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OFFICIAL /NBA/ GENERAL
>Luke Walton Edition

Today's Game:
SAS vs OKC @ 5:30pm Pacific

Tomorrow's Games:
MIA vs CHA Game 7 @10:00am Pacific
TOR vs IND Game 7 @ 5:00pm Pacific
POR vs GSW Game 1 @ 12:30 pm Pacific
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1st for Curry
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>>67232613
Walton's a nice guy and all but I think he's gonna crash and burn.
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lue's a nice guy and all but I think he's gonna crash and burn.
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S-stupid Miami.
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>>67232652
No way, look at his roster, it's finals or bust. all we need is for the raptors to hurry the fuck up and give us derozan at a discount, hopefully they panic and trade all for cheap.
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Stat masters, after that 10-0 run last night I'm wondering.
What have been the biggest/longest runs?
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>>67232806
19-0*
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>>67232745
>finals or bust
>finals

Laker fans delusion at its finest
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>>67232745
>finals or bust
keked irl
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>>67232745
>derozan at a discount
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>>67232745
why would you even want derozan? he's trash
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>>67232845
I know. Lmao, dude takes a photo of three clowns and adds a fourth like he finna make it any better. It will for me, it'll make watching their losses more entertaining. LA fans are delusional.
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>>67232745
why the fuck is ben affleck in this picture
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>>67233174
Ayy lmao!
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is pop the greatest basketball mind to have ever lived?
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>>67232620
>>67232659
>Curry can't play for over 2 weeks because a boo boo
>Autism Rivers plays right after getting 11 stitches

Curry's a pussy
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>>67232613
the yet undetermined fourth couple of the 2nd round should be the most fan to watch.
SAS-OKC should be fun too, but you have a clear favourite.

GSW-POR and CLE-ATL will be boring
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>>67233209
>Coach Carter isn't the greatest basketball mind ever.

that's mj you fucking idiot
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Clarkson
Russell
Simmons
Durant
Horford

Tell me how this team isn't championship caliber?
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>>67233230
>POR
that's PDX to you, denbtbrah
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>>67233230
>not captioned as Tin Tin in Germany or Paris
missed out Nick
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>>67233301
>Lakers signing any big name free agents

How many big names have you guys signed these past summers?
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>>67233352
Luke Walton
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>>67233301
>tfw the Lakers lose their pick and don't sign a big free agent
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>yfw Luke Walton has more rings than Lebron
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>>67233301
>Simmons
notto dissu shitto agen
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>>67233475
>not a certain target now
??
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>>67233010
he;s being misused by a c-tier coach, with Walton giving him elite basketball knowledge, he could be more than just a "one time all-star" he could be a champion, maybe finals mvp, who knows.
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Reminder that this what the Lakers have signed
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>>67233605
Not feeling so good for game 7 pham
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fuck the clippers
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desu It'd be pretty badass if Cousins, Wall, Durant and Davis formed a team
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>>67233658
He's being misused by being tricked into thinking he can be a first option
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>>67233714
would be vetoed for basketball reasons
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>>67233740
desu all the raptors need is a legit Center...im thinking...DWIGHT TO TORONTO? OHH BABY!

SUPAAH MAN ISS IN THE 6!!
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>>67233682
If Kemba and Big Al play like they did yesterday and Lin shows up, we should be able to win game 7 desu

it's a big ''if'' tho
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Daily reminder that spo is not even top 5 coaches in the league and is literally a LeGod babby
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>>67233777
>there are people who still don't understand that the reason why NBA vetoed the trade was because they literally owned the Hornets, not because it was unfair to the rest of the league and felt they need to step in
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>>67233404
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Wew lads
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>>67233854
>it's ok because the jew said so!
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>>67233903
Are those slip ons? fucking cringed.
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>>67233943
The jew was literally the CEO of the company that owned the Hornets at that time. It is ok.
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>>67233164
>finna

Fucking nigger.

Go shove a KFC drumstick up your nigger ass.
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>>67233976
>Eric Gordon
a lot of good that trade did them
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>Drafting any Duke player as a lottery pick

Name one GOAT Duke player
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>>67234168
The owner might have made a mistake. Happens a hundred times every single off season
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>>67233976
Then why did the GM have the power to authorize the trade to being with? Why did Stern do literally nothing else as the "CEO" of the Hornets? Why was the trade vetoed only after receiving complaints from other owners? If it wasn't a competition issue, then why was a trade to the same exact city involving less valuable players allowed?
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>>67234267
You do realise that none of this matters because the league owned the Hornets and had every right of making this decision, right?

The most you can say is that the owners made a bad call.
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>>67234214
Hill was legit.
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im going to mess around with meme magic to make this happen.
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>>67234365
You're either willfully ignorant or you can't distinguish a conflict of interest.
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>>67234378
I hope the Lakers send him a 1-year offer for the veteran's minimum.
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>>67234214
http://bkref.com/tiny/3R4aq
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You guys realize that Paul George can disband RBL tomorrow right?
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>>67234469
Will PG officially become >our player?
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>>67234431
The league

owned

the Hornets
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>>67232659

why does this faggot make stupid faces in the camera all the time? glad he's hurt, hope Moda takes him out
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>>67234378
Rockets already tried to trade him for JV at the deadline.
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>>67234516
And they
gave in to
pressure from other
owners and
vetoed the trade of
CP3
to
the
Lakers.
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>>67234500
>fuck trannies
>cucked Roy hibbert
He's already /nba/: the player
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>>67234467
Mullins pls
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>>67234469
you heard about the replacement right? you got the memo? we bucks now, no more bulls senpaitachi. bucks guys confirmed. check the scrolls, we rebuilding senpai.
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who /remy/ here?
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>>67234569
So? It was their right to consider the opinion of others.
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nth for FUCK KEVIN DURANT
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>>67234626
Alright, "can't distinguish a conflict of interest." it is then.
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>>67233678

That's because the Lakers generally do not build through FA, aside from Shaq. Expect one mid-tier signing this summer (probably a 5 who can shoot the 3 ball), especially if they keep their pick.

You might see Bully shipped out as well
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>>67234611
>a top 10 player ever and Kobe
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>>67234661
So if the Spurs and Hornets agree to a trade but Michael Jordan decides against it at the last minute, is that some sort of conflict of interest conspiracy?
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>>67234661
>WAAAAAAAH the guy who owns the team didn't let the lakers take their superstar for a bag of peanuts WAAAAAAAAAAAAH
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>>67234708

>not having Kobe top 10

shit flag shit opinion
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>>67234692
>bully shipped out
Don't trigger bully ball anon
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>>67234692
>You might see Bully shipped out as well
WOAH WOAH WOAH....calm your tits there bro, bully is a laker for life.
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>>67234719
more like the Spurs and Hornets agree to a trade and then the Celtics and Magic bitch about it and get it cancelled
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>>67234738

>Having kobe top 10
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>>67234752
>>67234753
wew kobe
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>>67234738
What are you on about? Our flag is pretty good.
It's not Estonia but it's cool
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>>67234783
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>>67234757
>and get it cancelled
If the owner cancels a trade that's what the owner does.
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>>67234829
but in this case they were not acting as owners, they were acting as commissioner. They held both titles but at that particular moment they were performing the commissioner role
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>>67234869
uhm, no, he performed the owner role and axed a trade he didn't like in favour of a better deal.

And yes, the Clippers offer was better and it allowed them to enter a rebuild with 2 top 10 picks, that's much better than getting Odom, Scola and a non lottery pick
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>>67232976
>maple niggers getting out the first round
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who /notlosingagameuntilfinals/ here?
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>New coach Luke Walton plans to run a motion-based offense, similar to that of the Warriors
oh no, WE ARE GOING TO START CHUCKING MEMES! NOO LUKE!
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>>67235138
I think Hawks can take a couple of games, will be harder than the ECF imo
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>>67235166
bullyball is ded
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>>67235166
>my feet hurt
>why aren't we winning?
>steph was making those 28 footers, I don't understand why you can't, dangelo
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>>67235166
Golden State has the two best shooters in the league and a power forward who can shoot 3s above 40% so they run an offense based on shooting. If Luke can coach he'll keep the motion (because literally every good offense is either good because of its passing or would be even better with more passing) but they won't just chuck 30-footers.
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>>67235210
more like bully ball is unleashed, cap it faggot, we are going to see more bully ball fast breaks. shot blockers beware.
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>>67235166
bully ball 3s next season
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>>67235231
so we all agree he quits two months into the season?
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>>67233414
Silver won't allow the Lakers to be underwater for long and with Kobe retiring he'd easily freeze the envelope with the #1 pick to the Lakers.

Especially now that the Clippers are done.
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Just ordered a LeBron jersey from the NBA store. Gonna arrive next week so i can give it to my aunt so she can perform voodoo on it and curse the Cavs. Her voodoo has literally never failed.

How fucking mad are Cavsfags right now? You got no chance hahaha
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Warrior fans, what will you do after the trailblazers end your postseason?
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>>67235138
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>>67235328
Wake up
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>>67235328
become lakers fans ayyyyyy
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>>67235138
here, but,

who /notlosingagameatallandsweepingthememeiorsin6andgettinglegodhis12thring/ here?
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>>67235166
we are about to bully some 3s
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>>67234214
Boozer and Deng
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>>67235166
Snitchy-D was pretty fucking good at 3s in college. Luke is about to unleash his true form.
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>yfw Sixers get the 2nd and 4th picks and take Ingram and Bender and trade Okafor for Jimmy Butler and build a bench around Saric and a safety-capped 20 minutes per night of Joel Embiid.
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>There are people in this thread who think the Lakers won't be a playoff team next season

Why is there so much Laker hate? Are you jealous of their rings or their popularity?
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>>67235502
I really don't think Bender is nba-ready yet
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>>67233854
the gm PUT IN PLACE BY THE NBA agreed to the trade
the trade was veto'd when ONE OWNER threw a fit

please, it's fine that you follow a sport in my country, but never attempt to speak about it again.
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>>67235210
Reminder that Harrison Barnes played absolutely elite when Walton was coaching and played average as fuck under Kerr. Walton knows how to use his forwards.
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>>67235538
>there are people convinced that the Lakers will be a playoff team next season
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>>67235538
>36 year-old coach
>mediocre youngsters, none of whom have the potential to be top 10 players
>lose their pick to the 6ers
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>>67235502
I don't think the 76ers are that smart.
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>Luke Walton’s @Lakers contract is for 5 years, $25 million.

WE IN IT FOR THE LONG HAUL BOYS!
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>>67235578
>Russell
>Not a future top 10 player

Are you fucking delusional? Jesus Christ, see a psychiatrist
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>>67234726
it wasn't "the guy who owns the team"

it was "the guy who owns 1/32nd of the team"

and guess what?

the lakers owner also owned 1/32 of the hornets at the time.

which is why there was a conflict of interest for ANY OF THE OTHER OWNERS to have a say

which is why the NBA hired a GM who they gave autonomy to

jesus.
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>>67235578
They both have great potential and Luke is a very good coach
They probably won't reach the playoffs because that's all they have
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>>67235552
>the gm PUT IN PLACE BY THE NBA agreed to the trade
And the owner overrides the GM. When Rich Cho agrees to a trade, Michael Jordan can tell him it's not happening.

>the trade was veto'd when ONE OWNER threw a fit
The only owner that matters in this discussion is the NBA and its CEO Stern. He had the right to take whatever decision he wanted to for whatever reasons he wanted it.

>but never attempt to speak about it again.
make me
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Vote

http://www.strawpoll.me/10095142
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>Lakers discussion while the playoffs are happening
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which teams are most likely to target Boogie this offseason, and what players/picks would Sacramento would honestly (be honest, now) accept for him.
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>>67235707
>Posts yawning jpgs
>canada also posts yawning ppl jpgs..

hmmm..interesting...think this needs to be investigated further.
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>>67235681
see >>67235644 teen

you're having trouble grasping some basic shit, or being willfully obtuse
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>>67235707
That's why they're literally the best franchise in sports history

No one cares about the other 10 teams who are left, we all wear purple and gold at the end of the day
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>>67235717
Probably the Celtics will try to move Olynyk and the Nets pick for him, Sac would be foolish to not accept
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>>67235633
Won't happen m8. His prime is gonna overlap with those of much better players like Anthony Davis, KAT, Wiggins, Simmons, Giannis, Kristaps, Jabari, etc. He's barely a top 10 player in his own draft class. In terms of who will be better in 3-5 years I'd take KAT, Kristaps, Mudiay, Stanley Johnson, Winslow, and Myles "bouncy rim protecting stretch 4" Turner over Russell.
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>>67235644
>>67235735
Stern did not "own 1/32nd of the team", he was the CEO of the company that owned 100% of the Hornets and said company authorised him to make decisions on their behalf
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>>67235738
Well by that logic you may as well just support the Patriots, Yankees, Crimson Tide and Man United too, you fucking shameless herb.
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>>67235758
You'll be kicking yourself when Russell turns out to be a better version of Westbrook
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>>67235753
>Celtics dumping a franchise altering pick for a basket case
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>>67235786
>Laker fan's delusional at its finest
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>>67235786
I know this is 100% trolling but even if Russell hits his ceiling he won't be anything like Westbrook. He's more like a smaller-framed James Harden if anything.
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>>67235758
oh goodness, this post, just kys. blatant hate for the greatest basketball franchise in nba history. the lakers big 3 will all be Hofers.
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>>67235782
>Implying I would root for a team that is not local

Anyway SC is objectively historically better than Bama
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i am waiting for this okc/spurs game and tnt is making me watch shitty iron man 2
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>>67235791
Unless they land Simmons what can they get from this draft that will help them more than a proven center?
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>>67235753
You mean the one that'll be a top 5 pick in a couple months? That's pretty ridiculous m8. Cousins is an expensive injury prone basket case who doesn't play defense and has a terrible field goal percentage. I think I'd prefer to roll my dice on Bender or Brown or Murray than sell the farm for fucking Cousins.
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>>67235857
>boogie
>proven
the only thing he's proven is being a complete nutjob and cancer
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>>67235857
Even if the don't win the Simmonsbowl or the Ingrambowl this draft has a wealth of talent that massively improves any position they have including their logjam backcourt.
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>tfw someone says Bill Russell is top 10 all time near me
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>>67235898
11 rings
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Who wins tonight lads?
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>>67235927
im rooting for OKC, fuck the fedoras.
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>same 3 cancer tripfags mad the Lakers still run /nba/
top fucking lel
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>>67235923
><50% career fg percentage as center
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The 2015 draft class was sneakily stacked.
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>>67235898
Taylor Swift is a top 6.

ie All 6 inches of my dick are towering in a godlike spire
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Russell's ceiling is a slower Nick Van Exel

If I'm the Lakers, I'm happy to include him in a trade after building up his value for another season.

They should have reached for Winslow (or Porzingis, but no one knew that was the move at the time) or traded down a few spots for a swap and future first. Either of those are true building blocks.
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>>67235758
>Mudiay
lol
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>>67235971
It was a different game back them. So by your logic Artis Gilmore and Deandre Jordan are the greatest centers of all time?
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>>67236013
I played 2k for 15 seasons and he ended up winning 3 MVPs and 5 rings
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>>67236001
LOL wanting winslow or porzingass...please, fucking please. dont ever post itt ever again...russell is a top 5 player in the last 2 drafts. PROVE ME WRONG, PH WAIT YOU CANT.

LAKERS SWEEP IN 6.
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>>67235753
>>67235791
>>67235861
>these shitty amateur GMs
Sacramento would demand more than that, and Ainge would happily give up more than that. A fucking whole lot more.
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>>67235847
>making me
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>>67236070
I can not tell anymore if its a false flag or Lakers fans this delusional
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>>67236013
He has a way higher ceiling and it's not like Russell showed a super high floor this year. Considering how many rookies are actual decent contributors for playoff teams (Winslow, Johnson, Turner, Powell, Anderson, Richardson) and how many played impressively on bad teams (KAT, Porzingis, Rondae Hollis-Jefferson before his injury), the fact that Russell had a forgettable, bad season on a terrible team is pretty sad.
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>>67236074
Ainge is a smart man and a smart man would not want Cousins on his team. Maybe unless he'd come at a bargain bin price.

Boogie is a center who plays no defense and averages a lot of points with Kobe-like shooting %. That's not the type of player that you give a max deal and build a contender around
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>>67236157
Not saying he's won't be a nice player eventually, but with the 2nd pick in what was, in hindsight, a fairly stacked draft, you'd like a guy good enough to be the best player on a championship team. I can see Porzingis or KAT being the best player on a title team. I can see the second-tier guys like Mudiay/Johnson/Winslow/Turner developing into 2nd options on title teams, maybe. But Russell tops out as a rich man's Reggie Jackson, in my opinion.
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How many years until le 2 years away from being 2 years away man starts taking over the East?
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>>67236267
This. What would worry me is that Porzingis was supposed to be the long term development pick and he's already better than Russell
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>>67236139
>Lakers fans this delusional
How many rings has your team had?
How many dynasties?
How many legends?

We're not delusional, we're just winners
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>>67236314
Actually it was 4 years away from being 4 years away but we are down to 2 years away from being 2 years away now. He should be dominating the league soon. I expect 3 MVPs.
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ctrl-f - lakers 27
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>>67236366
>we're
You didn't win anything because you didn't play, coach, or work for those teams. Fanbases don't have trophies. You just sit on the couch and watch the team closest to you whenever they come on and every now and then you buy tickets. Or maybe you support the team from where you grew up or the team your parents supported. It's not complicated. But fans can't be winners. Lakers fans didn't win anything that, say, Magic fans didn't. That's not how sports work.
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>>67236180
He's also built like glass just like AD, it says a lot about the player when he can't even sniff the 8th seed with Rudy Gay and Rajon Rondo.

That's more star power than the Utah Jazz and Dallas Mavericks.
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curry expected to play game 2
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>>67236366
You guys WERE winners. The state of Lakers now is pitiful. EVERY summer you guys hype up a big free agent coming to LA. And TIME and TIME again you guys couldn't and had to sign some trash players like Chris Kaman and Jordan Hill.
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>>67236418
>TFW I'm actually Metta World Peace
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Sixers get the 2nd pick and the Lakers pick at 4th. They take Ingram and Bender. After Durant leaves OKC, they trade Okafor and the corpse of Joel Embiid for Westbrook and trade Nerlens and Saric to the Bulls for Jimmy Butler.

>your 2016-2017 3rd seed Philadelphia 76ers
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I'm trying to be as subjective as I can but I just don't see okc beating San Antonio except kd averages 30 for This series on efficient scoring and Westbrook going beast mode...but that ain't gonna be easy when you have the best defender in the NBA today in your face..IT WILL BE A SEVEN GAME SERIES THO
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If OKC wins this series Kawhi Leonard has to give his DPOY trophy to Draymond Green.
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Hey guys, remember how when Dwight left the plan was to sit Kobe for the season, get a high pick, sign 2 of Lebron/Melo/Wade/Bosh (since they were dying to sign for the Lakers) and be back in contention in 14/15?
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kobe
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people are soo mad at the Lakers right now and all we did was hire a coach, oh my gosh, i can't wait till we sign DANK FREE AGENTS. you guys are literally going to commit mass suicides ahahahahha
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>>67236462
>actually wanting Bender

confirmed for never watching him play
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>>67236464
>seven game series

more like 5 game series

The Thunder are just not that good
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Does anyone take Thon Maker in the first round?
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>>67236489
remember when the plan was getting chris paul for free and have kobe win 3 more championships?
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Thunder vs Spurs Game Thread
NBA Conference Semi-Finals, Game 1
8:30 PM EST on TNT

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>>67233219
>comparing a cut to a muscle strain
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Is Al-Farouq Aminu a closet fag?
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>>67236872
gay gay gay
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>>67236872
Jesus this is some Jason Lee in Chasing Amy level in-the-closet homophobia.
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so what will happen to Lakers in the next season, lads?
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>>67236872
>shoutout to all my dudes jacking off to get some sleep
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>>67236930
you'll see them in the finals, i don't think my Celtics will be able to handle them.
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Thunder/Spurs game thread???????????????????
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Anyone have that list of Rose Garden/Moda Center victims?
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>>67236930
An improvement, but will still be bad
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>Steve Kerr advice to Luke Walton: "It's too bad you don't have Steph, Klay, or Draymond anymore. You're on your own pal."

PASS THE SALT KERR AHAHAHAH

>Someone played "I Love L.A." very loudly behind closed doors toward the end of the Golden State Warriors' practice.
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Can't be arsed to Google, when's the Lottery?
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>>67237213
may 17 iirc
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>>67234760
>it's that one self hating laker fan who despise Kobe
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>>67236594

Lakers are reportedly shopping a package involving Lou Williams and Nick Young for a mid first round, but no one has bit yet, but they want to use it on him

I'm guessing Thon is a bust but who knows??
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>>67234738
MJ
Kareem
Magic
Duncan
Russell
LeBron
Bird
Shaq
Hakeem
Wilt
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>>67237620
source???? source me anon! BLACK ULTRON IS COMING TO L.A. BABY
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>>67237620
Thon is a projected 2nd rounder. They can just waste their high 2nd round pick on him. The idea of getting rid of Lou and Young is nice though.
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>>67237634

Having Shaq over Kobe is objectively wrong, he was more dominant, but Kobe was the better overall player

I'd also have Kobe over Hakeem, though I very much respect Hakeem's game and I think he's highly underrated

LeBron is not top 10 yet imo, but if he wins a ring for Cleveland, I could see him leapfrogging a bunch of guys

My list (1-10)
>MJ
>Kareem
>Wilt
>Russell
>Magic
>Bird
>Kobe
>Duncan
>Hakeem
>Shaq
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>>67237694

I got the best source of them all
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rate for today+tomorrow
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>>67237620
Two no-defense chuckers. Lou Will is a homeless man's Jamal Crawford and Nick Young is Anthony Morrow but not as good of a shooter and a bigger cancer. No GM worth his salt would give up a first rounder for those two.
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>>67237820
delete this now...DO IT NOW
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>>67237779

I can't argue with this list, except I'd move Russell in front of Wilt
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>>67237779
>Kobe over Duncan, Shaq, Hakeem and Lebron
lmao
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>>67237779
Do you actually put Bird over LeBron? If Bird were black he wouldn't be in anyone's top 10
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game thread??????????????????
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https://streamable.com/7386
https://streamable.com/7386
https://streamable.com/7386
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>>67237880

Most people have Kobe over Hakeem and Shaq

I see most people with Kobe above LeBron as well

Duncan over Kobe is debatable at this point, it's really whether you are a Laker fan or a Spurs fan at this point, those spots are interchangeable...let's see what happens this year though

If you argued Duncan is better than Kobe, I could see your point desu, but then again I'm a Spurs fan since 99, so there you go I'm a bit biased
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>>67237779
I rate Kobe so low because I am of the strong opinion that his All-Defense team selections were a product of his reputation more than his play and that for most of his career he was an average defender and an inefficient chucker and that any All-Star caliber shooting guard could have won 3 rings with Shaq.
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>>67237960

I don't need to check /r/NBA to know there's a thread about this video and people are going "Sheesh, it's 2016, can't believe this is still happening..." with a thousand upboats.
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>>67237960
Sheesh, it's 2016, can't believe this is still happening...
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>>67237989

Fair enough. I'd argue though that there was maybe one or two guys that you could replace Kobe with and still have success (Arenas and McGrady)...I never thought highly of guys like Carter when it comes to playoff success. You could argue that McGrady wasn't either, but I felt he had that clutch gene that Kobe and Arenas had, he just never had the right amount of supporting cast and was always injured.

Ray Allen might have been really good with Shaq. I think the triangle offense would have been a perfect fit for him.
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>>67237960
Fucking racists. Isn't Indiana heavily KKK?
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>>67236872
absolutely
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>>67237620
don't know why anyone would trade anything for either of them, but more power to them for trying.
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>>67236594
If they want to go fired
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Holy shit thunder btfo
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>>67237960
Lmfao cana-cucks btfo by a fly over state
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>>67237960
>THEYRE EVERYWHERE
i know
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Dirk has the best career, not counting GOATs like Curry and Lebron.

>spend career with only 1 team
>be the alpha for that team your entire career
>get max money and texas tier tax laws for entire career
>billionaire owner gets your team the most state of the art equipment and training facilities
>only one ring, but with the most alpha playoff performance of all time, never needed any other allstars to win it, did it against the Heatles
>end twilight of career with relative dignity
>not a nigger
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>>67238099
Arenas was an overrated chucker, and the one thing literally missing from McGrady was the playoff gene.

The Triangle requires post up players. The Triangle refers to the Triple Post. That's why Kobr was so good at it. It fit his skillset perfectly. Ray isn't a good fit, except maybe at the PG spot since that is relegated to spot up shooting under the Triangle.
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>Kawhi
So, can we discuss how the fuck did the rest of the league allow the Spurs to get him at 15 in the draft?
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>>67234569
At the time, the Lakers GM said the league set the team back 10 years by nixing the Chris Paul trade. Turns out he was right.
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>>67240390
He didn't have a meme shot back then. He was like an undersized PF coming out of college. Spurs sacrificed some fat chicks to satan to give Kawaii that wet ass jumper.
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Westbrook is garbage lmao
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>>67240401
>>67240401
Fright Coward would have probably fucked them up either way since they were going to trade Pau and Bynum for him. But they wouldn't have traded draft picks for Nash, so they wouldn't be as fucked as they are now. Plus Kobr and CP3 could carry a team long enough to get the third star.
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>>67240401
>not getting a superstar for a bag of peanuts will hurt the team
well no shit
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>>67240401

pretty sure dwight and paying kobe all that money to do nothing for 3 years is what set them back
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If you are durant now after being bludgeoned by the spurs, are you more likely to move teams now?
If you stick with okc, you'll never ever beat the spurs or warriors but if you move to the east, you continue to get btfo by lebron
Should he move to philly and become their economy?
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"Spudora" posters win again, Westgod posters btfo

/nba/ was wrong, they bandwagoned the wrong player and the wrong team

Pop is a genius
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>>67240663
He should move to Miami and do coke with Bosh
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>>67240655
Kobe wouldn't have gotten injured if he didn't have to carry that squad. And no Nash trade means they have more draft picks.
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And what you think
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>>67241042
Not enough meme shooters.
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gsw x spurs finals

/hype/ af
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>>67241042
>stockton
>jordan
>pippen
>duncan
>shaq

82-0 much easier then your squad
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>>67241104
uhh wheres kobe..?
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>green suddenly hitting 3s
>aldridge can't miss
>offense looks like 2014 again

it's happening...the mad man has released the limiters and now the spurs will rape everybody
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>get home
>66-105
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>>67241121
Why the fuck do you need a vastly inferior version of Jordan when you already have Jordan?
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>>67241042
>lebron
>99

he's the worst one up there. i wouldn't give him anything higher than a 93
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>>67241148
HE SAID WHERE IS KOBE DAMMIT, WHERE THE FUCK IS KOBE?
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>>67240390
He wasn't drafted by the Spurs.
He was with the Pacers, and he was just a defensive player with them and in college. All of Kawhi's success is owed to the Spurs system and development.
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>>67241166

Lebron as a player is superior to kobe in every way outside of shooting
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>>67241176
The Spurs traded for him at draft day
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>>67241042
>Curry
>Klay
>Legod
>Green
>Shaq

Much cleaner 82 game sweep.
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>>67241212
>implying lebron is a better overall player then kobr

nigga kobr / duncan / iverson / jordan / malone all have the thing that fucking lebron will never have....the killer instinct to absolutely take over a game on every level for an entire post season.

Lebron can do it for a few games at most. thruout the other players careers they did it on a level that was notoriously legendary
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/Bucks/ up in this bitch
Giannis coming for that triple double record next year, watch out.
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>>67237979
>Most people have Kobe over Hakeem and Shaq
most people are dumb as shit
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>>67241121
got him on the pine for garbage time desu
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>>67241344
Including you.
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>>67241319
>tfw Giannis saves the league from our meme shooting overlords with length alone
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