/nba/ general - ATHLETIC edition

Lonzo a bust

Would you rather have a player who gives you 50pts half the games and 10pts the other half or someone who gives you a guaranteed 30pts every game?

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Early General Top 3 Rookie Stats post.

Personal Opinion: Because the 3 ball is so important nowadays, for me it goes

Fultz > Tatum > Lonzo

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>8x NBA Champion
>8x Finals MVP
>6x NBA MVP
>5x NBA DPOY
>1x NBA 6MOTY
>1x NBA MIP
>2018 NBA ROTY
>First Team All-Rookie
>11x Scoring Champion
>7x Steals Title
>12x Assist Title
>18x All-Star
>5x All-Star MVP
>15x All-NBA First team
>3x All-NBA Second Team
>2x All-NBA Third Team
>15x All-Defense First Team
>3x All-Defense Second Team
>7x 50-40-90 Member
>Leading Scorer all-time
>Assist Leader all-time
>Steals Leader all-time
>Leading Playoffs Scorer all-time
>Assist Leader for Playoffs all-time
>Steals Leader for Playoffs all-time
>Leading Finals Scorer all-time
>Assist Leader for Finals all-time
>Steals Leader for Finals all-time
>All-time 3-Point shot leader
>5x Olympic Gold Medals
>5x Fiba World Cup Gold Medals
>NBA HOF as Player
>Career averages of: 28/14/8/3/2
>Shooting splits of: 53/44/92
>20 year career all for the Los Angeles Lakers

>>76988165
The latter.

who here /reaper/?

Rate Eminem's performance on No Favors out of 10

>>76988224
idk but that beat is annoying af
em will never top renegade imo, that was the goat verse

>chuck shots up in close OT loss
>still have more blocks and as many assists as tatum in 3 games
>more steals and as many rebounds and assists as fultz in 2 games


Consider my almonds activated

>>76988539
Fultz, Tatum, and Ball are shitty memes. I'd like to thank the Lelkers, Celcucks, and the eternally injured 76es for letting Josh Jackson fall to the Suns.

>>76988139
This desu

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anyone need a pb

Celtics are worse now

Why'd they disrespect Olynyk and Bradley like that?

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>>76989738
theyre nothing players. 99% of the players are tradeable in their teams eyes

>>76989738
Ainge is a shit person, whether you think he's a good GM or not

>>76989805
Bradley is the third best 2 guard in the league. Olynyk + Bradly is 25 points, Hayward is 21

Guys, has any of you read any projections about Teodosic?

Do you think he will be able to stay competitive in NBA?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aH-zOw5JeCo

>>76989805
No concept of loyalty, Olynyk just closed out the Wiz and Bradley is one of the best two way guards in the game/took a game off Lebron

>>76990219
Olynyk was left unchecked and had the game of his life. Nothing more.

>>76990174
>Ricky Rubio
>Mario Hezonja
>Sergio Rodriquez
>Marcelo Huertas

Add him to the list of mediocre euroleague star guards who do jack all in the NBA

BNHA/AOT/???

what fills the last spot

>>76990292
How the fuck did you put Hezonja in that list? Hezonja was at best mediocre in Europe, at least others were good

When it comes to Rubio, Teodosic is much better shooter than him, better passer than him, only thing Rubio is better is defense

>>76988224

2

>>76990384
I put him there because he was hyped up as fuck before the draft that year

I have hopes Teodosic will get his numbers feeding DJ and Blake inside and hitting shots from outside. I'm also expecting him to get btfo on defence 80% of the time.

>>76990439
Defense is the thing i am worried about him, he was known to be to bored to play defense even while he was young

I really can't wait to see him play, it could be either Jokic tier hype or total disaster

we should unironically do a LA meetup next year, we have enough anons to do it and the all-star game is in LA too

>>76990485
Hey, you don't need to play defence to be a star in this league. Hell, Nash proved you could be MVP without playing defence

>>76988173
Why this nigga Fultz got no stamina?

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Just want everyone to keep in mind that Tim Hardaway Jr will live up to his contract. Any comments to the contrary will be grounds for deletion and potential banning. Thank you.

>>76988080
>LAK
its LAL, ya dummy
or else why don't you have clips as CLI and rockets as ROC
nerd

Why don't players constantly have their hands up and moving on defence rather than just when contesting a shot? Are they just lazy?

Wasn't everyone hyping Rodriquez last year as this Euro point that will light up the league? What happened to him?

>>76991435
perfect "defensive stance" would be to crouch down with your arms out basically crabwalking and a lot of players do this, but you don't want to have your hands UP in the air unless they're shooting because how the fuck are you supposed to run to keep your man in front of you when you're reaching for the sky like its a fucking bank robbery

Damn these power outages, I couldn't login for a whole 2 hours

>>76988173
>fultz
>6 assist
>10 TO

nice PG you got there

>>76991968
Hahaha he's still here canada-kun

>>76988181
you lost me at 2 blocks per game

>>76988755
>getting excited about roberson 2.0

>>76989920
>Olynyk + Bradly is 25 points

on 55 combined minutes

someone else will pick up the slack

>>76989920
derozan
mccollum
harden
thompson
butler

there's 5 that are better

Will Lavar sing Zhou Qi now that Lonzo is a bust and can't sell his shoes.

Lavar would have done better. No memes.

So is Lonzo basically Rubio who shoots even worse and can't play defense?

>>76992175
>DeRozen
No defence, can't hit 3s
>Mccollum
Who?
>Harden
PG now
>Thompson
Yes, as well as Beal
>Butler
SF

>>76992539
harden will be a SG with paul at PG

butler will be a SG with wiggins at SF

CJ mccollum is better than bradley

Derozan is a max player bradley isnt

>>76992760
>harden will be a SG with paul at PG
>butler will be a SG with wiggins at SF
Currently they are not, you are speculating
>CJ mccollum is better than bradley
No he isn't
>Derozan is a max player bradley isnt
Can't shoot 3s. This is a 3s league now

1. Fox
2. Tatum
3. Jackson
4. Fultz
5. Bam
6. Kennard
7. Markkanen
8. Justin Jackson
9. Mitchell
10. Leaf
.
9001. Ntilikina
.
99999999999999999999999. Lonzo

There isn't much of a difference between 2-3 in the NBA anymore. On a lotta teams 2-4 can be interchanged defensively if needed. It doesn't matter what Butler officially is, he's gonna guard the best wing on the opposing team each night and Wiggins will get the other.

Sacramento's young core is so fucking real holy fucking shit

Literally going to destroy the league.

>>76993717
Isaac is top 5 pleb. Did you even watch Orlando summer league?

>>76993171
You say Bradley is better than McCollum and then you say it's a 3s league, your logic is retarded

Please stick to rugby, Adam

>>76993717
why is fox rated over Tatum?

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Lonzo vs Westbrook, Curry, Paul, Harden, Lillard etc etc etc

>>76992340
>>76992362
>>76992416
>>76993717
Small ass ballers

>>76993717
jarrett allen and derrick white deserve their own tier

>>76990174
Doubt it, he is waaay too unathletic for the NBA

>>76994698
Lonzo versus some random Serbian in Turkey you mean?

Dlo is going to ball the fuck out and put the Lakers on eternal suicide watch.

>>76994551
Bradley can play D which makes up for it. DeRozen can't do either

Guys how the FUCK do I rebound in 2k13? I'm a 7'6 center and fucking guards are getting over me

Bro Lonzo was legit horrible last night. Don't give me none of that hurr 1st summer league rusty bullshit cause all other top 5 picks had decent games, especially Tatum who looked the best imo, Fox 2nd.

Lakers once again fell for media hype and will have a ~30 win season.

>LaVar Ball Calls Lonzo's Lakers Debut His 'Worst Game Ever

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2720463


HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
EVEN HIS DAD CAN'T LIE

HE'S A FUCKING BUST

>>76995168
you took your biggest L ever last night LOL

>>76991435
Because Harden will just jump into your shit as he shoots

>Get into NBA late after watching college ball all my life
>Expect fun discussions on /sp/
>Everyone is a reactionist retard, the "hivemind" is flipflopping opinions on a daily basis always trying to find hype where there isn't any

Okay

>>76991435
It's tiring to have your hands up bro.

>>76995333
Thats just how people talk about the NBA in general, Inside Hoops forum, RealGM, the coli, any YouTube comment section on an NBA video and Reddit are all the same. To be honest I don't think I've ever had a great conversation about the NBA in real life either.

>>76988181
>>20 year career all for the Los Angeles Lakers
Stopped reading there

>>76995391
Lol the comment section on Woj articles on Yahoo used to just be people calling basketball players niggers who make too much money.

>>76995108
sorry to break this to you but even if lonzo scored 30 points and averaged 30 for the entire season, they wouldnt make the playoffs

>>76993171
Butler has been in the NBA 7 seasons, all but last year he has been a SG. The guy is a 2 guard as is Harden who has been the 2 pretty much his entire career as well.

>>76995391
Ive got a friend who's sensible to talk to, he's got some opinions I don't agree with but that's the fun.
Trolling once in a while is fine and can be fun but i feel like it's so bad in /nba/ that it's impossible to have a proper discussion.

>Mention James
3-5 literally terrible player
>Mention Kobe
carried by shaq, rapist
etc. etc.

>>76995108
All reports were that he didn't look good when the Lakers worked him out either before the draft. Everyone said he looked out of shape. That should have been a red flag from the start.

>>76995481
its because majority of the posters on here are obese/have never actually played this sport competitively in their life
while they shit post on their left monitor, their right monitor has some slice of life anime playing

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>mfw the sixers would've ended up with Lonzo if they didn't trade up to #1

Biggest fucking bullet this franchise ever dodged.

>>76995605
Nah, they learned their lesson with MCW. They would've taken someone else.

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First Simmons now Fultz! Will process busts ever not get BTFO?

>>76995678
I was listening to an interview with Brett Brown the day after the draft and he was asked what would've happened if the trade with boston fell through. He said "we probably would've taken Ball and found some way to make it work".

>>76995710
Jaylen Brown is such a badass for playing in SL in his second year when he clearly doesn't need the experience and jacking 20+ shots each game while the fringe guys trying to earn a roster spot can't showcase themselves at all.

>tfw you missed the lonzo game thread
how btfo were the lakies? I bet celties were out here letting them know.

>>76994561
Fox had 5 steals and a block in that game. He's got active hands and hustles.

what youtube has good summer league highlights?

>>76995837
>No lube
>No privacy
>No surrender optional
>No prisoners
>No mercy
>No remorse
>No ass left to conquer

Sums it up.

ibson -- who signed a 2yr., $28 million deal with the Timberwolves earlier this week -- allegedly made an illegal u-turn in front of cops around 2:45AM Thursday morning. NYPD says they pulled T.G. over, and discovered his license was suspended.

NYPD tell us Gibson was charged with misdemeanor aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle. He was taken into custody, and released around 4:30AM.
>misdemeanor aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle

lol

>>76995926

GDI, Ximo, and Dawkins each put up individual and team highlights.

>>76995831
Sarcasm detector is activated and in addition I'm picking up trace amounts of salt

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>>76995884
really makes you think

People talking about this year's busts but failing to realize the only player from last year's draft that played well yesterday was Buddy Hield.

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>>76995935

>>76996034

Ingram, Skal, and Chriss were all solid.

>>76996034
>0/6 3pt
>played well

Anyone got Lonzo ball Lowlights? Lmao

>>76990793
too much steroids

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daily reminder

>>76996166
put a trash can 10 feet in front of you, close your eyes and throw a rolled up ball of paper at it also make sure your upside down and throw underhand over your shoulder in a helicopter motion
that was him going 1/11 from three

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>>76996166

https://streamable.com/mrsku

>>76996223
after loling through the entire video i kind of feel bad for him now
fuck the lakers regardless though

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>>76996223

ROTY coming through

https://youtu.be/agTIJF6ktbk

I think Tatum is slightly better but he won't be able to put up ROTY numbers cause he plays for the celtics.

>>76996488

Fox looks good, but does anyone else think that Ben Simmons is basically a lock for ROTY? He was a beast in Summer League last year and had a full calendar year to practice with NBA trainers, study NBA game film, etc. Not saying it's fair cuz he got the extra time due to his injury but either way I feel like everyone is sleeping on him now

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQAwDojUXOs#t=23s

>>76996488
>all that refball fox gets

>>76996488
lmao man
i like all these 'LEARN HOW TO JUMP 6 FEET VIDEOS' its like the penis growth scams except for black guys

>>76996579
Fuck I forgot about that faggot. You might be right, although my dubs say he's gunna get injured 20 games into the season

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCIDsCTeNAM

>>76996585
they work i used them

>>76996605
The penis of the hops?

shout out to spurs video analyst fuckboy for dropping big info

>spurs going full point kawhi

>kawhi
>green
>gay
>aldridge
>pau

>mills/parker
>murray
>simmons
>bertans
>lee

Isnt everyone overreacting to Lonzo's shooting? The shooting will come

His court vision was amazing. You can't teach that

>>76996605
i know the jumping stuff works, they just make it look like youre gonna do the magic exercise for 5 seconds and your instantly gonna be jumping 3 feet in the air

>>76996638
>full point kawhi
Kawhi isn't LeBron. Just because he's a pretty good scorer doesn't mean he has great vision or passing. His best assist season was 3.5 and before that it wasn't even 3

>>76996638
>that starting lineup for golden state

could assblast wing heavy shooting squads who wither against great on ball defenders

aka the warriors / cavs / rockets

>>76996672
he has improved significantly but the spurs system relies more on hockey assist vs vanilla assist. As long as kawhi can generate his own shot he can create ball movement outside of vanilla assist

>>76996641
They used to call Jason Kidd Ason Kidd as I recall due to his lack of a J.

>>76996638
wait did he post again

also that lineup is a bad idea IMHO

>>76996699
that is a great starting lineup for coasting

A playoff rotation would be

>Parker / Green / Kawhi / Gay / Aldridge
>Mills / Manu / Simmons / pau / + matchup rotation

>tfw people saying gay to spurs is bad
>tfw they get a scoring option aside from kawhi and lma

im confused are people just going by gays reputation or what?

>>76996760
Nigga dead, man

>>76996675
this

>kawhi/green/gay switching on golden state / rockets

it is going to be insanely competitive games if pop can get solid on ball effort from gay.

>>76996738
i'm not worried about the coasting phase of the season (i.e. regular season), just throw whoever isn't resting on the floor. i'm worried about them getting too used to a lineup that might/shouldn't see much time in the playoffs.

>>76996760
gay is fine in a vacuum IMHO but his injury makes him a huge huge question mark. it's not easy to come back from achilles tears and get close to the player you were before. i think he'll give them quality minutes in the regular season and additional rest for leonard and aldridge, if he stays healthy and somewhat productive, but that should be about it.

it'd be funny if he usurped LMA's role, i joked about that before.

anyway they're still missing at least one rotation big. dedmon, robinson, reed, lee, barnes? who's on the market?

as a Warrior fan, how worried should I be?

>>76996869
nigga kick back and relax

>>76996869
I told my pop a big Lebron fan last year when KD got signed they'd probably win three or four. He retorted it doesn't matter if they add KD he, as well as the rest of the Ws, would be too scared of Lebron to overcome him.

>>76996869
You got nothing to worry about m8 because YOUR FUCKING COACH TOOK POPS PLAY STYLE FROM THE 2014 FINALS AND PERFECTED IT BECAUSE HE HAS 3 ELITE FUCKING SHOOTERS AND GREEN WHOS SO UNDERRATED AHHHH IM DEEP DOWN IM JEALOUS OF THE WARRIORS

But it's all good though I can't complain because I did see my team win 5 rings in my childhood so this warriors domination doesn't hurt that bad. Still, fuck Zaza.

reminder to
>ignore brazil posters
>ignore spain posters
>ignore croatia posters
>ignore turkey posters

>>76997046
man i do enjoy watching the spurs go at it regardless. pop was so seething mad after the zaza bullshit because they legit had a shot. they'd have stolen home court advantage for sure, and after that, who knows what happens

I feel like Gay will be to the Spurs what Stephen Jackson was to them back in the day. I don't think his Achilles injury will be a problem because Spurs don't need 20ppg from him. A solid 13-15ppg will do.

I smell another Spurs vs warriors WCF

>>76997089
>mfw zaza had to injure leonard in order for the warriors to win
kek bandwagon faggots

https://twitter.com/RealSkipBayless/status/883544608629678080

Based Skip.

Last two digits confirm how many wins the Lonzo Ball led lakers will win

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>>76997181

Dubs and KDs foot problems return next season

I needs some sips

Dubs and I finally stop being constipated

So why is everyone mad at KD for joining the Warriors when LMA and Hayward did the same thing?

>>76997374
Lmao sucks for you breh

>>76997392
>Warriors
Clearly the best team in the league by far. Would have won the title if not for Curry/Bogut injury and Draymond suspension
>LMA
Spurs lost in the first round when he joined and basically looked like their time was over
>Hayward
Boston is ass and wouldn't even be the 5th seed in the west

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What did they mean by this?

>>76997392
LMA is a lazy fuck who doesn't like to win. He bitched that he wasn't the #1 guy and when it comes it he hides. Not meant to get a ring

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Based swaggy p

>>76997392
LMA and Hayward didn't join the 73 win team that beat him

Not sure how anyone could be mad at the Warriors, it's not their fault your front office is trash.

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO HAWKS YOU FUCKING IDIOTS

>>76997735
Hahahaha

>hawks

>>76997115
13ppg on 40% FG% and 34% three point shooting? Because that's the average efficiency of people coming off of a ruptured Achilles.

He's not even going to average 6ppg or 10mpg. That's a 8 mil a year to ride the bench.

>>76997115
Stephen Jackson was known as a gritty defensive player. Gay is a soft iso scorer that relied on his athletic ability to get by slower players. He's gonna look like Kobe after his major injury. Nothing but long balls which he's not very good at. He might make the Spurs worse, literally.

the miami heat (bass boosted)

>>76997773
Did any of those guys come back from the injury on a well managed and coached team?

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I feel like people are sleeping on my nigga Ben Simmons.

He is going to walk away with Rookie Of The Year.

>tfw 5'5 and basketball is my sole interest
That's an L

>>76997914
You won't make the nba but look at Yuki Togashi. He can play.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XtiXl1fTIs

>>76997846

Are you me? >>76996579

>>76997846
The fact that ROY being mostly about PPG lowers his chance a tiny bit, but I'm super high on him as well, he could legit go something like 15/8/7 and win it.

The favorites, in order:
>Simmons
>Fultz
>Fox
>DSJ
>Tatum

>>76997914
There's literally other ways you can make a career out of watching basketball. You just obviously will never play in the NBA

>>76997846
>implying he will play more than 15 games before falling for the "Process" injury disease

>>76997927
better video. He's in the Japanese league now. But I'd love if I could play basketball in Japan lol.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1Q8ts_3x8k

KD decided to join the warriors ater that OT loss against curry

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so what happens if lonzo drops 50 points today?

>>76998062
Tatum is gunna eat that ass

anyone watches big3?

>>76997846
Looking good in Summ-

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>>76998149
>watched old washed up niggas play basketball
I can see that in real time if I go to Venice Beach. I'd rather see new prospects and wait for the actual season to start.

When I'm not watching NBA i'm watching UFC fights anyways.

>>76998185
He played great last year, fagtron

>>76998185
what wrong with simmons? what kind injury keeps someone out this long. hell pg snapped his leg in half and came back sooner. when does the bust chatter start?

>>76998217
is that lavar

>>76998217
do iverson and billups play on venice beach?

>he spends all day spamming images and defending an athlete that doesn't even know he exists and would be ignored by him if he was asked for an autograph

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>>76995104
To rebound press the rebound button

You need 2k U son

>>76998286
No but I bet a 40 year old iverson couldn't even dominate in the D league

Rubio for Lonzo straight up, no questions asked.
Do the Jazz take it?

>>76998258
It's a foot injury. Basically his career is over now.

So how dumb does that DLO trade look now?

>>76998258
He had the same injury KD had. He could play if the Sixers wanted him too but I guess they are content to wait until the season starts.

>>76998217
>UFC

Even a bigger waste of time then BIG3 ball

>>76998402
Not the same at all. KD got his fracture after overuse in actual NBA games. BS broke his foot after a minute of practice. His foot is weak and he may never even walk again.

>>76990261
Yep, Morris is just as good. Bradley is definitely a loss for the Celts but it's basically a trade for Hayward which is an upgrade.
And they still got Smart and Crowder right? They'll be fine.

>>76995104
learn to box out

>>76998452
It's literally the same and you're a dumbass.

Who's DLo?
I'm new

>>76998473
why are u so angry my man

>>76998476
Le snitch man

>>76998476
He's a big baller.

>>76998476
Snitchy'lo

>>76995104
2k13 was the game where it was really hard to get rebounds and blocks and steals. No matter what you do you'll never be able to get a lot of blocks.

Jaylen Brown the best pick of 2016 draft, Tatum the best of 2017. When do we stop doubting Ainge?

>>76998586
Also fadeaways and hook shots are ass in that game. You could have a great release but you'll only get a b- on your fadeaway.

>>76998602
Fox>Tatum

>>76998602
Brown will get minutes this season with Bradley gone, if he doesn't show up from the meme line he's a bust. Tatum definitely might be though.

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>He fell for the Rudy Gay meme

Has anyone else had this much pressure in a Summer League game? I don't even think Lebron's debut matches this. If Lonzo has another bad game, all hell is going to break loose.

>>76998639
Delete this nephew

>>76998452

Simmons broke his cuz some fat ass D-league scrub in practice landed on it with all of his weight after jumping for a rebound.

>>76995885
Tatum had 5 steals in his first game too.
Then they moved him to play more hybrid 3/4 in the next two games.

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>>76998656
>Tatum impresses
>Fultz impresses
>Lonzo chokes
>Big Baller

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>Tatum is going to get like 5 minutes of play time AT BEST next season

Brad's fucking "earn your minutes" system pisses me off when our "best" PF is Marcus Morris, a career SF.

If Tatum doesn't get that much start time, Jaylen better be getting major starting minutes (*cough* at the 2 *cough*) next season Brad.

No excuse not to start him.

A reliable Knicks reporter tweeted that Melo is being traded to the Rockets soon.

https://twitter.com/JSports_ent/status/883735973934362625

>>76998790
Tatum is 19 years old, you try playing him like a start for 82 games and he'll fucking die. The body needs time to adjust to such a harsh schedule

Huh? Literally every other lottery team plays their 19 year old prospect(s) like a starter for the whole season.

>>76998815
I never said he has to start for 82 or anything like that, but Brad doesn't give rookies minutes.

He just doesn't. It's all "earn your minutes" here. But I'd like for Tatum to get around an average of 20 minutes by the end of the season, with a decent amount of starts and playing time in crunch time.

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>>76998810
>5k followers

>>76996034
>yfw Buddy Hield is the same age as Anthony Davis

>>76998840

He's actually reliable and has lots of inside info. He knew who the Knicks were drafting a week in advance, called the Lee deal, the Noah signing, the DRose trade, and maybe another I'm forgetting. And a few big name reporters have referenced him before

>>76998881
And Giannis is 20

Who fucking cares?

>>76995418
thats kinda good since it was the end of the post although im sure that's what you were going for you trickster you

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>>76998881
Fucking Pelicans ruining AD

28 PPG, 12 REB, 3 Blocks AS A FUCKING CENTER

REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

>>76995728
How would they have taken ball at #3? The Lakers picked 2nd. The fuck?

>>76998946
The Celtics wouldn't have picked Fultz. They'd have taken Tatum.

And the Lakers wanted Fultz too. So they'd have taken Fultz.

The only thing I saw from Lonzo is that his offense is limited to meme passes and chucking 3 point shots with his broken jumpshot. Next Michael Carter Williams.

>>76998920
Did better than a lot of teams with a young star. You'd think the Cousins trade was the right step.

Then, somehow, chicago and indianna have worse front offices than Kings and there's a fire sale on all stars. feels shit man

>>76998920
don't worry lakeybro, based Ainge will get him next season after trading picks + Tatum

Avery Bradley is coming to the Spurs next season. Cap this

>>76998985
His offense wasn't that surprising to me (although the fact he kept chucking was, he rarely shot in college).

What was surprising was how awful his defense was. I know being a defensive guard nowadays is a meme, but boy he was awful on defense.

>>76989920
Hayward + morris?

>>76999109
Morris gonna be in jail though.

>>76999046
BUILT NOT BOUGHT

So Melo is coming to Houston

Who do they have for their bench?

Paul
Harden
Ariza
Melo
Capela

Gordon
Nene
Tucker
?????

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>>76999121
>https://www.si.com/nba/2017/07/07/avery-bradley-marcus-morris-trade-celtics-pistons-criminal-trial-markieff-morris-suspension

>Unfortunately for the Celtics, Morris also comes with legal baggage: he has a pending criminal law matter that could lead to a prison sentence, NBA suspension or both.

>Morris, along with his identical twin brother, Washington Wizards forward Markieff Morris, are scheduled to go to trial on August 21 in Maricopa County, Arizona, to face felony charges. The two brothers each face two charges for aggravated assault—temporary disfigurement. Under Arizona law, a conviction on each of those charges carries a maximum prison sentence of 3.75 years and a presumptive sentence of 2.5 years. Since neither brother appears to have a criminal record beyond traffic offenses and, for Marcus, a misdemeanor battery citation while at Kansas, each would likely not face anywhere near the maximum sentence if convicted in Arizona. Still, they could face some time behind bars or at least a suspended sentence, probation and required community service.

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH

How the fuck is this not a bigger story lmao?

I wish I went to college and played basketball. I don't care about making money in the nba I just wanna play basketball in front of a large crowd in meaningful games.

>>76999123
That no longer works in today's NBA.

>>76999153
because theyre rich athletes that will walk with a slap on the wrist

>tfw work in 3 hours and haven't slept

>>76999153
>According to law enforcement, the Morris twins, along with three other men who, like the twins, are from Philadelphia PA, pummeled and kicked Phoenix resident Erik Hood. The attack caused Hood to suffer a broken nose and other facial injuries that required hospitalization.

>The incident followed a youth basketball game. Hood, who was approximately 35 years old at the time, was walking out of the gymnasium and intending to go home when someone came from behind and whacked him. The hit caused Hood to fall to the ground. Hood then tried to run to his car but was stopped and attacked by five men.

Straight up jumped a dude

>tfw sleep in 3 hours and haven't worked

>single digit 3 point percentage

goddamn Lonzo

Reminder that Air Ball will be...
>1x D-League Champion
>8x D-League Western Conference Player of the Week
>2x D-League Western Conference Player of the Month
>1x D-League MIP
>Second D-League All Rookie Team
>4x D-League All-Star
>1x D-League All-Star Game MVP
>2x All-D-League Third team
>3x All-Defense D-League Second Team
>3x Gold Medals in the Special Olympics
>1x D-League MVP
>Career averages of: 7/5/2/.5/.5
>Shooting splits of: 41/28/69
>10 year career for the South Bay Lakers, 4 years overseas with the Guangdong Southern Tiger

>>76999300
>3x Gold Medals in the Special Olympics

Everytime lmaooooo

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why all this lonzo hate all of a sudden out of nowhere?

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>>76999342
"out of nowhere"
lol

>>76999342
fuck the lakers

>>76999353
Why the fuck did he chuck so many threes?

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>>76999353
>>76999416
how pathetic is your life that you have to hate on a lottery pick?

lmao

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>>76999442
how pathetic is your life that you have to defense a shit lottery pick?

lmao

>>76998476
D'angelo russell

>>76999442
how pathetic is your life that you have to defend a lottery pick bust?

lmao

>>76999153
because kike silver will step in with lawyers to protect the image of the league
street nigger vs big money jews
who do you think will win the case?

>>76999153
>>76999232
Why do nignogs do this?

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>>76999442
>mfw D'Lo does better on a shitty Nets team next season than Air Ball
Calling it now.

>>76999495
i guess you gotta prove that you're "hard" or some shit

>gang up 5-on-1 on some 35 year old
>YO WE OUTCHEA HOL UP

>>76999495
because blacks the most primal and primitive of any race on the planet
it takes little to nothing to make them go full ape
this is why they commit the majority of crimes

Oh, so you're trying to hate on Lonzo Ball now? Now that it's cool? Remember that Lonzo's first activity with a basketball in a professional setting was a perfectly timed and orchestrated alley-oop to fellow future All-NBA Forward Ingram. So you want to hate on Lonzo, the guy who secured an offensive rebound and putback lay up? This happens all the time with anti-Lakers cockroaches. The envy of the player has to be hidden with stupid memes and false critiques. Any team wants Lonzo as their floor general. For the haters, here's some scary reality for you: the Lakers lineup. Brooke Lopez at Center - a 7 footer with the spacing capabilities that would make the Warriors offensive coach jealous. Julius fucking Randle. Scared yet? I would be. This young big has the motor of a GT 500 and the mid range game that would make Marcus Camby look like a D-Leaguer. Brandon Ingram, otherwise known as "Sleepy MJ", has the potential to be Michael Jordan status with his unique skill set. Jordan Clarkson, a player who is arguably the best shooting guard in the past 10 years, will score on you before you know what's going on. Finally, Lonzo Ball. Along with his coach Lavar, this basketball God duo is already putting its stamp on the NBA with their elite passing and marketing game. It's a great time to be a Lakers fan.

Thank God Presti gave Adams and Oladipo those extensions below the max.

Nets and Knicks would've gave them the full max and all these insane incentives.

This Hardaway Jr. contract makes no fucking sense. This is the why you people are fucking retarded and don't know shit about contracts, you were all talking shit when it's literally the best option available.

>(Big Baby) Breaking! Melo will be going to Houston

how did houston go from being a 3 point shooting fast paced dan tony offense to being a bunch of old meme ballhogs in one off-season?

don't tell me they're actually trying to get wade and lebron too...

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>>76999591
/nba/ BTFO
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

>Lakers - Celtics Summer League game SOLD OUT by noon

Holy WEW the NBA is literally saved.

Silver is going to silverball this rivalry back into existence the next couple of years.

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>>76999672
Sold out the day before

>>76999672
By the time the Lakers are in contention again the Celtics will be rebuilding again probably.

The Warriors are scared now. You have Harden, arguably the greatest shooting guard since Jordan, Chris Paul, who is arguably the greatest point guard since Magic, and Carmelo, who is probably the most talented scorer the league has ever seen. No team in NBA history has had a Big Three quite like this. They are literally unstoppable.

>>76999733
theyre getting wade and lebron too
banana boat finally gonna happen

>>76999613
And that actually helped in trading Oladipo for Paul George, something everyone thought was impossible and that Oladipo was shit or worthless. It's funny, /nba/ is literally never right.
I should go back in the archives and post screenshots of these retards.

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>https://twitter.com/bleacherreport/status/883756012091482112

>>76999818
>I should go back in the archives and post screenshots of these retards
suck my dick faggot. find 1 fucking post i dare you. nobody said that

You guys are a bunch of fucking retards.

what happens if Lonzo gets 15 assist next game?

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>>76999591
>Sleepy MJ

>>76999742
>>76999733

KD = Lebron
Steph = Harden
Klay > CP3
Draymond > Melo
Nick Young > Wade

And that's if they played today, by the time the banana crew forms they're all gonna be 35 years old. Warriors would sweep them in 5

>>76999872
statpadder

>>76991368
LEL

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im going to love shitposting tonight after Lonzo drops 18pts/10ast/7reb/1blk/3stl and the Lakers blow Taytum & the leltics out in front of a sold out crowd. Cap this. Yesterday was a warm up

you had your fun haters but the path to the Summer League owl still runs through us

>>77000096
Sorry buddy but Lonzo can't make a bucket to save his life. Tatum is a world class scorer he'll get his.

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>trading your best player for a criminal

one word: l m a o

>>76996223
>Lonzo "Air" Ball

>>76996223
>I start off with floaters, then after I get warmed up I start shooting jumpers

but he literally did the opposite of that

>unironically trading the best 2-way guard in the league for a guy going to jail

what did the celtics mean by this??

>>77000392
The Celtics got their white star, Ainge doesn't give a fuck anymore.

>cp3 v. harden
>d'antoni v. melo

what the FUCK is morey thinking?

>[Rodriguez] As first reported by @JSports_ent, all signs are currently pointing at Carmelo Anthony becoming a Rocket soon, source tells @HoopsInq.

JUST HAND HOUSTON THE TITLE NOW

>>77000450
>implying playing basketball matters anymore

Silver's NBA is just storylines and gathering as many stars as possible to remain relevant for more money.

>Midget SG
>Can't dribble
>Can't pass
>Can't create offense
>Can't play more than 60 games in a season
>About to make $20million next season

>Best 2-way guard in the NBA

Seriously, is /nba/ the most casual general in all of /sp/?

>>77000479
None of these guys are verified

>>77000507
He plays good defense though, he's literally Michael Jordan.

>leltics pretending avery goatley is not a top tier sg

LMAO

>>77000525
Woj needs to stop slacking.

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>>77000507
Well of course it's just memes, but Avery was and has been the best defensive SG in the league for the last couple of years.

His offense was extremely streaky and his injuries were a concern, but I valued him as a 2-way player in general.

Don't go hating on Avery now that we traded him. He was one of the best players on the team for the last couple of years.

And his defense is ELITE.

CELTICS ARE A JOKE AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

>>77000568
if he's so good then why did he let devin booker drop 70

Is this the end of the Ball legacy???

>>77000605
This. Bradley covered Booker literally every shot taken that game

Why does Lonzo look so lethargic on the court?

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>>77000579
Their rebounding is. I'm still kind of upset about Avery being traded. And I'm getting even more annoyed by Celtics posters ragging on him. Avery was fun as fuck to watch play (when he wasn't hurt).

But Danny still hasn't addressed the fucking rebounding issue this team has.

He fixed the biggest issue, which was scoring. But now he let the other, 2nd biggest issue get fucking worse.

Avery was one of our best rebounders, and Morris blows at rebounding. We have not gained any rebounding at all, and we let Amir go too and his only fucking job (despite that he sucked at it) was to get rebounds.

Like this fucking meme system of playing so small that you won't grab 1 rebound is getting silly now.

Although, Tatum and Brown have both been impressive with rebounds in >Summer League. Particularly Tatum, I knew he was athletic but that nigga is a magnet for the ball at the boards.

>>77000605
>>77000630
BRADLEY DIDN'T PLAY YOU FUCKING DUMB IDIOT BROUSSARD JESUS

Guess who he dropped 70 on?

Go ahead.

I'll give you a hint:

MARCUS

FUCKING

SHART

>>76998810
Why would Houston want a 33 year old PF? Also, what the hell did defense do to D'Antonio that makes him hate it so much?

>>77000568
His stats showed he was actually a very poor help defender and his only area of expertise was 1-on-1 in which he got cooked by Irving every single time Boston played the Cavs. I agree, Bradley is a good defender, but his inability to develop into anything more than a decent catch and shoot offensive player and the fact that he can only play 60 games a year really hurts his value.

>>77000643
Isn't Marcus Smart supposed to be a good defender?

>>77000644
>defense

Lol. Implying that defense matters anymore. While the Warriors keep winning, Cockshits are selling merch and tickets. Really smart actually

>>77000568
>>77000643
This retard Celtics fag is making all other Boston fans look horrible. He's straight from r/celtics. Please everybody pay no attention to him and his blog posts

>>77000672
>r/Celtics

At least we have a better grasp of our standing in the NBA than racist Celtics "fans" on 4chan

>>77000670
Only good defender on Memeiors is Thompson so going from Hayward to Bradley is a huge upgrade, you also got a new thug to take out players in Morris now the Kelly is gone.

>>77000651
>His stats showed he was actually a very poor help defender and his only area of expertise was 1-on-1 in which he got cooked by Irving every single time Boston played the Cav

Yeah wow an on-ball defender is best in 1-on-1 situations, who knew. And who could have guessed one of the best fucking PGs in the game would play well even against him. What a mystery.

And he always gave Kyrie a really tough time, don't lie.

> his inability to develop into anything more than a decent catch and shoot offensive player and the fact that he can only play 60 games a year really hurts his value.

No of course I agree. But he was still one of the better Celtics players, and when he DID get his shot going he was a tremendous threat.

I mean, it's not coincidence that some of the biggest stretches of wins the Celtics have had the past couple of years were when IT and Bradley were firing on all Cylinders.

every star signing makes the rockets worse. unironically 6th seed at best

>>77000670
Defense matters on the perimeter. You know why the Warriors are elite look at Klay shut off the driving lanes on the perimeter.

>>77000665
His defense is very, very inconsistent, but he's an extremely "gritty" player, so he gets the perception of playing hard-nosed D 24/7.

>>77000672
I've been right about literally everything the past couple of years. Sit down, close your mouth, take some notes. Kid.

>>77000699
>always gave Kyrie a tough time

Lmfao you're an idiot

>>77000693
Marcus was decking out Celtics' players in the Washington series.

Celtics better watch out, they've got a snitch who can switch uniforms.

>>77000672
hes better than u pb fag

>>77000724
Did you ever watch those games?

Avery D'd up Kyrie extremely well. Kyrie fucking getting buckets because he's Kyrie does not take away from the fact that Avery had good defense on him, retard.

>>76999733
>Carmelo, who is probably the most talented scorer the league has ever seen
>Has never led the league in scoring
>has been top 5 score only three times

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vm_7kSUOIZo

bonga's gonna be good, whoever drafts him next year is gonna have a nice prospect to work with

>>77000700
This is a dumb post. Looking at 8 man rotations, Rockets are still top 3. Besides Spurs and Warriors, who is better in the West?

Timberwolves? They have the talent, but can we say for certain that Butler is that much of an upgrade? It's not like Wiggins is getting any better. Thunder? We don't know how Westbrick and George will play together.

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These things look so futuristic

>>77000809
Those would be wet if it had the Jumpman logo.

>>77000765
>We don't know how Westbrick and George will play together.
They were saying that about KD when HE went to golden state and now look at him.

Has anyone seen Ice Cube's 3 on 3 games? Are they worth watching?

>>77000726
He was too busy eating himself into oblivion to switch uniforms

>too fat to switch uniforms
>getting fucking called out by Heinsohn for being a fatass

Amir
Horford
Crowder
Bradley
IT

Bench: Smart, Rozier, Olynyk Jerebko, Jaylen

OR

Horford
Morris
Hayward
Smart
IT

Bench: Crowder, Jaylen, Tatum, Rozier

Which team is better? I honestly think 1 is better because Bradley was an ELITE defender who covered for IT's weaknesses. Smart is clearly not as good on defense. Also, I can see Crowder being disinterested coming off the bench on a shitty contract. Tatum and Jaylen are still too raw to rely on.

I think the Celtics got slightly worse this offseason. Hayward and not getting PG fucked up their chances at winning the title this year. Now they have to let go of Smart for nothing.

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>>76988080
>LAK: Lonzo Ball makes just 2-of-15 from the field

thank you for knicks for always reminding me its not so bad being a fan of a team with no future within the next 5 years

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>>77000828
Jordan has been ass lately. They just throw past shoes with updated materials and make nothing experimental. Curry's new shoe looks futuristic, I like that

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>>77000845
>this post
>the celtics got "worse"

delete yourself

>>77000830
The Warriors' system was a good fit for KD, the only people that were really saying that were angry OKC fans and casual fans that fling shit at the currently most popular team. What system do they have in OKC? Letting Westbrook statpad to 10 assists and then ballhog the rest of the game? PG and Westbrook are heavily dependent on handling the ball, and PG can be cancerous when he doesn't get it, as shown when he didn't get the last shot in this year's playoffs.

>>77000845
>he thinks Morris will start over Crowder

I can tell you don't know basketball

>>77000892
>paying hundreds of dollars for shoes that are made for 50cents

>>77000845
>Smart
>starting
>being a SG

kek

KEK

And Hayward is a 10x better than what we had last year, even with having to give up Avery.

Amir was dogshit.
Crowder overrated.
Rozier never fucking got meaningful minutes last year.

Olynyk and Jerebko and Zeller were all hot dogshit.

The only player I have real reservations for is Morris. Another Forward playing out of position, with attitude problems, that can't rebound for shit.

>>77000835
Literally just chucking 3 pointers and shooting free throws

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not so fast, RBL