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>>149586340 (OP)
Is Chris Paul still a starter?

How do WE feel about Austin Reaves?

I want to sleep with this man.

>>149586340 (OP)

>>149586360
THE BAWB

>>149586340 (OP)
Lakers are low key building something but no one wants to admit it.

>>149586357
YES and any team that I don't like should definitely take him. Good pickup.

>>149586340 (OP)
just got my tickets to see Jurassic World this Saturday and Superman next Friday. I will watch alone. kinda disappointed but at least I can enjoy the mall on a good american summer

I like chris Paul

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

>>149586448
hes cheap and knows the system

>>149586438
Whip your dick out every time Scarlett Johansson appears

>Chris Paul met with the Bucks yesterday and has narrowed his options to the Bucks, Clippers and Suns

Nugshits can't stop losing

lol and I thought gaytum was a disciple of kobe

westbrook after opting out

>>149586534
its gotta be the bucks or suns, he ain't starting anywhere else

>>149586438
'eard its flopping at the box office

Dandadan's ending 2 is goated. Carry the hell on...

>>149581920
>>149581558
Nah, he improved, every single one of the young guys have gotten better since 23-24

Wtf is jonas valancuinas problem? No wonder we didnt give him a ring. Hes a fucking weirdo

>>149586589
I think he opted out cause he was playing 30 mins a game on a vet min. Even if he re signed he deserves a pay increase.

>>149586706
Shiratori brotherhood, rise up

Do the Nuggers have cap space to sign Moe Wagner if Jonas jets?

I dont have a real ring...

>>149586540
You cannot tell me life isnt a scripted

>>149585851
Still a utter shit and retarded season for Wolves at the current point in time that we're talking to each other

Why draft 2 bigs/centers and still not trade away the overpaid French retard who can't even grab a rebound, fucking retarded Minnesota FO, they ruin everything good,

>>149585956
>The Italian from Delaware was better

Divenzio barely did shit, if he consistently scored he would be Edwards side piece but he's too streaky and gets lost in rotations, the wolves hurt my brains, they should've traded Randle for a less streaky PF, and waive Conley to get a younger PG, now Edwards prime will continue to be wasted,

Wolves fan always say "but we made the WCF finals twice"

but look who you beat, and look how you lost, it was the same thing as Dallas, and you probably would've gotten swept by the Pacers,

Although I'd argue Wolves had the vibes to beat Boston if they weren't dealing with some injuries cause they're good at blasting through scoring runs and taking a comeback

>>149586826
weapschizos husband...

>>149586534
Too bad, if he wants a ring, Nuggies would be his best option

>>149586378
He looks like Zach Levine,

Its gonna so weird if he keeps the shaved hair, im gonna be like "is that really Christian Braun"

>>149586855
lavine is like 75% white

>>149586855
Yeah, that NFL pic looks even more like Lavine

>>149586448
>>149586466
Jaxon is excellent as far as being an ersatz Lively, but he doesn't play big minutes and tends to pick up fouls pretty quickly. If they could get two of him then that would be fine.

>>149586378
A random white guy can just post his pictures on brauns account and people will believe that it’s the same person. This is why there are no black spies.

>>149586785
Im fine with Momo ending up with Okarun, but I'll be very mad if Aira ends up with Jiji

>>149586857
His dad looks very black, unless genetic backlogging means theres alot of mixing and his dads ancestors were white,

Mixed race people are wildcard, you'll have good looking ones like Dennis Rodman's Daughter Trinity,

Or the case with Robert De Niros kids who are just a odd situation

>>149586805
That would be my guess, and I wonder if Jonas has an issue with Jokic's nationality something with Lithuanians and Serbians, on Sacramento he plays with a dozen black players but suddenly hes playing with Serbian and he wants out even though Denver won a chip not to long ago

>>149586826
DWade without LeBron...

>>149586834
>Edwards prime will continue to be wasted
He wasted it himself be turning into a 3ball chucker, especially considering that he isn't even all that good of an outside shooter.
He shot under 15% in 3 of the 5 WCF games

>>149586834
you dont know what offers they made
you don't know if they went after tre mann, dlo,yakubelly or cam johnson
maybe they did and didnt want to play with ant because he isn't serious & is a fake demon
you just signed randle what do you realtisticly think you could get for him? as far as i know there was no market for him

>>149586910
>on Sacramento he plays with a dozen black players
Are you aware of the flag and shape of Lithuania?

>>149586934
"isnt even all that good of an outside shooter" He led the league in 3pt makes while shooting the 3 at a 39.5 clip.

>ynr Ant vs Tatum aura debates
>now Ant is exposed as an auraless choking bum and Tatum isn't even going to play for a year
Yesterday's arguments seem so pointless today... the reason we keep having lemickey vs jorgambler fights eternally is because all the new doods are flashes in the pan and never last past a news cycle...

>Jonas Valanciunas has verbally committed to sign with Panathinaikos and is willing to give up the full amount he is owed by the Nuggets to leave the NBA, per @LeagueAlerts

>>149586967
FUCK JONAS VALANCIUNAS FUCK THAT NIGGA FOREVER GETS ONE CHANCE AT A RING AND PUSSIES OUT.

>>149586957
sure, if he can do that during the regular season when nobody plays d and there isn't and pressure, he is probably pretty good in pre game shootarounds too, but when it counts he sucks. he is about as clutch as gayson.

>>149586967
this is fine as long as Saric is still off the team

good that JV only did this after helping Saric to get moved first but it's still a dick move nevertheless

nuggets should go get Wiseman

yes im serious

>>149586967
>Silver made the call so Vorpic wouldn't break the parity era by being the first to repeat this decade

>>149586910
>unless genetic backlogging means theres alot of mixing and his dads ancestors were white
yes. most american blacks have some white DNA in them due to slave masters having sex with female black slaves it remains dormant until they re unite with another white person, they re activate.

its dame time

>>149586534
that's a rare Nuggets win

>>149586934
For clarification retarded post season for Wolves, but they've always had a very daft minded front office, since Garnett,

Maybe they can work around Randle but they should try getting rid of Gobert, they should've a long time ago given what Boston did to Porzingis,

>>149586967
lights were to bright I suppose

>>149586910
>issue with Jokic's nationality
i don't buy that, otherwise nobody would want to play for the u.s. lol

>>149586967
>>149587012
this is actually good for the nuggets because its cap space for them to sign a better back up big

>>149586967
what if the nuggets say no and force him to play? I mean he still is under contract.

>>149586963
>charli is only 4 months older than me
damn time flies. 04 bros we rise.

>>149587063
name 10

>>149587069
that would be dumb and potentially create all kinds of locker room trouble. Just take the money and let him go

>>149587059
Im not even trying to troll or race bait,

I was just thinking, both big eastern euro guys, but maybe he wants to be only big fat eastern euro center,

he's traded to a better team than Sacramento and yet he's like fuck that, and immediately leaves and walks away and even leaves money on the table too, you can't tell me straight to my face that there's isn't something deeper to this situation

>>149587069
put him in alligator alcatraz that'll learn 'em

>>149587092
inceltic, weapschizo, sadie poster, mealanon, pistol pete poster, blunderskitz, bawbaussie, northwest territories, ireshart

>>149587139
this the new 'cord lineup?

>>149587139
none of them are better than jonas valincusauce

>>149587069
>>149587095
>>149587120
IIRC I researched, how it works is, they own his bird rights/contracts so he technically cannot play for an overseas team because of FIBA cause they obviously honor NBA contracts,

So he goes overseas, they'll suspend him without pay too,

>>149587102
he might have 1 of those high altitude medical conditions i remember there were football players that wouldnt play against the broncos because of it

going out tonight.

Lakers interested in Beal if there's a buyout because 1 more defensive liability is exactly what Lakers want

>KD was crashing out on xtter again

>>149587139
>im the most tenured personalisneed on this list
i remember i used to be the new kid on the block. now im the vet in this reatarded locker room. all the dudes from my rookie season retired now. morantie nomad, wiltposter, luxembourg, bulgaria, all retired... just appreciate me when im here /Lba/ my draft class is gone.
>mfw the daily morning goat debate era

>>149587252
>morantie, nomad, wiltposter, luxembourg, bulgaria
those were the days man.

>>149587277
I miss the 2022 goat debates

>>149586967
What the fuck is wrong with this guy LOL.

>>149587241
He shouldve just married that one woman even if shes too religious.

>>149587289
luxembourg and wiltfag make inceltic and weapschizo look like bums. those niggas did it out of pure heart, not mental illness.

>>149586967
nugshitters real quiet now

>>149587252
dudes been here way longer than you just werent asshats enough to get a name for themselves

>>149587392
cap im a flagfraud like bulgaria. which is why our nicknames are regional. we'd be nobodies if we were americans or leafs. you have to be a real demon to stand out on those flags.

>>149587417
at least you're honest man it could be worse

>>149587417
why do zoomers do these gay fucking dances

>>149587429
tiktok trends

>>149587423
Pops prion riddled brain needs to get on top of this. Dudes going to injure himself.

Set this piece of shit on fire

>>149587429
zesty microplastics

>>149587139
>ireshart
He's been "Irediddy" for months.

>>149587252
Bulgaria isnt retired they banned his ass

There are no good centers left for the Nuggets now. Klutch wins again.

>>149587510
>DNP - N word spammer

>>149587451
why?
he's based af
fuck the nba

>>149587539
He's a quitting piece of shit. Ring on the table and he RAN

wtf vorpicbros I thought guys wanted to play with us......

>>149587451
That isnt even more money than nba wtf

>>149587567
Literally nobody wants to play in Denver, every former champ gets ring chasing stars, meanwhile they cant even get some washed bum backup center, who'd rather just retire from the nba rather than go there.

>yahoo sports -
>pacers trying to sign james wiseman

>>149586967
>chokic is so cancer dudes are literally willing to forfeit 20 mil just to get away from him
not a good look nugshits

>>149587596
the missing piece

>>149586967

>>149587596
didn't they literally trade him away

Reminder valanciunas never got a ring from Toronto in 2019 (despite fucking drake getting one lmao)

>>149587549
Pussy ran from the grind when he wasnt even gonna start.

>>149587595
Why would they want to? Jokic gets all the credit when they win, and the roleplayers get all the blame when they lose. Even Russ didn't want to put up with that shit.

>>149587645
Just like shai in the finals...

>>149587630
got waived by toronto tore his achellies opening day

>Why would they want to? Jokic gets all the credit when they win, and the roleplayers get all the blame when they lose. Even Russ didn't want to put up with that shit.

>>149587645
fax Aaron GODon carried them to game 7 against OKC with his repeated clutch plays only for fans of #Tubs to pull the cant win with these cats cope when they lost

Nuggets pursuing Mamadou N'Diaye from senagal played for UC Irvine

>>149587451
>>149587589
Euroleaguers play a total of 41 games and thats only if they make the finals, the regular season is 32 games. So he is getting that money for doing about 1/3 of the work he would do in Denver.

>>149587677
Aren't u a nets fan nigga pipe down how bout u call up ur retarded GM...

>>149587678
ain't no way they're getting a player named marmaduke LOL

>>149587682
If this bum can't handle the pressure of not losing a lead during non Jokic minutes it's probably fine. Let him enjoy life in a shithole European country

>>149587645
>Even Russ didn't want to put up with that shit.
He did want to, he wasn't offered the opportunity to because he missed too many layups and gave up too many turnovers in the yoffs. Westbarf sucks

>>149587686
respect Marks. aint nobody ever tanked this ethically before. drafted 5 passers just so we can lose due to sheer ASS rather than throwing games. we gon git AJ

>>149587510
mods = gods

>>149587711
You gon git pick #7 after winning 12 games

Bulgaria showing up in the sharty threads was keyed, we should've stayed there. /nba/ uncensored is twice as amusing, plus sharty has mp4s & webms with sound.

>>149587726
then we draft another israeli bum so we can win 12 games for another season. #EveryYearUntilWeGetSomeoneGood #ICanDoThisAllDay #GrindingItOut

>>149587739
It was a good time, had a different feel there.

Piss Paul

>>149587739
next youll suggest discord

>>149587794
respect the /nba/ discord...

>>149587739
going to end up at nbacirclejerk at this rate

So who is gonna be Nikola's backup C?

>>149587645
more that denver is top of the league for travel distance and it's still kind of a bum-ass cow town as far as a wealthy guy in his 20s would be concerned

rockies and avs have the same problem

We will be back in 2026.

how's he taking the news?

This opens up the table for giannis

Chris Boucher welcome to the Denver Nuggets after they miraculously dumped Sarics contract

Forgive me for being a bit delusional but i think MPJ will drag da nets to 6th seed

>>149586360
Very poor defensive fit next to Doncic. Asstin is not a championship caliber third option, him being top 3 in minutes and shots isn’t a winning recipe for any playoff team. If the officiating and physicality we saw this playoffs is the new norm moving forward then he’s going to have to reinvent himself on both sides of the ball and considering his development I don’t think that’s impossible.

>>149588105
>officiating and physicality we saw this playoffs
primarily favored the Thunder, so likely wont be the norm unless the league wishes to back the new winners as obviously they did this year for next year.

Bradley Beal will fix the lakies

>>149588161
>primarily favored the Thunder, so likely wont be the norm unless the league wishes to back the new winners as obviously they did this year for next year.
If you genuinely believe this, then you better how the league doesn't try to "back" the Pistons, Rockets, or Magic next season.

>>149588190
im not sure what youre saying but Rockets were allowed to be more physical than their opponents as well for reasons unknown. Thunder and Rockets were hacking everybody.

>The Golden State Warriors, according to league sources, have been searching for a promising young player plus a first-round pick in return for Kuminga, should they ultimately choose to part with him in a sign-and-trade scenario.
I'm so tired of this kuminga arc can we just trade this bitch ass nigga already

>>149588105
From a statfag pov, you can make a pretty strong argument Asstin was the second worst performing playoff starters after Tyler Herro and everyone else with horrendously comparable playoff numbers—all of which fall into one of three categories: victims of obvious refball, injured starters (and teammates indirectly impacted by them), and a handful of outliers where the numbers don’t align at all with the results or the eye test—has one or more legitimate copes than the lakers refusing to sub and rest starters

>>149588226
Are they in a rebuild or are they trying to win one more with Curgod?

>>149588331
win one more of course thats why they got jimmy butler and are about to get al horford

I don't really get why they are so focused on a promising young player

>>149588226
same. they dont want to play him, but theyre fine asking that much for him. just do something already.

>>149588226
I can't even think of a good spot besides some shitty team taking a swing but they probably want that pick over him

Jojo's Bizzare Adventure ruined anime-esque fanart, this shit is so stupid, their faces and lips and etc

>>149588226
>kuminga arc can we just trade this bitch ass
Not fair to him, given his performance against Minnesota,

conspiracy theory time:
the reason why the new cba is so dogshit is so that when the new expansion teams finally get made, the pool of available/unprotected players will be much better than the usual scrubs that are chosen

>>149588371
i keep hearing about expansion but when is it happening?

>>149588400
Silver has been pussyfooting around the idea for i swear 5 years

>>149588370
kuminga is the most athletic person on the floor during that series and averaged 2 rebounds or some shit. He only cares about scoring

>>149588409
kerr didnt give him a chance

>>149588435
my boy kumingz... just needs more time...

>>149588405
it would be 1 thing if the gleague was stacked with guys wasting away there but as you see theres still 40 year olds getting contracts and dudes leaving for europe. expansion only works if they tare up everyone contract and have a super-draft where everyone is available

>>149588374
loosely translated: no team with a shot at contending wants him

>>149588226
Sounds like a move Toronto should make

>poole
>moody
>podz
>kuminga

im sure im forgetting someone, but GS is trash at developing young talent. they got lucky with curry. now they will fall back to irrelevance where they belong

>>149588513
How could you forget the GOAT wiseman

So let me get this straight. Denver was able to dump Sarics contract, then was able to dump washed kings jonas for free, and now they can sign anyone they want cause sac is on the chain for jonas contract? Am i getting that right? How do you win this hard?

>>149588552
The problem is there are no good centers left

CurGod would be on 6 rings rn trying to gun for 7 if Nick Kerr Sr. didn't pull that double timeline nonsense on jah. Thats so much assets that could have gone to acquiring veteran roleplayers and a number 2 star like Jimmy much earlier.

>>149588582
Two timelines only failed because wiseman was the biggest bust in nba history. Even if he just became a league average center instead of a superstar they would have way more rings.

>>149587682
this is how you know jokic is faking his humbleness. if he really just cared about horses, he would stay in the adriatic league, on a team that has a shot at making the euroleague, rack up huge money, win mvps and championships while going to his ranch all the fucking time. but he wants to be a celebrity.

>>149588542
wiseman was the only time they were right about giving up on a young player

>>149588615
please get off twitter kd

>>149588615
So when he retires is he gonna stay on twitter all day or?

>>149588616
ignoring injuries, Wiseman could have succeeded but the warriors were the worst fit possible. Everybody knew he processed slowly and needed to do as little thinking as possible. He was a perfect run and jump man but the warriors had him do all that complicated shit

KD clearly enjoys talking to the fans. And I don't really see how that's a bad thing to be honest. Dude is one of the greatest hoopers of all time, worth hundreds of millions of dollars, and still just talks to fans like he's another guy. It's cool.

>>149588630
he'll do more of those Boardroom live hoop convos he was doing when he found out about the trade too. Probably will get new videos of him every week hooping in the park too with youtubers.

>>149588604
>faking his humbleness
he doesn't do that, he isn't even remotely humble, you're badly misinterpreting the confidence and smugness of a guy who knows with zero doubt that his is by far the best player in the league. he has a glaring lack of the insecurity that instigates lesser players to the false bravado of overstating themselves, but don't interpret that as humility, because its the opposite of that.

https://youtu.be/Vt_ZnnbdTW0?t=45

>I knew it was going in
is that false humility?

>>149588647
then shaq went on to team hop relentlessly and bully all other rookies hell any teammates he wanted. living the life.

>>149588616
>>149588639
warriors play small ball and had great success doing that. they should've never drafted Wiseman he doesn't fit their scheme. thats the front office fucking up

>>149588639
the warriors system is high iq. wiseman was retarded. i get what you're saying, but how is he doing now even though he's not in golden state? exactly

>>149588707
performing a moving screen without being whistled for it could be considered high iq. i'll buy that.

Fuck it WELCOME BACK TO THE NUGGETS THOMAS BRYANT

>>149588707
he looked like an nba player with untapped upside, then he got hurt

Nuggets need Bronny.

>>149588744
this
if he got drafted in the east & only had to worry about Embitch, Giannis & Bam it would've
been better for him, on a team with lower expectations

>>149588552
JV is still contracted to Nuggets (after the trade) and obviously Nuggets prefer to keep him rather than immediately relying on Daron Holmes fresh from achilles.

Lakesissies?????

>>149588796
its happening
carti about to drop
Lookner is live

>>149588604
But he does want to compete in the best basketball league in the world. Being competitive and humble aren’t mutually exclusive

>>149588796
Murray bros...we might get cucked....

>>149588712
you're either being dishonest, or you dont know ball. the warriors system is very high iq.

>>149588838
Why would you seem the average retard NBA fan, the one that still to this day perpetuates the warriors superteam narrative, but ignores Lebrons. Would have the intelligence to operate in anything but narratives?

>>149588796
1 muray + 1 nnaji coming right up

>>149588581
They dont need a center. They need a jeff green type of player. They already have the recipe to a championship team.

>>149586967
Nugger fans on suicide watch right now

>>149588872
They do need a backup center. Unless you think DJ and post ACL tear rookie holmes can cut it for them. They already have brown and hardaway as backup on other positions.

>>149588851
>>149588838
You're both dumb as fuck kek there's nothing high iq about Curry being the goat shooter. Anyone would win with that nigga pulling up from half court.

none of this matters lets be real
if the mavs stay healthy the chip is theirs

>>149588889
the 2023 team didnt use a backup center in the playoffs. they do not need one. denver can tank the regular season all they want, there is no way they can miss the playoffs. deandre still played this regular season and they did fine. he can play again.

>>149588913
Yes anybody would win with curry, but unironically curry could have won earlier in his career with a better team and also later in his career with a better team. Regardless the warriors team from 2015 to 2018 was some of the cleanest team ball ever.

I dont like giving kerr credit anymore because he was truly blessed with having both steph and klay

>>149588851
This is true, and I say this as a casual watcher. Basketball is a fairly technical and strategic game too, but there is no good media covering it, unlike the NFL.

>>149588925
2023 was a lot easier than 2026 will be

>>149588952
when you have nikola fuckin jokic on your team you do not sit him to play the same type of lineup. same with shaq where you do not sit shaq to play another center.

>>149588925
>there is no way they can miss the playoffs
They were 2 wins away from the play-in

>>149588226
I do not rate Cumnigga. The absolute worse case scenario for the Warriors is keeping him. Losing him for "nothing" is vastly preferable to keeping him on an exension.

>>149588513
Poole was going places with the Warriors. Podz has been bretty gud compared to what he was expected to be out of college as well. Warriors have been ok at developing guards, but dog water at developing forwards. And I blame Drayboon for this. It's almost impossible to replacate Dray's unique skills but I would bet anything that he intentionally doesn't work with them in order to protect his own spot on the team and his bag. You can't replicate Draymond's weird skillset, but Warriors should have been able to create a different kind of talent from the forward position by now.

>>149589016
Sounds like Draymond is tghe reason Curry won't win another one kek

>>149588872
they need someone big who isn't a fossil (DJ) and complete garbage (Saric and Nnaji) to play at least 10-15 mins per game.

>>149589044
Steph's 37 now but yeah Draymond has always been a double edge sword for the Warriors. He's needed to run the current system, but also stops any kind of potential future iteration of the team while he is around.

>>149588992
>Losing him for "nothing"
Nah, we need wiggins back for him. Wiggins couldnt carry the weight of being a number 2 option, but wiggins behind Jimmy would be elite, legit dont know if we could be stopped

happy 4th july folks hope you'll regain your independence from Israel one day
anyway go Blazers

it's too late to apologize

why legod james is the goat:

>>149589094
Your thoughts on the Blazers going into next season?

>>149589114
I believe in Dame returning

>>149589094
First may )))

>4th of July
>gym closes at 12 pm so no point in going out
>friends invited me to go to a six flags, but its to far and I dont feel like going regardless
well, looks like I will be in my basement watching movies all day.

>>149589135
What do you plan on watching?

>>149589104
>all of those except sf

>>149589141
just some marvel movies.

Nuggets should seriously consider signing Dwight Howard

>>149589172
He's having fun in taiwan no?

>>149589153
he won mvp as a sf though, and was runner up as an sg and pg
center though was a total meme yeah, only other option was wenyen gabriel

>>149589177
*as a sf and pf

>>149589172
This is vegeta teaming up with goku to win a championship together

>>149589104
we in the positionless ball era now old man

>>149586357
If your team sucks and you have no expectations of your starters playing heavy minutes, then sure. For any actual competent team, though? Fuck no. He averaged 28 minutes per game and a triple single last year and that's with copious amounts of garbage time.

He's completely done as an impact player but will shamefully cling to whatever life raft offer some desperate team is willing to make because he's trying to pad his stats, cash a few final checks and in theory find someone to carry him to a ring. So of course he's talking to the Suns and Clippers, lol. Any team that thinks 567 year old Piss Paul is actually making a difference to their team because of "veteran leadership" or whatever bullshit deserves the disappointment they will inevitably recieve.

Chris Paul will never win a ring. Chris Paul must never win a ring.

>>149589246
>Chris Paul must never win a ring.
why?

>>149589246
Wasn't he good on the Spurs in just helping Wemby, and being a player-coach, and then Wemby got injured and taken out the season, and followed by Foxx as well,

Im surprised he isn't trying to rejoin OKC and accepting a off the bench role and hope they 2 peat so he could try to get a ring, he was on there a few years back and Shai said he helped him alot, in developing overall court IQ and accurate shooting

Feels like there should be a rule you cant retire when you’re not teamless once the offseason starts.

>>149589071
I feel like people don't hate Draymond enough for what he did to Poole,

Draymond probably should've been banned from the league for that, adding up all his physical altercation, what if Poole had offed himself after out of depression, being punched and then traded off to a lottery team,

>Inb4 the retarded hurr durr Poole deserved it/he was being cocky

That shit would just look fucking bad for the league kids watch the fucking nba, and Poole was an insanely talented role player and could've succeeded Curry in being the new face of the team, seemed like Draymond rubbed off the ego/"I still wanna be relevant thing" from hanging out with Lebron

Bradley Beal is about to get bought out and then sign wherever he wants. Him on the Nuggets or Lakers will win a ring. This guy won the NBA.

>>149589284
>overrated
>always getting hurt and letting his team down
>always trying some cheesy trick or foul bait bullshit like grabbing someone's arm and falling down. Plays the dishonest "whatever I can get away with" style of basketball, and, like most faggots who can't just play it straight he chokes in big moments because his gay little tricks don't work any more
>makes terrible commercials that play repeatedly while he's choking away playoff games, which is kinda funny but also annoying
>was prominently involved with the players union which makes him both a retard (because the owners always get over on the players) and basketball satan (because everything the players want is bad for the game)

Fuck Chris Paul

>>149589337
Or maybe he was being a bitch and deserved to get punched in the face which is why draymond is still on the team while everyone else is gone

>>149589285
Yeah, he helped the Spurs all the way to 13th place
>But Wembenyama got hurt
Well maybe Chris Paul the savvy veteran who is totally not washed should have stepped up and won them some games. Except he didn't. Because he can't. Because he's washed.

If his only value is as a mentor just hire him as as an assistant coach

>>149589349
>he deserved it

you should KYS unironically,

and Warriors havent won another chip since then, and all Draymonkey did was piss and shit and assault players throughout the playoffs, and when his boyfriend Steph got hurt they got buttfucked by the Wolves,

Steph defends him and his antics

>>149589349
You are a trolling retard that deserves to be put down. Shut the fuck up, this isnt the first time draymondo has killed complacent currdawgs unequivocal top 3 status potential

>>149589347
>>149589349
>>149589363
holy bawb posts

>>149589363
You know Fox was out too, right?

>>149589338
Beal's been a lazy, spoiled cunt for so long he doesn't know how to actually contribute to a winning team. He has no competitive drive, no mental fortitude, no commitment to being in top shape. He's a loafer and a deadbeat who got the dumbest contract in sports history and then sleepwalked through it.

Thinking he could actually be a contributor if he just gave a shit was how Phoenix got themsevles in this mess to begin with. Dude murdered the last 2 franchises he worked for with no remorse whatsover, and they were paying him superstar money. You think he's showing up somewhere at a massive discount and suddenly flipping the switch? Lol. Good luck with that

>>149589377

>>149589369
Hi Chris who are you signing with?

>>149589394
>Rants about hillarously overpaid players

I want to agree with you but your going about this the wrong way given SGA will be paid 70 million a year in just a few years and he retardedly signed the contract on the drop of a hat, didn't even think twice to take a paycut, and multiple OKC fans suggested he should, especially with the converse deal and other deals he'll get from his boosted fame after winning a chip and bringing it to a growing flyover state now with that retarded supermax he might pull a Lebron where he complains about dogshit G-League level roleplayers,

The issue is the CBA and the Unions, Wizards I think it was, shouldn't have offered Beal 50 million, its their fuckin fault for being retarded and signing him, of course he's not gonna care much, the only hope is, by next years Phoenix will drop him and no team will sign Beal, overall Phoenix has finished their rebuild and got a good return back, so they just gotta get rid of him really

>>149589347
him being both a short shit and a dirty mother fucker are enough for me to hate him. the guy has talent but just cannot stop being a little goblin bitch. at some point you have a choice to be a better person, and he just never took it.

>>149589445
I say this everywhere, to low IQ retarded useless people who say muh MVP, scoring champ, etc

SGA should've taken a paycut, I think him signing that shows theres not true humbleness in his soul,

Just a fake aura vibe and he wanted to quickly cash a fat check, with 30 million alone, his money still goes a long way, especially in Oklahoma,

I would take a paycut because im trying to be like Daddy Dirk, Michael Jordan, Duncan or Larry Legend, players not doing so just means getting in your own way, if OKC loses next season, their lack of true roster changes is a huge reason why,

>>149589468
many nba players are not on the hunt for greatness they instead value money over that king of thing. when people tell you who they are, its not a bad idea to believe them. all those dudes that play up in their contract year are like this.

>>149589500
I get what you mean, Presti is too blame as well for probably not trying to change sgas mind, but it just seems like as well sga pushed for a high payday, it just amazes me, 70 million....

More than any NBA player in history iirc, unless im missing something cause I hear the salary cap/aprons does go up by year,

So far im hearing okc can/could only 2 more peats then the apron kicks in by 2027 or 2028 i think and then it cripples the roster with aprons etc

Lebron only has Luka, Reaves, Ayton and Rui. He needs more help.
If they have no realistic chance at winning what choice does he have but to demand a trade.
Look at this team?
Luka with Lebron? Not enough. Not nearly enough, the Lakers are taking this seriously. Are they even trying to get Lebron some help? Does he have to do everything himself? Just leave them all on the bench. Lebron will go out himself, is that what you want? Is that what you expect of him? No? Then trade him to a team that will get real and surround him with at least 4 all stars. Stop playing.

>>149589685
Lebron has a no trade clause he'll choose where he wants to go if the lakers really want to move him, which the new ownership might be hesitant to do too. And even then, where can he even go? Knicks? The rotation is either gutted or they do a kat swap. Cleveland? Second apron, realistically impossible.

He should finish his career on the Cavs. That cavs team last year won how many games? 64? Then add lebron in that rotation, t'was written in the stars

al horford rather retire than play for us

Happy 4th of July to burgers.
Still would cook all of yall niggas on da court.

Summer league when

Horford gave the Celtics a lot of great years.
Through all of the years of his career in Atlanta his teams overperformed, they never really had the talent to win.
When he became a Celtic, there was a real chance, but disaster happened with Gordon Hayward's leg and it just never worked out.

And when it appeared he was gone, he looked back at the team and said, "We still have unfinished business"

Celtics don't have the luxury that some good weather teams have. Stars flock to LA or western cities. The Celtics don't get that. Al Horford may not be compared to those stars, but he chose Boston. He is a star there. And a champion.

Inb4 heatfan trolls this comment...it doesn't matter what they say.

>>149590041
When’s the last time a Celtic left boston on good terms?

Ayton is an elite center on his prime going to average 20 10 5
Lebron 25 7 7
luka 35 8 8
A reeves 23 5 5

Thats 100+ points each game I wonder how teams will defend my Lakies now

Automatic 60+ win season for us Lakies fans

>>149590563
I'd temper those expectations but I'm hopeful too.

>ayton is an elite
Stopped reading there

>>149590631
Give 5 better centers that Ayton then

Top center nba
1. Jokic
2. Davis
3. Wembie
4. Gobert
5. Ayton
6. Turner
7. Naz Reid
8. Lopez
9. Lively
10. Lopez


9000. Embitch

Just give us the chip already faggots

Obsessed lmao

>>149590762
Wemby is better than AD btw.

>>149590762
Chetty should be number 1 on this list

>>149590762
I think Brook Lopez is the only active former laker center with a winning record vs embiid

>>149590762

>>149590854
>chet
>center
retard
So is bum ass Dirk then lol


>leastern conference
>only won 2 chips of the 2020s

fucking kek

>>149590941
If the Nuggets is on the weak ass east every year since 2020 they are getting in the finals. And I'm not even a Jokeitch fan. Fucking retarded take lol

>>149590997
Hang on, I think another former backup eastern big just won the western conference in his playoff debut

>>149590762
Jarrett Allen, Nic Claxton, Jalen Duren, Bam Adebayo, Jakob Poeltl

>>149590762
Lakers fans are still pretending Davis is a center in 2025 lmao

>>149589172
a male prostitute is way cheaper and doesn't count against the cap

>>149587589
Euro salaries are after tax, nba salaries are without and on average player pay 40-45%

valenciunas knows he doesnt have it anymore. hes moving like brook lopez except he cant shoot

>>149591207
that means Ayton is now top 4 lol

>>149589445
>>149589583
How much do you reckon he should've taken? $60-65M per? Rumor has it that had he waited until next summer to sign an extension he'd be making $380M/5yr instead, so 280/4 sounds reasonable if that's true

What will the Nuggets give up for Lebron?

which NBA roster is this

>>149591207
Is there a practical difference between a center and a PF? Both operate on the low post, grab rebounds, score in the paint, defend the rim, etc.

>>149592497
Hornets

>>149592497
Hornets

>>149592497
Nets

Currys kid low key pisses me off look at this lil dude

>>149592942
big baby davis head innit>>149592942

>>149592492
No one wants LeOld anymore. Not even his own team

Have this ever happened before? League is fucked.

The East is WIDE open, I think the 76ers have a chance to get the 1 seed if Embiid can play 50+ games

who we gon git if big val fucks off to greece

>>149593338
No one dude the center market is abysmal rn jokic's gonna keep playing 40 minutes a night

>>149593338
Wagner is ruled out, he returned to Magic
Thomas Bryant it is

Maybe Nugs can scrap through Euroleague fodders, maybe they can rely on Jokic's yurop connection.

>>149593350

>>149593338
Bol Bol is still a free agent

Its al horford or bust

>>149593573
thats ugly

>>149593573
>Christian Koloko and Alex Len are still trying to get NBA contracts

>>149593573
you're all sleeping on branden carlson

>>149593573
All 70 overalls and below with no badges

>>149593755
vukcevic is alright desu

Hoenas ValanciuASS

>>149593771
He is a 75 overall with 4 bronze badges apparently

>>149593809
sounds about right, he's basically your average third string centre but he can shoot threes so he has backup potential

>>149593805
Maybe hes playing the long con, using the nuggets need for a good backup centre to add years on his deal above his real paygrade

The Heat have done absolutely nothing

>>149593879
lions wait patiently before they strike

>>149593879
2 more weeks snd theyre getting giannis and jokic

>>149593879
herro is really gonna be their franchise player...

>>149589468
>their lack of true roster changes is a huge reason why
Does OKC need a roster overhaul though? The expectation going into next year was running it back with their current depth, but with Topic and Sorber on the team this time.

>>149593330
>only to lose again to the 2nd round against the Knicks

>>149593338
too bad you miss out on top 5 center Ayton lol

>>149592201
Probably 50-60 million, as a cuf

70 million is just excessive, and I feel like hes not "all around" compared to Jaylen Brown etc

>>149593879
Nnaji trade for Ware how about dat

For me it's Markquis 'literally me' Nowell

>>149593984
Hardaway, Mourning, Shaq, Wade, Bron Butler and then Tyler Herro.

>>149589016
>You can't replicate Draymond's weird skillset,
its just basic judo

>>149594158
You... think Jaylen Brown deserves more money than Shai? And you think he's more "all around" than him to be worthy $70 mil? I'm honestly surprised reading this, and I defended Brown in the past as the guy the Celtics should keep if they wanted to break the duo

Pick the goddamn phone Dunleavy

>>149590051
Len Bias, he was high af and probably feeling quite content when his tenure with the Celtics came to a halt

>>149594654
Shai getting $70M is still absurd when you step back. He’s a great scorer, but let’s not pretend he’s some elite two-way force or playoff-tested killer. Jaylen Brown’s been deep in the playoffs, guarded top wings for years, and played through real pressure. Shai's putting up numbers on a young team with no expectations it's impressive yes but 8/27?, def not $70M “face of the league” impressive. Jaylen's far from perfect, but at least he's done it when it matters. This contract feels more like OKC rewarding comfort than demanding unconditional greatness.

>>149594186
Impressive af

Why do they metaphorically suck Wembys penis for having mediocre jumpshot % and winning no gaymes?

Bradley Beal to the Nuggets is a done deal

>>149594726
why did she bog herself...

>>149594810
Potential

>>149590762
Clingan is better than DA
Blazers also seem to prefer Yang over DA and they're the ones with the inside info on both.
DA is pretty much embii tier, utterly useless. Its like he hates playing basketball or something.

>>149594810
Because it’s the spurs and we only demand +7 footers get down on the block when it’s embiid

>>149589337
>Noooo you can't just punch a disrespectful little bitch in the mouth you just can't okay???

>>149590997
Jimmy is the only guy in that pic earning it, the rest of them are all sissies who quit on their teams when they're most needed.

>>149594887
Jeets are having a meltdown over this

>>149593879
But they’re gonna get dame this time!

you can replicate draymond's skillset by putting a baboon on the court, it might even chimp less

>>149588226
take vooch or nothing

The fucking state of Westbrook. He murdered the clippers and no one wants him cause he bricked all his open shots when he was forced to play the okc series with a broken hand since he was their entire bench?

>>149588226
They played with his whole career

>>149594755
Ehh, Kobe dropped 6/24 so I'm not too worried about that just yet. We'll have to see how the contracts bloat up the next few years, iirc Shai signed an extension back in 2022 that was super huge at the time but got dwarfed as everyone else signed new deals. Keep in mind this extension starts in 2027 which is two years from now, and he only hits 70 mil by 2030. Who knows what kind of deals players are going to command in that time.

It does pose the question on whether or not anyone's going to take paycuts in the future though since things have become so restrictive. We might have a different convo if the young guys like Ant takes a cut and opt out of a supermax

>>149595200
Westbrick*

What is curry gonna say if they trade kuminga for a future project. He wants a full hand of rangz

curry is washed, it's time for podz x post

>>149595200
>He murdered the clippers
no he didn't, larden just did his usual disappearing act in game 7 like he always does

>>149592503
Yeah, when a team announces they’re searching for a starting center every offseason and before every trade deadline because their current big is openly vocal about wanting to go back to the 4, its like ringing a dinner bell for opposing centers and bigs that feel good about the matchup

>>149590997
stephenie is the only one on that list not being overpaid

>>149595276
He’ll accept another fell for it again award in the Nick Kerr’s dad category.

>>149595366
No, WestGOD legitimately murdered the clippers. The one game he didn't play they got blown out by 40.

>>149593182
they've been doing that escrow shit for years, it just doesn't get publicized much

>>149595449
>excluding the game where he didn't play and they still won
lol again westbrick wasn't doing shit, larden again disappeared and only scored 7 pts in game 7

>>149592503
Michael Kidd-Gilchrist and Draymond Grewn were/are power forwards but couldn’t play center full time at all

>>149593182
Yeah it happened in Covid

>>149592497
Celshits

>>149595490
Lol in that game the starters played the entire game. 42+ minutes every starter. Shut the hell up retard.
Apparently shooting 50% as well as 50% from three while starters rest isn't doing shit huh.

I wonder how Thibs is doing. No family of hiw own and no real life outside of basketball. He's almost 70 and rich so who cares but still

>>149595566
again considering larden laid a giant egg in game 7 and didn't even show up for 2 others not really

>>149595566
jamal murray fucking sucks

>>149595646
>if things were different, they'd be different
I'm talking to a sped

sorry ass american niggas getting btfo by canadian chads in u19 world cup
https://www.youtube.com/live/0wlE9W_0Qv0

Two year anniversary of the greatest /nba/ post of all time.

>>149586340 (OP)
Taking a big podz, might have to light a candle

Happy 4th to my fellow Americans.

I don’t like black girls no not really if I do she gotta look like the old Halle Berry or the broke Toni Braxton or the first Lil Kim, but I still take hood rats and work with them

>>149595741
Kek lmao

>>149595741
does this retard still post here? i still remember arguing with that moron that summer and getting bored after like 3 posts

>>149594120
Topic is coming of a knee injury/surgery, so we'll see in the summer league,

On the other hand, Sorber had a toe injury that needed surgery iirc, so hes not playing in summer league but is playing in Pre-Season/start of regular season

>>149595741
Weapschizo was so annoying after the heat finals run. He used to post retarded shit like this every day.

Anyone watching u19 fiba World Cup? USA Cananada one possession game with 4 minutes left in the 4th

>>149586910
>and I wonder if Jonas has an issue with Jokic's nationality something with Lithuanians and Serbians, on Sacramento he plays with a dozen black players but suddenly hes playing with Serbian and he wants out even though Denver won a chip not to long ago
I think the Greek team contract pays him more money over more time and he's closer to home in Greece, and will also likely start/play the whole game whereas in Denver he'll be a backup. Playing in Greece are wins across the board for him

>>149596011
Hes a bitch who voluntarily wekt from best league to second best.

>>149596011
Yeah all that Yugoslavia beef died with Divac

>i cba playing anymore i want you to buy me out
>we arent going to youre under contract
>oh well then im just.. im just going to ...

>Basketball: Bulls add Kawamura to NBA Summer League team
https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20250704/p2g/00m/0sp/024000c

>>149595935
refs couldn't let AJ DybanFTA lose, would hurt his draft stock

>>149596095
Lithuania is Baltic anyway, doubt they have much history with Serbs

>>149595741
This just makes me sad now

>>149596181
I’m really getting sick of all these Danny Ainge plants, I’m not mad Silver denied him Flagg.

>>149596419
this

>>149595935
America will lose to Germany if they play like that, Germany's bigs are genuine are first rounders, Canada had that meme 7'9" centre

>>149595741
That was literally gonna be Boston until SilvYHWH hit the microchip in Big Deuce's calf

>>149589016
poole did that himself talked shit got hit and then acted like a bitch

>>149589337
if a guy at your job is laughing that you are gonna lose your job and you dont beat his arse you are a bitch

Can the Pacers do something? We have no centers

i like podz game

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7uu6XPQ4a44
for the faggot poole lovers

Steph and LeBron retiring will be the 08 housing market for the nba. All these massive contracts and TV deals only for everything to slowly decline

>>149596963
cooper flagg will save the nba

>>149596901
kek

>>149596993
It’s NBA not BAWB

>>149596901
you're misreading that, it's a "who the hell would trade for you?" clause

Half black half Chinese like my chigga j will

>>149596901
Why lmao

>>149597458
The black community keeps posting this image but I don’t think they know what it means

>>149597458
Hes vietnamese

>>149597554
chinese

it's weird how the half filipinos don't really have chinky eyes, like Dylan Harper, Jalen Green, and Jordan Clarkson

>>149597657
the most powerful race…

>>149597485
It's not an intentional or explicit no trade clause. It's because he signed 3 1 year deals in a row with the same team.

>>149597750
Pelinka bringing him back looks even more retarded now

>>149597657
interbreeding with Spanish colonizers.

>>149597782
no it doesn't, jax is almost exactly what the lakers need to pair up with luka, he is dollar store lively.

>>149597720
*least powerful
It only takes one generation of mixing to destroy the Filipino phenotype

>gangrape Niggola Kwabic on live tv 10 months from now

>>149598199
street meat mofungo

>>149598199
THIS is the cringelord in charge of preventing another spurs dynasty?

>>149597878
Terrible bait, here’s your (You)

i think its time for the league to admit the d-league is a disaster. its not developing players, it doesnt make money, nobody is watching it let alone knows where to watch it. might as well invest that money into making a south american league

>>149598550
Is this a joke? OKC’s entire bench including Caruso as well as starting big man Hartenstein spent time developing in the G league

>>149598199

I'm the definition of no aura..

>>149598199
zamn thats good eats cuh straight from da cookout

Myles Turner went from le wholesome chungus legos guy to traded trash just like that damn

>>149598199
Meal poster in shambles

>>149599481
tatum...

>>149599481
We know Tyler

>>149597657
Flips dont have chinky eyes though. Thats mostly East Aasians

>>149599703
4 rebounds per game in the Finals with 20% three point shooting is disrespectful to the team that drafted him not to mention he let Chet go off on him in Game 7, at least when they both were playing like shit you could argue Myles was playing “good defense”

test
icles

>>149599481
Jordan with hair....

>>149600104
Testing your new VPN BAWB?

>>149600197
testing my icles in yo mama bootyhole pussy ass bitch ass hoe ass

Whorenets really gonna not sign a center this offseason.

>>149589445
The owners accept the terrible contact paradigm because they don't have the balls to lock the players out again and insist on radical change during CBA negotiations. Since streaming services are willing to just light money on fire the terrible ratings and declining popularity aren't going to force the issue just yet.

They'd rather be held hostage by their employees than slow down the the gravy train, so every owner getting fucked by luxury tax or cursed with an albatross contract has only themselves to blame. The fact that it's just bad for teams and fans in general is irrelevant, the league has never given one fuck about quality of play

>>149590563

lithuania and giannakopoulos can suck my dick and balls fuck you niggas

>>149600225
>the most humorous/witty Serbian alive
KWABAWB

>>149600371
get pwn'd

Thinking Basketball dropped their top 10 list for 2025

Top 10 With Health Considered:

Jokic

Sga

Giannis

Luka

Edwards

Brunson

Mitchell

Haliburton (???)

Curry

Mobley

Top 10 Not Worrying About Health

Jokic

Shai

Giannis

Curry

Luka

Tatum

Wemby

Lebron

Anthony Davis

Edwards

thoughts?

>>149600535
i despise embitch but not putting him in top 10 health ignored is beyond outrageous. hes the only player who can directly compete with jokic. in terms of 2 way impact hes even better.

>>149600535
my top 10 list for 2025:

Jokic
Luka
Wagner
Herro
Zubac
Reaves
Porzingis
Sengun
Giddey
Markkanen

Undisputed.

>>149600618
he's a big on the wrong side of 30 with a ton of leg injuries. He is done as an elite player

No one has signed Quentin Grimes yet. I wonder how much money he is asking

>>149600778
but the list clearly says ignoring injuries and the last weve seen him play he was dominating. i could see him losing his spot if he was just bricking shots left and right this season. his raw stats were bad but that was due his limited playing. hes still a top 5 guy if hes back

>>149600618
>health ignored
Why should they ignore a fundamental part of basketball? If he can’t play and never does he’s not top ten, doesn’t have that impact on his roster during the regular season and definitely not during the playoffs

>>149600647
3 germanics
1 hispanic
3 slavs
1 turk
1 finn
1 baltic

>>149600940
but i replied to a list saying not worrying about health and the list includes tatum who snapped his achilles a few months ago

>>149600862
injuries take a toll even if they aren't directly happening and he was not dominating at all when he played this season. He could do some stuff on offense but his agility and defense in general fell off a cliff. If Embiid returns to mvp level he'd be the first of his kind and beating history

>>149600535
But enough about Anthony Davis

>>149595741
time flies

>>149600821
He wanted 25 but it’s now projected to be around 17

>Donovan Mitchell on the 25-3 comeback game vs Boston Celtics:

>“I’ve been on JT for that one. Me, him, and Bam have a group chat. Bam brought it up and we kinda laughed it off. I love competing against him and JB. Those are my genuine friends.”

>>149600944
see how inclusive i am

So Jonas is going back to Europe and have fun to end his career instead of dealing with Americans. So who do the Nuggets target as their backup center

>>149600983
If you don’t want to rate embiid anymore because of the injury history that’s fine but let’s not pretend he was even remotely healthy last season.

nuggets need to sign a backup center who can also play with jokic, otherwise it's going to be hard to find one who's willing to play so few minutes but also play well in those minutes. Could Al Horford play the 4 alongside Jokic for 8 miinutes a night, who else?

>>149601060
Is 17 million a lot for him? He seems like he would be an alirght starter or a 6th man on a contender, he is a good shooter

>>149601181
probably godford

>>149601206
go to an El Super, Superior, Northgate grocery store and you'll see girls who are on par with her or hotter

>>149601259
Hes going to GSW and its already done

>>149601263
look at my flag i dont know what those words mean, the only girls who look like her over here are albanians and they don't have hapa classiness

>>149601290
>classiness

they aint classy

are the nuggets getting compensation for this? or did they get scammed out of saric whos an above average 15th man
>>149601274
maybe moritz wagner or boucher then

>>149601331
well they're more classy than albanian whores, i can promise you that

Is Flagg the Great White Hope?

Which NBA player best fits the description of "bitchmade faggot" the best?

>>149601199
as opposed to what what else? When he was healthy 2 years ago? So we just have to assume an older, more injured Embiid is just going to come back and be top 5 again? It doesn't work like that. There's far more evidence for him being relatively done than there is for him still being at that level. It's the exact same situation as somebody like Kawhi who gets written off and forgotten until he can prove whether or not he can still paly

>>149601445
Westbrick

>>149601445

>>149601238
If you think his starting performances with Philly is the floor then 17 is a steal. But it’s a 25 game sample size on a tanking team that was forced to bench him to jockey for lottery position.

John Collins to Nuggets for Nnaji and a second
who says nein

>>149600535
>Tatum is a top 10 player
>If you just ignore the fact that he won't play for the next year or so

>>149600618
>hes the only player who can directly compete with jokic
Giannis and SGA directly compete with him, and SGA even beats him in a few advanced stats

>>149601362
wagner already resigned with ORD

>>149601590
Yeah and you can't trust contract year stats either. I am surprised though some dumb GM didn't sign him for 25

westbrook>lecoon ass nigga all time

Yup.

>>149601959
Better at losing early in the playoffs with stacked teams?

>>149602076
lebronchitis gotta be the biggest dickrider in the basketball world. glazing him under every post. must be on payrolll

>>149600535
They put Anthony D2Davis over Embitch lmao.

>>149601466
The same physician that treated kawhi is treating embiid now. embiid rushing back to play last season right after rushing back to play in the Olympics after also rushing back to play in the 2024 playoffs is evidence he should’ve just got the surgery right after kuminga speared his knee. every single time embiid has rushed back to play through injuries he looks like shit, NBA fans say it would take an unprecedented medical miracle for him to ever dribble a basketball again, he begrudgingly gets the surgery, properly rehabs and puts up new career highs upon return; this has happened no less than three times in his career. Nobody is guaranteeing his return but I refuse to be gaslit by retards still putting Tatum in their top ten as if an achilles tear is somehow not as bad as anything embiid’s dealt with in recent memory.

its funny because its true

>>149602242
>every single time embiid has rushed back to play through injuries he looks like shit
coincidentally he also looks like shit when he plays while fully and completely healthy.

>>149602419
Is this you? >>149597878

>>149602076
nah bro the meat eating is crazy

>>149602076
for a 40-year old guy in year 22 of the nba i think it's really corny that lebron james still gets involved in these social media sagas

>>149602419
kek

>>149602076
Unfortunately, Cavs literally can't make the trade happen right now since they are a 2nd apron team and Lebron makes 6 million more than the Cavs' top players. So this is the most empty LeGM threat ever. LeUnc is a drama starter for nothing.

>>149602242
Eventually those doomsayers will be right. it has to do with the fact that injuries add up and compound while he himself is getting older which makes it harder to bounce back. There's only so many times you can have stuff like meniscus surgery. There's also the specter of history which shows bigs with these kinds of injuries do not age well and often hit a wall when they reach 30

Tatum is a situation where yes he's had a devastating injury but it's a one off case and there does appear to be significant improvement in its treatment nowadays and he's still fairly young. We've seen guys recover more lately and not look that much worse as long as they don't get other related injuries. I wouldn't rate him before seeing him afterwards but you can somewhat understand the optimism

>>149590762
Zubac not even on the list. it's almost like you don't watch the games. oh you're namefag that confirms it.

>>149592952
you called it. expect him and DJ to be in Europe smoking weed any day now.

>>149601445
chris paul lebron james

>>149602757
Name 3 athletes, in any sport, not named Kevin Durant that came back from a full Achilles rupture and looked better than 70% of the player they were prior to the injury. I’m supposed to be optimistic about a 27 year old recovering because of the advances in sports medicine but because embiid is 31–younger than kawhi when he got his knees redone, and younger than AD who I also see ranked in the top 10 despite missing half the season with injuries—and because embiid is one year over this fucking random ass spooky 30 number that sounds like some bullshit out of a bill simmons podcast, all of these medical advances no longer apply to embiid?

gayson's homosexuality is revealed in the latest stronetoss comic strip

>>149603020
Dominique Wilkins

>>149603087
can you name two more? that was like 30 years ago. Seems like an Achilles recovery is more of a genetic lottery if KD is the second player to come back from the injury even with all the advances in sports medicine.

lebron stinks!
axaxaxaxa!!

If the 76ers are not a top 3 team in the East and don't make it to the conference finals next year I think it will officially be the end of the process

>>149603161
It already ended blud, no way Embitch can get healthy and PG13 becomes unwashed and they're stuck with those contracts for 3 years more.

>>149603183
>VJ edgecombe 19
>McCain 21
>J Edwards 21
>Bona 22
>Maxey 24
>Grimes 25
What’re we calling this post-process era?

I can think of 30 centers id rather have than ayton without even looking it up

>>149603183
by the end of another 3 years they'll have racked up enough lottery picks for a starting lineup unless they already traded away all their picks.
they'll be able to resign embiich for $90 million a season and still field a good starting 5 (provided ebiich remains injured of course)

respect anthony edwards

Jokic embiid ad adams sengun wemby chet hartenstein zubac turner sabonis lively edey clingan ware missi bam porz kessler gobert allen claxton richards gafford williams poltl duren reid

>Haberstroh] Since 2000, in head-to-head matchups, the Western Conference has won the majority of inter-conference games in a staggering 23 of the last 26 seasons, according to Basketball-Reference tracking...the East could go 1,318-0 going forward and they’d still have a worse record

>west has also won the last 17 of 26 championships

the idea of the lakers adding DA really seems to upset a lot of the laker haters, so DA must be a pretty good acquisition.

>>149603235
Eastern conference plays unserious basketball, on the west coast we build around players like Magic Johnson, Steph Curry and Nikola Jokic. On the east it’s Reggie Miller, Andre Drummond and Joel Embiid.

JJ Reddit is gonna have a full blown locker room mutiny before all-star break

>>149603226

>>149603235
Would be 26/26 if everyone in the west just plucked backup bigs off eastern lottery teams. When Rudy Gobert is a perennial WCF appearance all you need is a Gafford or a Hartenstein, shit Claxton would probably look like Wembenyama his first season playing in the west.

>>149603020
with just the nba Brandon Clarke, Klay (though he got a double whammy), and Dwight Powell have mostly been the same players and are the most recent outside of the wave that hit this season. Klay has appeared to have noticeably declined from his post achilies peak though. In football there have been a bunch recently. JK Dobbins, Cam Akers, Justice Hill, Aaron Rodgers

As far as medical advances go it's a different comparisons. It's like how the acl tear used to literally by a career ender but now guys are bouncing right back at near the same level. Achilies tears seem to now be trending the same way, though I wouldn't put it on that level yet but we will see how this latest group does. Even with those advancements getting multiple of similar injuries does seem to have a noticeable impact and it obviously gets worse as you get older. 1 acl tear is fine but multiple and you start seeing real losses like with Jabari Parker or have to look at for other compensation injuries like with DRose. Embiid is sort of in that latter range and the nature of his knee injury (meniscus) and how they treat it in surgery is not something that works out long term because there's only so much you can shave/cleanup so multiple procedures are a giant red flag

>>149603340
Why is the east full of poverty teams wasting talent

>>149603267
>eastern conference teams: coldheartedly assembling a team based solely around the goal of making maximum profits by selling a low quality product to the local chumps for big ticket prices
based and capitalist
>western conference: lets just try our best guys!!! things are bound to work out for us if we just give it our all!!!
cringe naïve tryhard faggots and probably gay too

>>149602076
can't wait til both these niggas off my team

>>149603425
Can't wait for your Lakers to be irrelevant for the next decade again?

Don't give a shit if it's an early fag.

New
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>>149602419
>they hated him because he spoke the truth

>>149601206
>Olivia Rodrigo,

Why the fuck does she look like Leah Halton in the beginning