Thread 149381598

chet >wemby

This league is fake and gay.
We all knew the plan as soon as the Game 6 blowout started

>9/11 kills 3,000 people
>"Hahaha Haliban!"
>OKC bombing kills 300
>"Worst bomb dropped on OKC since 96'!"
>Haliburton tears his Achilles
>"Whoa whoa, you can't fucking joke about that have some class"

>>149381654
you are 5'4

>>149381668
6'4 but try again beta.

Bill Simmons, Ryen Russilo, and Zach Lowe did a 2 hour podcast and only spent like 10 minutes on the Thunder's """"""""championship""""""""" and the rest on Haliburton and next season. Tells you all you need to know on the lack of respect for this """""""""""""""""""""""titlle"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""".

>>149381679
Oh no, the human embodiment of reddit doesn't think OKC are real champions.

>>149381673
maybe if you stood on your favourite step stool

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.) Suns (from Rockets) - Jeremiah Fears
11.) Blazers - Cedric Coward
12.) Bulls - Carter Bryant
13.) Hawks - Noa Essengue
14.) Spurs - Maxime Raynaud
15.) OKC - Collin Murray Boyles
16.) Grizzlies - Nique Clifford
17.) T-Wolves - Will Riley
18.) Wizards - Rasheer Flemming
19.) Nets - Egor Demin
20.) Heat - Jase Richardson
21.) Jazz - Asa Newell
22.) Hawks - Drake Powell
23.) Pelicans (Indy trade) - 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

>>149381679
oh no, Gen Xers have nothing to original to say about anything

>>149381705
Youre literally a Mexican lol.

>>149381645
They’re always having the game of their life, as a lifelong OKC fan nothing but respect for Hali

The irony of this man going to his 5th team, on the same day his 1st team win their 1st title.

>>149381679
>BAWBpod
Who cares?

>>149381707
Malpractice if the league lets the Celtics get (and develop) Danny Wolf, imagine him learning how to run the offense from Horford, Kornet and Gaytum

leaked btw

>>149381751
if we judge strictly by looks only dylan harper looks like a future star

>>149381645
have some class

>>149381754
I'll tell you one thing, no star has ever looked like Ace Bailey and never will. He has that Bruno Caboclo phenotype.

Guys with all these achilles on number 0 i'm really scared for my boy...

That was a gay fucking ending to the season.
>could have had an all-time underdog story, one of the greatest post-season runs of all-time full of crazy comebacks, clutch moments and crazy performances from an undrafted 6'1" bench player
>instead got a torn Achilles and an * ring for a zesty, DEI MVP foul merchant
Gay as FUCK.
Richard Simmons gay.

>>149381794
How is Haliburton less zesty than SGA.

>>149381812
His modus operandi isn't flailing around like a twink getting whipped by a bear.

Should i rock maple leafs jersey or pic related to a Drake show?

green was trash and lost us the warriors series but ill still miss him and my dog dillon

On a serious note, why is /sp/ always wrong?

To think if Haliburton missed that shot in game one, this would've been over in five and no mickey mouse ring and no torn achilles.

>>149381841
Most of this board (but also most of NBA online fans) don’t seem to really watch the games. The Pacers starting center shot 30% and 17% from three grabbing four rebounds per contest and got dominated by Chet game 7 but they lost because of the refs
Narrative culture killed nuanced discourse around the game

Anyone calling OKC’s ring a * is only exposing themselves for not having watched the game.
OKC were incredible in their defense last night starting in the 3rd quarter, when they managed to lead by 11 points.

>>149381679
>middle aged basketball “historians”
>Bill Simmons was fired from ESPN
>hasn’t been a real journalist in 20 years
>none of these guys played high school hoops, let alone college.
>take themselves and their opinions and influence over the media scape incredibly seriously
>doesn’t hide their Celtics/Jokic/Duncan bias

Fuck I hate these guys so much.

>>149381742
Danny Wolf is the most obvious Celtics pick ever. Immediate fan favorite kind of player. Truly the next Brian Scalabrine with handles

>>149381861
Russilo grinds tape though.

>>149381857
It was Denver game 7 all over again:
>hack
>hack
>hack
>hack
>hack
>refs allow it to justify the DEI MVP

>>149381861
being fired by ESPN is basically a badge of honor, their coverage has turned to loud mouth hot take artists like perk and SAS

>>149381645
what a terrible angle dude literally looks like he's being raped

>>149381865
Danny Wolf is Draymond mixed with Jokic and Kornet, teams are going to be ask themselves why they passed up on him for a 19 year old with ‘potential’

I respect the Eltics' ring more than this shit ass Scott Foster Thunder ring...

>>149381857
>OKC were incredible in their defense last night starting in the 3rd quarter, when they managed to lead by 11 points

Nice how many minutes did Haliburton play in the 2nd half?

>>149381820
I cannot advise you to attend a Drake show, but if you must attend, wear a full Kentucky Wildcats uniform

The Houston Rockets have the 4th highest title odds. Only the Thunder, Knicks and Cavs have higher odds. Knicks and Cavs are eastern conference meme merchants. And Sengun already shat over the Thunder. Thompson is the perfect option to contain SGA. KD completes our offense and defense. We are winning this fucking title.

>>149381879
>Literally mauling us!

>>149381654
National tragedies have been fair game for comedy for at least 15 years.
>>149381687
They’re only real champions if the refs get a ring.
>reddit
Nothing more reddit than agreeing with Doris “SGA Slurper” Burke.

>>149381892
>you broke the bucks, now its your buck getting broken

>>149381865
The Jewish Andrea Bargnani
>Bargain-i

>>149381886
BS is a loud mouth hot take guy. He’s not too different than SAS when it comes down to it. He’s a media personality LARPing as a basketball historian.
>>149381871
He seems like a miserable bloke.

>>149381910
Doris called SGA a free throw merchant on national television. She wanted to kill herself after lightskin lost.

>>149381645
> overate Th-ACKKK

>>149381654
Gaycers bandwagoners are just embarassed another overrated lightskin like Gaytum got they bussy broke

Other news: Ive checked social media and youtube, the suns have completely and utterly turned on durant

It was hilarious watching everyone pretend they lived in Indiana their entire fucking lives

>>149381792
Imagine the shitters after Maxey bussy breaks and they are stuck with Emsneed and Podcast P. I don't think we have ever seen this level of over

>>149381898
Danny makes some dumb plays though. Basically, he has a high IQ but plays like a klutz at times and does some goofy shit. But yeah, he has a unique skillset for a nearly 7’0 dude.

>>149381938
suns fans

>OKC were incredible in their defense last night starting in the 3rd quarter
>they totally weren't hacking like they have been the whole playoffs

>>149381952
All ball BAWB pussy

>>149381959
>missing the forest for the trees

>>149381921
Gayson Gaytum
> benched during the 'ympics
> leastern conference
> no aura
> corny lightskin
> broken bussy
> asterisk ring
Tyqueer Halibum
> benched during the 'ympics
> leasetern conference
> no aura
> corny lightskin
> broken bussy
> no asterisk ring
Seriously Gaytum and Halibum are the same overrated light skin no aura loser but Gaytum has an asterisk Halibum has nothing

>>149381707
Murray-Boyles & Clayton Jr. would be a sick haul for OKC actually

>>149381707
Noa Essengue to the Hawks is boring as fuck but makes sense, just keep adding rangy wings till something sticks

>>149381952
oh no, literally no one else has ever done this before.

>>149381909

>>149381999
NBA fans will cry that the game is soft but then cite any physical contact on the court as proof of conspiracy

>>149381999
Show the video, including the positioning of the ref.
Was it obvious enough that the announcers literally pointed out how laughable it was that it wasn't called because the referee was right there staring at it for several seconds?

>>149382012
Lol is that the new cope? "Yeah both sides got away with bullshit, but THIS was even worse!"

what about the goaltending that Rj spotted from the scorers table? Or TJ standing four feet out of bounds and passing the ball?

>>149382023
OKC was allowed to get away with blatant hacking for the whole playoffs. We all saw it. You can't gaslight us into thinking we didn't see it.

>>149382030
and yet you cant prove it outside of a few screenshots that can be countered. Every single serious look into OKC's fouls has shown that the reaction is literal hysteria. Im predicting its because the fat european lost.

Refs made Siakam go 5/13 and grab 4 boards in a game 7

>>149381997
That was kind of my thought. The hawks already have so many wings though. And Capela is a FA, so a big guy makes sense. I think I like Maxime Raynaud as a floor spacing big for them, or Collin Murray Boyles because he adds to that defense & does a lot of the little shit you need from your small ball 5. He can initiate offense a bit, and can be an elite screener off-ball.

Im not a huge Essengue guy, but I’d be surprised if he slipped out of the lottery

>>149382051
We all saw it bro.

>>149381679
yet another hospital ring

Yes Cers! I love Caitlyn Clark!!!!!!

>>149382156
There hasnt been a real ring in nearly 20 years. The nba season is too long to get actual marquee matches. OKC was blessed in retrospect that they got their injury woes out earlier with Chet breaking his hip like a 97 year old.

Shai is everything the media wanted Tatum to be.

>>149381865
Wolf isn't dropping that far, the draft order prediction you're replying to is retarded and there will be more picks traded before the draft happens anyway.

>>149382201
not american

>>149382201
but Tatum is in The Club

>>149382217
If he was American he’d be face of the league, for now it’s still ANT

>>149381687
just checked r/nba, they are in suicide mode because okc won. its actually nuts how in the tank for the pacers they are, all they want to do is qq about the pacers and hali

This video made me realize how much some players perception is HARD carried by media awards and adornment.
I never would have thought Kobe was this flawed on defense (Not that I blame him, like TB says in this video, he had such an insane offensive load its simply hard to be consistent on defense) But it seems that when you actually look at his games and break them down with some critical thought in mind, his defense is about okay, or neutral. Not this "I rate Kobe better than Steph Curry because hes a two way guard!" shit. No. Lol. Thats you creating a reason to justify your bias. Thats called a narrative.
https://youtu.be/Jopi5e46PAY?t=24m6s

>>149382201
This.

the media wants SO BAD for the face to be Ja or AntMan. Meanwhile Shai seems genuine, and like a proper role model for young players. Plus he’s probably the most fashionable player in the league.

>>149382233
kobe was a great player with even greater pr. people glaze everything he does

>>149382216
I’m the guy who made the list, so thanks. I’m surprised you know anything about basketball with that flag, though. Let alone the draft. I’m not as big on Wolf as others, especially here. Like I said, high IQ but a massive klutz and does stupid braindead shit. And let’s not act like he’s this sharpshooter. 33% from 3, and 64% from free throw isn’t exactly enticing. I do think Wolf will go closer to the early 20’s though, not the late 20’s

>makes reddit have a collective meltdown
My GOAT

>light skins are weak as fuck!
>therefore we need to shorten the season to make their bussies comfortable!
>let's not ask why this hasn't been a problem the last few decades
>it has nothing to do with mixed race people being weaker than pure blooded Africans and whites!

>>149382289
ok this is a good outfit cant even lie

Nuggers gonna get get Goga Bitadze from Whorelando, not sure who they're giving up to get him.

>>149382233
nobody actually watches full basketball games. they look at highlights and box score stats. none of which includes defence

>>149382277
I like the idea of Come on Moloch going to Brooklyn

my team is so fucking stacked on the defensive end. not ine guy on our main 7 team whos bad

>>149382303
Who is negotiating trades for the nuggers, they don't even have a gm yet

Adam Silver looked like he was seething yesterday
Imagine unintentionally creating the most unmarketable dynasty ever

>>149382289
Im a Shai truther but this man has zero meat.

Chris Paul: 51,050 career regular season & playoff minutes played, 0 rings

Nikola Topic: 0 career minutes played, 1 ring

>>149382239
>>149382233
So y’all don’t remember Kobe guarding point guards like Deron Williams & Rondo because Fisher was old?? Or being a pass lane menace? Kobe wasn’t Pippen or Kawhi defensively, but he was actually quicker and played the mental aspect of individual defense as well as anyone to ever play.

>Steph
Why are we bringing this up. Are you some Steph Curry weirdo? Yes Kobe was a better two-way player. Even if it was just offense, Kobe was better. More championships? Kobe wins again. How is this even a conversation?? Some Bill Simmons level narrative bullshit you are on, anon.

>>149382295
Nobody wants to bring up the real reason for this. It's race mixing. Weak genetics causing their bodies to break down at a younger age. Dark skin niggas like Kobe and Dame, it's normal for their achilles to snap in their mid to late 40s due to wear and tear and heavy minutes played. It's abnormal seeing these light skin sissies get hurt all the time because their genetics are weak and white as fuck.

Don't @ me if you're a salty disagreeing BAWB I'm not in the mood today.

>>149382342
Everyone liked them until they beat Jokic. That was their one mistake.

>>149382342
well he could just stop being greedy. fewer games, no back to backs, allow more load management, no 65 game minimum for awards

>>149382322
Yeah, me too. It also allows them room for a Claxton trade.

>>149382357
White men don't get injured this easily. It goes both ways.

>>149382289
Looks like Mr. Burns when he got a gold body

>>149382233
Phil Jackson said himself Kobe was overrated on defense in his 2004 book, people will argue they know more about Kobe’s defense than his coach

>>149382349
kobe is not a better offensive player than steph. the 2 way argument puts him above steph. come on

>>149382374
Larry Bird got injured doing his own yard work, white genetics are weak as fuck

>>149382357
joel embiid ruins your hypothejeet

>>149382357
Tbh Kobe it might’ve been the miles and overworking himself. But Haliburton, I think it’s two things ;

1. He was probably putting more, if not all his pressure on his Achilles because the calf is strained. It’s the same kind of thing that happened to Durant.

2. Style of play. Hali constantly plays that herky jerky tempo, and it’s a lot of stop and go, blowing past guys on close outs.

hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah

FUCK THE STRIPPERS

>>149382295
Those dudes are weak because they're too lazy to do proper conditioning. When they go to practice they only work on their memechucking and their P&R moves and then they go to the weight room to work on their abs & biceps so they'll look good at the gay bar for the next gay rave, they don't work on strengthening their agility muscles or spend time stretching tendons. They probably figure scrimmages covers that. Plus their diet is probably all fancy steaks with no tendon meat or cartilage. And they're all wearing low tops these days too, that probably doesn't help either.
If they were to run suicides for two hours every day they'd have unbreakable tendons and would be able to cut and change direction better too.

First NBA ring I care nothing about

>>149382337
They have a director of player personnel

>>149382447
the people saying this was a bad trade are retarded. at that time wings were the most important players in the nba. paul george was the 2nd best 2 way wing behind kawhi who they also got. having the 2 best 2 way wings in the nba was absolutely insane at the time. this was considered a winning trade and EVERYONE agreed the championship was gonna be between the la teams. kd and curry were banished. the only real dangers were giannis and harden. playoff p and the nuggets disaster were completely unexpected.

>>149382289
Drake aside, is every black guy in Canada the offspring of Caribbean immigrants?

>>149382470
lol

>>149382409
Why, because muh efficiency? You do realize Kobe had the same true shooting percentage as Duncan, correct? Regardless, Kobe is the most explosive scorer of the 21st century. Steph is right there behind him, but chill lol.

>>149382420
Derick Rose and Joel Embiid are literally jelly. Aryan Genes btfo you.

>>149382342
Silver is shit at the awards giveaways. Not only is he hideous, but he is also stiff and has a terrible speaking voice and mannerisms. He should bring in some popular retired players to do the awards instead of putting his ugly vampire face in front the cameras. Only time he should be on TV is Halloween

Why do people claim the west is so much better than the east? The 5th seed in the east took the number 1 see to 7 games and only lost because their star got injured.

>>149382479
literally everything i said is correct. always the same shit with people talking about this trade. people lost their fucking minds at how unfair pg x kawhi was gonna be.

>>149382491
Derrick Rose had health issues because he’s mixed with BAWB, retard. The best white player in history is Robert fucking Swift “Aryan” genes

Didn't know I entered a pol thread, bye

>>149382561
Replace Hornets and Heat, you’re inceltic if you don’t think the Heat are making the play-in at least. What’s Philly doing in the playoffs?

>>149382374
Mixing is the problem, it isn't a white or black thing. It's when they mix.

>>149382406
Dumbass take. Phil would never talk about “other” teams players that much, but he knew how to motivate his own guys. He was a molder of personality, and spirit. Just as much a life coach as an X’s & O’s guy. These types of comments he knew would motivate Kobe. Not to pretend that the PJ/Kobe relationship wasn’t strenuous, at times it was. Even PJ himself said he shouldn’t have said a lot of stuff in that book, and that there was personal feelings about the rape trial because his daughter went through a similar situation or something. I guess if we are being honest, there are really only two areas where Kobe could’ve been better as a defender. Gambling in pass lanes, and defensive post defense (which you can’t really blame him for). One of the best players I’ve ever seen fight over screens and pressure high in the half court, when he was younger of course.

John Stockton only missed 22 games in 19 seasons

Just got chased by my neighbors dog on my way to the bus. Very embarrassing. I was sprinting to get away. It’s 90 degrees. To hot for this kind of stuff

>>149382561
bar a massive trade/upset the east is very clearly gonna be cavs vs knicks and maybe pistons and magic. i see no window for anyone else

>>149382348
based

>>149382561
>Leaf
>Raptors
>3-6 seed

Kek. Well, anything is possible

>>149382475
There is a small minority descended from american freemen such as the rock

>>149382574
>he was motivating Kobe in his book that wasnt published until after the season was already over/they had lost to the Pistons
The Kobe Bryant fan club needs to be studied. Efficiency doesn’t matter, FMVP doesn’t matter, and the very words that come out of the players and coaches that played alongside Kobe don’t matter (if critical)

>>149382374
hybrid vigor is cope

>>149382569
I'm just assuming based on the rosters as they are now and assuming health. I don't think the Heat are better than the Hornets right now, let alone post-draft and free agency.
The Heat could make the play-in or maybe the playoffs but based on what they are right now, highly unlikely

Was that the worst NBA finals in history?
>haliburton injured early
>Dorris Burke announcing ENTIRE series
>retarded pregame
I think it’s safe to say the libshits at the NBA don’t understand their true fanbase. A Celtics vs Thunders matchup would have been a lot better had Tatum not been hurt. He is hands down the best player in modern basketball. They only wanted Indiana in because of that tranny Caitlyn Clark

Lemme breed yo girl

>>149382626
So you’re saying you’re the inceltic poster? Herro, Bam, Highsmith, Jovic, Larsson, Robinson, third year Jaime (post sophomore-slump), Ware and Wiggins is more than enough to make the 6th seed in the East with Haliburton and Gaytum injured

>>149382630
nah for me its still 2019 because craptor fans rating that garbage ass asterisk ring

>>149382630
>He is hands down the best player in modern basketball

>>149382634
Sure thing, Elle Mai has been looking for a new darkskin to fuck anyway!

>>149382574
Wow. Genuinely insane the narrative retards will formulate to rationalize their bias. Genuinely dont care or value anything remotely, thats why they have no grounding for interpreting and understanding knowledge, their "understanding" is always a rationalized "beyond the fact" like draping a covering over something, that gives the impression of relation, but completely covers and redefines its depiction.

I dont really care though. You have no direct counter argument against Thinking Basketball or Phils point. The only way you can engage with it, is by ignoring what they said and appealing already to what you think and FEEL. Loser and subhuman retard. Should be culled to forcefully drag back up the average human iq points.

>>149382561
Should the pacers tank? If it is an achilles then they won't have haliburton until after the ASB at the earliest

>>149382638
>highsmith
>larrson
LMAOOO

>>149382642
KWAB, he even wore Kobe's

After weeks of thinking about her, she’s finally appearing in my dreams.

>>149382638
gaycord did not like this one, not one bit.

Does it make sense for the Pacers to let Myles Turner go in free agency now? They can stay below the second apron for next year and kick the can down the road for 2026-27 to fully compete again

>>149382653
Um, an Achilles year is a year long injury. He won’t be back until October 2026 at the earliest.

>>149382669
It only gets worse from that point. Good look bro.

>>149382638
We saw these players together against the Cavs. They aren't bad but not good enough. The best playoff performer on that team was Davion Mitchell and he's RFA so who even knows if they bring him back and for how much.

>>149382640
At least that was (somewhat) entertaining. This year was a complete Mickey Mouse ring, neither team had to beat healthy rosters. The Knicks are also a complete laughingstock

>>149382647
knoweroflore

>>149382676
Windows closed. Fuck them redneck idiots in Indiana.

>>149381952
For one thing, whille unnecessary, this is marginal contact. Nothing happens because of it, the ref identifies it, and lets them play. 2nd, good defense is all about getting under the opponents skin, getting in their head. And here, that's exactly what happens: TJ complains to the ref, losing focus on the game, and promptly turns the ball over

Legit nothing to see here. If any of you bitchs had ever actually played basketball you'd know. But all you do is bitch and complain. It's pathetic..

>>149382696
mald lmao

Tatum is aware of the hate he gets no doubt but does he know about the homosexual cuckoldry image surrounding him on a vietnamese bamboo farming forum

Do you think Sadam Silver will let OKC repeat now that he sees that everyone hates them and the viewership was shit?

>>149382721
We're entering the Wembanyama era so it's irrelevant

>>149382705
The modern nba is so fake it’s unreal, this would be like celebrating John Cena because he was scripted to win the belt.

>>149382295
Maybe don’t play on a calf strain just waiting to cause an Achilles tear next time. Maybe trust your teammates to stand on business in game 6. Depth matters, and that’s why the Thunder are the champs.

>>149382721
Who will stop them bar SGA getting aids or bussy broken. Sprockets, not with KD as the alpha. Fakers are geriatric. Nuggets dysfunctional, Clippers lmao, wolves are bums, GSW is geriatric, Grizzlies lmao. The west is really cooked and the Leastern conference is worst.

>>149382447
>Thunder got their MJ and Pippen in a single trade
It’s not fucking fair.

>>149382743
he should have stopped the peg sessions with CC and locked in...

>>149382760
Then i will lace up myself and dunk on that hoe

Where’s that guy who always says Sam Presti and Sam Hinkie are equivalent as GMs?

>>149382760
Oklahoma will drive SGA and Dort out of town after they refuse to go to the White House.

>KD not the greatest player of any franchise I’m actually in tears

Damn LeBron keeps winning...

>>149382295
Weapschizo shut the fuck up. No one cares about your hate for mixed people

NBA is hiding the ratings numbers for games 6 & 7 because of how terrible they are. Nobody wants to watch if the woman is talking over the game.
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/nba/top-stories/worst-announcer-in-nba-history-fans-tear-down-espn-commentator-doris-burke-for-ruining-the-2025-nba-finals/articleshow/122022285.cms

>>149381707
Do my cavs really not have a 1r pick again? This teams gonna take a step backwards next year. Struggle during the reg season and bounced in the 1st series. Porter isn't THAT guy like they think he's gonna be, and losing ty jerome is gonna be real noticable

>>149382793
What went wrong KDbros, we were supposed to be top 10 all-time....

u know what
OKC rang is the best rang ever and at the end of the day the only thing that matters is da rang
if u don't got da rang then ur trash
also alex caruso heavily implied the bubble rang was fake, knocking lebum's rang totals from 3.5 to 3.0

>>149382805
A game 7 finals with putrid ratings really spells death for this league, I don’t know how they can make it more interesting for casual viewers. Maybe OKC repeats and becomes most hated but I don’t think American viewers really hate or love non American players, we’re kind of indifferent toward them

>>149382817
kek, CHADruso is based.

Its up to one man to save this league. His name?
Nikoula Joukich

>>149382622
Name 5 guards from the 2000’s that shot with Jordan / SGA efficiency. I’ll wait. You should know (if you are indeed a ball knower) that the floor spacing was insanely congested in that era. And like I mentioned before, Kobe has the same true shooting percentage as Duncan, but im sure you’re not ready for that discussion

>>149382816
hes already close to top 10 and with his 2026 fmvp he will without a doubt enter it and surpass curry again

NEW
>>149382830
>>149382830

>>149382841
Curry has 4 rings and two MVPs

>>149382817
Caruso walked that shit back immediately and aplogized to all Lakers and LeGod fans
Please stop spreading fake news, thanks

>>149382652
>thinking basketball
Hahahah if that’s your guide to NBA philosophy, then you’re beyond a plebeian. No offense, but that guy is another YouTuber LARPing as a basketball aficionado. Literally the most cringe kind of people. Other than the viewers that take his shit seriously (you).

Nikola Topić could win Rookie of the Year, while already being an NBA champion.

>>149382834
looks like a thug :/

>>149382850
2 bus driver rings. kd could get 3 and rings + individual game are all that matter

>From 1990 to 2023, 45 NBA players tore their achilles, a rate of 1.36 per season. 8 players tore their Achilles in the past year alone
How do we fix this?

>>149382861
ya he said the truth then the mafia threatened his life. that just makes it even more true.

>>149382922
mandatory oldschool chuck taylors

>>149382838
Kobe shot free throws better than Tim Duncan, wasnt more efficient than him by any stretch of the imagination or half the player.

who the fuck are Ben Tenzer and Jon Wallace? These dudes don't even have wikipedia pages. How the fuck do you cheap out on some of the most important positions in the organization

>>149382701
SGA would have gotten the call and two FT. Something you're in clear denial about.

*

>>149382922
Stop the flimsy shoes but here's the TRVKE that the sports world needs to accelerate to. Give all players peds. These accidents wouldn't be happening with growth hormone therapy and shit. Plus it makes for a better product. Fuck all this game zoomer bullshit roid these little faggots up so they drop some nuts

>east wide open
>the returning jared mccain will lead the sixers to the finals against the defending champs in the zest-off of the decade

>>149382895
>could get
KD is only an elite player in imaginationland.

8 hours of sleep isnt enough anymore

>>149383007
This, he’s a losing player

>>149382810
Would you be interested in trading Jarrett Allen? My Lakies could use him. If you’re worried about Ty leaving, Reaves would be a good add.

>>149382760
they went 7 games with 2 bum ass teams anyone could beat them next year

ITT: Talentless bums

>>149383053
How is winning every game 7 an indictment against the Thunder? They have the depth to outlast the rest of the league and the assets to replenish themselves

Meal. Taki burger.

We live in a cursed hellscape ran by worshippers of evil

>>149383060
You have to be very talented to be on a nba roster

>>149383063
>all this cope
don't run when it comes

uh ohh,cum in ya bum

>>149382798
I’m glad that 4chan came back and the sharty died cause weapschizos rants about race mixing + his bbc fetish and Bulgarias unhinged racism were to much. Good riddance.

>>149382922
Only 7 game series in the conference finals and actual finals. 5 games is enough for the first two rounds. Won't happen due to tv kikes though. Not sure why this sport is obsessed with series. In baseball it makes sense with different starting pitchers and such, but in basketball it's just tedious.

>>149381899
I don’t. Thunder actually had to play opponents best players for multiple games

>>149383078
Not if your dad is LeMickey

>>149383070
>sugary garbage
cringe

>>149382880
Nobody here is glorifying thinking basketball. I have criticized him plenty for embelleshing, especially when its about lebron. That doesnt mean he never have valid points and criticism. Which you cant even engage with on a basic level

>>149383088
based

>>149382948
Duncan had losing record against Kobe in the ‘Yoffs, and Kobe was the best player in a series that had prime Duncan & prime SHAQ…and Kobe swept his asshole. Same with 2008, without Shaq it wasn’t even a competitive series. A gentleman’s sweep.

Let’s get a little deeper. One of Duncan’s rings was a fluky lock-out ring, and in 2014, Duncan was merely a role player. Duncan won 2 of his championship as the Lakers were re-building around Kobe (05, 07). Duncan never averaged over 4 assists per game (meanwhile Kobe averaged over 5 assists per game 10x. Duncan only averaged over 23 ppg twice in his career. Kobe averaged over 25 ppg 12x. Same amount of All-Defensives. Duncan is responsible for the most embarrassing international loss of All-Time (2004 vs. Greece), while Kobe brought the Re-deem team back to prominence.

They are not on the same level. Kobe is like a whole damn two tiers above Duncan.

>>149383060
Dude held his own when he was the only healthy center OKC had. J-Will slander is not tolerated here.

>>149383129
Duncan had a losing record against Kobe and Shaq, disingenuous to pretend the guy who won FMVP every Finals they played together was a non factor in those series. Kobe lost in the first round every year without a Hall of Fame big

>>149383115
Well, you know the saying. A broken Canadian clock is still right twice a day.

>>149382895
Curry's gravity is the only reason KD won, KD is not an alpha or an offensive engine.

>>149383129
>Kobe
Media created meme, inefficient chucker and forks refbabby

>>149381654
I’m glad proper Christian boy sga is making Redditfags seethe uncontrollably

>>149382475
A lot from Toronto and Montreal are. Guys like Nemby and Brooks are just half American black I think though. I dont know about RJ, since his dad clearly just has a canadian accent and he's dark as hell

>>149383053
And all those teams got worst. Name one team in the West that is in actual contention. The Fakers the KD sprockets.

>>149383139
Duncan never won a ring without a Top 75 guy. Kobe did.

>>149383060
he's pointing at all of us

>>149383156
you can't even celebrate this * before worrying about next year kek

>>149383102
But none that mattered.
>Grizzlies series
Everyone could see the grizzlies were turning that around. 4-2 series win if Ja doesn’t get hurt
>Nuggets series
Do I even need to say anything? Missing 2 of their best players at full strength, and STILL took the Thunder to 7 games
>Wolves series
Ant was clearly injured, and no KAT
>Pacers series
Haliburton was having a legacy game before a freak accident stole a championship from him and his city.

>>149383144
the only thing media created about kobe is the manufactured hit campaign funded by lebum

>>149381935
Tatum's ring is more respected now than OKGAY

>>149383156
the offseason hasn't even really started yet to be claiming everybody got worse. The corporate lakers finna pound ass though

>>149383129
Duncan was repeating in 2000 if not for the injury. Also Duncan has a losing record against Shaq and Kobe. Duncan has 2 MVP and 3 FMVPs whole Kobitch got a pity MVP before getting mogged by LeBum of all people. Kobe is not top 10

he caused so much seethe

>>149383191
just apathy jeet
a feeling of "that's it" and then you turn off the game and do whatever

>>149383180
> xitter faggots
How many FMVPs does Gayson Gaytum hve
>>149383181
> Fakers
With grandpa lebum eating cap space and with Bronny the Boy Wonder, nah.

>>149383191
he's just harden except he managed to win

>>149383180
really the only unlikable things about OKC are:
>sga foul baiting
>lu dort playstyle
>chet holmgren wigger tendencies

>>149383205
weird because your seething in that very post claiming otherwise.

>>149383129
Kobe was a busrider on 4 of his rings, there was no one arguing he was top 10 before he flew into a mountain

>>149383222
this post reeks

>>149383129
>basketball superstar so elite that he only wins when he has the better team
When is this idea that these guys have a huge influence on the game going to end? LeBron is the only dude to take a team of bums to the finals.

>>149383222
Kwab’d

>>149383212
Larden doesn't play winning basketball, he can't handle game 7

media in the locker room noting how strange the celebration or lack thereof of the thunder in almost every article i'm reading lmao

The two stars of Houston now

>>149383186
>Duncan was repeating in 2000
Kek
>2 MVP’s.
Definitely an asterisk there, because if Shaq and Kobe weren’t on the same team, that 2001 MVP goes to Shaq, and 2003 would’ve went to Kobe.

But anyways, Duncan shit the bed for our national team, and to me that’s a huge career buzzkill. Because the only time I was actually rooting for him, he was shit and proved that Spurs mastermind is Popovich, and that Duncan is just a system baby.

>>149383244
>We beat all injured teams
>WE BEAT ALL INJURED TEAMS
how can you celebrate that?

>>149383222
> quad of truth
Sorry Westbrickbros, Lardenbros, Gianpissbros, Chokicbros. Only SGA could win MVP, FMVP and a chip in the same year...

>>149383222
kek

>>149383191
No one is seething. We know mediocrity when we see it. This is a disaster for the league that can only be remedied by a few Lakers championships

>>149383252
> 2003 goes to Kobe
How come Kobe only managed to get 1 MVP after Shaq left. In fact Nash managed to get two while Kobitch was flying solo huh. Why did LeBum mogg him in MVPs while he was winning chips kek

>>149383252
Spurs didn’t even win a playoff series after Pop lost Kawhi

>>149383252
it's even worse than that
duncan was the vet for all the up and coming guys wade, melo, and lebum, and they looked up to him to see a crybaby bitch who quit the national team forever because it was too hard for him
kobe had to come clean up his mess

>2025 OKC draft picks: No. 15 (via MIA), No. 24 (via LAC), No. 44 (via ATL)

this shit aint fair

>>149381598 (OP)
Do we rate MVPs if you didn't win a chip that year

>>149383244
Even they know the ring is fake

>>149383290
just be a good front office lol

>>149383290
Thats just the CHAD presti effects. Your team's executives, lost

>>149383244
Dying sport. The whole country is ready for football.

>>149383302
Real rings are reserved for real teams. This zoomer brigade being propped up by the league for some stupid reason isn’t a real team.

>>149383310
Dr. J, Magic, Bird and Jordan gave this sport a fighting chance. But then in two thousands niggers like AI, Kobe and LeBum killed it. Now we are forced to sit and watch uncharismatic losers like Gianpiss, Chokic, Gaytum and ZestGA

>>149383330
ANT will fix it

>>149383330
>Gianpiss, Chokic, Gaytum and ZestGA
kek who do you even like, usually someone likes one of these guys

>>149383348
Curry, the only bright spot in this era of darkness and they shackled him to Jimmy Buttstuff

>>149383330
At least Ai had a story of overcoming his poor background to get where he is. The modern superstar is just a rich kid receiving private training from the age of 10.

The leagues dead cause they all come from the same farms now so you get the same soft talent from the same pampered academies because everything has been metad and handshaked out at this point.

>>149383348
Does anybody still like Gianpis, everybody on /sp/ just memes on him at thi point. Jokic, SGA and even Gaytum have their fans

>>149383364
before having his legs explode at 23 because he his been in the AAU circuit for ten years plus

>>149383367
Agreed. Sga is just Jalen Brown with a whistle.

>>149383360
>his favorite player is a lightskin cuck

why do americans need storylines to watch sports

>>149383385
SGA plays just like Kobr but makes 50% of his shots

>sengoon is a bitch
>jokic literally can't 1v9
>kawhi sucks now
>ant is fraudulent
>lakers have no big
>steph is old and injured
>grizz has JJJ (yes he's that bad)
lol thunder dynasty i guess

>>149383372
probably the greek anon, other than that no

>>149383404
ANT/SGA WCFs will feed families for years

>>149383393
because then its just mercanaries from different places wearing jersey from places they don't care about putting a ball in a hoop.

>>149383393
NBA isn't a sports league, it's an entertainment product. It runs on drama and narratives

>>149383419
why cant you just watch the sport for the tactics,skills etc

>>149383404
>thunder dynasty
Draymond Green tearing SGA's Achilles next year we good

>>149383393
it's just the average nba who if you haven't noticed really isn't a fan of basketball. They'd be happier just watching wrestling

>>149383430
Why watch a new game then? It's all just the same moves over and over, right?

the NBA fucking sucks

>>149383438
ur almost there

>>149383450
I enjoy it but maybe it’s just because I used to play at collegiate level, I get the feeling the average ‘fan’ doesn’t appreciate the nuances of the game

>>149383337
He got bounced in 5 games by a team that the hospital Nuggets and Pacers took to 7.

>>149383481
oh I love playing basketball about as much as I hate watching the NBA.

>>149383481
>screen
>drive
>pass
What great nuance.

>>149383489
Well we know for a fact Jokic isn’t getting past MIN or OKC to participate so it’s going to be them from now on

>>149383393
I don't

>>149383498
The Nuggets would have won in 5 against OKC if MPJ and AG were healthy. The fuck are you talking about?

I'm always mystified when I see people on Twitter/youtube who think Jalen Green is a future superstar. Shit is crazy

>>149383518
>would have
Does your aunt have a penis as well?

How many asterisks does this ring have on it?

>>149383529
>respect my *
no
>>149383534
probably the most in history

>>149383534
almost as many as last year's
captcha: HAMPR

>>149383539
I don’t remember the Wolves winning one

>>149383529
Ur argument is very poor

>>149383225
You already know that’s media propaganda. Kobe had an excellent series in 2010 Finals. Even that “terrible” game 7…lol he was awesome at times. 23 points / 15 rebounds plus he was guarding Rajon Rondo on defense (who was the Celtics best player that series). The only knock against Kobe in that game is that he forced a couple shots. And they still WON, so I don’t really get why people get all up in arms about that game. It’s not like in 2011 when LeBron literally got shut down by Barrea…but anyways. Just know the Pau for FMVP narrative is just the same old anti-Kobe campaign. The stats reflect this over the course of 7 games.

>>149383534
0

>>149383364
iverson played aau ball

Phoenix reporters calling Miami's offer an unserious joke with no real interest in acquiring KD and were just reaching out to appease their fanbase

>>149383529
>WHO CARES IF IT WAS WEAK COMPETITION! WE WOOOOOON!!!!!
You probably have Bill Russell as your GOAT lmao

I genuinely hope the cry babies (Pacers, Knicks and Jokic fans) stop watching ball like they keep promising since it is ‘rigged’ but you know they won’t

>>149383276
LeBron proved he wasn’t the “true” MVP in 2009 or 2010. The best player on the best team was BEAN. Even some of Kobe’s harshest skeptics agree that the 2006 MVP should’ve gone to Kobe. However I definitely think Nash deserved at least 1 MVP. He wins a ring if not for that Horry hipcheck. And the Spurs lose one.

>>149383580
Nobody watches ball anymore I watch 10 minute clips in the shower, you think I’m gonna listen to Doris Burke on a Friday night

>>149381598 (OP)
SGA this season:
Scoring Champ
League MVP
NBA Champion
FMVP

>But muh advanced stats!
Chokic and his bitch ass fans BTFO

>>149383534
>hospital opponents
>massive disparity in ref calls in their favor
>manufactured MVP
>manufactured all-star side kick
>hali injury
At least 5, by my count, but I don’t follow this team much so it’s probably at least double that.

>>149383595
That’s a good thing, we need people without interest in the sport to stop being invested in it

>>149383580
>since it is ‘rigged’
The league is rigged. Luka being traded the Lakers for the 1st pick in a rigged draft made that blatantly obvious.

>>149383573
He also had sewage spewing out of the carpet in his living room. Aau takes broke people too if they're good.

>>149381707
>2.) Sixers - Kon Knueppal
Bold move for the Shitxers to draft a white dood for a change.

>>149383577
The Karl Malone/ Stockton Jazz weren't all time teams either

>>149383602
How braindead are you to be enjoying this nba?

>>149383602
Becoming irrelevant is a good thing so true!

>>149383277
Yeah, because Kawhi was lowkey a generational player. If not for the injuries, he could’ve been better than Duncan & Kobe.
>>149383284
The funniest narrative to me, is the ‘Duncan is a great leader’ narrative. Like I’m sure he’s a different guy behind the scenes, but his personality seems to hollow. I think it doesn’t take a genius to realize that the strongest personality in the history of that Organization is Pop.

>>149383613
>he doesnt remember the feds

ignoring the bubble ring, how many consecutive hospital rings have we had? 5? 6? 7?

>>149383393
back in the 1980s TV executives realized that they could get way more advertising bux if women watched sports. this happened not too long after the advertising industry realized that women account for the vast majority of retail spending. so the TV executives decided that men would always watch sports regardless and that they needed to change the coverage to appeal to women and give it more stuff like 'human interest' angles.

>>149383622
How brain dead do you have to be to go out of your way to engage with products you don’t enjoy?
>>149383628
Irrelevant yet you can’t stop seething about it, guarantee you’ll be hovering in this thread hours from now as well

cavs going straight to finals next season

>>149383631
Only Embiid remembers who the Feds were when it came to players, owners and fans of the Sixers.

>>149383629
Pop loses a generational player who goes on to immediately win a championship and that somehow reflects poorly on Duncan’s contribution? Can you tell me who coached Kobe Bryant by chance?

If the 76er's can't make it past the second round next season with every major team going down with injuries then they should unironically move the team to a different city.

The East is a joke next year and whoever comes out of the West just got the easiest ring in league history.

>>149383636
78

>>149383670
Wont happen since PG-13 is a dinosaur, Embiid can only play 12 games a season, Zesty boy is also a injury prone Zesty Boy, and Maxey is a midget.

>>149383670
Josh Harris should sell the team

niggas literally throw hissy fits when the team/player they dont like wins talm bout im done with the nba or it dont count baka

Is current SGA a better player than prime KD?

>>149383696
He's too busy with bigger and better fish to fry now he's finally got himself a new stadium he always wanted... for the Commanding Redskins

>>149383727
Exactly why he should flip the sixers for cash

>>149383696
nobody could have seen this coming

>>149383727
>already running the commanders like he ran the 6ers
keep praising that deebo samuel trade

Give her the finals- Adam silver

>>149383736
Where do you think he got the money for the new Commieskin stadium from silly boy? That's right, from Shitxer/Devlel fans pocket!

>>149383713
no but better than prime Curry

I hoped Scott Foster not being the ref would make this ring somewhat respectable but Hali exploding his achilles is inexcusable, on top of the previous injuries. Very weak and fraudolent ring I'm afraid

>>149383748
That would only be the case if the Commanders lost to the Lions this year. They did something the Sixers could not, and thats make it past the second round.

>>149383665
To be fair, PJ retired at the right time. I would love him to coach the Nuggets though, because watching Jokic in the triangle with PJ in zen mode would be must watch TV.

I know it does sound hypocritical in favor of my argument, but I do think Phil was a larger beneficiary of talents like MJ, Shaq & Kobe. I just don’t consider D-Rob & Duncan in that talent pool, despite many putting Duncan up there. I just think Pop would’ve won championships with KG or Webber. Those guys were just as talented as Duncan in my opinion. In fact, 04’ KG might be the best PF of all-time.

Last thing, Popovich also held on too long. Should’ve called it quits around the pandemic. It was starting to hurt his legacy a little bit holding onto the reigns too long

lebum marks so desperately want the rang to not count to back up his pathetic "rangz don't matter" take

i think this season made every decent team believe they can win the ship

its s very exciting transition time for the nba right now

>>149383645
You didn't answer the question because you can't. Even you know the nba is shit now.

>>149383748
Deebo is a good trade because the only games Deebo ever shows up for is when he faces the Eagles. As long as he shows up to win both games against the only real obstacle in the Commies path to a Super Bowl appearance, then the trade is a steal.

Heat: Rebuilding
Celtics: Tatum injured, Mazzula is shit, have to soft rebuild to avoid the second apron tax
Pacers: Hali is injured
Bucks: Dame is injured, Doc and Kuzma are trash, Lopez is washed

Next season is the best shot for both the 76er's and Knicks to make it out of the East. The Hornets might actually make the playoffs too lol. The East is a complete joke

>>149383786
Answer the loaded question wherein you ask how stupid someone has to be to enjoy something that you’re spending an inordinate amount of time discussing an obscure Internet forum? Again if enjoying the NBA makes you brain dead how stupid do you have to be to dedicate any amount of time to something you dislike? No matter how eloquently you’ve stated your reasoning kek

>>149383580
Ratings were in the toilet they already stopped watching the ACL tear on a ref forced game 7 just ensured no one will watch non pirated streams anymore

>>149383797
All that to be the designated loser to the team that wins the West.

LeBum fanboys on suicide watch

https://youtube.com/shorts/PPl0Ju2bYCw?si=-rnDpDVh-cj05evq

>>149383795
he's showing up for china food

>>149383217
>tiktok dances
>zesty behavior

>>149383799
Lol you write a whole paragraph and say others are seething. You have steam coming out of your ears becuse everyone is rightfully shitting on this poverty ring.

>>149383797
so much gonna change till the next season start my man relax lol

>>149383713
Yes, since he did more with less. Compared to KD's MVP season, SGA averaged more points, assists, steals, blocks, had better FG% and TS% and FT% on less FTA per game. The only thing he was worse at was 3 point shooting

>>149383816
Why would LeBron fans be upset? If anything this ring reflects poorly on Jokic, LeBron hasn’t been in his prime since he last won FMVP

>>149383820
I know writing a paragraph would be a very difficult task for you but for most adults in the US we learn in elementary school. Keep obsessing over the NBA I’m sure that will show us all how bad it is

>>149383797
Nobody will beat the Thunder with the rigged whistle. The nba regular season is going to be atrocious next year. Nobody will want to play defense seeing how it was rewarded this finals.

>>149383817
Yes. Every non vs Eagles game he's at whatever local Chinese Buffet he's at. Like I said, Commies only got him to be a Eagles killer and that's it.

>>149383850
>obsess
>obsess
You can only parrot the same phrases over and over due to communist mind conditioning. I feel bad for you, deadass.

>>149383852
>Nobody will want to play defense seeing how it was rewarded this finals.
With the Pacers taking OKC to 7 and almost beating them?

>>149383770
>Second year as owner
>Gets team that hasn't had a deep playoff push since the 90s
>Gets a new Stadium meant for them and not some hand me down one again
Dan Snyder went into a coma this year. Harris is still a shit owner, but Snyder was a fucking enigma

>>149383636
Don’t try and elevate the thunder’s ring like that. This was a next level hospital ring. None of the other champions got nearly as lucky that every single team they faced lost at least one superstar

>>149383833
I still think that KD faced more talented competition than the Thunder did on this playoff run. I also respect KD's game a lot more than SGA's. I won't forget Ant throwing the ball at SGA like you do to a flopper at a pickup game.

>>149383865
Almost is nothing and it's clear to most people that they never would have gotten past the whistle.

>>149383863
As opposed to again, the detailed and nuanced criticisms of the NBA you’ve provided. Next you’ll tell me it’s Judaism that makes the sport entertaining to those of us who watch it outside of the box scores

>>149383670
>This making past the second round, let alone making the playoffs at all
lol

for me it's Derik Queen

>>149383837
Because Godruso said this was a real ring, and meant it

>>149383889
A detailed and nuanced discussion isn't necessary when a single player is getting calls Nobody else gets. Your prized game is decided by refs.

>>149383918
>I don’t need to actually support the way that I feel with like evidence or anything I just FEEL that way and that’s what matters
You are a woman

>>149383935
Even you can't justify the foul baiting LOL

>>149383727
Curious which MLB team he's gonna buy to complete is Quadfecta Ownership.

>>149383770
>Lions
The only team more fraudulent than the Thunder? Yeah, that’s not a big deal.

>>149383945
The burden of proof is on the accuser anon

>>149383869
what do you mean?
>last year celtics r*ng
playoff matchups were just as injured if not more than this year's thunder, do you have a goldfish memory?
>nuggets 23
how many injjured play-in teams did jokic go through?
>warriors 22
crippled nugs, poole speared ja's knee, mavs were mid and celtics were banged up and also mid
>bucks 21
swept a healthy cryami, crippled nets, ref injured trae young, suns were banged up with multiple starters playing on bum hamstrings
>bubble
>raptors 19
cmon now

it's concerning that Hali hasn't had surgery yet. Supposedly it's way more effective if you get it before all the extended swelling and stuff happens

>>149383960
Nah, I'm okay knowing the truth. You have to live in denial. So strange how you feel the need to defend the nba so much. Why does a good thing need so much defending?

>>149383956
Lion were only fraudulent when the entirety of their defense line went out with season ending injuries by late November. What's fucked is all they had to do was give Gibbs the ball every play and they'd probably win that game since Commies have no run defense. But yeah lets have prime time Goof pass the ball non stop.

>>149383976
i heard hes getting it today in new jork

>>149383978
I never once defended the NBA, if your goldfish memory can recall I said it is a good thing fans that don’t actually like basketball and can’t put into words why are walking away from the game.

OKC OKC OKC OKC OKC OKC

>>149383985
Right, you're not a fan of the braindead nba. You're just posting nonstop in an nba thread. Sga fanboy faggot LOL. You still haven't answered the original question, fag.

my thunder

Even when small market teams make the finals and play a competitive series that goes to game 7 they still find a way to disappoint.

>>149383865
That speaks to just how awful the Thunder actually are. A good team wins this in 4 with the whistle OKC got. Instead, the Thunder had to go to 7 games and rely on a lucky injury to the best player left in the playoffs

>>149384015
SGA> Chokic

>>149383975
Ah, so you’re just a homer. Gotcha.

What are their fans thinking right now?

>>149384023
Some people think a team with a free ten points every game has a chance of losing a series.

>>149384026
both MY teams

>>149384065
Most of those fans are over 50 year old now. Seattle has more Zoomers than Boomers now so the public conscious probably feel mostly nothing or little outcry to occur. Real question is how the Clippers fans are taking this?

>>149384065
Too busy fighting ICE and safekeeping the Gayborhood to care probably.

What did he mean by this?

>>149383949
white sox

>>149384100
No one expected SGA to be this good. He's Jimmy Butler tier but with a ring.

>>149384125
>thinking reinsdorf will let go of any of his cash cows

>>149384100
This shit will be the bane of my existence as a Clippers fan despite not caring for SGAY. Fuck Poo George

>>149384010
>you're not a fan of the braindead nba. You're just posting nonstop in an nba thread
Right, the only difference is I like the NBA whereas you post nonstop because you hate it? Make it make sense

>>149384065
Least the Sonics at least won a NBA title unlike the Clippers.

>>149384041
>t. fan of team that recently one a hospital r*ng

>>149384183
>I never once defended the nba
>I like the nba
Attacking someone for criticizing your shit ass sport is defending it, dumbass. That, or you're just obsessed with me LOL.

>>149384156
Kawhi wouldn't sign without PG being on the Clippers. In retrospect they wee both washed but it made sense at the time.

>>149384100
More funny that this is the final year of that deal with not only OKC winning it all finally, but also gets the Clippers first round swap at 15. As Darth Vader put it "Now his failure is complete".

>>149384213
>attacking
>you responded to my post like a hit dog hollering
Are you retarded? You really do have the memory of a fucking goldfish and respond within 2-5 mins which would suggest to me you spend even more time than I do on NBA forums, despite not liking the NBA verifying you’re retarded

>Oklahoma fans didn’t cheer Haliburton going down while Canadian fans screamed in ecstasy when Durant went down
Interesting

>>149384234
And if you were actually satisfied with the game, you wouldn't be attached to my nutsack like you currently are. You feel the need to defend it because you know it needs defending. I can actually admit I'm not satisfied with the game. You're in denial.

>be Jeanie Buss

>sell Lakers for $10b

>buy Blazers for $5b

>profit $5b

>win nba championship before Lakers

>still have to fuck Jay Mohr

>>149384297
>implying she isn't fucking whoever she wants
nobody is refusing her once they get called into her office or invited for a night out

>>149384215
Kawhi killing (two) franchises all because he won a ring due to the Shitxers being the Shitxers in game 7.

>>149384318
this assumption that the sixers would have beaten the bucks is weird as hell. You think Brett Brown would have discovered the wall or embiid's body would have held up or that Simmons/Tobias would have stopped shitting themselves?

If the refs are supposedly rigging the NBA to push SGA and the Thunder, then why does he get all the exact same calls, including being allowed to do his "push off" in FIBA and the Olympics?

feel so bad for houston fans right now, lilb reactivated the curse on KD

>>149384315
>still have to drive Jay Mohr to rehab

FIXED

>>149384361
You have to ask about globohomo on 4chan?

>>149384357
I wasn't implying they'd beat the Bucks. Bucks would've beaten them 4-2. Point was making is Had Toronto lost, Kawhi would've most likely remained in Toronto on more team friendly deal, PG-13 would've remained on the Thunder, and the Clippers still wouldn't win a title with all the talent they gave up to get PG-13.

even if the nba decides to fix their refereeing this summer and the thunder go back to a 3rd seed and sga drops to dearon fox level of production, they can still never take away their ring

>>149384420
if winning didn't keep him around I fail to see how losing would do so

>>149384370
you hate to see it, but KD brought it on himself

>>149384470
Called no one would bother to pay him besides Toronto.

>>149384456
People deny reality all the time. If people can think Jan 6 was a terror attack, I can believe the Thunder's ring doesn't count. Too bad, this is my head cannon.

>>149382798
No lies in that post btw. And the only reason you're against what is said is because you admitted to being a black/jew abomination.

>>149384491
Ballmer is obsessed with Kawhi, he's still paying him despite Kawhi being injured every year

>>149384116
It's short for "thank you"

>>149384276
You’re clearly in denial about loving the NBA which is why you can’t stop posting about it. See how easy that is? You’re boring me now anon

>>149384491
>nobody would pay a 27/7 two-way all-star with two very recent dpoy awards
huh?

Jared McCain is the new face of the NBA

>>149384545
So bored yet you haven't said one good thing about this sport you supposedly love. Because you know it would be disingenuous. Like I said, in denial.

Just woke up from a coma thanks to a large cock being shoved too far in my asshole. How did my team do this season?

>>149384559
Correct because in this what if scenario he'd be the guy who missed the 3 pointer buzzer beater, and lost in OT and be herald as the guy who lost to Jimmy Butler.

>>149384578
Why would I need to? The NBA will always have loyal subscribers like yourself regardless of how ‘hated’ it is

>>149384562
No shit because all the straight dudes left so now they pandering to the queers. So why not make the most zesty nigga the new face of the NBA?

>>149384585
Your championship window had officially closed—that should cover both Miami and Boston fans

>>149384622
Lol you can't say a single nice thing about the nba. You probably hate it more than I do.

>>149384215
It's the fact that people are going to use that trade to make fun of the Clippers ever more that stings. I don't really think Shai would have been the player he is today if he didn't get traded to OKC and played with Chris Paul 3 that one season.

>>149384559
They'd pay him way less since he'd have no ring to flex to the media and owners.

>>149384598
teams do not give a single fuck about that. PG just got stupid money just because of his name even though he was on clear decline. Kawhi coming off of that season would have gotten paid by a bunch of teams even with a 2nd round exit

>>149384598
>>149384686
my shit team would give him the biggest contract possible just like how they gave beal the supermax :)

>“Miami was never really serious. They just pretend to be to appease their fan base.”
What the fuck does their front office even do?

>>149384691
You're thinking with a 2025 mindset instead of a 2018-2019 one silly billy. Back then people thought The Last Jedi was the best Star Wars film ever.

>>149384728
Good for them. Trades only work out with dumb luck.

>>149384728
>nikola jovic is considered an untouchable player

>>149384734
It only is if you completely remove all the other films before and after it.

InDIEna

Do you think Giannis cursed Tyrese and his family for having no humility after he lost in the first round? Hali spent the next 3 rounds talking shit and taunting, only to come crashing down at the most important moment. Seems spooky....

>>149384734
the 2018-19 mindset was even worse. Absolute bums and underachievers were getting crazy money. That was the era where dudes like Otto Porter got damn near a max. Guys like Tingus getting 150 for 5 despite not playing in over year. You are nuts if you think Kawhi wasn't getting paid

>>149384728

they pay an ex coach to pretend to be a mob boss so he looks alpha to players even though his methods are outdated in the modern nba.

>>149384818
he was talking shit as the underdog. thats based

>>149384821
He'd get half or less than what he got since if you go by that logic, rings spoke louder than meme stats back then. He remains in Toronto at best and goes to the Shitxers at worse "Ring Chase" since the Bucks would've most likely won that year and wouldn't bother to sign Kawhi and just laugh at him out of the building if he begged to join.

>>149384728
Please understand, Pat Riley's senile ass thinks he has Nikola Jokic on his team...

>>149384821
Porter got maxed out the same summer the Warriors got KD due to the cap going up and KD not wanting to go to Washington. He got traded immediately thereafter since he was a shitter but by 2019 he’d be on the last year of his deal before he became a vet minimum guy for the Warriors at tremendous value

>>149384818
Giannis might be the sorest loser in the NBA after LeBron and Durant.

>>149384930
zero aura in this picture

>>149384913
you are so retarded you weren't even watching back then

>ESPN says Pacers-Thunder Game 7 on ABC & ESPN+ is most-watched #NBAFinals game in 6 years.

>Average audience: 16.353M | Peak: 19.281M

>Postseason viewership on ESPN & ABC was up 10% from last year.

No Bron, No Steph, no Knicks. Why were so many people watching these boring finals?

>>149384997
Noooooooooooo, I was told it’s not a real ring because people weren’t watching

>>149384930
Infinite aura in this picture

>>149384818
>giannis
>humility
Is there any reason to believe he's a nice guy besides his esl jibber jabber.

Sam Hinkie was right.

>>149384997
How many game 7 NBA finals games have there been recently?

>>149384997
>don't give a fuck about boomer metrics
>still outperforms them
this man deserves a raise

>>149384996
Neither were you. But that's okay because no one ironically watched NBA games and hadn't in 20 years besides the larpers here/reddit and sport bet fags. Why else do the rating continue to plummet eh?

>>149385058
What are you trying to say? If the series is good and competitive that...more people will watch?

>>149384997
Well duh its cause its a game 7 lol show how many people watched game 5-6, and then we will talk.

>>149384997
This was the last bastion for the OKC/SGA-hater

>>149385084
Cazzies tuned in cause they like single elimination games. Think Football

>>149383244
It's a bunch of young guys that haven't seen any real playoff heartbreak. It's hard to celebrate success when you haven't experienced any real failure

>>149384996
>>149385082
People watch the NBA for real?

>>149383244
And people will still tell me this ring isnt fraudulent.

>>149385082
kawhi was the best fa since kd every team would've payed him

>>149385169
>kawhi was the best fa since kd
Grim.

>>149384022
would be retarded, clippers dome is only a couple of block away with sofi right in the middle
inglewood would be more expensive than century city at that point

>>149385200
Yeah Ballmer put intuit there for a reason, he also owns the forum. He knows whats up and its a small fuck you to the Lakers

>>149384997
>Game 7 had sub 20 million viewers when it came to a world audience
Fucking pathetic.

>>149384997
At least 14-18 million of those based on the peak and average were no doubt sports bet fags in Vegas.

Can anyone name a single definitive moment of OKCs playoff run other than the players who got injured? For a dominant team they had an Extremely forgettable playoff run

>>149385239
Retard

>>149385262
They play an equal game to their opponent then get 10 free points at the line. And everyone knows it.

>>149385284
Stay mad Silver.

>>149385115
You're not wrong, the only two people that looked eager to get those bottles open were Hartenstein and Caruso. These zoomer athletes are so sterile they don't even know how to party, I remember my freshman year we won a pre-season scrimmage against the upperclassmen and coach punished us because we didn't celebrate hard enough, made us watch the girls scrimmage afterwards and cheer until we lost our voices or threw up running suicides

>>149385085
>Postseason viewership on ESPN & ABC was up 10% from last year.
I accept your concession

The 01 lakers sole playoff loss is more memorable than the whole of OKCs shampionship. Prove me wrong.

>>149383244
They're already locked in for next year's ring

>>149385316
I can't

>>149384728
The trade package from the Heat was Wiggins, Rozier, Duncan Robinson and a first for a 1 year rental of KD. The Suns were basically asking for the Heats entire roster full of scrubs and more picks so the Heat backed off.

>>149385328
none of the shit you just mentioned moves the needle more than KD, heat are fucking retarded to not take that deal.

Is he right?

it really is astonishing how ugly the Nets' current aesthetic is.

>>149385328
all of those guys are fucking bums except Wiggins when he's trying

>>149384997
Not bad, and game7 last night was over in the third quarter.
Boomers crying about the league dying are so retarded lol
The NBA is probably more popular than ever.

>>149385369
Looks like it got into a fight with a chalkboard and the chalkboard won.

>>149385369
>not a fan of basquiat
The jerseys and court are the coldest in basketball bro jerseys look good in the air and in motion.

>>149385369
They really said
>Brooklyn (((Nets)))

>>149384997
>20 million people watched OKC blowout the pacers without Hali

Well what cope are we on now.

>>149385349
The Heats roster would have been
Davion Mitchel
Tyler Herro
Nikola Jovic
Kevin Durant
Bam Adebayo

And a bench full of G-leaguers. That shit isn't winning anything. They might aswell just rebuild at this point.

>>149385365
no, this isn't the NFL

>>149385435
New

>>149384997
Because nothing better to watch besides not even half season in Baseball.

>>149385401
only the front part is driving me crazy with the T, the apostrophes and Nike logo.
THIS one its just the purple mixed in thats pissing me off.

>>149385369
Is that papyrus

Is he right?
Like I love the 2020 lakers but I think the 2023 Nuggets would rape them.

>>149384997
D-Delete this.....

>>149385513
2019 Raptors Roster:
Kyle Lowry
Danny Green
Kawhi Leonard
Pascal Siakam
Marc Gasol

With FVV, OG, Norman Powell and Serge Ibaka coming off the bench. That team stomps out every championship team in the last 7 years easily.

>>149385417
them being bought by Jay Z & changing the name to Brooklyn is one of the greatest tragedies of the past decade.
them deciding not to change the full name to the Brooklyn Bridges is one of the greatest *prevented tragedies of the past decade.

>>149385262
Game 4, when it looked like the Thunder could've been on all-time fraud watch, Shai hit two season saving shots