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>giannis moved his family out of Milwaukee in favor of Greece
Why?

>>151261667
safer. He wants to get away from the blacks

chronic wasting disease edition

Jokic is 0-8 vs the Wolves since this.

BAWBs, what is your response?

>>151261830
muh advanced stats locked up by Mr. Clean

>>151261635 (OP)
Reminder that Giannis Antetokounmpo bleaches his skin.

>>151261830
None. BAWBS like to talk the most shit, and when it comes, they run and pull every excuse in the book as to why the belt they received happened.

Don’t run when it comes.

really hoping my boy is okay in time for the season opener

>>151261641
>Bro never heard of Monta Ellis.
What does he have to do with this?

>>151261937
Someone added vanilla to the HGH.

wuffs

jokic really let this guy get fired

My nigga is still unsigned :'(

.

>>151262192
league not ready

>>151262292
>>151261953
Stay there, be a man, don’t run, fight back

>>151261937
I just assumed he never went outside like me

>>151262158
Russ was actively harming the Nuggets by the end. Same bricklayer he always was except now he can't dunk or make layups either. Still does that shit where he dribbles into a defense, jumps, and then just heaves the ball wherever because he never had any idea where he was going. Commits bad fouls. Just completely unreliable and useless in pretty much every way

>>151261978
>TJ has a hammy issue
>thin PG depth
Sounds like the Pacers need some WestJOSEPHSMITH or Sosho in their lives

>>151262401
Nah, skin bleaching is a common thing in Nigeria. The disparity in skin tone between Giannis and his brother on the left can't be explained by tanning. Giannis is a full-blooded African and he's lighter than many African-American players, most of whom have significant white ancestry.

>>151262152
Firing your coach after winning a chip is part of the process in the modern NBA.

>>151261830
its over

if westbrick goes to the rockshits and wins a ring it will be one of the top 5 best hips of all time. they could make it into a hollywood NBA version of brokeback mountain.

>>151262588
His skin color seems pretty consistent with him in his younger days. She he either started when he was a prospect or his dad got cucked.

>>151262883
Yes, because he's being doing it for most if not all of his life, and it would be weird and conspicuous if he stopped. And actually there have been times when his skin is noticeably darker than usual, due to him temporarily pausing his skin bleaching routine, like during some years of international play.

It’s time to admit to ourselves that Arturas Karnisovas and Marc Eversley did a good job of building a young team with upside greater than that of the previous team that they tore down while telling the rabid fanbase that wants to fire and ship out everyone year after year that we are not rebuilding.
>Josh Giddey
>Coby White
>Patrick Williams
>Matas Buzelis
>Nikola Vucevic
>Sixth Man: Ayo Dosunmu
>Issac Okoro
>Zach Collins
>Kevin Huerter
>Tre Jones
>Jalen Smith
>Julian Philips
>Dalen Terry
>Noa Essengue
>Yuki Kawamura
YFWYMADB? Your face when you’re mad at da Bulls?

>>151262588
>look it up
>77% of women in Nigeria lighten their skin
What the fuck

>>151263034
>>151262588
youre retarded, i literally have skin about as light as him and im nigerian, skin varies a lot in lighting, and there are a lot of nigerians that are just fairly light, its not light skin, but when i was young i used to call my skin ton caramel
pic as proof, the colour varies based on how much light is reflected, in the sun my skin looks closer to yellow than brown

>>151263119
It's such a tragedy that the Bulls didn't win the lottery. Flagg/Buzelis/Giddey would have been so kino.

Carry the hell on...

>>151263119
oh good you fixed Josh Giddey's name this time

>>151263171
Iirc giddeys lakers clutch shot actually fucked up their odds

>>151263157
yea that guys retarded, skin tone varies, some of my siblings are dark skin and some are light skins, im dark as hell

>>151263157
Pic related is the natural skin tone of most Nigerians. Lighter skin in Nigerians is due to bleaching.

It has nothing to do with lighting. We can easily compare Giannis to other players and even his own brothers in the same exact lighting and see that his skin is lighter.

Is flagg good enough to be a superstar at some point I'm watching his games and that boy tuff

>>151263266
his dad is on the dark side and his mom the light

>>151263294
Yes. Cooper Flagg is going to win Finals MVP this season. He will be the next face of the league.

>>151263324
His mom bleaches. See >>151263144

The question is why bleach some kids and not the others? It's a legitimate question. I guess Giannis was more receptive to it than his brothers for whatever reason. It's simply not normal to see brothers with that degree of skin tone variance, even when the parents have European admixture.

>>151263144
Just like how skin whitening products are popular in india. Like it or not, fair skin is a beauty standard in modern society

So is he playing this season??

he's traveling with them as well

Why the fuck are the Grizzlies playing their g-league team? It's pre-season.

>>151263119
>it's time to admit the bulls FO did something good
It's 1000% isn't you weird retard. Garpax has more to show for their tenure than ACK-ME

>>151263376
i cant tell if youre trolling or have autism

Wembust does not impress me. He looks like a lesser Chet, only with a green light.

>>151263537
I'm just observant and know a thing or two about genetics and biology.

Wemby has such an unaesthetic game. Just looks so awkward and gangly, like a baby deer.

I can't believe that Celtics got the best Luka

>>151263204
They had the same record as dallas

Will once in a generation talent Wemby lead his team outside of a lottery pick this year?

>>151263516
AKME did a good job on drafting other than 2020. Everything else, *spits*

>>151263182
BWAHAHAHAHAA

These young celtics kids are fun to watch

>>151262628
pretty much
>2019: nurse
gone
>2020: vogel
gone
>2021: bud
gone
2023: malone
gone
only exception is kerr but that's because he's the mike tomlin of the nba, gsw will never fire him

>>151263693
It's gonna take at least 2 more failed seasons for the cope to stop and we're allowed to talk about him being underwhelming sorry

>>151263693
No, but Dylan Harper will

>Boston up by 20 and still challenges it

>First challenge of the pre season/season as a whole lmao

Gotta love Mazzula

AVRA

rockets are frauds

>>151264020
Coop already balding at 18 is a good omen. Greatness is in his future.

>>151263883
>mike tomlin of the nba, gsw will never fire him

Isn't that Spoelstra??

or is it, Tomlin crawled so Spoelstra could walk and Kerr could run,

cause Spoelstra won a ring before Kerr did with GSW,

I've never heard of Tomlin so

Are all the personality schizos back yet?

Umm...Celtics bros, this can still be a fun season

>>151264065
Will he accept it and shave it like MJ or cope with hair transplants like LeDiddy

>>151264123
why was that bawb BJ hall acting up

Who’s gonna win the Gianpiss sweepstakes ???

>>151264164
Gianmickey will take his talents to Orlando

Nearly a fight on the court in pre season,

fucking kek,

>>151264164
He wants to go the Knicks but I don't think they have any assets that the Bucks would find acceptable for a trade

>>151264164
WE
GON
GIT

Im surprised that wasn't a flagarant, thats the first time I've seen Brown actually get in a fight,

Amen 12/6/2 in 15 minutes
sengun 11/8/4 in 19 minutes
i used to pray for shit like this, 2021-2024 was a bad time to be a rocketsCHAD

>>151264151
Tatum would never have that much intensity

It's not the same without Gaytum...

Wembitch already hurt KWAB

>>151264223
memphis got unlimited thugs man

>>151264193
Knicks also have a good thing going. Jannis requires some real team building to make the most of so they'd be throwing away their best chance at winning a ring this season for something that probably won't actually make them better.

KD looks washed. sad to see....

Adam Flagler is the Cooper at home

Why does Leafjeet hate Wemby?

>>151264343
I'm tired of the glazing. Chetty owns this kid.

>>151264307
Can we not obbess over trade concepts... people are just being annoying fags Giannis's value isn't skyhigh, he controls the offense so obviously he's avging 30pt per game and he nearly caved in his knee a few years back

Giannis trade is really just Towns/OG and picls or OG,McBride,Robinson, and picks

Luka got traded for a bag of chips I think it'll be the same for Giannis, picks will have higher value as teams try to blow up and rebuild,

rockets are fun to watch ngl

ESPN has the Warriors as 2nd best team in the league.

Durant looks like shit on the floor, literally just standing around, no way he's on the rockets next season lmao, he's gonna end his career where his career started

Durant literally turns over the ball,

Yea the rockets are gonna want Jalen Green back,

Durant literally demands the ball wayy too much, like hands up and everything,

Boston missing many main starters and still dominating

>>151264849
>Ja already injured
Its over for the grizzlies

its his first game on a new system stop hating...

Ok so ace bailey is him

>>151264883
frfr BABBs got a new demon

>>151264883
ROTY over Flagg puts your bets in now I warned you

>>151264883
Utah needed an athletic wing.
Imagine Lauri playing him.
Utah might actually be competitive.

4 GMs gonna regret passing on Ace. It's so obvious this dude is going to be a superstar.

KD keeps turning the ball over...zzz
I guess that's how it is when you don't have a PG

>>151265000
He tried tanking his draft stock so he could go to the wizards

Hot take Cooper Flagg won't be a top-5 player from this draft.

>>151265058
This has always been KDs major weakness. Just watch 2016, 2022. Nigga priveleged off of curry so hard its crazy. KD simply tries to do too much (in terms of handles and movement) which is a big problem when he can no longer get to the paint easily (again look at 2016).

Niggas hold onto his GSW years and that 1 Brooklyn Run against the Bucks so fucking hard when no shit hes going to score 50 points being the only fucking scoring option.

What I dont understand is how Boston could pressure the ball out of KDs hands, but that stacked Bucks defense couldnt??? the fuck?

>>151265148
He won't be the number one option since he is on a contender. Guys on the tanking teams can take as many shots as they want.

>>151264883
>>151264933
>>151264960
>>151265000
Should I be keeping an eye on this Ace Bailey guy? Where can I see some highlights, cuz I cant watch the game right now

Every player should be a free agent every year. 1 year contracts only. And no salary cap. No trades.

>13 assists
Sengun taking his next leap I see

Where is he?

>>151265354
Practicing his threes

>>151265150
His handles are kinda overrated. I feel like Giannis is better for someone with similar heights

I just realise Jeff and KD finally reunite in Houston after their Sonics days

im disappointed kelena azuibuike doesn't speak with a comically thick ugandan accent

>>151264027
certainly are
>>151264194
nevar forget lol for Hero and a 2nd round draft pick too or some bullshit like always

Why no one told me that Temu Wemby was actually better than Wembust?

Man how will KD work on this high strung rockets team

>>151266198
He will ruin the locker room and get the coach fired

>>151266223
Sadly, this might be true even though i'm a KD fan. He's the kind of person that thinks it's everyone else's fault and never his

>>151265354
He just needs more time

He looks better than Flagg ngl.

>>151266294
>the october obliterater

>>151266322
He outplayed Kevin Durant.

Am I gunna have to become a Utah Fan? NBA release the fuarking ACE highlights already so I can see if he actually ballen or just getting free looks

>tfw could've got a first
BRUTAL

>>151266488
They are on reddit nba

>>151266294
They just need to offload or wrangle another one of those shot chucking guards that they have so he can thrive

>>151266716
What happened to this guy

>>151266294
Nice jersey

>>151263883
Doc Rivers is the Mike Tomblin of the NBA

first game only but kd was ASS

>>151266294
ace bailey has everything he needs to be a superstar plus the unique name

>>151266760
How was Reed

>>151266847
mah boi was nice

>>151266871
He's got potential, would be dumb to include him in a trade for a guard this season

>>151264826
Durant is a traffic cone offball.

>>151265354
I'm gunna need another tik tok of this guy fucking balling out at an empty shootaround to be convinced the cycle has been reset.

LeMickey needs another lockdown to win a chip

>>151267128
old ass lemickey would need the black death as washed as he is

>>151266744
he peaked 1 game and fell off hard

If the nuggets win a ring this year westbrook might actually kill himself

>>151267403
I am blaming Lebron

>>151263034
I think it’s more likely his dad got cucked, but your theory is also funny so I’m torn
>>151263157
Damn so Nigeria is land of mutts? Lol

>>151265122
Apparently he wanted to go to Brooklyn, Knicks or Pelicans to play with Zion,

Wizards are shittier, it makes sense he doesn't want to go to Utah, just bland and generic nothing there and was the worst seed team ever, not racism to white mormons or anything, just not where the kid is from or vibes with

>>151267536
>Damn so Nigeria is land of mutts?
idk, you tell me white boy, didnt you guys colonize Nigeria and all of africa one time

>>151266294
>>151265196
>>151264883
>>151265000
Bailey scoring more than Flagg in his first NBA game?????

mann... not saying Flagg is a bust but he's showing some bustiness,

Bailey didnt even want to fucking play in Utah, and dropped nearly 30,

whats stopping Flagg???

>>151267648
Flagg got drafted to a team that is trying to contend for the title so he won't be given the green light to fuck around like Bailey will be on a team with zero expectations

>>151267648
Flagg played 14 minutes while Bailey played 31.

>>151267765
its just the sites contrarianism

>>151267632
Sounds like your ancestors got bleached, why would I care about that. Seems like your business. I know my family history, why don’t you know yours.

Would you pick a Fagg or an Ace for your team? The answer is obvious

>>151267835
I feel like Flagg's ceiling is a high level role player. Bailey has superstar potential.

>>151267835
>>151267872
You guys are literally retarded

>>151267786
damn...no...not da facts (to be fair after his g league performances, its not too much of a stretch to suggest theyre hiding flagg lmao, nigga is a rookie on a contending team and look how many minutes theyre giving him, and how quickly they pulled him off the g league shit (or whatever it was))

>>151267884
I quite literally have a genius level IQ.

>>151267884
kek, retard, how much you want to bet, retards like you were calling curry believers retarded for suggesting that Curry could be an actual superstar while blake griffin would be a washed shallow overhyped player.
some people saw the vision, then there were retards like you, thinking "6th overall pick and tiny guard will never be better than the blake god Griffin"

Flagg's ceiling is a modern Scottie Pippen
Bailey's is Carmelo Anthony

>>151267765
It's clearly compounded by him being white and /nba/ being racist, too.

Y'all really doing tricks on ace for scoring on a perma tanking utah hell nah

>>151267992
and flag will get traded after dallas implodes

>>151267821
Yeah, pretty retarded desu. Hating just for the sake of hating.

>>151267835
ace no question

https://youtu.be/9HN4FAy2eJY?t=5m4s
call me in 3 years, imma be a utah fan

>>151267835
Even though he's retarded, easily Ace. Pooper Fagg is going to be a high tier role-player at best

Calling it now, yang is gonna be the mvp. Screen cap this

>>151268178
who?

my craptors finna look betta now that we got someone who can shoot

>promised myself at the start of the year i would have a gf to watch the new chainsaw man movie with
>it's out in below 2 weeks and I don't got a bitch

>>151261953
what's luka's record vs SGA since he eliminated them to go to the finals

>>151268383
Unless you can pull a baddie it’s not even worth it. I can’t even be bothered anymore since I drank myself into looking kinda shitty. A 5/10 gf literally isn’t worth all the hassle.

>>151268463
Who cares, sga isn’t even a player he’s just an extension of the refs. You could grab some homeless guy off the street and he’d prolly get 10 points with that dudes whistle.

>>151267786
flagg playing only 14 minutes in a preseason game is not a good thing

another season of this shit

>>151268472
Uncs didnt know how good they had it.

Ace Bailey shot 70% against Kevin Durant and allstar Sengun in his first NBA game

>>151268502
All of the starters only played in the first half. AD, PJ, Klay, DLo, Flagg...

>>151268724
so? it's the fucking preseason. it's where you put the rookies out there to give them experience. theyre hiding flagg cause he's 100% a system babby.

>>151268746
>it's the fucking preseason
People are dropping like flies to injuries lately. Why risk putting flagg in when you're crushing okc already?

>>151268759
if playing someone one game is a risk maybe you shouldnt have drafted him

>>151268746
>theyre hiding flagg cause he's 100% a system babby
And Curry isn't?

One of the guys playing for Portland is the blackest dude on earth I think

>>151268777
>best 3pt shooter ever is a system babby
here's your (YOU)

>>151268792
He would be a bench warmer in the 90s, so he's like the ultimate system baby

>>151268746
Nice troll attempt, but I'm not falling for it.

>>151268809
>best 3pt shooter ever vs players than can't shoot 3s at all
he would win 10 championships in a row fuck outta here

>>151268540
crikey
nice hips

>>151268809
ok so now you are pretending to be retarded.

Meal~

>>151268941
y does this look good af

that boy in utah nice.

>>151268941
8/10 but the instant coffee drags it down

how tf did we beat derozan, lavine, sabonis, and the fiba mvp

Wembust got dominated by Kel'el Ware today.

>Ware
29 pts
12 reb
1 ast
1 stl
1 blk
2 tov
12/19 FG

>Wembust
10 pts
4 reb
5 ast
1 stl
2 blk
5 tov
4/9 FG

>>151269028
Generational talent btw

>>151268989
Thank you <3

>>151269004
Forgive me, I'm broke

>>151269028
KWAB

>>151269028
lanky retard

Why is no one talking about the warriors insane comeback? Literally game of the year stuff. 50 points in the 4th quarter

>Yang Hansen
>21 minutes
>4 points
The chinaman meme is over

>>151269028
This is why we make fun of the first pick. The last years of first picks have been nothing but disappointment. Where are the Duncans, Lebrons and Roses? Why arent they dominating the league?

>kumingtard
>18 minutes
>1/5 from field
>1/4 from 3???????????
>4 turnovers
>3 points
oh my goddd nigga wtf is wrong with this nigga? seriously wtf is going on? this dude sucks so bad I almost feel bad for him. nigga got outdone ny quinten post and fucking LJ Cryer, I didnt even know who that was until fucking just now. And you cant even use the "QP played 6 more minutes than Kumingtard" becayse LJ Cryer played 12 FUCKING MINUTES and somehow scored 14 points. Theres no way youre telling me, LJ Cryer has more usage than Kumingtard

>>151269259
>Where are the Duncans, Lebrons and Roses?

>>151269259
hes not dominating because hes a sex addict or something and keeps getting aids

>>151269259
ANT and Cade will pick up the slack

>>151269213
It's preseason.

>they were gassing up Wembust because he looked good against a literal chinksquad

KWABABB

>>151269294
Blame the retarded Warriors FO for stubbornly refusing to let him fucking leave when he doesn't want to play for their fucking stupid ass team, thats a shell of itself anyways

suns and kings offered them a good deal and turned it down like a dumbass entitled child

>>151269028
lmfao

>>151269259
Cade is next up
>>151269360
>Can't
Kek

>>151269412
>when he doesn't want to play for their fucking stupid ass team
lol, thats not his problem on the court, kumingtard defender
and nobody wants kuminga gotten rid of more than us smart warriors fans.
my theory is that kuminga actually likes the bay and cali but maybe doesn't feel appreciated by the warriors, but would stay if he could

Kuminga's genetic hand-eye coordination ceiling is abysmally low and it severely limits his potential.
Yeah, he's athletically gifted, but he's just clumsy as fucking shit.
If he was a pitcher, he'd be wild.
If he was a quarterback, he'd have a low completion percentage and throw a lot of picks, even when his decision making was good.
He's probably terrible at darts and bowling.

>>151269526
Every african player is like that at first.

all you niggas better watch out this season

>>151269558
>at first
I don't think you know what "ceiling" means.
He is what he is: a 6'7" sub-70% FT shooter.
He will never be offensively elite.

>>151269594
Shut up Kerr

>>151269611
Shut up Anunallaperumaanananjundeswarajanikantadhiyamaanageshwaranandishwaradalarachananjundewsaroshitadhiyamaaniauppamadalarasenerrivaananivedhanabhinandanityanandharmaaalingamahendradhiyamaananjundewsaranamitabhinavanamberumanambiyandaneelmegamooppananmuthunmeshadhiburvishabhisekabhithasisthajeetungabhadradhiyamaananjundeswarachanandishwarabhisekabhithadalarasenanmuthunmeshadhiyamaanallaperumabhimanyutkarshredhaanaveenachiketanveerachitanayagneshredhaanayaneshareshwarajasekaranadapratithishtaadithyakethudayasooriyanagabhushanarindhamahindraarshimesharshavardhaneeravijayagneshinavanakkiranallaiyanallalaganallannanallappanallarasanallasivanallavanallenanamberumanambiyandanamirthanandinanjappananjayyananjeyananjundananmaarananmoliyananmuganannaneevanerrivaananithilandeepajeetapishwarajupasanabhinandanagulanallasivanagarajanilanithinageshwaranadalarachananambiyand.

>>151269620
not funny

>>151269611
that racist bitch kerr ruined him

kumnigga defenders are the most pathetic fans on this board lmao

What team does he support

Michael Porter Jr and Ace Bailey will run this league like LeBron snd Kobe

We dont need 2 weeks of preseason

>>151264065
Literally has 0 signs of balding

>>151269939
Pelicans

>>151270075
No trust me, he's hiding something with that fringe. Real niggas know. Here's his twin brother btw.

>>151271243
True I did notice that his brother was already Norwood 2. You raise a good point. Although they aren’t identical so we shouldn’t assume they’re the same, also their dad hasn’t receded yet iirc

>>151271310
True. Their dad still has a perfect hairline somehow, but it could be a transplant or toupee. I really feel for Cooper's twin brother Ace. Guy got the short end of the stick in every way possible, but he seems well adjusted and supportive.

Have a feeling Grayson Allen will have a monster season

>Dalton Knecht is now viewed as a negative asset around the league, and the Lakers would most likely need to attach another asset to move him, per @DanWoikeSports

>“The Lakers didn’t move Knecht this summer, with anything the team possibly able to get for Knecht not worth giving up on the potential that’s still there. But after a rough preseason debut where he shot 1 of 12, scouts left Palm Desert as pessimistic as ever, one even calling Knecht a ‘negative asset,’ meaning the Lakers would need to attach pieces to incentivize a team in a trade.”

>(Via nytimes.com/athletic/66975… )

The most disrespected player in the league.

The man behind me on my flight just got out of prison, an 11 year sentence. He used my phone to call someone.

>>151271896
I would unironically cry if i read this about me. How humiliating. I still think knecht has a spot on the lakers as a bench 3pt specialist

>>151271896
Ain’t this nigga still on his rookie contract? Is he really that bad?

>>151271899
he diddled that poor girl

I aint see Caitlin be no Victoria's Secret Angel

>>151271896
He's earning $4 million. Obviously not a negative asset. If that were true he'd have been traded by now in exchange for a minimum DNP guy

>>151269028
4 rebs when you are over 7 feet tall is criminal

>>151271913
His only skill is shooting he has lost his shot

>>151272339
Not just 7ft, that’s really underselling it. He’s several inches taller than the next tallest person on the floor. And he has insanely long alien arms. I’m only slightly tall so this has only happened a couple times but when I’ve been the tallest guy on the court I got every damn rebound that came remotely near me. Imagine being a literal foot taller than Charles Barkley and he’s still better at rebounding. Bust! Loser!

Never forget when 7'2 lottery pick Khaman Maluach got 0 rebounds in the most important game of his life

>>151272498
Worthless black african prevented my goat from winning a college title, along with tyrese shitor and shiton james.

i need bam's bbc in my pussy

This guy was only drafted because he's black and tall. Zero bball IQ, subpar athlete. Patrick Ngongba is way better.

Damn, Delon Wright got knocked out and waived few days later

>>151272583
ignore the headline by the way, hoops hype is shit after they changed layout

>>151272583
He's like the horse in animal farm

>>151272271
>outplays durcant

My Thundies :)

beambros...

https://youtu.be/xJx-MeouwhY?t=7m3s
pat spencer bros? should this guy own the entire warriors franchise when currdawg retires?

>>151272694
Why don’t zoomers take the bald pill

>>151273134
Can’t believe Adam silver refballed him out the first round for the dinosaur warriors

>>151273159
you should kill yourself.
>>151273134
doesn't mention how many of these assists were dribble handoffs.

>>151273159
Jalen green disasterclass series..

>>151273223
>leafjeet still seething that cuckry had to get bailed out by this horse looking mf

>Jokic age 22 season averages:
18.5 pts, 10.7 reb, 6.1 ast, 1.2 stl, 0.8 blk, 2.8 tov

>Sengun age 22 season averages:
19.1 pts, 10.3 reb, 4.9 ast, 1.1 stl, 0.8 blk, 2.6 tov

Spooky.

>>151273309
Sengun is more athletic and a better defender.
Sengun has a higher ceiling desu.

>>151273334
Goon is my guy but the chances of him reaching joker level are 5% at best

>>151273309
Might be worth including the huge gap in efficiency

>>151273408
Nah

my ANT :)

>>151273497
where is josh giddey?

>>151273497
mvp season loading

mamba mentality

>>151273497
PG: Curry
SG: Shai
SF: Luka
PF: Giannis
C: jokic

>>151273497
Sga isn’t better than anyone. Literally any guard in the league with his whistle would do as good or better. I think he’s literally using those dsls he has to suck off the refs and swallow their cummies before the game.

Zesty ahh niccas itt

>>151273873
Hes a ref merchant but hes also a legit top 10 player. Hes very good on defense and consistenly scores on good efficiency. Consistent being an understatement. He doesnt usually exploed for many points or shits the bed. Youre getting a scorer whos rarely injured gets you 25-35 pts on good efficiency and is a plus defender. He doesnt have any weakness to his game

Luka>Shai tho. I also think giannis isnt top 5. Havent seen this guy do anything in the last 4 playoffs. Covid fraud for now
1 jokic
2 healthy embiid
3 luka
4 shai
5 curry

PARTIZANO EOEE

>>151274026
>Havent seen this guy do anything in the last 4 playoffs
He's had horrid teammates.

>>151267475
He has no one to blame but himself. The Nuggets were probably going to fail anyway because of Michael Pussy Jr falling apart again and Gordon eventually getting hurt, too. But if Westbrook could have contributed *anything* and been even a C-minus player they probably bring him back on a one year minimum just for the depth. But he was a fucking liability. Not only did he not contribute anything positively, he was a liability most of the time who just did stupid and inexplicable shit twice per quarter.

He's literally unplayable. He's unironically Ben Simmons tier now, hence absolutely no one even offering him a minimum deal.

>>151274181
10/23 fta in an elimination game.
Giannis is the only player i know where people keep making excuses for his shortcomings. I do not understand why. The guy just isnt as good as people pretend. Somehow youre not allowed to criticize him and only him.

>>151261635 (OP)
Bucks, Knicks you get one (1) year of relief from Halidemon. Use it wisely.

>>151274238
He's not a good free throw shooter yeah, no one would argue that he is
>only player who people make excuses for
That's every superstar. My guess is that people just care less about Giannis now because he isn't a threat to their favourite player/team

>>151274238
Give Giannis a break. He's been up against black magic for the last two years. He never stood a chance.

>>151274238
because he's not the reason why they lose but he is the reason why they win. People need to stop pretending that basketball isn't a 5v5 game

>>151274279
>when the clutch time fraud goes up by 86 so you hit em with that comeback stare

this is what living in LA does to a nigga

>>151274783
Luka gives a lot of good reaction images. Truly Lebron's successor.

>>151274845
>good reaction images
>posts the worst reaction image ever

>>151274889
i thought bongs were banned from 4chan

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MAYBACH WITH THE REJECTION

Okc went 68-14 last season with a lot of key players missing games due to injury. If they stay healthy and want it i can see them winning 74 or even more

>>151273408
kek

>>151275276
retard.

>>151275320
He’s not wrong. Chet missed like over half the season.

>>151275351
Its the currysexual dont bother

Id say the 5 front runners for mvp are shai jokic luka wemby and durant, in that order. Giannis and ant also have decent odds but their teams dont have depth and their record will probably be too bad. If spurs get 50 wins wemby might get it

Wembust ain't winning no damn MVP. Not ever. No ring either. I'd bet my life on it.

>>151275470
brunson has a better chance of getting mvp than half those guys

Josh Giddey has a better chance of winning MVP than wembust. 100%

Shai probably wont get it if he wins less than 68 and thats a high bar.
Ant isnt good enough individually.
Neither is Mitchell.
Neither is Brunson.
Giannis record will be too bad.
Spurs wont have too good of a record and wemby might not make 65 games
I dont have high hopes for this bum ass Lakers team.
My take is mvp will be jokic or durant with jokic as favourite.

>>151275581
Shai with 65 wins obviously would win MVP over KD with 55-60

>>151275647
Jokic can finish with 50 wins and his fans will move the goalposts to put him in contention for MVP

>>151275819
KD isn't as good or as popular as Jokic. Statistically KD basically does what Shai does but slightly worse and on a worse team. I think Shai will obviously have the best case to win again, but nobody finds him interesting to people might revert to Jokic, who will probably have the better individual season again

>>151276042
Forgot

I do feel bad for the grizzlies though i dont think that team is making the 'offs

>>151276065
Wuffs might choke it too

>>151276065
The Thunder are what the Grizzlies were supposed to be.

the warriors will completely fall apart this season

punish the clippers

>>151276092
By end of regular season steph will be 38, butler 36, horford 39, draymond 36. I dont see how this team wont collapse by all star weekend. The unction has great depth. Kuminga and Podziemski are hot garbage

Giannis will be traded before february

>>151273873
Keep crying BAWB. Outplayed both Luka and Chokic h2h, even with the later averaging more FTAs

>>151276311
Good

>>151276311
cirrhosis of the liver

>>151276311
trying to see him play my wuffs at the end of the month
probably won't now

>Paul Pierce Arrested On Suspicion of DUI, Found Asleep In Car In The Middle Of Traffic
PAUL PIERCE BROS....

>>151276386
he seems like a wreck. nearly 50 still acting like he's 25

>>151276386
what an asshole

>>151276335
Which team has the assets

LeSTINK being out for 3 weeks means the lakeshits might be a great team during those 3 weeks with Luka running it by himself....

>>151276335
Giannis is unnecessarily vague about trades. Its obvious he wants out but doesnt want to let people know hes the ones asking for a trade. Hes trying to win the PR game. If he didnt want out he would just say "i want to stay here no matter what".
Giannis to the Knicks for OG, Mitchell Robinson and Miles McBride and picks

>>151276447
Steve Ballmer

>>151276454
>>151276450
.

>>151276450
his annual early season PED cycle

Guards: Brunson, Clarkson
Forwards: Mikal, Hart
Bigs: KAT, Giannis, Yabusele
That 7 man lineup is absolutely elite

>>151276386
Uncs gonna get someone killed

>>151276497
haliburton licking his chops

>>151276497
>Clarkson
>elite
jej

>>151276311
AAAAAIIIIIIIEEEEEE

Is emsneed ever getting traded

>>151276563
I just hope he goes somewhere good that will appreciate him.

>>151276454
Realistically the Knicks don’t have the assets to get Giannis. The only way to get him out is with good young players and a lot of picks

>>151276589
Embiitch... you are a Wizard!

Any good rookies other than Flagg to look out for if you were drafting players for a fantasy league?

https://www.nba.com/news/2025-26-nba-gm-survey
Anybody see this?

>>151276615
We’re back

>Sciatica

LMAO retire already old man holy shit

>>151276641
disgrACE will get all the minutes and shots he wants and utah will shill him into roy contention

Whats the Nuggets playoff rotation?
Guard Murray
Forward Braun Brown Johnson(same name different languages)
Bigs Jokic Gordon Valanciunas
Did I miss anyone?

>>151276546
ok but the 6 man lineup is still nasty and 60 wins with limited minutes

>>151276641
Yang

>>151276091
too many players got huge egos (tyus) and they scapegoated their only dawg (brooks)

This season will only be good, if everything expected to happen with high confidence, doesnt happen, and curry wins it all

>>151276663
The valuable valuable opinion of...........NBA General Managers....who the fuck eats this shit up.

>>151276663
ant not even in his final form, mvp soon

>>151272090
Who

>>151277019
Angel Reese

So why exactly do the mavs shit on okc so consistently even without luka?

Out of the 4 conference finals team the thunder were the only ones i didnt really like...

Shes moving to Paris bros...i'll never see her again

>>151277220
It was only because of Luka. OKC played absolute nobodies in their game

>>151276563
The NBA has the dumbest owners in all of American sorts. They dole out guaranteed money like candy, fall for contract runs on an annual basis and generally fuck themsevles up the ass routinely. And even so no one is taking Embiid's contract.

He's like a time bomb with the timer at 0:01 seconds. He is completely, utterly done and only refuses to retire because if he shows up and goes through the motions they have to pay him another $200 mil. And he has a player option, lol. The Sixers are DOA until 2030 and they have only themselves to blame

>>151277220
Strong interior defense. 3 of their games last year against each other were without Chet and a third was without SGA so we dont really have an accurate measure for how the teams really match up

>LeHennesy
but what do /we/ drink?

>>151277583
(You) drink cow piss

>>151277235
Most people agree. Worst outcome

my wolvies are playing the NY knicks tonight. whoever wins has won the trade

let's go wolves

>>151277449
Their masterplan is probably get a top 10 seed and hope embiid somehow stays healthy for 2 months

>>151277583
he doesn't even drink that shit

>>151277680
LeAlcoholism only drinks the finest bottom shelf wine

>>151277235
>>151277630
you're part of the problem

>>151276563
No. He has one of the worst contracts in the league. &^ers are stuck with him

>>151277687
>New Zealand posting about fine wine
I clown LeDiddy too but even I'm jelly of his cellar

the 'xirs are going to ruin BJ Edge Coom so they can develop Maxey, who is going to jump ship after the damage PG and Embiitch has done really catches up. Never seen a club get so many gibs and fumble it

>>151277687
He drinks Marlborough Sauv Blanc?

>>151277844
worse, Barossa Shiraz

Deandre Ayton out here making me feel better about looking like shit for my age

>>151277844
>>151277873
In one of the pods with Nash he mentioned the wine he was drinking and it was like a $250 1995. Not bad but for a billionaire not much

>>151277876
don't fall for the roid meme anon

>>151277944
Pretty sure its just bad genes. Me and my twin brother both have pretty weathered looking skin for our age even with skincare and sunscreen. At least I'm not norwooding....

>>151277930
he opened a '95 Lynch-Bages after '12 Rousseau Mazy Chambertain, that's good drinking.

wuffs

>>151278008
Why do wine heads like red wine so much when it all tastes the same? It's not like white wine at all

>>151278054
White wine is disgusting

>>151277944
He's Jamaican

>>151278147
He's been suspended for roiding

Basketball peaked in America with Magic vs Bird. It's been a slow downward spiral since then.

Basketball peaked in America with Space Jam

>>151278486
Remember that time LeMickey made space jam 2

>>151278278
I went wine tasting and wasn't impressed by the red wine is all im gonna say

>>151278054
>>151278525
good red wine doesn't taste the same, but yeah most cheap stuff kinda blends together
nothing wrong with the stuff though, especially if you just want anything

>>151278564
Cheap wine gives awful hangovers/headaches because of the sulphites. Better to drink spirits unless ur rich imo

>>151278519
is it worth a watch? still haven't seen it

>>151278655
No, it's trash

>>151274783
Sometimes I wonder why doesn't he just play for Serbia. His father is a serbian descent, he swears in serbian, listen to serbian music, his favorite club is a serbian club.

>>151278054
>>151278625
Most people have to build up their palate to appreciate certain types of wine, especially if you didn't grow up tasting those wine. LeBron opening a '12 Mazy-Chambertain before a '95 Lynch-Bages is a nice way of easing a newbie into wine; start with a soft elegant Burgundy that's big and powerful enough to prepare you for an even bigger, more powerful Bordeaux that is starting to show some delicate qualities too.

>>151269028
holy kwab hahaha

>>151278909
jews created slovenia to stop us from becoming a basketball powerhouse

knicks are frauds

Sheesh,

Hornets really are 15th seed team lol

>>151278922
As a winefag, Melo is the one NBA player I'd want to drink with, he only drinks +95/100 cult wines, he drinks like a somm. CJ McCollum actually makes good affordable wines, I've tried his before. Tobias Harris moves a lot of Napa at auction but his Prisoner label is fucking gross imho. LeBron actually has palate which is respectable, could care less about his liquor endorsements. Wade is a poser. Butler might be the biggest poser of them all, someone else clearly built his wine cellar for him, he should stick to specialty coffee.

KAT is like 7ft 240 pounds and gets bullied constantly

ayy, I didn't know Shai was actually playing today. My GOAT back in action.

The Dallas Mavericks are going to win the 2026 NBA Finals.
Cooper Flagg is going to win Finals MVP as a 19-year-old rookie.

>>151279685
The Mavs roster is ridiculously good even if they hadnt been gifted Flagg. If everyone is healthy they can beat anyone.

>>151279854
YKB

ant feasting on these bums

PG: Dlo
SG: Kyrie, Klay, Christie, Exum, Caleb
SF: Flagg, PJ, Naji
PF: AD
C: Gafford, Lively
They have so many players that can be trusted with playoff minutes. And AD when hes locked in is MVP level.

Shit im gonna say it its more likely the mavs come out on top of the luka trade. Draft was rigged but whos gonna do something about that? They got prime AD and Flagg.

Lebron is not the goat lmao he's killed his legacy. curgoat is better

>>151280059
Praying Luka is gonna carry him to the full hand kek jordan/curry would NEVER.

should I sell my laker opener tickets bros... fuck man I wanted to see bron...

>>151280052
>prime AD

>>151280300
This AD is better than 2020. Way more refined

Crazy how Isaiah Joe looks like a good start in preseason and regular season, and then just becomes completely unplayable in the playoffs

>>151280314
he will breakdown in like 3 games

>>151280346
AD has played over 75% of the last 2 season games

>>151280314
>older than embiid
>coming off knee injury
>fat

>>151280443
he finished man, shit his eye blew up or some shit randomly lmao

>>151279242
Wolves are only up by 5.... I'm preseason...

>>151280318
lol

>>151280560
and thats all i needed to see

Hartenstein is shooting 3s now LOL

>>151280602
Based ball knower

tfw osteoporosis hits

I wanted to inform you guys that I purchased and received a Lakers Luka jersey and a Cooper Flag jersey. I regret nothing.

>>151277970
it's literally just photo-aging
I'm from the bahamas. you know how many people there wear sunscreen? fucking nobody. someone like ayton who was outdoors a lot growing up will look old as shit from sun exposure. meanwhile 30% of the population is indoors all the time and has smooth as fuck skin. the day black people learn that they need to use sunscreen too is the day we stop getting constantly hit with age frauding allegations. not happening any time soon though

>>151281748
I also purchase obscure jerseys for future profits. I have a LeBron early 2000s Cleveland jersey.

why is lemickey so afraid of currgoat

>>151282355
true, but also why? what did he do recently that suggested fear?

>>151282141
I've heard black people are more likely to actually die when they contract skin cancer because a lot of people unironically believe darker skin tones can't get it. Lightskins gonna be dropping like flies in the future

>>151282673
He finna skip the opening day matchup against GSW

>>151282201
It’s not for future profits and I don’t even wear them/plan to wear them (if they’re not Chicago teams/Arsenal). I just love sports jerseys and enjoy looking at them. Always have, always will.

>>151268831
he would definitely get zaza'd because there were way more zaza type subhumans in the league

>>151280602
Nigga don't know shit

>>151281705
Getting old is terrifying bros..

>>151281705
great news for LA actually. get that bum and his son out of here.

>>151281705
Apparently there's two kinds of sciatica - one is caused by skeletal issues and one is caused by a simple muscle spasm.
He apparently has the latter, so, unfortunately, this isn't going to be a season/career-ending sort of thing for him.

>>151283608
Also apparently the muscle that's spasming and causing this is deep in his buttock.
So he's butthurt kek.

>>151282778
>Arsenal
Buh buh buh BASED

>>151276708
THJ would be in there over Bruce going off just the past few seasons. Maybe Holmes.

>>151276708
>playoffs
you can take Murray out of the lineup already

>ynr john stockton losing lifetime tickets over being anti vax
Im not in the anti vax bubble and i dont want to be political but we sure did overreact the fuck out of this one. Denmark killed its entire mink population because of it

>Phillies eliminated
>Sheagles suck again
>Ponydelphia
It’s so over filthybros

>>151284837
Yeah I'm not going to make any claims at all as to the vax's effectiveness or safety, but there was absolutely an overreaction to the virus's very, very low death rate - even the virus's OFFICIAL death rate, which is greatly inflated by things like literally counting people who died from gunshot wounds while having COVID as dying from COVID, was way, way too low to justify the absurd overreaction. It was definitely a very surreal moment to live through.
Fuck Chris Paul.

https://youtu.be/D7Ak_l5SzKc?t=1m59s
dude wtf...is shai actually good? i swear all the clips ive seen of his game, i hated it, because i also dislike kobes game despite liking MJs. But he actually looks clean here.

If he has a 2016 curry tier season post first championship, this year where hes 50/40/90. Then ill finally respect him as more than just a foul baiter carried by priveleged team

>>151284837
yea that shit was bad

>>151285041
he will bless us with a gold medal

>>151280052
>prime AD

>>151285223
Imagine thibs becoming sixers coach and he does the thibs thing and just forces embiid 40 minutes/82 games. Embiid will either be wheelchair bound forever or evolve into EmHybriid

>>151285041
Shai being a good player is what makes his antics that much more frustrating. without shooting FTs he's still very very good.

>>151285558
>without shooting FTs he's still very very good.
if we ignore the playoffs

>>151280314
2020 bubble AD had insane jumper.

>>151285699
I agree

>>151285311
What if we gave embiid cyber legs?

ADs biggest fault is being a mental midget whos okay with being someone elses bitch. Bron said the lakers were ads team and everybody knew bron was lying.

>>151285735
Might make a conference finals by 2037

It's national coming out day tommorow. It's finally time to accept who I am before the season starts...

>>151286007
Xayson Xatum...

This nigga larry really destroyed a mfer ego like that? Goddamn, now I know why old heads are hated

>>151285112
I honestly completely forgot OKC won a title this summer. This has the be the most uneventful ring in 20+ years.

What happened to that one anon who sold essential oils for a living? Did he make it?

>Danny Green says he heard that Russell Westbrook opted out of his contract with the Nuggets because they weren't planning to include him in the rotation and were going to place him at the end of the bench: "You still take the guarantee. Make them trade you, whatever."
LMAO

>>151286343
More fake news by the LeXing media. Stop posting the propaganda LeEggroll and his gang of cronies spew.

>>151280052
>prime AD
Over/Under AD plays 30% of his games this year, including playoffs?

>>151286379
yeah it's sad how lebum is so assmad about his bad move of bringing a ball centric guard to play with his horseshit style and is so desperate way after the fact to somehow prove it wasn't his fault by ruining westbrook
like that aint the only teammate whose career came to an abrupt halt when teamed up with lebum. why the heavy focus?
i wonder what russ said to him in the locker room.

>>151286970
You could say the same thing about KD too. When he was in nets, he wanted Steve Nash, they brought him in. And then when it didn't worked out, he was also the one who blamed Nash and got him fired.

When he's in suns, he wanted Bradley Beal. They threw away their future to bring him in. And then when it didn't work out, he blamed Beal too.

Superstars have too much power in the nba

My goodness bros I almost bought NBA 2k26 just so I could fuck around in offline modes. Dodged that bullet.
>>151286292
That's not even an insult. It's more of what everybody thinks but doesn't say. I'm curious what the context of this is, because while Bird is a notorious shit talker, I don't think he'd just come out and say this. The man usually has tact.

>>151287051
Love KD but getting Jarrett Allen traded so his washed homeboy DAJ could get his minutes was horrible.
Honestly he and kyrie treated the nets franchise like shit. Which is based because joe tsai is a cunt but also cringe because they botched one of the most talented teams ever even if covid was unlucky. I can see why harden was sick of them after barely a bit over a year

>>151287235
Yeah, i was saying all that as a KD fan as well. I like him as a player, but would never look up to him as a role model

>>151287279
kd and lebum are the same type of personality, one just larps and the other doesn't

>>151279854
yeah keyword being IF
AD has only has one healthy season in the last 6-7 years, and kyrie is coming off another injury

>>151286343
I don’t think Russ is good enough anymore, but I’m also not high on Brown or Pickett as rotational players in a championship team in current year. Murray is still going to have to play exceptionally well for them to win anything. Simple as.

>>151286379
>>151286970
>literally has been on two teams since leaving the lakers
>both were done with him after only one season and got rid of him immediately
>this is still somehow lebrons fault
man westbrick stans make scam newton stans look normal, I legit don't understand what warrants this
at least cam can say he dragged the panthers to an owl on his own

>>151287279
>>151287300
LeBron wants to be everyones hero kd is pretty open about not giving a shit and appeasing others

>>151287345
>at least cam can say he dragged the panthers to an owl on his own
Then did this.

The Celtics will be just fine

redemption szn incoming

>>151288200
played better than Brunson at least

>>151287871
why does payton pritchard look asian?

New nickname dropped

>>151288420
He’s got that dawg in him

Bulls traded the best shooting guard of a generation for Zach Giddey

I am sick of hearing about the Spurs. Let me know when they are not a lottery team.

>>151289614
What are they saying about the Spurs?

>>151287303
why do bawbs end up like this

>>151286292
That’s simply a matter of fact

>>151289614
I hate how they were gifted 100 first rd picks like Cleveland

Only for their front office to give 50 million to nig who played 17 games and then left with a finger injury and is now load managing, now Spurs are stuck with that contract when they could've paired Wemby with Harper or package a trade for Giannis,

Oh well, I expect Wemby demand to leave for OKC or Houston, idk and idc atp, thats what happens when you have a 100 year old in the FO, who had a stroke last year

It's almost Pistol Pete time.

>>151288420
He has Mongolian blood from Eastern Europe.

>>151290629
AIDS day is in December silly

>>151286292
If he spent a career beating up yuros like his dad we'd think of Domantas the same way.

Peyton Pritchard grew up playing one on one against Steve Blake while Blake was still in the NBA, pretty cool to go from playing against Blake to playing high school competition

New
>>151291065
>>151291065

>>151287871
>celshits trade pritch because he outshines their avra god
it's time

>>151281705
somebody please make grandpa lebron retire already

>page 9
whoa that was a close 1