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>>149571760
why so hostile?

the 7 team deal will send Lediddy to the clippers, jalen brown to the lakers, Harden to the bucks Beal to the celtics its a blockbuster

TOP FIVE NBA OFFSEASON MOVES

1.myles turner to bucks and streching dame contract

2.drafting ace bailey for utah jazz

3.signing jake laravia (future 6moy)

4.magic trading for desmond bane

5.hawks getting a future frp for free from retard pels

Does Suggs have the best GF?

>will be going to see jurassic world this saturday alone
>superman most likely alone as well
>fantastic 4 alone probably
at least the theaters in a mall so I can do other things.

I actually like chris paul I hope he gets a ring

>>149571901
dress and move like this, thank me later

>>149571901
A friend of mine got his girlfriend by asking for her number in the super market. thats literally it. they've been with eachother for a year now. fuck is this shit?

>>149571901
>at least the theaters in a mall so I can do other things.
nigga gonna be in the mall alone like a loser kek

>>149571917
It's actually not that bad, ive done it before. you just hang around the foodcourt, walk around with headphones in and buy a thing a two, then leave. I recommend it.

LaRavia is still the best signing of the offseason and a crucial roleplayer for my Lakers

>>149571882
>I will likely never have a big thighed, big booty scrappy baller gf
Why live?

>>149571906
....soul....

>>149571937
women with big thighs creep me out.

>>149571909
It's a matter of being sincere when you ask and not being afraid of rejection. Most women will at least give you a chance if they're single and the question to go out or for their phone number is born out of genuine interest in them. However, if they sense even a hint of desperation, they will shoot you down. That's the problem most men have: they ask more out of desperation to no longer be alone than genuine interest. Women may be a lot of things, but one thing they are not is inperceptive. They can sense those things a mile away.

Nuggets have had a great off season so far.

>>149571917
no wonder he likes that loser bitch chris paul

>>149571948
It's my achilles heel, along with large, well rounded posteriers.

>>149571845 (OP)
Ayton > Xavier
Rui > Niang
LeBron >Hauser
Luka > Jaylen
Reaves < White


Lakers absolutely mog the Celtics now. I'd be surprised if the Celtics win more than 40 games.

>>149571861
Because you teased me with the possibility of relationship drama then witheld it, so I was upset and hurt.

>>149571991
It will be interesting to see what Brown is really made of without Tatum

>>149572001
im not the OG person you were replying to. I was just curious. sorry for the confusion.

Beal is going to get stretched and end up in LA

>>149572009
It's okay, I regret that reply to him. Hopefully anon will see this exchange and knows I'm sorry

>>149572012
>SlimLuka carries a team of misfit castoffs and 40 y/o LeBron to a 'chip
Could be kino

Chet > Wemby

>>149571901
better than me. my friend invited me on a double date to some fancy Italian steakhouse. I didnt want to go so I had my manager put me on for the day it was supposed to happen so I had a legit excuse not to attend.

>>149571948

>>149572045
Why didn't you want to go? I'm assuming you and your gf were invited?

>>149572045
nigga missed on on some free pussy and good steak to wageslave im out

>>149572057
I didnt want to go because I just didnt want to. I do not have a girlfriend, nor to I plan on getting one
>>149572058
I didnt want to go. I actually like going to work. it gives me something to do.

nba player like this?

>>149572066
How were you invited on a double date? Was your friends gf's friend supposed to be your 'date' for the evening?

>>149572073
Jake LaRavia

>>149572073
LaRavia

>>149572075
I think thats how it was supposed to go. I dont understand, I didnt give it much thought.

>>149571969
>genuine interest
>that can be developed at...the super market
lmao lets be honest, anybody asking anybody else out in public outside of the context of school or work where familiarity is a given. Is just doing so because they look nice

>>149572087
What do you do for work?

>>149572012
this nigga looks like rob lowe wtf

>>149571988
Your achilles-heel is your achilles-heel. Its not a womens rounded posterior or big thighs. I mean, take a fucking anatomy lesson Jesus christ

>>149572092
I stock dairy frozen shelves.

>>149572089
I agree, but there can also be an element of genuine attraction as well beyond just looks, like personality, temperament. Also it isn't often you ask after meeting just once: for example a barista asked for my number at a cafe I frequented after like the 7th time I went there. It didn't lead to anything serious but I gave her a chance because she was cute and sweet, just wasn't my type though (a bit dumb, couldn't have pleasurable conversations with her)

>>149572108
Well it was nice talking to you meal anon
>>149572101
Very funny

>>149572114
I am not that person.

>>149572117
You sure?

>>149572131
Yes.

>>149572138
I'm watching you

>>149572141
Ok.

Sooo anyway....

>>149572066
think you should have gone man. fumbled the bitch and the food I know you sick

>>149572108
is this you

>>149572164
I just didn't want to go. It's not that deep. I didnt "miss' or "fumble" anything. In fact I had a very productive day at work while the date was supposed to happen.

>>149572167
No and I'll tell you why. I just stock the shelves, I dont sell anything thing. I just put the product on the shelves. the product is already there, I dont need to convince anyone that It needs to go in that spot.

>>149572172
I'm not trying to tell you how to live your life but stocking frozen dairy at a grocery store is about the most mundane and braindead job someone could have, and anyone could do. A double date and meeting a new person while also helping be there for your friend seems like it would have been a more unique and interesting experience. The frozen section isn't going anywhere anon

>>149572073
AC Green

>>149572207
I understand your first point (even though you are not correct) but at the end of the day I just didnt want to go, and would have rather just be working instead so I had the manager put me on. they needed people anyways since 2 guys called in so my presence was needed.

>>149572234
>my presence was needed.
nigga if you quit they'd have your replacement in the next 24 hours.

>>149572234
>I just didnt want to go,
why?

>>149572234
I worked at a grocery store for 7 years through highschool and college: started as a bagger/cashier, then trained in grocery, produce, and deli. If we had call-outs in grocery and couldn't get a grocery clerk to come in we would pull someone from customer service (cashier/bagger) or produce to stock shelves. And since it was presumably an evening shift (most dates are in the evening and you were scheduled to avoid a date) it was just a stocking shift which anyone in a grocery store who is even remotely competetent can do. If it's frozen/dairy you just wear a jacket since you stock from behind in the walk-in fridge/freezer. If it were a delivery shift that's another matter since you need to know how to use a pallet jack, unload a truck and organize backstock, that would need more grocery training but even I have walked cashiers/new grocery clerks training through it and they have it down in a day or 2. Managers also typically help unload on delivery. Those are usually the opening shift (4am) when delivery arrives but 2 or 3 times a week we may get one in the later afternoon if we've had a busy week. Every grocery chain will have different policies and procedure's on all of these aspects but the general principles are the same for all of them. Not trying to shit on your job but we've literally pulled people off the street to work grocery.

Tbh though the more I talk to you I get the impression you're a bit of a boring, dour man so maybe it's best you just don't go on dates and wageslave away in onscurity. It's even possible you saved your friend some embarrassment.

>>149572289
Not him but was an essay really needed for this?

>>149572289
Read anything interesting lately?

>>149572295
No but I'm bored and can't sleep
>>149572298
I've been reading Omoo by Melville and Plain Tales from the Hills by Kipling, would recommend both

>>149572303
Thanks will check them out! Been hopelessly bored lately

>>149572309
Both are available for free on project Gutenberg, just search for Melville or Kipling and you'll find them listed in their anthologies. Be aware Omoo is technically a sequal/continuation to Typee (which I'd also recommend) but you don't need to have read Typee to understand what's happening in Omoo. He fills you in on all you need to know in the first chapter

>>149572322
What are your favorite novels? I like your prose

>>149572289
I will not reading the wall of words you've just posted.

regarding to the last line, im a very basic person, some may consider it boring but I do not care. at the end of the day I just did not want to go on a double date at some fancy italian steakhouse. I didnt want to. thats literally it. please dont over complicate it.

>>149572333
As you might guess anything by Melville, Kipling, Washington Irving, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Brockden Brown. Some Dickens as well.
My top 5 in no paticular order though would be:
Bracebeidge Hall- Washington Irving
Israel Potter: His 50 Years of Exile- Herman Melville
Deidrich Knickerbockers History of New York- Washington Irving
Great Expectations- Charles Dickens
Weiland: or, the Transformation- Charles Brockden Brown

so do blazers do anything after cutting Ayton? such a weird move to axe him when he's just 1 year away from his contract.

>>149572376
Adding to my backlog, what's your team btw?

>>149572338
The last paragraph doesn't make any sense without understanding the first. All that the first paragraph stated, was that, respectfully, you are not as valuable to your job as you think you are, and if you realized that, perhaps you would have taken the opportunity to experience something different and more worthwhile. I am encouraging you to get outside your comfort zone a little, I think that would be very healthy for you. Yes, I can peeceive you are a very basic person. But even basic people get out some. I am not overcomplicated anything, if anything I would argue you are not as basic as you claim to be since you continue to engage with us on the topic. If you really didn't care, you'd of stopped replying a while ago

>>149572389
I'm not a huge fan of any team in paticular these days, I more follow and root for players, but I was born in FL and grew up rooting for the Magic so I consider myself a Magic fan

>>149572419
Players such as?

>>149572427
Well for the first time since the Dwight years I like this Magic roster a lot, so Wagner, Paolo, Bane (great trade imo), Luka, Irving, Curry is amazing, I like Edwards game a lot but not all the antics. I also liked Butler a lot but that was always tough to admit because I hate the HEAT. I also love SGA minus the foulbaiting, which I think is exaggerated to a degree but he definitely does do it

Uh oh bros looks like a few regulars here are gonna go missing soon!

>>149572452
Amazing taste honestly, Butler always felt to me like a much worse foulbaiter than SGA don't know how he doesn't get nearly as much hate.

>>149572458
You root for a team? Which tram is most popular in Brazil? I always imagined they'd be fans of the HEAT due to proximity but I don't know

>>149572454
>No more weapskitz/inceltic spam
Oh no, how will this general survive?
Sike! I've had those phrases filtered for almost 2 years

>>149572466
I started watching basketball while in Japan with an american friend a year ago so my favorite team is the same as his ( twolves ), quickly found out Luka & Kyrie were by far my favorite players though so I started batting for the mavs. Stuck with the lakers now sadly.
People here pick their team at random or from where they have relatives desu, the majority picks based on a player they like and sticks with them since we don't really have a relevant brazilian in the league

>>149572379
Surely they look to move Grant/Jrue next?

>>149572483
are we looking for the next process

>>149572482
Yeah Kyrie probably has my favorite all around game, Luka is my favorite to watch though. I'm a Gator fan too so I hope Clayton can stick in the league, the Jazz getting rid of Sexton and Clarkson seems to indicate they are going to give their young guard like Clayton a ton of minutes to develop. He reminds me some of Deron Williams, and not just because Clayton landed on the Jazz: similar heigh/weight/frame, Clayton maybe a bit less athletic but a far better shooter. although I think Condon will be a lottery pick next year and end up being the best pro from last years championship team.

>>149572482
The luka/kyrie mavs got me into ball too. Kyries game is beautiful and Luka was shitting on kids on the court.

>>149572501
>Clayton
Interesting I liked the little I saw about him in the combine, great personality. Haven't watched NCAA at all outside high draft prospects though, so I can't comment on his game very much. Those returning jazz jerseys look great hope he pans out and doesnt just rot there like players do in charlotte.

>>149572521
He singlehandidly beat Auburn, some of these shots were insane:
https://youtu.be/4XafX2LArxM?si=Tp-4YSavZ_zNLcf5

>>149572520
Man I a shame with what happened but maybe it was for the best considering the health disaster that hit the mavs around the time, well that might've been too much karmic debt. My mavs jerseys arrived from customs a week after the trade which was salt on the wound lol

>>149572546
I liked his interview here, great vibes will keep an eye on him now.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FohyGDJK080

>>149572559
Yeah like you said good personality, high character guy too. These shots near the end against Texas Tech were especially crazy:
https://youtu.be/Z-KUFpkoV5E?si=1VAPlFSXa2uHFWPA

>>149572556
Does the NBA not have a local jersey vendor in Brazil? Pretty sure they have warehouses in aus that ship to our region lol

>>149572656
I bought them while at japan lol it took months for them arrive, I have some I bought here afterwards but they feel awful in comparison which surprised me. Wearing them while out and about feels odd to me so I don't do it often anyhow.

look at the weird europeans dancing on the death of jota. we weren't like thats with kobe

>>149573461
im glad shitters like mcgrady and arenas got slammed for using ESPN's finals stage to spew their garbage

My celties gonna feed a generation of Achilles memes if Tatum and Dame really link up :)

Giannis hasn't done shit since he won his hospital ring.

Massai drafted a bust as a parting gift to Toronto

sixers sneakily building the best back court in the east?

>>149574197
Honestly theyre underrated because everyone was hurt last year, embiid needs to actually play games this year though.

>>149574331
he needs to actually sit games and be healthy for the playoffs.

Denver is actually back. Valanciunas instead of deandre/plumlee/saric/whatever jokic had as a backup is huge.

>>149574436
Sure but can they make the playoffs with the amount of games embiid's been playing recently?

>>149574464
Valanciunas is ass

>>149574468
Yeah if McCain is healthy, Maxey quits the bodybuilding shit, they keep Grimes and Paul George finds his shooting stroke I don't think Philly will have an issue making the eastern playoffs. Hard to not be optimistic about Bona and VJ.

>>149574482
10 minutes of ass is better than whatever DJ was giving the nuggets all these years. First actual backup big in denver since boogie

>>149574482
Still, maybe now then won't go down 10-20 points every time jokic sits, more like 5-10 lol.

>>149574511
Can't embiid suit up in a similar style to kawhi? 19 games is just too little you'd fear hed get rusty. Clippers rested him a lot 37 games played is not a lot to ask

Nuggetsbros we're so fucking back

>>149574562
agreed, embiid should play around 50 games, skip the IST bullshit and just make sure he's healthy and in shape for the playoffs. i would rather the sixers be a 10th seed play-in team with a healthy embiid than see philly limp into another hopeless playoff run

>>149572073
Why don't these virgin niggas just marry earlier? AC Green also waited until he was like 35.

>>149572073
Jarrett Allen

Was that really it yesterday or did I miss something? Dinwiddie and Mann in Charlotte, Ayton to LAL

>>149575015
Window is only active 3-5 hours a day

>>149573461
Basedbron

>>149574468
You casuals need to be reminded who the next face of the league is.

why would you bet on games when you are a millionaire

>>149575206
McCain FC is powerful, not even a full season played and he's already the most prominent zesty hooper, KAT could never.

>>149575232
debt

So Vogel and Phil Handy are joining the Mavs. They really might trade for Bron.

>>149571845 (OP)
Damn, that's Braun? Ngl he looks so handsome with that new look

>>149571948
You might be homosexual

I miss Dirk. He was sovl.

BAWB

LeBron fans crying in their bunker youtube live streams. beyond mind-broken, totally incapable of wrapping their heads around this situation and ultimately coming to the conclusion that racism must be the motivating factor causing all this turmoil.

>>149576167
Lmao why would we be mad when the majority of NBA fans are Lakers fans and a 5th ring for Bron means only the most deranged insecure MAGAtards, who can’t stand an intellectual politically outspoken black man, would consider Jordan anywhere near the GOAT?

>>149575733
Same. My generations Larry Bird.

>>149576385
the majority of Lakers fans want LeBron out. stop lying.

>>149575206
Ja
McCain
Jaylin Williams
KAT
AD
Who can zest this team?

>>149576683
don't ever lump the ZESTY BVLL with these zesty bucks ever again

wemby thinks hes liu kang now or some shit

>>149577189
SIUUU-ACK

Whats the Sixers starting 5 for next season?

>>149577569
Maxey
McCain
PG13
Oubre
Drummond

>>149577569
Maxey, McCain, VJ, Pg, Embiid seems logical. Oubre, Bona and Grimes off the bench. Its a good team when healthy

Can Edgecombe play the 3?

>>149577600
>>149577608
i think they should trade McCain and make grimes the starting sg

You also wont have to deal with a faggot on your team

POST YOUR FAVOURITE NBA WIGGER

>>149577914
Tyler Herro fosho

>>149577845
Mccain wouldve been roty trading him would be crazy.

Haynes just lying at this point

>>149578013
McCain is the new Kyle Lowry all jokes aside, rebounds well, good on defense, he plays much bigger than his height and wingspan.

>>149578183
No ass

>>149576385
>an intellectual politically outspoken black man

>>149571929
>walk around with headphones
why? the whole point of going to a place like a mall is nat sound

>>149572073
that one guy on the magic who's a preacher

>>149577914
my nigga Crusin'-so

>>149578317
not a wigger im afraid

>>149578332
every white man in the NBA is a wigger

My rapties coming for the summer league chip

>>149578351
>kevin love is a wigger
>cody zeller is a wigger
>kon knueppel is a wigger
words have meanings

>>149578379
He even sells fried chicken

>>149578372
flagg owns you

>>149578391
fuck
you win

Is Brad Stevens really gonna let the Celtics go into the season with Neemias Queta as the starting center?

>>149578487
Why should he care? season is a wash anyways, he'll trot out JB in half the games and then shut him down halfway through the season with a mysterious hip injury to bag a top 9 draft

>>149578487
Dont disrespect the Portuguese Punisher

>>149578395
These lottery picks are going to play one game and then sit

I always wondered where d rose got his infamous jumping form from

>>149578601
>Portuguese
nope

>>149578831
Cope mayomonkey

>>149578487
They’re clearly tanking

>>149578925
in the 2nd apron kek
the nba really should remove your apron tax if your highest paid player is out with a long term injury

Lebron is the only old fuck left on this team. We need to trade his ass for some players who actually play defense.

>>149578351
The wiggerish of wiggers right here.

>>149579115
Really? He doesnt give that vibe at all

Tyler herro and Donte DiVicenzo are more wiggerish

And obviously Chet

>>149579213
I'm being facetious.

>>149579249
Ooops i didnt see the whole convo

>>149579213
Chet > Other wiggas

54 from treball is odee shooting hang pulls

I'm ready for the no african american lineup for the Lakers.

PG: Luka
SG: Reaves
SF: Knecht
PF: LaRavia
C: Ayton

So all that talk about Giannis getting moved or asking to leave was just for clicks

>>149579418
Yes. It was pretty well known among knowers that he was going no where this offseason wit only a slight chance at a trade deadline move.

>>149579418
Giannis doesn’t want to leave. He got his ring, he makes all front office decisions, the team still tries to put a team around him, he likes the city and wants to raise his family in Milwaukee. He’s perfectly fine.

>>149579471
Why is the newer generation so complacent? Old gen would have been gone long ago.

>>149579502
Zoomers were in middle school when KD left for GS. They also remember Lebrons decision, at least the older zoomers. They don’t want to go down that route.

>>149579502
Being a mercenary doesn't actually give you more respect or happiness with ball. It's cheating the process and most of the time it fails. KD, PG, and Harden being traded for a million picks has destroyed multiple teams.

>>149575232
Im not trying to be racist but niggers are dumb as shit.

Meal.

>>149579672
rosti looks shit

How come Morant hasn't asked to be traded yet? The Grizzlies haven't done anything other than sign a max contract with JJJ who needs to have surgery

>>149579818
Zoomers don’t demand trades.

>>149579818
why would he demand a trade? theyre gonna supermax him

>>149579818
Are you retarded?

>>149579818
www.google.com
www.gemini.com
www.chatgpt.com
www.bing.com
www.yahoo.com
www.reddit.com

Ant is wild
https://youtube.com/shorts/M1cMNQaT13E

how do we stop the woke left from taking over basketball

>>149579909
Based AntDAWG. Dont give a fuck bout these hoes.

mayne what the fuck westbrook got goin on this offseason

>>149580023
get a time machine

>>149580023
They've always run it: first (or 2nd?) commisioner was the DNC chairmen. It's been a psyop to get blacks voting democrat since it's inception

She say she always wanted to fuck a black man

>>149580513
makes you think

>Miami Heat are reportedly seeking a first-round pick, Dalton Knecht, and Rui Hachimura from the Lakers in trade talks centered around Andrew Wiggins. #NBA

>>149580614
no widdly way

>>149580614
Yikes, hard no from me if I'm LA

>>149580614
>>149580642
oh shit im retarded i thought it said that the trade had happened kek

>>149580614
>Riley got the call LeDiddy needs more help

who da realest nigga in da league

>>149580614
how about Kuminga and gui santos :)

>>149580709
kyrie

>>149580614
yeah that ain't happening lmao

>>149580709
MPJ

>>149580709
chetty and malik beasley

>>149580765
i've watched mpj's podcast with lana rhoades four times

>>149580614
I'm not even sure current Wiggins is better than Rui straight up

>>149580614
>NOOOOOOOOO ONLY THE LAKERS AND CELTICS ARE ALLOW3D TO GET GOOD STUFF FOR TRASH! NOT MIAMI!!!!

>>149580782
yeah because of his defence

>>149579418
Always has been

>>149580782
Wiggins is better because he brings defense to the table.

>21/11/9 on 50/46% since the all star break
we need to start a dialogue

>>149580782
Wiggins was balling in miami desu

>>149580614
>worse than Rui
>worse contract than Rui
>gib us 1st and Dalton too preasu!

>>149580847
Not in 2025

>>149580852
So was Gabe Vincent

>>149580848
He's a baller. Bulce are about to get him for cheap if they don't fuck things up like they always do.

Breaking news: Gayson Gaytum's surgery was a failure, he still has no aura, the implant was rejected.

>>149580709
Malik Beasley

>>149580902
kek

>>149580061
He reminded a hoe that she is in fact a hoe

Just 2 more weeks until the Lakers make their big move…

>>149580942
cor id shag both of them

fellas what if gabe vincent starts balling out next szn gon be scary hours

Thoughts?

>>149580982
LeOld getting shipped out waiting party

Beasley did that shit

>>149581007
Knicks aren't contenders

Lakers already got Lebron Jr. They don't need Lebron Sr anymore.

>>149581033
They're contenders for the ECF. None of the eastern teams are title contenders.

>>149581007
hornys make the yoffs
knueppel and mcneeley are going to be like redick and korver

>>149581007
Magic a tier lower. Sixers are unknowm because at full health theyre legit

>>149581007
nets belong in KWAB

>>149581054
>Sixers at full health

>>149581007
76ers will reach the conference finals next year but lose to the Knicks in a 7 game series

Cam Johnson's mother is Croatian
Nuggets really traded for the only black balkan

>>149581007
i dont think the pistons are a lock 4 da 'yoffs

>>149581170
cade is legit that nigga now he'll hard carry them

the hawks are the best team in the east

>>149581234
I think they need another year for Risacher to develop. But they do have a lot to be optimistic about, which is surprising considering how many of the players from their ECF run are gone.

>>149581212
outside of the cavs and knicks its a level playing field, everyone has the same odds imo
i mean people got the magic 3rd in the east ffs lol

witnessing Cade figuring the game of bball out was one of my favorite things about last season

>>149581263
>risacher
>develop
into what? luke kennard?

>>149581297
>inefficient
>cant defend
>farms kickout assists
>lightskin
>no aura
give it a rest, he's a box score merchant

>>149581330
your hating on everyone brah

>>149581298
He's already better than Kennshart

Cade's overrated and barely improved last season. Jalen Duren is the one carrying things.

>>149581369
it's a cruel world

>>149581387
funny thing is that he genuinely isn't

>>149581391
i wonder who was feeding jalen duren while also averaging 26ppg

>>149581432
>why didn't Megatron throw any passes

>>149581106
All they need is 30 games of embiid and pg, overpaid as he is, is still an above avg 2 way player

>>149581391
Detroit was more of a situation, a case study really, of how replacing g-leaguers and busts with league avg vets can completely change a team. You really have to wonder what some of these teams are thinking because it's so easy to just be baseline competent

>>149581465
bro if thats the case sixers need to trade embitch fast you'd be better off with deandre jordan

Oh Ausar Thompson is good too and balled out after returning from injury last season. Felt like his season got overlooked because his twin was so good, too.

>>149581234
hawks are pacerlite

they traded Fonteccio
its over

>>149581584
I dont rememebr if it was last year or the year before but people were talking about him a lot for a good stretch

>>149581391
What an awful take.

>>149581685
no you

>>149581007
76ers could salary dump Embiid and George and they’d still have a more promising young core than any team listed in the two tiers above them except maybe Indiana

Cav's dynasty lasted from November 2024 to about February 205

>>149581536
They got adem karaboga to lead the regular season. Just inject embiids knees with stem cells and cartilage and force him to play the playoffs afterwards. Sixers got a genuinely good team

>>149581812
76xsters suck and Philly cope is even more cringe than Knigg's cope is

>>149581685
All he did was take more shots and had an increased time with the ball. Assists went up a bit but so did the turnovers and he was already a high TO player for his assist numbers. His 2 point FG% went up marginally but he had much better teammates and spacing this season. I'm not really seeing this "huge improvement"; certainly not the fabled "leap".

>>149581815
They are getting better and the East worse so I could see this year finally being the year they do something.

>Ben McLemore found guilty of rape
Ben McLemoresisters....

whats more likely -
Embitch chimping out & beating up a ref / reporter
or
the sixers getting to the second round playoffs?

just how much more help does luka doncic need

>>149582018

still crying at
>risacher

>>149582081

>>149582046
I’ll go with option C: /nba/ obsessively seething over a player that’s been out since January

>>149581866
Did you miss out on the McCain nail polish sale? Why are you so angry?

>>149582066
Luka's only hope is Knecht or Bronny having a breakout season as a sophomore, which is doubtful because teams playing against them will be able to cheat on defense by no covering old man James who is pretty much completely useless.
And its hilarious how Laker fans and Laker haters alike have been all over Luka about being out of shape when LeDottage is the one who is can't jump and can't run. Fat Luka is an olympic sprinter compared to James

i forgot who i am and the purpose of my existence... but anyway. how is my team doing?

>>149582018
Having to rape women after being in the NBA should be death penalty

>>149582273
and it comes from jj reddit and pelinka
they basically said it was conditioning that got them eliminated alluding to Luka being the problem obviously
Luka shoulda demanded a trade right after that press conference

>>149582018
Mamba mentality

>>149582346
lukas going to the nuggets, this season is a write off

>>149582273
Luka’s only hope in LA is the new ownership spending an absurd amount of money to bring in talent around him.

>>149582369
he should pull a Kawaii and sit out as a fuck you to the front office
he didnt ask to join this team of scrubs

>>149582429
be funny watching the lakers fans melt down

>>149582346
Luka didn’t have leverage, he looked fat and you don’t need a psychiatrist to see the injury rehab plus the trade itself sending him into a mini-depression was why put all that weight back on.

>>149582476
>mini-depression
probably just because he wasn't playing as much mate

>>149582476
he was still ballin tho
its not like his stats were half of what he was doing previously

luka's an empty stats merchant and im tired of people pretending otherwise
jokic, shai, giannis, luka
in that order

>>149582500
He just bought a house in Dallas and was investing in DFW, lost a quarter billion because of the trade. The first month in LA his social was just him in the car listening to depressing eurotrash music and drinking in the hills.

>>149582369
As great as that would be, Luka & Jokic would probably get in each other's way. How would Luka going to get rebounds playing with Jokic? Being guard that pulls down 10 boards a game is one of the things that makes Luka so much better than all other guards. What would happen to Jokic's passing game if he had to play with a competent PG? Murray is the perfect match for Jokic because Murray sucks which allows Jokic to take over most of his responsibilities. The real problem is that Murray gets paid about 10x what he is worth which leaves Denver in the position of not being able to pay competent bench players and instead having to settle for schizo trash like Westbutt

>>149582579
>just him in the car listening to depressing eurotrash music and drinking in the hills
it's called being a slav
>>149582595
they'd figure out how to get it to work i reckon

>>149582548
Yeah because he’s that fucking guy, real ballers like iverson put up some of the best performances of his career when his life was a fucking wreck. That said, we still haven’t seen Luka hit that moment where he gets his shit together like Jokic quitting Coca Cola or Embiid quitting chick fil a

>>149582564
>FTA over Lawnpiss & Luka
put the galaxy gas down and go to sleep

>>149582658
this is cope

>>149582649
so lets uproot him and his family and tie a 40 year old bum to his ankle
that'll straighten him out

>>149582649
the real redpill is that luka's "conditioning" isn't his problem, it's his shot selection

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDAkYuofDhg&t=715s


am I weird I am watching this to get hyped?

I am an NBA champion team leader who is forgotten...

>>149582847
Shai......

>>149582875
who?

*does nothing*

>>149582847
we see you Kevin Love

>>149582468
it'll be funnier seein lebum still chasing his 10 ppg
there was a couple games he almost threw chasing it last year, i think there will be way more this year

>Jonas Valanciunas is nearing a stunning EuroLeague move and exiting the NBA.

>Per BasketNews sources, Valanciunas was lured by Panathinaikos' multi-year offer.

Nuggies need to look for a new back-up center

>>149582963
n*gger fatigue
can't blame him

>>149582963
Dudes really thought he’d be a difference maker in Denver

>conditioning issue
>reaves was booty butt cheeks all series
>jj reddit just ran his starters with no breaks
>40 year old man gassing out (who could of seen this happening?)

I fucking hate the lakers.

>>149582963
but do they still get to trade saric?

>>149582963
kek alfred horford get ready to learn denver buddy

>media plebs are hyping KEK Johnson, Brick Brown, Jonas LOSERciunas, and Tim NEPOaway Jr., as the saviors of CHOKIC's prime
they all did the same with WASHEDbrook, and it will end the same way

>>149583075
>4"11 rape baby shits his pants at the sight of jokic getting the most mid team of all time

>>149582963
>nugshit fans and the jidf hyping up JV just for him to leave the league

>>149582963
KEKAROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

>>149583092
don't matter
>>149582963
no one wants to play for denver, lmao

is Russ going to israel?

Denver's only 50% white???
No wonder he's leaving kek

>>149583125
>the players they got were shit
>Denver can't win without Jonas
Pick one pinoy

>>149583014
EuroLeague has plenty of them, but its not as bad as in soccer, at least not yet.
If NBA players can get more money playing in EuroLeague then the NBA needs to change it's cap and minimum salary rules.

time to dust off DJ for one last ride....

>>149583156
he's not, he was making 10 mil a year, he's only getting 4 mil overseas
dude wants to go home

>>149582018
I member when Shaq had investments in the Kings and he was mentoring this bum. Shaq didn't teach you that. Putting your teammates toothbrush up your ass sure, but he didn't teach you rape!

>>149583156
yeah i see teams forcing role players to sign two-way contracts in the future with this new cba

>>149582273
oh yeah. Luka is slotted in as the scapegoat for sure.

>>149583148
That was a fake offer

>>149583151
as opposed to new orleans...???

>>149582942
more like *subtly helps Boston and sabotages the Jazz* on and *hire le son to continue my work*

>bronny
it's over

i got two words for ya
jonas valanciunas and panathiniakos
must see tv

>>149583239
>new orleans is in the euroleague

pls

>>149583075
you are way too emotionally invested in this tired shtick

>>149571906
Yup, if you wanna win and get big booty bitches. If you want to be celibate (invulentarily) wembymaxxing is for you.

>>149580023
All Alligator Auschwitz superteam
>SGA
>Kyrie
>Siakam
>Giannis
>Wembenyama

>>149583265
new orleans, where he was playing before, has a higher population of blacks than denver. if that was the reason he didnt wanna go to denver, he woulda left the pelicans years ago

BAWBros, one of our own betrayed us…

Did you guys not read the article? It literally says he could leave NEXT YEAR, when and if his contract isn't fully guaranteed

You know what? Fuck Lithuania. Always knew that was a bum country.

Jonas isn't leaving is he

>>149583378
New Orleans feels far more European than Denver. I just don’t think he wants to live in America, can’t blame him.

>>149583417
fuck you pasta nigger

niggas so terrified of the nuggets having at least mid players that they celebrate at the prospect of one of them not being able to play. Says it all really

>>149583422
HE GONE

>>149583443
Ι really don't understand how Euroleague teams can sustain such big salaries when the Euroleague itself is such a shit deal for teams. Maybe they can smell NBA Europe is coming?

>>149583425
>nb4 Jokic Internet Defense Force starts posting demographic charts

>>149582963
lol

>>149583452
Where does PAO crackhead CEO get money from? They've been buying out everyone who decent

Why do people think Jonas is good now? It’s not like he’s going to share the floor with Jokic and get wide open looks either, if he plays he’ll be another “Jokic doesn’t have any help” scapegoat

>>149583452
I mean you already have Spanish teams taking it seriously, we’re a French Olympic gold medal away from soccer oil clubs adding basketball stadiums to their portfolio

>>149583476
he is a big pharma CEO and also owns multiple businesses around Greece. But he doesn't have an endless pit of money like the Gulf Arabs do and even though the club is probably the most profitable in Euroleague, I doubt it generates that much income to justify all those transfers

>>149583452
all entertainment , movies / music / video games, are just a way to launder money
you think sanctions against Iran & Russia have worked ?

>>149583479
He’s a backup, nobodies asking him to put up career numbers

>>149583231
>That was a fake offer
WestYHWH is coming home to the promised land where he will dunk all over the Iranian devils and their moronic mohammedan servants, hang on the rim and then transfer all his technical fouls to a chicken in order to fool the refs.
Pic is yfw when this happens

>>149583430
>people poking fun at the nuggets after they were talking shit
>y-y-you're just af-fraid of jokic
if you can't take it, don't dish it out you sensitive little bitch

>>149583500
Is it really a sanction when Trump frees all Putins assets <6months into his term?

>>149583526
Arent you Indian tho

>>149583526
lol

>>149583502
Thought the Nuggets already had a washed back up center

>>149583538
>trump has run the US for 50 years

>>149583567
Feels like it

>>149583563
You’re gonna take DJ over Jonas? Is that the comparison you’re making right now?

>>149582963
LMAO
A DYNASTY THEY SAID!

>>149581966
They got gentlemen'd by the Pacers, Donovan Bitchell has played about as long as Emsneed and never been past the second round. They need Bron to win

The Greeks have arrived at Jonas Instagram page.

>>149582963
klutch mafia cannot get away with this

>>149582963
Nuggits are just that as. Can't wait for the Calvin apology tour when the Nugshits barely make the '-ins

>>149582963
How is that even allowed? He already got traded. He's on contract till 2028.

>>149583665
He's gonna retire from NBA and his contract will be voided.

>>149583619
its clear LeGM clears JokGM, remember he requested Westbrick kek

valanJEWnas sacrificing his own career so that Jokic doesn't get another ring. We all know who's paying him to do so...

>>149583691
LeCoon..

>Valanciunas would rather retire from NBA than play with a disgusting S*rb in a team

absolutely based

kek at lakers getting their center and then shifting over to fuck over the nuggets the lakers and lebron killers. rich paul you will see hell

>>149583702
every single time

laker fans think this nigger is going to win them a ring i can't

>>149583691
>>149583702
>>149583724
LeBron won
Bronny won
Diddy cleared
Nugshits are STILLa shite market
Klutch runs this league.
Your favorite player, kneels before the King.
Jorfraud. Already forgotten.

well well well n*gge*s

its 4th of july in an hour 9 years ago kd did the thing

>>149583755
mo wagner the per 36 king

Okay this is even funnier than Ace not wanting to play in Philly

looking forward to the nba 2k26 summer league

BAWBs in mourning

Cmon boys what happened to all the joy and laughter? Surely it isn’t over before it even began

>>149580942
Fake snapchat caption added in later by trolls and somehow twitter ran with this.

>Bronny James reportedly told the Lakers he’s “willing to take a pay cut”


It's over

>>149583902
LeBillionaire is fucking disgusting if this is true

>>149583902
GODnny I kneel.

I know who the face of this franchise is #TradeLukekandLeBonBon

>casually steals your back up center

heh, nothing personal nugshits

>>149580848
>stats in tanking season
>mattering
next you'll tell me the Raps were a top 5 defense after all star break

>>149584157
*does a fat line of coke and gets psychotic*

>>149584157
Based Greeks

>>149583627
please take him from my Lakies

>>149583940
bronnys inheritance is more than he'll make playing in the league anyways

>>149584157
>gets banned from attending his own teams games because he cannit resist getting into fights

>>149584172

>>149584172
why do some lithuanian surnames sound greek

>>149584219
>mfw i snort 20000€ worth of cocaine every day but my bank account just keeps growing

>>149582963
if they sign Boucher they're back in it

>>149580848
needs the ball in his hands to be doin dis tho which is why he was kicked to the curb by okc
and its not even that insane for the role he plays other people get the keys he has and drop like 30 a night

Why is it that everyone is in a relationship aside from me?

>>149584511
I tried to get the cute girl at the gyms attention that I know and occasionally wave it. She ignored me (probably didn’t hear cause she had her headphones in) very embarrassing. This is what happens when I try and open myself up even just a smidge.

Giannis to the warriors.

>>149580942
They paid a trashcan 18million giddey would be retarded to go for anything less than 30

>>149584511
you have to give your opinion on Chris Paul at the end of topic posts as a protection talisman so the janny dont come an buss a cap in yo ahh

>>149584542
I really hope the janny bans me to force me to get off this site for 3 days.

>>149584530
No team has that kind of money so the Bulce have all the leverage.

>>149584511
You just gotta put yourself out there Kev.

what's the latest news on a KAT trade?

>>149584663
nothing much ive seen JJJ for KAT on instagram but thats it

>>149584663
google.com

valanciunas would rather play with cedi osman and kendrick nunn than jokic...volumes...

I'm indian.

>>149584212
Exactly. It’s an empty gesture, he’s making $1.9M next season, the lowest paid player on the team at like 1% of the cap while his dad is the highest paid player on the roster taking over 1/3rd the entire cap space who is now threatening a trade in response to fan criticism for not taking a pay cut. It’s an insult to the Lakers is what it is.

>The Houston Rockets are waiving center Jock Landale ahead of his July 7 guarantee date, sources tell ESPN. Landale is expected to sign with his preferred destination upon clearing waivers.
congrats to the future laker/warrior/sun/nugget/buck/pacer?

>>149584744
Who tf is jock landale lol

>>149584744
This insane 7 team trade is actually gonna happen but Morey can’t even salary dump Dummonds contract

>>149584523
>She ignored me (probably didn’t hear cause she had her headphones in)
This has KILLED gym culture. I remember back in the iPod (not phone, POD) days you maybe saw one or two people with earbuds or headphones in and you could strike up casual conversations there. but now I'm like the only person at my gym who doesn't have airpods or their phone on them while they work out.

>>149584768
I wonder which team in that deal will be the one that will trade players or picks and only get cash back

>>149584782
most of them listen to the gayest music too and yes i think my taste is objectively superior and i belittle others

>>149584744
The Anon Scouting Department has determined Jock is an average to below average center in the league. He has an average rebounding rate, below average block rate, and an average FG% for his position. His 42% from meme last season might seem impressive but do not be fooled by his lack of melanin - he only made 11 meme shots last season, so we are talking low enough volume to be inconclusive as to his actual meme shooting ability. He is a 3rd string/emergency big.

Jonas going back to Europe. Jokic is fucked.

>>149584838
also don't forget that he's 29, way too old to be considered a potential prospect so most likely going to a team that already has a rotation of bigs

>>149584839
Actually kind of pathetic for him to go. Stays for years in the NBA playing with shit tier team but he runs away like a bitch the moment he gets traded a contender and has a chance to win a ring.

I wonder if he is completely washed. Hopefully he is good enough for Europe at least

>>149584921
I think he's going to Giannis's old team in Greece so you'll get to cheer for him.

>>149584921
Maybe he just values play time. At 33 years old these will be the last years of his career and maybe he doesn't like the prospect of playing back up to a 35 mpg center

>>149584921
He wants to play ball instead of being White DeAndre Jordan, hes not running from anything.

what do you make of all of the mavs assistants getting poached?

>>149584792
Chicago, not a big wonder.

>Have a chance to join a team that can contend for a ring
>'nah man i'm off to greece'
Did Raptors winning the ring just after he got traded mindbroke him that he should never ringchase?

>>149584988
they aren't poached they're just leaving because kidd is a shit coach and they can't make their careers lapping up luka's brilliance

many such cases

>Jury finds former Portland Trail Blazer Ben McLemore guilty of raping woman at Lake Oswego house party

>He told jurors there was no conversation between them before, during, or after the encounter, and he left the house immediately afterward.

>he faces a minimum 8 years in jail

Who let this nigga take the stand????

Lebeta and his manlet son are obviously going back to da lan before the season starts. I wonder if it'll be a 2 or 3 team deal though.

when will /nba/ fans realise yuros don't give a shit about the same things american players and fans care about. watch the joker hit 33 and go back to yurop to play 50 game a year and be with his family. NBA rangs is not the endgame for yuro hoopers, national trophies are

>Black Clover anime is coming back
This is bigger than almost every thread so far...

>>149585059
Just waiting for frieren personally

>>149585059
*trade

>>149585059
You mean the blacked clover that sold less than Toriko???

Chris Paul is GOAT btw

>>149584992
I think he’s sick of getting traded and moving around. He never wanted to leave Toronto or New Orleans

There are literally no good centers left now if Jonas leaves. Klutch cooked with this one

>>149585101
wagner

>>149585125
He tore his acl

>>149585140
so? It's 2025 not 1975

tatum and halibuston really not playing until 2026-2027 season...

>>149585150
It was only in December though. Who knows when he'll be in a condition to play

>>149585159
Based. Fuck lightskins.

>>149585160
it's typically 9-12 months for rehab+cleared to play. Usually takes half a year to regain form. That's fine for a minimum backup

>>149585159
They really gonna waste an entire season of Spicy P and DWhite's primes......

>>149584921
A Greek team is offering him more money.

>Free agent center Jaxson Hayes has agreed on a one-year deal to return to the Los Angeles Lakers, sources tell ESPN. Hayes' agents, Bill Duffy and Marlon Harrison of WME Basketball, finalized a contract with Lakers president Rob Pelinka on Thursday.

Who can stop the Ayton + Hayes tandem?

WELCOME BACK JAXSON HAYES

>>149585313
>being a cuck after that humiliation in the playoffs

>>149585313
Soon enough Lakers will realize they will still need to start him in lots of games because Ayton's availability is patchy as fuck

You guys remember tony snell trying to get 1 final year for his retirement benefits, his autism, and his wife burning through his money

>>149585059
Holy shit how long has it been? 4 years? I feel like half my life has passed since then

>>149585313
Terrible Hayes is not an NBA player

Am I missing something? Why do people think the wolves are still a contender?

>killed by osteoporosis

>>149585452
The combined age of these 5 is double the nbas entire existence

Aura

>>149585452
Who stops this team 4 times?

>>149585506
cataracts

>>149585506
arthritis

They hate to see a real nigga win..

>>149585313
Serviceable backup to a backup desu, theres a lot of time to find a real backup big let's see if this nigga rob can make a 1 out of 0

>>149585506
Golf cart touch screens

>>149585506
Bingo nights at the country club

>Yuki Kawamura is in Bulls' SL squad

>>149585506
you do know Dame is out for the entire season next year right

>>149585444
They think Ant man will become a real superstar because he will be older

>>149585506
Sodium

>>149585549
He’s not serviceable whatsoever, guy can’t even stay on the floor with a lakers whistle

>>149585664
As a third center on a roster he's fine, if lakers can get al horford or something ( wouldn't like that either desu ) its ok. If the season started today you're looking at a 5 rotation of Ayton, Hayes & Kleber, hayes is ass but you'd rather play him in a regular season game than kleber probably.

>>149585444
>case for
they made the conference finals twice in a row
randle and divincenzo are more integrated now
jaden mcdaniels made a leap late last season
anthony edwards became the best pullup 3pt shooter in the nba
anthony edwards will probably make another leap after another summer of work
they retained naz reid
terrence shannon jr and jaylen clark look ready to step up and fill in for NAW
there is still hope in rob dillingham
stability

>case against
somehow... the west got stronger again
gobert is getting older and looking it and still a black hole on offense
we lost NAW
dillingham is undersized and unproven, conley turns 38 years old -- so pg is an issue
the two centers they drafted are super raw -- so center is an issue

>>149585680
No he’s not, he’s good for intentionally fouling poor FT shooters and assaulting women

>>149585013
suddenly hes an ex blazer and not an ex laker

>>149585685
>Wolves draft 2 centers, both, with more potential than Rudy Gobitch

>Still haven't traded off 45 million Gobitch,

Holy retardation lol,

Wolves have a retarded FO, they traded KAT but kept the overpaid french cocksucker,

They let NAW walk, even though he was the most viable roleplayer, and scored nearly 30pts in the denver game when Divenzio and Reid were suspended,

>>149582018
he let his gooner thoughts win

Im balding and cant cover it up anymore

>>149582018
>>149585013
>>149585731
>Convicted Raper

Holy keks

>>149585760
Had a stroke trying to pronounce that teams name.

>>149585759
White genetics....

>on July 4, 2015, Wellston Avenue, the street on which McLemore grew up, was renamed Ben McLemore III Place in his honor.[52]
>"Where we meeting at?"
>"Rapist Street"

>>149585738
>They let NAW walk, even though he was the most viable roleplayer

They have multiple replacement candidates for NAW already on the books, but they didn't have anyone to replace Naz or Randle, and they couldn't pay all three so that move made sense to me

>>149585760
I said that teams name and a portal to Oblivion opened up in my room.

>>149585313
Klutch mafia is done. Bill Duffy runs the Lakers now.

>>149585738
>even though he was the most viable roleplayer,
DDV is better

so is that it for Deandre Jordan's NBA career? he was learning japanese so he may want to go there? can't remember the last time NBA player immediately go to Japan except if he's japanese himself like Yuta Watanabe.
>nyr Robert Sacre

>>149585999
He should just go to China unless he's a turboweeb.

rockets winnin it all

>Chris Paul hasn’t signed a deal yet because he wants to be a starter, per
>@ByTimReynolds


>(h/t @Fullcourtpass)

https://x.com/LegionHoops/status/1940557148297273435

>>149586109
Didnt know kd had all that cake

>>149586167
>wants to start
whew i thought he was being serious about winning for a minute there. all you West Coast teams can have him.

>>149586167
Send him to Sacramento

>>149586167
he'll end up on the nets

>>149586167
He might go to the Bucks if he wants to be a starter

>Trey Alexander is signing a 2-way deal with the Pelicans, per @MikeAScotto

who gets fired first
pat riley or steve kerr ?

>Lakers resigns Jaxson Hayes
I can't tell if Rob is being serious or what

new

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