Thread 149315076

Great Yellow Hope edition
Old >>149305516

>gay gaygay gaylexgayder
>8 turnovers

why is sga listed as a point guard

shai lost

Who gets FMVP if Indiana wins?

>>149315163
obi toppin

>>149315121
uhh umm errrr aaahhhghh

>gaylen williams 40 points game 5
>gaylen williams -40 game 6

Let's be honest, Shai will dominate in game 7

FUCK SHAI ALEXANDER GILFIROUS

>>149315211
Imagine this kid grows up to be a 6’7 sniper

>>149315121
Haliburton and Giddey are the only pass first point guards left in the league. Curry and Harden changed the way that the point guard position is played.

>sg8
>as in 8 turnovers

>>149315367
wtf harden is a point guard? i thought westbrook was

mcconnel has been the 3rd best pacer this playoffs. Im not counting James Johnson, he only played in 5 games

>>149315490
>johnny furry
>-8.9

>>149315490
lol at t bryant being better than ben sheppard

This MF looks like he makes the best shawarma this side of the Euphrates

>>149315483
Harden was a 6th man on OKC who then went on to be the primary ball handler in Houston, Brooklyn, Philly and now the Clippers.

>>149315572
>any toppings sir?

>>149315367
Tyus Jones, Chris Paul, Elfrid Payton, Isaiah Collier, Ben Simmons, etc.

>>149315613
yeah extra spicy sauce

>>149315619
>>149315701
You guys are really scraping the bottom of the barrel at this point looking for examples.

>>149315780
I didn't say they were good, just that they exist. (But Collier probably will have a decent career.)

>>149315076 (OP)
>tfw i immediately and without ever wavering said that the mavericks won The Trade
>tfw the point of "tanking" (by choice or by circumstance) is to get the #1 overall pick and the mavericks did that, further solidifying their trade victory, especially since doncic's player option kicks in after the end of next season and the mavericks just got the new face of their franchise as well as one of the best NBA draft prospects in history on a #1 overall rookie deal for 4 years

Apologize to me right now you basketball ignorant faggots. Say you are sorry for being a clueless casual and that you yield to my superior basketball brain.

I am victorious
Nico is victorious
The Dallas Mavericks are victorious

The Dallas Mavericks are picking #1 overall and you can't do shit about it but screech and cry and shit your pants. It's over. Now APOLOGIZE you fucking monkeys.

Should I get chinese general tao chicken with fried rice or a pizza and some wings?

fuck the Lakers

>>149315852
What if flagg is a bust though

>>149315875
chinese imo

>>149315852
You knew that the league rigged the draft to give the Mavs Cooper flag?

Also, Luka would have signed the supermax contract extension had the Mavs offered it which would have gotten them more value based on the fact that teams would be trading for multiple years of Luka instead of a rental.

>>149315572
>Toppin's mother, Roni, is of Italian and Jewish descent. Toppin's father, also named Obadiah, is of Barbadian descent and was a well-known streetball player in Brooklyn.

based mensch

>>149315875
make a fucking salad, fatass

>>149315367
The idea of the 10 assist pass first pure PG as the engine of the offense was invented with Magic and only existed for a decade or 2 and in NBA2K. Before Magic, the PG brought the ball up and passed it to the center to start the offense. By the early 2000s the fast, scoring first lead guard had taken over the league. So we've actually had the modern scoring guard longer than we had the mythical pass guard.

The Blunder have no answer for based TJ, not watched them much all season but if the Pacers win I hope he gets FMVP

>>149315406
based

>>149316213
stfu nigger westgod averaged over 10 assists for 10 yrs in fact he averaged a triple double GOAT

Hali/Siakam/Turner/McConnel/Nembhard >>>>>> Chokic/Murray/MPJ/Gordon/Westbrick

Are you ready for Game 7?

>>149316386
Yeah but he was trying to get high stats. No one else tries. Westbrook is a stat artist and his 20 20 20 game was his magnum opus.

>>149316386
He never made it out of the first round as a first option and hasn't been a winning player even as a 6th man on a vet min. Westbrook is a bonafide shameless stat padder

>>149316213
Fucking Nikola Jokic averages 10 assists per game. These new age point guards are pathetic.

>>149315955
>>149316013
Why are there always two retards who fall for this shit bait?

>>149316386
You can't just compare mere mortals to Shiva.

>>149316418
istg if the Scott Foster crew gets to ref i'm gonna lose it

>>149316548
Jokic isn't a pass first PG. He's a do everything first Center.

Anon’s Mock Draft

1.) Mavs - Cooper Flagg
2.) Spurs - Dylan Harper
2.) Sixers - Kon Knueppal
4.) Hornets - VJ Edgecomb
5.) Utah Jazz - Tre Johnson
6.) Pelicans (trade with Wizards) - Ace Bailey
7.) Wizards (trade with Pelicans) - Derik Queen
8.) Nets - Khaman Maluach
9.) Raptors - Kasparas Jakucionas
10.) Rockets - Cedric Cowherd
11.) Blazers - Noa Essengue
12.) Bulls - Carter Bryant
13.) Hawks - Maxime Raynaud
14.) Spurs - Rasheer Flemming
15.) OKC - Collin Murray Boyles
16.) Grizzlies - Nique Clifford
17.) T-Wolves - Jeremiah Fears
18.) Wizards - Will Riley
19.) Nets - Egor Demin
20.) Heat - Jase Richardson
21.) Jazz - Asa Newell
22.) Hawks - Drake Powell
23.) Pelicans (trade with Indy) - Ben Saraf
24.) Thunder - Walter Clayton Jr.
25.) Magic - Liam McNeely
26.) Nets - Thomas Sorber
27.) Nets - Nolan Traore
28.) Celtics - Danny Wolf
29.) Suns - Yanic Konan Niederhauser
30.) Clippers - Bogoljub Markovic

why does the NBA draft only have 2 rounds?

>>149316606
>2 american whites top 3
No way Knueppal is #3.

>>149316638
because there are only 450 spots and good players hang around for a long time

>>149316638
Why do teams need more than 2 new players every year?

>>149316638
Half of the 2nd round don't even get full time guaranteed NBA contracts. Not enough slots in the NBA to justify more rounds

>>149316597
>do everything first Center.
He doesn't even play the other half of the game

>>149316606
If the 76ers draft Luke Kennard with the third overall pick move them to New Jersey

>>149315955
>What if

i'm terribly sorry, but hypotheticals simply are not arguments, and nothing about flagg screams 'bust' regardless. if anything, his early entry into the nba lends to the opposite.

>>149316013
>You knew that the league rigged the draft

yes, exactly how i knew that wembanyama was destined to be a spur or rocket because there was no fucking way they'd waste him in portland or charlotte. it doesn't matter that the mavericks' victory was already guaranteed because there are ALWAYS 'under the table' deals surrounding major deals: they won. john cena is a 17 time wwe champion because *he knew he was going to win every single one of them*. same thing here. the NBA draft lottery has BEEN fixed forever. i simply get to finally enjoy its favor for the first time in a long time.

>>149316555
>i can not argue his point, so i will instead address 2 of my fellow retards to see if they are also shitting in their hand and punching the air

i accept your concession of defeat.

kd deserves so much more hate:
>couldnt win at okc
>won 2 cheap rings (insane individual performance to be fair)
>went to bkn
>destroyed bkn and lost them jarett allen for deandre jordan
>not even an ecf
>went to phx
>not even a wcf
>destroyed phx
if he doesnt win a title at miami he MUST be removed from the top 15 all time ranking and be demoted to the giannis tier

>>149316898
Houston did that in the last draft and nobody noticed

>>149316898
Kennard is pretty solid he's just had a ton of bad luck

>>149316539
fellas is it statpadding to get assists? holy fucking retard

>>149316863
Top 5 in steals is contributing to defense no matter how much you think he is a liability on that end

>>149317098
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BhzX4mZWYS4
Westbrook blocked his teammates shot to raise his rebound stat. Stevens Adams average 3 more rebounds a game after leaving Westbrook. Averaging a triple double isn't hard when you're on a shitty small market team and all you're playing for is to pad your stats.

>>149317098
If a player I don't like is doing something good, I must do everything I can to try to undermine everything he does

>>149317350
Westbrook had 2 trippie dubbie seasons on the Wiz.

>>149317350
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZLozD4l-E4

>>149317350
who's talking about rebounds? can you read retard? assists retard assists

>>149317499
>bronsexual saying "his /nba/"

>>149317499
we own you

Dark skins would love haliburton if his mom was black and if he wasn’t best friends with KAREN Clark

im gonna penetrate the D hard, bang on my man, and explode at the hole for the finish

>>149318019
>when a guy is banging you
>...c’mon now

has there ever been a ssex tape with an nba player

>>149315875
fuck canada fat fuck

>>149316863
he was first in dbpm like 3 years in a row

>>149318126
You are literally Indian.

>>149318290
your are literally chinese kys canacuck

>>149315263
When did Michael Cole become based? Is he a face commentator these days?

>>149316418
sometimes you gotta respect his game

>>149318248
kek

>>149318447
those are league leading you retarded jeet

>>149318597
not dbpm. Bolded means leading the league

>>149318597
>>149318447
wait I just realized this jeet is using playff bpm instead of regular season bpm

>>149318248
DBPM is a flawed metric just regular BPM is, which gives Jokic 2x credit for his padded assist numbers just cause he plays point center meme. We don't believe you, stop the cap, he can't guard a chair

>SGA high fiving pacers fans after losing game 6
this nigger is corny and openly aura farms

>>149317311
Lol so was Vanvleet

>the series went to 7 games therefore it's good
been seeing this shit on social media in the last day. Only game 1 was watchable because of a big comeback, the rest have been boring blowouts

Threse haliburton legacy game
40 pts
12 assists
10 rebounds
Game winner

>>149319131
and still not a superstar

>>149317442
>Averaging a triple double isn't hard when you're on a shitty small market team and all you're playing for is to pad your stats.

I just remembered that Dame is gonna miss the entire season, what the fuck are the Bucks going to do?

After this season, I'm becoming a casual fan.

>>149319595
waste giannis' prime like always

>>149319460
who are you quoting?

Siakam was the reason the Raptors won in 2019.

>>149319595
It's time to move on from Dame.

>>149318398
Pretty much. He became way better after Vince got fired.

I bought NBA2K25 on steam just to do a rebuild for the Atlanta Hawks and then I'm gonna refund it

>>149319830
>trade him while healthy and in his prime
>take him back injured and shite for 1 pick
I wish teams were retarded enough to do this so we can see more trades

>>149319811
He was the 3rd best player on that team behind Kawhi and Lowry.

>>149319934
if you go over 2 hours played you can't get a refund, be warned. At least, that's what I remember it being.

>>149319934
Build around Risacher and Jalen Johnson.

>>149319963
He was clearly post prime when they traded him and this lets them get even more value back for taking on his contract.

>>149319830
>>149319963
>>149319595
I've seen scenario's where the Bucks trade Lillard and a pick or two for Beal, which I think is actually a really good trade for both teams: Suns get off the Beal contract and remove the huge distraction Beal has become, and the Bucks get an off-ball SG who will slot in perfectly next to Giannis. Sure Lillard won't play this year but then the Suns can play him early in 26-27, show he still has something left in the tank and try to move him then. Or, if he's hooping, have him be your PG, a position the Suns desperately need after the Booker at PG experiment didn't really work out.

INCELTIC SISTERS....

EMERGENCY TROONCORD MEETING ASAP

IREDIDDY BRING THE CHEESE PIZZA!!!!

THIS CANT BE HAPPENING XIRS

>>149320261
The heat didn't even make the playoffs this season and their roster is full of undrafted trash. The Heat have nothing that the Suns wants other than Bam and if he's traded then the Heat might aswell rebuild.

>>149320042
Yeah I know, its not that strict I've refunded a game after 3-ish hours before. It just needs to be somewhat legitimate and my PC isn't that good so performance issues are usually valid reasons

>>149320147
Just need to decide where I want Trae to go, maybe portland

>>149320261
Heat and Celtics are both irrelevant teams now what year you think we're in bud

>>149320386
Sounds like cope.

>>149320258
This wouldn't even be that bad because this year is a gap year for the Bucks. No reason to tank it if you keep Giannis but no way to go all-in, so something like Beal makes sense. He will get off your books in 2026-27 and you can become serious with Giannis with cap space and play the free agency game

my warriorers gon git giannis

>>149315852
quentin grimes AND a pick for... caleb martin?

>>149320543
Built for BWC

>>149320434
>t. get's his NBA takes from TikTok and 2k

>>149320491
No they won't. Giannis is on a supermax contract and the Bucks will do anything to keep him. Why would Giannis ask to be traded to the Warriors and be treated like a 2nd option behind Steph and have to listen to Draymond's bullshit?

>>149320261
are the heat a KD minus the stuff it would take to get him away from turning around the most embarrassing playoff defeat in history to being a legit title contented? I would think not

>>149320614
Enough about you.

Spurs are drafting ACE. He didn't meet with Philly because he already knows SA got him. Harper to the Sixers confirmed

>>149320703
Heat went from swept in 2021 to deep runs the next two years.

>>149320788
No fucking way Ace wants to play where he'll permanently be second banana to Wemby

>>149317098
people say it is when Jokic does it

Yup

>>149320477
NBAWB

>>149320942
>chetty on a healed ankle

>>149321073
Chetty.....needs more time.........

Please refrain from commenting your shit basketball "opinions" if you never owned T-Macs you stupid fucking zoomers

>>149316319
sixers just cant stop losing

>>149321177
snatched his soul god damn

I hate that silver is gonna rig it for okc in game 7

GAME 7 NBA FINALS. How we feeling boys?

>>149321396
Hanging in there. Game 7 is going to be hype but in the back of my head I'm still dealing with the thought that my parents got divorced after 20 years of marriage and my girlfriend had been cheating on me with a co-worker for months.

So all in all I'm doing as good as I can be.

>>149316269
real demon out here

>>149319595
I hope Giannis moves. I guy like him wasting his prime in that disastrous franchise is crime against the sport we all love so much. Send this nigga to my KNICKS

for me it's Derik Queen

>>149321396
This is the peak of the sport. The end of the story. I'll be taking a long break from the league after this.

>>149321441
I’m sorry to hear that anon. It’ll be okay.

>>149316078
>Barbadian descent
a what?

>>149321763
Barbados

>>149315163
The Great White Hope of course

>>149315163
Haliburton for sure

>>149320974
they look normal height standing next to each other

>>149320942
we can't let this corny ningas win

>>149315163
realistically, either Hali or Spicy P

should be TJ though

What will SiaDEMON put up in Game 7?

>>149315076 (OP)
Meal

>>149315224
>Shai

That's a weird way to spell "T. J. McConnell"

>>149322073
cute dog

>>149322073
cute doggo anon. tell him anon said hello

The Great White Hope

>>149322127
GWH > SGA

>>149322073
>Shitbull
Your dog is a walking liability

>>149322127
i love that basketball is the only sport where everyone is okay with racist humor/nicknames and on one gets mad. whites blacks asians, everyone clowns each other and no one takes offense. were all just laughing. mma is kinda like that too

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kEyax0Cflk

>>149320788
Stick to rugby lil bro

>>149322127
McConnell took that name away from Cooper Flagg.

>>149322073
are those chicken cutlets?

>>149322204
soccer fags are gay

Remember when Zach Randolph was selling weed to make ends meet?

>>149322228
They're not even talking about something important. The current tournament has a semi-pro team from New Zealand.

>>149322256
this was in compton

this is a niggas sport

>>149322411
Yes

>>149322204
soccer is the worlds biggest sport

>>149320563
>i can not refute your claim, so i will instead discuss an unrelated matter while shitting in my hand in a fit of impotent rage, sir

i accept your concession of defeat

>>149322505
Who cares about 3rd worlders they eat insects and dogs

>>149322411
it's true

>>149322590
we do too. well, not dogs, but most seafood is just bugs that live in the ocean

>>149322594
i hope this wigger gets aped on by draymond

>>149322620
are you a 3rd world sympathizer? shut up bitch

>>149320563
Grimes is a scrub we talked about this. Nico got yo ass raw boy?

stop acting so niggardly

I am black owned.

>>149322671
not really. im very happy to live in america.

any rumors on who my warriorers are acquiring this off season?

>>149322759
vucevic for kuminga

>>149322749
Aussiebawb...

>>149322759
I heavn't heard anything yet. Aside from them potentially giving up on Kuminga.

tj mconnell's real dad

>>149322821
his sister

>>149322854
Is she an undersized back up that can ball and has dawg in her?

>>149320543
one of the most perplexing photoshoots ever

What part of Indiana are you from, boys? For me, it’s Chicago.

>>149322918
Northern Indiana

>>149320543
blacks are the zestiest race. hispanics are 2nd

and I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger

This man is going to incredible lengths to not be drafted by the 76ers. It's a real shame that the 76ers are incompetent and will draft him anyway.

oo look at me im black I pose zestily in photoshoots ew being a dad is gross I want to take pictures yayyy muh dick!

>>149323156
i dont blame him

>>149323176
Last person to try this hard ended up being an all time great for the Sixers

>>149323168
antGOD...

>>149323156
it's not just the sixers. Dude is trying to tank his way to brooklyn

>>149323189
he couldve been a 2x mvp if he played for s erious franchise. This dude had shaq efficiency while also being one of the top 5 rebounders in the league

>>149323189
i have a feeling the sixers finna shock the world next season
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_kGx3fvjg8

>>149323302
I don't think being a hilarious clownshow would shock anybody

>>149323325
dont run when it comes

.

>>149323403
oh my god nobody can say anything bad about kobe again

>>149322749
EverythingOnThisList...
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2024/02/04/largest-black-owned-businesses-in-america/72410755007/

>>149322783
kek

>>149323450
You are indian and aussiebawb wouls have you sucking his dickm

>>149323403
he's right

SiakamGODS

We are winning Finals MVP this Sunday

What team does he support?

we really just gonna ignore the anorexic elephant in the room

>>149323551
Fuck this wigger

>>149323504
G7 gonna hit like crack in the 80s

>>149323551
which white guy do minorities like most? Mconnel, Chet, or jokic

>>149323594
real niggas like Daniel Theis

>>149323594
Plumdog millionaire

>>149323626
...because it looks like he can rape dudes in prison?

>>149323594
Dirk and Luka at least pre trade because he was chill with kyrie

>>149320543
*smacks that light skinned nigger ass and spits in it*

>>149323594
as a white guy (a minority now), it's McConnell all day baby

I'm gay..

can he mentally recover by sunday? that poster would give me nightmares

Rik Smits' was Patrick Ewing's daddy

>>149323403
Niggas talk a lot of shit, but that's after I'm gone
Cause they fear me in physical form

>>149323939
la la la la la la

>>149323905
He just tried to play defense

>>149323594
Chet since he's american and fucks with KD

>>149324037
>likes try hard wiggers

>>149323905
he saw something in siakam's eyes

>>149323905
He's learned from Shai how to get his lick back. He'll be lights out like he was game 7 against the Nuggets

>>149323594
Only upstanding white boys like Gradey DICK

Why does chet look more black than ihart

I need a Jalen Green replacement.

>>149324466
Hartenstein's ancestry is mostly German (possibly white)
Chet's ancestry is Swedish (swarthy)

2000: First round sweep

2001: First round exit 3-1

2002: First round exit 3-1

2003: First round exit lost in Game 7

2005: First round exit lost in Game 7

2007: First round exit lost in Game 7

2008: First round exit 4-2

2009: Second round exit lost in Game 7

2012: First round exit

Is this a first ballot HOF resume?

>>149324581
Yao Ming?

>>149324493
I'd take boogie over kd in a fight

>>149323189
Damn I forgot about this shit. Legendary prederaft story.

>>149324533
Benjamin cooked here

>>149324603
i mean obv

>>149324581
If the nigga is famous and did something for the brand of basketball then yes

I mean wilt is literally a huge freak of nature so it doesnt matter, but does anybody know the lore on why Wilt cant just post up and basically body his opponent to get closer to the basket? Watching wilt I honestly thought hed be way more of a physical player, and while he clearly is physically stronger than everybody else, he actually defaults to finesse like fadeaways and of course this finger roll in this clip https://youtu.be/cqYCK4WEEoY?t=3m36s

They should play game 7 in la

>>149324493
Nurkic tried to fight a nigga

Our women are trash

>>149325070
The rules forbid it

>>149325260
no way thats a real score

>>149323403
Any ball knowers know if this is true? i dont yet want to start my arc where I start watching old ball series, because i just dont have the time, but lately I want to.

>>149325070
The game wasn't very physical back then, everybody kinda tried to avoid touching butts.

>>149325321
'fraid so

>>149325300
Okay, but what was the explicit rule and why? Its very interesting that they changed that rule btw. Really puts into perspective how different the NBA eras are. For example, I dont think shaq is even close to as skilled a player as wilt was, but obviously he was way more successful and "dominant" the rule that allowed him to just bulldoze people probably contributed to that. Wilt actually had to find a way to get the ball to the basket, not just put it in, ignoring whatever was in the way. Interesting, my respect for Wilt has gone up, I didnt know he had to ball like this.

>>149325260
they're great at luring white men at the whore bars near all the major hotels, i seent it

https://youtu.be/cqYCK4WEEoY?t=4m42s
>The board play in the NBA is something to behold
>These fellas are big and strong and they play a no contact game
It seems in the original inception of Basketball, the fact it was a no contact sport was actually a source of pride, made all the more impressive by the fact of big guys having to play around no contact.
I can only assume its that they valued skill and finesse, and overcoming the opponent, rather than oppressing them, atleast for the standard of the time.

>basketball ends in a couple days
>football doesn't start for a couple months
what do you do during july and august?

>>149325765
get ready for football

>>149325397
did they also try to avoid touching bussies?

>>149325369
kobe has more dawg, thats all you need to know

>>149323403
kobe didnt get out of the 1st round after shaw left until pau gasol came along and carried his bum 25% shootiing ass

>>149325949
he was starting with Chris Mihm, Kwame Brown, Smush Parker, and Luke Walton until Pau came, and still took the Nash peak Suns to 7. stick to hockey.

>siakam 2 rings and a fmvp
uncomfortable conversations will be had.

>>149326022
? thats what he wanted. he wanted to be the star. he pushed shaq out. stick to wikipedia. hes a bum.

>>149325765
those are the peak summer months. go outside.

>>149326045
ring culture has killed nba conversations.

>>149326065
more rings than Shaq who then played with Wade and Bron in different retirement tour stops. being the star doesn't mean being the only useful player on the team, and i don't need wikipedia i watched it all live. get fucked canuck, enjoy becoming the 51st state

>>149324581
Tracy macgrady

>>149326065
thats not what he wanted. he hated all of those guys, killed the love of basketball out of Kwame and was so mean to Smush Parker he wanted to quit basketball in the middle of his prime.

if you've played sports, you would know how much you have to hate your teammates to not talk to them at all despite sharing a locker room for them.

>>149326143
not even comparable. shaq is 7ft 300+ lbs. giants grow old in dog years. and he got the first ring. d wade was a 5th pick. kwame was a 1st pick. get the fuck outta here.

>>149326143
oilers losing has taken a toll on leafs

>>149326205
referencing draft position after Kwame was a confirmed bust by the time he got to the Lakers lmao. stick to wikipedia indeed fucking zoomer retard

>>149326245
im referencing draft position cause you brought up wade like wade was an established superstar you dumb fuck. he was drafted in 03 as the fifth pick. sounds like kobe is just a shit teammate while shaq let go of his ego and brought wade up.

>>149326205
>kwame was a 1st pick.
nigga are you serious? Anthony Bennett a hall of famer now to?

>>149326161
kobe is a cancer. nigga made dwight howard and jeremy lin cry cause he wouldn't talk or communicate at all

The type of hate that WNBA players have for one another is the type of hate that I want NBA players to have for one another.
Why the fuck don't we have that kind of anger and rivalry in the NBA?

BABB bros... bawbs been acting up lately, i think i know why. Its McConnell... he has to be stopped, by any means necessary.

>>149326331
I agree with you on that front, I dont agree that he wanted a squad full of bums to make himself look better.

>>149326445
the other guy is ignoring the fact he okd the trade and they got caron butler and lamar odom who aren't even close to bums.

>>149326309
Wade was already useful and fucking finals mvp when they won with Shaq in 06. i'm convinced you're actually retarded and just googling shit now

>>149326457
you may not like it, but this is the peak basketball body

kobe debates now that kobe dead, go craaazy!

>>149326535
? shaq got pushed out by kobe. he didn't fucking leave la cause he wanted to go play with 1st year wade. stick to wikipedia dumb ass. wade winning finals mvp speaks more to how good a teammate shaq is vs kobes bum narcissit ass.

>>149326457
honestly. i thought bro was a girl a couple times lmao

>>149326685
Shaq was a fat disgrace in the later Lakers years and he left cause the Lakers didn't want to pay him, he got in better shape with the Heat

>>149326623
It kind of is. I'm an unironic jacked gigachad and I can hoop okay, but either the scrawny weak niggas or the fatties be the one's balling at my open. I played Football in D1 (University of Tennessee '07-'09) and then D1-A (Jax State- '10-'12 [yeah transfers had to sit out a year back then, I transferred for more playing time]) so that was always my mentality for weight training and honestly football training just doesn't translate very well for basketball regarding cardio and conditioning. You want to be skinny or fat, not really in between. Muscle isn't very useful anymore especially in todays SOFT game, back in the day you could body niggas, not today though. it's sad.

>>149326826
>he left cause the Lakers didn't want to pay him
again stick to wikipedia. everyone knows kobe pushed shaq out and thats how he did it through management. and shaq was the same fat fuck in miami.

>>149326910
Shaq lost like 100 pounds in Miami. He was terrible in the 2004 year

>>149326685
Shaq was a lazy fat fuck his entire last 3 years with the Lakers, got his revenge bod and then quit immediately after he won his single (1) chip post Lakers. Wade winning finals mvp speaks to Wade being one of the best young players in the league and he continued it on beyond Shaq's fat ass, meanwhile Kobe went on to win two (2) more chips with teammates who credit him as wept when he died and he elevated beyond their shit careers elsewhere. in any case i'm done engaging with a retard here using the same tired ass wikipedia line that doesn't even make sense, i'm 36 and born and raised in LA I watched all of this live while you were swimming in your dad's balls

Let me solve the Kobe question

>Yes, Kobe was a great player
>Yes, he was a ball hog and could shoot the team out of the game
>Yes, he pushed Shaq out of LA
>Yes, the Kobe revisionism post-helicopter crash unjustly pushed his consensus GOAT rank from not in the top 10 top to top 3 all time
>Kobe should not have stepped foot in that helicopter
>He fulfilled his lifelong dream of going out on top (of the mountain)
>Yes, he raped her

>>149325823
at all costs

>>149327074
shaq is over half a decade older than kobe. shaq is a giant so he ages faster. shaq won the first ring. kobe was playing with lamar odom the whole time. cry about it.

>>149327074
shaq was traded to the lakers '96 and was ,making all nba teams before the 3 peat year

>>149327074
btw if you watch his last year on the lakers vs 06 in miami he played exactly the same if not even worse on defense. fuck outta here spic

jokic & curry

who can re create this

Uh, you underestimated greatly
Most number ones ever, how long did it really take me

>>149327168
yes and he was still a lazy fuck, albeit dominant

i won't give (yous) to the retarded canuck, but he's simply wrong about everything he says. Shaq quite literally lost a shit load of weight and got as close to his prime shape as he could have for his Miami years, it's well documented and anyone who watched it could see it

>>149327326
so thats clearly a time traveler but the entire world is made up of drones and will ignore it. this is literally proof of time travel right before our eyes. there's no such thing as a coincidence. wake up.

>>149327344
shai dildos alexander

This Sunday.. the Oklahoma City Thunder… will rest. In. Peaceeeeeee.

any toronto niggas know the nigga on the left? his names JT.

>>149327074
Wade winning finals mvp speaks to refs being refs and giving him an automatic 15 points per game just from free throws.

That finals was one of the most blatantly corrupt moments in NBA history and that's saying something

>>149327452
how do I upvote in 4chan?

>>149327502
who is he

>>149327762
buy 4chan platinum

damn jdub started seeing visions

>>149327801
wtf

>>149327793
his names JT, he hoops in the toronto area and does semi pro. there's an instagram account that posts clips of a local park in toronto and hes always there. wondering if toronto niggas here knew him / played with him.

>>149327829
he had to get obliterated in that game so when the thunder win game 7 sgay wins finals mvp and there's no debate

>>149322759
Damn, which one of Dwayne Wade's sons is this

>>149327105
t. you in the middle

>>149327502
Whitest Canadians

SGA is Corey Maggette

Is Cooper Flagg really gonna be good or just another overrated wyt

>>149327854
does he fry niggas on that court?

>>149328264
did you watch the tournament

>Zach Edey was driving a KIA sorrento when he was pulled over for speeding
???

>>149327708
>That finals was one of the most blatantly corrupt moments in NBA history and that's saying something
Why did they rig it for a rando anyway (at the time) makes no sense

>>149328320
to build a new star, and give pat a final chip

>>149328264
there's a reason he only spent 1 year in college

>>149327854
>wondering if toronto niggas here knew him / played with him.
nigga thinks anybody on 4chan actually goes outside let alone plays ball kek

>>149327961
The one I wanna be :p

>>149327854
>assuming /nba/ actually plays basketball

>>149328265
yea hes a super athletic paint beast (he doesnt shoot whatsoever) he also has an ego with anger issues.
>>149328385
>>149328477
I cant be the only one that goes to play pick up when im off work right?

>>149326385
McConnell is cool. Leave him alone.
- Me a BABB

>>149328358
inability to perform academically?
lebron skipped college cause he can't read.

>>149328507
nah i play to and some other posters do as well, hoopin is the best

So is Embiid's legacy in tatters or what? Does he have much left in him anymore?

>>149327105
here i'll solve it
>haters while kobe was alive: "....."
that's the end of the "he only got more respected cuz he died!!" cope

>>149328554
His legacy is like his knees. Destroyed.

>>149328507
>he also has an ego with anger issues.
the best niggas to hoop with, makes shit more fun

>>149328554
he will forever be known as the DEI MVP and the only one that has never made it past the second round

bawbs?

>>149328264
He'll be Siakam+
t. knower

Derrick Rose belongs in the hall of fame

>>149328312
its usually blacks who spend their money irresponsibly

>>149328554
I will defend Embiids legacy. Still 9-2 v Jokic head to head

>>149328554
Best shooting big man of all time

>>149328610
Brutal

What the fuck is Juneteenth?

>>149328687
He's been ducking Jokic via load management, the record is sort of skewed.

>>149322918
Lafayette.

>>149325260
Oh man

>>149322918
why don't Illinois and Ohio team up and take you out?

>>149328592
agreed.

>>149328663
based, you just know he despises zest. Pacers in 7

>>149328808
South Bend belongs to Michigan

>>149328833
explain this in nba terms

>>149328708
If by big man you mean center, maybe. But I'd argue Jokic is at least on-par with Embiid in terms of shooting and that Dirk is basically a center who played in a PF role, Dirk is easily the best shooting 7+ footer ever. Wemby will probably claim the title when his career is all said and done, though.

>>149328663
> Logion Hoops...

They got you

>>149328665
> Obsessed with blacks...
Flag check out.

>>149328929
The Blazers should relocate to Seattle

>>149328665
>race outta nowhere

>>149328938
shit lmfao

heard two uncs talking about big dog in a gas station. he was before my time but was he any good? those bucks teams in the early 2000s with ray allen have been sort of forgotten about

>>149329071
stern denied the 2001 Bucks from making the finals, he vaguely admits this. They would have been smoked by LA anyways but would have put up an even better fight. bucks ray allen was HIM. fuck stern and thank silver for not being obsessed with big markets in the finals.

>>149327452
i wanna see siakim tombstone SGA

can the Vice City Narcos salvage something good out of this draft with the single 20th overall pick or is it unironically over

>>149328554
biggest mvp robbery since rose's in 2011

Reply to this post with the MVP winner from the year you were born.

Trying to see something....

>>149327708
show me more than 3 phantom fouls wade got

>>149328554
Is never making the conference finals a legacy?

>>149328665
How does a sorrento fit a 7 footer

>>149329222
Bob Pettit

>>149328554
his legacy is stealing the mvp from jokic which started a domino effect of jokic stealing the mvp from luka and then sga stealing the mvp from jokic

>>149329274
yes. trae young made an ECF on his watch.

this lil nigga is the white Stephon Marbury

>>149329337
don't disrespect tj like that

>>149329337
niggas really just be saying anything

could Kevin take the Heat to a finals appearance or is he washed?

>>149329397
I'd be surprised if he could take them to the playoffs desu

big Perk got AURA

>>149329222
This >>149329268

>>149329289
Okay unc

>>149329268
>>149329429
It all of us?

>>149328932
Jokic aint shooting 90% from the line. I'll give you Dirk though

>>149328554
his legacy is stealing money from the city of philly lol

For me, it's Magic Johnson

Silver gonna be rigging shit so hard for larriors/lakers/celtics after he sees the ratings continue to drop to new lows with parity era

>game 7
>draft
>free agency
yep it's peak nba time

>>149329602
Curry and Bron are washed up and Celtics are dimeless frauds that can't win with rigging

>>149329556
counterpoint: if kd didn't choke a 3-1 lead himself, the 73-9 warriors wouldn't have even gone to the finals to blow the 3-1 lead and the thunder would be the dynasty
either way that 73-9 team was fraudulent

>>149329602
silver doesn't give a damn about boomer shit like ratings. The league is drowning in money. King bag securer is on to more important shit like these expansion fees which have just gone up due to the lakers/celtcis valuations

>>149329653
Trvth nvke. Everyone knows zoomies stream everything.

>>149329222
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Holy fuck I genuinely forgot the finals are still going on what the fuck was that rat silver thinking putting two of the most flyover of flyovers in the finals. Bring back Stern dude how embarrassing

>>149329758
Sterns in a better place now anon

I'm starting to think that the Pacers are the real evil in this series
SGA will exorcise the demon

>>149325437
The rules were the opposite to what they are today in terms of favoring offensive vs defensive player. Contact initiated by the offensive player was actually an offensive foul in Wilt's day. This is why Wilt developed all those little flip shots rather than just endlessly backing players down 1990s style.

>>149329758
what's really funny is i didn't hear a peep about the game 6 results so i just assumed the thunder won the title and nobody gave a shit

>>149329777
Better than the Ninth Circle maybe

>>149329646
>if kd didn't choke a 3-1 lead himself, the 73-9 warriors wouldn't have even gone to the finals to blow the 3-1 lead
The Thunder loss was an actual choke. They were fully healthy and everything. The warriors finals, was plagued with some of the worst luck ever possible. Even worse than the 2002 wcf, just because of how exceptional losing fro. 3-1, as a 73-9 team was.
Thunder deserved their loss.

But on another note, what i find surprising, is how nobody has bothered to show any interest in digging deep on how a 73-9 team could even struggle that much in the playoffs, it seems to be the exact type of thing where nerds want to get super indepth on one super specific circumstance to try and understand it. But somehow nobody does. All everybody talks about is the comeback. Not the team.

jalms't know that the zoomies you despise are old enough to drink now, right?

>>149329820
what happened other than draymond getting his own dumb ass suspended for one game. that's nowhere near as lucky as kyrie and love going down early.

>>149329789
>This is why Wilt developed all those little flip shots rather than just endlessly backing players down 1990s style.
I actually think this is cooler. Ive always found it kind of silly how a mfer like jokic can just back up into 2 guys until hes at the basket and still...maybe miss.

Whereas Wilt has to do a long ass fadeaway and NOT just that, but this nigga is calculating geometry in his head and consistently banking it off the backboard like its intentional because technically the backboard is slightly closer along the arc of the shot than the actual net.

In Wilts era, it feels like, you cant make any excuse for why he scored as much as he did. He had no advantage from the game. He was just that sick. Genuinely earned a lot of respect from me.

>>149329653
It doesn't matter if anyone is watching on TV or league pass as long as they're gambling. Betting companies are paying huge dollar amounts in order to be associated with the league and the coverage of the games. Even if you're watching the games on an illegal stream, you're still seeing fanduel odds and getting coaxed into betting on the games. I bet there's plenty of people who gamble hundreds if not thousands of dollars on NBA games every year but don't spend on league pass.

>>149329857
>OMG GUYS 2015 WAS SO UNFAIR WITH NO KEVIN LOVE! EVEN THOUGH THE WARRIORS LITERALLY WON THE GAME THAT KYRIE WAS IN EVEN THOUGH HE MISSED THE SERIES!

>>149329867
jokic misses cause the 2 guys are pushing and hitting his arms as he shoots or hes gassed cause hes fat

>>149327502
Ive actually seen this guy while walking around Eglinton but didnt realize he was known for anything.

>>149329898
uh oh box score watcher retard alert. kevin love shut steph curry the fuck down.

>>149329907
Jokics conditioning isn't the problem it's moreso he plays like 40 mins a night
Luka is actually fat and out of shape

>>149329914
please look at a picture of jokic now vs 2020-2023

>>149315116
Fpbp

>>149329931
I never said he wasn't fat too but his conditioning is not a problem. He frequently doesn't even sit past the 2nd quarter and his scoring is still consistent

>>149329914
Luka's already shed the weight in one offseason, new owner will spend whatever is needed to surround him with an actual team instead of whoever Jeannie Buss wants to fuck. Lakers in 4

>>149329986
Until the Lakers actually have a center not named jaxson hayes they're jazz tier

>>149328563
Holy shit zoomers thought Kobe didn’t have haters when he was alive

>>149329986
jokes on you. Jeannie will still fuck those guys whether they like it or not

>>149329986
Copium

>>149330004
>there are video clips of arenas, lebum, wade, kendrick perkins, and all kinds of other bottom feeder trash players talking shit about kobe while he was alive
link one

>>149330018
>>149329998
yes, you are on copium now as you cope with the next 5 years
>>149330006
true, still governor for now

>>149315121
point

>>149329909
yea hes instagram famous.

If this happens does it prove the NBA is just as fake as WWE?

>>149321396
I want to be excited but I expect fuckery. This is the most corrupt and incompetent league in american sports.

>>149329222
Bill Walton

>>149329222
Kevin Garnett.

>The Rockets have reportedly offered Jalen Green and the 10th pick for Kevin Durant but have refused to include players like Jabari Smith Jr., Tari Eason, and Reed Sheppard, who the Suns have interest in, per
>@BrettSiegelNBA


“>Jalen Green and the 10th pick in this year's draft present a clear opportunity for the Rockets to swing a deal, but the Suns have demanded more, sources said. Jabari Smith Jr., Tari Eason, and Reed Sheppard are among the young talents in Houston that Phoenix has expressed interest in. The Rockets have not been willing to part with any of the three to this point.”

>(Via https://clutchpoints.com/nba/nba-stories/siegels-scoop-how-kevin-durant-trade-saga-impacts-draft-free-agency-rumors)

https://x.com/TheDunkCentral/status/1936085943791870194

You now remember the time Lou Will, Pat Bev, and a rookie SGA took the KD warriors to 6 games

>>149330351
jalen green scored 2 points in the playoffs are the rockets retarded? that's an even worse offer than whatever spurs was giving

>>149330351
shit if that's all it takes then tobias harris and 1 picks

>>149330351
>Rockets are retards and are guaranteed to not win a ring this decade

>>149330226
This would be like the NFL letting the Eagles smack the shit out of Mahomes in the super bowl where it would be an obvious in-the-moment change of course due to public sentiment but everyone would be okay with it because the good guys won.

>>149330495
explain further

>>149330502
>be a corrupt league
>shilling your new "dynasty" and / or "superstar"
>shill them a little too hard
>people start noticing things
>begin grumbling about poor officiating, obvious bias, double standards
>don't want people to think too hard about it and realize how shady it all really is
>let the underdog win an unexpected victory to convince people the outcomes wasn't predetermined
>resume predetermining outcomes now that you have a few years of plausible deniability

>>149330592
So will the Chiefs win the sb again next season?

Giannis
Siakam
Cade
Jaylen
Haliburton

Vs

Jokic
AD
Luka
SGA
Curry


Who wins in a 7 game series?

>>149330662
whichever team silver books to win

Jokic
Giannis
Luka
SGA
Halliburton

Vs

Prime

Dwight
KD
LeBron
Wade
CP3


Who wins in a seven game series?

>>149330706
2020s team would win cause they all can shoot and Dwight would just clog up the lane.

None of y'all know jack shit about prime Erick Snow

>>149330706
obviously kd and bron quit shooting weed. and we're talking prime dwight pre-back surgery? cmon man

heard KD and Boogie got into it

>>149330892
Do you think Dwight could handle Jokic's offensive game? I feel like Jokic could run him off the court.

>>149330925
Dwight did a good job on him in the bubble but jokic wasn't in his offensive prime yet

>>149330925
Old dwight could do it in the bubble, prime Dwight would have Jokic in fits

Hi welcome to Cleveland
Two Quarter pounders
One Big Mac
Basket of fries
Ranch
Chicken nuggets 20 pack
BBQ sauce
Honey bbq sauce from store
Sriracha
Yes that will all
Thanks

>>149330947
Old Dwight in the bubble was only guarding him 10-12 mins a game. Not a good sample size.

>>149330959
Ass looked great tho

>>149322918
I was born in Florida but all of my dad's side are from Kokomo.

>>149330226
they gonna rug pull me? the rug pulled me with the super bowl earlier this year

>>149330994
I'm so hard right now

>>149330947
Lakers exploited the refs refusing to call shit very well against Jokic it's true. letting AD shine in off-ball defensive situations is how you use him best. it's no wonder he always wants to play PF and not C, he rotates and helps so fast he can challenge any shot.

>>149330662
you retarded? the bottom team is stacked af. no way theyd lose

>>149330662
i don't know how you pick top unless you are willingly blinded by favoritism.

>>149331006
Go team bottom!

>>149330925
Jokic isn't that good. Caruso shut him down

>>149331005
>"waaaaah why did the refs let people play hard defense on Jokic waaaah"
Every fucking time with you people

>>149330662
>le run and dunk man
>le spin move man
>le 4 years in the league and barely showing up man
>le can't go left man
>le can only get double digits in the 4th man
>winning more than 2 games

>>149331027
It was a smart move on the Lakers part how is that crying and I even gave big kudos to AD. You sound like the one who is upset.

>>149331022
>Caruso shut him down

>>149330925
dwight would grab more rebounds than jokic that's for sure

>>149331052
Yup

So how cooked will kyrie be coming off his injury?

>>149331045
You're saying the refs got exploited instead of giving a 4x DPOY his credit. Chokic fanboys are just unwilling to admit that he can be slowed down by good defense, it ALWAYS has to be crying about refs. Same shit when Draymond and the Warriors swept him in the first round in 2022

>>149331064
I could shut down jokic too if I just grab his leg

>>149330959
if he wasnt old he'd be guarding him 30 mins doing the same thing if not better

>>149315076 (OP)
If the Celtics didn't choke in 2022, Nesmith would still be on the team. Their future would still be okay. Now, they are in luxury tax hell with no way out.

>>149330662
ngl jokic and curry would beat them 2 v 5

>>149331070
ADisney doesn't clamp jokic like someone like Zubac does

I don't know why people pretend inconsistent reffing isn't a thing. Caruso is a great example because his defense varies greatly depending on the whistle. Hell this finals is a prime example where he (and Dort) oscillates between beast and useless depending on how it's called

>>149331089
Dort and caruso are absolutely trash if they aren't allowed to muscle you. All they can do is bully and hit 3s sometimes

Lakers get: Giannis
Bucks get: Garland, Reaves, Knecht and Bucks and Lakers unprotected first round picks
Cavs get: LeBron


The new ownership will get it done.

>>149331089
it's just jokic haters pretending to see nothing

>>149331089
Yes,yes, when Jokic loses its because of the refs, I heard you the first time.

>>149331097
it's just jeets that relate to a black canadian

>>149331117
the canadian flag proves that kek

GOOD Jokic defenders tier list

Zubac
KAT
2020 Dwight
Caruso (with whistle)

Who else?

>>149331117
>he says while defending his fellow BAWB role model simply because he's fat and white

NBA power rankings 2025

1. Thunder
2. Nuggets
3. Pacers
4. Wolves
5. Lakers
6. Knicks
7. Warriors
8. Clippers
9. Rockets
10. Celtics

>>149331189
Where are the Indian players doe

>>149331126
Anyone that ever played on a 50 win team

>>149331211
Don't know
Don't care
Unlike you I try not to think about jeets when I don't have to.

>>149331258
Looking in the mirror is enough?

>>149331266
seeing the 25 other jeets in his domicile is enough

total pajeet meltdown

>>149331266
>>149331273
hilarious and original /s

i can smell the curry everytime i see the word bawb lol its like the baskin poster on /tv/

>>149331289
>/s

BITCH BAWB BASTARD
YOU ARE BLOODY BAWB
BLOOD BAWB BASTARD

jeets living in these BAWBs minds rent free. Sad to see!

YOU ARE BAWB HOW CAN YOU SAY THIS

>jeet is constantly stinking up the thread
>living rent free
choose one

yes youre an annoying smelly jeet and bawb posting is a forced meme that only you do lol its like LTG calling people rog lmao youre ltg tier

>whitebois acting like bitches whenever you criticize their precious pookie Chokic
>get mad when you naturally call them BAWBs
make it make sense

Pacers in 7 bitch

ChokeKC and SGGay will have an all time cucked Game 7. Yup yup yup.

You niggas are gay

>>149331425
foster is going to pull this. and they'll get blown out at home.

The guy above me is a gigolo

>>149331089
Truth nuclear missle

LTJeet

Routine bawb melty

>>149331506
>>149331506
>>149331506
new

>>149331070
Exploiting weaknesses is what sports and competition in general are all about. Not sure why you're upset about me saying that.

>>149331506 (OP) #
>/nba/ is a Wendy's ad
ACTUAL new right here. If you have any respect for the game you'll post in the proper general:

>>149331544
>>149331544
>>149331544