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Why did Malaysia call petefag a n*gger?

Da Bulls

>>151412422 (OP)
Calm lil sqaud

Reminder that harden is raising another mans son and is proud of it

>>151412673
I’m raising another man’s daughter and a son of my own. Her father is in prison. I treat her as my own.

>>151412324
But OKC's 68 wins mean nothing, absolutely NOTHING, when they struggled against a play in team,

Struggled against a weaker Nuggets squad that just went 7 games prior with a tough clippers squad with healthy Kawhi and stormin Norman and a rare offball Harden that cared about defense but mentally broke in game 7

Fraudulent win against the wolves cause of the whistle and Randle gassing like a pig after playing good in the first quarter and retiring to the bench in game 1 and 2, and also Gobert and Conley's age showing

and went 7 games with the "Pacers" that had 30 losses and looked like shit in the reg season,

and now Presti being a dumb faggot he wants to run it back with the SAME exact guys, no upgrades no nothing,

And notice how OKC struggled against teams with legitmate high iq scoring heavy PFs, and they have PFs so that was pretty retarded to not draft Trey Murphy

Like Gordon before he got hurt, and Siakam and Toppin, they went 7 games with teams like those

unlike McDaniels and Reid thats are PFs archetypes that still need time in the oven and don't play the position

>>151412315
>but still hit 3s in clutch
You stupid? What kind of league do you think were playing in where "Hit 3s in clutch" is creating any spacing? Ja fucking Morant hit 3s in clutch in the 2021 playin against the warriors, who the fuck cares retard? The NBA arent 1 game series, or 5 minute series. Nigga Jordan sucks at the 3 ball and the only reason he was ever close to "decent" was because they shortened the line because bums like him couldnt shoot.

>and Duncan is known for his middy 2 pointer

Uh. No hes not? Hes known to he capable of shooting it, he wasnt actually very good at doing so, jusf average, we can go check his stats retard, tim was average to below average in all mid ranges (picrel). Besides, shooting the middy efficiently isnt enough spacing, or else Kevin Durant wouldnt have cried about not having enough spacing in OKC when he lost to GSW, because hed be creating the space himself.

The only reason SGA gets away with no spacing is because of how many fouls he baits, and how godly his teams defense is in creating second chances.

Shaq is probably the only player on that list that would translate no matter the era, and maybe Lebron (We also forget how much MJ benefited from an era where Zone defense was illegal defense, if he had to play against Zone defense hed be good but his efficiency would have to go down).

I'd honestly be really curious how Shaq would do in the modern NBA. I mean he played both during illegal defense and zone defense, and he ironically struggled more in the former (but also had to go up against guys like Hakeem, David Robinson, and Patrick Ewing, Godlike rim protectors. Timmy was a good rim protector, but if I had to guess his spurs teams lost enough to the lakers because there wasnt enough offense to counteract Kobes value.)

Zion Williamson
>22 mins
>18 pts
>4 reb
>6 ast
>1 stl
>82% FG%

Is my man back?

>>151412720
>>151412725

>>151412720
>>151412725
Are we deadass with these essays?

>>151412725
Shaq's ppg dropped from like 30 to 20 when illegal defense was scrapped.

>>151412668
Nice!

>>151412747
back to the all you can eat buffet

>>151412720
Nobody disagrees the OKC 68 wins were fraudulent, I literally said that at the end of my post. That's likely due to shallow offensive versatility from their star who cant shoot 3s, and cant even score efficiently, even ignoring the 3, if hes not getting foul calls. Also a below average playmaker for playoff standards.

But even all that considered, this stupid ass team still wont with a 56 percentile offense according to some white nerds I watched on youtube. The team is still retardedly solid, and I hope they lose and get exposed for their fraudulence this year, but the ONLY reason the warriors are good is because Curry is a genuine generational talent that bends defenses. OKC only loses because their stars play subpar. Curry can lose even if hes playing great simply because defenders are holding onto his arm like children holding onto their parents at a theme park, and his team still cant score with all the open looks theyre getting, unless theyre Buddy Hield in one Game 7.

>>151412836
What do you mean? the early 2000s made illegal defense legal and he was still ballin?

>Not the Bus Driver
The democrat party backed Steph media really tricked a lot of you

My GOAT got these schizos wilding

>>151413026
All good anon glad we agree

Mark my words, once they lose what im saying is what you'll hear from OKC fans,

They're gonna demand a supertrade for Antman or Giannis and want Presti fired,

>>151413059
He was a 20 ppg or sub-20 ppg for 90% of the 2000s.

>>151413090
offball glazing while wardell scrambles out of his mind

>>151413090
How many Finals MVPs has he won without Steph?

>>151412836
His PPG dropped when he got fat and lazy and lost his quickness and agility. He fell for the
>MUH SHAQ DADDY DIESEL
meme and didn't think he ever needed to avoid help anymore because he could just back down his defender and plow through 3 defenders.

That's what pissed Kobe off to begin with. He'd be getting shots up the second the season was over and Shaq would be in da club from June to October.

I'm a fraud. I cant believe someone signed me.

>>151413323
He was still in his prime when the drop happened. The real reason was no illegal defense rule.

>>151413257
How many Finals MVPs has Steph won?

>>151413444
2 too retard, both without KD, if you say otherwise nigga I will figuratively shoot you.

>>151413369
He was dealing with foot and ankle injuries every year after 2002

>>151413603
One without KD. Not his fault Steph freezes up in the big moments (finals, crunch time)

>>151413611
Man these injury excuses I see for every single player nowadays is so fucking cringe and tiring, im not even denying its true, its just tiring, because players get the best excuses when theyre supposed to he healthy and in their peak and still lose, but all the credit when they win and injuries suddenly disappear. Shaq doesnt deserve a 4th chip, nigga is one dimensional as fuck and sucks, fuck you

>>151413329
u aint signed yet ben

>Trae Young UFA next year

I wonder which team he joins afterwards,

>>151413837
He'll join the Kings to play with Russ.

Rockets win
ggs Hawks
Dayum we won only dressing 8 players. Shoutout the 2nd & 3rd unit. 7 of the guys were in double figures whew

>Steph has 2 finals MVP
>Shaq only has 3 rings
The fuck is going on, y'all aren't even in preseason form

>>151413837
Trae you are a... Rocket?

>>151413946
retard.

>>151413849
>Signs with soulless gay franchise like Kings

Makes no sense lol, maybe Rockets if they don't have faith in Reed, I think they move on from FVV, dude is fat and a cap drain, insane to think he was getting 40 million prior, Sheppard has potential but he's growing too slow for his age and draft level

>>151413975
Welp, its his home state, so it makes sense

>>151413975
unironically wouldn't be surprised

>>151413837
He should go to the Wolves

>>151413837
Mavs need a PG...

>>151414112
Maybe... Conley's contract ends this season,

>>151414206
Fuck off

Why the FUCK did they hide him away for so long?

>>151414508
we play defense here

>>151414529
Hope the recovery is going well Manleet!

>>151414508
was this todays game? must have played against the G league bench fr kek!

>>151414654
>Setting yourself up when you could've taken 2 sec to google
Oh brother

Fuck Bobby Portis. I'm glad Bucks lost in the first round.

i need bam's bbc in my pussy

>>151413107
he looks like a homosexual dwarf
how do you make yourself look short when you're 6'7 or whatever, the man cannot dress for shit

>>151415715
>it's a bullsfag pretends to have hope episode

>>151415715
crazy they're only 2 years apart
giddey feels like he's been around forever

So the rockets are the villains of this season?

>>151415747
>anon peanut butter and jealous that he can’t pull off wearing a sweater tied around his neck like our 6’8 Steve Nash, Josh Giddey, can
Grim.

>>151415876
Nah, they’re a likable team. The NBA needs a new villain. Hopefully Luka says that Dallas sucks and that he asked for a trade/orchestrated the whole thing to go on a villain arc.

>>151415876
nah its still denver

Never lost faith in this lil nigga. He's special.

>>151413837
Unironically Brooklyn, gonna team up with MPJ and feed him

>>151416600
Trae Young got these G-leaguers looking like All-stars when he's guarding them kek

>Pat Riley reportedly cried during his meeting with Jimmy Butler in an attempt to get him to stay, but Butler reportedly viewed him as “unhinged” and became even more convinced to leave the Heat
Kek, poor guy

>>151416716
Lmfao what a bitch, why would Pat literally do this

remember when Kyrie shitting the bed vs the celtics got memoryholed?

>>151416716
lol

Ok real talk tho who's signing Ben Simmons?

My goat GQing

hello I'm the reason the nuggets won the championship

gawdamn gotta study for a makeup assignment thats literally 11 in the morning, and i havent gone to a single lecture, quickly looking through the shit uploaded online, wish me luck

>Harden's mom had cancer
Him wanting out of Phily to go back home to LA makes a lot more sense now

>>151417387
>makeup assignment
Ayo this faggot goin to cosmetology school

>>151417387
Zesty ahh jeet

sup brehs i havent been here in a minute. what does /nba/ think of the goat wemby?

>>151417424
Make-Up Assignment
And Assignment to Make-Up for a missed assignment

>>151417496
Can you just draw a red dot on styling doll's forehead?

Mealanon this could be you if you stopped eating slop

>>151417628
looksmaxxing in prison is insane. like why didnt you do that before you shot up a school?

>>151417689
you have nothing to do in prison but lift, read, and hunt/defend ass

>>151417628
kek wtf no way...

>>151416713
Trae didn’t guard him. Trae never guards point of attack

>>151412422 (OP)
more like
Bob Carriedbybillsy

>>151418237
Trae has never guarded, he's the poster child for the terrible zoomerball era - a soft flopping broccoli-headed chucking mutt with an ugly game who puts up meaningless stats on mediocre teams but makes enough bad shots so kids who only watch highlight videos on TikTok and have no idea of what basketball as a team sport is supposed to look like go
>AYO THIS NIGGA GOATED FR FR IMAGINE HIM BALLING ON THOSE UNCS LIKE KOBE AND NASH

>>151418343
Yeah I don’t think he’ll ever be good enough to lead a real contender. Same with Lamelo and Ja

>>151418343
This has nothing to do with zoomers, trae is a manlet. You think AI guarded anybody lmao? If they're not hitting shots they're a net negative to the team and that's why manlets like CP3 will never win anything.

>>151416976
the Kings could use more washed players

>>151418343
>and have no idea of what basketball as a team sport is supposed to look like go
Youre retarded.

Luckily, you lucked into being "right" anyway because intelligence isnt a prerequisite of correctness.

The more I think about it, if Clippers stay healthy they can actually win a ring,

They have too many full on vets and leadership and just smart legit guys, CP3 and Lopez elevate the floor, Collins was such a steal, he's a legit 2 way player, and Beal if motivated is decent as well, I like how they looked against Sacramento, only Pre-Season and can get better from there

My only question is, are there any actual Clippers fans in LA specifically?? it'd just look weird in the parade cause its like "hey LA won but not the LA you think of"

>>151417628
Its morbid to think he probably has female fans now fawning over him, cause you know, females love serial killers and criminals no matter the race

>>151418385
Agreed. They're all talented players, but not in the way that wins championships. They could certainly contribute to one, but not lead as you said.

Starting 5 season 2 was pretty great. SGA is the GOAT, Harden and Hali are super likable, and KD is entertainingly toxic. Only boring one was Hotep, but his grandpa was pretty based so it was ok. Much better than season 1 where Sabonis and Tatum were autoskips

>>151418829
>Starting 5 season 2 was pretty great
Maybe yeah. I don't really trust Netflix to be impartial.
>>151418829
>SGA is the GOAT
So I can't trust you either. That settles it.

Ayo Cooper Flagg, what you doing bro?

>>151419684
His signature shoes already reached unc status

>>151419708
Yeah that yellow tint makes it look old

>rockets literally don't play half their roster
>hawks run out their starters and get blown out

>>151419708
Incredible marketing choice from his team. Every white boy in the country will be wearing these and a lot of black old heads too. I know Meal anon will be lacing these up to get his slop.

>>151412422 (OP)
I’m going to the mall to watch a movie today! Black Phone 2.

>>151420227
Mall by yourself on a Friday anon?

>>151420325
Yes. I go alone all the time.

Are we seriously going to sit here and pretend like my rapshits aren't contenders? /nba/ has fallen

>>151420434
Can't beat the dick

>>151420434
>Scrotie is now 24
damn i feel old.

Fuck, my stomach is about to burst! I shouldn't have agreed to that dessert.

they let my nigga reed fall to three...

>Russell Westbrook contract with the Sacramento Kings is NON-GUARANTEED, per @MikeAScotto
>He could be waived at any time with no cost to the Kings

>>151415879
Why not put some money down on Bills making the playoffs?

>>151420623
He fell to exactly where he needs to be

>>151420434
Play-in contention?

LeBron is lucky he lost to dwight in the ecf because kobe was about to give him the father figure he was missing all his life.
Real hoopers know.

>>151420868
size matters

>>151420878
>LeBald's numerous stacked teams vs out of prime Kobe and Jeremy Lin

oh wow!

>>151420924
When did LeBron ever have a stacked team? His teams were top heavy without depth starting Joel Anthony and Iman Shumpert in Finals games, Kobe had Lamar Odom coming off the bench and came off the bench his damn self for a championship

>>151417628
>>151417689

>>151417689
It’s called “turned out” and it would happen to you five minutes after walking in the gates BAWB

babbs cut a video of flagg diving for a loose ball to make it look like he got dropped by gabe vincent. havent seen this much cope since jokic first became a superstar

>>151421122
Is Coop shooting 40% yet?

>>151421138
not quite but he is shooting more efficiently than lebron did in his rookie season

>>151421215
LeBron was a rookie in 2003

Me on the left

>>151421253
he was clearly a bust

Whatever happened to Jaylen Brown's dad murdering someone?

>>151421323
True shooting percentages and eFG% have dramatically gone up on average across the league. You’re disingenuously comparing Coop to a deadball era player that was a poor free throw shooter

>>151421215
and he's shooting more 3s than mj did in 14 of his 15 seasons
times change

>>151421337
i should be using ingenuous analysis like taking a player's fg% after four preseason games and holding it to an arbitrary number 1% above his current one instead
anyway if you want more recent comparisons then theres edwards, cunningham, and banchero who all shot similar ts% in their rookie season compared to flaggs preaseason ts%

>>151421394
Banchero isn’t really known for his efficiency at this point. Holding a player to a standard of 40% FG is a lot better than holding a 2003-04 player to modern efficiency standards

It might surprise you Kobe had the 2nd highest TS% in LeBron’s rookie season, but I guess he was “inefficient” relative to modern players as well according to certain analysts

>>151421429
well lebron still shot 2.8% lower than league average so he wasnt exactly an efficient rookie either, which is a gap not far away from rookie and second year banchero, a guy who you are dismissing as inefficient
lebron also had a 1.7 assist to turnover ratio
he must have been a bust with no offense
probably would have been cooked by bronny and gabe vincent right
anyway youre honing in on my comparison to lebron to avoid addressing your own disingenuousness, enjoy the preseason sample size while it lasts
also reddit spacing

>>151421530
You’re honing in on the LeBron comparison and spaces used on an obscure sports discussion forum (signs someone is angry) and Cooper being a bust because he couldn’t crack 40% in exhibition games

Enjoy defending Cooper from every criticism the rest of the season

>>151421563
still no argument
just brought up the fact that ts% has risen (everyone knows this)
and then called me angry
kek
>reddit space
btfo

>>151421589
Everyone knows this besides people who compare raw rookie TS% numbers from two decades ago, that is the argument

Further, Paola Banchero being inefficient doesn’t make Cooper any more efficient (or a bust)

>>151420843
As a Kentucky fan I was praying my team the Pistons would get Reed. However I ended up really liking Ron Holland, plus Reed is on the team the other Thompson twin is on. So I guess it worked out.

Jaden Ivey being out and losing Schroder and Beasley is gonna be a big problem for us. The hope is Ausar and Ron Holland on the wing take a leap.

>>151415715
They are too white, they won't let them thrive

>>151421613
point was that rookie lebron was very inefficient, i didnt bother to check how his relative ts% compared to flaggs because flaggs is from like 80 minutes of preseason play
>Further, Paola Banchero being inefficient doesn’t make Cooper any more efficient (or a bust)
point was to show that by your own standard rookie bron was inefficient
you need me to explain every point because you have a low iq, which is also why you think one poor shooting game in preseason is indicative of a rookies ability
>reddit space
cope and still no argument

>>151421668
Everyone was ‘inefficient’ in LeBron’s era, Cooper is inefficient relative to players in his own era
>reddit spacing I win!!!!

Lil bro is trying to win so bad

>bawb can’t cope that Flagg is a bust
Stay there, be a man, don’t run, fight back.

>nba hangtime
>nba jam
>nba street 1/2
Yep, I'm thinking it's based

>>151421700
bawb ran when it came but waited an entire season to come out of hiding.
>>151421700
Stay there, be a man, don’t run, fight back.

>>151421698
>still harping on the fact that ts% has risen over time even though i used relative ts%
kek
low iq on display again
>but muh era
btfo
>reddit spacing
i win

>>151421728
>if you use a space I win
Highest IQ Cooper Flagg fan

>>151421728
>proper spacing is bad
smartest bong

>>151421724
BAWB cycle
>cracker players are the best we will win this year
>dark skinned black man wins FMVP/ring
>repeat ad nauseam

>>151421741
>>151421750
did u know that true shooting percentage used to be lower than it is now
so players were actually efficient even if they dont look it compared to now
crazy stuff man who would have known

>>151420001
The east is really weak

>UKtard is the newest retard
imagine desperately clinging to cooper flag.

also one of the biggest midwit exposing things to ever bring up, is turnover ratio to imply some player is a better passer than another lmfao. not even going to explain it, i have talked about it too much here, if youre ever bringing up more or less turnovers alone, you dont know ball, really that simple. such people shouldnt be entertained, ignorance should be overcome by the ignorant, not be babysat by the knowledgeable.

>>151421877
The UK poster always pretends to be retarded when it comes to white players

>>151421877
>having more turnovers and fewer assists is good
kek

Trae Young and Hawks can’t agree on contract extension, becomes a UFA next summer

>>151422033
Yes it is and you're a retard if you don't think so. Case CLOSED.

Meal.

>>151421335
Still dead I'm afraid

What’s the new cope when Shai wins again?

>>151422367
He's not getting past Punished Luka.

>>151422213
rate my lunch

Wtf... This nigga crying over a preseason game?? Blood ain't built for this lmao

>>151422033
I shouldnt even respond to this retard human post because it doesnt matter of you think youre right or not, you dont actually have an argument because you dont understand basketball and/or the fact that assists are the hardest value to capture in statistics unless youre a stat nerd and get into specifics of offensive load.

Is John Stockton or Isaiah Thomas a better passer than Magic Thompson. Both have averaged more assists at a point than Magic Johnson. Neither have averaged as many turnovers.

>>151422565
Is fullcourtpass a parody account like centel? There is no way this is real

>>151422565
crying cause he cared too much and wanted to do more, maybe he's insanely built for this

>>151422565
Hansen is a true warrior. This is like that one time Liu Bei slammed his baby on the ground and started crying because they couldn't save Guan Yu.

>>151422590
smaller players tend to be better ball handlers
whether magic johnson was a better passer than john stockton or not has literally no bearing on anything i said
you are arguing with no one
>reddit spacing
jej

/cavs/ formerly /nba/
>>151412422 (OP)

>>151422719
Fuck we need old man bron bron wearing these jerseys but we won't get it. Maybe next season and they bring back the red or white ones.

why didnt jokic just do this to caruso?

>>151422785
Because Caruso was fronting him at the 3 point line with help waiting inside in case they lobbed it to Jokic. Shaq didn't deal with that kind of defense because of the illegal defense rule.

Which team will be the lolcow team this season?

>>151422785
Because nba defense is actually hard since 03

>>151422803
>>151422816
jokic cant do this?

>>151422823
Giannis and Jokic are both proven champs so I can't hate

>>151422823
How do they get away with so many fouls?

>>151422814
>Which team will be the lolcow team this season?
Brooklyn or Toronto. Both miserable as hell and the higher ups don't seem to care about hoops. Toronto may be funnier cause their fans try to export propaganda and seethe.

>>151422857
you can't trust your eyes and brain, those are just hard-nosed smart defenders playing good defense

>>151422859
I eat shit like you for breakfast. Dumb bitch stfu.

>>151423051
you eat shit for breakfast?

>>151422823
Jokic can't jump and has a poor handle

Bron

Lebron has never been favored in any Finals series with the exception of the Bubble, Jordan was favored in every Finals series.

>>151422803
>Shaq didn't deal with that kind of defense because of the illegal defense rule.
Thought illegal defense was already reverted by the time of Lakers 3 peat. I remember an interview with Kobe talking about how comparing eras is hard because they dont account for stuff like the fact that MJ never had to play against zone defense whereas he did.

>>151423305
Even MJ said he wouldn’t have had a career if he had to play against zone defense

This season finna be an all-time year of BAWB hoops low key

>>151423317
Nah fr tho BAWBs be on the come up no cap

>>151423311
Almost every defensive scheme and player post the 90s is a better defense and defensive player than 90% of the overrated defenders in the 90s save for maybe Scottie. And of course were ignoring rim protectors because If you watched that 90s highlights i sent of the 1995 rockets vs magic, youll know how legit stupid the defense and spacing was there.

Besides Duncan is probably better than most of the 90s rim protectors anyway. But I seriously have no idea wtf happened to the center competition in the 2000s, howd they just let Shaq fraud like that, while he was getting clapped up by Hakeem and simple double teams in the 90s (really makes Kobe seem more essential to the Lakers 3 peat than often characterized, but that depends on how much shaq was even doubled or needed to be. People tend to overblow shit like this.

Currysisters…

>>151423305
Illegal defense was around until 2002 season but the defenses didn't adjust until even later because coaching was so shit.

>>151423257
He was favored in 2011 and lost.

>>151423379
Fraud game that leaves out Draymond being out. Leaves out blatant stat padding with rebounds, he never had that many rebounds ever again, not even in 2018, when he had nobody to share rebounds with, he had 4 offense rebounds and 12 defensive rebounds, his real rebound amount is 12 because lebum sucks at offensive rebounds which just comes from the fact that Andre Bogut played 7 FUCKING MINUTES BECAUSE HE GOT INJURED THAT GAME. Which is also why its stupid to compare his amount of blocks to Bogut as if "woah he was le doing it all, so insane that Lebum just barely matched a dude who played the game for 7 minutes".

The 2016 finals might unironically be the worst thing to ever happen to NBA basketball in history. The most shittily narrativized NBA finals ever, too many retarded conveniences had to go the Cavs way for that stupid fucking finals to go down that way. And fuck off I dont want to hear anything about "Le draymond played in le game 6 doe". Fuck off retard, Harrisok barnes went 0-8, dont even get me started on Curry needing to carry while injured because Klays bum ass points arent high value as a one dimensional catch and shooter

>>151423379
kinda disingenuous how people pretend Lebron never had help

>>151423527
Don't forget the rigged Kevin Love trade for Wiggins and Anthony Bennette

>>151422419
It looks good, but not something I’d eat

https://x.com/celtsglobe/status/1978905830301855839?t=zuX3unNwJ8PS9lYbIEixJg&s=19

The only redeemable part about that show

>>151423852
How good is 35?

Whats preventing the lakers from winning the title? They have prime Luka, a center, offball scoring through reaves, lebrons experience and 3 good roleplayers with smart Vanderbilt, Rui and Smart.

>>151424288
Marcus Shart will shoot them out of games.

Which team is going to surprise people the most in 2025/2026?

Ayton cant stop Wemby, Jokic, Hartenstein, Chet, Sengün, AD
Okc and Rockets are defense beast teams, 41 year old lebron cant muscle his way through.
Only way Lakers win the west is if they go on a run like the 2023 Heat with their 3pt shooting

>>151424288
>Whats preventing the lakers from winning the title?
that would be him

>>151424288
Incoherent and shallow roster. Lebron isn't good anymore. Ayton isn't good anymore. Smart isn't good anymore

OKC vs Denver tonight

>>151424543
Jdub isn't playing and Chet most likely won't either so it's gonna be a nothingburger

>>151424577
It'd be a nothingburger anyway realistically, nobody remembers preseason

>>151424288
No good players

>>151424148
35 would be pretty good, but a lot of retards take standardized tests
I got something similar on my sats and I'm not that smart

4 days till the season starts I'm gonna poop my pants

>>151424948
I’m taking a big Ben Simmons right as you said that

Does Garrison Matthews have a shot of making the Knicks 15 man roster now that Brogdon retired?

is Cooper Flagg good or do people only like him because hes white?

>>151424288
5 more good players

kek in the very near future the three best players in the NBA will be Flagg, Jokic and Doncic.

>>151425067
Has remarkable feel for the game that is comparable to prospects like lebron, luka and wemby

>>151425124
Wemberman?

Embiid is playing tonight against the Wolves

>>151425229
I want to see embiid have a revenge season

>>151425124
Cooper isn’t even better than Ace Bailey

Whos the 5th best european in the NBA?

>>151425124
Luka isn't even top 3 now. Cade and ANT will pass him soon enough too

>>151425124
Wemby is so good

>Westbrook has a job
>Yuki Kawamura doesn't
NBA in 2025

>>151425424
Sengun

>Mac McClung signed and released
BAWBsisters…

>>151425630
Does Franz have an argument

>>151425664
it's for g league shit right

>>151425664
They just fucking with him at this point.

>>151425786
https://ipacers.com/2023/10/18/why-the-pacers-and-other-nba-teams-sign-and-immediately-waive-players/
It's an Exhibit 10 contract. It basically lets them pay him like $80,000 more without it counting towards the salary cap.

its funny the Nets had consistently good uniforms until the past 7 years

Britbawb ran when it was a 3v1 against him

I bought a pretty sweet LeBron Lakers shirt which I haven't worn because my mom is a semi-hardcore conservative and hates him. I'm too much of a coward to stand up to her.

>>151425966
Bronsexuals are truly the most repressed people

so whats the reasoning for a team to sign and just release a player a few hours later? Mac just got $80k without doing anything

Kangz vs Nets finals
Give us that what was stolen
Twenty twenty six

>>151426014
https://www.postingandtoasting.com/knicks-roster/74270/knicks-exhibit-10-release-isaiah-roby-romeo-langford-donovan-williams-nba

Probably this

could hali really not have waited until he can atleast walk properly to propose to his gf?
the sight of a man on an electric scooter making a grand proposal is just not a flattering image desu

The gayest general of all time /nba/ most faggots per capita

>>151413975
>overrated one-dimensional player who will never win anything

yup sounds like a Rocket

Why is ANT dodging Embiid?

>>151425229
based embiid only playing because the wolves are on a preseason back-to-back so none of their starters are playing

>Thunder starters against the Denver Nuggets tonight in the preseason finale:

>Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
>Lu Dort
>Alex Caruso
>Chet Holmgren
>Isaiah Hartenstein

>Alex Caruso
ohnonononono

just saw embiid. /nba/ on fucking suicide watch

Wait so the N in NBA means national? My life is a lie!

>embiid is back
/nba/ needs to kill itself NOW

>>151426310
>mfw this is year 1 of embiid's massive extension

>>151426358
>HE'S SUPPOSED TO BE DEAD. HE'S SUPPOSED TO BE DEEEEEAAAAAAD

You bitch niggas need to apologize talking all this shit about Embiid

I've seen enough. 76ers are winning the East.

holy shit

>>151426411
I shant be doing that

WHAT DO YOU MEAN JOEL EMBIID SURVIVED HIS FIFTH CAREER ENDING INJURY?

Put him in bubble wrap bro we’ve seen enough. Maybe the greatest injury overreaction of all time.

>>151425889
I wonder what changed.

no I'm not exaggerating this might be the greatest injury overreaction in any sport ever

Someone scrape the brains off the walls of the ringer offices

Meal~

Edgecombe probably the most athletic sixer since Simmons

why the fuck is kyle lowry taking up a roster spot?

It’s Friday. I hope you anons aren’t eating meat.

>>151426721
i'm eatin good

Grimes looking like he wasn't worth the extenstion

Gotta say, this Rapties vs Brooklyn game is pretty intense for a preseason game

the fun thing about regular season basketball is that you just have a multiple of games every night that you can either watch or reflect on the next day, it's a structure to build your daily grind around

>>151426721
Fishes and loaves, nigga

it's over. he isn't making it to the all star break

>>151421005
Why can't BABBs stop thinking of gay sex?

Denver Nuggets starters tonight against OKC in the preseason finale:

Cam Johnson
Peyton Watson
Jonas Valančiūnas
Tim Hardaway Jr
Bruce Brown

Gross

>>151426926
Chokic dodging the MVP KWAB

>>151426906
This is the same Aus poster that talks about boy pussy, btw

ngl, VG and Maxey are looking really nice together out there

Vagina Edge cum > pooper fagg

>>151426961
>Aus
Dumb ass nigga

>>151426964
Edgecombe is the most NBA ready prospect in the draft

>>151426721
I am eating baked chicken. Chicken, is, however, though, a bird. Ipso facto not meat.

Embussy might really be back y'all. Gonna be real scary for the 15-25 regular season games he plays.

wow the 76ers are really outplaying the 2025/26 iowa wolves

All the baddies came out to see Embiid

>>151426982
might be enough to put philly in play-in position

>preseason literally doesn't matter bro
>until a team is/isn't playing their starters and I can start a tryharding/ducking narrative reeeeeeeeee

Why are people dishonest phonies?

>>151426721
just coffee and almonds mister

>>151427059
i'm here for embiid and the fact that he's playing after anons itt were saying last month that embiid's career is over is pretty much all i needed to see confirm this place is just a fucking twitter colony

>>151427110
get ready for a long season of crying buddy

>>151426982
He just needs to sweep Chokic in all the denver games and I'll be happy. His job will be done.

attention! ATTENTION

omg imagine when McCain gets back

>>151427156
literally me

Ron Harper Jr made one of the final two way spots in Boston, two sons in the NBA

>>151427160
im here watching embiid play after you fags said his career was over. jokes on you

Did Embiid injure anyone tonight

>>151427213
yeah /nba/'s pussy hurt

>>151426926
Based Joker doesn't want to play against the zesty flopper and his thugs again

>>151427139
If Jokic was Black or a Mason like Luka, Adam Silver and the entire NBA would’ve conspired already to build him a superteam dynasty. But since he’s not, he’s been playing with G-Leaguers who are all constantly injured anyway. Bones Hyland is an Allstar when he plays with Jokic.

>>151427206
>Maybe my broken brittle babb can make an ECF in the new physical defence era
You're only hurting yourself

>>151427247
>if Jokic was black
BAWBs have lost they damn mind

>>151427247
Bones Hyland and a bunch of bench warmers just beat Jokic and the Nuggets starters this same preseason. He dropped 18 points in 22 minutes.

>>151427251
stfu lmao you're so miserable

>OKC playing their starters against nuggets Z team
Theyre terrified

Maxey
Grimes
Edgecombe
George
Embiid

McCain
Walker
Hunter Sallis

Is more than enough for a ring

embiid got blocked by rocco zikarsky

>>151427388
The OKC bandwagoners are very uppity after their hospital ring

>>151427411
>Hunter Sallis
you mean Bona

eMVPiid is fucking back

>>151427430
But beating the Heat with no Herro is a real ring?

I'm NGL the Embiitch vs Fatic wars are a lot of fun. SOVLFVL even. Need his bitch ass to stay healthy so we can have more of that and less of this seething leaf's lame gimmick.

>>151427388
More like Nuggets dodged OKC's starters like bitches, even though they played them every game up until now. Team of clowns.

Jokic lost in the second round

>>151427471
what about losing to the herro-less heat in the 1st round with home court advantage?

>>151427490
^Clitty leakage

>>151427471
Realer than beating an injured Luka and the worst Kyrie we've ever seen

>>151427489
we need Embiid healthy for purely banter purposes

>>151427504
Giannis has never had any help

what kind of last name is SEX TON
Tons of sex

>>151422419
Who shat on your bread big homie?

>>151427537
>AHHH KHRIS MIDDLETON, SAVE MEEEE

>>151427537
Holy shit Giannis posts on /sp/?

Nuggets immediately back to zone KEK
They are so scared of Shai

>>151427537
He had the help of multiple injuries to opposing players during that run

shitposting this hard over preseason is sad. /nba/ has fallen so hard that there's not even a vet to say it's a marathon not a sprint

>>151427572
Doesn’t matter when your second best player is Pat Connaughton, Giannis never had any consistent healthy reliable help

>>151427564
>Busting out Chet to play "Payton Watson"
Bro lol

sixers gon win da ist

>>151427596
Didn’t you say this weak bench would win Jokic a ring?

>>151427596
This is Chet's first game retard, he's just getting warmed up for the regular seaosn.

Jokic deployed his goon Valančiūnas to take chet out

Nuggers too mindbroken by the bald eagle that they're dodging him in a pre-season game

>MPJ with 19 & 5 at half against Craptors

real ass hooper. that nigga's a SUPERSTAR

OKC still has not learned how to make a 3 smfh

nuggers playing thugball
tch
disappointing

>>151427714
Cam Thomas finna heem his ass. He better learn the hierarchy

3rd worlders uppity bout sum preseason game

>>151427593
lol anyone on the East post LeBron could win
Gianpiss had lopez middleton and holiday who are way better than pat so pipe down
Miami did it twice with Jimmy and no bodies

w-why is hardaway suddenly knocking down 3s?

>>151427921
Because OKC doesn't defend the 3

game doesn't start until Holmes and Dieng play

>>151427618
The added depth, consistency and locked in Murray will allow Jokic to not kill himself and be tapped out by the off season. So yes.
>>151427629
>This is Chet's first game
More like they're trying to save face because the ball knowers keep pointing out Nuggets win if they weren't all injured. Too bad the best they're getting is Payton Watson

Embarrassing for everyone involved this quarter

>>151427980
Nugshit starters lost to Naz Reid and g-leaguers GTFOOH

>fantasy sleepers (Centers)

If you can’t get your hands on Jokic, Wemby or Giannis there are plenty of good options. Mobley & Chet are fantasy monsters that go as low as 50 in certain drafts. They rack up blocks, steals, and they are gonna hit some 3’s. Sengun and Sabonis also arent bad choices, but the defense will be lacking. The best value for a “high ceiling” pick is Alex Sarr. He’s going around pick #90 in leagues right now, and he’s bound to break out more. Clingan is another very late player who might be worth looking at, however in some drafts he isn’t getting drafted. But I expect him to get a lot more minutes in the absence of Ayton. Zubac is another guy you can get in the 5/6 round range, and he was a fantasy monster last year with Harden spoon feeding him.

>fantasy basketball
Do people really?
I’d just get bored 3 months in

My Nuggies would already have chip #2 locked up if McFlurry wasn't on a bullshit ass contract and we could've signed Luke GODnet. Now that's a cracker with some serious juice.
Spurs got a real one

>>151428029
>Durrrr wizards beat dem doe
>Proceeds to nearly get taken out by the hospital Nuggets
Tick tock little jeet, we are inevitable

How are you letting denver G league pick your pocket twice in a row

>>151427537
hahahaha

>Dort misses back to back 3s

Thunder passes the ball to him again,

Jesus Christ, this team is not repeating.... they're offense hasn't changed, they refuse to shoot randomly for 5 minutes until they're down by 10,

Durant Rockets are winning against them on opening night lol

>>151428121
>nearly
The only thing inevitable is nugshits choking, like they always do

>>151428166
>they refuse to shoot randomly for 5 minutes until they're down by 10,
Are you watching the game? Them shooting is what got them down in the first place

>>151428127
this is just a warm-up game for them, meanwhile the nuggers are tryharding so much its pathetic

>>151428108
based ball knower. Korndog is HIM

>>151428216
They're missing their four best players you deranged flip

>Nnaji and Pickett are locking down OKCs bench
lmao

>Fantasy Sleepers (Guards)

Derrick White would be great if he wasn’t going so high. I think there’s value in taking one of the Boston guards (Pritchard, White, Simons) if they fall to you at the right spot. From what I’ve seen, you can slot most of these guards at PG, or SG which is hugely beneficial. Bostons system encourages a lot of 3-point chucking, so it’ll reflect good in that department. Plus obviously Tatums out, so these guys are gonna have an impact. Also, the most underrated guy on all of boards right now is Brandon Miller. In some leagues, he’s going rounds 7-9, and you can usually slide him at either SG or SF. Just if you need a pure bucket getter later in the draft.
>assists (late rounds)
If you feel like you still need more assists, I really like Andrew Nembhard from the Pacers (taking the place of Haliburton), and D’Lo while he’s starting for KYRIE. Currently Nembhard & D’Lo are going rounds 10-12, or undrafted.

>>151426059
why she so skinny wtf

Watson is crazy athletic

WE

bruh am I tripping or did PWat really level up in the offseason

michael porter jr in 20 minutes has 7 rebounds, 1 assist, 22 points against the entire raptors starters

Nugshits can only win when refs rig it and let their G-leaguers go crazy, many such cases

>embiid comes back
>maxey goes crazy
many such cases

God bless Aaron Nesmith

>>151428329
OKC was allowed to foul every time the ball was in play.

>>151421724
bro they're cumming on your boy, are you gonna run

>>151428399
Ah yes, the trillions of invisible fouls every play.

not enough has been said about how bad the nets will be

>>151428200
I meant in the sense of their offense stagnating,

Dort is not a true shooters, why is SGA not taking more 3s....

This team is simply not repeating, cause once KD/Sengun/Reed smallball goes at their offense, they're gonna struggle and lose like the Cavs did against the Pacers..

Had the refs been calling Caruso's physical play against Joker he would've been fouled out and OKC would've lost that game 7,

This is simply not repeating they refused to add a movement shooter and a few more veteran playmakers..... Dinwiddie was right there, Presti is gonna get fired

Looks like we don't even need the corrupt refs to stop rigging it, they'll be figured out by the off season

>>151428290
mpj all star season? would be the most hilarious shit ever, equivalent of okc trading harden level hilarious

>>151428501
>why is SGA not taking more 3s....
Because he can't use his golden whistle as a crutch to land them like his uncontested middies

cam johnson just cooked sga

>>151428501
>why is SGA not taking more 3s....
Because he's not being left wide open like Dort is since he's drawing 2 defenders retard. He's taken 2 and hit both of them so far.

>>151428290
fuck it 50 pt preseason game

>>151428560
>Because he can't use his golden whistle as a crutch to land them like his uncontested middies
I honestly hate this racist fucker Aus...but i unironically think this is it.

>>151428569
he literally got bodied so hard that he had to pass out of that layup

>>151428557
spoiler alert

>>151428557
they traded mpj cause he played with one arm the entire playoffs... they are retarde

>>151428597
I have no hate for you bro, I'm glad you see it too

OKCisters what the fuck is happening?

>>151428612
he got past him, drew a triple team, and passed to a wide open shooter

>Fantasy (Wings)

Sadly, Giddey’s fantasy value surged through the roof. It wasn’t like that in recent years, and he was always a good sleeper. But now that he’s overrated (in fantasy), there’s a few nice options. Avdija is still undervalued, going somewhere in the 7-8 round range. If he continues to break out like he did last couple years, this could be a home run. Jalen Johnson from Atlanta is a monster and is also slept on. He will fetch you 21 / 5 /5 while stuffing the stat sheet with steals and blocks. Cant go wrong there in the 4/5 round range. Only issue with Jalen is can you trust he stays healthy. If not, Scottie Barnes is a solid pick in that range, as well. Last one, is for SG but only if you need to hack rebounds, and that’s obviously Josh Hart.

.... h-hardaway, wtf?!

THJ is really outplaying Cam Johnson kek

>>151428501
>why is sga not taking more 3s
cos he went to the school of cp

>>151428585
And Dort has taken 5 threes and missed all of them, stop being retarded,

As I said, ragebait or not, this team is not repeating, Presti is gonna lose his job and probably Daigneult too, you need someone like Mazzula to actually make everyone be more cerebral and playmake better, it shouldn't be SGA driving to the rim, they have so many wings but noone can shoot for shit when it matters and its because Daigneult is lazy as fuck in certain rotations, Joe is their movement shooter but got 10 mins in the entire pacers series,

Wiggins is good as well but got 10 mins as well, imagine if they could playmake like D-White

>>151428658
it's just a pre-season game, does not mean anything

Celtics gonna dominate again this year aren't they?

>>151428737
Irrelevant,

OKC is showing the same issues that brought them to 7 games against weak/mediocre teams

>>151428733
Yes, SGA should drive into a zone defense. You're retarded.

I called out the jeets pretending to be MPJ fans as soon as the trade happened btw
>and playmake better
Who knew trading your bet playmaker for a hacking award doesn't actually make you a better team. This is what happens to every unethical team BTW

>>151428817
Hacking dwarf* Mac autocorrect has me looking like Canada
>>151428737
>My hate watch isn't going well...it doesn't matter actually!
Kek

>>151428786
>Celtics contending
If Brown can stay healthy,

and your gonna need a HUGE breakout season from Walsh, Queta, Tillman Sr, Schierman, and Minnott

>>151428730
>fta isn't thinking about what fans like
no shit

valanciunas' jumpshot hurts to look at, ngl

Nugshit really think they're gonna keep shooting 50% from 3 all season kek. Just raise the banner already LOL

>>151428619
I dont understand, what is this image, what am i supposed to think of it? i dont even know the context

Alright I've seen enough, the Thunder are the biggest frauds since the Mickey Lakers

>>151428809
>Thinks Dort taking 5 threes

5 x 3 = 15

Nuggets by up 13 now lmao

Kill yourself dude your a retard,

>>151428897
desu. this lucky streak is def gonna inflate their ego, thus resulting in another mid-season collapse once their "offense" stops working

>>151428897
You better hope they wake up otherwise this is the biggest L of the preseason GEEG

>>151428809
okay you might actually be retarded, driving in zones is like the least effective thing ever tf???

>>151428924
it's 8, retard, not 15

>>151428917
to be fair didnt the 2017 warriors start off losing like every game in the beginning of the season

>>151428950
>>151428924
Nah that was my bad, I misread the retarded reddit spacer as saying SGA SHOULD be driving instead of not driving.

>>151428898
dumbass

>>151428619
so when is this image going to be explained?

>>151428944
OKC will be resting their starters by the 4th quarter and Nugshit will lose the game. Screencap this post lolcow.

>>151429024
Keep digging jeet

>>151428730
>cos he went to the school of cp

That would explain a lot actually

>>151428861
>But its the Pre-Season guys

Um no, this has always been OKC issues, they need to move off Chet and maybe Dort,

Dort is ok at defending and that's what he looks like he's good for, but Chet Holmfag is still afraid of the post and is getting 50 million next season, meanwhile Wet-Bananas has been tearing up the post since his first rookie year,

This team NOT and I repeat is NOT repeating or winning a ring again because they refuse to learn from why they struggled last year and the year before, cause Presti fag is obbessed with "developing" every bench warming g league fag with "patience" because he sent them into the second apron, rather than making them do something like 25 to 35 million yearly so they can sign Joker or another all star in free agency by 2027

Dude mpj is btfoing the raptors . They were down 30 now it’s a 3 pt game

>Jalen Pickett cooking
well well well

Mpj will win mip abd maybe MVP

>>151429065
>27 pts, 1 assist
my goat

>>151429065
im hoping mpj will be harden after getting trades to houston, would be hilariously ironic
nets suck tho.
i just want something surprising and unexpected to happen this season to give me something to look forward to. my favourite players are getting old man

>>151429065
Turns out he was always a good player and not a Jokic merchant like chokicnuthuggers pretended he was. The nuggets bench seems to be showing the same thing right now as well......

>praising any performance against the rapshits
lmao

Denver's B squad is destroying the Thunder's A squad

>>151428976
Same thing pinoy fag,

Im not eating meat from the trash lmao


>>151429065
Man... last season hurt his reputation cause his value is so much higher than what people think,

He's as tall as Joker, 6'10 near 7 foot, he's a light skin Lebron or KD

I hope he lands on a solid team like the Knicks, Cavs or Celtics next


>>151429115
Houston is a good idea as well...

Does anyone actually believe wetfartnyama is a top ten player right now? I think he is barely top 20 but I hear people saying he is an mvp candidate

>Two jeets have made 20 posts about a streaky shooter doing well to try to own Jokic
It's actual psychosis atp

>>151429087
>>151429065
>>151429115
>>151429129
>>151429142
>Blue Jays lose
>LeafJeets /NBA/

I swear your country needs a containment thread

Nets are up 1. Mpj 29 points in 28 minutes lmfao

>>151429183
they don't even watch the nuggets I don't get it

>lolcow aussie sperging out because MPJ is playing well
Look at this clown KEK

>>151429165
>I hope he lands on a solid team like the Knicks, Cavs or Celtics next
Nah, he needs to do a Curry or Harden. Bringing up a downtrodden forgotten team up to new heights as a number 1 option. He needs a better team than the nets, but putting him on all these high prospect team will he boring and wont allow him to demolish expectations as well

>>151429203
Welcome to Jokic Derangement Syndrome

Jeets done been mindbroken by Jokic and Denver

3rd quarter collapse...

>>151429211
have you ever watched mpj play before tonight

Look at this fucking loser holy fuck

>>151429257
Retard. Retards like you would have said the exact same retarded shit rationalizing Harden getting traded out of OKC, right after he did.

>>151429308
you didn't answer the question

Barnhizer got these nugshits SPOOKED

>valanciunas getting the jokic cuts
kino...

shit looks nice

>Nuggets don't play starters
>NUGGETS DUCKING NUGGETS DUCKING
>OKC losing
>"it's preseason bro, it's preseason bro"
>if OKC come back
>"NUGGETS CHOKE NUGGETS CHOKE"

You just can't take third worlders seriously. Very unserious, dishonest people. A bit Jewish, even.

>>151429382
The flipschizo being here for this is pure kino kek

>>151429382
And yet, all of those things are true...

GOAT is in

>>151429211
Don't get it twisted though, he has some brain farts,

I just think he's spent most of his career as a roleplayer and nowadays solid roleplayers don't translate well into super stars like Bruce Brown on the Pacers, he can be a number 1 option but has to want it and push himself into a star,

>>151429287
It’s Kobe jealousy syndrome. I look at these dudes like Paul Pierce who was from Inglewood, probably grew up less than a mile away from the Forum. And you’ve gotta watch peer your age win countless rings while you’re stuck on a shitty Celtics roster. Same with Gilbert Arenas, dude is from the Valley and was a rich kid. Him and Richard Jefferson. Just haters man. At least Paul Pierce seems like a fun hang, I can’t stand the disingenuousness of Gilbert & RJ. They just scream “corny valley niggas”.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVnvo6XjCRQ
This song was the shit in 92, and my Detroit Pistons bad boys were now losing to certain team with Michael Jordan on it

Thuggets injuring Caso like the sore losers they are

>Peyton Watson is actually good now
?????????

Any fraud got exposed yet?

Mpj ended the game with 34 pts, 10 rebounds, 3 assists in 33 minutes. Would have been a triple double if he had better teammates

>>151429593
>Just hit 3s lmao
Why doesn't every coach have this philosophy

>>151429597
Womp womp!

>>151429540
>>151428279
>>151428262
I don’t get why people thought he wouldn’t be good (?). The same things people like so much about the Thompson Twins (length, athleticism, defensive upside, lack of outside shooting) are all things PWat has as well. He’s obviously not cerebral like an Aaron Gordon, but he’s a freak and will be an impactful player for a while I think

Knicks Hornets taking this game a little too serious

>>151429620
Yeah if he had better teammates he would have had 10 assists and won by 15

>>151429644
>if

>>151429467
Nigga is legit retarded. Dude thinks because he beat Curry in a 3point contest once that hes a better shooter. Dude is on some retirement home "back in my day during the war i was a hero" level delusion.

>>151429620
Raptors played all their starters for 35 minutes and almost lost to the nets bench playing half the game

>>151429698
Are we talking about OKC or LeBronto?

>watch amerigolem New York local transmission for Knick games
>please vote for X for attorney general commercials
Nigga u guys vote for everything

Sexton could really help a team and I can't imagine it would take much to get him

>>151429287
>If you take away all the things that make him good then he's not that good

Oldheads in the NBA are the worst especially 1990s draft picks

>>151429668
Reminder he’s the only man ever to shart himself mid finals game, got carried out by other grown men, put onto a wheelchair and visibly fake cried. Then returned to the game.

The man has some demons. But again, Paul is just jealous of the Steph success too.

>>151429540
Malone hated Watson so he didn't get enough reps and if he made a mistake he'd be pulled from the game

Why is Thibs giving his starters 30 minutes in pre season
What the fuck man

>>151429530
Just do the diddy-diddy if you want to
Because then I can see if I want you

>Clarkson is now a knick
Kinda cool ngl

If we can learn anything from this game it's that Chokic is overrated and his bench players like Watson, Strawther, and Pickett all play better when he isn't on the floor. Meanwhile my GOAT goes perfect from the field with little effort and takes the rest of the game off. Just MVP type shit.

Haven’t been watching pre-season but heard the rookies are playing good. Who should I pay attention to?

>>151429763
He'd be good on the Nuggets

Jalen Pickett is actually fucking good, can't believe Booth got that one right

>>151429872
None
Zoomers are washed
Last years class was bad
Wemby is the exception

Maybe Malone was the problem

>>151429781
Take away stephs shooting and hes still a better ball handler than pierce, a better passer than pierce, a better screener than pierce, a betger cutter than pierce, and curry could literally NOT touch the ball for an entire game and still provide his teammates with open looks.

Fuck, Steph is probably a better finisher than Pierce too. Im taking 2021 stephs finishing over paul pierce almost anyday. And Steph carried with comparably bad team to Pierces shitty convenient excuse teams.

>>151429865
I do agree that "Le poor Jokic has no help" has been overrated and retarded for a long time now. Already disproved this some days ago exposing his teams record without him, factoring the context of Murray being injury prone

Players that won with no help:

>>151430093
LeBron James

>>151430093
LeBron and Jokic

>>151430093
tategod

>>151429865
underrated? You don't know ball. He was the only reason the Olympic team of USA had any competition. I'm guessing you're skin color doesn't match Jokic's. Therefore, you're bias, and won't give respect when respect is due: your perspective is based on racial prejudices.
How sad.

>>151430018
You got blown out and stopped responding to him when he proved you wrong lol

>>151430018
curryfag this is embarrassing
you got anally raped in the field of discourse, you gotta move on

>>151430134
Sorry, statpadders that get 100 touches a game don't impress me,
>He was the only reason the Olympic team of USA had any competition
Last I saw he choked a double digit lead and lost like everyone else. Take away Bogdonavic from that team and his bum ass loses to Lauri Markannen and a bunch of spurdos.

I don't know why this needs to be a flagrant,

accidents happen, but always I didn't see the initial clip, odd they didn't replay it

uhhh nugshitxisters????

>>151430112
>>151430124
>LeBron
Kekkity
Kyrie was the best player when it mattered most. Bad bad take
>Jokic
Pic-related. Jamal Murray also had a 50 point playoff game. He basically turned into ‘01 Kobe in 2023. I mean, don’t kid yourselves

>>151430241
He went in his landing space. It's the Kawhi rule

>>151430245
only dude on the court who I give a fraction of a fuck about is daron holmes

>>151430246
>Pic related
They aren't sending their best tonight kek

>>151430203
>>151430204
Lol. Retards. No, he just applauded himself correct on a delusional point that deliberately ignored my point. He literally delusionally made up another point that the argument was centered about and ignored the narratives I laid out that I was challenging.

DIENG LEGACY GAME

to be honest Jokic probably has had the least help out of any all star player maybe besides Trae Young in the last 15 years

>>151430093
Chauncey billups

>>151430134
this isnt real bum ass fucking retard, jokic was never ever shooting 50% from 3 kys

chokeggets

>>151430350
are you stupid? that pistons team was so well rounded, everyone was awesome

>>151430317
>he just applauded himself correct
>ignored the narratives I laid out that I was challenging
it's really funny when retards try to sound intellectual

>>151430317
>He literally delusionally made up another point that the argument was centered about and ignored the narratives I laid out that I was challenging.
I understand what you're trying to say but can you at least try not to sound like a retarded ESL and type out coherent sentences?

>>151430134
>race
Dude, if anything you’re overrated him because of race. Jokic is a defensive liability as he’s a terrible rim protector and prone to getting abused by guards in Pick n Roll. He’s also ball dominant, and you’ve got to play to HIS tempo. You can’t run an uptempo offense if he’s your center piece. Jokic is obviously one of the most gifted offensive players ever. Thats not the argument. The argument, is that he is overrated. Defense is half of the game. Not very hard to understand. That’s why Olajuwon & Timmy are just objectively greater players, and probably always will be. Hell, even prime KG was probably equal to prime Jokic

>>151429865
>fake demoning in preseason

>>151430407
he can't, because if he wrote something coherent he could be challenged on it

>>151430426
You're actually delusional and dont know what youre talking about

>>151430426
>uptempo offense if he’s your center piece
BABBs and Jeets are really struggling today lol

>>151430380
They all got carried by Tayshaun Prince

>>151430260
I see.... thanks for the clarification

>>151430212
Throw Joker on a team with allstars and etc like Boston and we can see his true potential,

Even the champion nuggets never won 60 games, I think he has some setbacks as a player but give him serious help and we realize, despite being built like Majin Buu he's still a solid player, passing and rebounding... he doesn't look muscular but he's hard to guard

>>151430278
The dude went 26 / 6 / 5 for a whole title run, and Jokic fags wanna act like he has no help. Yeah, kind of bizarre cultism. LeBron fans are obviously like this, but worse

And.... he's hurt, Warriors season over before it started, 50 year old Horford isn't gonna get you to the second round

Commentators even said Kuminga rolled his ankle

LMFAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

>>151430458
I accept your concession

LMAOOOOOOOOO

>>151430212
>statpadders that get 100 touches a game don't impress me
So, Michael Jordan, Lebron James,... according to you, these guys don't impress you. It makes us actual ball knower's wonder: What does this leaf actually consider to be a great player?

>>151429042
GET FUCKED BAWB

fraud status?

>my spurms undefeated in the preseason
Just hang the banner now

>>151430548
>See this proves Jokic is holding them back they're winning!
>See my championship starters went life and death with your bench and barely won!
Somehow every jeet narrative got blown out in the span of one game kek

>bricking a FT with 10 seconds left
honestly disgusting

>>151430585
you can just bitch slap a dude while dunking?

>>151430516
Don’t worry. I can fuck Podz back to full health

>>151430548
racial talk? really? This brown leaf's insecurities are clearly showing. Why does anyone even respond to such ignorance?

>>151430426
That take reads like someone who hasn’t watched a Nuggets game since the bubble. Jokić being a “defensive liability” is one of those lazy talking points people repeat because they don’t understand team defense. Denver’s defensive rating improves when he’s on the floor. Opponents shoot worse at the rim against him than most so-called elite rim protectors.

He’s not out there chasing blocks for highlights he’s cutting off passing lanes, calling out rotations, and anchoring schemes so guys like Murray and Porter don’t drown on defense.

And the “can’t run uptempo with him” line is just wrong. He creates fast breaks with outlet passes that hit shooters in stride. He dictates tempo better than any center in the modern era — that’s control, not slowness.

Comparing him to Hakeem, Timmy, or KG misses the point. They were all-time greats of their era. Jokić redefined the position. His offense bends defenses so hard it is a form of defense teams can’t afford to miss because he punishes every rebound with a dime.

Overrated? No. He’s the player everyone else wishes they could build around.

>>151430612
Your teams and copes are hilarious. Stay losing like the reject you are.

All this shows is SGA has a super team and Jokic yet again is carrying bums

>>151430669
ai fag
and I like jokic

>>151430635
As long as it makes for a good highlight, that's what Silver wants

gaybros we got too cock

>>151430648
>pic is from a director who uses the N-word religiously in his writing.

Tarantino is overrated shit. Just like Jokic. PTA & Kubrick mog him

>>151430669
Numbers never lie, CB is one of the best fast break scorers in the NBA. They literally don't understand basketball above pretty chase down blocks. It's why they hate numbers so much.

>>151430669
>Opponents shoot worse at the rim against him than most so-called elite rim protectors.
Factually untrue. He was the second worst starting center at rim protection in the league, only behind Bam.

>>151430707
>Your teams and copes are hilarious.
Building a Time Machine so your immigrant invader jeet parents can pay for proper English lessons instead of relying on the public school ESL class

>>151430716
>False accusations,

Stop breathing

>>151430709
I think with the right coach its easy to play around OKC and beat them, I wouldn't call them a superteam, most of their players they drafted and built up, and IHart isn't a solid big cause he doesn't have a 3 point shot and Caruso as well, shaped like a shooter but not a shooter

>>151430882
>>151430882
>>151430882
>>151430882

>>151430866
dude it couldn't be more obvious if you left the prompt in, there's like 20 linguistic hallmarks, and I'm not even talking about em dashes

>>151430857
>grammar naziing on fucking 4chan
You're so desperate for a W it's pathetic. Such is life when you live vicariously through an overweight fat slav and have zero value in the world.

Cam johnson is fucking dog shit
MPJ SAVE ME

>>151430915
>Jeet follows my instructions and takes his time replying
That's an okay start

>>151430809
Idky youre bringing facts, you should have read his post and realized from the get go that hes narrativizing and doing the equivalent of what he considers lazy criticism. Not a single reference to anything real, everything abstracted to unbelievably flawed and volatile stats like "team defensive rating when hes on". Hes never watched a basketball game in his life.

>>151430989
>Hes never watched a basketball game in his life
it's ai dude, it's never seen anything before
>putting the little linguistic mark in his name
>it's not x it's y
>and the x? y z
etc

>>151430669
Why are you lying? His rim protection is still wet ass >>151430809. Jokic might be active in passing lanes, but Jesus Christ if that’s the extent of his defensive impact, it pales to what is usually asked of a modern NBA starting Center. Also, how can you not see that he does that lazy thing where he just gives up baskets at the rim to save his energy for running back in offense. Just lazy stuff at times I don’t like watching. Really lets your teammates down when your the last man of defense in any sport.

And you're missing some of the point in regards to pace & tempo. Jokic has a great K-Love outlet pass ability, but when you get caught in a fight with a team that is pushing pace, you’d like to adapt. It becomes a battle of tempo. Why do you think they brought in Westbrook? They needed a playmaker who can push tempo with the young guys because the front office knew it was an issue.

>LuBRICK
It's joever...

>>151424288
Ayton, Smart and LeBum are washed. Rui and AR are not good enough. It's basically another Lukek carry show except with an even worst roster in a much more packed conference.

>>151425124
Doughcic Stromboli legs will give out before he can truly surpass Gianpiss or SGAY. By the time Cooper Fagg because a top 10 player Chokic will be in his mid to late 30s.

>>151427504
god I fucking hate the Nigerian Immigrant so fucking much.Such a fraudulent little faggot whose greatest accomplishment was winning a ring over DominAyton and Shooker. Fuck this fraud.