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DAL: Dirk Nowitzki considered Top 10 NBA player of all time
DAL:Report: Dirk Nowitzki will stay with Mavs
MIA:Dwyane Wade reportedly in talks with Cavs
SA:Go Slo-Mo: Kyle Anderson scores 25 points
ORL:Anthony Randolph getting NBA interest
SAC:Mavs, Seth Curry agree to two-year, $6M deal
MIA:Dwyane Wade scheduled to meet with Bucks
PHI:Ben Simmons ruled out for Tuesday night
BOS:Jaylen Brown scores 16 points in win vs. PHI
CHA:Roy Hibbert agrees to deal with Hornets
NY:Lance Thomas will re-sign with the Knicks
GS:Zaza Pachulia agrees to deal with Warriors
OKC:Report: No chance Westbrook extends contract
I hate system baby even in international sports
Praying for meme 3s to fall for our team
Lakers?
>>69266064
>MIA:Dwyane Wade reportedly in talks with Cavs
This is the only thing that can compete with GS now. If the Cavs don't make a move then GS will be unstoppable.
>>69265971
Oh I guess Lebron just forgot how to drive and suddenly decided he didn't know how to shoot either. Maybe the monstars stole his talent in that game?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jIXrPhrA3A [Embed]
>>69266064
Why are German players always so damn based?
>mfw LeBron beats GScucks again
>>69266064
Fuck off.
Why are people saying Durant was "promoted"
He's going to average much less and and only have a slight advantage regarding championship contention.
>>69266159
>have trouble with atlanta
>Miami going to be better
Lebron has only ever made it to the Championships by playing in the Eastern Conference which, throughout his whole career, outside of 2-3 teams has been an absolute College Level Tier conference.
If Lebron had played even Half his career in the much much more superior and tougher Western Conference he probably wouodnt even have a single Ring.
Idk about any of you on /NBA/, but I think this whole thing is ridiculous. All KD wants to do is win as many championships as possible, that's what any player in the NBA wants. KD doesn't care about parity, none of the superstars do. All they see is themselves trying to win as much as possible. He's just taking advantage of the situation and doing all he can to ensure his career is remembered as a basketball legend and not another ringless player like Barkley, McGrady, Nash, etc.
PUTANG INA
6 POINTS
>>69266246
>it's a delusional tripcuck has dumb opinions episode
Don't @ this board ever again.
>>69266263
>doing all he can to ensure his career is remembered as a basketball legend
for the next few decades hes going to be known as the pussy who went to the team that dicked him down in the playoffs. Sure he'll get his championships, but by teaming up with an already established championship team with multiple superstars makes him look soft.
>>69266263
Going to a team that just beat his ass in the semi finals and doesn't need him at all to be a championship team just makes him look like a cuck. He's still a great player, but this is undoubtedly a bitch ass move.
>kyrie
>westbrook
>lebron
>love
>thompson
whos stopping this team
>>69266275
>its a casual/delusional anon who cant handle an objectively correct opinion
Just like always
>>69266329
Westbrook
Nice game france
I hope our team got a chance against New Zealand
>>69266329
>love
also westbrook can't shoot 3s
>>69266246
>have trouble with Atlanta
>swept them in a dominating fashion
>wouldn't have a ring if he played in the west
>has to be the western conference Champs to win
Nigga...
>>69266303
>>69266315
I don't think KD cares if he's labeled as a bitch for doing this. Honestly if he wasn't on such a long losing streak in the postseason he wouldn't need to join GS and we wouldn't have to talk about this. But this is a desperate move on his part, but he's just trying to win as many rings as possible at the end of the day by any means necessary.
Based fucking Warrior , not only did they give us their best glue guy and a star in the making, they also BTFO of Choklohomo faggots. Truly they are our greatest ally.
>mfw Westbrook finally comes to his senses and joins us
>>69266315
Lebron going to Miami was still a more douche move
>>69266342
>tripfag
>ever being objectively correct
>being correct about purely hypothetical shit
Why are you still @ this board? Fuck off.
>Curry = Kyrie
>Klay = Wade
>Durant < LeBron
>Draymond > Love
>Warriors trash center << Thompson
Warriors bench > Cavs bench
Gonna be a good finals if the cavs make this happen.
>>69266245
Durant is going to get the easiest fucking looks. If you think he isn't going 11 for 15 every night you're delusional.
>>69266385
MW Broship incoming
>>69266376
He's absolutely going to care. Players around the league already hate him, fans on every team hate him. He went from neutral to the most disliked player in the league. He'll get his chips but wont get his respect for it. If he truly only wanted rings though this was the best move.
>>69266376
>this is a desperate move
As long as he realizes how much of a bitch move this is.
>>69266393
>One held a TV special for his FA and then boasted his new team would win 7 or so rings
>The other FA'd to a already ring competing team that also knocked his team out in an embarrassing fashion
It's fucking close
>>69266376
Look how quickly even places like /sp/ flip-flop. When they start winning everyone will shut up and start sucking them off
>>69266417
Cavs wont make the finals this next season and you can cap this post
>>69266413
>this casual anon still cant rebuttal
This is last time i respond to you, peqsant
>>69266393
No it wasn't. Don't @ me, you delusional tripcuck.
>>69266246
your conclusions are absolute shit. Leave this board and don't come back
>>69266417
>Curry = Kyrie
No.
Kyrie danced on that nigga in the finals.
At the very least, good on KD for dealing with this quickly and quietly, and for not pulling a LeBron and mentally sitting out the postseason in advance of his decision. He handled things as best he could.
>>69266477
>>69266471
>replying to a tripcuck
>a delusional one at that
>>69266470
>Cavs wont make the finals this next season and you can cap this post
>>69266460
>he doesnt think Miami was a ring competent team before bosh and lebron and with Pat Riley calling the shots
>australian flag
oh ok hahaha
>>69266452
Literally all he wants is a ring and is willing to do anything he can. If he was confident in his team (which he wasn't) then he wouldn't have to join GS and just resign with OKC on the first day of FA (which he didn't)
>>69266488
Do you think Kyrie will improve? They were about evenly matched this year, the Cavs could get an edge if Kyrie adds a new level to his game
>>69266246
Just shut the fuck up, sit down with your wife and kiss your sister
>>69266376
those chips are going to ring hollow unless he faces equal competition in the Playoffs/Finals.
>>69266506
should have gone to cavs for minimum if it was about rings
gsw aint going to win it next season
>hes not part of the SKM broship
>>69266460
>>69266503
and to add to this Eastern conference has little parity of good teams compared to thr superior Western Conference. And Durant didnt leave the Thunder without a superstar like Lebro did. Unlike the Cavs post Lebrom the Tuunder arent getting a top pick Post Durant unless they tank on purpose
>>69266491
>replying to a tripfuck.
>>69266491
>>69266477
>>69266546
>getting absolutely BTFO by a tripcuck
>>69266503
there was not a chance in hell the heat would have gotten a ring without bosh and lebron on the roster. This is clearly bait. If youre going to spout useless shit at least take your name off so we don't have to laugh you out of here.
>>69266393
>Lebron leaves a shit Cleveland team with with no room for growth due to contracts and goes to Miami
>Anybody with brains knew he was going back to Cleveland after 4 years
>He beasts in Miami, meanwhile Cleveland is rebuilding and free to clean up all the old garbage
>Lebron comes back and fulfills his destiny winning one for da land
>Kevin Durant leaves a pretty good team
>Maybe not much room to grow but it's still a top team in the league and it's not because Durant carried them
>Leaves to a team that barely won a championship and had a 73 win season
>Same team barely beat his team
>Revives warrior faggot bandwagon
Durant is easily way worse, he would have been less hated if he went to New York to try to do something new
willful ignorance and blind hope are a potent combo
>wizards 6th seed next year
>>69266574
They're doing it. It's happening.
>>69266529
He despises Lebron. KD wants to be better than he is (which, if this GS deal squeezes out 2 rings during his contract he'll be one ring away from equaling Lebron
>>69266470
wew lad, almost got trolled for a second
My thoughts on the KD thing. He left OKC in basketball but he's going to be around. He's too involved in the community. Remember the Moore tornadoes? He gave $1M to help aid and personally donated time to clean, fix and rebuild the surrounding communities.
I hate that he left the Thunder because that's my team, but KD is in a new NBA. You know he had to love coming home and seeing all of those jerseys sitting at his front door as well as that 'For Sale By Coward' what a sense of love.
Best wishes to you, Kevin Durant, in the future.
>>69266507
If Curty adds some D to his game, I think he will be even better than Kyrie.
KD announces he's joining the Warriors: "Players today have no loyalty! What happened to staying with one team like the greats did?!?"
2 hours later: "D Wade needs to join the Cavs ASAP! Forget loyalty it's about winning"
>>69266562
But he was literally wrong after the first sentence.
>have trouble with atlanta
Atlanta literally got swept.
Put your trip back on, cuck.
>>69266470
>making me not like dirk
What the fuck shut the fuck up man
Maybe I'm a little dumb. But can someone please explain to me how wade can go to Cleveland? I'm just really confused.
>>69266589
kd could get 10 rings, and he still wouldn't be shit compared to lebron
its going to be gsw vs cavs for the 3rd straight season and gsw will lose for the 3rd straight season
>>69266569
Durant is not worse. You guys saying it is are just like cleveland fags the year Lebron left. Your emotions are clouding your judgement.
I dont see Durant having some big press conference for his decision, I dont see GSW holding some party event to say "Hey look at our new players"
Lebron going to Miami is at least 3x worse than Durant to GS
>>69266574
>>69266588
I'll pray for them. It's time for the Wizards to get some shine.
I don't really have an opinion on the Kevin Durant decision, other than that it really pissed some people off, fans and non-fans alike. But the Oklahomans should be grateful for the 8 seasons he spent there (when you don't include his rookie year in Seattle), and be grateful to the owners who purchased and brought the team to Oklahoma City.
On the basketball court, he gave you guys something to cheer about. But off the court? One of the nicest guys ever. Very friendly with the media, fans, and very charitable with his time and money. I think it's time you guys let him off the hook. People burning jerseys, saying nasty things about the guy's business decision (professional basketball is a business), you should be ashamed of yourselves.
>>69266658
>tfw they almost made the conference finals 2 years ago
>>69266644
>im petty and will hate players based off tripfags posting on a nordic leather scroll picture site
Dont be a shitter
>>69266658
we need to do something in the playoffs this year for John Wall and Bradley Beal's sake.
Also to recruit top tier free agents
Assuming no other significant moves are made this summer....here are my predictions for standings next year:
West
1. Warriors
2. Spurs
3. Clippers
4/5: Trail Blazers , Thunder (no order)
6 - 11: Mavericks, Grizzlies, Rockets, Jazz, Timberwolves, Pelicans (no order)
12. Kings
13. Nuggets
14/15: Lakers, Suns (no order)
East
1. Cleveland
2-4: Toronto, Boston, Indiana (no order)
5-7: Heat, Hawks, Pistons (no order)
8-11: Knicks, Bucks, Wizards, Hornets (no order)
12/13: Bulls, Magic (no order)
14. 76ers
15. Nets
>>69266648
I don't see any difference between Lebron going to the heat in '10 and KD's decision now. Both wanted were disappointed and frustrated where they were, said "Fuck it." and decided to join a super team that could garuntee them some chips. It worked out for Lebron. We'll see how KD does.
>>69266645
Lelbron offers to sign for less money and they move some contracts.
>>69266640
Oh was it the Raptors they had trouble with? What team was it that every hoke game was a blow out? I dont recal because Eastern conference teams are ass compaired to the western teams so i pay little attention
Durant will not get ANY playing time with Curry, Thompson, and Green! I don't even know why he signed... Ashamed
>>69266651
Lebron = created something new on a bad ass team
Durant = goes to something already established with a faggot ass team (Thompson's cool though)
>>69266617
It's not about loyalty, you dumb cuck, and fuck anybody who says it is. It's about KD going to play for a team that literally doesn't need him to win a championship and who literally just cucked him out of a finals appearance.
Fuck loyalty. If KD wants to move after nine years with no ring, fine. But to go to Golden State...just a straight bitch move.
The last 2 MVPs are on the same team now, but I think the award will go to a player from a different team this season.
>>69266725
The difference is KD and the warriors haven't made a big fuss about it which is why it makes Lebron to Miami the much douchier move
>>69266758
>I care more about tv specials than basketball
I'm just gonna filter your dumbass. Shitty annoying troll. At least clips4lyfe is funny.
>>69266725
Just look at how the teams they were joining performed the year before they joined
2009 Miami Heat: 47–35
2016 GS Warriors: 73–9
Lebron went to Wade and said, let's make this supra a 10 second car
KD went to Curry and said, let's put another turbo on this Bugatti
Do you really not see the difference?
>>69266753
Easy MVP for Lebron this year. Although he should have a fuckload more. He should have every MVP from 2008 at least, only arguable one is the 2015 MVP, but it's not because he wasn't the true most valuable player, just because of how the team record and other things play into the MVP rating system
>>69266740
>lebron created something new
>to a team that was only a few years removed from a championship
>to an already playoff caliber team
Nothing new was created and Lebron still needed to be carried in the playoffs
>literally dissappearing in the finals
>>69266742
Look at this salty faggot, i bet this dude was crying when Lebron was going to the Heat
>>69266791
>Lebron went to Wade and said, let's make this supra a 10 second car
>KD went to Curry and said, let's put another turbo on this Bugatti
That description kek
>>69266740
Where did lebron create something great?
Wade had already won in miami...
Kyrie made it to the playoffs without lebron...
Lebron had had 3 of his starting five be top 5 draft picks to win anything. Now the warriors get ONE and youre mad?
>>69266801
not a fan of curry and he's definitely not even close to lebrons level, but he deserved last seasons mvp
rose and durants over lebrons though, they were straight retarded
>>69266733
hes the only small forward on the team so yes he will?
>>69266725
It's the difference between Jordan persevering against or joining the Pistons after they beat him several times in the playoffs
>>69266785
>thinking durant to the warriors isnt as bad as the decision fiasco and media hype for that BS means i am a troll
this general is full of babies holy fuck roflmao. Yes filter me and go to your safe space, id rather Trips and anons with a backbone reply to me anyway
In terms of the top 8 teams, the East is officially better than the West.
Will Durant ever consider coming back to Oklahoma?
>>69266837
Lmao all you're telling me is that you hate a guy for having a TV special. Not because of basketball reasons. I got all I need to know out of you Hahaha I bet you like espn and read modern journalism.
>muh decision fiasco
If you really care about that idk what to tell you. I guess you belong in the mandrama threads? You'd have to change boards tho.
>>69266847
Bahahahahahhahahahhahhahahahahahahahahahahhahahaahahhahaahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahh
This fucking guy.
This fucking guy.
Holy shit.
>>69266804
I'm starting to think Dirk Dynasty is Harry. You two are equally retarded and delusional opinion wise, but you type quite differently.
>>69266827
All I am saying is that Durant joined the team because he couldn't beat them!
>>69266791
here is another one
>Eastern Conference
>Only a few teams have a genuine shot at making the finals
>Lebron goes to Miami and effectively makes the East a Miami vs Boston race to the finals every year
>Western Conference
>5-6 teams with legit chance at making finals
>KD leaves a team that will still have a chance without him to a team that already has a chance
>>69266868
they're both 1 team conferences now, how retarded are you
>>69266868
East is improving and West is declining, they're definitely closer to the same level
>>69266861
When WestGOD wins rings back 2 back, he'll beg him to let him back on the team.
>>69266804
I'm still waiting to watch lebron WIN a final.
I've watched 3 guys win him rings.
Ray Allen.
D wade.
And now kyrie.
He has been a non factor late in games when his team needs him. Missed his last 5 shots this year with the score tied.
Year before shot below 40% and his blind fans wanted him to get mvp....
>>69266864
i thought you were filtering me? didnt even read your post, just filter me and go to your safe space. bye
Facts. It's not about ONE championship or a couple. It's about making a dynasty
>>69266899
>KD leaves a team that will still have a chance without him to a team that already has a chance
Please tell me you seriously think OKC has a chance to make the Finals w/o KD. Do you actually believe this? You're delusional, and Westbrook is gone after next year.
>>69266919
Wow i didnt think there were any anons here in this general with some sense
good on you
>>69266902
>>69266905
Hahahahahahahahahahahahhahahahahahahahahahahhahaahahahahahahahahahahhaahha.
These fucking guys
Fuckin lebron fans have zero basketball iq.
That same thunder team that would have probably beat the cavs this year. Didn't even make the playoffs last year. If they were in the east that year they would have been the 5 seed.
Gtfo.
>>69266922
I wanted to defend yourself but you're just a Dallas themed harry. That's disappointing
>>69266942
Of course GSW have a chance without KD wtf are you on about?
He is coming home lads!!!!!
>>69266329
The fact that there's only one ball
>>69266952
>talking about 2 years ago
We're talking about today
>>69266742
Wade already won before LeBron joined Miami, at worst KD is just as bad as LeBron
>>69266804
>to a team that was only a few years removed from a championship
>to an already playoff caliber team
And how is that worse than KD running to a team that was a championship tier team, with two consecutive finals appearances and one victory and an almost certain third finals appearance even without KD, two of the greatest three point shooters in the league, and the back to back MVP AND the only player to get an unanimous MVP?
I just need to filter your stupid ass.
Chances of Russ to Sixers???
C-could it actually happen sempai
>>69266758
Weren't you just arguing that KD to GSW was less worse than Bron Bron to Miami?
>>69266965
You see you are misinterpreting a lot of my posts and that unfortunate
I dont hate lebron, I am completely indifferent to him. He is perhaps the greatest athlete playing in the NBA
but to say all that shit that happened with the decision, and that pre season "not 4 not 5 not 6 but 7 rings" crap isnt douchier than KD relatively quietly signing with GSW then you are completely mistaken.
Unless GSW has some "We got KD suck our dicks" shit then and only then will KD to GS be douchier than Lebron to Miami
>>69266919
>>69266944
>samefagging this hard
>oh those two 41 point games agains the team with the greatest regular season record ever meant nothing. He didn't make the last 3 pointer!
Everyone giving KD shit, NBA HOF doesn't take "honor" or "loyalty" into account the same way they consider rings.
You guys are dumbasses
>>69267041
learn to call out samefagging you shitbird
>>69267000
He won in 2006. You cucks are really reaching.
Now that the warriors have traded Andrew bogut and signed zaza pachulia, who do you think is the better center?
Zaza: 26.4 mpg, 8.6 ppg, 9.4 rpg, 1.7 apg, .8 spg, 0.3 bpg, 46.4 fg%, 76.8 ft%
Bogut: 20.7 mpg, 5.4 ppg, 7 rpg, 2.4 apg, .5 spg, 1.6 bpg, 62.7 fg%, 48 ft%
>>69267041
Fail on the samefag.
9-24 shooting
1-5 on threes
5 turnovers.
Great fuckin game lebron.
Projected Line-Up for the Thunder this season
>>69266804
>4 years removed from a championship
>Had bottom of the league years since then
>Started the roster with James, Wade, Bosh, Haslem and had to peice together everything else
>Warriors
>Championship 1 year
>73-choke the next
>Same team mostly
Don't be such a warrior fag curry cuck
>tfw the Bulls will never be truly good until Reinsdorf either sells the team or dies
>>69267081
>your entire performance in the finals is not as important as what you do in one game
>that game saving block on iggy
Congrats on being just as retarded as Dallas Cuck.
>>69266124
>This is the only thing that can compete with GS now
Ringchasing won't get Durcant away from this curse
When it Comes to Loyalty Dirk Nowitzki Is the true GOAT ..Hes build from scratch wit the mavs so many times But never once Left his team
>>69267043
There isn't an nba hof retard, it's just the basketball hof and it's full of nobodies and high school coaches from Italy. It's as meaningless a hof as there is in sports
>>69267099
Ray allen?
>Free agent Gerald Henderson has agreed to a two-year, $18M deal with the 76ers, league source tells @TheVertical.
What do we think of this song?
https://soundcloud.com/imlilboom/fuckkd
>>69266914
So never?
>>69267077
Zaza easily, the drop in blocks+assists sucks, but he can shoot and do something with the ball besides desperately dribble it to any other player, plus he makes them virtually un-Hackable
>>69267112
Both teams missed 5 shots without scoring. One block. Saved da game!!!!!!
Lebron just doesn't have that killer instinct. Kobe and Michael had it.
>>69267119
Lil b lifted the curse yesterday idiot.
And he is a faggot.
>>69267119
Based Cuck lifted the curse because Durcan't us playing on his favorite team now. We only have Lil Brick Boom left.
https://youtu.be/7sMa5fl9YGQ
>>69267099
>Thunder
>Still a playoff contender post Durant
>Cleveland
>1st pick post Lebron
>Eastern Conference
>1 less playoff ready team after Lebron left to Miami
>Western Conference
>Still lots of parity of good teams
>>69267151
Fuck off, Skip Cuckless.
>>69267130
Who didn't come until year 3
>>69267142
More true now than it ever has been
>Piss away 3-1 lead in humiliating fashion
>Go to chase rings as second best player on team you pissed the lead away to
Why is nobody calling him out on being the bitch he actually is?
Jaylen Brown looked good last night.
Celtics caught a lot of shit taking him 3rd. I like the pick.
>>69267098
when you put it like that on paper god damn
maybe 7th seed now
wade needs to fuck off and not join the cavs
>>69267112
You're right he finished a series shooting 50% in the conf. Finals. Something he has only done once in his last 8 series.
Now look back at another great when they play in 8 playoffs series and can only shoot 50% in one of them. I bet you can't find anyone else but lebitch
>>69267043
he was already a guaranteed HOFer with 0 rings. These rings literally mean nothing
>>69267112
>Lebron notoriously known for going quiet in big games throught his career
Lebron is kind of a regular season wonder type of player it would seem
>Dirk Dynasty
Time to filter this cuck
>>69267199
Yeah, he did. Can get to the rim at will.
>>69267202
Durant on vacation?
>Chicago Bulls
>all the players are big and black
really makes you think
WHO DAT BIG DYKE BITCH BY THE BENCH?
OH THAT'S YO MOM ASS NIGGA
>>69267219
>an anon that can't handle objectively correct opinions
bye
>>69267210
Don't tell this to lebron fans.
It will be, look at his points! At his rebounds! His assists!
But they always fail to look at turnovers, Fg percentage, and 4th quarter points.
Why did the Bulls trade away Derrick Rose?
>>69267290
cucked by Jimmy Butler
>>69267210
I told your faggot ass to never @ me ever again.
NBA history is filled with "Super" teams and super stars playing with Super stars. People acting like the idea of a big 3 started in the 2000s.
>>69267276
Lebron will never ever be as clutch as Dirk
Ever.
>>69267320
>big 3
It's a big 4 this time.
>Green
>Thompson
>Curry
>Durant
>>69267320
the Super teams actually make the league more popular too
no one gave a fuck until Bird and Magic took over the Finals every year
>>69267230
His defense looked a little suspect, for a supposed plus defensive player.
>>69267290
Because the Front Office knows Reinsdorf will never fire then so they can make one bad decision after the other. Any other Front office would have been fired after last year's horrible excuse for a season.
>>69267329
LeBron won't be as clutch as a majority of stars. Wade, ray allen, kryie, steph, kd, kobe, michael, dirk, and on and on and on.
I honestly can't think of any player in any sport with so much potential and a high caliber player that just doesn't have a clutch gene in their body and is notoriously such a terrible closer.
>>69267210
Wow, is it possible to make it to the finals without playing in the regular season? I'm sure if you remove Lebron from the Heat or Cavs, they would have made the finals anyways. Filtered.
>KD actually thinks he'll play a minute in Golden State, and take any part in the glory of their next hip
What he doesn't realize, Steph had this all planned out. He loves cucking Durant. It's his favorite hobby besides chucking.
>yfw Steph purposely went down 3-1 just do he could come back and make it even more devastating for Durant instead of completely shitting on him, which made the heartbreak so bad he had to completely lose all honor and respect and legacy to become Steph's fuccboi pussiboi in Oakland as KD sits on the bench and watches Steph sink 3's and win rings, meanwhile KD warms the bench, cucked, defeated. He realizes that everything in his entire life has led up to that point, getting unequivocally cucked in every form and facet of life by a light-skinned nigga with a gay ass name, Steph Curry.
>after the game Steph fucks and creampies KD's mom while he repeatedly says 'y-you the real MVP S-steph" and cries
>>69267389
It's the east. Both teams made the playoffs the year before without him sooo.... you're right exactly sorry..
>>69267376
>Kevin Durant
>clutch
And he's still a spectacular player regardless. Fuck off, retard.
>>69267290
because he isn't that good anymore and gasol/noah were leaving anyway. It's time to blow up the team and focus on rebuilding. The only thing they failed at doing so far is moving butler
>>69267266
>opinion
>objective
Are you even trying anymore?
What is the point in talking about any other team than the Cavs or Warriors? Why care if you make the playoffs this year? You won't win anything, the Cavs and Warriors are the only good teams in the league and you know this. Accept defeat and move on to 2017-2018 season already
>>69267407
Fuck off, Harry. You're not even making good b8.
>>69267416
Watched the man light up many a 4th quarters. When his team needs him most.
>>69267376
>Steph
>KD
>clutch
>>69267376
You just listed a bunch of unclutch players. You know Lebron just made a bunch of clutch shots in game 7 right? The 3 vs ezeli? The free throw after breaking his wrist? How about the block on iggy?
Keep sniffing paint you curry dickrider I see you
>>69267447
Kyrie made it without lebron and wade had already won without him...
>>69267376
>clutch gene
Get off is /sp/ Skip you have a new show to focus on
Reminder the only way for the Weatern Conference to be competitive is for Lebron to leave and play the Big Boys in the Western Conference.
>>69267458
Literally choked away 2 games in the 4th that would have put away the warriors.
>>69267481
No they didnt. The cavs were the worst team in the league. They were in full tank mode
>>69267423
>trade away your hometown superstar for one old guy, one decent guy, one literal who and a second round pick
Doesn't sound too smart to me. They should have tried to get two first round picks. I'm sure some team might've been desperate for a player that get fans to come to games
>>69267481
I can't believe people make posts like this. What's worse, I can't believe people actually respond to them
>le clutch meme
I know why people think you're all underage now. You've never played a sport and just watch fictional narratives from ESPN.
>>69266417
>Klay = Wade
yeah maybe 2008 Wade
>>69267458
Oh, is the regular season important again, now that it's convenient for your argument? Where was he in the semifinals vs GS? 10-31 shooting?
>>69266672
>>69266688
It's simple. We kill the Mario man.
>>69267474
Watch their regular season game going back and forth and back and forth into ot?
>>69267350
Those 2 BS that ended Simmons career weren't good enough for you
>>69267481
Stop posting, Harry.>>69267458
OKC is notorious for dominating three quarters then choking in the 4th. You are a colossal retard, STOP posting.
>>69267477
Lol I don't like curry. He's better than lebron but not a fan. Wade and Allen aren't clutch? And kyrie? If they weren't clutch lebron would have zero rings.
why do people hate durant lebron and curry so much? you guys should appreciate great players like them while you can. its not like they are bad people
I hope Wade goes to Cleveland. Miami played with him and his money long enough. They tried to low ball him again and had him waiting for the KD decision when it was obvious KD wasn't coming. Also Cleveland is the best chance to win a chip and it doesn't hurt that his buddy LeBron is there. Go chase that ring Dwyane!
>>69267344
Bird
McHale
Parish
Walton (If he stays healthy)
Johnson
(All future hall of famers)
Magic
Kareem
Worthy
McaDoo
Wilkes
>>69267544
D rose is not even an allstar anymore, much less a superstar. You are really overrating his current value. The bulls are in full tank mode and fire selling everthing
Honestly this is bad for the Nba.
If I was a small market team owner I'd be passed.
Not even looking forward to next season.
Post this and watch the lebron fans back peddle.
>>69267562
>regular season
Is regular season important now? Cause all you fags were focusing on when it came to Lebron was post season.
Post season wise, Curry has been quiet/a straight up no show in both 2015 and 2016.
>no FMVP
>>69267613
NBA always has been dominated by a handful of teams.
KD free to go where you want to go, that's all his choice but enough with these bs statements. Its not like he was on a scrub team. If losing a 3-1 lead in the WCF wasn't enough to encourage you to be a better player and light a fire in you, that whole statement is trash. Be honest and say, "I think it will be easier to join GS."
KD statement:
"The primary mandate I had for myself in making this decision was to have it based on the potential for my growth as a player — as that has always steered me in the right direction. But I am also at a point in my life where it is of equal importance to find an opportunity that encourages my evolution as a man: moving out of my comfort zone to a new city and community which offers the greatest potential for my contribution and personal growth. With this in mind, I have decided that I am going to join the Golden State Warriors."
Anybody else think the Bulls should've just traded Butler? Dude is a snake and a franchise-killing player. Sure, he can score 25. But the dude is a power-hungry weasel with an inferiority complex. He wants it to be his team and wants to be the best player more than he wants rings.
If they had traded just Butler and kept Rose, they would'nt have had an exodus and garbage-tier team left.
>>69267604
Makes perfect sense to sign Rondo and not trade Butler if they are tanking. Oh wait. Bulls are just retarded.
Glad to see Dirk is going to be a Mac for his career... 2 years roughly 40 mill. ... that's how you don't don't dis respect your teams best player ever
Dirk Dynasty = Harry
Prove me wrong
>>69267637
cool stats
>>69267651
I seemed liked Bulls wanted too much for him and trade partners wanted to pay too little.
>>69267320
Are the modern day warriors the equivalent of Bill Russel's celtics back in the day?
Is Kevin Durant/Steph Curry going to be this generation Bill Russel to Lebron's Wilt?
>>69267637
Ok is it just regular season or post season that matters? Because you and that tripcuck keep on switching your opinions on that when it comes to other players.
Reasonable Stats for the Big Four.
Kevin Durant: 27 PPG, 8.5 RPG, 4.5 APG
Stephen Curry: 24 PPG, 4 RPG, 9 APG
Klay Thompson: 18 PPG, 3.5 RPG, 2 APG
Draymond Green: 12 PPG, 10 RPG, 7 APG.
If you somewhat agree or disagree, feel free to leave your predictions in the comments.
>>69267677
Probably cause they knew and anticipated what kind of player and teammate Butler really is
>Curry is a clutch player
>>69267688
Yea
except that was a defensive team and this is an offensive team, so Lebron has a better chance of winning than Wilt did
>>69267670
How can such a level of domination be possible?
Sources say that Wade is strongly considering the Cleveland Cavaliers.
>>69267670
Turnovers too!
Set the record for most in a finals.
>>69267670
DELETE THIS RIGHT FUCKING NOW!!!!
>>69267557
He's more powerful than Harry
I'm not sure we can stop him.
ROTY
>>69267376
>Clutch
We found the "last shot" faggot. What a drama queen.
>>69267647
>moving out of my comfort zone
Goddamn he is so full of shit it's coming out of his ears. You can literally replace all of this with, "I just want a ring, and I don't care whether or not I'm actually needed to get it.
>>69267691
Reasonable stats for their entire bench combined:
0.7 PPG
0.3 RPG
0.6 APG
>>69267723
>Curryfan OR Durantfag talking about turnovers
>>69267723
Nice try, Harry.
So is D Wade going to be in Space Jam 2 or what?
>>69267723
>turnovers
Who cares, nice try Harry
>>69267723
>Literally leads all players in all stats
>B-B-BUT T-T-TURNOVERS
>Literally Curry
Holy shit damage control better or just don't @ this board ever again
>>69267751
Not last shot. A lot of other players had bigger roles in that finals.
If tristan didn't pull down every board in game six.
If kyrie didn't shoot 70 percent in game five. If Harrison barnes could make a basket in 5 or 6. Warriors would have won those games.
Lebron is stagnant and gonna get his 25 points quietly he isn't the difference maker.
>>69267721
Not sure why people are so high on wade. He doesn't fit the cavs at all unless he comes off the bench. He's severly overlapped by both levron and kyrie. The starting lineup needs a floor spacer like jr
HUGE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN KD AND LJ
Lebron left his shit team for a good one
KD left a good team for another the difference IS Durant
KD was OKC him and westbrook
Lebron rode everyone elses coattails
Then came back to a team with a bunch of 1 draft picks he didn't do anything
Durant made his team great and is going to another great team and is gunna make them greater
KD is humble
LeBron is a nigger
>>69267721
Wade is done. If he signs it's because LeBron wants to get him one last ring in exchange for all those salary cuts.
>>69267801
>if
Nice try Harry
>>69266246
>had trouble with Atlanta
Nigga what? I'm an Atlanta fan and this makes no damn sense
>>69267801
What if Lebron didn't get fucking 41 TWICE in a row in games 5 and 6?
>>69267801
>he actually believes this
>he actually, genuinely, unironically thinks this isn't the most retarded thing ever said by a human being
>back to back 40+ point games
>LEADING EVERY PLAYER IN ALL STATS FOR THE ENTIRE FUCKING SERIES
This is the last time you get the (you), unless you apologize you're officially done
>>69267723
Who won you brain damaged flip
>>69267826
Dirk Dynasty is a fucking idiot.
>Atlanta gets swept
>having trouble
>>69267829
That what if is pointless. LeBron Sims willed his team to win just like he did in Game 6 of the 2012 ECF. If he needed even more points to win he would have gotten them. It was all for da land
Dirk Dynasty = Harry
Prove me wrong
>>69267801
Everyone is giving u shit because you are right. Lebron was not the difference maker no matter how padded his stats are. Kyrie was the real MVP. And tristian pullin all those boards. Kyrie hitting that clutch 3 and then Lebron missing clutch free throws. Lebron wasn't even the second best player on the team. Kyrie was the real MVP
>>69267866
Simply*
>>69267869
Probably. Both have retarded terrible arguments and back it up with some form of >u mad
Why do we get all the autists? Is it my fault?
>Harry didn't kill himself in the off season
men everyone is taking the heats bench and the grizzlies are take the heats coaching staff
69267801
69267877
You were warned. You are officially shunned for your dumbfuckery.
>>69267869
I thought so too. They're both equally retarded/delusional, and the amount of Harryposts have gone up quite a bit as the Dirkcuck posts went down.
Anyone remember Tim Thomas on the Bucks when he wore 2 headbands?
>>69267911
Calls someone dumb fuckery. Can't even reply.
>>69267877
>>69267801
You can't samefag your way out of this. Don't @ this board ever again, you dumb cuck.
>>69266064
LeBron
Wade
Kyrie
Love
Thompson
Memoirs would get blown the fuck out, but they're not even going to make it out of the West this year, spurs will save all energy to BTFO those pussies. Westgod might even go SSJGOD on their asses and singlehandedly beat them.
>>69266064
Top ten of all time......are you sure about that?!
Maybe top 20........25
>>69267912
Coming up with names for people who disagree with me. There could only be one person who disagrees with my opinion.
>>69267946
Not even.
>>69267943
Oops.
Quit trying.
>>69267801
>Lebron isn't the heart of the team
Literally they wouldn't be there without Lebron so your point is mute.
This isn't Kobe where his team could make the finals without him
Someone with photoshop make an Avengers vs X-men picture with the Cavs and Warriors
>>69267965
Oops, stop posting forever, retard.
>>69267750
Dude's going to be a worse Kyle Korver
Looking for members of the Fuck Kevin Durant broship. Only teams that truly hate kevin durant are allowed in. So far we have
Cavs-Clips-Thunder
>>69266263
I mean.....can you really blame him?! No one wants to be a Nash Barkley or mcgrady (Dan Marino too for bonus points) although I don't agree with it and think it's a bitch move....I totally get it.
>A lot of other players had bigger roles in that finals.
>If Harrison barnes could make a basket in 5 or 6. Warriors would have won those games.
>Lebron is stagnant
>and gonna get his 25 points quietly
>he isn't the difference maker.
>tfw Cavs fan and happy Durant went to the Warriors
>>69267956
Ha true
>>69267949
Here's another (You) Dirk/Harry. Use it well.
>>69267877
Thing is lebron fans don't watch much basketball. They watch him in the finals then talk about his padded stats.
Don't know shit about basketball tho.
So he had that many rebounds? I want to see a clip from the finals where he boxed someone out. He jumps up over teammates who have started to just let him do this, so he can grab an easy rebound that three other guys on his team could have grabbed. Time after time. The guy never boxes out.
Okay now on the flip, watch tristan thompson get his rebounds. He puts in the work to go up and battle and box out to get his boards. The ones that could go either way. Lebron is no where to be seen during those times. I've asked for a clip of lebron boxing out in the finals and no lebron dick rider can post one. So don't worry I'll wait.
>>69267944
This lineup is worse than the championship lineup. Every team would just clog the paint and dare them to shoot. That might have worked in miami, but this isn't 2012 and lebron/wade can't get to the paint at will anymore especially in wade's case
If blank did blank should be fucking auto deleted. It seems like every argument on this general boils down to what ifs. It's fucking retarded.
>>69267613
OKC made themselves a small market franchise
Post pictures of players laughing/having fun while getting blown out
>>69267931
He's not giving him any more (You)s pham. He warned Harry.
>>69267831
69268050
Why is Harry Dynasty so desperate, senpaitachi? What drives him?
>>69268050
This. Sooooo many of his stats....and other players as well too. The league is not what it used to be
>>69268002
You can add Celtic, the Durant to Celtics hype.
Instead of joining a young team and being the man like the player he idolized (Bird) he joins the Warriors.
>>69268052
Could play a box one zone and put the one on kyrie. Keep everyone else out of the paint. Lebron hasn't shot 40% outside of the paint in years. Oh no facts for the lebron fans. Here comes a personal attack on me instead of posting a state back.
>>69268080
(You)s
He was just another spammer until everyone gave him attention.
>>69268087
how many games you put the Celtics at next year? 50?
>>69268002
Literally every team except the Warriors is in this broship. Actually RBL might not be since they hate LeGod and have felt threatened by BTC, the original anti-Memeiors alliance.
>>69268084
Stop responding to yourself.
not mad about it, it's just that Durant choked against GS, so then he joins them? Even though he was the one that choked 3 games against them.
>>69268108
Is it really that simple? /nba/, the Anti-Warriors Alliance, must resolve to never knowingly @ Harry Dynasty ever again, then.
>>69268050
It's true I didn't see one box out. He literally pushes his teamates out of the way to get the rebounds which are most likely defensive ones with no one contesting for them bc they most likely came from 3s. Lebron the biggest guy on his team runs to the get them so he can have more and his teammates just get out of his way. Anyone could get those it just happen to be Lebron. Tristian battled for everyone mostly on the offensive glass with guys all over him to help give his team another chance. The difference is Lebron doesn't have to fight for his stats its handed to him
>>69268108
Why do lebron fans always derail from convo and arguments to personal attacks. Oh just like every other aspect of the internet when your out of facts resort to personal attacks.
So if LeGod somehow beats Warriors again, is he the officially the GOAT(Even though he already is)?
>>69268161
>Even though he was the one that choked 3 games against them.
>Choked
>Durant was being courted for months
>Joins the team that refballed their way into the finals, physically hurt his own teammates, cucked his team out of the WCF
The Betrayal
>>69268162
I've been saying this for like 7 months and no one listens. He's just like every other autismo, just stop replying. He's obviously just trolling everyone. Who cares.
>>69268178
100%
he will win his 5th mvp this season too since durant and curry will destroy each other's chances of that
>>69268174
Harry, you've been BTFO so hard. Just stop posting.
>>69268178
>somehow
But yes, he jumps to #1 official.
>>69268153
Tag em both so I can screen cap. 4th time this thread? Failed attempt to call out samefag.
Alot of people don't like lebron.
A lot of current players. Any previous coach he has had can't stand him.
Even lue had to tell him multiple times to "shut the fuck up"
HARRY DYNASTY WANTS YOUS, HE EVEN @S HIMSELF FOR THEM
PLEASE REFUSE TO (YOU)S
>>69268203
Last (You)
>>69268161
Golden State have been recruiting him for half of the season if not longer. There have been talks about him joining the team during the regular season. It was a very timely situation because Klay, Steph, and Green are all on dirt cheap contracts.
>>69267670
I'm sure Wilt has done that too if blocks and steals were counted back then.
>>69268114
I think 50 is reasonable, Al Horford is a nice addition, gives them a rim protector they didn't have.
They really haven't addressed their main issue tho, they're a horrible 3 point shooting team and their offensive depends on 3 point shooting.
You saw it in the ATL series, ATL packed the paint with bodies, shut down IT and let the Celtics chuck up bricks from 3.
I think the league is going to be Cavs/Dubs for a few more years, so it's more about developing players for the future. Celtics are in a great position for that imo.
http://www.masslive.com/celtics/index.ssf/2016/07/jaylen_brown_injury_boston_cel.html
>Jaylen Brown hyperextended his knee and is out tonight.
>tfw Ingram's skinny ass is gonna get hurt too
>>69268233
So he never did it with even less categories being counted?
>>69266617
at this point, with the NBA enabling such a lame trade with KD at GSW, owners should just offer the cavs their top players for a tuppance, just to one up Golden State and deliver a big fuck you to the league.
>>69268044
you do know I stopped posting an hour ago and the person you've been wasting your time with isn't me right? Stop making a fool of yourself by calling someone else me. No wonder he has kept replying to you.
>>69268238
Celtics still need a star scorer. I really thought buddy was a good fit but he's risky as everyone says. But yeah, isiah Thomas is good but he's no star scorer. If they could find a guy to do that they'd be legit. Right now, you're right, they're around a 50 win team and not really a serious threat
Thread done? Lebron fans done?
What records have you broken in MyCareer? I've beat the previous record of 12 three-pointers with 15 three-pointers.
but I just realized they lost their best illegal screen. How is Curry gonna get open now?
>>69268302
Assists, Threes, Steals
I'm currently having a triple double season.
I have 2 quadruple doubles already.
>>69266263
Who is considered a better player, Barkley or Pippen? Both were GOAT tier but Barkley tried and failed as the guy on the team. Pippen did pretty well without MJ, but never got to the finals without him. Durant will also be known as being not able to win without Steph and Golden State.
He should've gone to the Clippers. It'd be much more comparable to what LeGod did. And if they won, he'd be the guy who did it.
>>69268273
I didn't like Buddy to Celtics, because I think even with him they aren't beating the Cavs. So with the 3rd overall pick you don't draft need, you draft potential. I liked Brown and Bender for potential.
I agree 100% tho, they need another go to scorer to take the load off IT. Celtics are building a top defensive team with limited offense. If they are able to somehow add offense they will be legit.
>>69268266
Last one.
Anyone going to cringe when they see the warriors next year talk about how hard it is and how they are struggling when they lose a game in the playoffs and say shit like man if it wasnt hard it wouldnt be a sport!
All while they have the most stacked team in history. Will we look at this team like we do the Heatles (in entertainment value)? I feel like Durant is a boring ass player who basically tries to draw free throws though
>>69268225
Some reports say they've been after durant since last year. Green took less money to plan for durant
>>69268328
I think Durant has already proven he can play without Steph and GS.
It takes a supporting cast to win rings.
>>69268319
I average a double-double because the bucks will literally not take me the fuck out. I average around 50ppg.
I'd go for the assist record, but who the fuck would I get an assist from on the bucks? Everyone sits outside of the arc and kicks the ball to someone else, even if said person is open. I swear I almost got fucked out of a tripdub with that.
>>69266064
Will they kill the meme again?
>Drafted Simmons
>Drafted LuWaWa
>Drafted Furkan II
>Didn't trade Noel or Okafor for scraps
>Signed 3 veteran players who are known locker room guys and complimentary to Ben Simmons on cheap, short term contracts
>DIDN'T TRADE NOEL OR OKAFOR FOR SCRAPS
Hinkie may have died for his sins, but the man and his dad aren't doing stupid things like overpaying for Crabbe or Waiters
>>69268389
I'm the PG for the Knicks.
Surprisingly, I can easily dump it down to Robin and Affalo makes most of his open shots. Easy layups from Melo too.
>>69268400
Without doubt.
>>69268302
times unable to get my shot to land. I've had 7 perfect green's clang the rim.
Also, the story is a fucking joke and I wish it was 2k15 or 2k14
>>69268400
they have to retool their bench and replace smiff with another good 3 chucker, but the haven't done anything yet.
>>69268421
the camera got nutted on
>>69268400
Yes, this is just like my Japanese animes.
Kyrie will be 2017 FMVP
>lebron posts sometbing about the godfather on july 4th
>wade is rumored to come to cleveland
What did lebron mean by this
>>69268404
Sixers going big while everyone else is going small.
For Sixers fans sake, lets hope Simmons isn't as soft as he seems. Kids got no heart.
Hawks wont make the playoffs this year. Lost way too many players. Losing Teague being the biggest blow
>>69268433
>mfw based pipe has the blowout season of his career
>mfw he literally kills wardell "fouled out knees and ankles" wurry and glay "this is a man's league [leaving the game early intensifies]" by balling so hard in game 1
Based Lebron brings Wade to the land
They amount the nbas last stand against the meme ball warriors
They slay the dragon and the team breaks up
Thank you based Lebron
>>69268474
Howard maybe trying to prove something this year (playing with a chip on his shoulder), but I think he is washed up. I like Horford a lot more.
Your right tho, Hawks are going to have a hard time, the east got stronger, (Cav, Celtics, Pacers, Raptors all better teams). While they Hawks lost a lot.
>NBA Finals MVP: 2011
>NBA Most Valuable Player: 2007
>13× NBA All-Star: 2002–2012, 2014–2015
>12× All-NBA Team: 2001–2012
>RANKED 6TH IN ALL-TIME SCORING
>Ranked 2ND in all-time NBA Finals free throw percentage
>82 consecutive free throws made (the third-longest streak of all-time)
>One of FOUR (4) players with an NBA Playoff career average of 25 ppg and 10 rpg (25.3 ppg, 10.0 rpg through 2016 postseason)
>One of seven members of the 50–40–90 club: 2007
>Holds the record for most free-throws made in a single playoff season with 205 free-throws made: 2006
>Dallas Mavericks all-time statistical leader in games, points, rebounds, field goals, three-point field goals and free throws
Literally LITERALLY Top 10 player in NBA History
>b-but you need to play defense and offensE to be Top 10
>RANKED 8TH IN ALL TIME DEFENSIVE
>One of TWO (2) players with 150 three-pointers and 100 blocks in a single season: 2001
>One of THREE (3) players to surpass the mark of 1,000 in both three-pointers and blocks for the career
>One of TEN (10) players to surpass the marks of 25,000 in points and 10,000 in rebounds for the career
Based Fucking Dirk
Most Loyal
Most Clutch
Most Lovable
>>69268370
Here is a protip for you: I am an /sp/ elder trip. I am of the trip Hierarchy of this board. I am wise and untrollable. My (You)s are worth 10x that of typical Anonymous (You). And as such I never take my trip off. I don't need to. Why would I waste my highly valuable posts under an Anonymous moniker? Don't miss call some random Mavbro anon as me.
>D-Wade
>Get mad that the Heat didn't offer you a max deal from the start
>Entertain offers from Milwaukee
>Heat offers him 2 years/40M with a player option
>Turn it down
>Will probably head to Cleveland via MLE for a 6M/year deal
>Lebron will take a pay cut to keep JR Smith
>tfw Cavs and Warriors are invalidating every other team
>>69268463
>Kid got no heart
how did you reach this conclusion?
Also, Tall ball is the sixers chance
>>69268536
It's for the greater good senpai
>>69268463
He just has that all business, cold blooded assassin mentality. He's to Embiid what Kobe was to Shaq (only in terms of personality).
>>69268535
Dirk likes the sisters too
>>69268535
Will give him credit for being one of a few with finals mvp and mvp
But he's not on the tier of guys who have 3+ in each category, loyalty doesn't translate to wins, and often time is a long term hindrance to the team as bad management doesn't get corrected
>>69268536
Cavs would be doing it in kind though, would've never happened if Durcan't hadn't gone to the dark side.
>>69268266
I haven't even been replying to him so he is talking to multiple people.
>>69268536
I think that Westbrook will be so assblasted by KD bailing, that he'll join Bron Bron in Cleveland as soon as he can
>>69268546
Someone said on ESPN that Wade doesn't want any less than 2 years/50M, so that Cavs thing is probably not happening.
>>69268535
damn i fucked that up it was supposed to say 8th all time defensive rebounds
>>69268535
le shoot 3s and kick the person guarding me man
>>69268536
>mfw it's Lakers-Celtics in the 80s all over again
HGH HGH HGH
LeBron finally shot 50% in a playoff series since coming off hgh.
>>69268538
I agree about Tall ball, they say, when everyone starts doing something (small ball, space and pace) you have to do something different.
Simmons being soft/no heart is the narrative, I'm saying I hope it isn't true. I don't really judge players until they have been in the league for a few years, every prospect is a future super star to some and a bust to others, before they have even played one pro game.
>>69268590
They could work the Wade deal by giving him 3 years 45 million with Miami paying 15 of it. He gets more money and gets to play with lebased
I really hope bron takes a fucking pay cut, you can tell he fucking Hates curry and is about to go all in this year.
>>69268614
Muh lebron would never. He doesn't need it...
wade to miami on a 2 year 53 million dollar deal, 2nd year a player option
mcroberts getting traded
>>69268587
westbrook would probably hurt more than help. Having 3 ball dominant players is terrible. Durant works with meme state because he's just a straight upgrade over barnes
>>69268535
>Most Loyal
>Most Clutch
>Most Lovable
Dirk is indisputably god-tier though, and the Texas rivalry between Mavs & Spuds was the comfiest rivalry of all time.
>>69268573
>is a long term hinderance to the team
This is a literal meme to say Dirk being on the mavs is the reason they won't be good. That is literal retardation to think that. The Front office failing to sign highly prized FAs and Cuban dismantling a championship winning team has absolutely Zero (0) to do with Dirk.
Its kind of triggering to me when people belittle Dirks Loyalty as a reason the Mavs won't be good again.
>>69268567
If his son follows in his fathers footsteps he should be a conplete Beast. dem genes
>>69268614
Crazy! It's almost like a 25 year old man is larger than a 19 year old kid. Almost like they fill out going from being a teenager to adult.
turn the lights on and watch the Lebron cockroaches scramble
>>69268614
He's 19 in the first pic, and 25 in the second.
>>69268645
Im pointing out a fact that he has been a cucked employee and should have said something to Cuban
Do you think Lebron would allow the championship team to get broken up the next year?
You don't think Cubans incompetence has been a hindrance to signing free agents?
>you will never be an NBA dad
>>69268567
COLONIZED
To be honest, I think it's all the idiots who say Only rings matter and completely ignore individual accomplishments fault. It's cause of them all these super teams are being formed.
>people stop responding to your bait
>start spamming
why are asians so autistic
>tfw goat
>>69268655
>>69268660
Your jaw isn't a muscle. He was done growing at 17.
Watch this niggaz kd pull a deandre the hate he is receiving now is INSANE and worse part is I saw it coming lol I mean who didn't?
>>69268648
He has nerd glasses on so he must be speaking the truth
>>69268642
would you watch a show about Dirk amd Duncan living in a house together and getting into shenanigans?
Episode 1 would be about them pulling pranks on everyday people in Dallas and San Antonio then going tubing on the Guadalupe
>>69268699
I like that lebron fans were so salty they had to remake this.
How crazy would it be if Ray Allen came back & joined the Cavs to face the Warriors in the Finals then hits a historic 3 greater than 2013 lol
Durant on the Warriors will not be as good as people think. It's redundant to have this many offensive superstars in one single team. Spain competed against the US in the 2008 olympics finals because of that, it doesn't matter if you have Kobe, Lebron, Durant, Carmelo, CP3 all in one team, you still have only one ball.
>>69268679
Unfortunately, I may not even end up being a dad at all. At least in the NBA I could afford to be a dad and still do what I want to do.
>>69268726
>41 year old man on defense against Golden State
He'll give up more 3s than he'll make
>>69266124
>GS will be unstoppable
This GS experiment will implode because Durant can't stop ISOing and stall their offense
>>69268730
KD getting all of the looks barnes got could easily average 30. KD doesn't have to dominate the ball to be effective unlike most of that 2008 team
>>69268729
It doesn't matter how you try to spin it. Durant is a huge upgrade from Harrison Barnes. Zaza isn't the rim protector Bogut is but he's dirtier which is good enough.
is /nba/ really that mad? you're not very good at hiding it
lmao
>>69266417
>Warriors bench > Cavs bench
Warriors just gutted their bench to land KD. All they can do is sign like 4 vet min lol
Do you know how dumb yall clowns in the board I'm confused ..... Y'all saying wade should take a paycut & join the Cavs .... What the fuck ... If he doesn't want to take a cut in Miami what the fuck makes you think he would a paycut to join Cleveland .... I don't understand .... This whole situation between Wade & Miami is about money ... Wade wants to get paid ... How is going to Cleveland going to get him paid ?????
>>69268774
bogut is going to the mavericks lol
>>69268750
Can we make live action substitutions like hockey please? Have Ray Allen on offense, then as he's running back on defense make a quick in-game switch with Shumpert on defense
>>69268737
>not double knotting in the first place
disgusting
>>69268631
>going on a cut before the season
What a cuck
>The Magic are finalizing a deal to send PG Shabazz Napier to Portland for cash considerations.
What's with the Magic and them giving Portland a player for free every offseason?
>>69268793
gay bay area faggots
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kl4hJ4j48s
>>69268802
It's cavs fans seeing there chance of ever winning again dwindle. He is to tjem their only hope.
>>69268797
>Gutted their bench
>Still have Livingston and Iggy
>Zaza for 2.9M is a good indication of vets willing to play at GSW for the minimum
>>69268674
You underestimate Dirks loyalty. Dirk would rather finish out his Career on a team that he has always known. He would rather finish his career on a fringe playoff team where the fans, and front office have always shown him the upmost respect.
Dirk understands his Legacy isnt about multiple rings. He has already proven to himself and everyone else that he worked hard to be one of the most dominant plauers throughout his entire career with very little regression through old age. His Legacy is that of a Dallas and Texas icon. There were fans in both the "Let Dirk go to ein another Ring we still love him" and "Finiah career here even if it means not getting another ring" camp. But 100% of the fans were going to be completely behind whatever decisiom he made. That is how much he means to us.
I won't be surprised if Cuban sells the team to someone who is interested and qualified to rebuild the team once the Dirk Era is finally over.
who /z-pach/ here? literally cannot wait to see him celebrate 3 or 4 titles. he's a bro
>>69268853
Hence why he has one ring and you have to make excuses against others with 3+
>>69266417
Jeez did you make this on what their legacy is or how good they are now. Klay can wipe the floor with Wade. Kd dominates lebron. Steph is still mvp nig. And if it's anything besides rebounding tristan is ass.
pretty sure the Raps are gonna be completely irrelevant next season, free agents dont give a fuck about this city
>they actually thought they had a chance at Pau Gasol
that dude wants nothing to do with us, or any other self-respecting professional NBA player for that matter
>>69268797
the cavs bench got gutted too. They only have shump and frye left and they are likely losing jr
>>69268802
>using elipses every 3 seconds
Either he gets paid 2 yr 50 mil like he wants by whatever dumb team wants to pay him that, or he goes to the Cavs to try and stop GSW. Real simple.
>>69268714
>fans
it's just one guy doing it
>>69268831
Something that he had never done before and miraculously happened to be right before the nba started testing for hgh.
Yeah ok nice try get that weak B8 outta here
>>69268866
>Kd dominates lebron
stopped reading there
You know I woke up today after being salty durant left to the warriors to realize that there is a big problem that still wasn't solved by the warriors. Who the fuck is going to rebound? Your 3rd highest player in rebounds is Curry with like 5.5 rpg. They will probably still get bullied by the cavs in the finals. Hell maybe even the thunder, spurs or celtics.
>Lakers and Celtics fans get upset that their teams are stuck in near irrelevance
>"muh rivalry"
>no other rivalry that invalidates other teams is allowed to exist according to lelker and bawwston fans
>mfw this happening with Cavs v Warriors
>>69268894
In 2016 yeah. 15 and 14 yeah.
2009 not so much. 12 not so much.
Lebron is years past his prime already.
You just proved you don't watch basketball
>>69268871
You can blame Trudeau for everything
Trump should build a wall for Canada instead of Mexico
>>69268863
>others have to chase rings and be packaged woth other superstars to win multiple rings
>Dirk even though he has been handicapped by not having other superstars around him and has less rings than them has still managed to be a better overall single player than them
FACT: Most of those multiple ring players would most likely have none if they played under the same circumstances Dirk has.
Also i hope you arent this >>69268370 anon because its sad if you are
>>69268892
I was just making fun of him because normally I bulked in the summer so by the end of preseason I can drop the weight and have more endurance.
>>69268866
>Kd dominates lebron
>>69268866
>Kd dominates lebron
Since fucking when?
>>69268901
Zaza, Draymond, KD
how many actual cavs fans exist on /nba/? are the rest of you just dick riders?
>>69268871
raps were never going to be relevant because lowry/derozen can't beat lebron/kyrie. They could barely beat pg13 and old man wade. They're a tier 2 team
>>69268873
losing delly was their biggest blow but even then he didn't do much in this years playoffs, and mozgov (lol). JR is staying wtf are you on
>>69268979
I've been bandwagoning them to win the Hip since that skinny faggot jumped to GS.
>>69268866
not going to lie i love this post. it made the lebeta cockroaches lose their shit
well played memezilla
>>69268901
You also woke up forgetting that Zaza and KD are great rebounders.
>>69268979
Was a fan going back to when they drafted andre miller. Remember when they traded him for d miles like some goddamn idiots? I also remember when everyone thought Ricky Davis would turn his talent into something instead of continuing to be a dumb nigger
>>69268910
>In 2016 yeah
Hmmm Cavs won both games against the Thunder last year and beat the team that knocked the Thunder out
>>69269034
>KD
>great rebounder
>>69268901
The problem isnt rebounding it's protecting the paint. Draymond is short compared to other big men and Zaza gets like 10 blocks a year. They need a rim protector ASAP
>>69268847
>Livingston and Iggy
you mean the 2 nonfactors in the playoffs
>zaza
the injury prone center that was benched in favor of Salah fucking Mejri
>>69269066
Maybe they will sign Larry Sanders, that'd be pretty cool kek
>>69269066
Well that's what I was thinking. They still don't have a big man that can solve their only weakness.
>>69268866
>Kd dominates lebron
that's how I knew you don't watch basketball
>>69266417
Why do people do this? pit one team against another based on individual 1v1s? basketball isn't a mathematical algorithm calculated the winning team based on which wins the most 1v1 isos
How often would Curry guard Kyrie 30 minutes a game? How often would Durant guard LeBron 30 minutes a game? And even if they did, would the opposite be true?
You can't predict any of this shit, except realize that the most offensively talented team in the league just got another top 3 scorer
>>69267691
>steph getting more than 4 assists
>>69268979
My first game was at the Richfield Coliseum. Been a Cavs fan since the Price, Nance, Daugherty era.
>>69268863
Dirk tripfag thrives on (You)s.
>Ira Winderman @IraHeatBeat 45m45 minutes ago
The expectation here: Josh McRoberts traded for space, Dwyane Wade two year, $53M total with player option in second year.
the kobr deal
>Josh Robbins @JoshuaBRobbins 42m42 minutes ago
The Magic are finalizing a deal to send PG Shabazz Napier to Portland for cash considerations.
pic related
>>69269063
he's a great defensive rebounder, but he doesn't box out so he doesn't make his team a great rebounding team.
but he is not an offensive rebounder. He is not great, not good, not average, not even bad. He is an absolute non-factor in terms of offensive rebounding.
>3 total actual cavs fans on /nba/
congrats cavs bros you should trip up so we know it's you and not the lebron cockroaches.
/nba/ is the most bandwagon board on the web and that's saying a lot because reddit exists
once again congrats cavs bros im happy for you
>>69268979
Harry, stop posting. You're the biggest bandwagon cuck here.
Lads stop shitposting and replying to underage spammers. Wade just followed cavs on twitter and instagram and they followed back
>>69268328
you know GOAT means greatest of all time right? Barkley and Pippen are both top-25 all time, but not GOAT tier
I hope Wade goes to the Cavs, don't even care if it means we are guaranteed a Cavs-Warriors final because it would almost be like an all-star game at this rate.
What did he mean by this?
NBA needs more top tier competition to match these super teams... League gonna be boring as fuck now
>The Golden State Warriors have pushed for a Ray Allen's comeback since 2014. His veteran minimum would be $1,551,659. Warriors likely to call, according to Basketball Insiders' Alex Kennedy.
They can't keep fucking getting away with it.
>>69269090
would be a high risk/high reward move, if Sanders has his head screwed on straight it would be a massive get.
or he could still be poisonous and create real problems before they're even able to waive him.
>wade following the cavs now
is it wrong to feel a little annoyed with this. But I am ok with seeing wade winning. I am so confused
>>69269066
>>69269099
>>69269090
Only defensive big man left to sign is Boban
>>69269183
>lakers
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
more proof /nba/ is totally BTFO
>>69269206
sauce??
>>69267826
I got broads in Atlanta.
>>69269148
If you are posting on /sp/ without a trip that literally makes you a cuck tbqh
What does this mean?
>>69269210
>tfw Boban gets more minutes this year
>tfw he becomes a force
Can't wait.
>>69268915
>if
If you weren't such a colossal faggot, maybe you wouldn't be so wrong all the time
>Atlanta gave the Cavs a hard time
>>69269134
kek didn't the Magic give Portland Mo Harkless for cash considerations or something last year and then he went on to be starting for them in the playoffs?
Napier confirmed legit
>>69269225
https://twitter.com/ConradKaz/status/750380807731175424
>>69269080
If you think Livingston and Iggy are not good bench players then I guess a lot of teams in the NBA don't have a good bench. Livingston would made a shit ton of money had GSW not picked up his team option.
And Zaza started 69 games last year and he will not get anywhere near the playing time he had at Dallas. He gassed out the 2nd half of the season because the Mavs were shitty and had to overuse him.
Why doesn't the NBA head office reject the Bogut trade for "basketball reasons" to nuke the KD signing? They can't stop a free agent but they can stop GSW from clearing cap space.
>>69269194
Ray allen is 41, hes not coming back. Conditioned or not he hasnt played in 2 years, he already left an amazing legacy. Ring chasing is pointless for him.
>>69269184
The nba needs to develop the assload of athletic talent already in the league. It's sad that there are so many athletic, giga niggas right now squandering their talent by being skill-less
>>69269255
GSW could of easily just waived Bogut if no one really wanted to trade with them and created the space needed to sign KD
>>69269056
Really makes you think
>>69269255
being so mad you're literally grasping at straws. just let nature take it's course and warriors win 8 titles
>>69269250
so tell me namefag, is dwade gone or what?
Y tf do people keep bringing up the LeBron situation if we all know he is one of the most hated in the sport and got most of his hate from that thing we keep bringing it back up the hate for this dude will never stop people acting like LeBron didn't get the most hate from that this is NOW
>>69268979
I'm not a Cavs fan or a LeBron fan, but I hate the Warriors and want them to not do good. Cavs are the only team that could beat the Warriors so I am rooting for the Cavs to beat them.
>>69269255
The only reason "basketball reasons" became a thing is because the league owned the hornets. I don't know why people keep citing it as a catch-all precedent
>>69269256
All they need him to do is stay on the 3 point line for like 20 minutes a game
>>69269271
or alternatively focus on targeting and developing moderately athletic and highly skilled players that have high work ethic, i.e. Buddy Hield and Kris Dunn.
everybody wants to hit home runs when they could be hitting singles and doubles much more effectively
>>69269279
About how retarded Harry is? Yeah.
Call me crazy but Dwight Howard will average 22PPG & 13RPG this year with the Hawks.
>>69268979
Akron resident and Cleveland area native here. Cavs and Indians fan. I don't understand Browns fans, though.
http://www.eater.com/2016/7/5/12097470/kevin-durant-restaurant-kds-oklahoma-backlash?utm_campaign=eater&utm_content=chorus&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
seriously why do people do this? you dont have a life outside making fun of athletes
>>69269273
no they can't, waiving Bogut leaves his salary on the books because he is guaranteed.
>>69269194
lol, someone said I was full of shit when I suggested this might happen the other day. Livei n California and fuck around and shoot some 3s
>>69269273
Which would lose them cap space even if they use the stretch provision and money is gonna be tight for them. Plus they don't get the pick
>lakers vs warriors WCF
this is going to be fun
>>69269322
Not crazy. I don't know how good he can make the team though
was last year injury or apathy?
>>69269273
Buying out a contract would still be counted in the cap.
>>69269308
>Ray Allen
>Play 20 minutes a game
>>69269327
people pretended to like his shitty overpriced restaurant because they were kissing his ass hoping he would stay.
this is the release of self-disgust disguised as anger.
>>69266303
just like lebron
>>69268642
>tfw Houston wasn't quite good enough to be a part of it
>>69266064
>Dirk Nowitzki will stay with Mavs
I'm surprised Golden State isn't gonna trade for him in exchange for every player except Curry/Thompson/Green/Durant.
69269357
>>69266329
money
>>69269337
>implying the Lakers will even have a post season.
>>69269365
that was the game JJ watt ran to midfield and spit on the pats logo and dug it up with his cleats
Brady fucking bent him over for that one
>>69269357
told [x]
not told [ ]
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
cockroaches mad as fuck
>>69269357
LeBron leaving the Cavs for Miami isn't the same as Durant leaving OKC for GSW.
>>69269366
>Warriors trade Durant for Dirk
>Dirk gets 2 more rings with GS
>signs with the Mavs to retire a Mav
>the extra 2 rings make him a Top 3 nba player of all time
>>69266452
are you KD?
>>69269365
TWO RINGS BITCH
>>69269351
That's what Duncan did in the playoffs.
>>69266419
>11 or 15
Way fucking higher.
>>69269330
>>69269348
stretch provision would help them if they chose to go that route. would still have money on the cap, but it would be less $ per year but it would go on for a few years. Trading Bogut is obviously better, though
>>69269336
Money is tight for them regardless of what they, but trading bogut helped them obviously. Next year is gonna be the real test to see how they manage the cap and all those roster spots.
>>69269251
They're good, they just no showed in the playoffs, that's all. Now the bench chemistry is gone because Bogut, Barnes, Ezeli, and Barbosa are gone. They went from having one of the best benches in nba to a painfully average one now.
>>69269365
tmac and yao both just kinda died when it looked like they could contend. Kinda sad really
>>69266528
just like lebron
>>69269230
There's an old saying "Where there's smoke there's fire".
Well now that fire is a towering inferno.
>73 win team gets destroyed by Lebron James
>said team picks up 2nd mvp player in hopes of beating Lebron
Tell me how he isnt goat?
Both parties felt they needed to team
Up in order to stop the cavs
>tfw ugly poor no friends and virgin
the next nba season is the only thing giving me a reason to stay alive
KD fucking destroyed Golden State. Their bench, which was better than a lot of teams' starting five, consists of Livingston and a pile of shit.
I don't think management thought of what the consequences of signing KD would be.
>>69269412
Ray Allen hasn't played a game in 2 seasons, He'll be 41 next season. Combine those two with his past issues staying healthy the last few years he was in the league and he won't be playing 20 minutes.
>>69269393
THEY WERE 3-1 HARRY
T H R E E - O N E
does /nba/ seriously count Lebron's asterisk titles as theirs? lmao holy fuck you niggas are dick riders on steriods
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
>>69269470
well, bad news, the next nba season is gonna suck
>>69266569
its the same
>>69266617
KD doesn't have loyalty to OKC
Lebron on the other hand left his hometown
@69269461
>>69266329
That won't happen until probably the 2017-18 season, and I bet LeBron will slow down by then.
>>69269473
He played 195 games his last 2 seasons as a role player for the Heat. He can still contribute in some way to teams.
>>69269472
>still have livingston and iggy
Those 2 alone make them better than 80% of the league. They are fine
>>69269402
Also,
>Durant blows out knees in first game as a Mav, forced to retire
http://www.si.com/nba/2015/03/12/nba-nbpa-smoothing-salary-cap-labor-crisis-lockout-2017
Durant can obviously use his player option for 17-18 assuming there is a season, but Durant to GSW could be the move that precipitates a pretty nasty lockout.
also a new cap could test how small of a contract Durant would be willing to accept to stay with the Warriors.
I think we are going to see max contracts skyrocket to 40% and actually test the cunning of GMs.
>>69269448
If Barbosa and Speights wanted to come back, Warriors can go over the cap to re-sign them. Nobody wants Ezeli and Barnes back.
Zaza signed with GSW for 2.9M, there will be plenty of players lining up to play for the team at the vet's minimum. Nene, David Lee, Jarrett Jack, Kevin Martin, David West, Fatty Felton, Brandon Bass, etc.
>>69269454
Those early-mid 2000 years were pretty hype in Houston, then TMac's back started blowing up and Yao's foot exploded and it all fell apart
Next general better be /coldwar/ edition
>>69266835
where did jordan come from?
weeeeeewwwww
>>69266847
nope
>>69267067
so you're admitting it?
>>69267077
can't hack him
>>69267077
Zaza is going to play great the first half of the season then completely peter out the 2md half of the season. Better have a backup that is just as good waiting.
>>69269629
Admitting what? That the Heat were good in 2006? Yes.
The GSW are championship tier right now, without Durant. Stop posting, stupid.
>>69267647
That nigga kd has never said primary mandate in his life.
>>69269537
They're decent players, but this is still a really shallow bench.
>how do you stop these Warriors?
Wait until their stars get tired, then run a train on them like that group of niggers did with your mom.
>>69267866
*kyrie
>>69268400
well their last championship has an asterisk
so ill say no
>>69268655
fill out from steroids
Who's ready for Curry/Thompson/Dray/Durant/LeGod this season?
>>69269708
lebron fans admitting lebron was bitchmade with his decision
never thought i would see the day
>>69268910
You're a fucking idiot. Even today Lebron is still better than KD
>>69269629
>2006
>lebron joined in 2011
>implying it wasn't literally a completely different team that was barely contending for a playoff spot
Isn't Dirk playing shit for years already?
>>69269454
I remember that short era where Dallas, Spurs, and Rockets were all really good teams. Good times, I especially liked Yao's glory days with the Rockets. It felt like Chinatown seeing Yao Ming on billboards in Houston
>>69268535
>poor mans larry bird
>top 10
lol
>>khem birch goes to olympiakos for 400K $ for 1+1 year deal.
>>lakers gives 64 mil. $ for four years to Mozgov.
>>NBA, you are doing it wrong.
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