People were really forced to took heart attack shots (Bronny James) and ordered people to wear masks over a common cold. Jordan played with the flu, which is infinitely worse.

I feel like people memory holes this liberal insanity. People lost jobs over not taking the shot lmao

>>149818247 (OP)
kyrie didnt fall for that shit

>>149818247 (OP)
No one memory holed Coivd. Niggas are still talking about it all over the world. For me it's difficult to think that it's been five years and I've accomplished literally nothing tho

>>149818247 (OP)
Bribery or forgery was an option too.

Hansen Yang the Great Wall of China

>>149818247 (OP)
only in muttmerica people lost jobs over this

dare I get my hopes up again?

i'm waiting for the lebron james traded notification brehs

>>149818309
nobody is blowing up their team for that bum

>>149818304
>muttmerica
Your literally a moor rapebaby

>>149818309
You're more likely to get a "BREAKING NEW: LEBRON JAMES HAS RETIRED FROM NBA" notification

>>149818247 (OP)
>feel like people memory holes this liberal insanity. People lost jobs over not taking the shot lmao
Because you're not allowed to insult the mainstream media or liberals. It reminds me of that Family Guy episode where the bartender finds out the Quagmires dad is transexual and then says: "oh, I had no idea. Do whatever you want any time"

I'm a Suns fan, btw.

Shaisissies....

https://x.com/TheHoopCentral/status/1945636764737249507

current suns' salary status, not much wiggle space except they want to trade jalen green or dillon brooks to get someone

kek

>>149818332
AVRA

>>149818247 (OP)
>you now remember that the dallas mavericks made their winning trade of doncic for davis + flagg around midnight, and that they are the clear betting favorites to land lebron james via a presumptive trade

>>149818363
Do you just call everything this homo does aura?

>>149818309
you mean more bullshit put out into the ether by klutch media?

is now the appropriate time for submitting a request to merge with /bet/?

>>149818363
my GOAT :)

>>149818332
when chucklefuck comedians even know about the referee treachery

>>149818364
>LeBron to Dallas
Would be kino ngl

I just finished that embiid article and despite trying to paint him in a sympathetic light he comes off as having a personality disorder and potential murder-suicide candidate

>>149818247 (OP)
lol you're obsessed nobody cares about that any more

>>149818460
this part was funny, man got no confidence

>>149818472
certainly not the ones that died from it at any rate
>>149818398
its like people trying to evade bans by using code for racist terms. it reads funny like that.

Is Bryce better than Bronny or just equally mid as well?

>>149818428
Is it true that you got raped brutally by a pack of negroes in that sultry summer night in 2020?

>>149818553
he's worse. A lot worse

>>149818488
The death of his brother must have affected him a lot. I've never seen someone doubts himself this much when everyone around him believes in him.

https://x.com/thehoopcentral/status/1945636764737249507?s=12

“SGA is here. Everybody sitting around him is in foul trouble."

— Shane Gillis

>>149818331
>You're not allowed to insult the mainstream media or liberals
>Describes a very popular show making fun of liberals

>>149818597
It's just not funny

>>149818247 (OP)
u guys had to get the vaccine i can't tell you why right now but you guys had to

>>149818562
I thought he was good

Jamal to LA
Luka to Denver
Bam to LA
LeBron to Miami

>>149818597
This didn't land kek embarrassing.

>>149818669
there was no reason at all to think that. I don't even think he likes basketball he just likes what does for him

>>149818700
>>149818613
SGA haters are really just starting to sound like retards

>>149818700
Should've done the joke with Brunson.

>>149818700
because no one cares about sga to even know about him

>>149818616
because it was a deadly illness and we have to keep our neighbors safe like decent fucking humans

no offense but sga just flops endlessly and the refs give him every call which just leads to him flopping more. and honestly that is not a reflection of talent its more a reflection of being a theatrical performative refbabby

>>149818818
U rn

>>149818309
Everybody knows it's either the Cavs or Mavs but he wants to keep dragging it out. Nobody in LA wants him and he must know that.

>>149818837
israelis are a bunch of dysgenic freaks

>>149818488
Sad stuff

>>149818247 (OP)
I could never forget. My job got turned into a work from home job and I've never looked back.

Nba is doing an AMA with the top 3 draft picks rn on rebbit and VJ said he and McCain have talked and he won't be dancing in his tiktoks...

>>149818899
tiktok is finished,,,

>>149818714
Wasn’t everyone hyping him and saying he was the better sibling like 4 years ago?

>>149818359
holy kek

>>149818899
yeah this place is pathetic im going to reddit

>>149818944
only because everyone knew he was gonna be taller. that's the reason. the only reason.

>>149818977
I like this place. no filters. full of depressed racist incels that sperg out when they see something they don't like. all y'all autistic niggas make me laugh.

>>149818738
You and SGay are still faggots don't get it twisted

>U rn

>>149818777
>>149818774
>>149818700
https://x.com/HoopMixOnly/status/1945642006446764497

https://x.com/ohnohedidnt24/status/1945637050952069332

this guy is unfunny

>>149818837

BIG Ausdiddy crashout rn

ogre

BEAL YOU DUMB FUCK 5 MIL TO PLAY OON THE LA CLIPPERS WHEN YOU COULD HAVE TAKEN THE SAME MONEY TO WIN A CHIP IN DENVER

>>149819075
it all begins with westAlucard

>>149819081
Nobody wants to play with the statpadder

>>149819081
>WIN A CHIP IN DENVER

Clippers aren't winning shit. This is not a better roster than 23 or 24 Clippers.

>>149819107
This team would have won it all......

>>149819107
kek what the hell was this broken ass team

>>149819131
? this is a warriors level team

>>149819107
this looks like a team that would crumble in the yoffs

>>149819151
youre actually mentally retarded.

>>149819156
they wouldnt and we'll never know

Trvke

Retardation really is beating the shit out of Republicans, fuck me with a sandpaper dildo; okay we're working backwards because I'm also retarded as fuck

>No one forgot, it's just hard to talk about Carona Virus every weekend at dinner.

>The issue was retards were in charge of rushing live virus vaccines which is like the sloppiest laziest way of doing fucking YandereDev pirate software levels of shitty shit. Check the symptoms and possible complications of the actual virus and you'll see the vaccine deaths are because shitty live virus vaccines, this shit had to have been exported to North Korea with how many liberties they took too.

Doesn't help when rubes who eat like the pigs they raise only get Moderna.

>>149819075
>ynr LeDiddy wanted Westbrick instead of DeRozan

>>149819191
somebody's feelings got hurt awwwwwww

>sga is my favorite player how could you tell

>Jokic is my favorite player how could you tell

oh xhe's seething

>>149819256

>>149819107
Ballmer: See the Nets? I like what they do down there.

>x player is my favorite player
>which means you must be gay
the absolute state of this genny

>>149819273
DWill is so overrated by boomers also iso joe was overrated as fuck

Best Athlete in Men's Sport achieved
We keep stacking these.

>>149819277
KAT is definitely gay though

>>149819234
kek

>>149818359
Fuck that ugly cunt Angel Reese, Caitlin is an actual angel, the WNBA does NOT deserve her!

Judge someone harshly if they dislike Caitlin Clark. This guy looks like an absolute faggot. Caitlin is trying to ball, its the blacks she plays against that are constantly dirty fouling her. Disgusting ugly fat little faggot.

bawbaussie has lost it

>>149819256
you gon explain why you got this saved? you got a lot of half naked men on your computer?

>>149819256
ayoooo what the fuck is this lmao

They just want to see the Burger King duo fall

>>149819452
AVRA NVKE

anyone wanna have sex?

I tried waving at the girl ive known for years in public, she looked at me and quickly looked away and did acknowledge me.

What did I do to deserve this?

>>149819223
>westbrick vs defrozen

>>149819501
you should've just flipped her off instead

>>149819501
Why didn't you get in her face about it?

>>149819501
>weapschizo scaring the hoes
grim. this is what we call negative aura

>>149818460
Yeah. Dude is paranoid and somehow has both delusions of grandeur and poor self-esteem. He's clearly disturbed, but that doesn't excuse him acting like an asshole.

>>149819598
All those Philadelphia fan death threats must be getting to him

Him and Ayton were separated at birth

>>149819616
fake

>>149819616
lilbro will be begging for Beal once Green and Brooks show up

it's summer. off season. post your favorite clips.
>Chuck Barkley admitted this was his best game he ever witnessed live.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mi7OSaVB3fg

Cavs Proctor summer league season high

>>149819834
malice in the palace
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONfKrtMCUXc

>>149819834
back when NBATV was based
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrINFd_Mcg8

>>149819933
Thought he was a first round talent. Doing he'll be a bucket getter but he could fill the massive hole Jerome is going to leave.

>>149818304
Happened here too

https://www.abc.net.au/religion/stephanie-collins-the-price-of-mandatory-vaccination/13566704

Got a stinky marner brewing. I'll see you on the the other side.

why is demar always tweeting some sadboy drake lyrics type shit at 2am

>>149820175
he *is* mister toronto, no?

>>149820175
not even drake that corny

>>149820175
He never recovered from the fact that Kawhi is just a better player and Masai made a good decision

>>149820248
I can almost imagine Nico trading his ass midseason to Washington and Dallas winning the chip. Think he'd just chug the whole bottle of antidepressants

spanish niggas so yappity, they think they can talk like they above anything

>>149820248
Klay kinda handsome when he isn't being a hobo

>>149820248
what a cuck

remember westbrook on the lakers

>>149820672
cant tell if he was worse on the lakers or clippers

>>149820696
i just find it funny how he never stops shooting
it's like he forgets how bad he is in between each play

name a bigger bust

https://youtu.be/TDa8HT01gA0?t=22m
This is why the NBA is garbage, this is why NBA fans are literally subhumanely retarded and most should be put to the wall and shot.

This league, the standards for basketball excellence and glorification in this shit league is. LITTERED with SO MUCH POST HOC RATIONALIZATION.

Where people will ONLY glorify certain players because they were on championship winning teams alongside championship winning players. But will simultaneously either downplay equivalent players with shit ball hog teammates (like Lebron) or will selectively use the fact that a player was on a championship team...to suddenly discredit him post hoc (Curry on da warriors, Le system baby, Le klay and draymond carried, Le iguadola was an all star (one year in his entire career) Le Kevin ball hog Durant) But suddenly Scottie Pippen was CRUCIAL, no ESSENTIAL to the bulls and Jordan literally wouldnt win shit without him.

Narratives. Everything is a narrative. Selective framing ad hoc and post hoc. To justify a preconception, already decided before hand.

Lebron was GREAT and should have won something already by the time of taking his talents to south beach, so it must have been his teammates fault.

Jordan was TOO great and won TOO much, TOO quickly (relative to lebron) and never left his team. So his teams management must have simply been god tier, and his teammates greater than they seemed.

Do you see it? Do you? The result, the happenstance occurs first, and then it is worked and followed backwards and reinterpreted with bias, to explain either an already decidedly favourable, or unfavourable outcome.
https://youtu.be/TDa8HT01gA0?t=22m

This is why sometimes I cant help but consider myself smarter than all of you. I notice these narratives and try to educate myself, opening myself up to differing, elucidating perspectives, with new contextual info that helps me better understand *reality* and how perception hijacks it. But you retards dont engage with the game critically, beyond buzzwords of "asteriks" but theres no actual principle, no consistency. Its just about what ring you can selectively dismiss. Not about some legitimate consistency standard for a less legitimate ring, because somehow, to this day, the 1999 spurs ring escapes and eludes "asteriks" like crazy. And dont even get me started on 2016.

>>149820733
what happened with him now? i saw like a week ago or so him getting hyped by his somehow die hard fans that seem to think he'll end up crazy good or something

Lakers really ruining the GOAT of basketballs last season. They got Trash Ayton and said that’s it? How can they not even land Beal. All he cared about was living in LA.

>>149820803
nothing happened hes actually balling out in summer league

>rapist kobe getting dragged on the internet again
Feels good

>>149820971
>>149801207 gold

>>149820803
>>149820896
>balling out

>>149821066
kobe is top 5 and 10 in many statistics though.

>>149821373
yeah most misses
most rapes
most helicopter crashes

>bradley beal chose the clippers over the lakers
It’s so over. LeBron is gone.

>>149819256
>/hoc/

>>149821771
can i help you?

The leaf has lost his mind I'm afraid

>>149821712
but where tho

I need a jewish queen.

>>149819256
This is Jokic fans at the end of the second round

You cannot tell me sga>slim luka. We are about to witness 2019 but better

>>149822713
2019 harden

>>149822713
SGA already won and you ran when it came.

>>149822713
Lakers are really not a good team, I already know at the end of the season that will be the cope around Shai’s team outperforming Luka’s again (even though everyone says Shai’s teammates aren’t good enough to deserve max extensions) but why not temper your expectations? NBA fans are starting to become as delusional as NFL fans with parity

>his lakers

>>149822713
>>149822722
luka's definitely a better playmaker, idk if he'll be *that* good at scoring though. That would be another step up from 23/24, which itself was a step up for luka

>>149822713
SGA is a tier above Luka. It's like comparing MJ to Harden.

>>149822654

>>149818359
She gets off on race play no other explanation

>>149822876
A whole tier? No

>>149823117
All stars speaking on MVPs now

if luka doesn't win mvp next year then he's dead to me

>>149822713
Slim Luka is a fantasy like 82 game Kawhi.

I’m releasing excrement in the toilet cautiously, I don’t want to spray the entire tank just hit the water. Which NBA player am I?

>>149823430
>You're probably **Chris Paul** — the *Point God* known for his precision, control, and surgical execution. Just like you’re aiming carefully and avoiding chaos, CP3 is all about **efficiency, clean execution, and avoiding unnecessary messes** on the court.
>Other possible matches depending on the vibe:
>* **Kawhi Leonard** – quiet, calculated, minimal splash.
>* **Tim Duncan** – fundamentally sound, no flash, just results.
>* **Andre Iguodala** – does the dirty work cleanly, rarely makes a mess.
>But if you’re being *that* meticulous in your “release”… yeah, that’s **Chris Paul**.
cpshart

if any of you guys ever bought autographed sports memorabilia from an ebay seller mistermancave its fake. The fbi raided this guys home yesterday, he was forging the certifications and the hologram stickers too. Apparently the fbi found a dead body at one of the locations aswell. Guy did $350 million in sales and sold millions of fake copies.

>>149823776

OKC has just as many rings as the Celtics without all that fanfare for years

Meal. I was given the wrong donut so I demanded a new one. The women tried to let me keep the wrong one they gave me but i gave it back anyways.

Is Jordan Walsh good?

>>149823952
looks disgusting

>>149823952
They can’t put the donut back that you touched so it was most likely thrown away. Mealanon why are you wasting food?

>>149823430
Definitely not Jimmy Butler

>>149823952

>>149823952
Average amerizogslop

Celtics are going to be fun to watch without Gaytum

My hemorrhoids badly irritate my ass and cause it to itch while I’m at work, several times a day I have to penetrate my draws and sort of finger fuck myself to keep the irritation away if I’m standing up or especially if I’m sweating which is often since my job doesn’t have air conditioning. I can’t help escape the feeling I smell like raw shit. How’s my team doing?

>>149826462
They are going to be fun to watch without Gaytum

>>149821442
kek

This is gonna be a rough summer. Thanks Silver

>>149820787
he's...right?

>>149820787
>>149827700
nigga buy an ad

The Bucks need to sign Shiva or Sosho ASAP

>>149820787
LeGoat > Goatie Pippen >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Jorfruad.

jakucionis cements himself as top 5 guards in the league today

this general is dead i'm gonna go be a soccer fan now

>>149828483
Is it the bitch ass cracker boy league?

>>149818247 (OP)
Bronny had a congenital heart defect that went undiagnosed until he collapsed. It got corrected after surgery.

not a fan of all these plebbit niggas hopping on orlandos dick now that they seem to of got their shit together
you werent here for the struggle
youre not welcome here

If you dont like that you dont like NBA basktball

Is Jerry West the biggest ball knower of all time?

Queen moves like Cousins

>>149828687
its a competition between him, ainge and bird
>>149823793
>>149823776
evil
these kikes ruin every hobby

>>149828591
nobody is hopping on a perennial first round fodder team lmao.

Nuggets are winning it all next year

>>149829132
Make it to the WCF again first lmao

>>149829182
Don't run when it comes buddy

im in here ten toes down talkin shit until i die

>>149828687
Yep

I have a big shit streak in my drawers

>>149823776
>one guy was able to control an entire market including vertical integration for 25 years but /pol/ is just crazy

Isn't it retarded for Phoenix to buyout a $100M+ contract while letting that same player go to a conference rival?

nuggets without maga porter jr beat okc in 5

>>149829560
The latter is irrelevant. The former is indeed so retarded it should be against the rules

>>149829560
guaranteed contracts shouldn't even be a thing. teams need the right to cut players without having to pay them money in the future.

>>149829607
t. public school attender

.

>>149823117
Yes, an entire tier. If Luka ended his career today, he wouldn't be remembered for anything other than the trade, while SGA would be remembered for one of the greatest singular years in NBA history, with MVP, FMVP, WCMVP, scoring title, and bringing the first championship to OKC

>>149830029
you got me

>>149830087
Luka really got to work on his damn legs. He can't close out for shit and has no transition defense.

People act like Luka has won a championship

>>149830141
His biggest issue is probably his lateral movement, guys just drive right by him casually.

>>149830166
He has won a championship

>>149830066
>nooo aiiyeeee

>BREAKING: Nine-time NBA All-Star Damian Lillard is finalizing a three-year, $42 million contract to return to the Portland Trail Blazers, sources tell ESPN. Deal is expected to include a player option in 2027-28 and a no-trade clause. A storybook reunion home for the 35-year-old.

>>149830510
I mean at least he's not going to play next season so there's that. Will he finally be able to win with defensive help and big man help infinitely better than Nurkic? I guess we'll see

>>149830560
it's sc00t's team now, as long as unc knows his place he should be able to collect his here damn chip...

>>149830510
Doesn’t really make any sense with Jrue there is the better veteran guard, but I guess they can move or waive Jrue

>>149830510
>Lillard back to the blazers
>Luka back to the mavs next year
>LeBron back to the cavs on a vet min next year

Kino

>>149830510
>it's real
you know for a sec I thought portland was cooking the offesason but it turns out they've just throwing darts at a board

>>149830510

>>149830734
If the last year isn’t guaranteed or is partially guaranteed it’s not a bad signing. Get a veteran in the locker room who has seen it all before and capable sixth man scorer next year, just have to hope Dame’s last useful years overlap with the young veterans on the roster peaking

dame dolla

>>149830663
Acquiring Jrue for pennies and then trading him to a contender for a markup is a time honored tradition at this point

>>149830510
BLAZIES ARE BACK
I REPEAT
THE BLAZIES ARE OFFICIALLY *BACK*

Celtics could return to being a championship team with one simple trick

>>149831055
Damn they really did lose their entire frontcourt kek

>>149831055
there is no question where ben simmons is the answer except variations of "who are bums wasting talent"

>>149831055
Ben Simmons would be the first Celtics player to get lynched on the court mid-game by the crowd at TD Garden

>>149830066
I would retire and kms after that

>>149830675
>Nico is forced out
>Luka returns to the Mavs in shape
>The Luka and Flagg duo forms a new dynasty
I am loving the script Silver

>dame back on the blazers
just retire

>>149830510
>when push came to shove, Dame's loyalty faltered
>Blazers still took back their prodigal son with open arms for he had returned
based and Christ-pilled

36 year old Dame
36 year old Jrue
Zionist Deni
32 year old Jerami "What do I even do?" Grant
CCP plant Yang "Hangsen Yang" Hangsen

>>149831621
clingod and (((deni))) are good

>>149830510
ALL OF THAT JUST TO GO BACK TO THE BLAZERS
HE LEFT THW GRIND BUT COULDNT QUIT IT LMAOOOOOO

>>149831621
deni is better than any player on your shitty team

What does he see in Portland

>>149831698
home

>>149831698
the grind

Dame really is the loyalest nigga out there, literally broke his Achilles to come back to Rip City.

Now Russ needs to come home to OKC

>>149831698
he already proved he is a champing with the nba cup. he doesnt need to ring chase anymore and can go back home.

Eyyyy

Bitch ass fucking white boy

>>149831782
Well played

I hate all whites I hate all crackers

i could never hate caitlin

>>149830249
Portland fans owe Haliburton a big "Thanks You"

>>149831698
this is some straight up money laundering a dude whose going to be 37 before he plays his first game on that contract

>>149831888
Gonna shoot 37% too

>>149818488
In a weird way him being an overpaid, franchise-killing fraud MVP maybe had a silver lining to it because can you imagine being the poor schmuck who would have had to employ or work with Embiid in any sort of normal job? He would have been one of those useless faggots who hurt himself doing some routine thing and spent as much time as he could on workman's comp while everyone else picked up his slack.

I mean, seriously, how long would he last on a real job site? A month? A week? Five minutes? If a large vehicle came anywhere near him would he just fling himself to the ground instinctually and hope the foreman gave him a day off?

>>149830510
He should have never left them and this confirms it

>>149818977
Feel free not to come back

has anybody checked on the heatsissy?

Lillard just gotta get the ball to Hansen Yang.

>>149831898
If you're 7 feet tall, you're getting an NBA contract. Period. Ask yourself if you ever seen a 7 footer on any job site? There are only about a thousand of them on the planet.

>>149831882
do portland fans actually want dame back? they didnt really improve their roster any. wouldnt they be better off going full rebuild?

>>149830029
He’s right you know

>>149831947
Right you can at least play overseas worst scenario, 7ft not on somebody’s college team you have to be deformed

>>149831933
We got Norman Powell, who is better than Dame at age 36 coming off a achilles injury.

>>149830510
Honestly a pathetic move for all concerned. This is both sides openly admitting that not only will they never win anything, they're not even going to try.

If Lillard was serious about competing in any way he'd go to a team with a 2 year window for cheap and wait for his chance. And if Portland was trying to actually be respectable they wouldn't be throwing money at a guy who is borderline washed and just got thrown into the trash by an actual contending team because he was so useless they didn't even want to bother waiting for his comeback.

This is $50 million worth of memberberries, and what are you even remembering so fondly? That one playoff series you won the year someone else won a title? Holy shit what a fucking poverty franchise.

>>149831953
People are nostalgic and short-sighted.

>>149831933
Oh also Dame signed a no trade clause. Miami didn't have a spot or the money. He won't be playing this year so he can request a trade again but veto Joe Cronins bullshit next time.

>preach loyalty for over a decade
>finally try to force out of Portland, embarrass himself trying
>prove to be a colossal failure even when playing next to the second best player on the planet in the shit conference
>come crawling back to Portland

Dame isn't good enough to be like Lebron and he's not DAWG enough like Jimmy to get what he wants. Infinite legacy points deducted.

>>149831993
>actual contending team
The Bucks?

>>149818460
i find it crazy that (((espn))) is still trying to shill for this guy. He's lazy, out of shape, entitled, delusions of grandeur, only got the MVP because Kendrick Perkins said anyone who didnt vote for him is a racist, and has never driven 76ers to anywhere but a 2nd round playoff exit.

>>149831947
I walked next to a dude that must have been close to 7 feet today. They really are rare, I felt short next to him and I am 6'2. I don't remember the last time I saw a dude that tall

>>149832002
With Tatum and Haliburton out, the East is wide open, so technically every team in the East is a contender

>>149830510
>could be eternal one-man team god forever for Portland
>decide to ringchase in a way that will end in easily foreseeable failure
>it ends even worse than that
>limp (literally) back home to Portland
oof

>>149831947
I knew a guy who was like 6'10 or so and he just worked in agriculture.. He was skinnyfat, moved slowly and had chronic back and joint problems pretty much from like age 15. He tried to play basketball in high school and was more or less useless.

The automatic entry into the NBA thing is kind of a myth. If you're that tall and have even a faint whiff of athleticism, yeah. But a ton of guys that tall don't have any athleticism. They just have these unnaturally enlongated bodies that don't function properly because they've exceeded their specifications. I'd rather be 6'4 than 6'11

I wonder what Danny Green's opinion on Joel Embiid is.

>>149832037
>Tatum
Why do you pretend he was in anyone's way? As long as you're healthy Gaytum is just another stepping stone

>>149832002
I wouldn't exactly put money on it but they have a top 3 player and like >>149832037 said, the east is dogshit. Not great odds but they have a puncher's chance.

Which makes them disposing of Lillard for literally nothing but cap space all the more damning of his utility. That's a tacit admission you're not good any more and probably never will be again. But part of the problem was that the only way for them to keep him was at that number which was a situation unique to Milwaukee. If he goes anywhere else for like vet min it's a different discussion. But he apparently didn't want to admit how toast he is so he went back to the only team that would offer him some money and punt all of next season like it didn't even matter. Because I guess it doesn't. Portland is shit now they'll be shit later, and they'll be shit three years from now so fuck it, I guess.

>>149831698
Lmao Blazers sold him high and then getting him back at a discount. Genius GM

>>149832166
To be fair the fit was pretty bad with giannis anyhow

Dame would likely have a ring by now if Cronin didn't do everything he could to go ruin Pat Riley.

>>149832175
What would have been a good fit? Embiid without the Philly nerf? Durant?

>>149832175
Dame and AD would have been a good fit ngl, not run and dunk man who never posts the fuck up

>>149832266
>>149832277
Lillard, Jimmy and Bam is the best fit and you know it.

Cant hate thats loyalty. Dude could have just finished out his career in Miami or LA, or NYC, but chose to go back to Portland. Probably likes living there

>>149832266
I don't really know, just the my turn your turn usage thing with giannis was clearly not the angle, dame couldn't play offball like steph and giannis couldn't playmake like draymond. I'm not really sure what pieces lillard should've had around him to be maximized honestly.

>>149832175
this is all hindsight. Who would have ever thought 2 top 15 at the time, top 75 alltime players couldn't even figure out how to run a p&r together. It sounds crazy

>>149832301
Yeah it's mindboggling, kinda surreal they never got to the finals as a duo.

>>149832295
Jimmy and Bam.

>>149832310
Can't make playoff runs when one or the other is injured each year

>>149832175
>>149832301
Yeah, exactly. Everyone was expecting them to run the pick and roll, which they barely did. And they barely had any chemistry on the court. And then them taking turns to get injured killed whatever hope the bucks had

>>149832286
>>149832313
retard the heat needed a legit center instead of forcing bam to play the five, getting another ball dominant player who can't facilitate wouldn't have helped

>>149832166
They're getting him back at a discount because he's wrecked and washed and honestly even the discounted price might be too much. Neither of the teams involved won this scenario.

People should stop talking themselves into undersized guards in their mid-30's. Like, there are people out there who still think it matters where Chris Paul goes this year. It does not.

>>149832422
Is Portland that much better than Milwaukee? Giannis seems to like it out there

>>149832461
Portland is a beautiful city to visit, can't speak about living there but I imagine it's nice.

>>149832397
Except they made the finals twice with Bam at the C. Is he undersized yes. But with Dame, Jimmy (not being hurt because he wouldn't be in play-in, and Bam who was an all star that year they definitely would've fucked Luka in the ass those finals.

>Lame Time

>>149832461
Portland is the antifa capital of the world.

>>149832474
>>149832511

hmmmm

>>149832511
Im sure thats still LA from just a population standpoint

>>149832502
and what happened in both of those finals?
they got buttfucked in the paint by AD and Jokic because the only protect they had was bam, and the 2nd time a washed kevin love

>>149832534
>and what happened in both of those finals?
They didn't have an elite level PG like Dame to help them offensively. Bam was hurt in 2020 and was the best player for the Heat in 2023 finals

>>149832543
lame time is a pg in name only, he can't facilitate or play off ball for shit, in reality he's a short sg
if he could pass the rock him and giannis would've been able to run the pick and roll instead of taking turns playing iso ball

how the fuck were the heat getting Dame without trading Bam?

>>149832461
Foreign players don't care much about where to live. They tend to stick to the team that draft them. To us non-americans, it's just america, that's it. Like I can't really tell the difference between new york and california.

why would portland accept to include a no trade clause? makes no sense, he's not even going to play next season

>>149832560
That's fine but a solid 25+ ppg scorer would've totally made differences next to playoff Jimmy.

>>149832600
He wants assurance he can end his career in Portland if he chooses to lock his last years down with them, they did trade him once before and not to his ideal destination

>The Heat didn't get Dame for a 2nd time

>>149832600
goodwill and good pr
dude wants to retire a blazer and they'll guarantee it

lillard's career is already over in so many ways

>>149832634
>>149832600
why would you waste this much cap on an undersized guard who will be in his late 30's with no acl, this is one of the worst moves

>>149832649
it is the return of the prodigal son

>>149832627
You didn't answer my question. WHY would portland do this? They're not a charity and the way they played and the rise of avdija last year convinced me they're a team on the right path and this move makes no sense apart from good pr

>>149832634
not a serious franchise then

>>149832649
exactly this

>>149832653
wtf does this mean he doesn't fit the blazers style at all they want to grind with young legs play full court press, dame's never wanted to play defense, they already have jrue holliday, why did they do this

>>149832649
>>149832667
blazers aren't anywhere close to contenders and honestly still a year away from being a playoff team so I guess they figure throwing away 10 mil a year for some good pr can't hurt
also they did just get rid of simons and scoot still needs a vet mentor

>>149832649
This, it's retarded. Fans are excited now because basketball fans are the most overly sentimental and irrational saps in the world. But in two years, after a season when he doesn't even play at all, watching him come back slow and hobbled as a 37 year old with no explosiveness who plays 20 minutes a night for a bottom five team? It'll be underwhelming as fuck and completely pointless. But that's Blazers basketball in a nutshell, I guess

>>149832667
Dame is getting paid pretty much nothing by current standards.

Him being there puts asses in seats, and it out to light a fire under Scoot, because he has a year now until they have to make a choice on who is going to be starting PG in '26-'27

He can also "mentor" Scoot even while injured but personally I think that's an overblown idea in the NBA. They're entirely different types of player.

>Harper is not playing

Why are the rookies load managing in the summer league? They should be playing every game, especially the top picks.

I want joker, Flagg, Luka, and nipple to play on the same team together. For no particular reason. Dunno who the forth should be

dun worry blazer bros hansen will carry a 43 year old dame to the chip, neither of them will play any defense, they will average 145 ppg and toumani camara will guard 3 players every possession

>>149832755
>>149832710
>>149832691
>>149832676
that being said guys it's portland we're just happy to have an nba franchise, given the noises silverstein is making that might not even be the case in the near future

Congrats for the trailblazers for being 26-27 NBA champions (as long as avdija is in the team)

>>149832474
no... the outdoors is nice the city is a libcuck hellhole

>>149832630
Wait people were actually competing to sign Lillard?

Threadly reminder that this happened

>>149832931
didn't bjpenn the old mma guy also say something about his mom getting replaced by a clone

>>149832931
>>149832954
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capgras_delusion

Not really that uncommon.

Threadly reminder that this also happened

>achilles Dame got a new team before Westbrook, CP3 and Alex Len

>>149832976
so you're saying they've been replacing us with clones since the 1800s

Why the fuck did dame fucking go back to shitty fo

>>149832998
Wtf are u doing back in Brazil George santos

>>149832676
blazers dont have a "style" lmao you on something

>>149832998
they belong together and deserve each other

jayson tatum

>>149833045
yup

>>149833015
Huehuehue. Brazil is fucking amazing btw. Cheap af and laid back

>>149832931
Pat riley does it again

>bro went to south america just for bussy

>>149833073
Why do i find it funny that a Thompson twin KWABd both Inceltics and weapskitz heroes?

>>149832992
No. I'm saying that these people are crazy.

Kylie and Dame are cooked. Lebeta will go to the Cavs.

>>149832836
Yang actually is a good rim protector. What he's shit at is 3 pt shooting.

Megan Thee Stallion to PageSix about Klay Thompson:

"I have never dated somebody so kind…This is my first relationship where l've ever been with somebody who's genuinely a nice person, and he makes me genuinely happy…I'm just grateful that he's here by my side and he feels the same way about me.”

>>149832954
Yep. His senpai actually just put a restraining order against him.
CTE is something else, man.

>>149833110
mashallah

>>149833100
oh hell nah

>>149833100
>hit 30
>ok time to settle for a nice guy

>LeMickey missed the playoffs then got swept and gentleman's swept the next three years

>>149833100
what an actual cuck

lillard is the most winning nba player ever. top 5 paid of all time and has never won anything.

>>149833100
Cmon Klay, give Silber a call. I'm sure he can put you through the right """people""" who can get you better women.

>>149832998
This is like LeBron coming back to Cleveland except Dame didn't win shit in Milwaukee and isn't bringing any championship experience back to Portland to win one for them.

>lakers player literally crying on floor in pain
>interview goes on like nothing
Ayy lmaoo

>>149832931
too many pills

>>149833177
>This kids career is over
>Anyway, we are working on not counting fg% against people taking half court buzzer beaters

>>149818606
That example if a rare exception.

>>149833127

>>149820733
He's going to be a good player: very poised for his age: strong frame with good balance, quick first step, above average on-ball defender; can create his own shot against a variety of defenders sizes; can finish contested layups in traffic

He dropped 25 on the Thunders started at the end of last year. Straight strips SGA at one point. Hits pull up middies on Jalen Williams (who was 2n team all defense). He just needs more minutes to develop, and he'll get that this year. Next year he'll be the starting pg over fvv. He wasn't #3 overall pick for nothing

https://youtu.be/7sb4AqFvLnM?si=vCqEtMwRSgvDkVhl

>>149832836
>it's portland we're just happy to have an nba franchise

This really shouldn't be the case considering the Blazers have made multiple finals appearances and won an NBA title. People talk about them like they're the Kings but their status as a poverty franchise is a fairly recent thing.

And It's not the small market thing. Paul Allen had plenty of money and his estate allegedly wants to sell the team and unironically give the money to charity so they can hardly be running on empty. The money is there, they just spend it badly. Being happy that the franchise merely exists in any form at all is lowered expectations. They shouldn't suck in perpetuity.

without the leafschizo these threads are kinda boring

Darius Bazley is 25 what is blud even doing in the summer league

>>149833251
Portland just sucks to live in. If I weren't making $36 an hr I'd NEVER live here. Back when it was more working class and ghetto I hear it was awesome

>>149833251
When you do bad contracts in the NBA, it fucks you team up for half a decade. They thought Simons was the next one and after he got paid, the team was never the same since you can't be competitive like that unless you have someone Jokic tier.

>>149833110
this picture is why curry never getting rid of that beard again
also i know this shit edited nigga

>>149833262
I can help with that

*clears throat*
Curry is barely top 20 all time let alone top 10. One of the most overrated players in league history. Got carried by a stacked team, greatest frontrunner of all time

>>149833265
jon elmore is 30yo and he's playing in Kings SL

>>149832992
They're changelings, not clones. The families misconstrue it as a government conspiracy because they don't know their folklore.

The real question is what the fuck their family members were doing to wind up being swapped out with elvish doppelgangers. They used to just swap out babies.

>>149833291
kill yourself, not falling for shitty bait

>it's real
why did portland bring him back

>>149818286
I bought some Kyries to support him for not taking the vax, I still use them.

>>149833291
One of the most hilarious things is people putting Curry above KD despite KD carrying Curcuck to his only legitimate rings that weren't won against a hospitial team.

>>149833298
skal labisserie is over there for the magic

>>149833288
It is edited, in the original he somehow looks even more feminine

>>149833354
I know right? He recruited another superstar and then watched him win more FMVP than him while sitting in the corner crying. He might be a bigger cuck than Klay kek

>>149833354
>Curcuck to his only legitimate rings that weren't won against a hospitial team.
How was 2022 a hospital ring? It was objectively the most earned ring of the 2020s so far.

currjeet has appeared

>>149833400
Curry is used to sitting in the corner while another make takes what rightfully should be his..

>>149833231
Paul shit is right here

>>149833267
Yeah I used to go there to visit my uncle back in the 80's / 90's and it was super chill. The hippies were always there but it was that laid back sort of hipsterism where people would just be psuedointellectual stoners who owned art galleries or snowboarded or whatever. The vibes were good.

Then the fucking libs got worked into this zealous quasi-religious frenzy where just having opinions wasn't good enough and they had to become full blown activists, which from what I can tell mostly consists of causing problems for the normal people who still live there and acting like anything other than a full blown welfare state where everything is communal property except for the heroin in the open air drug markets is "fascism." These people never even had it rough enough to complain. They're just suburban white kids who are bored and easily manipulated.

>>149818843
Who cares when their team is dogshit?

Do my Pacers have what it takes to be back in chip contention in 2027

How are some of these players not even 20 and blowing out their acl or knees during random summer league games lmao

>>149833434
AAU

>>149818843
>Everybody knows it's either the Cavs or Mavs

I still haven't heard one actual viable trade scenario for LeBron going to the Mavs. People are just talking about how funny or cool it would be and are kind of ignoring the part where Dallas has to have some reason to want to do it, too. Like, they're just going to give Lebron away for some second round picks so Dallas can go for a title at their expense while everybody mocks the Lakers for getting played by Nico fucking Harrison? Why the fuck would they want to do that?

Dallas makes sense as a destination for Lebron but no sense as a trade partner for the Lakers. Unless Dallas wants to give up multiple starters to make it worthwhile which just undermines their ability to compete right away, which is the only reason to even do this trade to begin with. LeBron might very well be traded but the Dallas thing is a meme. 0% chance

>>149833419
Yeah pretty good take, although I'd add that while the hippie types give off this freeloving atmosphere they're actually some of the most aggressive and rude people when you actually have extended interactions with them. Also forgetting to mention the try-hard punk rock scene, which still has some pockets in the city. Also some of the most passive aggressive people you'll ever meet and absolutely the WORST drivers out of anywhere in the country, although part of that is owing to horrendous roads and infastructure.

imagine thinking the cavs will trade 2 young all stars for a 41 year old

>>149833476
Klay & PJ's roles are somewhat redundant with flagg and christie now & losing gafford in your big rotation is a problem but theyd still have lively giving ad enough 4 minutes probably. I think this trade heavility favors the lakers because people severely underestimate the mavs depth since they had that injury bug and kyrie is out but it's not like there's 0 upside for the mavs either...

ayesha curry bamhole

>>149833494
>Washed up sad Klay and Daniel Gafford

starting soon

based fatass I'm in the stream too

>>149833537
Gafford is one of the better starter caliber centers and has proven fit with luka, don't undersell that.

>>149833567
based

>>149833545
forgot to quote >>149833567

tubby takes too long

I think we can all agree the summer league championship is the real chip this year.

>>149833578
thursday night kino

i know it was you who wrote that. W bro

>>149833363
>in the original he somehow looks even more feminine
Kek no way

>>149833131
not even millionaires immune to this. unreal.

>>149833110
steph went on a massive steroid cycle after blowing 3-1 and nobody talks about it. he has capped delts now and doesn't look like a twink boy. it all happened over 1 summer

>>149833626
I hate LeBron but he definitely got that dude

>>149833699
Almost everyone does lol

Think about it. They have to play 3-4 days a week. During off days, they need to rest or at most just do some light basketball drills so that they have enough energy to play the actual games.

And resistance training requires at least 1-2 days of rest. How are they even gonna fit their gym training into their schedules?

The only logical way is to use steroids to speed up the recovery

Aura

>>149833772
>the face kitty sees before xe gets a blowjob

>>149833803
I’d rather just see them dressed as regular black people
They don’t even know how to wear those clothes
Doesn’t look natural

>>149833803
>Zesty outfits
Gay as hell

LESPERM IS GOING TO CARRY LEGOD TO HIS 5TH RING

>>149833772
>Almost everyone does lol
I don't doubt that there's a good chunk of them that do but these athletes aren't as smart as you think when it comes to off the court.

>>149833803
AVRA

>>149833803
>No caruso
what the helly...

>>149833803
nobody in my country knows who these people are

>>149833833
I mean that's where their strength and conditioning coach comes in. Otherwise, they might've torn their bicep on the first day in the gym lol

Is kobe's eldest daughter still rocking those big ones?

>>149833772
Most NBA guys are flabby/average and not very ripped or vascular. Guys like Deight are an exception, he always had a great frame for building muscle and has always been a bigger guy. Hou average NBA player hardly weight trains with free weights, most of them do calesthetics and resistance band training more for endurance and conditioning. If anyone thinks Curry is on steroids they are delusional
I could believe a bunch of NFL players do steroids but not NBA

>>149833803
Holy SOUL

daron holmes is ready
9 points 7 rebounds in 20 mins

>>149833909
Curry just doesnt come off as a steroid guy anyway. He was 100% insecure about BabyFace and Stephanie though because he has NOT touched that beard in forever (not saying its unkempt, just clearly overcompensating) which shouldn't matter because hes a good looking dude, until you remember that dude is weirdly religious and always talking about god, and you know how god obsessed niggas love to posture about tradition, and suddenly it all makes sense

>>149833909
>If anyone thinks Curry is on steroids they are delusional
Lol he looked like a little boy in his mid-late twenties and now is jacked and looks like a man. He also was very injury prone so that's an added bonus for recovery.

>>149833978
All that happened is he took his strength training seriously. Happens with plenty of guys once they enter the NBA. With all due respect, if you think Curry is on steroids you're just ignorant and have never lifted very seriously in your entire life. Steroids also don't help with major injury recovery anon, especially ones that relate to bone/cartilidge damage.

kek remember when the nba almost gained self awareness and decided not to be completely depraved garbage
https://youtu.be/-tojc0cl680

>>149833909
I don't wanna argue whether curry is on steroids or not because we'll never know. But Derrick Rose did actually say that 70% of all nba players were on PEDs

Ja Morant

>>149833999
>if you think Curry is on steroids you're just ignorant
yea man a guy who's $410,534,690 in earnings relies off his body being in peak physical condition just isn't giving a fuck. A man who is trying to hold onto playing as a top 15 player at age 37.

>major injury recover
Okay what about day to day recovery? And feeling energized and motivated and powerful to get into the gym to run drills every day?

>just ignorant and have never lifted very seriously in your entire life.
Your gay little push pull split is on a minuscule level to true professionals who make money off this shit.

>>149833100
Legit what do you do if a girl you like says this? I feel like if I ever get a girlfriend and she says that I’d probably have an existential crisis

>>149833100
>looks like a whore
>acts like a whore

>>149834077
>relies off his body being in peak physical condition just isn't giving a fuck.
Not using steroids doesn't mean he "doesn't give a fuck". You can prepare your body and get it into peak shape without using steroids. These players have the best nutritionists and doctors in the world monitoring everything about yhem physically. It's their job to be on peak shape all the time. It may seem harder for the average person to imagine but it would be different if instead of our 40 hour a week job we just had to focus on taking care of our body and diet.

>Okay what about day to day recovery? And feeling energized and motivated and powerful to get into the gym to run drills every day?
See my previous post. These guys are professional athlets and love playing, I don't think getting into the gym to play and practice is something they have trouble motovating themselves to do, least of all a gymrat and perfectionist like Curry

>Your gay little push pull split is on a minuscule level to true professionals who make money off this shit.
My gym routine isn't push pull and I'd bet you I weight train way more and lift much more than the average NBA player, but that they hoop and run conditioning drills way way more than me.
>>149834055
We'd need him to define what PED means, there are way more PED's out there than just steroids.

>>149834085
take myself to the cuckshed and off myself

>>149834085
Why would a woman saying that cause you to have an existential crisis.

>>149834130
Finally getting a gf and finding out you’re literally the meme cuck guy would quite literally be devastating

>>149834077
Anon these guys hoop for 35 minutes tops a night then sit around the rest of the time eating, smoking weed and playing video games. Most teams barely practice during the season unless there are multiple off days between games. Ypu're acting like being an NBA player is some grueling enterprise like the NFL or Rugby where they get blasted each game and practice all week. And these days especially the league is so soft.

Posts like this make me wonder if you've ever hooped seriously. Even guys who have been on a HS team know it ain't that crazy, and hs teams practice more than NBA players and have no access to world class trainers, nutritionists and doctors.

>>149834142
End of an error

>>149834138
How is a women essentially saying she loves you more than anything make you a 'cuck'? Good God what the fuck is wrong with this sites userbase?

>>149834149
nobody tell the virgin

>>149833909
Adam, just because the NFL is a better league doesn't mean you have to come here and tell lies.

>>149833438
these niggas don't play that hard in AAU; certainly not doing all the side to side defending they have to do to guard the meme shot in the NBA. There's a reason we call dudes who are just up and down low BBIQ players AAU tier. Naw the AAU thing is just a cover for how much having the guard 5 out really takes a toll on dudes.

>>149834043
It didn't really do much. Guys like Harden and Trae just found different ways to draw their fouls.

>>149834205
yeah i know, why do you think i said "almost"? had to refrain myself from calling you retard

>>149833699
peak roid era steph actually made him worse at ball, but it probably helped his recovery and injury prevention a lot. I remember the talking point that he lost a step offensively and shit and he had to tone down the muscle to just semi roided instead of full on.

>>149834149
>Good God what the fuck is wrong with this sites userbase?
how new are you

>>149834228
Ive always said I liked skinnier stephs play. I mean it could be the age too, but in 2019 his efficiency was down like crazy, despite the numbers he was putting up

uhh did Dame officially give up?

rudy gay my favorite player

>>149834366
gay did a real number on cp.

Daron Homes is the truth, throw Zeke Nnaji away with a trebuchet now

Is somebody going to pick up sosho?

>>149834352
we dont run from the grind

>>149834389
Someone will but it'll be after the PG uncs and restricted FAs get signed first. There's some interest from teams but Sosho is holding out for something a little higher than the min so things have to wait until he gets more desperate.

>>149834352
No. He retvrned.

>>149834389

Can the Nuggers realistically get a playable backup point guard before the season starts? I’m really hoping they get Chris Paul, but he’s pretty much guaranteed to go somewhere warm.
I liked Westbrook for them last season, but now that they have a filled bench, I think it’ll be a lot harder for him to fit in

>>149834462
Their backup PG is Bruce Brown

>>149834462
They got bruce brown back, who would you rather have? take a gamble on ben simmons? Not a very needy role anyway its not like murray is exactly the highest usage guard in the league in the main unit.

>>149834352
he got the nba cup homie. he dont need to chase rings no more

>>149834380
VINDICATED

who stoppin this

>>149834516
The stretcher

>>149834477
Sosho seems like the worst to pair with Jokic since he can't play off ball. If the Nuggs say fuck it and sign Sosho anyways and Jokic somehow makes it work and revives Sosho's career, then he's my GOAT.

Honestly though, Sosho makes the most sense on the Pacers as a rental for Haliburton's ded year. They play fast. They have shooters. Just play him as a PG backing up TJ and let Sosh do Sosh.

>>149834516
just one bite zion, you know you want it bad.

I won the OG annunoby lookalike contest in Toronto

hey guys, james harden here. go clippers!

>>149834501
Man... don't even get me started on how badly he would've fumbled this off-season if he was still in charge

>>149834413
>>149834443
Never fails to make me kek when he said he was glad to join a contender with the clippers but no contender can give him more than 5-10 minutes of garbage time and zero minutes of actual playoff games

>>149834501
remind me again who extended Nnaji's contract

>>149834380
Denver is bulldozing their way into another ring
>>149834501
Just another lucky pick like jokic. Meanwhile he fucked the entire team up with his contracts.

>>149834516
IG thots

what's the expectation?

>>149834579
Biggest waste of talent in sport. The window is offically closed for him now that there's new prospects with much better potential out there.

>>149834688
That he'll keep that bench seat nice and warm while they wait for his contract to expire

Might be going to jail soon how do I avoid getting my cheeks busted

>>149834725
glue a buttplug in your ass

>>149834688
retirement next off season

>>149834725
as soon as you get in establish yourself as a guy who is willing to murder someone for trying him

>>149834725
tell everybody in there about your devotion to getting Yous and they will surely be impressed

I cannot overcome Nikola Jokic in a fair setting.

dalton knecht should unironically kill himself

About to be 420 here in Oklahoma City, the city buzzing in NBA glory, fame, and riches

>dalton knecht should unironically kill himself

>>149834982
shai...

>>149834516
the goatee meme needs to end

>>149836192
They have very weak chins so it's not gonna end.

what up big fella

do you guys consider tier 2 stars like brunson, tatum, booker, kat "superstars" or is the term reserved for the apex players

>>149836246
honestly i do too so i can't blame them, thankfully i have a full beard

>>149836329
no they're just stars, arguably gaytum is in the top tier though desu

>>149836341
>>149836329
It's called all stars.
Regular star is lower tier than all star
All of the ones you mentioned played in the all star past or the 2025 one
And probably future hall of famers

>>149836329
Brunson is a superstar because he's a star who plays for the Knicks

>>149836704
if someone isn't an all star then they're not a star

>>149836329
Superstars is only for apex players yea.
Ring/Rings, constant all star appearance etc.
Giannis and Jokic for example are superstars

>>149836721
No lol he's got no ring or even finals appearance. He is just an all star

>>149836739
No you don’t have to be an all star to be considered a star
All star are stars
You can be a star without being an all star. Reaves and Jamal Murray are stars.
Murray has no all star appearances

>>149836739
Stars are projected to be future all stars but that doesn't mean there is a certainty they gonna be. Murray is definitely a star he is the second best player for the Nuggets, he is clutch and he has good stats but he has never been selected as an all star because there is too much competition but that doesn't mean he is not a star or his status as a star is vanished because he hasn't been selected. He also got a ring.
He is not a casual.

>>149836766
Playing for the knicks automatically raises you stock

>>149836924
Lol Knicks haven't won a ring since 1973

>>149836904
>>149836865
Murray may be one of few exceptions, sure, but Reaves? I don't think there are enough non-all-star stars for it to really be a category. Otherwise you start getting into roleplayer territory and calling Aaron Gordon and Derrick White 'stars'

>>149836952
We're literally the most valuable basketball franchise of all time.

>>149836964
Franz Wagner and Josh Giddey are stars. Non all star.

Yeah I think you are right Reaves isn't a star. Not yet. But he will be next year in my opinion

>>149836964
Non all star stars are the best or second best players on their team who haven't been selected in the all star. So yeah Reaves isn't for now.
Even for trash ass teams like the Wizards.
Bradley Beal has 3 all star appearances despite playing for the worst team in the NBA Wizards

World aint ready for Daron + Jonas running the 2nd unit for the Nuggies

>>149837066
I'd agree that Wagner is a star now, idk about Giddey, he was only good for a few months. I suppose it's all subjective, but my issue is that quite often the second best player on a bad team isn't actually good, he just has more touches due to his situation. Like you could genuinely have considered Sexton and Kuzma stars in previous years, that would be insane.

>>149819598
>paranoid and somehow has both delusions of grandeur and poor self-esteem
he's literally me...

>>149837187
Yea I think there is a selection based on how good or bad the team is. But best player on the worst team is a star. But yeah 2nd best player on the worst teams definitely not a star.
Well Giddey is the face of the Bulls now so I think he is a star. Though he played only one season for the bulls so I understand why you would be skeptical. Non all star stars will be more defined this upcoming season

>>149837249
An interesting question is who might take the leap, I think Giddey definitely can. But I think Reaves has reached his ceiling, and I don't think playing with Luka is likely to help him have another breakthrough season

Milwaukee Bucks Damian Lillard never happened. You can't convince me it happened.

>>149837299
Jalen Green has potential since he plays for the Suns. If Suns somehow reach the playoff and he pulls crazy numbers. Though still too early to talk about it. Maybe Kuminga in 5 years? We will see. We can't know for now. Players are still young and the media still mostly focuses on older and veteran players

>>149837299
>>149837418
Amen Thompson can be a star too

amen thompson +1000 for most improved player is FREE FUCKING MONEY HOLY FUCK

>>149837451
definitely

>>149837517
Send us your bet slip then sista.

>>149837838
>>149837838