketball while we're in the living room
calmrose 04.17.23	i mean, no Giannis for most of the game
unclereich 04.17.23	Ja 🗑️
SteakByrnes 04.17.23	Very fun opening weekend of playoffs, most games were super good
unclereich 04.18.23	warriors lose in 5
YoYoMancuso 04.18.23	Barnes do be yammin it on em
Storm In A Teacup 04.18.23	Lakers in 4 lmao
Storm In A Teacup 04.18.23	Nuggets in 4
unclereich 04.18.23	Love watching sabonis get stepped on. Highlight of my season
Purpl3Spartan 04.18.23	I hope you’re being sarcastic cause that crap was vile. Draymond is the worst
unclereich 04.18.23	you’re right maybe not the season but 2023 for sure
Storm In A Teacup 04.18.23	Janice Morant 🃏
robertsona 04.18.23	Knicks gon kick tonight. Win by 100
Slex 04.18.23	Yr probably right lol
Storm In A Teacup 04.18.23	Lmao
SteakByrnes 04.18.23	Go Kings! Draymond stepping on Sabonis was fucked up lol
calmrose 04.19.23	knicks knicked
evilford 04.19.23	How about that Draymond Green, eh?
Hyperion1001 04.19.23	go cavs fuck draymond
Ryus 04.19.23	uhh lets pretend that didnt happen knicks in 5
Hyperion1001 04.19.23	go clippers!
robertsona 04.19.23	Knicks are cooked
Storm In A Teacup 04.19.23	"knicks knicked" "uhh lets pretend that didnt happen knicks in 5" Oh boy im looking forward to this
Storm In A Teacup 04.19.23	Go clippers! (2)
Slex 04.19.23	I knew the Suns were overrated but even still they are getting fucking clowned on lmao
Storm In A Teacup 04.19.23	Because Russell Westbrook deserves to beat KD.
Purpl3Spartan 04.19.23	A sentence I never thought I would read ngl
Storm In A Teacup 04.19.23	🥺🥺🥺
pjquinones747 04.19.23	Fuck all your clippers nonsense the suns are getting a chip this year
SteakByrnes 04.19.23	Go big Russ
AlexKzillion 04.19.23	russ out here harnessing his hatred for both kd and cp3 into the best basketball we've seen from him in years is surprising yet also makes complete and total sense
Storm In A Teacup 04.19.23	God. I never thought i would root for the Clippers but i want this so bad for Russ.
Hyperion1001 04.19.23	now if the clippers could just actually put the ball in the basket that would be amazing.
Storm In A Teacup 04.19.23	Having the Klaw with Russ is such a comfort.
pjquinones747 04.20.23	i cant decide which team i wanna see lose more, the grizzlies or the lakers.
SteakByrnes 04.20.23	The grizzlies for me, down with Dillon Brooks
Storm In A Teacup 04.20.23	I want the grizzlies down first. Imagine westbrook elminating KD and the Lakers 🤩🤩🤩
AlexKzillion 04.20.23	the outrage from the basketball media regarding the draymond suspension is so fucking weird. i expected players-turned-talking heads like kendrick perkins to come to his defense for the clicks... but seeing actually serious analysts like zach lowe complaining about it feels so disingenuous dude is one of the dirtiest players in the league for a decade running, pulls this shit in the playoffs every year, knocks out his own teammate, and then stomps the shit out of a guy before cutting a heel promo on the opposing fans. of course he's gonna get suspended are you fucking kidding me. most respectable thing adam silver has done in years. and the way the warriors organization treats the dude is fucking abominable. steve kerr didn't see?? he hasn't watched it back yet?? has he found and fired the guy who leaked the poole video yet????? maybe if they ever disciplined draymond internally he wouldn't be out here getting himself suspended multiple playoff games. almost hard to even blame draymond seeing he's so used to just getting away with everything i have zero sympathy for the warriors nor the tv networks, you're getting kings/grizzlies and you're gonna like it (inb4 the refs make this age like milk)
Storm In A Teacup 04.20.23	And espn bout to fire 10% of those people in budget cuts. If only they understood how much they hurt themselves with their narratives.
Hyperion1001 04.20.23	your first mistake was paying attention to any sports media in general. ESPN has to have the worst production of any product on TV rn. every time I have to listen to mark jackson and Jeff van gundy jerk off for 2 and a half hours I just mute that shit and listen to something else.
unclereich 04.20.23	tell us how you really feel
Purpl3Spartan 04.20.23	I’m surprised Draymond got suspended honestly, he definitely deserves it though. I do expect the kings to get hosed by the refs tonight though due to the warriors organization saying how they feel “Sabonis uses the ball as a weapon” despite Looney saying his play style is completely normal. Looney is a G I wish him the best honestly
unclereich 04.20.23	rubbins racin
unclereich 04.21.23	Anything on embiid ?
AlexKzillion 04.21.23	embiid has the pr team of a fortune 500 company and they'll be pullin overtime this weekend
Storm In A Teacup 04.21.23	I just want basketball plays with my basketball and dont care about the talk. Get in a cage and ill be interested. Paul Pierce would totally enter the octagon in a wheel chair for his fight.
Storm In A Teacup 04.21.23	He'd have a bare minimum of 4 women with him as well
AlexKzillion 04.21.23	i'm all for the drama... but its so lame when it resorts to legit violence knowing how many of these dudes are aau kids who went to private schools in affluent neighborhoods these days (though obv embiid isn't)
Hyperion1001 04.21.23	boo warriors go kings
unclereich 04.21.23	Warriors are truly a different beast at home.
Storm In A Teacup 04.21.23	Did yall see what gobert did to sga? Busted his eye open on top and bottom and lost half a tooth. 🤕
Purpl3Spartan 04.21.23	Rough game, on to the next
unclereich 04.21.23	Los dubs 🏆 🏆🏆🏆
Get Low 04.21.23	oh cool lebron james and the cavs made it to the 4 seed
Hyperion1001 04.21.23	loss sucks but idk if anyone thought the kings were gonna sweep. this one might go to 7.
Purpl3Spartan 04.21.23	If the kings win the next, it’s over. If they don’t, it’s gonna he reaaal close
unclereich 04.21.23	first team who wins a road game wins the series
Ryus 04.22.23	knicks in 5 mfer
Purpl3Spartan 04.22.23	Heck yeah go off
Purpl3Spartan 04.22.23	Gee, Westbrook has been really good this series but hasn't had healthy help. I wonder what'd he look like on a team like the Lakers!
Futures 04.22.23	no giannis no problem lets go bucks baby
Hyperion1001 04.23.23	bucks going down 2-1 would be crazy. guess you can never count spo out.
Trebor. 04.23.23	Westbrook resurgence was not on my bingo card
Hyperion1001 04.23.23	I think this might be the end for kawhi honestly. I mean he’s still gonna play out his contract but i think his body is done. sucks because he’s amazing to watch when he plays but he just cannot stay on a court.
unclereich 04.23.23	he should have stayed with Toronto, that championship run was the stuff of legends
Futures 04.23.23	very sick of coach bud iso ball and lazy ass d. if they actually lose this series get the fuck out. giannis please bail out this bum!
Hyperion1001 04.23.23	damn dipo's career is over too injuries are the worst part of sports.
unclereich 04.23.23	this lakers game is certainly something lol
Hyperion1001 04.23.23	i wish there was some way for both of them to lose lol
unclereich 04.23.23	100% lol cant stand either
unclereich 04.23.23	bye bye brooks. karate chop to the nuts. gotta suspend him it's only fair
Hyperion1001 04.23.23	brooks is such a clown man.
unclereich 04.23.23	he is Draymond's son, except dray can back his talk with 4 rings
Hyperion1001 04.23.23	wow this game sucks hahahah
unclereich 04.23.23	fucking brutal haha, I did enjoy the AD/Will Ferrell collision. I hate the lakers but I have to say I enjoy watching the grizz get shit on more. they talk way too much trash
Storm In A Teacup 04.23.23	Ugh. Go Westbrook! Please win the next 3 gamwes 😅😭😭
Eakflanderyof 04.23.23	Sorry, can't back the brooks ejection even if the dude is obnoxious. That is absolutely 100% the league babying their superstars. How you eject brooks for that but not embiid for very forcefully and obviously intentionally kicking a dude? NBA is a clown show nowadays. They need to be consistent
AlexKzillion 04.23.23	between embiid harden and brooks embiid was easily the most egregious but was the only one not to get ejected lmao
Eakflanderyof 04.23.23	NBA wants that Lakers 6ers finals
Storm In A Teacup 04.23.23	Different referees see the game different.
Hyperion1001 04.23.23	lakers sixers finals is my personal nightmare. wouldnt watch a single game of that lol. more likely its gonna be nuggets sixers which would be great because then embiid cant duck out like a bitch this time.
Storm In A Teacup 04.23.23	I would hate to see the Lakers make the finals.
Storm In A Teacup 04.23.23	Hopefully the nuggets finally break through since it looks like the Clippers need a miracle
radianteclipse 04.23.23	I have been a diehard Cavs fan all my life and I know this team has practically zero playoff experience outside of Donovan Mitchell but damn this series has been depressing so far.
Hyperion1001 04.23.23	yeah i had the cavs going to at least the second round but the knicks look like the all around better team. luckily i like both teams so i wouldnt mind either.
Slex 04.23.23	Knicks are boolin
Purpl3Spartan 04.23.23	The work needs a knicks kings finals agreed
Ryus 04.23.23	i love this team
unclereich 04.23.23	Draymond 😤😤😤😤😤
Slex 04.23.23	I'm going Kings Celtics finals tbh
unclereich 04.23.23	Celtics are still my favorite in the east but sac is a long shot
Slex 04.23.23	Fox is reliably clutch, they have an incredible bench, they have a high energy defense that creates turnovers, and they have one of the best coaches in the league. Meanwhile, Suns are completely overrated, Lakers are completely unpredictable, and I only really see Denver getting in the way of Sac. And tbh Denver could definitely win lol but I am still riding with Sac
unclereich 04.23.23	For sure. They’re a great team. I just think their youth and inexperience will eventually be their downfall. They remind me a lot of the warriors especially in those early years with curry when they seemingly couldn’t get past the clippers. They’ll get to the finals I’m sure, maybe not this year though.
Purpl3Spartan 04.23.23	Yeah I personally think they’re a year or two out but yknow
unclereich 04.23.23	Could pull a Chicago cubs and shock the world with a championship. Everyone thought they were a year away when they won the world series
Trebor. 04.23.23	inject kings/warriors games directly into my veins
Slex 04.23.23	Yep easily the best series of this round
unclereich 04.23.23	Two offensive juggernauts going at it and not playing free throw ball like everyone else
unclereich 04.23.23	crazy that this is only game 4.
unclereich 04.23.23	3 quarter warriors and chase center warriors are very real
unclereich 04.23.23	Sac getting bailed out lmao it’s incredible. Ref ball at its finest
Slex 04.23.23	Ok yeah that was a pathetic loss with godawful coaching for the last like 1:30 of the game lol, the shot selection was fucking stupid
Purpl3Spartan 04.24.23	Great game, shame we didn't quite steal the win but on to the next
Storm In A Teacup 04.24.23	Its gonna be so annoying if Lebron wins another title
YoYoMancuso 04.24.23	Lakers can't beat any of the top tier East teams
AlexKzillion 04.24.23	west does seem pretty wide open though i figured the suns might just stroll through but they're struggling hard against a clippers team missing kawhi and pg warriors are the warriors, but i think kings have also proved themselves to be a threat the way this series has gone lakers peaking at the right time, but also wouldn't surprise me if memphis got their shit together and pulled it out nuggets are also hanging out there really great west playoffs so far just wish russ had some help :(
SteakByrnes 04.24.23	This is 2017-2019 okc all over again, Russ has to do everything with some bums lol. Only this time it's because two other dudes who are supposed to be the 1 and 2 option are hurt
robertsona 04.24.23	Knicks fucking rock
AlexKzillion 04.24.23	yeah i'm really interested to see what happens to russ in the offseason. he went from china-bound to potentially playing his way into another decent deal???? if kawhi misses an extended amount of time i don't think it'd be a bad idea for the clippers to bring russ back to hold the fort down with pg
YoYoMancuso 04.24.23	Golden State should be the consensus pick to win the conference until proven otherwise
Storm In A Teacup 04.24.23	Westbrooks stats on Clips vs Lakers this season are identical
Purpl3Spartan 04.24.23	Fox fractured the tip of his index finger on his shooting hand. Listed doubtful for Wednesday. I'm sad
calmrose 04.24.23	ugh
Storm In A Teacup 04.24.23	Rip Kings
calmrose 04.24.23	hopefully Warriors will continue being ass on the road and Kings win
Eakflanderyof 04.24.23	Russ is an inefficient stat padder. Not to say that it isn't still impressive that he averaged a triple double for multiple seasons but he's not someone you should try to build a team around
Eakflanderyof 04.24.23	Also, I hate to be that guy but I'm low key rooting for the warriors because all the armchair experts all year that were like "ThEy ArEnT MaKiNg ThE PlAyOfFs" But I'm also rooting for the kings to win it all if they take the series
unclereich 04.24.23	a lot of people dont realize the extent to which the warriors sucked on the road. fox being out means nothing.
Hyperion1001 04.24.23	fox injury makes me so sad. if either the lakers or the warriors make back to the finals im gonna riot.
unclereich 04.24.23	going to be tough task for either to win a 7 game set against a healthy nuggets team.
SteakByrnes 04.24.23	Next Rockets coach just got announced and it's fuckin Ime Udoka lmao
YoYoMancuso 04.24.23	Houston front office moment
unclereich 04.24.23	James harden going back to Houston confirmed
calmrose 04.25.23	Jimmy Butler holy shit
Ryus 04.25.23	knicks-heat please
Eakflanderyof 04.25.23	Jimmy butler is a guy that really knows how to turn it on in the playoffs
Hyperion1001 04.25.23	jimmy motherfucking buckets
unclereich 04.25.23	lebron being too selfless? so weird to see him dump it off in the big moment only to have his teammates brick shots
unclereich 04.25.23	just as I type this lebron redeems himself!
Eakflanderyof 04.25.23	"lebron being too selfless? so weird to see him dump it off in the big moment only to have his teammates brick shots" IIRC lebron is kinda known for disappearing in the 4th qtr in big games. With the cavs, kyrie was making a lot of the big 4th qtr shots in the playoffs
unclereich 04.25.23	https://i.ytimg.com/vi/tepeJnaR8yA/hqdefault.jpg
unclereich 04.25.23	maybe for parts of the quarter but he's made huge shots in the 4th quarter his whole career
unclereich 04.25.23	"I do not see any team beating the bucks" "Suns beating the Bucks in the finals this year. Book it" your aged milk is served
AlexKzillion 04.25.23	were really about to get knicks/heat next round lmao
SteakByrnes 04.25.23	well the series isn't over yet but James Buckets went insane
MarsKid 04.25.23	Jimmy fuckin' Butler
robertsona 04.25.23	Insane to think he had already scored 22 by end of Q1 and all that was yet to come
MarsKid 04.25.23	Just hope the rest of the squad steps up, he's gonna be hella gassed out if they're going on a deep run.
pjquinones747 04.25.23	""Suns beating the Bucks in the finals this year. Book it" your aged milk is served" *Celtics? i'd love to see the Sixers but it feels like Boston again also Grizzlies are cooked you love to see it
AlexKzillion 04.26.23	lol celtics
Storm In A Teacup 04.26.23	Ice Trae
Storm In A Teacup 04.26.23	Every day the 76ers seem to get a wider path to the finals.
Hyperion1001 04.26.23	doesnt matter knicks will beat them in the ecf you heard it here first
EyesWideShut 04.26.23	jimmy motherfucking buckets
EyesWideShut 04.26.23	Man the Knicks play some ugly basketball that legit have me exhausted just watching them lol
unclereich 04.26.23	timberwolves are so disappointing
Hyperion1001 04.26.23	they gotta trade towns and build around edwards
Storm In A Teacup 04.26.23	Russell!!! 😭😭😭😭😭😭
unclereich 04.26.23	this game is nuts. if only PG or Leonard were playing
YoYoMancuso 04.26.23	"timberwolves are so disappointing" disappointing to the point that two consecutive first round exits is a good stretch for us as a franchise
YoYoMancuso 04.26.23	Westbrook just sold so hard omg
MarsKid 04.26.23	WestBrick showed up :^(
SteakByrnes 04.26.23	Clippers are gonna run it back with this same exact team and then the same exact thing will happen, PG and Kawhi will get hurt, and early playoff exit will happen, then they will run it back again, and the cycle continues until the end of time
MarsKid 04.26.23	Could you still get value out of both? Wouldn't be the worst idea to try to sell both for picks and just hit the reset button, I don't think you can just keep running into the same barrier over and over. Plus iirc they are pick-dry for years barring any moves.
pjquinones747 04.26.23	Westbrook played his ass off this series and I have a newfound respect for him. Still, happy to put away the clips in 5. Nuggets won't be able to stop Phoenix either. Really unless the Suns face the Warriors they're a lock for the finals. 50/50 tossup between the two in that matchup. It's the matchup we deserved last year.
SteakByrnes 04.26.23	idk I have the nugs winning the suns series, should be a slobberknocker tho @mars they should move on from kawhi and PG yes but they won't
calmrose 04.26.23	suns/nuggets should be hella fun
Storm In A Teacup 04.26.23	I dont understand why people are suddenly impressed with Westbrook he played the same as he always has.
MarsKid 04.26.23	I think because he had some solid stretches, especially defensively, when it seemed as though he was basically washed up. He was dealt a pretty shit hand with PG and Kawhi out and gave it a good go, I suppose.
Storm In A Teacup 04.26.23	I think he was just depressed being a Laker still after year 1 ended and year 2 began.
MarsKid 04.26.23	"they should move on from kawhi and PG yes but they won't" Preemptive RIP for the Clips :^( "I think he was just depressed being a Laker still after year 1 ended and year 2 began." tbh I think dude is just getting up there and has a physical, 100% style that his body can't keep up with anymore. But he showed a little bit of his old self out there.
Storm In A Teacup 04.26.23	Probably/possibly, Mars. It would be interesting to see him become primarily a facilitator/defender point guard. No more layups or 3s.
Storm In A Teacup 04.26.23	When you remove Russ from a ball handling team tho like LeBron Shroeder and put him on a team that will play him like okc did it should naturally look like he has recaptured youth
MarsKid 04.26.23	In an ideal world, Russ never has the pressure or the need to take over, as PG and Kawhi would be taking over. Like I said, dealt a shit hand, and late-career Russ ain't carrying them over that Suns squad.
Ryus 04.27.23	second round baby lets go heat lol
MFPENCIL 04.27.23	if the heat lose tonight, i think milwaukee comes back in 7. i'm all for chaos as long as it doesn't result in LA or Golden State winning another chip
Trebor. 04.27.23	why do the Lakers do this to me
Futures 04.27.23	not that the bucks have been playing great d but it's nice that the circus shots have stopped falling for the heat
Storm In A Teacup 04.27.23	First time i check the heat bucks boxscore its 6 seconds left and a 1 point game good lord lol
Storm In A Teacup 04.27.23	Jesus. I wish i could watch
Ryus 04.27.23	WTF BRO
Ryus 04.27.23	one of the craziest games ive seen...and its not over
Storm In A Teacup 04.27.23	Thar Jimmy Butler is Michael Jordans son conspiracy theory is definitely gonna gain new traction.
Storm In A Teacup 04.27.23	Jimmy playing like Rachel Nichols is back in his hotel room again.
calmrose 04.27.23	bucks just completely imploding
Ryus 04.27.23	bro wtf they played so scared
calmrose 04.27.23	what the hell was that final possession by the bucks
kevbogz 04.27.23	HIMMY BUCKETS
Ryus 04.27.23	nobody wanted to shoot lmao ngl im scared of the heat. cant wait though. the garden will be rockin
unclereich 04.27.23	Rip beam 2023-2023 🪦
unclereich 04.27.23	Curry 😴
Storm In A Teacup 04.27.23	Jimmy is officially the son of Michael Jordan, still banging Rachel Nichols, and is apparently the new owner of the soul box.
Eakflanderyof 04.27.23	Dang tnt were asking some brutal questions to draymond... "Do you think you getting suspended and younger guys getting playing time helped?" And then "remember the last time you scored 20 points? 2019!" 💀💀💀
Storm In A Teacup 04.27.23	Thats what happens when you run your mouth on 20 different outlets for an extended period of time. At least its running your mouth karma and not getting punched in the mouth karma.
unclereich 04.27.23	I didn’t think those were brutal questions at all
Storm In A Teacup 04.27.23	Depends on that off season contract extension and how it goes reich
Storm In A Teacup 04.27.23	Draymond very much wants max money.
Eakflanderyof 04.27.23	I mean, not saying it isn't deserved, but both of those are absolutely not softball questions by any means lol
Eakflanderyof 04.27.23	Especially already knowing Chuck and draymond past feuds
Futures 04.27.23	pack your bags bud. don't pay khris either. giannis completely choked it in ot as well. shameful all around. just feel sick.
Eakflanderyof 04.27.23	The point that tnt broadcasters are dancing around with the whole "the best regular season team often isn't the best in the playoffs" These organizations know that the regular season barely matters and many choose load management over having the best regular season record
MarsKid 04.27.23	Cavs so disappointing nobody has even mentioned them losing yet
AlexKzillion 04.27.23	that lob to jimmy to force ot was just unreal man
AlexKzillion 04.27.23	also really crazy to see the narrative flipped on its head with the knicks and donovan mitchell. in september the knicks botched it not putting rj in the trade and signing "donovan mitchell at home" in free agency... fast forward to april and they are beating mitchell in the playoffs also did not see quin snyder getting as many playoff wins with the hawks as mitchell and gobert combined (not that the twolves were going anywhere anyway).
SteakByrnes 04.27.23	go hawks please upset the celtics, make these playoffs even crazier
pjquinones747 04.27.23	give me all the upsets i live for this shit
Purpl3Spartan 04.29.23	LIGHT THE BEAM WE WINNING IN 7 BABY
MarsKid 04.29.23	In other news, Memphis is being murdered on live television.
Purpl3Spartan 04.29.23	True they really goin out sad
AlexKzillion 04.29.23	yall ever watch a really good wrestling match and the crowd does the "fight forever" chant? that's how i feel about this gs/sac series. will likely end up being the most fun series of the entire playoffs from neutral fan perspective
Hyperion1001 04.29.23	possibly but knicks heat is also gonna be quite a series.
Manatea 04.29.23	lolgrizzlies. Watching Dillon brooks’ hopes and dreams die has been extremely satisfying. I’m okay with the lakers losing in the next round now.
MarsKid 04.29.23	Anthony Davis has become the father of the Grizzlies until further notice. Man put on a defensive clinic and had some soul-crushing dunks.
EyesWideShut 04.29.23	"Jimmy playing like Rachel Nichols is back in his hotel room again" [2] Knicks vs Heat old school 99' era
Eakflanderyof 04.30.23	Denver packing in the dookie in game 1
Ryus 04.30.23	not ideal i have faith in the lads. getting randle back for game 2 would be huge
Hyperion1001 04.30.23	yeah knicks really missed randle today. heat fuckin around and getting to the conference finals is absolutely not what I predicted to happen in the east. GO KINGS
robertsona 04.30.23	missed randle [3] lets get em next time...
Dmax28 04.30.23	Kings played like complete garbage after a pretty good start
MarsKid 04.30.23	This looks over sadly
Futures 04.30.23	really sucks fox got hurt. kings have a bright future at least.
unclereich 04.30.23	Beam? Anyone have some beam?
EyesWideShut 04.30.23	RIP Beam
unclereich 04.30.23	Whopper Whopper Whopper Whopper Whopper Whopper
unclereich 04.30.23	In other news, Beam is being murdered on live television
Trebor. 04.30.23	most points ever in a game 7 goddamn
unclereich 04.30.23	Just top 5 player of all time things
Storm In A Teacup 04.30.23	Why did the bat signal just blow up
AlexKzillion 04.30.23	steph said nah not today
MarsKid 04.30.23	Kings were absolutely flat in the 2nd half, and then Steph decided to have himself a legacy game. Bad combo. Gotta give credit Looney being a rebound machine down low too and basically closing off the paint.
MarsKid 04.30.23	Sabonis in the off-season better work on his jumper. Too many times he had the ball and just dumped it off and said 'aight I'm out'
Trebor. 04.30.23	Nice that we get Lebron v Steph round 5
SteakByrnes 05.01.23	RIP Kings, I really wish they won that series but they did a really good job for such an inexperienced playoff team
AlexKzillion 05.01.23	kings have a bright future. upgrade the harrison barnes spot, maybe get a big that'll prevent sabonis from getting cooked on the boards... don't think either of those things will be that difficult to do in the offseason do kinda get the feeling that sabonis's game doesn't translate to the playoffs very well
MarsKid 05.01.23	Defenses don't fear him. He gets out-bullied in the paint and never takes open looks beyond it, so you can just leave him alone for the most part. Looney essentially removed him from the game. It's definitely something he can improve on in the future.
AlexKzillion 05.01.23	yeah really shows the difference between the regular season and the playoffs in the nba. sabonis is unquestionably an elite regular season player, and far better than kevon looney... but watching that series looney easily looked like the more effective player kinda reminds me of gobert on the jazz a bit... unique player that will win you a lot of regular season games, but when the opposition can gameplan for you for an entire series the weaknesses kinda get brought to the forefront. he's the best passing center in the league besides jokic, but unlike jokic he can't really punish defenses (or at least playoff defenses) on his own when the passing lanes are taken away. the warriors are a special case but still this happened in indiana too a bit. felt like the possession was dead every time he got the ball at the top of the key. not to mention getting dominated on the boards though that's more of a team problem than purely sabonis problem
Storm In A Teacup 05.01.23	You put Victor Wembanyana on each NBA team and compare maybe the Kings improve and benefit more than any other team.
Storm In A Teacup 05.01.23	Looking forward to the Orlando Magic winning 29 games next year.
Dmax28 05.01.23	I have no hope for the kings till Sabonis and Heuerter are long gone
Purpl3Spartan 05.01.23	Well we don’t even get anywhere near the playoffs without Huerter and Sabonis so idk what you’re drinking lol
Storm In A Teacup 05.01.23	Im with spartan. That makes no sense unless you capitalize on this season by trading EVERYONE and i would rather just keep monk fox sabonis... ...Dont fuck up a brotherhood
Eakflanderyof 05.01.23	Huerter showed some growth this year with a new organization. And anyone can have a bad series
nash1311 05.01.23	Huerter was absolute dogshit this series though. Sabonis is actually typically good all around including rebounding. Matchups are a thing. Some teams don’t match up well against others
Purpl3Spartan 05.01.23	I think Huerter had a bad series for sure and that happens, I think it was just a bad matchup for Sabonis in general. I think we could’ve taken most other teams on the West fairly easily but we got unlucky
nash1311 05.01.23	I agree
calmrose 05.02.23	Harden went into prime Rockets mode huge win without Embiid
MarsKid 05.02.23	Harden masterclass That end mistake to Maxey was a soul crushing mistake by Boston.
Slex 05.02.23	What in the fuck just happened lmao
Hyperion1001 05.02.23	lmao celtics
Ryus 05.02.23	lmao not a great week for boston sports fans so far. you love to see it
Slex 05.02.23	I mean yeah true lmao
YoYoMancuso 05.02.23	y'all watching this brick laying tutorial in Denver rn?
Trebor. 05.02.23	Boston always blows it in the funniest way and everyone outside of New England applauds.
Storm In A Teacup 05.02.23	God damn i just realized how awesome it would be to seethis years jimmy butler win a title over the warriors or lebron
Eakflanderyof 05.02.23	Jimmy butler deserves a chip
Manatea 05.02.23	Hahahahahah celtics. I actually don’t mind the lakers losing in the next round so i can cheer on the Celtics’ demise.
MarsKid 05.02.23	Feels like the Celtics should be breezing by but they are just not 100% coming together. Saw hints of it during that Atlanta series that they really should have handled, but they let Trae bring them back in it. Philly probably needs Harden to keep popping off, but Philly is definitely gonna make it a fight.
SteakByrnes 05.02.23	Harden went Houston mode that rocked, and Jokic is lookin good as hell
robertsona 05.02.23	the boys are lit I can just feel it Knicks in 5
AlexKzillion 05.02.23	"Boston always blows it in the funniest way and everyone outside of New England applauds." sixers will be up 2-0 and have embiid back and then get walloped by 40 in philly... for such a heated rivalry they are hilariously similar in that regard. doc rivers is the goat at snatching defeat from the jaws of victory after all
Eakflanderyof 05.03.23	Guess AD just gonna get automatic foul called every time he shoots lol
Eakflanderyof 05.03.23	Lmao AD totally just forgot he was playing defense and put the ball back in for the warriors 💀
Ryus 05.03.23	knicks got some help today but ill take it lol
Storm In A Teacup 05.03.23	I just got told by the locked on thunder podcast they think im a liar because i said i always believed the thunder would get around 40 wins this season. What a punk.
unclereich 05.03.23	Refs cooked up a good one tonight 25 free throws for the lakers 5 for warriors. super fun to watch
Storm In A Teacup 05.03.23	Im feeling nauseous after spending 30 full seconds thinking about the warriors and lakers.
Eakflanderyof 05.03.23	Yeah the disparity in free throws is pretty sus
Eakflanderyof 05.03.23	Holy shit the Lakers are just telling the officials what to do now lmao
Storm In A Teacup 05.03.23	Le'Legacy Game
Eakflanderyof 05.03.23	Jordan Poole started believing he was steph lol. He took 2-3 of those near logo threes today
ballsohard22 05.03.23	Ledoeveythingforme
ballsohard22 05.03.23	refs plan
ballsohard22 05.03.23	draymon with the triple single
Storm In A Teacup 05.03.23	Ill take one triple single on a cone, please.
Eakflanderyof 05.03.23	Draymond is an offensive liability at this point for sure. They defense let him get so many wide open looks because they knew he wouldn't even shoot it lol
ballsohard22 05.03.23	yeah. I know he works hard on defence, but he's gotta score more than low single digits in playoff games.
Storm In A Teacup 05.03.23	Yeah otherwise he and the warriors will never win a championship
Eakflanderyof 05.03.23	Lol draymond is on the decline though too storm. His defense imo isn't enough to make up for it anymore. At the very least he needs to be enough of a scoring threat that the defenders aren't just staring at him from 10 feet away daring him to shoot if he's more than 5 ft from the rim. Not to mention the unnecessary techs because he can't shut his mouth
YoYoMancuso 05.03.23	Jordan Poole's IQ is 7
Storm In A Teacup 05.03.23	Yeah eak im just having fun 🙂 really im just waiting for this warriors dynasty to 100% be over. Hopefully it will be soon.
Storm In A Teacup 05.03.23	Lebron retiring will also make basketball more enjoyable for me. As long as something annoying doesnt replace it all. Hopefully its the Thunders time coming soon.
ballsohard22 05.03.23	I'm waiting for Lebron;s career to be 100% over. he's probably the best player ever, I mean he has the fuckin scoring title which is crazy, but I think his career moves have been super lame, and I can't wait till he's gone
ballsohard22 05.03.23	also lol to kyrie not making playoffs and probably KD getting bounced in the second
ballsohard22 05.03.23	Kyrie "I'm so stupid that I think the earth is flat yet Jay Williams keeps calling me a deep thinker" Irving
MarsKid 05.03.23	Jordan Poole disasterclass Snoop was a prophet
AlexKzillion 05.03.23	"refs plan" sensational
nash1311 05.03.23	Ready for Lebron to retire [3]
MarsKid 05.03.23	Rooting for the Knicks but they def got away with murder on some of those late-game calls lol
calmrose 05.04.23	76ers got absolutely bodied
Storm In A Teacup 05.04.23	Heat and Knicks might actually have a shot at the finals. Celtics and 76ers clearly are just a not invincible team and thats why neither won 60 games despite generally being healthy in the regular season.
Storm In A Teacup 05.04.23	I wonder how mad Giannis is right now at the Bucks ownership/management.
Hyperion1001 05.04.23	congratulations nick nurse.
nash1311 05.05.23	Bucks are awful for that move. Horrendous
Hyperion1001 05.05.23	are they? it was clear he needed to go. good development guy but hes been outcoached every series ive watched the bucks. luckily for him he had a 6'11" 40ppg athletic freak to lean on during their run.
Storm In A Teacup 05.05.23	Giannis cried when the Bucks fired Jason Kidd and has considered retiring before because of paparazzi fame and people not caring for others as people.
Storm In A Teacup 05.05.23	I can god damn guarantee Giannis is shook right now. At the minimum. So yes, dumb move.
Storm In A Teacup 05.05.23	It just went 100% completely against the headline quotes from Giannis this week.
Storm In A Teacup 05.05.23	I bet espn is so fucking headless zombie they cant even capitalize on human emotions and run headlines like "how will giannis react" cuz they wont even understand
Hyperion1001 05.05.23	you good buddy?
Storm In A Teacup 05.05.23	Im feeling satisfied. I ate a grilled chicken chipotle burrito about 15 minutes ago. How are you hyperion
Hyperion1001 05.05.23	good hopin the lakers lose.
Storm In A Teacup 05.05.23	Same
unclereich 05.05.23	Wow lakers losing because they’re not shooting 30 more free throws than the warriors. 😮
Storm In A Teacup 05.05.23	I swear there are two people living in Anthony Davis body
unclereich 05.05.23	Shaq game one Ekpe Udoh game two
nash1311 05.05.23	“are they?” Yes, for several reasons. Giannis was hurt and didn’t play half the series. They also had the best record in the NBA and won a title only 2 years ago. On top of all of that, dudes brother died during the series. Like c’mon. You have one bad series that results in getting sent home and you off load a dude? Also besides I guess Nurse, who didn’t do much with the Raptors this year, who are they gonna get that’s better? Dumb move to me even if I do think they massively choked
ballsohard22 05.05.23	Klay lets GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
ballsohard22 05.05.23	not a warriors fan btw, I'm a lebron hater.
nash1311 05.05.23	[2]
ballsohard22 05.05.23	if curry gets another ring he's got 5 to lebrons 3.5 (bubble ring only counts as half a ring its science)
nash1311 05.05.23	I’m even more petty I only count Cavs ring lol
robertsona 05.05.23	Knicks in 5
ballsohard22 05.05.23	lebrick now .069 percentage in 3s
ballsohard22 05.05.23	"I’m even more petty I only count Cavs ring lol" hah yeah, i'll count em but with the understanding that he opened the door to superteams, so if he wanna pull that bs (like making the front office of every team he's on get rid of all their assests and trade for all stars) then he can't complain (as he does) about teams like the durant warriors
ballsohard22 05.05.23	also can't wait for bitch ass durant to get bounced and then in his press conference act like it doesnt bother him lol
nash1311 05.05.23	Agree all for hating on these super team losers
ballsohard22 05.05.23	game 6 klay making an appearance in game 2
nash1311 05.05.23	Lmfao I just said those exact words to a buddy of mine
SteakByrnes 05.05.23	Lebron hate is cringe tbh
unclereich 05.05.23	Someone other than Steph getting hot is basically the recipe for success for the warriors. Saw it last year with Wiggins and somewhat Poole.
ballsohard22 05.05.23	hah Lebrick getting T'd up sorry bozo!
ballsohard22 05.05.23	"Lebron hate is cringe tbh" ur mother is cringe bitch
SteakByrnes 05.05.23	She can be I won’t lie
ballsohard22 05.05.23	lebron might be scoring goat but he's also whining at the refs goat too that's impressive
nash1311 05.05.23	Why is Lebron hate cringe? He does A LOT to get hated for lol. He bandwagons with other stars, he whines at refs a lot, he often blames teammates when they lose, he self-proclaimed King, etc etc
nash1311 05.05.23	I mean he’s top 2-3 all time sure but just cause someone is great doesn’t mean you gotta like them
ballsohard22 05.05.23	if anything its the lebron nutriders who are cringe
Storm In A Teacup 05.05.23	Thunder the next superteam but will all be drafted.
Storm In A Teacup 05.05.23	Except for SGA lol
Eakflanderyof 05.05.23	Sometimes I wonder why I don't like lebron then I'm reminded when I see him have another narcissistic meltdown like tonight (twice). He's definitely one of the biggest whiners in the league next to Luka and draymond
SteakByrnes 05.05.23	He also does a lot not to be hated on imo, he’s a wizard on offense and knows how to run an offense and I like how he always tries to make the best play every possession (unless he’s launching a 3 lol). He was a pretty great defender in his early cavs and then heat days too, probably should’ve got a defensive player of the year, and his chase down blocks are dope as hell. Idk I just like watching him play, I’ll be sad when he retires. He’s done a lot for his community too which is commendable. Don’t gotta like everybody tho I guess lol
unclereich 05.05.23	I respect LeBron a lot, being a cry baby is just kind of the way of the world now in the nba. That’s why Steph is so likable he just kind of keeps his head down.
YoYoMancuso 05.05.23	Steph is low key the best trash talker in the game right now
Storm In A Teacup 05.05.23	This is the only time I liked LeBron in an endearing kind of way. https://youtu.be/Qp1eT_Y_IhE
Storm In A Teacup 05.05.23	Yeah yoyo I like Stephs talk as well.
Storm In A Teacup 05.05.23	The NBA is full of such [i]fun guys[i].
ballsohard22 05.05.23	https://youtu.be/Qp1eT_Y_IhE I'm throwing ten grenades in that room and then suffering the consequences of the penal system
Eakflanderyof 05.05.23	Lebron is absolutely one of, if not the best, to ever do it. And yeah, the league does whine/mock nearly every call overall. But lebron definitely has some of the most over the top meltdown episodes I've ever seen. It's annoying to watch outright toddler tantrums like that. Only player thats worse is probably draymond lol
Storm In A Teacup 05.05.23	Lol ballsohard. I felt the same way once. Thunder would have won a title early if the heat never super teamed.
ballsohard22 05.05.23	That series was when I knew James Harden wasn't for real.
Storm In A Teacup 05.05.23	That explains why we got Kenyon Martin for him. Thank god that draft pick turned into Stevem Adams tho.
Storm In A Teacup 05.05.23	If the Thunder won that year I could see James pull a Kyrie and still end up leaving.
Storm In A Teacup 05.05.23	And then he'd be where he is today with the same career
Storm In A Teacup 05.05.23	Who knows tho maybe the 76ers win this year if Embiid stays healthy.... .....😐
nash1311 05.05.23	@Eak the one he did this year was absolutely peak tantrum mode lol
Storm In A Teacup 05.05.23	Game of Zones did a good job at portraying LeBron as a villain. It is a shame it ended two years ago. More seasons chronicling the last couple years would have been great.
Eakflanderyof 05.05.23	@nash You talking about the one where it went to overtime and he dropped down on the court like he was begging for his life? Lol
unclereich 05.05.23	trash talk=/=whining
nash1311 05.05.23	Yes exactly that lmao
Storm In A Teacup 05.05.23	I hope Russell Westbrook says fuck it I cant depend on injured Leonard and pg and asks Sam Presti for a 5 year $10 million contract to play back up and rides the Thunder to 5 titles
ballsohard22 05.05.23	only way russ ends up with 5 titles is if lebron, durant, and luka join the warriors and he bench rides for them
Storm In A Teacup 05.05.23	Durant and Lebron arent helping a team win a title next year or ever again lol. LeBron is barely on the court now.
Storm In A Teacup 05.05.23	LeBrons stats only look so good because he strained himself and selfishly played to score crazy to make sure he broke the record this year, at the cost of a winning record. LeBrons selfishness cost more games than Russ did. Russ won them 4 in a row by himself. Lakers would not be in playoffs.
Storm In A Teacup 05.05.23	Anthony Davis and Lebron both probably would have played 40something games instead of low to mid 50s if they didnt have to fight for a playoff spot. Russ hit 50 something games with the Lakers and still added 21 more with Clippers
Storm In A Teacup 05.05.23	That 15 or 20 minute scoring celebration in the middle of a quarter was comical.
ballsohard22 05.05.23	agree with all of this, the operative part of this is though *if they join the warriors.
Storm In A Teacup 05.05.23	And then the media try to make a story like AD isnt supporting LeBron cuz hes mad they were losing and lost 🤣🤣
Storm In A Teacup 05.05.23	Actually i stopped talking about that hypothetical after the first comment and just started ranting about LeBron lol
ballsohard22 05.05.23	haha nice "And then the media try to make a story like AD isnt supporting LeBron cuz hes mad they were losing and lost 🤣🤣" espn dick rides lebron hard. when he wins he did it all, when he loses he doesnt have enough help. been that way since the last year he was on the heat
Storm In A Teacup 05.05.23	Its gotten worse. That story was just about emotional support.
Storm In A Teacup 05.05.23	Anthony Davis was the one who was mad and espn was mad at him for not being happy for LeBron 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Eakflanderyof 05.06.23	Embiid already drawing those phantom fouls
ballsohard22 05.07.23	Lebron getting every call and complaining still
ballsohard22 05.07.23	LeRefsplan
ballsohard22 05.07.23	lakers getting every call
ballsohard22 05.07.23	wiggins with the absolute poster of bitch ass AD
unclereich 05.07.23	The warriors are the most inconsistent team in basketball and that will ultimately doom them. When they’re off they look like a g league team.
Eakflanderyof 05.07.23	The warriors just don't have any depth really. Lakers have more scoring threats. Lebron can shit the bed and there are at least 4 guys who can consistently pick him up. If curry sucks, it's just klay or occasionally Poole or Wiggins if they have a crazy night
Trebor. 05.07.23	my Lakers getting it done
Manatea 05.07.23	I feel like it’s wrong for me to have hope for this series. And yet… somehow I do…
Purpl3Spartan 05.07.23	You don't lose 30 points because of the refs that's for sure
unclereich 05.07.23	7 games here we come
nash1311 05.07.23	“You don't lose 30 points because of the refs that's for sure” But ironically they did get 20 more fts lol. No not 30, but at some point they also quit on the game
EyesWideShut 05.07.23	Heat looking to gentleman sweep
robertsona 05.07.23	Ugly ugly display by the Knicks yeah. Objectively it looked like we’re the Cavs now and that that’s how it’ll end. But maybe…if we pray really hard…
Hyperion1001 05.07.23	I get why Mike brown won COTY but spoelstra is easily the best coach in the NBA right now (I know pop is still coaching but he’s retiring soon). you could give him a roster of fringe NBA players and I’d still bet on him being successful.
EyesWideShut 05.07.23	Pop seems antiquated and probably should have retired like 5 years ago tbh. Spo never gets his flowers smh
Storm In A Teacup 05.07.23	His wife died 5 years and 2 weeks ago. He probably would have retired by now if that didn't happen.
unclereich 05.07.23	"But ironically they did get 20 more fts lol. No not 30, but at some point they also quit on the game" exactly this, the constant whistles killed game flow
ballsohard22 05.07.23	Ledoeverythingforme
ballsohard22 05.08.23	Jokic should have slapped the absolute bejesus out of the suns owner
ballsohard22 05.08.23	bring back malice in the palace
Eakflanderyof 05.08.23	Seeing an owner get slapped would make my day
ballsohard22 05.08.23	that's what im talkin about!
nash1311 05.08.23	Spo best coach easy yes
ballsohard22 05.08.23	really good game rn
Trebor. 05.08.23	celtics losing is always funny
EyesWideShut 05.08.23	bring back malice in the palace [2]
ballsohard22 05.08.23	durant overrated btw
AlexKzillion 05.08.23	suns owner flopping was chefs kiss
SteakByrnes 05.08.23	Man I love watching Jokic play
Purpl3Spartan 05.08.23	Yeah he’s fun to watch
robertsona 05.08.23	let’s go KNICKS kinda horrifying loss for Nugs cuz Jokic was so good and then his last two plays were bad and nobody helped
pjquinones747 05.08.23	"durant overrated btw" yeah casually gets 39 in a game where he missed 19 shots, def overrated lmao
robertsona 05.08.23	took 19 shots*, I’d be pretty on board with the sentiment if he clanked 19
pjquinones747 05.08.23	ohp you right talk show radio actually had it wrong but also ballsohard is a hilarious name for someone who very clearly dont know ball
AlexKzillion 05.08.23	booker and kd are so fun to watch together. feels like neither guy can miss from anywhere on the court these past few games
robertsona 05.08.23	Totally agreed, they look awesome. Booker I think has hit 34 of his last 42 shots, which is just absurd for a guard always pulling up. Guy’s in the gym
Eakflanderyof 05.08.23	"kinda horrifying loss for Nugs cuz Jokic was so good and then his last two plays were bad and nobody helped" Eh, the difference between a nugs loss and suns win was a nobody (shamet) turning into steph curry for 5 minutes. Also, booker basically having back to back career games. If that doesn't happen the series is 3-1 instead of 2-2. I still think it's likely nugs in 6 because they're going back to Denver for a game and no way booker sustains his ridiculous pace
robertsona 05.08.23	Shamet shoots 41% from 3 for his career don’t play with Landry. Don’t even play with Landry Fields
Eakflanderyof 05.08.23	Looking at his stats. 41% is his FG%. From 3 he is 38.8%. That's still solid but he averages 2 threes a game and less than 10 PPG. He made like 4 or 5 threes in a row. That won't happen often even for steph
Hyperion1001 05.08.23	hope they ban suns owner from the rest of the series. if he wasnt a billionaire he would have been kicked out instantly.
AlexKzillion 05.08.23	suns owner is hilarious i hope he stays he was on bill simmons's podcast last week and just randomly started talking about how much he hates cavs owner dan gilbert, dude is a certified hater also i've seen it get compared to when the warriors minority owner shoved lowry a few years back (who i think ended up getting banned for like a whole season?) and i don't think this was anywhere near as bad. just felt like a funny moment that added even more drama to the series
Eakflanderyof 05.08.23	I think he should be banned just because his face is so punchable really
pjquinones747 05.08.23	@Hyperion ban the suns owner for a funny looking flop after getting elbowed? what video clip did you watch?
Eakflanderyof 05.08.23	A team owner, of all people, knows you don't hang on to the ball like that
Eakflanderyof 05.08.23	He was being a dick
AlexKzillion 05.08.23	he was indeed but the wrestling fan in me was sufficiently sports entertained
Hyperion1001 05.08.23	"what video clip did you watch?" the one where he held on to the ball during a quick inbound specifically to interfere with the game? im sure you know fans arent allowed to do that.
SteakByrnes 05.08.23	Jokic should not be suspended for that lol, dude was an idiot interfering with the game. This is such a nothingburger event
Eakflanderyof 05.08.23	Also, I don't respect flopping and that goes for team owners especially
unclereich 05.09.23	4 possessions and 3 fouls called in favor of the lakers. Idk how anyone can watch them and think that’s acceptable
ballsohard22 05.09.23	someone should write an algorightm to figure out what percentage of the time lebron whines for a foul when he misses a shot (not including open jumpers) there's no way its under 95% of the time. literally just watched him do it twice in 15 seconds
ballsohard22 05.09.23	Reaves da real MVP
Hyperion1001 05.09.23	curry is just too good.
ballsohard22 05.09.23	Davis is overrated. there is no chance he's a top 75 player of all time
ballsohard22 05.09.23	curry closing in on a top 10 of all time spot
ballsohard22 05.09.23	for anyone who ever thought kyrie irving was better than curry youre a bozo
YoYoMancuso 05.09.23	Jordan Poole has to be the worst rotation player in the NBA right?
ballsohard22 05.09.23	also there's no way lebron isn't on roids. his name was on the biogenisis report from like 2011 or whatever it was that was the place where Arod was getting his roids
ballsohard22 05.09.23	jordan poole hasn't been the same since draymond rocked his shit
YoYoMancuso 05.09.23	he's definitely the worst decision maker, i can't fathom anything he decides to do with the ball. seriously like a Denzel Valentine level of game awareness
ballsohard22 05.09.23	its weird because last playoffs he was money
ballsohard22 05.09.23	draymond gave him CTE
Purpl3Spartan 05.09.23	Draymond sucks yeah
YoYoMancuso 05.09.23	the only player who's taking equally stupid shots in these playoffs is Michael Porter Jr but he at least makes some of them
Hyperion1001 05.09.23	with porter somehow the worse the shot is the higher chance it has of going in. he misses so many wide open threes then will splash 3 contested stepbacks in a row.
ballsohard22 05.09.23	Refs Plan
robertsona 05.09.23	ugly Knicks game. Fuck
ballsohard22 05.09.23	Draymond needs to learn how to score the ball, he's fucking shook.
Purpl3Spartan 05.09.23	That part of his game seems pretty washed
ballsohard22 05.09.23	le3.5rings gets to surround himself with fresh hall of famers every year
ballsohard22 05.09.23	curry just cooked lebron
Purpl3Spartan 05.09.23	“ le3.5rings gets to surround himself with fresh hall of famers every year” The irony in this statement is unreal
unclereich 05.09.23	Curry just pulled a poole hahahaha glad I don’t have to watch this team until the fall. Hopefully poole gets cut
ballsohard22 05.09.23	“ le3.5rings gets to surround himself with fresh hall of famers every year” The irony in this statement is unreal" you have sugma
unclereich 05.09.23	Love it can’t wait for dray and klay to be gone. Nothing better than seeing Steph fumbling the ball on the ground. Such a terrible iteration of the warriors that I can finally close the book on. Good riddance
ballsohard22 05.09.23	ride lebrons nuts more
unclereich 05.09.23	Who is?
ballsohard22 05.09.23	gobble gobble
unclereich 05.09.23	Not sure who you’re talking to. I’m a lifelong warriors fan
SteakByrnes 05.09.23	Steph had a super inefficient 30 point triple double lol wild game. He just can’t seem to get it cookin this round
Purpl3Spartan 05.09.23	Ballsohard being an average warriors fan while unclereich being a chill warriors fan really shows the dichotomy of the fan base
unclereich 05.09.23	His plus minus was fine. Not sure what else you can ask for him. Literally no one else is contributing.
unclereich 05.09.23	I’m an A’s/raiders/sharks/warriors stan rooting for these franchises has humbled me more than any amount of solid parenting or self reflection 😂. We have some shit fans(some may be an understatement) but a lot of fanbases do.
Purpl3Spartan 05.09.23	I feel you man, I’m in a similar boat but raiders/kings. Definitely teaches you to just watch the game and not talk crap lol
unclereich 05.09.23	I can talk smack but I keep it pretty tame for the most part. I also choose my battles wisely and remember at the end of the day it's all love
SteakByrnes 05.09.23	Sorry about the A’s situation lol, I hate what they’re doing with the team I don’t want them out of Oakland
unclereich 05.09.23	me too man me too... I love that stadium. practically grew up there. it has a certain ambiance that will never be recaptured. not much I can do. finding it super hard to go to games this year tho with that looming.
Eakflanderyof 05.09.23	Didn't get to watch the lakers warriors game today. Was it another game where the lakers got twice as many free throws despite having virtually the same amount of point in the paint?
Purpl3Spartan 05.09.23	It really sucks cause they basically cockblocked the raiders from making any sort of deal with the city to stay, which forced the raiders out of the city, and then proceeded to leave themselves
unclereich 05.09.23	@eak warriors lack of size and their aging core not being able to make up for said lack of size finally got to them. officiating was better imo. @purp the situation has many layers and all are ugly
StormChaser 05.09.23	It's honestly heartbreaking for me watching how good Steph is (except for some questionable passes and shot decisions, but that's Steph) and how little the other guys are stepping up. Shout out to my man Moody and to fucking Lonnie Walker who I guess is better as a 9th or 10th man than any Warriors reserve. Oh and also fuck Jordan Poole
unclereich 05.09.23	yea unfortunately klay's injuries have aged him into no longer being a viable starter going forward. poole of course has regressed to the point of being unplayable, and the wiseman draft pick basically set them back a few years as they have nothing to show for drafting second overall other than the corpse of GPII. and let's not forget their depth is non existent and wiggins-despite the fact he's become a defensive guru won't ever score enough consistently to become a valid second option for curry. still crazy they made it this far if you consider they struggled to stay above .500 all year. will be fascinating to see their offseason decisions, I truly believe Klay/dray/poole are all on borrowed time. one or two will be gone next year along with Bob Myers. their only hope is Curry has a couple of seasons left and they can cook something up in the offseason. kuminga and moody's development will be paramount. my guess is this is the end of the road for the warriors barring a miracle. been an unbelievably great run though.
StormChaser 05.09.23	Agree with most of your takes, but getting rid of Draymond and Myers would just be a boneheaded move that would surely lead to the end. Dray's lack of offensive game and intention is killing them in this series, but without his defense they're dead in the water. Tough decisions will have to be made, but I'd basically put anyone on the block save for Curry, Looney and Dray. Never been a Wiggins fan, last year he stepped up hugely but he's always too reluctant to score for my taste, despite his obvious talents. I think he could and should be their second option on the offensive side, but he just doesn't have the confidence or self belief to do it. Fucking unbelievable run, this team made me watch basketball, sad to see them going out like they seem to be, if for nothing else than for the fact that Steph is still arguably the best guy on the floor in most playoff games. Also, don't think not making any moves last offseason was Bob's move, fucking Lacob wanted to do Spurs vII with the young guys but you just can't pull that off with the way Kerr wants to play and coach his guys. All in all, everyone's a little to blame (Draymond's punch probably did most of the damage cause it killed the vibes) but it's a blasphemy to botch a season with Steph at the height of his powers
SteakByrnes 05.09.23	I still love Klay he's one of my favorite players, but he had some very questionable shot selections in that game that proved costly. Idk if it's the hype of playing the Lakers, or if he's still trying to prove that he can ball after the injuries, but he needs to take a breather and think things through on plays just a little more. Game 2 Klay was sensational but every other game not so much
robertsona 05.09.23	Julius Randle saying “maybe they want it more” eff off
AlexKzillion 05.09.23	julius randle so soft man lmfao they might want it more than you but not the rest of the knicks
Storm In A Teacup 05.09.23	That dude the Zion Williams of pressure. Too much weight and they break.
Storm In A Teacup 05.09.23	Aka, what a baby 😃
Storm In A Teacup 05.09.23	When he said that a reporter should have immediately asked , you do realize RJ Barrett is playing better than you?
Storm In A Teacup 05.09.23	😅🤣🤣🤣
Storm In A Teacup 05.09.23	There are some decent players I would not trade a 2nd round pick for and Julius Randle is one of them. Fuck that guy.
SteakByrnes 05.09.23	storm is comment stat padding
AlexKzillion 05.09.23	sputsel westbrook over here
MarsKid 05.09.23	Sucks to see Brunson working overtime to do anything for the Knicks and it's just far from enough. Randle comes and goes, Barrett is hot and cold, and Toppin is too inconsistent to be reliable. Their bigs also seem to get in foul trouble in like 5 minutes lol. Would have loved seeing the Lakers v Warriors game but fuckin a, 10:00PM EST tip isn't fair to us that gotta wake up early.
SteakByrnes 05.09.23	Yea they gotta stop making these games so late especially on weekdays lol
YoYoMancuso 05.09.23	At this point I feel like whoever wins Celtics-Sixers is coasting comfortably to the championship
MarsKid 05.09.23	I'd be more scared of the Heat tbh, they've got scary depth, arguably the best coach in the league, and have a lot more poise. Sixers are very top-heavy and Boston can't seem to reliably close out a series.
Eakflanderyof 05.09.23	The heat are good but I think Celtics or healthy sixers handles them. I think people are underestimating the nuggets though too
MarsKid 05.09.23	I'm not counting out any playoff team with Jimmy Butler lol And like I said, Sixers don't have depth. Embiid is still hobbled and Harden isn't able to carry every game. Maxey could step up, but he plays with the precision and grace of a cocaine addict. Lot of spirit, endless motor, but haphazard and prone to immediate foul trouble.
SteakByrnes 05.09.23	go nuggets go joker
MarsKid 05.09.23	Joker needs help, it's gonna be rough if KD and Booker keep popping off like that.
AlexKzillion 05.09.23	really want a nuggets/sixers finals this mvp race was the biggest most melodramatic joke ever especially with embiid sitting out that last nuggets matchup would like to see them just settle it on the court
nash1311 05.09.23	“Love it can’t wait for dray and klay to be gone. Nothing better than seeing Steph fumbling the ball on the ground. Such a terrible iteration of the warriors that I can finally close the book on. Good riddance” I realize you’re probably talking about the last few years, but wow what a shit take lol. These dudes won you 4 rings how could you possibly want anything more. Not to mention even when they lose Curry is the most fun player to watch in basketball
Hyperion1001 05.09.23	“Joker needs help, it's gonna be rough if KD and Booker keep popping off like that.“ that’s the thing though is that they won’t. it’s taken two games of near historic scoring by both to barely eek by. no way that happens 2 more times. I think the nugs close it out in the next two games honestly.
Eakflanderyof 05.09.23	Yeah devin booker had back to back career games. If that doesn't happen nuggets have swept
AlexKzillion 05.09.23	devin booker has played arguably the two best games of his career in the past week but i also feel like he has straight leveled up this playoffs like besides curry and jokic... there is nobody playing better right now than him. remember when booker vs. donovan mitchell was a real argument? booker vs. tatum? feel like booker easily clears tatum at this point dude just has that dog in him unironically
Eakflanderyof 05.09.23	Eh, hard to make that evaluation I feel like based off a series. Dudes will have games like that and then fall off a cliff and score 11 points the next game. He looks like he's leveled up because every shot is just falling for him right now
Eakflanderyof 05.09.23	But I don't know. You might be right. He has been pretty impressive the whole playoffs
ballsohard22 05.09.23	lebron sucks
Eakflanderyof 05.09.23	Lebron has been pretty pedestrian the whole playoffs but of course he'll get all the credit if they win the chip or the conference
YoYoMancuso 05.09.23	AD has been absolutely transcendent on defense
ballsohard22 05.09.23	in 2 years when bronny jr goes to the Lakers lebron will sign every allstar/ future HOF player (which is basically what he does now) and probably win a chip because he's a cheap lazy fuck
AlexKzillion 05.09.23	i think the most impressive thing about booker's performance these past few games is he's doing it without chris paul setting up the offense every possession... its pretty much been on him now. kd's existence certainly helps but even then booker has been destroying every double team that comes his way seemed like he learned a lot from last year's meltdown against the mavs. win or lose it feels like the dude has ascended into being arguably the best shooting guard in the league, and not because harden aged out of it but because booker is just that good
SteakByrnes 05.09.23	To me Booker's ascent was like 2 years ago, he's just reminding everybody that he is a baller
AlexKzillion 05.09.23	hmm see from 2021 through this regular season i mostly saw him as the same guy he always was just with actually good teammates finally (top 20ish player, donovan mitchell / ja morant tier, maybe a little better)... now it's like easily in the 5-10 range, maybe the best guard in the league period besides steph
AlexKzillion 05.09.23	inb4 dude goes 6/25 tonight after i hyped him up
nash1311 05.09.23	“ i think the most impressive thing about booker's performance these past few games is he's doing it without chris paul setting up the offense every possession... its pretty much been on him now. kd's existence certainly helps but even then booker has been destroying every double team that comes his way” See I’d say the exact opposite. CP3 has actually been a detriment that’s why they’ve won without him. More ball in his hands more playmaking. Pels did the same thing with Zion having him run point and he went off
Eakflanderyof 05.09.23	Yeah, agreed Chris Paul being out has helped them. He's washed
Purpl3Spartan 05.09.23	He’s elite at flopping tho
nash1311 05.09.23	Agree he’s washed Kyrie comin if he doesn’t join Bron
Hyperion1001 05.09.23	I wouldn’t wish Kyrie on my most hated teams. probably the most unlikable cancer human in sports who hasn’t been accused of some horrid sexual crime (yet).
EyesWideShut 05.09.23	Nuggets need to bring JR Smith back home
robertsona 05.09.23	Booker leveled up this playoffs definitely really proving himself in a manner different than the 70 point game when he was 20, which is a big proof of something or other for sure. He looks like video game devin booker
ballsohard22 05.09.23	"I wouldn’t wish Kyrie on my most hated teams. probably the most unlikable cancer human in sports who hasn’t been accused of some horrid sexual crime (yet)." don't forget about terrell ownes and Arod.
Storm In A Teacup 05.09.23	https://youtube.com/shorts/pWjunHW2rFU?feature=share I want one!
StormChaser 05.09.23	All I want at this point is for the Suns to get bounced. Booker is great, on a heater, on another level currently bla bla. Had enough of these fake superteams though, the basketball gods fucked Brooklyn and now Jokic is gonna fuck the Suns let's go
ballsohard22 05.09.23	"Had enough of these fake superteams though" same and you can thank lebron and the AAUification of the NBA for that
Eakflanderyof 05.10.23	Goddamn... Celtics playing like absolute dogshit lol
Eakflanderyof 05.10.23	Free throws getting them back in the game
nash1311 05.10.23	Tired of superteams [12345]
unclereich 05.10.23	“I realize you’re probably talking about the last few years, but wow what a shit take lol. These dudes won you 4 rings how could you possibly want anything more. Not to mention even when they lose Curry is the most fun player to watch in basketball“ I don’t really ask for much, just don’t punch your teammates in the face and destroy the team’s chemistry and try not to become an albatross. Both players will always have love and respect from fans but much like the Sf giants with lincecum/Cain/bumgarner at some point the old guard must accept reality. This year has made it quite clear something has to change in order to take advantage of currys last few golden years and keeping dudes around or keeping them in their normal starting role because they won you rings in the past isn’t going to be the winning formula going forward.
SteakByrnes 05.10.23	Lincecum was my favorite player so I feel that lol, he's the reason I became a Giants fan in 2007
Eakflanderyof 05.10.23	Boston fans are spoiled brats lmao
unclereich 05.10.23	Lincecum was the fucking man
robertsona 05.10.23	Best Harden Ever
EyesWideShut 05.10.23	"Boston fans are spoiled brats lmao" [2] and racist lol
ballsohard22 05.10.23	just want to remind every body that kevin durant did the softest move ever made
ballsohard22 05.10.23	boston fans fucking suck [3]
ballsohard22 05.10.23	guys get techs for the lamest reasons
Storm In A Teacup 05.10.23	"just want to remind every body that kevin durant did the softest move ever made" Huh? What? You mean standing in the wing 3 spot during Thunder playoff games because your ego wasnt given number 1 star status? Or all the fake twitter account posts? Or did you mean when he was upset that he still wasnt treated like a god next to steph curry? Or did you mean taking a max contract with the nets and get your first year off then the first year your team is basically healthy and ready for a playoff run you request a trade to make a super super team in phoenix?
Storm In A Teacup 05.10.23	Surely thats all of it. Couldnt be anything else. Or really couldnt be anything softer....unless you really charmin soft
Storm In A Teacup 05.10.23	Oh wait i remember. He requested that brooklyn trade two years in a row
Storm In A Teacup 05.10.23	Oh wait i remember he got steve nash fired
Storm In A Teacup 05.10.23	Oh wait i remember https://youtu.be/nnt0kpDXiGA
ballsohard22 05.10.23	keep going... I'm almost there
Storm In A Teacup 05.10.23	"Mama, there goes that char-man"
Storm In A Teacup 05.10.23	I need a cigarette.
Storm In A Teacup 05.10.23	Fuck Kevin Durant. And you know what, fuck the Suns now.
ballsohard22 05.10.23	dude needs an * next to his two rings
ballsohard22 05.10.23	can someone explain to me what just happeend, I was watching something else, did a fan get ejected?
robertsona 05.10.23	Ishbia suited up and started hoopin!
StormChaser 05.10.23	fuck the Suns [2] i just want these bozos to get bounced. Fuck KD and fuck CP3, Booker's been on a heater this playoffs but fuck his Kardashian ass too
Eakflanderyof 05.10.23	I don't know if it's actually the case but booker looks like his dad owned a dealership. Just looks like he would've been a spoiled rich kid
Eakflanderyof 05.10.23	Just checked his Wikipedia. He definitely was lol
AlexKzillion 05.10.23	i'm honestly shocked nowadays when i find out an nba player actually didn't have rich parents
BigTuna 05.10.23	I mean, his dad played ball. His mom was a cosmetologist in GR. Not sure your definition of spoiled rich kid, but he's not quite a nepo baby.
Storm In A Teacup 05.10.23	But no one said nepotism just spoiled rich kid
YoYoMancuso 05.10.23	"i'm honestly shocked nowadays when i find out an nba player actually didn't have rich parents" that's why everyone loves Giannis
YoYoMancuso 05.10.23	and Jimmy Butler, dude was homeless as a teenager and now he's dropping 56 in the playoffs
Eakflanderyof 05.10.23	"I mean, his dad played ball. His mom was a cosmetologist in GR. Not sure your definition of spoiled rich kid, but he's not quite a nepo baby" He got to play basketball with gallinari as a kid. That qualifies as spoiled for me lol
Eakflanderyof 05.10.23	I'm not exactly a lebron stan either but he grew up pretty poor as well I think
robertsona 05.10.23	lebron was rich growing up, Storm? Did you google “was lebron rich growing up” before throwing yet another lebarb
Eakflanderyof 05.10.23	Lebarb lmao
Eakflanderyof 05.10.23	Honestly, I really love the le____ meme. I think leGM is my favorite
AlexKzillion 05.10.23	lebron, giannis, embiid, etc. for sure came from some pretty humble backgrounds. not to mention like every legend from the 90s and before. i do feel like the league capitalizes on those kinds of stories in a way to almost shield people from the fact that most of these guys are pretty much the opposite nowadays. easier to root for the guys who came from nothing then the guys who'd been in aau and attending each and every camp and elite prep school since before they could read
robertsona 05.10.23	my friend from high school nerd camp who I’ve known since age 16 was so woke and socially conscious and outspoken about that stuff at camp and now she just sits on the couch with her cavs-fan boyfriend and screams at the tv “you fucking BUMS” and then will turn to me and be like “bunch of fucking bums out there” all of which is to say “lebum” is the GOAT even if I’m not sure it’s 100% always to be spoken
ballsohard22 05.10.23	Le3.5rings
StormChaser 05.10.23	Reich, getting rid of Draymond won't help GS win a chip, keeping him will do more toward that end imo. I fucking hated the fact he punched Poole and he's 100% the main reason this season's been as sour as it's been. There's no excuse for that, but all of that's not important cause on the court nobody can do what he does defensively. And also he's worth much more than Poole is for the immediate future of this team. Also, even though punching a teammate's pretty much an undefendable act, I gotta say from some of Poole's oncourt shenanigans, showboating, boasti g and body language he probably had it coming, especially when you try to fuck with a guy like Draymond, you're gonna get fucked
Eakflanderyof 05.10.23	I also have no doubt Poole was being a little punk lol
ballsohard22 05.10.23	"I gotta say from some of Poole's oncourt shenanigans, showboating, boasti g and body language he probably had it coming, " i didnt realize he was doing these things, was it that bad?
Eakflanderyof 05.10.23	It's not over the top bad but the dude does act like a brat sometimes
Hyperion1001 05.10.23	not to mention he probably has the worst contract in the NBA. whiffing in the wiseman pick and giving poole that albatross contract is gonna hamstring the warriors for years. this honestly might be their last true shot.
AlexKzillion 05.10.23	the 2020 draft was honestly just really bad tbh edwards is a star, haliburton is really good, maxey and bane are difference makers, lamelo exists i guess... really not very good especially picks 4-11
SteakByrnes 05.10.23	bro you can't just say lamelo exists lol, he's really good
Eakflanderyof 05.10.23	Lamelo is good. Just not elite yet
unclereich 05.10.23	Draymond wants max money and punched a dude in the face lol. I like him as a player and am not downplaying what he does for the team, but his offensive inefficiencies are too glaring when we lose games to give him one last big pay day. If he’s willing to not take max money, and klay is open to a role off the bench, and Poole is offloaded in exchange for another teams horrible contract, I could see a world where they run it back next season. Too many ifs though. Finding someone with some legitimate size and scoring ability in the offseason seems more likely than giving draymond max money but that may force Kerr into actually making an adjustment to his coaching style
unclereich 05.10.23	It is known within warriors spaces that Poole is a fucking douche bag. Curry yelled at him after one of the kings games recently. It’s on camera lol. Poole may have been the actual locker room cancer. Though the punch clearly made things worse
AlexKzillion 05.10.23	i am not a lamelo believer :|
unclereich 05.10.23	I was during the draft -.- couldn’t believe they took wiseman 🤮
unclereich 05.10.23	@robert You can’t be socially outspoken/woke and still call players bums? Better not tell that to everyone who goes to sf giants games lol. Seems like the most lighthearted way to criticize a player. Not like she’s telling them to shut up and dribble lol
nash1311 05.10.23	^^^ same. Ball bros suck
robertsona 05.10.23	I think it's more that I'm 100% sure the particular 16-year-old would be shocked by the later 27-year-old's behavior, but that's getting too esoteric/personal I guess. just funny trust me
robertsona 05.10.23	you gotta trust me
Ryus 05.10.23	knicks in 7
unclereich 05.10.23	I trust you! We grew up on opposite sides of the country in equally liberal cities and I can tell you from experience, one I’m sure you share, sporting events bring out very interesting sides of supposedly woke people lol.
PitchforkArms 05.10.23	Yeah I do think that Draymond is borderline indispensable as a defender, one of the best ever. Game changing and allows them to play extremely versatile on that side of the ball. His offensive game isn't horrendous but it is exploitable. I do think Steph is still criminally underrated and it's a bummer to see his play buoy an okay-ish team to only okay results - I hate how the zeitgeist is on him in the all-time discussion so I'm forced to root for him to get chips to get old-head thinking on board with him being where he deserves in that discussion.
Storm In A Teacup 05.10.23	Golden State will probably be able to pull something out of their ass. Look at how they traded for Wiggons lmao. Theyll probably give nothing for Ben Simmons and tell him he doesnt ever have to shoot just play defense and theyll win a title.
Storm In A Teacup 05.10.23	Good lord and the Nets are just as dumb as the timberwolves. Sign and trade Draymond on a max for Ben Simmons and the Nets first round licks 🤣
Storm In A Teacup 05.10.23	I dont even know what 1st round picks the nets have but they would just waste them anyway might as well give golden state everything
unclereich 05.10.23	They’re more likely to trade poole for Simmons
Storm In A Teacup 05.10.23	Steve Kerr has probably smoked a joint a dozen times and thought about finding another sucker trade
Storm In A Teacup 05.10.23	Would they give draymond a max if they traded poole instead? Dray wants the max i think
Eakflanderyof 05.10.23	Yeah, I thought they were already done before they got Wiggins and won a chip last year. But I think a solid big man would do them well. They definitely look undersized against the lakers
Storm In A Teacup 05.10.23	He has been eligible for the max extension for 9 months. Oh boy
Storm In A Teacup 05.10.23	Simmons healthy and not being pressured by his own team and just playing defense and setting screens for Steph and Klay. Boy howdy.
Storm In A Teacup 05.10.23	Simmons would probably average 5 points 14 rebounds and 10 asssists in that system
AlexKzillion 05.10.23	i'm not even convinced the warriors are done yet you will never catch me doubting steph
Eakflanderyof 05.10.23	Highly doubtful, but if they win at home tonight and the lakers have a bad day for game 6, anything can happen in a game 7
Storm In A Teacup 05.10.23	AlexK in 8 years is gonna pay $10 to watch Nikola Jokic vs Austin Theory in the squared circle.
AlexKzillion 05.10.23	hahaha give jokic a gunther-type gimmick and he'd be main event material
Storm In A Teacup 05.10.23	Nikola is 7 inches taller. Gunther weighs 13 more pounds tho
EyesWideShut 05.11.23	whole lotta Knicks freethrows
Ryus 05.11.23	knicks in 7 [2]
ballsohard22 05.11.23	dryamond with 8 points in the first 4 minutes of the game he's on sputnik confirmed
Storm In A Teacup 05.11.23	Lol/meh/how annoying of him
Eakflanderyof 05.11.23	Draymond is actually playing really well lol
ballsohard22 05.11.23	He read this thread
Eakflanderyof 05.11.23	Wiggins been hit in the face twice now with no call lol
ballsohard22 05.11.23	jordan poole fucking sucks
unclereich 05.11.23	Anthony "Paul Pierce" Davis
ballsohard22 05.11.23	HAH
ballsohard22 05.11.23	he admitted to shitting his pants that time
ballsohard22 05.11.23	sounds like davis got concussed - hopefully he's out for the series
unclereich 05.11.23	Anthony "crisis actor" davis well wiggins and dray proved me wrong tonight!
ballsohard22 05.11.23	street clothes
Eakflanderyof 05.11.23	AD got wheeled out on a wheelchair and Darvin ham said he's doing fine lol
unclereich 05.11.23	thoughts and prayers
Eakflanderyof 05.11.23	Even the inside the NBA guys were laughing at him lmao
nash1311 05.11.23	I’m ready for Game 6 Klay who is with me???!!!
unclereich 05.11.23	I sure hope he makes an appearance lol
StormChaser 05.11.23	Realistically I think they're gonna lose game 6 but the fan in me is ready to see the splash brothers explode like they haven't yet in this series. From watching Draymond on the offensive end, it's pretty easy to call out his lack of a consistent jumpshot and not having any moves under the rim, but he's by no means a liability. He just prefers to be the distributor and does it at an elite level for his position. The problem is when he's not aggressive which was definitely not the case tonight. If the Warriors play the Warriors way, which is ball and man movement, and if their shooters actually hit open shots generated this way, nobody's talking about Draymond being a bad offensive player. In any case, he's definitely one of the best defenders of all time, as Pitch said, and getting rid of a guy who is one of your only great playmakers on the offensive end, and is a fucking swiss army savant on the other is just crazy talk. I'm sure if Myers stays on as GM and Kerr stays on as coach they'll have none of that. I'm just so fucking bummed after this game and game 3, seeing how they're just fucking too much for the Lakers to keep up with if they just play with confidence and pace like they did. It'll be heartbreaking to see them go down feeling like they didn't give enough in some of these previous games and like they didn't trust each other enough. Sucks for a team that's built on chemistry and playing for one another
Storm In A Teacup 05.11.23	https://youtube.com/shorts/Q7hNk8kxCoc?feature=share
AlexKzillion 05.11.23	do they have nba sized wheel chairs or did they roll 6'10" 254lb anthony davis out on one those small cheapo ones we need to know woj
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nash1311 05.11.23	Wtf lol never seen that til now
AlexKzillion 05.11.23	i've seen like the zoomed in clip where he sticks his tongue out but never the whole thing zoomed out like that lol
Eakflanderyof 05.11.23	Boys will be boys am I right
ballsohard22 05.11.23	Sus like dwight howard
Storm In A Teacup 05.12.23	There is a second fuller video where they freak out about ADs dick falling out but i wasnt gonna do that to yall lol. Gay is okay but that is some weird stuff right there either way
Storm In A Teacup 05.12.23	Oh wait i did link that one. Lmao 🤣🤣🤣
Storm In A Teacup 05.12.23	Yeaaaaa you and meeee yeaaaahh 😶
Storm In A Teacup 05.12.23	Shaq and Charles actually held it togethet for once last night. I guess cuz it was more ridiculous than the chris paul police locker room reaction.
unclereich 05.12.23	Tatum woke up there at the end. Harden and Embiid gave up. game 7 will be great hopefully.
Ryus 05.12.23	please for the love of god dont make me endure another minute of bostonian sports success get it done sixers
robertsona 05.12.23	Knicks in 7 [7]
nash1311 05.12.23	Good bye Suns. Wont miss you (sent this in the first half, please lose)
unclereich 05.12.23	durant/harden/westbrook are cursed lol.
AlexKzillion 05.12.23	81 in the first half 💀
Eakflanderyof 05.12.23	Well goddamn, I was looking forward to coming home from band practice and catching the 2nd half of a basketball game. Didn't think I'd be witnessing a buttpounding. Suns will need a transcendent 3rd qtr
YoYoMancuso 05.12.23	KD stop trying to form super teams challenge (impossible)
Ryus 05.12.23	lolsuns
EyesWideShut 05.12.23	Ayton is laughing his ass off
Hyperion1001 05.12.23	who knew the solidly first place in the western conference team with a 2 two time MVP in his prime were good at basketball
Ryus 05.12.23	shoulda been three!
robertsona 05.12.23	I once texted my friend “Nikola Jokic is tenth in MVP voting with +1800 odds should I bet on it” and he texted me “depends but no he’ll never win MVP” Didn’t bet 😔
EyesWideShut 05.12.23	Who would have thought Kendrick Perkins influence would cost Jokic his 3rd MVP smh
ballsohard22 05.12.23	cant wait for durant to act like it doesn't bother him in the presser after the game
ballsohard22 05.12.23	I said it at the time, but durant leaving the warriors was the worst move he could have made from his perspective. if he had stayed on the warriors he coulda had 5+ rings at the very least and this would have elevated him to being in the top 10 conversation. instead now we all know he can't carry a team and will forever have a metaphorical asterisk next to his rings
nash1311 05.12.23	Most of these guys can’t get out of their own way though.
ballsohard22 05.12.23	dude has the mannerisms of a sullen depressed teenager
Dmax28 05.12.23	I've always thought Durant looks depressed most of the time
unclereich 05.12.23	"Who would have thought Kendrick Perkins influence would cost Jokic his 3rd MVP smh" Mark Jackson being a racist douche also didn't help
EyesWideShut 05.12.23	Deep down KD knows those rings are weak and he does a balancing act of pretending not to care or failing as a leader of a team. He's not that guy and that's ok..
Eakflanderyof 05.12.23	I don't think KD's rings are much weaker than many other's rings. Most teams winning chips have two or more superstars on the team that now, more often than not, conspired to team up. While klay's good, he's never been a superstar. And by the time KD joined, the rest of the league was starting to catch up to the warriors style of high volume threes. Without KD, they don't win those rings
Eakflanderyof 05.12.23	Also, the suns proved to be a force in the playoffs but the nuggets are, imo, the team to beat. They're my pick to win it all
AlexKzillion 05.12.23	i don't think kd leaving golden state would've turned out as terribly as it has if he didn't hitch his wagon to kyrie of all people. kyrie fucked kd out of what may end up being his last three prime seasons and kd still defends kyrie at every turn. dude is delusional and brought it all upon himself. harden was having none of it and rightfully so
EyesWideShut 05.12.23	I just feel like joining a 73 win team as a top 3 player in the league was probably the weakest move by a star player I ever seen. Being competitive is part of the game and being a pro athlete. Those rings didn't prove anything other than he needs the safest bet.
Eakflanderyof 05.12.23	Sure, but Durant gets ALL the hate for joining a superteam when other dudes in the league are doing that constantly
EyesWideShut 05.12.23	I think a big part of it was the Warriors felt organic since they drafted and developed those players. True Lebron chose the superteam route but they weren't unbeatable. KD with the Warriors was a cheat code.. Then of course he failed in Brooklyn and now with Phoenix. I wish he went back to OKC with that young squad
YoYoMancuso 05.12.23	the 73 win team isn't even the worst part, it's that he had a 3-1 lead in the playoffs against that 73 win team, blew it, and then joined them
Storm In A Teacup 05.12.23	"Mark Jackson being a racist douche also didn't help" He is praying for you tho 🤣
Storm In A Teacup 05.12.23	Jeff Green is on the nuggets. Thunder up nuggets!!!
PitchforkArms 05.12.23	I think that not having Jokic as easy #1 pick for MVP is egregious, so not having him in the top 5 is absolutely fucked. Shit like that should really cause a re-evaluation of the decision to give that voter a vote. It's so strange - we're all watching the same games......
AlexKzillion 05.12.23	yeah not to say embiid didn't have an mvp caliber season, but he only got mvp because jokic wasn't "allowed" to win three in a row... nba awards are so stupid. same exact thing happened to giannis a couple years ago but not really as egregious and its even more annoying when embiid is whining and complaining for years about how disrespected he is when it comes to mvp and all-nba and then ducks the head to head matchup with jokic last month like bruh just let your play do the talking what is this dude treats it like he's running for office or something
Eakflanderyof 05.12.23	Yeah, embiid has definitely been a diva about the mvp whereas jokic seems like he doesn't give a shit. The one argument for embiid is that he's better defensively but jokic is easily the best offensive player in the league right now
ballsohard22 05.12.23	"Sure, but Durant gets ALL the hate for joining a superteam when other dudes in the league are doing that constantly" Durant only walked through a door that lebron kicked open by going to the heat in 2010, and he gets routinely hated on for it. nevertheless, durants move to the warriors was even more egregious than lebron and bosh to the heat, so he deserves all the questions and hate that come his way.
AlexKzillion 05.12.23	lebron joined a team that either missed the playoffs or got knocked out in the first round the previous four seasons kd joined a team that was one game away from being back to back champions lebron was firmly the best player (especially towards the end) on those heat teams while kd was the 1b. the heat probably don't win anything without lebron, while the warriors won titles both before and after kd. hardly even a discussion.
ballsohard22 05.12.23	I'm not sure if you're responsding to me or not, but I agree with you, Durant made the softest move in nba history and deserves all the hate he gets for it
Storm In A Teacup 05.12.23	I wouldnt mind seeing a Nuggets 76ers final. Nuggets in 4 lol
SteakByrnes 05.12.23	Gn suns, Devin Booker is afraid of fat Europeans
PitchforkArms 05.12.23	"Yeah, embiid has definitely been a diva about the mvp whereas jokic seems like he doesn't give a shit. The one argument for embiid is that he's better defensively but jokic is easily the best offensive player in the league right now" There's just such an annoying blindspot with the basketball zeitgeist on this type of thing, though. Yes, Joel's defense is markedly better than Jokic's (though he is very overrated at this point), but he has the EXACT same exploitability / lack of scheme-versatility for which Jokic is incessantly ragged for. On the offensive side, Jokic has practically ZERO exploitability and has nearly infinite scheme-versatility, while Joel is a very narrowly great offensive player, and even the things he excels at are either at Jokic-level, or below it. He is extremely depending on foul-drawing exploits and non-movement scoring, while being very mediocre as a facilitator when his scoring is targeted by defenses. So, archetypally, Jokic has the same defensive negatives, but NONE of the offensive negatives - and his offensive skills AND production that overlap with Embiid are at least on par and usually better. Big dopey serb looks funny so therefore can't be THAT good. He IS THAT good.
nash1311 05.12.23	“ lebron joined a team that either missed the playoffs or got knocked out in the first round the previous four seasons kd joined a team that was one game away from being back to back champions lebron was firmly the best player (especially towards the end) on those heat teams while kd was the 1b. the heat probably don't win anything without lebron, while the warriors won titles both before and after kd. hardly even a discussion.” I agree they aren’t the same, KD’s move is the softest of all time. But if you’re trying to take this a step further and say Lebron didn’t make a “super team” by going to the Heat that’s where I draw the line lol. He absolutely did. Past success doesn’t matter they added a ton of talent that year with dudes banding together there. Even with dudes past their prime they added like 6 ballers outside Lebron and Bosh lol
ballsohard22 05.12.23	^^^ 100
Eakflanderyof 05.12.23	I mean, lebron the only dude that's gotten to handpick his teams his whole career. If some dude isn't working out... boom traded. That's why I think he deserves every bit, if not more hate, than KD
Eakflanderyof 05.12.23	On top of that, hand picked teams... only 3.5 chips to show for it lmao
ballsohard22 05.12.23	yeah lebron deserves hate. He will never be the goat. Im a certified lebron hater, I hate on him way mroe than KD. but both of them deserve it a lot
PitchforkArms 05.12.23	I get some of the criticism of LeBron hand-picking a super-team in Miami, but.... like.... what is he supposed to do? The team construction efforts in Cleveland all proved to be terrible and had no signs of getting dramatically more prosperous with respect to the front office decisions and he was a free agent. He went and played with another great player (Wade) and Bosh came along. Would people be less angry if Bosh didn't come? That would make a little sense. Otherwise, was he supposed to choose a bad team to go to? Was he supposed to toil in Cleveland. Look at how KGs career turned out - he spent the bulk of his prime in Minnesota and we now think of him significantly less favorably than we should (totally discordant from how good of a player he actually was). People always spout the "Look what [insert all-timer who got super lucky with the team/organizational construction that allowed them to gather arbitrary accolades (MJ, Steph, Kobe, Duncan)] did! Why doesn't LeBron just BE THAT GOOD????" when the truth is that it requires an insane amount of luck to win a championship on even the best teams, let alone the amount of luck it requires to end up on an organization that has the structure to develop a championship level team, as well as the luck that it requires to draft adequate players that contribute to that goal. LeBron got super unlucky and I don't know what else he should've done - spare the extra tampering of getting Bosh to join.
Eakflanderyof 05.12.23	It's more me having a hard time respecting a guy who gets people traded/fired because they aren't going to win HIM a chip. It's the organizations fault for handing him the keys, but it's hard to get behind a guy who seems to get extra special treatment. It's like the NBA is trying to curate his career
robertsona 05.12.23	Knicks gonna destroy tn
Eakflanderyof 05.13.23	AD is so brave. Can't believe he's playing after his traumatic brain injury the other night. What a warrior
ballsohard22 05.13.23	AD sucks and is not even close to a top 75 player, more like top 7500
Purpl3Spartan 05.13.23	This thread is descending into madness
ballsohard22 05.13.23	also le3.5rings gets to handpick fresh hall of famers to play with every season for the past 13 years. Anyone can look godly surrounded by talent like that. Exhibit 1: Kevin Durant. People were talking about him being the best player in the world while he was on the warriors, and now that he's gone that conversation is non-existent. if you can win rings even cheaply the public perception of your skills changes drastically no matter what the reason
ballsohard22 05.13.23	if westbook went to the warriors instead of durant that year and the warriors won the same rings in the same way for the next 4 years we would have been talking about westbrook being a legendary player, instead he's become a rainbow man who cant get it done
Storm In A Teacup 05.13.23	Madness, I tell you.
Storm In A Teacup 05.13.23	I agree about westbrook. The true goat
Storm In A Teacup 05.13.23	Russ needs to go to the heat to play with his half-brother, Jimmy Butler.
ballsohard22 05.13.23	the same is true of kyrie, people super overrated him because of his time on the cavs with lebron, but the truth is he was never that good at all, and it's only become more obvious in the past 5 years
ballsohard22 05.13.23	julius randle sucks
Dmax28 05.13.23	If Randle was playing well the Knicks would have won the game
Eakflanderyof 05.13.23	Dang that flagrant almost turned things around for the Knicks but then the turnover screwed it
Ryus 05.13.23	hell of a season brunson is already a legend in my book some veteran presence would be much appreciated. also some more 3 point shooting because it was woeful all postseason
ballsohard22 05.13.23	Klay has the yips
Eakflanderyof 05.13.23	Klay is absolute dogwater now. Has a good game every now and then but he's washed. Lakers have basically been able to focus on curry because nobody else can score consistently
Trebor. 05.13.23	It's Lakers fever hear in LA folks. Sucks that we won a title during the bubble cuz we couldn't share it with each other. Hope we snag another one although I would love for Jokic to get a chip. I'm so goddamn sick of the celtics and the heat
Eakflanderyof 05.13.23	I think draymond needs to be aggressive again. Needs to not be afraid to get to the rim
Eakflanderyof 05.13.23	Lebron already aggressively crying to the refs again 🙄
ballsohard22 05.13.23	yeah draymond needs to be agressive, if he can't be its over
ballsohard22 05.13.23	devincenzo new goat
ballsohard22 05.13.23	refs plan
unclereich 05.13.23	19 free throws. Lol cringe
Storm In A Teacup 05.13.23	I think we all would rather see Jimmy destroy the celtics than the 76ers?
ballsohard22 05.13.23	klay has yips, jordan poole has CTE
ballsohard22 05.13.23	kerr has demensia, draymond has downs, devincezo = goat
Eakflanderyof 05.13.23	I think I could shoot 3s about as well as klay is right now
Storm In A Teacup 05.13.23	2.1% chance the Thunder get the #1 pick on Tuesday ! 😁🤣
AlexKzillion 05.13.23	"I agree they aren’t the same, KD’s move is the softest of all time. But if you’re trying to take this a step further and say Lebron didn’t make a “super team” by going to the Heat that’s where I draw the line lol." i'm not arguing lebron didn't make a super team. i'm arguing kd didn't... he joined what was already one of the greatest teams of all time. not even close to the same thing and i find it annoying when people act like it is. the lebron equivalent would be if he signed with the spurs or lakers instead. kd to the warriors has no parallel.
Eakflanderyof 05.13.23	Hard to not root for warriors seeing all the douchebag millionaire and billionaire celebrities courtside
Storm In A Teacup 05.13.23	Warriors vs lebron any year always reminds me of that football scene in that Christopher Nolan batman trilogy....
EyesWideShut 05.13.23	Tbh those Heat teams weren't even stacked, they just had prime Lebron. The whole team was senior citizens and Joel Anthony was the starting center that first year haha. At least people can end "Bron never had a great coach" argument
unclereich 05.13.23	Lakers are going to get man handled by the nuggets
Storm In A Teacup 05.13.23	I dont see LeBron surviving the series.
Trebor. 05.13.23	"Hard to not root for warriors seeing all the douchebag millionaire and billionaire celebrities courtside" lol Warriors have the same amount of those just silicon valley douchebags instead
Eakflanderyof 05.13.23	True enough
unclereich 05.13.23	Not really the amount of cringe worthy celebs who stan the lakers is unparalleled. warriors games are surprisingly sparse since their move to San Francisco. Oakland fans had a lot more passion and showed up
ballsohard22 05.13.23	elon chungus was there can't really imagine he's a lakers fan though
Eakflanderyof 05.13.23	Apparently, he pays for lebrons checkmark so I believe he is lol
Eakflanderyof 05.13.23	"Not really the amount of cringe worthy celebs who stan the lakers is unparalleled. warriors games are surprisingly sparse since their move to San Francisco. Oakland fans had a lot more passion and showed up" Yeah, all the celebrities live in LA so they're definitely gonna have a bigger celebrity fanbase
Get Low 05.13.23	lebron james is the best player in the world confirmed
unclereich 05.13.23	Yea eakflanderyof I’m aware lol which is part of my point, no amount of techies from Silicon Valley will outnumber even the amount of Kardashians at an lakers game
Dmax28 05.13.23	Klay was soooo bad
Eakflanderyof 05.13.23	@unclereich I was agreeing with you lol. There are definitely douchebags in SF but it can't hold a candle to the phony celeb capital of the world
Eakflanderyof 05.13.23	And yeah, klay should just call it a career after that disaster of a series. I mean, holy shit
unclereich 05.13.23	Klay is a unique situation. Is it the injuries that expedited Father Time? Is he still trying to find his rhythm after those injuries? This was his first full season back. Either way it’s not worth paying him anymore imo. Lamelo should have been his replacement
Manatea 05.13.23	My boyysssssss. Treb is right winning a chip in LA during bubble was a buzzkill. I don’t have my hopes up for Denver though.
Dmax28 05.13.23	Klay had 27 points in the last 3 games combined, while playing 116 minutes. 9-42 from the field.
ballsohard22 05.13.23	"Klay had 27 points in the last 3 games combined, while playing 116 minutes. 9-42 from the field." jesus fucking christ
StormChaser 05.13.23	get ready for the Sombor shuffle
Eakflanderyof 05.13.23	I think the biggest shortcoming for Klay is that he just can't drive to the basket anymore. He gets scared when he does and passes it back to the perimeter even if it looks like he has a shot. Take a page out of the lakers book and draw some contact ffs. Steph can at least still do that when his 3s aren't falling
AlexKzillion 05.13.23	"Lakers are going to get man handled by the nuggets" yeah thought the warriors and the suns probably had the best shot at them and they're both gone now, don't think the lakers have the horses to keep up unless lebron turns the clock back. already know ad will be either injured or trash for half the series
Eakflanderyof 05.13.23	"Klay is a unique situation. Is it the injuries that expedited Father Time? Is he still trying to find his rhythm after those injuries? This was his first full season back. Either way it’s not worth paying him anymore imo. Lamelo should have been his replacement" I think lamelo would clash with steph. Only way it would work is if steph moved to SG because lamelo is the better passer. For klay, I don't believe the injuries are a factor but I could be wrong. I think he's just showing his age. Some players show it sooner than others. Lebron still plays like he's 30 whereas klay looks lebron's age
Eakflanderyof 05.13.23	Yeah, I'll take the nuggets in 6. Their offense is much more versatile than GS.
AlexKzillion 05.13.23	^^^yeah that's what i thought too during that draft. couldn't really see the warriors taking lamelo cause of how redundant him and curry would be together. it'd be like a slightly better version of the curry/dlo back court.
unclereich 05.13.23	Not hard to understand that two significant injuries to his leg and knee have made klay look 40 years old. Lebron has never had such an injury and few players ever had to take that amount of time off. Lamelo in Kerrs system would have been a sight for sore eyes imo.
Eakflanderyof 05.13.23	Klay was never a superstar though. He's always been a tier down. Now, he's an aging non superstar. Durant is as old as klay with a lengthy injury history and still plays at a high level. Injuries may play a part but I really just think klay is past his prime
unclereich 05.13.23	no shit lol but again to have the knee then the Achilles immediately after and miss two and half seasons is absurd. he was coming off an all star campaign. the injuries and time missed are absolutely the biggest reasons for his downfall.
Eakflanderyof 05.13.23	Well, if we're going by reg season stats alone. His stats were better this year than the season before his injuries. Higher fg%, ppg, assists, and rebounds. But people get exposed in the playoffs with tougher defensive play. Dude is just washed I think
unclereich 05.14.23	do you watch the games? his lateral movement is nonexistent. he looks like a shell of his former self. his regular season stats were inflated due to wiggins and curry missing time.
Eakflanderyof 05.14.23	Curry been missing time every season since like 2017 though. And klay is nearly two full seasons removed from the achilles injury now. If he hasn't recovered yet then he won't. It may or may not be due to the injuries but that's just semantics at this point
StormChaser 05.14.23	Klay's one of my favorite players ever and I'll forever respect his contributions to this team, but I feel like he was in his head and feelings way too much this season. He's been acting petty towards other teams with the ring count thing, getting into it with guys way beneath his resume and experience. I feel like that perpetual need to prove himself (understandable due to his injury absences) made him all around a worse player than he actually still is and can be in the future. It was like he constantly had to remind himself not to be selfish and it was a tug of war all season long between wanting to be the man again and being a part of the team. I feel for him, but his mindset and selfishness translated to a very inconsistent season culminating with the meltdown in the playoffs. I also think Steve Kerr is responsible for not being harder on him in terms of not hunting every shot just 'cause you're Klay Thompson and playing with patience and actually passing the goddamn basketball when you touch it. He's not the same defender he was, but if you take a look at the games where he was locked in and actually wanted to play a team game and not hero ball on offense, he was way more reliable and engaged on the defensive end. He used to be able to do both, now he's limited on defense, which has to hurt as well. I don't think he's catastrophic though, I think he mostly just stops caring about playing D when he misses those dumbass shots he takes and that's when the breakdowns really begin. I do understand that he actually makes a lot of those btw, and that's what makes him the second best shooter of all time, but he has to reflect and understand that taking as many as he does on a per game basis hurts the team. That being said I expect him to bounce back next year like the ABSOLUTE CHAMP he is
Storm In A Teacup 05.14.23	"Klay's one of my favorite players ever and I'll forever respect his contributions to this team, but I feel like he was in his head and feelings way too much this season" I have felt since his injury during his injury je was in his head and has been since. Never came back as his og self.
calmrose 05.14.23	76ers lmao 10 points for the 3rd quarter
Eakflanderyof 05.14.23	Yikes lol
unclereich 05.14.23	Nah bro klay is just washed his injuries have nothing to do with it.
Ryus 05.14.23	the mvp with a truly mvp-worthy performance
Hyperion1001 05.15.23	not my mvp!
EyesWideShut 05.15.23	Ayton is laughing his ass off [2]
Trebor. 05.15.23	Embiid whined his way into an MVP. Jokic took his foot off the pedal cuz he wants a ring
SteakByrnes 05.15.23	Doc is def gone after this lol
YoYoMancuso 05.15.23	Doc with a 3-2 lead is just a guaranteed L at this point
Ryus 05.15.23	elimination game harden + elimination game doc rivers + MVP embiid is a guaranteed recipe for success
Eakflanderyof 05.15.23	@unclereich I'm really not trying to fight with you man. Injuries have likely played a part. I just don't see him coming back next year and being the man again but we'll see
MFPENCIL 05.15.23	that's the doc rivers we know and love! he gone
AlexKzillion 05.15.23	watching embiid get hunted all game by tatum after winning mvp over jokic because of his far superior defensive skills was a sight to behold
Storm In A Teacup 05.15.23	Doc is totally fired
StormChaser 05.15.23	I don't think even Doc's mom believed they'd win this one (if she's still alive that is)
dedex 05.15.23	"watching embiid get hunted all game by tatum after winning mvp over jokic because of his far superior defensive skills was a sight to behold" yeah Tatum seemed to specifically focus Embiid. funny stuff
StormChaser 05.15.23	But fr Doc wasn't even the problem this time around at all. They almost won the fucking series against a title favorite but they couldn't snatch a game 6 home win with Tatum shooting 5-21 from the field. Though Doc has a proven track record of catastrophic playoff meltdowns, I wouldn't chalk this one up to him. Embiid obviously only cares about getting a charity MVP vote and not winning actual games that matter
unclereich 05.15.23	@eak I’m not either just some light jabbing. That’s literally my point as well, though I arrived at it because of his injury history. See-tiger woods.
robertsona 05.15.23	Knicks could still have this
unclereich 05.15.23	The Independent https://www.independent.co.uk › do... Donald Trump hasn't won yet. Here's how Hillary Clinton wins Nov 9, 2016 — It's entirely possible that one of the most important elections in history could come down to a tie.
robertsona 05.15.23	legit exactly entirely possible
Storm In A Teacup 05.15.23	I thought for sure Deandre Ayton would be gone. Since Monty is gone...uh...idk
StormChaser 05.15.23	There's plenty of time to get rid of Ayton till the trade deadline Didn't see Monty getting the can though. I guess since he and Ayton had a contentious relationship, I'd say this move leans more toward them keeping Ayton
Ryus 05.15.23	knicks in 9 we still here
MFPENCIL 05.15.23	Watch Jokic outplay AD and everyone lose their collective shit
AlexKzillion 05.15.23	"I guess since he and Ayton had a contentious relationship, I'd say this move leans more toward them keeping Ayton" while this is probably their thinking... i feel like i saw multiple clips of booker and cp3 screaming at ayton too this season hahaha
StormChaser 05.15.23	dude's basically a huge teddy bear It's ridiculous if people will lose their shit when the back to back MVP and runner up this year outplays a dude who's in and out of the lineup for the past 3 years due to injury. I fully expect Jokić to be better than AD in every aspect of the game except for the D
Eakflanderyof 05.15.23	AD will probably continue to draw fouls for being breathed on though
SteakByrnes 05.15.23	I really hope this is the year for the nuggets, I want Jokic to win
Eakflanderyof 05.15.23	Embiid MVFTS
StormChaser 05.15.23	True about AD Also true, Lakers are the team that draws the most fauls in the league Also true, they're getting the most faul calls cause they whined and are the Lakers
AlexKzillion 05.15.23	lakers/nuggets series is interesting cause ad is """"""theoretically"""""" the one guy in the west that could slow down jokic and also really punish him offensively. probably a legacy defining series for him.
StormChaser 05.15.23	if AD manhandles Jokic it'll be a referendum on Jokic as well. but I do agree that theoretically he's the only guy that could do those things and it's definitely gonna be a good series. I got Nuggets in 6
SteakByrnes 05.15.23	I also have nugs in 6. I do think AD will be able to slow down Jokic a tad but not a lot, and Jokic can always adapt if AD becomes a problem anyway
AlexKzillion 05.15.23	yeah especially with giannis and embiid out already ad is literally it. i can't see horford or bam slowing jokic down, and neither the heat or celtics are good enough offensively to survive jokic. if the nuggets beat the lakers i think the title is theirs
Eakflanderyof 05.15.23	Yeah jokic will just distribute if AD is locking him down. Murray will have to be solid though if that happens. Honestly, it's a miracle AD has stayed healthy other than the level 99 concussion he sustained from that vicious forearm
StormChaser 05.15.23	Thing is, like with Steph, LeBron, KD and other all time greats, you can't stop them, you can just kinda get in their grill. I think Jokic has been that good for the past 2-3 years and this year he can prove it since he has a pretty nice roster around him. If the refs don't get in the way too much this should be advantage Nuggets. I just dont see this Lakers team beating a duo of Jokic and Murray
SteakByrnes 05.15.23	If the nuggets can get consistent stuff from Murray and MPJ I think they'll win pretty handily. You already know what you'll get from Jokic, and the role players have been solid in Aaron Gordon, KCP, Brown, etc. Murray has been looking good so I have high hopes
PitchforkArms 05.15.23	If the Nuggets have an even remotely okay shooting series, that will cause LA to have to close out hard and pull Bron from the basket and that unlocks the homerun passes from Jokic to their dynamic cutters - I think we could see a bit of diminished scoring but extremely high efficiency looks for the other players on Denver.
Hyperion1001 05.15.23	i honestly expect street clothes by game 3 Gordon gonna catch a lob from jokic and AD will explode into little chunks.
AlexKzillion 05.16.23	doc about to be the next milwaukee coach isn't he
SteakByrnes 05.16.23	Saw that firing coming a mile away
Purpl3Spartan 05.16.23	Keegan Murray
Hyperion1001 05.16.23	congratulations glenn rivers, you are a Toronto raptor!
MarsKid 05.16.23	Jokic's ability to run the offense is what will make him hard to defend, if they shut down his shooting then he'll find the open man and let Murray/MPJ feast. They'll need all-around good defense, not just AD. Rivers should not get another shot at this point tbh, the jury's verdict is in.
Rowhaus 05.16.23	Made me very happy to see the Warriors get their teeth kicked in. So sick of that annoying ass team and their bandwagon fans. I'm all-in for the Nugs m/
Eakflanderyof 05.16.23	I was rooting for GS because I feel max cringe rooting for an LA or boston team. Especially seeing all the pretentious dbag celebrities courtside
PitchforkArms 05.16.23	I have to root for GS because the historical conversation around Steph is so misaligned and championships help people get on board, it would seem.
Hyperion1001 05.16.23	Steph and Wiggins outweigh how much I dislike Kerr, draymond, and Klay. plus I wouldn’t pull for the lakers with a gun to my head. still nice to see them lose though.
Rowhaus 05.16.23	oh don't get me wrong I'm no fan of the Lakers either lol. Time to send the LeBrow and LeBron packing now that GS is out. I think the Kings really wore them down which was a thrill to watch. Also I couldn't believe how hard the Bucks sold. They were my #1 pick for winning the whole series. Now I'm hoping for a Nuggets-Heat final. I'm gonna be so bored when it's over smh
Hyperion1001 05.16.23	if fox doesn’t break his finger I genuinely believe the kings take that series.
Rowhaus 05.16.23	Completely agree and they did great for such a young team. They certainly outperformed my Nets which I don't even want to think about lmao
SteakByrnes 05.16.23	Wemby to the hornets, nuggets win by 20 screenshot this
Snake. 05.17.23	LET'S GO SPURS WE BACK BABEY
YoYoMancuso 05.17.23	Lmao Jokic turning into curry to end the 3rd
Ryus 05.17.23	fat white man good
SteakByrnes 05.17.23	Jokic is just unreal
Purpl3Spartan 05.17.23	true
calmrose 05.17.23	c'mon nuggets...
SteakByrnes 05.17.23	that was a goodass game
Eakflanderyof 05.17.23	Best game of the playoffs so far
Eakflanderyof 05.17.23	I'm pretty sure adam silver is half rodent
SteakByrnes 05.17.23	He is an walking zomboid creature
dedex 05.17.23	as a french boi it's really cool to see wemby go to the spurs with coach pop
Hyperion1001 05.17.23	Nikola Jokic is the best player in the world rn. how nba voters let Kendrick Perkins and mark jackson convince them that somehow embiid was better than him is an actual travesty.
calmrose 05.17.23	yeah it's wack
AlexKzillion 05.17.23	damn i saw the nuggets up 20 and went to bed can't believe i missed all that
SteakByrnes 05.17.23	Yea it was a great game, Lakers clawed their way back and were playing pretty great defense. Nuggets could afford it because of how they played in the first 3 quarters, but the Lakers did get within 3 at one point lol. Go nugs
nash1311 05.17.23	“Nikola Jokic is the best player in the world rn. how nba voters let Kendrick Perkins and mark jackson convince them that somehow embiid was better than him is an actual travesty.” As someone who does get bored seeing the same dudes win over and over, I was glad it was Embiid. But Joker is the best player rn
ballsohard22 05.18.23	mark jackson is a confirmed racist
ballsohard22 05.18.23	and kendrick perkins is dummer than rocks
Eakflanderyof 05.18.23	Jason tatum with the 4th qtr meltdown. 2 consecutive travels yikes
Storm In A Teacup 05.18.23	Big Perk was not tough every year of his career ill just say that
SitarHero 05.18.23	“Nikola Jokic is the best player in the world rn. how nba voters let Kendrick Perkins and mark jackson convince them that somehow embiid was better than him is an actual travesty.” Ain't no one winning 3 straight MVPs without getting their team to the NBA Finals let alone a chip, no matter how good they actually are. I call it the Steve Nash rule.
ballsohard22 05.18.23	Perk fkn sucked dude was a scrub. Jimmy butler goated. Lebron james retoded
Ryus 05.18.23	lolceltics
SteakByrnes 05.18.23	Perk is one of the dumbest mfs alive
Hyperion1001 05.18.23	Jimmy buckets really is that dude. shame the nuggets will destroy them. go heat tho.
SteakByrnes 05.18.23	Yea I'm living for the Heat Nuggets final where the Nugs win in 6
Dmax28 05.18.23	Heat played such beautiful basketball in Game 1. Everyone was on point
StormChaser 05.18.23	Let's face it if I was black and living in America and didn't know any better I might be racist too can't believe btw just how much Jimmy is THE MAN he's just been otherworldly this postseason
AlexKzillion 05.18.23	can't stand this celtics squad lol they're so clearly more talented than their opponents but they fuck around so much this exact core of players has gotten to at least the 2nd round like 5-6 years running but they still play like the lights are a little too bright for at least half of every series.
Eakflanderyof 05.18.23	Tatum was definitely shook in that 4th qtr
MarsKid 05.18.23	"shame the nuggets will destroy them. go heat tho." I will never count out the inevitable force of nature that is Jimmy Buckets.
Hyperion1001 05.19.23	reffing has been absolutely atrocious. lakers are down by 10 without all these ticky tacky fouls
sneakers 05.19.23	lebron sucks
sneakers 05.19.23	and cries every call
sneakers 05.19.23	Lebron fucking sucks lmaoooo
SteakByrnes 05.19.23	Jamal fuckin Murray dude, what an insane 4th quarter he was just bangin down shots
calmrose 05.19.23	absolute fire
unclereich 05.19.23	that covid championship was such a fluke lololol
DDDeftoneDDD 05.19.23	Ouch! James and Davis missed too many shots. Insane Murray amazing! Refs were homie af tho.
sneakers 05.19.23	The covid bubble chip only worth .5 a chip
sneakers 05.19.23	le3.5ron
StormChaser 05.19.23	I really want the Lakers to lose badly, but they're putting up a hell of a fight and being a lot more physical, they've definitely earned everyone's respect cuz I think Denver is clearly the better team. Them being the more physical team will work to their advantage when they go to LA for the next 2 games, let's just hope the reffing won't be egregious there. LeBron is flopping hard and he's doing anything he can to win, but to me he looks injured (or just old). Calling the bubble season a fluke season and discounting it as a real chip is just foolishness btw. Everyone played in the same environment, the rules were the same for everyone, the Lakers pulled it off, they were obviously the best team that year and that's it. But man, the league has to do something about the state of officiating. Players are allowed to complain too much, they're flopping too much, sometimes it's just disgusting to watch. I think the refs should be allowed to give out routine techs for complaining. The league should hand out suspensions (fines won't do much cuz they earn too much to care about losing a couple of grand) for repeat offenders in the flopping department just like they did with Draymond for his history this year. Also, limit the challenges to 45 seconds. If you can't tell within 45 seconds of a slow motion replay what happened, just go with the initial call and let's move on. If Jeff Van can get the right call in 5 seconds after he saw the replay, people who get paid a substantial amount of money to officiate should be able to do so in 45 seconds. All of this game stoppage heavily favors teams like the Lakers who thrive on disrupting the opposing team's offensive flow. And I'm not even gonna touch the regular season - post season reffing differences because that just seems to always have been ingrained in the game, but it's annoying as well.
Hyperion1001 05.19.23	some thoughts 🤔 1. lebron finally looks old. we were all wondering when ledecline would start but i think its finally here. 2. i dont think any team left can beat denver in a 7 game series. they're just too good and jokic is the best player alive right now. if one of murray or porter are hitting shots idk how anyone overcomes it. 3. please give me joker v jimmy.
PitchforkArms 05.19.23	@Storm Totally agreed on the fouling / flopping. I think that they are going to struggle to properly implement great in-game procedures to address it, because players are so good at not even attempting for baskets and just looking to draw fouls (though, there are a lot of plays in modern basketball that are clearly offensive fouls that get called shooting fouls - I just don't get it sometimes). I think they should flag every foul call in a game that could be called into question, review it, and dole out post-hoc disciplinary action for flopping. Like, some amount of fine per flop infraction, and some sort of suspension for an accumulated amount of them.
Storm In A Teacup 05.19.23	Nuggets Heat finals would be hard to choose who id like to see win..both would be feel good
Ryus 05.19.23	nuggets are, by far, the team that i want to win out of the 4 remaining
AlexKzillion 05.19.23	i'd be more than happy to see jimmy butler get a ring personally
PitchforkArms 05.19.23	Jokic vindication is something I need mainlined into my fucking veins
Eakflanderyof 05.19.23	Yeah I want nuggets to win but I also wouldn't be upset to see butler get a chip
Storm In A Teacup 05.19.23	As long as Lakers and Celtics dont win im good. I used to be a Celtics fan before the Thunder existed but im just turned off by the whole organization and some of the roster.
Eakflanderyof 05.19.23	Marcus smart is probably the biggest flopper in the league
unclereich 05.19.23	id still be surprised if the Celtics didn't at least make this an interesting series
unclereich 05.20.23	Celtics getting the lakers whistle tn. Heat still keeping it close despite not being able to buy a free throw
Eakflanderyof 05.20.23	Yeah they missed an obvious foul on Robinson and then just called the most sus foul on butler
Eakflanderyof 05.20.23	Let's see if they win the challenge
unclereich 05.20.23	Horrible officiating tn
unclereich 05.20.23	Wow butler getting saved by his teammates, dudes needlessly pushing hero ball rn.
Eakflanderyof 05.20.23	I like tatum but he melts down when the lights are too bright
unclereich 05.20.23	Incredible win for the heat. The refs did everything they could to script this in the Celtics favor.
unclereich 05.20.23	Ludacris sighting!
porcupinetheater 05.20.23	Heat Series MVP Grant Williams
Storm In A Teacup 05.20.23	The Celtics have no soul. Id rather see Nate Robinson and modern day Isiah Thomas replace Tatum and Smart.
Storm In A Teacup 05.20.23	Its probably Kyrie Irvings fault.
porcupinetheater 05.20.23	Tatum’s just a cocky fuck high on his own stats
YoYoMancuso 05.20.23	I've seen enough Heat 2023 champs
Storm In A Teacup 05.20.23	Yeah. Jimmy has to do it this year. This will be an all time playoff run if he can win the finals.
Dmax28 05.20.23	Yea refs did all they could to help Boston. Clearest example I've seen in a long time. They at least wanted it to be 1-1 going to Miami, but Celtics were just too garbage and Heat were too badass.
EyesWideShut 05.20.23	Himmy !!
EyesWideShut 05.20.23	A Heat x Nuggs finals over the Celts and Lakers ??!! Somebody call Tim Donaghy
Storm In A Teacup 05.20.23	Adam Silver is shook
Wildcardbitchesss 05.20.23	Grant Williams truly fucked around and found out. Put $50 on the heat and got a $240 return. 3% chance to win my ass
Storm In A Teacup 05.20.23	Nice
nash1311 05.20.23	“Grant Williams truly fucked around and found out.” This. Heat Nuggets finals plz
Wildcardbitchesss 05.20.23	Yeah man fuck it heat in 4. How tf are you gonna give up both home games to an eighth seed. People all around me want the Celtics to win because Tatum is a hometown kid but fuck that, fuck the Celtics. Wish I would’ve put a hundred down. I’m def betting on them again for Sunday. And what are the chances Herro is back for the finals if they make it that far? I still don’t think they can beat Denver but this Heat team really aren’t fucking around
sneakers 05.20.23	"Wow butler getting saved by his teammates, dudes needlessly pushing hero ball rn." @oldtakesexposed
sneakers 05.20.23	jimmy butlers ya father
sneakers 05.20.23	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0spXnX0l638&ab_channel=FroggyFreshRap
Wildcardbitchesss 05.20.23	Dude unless you’re from Denver, LA, or Boston, idk how you’re not rooting for the Heat. Mostly because fuck LA and Boston, and Stan Kroenke owns the Nuggets so fuck them too
Dmax28 05.20.23	There was a point when Butler seemed to be having a very average game at best. And then Grant talked shit and he took over.
Wildcardbitchesss 05.20.23	Like I get it. Grant is young and wants to prove himself. But ffs man, why would you wanna talk shit to Jimmy Butler?? Idk. man’s the most dangerous player rn imo. Just coast on that open 3 you got and the Celtics win this imo. Not kidding he really might’ve cost them the series with that.
Purpl3Spartan 05.20.23	Grant Williams really poked the bear and got his whole team mauled huh
Hyperion1001 05.20.23	“Mostly because fuck LA and Boston, and Stan Kroenke owns the Nuggets so fuck them too” but jokic man. and let’s be real, anyone who has enough money to own an NBA team is likely a gigantic piece of shit. i watch sports for the players.
AlexKzillion 05.20.23	that gabe vincent shot with like 30 seconds left was ridiculous, only on the heat do those types of guys take those types of shots in those circumstances and actually make them
Wildcardbitchesss 05.20.23	I’m from STL. Everyone here hopes Kroenke rots in the lowest pit of hell. I do like the nuggets squad tho, gun to my head I guess they’d be my (distant) second favorite.
MarsKid 05.20.23	Heat have that killer instinct and arguably the best coach in the league, or at a minimum the best coach remaining in the playoffs, as well as Butler who is a massive post-season performer. Celtics have notoriously fucked around and found out (Hawks series, Philly series) and struggle to close games, whereas Miami is excellent in these situations. The J's have it in them to be stars, but they go cold for sometimes agonizingly long stretches. Williams is gonna take the heat for this loss, but Tatum sold that last quarter. Jimmy gonna get his regardless of if he's provoked anyways.
Wildcardbitchesss 05.20.23	The jays are also both young as fuck. Most high caliber players don’t get a chip until their late 20’s, if ever. They got it in them, I just hate the Celtics so fucking much.
Hyperion1001 05.20.23	idk jaylen brown is **maybe** a solid third option and Tatum just isn’t that guy. high volume scorer who brings very little else to the table and is only valuable when he’s scoring 40+. Celtics will never win a chip with those two as their best players.
AlexKzillion 05.20.23	aren't both tatum and brown supposed to be high end defenders? but like also yeah i guess they are still "young" by nba finals champions standards but tatum is 25 and brown is 26 about to get like 200mil this offseason and i guess its just annoying hearing "they're still so young you just wait" for like 7 years running now feel like no other young stars get babied the way they do
Ryus 05.20.23	ill always have a soft spot for tatum cuz he went to duke but yeah...i dont think hes that guy tbh
EyesWideShut 05.20.23	I think the Jays are both star players and the Celts have enough talent to win a championship.. But Jimmy's confidence has taken the whole team to another level these playoffs and Mazulla isn't on the level of coach Spo.
EyesWideShut 05.20.23	Spo throwing the zone defense at the Celts has them shook those last 5 mins
SteakByrnes 05.20.23	I'm a Tatum denier
MarsKid 05.20.23	As is Jimmy Buckets Heat in 4.
Wildcardbitchesss 05.20.23	As much as I’d love a clean sweep, part of me hopes the Celtics take one in Miami and then Jimmy and co blow them out back in Boston. I wanna see the tears.
Wildcardbitchesss 05.20.23	I want to see Jimmy crush his enemies, see them driven before him, and hear the lamentations of their women.
MarsKid 05.20.23	Such is the Riddle of Ball.
YoYoMancuso 05.20.23	Heat have just got no ego and are playing pure team ball, I love it. Butler is obviously stuntin on these hoes but dude grew up homeless and is just happy to be there, not worried about being compared to other players, not worried about narratives, just attacking nonstop. Bam is obviously a two way star but other than that you’ve just got old Lowry, old Kevin Love, and hungry undrafted players. Just completely locked in
Storm In A Teacup 05.20.23	Agreed yoyo
sneakers 05.21.23	jack nicholsons hair stylist is either incredibly smart or incredibly stupid
sneakers 05.21.23	"I want to see Jimmy crush his enemies, see them driven before him, and hear the lamentations of their women." HAH
sneakers 05.21.23	Lejustgobaldalready
sneakers 05.21.23	leAlreadyCryingAtTheRefs
sneakers 05.21.23	Jamal Murry lookin like Steph Curry
unclereich 05.21.23	Joker having an all time bad game and they still go to half with a lead
Eakflanderyof 05.21.23	I turn it on and of course see an obvious charge by lebron called as a defensive foul. And as usual lakers have more than double the free throw attempts lol
Eakflanderyof 05.21.23	Ha and then right after a clean block called as a foul
sneakers 05.21.23	Legettingold
sneakers 05.21.23	legettingswept
MarsKid 05.21.23	I smell a sweep a-comin'...
MarsKid 05.21.23	Was a hell of a win for Denver to get too with Jokic playing poorly for most of the game. Murray and the supporting cast really showed up and LA didn't take advantage even with a rebounding advantage. Even if they take a game in LA, no way they take it the distance heading back to Denver.
Wildcardbitchesss 05.21.23	not to mention how fucking horrible the officiating was. That fourth foul on Jokic in the 3rd was fucking egregious.
Hyperion1001 05.21.23	refs are the lakers best players and they’re still down 0-3.
nash1311 05.21.23	Yeah going up 3-0 when Jokic sucked and the refs were bad shows Lakers have no shot
Wildcardbitchesss 05.21.23	We thinking clean sweep or are the lakers gonna take one at home? I’m honestly thinking Denver is gonna clean house tomorrow night.
Hyperion1001 05.21.23	if jokic has even a semi decent game it’s a sweep. lebron is gassed, ad is only good for a game per series, and rui hachimura ain’t gonna go 8/8 ever again.
SitarHero 05.21.23	Lakers in 7. You heard it here first.
Wildcardbitchesss 05.21.23	LeSitar
SitarHero 05.21.23	LeT'S GOOOO!
sneakers 05.21.23	imagine thinking the lakers are coming back
Eakflanderyof 05.21.23	The refs will have to up their game. 30 FTs won't cut it. Gotta get the lakers at least 40-45 FTs
SitarHero 05.21.23	"imagine thinking the lakers are coming back" I imagine you probably said something similar when the Warriors were up 3-1 on the Cavs. :]
Eakflanderyof 05.21.23	Yeah that was a historic meltdown from GS. Not likely to happen again and would have to be even worse
sneakers 05.21.23	""imagine thinking the lakers are coming back" I imagine you probably said something similar when the Warriors were up 3-1 on the Cavs. :]" Lebron nutrider confirmed
Trebor. 05.21.23	my Lakers have failed me and now I am very upset. Now I'm just rooting for Jimmy B or Jokic to get a chip
nash1311 05.21.23	Yeah I’m here for Heat Nuggets. Gonna be fun
Trebor. 05.21.23	second row Joe might end up being the first coach fired mid playoff game
unclereich 05.21.23	Shitar the ultimate Lebron stan yet doesn’t have a favorite team. Cringe lord
Futures 05.21.23	bronsexuals need to be on a watchlist
sneakers 05.21.23	typa dude to think durant going to the warriors wasn't a soft move
Wildcardbitchesss 05.21.23	Idc if someone fanboys LeBron, I’m basically like that with Butler rn. But if you really think the Lakers are coming back I have beachfront property in Idaho to sell you. I’m pretty sure I read a stat that teams that are 0-3 in the playoffs have never come back to win a series.
Eakflanderyof 05.21.23	Yeah teams behind 0-3 are something like 0-150 lol
unclereich 05.21.23	The “I’m just a fan of the game” mentality is corny. It allows you a convenient out in any discussion. It’s why no one likes libertarians.
Wildcardbitchesss 05.22.23	oh I’m not like that, the blazers just can’t get their shit together. And Butler is just alot of fun to watch. And theyre the 8 seed, I love to see a team that everyone called mid during the regular season bumping off 1st and 2nd seeds
unclereich 05.22.23	that wasn't for you buddy no worries
Eakflanderyof 05.22.23	Will be pretty wild if both conference finals end with a sweep
Wildcardbitchesss 05.22.23	just keep their fuckin foot on their necks. I’m literally gonna have made like $800 this weekend if the heat win tonight and the nuggets win again tomorrow. Feels good man
sneakers 05.22.23	yikes boston fans on sui watch rn
Trebor. 05.22.23	The Heat have more undrafted players on their roster than there are atoms in the known universe
Futures 05.22.23	boston needs to blow it up honestly but they can't. they will never win anything with this core.
unclereich 05.22.23	cant wait to never hear Horford's name again.
Eakflanderyof 05.22.23	Karma for horford calling himself an elite shooter lol. Can't believe that dude really thought of himself as an elite shooter
unclereich 05.22.23	his career highlight was game 1 of the finals last year lol
twlight 05.22.23	Go nuggets. Fuck all the haters
unclereich 05.22.23	are there nuggets haters?
Hyperion1001 05.22.23	boston is cooked you love to see it
Eakflanderyof 05.22.23	Just lakers fans/lebron stans
sneakers 05.22.23	Tatum is overrated. good player but overrated.
SteakByrnes 05.22.23	This is so funny lmao get fucked Boston
Wildcardbitchesss 05.22.23	popping champagne rn
nash1311 05.22.23	Tatum is overrated. I’ve always liked Brown more. Cannot believe Celtics didn’t show up. Embarrassing. Go Heat
twlight 05.22.23	first time i was ever told that the nuggets would never win a championship, was on a sputnik forum
BallsToTheWall 05.22.23	Heat!!!!
twlight 05.22.23	history
Wildcardbitchesss 05.22.23	eat shit Boston lol
twlight 05.22.23	good night
unclereich 05.22.23	You couldn’t ask for a better finals matchup, what a win-win.
twlight 05.22.23	3 is a killer album, and sounds better in the UK
BallsToTheWall 05.22.23	Feels good to be a South Floridian rn.
EyesWideShut 05.22.23	That was a beat down on every level. Spo bout to get another coach fired lol
SitarHero 05.22.23	"The “I’m just a fan of the game” mentality is corny." Not as corny as the "I'm going to ride or die with this one team because they wear a colour I like rarrrr!" mentality lmao.
Wildcardbitchesss 05.22.23	… that’s a bad take
unclereich 05.22.23	Says the guy with the sticky Lebron poster
SitarHero 05.22.23	Says the guy who can appreciate the greatness of both Lebron and Jokic.
sneakers 05.22.23	""The “I’m just a fan of the game” mentality is corny." Not as corny as the "I'm going to ride or die with this one team because they wear a colour I like rarrrr!" mentality lmao." this guy doesn't watch sports
sneakers 05.22.23	Leurmansneverdidadunkcontest
StormChaser 05.22.23	LETS GOOOOOOOO HEAT NUGGETS FUCK MY LIFE THIS IS AWESOME best case outcome for someone who's not partial to any of the remaining teams. FUCK the Lakers and FUCK the Celtics LET'S GOOOOOOOO "Tatum is overrated. I’ve always liked Brown more. Embarrassing." " Also thought this for years, especially after last year's finals
SteakByrnes 05.22.23	It's really funny how the West playoffs have been dominated by their number 1 seed as should be expected, but then the East have been dominated by their number 8 lol these playoffs are so fun
AlexKzillion 05.22.23	were really in the midst of what is probably already one of the most iconic playoff runs of all time with this heat team like if the heat beat the nuggets this probably trounces the 2011 mavs even
MarsKid 05.22.23	Lakers have at least put up a fight, Boston looks mentally cooked.
StormChaser 05.22.23	"like if the heat beat the nuggets this probably trounces the 2011 mavs even" it will be a very legitimate conversation at least "Lakers have at least put up a fight, Boston looks mentally cooked." No idea what happened to the Celts, that shit's ridiculous. Fuck the Tatum hype though. True about the lakers putting up a fight, but only in games 1 and 2 I thought. thought they phoned in the second half of game 3, and LeBron looks REALLY cooked. I do think it's injury related and not just age-related though. That being said I'm making excuses for a prima donna who's gonna come out with a leg cast after they get swept in game 4 so idk mixed feelings on BronBron, but that's probably the last we'll see of the Lakers as a contender for the next couple of years
Eakflanderyof 05.22.23	@stormchaser I said the same thing about lebron. Bet he'll mention some injury after the fact in some press conference. He always rolls out the excuses after things don't go his way
MarsKid 05.22.23	LA really needed to capitalize on Joker's bad three quarters, by the time he came alive and took over the game in the 4th, it was curtains. Sweep comin.
MarsKid 05.22.23	Bron is definitely old and hobbled, Davis is amazing but inconsistent, Reaves is their most reliable scorer right now but they don't get him the ball enough, not to mention part of his game depends on being a foul merchant in the paint.
AlexKzillion 05.22.23	will be interesting because lebron is kinda the reason why they're losing haha. ad is having a great series, austin reeves shows up every game, a random bench guy goes off every game... its like one of the only times i remember lebron getting adequate help from the rest of his team but he's just too old now to maximize it. throw 2021 lebron on this lakers team and they would have at least taken a game or two by this point
MarsKid 05.22.23	DLo being an absolute black hole is not helping them either lol, they 100% cannot roll him out in the starting lineup again.
nash1311 05.22.23	DLo was and is dogshit always has been. There’s a reason he’s consistently traded
nash1311 05.22.23	Not to mention a snitch
SteakByrnes 05.22.23	dlo was good on the nets but that's all I'll give him
Eakflanderyof 05.22.23	Hilariously, my coworker argued with me that it would be lakers in 5 because Dlo was gonna lock down jamal murray
calmrose 05.22.23	lmfao
Hyperion1001 05.22.23	"lakers in 5 because Dlo was gonna lock down jamal murray" has this person never watched a single game of basketball before?
Eakflanderyof 05.22.23	Lol he's generally pretty knowledgeable but I think he's just a lebron fanboy
nash1311 05.22.23	Holy shit that take is so bad it’s like almost not funny just insulting
StormChaser 05.22.23	LOL Dlo can't lock up his wife in the bathroom
Storm In A Teacup 05.22.23	Dlo is best friends with KAT. Thats all you need to know about his ability on defense. ....
nash1311 05.22.23	My favorite thing about Jimmy Butler is he hates KAT
Wildcardbitchesss 05.22.23	dlo locking down Murray is one of the most insane things I’ve ever heard. your coworker is literally the only person on the planet that thought that could’ve happened
Hyperion1001 05.22.23	not even dlo thought he could do that shit lmao
Storm In A Teacup 05.22.23	Westbrook would be better at handling Murray just saying...
Storm In A Teacup 05.22.23	If the celtics get swept i am nervous that the thunder would trade Lu Dort and their picks this year for Jaylen Brown
MarsKid 05.22.23	Brown's handle ain't good enough, anyone pursuing him is in for some fool's gold. Celtics will need to shake SOMETHING up with this core though. Can't hang it all on the coach, players are accountable too.
Hyperion1001 05.22.23	their dilemma is that their #1 and their #2 are nowhere near good enough to actually be #1 and #2 options. neither are playmakers, both have significant holes in their game; unless they’re scoring 40+ a night the flaws are too easy to exploit. so, they need a #1 guy but they’re not going to get that unless they trade either brown or Tatum, which kind of leaves them in the same boat. as long as their core is those two guys I see no other option for them than a rebuild.
sneakers 05.22.23	AD is one of the most overrated stars in league history.
sneakers 05.22.23	and the celtics blow ass
Wildcardbitchesss 05.22.23	you can’t blame the coach when your main strategy involves strong 3 point shooting and your two stars are shooting a collective 1/14 from beyond the arc. I don’t blame Mazzulla all that much.
sneakers 05.22.23	yeah it's not his fault at all, he's trying to be a good coach and take the heat which is the right thing to do, he doesn't have the clout to blame his players like a phil jackson or someone. tatum and brown just aren't the guy,
Storm In A Teacup 05.22.23	They are also losing Al Horford and havent developed big men who can replace his small but valuable minutes and length
sneakers 05.22.23	carmelo anthony retired today, should have retired 5 years ago tbh
sneakers 05.22.23	doesn't belong in the HOF either
calmrose 05.22.23	he absolutely belongs in the hall of fame
sneakers 05.22.23	HOF should be really hard to get into. like it is in the MLB. carmelo had a nice career, but he isn't a winner, played awful defence, was a team killer, etc. no he doesn't belong.
sneakers 05.22.23	LeFraud James OVERRATED career Every year ever-1984 too lazy to be alive 1984-2002- not even in the NBA (JORDAN WOULD NEVER) ‘03-2004- Missed playoffs ‘04-2005- Missed playoffs ‘05-2006- LOST IN THE SEMIFINALS (MJ would never) ‘06-2007- LeSWEPT IN THE FINALS (MJ WOULD NEVER) ‘07-2008- LOST in the 3rd round ‘08-2009- Lost in 3rd round AGAIN ‘09-2010- Lost in the 2ND Round (certified loser) ‘10-2011- LeBandwagoned to a super team and lost in the Finals while being locked up by a old washed up 5’10 JJ Barrera (MJ would never) ‘11-2012- Baby Thunder ‘12-2013- Saved by Ray ‘13-2014- Lost to an Old washed up Tim Duncan 14-2015- Lost to a Young Curry in the finals ‘15-2016- Superteam & Saved by Kyrie ‘16-2017- Got OWNED by Steph and KD ‘17-2018- Got OWNED by Steph and KD AGAIN ‘18-2019 LeBandwagoned AGAIN and didn’t even make the playoffs (mj would never) ‘19-2020-MickeyMouse Ring don’t count 🫧 🐭 🎊 🏰 ‘20-2021- Lost in the first round (LOSER) ‘21-2022- Missed playoffs and play in opportunity with a superteam and LeStatpadded to pass Kareem (MJ would never) 22-23- Finna get swept 😭
calmrose 05.22.23	jesus you're annoying
sneakers 05.22.23	its obvious satire you stupid fuck
Wildcardbitchesss 05.22.23	nobody can replace that Al calling a T and then Butler coming back in game 3 and mocking him either. That shit fucking killed me lmfao
Storm In A Teacup 05.22.23	Idk if Anthony is a coach killer. He did what the thunder wanted. George karl might be a piece of ignorant shit. The knicks are horrible organization.
AlexKzillion 05.22.23	imma zag and say mazz is their biggest problem. yeah tatum and brown have been ass absolutely won't argue with that but udoka with this same exact team minus brogdon and brought these dudes way further looking better than they ever had against way better competition last year. dude's game management is also awful then again its hard to blame him too much considering the special circumstances that opened up the job for him. dude just wasn't ready... maybe the celtics coulda gotten quin snyder instead??? at that point there really wasn't anyone else. they were kinda screwed from the get go honestly
Storm In A Teacup 05.22.23	I think we can all agree the blame is widespread on the celtics. I think maybe they ought to give the staff and roster the room to grow and concentrate on finding a big man who is ready. Maybe get Adams from the Grizzlies and treat him like Kawai Leonard and make sure he can make it to the playoffs. That might be a better gamble than changing the culture again.
Storm In A Teacup 05.22.23	JJ Barea was 5 10??? Im pretty sure he was 5 8???
AlexKzillion 05.22.23	nah he was def 5' 8" lmao. they def be adding inches to some of these guys also anyone remember back in like 2018 when brad stevens was apparently worth more in a trade than any non-top 10 player in the league?? i sure do
sneakers 05.23.23	waiting for the sweep
MarsKid 05.23.23	Mazz is over his head for sure, but my point was that he isn't THE problem. There's a lot wrong with that Boston team, it can't be pinned on any one guy. imo you can't fire Mazz without messing with the core at all.
Hyperion1001 05.23.23	getting my brooms ready right now. go denver.
Wildcardbitchesss 05.23.23	Got another hundy riding on the nuggies. finish em off boys
MarsKid 05.23.23	uh oh they aren't started DLo Lakers in 9
Wildcardbitchesss 05.23.23	alright they’re down it’s not time to panic right
Eakflanderyof 05.23.23	Wow lakers actually getting screwed on a couple calls in the first few minutes. Never thought I'd see that
Wildcardbitchesss 05.23.23	I’m fine with it
sneakers 05.23.23	same, it's about time - they get every call every game bc NBA wants them in the finals.
sneakers 05.23.23	this is so the strange thing about lebron. he can basically score at will if he goes to the post, but so often he doesn't do that and passes. idk why he's choosing to do this now being down 0-3 but
sneakers 05.23.23	did Dlo really just do the ice in his vains move after he made a 8 foot floater?
Eakflanderyof 05.23.23	"same, it's about time - they get every call every game bc NBA wants them in the finals." And because lebron has trained the whole team to throw an entire hissy fit and look incredulous every single time a call doesn't go their way
Eakflanderyof 05.23.23	I'm really convinced that a lot of the calls lebron gets is because he wears the refs down lol
sneakers 05.23.23	well idk, lots of guys complain about calls pretty incessantly like draymon too, I think the league gives lebron a lot of leeway to complain and a lot of leeway on foul calls simply because he's lebron, it makes sense from an NBA perspective, but its lame to watch the dude whine as much as he does
sneakers 05.23.23	draymon is arguably worse with it, lebron crys on every call, but when draymon crys he's insufferable, guy really should get T'd up even more than he does the way he talks to the refs
Eakflanderyof 05.23.23	Just the visible difference in the nuggets behavior after a call against them vs the lakers is huge
sneakers 05.23.23	holy shit they need to T up lebron
sneakers 05.23.23	no way that should have been a double tech, lebron clearly ran the dude off the court witha forearm
calmrose 05.23.23	yeah that was bullshit
Eakflanderyof 05.23.23	I called it as soon as it happened. I knew they wouldnt just T up lebron like they should have
Hyperion1001 05.23.23	Leflagrant
sneakers 05.23.23	nuggets making a lot of mistakes right now
Eakflanderyof 05.23.23	Jokic is being really passive but the real factor is just that the lakers are hitting all their 3s. I don't expect that to keep happening in the 2nd half
sneakers 05.23.23	true, and even if it does, it won't continue all series
robertsona 05.23.23	Lebron looks amazing but yeah above all the Nuggets look very lethargic and like they don’t care
Eakflanderyof 05.23.23	Yeah... also lebron is having his best game in the whole playoffs so far though too. Might be gassed soon
sneakers 05.23.23	reeves is the great white hope
sneakers 05.23.23	what white dude in the past 20 years has been a better off the dribble scorer? not jj reddick that's for sure
Eakflanderyof 05.23.23	Uh oh jokic breathed on AD. Big mistake
MarsKid 05.23.23	lmao Davis missed a gimme, realized how foolish it was and flopped to save face. Got the call. What an absolute cabbage.
Hyperion1001 05.23.23	these fouls are bullshit.
MarsKid 05.23.23	Ref's plan is in, can't have the series end now
Eakflanderyof 05.23.23	Script is in for the lakers. The series must go on
sneakers 05.23.23	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IPXSqOhykg&ab_channel=ThinkingBasketball this has a lot to do with it, the way the game is reffed generally. after watching this I see how basiclly there could be a offensive foul on 80% of all calls in every game.
Eakflanderyof 05.23.23	Van gundy of all people stanning for this godawful officiating lol
sneakers 05.23.23	okay and this is another thing I dont like about lebron, how often do we see him walking off the court before the game ends, and in this case before halftime.
unclereich 05.23.23	eagerly awaiting shitar to defend this
Eakflanderyof 05.23.23	Lebron gassed
sneakers 05.23.23	seems like it
sneakers 05.23.23	yeah if this was a few years ago Lebron could carry this team like he carried that last cavs team before comign to the lakers, we saw him do that in the first half, but he's gassed now and needs the others to step up
calmrose 05.23.23	not surprising, didn't he play the entire first half?
sneakers 05.23.23	AD is so overrated, Dlo sucks, some of the bench guys have pretty good potential but aren't reliable yet, Reeves = goat
sneakers 05.23.23	yeah he did, and now he's not doing anything and letting others run the offence, van gundy just said it, bron needs to run the offence through him and hit the paint, he's not and the only reason can be is bc hes tired
Wildcardbitchesss 05.23.23	At the converge show Is the reffing bullshit or are the lakers actually putting up a fight?
calmrose 05.23.23	a lot of bs calls against the Nuggets, but the Nuggets were hella flat the first half
sneakers 05.23.23	both, it's mostly lebron channeling his goat days +refs, tight game atm
Eakflanderyof 05.23.23	Yeah definitely both. Lebron had a massive first half and that's really what's kept it close
Hyperion1001 05.23.23	how anyone could think this man wasnt the MVP is truly beyond me,
EyesWideShut 05.23.23	Lebron was forced to shake hands with the Nugs because he was complaining to the ref smh
unclereich 05.23.23	Leswept add that to his many achievements
MarsKid 05.23.23	Fade 'em. That's a sweep.
unclereich 05.23.23	Here’s how lebron, Bernie, and Hillary could still win
nash1311 05.23.23	FUCK THE LAKERS LETS GOOOOO
calmrose 05.23.23	wooooooo Nuggets
SteakByrnes 05.23.23	GOODNIGHT LAKERS GO JOKIC NUGS IN 5 TO WIN THE CHIP
sneakers 05.23.23	Lets see what BS moves Lebron. tries to pull this offseason. Kyrie incoming,
sneakers 05.23.23	Sitar on sui watch, later bozo
SitarHero 05.23.23	LAKERS IN 8! Lol sorry to disappoint sneakers. The better team won. Good game though. Bron doesn't have much left in the tank, but he was still out there giving it his all.
calmrose 05.23.23	damn sitar really said the lakers were coming back lmao
sneakers 05.23.23	fair enough
SitarHero 05.23.23	"damn sitar really said the lakers were coming back lmao" THERE'S STILL HOPE GODDAMMIT. LAKERS IN '24! LET'S GOOOO!
sneakers 05.23.23	lebron/AD/Kyrie going to be the big 3 next season for lakers, then going to have good roll players coming off bench. Cheapo lebron will be back.
calmrose 05.23.23	👀
EyesWideShut 05.23.23	Imagine gutting the chemistry for Kyrie out of all people smh
EyesWideShut 05.23.23	Like they finally had a team that was likable and played with heart.. We need another star
sneakers 05.23.23	Kyrie a free agent so idk maybe he just signs on for next to no money
unclereich 05.23.23	I find it hard to believe that Lebron is only playing to get a chance to ball with his son. Dude wants another chip, I’m guessing he get some more help in the offseason. Can’t fault him for that. He needs another ring badly.
Eakflanderyof 05.23.23	Darvin Ham is complaining about the officiating lmao
sneakers 05.23.23	no Lebron wants a chance to win a chip with his son, not just to be on the same team with him
nash1311 05.23.23	Kyrie won’t play half the season so they’ll save money
Storm In A Teacup 05.23.23	2nd half was a good game. My bartender only rang up half my drinks so i was able to tip 95%. Tip your people my sput brothers.
AlexKzillion 05.23.23	1 2 3 cancun!
Storm In A Teacup 05.23.23	Why did the Kobe Bryant laser defense grid just turn on?
Wildcardbitchesss 05.23.23	“Tip your people my sput brothers.” [2] If you don’t tip good you’re a fucking douchebag
sneakers 05.23.23	Letipsat5%
YoYoMancuso 05.23.23	THE EVIL IS DEFEATED
YoYoMancuso 05.23.23	meanwhile people in japan be like "if you tip you're a fucking douchebag"
evilford 05.23.23	Leswept add this to his many achievements [2]
Wildcardbitchesss 05.23.23	Made $320 and got to see the goated band. I’m getting paid to vacation. I’m happy camper rn, god bless the nuggs
sneakers 05.23.23	Leswept add this to his many achievements [3]
Wildcardbitchesss 05.23.23	nah I’m not a lebron hater but I do think this pretty much solidifies him as #2 behind Jordan. He’s got the scoring record etc, but he ain’t getting another ring
evilford 05.23.23	Don't get me wrong LeBron has been a great (legendary even) player but there's nothing more obnoxious than the bron stans who say he's far and away the goat and claim Jordan and kobe were overrated etcetc
unclereich 05.23.23	who cares about Japan
StormChaser 05.23.23	LeBron gets calls because he's LeBron and the Lakers get calls because they get to the basket and most importantly because they're the Lakers with LeBron Goodbye and good riddance, tired of this team getting any more limelight and praise. They're tough, but they're not a great team or near being one AD being in the top 75 above guys like Dwight Howard (am not a fan, but cmon) and Klay is the most ridiculous thing ever, BUT he's been the most impactful defensive player these playoffs, as well as for once didn't get injured. When teams have to adjust to you roaming in the paint as much as they had to this year, you're a great fucking player. He got grown men scared to go to the basket, he's just not a superstar (not that anyone ever called him that probably) and definitely not a top 75 imo. Also, just my 2 cents on the GOAT debate but I honestly feel like it's a damn stupid argument to have. Anyone can skew the results in the favor of their guy, and no one's ever gonna be right about it. LeBron is not the GOAT though
MarsKid 05.23.23	"NUGS IN 5 TO WIN THE CHIP" Jimmy Butler somewhere is very motivated and has a broom in his hand
Eakflanderyof 05.23.23	"Don't get me wrong LeBron has been a great (legendary even) player but there's nothing more obnoxious than the bron stans who say he's far and away the goat and claim Jordan and kobe were overrated etcetc" I think it will be hard for modern day players to surpass jordan as the goat because pretty much every offensively gifted player nowadays plays little defense. Good defense is generally left to the guys that aren't gifted offensively so that the guys who are good scorers aren't getting tired or fouling out. Lebron is decent defensively when he puts in the effort but it's hard for me to say he's the goat when jordan was elite on both ends of the floor
AlexKzillion 05.23.23	"AD being in the top 75 above guys like Dwight Howard (am not a fan, but cmon) and Klay is the most ridiculous thing ever" i agree with dwight, but klay??????????????????? klay prob doesn't even make a top 100
Eakflanderyof 05.23.23	Yeah, klay is a great shooter but he's not good enough for top 75 imo
sneakers 05.23.23	u right u right
sneakers 05.23.23	AD is so overrated I will keep saying it forever. good player but people overrate the shit out of him. guy hasn't won shit and looks better than he is based on the way the nBA officiates offence
sneakers 05.23.23	"nah I’m not a lebron hater but I do think this pretty much solidifies him as #2 behind Jordan. He’s got the scoring record etc, but he ain’t getting another ring" Lebron is a better passer than Jordan I don't think there's any question about that, hoenstly I think he's a one of the greatest passers ever, but michael was a better scorer and devensive player, [plus no one will ever beat 2 threepeats with the same team, all the mvps he won including finals, and honestly lebron never entering a dunk contest kind of lowers him in many peoples eyes including mine yeah he's no.2. which is fucking huge. but let's be honest, he looks better when he plays with better pieces. his most impressive feat is taking that bum as cavs team in 2017 to the finals cause he carried them (the one without kyrie). also, many of lebrons secondary players espically dwade are much better than pippen was.
Eakflanderyof 05.23.23	AD is just so inconsistent. When he's on his A game he looks like an all time great putting up shaq numbers. But then he'll drop a triple single the next day
Storm In A Teacup 05.23.23	If I were Jeanie Buss i would trade LeBron, Anthony Davis, DLO, and anyone else. Maybe sign Rui Hoochiemama cuz he is young. The Dennis Shroeder thing is kind of up in the air. Id have him maybe stay and help develop a starting point guard.
Storm In A Teacup 05.23.23	Or none of that, idk
sneakers 05.23.23	reeves is the new white mamba
StormChaser 05.23.23	To you guys who are saying Klay isn't good enough, I think that's recency bias talking. The man scored 37 points in a quarter and 60-something on 11 dribbles. He was a legit 2-way menace who accepted to be a second or third fiddle. In any case I'd take pre-injury Klay over AD any day of the week and his career over AD's in a heartbeat
sneakers 05.23.23	U right u right
Hyperion1001 05.23.23	go heat
Storm In A Teacup 05.23.23	Other storm is right
SitarHero 05.23.23	"many of lebrons secondary players espically dwade are much better than pippen was." The disrespect my man Pip gets... Dude was a monster on both ends who led the Bulls to 50+ wins and within a whisker of the NBA Finals without Jordan. He was pretty easily Top 5 through most of the Bulls' run in the '90s. His ceiling may not have been as high as DWade, but his peak coincided with Jordan's. Lebron really only got two great DWade years to play with. I loved DWade, but he aged in dog years as athletic guards who thrive on contact tend to do (see also: Iverson, Allen).
nash1311 05.23.23	I can see both sides of that argument but everyone besides those two were role players. Lebron has played with so much more talent In my opinion. Also Stormchaser spitting FACTS. Klay is if anything underrated af. He’s a bit washed now sure but he was absurd before injuries.
AlexKzillion 05.24.23	yall realize klay and ad entered the league at basically the same time, and klay has been injured/washed the past four seasons now while ad has been in his prime this entire time??? and do yall just forget those trash pelicans teams he dragged to the playoffs?? a team with prime klay as by far their best player is in the lottery. he's a perfect compliment to steph and draymond but i think yall are way overrating how good he is/was on his own. i love dunking on ad as much as anyone, and prime klay was easily one of my fave players, but ad is clearly more deserving of being on that top 75 team than klay. i feel like draymond has way more of an argument than klay even.
SitarHero 05.24.23	The game has also dramatically changed. Used to be that you just needed one good scorer to be competitive and 2 made you a contender. The other guys just had to play defense and occasionally knock down a shot, but even that wasn't really necessary because the man defense rules made it so that your defender had to guard you even if you couldn't hit the ocean from a submarine. Zone defense rules have made it so that anyone who cant consistently hit a thre point jumper becomes a serious liability.
nash1311 05.24.23	As a pelicans fan, AD is fucking garbage lol. Was so glad when we got rid of him. He’s inconsistent and constantly hurt. He also will never be anything without a primary leader which is why he works in LA. Not to mention “those dogshit teams he carried”…. Uh we made the playoffs twice with him. Once we got in on a head to head win off a buzzer beater with thunder and then promptly got swept. The other year we were actually good. So nah. Hard disagree.
nash1311 05.24.23	Speaking of recency bias, bleacher report did a poll asking who was better Jordan Poole or Austin Reaves and AR won lmfao. You gotta be kidding me
SitarHero 05.24.23	Klay is underrated but the only thing he's been better at better at than AD is availability. AD was a legit 1a option on a championship team. Klay has never been better than the third most important player on a championship team.
nash1311 05.24.23	I don’t know, game 6 Klay is real (except this year lolllll). But I’ll settle for a two option. Def not a 1 and couldn’t lead a team
nash1311 05.24.23	As a Jaylen Brown fan, he has been absolute trash this ECF
unclereich 05.24.23	tough to say what klay would have become had he needed to be "the guy" if he'd been drafted elsewhere. he's not on Pippen's level of course-namely due to his defense-but it's a similar moot discussion.
sneakers 05.24.23	if heat come back to win this game and sweep, just blow this squad up
sneakers 05.24.23	alternatively, if the celtics come back and compelte the first 0-3 comeback in history, then move the heat to seattle and restarte the supersonics
sneakers 05.24.23	well i guess this series is oging back to boston, wanted the series to be over already, either way nuggets winning the chip
calmrose 05.24.23	go nuggets
calmrose 05.24.23	back to boston we go
SteakByrnes 05.24.23	Hate that the celtics won but oh well, hopefully the Heat snuff them out on boston's court to really rub it in
Eakflanderyof 05.24.23	Celtics were hitting all their threes tonight. Heat in 5
nash1311 05.24.23	I’m here for as many games as possible. We need some competition and Nuggets to rest
Storm In A Teacup 05.24.23	Nuggets are just so on point every time they bring the ball down. No other team can compete with that.
Storm In A Teacup 05.24.23	It isnt even confidence. They just know what to do
StormChaser 05.24.23	"AD was a legit 1a option on a championship team. Klay has never been better than the third most important player on a championship team." AD wouldn't win shit without LeBron and he was 1b to LeBron's 1a. But this discussion is inevitably going to be marred by Klay's recent struggles and AD's dominance defensively this year. AD's one of the most talented big men ever, but he doesn't have the heart or sense for the moment that Klay does. And you can bet your money on him not showing up for at least 1-2 games per series which is a potential game ender if he's your #1 option like he was this year. Nugs rule, they're gonna win it whoever comes out of the east (I give Boston a 5% chance to do it) because they're the best team with the best player. As a GSW fan, I'm loving the free-flowing offense of the Nugs and their chemistry is spot on. That being said, Jimmy is on a historical tear of his own and will not be denied and the Heat are playing fantastic basketball as well. It's such a joy to see all of the trade deadline teams bite the dust. Once again, teams built the right way are going to meet in the finals and it's gonna be a hell of a show to watch
StormChaser 05.24.23	fuck my fucky net doublepost
SteakByrnes 05.24.23	Klay disrespect is crazy, dude's like the second best shooter ever, if not at least top 5 imo
Eakflanderyof 05.24.23	19.8/2.3/3.5 is klay's career. Sure maybe he puts up bigger numbers on a different team in a different role but that's hypothetical
AlexKzillion 05.24.23	"tough to say what klay would have become had he needed to be "the guy" if he'd been drafted elsewhere. he's not on Pippen's level of course-namely due to his defense-but it's a similar moot discussion." all prime klay did was shoot (albeit as well as basically anyone ever) and play excellent defense. literally could not be a better fit next to a do-it-all pg like steph and a unicorn like draymond (not to mention kd). put him on a team like this year's celtics who don't really have a real pg and do a lot of iso bullshit/don't really have a lot of off ball movement and i feel he wouldn't be nearly as effective, let alone on a non-championship caliber team. people make such a big deal about "he scored a million points on five dribbles"... but that's far more of a function of the warrior's system and isn't really replicable anywhere else unless you're playing with like lebron or jokic. i don't think its a moot discussion at all its just what his game is. he's a ceiling player not a floor player, he makes great teams legendary but if he's the best guy on a non-playoff team they are probably still not a playoff team. he is more the parish to steph's bird than the pippen to steph's mj
Eakflanderyof 05.24.23	Agreed. I think the GS system maximized Klay's ability for sure
AlexKzillion 05.24.23	"But this discussion is inevitably going to be marred by Klay's recent struggles and AD's dominance defensively this year." but is it really recency bias when its four years running now he's been either out injured or struggling? if klay never got injured you'd def have an argument but ad's holistic achievements have just far surpassed klay's "ringz / best shooter ever" argument at this point and that's what the nba 75 measures more than anything. ad's prime will likely end up twice as long as klay's by the time its done, assuming ad never falls on the floor like he got shot and is actually serious for once. will also preface all that by saying there's like five guys who deserve it more than ad too
YoYoMancuso 05.24.23	Dwight not making top 75 was a fucking joke
robertsona 05.24.23	LeSwept [4]
Eakflanderyof 05.24.23	"Dwight not making top 75 was a fucking joke" Agreed hard
AlexKzillion 05.24.23	ad and dame making it over dwight and tony parker is recency bias as its finest also i know the list is like a year or two old now but i feel like jokic easily has to make that list if it were made today
nash1311 05.24.23	@Steak glad to see someone appreciate Klay. Agree “ad's prime will likely end up twice as long as klay's by the time its done” And he’ll have way less to show for it. He’s also one poke from a career ending injury “It's such a joy to see all of the trade deadline teams bite the dust. Once again, teams built the right way are going to meet in the finals and it's gonna be a hell of a show to watch” /thread
SitarHero 05.24.23	"AD wouldn't win shit without LeBron and he was 1b to LeBron's 1a." Yeah, not the point though. Klay hasn't won shit without Curry, Dray, and/or KD (and Iguodala lol) leading the way. Health and availability aside the comparison is downright ludicrous. We're talking about a guy whose ceiling as a player is Mitch Richmond vs a guy whose ceiling is Hakeem Olajuwan. "he doesn't have the heart or sense for the moment that Klay does." Uhhh. AD hit THE shot of the 2020 playoffs; the game winner against the Nuggets to send the Lakers to the finals. The most important shot Klay ever hit for the Warriors was the one that took out Kyrie's knee in 2015. The second most important shot he took was the one at Lebron in the postgame conference in 2016 that fired him up and led to a historic Warriors collapse lol. Otherwise, every important shot for the Warriors has come from Curry or KD (and Draymond against someone's nuts)
SitarHero 05.24.23	And mind you, I agree that Klay is underrated and does merit inclusion or at least consideration in the Top 75 all time. But over AD? LMAO, no.
nash1311 05.24.23	Distilling people’s careers to singular moments is pretty silly though
SitarHero 05.24.23	That would mean that Robert Horry isn't the GOAT, and that I cannot accept. xD
sneakers 05.24.23	lmao
Eakflanderyof 05.24.23	AD's best years dwarf Klay's best
Hyperion1001 05.24.23	yeah, i get that klay is more successful but AD is clearly the better player all around. his main problem is that hes soft and constantly injured. AD's body with like a KG or lebron mindset would be an all-time great.
sneakers 05.24.23	yeah and the media talks about him like he's an all-time great and he simply is not. good player but not an all time great lets be real.
Hyperion1001 05.24.23	i mean its just because hes on the lakers. if he'd stayed with the pels and kept getting knocked in the first and second rounds he wouldnt even sniff the top 75 list.
sneakers 05.24.23	yes and honestly that is exactly what happened with Lebron and the heat and KD and the warriors. Look lebron is an alltime great regardless, BUT if he had stayed with the cavs or at least hand't put together a super team and kept getting bounced in the playoffs or maybe even won a chip one or two, we wouldn't think he was the no.2 greatest all time. same with KD. the only time people ever talked about him being one of the best players on planet earth was when he was on the warriors. his career before and after the warriors is one of losing although he remains an all time great scorer, kind of like a (much) better Carmelo or AI or any of the numerous great scorers who never won a chip
nash1311 05.25.23	@Sitar how dare you prove me wrong!
StormChaser 05.25.23	Y'all have some compelling arguments but to me this is what seals the deal (even if it was supposed to be an argument against Klay): "all prime klay did was shoot (albeit as well as basically anyone ever) and play excellent defense". He shot the ball better than anyone not named Steph Curry and was a truly excellent defender. He was never a superstar, but neither is or was Davis. In today's league and all time, I'd take someone who's close to being best at shooting than someone who's not close to being the best at anything ever. That being said, it was Dwight's spot that was taken
AlexKzillion 05.25.23	i think the biggest discrepancy here is you talk about ad and prime klay as if they are were the same tier player when they just aren't. as easy as it is to rag on the guy, ad has been a top 6-10ish player for what feels like forever now... and he'd probably be like top 3 if he wasn't made of glass and had a bit more motivation. davis absolutely is a superstar when he can be bothered and as good as klay was he was probably only like top 20 at his absolute peak.
AlexKzillion 05.25.23	"same with KD. the only time people ever talked about him being one of the best players on planet earth was when he was on the warriors." lol what kd has been talked about the like the best player in the league besides lebron for about as long as i can remember. feel like its only been since this last warriors title that people will admit curry is better en masse
Eakflanderyof 05.25.23	@sneakers Rings are overvalued in the both the nfl and nba but especially the nba. It's a team achievement and involves being in the right place at the right time, but one player can definitely elevate an nba team to some degree. I think it's a caveman way of thinking though that a lot of people will simply write someone off because they don't have a ring. Some all time greats like barkley never won a ring and that's fine. And then some like tom brady were lucky enough to be a part of the greatest system in nfl history. Put tom brady on the falcons and he maybe wins 1 or 2
PitchforkArms 05.25.23	@sneakers Mirroring @Eak's sentiment here. It wild to me that we can't see how lucky certain players have been to be on organizations that develop proper championship rosters around them. It has caused us to believe that players who "can't win" with the team that drafted them just aren't as good as the players who were (lucky enough to be) able to have the pieces fall into place around them that allowed for championship winning. LeBron was in a very obviously horrible situation that an individual player was not going to be able to claw his team out of - this is the exact situation we would've seen MJ in if the organization didn't surround him with a GOAT level coach and extremely great supporting cast. We saw it for 7 years... Players like Steph (who I am much higher on than most), MJ, Duncan, etc. are extremely lucky, while players like KG (who literally wasted 12 years of his career on a totally inept franchise) and early career LeBron were extremely unlucky and it would be absolutely ridiculous to expect them to do more than they did and the inability to win a championship in those situations does not make them less of players.
Hyperion1001 05.25.23	i gotta be honest I think the super team narrative is stupid as fuck. basketball is a team sport, isn’t the whole point to get a good 12 man team together to win? owners are just there to make money, they don’t give a shit about players. loyalty just turns you into dame. why tf wouldn’t you go where you can win? makes no sense to me.
nash1311 05.25.23	But while we’re talking about fortunate situations…. Phil Jackson isn’t as good as his resume either lol
nash1311 05.25.23	@Hyperion - because creating a team that’s overwhelmingly talent wise better than everyone else completely defeats the purpose of competition. It’s really that simple
AlexKzillion 05.25.23	hmm phil jackson is probably overrated as an in game coach, but the dude is like the goat ego manager. i feel like the late 90s bulls and shaq/kobe lakers probably go the way of the kd nets with nearly any other coach. those were some toxic ass teams
Hyperion1001 05.25.23	“ because creating a team that’s overwhelmingly talent wise better than everyone else completely defeats the purpose of competition. It’s really that simple” again, is that not the whole point of sports? like, take any person on planet earth, pose them this question “would you like to be on a good team that wins or in a bad team that loses?” is it not obvious what the answer is?
PitchforkArms 05.25.23	Yeah the Phil Jackson comments are warranted. Honestly, I think all coaches pre 2000s are a bit overrated. Due to rules and evolving skills, basketball became a significantly more complex sport that has a lot more schematic and player-utilization facets now. I think people like Nick Nurse and Spo are miles ahead of any of the coaches of yesteryear.
nash1311 05.25.23	“again, is that not the whole point of sports? like, take any person on planet earth, pose them this question “would you like to be on a good team that wins or in a bad team that loses?” No. There has to be a level of parity or it isn’t competitive. This is why salary caps exist. The issue is the cap has increased so significantly in such small amounts of time, it’s allowed these bozos to time their contracts so they can all play together. It’s shitty, especially for small markets that can’t afford Lux tax. Would you want to play monopoly starting out with another player already having 75% of the available money and saying go beat them? That’s not even fair or fun
AlexKzillion 05.25.23	i think the elite coaches today are as good as ever... but that the average coach from the pre-00s is probably much better than the average coach today i mostly say that because outside of like the warriors and nuggets who have some of the most unique players to ever play the game... every team kinda plays exactly the same: 3s and layups through endless pick and rolls. some teams might run a bit more than others, or have a gobert type anchor that allows you to play a little differently defensively etc. but teams in the 00s and before seemed to have a much wider variety of styles that they played which i'd say probably allowed coaching to dictate the outcome of games a bit more. would also just think the players being generally less skilled than today's players would make the coaching matter even more. having a guy like spo or nurse or pop or kerr today makes a huge difference in the playoffs, but i think almost everyone else is interchangeable (and i think teams do too judging by how 90% of the league gets a new coach every three years)
nash1311 05.25.23	Yeah honestly from a coaching perspective offenses are very samey and frankly kinda boring. It’s mostly just ball movement and like you said layups and threes. It’s really interesting to see coaching aspects for defensive schemes. Both matchups and styles. Spo has been excellent with the Heat on the defensive front this postseason
SitarHero 05.25.23	"Phil Jackson isn’t as good as his resume either lol" Phil Jackson was one of the first coaches to regularly run an offensive set more complex than a pick n roll while also transcending the "my way or the highway cos I'm the boss" mindset. He was arguably the first of the "modern" coaches as it were. Sure, he lucked into coaching some all-time greats, but he also got the most out of those greats.
SitarHero 05.25.23	"the average coach from the pre-00s is probably much better than the average coach today" Highly unlikely. The game has become waaay more complex now than it was in the 90s and before. The worst coach today would coach the pants off Jerry Sloan, and Sloan was arguably the second or third most respected coach of his era.
PitchforkArms 05.25.23	I think offense is significantly less coach-influenced than defense and I think defense is SIGNIFICANTLY more complex now than it was pre-2000s
nash1311 05.25.23	https://twitter.com/ShamsCharania/status/1661763790390820865?s=20 FINALLY
sneakers 05.25.23	this is most likelyt idle speculation but people are talking about Lebron being interested in a trade to the warriors
sneakers 05.25.23	if they wanted to keep the big 3 together and get lebron theyd probably have to trade their whole roster plus first round pics for the next 20 years.
sneakers 05.25.23	actually yeah Id back that up, let lebron get together with 3 of the best players in the league and let him play 4 on 5 basketball. this is the end game of superteams. so like lebron, steph, luka, and jokic or something and let them play a season like this; wouldnt get far probably but this squad will still cook the orlando magic xD
Eakflanderyof 05.25.23	I don't think there's any way lebron goes to the warriors. Pretty sure he wants to prove he's better than curry as opposed to joining him
Relinquished 05.25.23	Heat’s got this
sneakers 05.25.23	I mean lets just see them do it why not, lebron, kyrie and all the others to the warriors, id like to see them average 250 a night doing straight up globetrotter shit
SitarHero 05.26.23	Bron's not leaving LA. Not while Bronny's at USC and Bryce is in high school.
Wildcardbitchesss 05.26.23	“Heat’s got this” I want to believe
unclereich 05.26.23	I called the Celtics at least making this a series a couple of days ago itt. they have too much talent and way too much respect for themselves to go out silly like the Lakers. I doubt we'll see a game 7 but the Heat are just the team that could lose 3 straight.
EyesWideShut 05.26.23	It absolutely should be a series, its the eastern conference finals! but Game 6 will be the real deal and if the Heat lose.. it might be one of the biggest fumbles in sports history
unclereich 05.26.23	"but Game 6 will be the real deal and if the Heat lose.. it might be one of the biggest fumbles in sports history" do you mean game 7?
Wildcardbitchesss 05.26.23	nah, if the heat lose game 6 it’s fuckin over. There’s no way Boston is taking it to 7 only to lose. Game 6 is def do or die for Miami.
sneakers 05.26.23	if the celtics come back then time to move the franchise to a different city - can't come back from that.
EyesWideShut 05.26.23	Yea if the Heat don't win game 6.... I think Boston take the game 7
EyesWideShut 05.26.23	The one good thing is the Heat must remain underdogs to win, right when the media starts putting them in a spot light they lose
SitarHero 05.26.23	"The one good thing is the Heat must remain underdogs to win, right when the media starts putting them in a spot light they lose" Dangit. I wish the media had put the spotlight on the Nuggs.
StormChaser 05.26.23	"ad has been a top 6-10ish player for what feels like forever now" I disagree with this sentiment strongly. He may have the talent to be in that range, and may look it for a game or two in a given series, but he's by no means been a top 6-10ish player either in the regular or post season save for that bubble year in the playoffs. "i gotta be honest I think the super team narrative is stupid as fuck. basketball is a team sport, isn’t the whole point to get a good 12 man team together to win?" A 12 man roster is only for the regular season, you really need only 7-8 good and great players for the playoffs to win. That being said I hate superteams as well and am very glad that the teams that won the last couple of years haven't been superteams. "the inability to win a championship in those situations does not make them less "of players." No, but it has to be a differentiating factor when discussing the greatest players of all time. Even Charles admits that to be true "Phil Jackson isn’t as good as his resume either lol" what I think people are undervaluing about coaches is the ability to communicate key ideas to star players and getting everyone on board to be on the same page and to understand their role. It's not just about the schemes and gameplan. Yes, Phil had Jordan, Pip, Kobe, Shaq, but he's the Zen master for a reason and is respected among those guys for a reason. Tell me do you think it's easy managing all those egos while trying to implement a system? Steve Kerr failed at that this season for example, but the reason he won in his rookie year wasn't just because he had massive talent on his team, it's because he got everyone to buy in. P.S. Heat's got this [2]
PitchforkArms 05.26.23	"'the inability to win a championship in those situations does not make them less of players.' 'No, but it has to be a differentiating factor when discussing the greatest players of all time. Even Charles admits that to be true'" Yeah, no. It just isn't much of a differentiating factor when you you look at the plethora of circumstances that that have to take place in order to actually win a championship. It is very very obvious that there are situations where it is not reasonable to expect a team to contend for championships, let alone win them, no matter how good the best player is. I think this is so palpable because it is very evident from both sides with so many all-time level players. Kevin Garnett toiled for 12 years in Minnesota on a franchise and teams that simply did not have enough championship acumen, despite him being very obviously an all-time level player. Do we penalize him because he was never put in a position to win with that team. Conversely, Tim Duncan was granted the complete opposite situation - his teams were built extraordinarily well, and his abilities were all-time level as well. We have such a winning bias that we say someone like KG just "didn't have what it takes to get it done" (which is *technically* true, NO ONE has what it takes in his given situation) and Duncan was "the ultimate winner" (which he was, he had a skillset that was very helpful for building extremely good teams) - while in actuality, the players could have swapped teams, or swapped to similarly advantageous (or disadvantageous) circumstances and the championship count could reasonably flip. The same thing can be said about everyone's favorite two players... MJ was "unable to get it done" for six years of his career until the team construction was elevated to a level that allowed for championships to reasonably be attainable. That does not make his skills more or less valuable or good. LeBron was in a significantly less advantageous situation than that and it is ridiculous to think that the reason for being unable to win was because his skills were not enough to do so.
SitarHero 05.27.23	^^^
Dmax28 05.28.23	Lowry so bad
sneakers 05.28.23	yuh
nash1311 05.28.23	This going 7
Hyperion1001 05.28.23	I’m so tired of nba refs man
Dmax28 05.28.23	Butler seemingly completely forgot how to play basketball in this game wtf
Hyperion1001 05.28.23	if Miami even attempts defense it’s a foul
Dmax28 05.28.23	True wtf. Miami got the lead and then Boston got a 4 point play without scoring a field goal. Sketchy goaltend call, technical foul, and then a foul for a free through. Never seen that before. Miami has the lead and then 8 points for Boston without a field goal damn
nash1311 05.28.23	Idk I’ve been watching most of the game and it’s been pretty equally bad. Not lopsided
sneakers 05.28.23	league wants a game 7 confirmed
Dmax28 05.28.23	It was equally bad most the game but the Celtics had a comfortable lead all game till that sequence, so hard to say
sneakers 05.28.23	confirmed
sneakers 05.28.23	butler is shook
nash1311 05.28.23	Yeah Himmy musta run outta gas. This going 7
sneakers 05.28.23	nuggets v celtics confirmed
nash1311 05.28.23	Lol yeah these refs equally bad. Tatum did not touch Butler on that layup
nash1311 05.28.23	Duncan Robinson may have just cost them the series lol
Hyperion1001 05.28.23	COME ON JIMMY
nash1311 05.28.23	Wtf Al Horford doin
nash1311 05.28.23	WOOOOWWWWWWWWW
nash1311 05.28.23	D WHITE
unclereich 05.28.23	Heat complete letdown. Well Celtics nuggets. Al “butt cheeks” horford gets bailed out.
calmrose 05.28.23	holy shit what an ending
Hyperion1001 05.28.23	what a stupid game lmao nuggets gonna sweep either one of these teams.
unclereich 05.28.23	With how Boston is playing I would bet my life the nuggets don’t sweep them. You’re crazy
sneakers 05.28.23	pathetic.
Dmax28 05.28.23	Wtf did I just witness wuuuut
nash1311 05.28.23	That was an amazing ending. Refs were trash but as someone who doesn’t care who wins that was awesome
sneakers 05.28.23	that was insanity
Dmax28 05.28.23	At least at one point in the 4th im pretty sure they said the heat had the worst shooting percentage in the paint including regular season by any team since 2008. And they were still 0.15 away from winning
sneakers 05.28.23	whatever. le3.5rings was still leswept so its all gravy babbbayyyyyy
Dmax28 05.28.23	Watch the replay. Marcus Smart held the ball for a full second before the clock started moving. Shouldn't have counted
sneakers 05.28.23	dam
Hyperion1001 05.28.23	“With how Boston is playing I would bet my life the nuggets don’t sweep them.” ??? they went down 3 games to an 8 seed whose second best player is bam “what am I doing” adebayo and just barely squeaked by to a game 7 on a prayer last second putback. im not even sure they win this next one. jokic is gonna make them look like an aau team.
Wildcardbitchesss 05.28.23	ya nuggets are sweeping both teams imo
Storm In A Teacup 05.28.23	Yup
sneakers 05.28.23	boston fans spoiled asf
sneakers 05.28.23	and consequently annoying asf
StormChaser 05.29.23	fucking boston man
robertsona 05.29.23	That ending was wild. Can’t wait for tonight
Storm In A Teacup 05.29.23	Go Thunder!
sneakers 05.29.23	scottie pippin buggin again
sneakers 05.30.23	im starting to wonder if butler is playing through an injury, his dropoff from the first three games is just too perplexing to be explained simply by being gassed, and he looks shook in the paint in this game too
unclereich 05.30.23	his back hurts from carrying them
unclereich 05.30.23	that's how you open a second quarter
sneakers 05.30.23	you love to see it
Storm In A Teacup 05.30.23	Ive thought butler has been playing injured since the first or second round.
unclereich 05.30.23	still too close for comfort but a nice half for the heat
Ryus 05.30.23	cmon heat
Storm In A Teacup 05.30.23	It was just reported that the Heat have their plane prepped and booked for Denver after this game. No joke.
sneakers 05.30.23	MJ mentality
Wildcardbitchesss 05.30.23	I like Bam, but get your fucking head out of your ass man. This game is over if Bam can step it up even just a little.
Wildcardbitchesss 05.30.23	and storm I’m pretty sure they’ll just reroute to Miami if they take the L. They’ll need every second of prep they can get at that altitude if they win
sneakers 05.30.23	"I like Bam, but get your fucking head out of your ass man. This game is over if Bam can step it up even just a little." 100. dude needs to score a fucking bucket.
Dmax28 05.30.23	How is Bam this bad
sneakers 05.30.23	If jimmy IS hurt Id guess its something foot related
sneakers 05.30.23	which is a Guess I base off of absolutely nothing
sneakers 05.30.23	actually yeah he's definitely hurt
unclereich 05.30.23	Wow what a game for the heat. Celtics don’t care about a 17 point deficit but you have to wonder how much they have in the tank
sneakers 05.30.23	"I want to see Jimmy crush his enemies, see them driven before him, and hear the lamentations of their women." [x99]
unclereich 05.30.23	That’s gotta be game over
Hyperion1001 05.30.23	rip celtics you love to see it
sneakers 05.30.23	you really do
Wildcardbitchesss 05.30.23	“nah, if the heat lose game 6 it’s fuckin over. There’s no way Boston is taking it to 7 only to lose. Game 6 is def do or die for Miami.” Never been so happy to be wrong
unclereich 05.30.23	Never forget all that talk last year. Really goes to show how overrated they are.
unclereich 05.30.23	Lakers are the real winners here. They still have a chance!
Wildcardbitchesss 05.30.23	I got you today🤡
sneakers 05.30.23	barstool mfs on suicide watch
unclereich 05.30.23	Fuck barstool
Ryus 05.30.23	sweet. now lets go nuggets
Wildcardbitchesss 05.30.23	I’m taking back that sweep comment. I still think the nuggets will win it all but the heat aren’t getting swept imo
unclereich 05.30.23	sweeps in the finals are too rare for me to assume one is coming
AlexKzillion 05.30.23	will give tatum a slight pass this game since he rolled his ankle... but brown was absolutely atrocious tonight. two years in a row the dude just completely forgot how to dribble a basketball in the playoffs, not sure how you bring him back after that
Wildcardbitchesss 05.30.23	yeah all jokes aside I feel bad for him rn. Brown on the other hand tho, I think TNT had a graphic that showed the Heat with 7 turnovers and Brown with 8 hysterical
sneakers 05.30.23	Tatum is a really good player, just not that guy, not sure he ever will be at this point,
Manatea 05.30.23	Thank god Boston lost. Stress levels infinitely reduced.
SteakByrnes 05.30.23	gn boston go nugs
PitchforkArms 05.30.23	On paper, pretty awesome matchup for Jokic and the downstream effects of that so drastically favor the Nuggets. They have no adequate size to defend him one-on-one, so I do think they will need to put their best defender (Bam) on him, which drastically reduced Bam's value (versatility against smaller players). Their other bigs are also not good off-ball as help defenders, so the spacing and lane-clearing will be very apparent for the Nuggets cutters and drivers. I think Jokic feasts pretty hard as a scorer here. If not, that means the Heat are likely sending heavy doubles to make up for their one-on-one matchup disadvantage, and then I think we're going to see some bad blowouts with Jokic delivering some ultra-efficient passes from that double-team. They're also not very well-suited to take advantage of the Nuggets defensive shortcomings. I think Nuggets in 4 or 5 is my rational pick.
Wildcardbitchesss 05.30.23	but but spo but yeah agreed for the most part. My heart says heat but my mind knows it’s nuggets
EyesWideShut 05.30.23	The Nugs haven't faced a coach on Spo's level and while he's not on the court I doubt he'll make it that easy for them.
Hyperion1001 05.30.23	as much as im a huge fan of coach spo there’s only so much a coach can do in a matchup like this. jokic is gonna dominate in the paint and there’s no coaching out there that can make that matchup much better. I feel like the heats only true chance is playing the most rabid defense across the board they’ve played yet and even then I still don’t think they really have a chance.
Eakflanderyof 05.30.23	Heat have cooled off from where they were and I don't see them getting that hot again
Wildcardbitchesss 05.31.23	I didn’t watch either but I do want to point out that even tho the nuggets won both of their regular season matchups, the heat kept it within 5 both games. Again I didn’t see either game so idk if there’s any context I’m missing, but that’s not a bad sign. I could definitely see them taking the nuggets to 6 games at least. But maybe I’m fucking wrong and it’s time to bust out the brooms
EyesWideShut 05.31.23	Being from S.FLO I watched the Heat during the regular season and they were p bad, not even close to the same team during the playoffs. While Jokic is Jokic I do believe the Heat defense can effect the other Denver players. They Heat also went against tougher teams.
EyesWideShut 05.31.23	But I like both teams so gimme some good basketball
Storm In A Teacup 05.31.23	I doubt the heat were playing their current roster in those two games and imagine they are better now. I almost dont care which team wins. I want Jeff Green on Nugs to win a chip and I want Jimmy to win a chip with Heat. Guess since one is a bench and the other is the star i want the heat to win.
SitarHero 05.31.23	Miami's best defense against Jokic gonna be the humidity. Go heat!
AlexKzillion 05.31.23	think a nugs sweep is pretty likely they just swept a lakers team that matched up with them quite a bit better than this heat team does, and woulda swept the suns if not for booker and kd combining for 80 a couple times. i think the level of competition (at least in terms of bucks/celtics vs suns/lakers) is pretty even, especially considering giannis was injured... it just doesn't seem that way cause the nuggets wiped the floor with their opponents. the suns and lakers were both better than this heat team
MarsKid 06.02.23	NOTHING is falling for the Heat tonight. And they're getting good looks, too...
SteakByrnes 06.02.23	this is a beat down
Ryus 06.02.23	swag
MarsKid 06.02.23	Ssssshhhhh there's still time for Denver to Denver this thing
Hyperion1001 06.02.23	get out the brooms
nash1311 06.02.23	Lakers not better than Heat hell naw
SitarHero 06.02.23	They probably are though.
sneakers 06.02.23	get out the brooms [2]
unclereich 06.05.23	Cold takes as usual itt
sneakers 06.05.23	yea
unclereich 06.05.23	Heat beat nuggets on the road in the finals but yea lakers are better
sneakers 06.05.23	lebron fookin sucks
Ryus 06.05.23	wtf nuggets
Hyperion1001 06.05.23	wild game
Wildcardbitchesss 06.05.23	… they took one in Denver, what the fuck. Fuck it, heat in 6
unclereich 06.05.23	Anyone who has used the term sweep itt can show themselves out
sneakers 06.05.23	crazy stuff. id like to see himmy get one, either way its another star whos eating on lebrons watch, no one ate on michaels watch
sneakers 06.05.23	"Anyone who has used the term sweep itt can show themselves out" im sorry uncle don't beat me
unclereich 06.05.23	I’ll beat your meat
AlexKzillion 06.05.23	hell of a game that was, finals babyyyyyyy
sneakers 06.05.23	stephen a with the fresh suit on
SteakByrnes 06.05.23	kcp and mpj lost the nuggets that game with dumb fouls and not making any shots
EyesWideShut 06.05.23	Spo de Zone God
DominionMM1 06.05.23	not too worried about this loss as i don’t think miami will shoot at 49% from 3 game in and game out
EyesWideShut 06.05.23	But what would have happened if Miami hit those easy shots during game 1 ?? Mystery..
DominionMM1 06.05.23	considering they were bottom 5 in both fg% and 3pt% this year i don’t think game 1 was some kind of anomaly and even if they had shot at their season average (46% iirc) they still probably lose that game.
Wildcardbitchesss 06.05.23	We’re in for a series now gentlemen.
PitchforkArms 06.05.23	I have never before seen a team so overperform as these Miami Heat do with respect to shooting. Their success this postseason has been twofold: 1) their defense is pretty darn good and versatile 2) they have had some crazy shooting luck (a bulk of their wins have come from shooting performances well outside expected "good shooting" variance)
MarsKid 06.05.23	I dunno who the hell was thinking Miami was gonna get swept, ain't no way they fall over and give up easy. Ultimate dawg team.
PitchforkArms 06.05.23	I get that, but like..... I rreeallllyy don't think that it has been the "dawg" side of them winning a lot of these games.
nash1311 06.05.23	“Heat beat nuggets on the road in the finals but yea lakers are better” I mean I been saying. People need to get off Lebrons old ass nuts “Spo the zone god” [2] “Ultimate dawg team” [2] Mars with the usual W take
Hyperion1001 06.05.23	this heat team really is something else. I still think the nuggets ultimately take it fairly decisively but this playoff run is gonna be legendary even if Miami ultimately loses. what I think it really does is solidify spolstra as undoubtedly the best coach in the league.
sneakers 06.05.23	“ People need to get off Lebrons old ass nuts” [5000]
AlexKzillion 06.05.23	i feel like that was hardly a hot take after we watched the heat nearly give up a 3-0 lead to joe mazzula with jimmy clearly struggling/potentially playing hurt (and then predictably getting blown off the floor game 1) but talk your shit yall lol
YoYoMancuso 06.05.23	I still think Denver in 6 or 7. The Nuggets played terribly to start the 4th but had a crazy run of their own to end the game. If you had told me with 4 minutes left that Denver would have a chance to force OT I wouldn't have believed you
EyesWideShut 06.06.23	Im not a huge Herro fan but will be interesting what Spo does with him. I doubt he messes with the rotation too much but he did average 20 points during the regular season. If he can give 12 points he's a nice wild card.
nash1311 06.06.23	Yeah that’s gonna be a super interesting shift for them. Do you mess with what’s been working or nah
EyesWideShut 06.06.23	I would say nah.. but maybe try and work something to give Zeller's minutes to Herro haha
nash1311 06.06.23	I was really contemplating and I decided if Heat somehow win the finals this may be the greatest run I’ve ever witnessed. I mean an 8 seed has obviously never done it, but that plus play-in plus how “average” they are on paper would just be nuts. Like better than anything Lebron ever did besides the Warriors title. I mean their second best player is Bam lol
AlexKzillion 06.06.23	yeah i'd be scared whatever boost herro gives to the heat's offense isn't worth what he'll give up on defense... not to mention he may be super cold having sat out the past couple months. then again duncan robinson has been playing real minutes this playoffs if they could've brought him back after going up 3-0 last round that would've been perfect
StormChaser 06.07.23	Nash, it would certainly be the most unlikely title of at least the last 30 years, probably ever This series is the Nuggets' to lose, if they come in cold and disinterested (everyone except Jokić) again, they could get waxed by the Heat. By now we should all realise this team isn't gonna give away games, you gotta come correct As for the Herro conversation, I'd defer to whatever Spo thinks is best, if he doesn't get any run it will be for good reasons I'm sure. Personally I'm leaning toward keeping him for a break-in-case-of-emergency scenario, but then again if Cody Zeller can get minutes on this team, Tyler Herro sure can as well. There's just the concern about inserting someone into the lineup in the finals after an extended absence. Doesn't feel like that's something that's good for either the team or the player (unless you're an all-time great or in a hole)
MarsKid 06.07.23	Duncan Robinson has been playing very well honestly, I don't think his minutes are any issue for the Heat. Zeller minutes, on the other hand, are a horror show.
AlexKzillion 06.07.23	yeah duncan has been playing his best ball since the bubble can't argue there. and lol was gonna say something like "they need zeller for the non-bam minutes" but i keep forgetting kevin love is on the team now
MarsKid 06.07.23	The Heat need a big bully underneath like D Howard, Zeller has the gracefulness of Waluigi.
robertsona 06.07.23	still cant believe miami took G2
Relinquished 06.07.23	as an old Miamian I can believe it
Storm In A Teacup 06.07.23	Is it too late for the heat to sign dwight howard to a 5 game contract lol. Kevin Love 10 minutes, Dwight, howard 10 minutes, Zeller 4 minutes, and Bam 24 minutes wouldnt be the worst
Dmax28 06.08.23	Vincent fouled twice in 3 seconds in 2 separate plays. Both fouls are called on him instead XD
Wildcardbitchesss 06.08.23	fuck man I really think this series could go to 7
Wildcardbitchesss 06.08.23	Jamal is fuckin balling out tonight too god damn.
Storm In A Teacup 06.08.23	Fuckin Zeller jesus man
Storm In A Teacup 06.08.23	Also bam missed two hustle rebounds back to back and Spo looked like he was wondering how a guy so good can have no real time hustle
Wildcardbitchesss 06.08.23	yeah it looks like my jv team came out of the locker room before the 2nd half. Fucking disastrous 3rd quarter
nash1311 06.08.23	It might be time to change my avatar 😑😑😑
SteakByrnes 06.08.23	that game was fun lol great games by jokic and murray 2 more boys let's go
DominionMM1 06.08.23	30/20/10 from jokic. dudes unreal.
evilford 06.08.23	Christ, Jokic. Dudes unreal [2]
Wildcardbitchesss 06.08.23	Idk, still think the nuggies will win it all but I don’t see them winning in 5. Heat will take at least one more imo. Just an insanely bad game from those guys.
PitchforkArms 06.08.23	Nuggets will have one good shooting game and win by 30 lol
Hyperion1001 06.08.23	yeah I do think the heat take 1 more but it’ll be Denver in 6.
PitchforkArms 06.08.23	Again, this Miami team is great and Spo is an incredibly good coach who gets players to understand and buy into difficult and effective defensive concepts. BUT, they are riding exceptionally, uncharacteristically, and (well, we're within x-number of games of finding out) unsustainably good shooting, especially with respect to the shooting talent on the roster. In the regular season they were a 34.5% 3pt team, and in the postseason they are at 39%, and in playoff wins this year they are nearly 42%. That is inordinately good and I think has done a LOT to prop up and gloss over the weaknesses of this team.
AlexKzillion 06.08.23	"It might be time to change my avatar 😑😑😑" i badly wanted to talk about the zion stuff yesterday but i didn't think anyone here would care lol. funniest twitter day of the year so far
Wildcardbitchesss 06.08.23	Woah what happened with Zion
SteakByrnes 06.08.23	Zion got somebody pregnant and then some pornstar said he was foolin around with her literally last week lmao
AlexKzillion 06.08.23	he impregnated an ig model(?) while being in a relationship with a pornstar. zion posted this big gender reveal yesterday and the pornstar got super mad and aired out all their dirty laundry in a very detailed nsfw manner all time twitter rant
PitchforkArms 06.08.23	bro is slingin dick... there are worse things to be up to - probably not a great idea to be having a child and running all over town, though. Hopefully he sees himself fit and does the dad thing.
Wildcardbitchesss 06.08.23	news outlets really trying to keep us from finding out Zion out here spitting in hoes mouths
MarsKid 06.08.23	Surprised homeboy didn't tweak a hammie in the bedroom tbh
Storm In A Teacup 06.08.23	Dude was not in a relationshio with that pornstar gtfo. The screenshots are pathetic.
AlexKzillion 06.08.23	her claiming that she was motivating him to lose weight was the best part haha will say that even though he didn't do anything truly wrong, its a not an awesome look to be in the news for this kind of stuff when he's been out injured for so long. dude is the thirstiest athlete i've probably ever seen i've seen more screenshots and vids of him thirsting over women than like all other athletes combined dating back to his duke days. shit is everywhere. makes it seem like he cares more about that then basketball
AlexKzillion 06.08.23	@storm yeah idk if they actual were or not but she def thought they were which is why i said that
Wildcardbitchesss 06.08.23	either way this shit is hilarious lmfao
MarsKid 06.08.23	I thought I was funny as fuck RIP
Storm In A Teacup 06.08.23	Nah she didnt alex. Thats why she blacked out the word he wanted her to be.
nash1311 06.08.23	“news outlets really trying to keep us from finding out Zion out here spitting in hoes mouths” 😭 I agree it was hilarious but also as a Pels fan, agree with what Alex said. It’s like mother fuck this dude can’t even get on the court but he’s laying pipe all over the country. Get it together. He and Ja trying to out-antic each other rn.
Storm In A Teacup 06.08.23	Bros i guarantee at least 50% of all nba players are doing that.
sneakers 06.08.23	Zion gonna go down as a bust but for different reasons
Ryus 06.08.23	fat rj barrett W
unclereich 06.08.23	comparing this to ja in anyway is stupid.
Hyperion1001 06.09.23	it is funny though
SitarHero 06.09.23	"fat rj barrett W" You can bet the Knicks PR team right now is feverishly interrogating him and scrubbing Twitter to head off any possible scandals. 2019 Draft Class is GOATed. As someone commented on Twitter, the 30 for 30 for Ja and Zion is going to be legendary.
sneakers 06.09.23	Ja gonna get a hefty suspension, I'm thinkin half the season.
unclereich 06.09.23	Zion being a bust who liked to get his dick wet will be a fart in the wind compared to Ja when he goes out like Tupac
nash1311 06.09.23	That fart stinks to high Heaven though
AlexKzillion 06.09.23	"Bros i guarantee at least 50% of all nba players are doing that." i mean all of them do it in all the major sports, but zion is clearly doing something wrong here considering all the thirsty texts and cringey facetimes of his that are constantly going viral on social media. like this doesn't happen to anyone else anywhere near as frequently, and when it does they never come off as goofy as zion. dude just seems really innocent and lacking of a bullshit detector, which is worrisome for someone of his stature.
SteakByrnes 06.10.23	What a bizarre pause of game that was lmao, rim unleveled and then some random fan got stretchered out
sneakers 06.10.23	nugs in 5
sneakers 06.10.23	also don't let anyone forget about leswept
YoYoMancuso 06.10.23	Scott Foster eat my balls
DominionMM1 06.10.23	“dude just seems really innocent and lacking of a bullshit detector, which is worrisome for someone of his stature.” a dumb naive 22 year old you say? anyway yeah nugs got this. miami’s run has been one for the ages but certainly not the first time we’ve seen something like this in pro sports.
MarsKid 06.10.23	Aaron Gordon is a grown ass man Brown sliced them up at the end too, Denver rolled the whole squad up today. Miami could never cut the lead down enough even with Jokic pulled due to "foul" trouble.
evilford 06.10.23	Some soft ass foul calls on nugs again
EyesWideShut 06.10.23	Nugs deserve to win the chip, just the better team. Don't see how anyone could hate on them
EyesWideShut 06.10.23	Zion really is the new Shawn Kemp with all them kids
SteakByrnes 06.10.23	The Aaron Gordan and Bruce Brown game
nash1311 06.10.23	Yeah hilarious Heat got cooked by those two lol
unclereich 06.10.23	Zion just needs to win a few championships and die in a helicopter crash then all his sins will be forgotten
nash1311 06.10.23	Ouch. Too soon for me
Wildcardbitchesss 06.10.23	Jesus Christ lmfao
PitchforkArms 06.10.23	Damn, unc! LOL
PitchforkArms 06.10.23	A little bit of premature retrospective over the last 15ish years of basketball.... I think players like Jokic, Curry, and Bron have demonstrated that the resilience, scalability, fluidity, and attention-gravity aspects of basketball are significantly more important than the skills that people have come to value since the MJ era through Kobe and all of the others in that mold (iso scoring, "dog" 1:1 defense, smooth jumpshooting and flashy dribble moves) - especially now that defenses have become significantly more versatile and complex. The ability of those three guys (and many others to different varying degrees) to have "bad" games (i.e. poor shooting games - or poor box score stats) but still have incredible amounts of impact through their decision making, connectedness, and gravity (due to the fact that their skills scale to so many situations, actions, etc.) has made their team constructions so much more dangerous and allow for so many more avenues to generate great looks and thusly create very very good teams that are not reliant entirely on beastly individual performances by those stars (or at least not in the way we classically think of good individual performances).
StormChaser 06.12.23	Jordan did usher in an era of hero ball and iso driven scoring (even though he himself didn't necessarily play that way for his whole career) that seems to have ended with the arrival of the Spurs and especially Steph. I for one stopped watching basketball from like '03 til '16 and never understood the desire certain players had to dominate the basketball and chuck shots as they do, it always seemed stupid and like a recipe for disaster against a smart defense. The only caveat would be if you're actually are a top 10 all time player and if iso scoring is your go-to. In that case I suppose it's fine. But other than that, it's a team game, why would you not include your teammates (or theirs for that matter) in an action? Sure you need to be able to iso a couple of times per game just to give the defense a different look, but iso hero ball was never something that seemed smart or sustainable to me in a fast paced game such as basketball (I'm sure the rule changes made it a lot more fast paced, but the talent did as well). It always just felt like a dumb machismo ego thing, which admittedly I do love seeing from time to time and guys banging heads are always fun to watch, just from a viewer's aspect and from a scheme aspect, team ball such as the Warriors or Nuggets play is so much more appealing to me and I've always gravitated toward unselfish players who enjoy in their teammate's success
PitchforkArms 06.12.23	Very well put, Storm. I think this year itself was a bit of a macrocosm of the discussion entirely - Embiid one MVP for ostensibly displaying the more individualistic and un-resilient/non-countering skills and having incredible basic box score stats doing so. We then see that his weaknesses in the team-game and lack of scheme versatility get brought to the forefront, where his counterpart, Jokic, is able to more easily counter with a change his direct role when defenses wish to play certain ways - and this change does not greatly reduce his impact on the court and he still contributes excessively positively to the team generating high-efficiency offense (and his defense has been darn good - well above what is expected, but the matchups were mostly favorable on that front).
sneakers 06.13.23	good game so far
DominionMM1 06.13.23	nuggs just shooting themselves in the foot tonight
sneakers 06.13.23	aaron gordon with the stuff of the series on lowry
sneakers 06.13.23	also obligatory Kendrick Perkins is a racist post
Ryus 06.13.23	fuck lowry this heat team is mad annoyin
sneakers 06.13.23	and a fat slob
Hyperion1001 06.13.23	these refs are smokin crack wtf
sneakers 06.13.23	I thought they got rid of the "if you kick ur leg out on a jump shot and initiate contact and then flop it's a defensive foul" rule
Ryus 06.13.23	himmy butler!!!1!!
sneakers 06.13.23	heat went absolutely as far as they could go, probably even passed that point. this is defintely spolstras best coaching job ever as well as putting himmy in a HOF spot. they just ran into a better team.
sneakers 06.13.23	also jokic is way better than embeid and kendrik perkins is a fat ugly stupid racist as well as mark jackson
Wildcardbitchesss 06.13.23	definitely passed that point. The point everyone thought they’d get to is the play in games. Great game, not who I wanted but I’m just happy it wasn’t some Celtics lakers bullshit
sneakers 06.13.23	boston choked and lebron = leswept. a very good 2023 playoffs. never forgetti.
DominionMM1 06.13.23	incredible run by the heat. like half their roster is made up of undrafted players and bam is their #2 guy. and they managed to beat milwaukee, the ny knicks, and boston to get here. very impressive. with that said FUCK YEAH GO NUGGETS!
DominionMM1 06.13.23	seeing that asshole stan kroenke with that trophy puts a bit of a sour taste in my mouth though
unclereich 06.13.23	fuck billionaires agreed
Storm In A Teacup 06.13.23	Jeff Green and Deandre Jordan are now nba champions hooray
DominionMM1 06.13.23	i mean i don’t care that he’s a billionaire he’s just an asshole
SteakByrnes 06.13.23	That was an awful game lol but really happy denver won. I'm glad for Jokic, Murray, Gordon, Jeff Green, Deandre Jordan, all them have a ring now
Wildcardbitchesss 06.13.23	yeah fuck billionaires but fuck Kroenke in particular. Wouldn’t piss on him if he was on fire
Dmax28 06.13.23	Nuggets gave Heat every chance imaginable to win this game and they couldn't do it. What can you say
twlight 06.13.23	Nuggets win it all baby. Denver is a sports town. Always has been. Hater ass bitches, Stephen a smith types can get fucked. We'll enjoy our nhl championship from last summer and this summers nuggets win. Later.
DominionMM1 06.13.23	calling it now: colorado rockies 2023 world series champs
twlight 06.13.23	Hahahahaa broncos super bowl champs
twlight 06.13.23	Peyton and Russel and Sean Payton were all in the building for the win tonight. Maybe some of that win magic will rub off
sneakers 06.13.23	stephen a smith and virtually all long time media talking heads in whatever area never admit to shaping narratives. JJ reddick called him out about his and espns stupid coverage of lebron all year long and his response was just like "we go where the story is"
sneakers 06.13.23	starting next season jokic should be covered like steph and lebron at this point, dude has changed the game with his elite passing and scoring
sneakers 06.13.23	espn would rather see lebron get swept in the finals with each loss by 40+ points than a competitive 7 game series btwn 2 mid market teams
SteakByrnes 06.13.23	it's time to just cover the actual best players in the league and leave the oldheads behind as here and there talking points. I wanna hear about jokic, giannis, luka, embiid, book, tatum, all the young guns. PLEASE stop with the curry lebron KD talk I BEG of you sports media
twlight 06.13.23	Stephen a is a drama queen who spreads gossip and bad takes. But that shit sells apparently. So pathetic seeing him flip his narrative pre game today saying nuggets would walk the heat out the building. Dude has no spine
twlight 06.13.23	Stephen A Smith is about out the door, with James and others. The NBA will change in the next 3 years for the better. It'll be more about the team instead of the super stars
sneakers 06.13.23	"Stephen a is a drama queen who spreads gossip and bad takes. But that shit sells apparently. So pathetic seeing him flip his narrative pre game today saying nuggets would walk the heat out the building. Dude has no spine " read this as steph at first and I was like damn thats news to me,
twlight 06.13.23	Denver is raging right now, live feed: https://www.9news.com/video/news/live_breaking/watch-live-fans-celebrate-in-denver-streets-following-nuggets-nba-championship-win/73-d284f248-30c3-446e-bdf9-5439442c5137
sneakers 06.13.23	PLEASE stop with the curry lebron KD [and kyrie] talk I BEG of you sports media " fify. the fact that they cover kyrie the way they do, dude can shake and bake but that's it, just shows how much espn coverage sucks, i try to find small outlets that actually talk basketball rather than looks for stories
sneakers 06.13.23	worst media guy in this respesct by far is skip, i read some fluff piece about him a few years ago that quoted him saying he hasn't missed a cardio workout since 1986, yeah ok buddy lol
Shamus248 06.13.23	Butler's turnover was costly. He hesitated, turned, realized he couldn't take another step or dribble so he passed to Martin even tho Gordon was right there. There is no way Butler didn't see Gordon. Then the missed desperation 3. He was the star on an underdog team that proved people wrong all season, but his decision making down the stretch cost MIA the game and the chip
twlight 06.13.23	Oh Skip is rough dawg. Shannon peaced as he should
sneakers 06.13.23	butler knees weak palms sweaty from carrying the heat through most of the season/post season
SteakByrnes 06.13.23	very true, I never wanna hear about Kyrie again I hate that mf lol but he's gonna be the talk of the town for too long
sneakers 06.13.23	skip should prolly be lined up against a wall and shot for the unbelievably negative impact he's had on sports media tbh
twlight 06.13.23	Figuratively speaking, yes sneakers
sneakers 06.13.23	oh yes thats right youre right, he should be shot "metaphorically speaking"
twlight 06.13.23	Jovic also doesn't give two shits about the limelight or glory or whatever you wanna call it. Dude just wants to win and leave the building ASAP.
twlight 06.13.23	Police are now showing up https://www.9news.com/video/news/live_breaking/watch-live-fans-celebrate-in-denver-streets-following-nuggets-nba-championship-win/73-d284f248-30c3-446e-bdf9-5439442c5137
twlight 06.13.23	Looks like some military police as well in the crowd
sneakers 06.13.23	wedem bois
twlight 06.13.23	Bois out tonight no doubt
twlight 06.13.23	Bro I'm sure there was some poor girl who didn't want to be there with her bf who got domed by a bottle rocket. Bless her soul
SitarHero 06.13.23	Great season for the Nuggs. The Heat were never in the series. I wonder if the Nuggs are going to be this decade's Spurs-style dynasty.
twlight 06.13.23	Possible. I hope so
StormChaser 06.13.23	It's incredibly difficult to win a championship, even though it looked easy for the Nuggets this year. But just take a look at that team the past 2 years, they could've easily competed and been close to this good if they had Jamal or MPJ healthy. Could they be a dynasty? Absolutely, if everything goes right for them. I just think there's a tremendous amount of luck involved and if you don't have luck with health you're pretty much screwed Also, to sneakers' point "I thought they got rid of the "if you kick ur leg out on a jump shot and initiate contact and then flop it's a defensive foul" rule" - it's fucking ridiculous that after a fucking review they still called it that way. The casters were stunned too, someone should get some sort of punishment for that
MarsKid 06.13.23	So happy to see the Nuggets win! Well-deserved. Jokic can return to his horses now. Whether Denver stays a juggernaut or not depends on how much of their talent they can keep. Jokic and Murray are essential of course, but you 100% need Aaron Gordon around. Not sure how many of their current players are locked under contract for a bit.
SitarHero 06.13.23	"But just take a look at that team the past 2 years, they could've easily competed and been close to this good if they had Jamal or MPJ healthy." Yeah same could be said of the Lakers or Bucks too. A lot of thongs have to go exactly right to win.
StormChaser 06.13.23	Lakers? Lol, I thought they were a pretender since they let their championship team go. This was all smoke and mirrors as far as I'm concerned. They beat a young Grizz team which they were supposed to and a severely disjointed Warriors team that was also bound to lose at some point. I know it's easy to dismiss someone's chances after the fact, but I never trusted the Lakers this year
nash1311 06.13.23	“Media would rather see lebron get swept in the finals with each loss by 40+ points than a competitive 7 game series btwn 2 mid market teams” Fify. This is so true though it hurts
sneakers 06.16.23	deandre jordan with the chip before cp3 you love to see it
sneakers 06.16.23	kinda like when Jeremy Lin won a chip and not melo
Storm In A Teacup 06.16.23	The nuggets should send Sir Charles of Barkley a ring for his steadfast support this year.
unclereich 06.16.23	sitar number 1 lakers fan
SteakByrnes 06.16.23	only 25 games for ja lol that's way lighter than I thought
Hyperion1001 06.16.23	tfw no ja morant public execution 😤
Eakflanderyof 06.16.23	That's honestly about what I figured they would give him or half a season at most
Storm In A Teacup 06.16.23	Looks like all facts and rumors indicate Thunder plan on making sure they get Bilal Coulibaly in the top 12 of the draft.
Storm In A Teacup 06.16.23	I figured 41 games would be fair but they still blocked him from winning any awards.
nash1311 06.16.23	25 games too few In my opinion Damn y’all these Moriah Mills tweets still got me rollin 😭
SteakByrnes 06.16.23	nash I'm seeing Zion to hornets rumors, how are you doing
sneakers 06.16.23	shoulda gotten half a season suspension. 25 games aint shit tbh. need to give him that ron artest (the goat) treatment
nash1311 06.17.23	Agreed sneak. Steak brother I don’t know what to think anymore. I’ve lost patience with his injuries and prob would prefer to trade him while he has Some value. But I feel like if we keep him he’ll get hurt again and be worth next to nothing and if we trade him he’ll play 70+ games and win a ring so lose lose
SteakByrnes 06.17.23	It's such a sucky situation, cause healthy Zion is like top 10 in the league and the pelicans looks like a top team in the west with their players all healthy
Storm In A Teacup 06.17.23	Top 4 in the west yeah but i dont see them ever coming out the west with that roster.
nash1311 06.17.23	Yeah thunder suck agreed
Eakflanderyof 06.17.23	Lol at the malone lebron feud. Malone cracked a joke and lebron writes a big paragraph reminding everyone how rich and great he is. LeNarcissist
Hyperion1001 06.17.23	lebron is a great basketball player but my god is he annoying.
nash1311 06.18.23	#notmygoat Super annoying
Storm In A Teacup 06.18.23	"Yeah thunder suck agreed" Ill take the westbrook durant era over the chris paul or the anthony davis era.
StormChaser 06.18.23	Pels top 10 in the west when healthy agreed
sneakers 06.18.23	fuck lebron agreed
nash1311 06.18.23	@Stormcup - agreed I would too. Pels are on eternal hard times but hey I can’t be fair weather @Stormchase - top 10 😭
StormChaser 06.19.23	My man I was probably a bit less excited about Zion when he first came in than I presume you were, but only a BIT less. He was supposed to be my next guy I was all in on big Z, fucking love his game. He just can't get his shit together, looks like a fucking freight truck and doesn't seem like he cares about bball much at this point. Such a shame, I'm still rooting for him to bounce (he he he) back, if he wants to compete I'll always be there watching him and cheering for him. Just sucks that his attitude is as bad as his weight problem at this point
nash1311 06.19.23	10000000000000000%
Storm In A Teacup 06.19.23	I hope this next season is all the old stars becoming less relevant and the younger generation of the last 5 to 6 years of new players fully take over the league. The epitome of that would be AR becoming the best player on the lakers.
Storm In A Teacup 06.19.23	Breaking news the hornets have asked for Brandon Ingram instead of zion
nash1311 06.19.23	Yeah 0 shock. But also like as much as I think the experiment won’t work, not many teams can beat Suns now even with no point guard and no defense
sneakers 06.20.23	beal sucks tbh
nash1311 06.20.23	They’re still going to be unstoppable offensively. Nuggets are the only team that will handle them in West prob
StormChaser 06.20.23	If they can stay on the floor, they might be trouble, but I wonder what's gonna be around them to make teams actually scared of them. If I'm the Nuggets I'm not worried at all *cue Moby*
PitchforkArms 06.20.23	Beal seems to not be the shooter we once thought him to be.... I cannot imagine this team being exceptionally good, even offensively. Beal can generate mediocre efficiency offense on good volume, but does not have a skillset that scales super well without the ball. Booker can generate decent efficiency (not particularly great) offense and has an okay set of non-ballhandler skills. KD can generate quite efficient offense and has good non-ballhandler scaling. NONE of them are particularly good, though, at maximizing each other, or maximizing themselves when they aren't the primary creator. Booker and KD are much more well suited as non-decision makers. God DAMN I wish this team still had CP3 but he was like 25 years old instead of 35+ LOL
sneakers 06.20.23	yeah, people are highly overrating this team right now, they'll be a 2nd round exit
nash1311 06.20.23	I don’t think I’m overrating them, I’m under rating everyone else lol. Memphis has become a dumpster fire. kings, while good and improving, I think were a fluke. Clippers can’t stay healthy and are kind of a joke now. Wolves Pels thunder mavs not legit. Warriors lakers only possible teams that could beat Suns besides Nugs. Warriors have some major roster decisions to make and Lakers don’t have the fire power without some significant roster changes either. East is another story, but the West kinda sucks rn
StormChaser 06.20.23	I'm a guy who doesn't appreciate Booker's game enough that's for sure, but he has been very efficient offensively for the past few years, and he does have a deeper bag than I'd like to admit. Beal's production will also be a lot better than it's ever been because now he's surrounded by 2 great players. That being said, I wouldn't worry about an offense only team with no depth in 2023/24
EyesWideShut 06.21.23	Beal will be the highest paid 15 ppg player in the league
nash1311 06.21.23	Good. The more broke these franchises become from making dumb bandwagon super team Bs the better
AlexKzillion 06.21.23	tobias harris in shambles
PitchforkArms 06.21.23	I just don't see a team with 3 iso scorers who are not particularly additive will generate offenses good enough wo genuinely compete with top-level teams (let alone the defense... the Bucks have obvious offensive foibles but have the defensive chops to sometimes push through that).
AlexKzillion 06.21.23	is kd/booker/beal really all that different from kd/kyrie/harden in that regard??? they only played like 10 games together but they put up some insane numbers in that small sample size. i guess kyrie and harden are probably better passers than any of kd/booker/beal but i wouldn't say either of those guys are serious creators either
SteakByrnes 06.21.23	Porzingy to the celtics
Storm In A Teacup 06.21.23	I am in absolute sync with the other sputnik storm in my opinion of the 'new' Suns. Watch Beal and Durant not get injured and it is Booker or Ayton who is the excuse for why they didnt win next season.
StormChaser 06.21.23	stormbois unite, thanks for the shout out
PitchforkArms 06.21.23	"is kd/booker/beal really all that different from kd/kyrie/harden in that regard?" Yes. Extremely. Kyrie is a better long-range shooter than Booker, but the much more important thing here is that Harden is a significantly better playmaker and distributer than anyone on the suns. Honestly, Kyrie is a better playmaker than any of those guys, too. Obviously there is some off-ball effort issues with those guys, but as a unit, Harden's facilitation and playmaking helps the team become a high-level offense by offering super high efficiency opportunities to the rest of the team in a way that none of the Suns big 3 can. At this point, Beal is a much more effective isolation scorer than Harden, but man oh man, they've got two options that are better than him in that regard, and his skillset (and many aspects of both Booker's and KD's) do not help generate high-level offense in non-individual-scoring ways. The best teams in the modern era do not build their teams with such a lack of skillset maximalization.
sneakers 06.21.23	prozingus sucks
nash1311 06.21.23	Porzingis sucks [2] I don’t know I think y’all prob over inflating fit rn. They’re gonna be good. Just how good is the question
sneakers 06.22.23	Imagine thinking porzingus is gonna put you over the edge
sneakers 06.22.23	Dude never plays and is a bad version of a poor mans kd with no off ball skills skinny as fuck and a bad attitude
Storm In A Teacup 06.22.23	He would be an upgrade from Aleksej Poku if he played 12 to 15 mpg on a minimum.
Storm In A Teacup 06.22.23	Who am I kidding tho, Jay Will is gonna be even better and Chet Holmgren is coming. Poku is already replaced.
Storm In A Teacup 06.22.23	It is crazy to think about how much potential the thunder have
sneakers 06.22.23	stop trying to make fetch [the thunder] a thing ;D
Storm In A Teacup 06.22.23	Lol
YoYoMancuso 06.23.23	Amen and Ausar Thompson's middle names are both XLNC (pronounced "excellency") i'm dying
nash1311 06.23.23	Rofllll
SteakByrnes 06.23.23	can't believe gradey dick went number 1
YoYoMancuso 06.23.23	i'm about to pay a concerning amount for a Dick Raptor jersey
sneakers 06.30.23	bruh espn got rid of van gundy, but apparently they keeping mark hackson (for now I guess)
sneakers 06.30.23	they letting go of kellerman and keyshawn johnson too, idgaf about keyshawn but kellerman wasn't awful, they should get rid of Jay Williams dude is a total hack and simps for durant
SteakByrnes 06.30.23	max being let go is wack. Of course Perkins will stay though lmao, dude's a clown
Hyperion1001 06.30.23	mark jackson has so have some sort of blackmail material on the ESPN shareholders it’s the only explanation.
sneakers 06.30.23	oh yeah wow, keeping perkins is ridiculous. his iq is like a 55 at best, down syndrom gorillas would make a better analyst than him,
Ryus 06.30.23	how tf did mark jackson escape this
sneakers 06.30.23	mark jackson is a racist and christain bigot
sneakers 06.30.23	idk all these guys should just go to FS1 so they can get rid of the hacks over there like that dude with the bad hair piece Nick Wright
sneakers 06.30.23	and skip bayless needs to get off the airwaves entirely
Ryus 06.30.23	hes also just a fucking terrible commentator. JVG is annoying af but at least he has a semblance of a personality and occasionally has something interesting to say
sneakers 06.30.23	yeah 100%
sneakers 06.30.23	mark "great defensive effort" jackson
Eakflanderyof 06.30.23	I feel like they keep all the worst people because they get the most attention even if it's all hate lol
EyesWideShut 07.01.23	Nick Wright is one of the most irritating commentators in sports.. period.. I liked JVG and Max wasn't bad either. They need to get my man Kwame Brown on one of these show lmao
StormChaser 07.01.23	Mark Jackson is cheesy, JVG is get off my lawn and Breen is sort of a cornball too, but they've been the best team out there, with Jeff being my favorite color commentator cuz he actually wasn't afraid to speak his mind. He's also on the money when it comes to basketball stuff 90% of the time. Gonna miss the trio, hopefully we'll get to see Jeff get work again on TNT or something
Wildcardbitchesss 07.01.23	there goes dame just fucking kill me
Hyperion1001 07.01.23	he saw that grant contract and said "fuck loyalty" lmao
YoYoMancuso 07.01.23	Scoot about to have an incredibly exciting rookie season, but yeah that Grant contract…yikes
Wildcardbitchesss 07.01.23	fuck it this team deserves to be near the bottom of the western conference forever, dogshit ass FO
StormChaser 07.01.23	should've traded his ass along with CJ and start the rebuild years ago and damn that Jerami Grant contract is abysmal, substantially worse than Tobias Harris' was and that's saying something
nash1311 09.27.23	Holy shit Dame to Bucks
Ryus 09.27.23	crazy lol
Snake. 09.27.23	heat fans in shambles
Hyperion1001 09.27.23	hilarious trade
nash1311 09.27.23	Agreed. Blazers got basically nothing but cap relief if Jrue gets released
StormChaser 09.28.23	I'm also trying to figure out why the Suns got involved, I don't like this trade for anyone but the Bucks Well ok, the Blazers got rid of Nurkic so that's a + for them, but holy shit talk about new owner syndrome for the Suns daaaaamn, what the hell does Nurk bring to the table in 2023 except guaranteed 40 games missed due to injury
nash1311 09.28.23	And they already got rid of Monty so I don’t see the need to move Ayton unless they really think he sucks
SteakByrnes 09.28.23	the whole front office didn't like ayton from what I've gathered
SitarHero 09.28.23	Suns got a big body they can throw at Jokic in thr playoffs, at worst. At best, they got a big man who can play defense, knock down 3s to space the floor for all their scorers, and also wont be a locker room cancer and wont disappear for stretches during games. Plus they got some depth that they were sorely lacking. Sun-Bucks finals this year, barring injuries and unforeseen chemistry issues.
nash1311 09.28.23	And Grayson Allen with the game 7 game winner with Bucks fans in tears
SteakByrnes 09.28.23	Suns got a big body that is never on the court and has been bullied by Jokic so many times in the past lol
nash1311 09.28.23	Remember when they both were with Nuggets and fighting for playing time lol
StormChaser 09.29.23	I'm convinced Nurkic has absolutely nothing left in the tank even if he were healthy for the playoffs. That being said, I love that the Suns are such goddamn knuckleheads. They got substantially worse short term and don't even get me started on the long term. They could've gotten so much more for Ayton, but this is a very nice outcome for someone who wants nothing but the worse for that stupid ass team
Wildcardbitchesss 09.30.23	alright so Portland seems pretty committed to the rebuild right? What are the chances that Jrue doesn’t even wear a blazers jersey? He’s obv a great player but long term I don’t think he’s much of a fit with the current squad
calmrose 09.30.23	he's not going to stay with Portland and is absolutely getting traded
nash1311 09.30.23	^ high. Rumor is he’s on the move
Wildcardbitchesss 09.30.23	Yeah about what I expected. Is there any team that would want him for younger guys or draft picks? Aside from the Dame drama I have not been paying attention to the off season at all
StormChaser 09.30.23	agreed with calm, they also have to flip him to get real value from the trade other than Ayton I think a lot of teams want him, the market should be great and the haul should be very solid for Portland
Wildcardbitchesss 09.30.23	I don’t mind this for Portland. Bucks obviously got the best out of this, and wtf are the suns even doing lmao
StormChaser 09.30.23	exactly lol they've completely botched this trade and I'm loving it to bits
Wildcardbitchesss 09.30.23	that money guy still lives rent free in my head and is why I hate the suns so fucking much

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