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greatest white SG of all time edition
The greatest white sg is Petrovic, with Jimmer Fredette a close second
>white
Anyone else watching summer league? Ulis on Phoenix is tearing it up for a 2nd round pick
>>69512180
ummmm, West? Barry? Havlicek?
>>69512180
>Fredette
he isn't even as good as fucking JJ Redick or Vinny del Negro or wait why the fuck am I even responding to this post 6/10
>>69512316
Who?
Who?
Who?
>>69512249
Not today, but I caught glimpses of the Lakers last night.
DLO is on a fucking mission, and I'm loving it.
>>69512124
No.
>manu
>not white
who else was /nba/ wrong about?
FLAGRANT
desu Jaylen was gonna destroy anderson
What's your all-white nba team?
>>69512515
lmao that's a good joke
The 2016 NBA Finals featured a rematch between the Cleveland Cavaliers, and the defending champion and 73-win Golden State Warriors. After the Warriors went up 3–1 in the series, Adam Silver and the league office suspended Draymond Green from Game 5 of the Finals following repeated instances of him making contact with the groin area of opposing players. Cleveland would go on to win Game 5, the next two games, and claim the championship. Some believed that an incident in the Western Conference Finals in which Green's leg kicked into the groin of Oklahoma City Thunder player Steven Adams also warranted a suspension, even more so than the incident in the Finals, however none was administered. Both incidents came during a game 4 that would result in a series at 3–1, and both times the team down 3–1 came back to win the series.
Many hinted at and questioned whether the decisions made by the league office were made with the intent to lengthen a seemingly forgone series, in order to improve the product of the playoffs, as well as receive an increase in ticket and merchandise sales[citation needed].
Reggie Miller, former player and NBA analyzer and announcer, voiced his opinion through a series of tweets, saying
“ Would bet my right arm if this series was even at 2–2 Draymond wouldn't be suspended for GM5. What happened in OKC was way worse.. ”
and
“ And if you want to suspend him for the flagrant fouls, I'm fine with that, how about the officials call it in game. Don't wait for NBA later
LeBron James would go on to lead the Cavaliers to win the NBA Finals 4–3, be awarded Finals MVP, while securing the first championship in any of the four major sports for the city of Cleveland in 52 years.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Basketball_Association_criticisms_and_controversies
rigging confirmed
>>69512552
All of you are retarded. So very very retarded.
>>69512552
Dragic
Redick
Hayward
Porzingis
M. Gasol
6th man: Parsons
Dragic isn't the best playmaking PG but Hayward is a good playmaker.
>>69512602
Lemme give you a bump friendo, I'm really excited to what you're gonna post next
>>69512673
Good list, might put Adam's at c desu might fit in that lineup better
>>69512639
Hey dad, who are you talking to?
>>69512576
so basically you're admitting the Warriors win over the Thunder was rigged
all things considered the only team who got screwed was the Thunder
Lads where can i get a god shamgod jersey?
>>69512702
Which white SG is that, son?
>>69512698
Adams is half Tongan and Pacific Islanders aren't white so I omitted him
>>69512706
who said i wasn't? guilty about something friend? lmao
>>69512731
Haha, come on dad you know there's no white people in the NBA!
>>69512738
figured you were just a butthurt Dubs fan and not a general conspiracy theorist
>>69512768
>figured
why is /nba/ so defensive? wanna talk about it?
>>69512802
>defensive
why is /nba/ so figured? wanna talk about it?
>>69512802
>calling others defensive
>taking aggressive tone to harmless posts
might want to take a look in the mirror bro
>>69512826
>>69512827
my lebron cockroach bait is strong
lmao
>anon turn the game off why do you even care it's shitty ass summer league lol
>>69512552
summer leagues games are pretty comfy desu lads pretty competitive
>>69512919
Comfy and I fuck with the camera angles highkey
>>69512673
>>69512698
>>69512552
>no J Will
underrated
>>69512873
chub
>>69512316
Barry and Havlicek are forwards
>>69512738
>this is what happens when an angry asian child is faced with a question regarding logic
kys 2bh harry
>>69512962
But he's overrated
>>69512962
first of all Stockton and Nash were way better
second Williams isn't active
you may only respond to this post if your team is undefeated in the summer league
>>69512124
>argentina
>white
what happened to them, /nba/?
>>69513054
>summer league
not the playoffs
not the regular season
not even the preseason
>summer league
>Manu single handedly cucked a team of Iverson, Duncan, Lebron, Stoudemire, and Melo
top cuck
>>69513112
04 olympics is my fav
>>69513082
Did vlade go from beloved to hated in sac town?
and I always wondered how Lakers fans feel about him? He just sort of seems like Shaws placeholder
>>69513082
game 6 refs, still could've and should've won game 7
>>69513095
calm down bro it's just a kids game
>>69513159
Lakers think he's funny. But his early years with us in the 90s are remembered fondly.
Oh shit that was dirty
>>69513161
Funny how people call conspiracy in Game 6 when they seem to forget about what happened in Game 5.
>>69513112
He's doing it again in Rio senpai
>>69512873
I wanna suck on those titties while I shove a big mac down her throat.
can someone redpill me on nba rigging the finals?
>>69513319
Are you just pretending to be retarded?
>>69513267
>not 50 Mcnuggets
>>69513334
i don't watch alot of basketball, im trying to get into it but i won't if it's just wwe tier rigged
who is best /NBA/ mentor outta these three
>>69512873
I'd rather watch the Nets than look at that thing any longer desu
Actually though, the Nets might be fun to watch this year.
>>69513319
If the team you like wins, it's not rigged
If the team you don't like wins, it's so fucking obviously rigged holy fuck I hate this sport
>>69513319
GS up 3-1
some "miracle happens"
Cavs win 4-3
>GS wins in 4
>500 million revenue
>Cavs win in 7
>literally 3 billion in revenue + rivalry + future millions of views + more money than jews can handle
NO MORE HACK-A-JORDAN/HOWARD/ANY SCRUB WHO CAN'T SHOOT A FREE THROW
https://twitter.com/FredKatz/status/753019500153352192
>>69513384
kobe without a doubt
>>69513384
>gets mentored by kobe
>snitches on teammate for cheating on spouse
clearly hasnt learned anything from the snake himself
but in all seriousness i bet KG would be a good mentor. all that tough love
>wake up
>Oh look a Boston SL game
>Jaylen Brown drops 20-10 and essentially fouls out in a regular NBA game
>>69513384
1.KG
2.D-Wade
3.Kobr
>>69513408
did your team make the playoffs or grab any dank free agents?
>>69512639
has anyone got around to suing for racism or something because it's not a black silhouette?
id be disappointed in murrica if not
>>69513462
Did you know you are a punk
>>69513462
Another year another underwhelming off season
>>69512702
is that kobr?
Are we doing the waffle draft in 3 days, familia? or did everyone (including the 76ers GM trip) forget about it?
>>69513554
kinda like your life?
>>69513585
mods won't allow dungeons and dragons on /nba/
>they thought KD was a beta cuck?
>wait til they get a load of me...
where is he going next year
>>69513585
nah we're still game for it it's just the janny prefers sausages to waffles if you catch my drift
>>69513384
It's Kobe, followed closely by KG
I think he was exactly what Russell needed. Dude was overconfident to a fault and Kobe tore him down and built him back up
>>69513604
2016 best year of my adultish life so far
>>69513632
milwaukee cucks
>>69513641
are you implying Kobr leaked the Nick Young video?
interesting...
>>69513632
warriors
>>69513384
trick question, it was Tim
>>69513632
whoever knocks the Cloppers out of the playoffs
>>69512873
sure thing
>>69513689
>hey Tim were going an old + new teammates mentor sorta thing do you wanna do it with kawhi or something
I'd imagine he'd just walk right out of the room
>>69513585
nah lad I'm always here lurking without a trip until Friday
On Thursday morning, I'll do a random drawing and post results for draft position
People are still welcome to claim teams by putting on a tripname, from what's left.
>>69512552
PG: Nash
SG: West
SF: Stojakovic
PF: Nowitzki
C: Walton
6th Man: Barry
We win like 18 championships
>>69513767
Am I the wiz waffle draft Gm or did someone else claim
>>69513767
So when is the draft?
For this story, the good people over at Sport asked me to psychoanalyze myself. So as I lay here on my comfortable couch at home, I thought it was time that I reveal who the real Tim Duncan was. On second thought, t think itd be safer to give you a slightly fictionalized versionthat way you won't think I'm too goofy, thus keeping my "dull" image intact (remember, I'm often told, you cant do those Nike and Pro Edge Gel commercial if you get too weirded out).
Ok, here goes: I've got a million things going on in my head at all times. There I said it. If you ever see me and think I'm being standoffish, please forgive me. I am just trying to listen to the inner voice that tortures me so.Just kidding. Seriously, in these moments, I am doing nothing but thinking. Sometimes thinking about nothing.
That is why I am a quiet person by nature. After all, it is difficult to think while talking, and close friends of mine will readily attest to that fact. But back to the psychoanalysis at hand, thats why I love being quietbecause I just love to think. I took up psychology in college at Wake forest for that very reason. Im not planning on opening up a practice anytime soon (although if this lockout lasts much longer it may not be too bad of an idea); I just love the inner workings of the mind. I was able to learn how people think and I really liked that. I was always interested in how people were feeling, how people would react to different thingswhat you could do to make them react in certain ways.
Sometimes I think I think way too much. If I let myself go unrestrained, I can easily overanalyze things. I can overthink things when things are happening good or bad. I can make It more than it is or I can make it less than it is, and sometimes its best just to leave it as it is.
>>69513817
yeah senpai you the GM for the wizards
>kobe scores 60 to lead the entire league in his last game
>Duncan avg 6 points per game vs okc
>>69512552
Curry
Klay
Hayward
Dirk
Marc Gasol
6th: JJ Redick
>>69513850
Over the years, I've learned I actually like viewing pressure situations comically so that they don't stress me out. AJ (Avery Johnson, to those lost souls that don't follow the Spurs closely) likes to tell a story all the time about how we were involved in a close game. He missed two or three lay-ups in a row and was starting to stress out. I just came over and asked him something out of the bluesomething like, "What kind of music do you like to listen to?" He just looked at me real funny, like "What the heck are you talking about? Why isn't your mind on the game?" Then he looked at me, and I think he understood what I was saying. "Its not a big deal. It happened. Its gone. We can't change it now. Think about something else." He always tells people about that and laughs it off.
Right now, everything I am writing has a big restrainer on it. I do this for your sake. If I write everything down that I am thinking, then you make all think I have lost it.
You ever see the movie Good Will Hunting starring Matt Damon? Thats probably the best way to get a true psychoanalytical picture of me. I am just a taller, slightly less hyperactive version of the Damon character in that movie. I just enjoyed how he probed people and found out their weaknesseswhat they liked and didnt likejust by asking questions and saying outlandish random stuff, just to get a reaction. People expect me to be this shy, quiet type, so Ill ask them outlandish questions in a serious tone many times just to get a reaction. When people asked me when the lockout would end, I would whisper "February 10... but dont tell anybody." I just do goofy stuff like that simply to get a reaction. Life is too short to be serious all of the time. Not only that, but some of your best pranks can come when others think you are serious.
>>69512873
i want to stay in relationships with chubby 25 year olds for the rest of my life. how can i achieve this. do i have to be wealthy and/or famous to pull it off post 40?
>>69513817
im the wiz gm check the archive you're too late
>>69513902
I try to take this mentallyprobing attitude on the court with me at all times. People in college thought I was lackadaisical because I didnt show emotion. They thought I was soft because I didn't yell with every rebound. Emotions must not always be shown, if you show excitement, then you may also show disappointment or frustration. If your opponent picks up on this frustration, you are at a disadvantage. I made sure my opponents didn't know what was going on in my head, I guess thats why the fans never knew either. Basketball is like a chess game, you cannot reveal all that you are thinking or you will be at a sizeable disadvantage to your opponent.
Basketball to some players is mainly a physical event, to me it is both physical and mental. You must not only conquer your opponents physically, you must also beat them mentally. You must at times out think them. I have to use my shot fakes and things that will work for me. In order to beat my opponent, I have to make basketball become a thinking mans game. I might take a jump shot this time, so that the next time, my opponent is looking for another jump shot. Thats where I then pump-fake him in the air and go around him to the basket where I use my incredible hops, jump over everyone and do a 360 slam dunk! (Sorry, got caught up in the moment, I meant I take one dribble and shoot a jump shot, although the 360 does sound cooler)
Have you ever noticed that some people while playing always seem to hit themselves in the same place? Whether it is they bang knees often, or they always seem to get hit in the head. Unfortunately, I have one of these problems, only I wish it were the knee or the head. Lucky me, it is a place in the middle of these two, that only males havegot it yet? Yes I get hit often in the gonads.
>>69513908
>do i have to be wealthy and/or famous to pull it off post 40?
If it's just casual shit probably not, should definitely be in good shape and have decent game though
>>69513822
this friday at 6pm pst
I tried including it in the graphic but each time I do it gets deleted
same thing as last time
"With the #(?) pick in the 2016 Waffle Draft, the (your team here) selects (your pick here)." with a picture of your choice.
I've been assured by those in power that it will be fine as long as you include your team logo somewhere in the picture.
>>69513435
>17 free throws
there are basketball fans who consider this a positive attribute
>>69513879
10/10 bait
>>69513926
I don't know why I have this propensity, I just do. That is my major area of weakness. I dont know how this happens, I don't know why this happens, all I know is how frequently this seems to happen. It seems that nobody gets hit in the "groin", as many tend to call it, on a basketball court more than me. Opponents have hit me in games. Teammates have hit me in practice. Teammates, believe it or not, have even got me during games against other opponents. Everybody but the referee and the mascot have got me at some point or another (and if you see me retiring early, it'll probably be because one of the aforementioned finally got me). The amazing thing is that nobody has got me twice, with the exception of David, who seems to get me all the time. I don't know if its his arm length or what, but he sure does seem to have a knack at crippling me in that way. Everyone else in the league is pretty random. Whoever gets me gets me. I'm going to have to be the first NBA player to regularly wear a cup if this continues to happen.
When not writing in pain, people tell me I look pretty nimble on the basketball court. One reporter called me the Man of Many Moves, saying I had the best footwork of any NBA big man. He then asked if this was because I was a good dancer. I hated to disillusion the man, but I actually suck at dancing. I don't know why I can't, I just know that I can't. In basketball, I learned progression of moves just by doing different things. He said dancing was the same thin, but I sure don't see it that way.
Then I started to think of what the reporter had asked. I enjoyed the Man of Many Moves name, which he had administered to me. However, I feel this reporter may have been a little remiss. I hate to tell him, but I am no big man. This is merely where they believe I should play because I am tall. I am really a point guard; Im just a little bigger than everyone else is.
>MISSED OPPORTUNITIES
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7ANmrKF904
Ben Simmons is not that good.
>>69513878
Comparing Duncan and Kobe is ridiculous and anyone who does it is an idiot.
I think a lot of these younger guys just didn't watch Kobe play back then. He played through a constant double every night and some of those moves he would make were just downright ridiculous.
Where in Duncans prime his moves were just so technically sound that his domination was pure technique.
I dunno how anyone can put Duncan over Kobe. They play different positions true but Kobe was an absolute fucking monster. Watched him destroy my teams his entire career desu.
>>69513474
>trying too hard
is there a bigger cuck than tim duncan?
>>69514003
your dad
>>69513971
I'm sure that right now you are all thinking that I must be crazy. But, I assure you, I am normal, I told you I just am always thinking, sometimes about really crazy random things. But in all seriousness, it really should be difficult for me to be too strange. After all, a great family raised me. I had great friends, support and teaching at Wake forest. I came to a first-class organization in the Spurs family. My best friend from college, Marc Scott, is my business manager, handling my day-to-day operations. And my agent is an attorney by the name of Lon Babby, who also represents players such as Grant Hill and Nikki McCray. I have the loving support of my girlfriend who still attends Wake Forest and is nearing graduation. She helps me cope with the everyday rigors of being an NBA player.
I'm surrounded by nothing but great people. Ive been blessed with that, so really, I've got no choice but to be an all-around good person.
At this point, if I were to psychoanalyze myself, I'd have to say I am a clown, cleverly disguised as a regular person. I enjoy jokes, smiling, and making people smile. I may be a little different, but that's OK, who wants to be normal anyway?
>>69513969
>bait
>>69513984
>Watched him destroy my teams his entire career desu.
>Watched him chuck his way to 40 on 35 shots when his team was garbage every night desu
FTFY
>>69513984
>Comparing Duncan and Kobe is ridiculous and anyone who does it is an idiot
proceeds to compare kobe and duncan
>>69514018
dont @ me again
>>69513767
testing to make sure the trip is correct
>>69514031
Curry and Klay aren't white famalam
>>69513914
Fight me show some proof bitch
>>69513767
Alright, thanks lad
>LeGod, Kobr, and Duncan never ever played on the same team together
>>69514030
In fact, its this "different" nature that will probably fuel my next endeavor, a clothing line bearing a new style for the new millenium. Its called Ultimate Rejects wear. Back at Wake Forest, I had a penchant (and still do to this day) of cutting off the sleeves of all my T-shirts and wearing my shorts backwards. I guess Ive always wanted to be an original. One of my former coaches in college, Jerry Wainwright, came up with the name. One day at Wake, we were just messing around, cutting my sleeves off everything when he came up with this brilliant idea. He thought we should start a line of clothes where you don't really know what youre gonna get when you buy it. You know a clothing line with surprise blemishes. You might, for instance, buy a pair of pants, and have one long leg and one short leg. Or you might buy another pair that turned pink after you washed it one time. Perhaps another time, you would notice nothing wrong with your pants until you took them off and discovered it dyed your skin purple.
We will have Ultimate Rejects wear in finer clothing stores any day now. We're still waiting for a patent to come through on our SuperShrinker solution that will actually shrink the clothes down eight sizes so that youre only able to wear them once. It might not be user-friendly, but at least it'll keep you coming back for more.
>>69514048
>fight me
i don't fight the mentally ill
>>69513984
>I dunno how anyone can put Duncan over Kobe.
It's easy, just remember these two things:
1) Kobe was a beast at taking bad shots, where Duncan was a beast at taking good shots.
B) Duncan is one of the best defensive big men in the history of the game, Kobe is not a historically great guard.
There ya go.
>>69514057
Discount Kobe and flea market Duncan (aka Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh) did though
>>69514079
Awww I thought you were going to show proof
Dang
>>69513080
>>69514079
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
the shitty of gopiss
>>69514091
>casuals please go
I agree with your main point, but what are you talking about
Who is that tall nigga Simmons keeps passing to? He's about to replace /jah/
>>69514129
I listed 2 points you nignog, and the 2nd was in plain english, what are you possibly not understanding?
>>69514079
>begging for KD
lel
>>69514033
Nah I'm not comparing them, I'm mostly saying it doesn't make sense because of how different they played, and a lot of people doing the comparing today just quote you with shooting percentages and "non clutch" stats.
It's like man we watched him play, he was clutch lol.
There's zero comparison for the way they played, each was so dominant just in different ways and they both ended up 5time champions.
Dunno, I think a lot of the guys arguing about it today didn't even watch them play.
>>69514092
Wade at his prime was only slightly worse than Kobe
>>69514091
>Kobe is not a historically great guard
>>69514165
Arguing about top 5 or top 10 lists are usually stupid and comparing players historically is also kind of stupid too
>>69514158
go watch football, what are you doing here you filthy casual
>>69514165
>Nah I'm not comparing them
>proceeds to compare them again
at least gomeds has an excuse he's on pills
Simmons looks so NBA ready holy shit
>>69514063
You see, in order to overcome my dull image, I've figured out that Ive got to start doing everything the way everybody else does. You know, "Be Like Mike" as our culture says. Michael Jordan rules our sports universe, so Ive to start adapting, so everyone can see just how exciting and eccentric I can be. Now do you see where I'm coming from? Michael has a clothing line (Brand Jordan), thus I will have a clothing line (Ultimate Rejects, maybe Nike will buy into it also). I'm still working on a special shoe (Another hint to Nike), aromatic cologne and a restaurant bearing my name, believe me I'm trying (OK, I'm not trying hardOK, not at all, but maybe one day).
All right, time's up. Now you know who I am or maybe you don't, you figure it out.
For a hardcopy of this article, pickup March 1999 issue of Sport Magazine.
>>69512124
Manu might be the greatest sports hero for Latinamerica. It's much easier here to be on history's top playing football (we practically been investing all of our energies into it for more than a hundred years), but going into a sport with such a strong USA dominance and winning almost everything as he did (2002 FIBA WC escaped by very little) is astonishing.
Not to mention, everyone who ever played with him said he's strong willed, a hard worker, and a team person, apart from being a total jackass when it comes to practical jokes. A few days ago I found a sports magazine from 2004 where Argentina's NT coach claimed he insisted in lots of team's small details like how the jerseys looked or to start giving away caps instead of pins to the other teams. That too, and I mean, to think more than just about the game itself, is quite a feat for Latinamerican athletes.
>>69513054
>Laker fags
>getting excited about their Summer League record
Enjoy it.
Because the Lakers will probably win less games during the real season, then their summer league team.
>>69514216
He looks ready to do what he did in college.
Statpad on a godawful team and have zero success.
It's a real shame, because on a good team he'd be a huge asset, but on a garbage team like philly his best talent is pointless unless overnight they acquire good shooters.
>>69514167
I guess I left out the word "defensive" between the words "great" and "guard", but it was mostly implied given the statement before.
>>69514287
if embiid can catch passes he will get 10 dunks a game from simba passes
>>69514270
naaa, mira a maxi lopez
btw
where were you when manu killed serbia
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78S8rLzwwkg
>>69513414
don't waste your time with meaningful news. the real debate here is whether Timmy was a cuck.
>>69514282
>he doesn't get excited when his rooks win 3 in a row
>>69513954
His man can't contain him and has to foul
>>69514369
>this dumb ass nigga went to Berkley
>>69514306
It's what I thought you meant, but it's still debatable. Kobe was one of the best one on one defenders in the league during his prime. Sure, he's not like MJ where he'd be top 50 all time even without any offense, but it's not like Kobe was a shit defender.
If Kobe isn't a historically great defender, then Duncan isn't a historically great scorer. I guess I'd say that's true, as they both focused on the other half of their games.
For what it's worth, I do think Duncan is a better all-time player than Kobe.
Why is watching the nba so comfy at night
>>69514369
or he initiates contact and gets bailed out?
either way it's horrible to watch and bad for the sport.
>>69513384
Considering that KAT is almost a guarantee as an all-star next season, KG. Seriously though, there have been articles of how KG has done nothing but be in KAT's ear, Kobe's farewell season stunted Russel's growth also, should've been given more shots and attention so that Russel could deal with the coming pressure of becoming a Laker star (if he becomes one).
>>69514392
>This middle school faggot is racist on 4chan
>>69514419
> its summertime in the southern hemisphere when the nba starts
i won't ever know that feel
I wanna eat that pussy but I
JUST CAINT
>>69514457
it's the same guy making negative comments every other post. he's trying to get his nightly dose of (You)s
>>69514469
It's kind of a nostalgic feel for me because when I was a kid I would come home after playing basketball for my school's team and watch the NBA
>>69514412
Kobe was lockdown in the middle of his career, right after Shaq left and before Pau got there, he did EVERYTHING great.
not a Kobe dickrider, Tim was better, but Kobe really was a great defender in his prime
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBu28UwDzps
>>69514434
Harden is making a career out of it.I kinda agree tho, I can't wait for him to go straight beast mode
>>69512124
BLACKED
>>69513632
COMING HOME
HOME
>>69514743
hopefully Westbrook doesn't fall for the Griffin meme and end up staying. If he can't get past the 2nd round with CP3, you know Westbrook can't help.
So far through 3 summer league games, Tyler Ulis has
19 assists
2 turnovers
14 steals
1 jump ball won
>>69514819
You realize CP3 is overrated and your thought process is flawed right?
I want to watch Ben Simmons, not this bald ass nigga talk about the salary cap
>>69514819
You're implying implications that are implicitly impertinent.
Westbrook is better than CP3 in every category but defense.
>>69514819
Westbrook>Overrated manlet that injures himself doing dirty moves and ruining his team's chances at winning.
Also it's the Clippers fault as a whole with their shit rotation and injuries. They have too many over paid players on their team.
>>69514870
your realize Westbrook is overrated, and Griffin is considered a franchise player, right?
this means he should get the most touches, tell me how that wouldn't turn into another Durant situation.
Which nba player would you want on your side during a street fight? Which nba player would you beat up?
>>69514955
>Griffin is considered a franchise player
>>69514955
>>69514946
>>69514917
>>69514819
You do know Westbrook is retired, right?
>>69514955
By that logic he shouldn't be on the Clippers and calling him a franchise player and mentioning Durant in the same sentence should already give the memo he's leaving.
The Clippers are going to blow up at this rate if they don't make the WCF next year.
>>69512409
jerry west- the guy who is literally the logo of the nba?
(tbf who is barry?)
>>69513632
>D'Lo
>Westbrook
>Ingram
>Blake
>Cousins
Lakers 2018 champs
>>69514917
you can look at stats all you want, Chris Paul is the truer point guard and can set up Griffin with a pick and roll or pick and pop much better than Westbrook. Only thing Westbrook and Griffin duo would be good for as a tandem would be the fastbreaks.
Why would Griffin go from a PG who sets him up every possesion with a oop or pocket pass for a posterizing dunk, to a guy who has to run around the court fast enough to draw a triple team before he passes it to whoever standing under the hoop. Even then he might try and take the shot.
>>69514979
>CP3 overrated
>Griffin not a franchise player
pick one
>>69515036
I don't think Chris Paul should be the on the Clippers, he's wasting his time with that 6'10 Gerald Green jr
>>69512552
current:
rubio
hayward
parsons
pau gasol
marc gasol
all time:
stockton
mullin
bird
nowitski
walton
>>69515146
who wears short shorts
>your all time white team wears short shorts
>>69515077
Maybe that's the problem? The Clipper did well without Griffin for a reason. If you have to constantly give a player the ball and get him warmed up early in each game it's bad for the chemistry of a team as a whole, everyone would like more touches. It's like the Kevin Love situation, he's nice to have but his dependence on handling the ball and making shots so early in a game can be a liability.
You've already got JJ and CP3 on the team, they need to take shots early and get into rhythm as shooters, force feeding Blake hurts the team, being on a team that only as one other guy that needs the ball and not 3-4 is better.
>>69515146
>walton
more like Mikan.
Man the new CBA is going to be brutal. Silver just admitted KD going to the Warriors was bad for the league.
>>69515245
wew wrong trip again
>>69515216
KLove is probably just another example of a really good first option that now appears shit because of how difficult it is to transition into a third option.
It's a shame because he's definitely one of the best young bigs in the game. He's only just hitting his prime now
>>69515251
Doesn't take a genius to figure that out.
It's great for the revenue of the warriors and the teams they visit, not so good for the small market vs small market teams.
I wonder how much money the 76ers lost last season.
>>69514975
Matt Barnes
and i would beat Rondo
>>69513948
>>69513767
Great.
>>69515216
I've always thought that having Chris Paul as his teammate since basically his rookie year probably spoiled him too much on the court.
How do you think Griffin, a guy with an ego and some attitude problems would mesh with a guy like Westbrook? Griffin has been force fed his whole career, and was part of a team that was known as 'Lob City' for a few years. If Westbrook doesn't give it to him how he wants it, it's going to eventually implode just like what happen to Durant.
I sincerely don't think Griffin is going to change anytime soon.
>>69515291
Nice try.
>>69514975
I want David West, apparently he has golden gloves or something, that's why he's always trying to get in fights and no one tries to fight him on the court.
I'd beat up Steve Blake.
>>69514975
>player would you want on your side during a street fight
Z-BO
>Which nba player would you beat up
Snitchy D
>>69515251
It's because it goes directly against everything they tried to set up the CBA to accomplish.
They came into that with the explicit purpose of helping small market teams keep their players by being able to pay them more than any other team and penalizing other teams that do sign by making them clear more or their roster for cap space.
And it blew up in their face with the cap exploding instead of being tapered because the Players Union refused to do so, and the NBA just took it without a big enough fight and let them win.
Stern would never let this happen because he's proven in the past he doesn't take no for an answer when it comes to securing the future of the NBA and the owner's interest in parity.
Silver fucked up big this time and with him adding ads on jerseys as well it's just confirming to me he's more worried about money than the actual prosperity of the game and the interest of the viewer.
>Jah laughing
>30 for 30: The NBA vs The Golden State Warriors
you know it's going to happen
>>69514091
>I don't know what I can criticize, so I'll just say he's a bad defender
a classic meme my friend, lets disregard that kobe is tied for the most all-defensive first teams ever
>>69515473
did somebody say first team all defense
>>69515298
>implying Love is bad on the Cavs
Is Tim Duncan a hall-of-famer? I think he might get in but with his off-the-court antics he might have to wait until 3rd or 4th ballot before they vote him in.
Reminder that Kobe vs LeBron is what we wanted, but Duncan vs LeBron is what we got, and frankly, what we deserved.
>>69515557
please link his averages in the 2016 finals
I'm genuinely suprised they had him play those final minutes in Game 7
Tim Duncan was LITERALLY a Center
>>69515652
positionbabby exposed
Is DLo wearing a hat with Kobe on it during summer league?
What seed will this team have?
are the warriors fucked?
>>69515472
I'm glad Durant went to the Warriors because it exposed how little parity the NBA had to begin with. It takes just one player to completely upset the balance of an entire league. That's because the league is watered down.
What needs to happen is to have an auction system like in fantasy sports. You get this many tokens for a superstar talent, this many tokens for an all-star and this many for role players.
If your team has one superstar, they will not have enough tokens for all-stars because they have to save those tokens to fill out their bench. Teams can build a contender of two or three all-stars or a team can build a team with depth. This is the only way to truly create parity in the league.
>>69515770
They basically have THIS SEASON to win another chip before Curry and Iguodala's new contracts nuke their cap. All that "chemistry" is gone now.
>>69515770
No, because they will have enough money to sign Durant and Steph. All they need to do is fill the rest of the roster with bench players and they still have plenty to take out the league.
>>69515652
2012-13 and 2013-14 and I saw Tiago Splitter playing a lot. Not sure about other seasons, but this proves it's a lie.
So this stat is wrong.
>>69515770
>that bench
>>69515770
NO DEPTH
NO DEFENSE
NO RINGS
THANK YOU BASED LEBRON
THANK YOU UNCLE DREW
FUCK STEPH CURRY
FUCK KEVIN DURANT
>>69515816
Splitter never played Center while duncan was in.
C:
1. Kareem
2. Wilt
3. Shaw
4. Hakeem
5. Moses
PF:
1. Duncan
2. Nowitzki
3. Malone
4. Barkley
5. KG
SF:
1. LeBron
2. Bird
3. Pippen
4. Gervin
5. T-Mac
SG:
1. Jordan
2. Kobe
3. West
4. Wade
5. Drexler
PG:
1. Magic
2. Stockton
3. Isaiah
4. Payton
5. Kidd
>>69515457
He looked at the sixers shooting percentage in this game.
>>69515866
Play these together at the same time.
They sync together perfectly.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YalpcUojoA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBQ2mjkvYY8
my gf broke up with me when i literally just came back from serving in iraq, and now i find out that KD went to the warriors....cheer me up guys, this is not easy for me..
>>69515770
What if KD is dismantling the warriors then going back to OKC next year?
>>69515948
qbp and feel better man
>>69515961
Why would he try to dismantle a team he nearly beat in the WCF?
Thunder would have been better than the Warriors next year if KD stayed. That Oladipo trade was a great move.
>>69515948
Fuck that bitch and fuck Kevin Durant right in their asses
>>69514975
>>69514975
On my side: Boogie
Beat up: Rondo
>>69512316
>point guard
>small forward
>small forward
>>69515961
He'd be an idiot. His brand as the nice guy has already been burned up like his jerseys.
He's already burned the bridges in OKC and there's no "home coming" aspect to it like LeBron had. He's straight up disrespected OKC and the rest of his fans around the world with his fake ass comments, his lies in past interviews that have now been exposed as he's a hypocrite.
He's possibly ruined the foreseeable future for that team and there's no recovery past Westbook resigning. As soon as he left so did any future with the team and future with his fans.
Just read that players trubne article. It's 100% prewrritten by his agents/handlers and there isn't a shred of sincerity in it.
This was the guy that was supposed to be the nicest, most real person in the NBA with his famous MVP speech showing his love for the city and the team, now he refuses to be real and is just being fake as a stripper's tits.
>>69515721
5th-6th
>>69515913
C:
1. Kareem
2. Russell
3. Wilt
4. Shaq
5. Hakeem
PF:
1. Duncan
2. Nowitzki
3. Garnett
4. Griffin
5. Malone
SF:
1. Bird
2. Lebron
3. Erving
4. Durant
5. T-Mac
SG:
1. Jordan
2. Kobe
3. West
4. Wade
5. Iverson
PG:
1. Magic
2. Oscar
3. Curry
4. Westbrook
5. Kyrie
>>69516112
>implying
They're a 7th seed max.
>>69513767
what is this? what are we drafting? can i get a non-memed translation?
>>69515913
>those fucking PF rankings
>>69516109
>famous MVP speech
Fuck I forgot about that.
Relistening to it now it all seems so damn fucked.
He's straight up lied about half the shit he said in the speech and his tears look so fake now.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jrL-LYJ9afQ
>>69515999
>>69516087
>>69515770
>stephen curry
>$12.1M
Is this the reason why her wife has to resort to having her own show and other shit?
>>69516207
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jrL-LYJ9afQ
Give this man a Oscar.
Fake ass nigga
>>69516223
>resort
She wants these things.
She's such a fucking attention whore.
>>69516147
they were 6th this year, without parsons and with zaza playing center
they got better and so did the teams above them so they will stay about the same seed
>>69514975
Me, Delly, Simmons, Mills and Exum beat up the whole Warrioes team
>>69516143
>Rank bird higher than Lelbron
Bird retired after 13 seasons. Lelbron just won a chip and on his prime.
>>69516234
YOU DA REAL MVP
I WANT TO THANK MY TEAM AND MY BEST FRIEND RUSS
I LOVE OKC
I WANT TO BE LIKE DUNCAN AND DIRK
WE BUILDING A LEGACY HERE, CHAMPIONSHIPS DON'T MEAN EVERYTHING
I'M NO FRONT RUNNER
sup, who /lakers/ here?
>>69512552
PG: Nash
SG: Jerry West
SF: Bird
PF: Porzingod
C : Marc Gasol
6th: Petrovic
Sorry, mine is the best list
>Marc J. Spears
Marc J. Spears – Verified account @MarcJSpearsESPN
>Sixers believe they have three 2017 NBA Rookie of the Year candidates in Ben Simmons, Joel Embiid & Dario Saric. Embiid in great shape now
So who wins? My bet is on future GOAT dario. Embiid wont play enough and simmons wont be efficient enough
>>69516401
>Joel Embiid
J U S T
U
S
T
>>69516401
guess they forgot about the real #1 pick.
>>69516461
Is that Hinkie in the back? His hairline like a bird and migrated north for the summer.
>>69516143
>bird over lelbron
Can he still make it?
POP SPEAKS ON TIMMY'S RETIREMENT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7uP5kDbctcE
>>69516657
>thinks stats tell the whole story
fucking hate stats nerds..not saying there isnt an argument that lelbron > bird but stats dont help it.
>salad
>salad
>salad
>>69515557
I don't think he is bad, I said how difficult it is going from first to third option.
He definitely struggles with it but I think he's been good.
>>69516708
He's choking up.
>>69516708
Pop literally about to cry.
>>69516717
Lebron has more finals mvps
Lebron has more mvps
What the fuck else do you measure with, feels?
>stats don't matter
>finals mvps don't matter
My arbitrary opinion is flawless and objective!
>>69516523
Yeah its hinkie.
Mustve taken the firing hard
