/nba/ general

So who won the trade lads?

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>>77780177
>7'1 Thon Maker gave up his legroom on a flight just to be nice
What a guy

Wall! Wall! Wall! My boy! Wall!

M V P

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>>77780217
what does thon maker eat 7 times a day??

>>77780217
no way this nigga fly economy though, I'm wondering why anyone would need to give up legroom in business class, all dem niggas got like 10 square feet to themselves while we packed in like sardines out in the poor people seats

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How do I break the news to my wife's son?

Lets say Cleveland flips the pick and Zizic to NY and say felder, to NY, would getting melo on the roster make them a Legitimate threat to Golden state? no meme please.

>>77780271
Melo doesn't help them at all. If you have him there instead of love them I would say they're probably worse

I've played pickup basketball for 14 street days, and you know what I realized?

The best players are not the most talented but the ones who are in the best shape

I literally feel like my lungs are gonna burst when i play

Any tips for improving my endurance? Will running help?

>>77780271
no, love spaces the floor and gets rebounds, melo cant do that.

>>77780292
14 straight days, rather

I feel like Hinkie

I swear to God, I keep thinking about it and I think the Bucks are going to beat hell out of the Celtics this year. They're going to dominate on the boards, and Heyward has no chance of stopping Giannis.

>>77780279
>>77780296
>>77780296
woah, who tf said anything bout trading love? im talking about a starting 5 of

IT/Melo/Lebron/Love/TT
Rose/Wade/Crowder/whoever/whoever
but i just realized they still have Smith, and Korver. Dude if they sign wade, and melo, it's over, i think they'll win it all. And reports have said Wade is a lock to sign. Melo needs to stop fucking around and take his talents to cleveland. Houston doesnt even have as near the amount of talent. Plus doesnt he not like dantoni, this sshould be a no brainer.

You get melo, you get a ring.

>>77780324
D Wade doesn't help. The guy's been getting worse every year since 2012 and barely has knees any more. With IT and LeBron doing the scoring what does Melo do?

>>77780324
>melo at the 2
shut up bitch ass nigga, foh

>>77780324
Who does Melo guard against the Warriors?

>>77780344
space the floor, he can get into the paint and collapse defenses. can shoot the meme (original meme shooter) has heart, never heard of him being a suuper bad defender, and can give the cleveland the option of having stars on the floor at all times like the warriors can.

>>77780374
casspi, green, iguodala, livingston, young
not perfectly but i mean he could, especially livingston with that stupid back down baby hook shot, soo gay.

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LeBron's legacy is on the line again this season.

>>77780393
>Melo
>Star
The guy put up 22 points on 43% from the field and 36% from 3. Not to mention the fat fuck is 33 years old

>>77780393
The problem is, basically every player except Lebron that you listed in the lineups above is someone that they need to hide on either Draymond or Iguodala. you can't hide 4 guys on Draymond and Iggy. Adding more scorers who can't defend doesn't move the needle for Cleveland, it just makes their strengths slightly stronger.

>>77780393
Is Melo replacing Love as starting PF in this scenario or is he playing off the bench? i feel like he wouldnt be the type to accept being in the second rotation

>>77780393
nvm i read your previous post, that looks good tbqh senpai

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What anime are they watching on the TV?

>>77780491

thats wht im trying to tell them. melo needs to hoodie up and get to cleveland.

>>77780520
Looks like Eva, Gunbuster, Naruto, or a Miyazaki film.

>>77780520
they're playing I Am Ali but desu they should be watching princess principal instead

>>77780520
kimi no nawa

>>77780269

His problem is his son is a fan of a player and not a team. He has to let his son decide whether he wants to follow IT in cleveland or cut ties and become a boston fan.

How many rings would LeBron have if his teammates didn't always let him down?

>>77780831
4 if you count injuries as letting down(2015), maybe could've been more competitive in 2014.

2007 wasn't a let down, they shouldn't have even been there.

>>77780831
more than mj desu

Watching Godfather III

This shit is art in its highest form.

IT, Rose, Calderon
JR, Korver, Shumpert
Lebron, Crowder, RJ
Love, Green
TT, Zizic, Frye

can they beat the harriors?

>>77781040
Seeing as Kyrie is better than IT, no.

>>77781060
but they got rose and crowder too

>>77781067
So? Crowder is average at best, maybe another guy to give them some decent depth but that's it. Rose has no knees are more. Can't hit a three if his life depended on it and will give you maybe 2 assists coming off the bench.

>>77781082
but honestly, the only thing they missed was bench scoring, and with rose and JR coming off the bench, they will atleast keep it closer.

and with crowder there, he won't lockdown Durant or anything, but he will make him work harder than a 50yo RJ

if lebron commits, they will 100% flip the pick for somebody, maybe cousins

>>77781102
LeBron aint going to commit though, which is the problem. IT makes it very well known that he's only interested in getting paid next season and the average age with Rose and IT coming in has just made them an even older team

>>77780177
>>7'1 Thon Maker gave up his legroom on a flight just to be nice

Wow so nice of him.

>>Charles Barkley says he’d be ‘totally shocked’ if Sixers don’t make the playoffs
Barkley is such a cunt.

>>77781117
the new gm put them in a good position if lebronze leaves, that nets pick will definitely be top 5 and they can resign IT, so they probably would still make the playoffs

The cavaliers got a great deal desu. They replace Kyrie with a similar production (albeit more manletty ) gaurd and a solid wing on good contract. Most importantly, they get a good pick for next year when Lecuck, rose, and isaiah all leave and they have to rebuild.

>>77781230
Kyrie is 4 years younger. He has a lot of upside; IT has peaked and wants a big money deal next year. When LeBron leaves they're going to have a manlet 30 year old PG and a bunch of old fuckers who were only there because of LeBron. You think someone like Love is on the Cavs for any other reason than LeBron

>>77781246
Lebeta was going to leave either way, this gives them 1 last year to contend then a headstart on their rebuild. They can let manlet and whoever else leave

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>>77780177
>PHI:Joel Embiid still not cleared for contact
ahahahhahahahhahaahahhaahahahaha

The Cavs are in a worse position than they were last season. IT is a huge defensive liability and Cavs defense was already a joke. Any team with a quality back court is going to absolutely fucking smoke them.

>>77780177
>PHI:Joel Embiid still not cleared for contact
stay off twitter until you exceed last season's games played (32), jojo

>>77781584
It's funny because you can say the exact same thing about the Celtics

Wizards will win the ECF

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So is this dude going to play any time soon or what? All he does is tweet.

Honestly, I think LeBron is staying in Cleveland next year. Where else is he going to go that puts him in a position to win?
>We all know he isn't going to the west where he is going to have to knock heads with the Warriors 3 or 4 times a year and then get through them just to get to the finals which means he won't be joining the Rockets or the Spurs.
>We all know he won't join the Clippers or the Lakers because both of those are a joke.
>Only team in the east that puts him in a position to win is the Cavs now that they've made this swap.
LeBron is staying. It just doesn't make sense to go somewhere else if he wants to compete for championships.

>>77779164
It wasn't a break out year. IT will never touch those numbers again. He performed so well because of the team and system around him.

>>77782703
Cleveland delusion is getting worse by the minute. Lebron is leaving that incompetent franchise and everyone knows it.

Also playing the warriors 4 times in the regular season would help Lebron and whatever team he joins because he could scheme against their game plan whereas in the east he only plays them twice and doesn't play them till the finals.

Lebron needs to go west because
1) if he beats the warriors that's an automatic championship cause no east team will beat Lebron on the Spurs/rockets
2) if he loses to the warriors it doesn't hurt his finals record

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>>77780269
>that reply

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>yfw the based nets finish 9th or 10th and fuck over the cabs' pick

>>77780520
Is that shopped?

>>77780249
That's what happened though isn't it? From what I heard he had a first class seat on an overbooked fight and voluntarily took an economic seat . Or something like that

>>77780177
>>Charles Barkley says he’d be ‘totally shocked’ if Sixers don’t make the playoffs
embiid plays recklessly and has difficulty being coached. it's why he got injured last year. until the sixers solve those problems theyre not going to see the postseason.

>http://bleacherreport.com/
sports fiction written by idiots for idiots

>>77782795
You have to go back

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>>77782835

I got a dentist appointment today bros

>>77782884
Don't die, man. I heard those places are scary.

>>77782897
Can a dentist tell I been eating ass lately?

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>>77780177
Lebron - Darko - Melo big three when?

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>>77782933
You know, I honestly don't know. I don't think the average dentist would be able to identify fecal bacteria, but if you haven't (for some reason) been cleaning your mouth after the fact, I think he or she could pick out some common fecal-oral diseases.

>>77780271
Melo makes them worse

I'm sitting here in my Thundie Undies trying to figure out what the hell the tampering charges against LA can mean. Does that mean they can't sign Paul George next season? Does my Thunder dream get to live another year?

>>77783060
>Does that mean they can't sign Paul George next season?
Yep, plus the possibility of losing draft picks.

But you also gotta remember that this is:
a) looking like a witch hunt.
b) possibly meaningless b/c George did say he wants to stay if the Thunder can make significant progress this season.

>>77780558
>implying they watch anime
kill yourself you weaboo fuck

>People think Houston is better than OKC
Stop it. It's embarrassing sweetie.

>>77783330
1. Warriors
2. Spurs
3. Okc
4. Rockets

>>77783143
Look man, it can be as meaningless as it wants to be. After KD I'm anxious about motherfuckers wanting to leave. Like I'm logically pretty sure Westbrook won't leave but he hasn't signed that contract yet and I'm getting anxious. I'm insecure as a fan now. KD broke me.

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>>77783413
>his team doesn't have loyal players

Lmao

>>77783443
Colin Cowherd doesn't make it better. "Westbrook should leave, Westbrook should leave." Fuck you Colin Cowherd and your gray ass hair in your 30's. Why did your hair do all your aging?

>>77783459
Leave my boy cowherd alone bruh. He's the best analyst in the game

>>77783443
we gon act like kobe didnt want to leave

>>77783496
I watch sports analysis like some people watch fox news. I watch guys who feed me nice thoughts about my teams. My teams are the Thunder and the Spurs so Skip Bayless is my guy.

>>77783506
#fakenews

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>my teams are the thunder and the Spurs

>>77783533
I grew up in Oklahoma. I watched the Spurs before we had a professional team then became a Thunder fan as we got them.

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>I grew up in Oklahoma

My condolences

>>77783676
Eh, you're trying to roast me, but you're right. It's a shitty state. I moved out, but I still love the Thunder. Oklahoma's so shitty they vote against their self interest in order to be loyal to a party. It's the most bizarre shit. I don't know a single person that likes their governor there, but she keeps getting voted for somehow.

>>77783721
I do appreciate OKC's loyalty, though. They still packed Chesapeake this past postseason like it was still 2012.

>>77783822
Man, I'm big into thunder and even though the season wasn't as successful as '15-'16, '16-'17 was a much more exciting season. Honestly this past season was my favorite season as an entertainment spectacle since Harden was 6th man.

If WB and PG leave after this season how will OKC react?

>>77783929
Mass suicides.

>>77783929
I think they abandon the Thunder as a franchise.

>>77783548
>mfw skip shitposting during commercial breaks

>>77784081
I wish, me and him disagree on one fundamental sports team. OU. He's an OU fan and I'm an Oklahoma State guy.

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Post
>yfw
Isaiah Thomas fails his physicial and the trade gets voided

>>77777777

>>77784257
Can that happen?

>>77784341
http://www.mlive.com/pistons/index.ssf/2016/02/pistons_patter_detroit_voiding.html

>The Detroit Pistons will void the three-team trade they executed last week with Houston and Philadelphia after power forward Donatas Motiejunas did not pass their medical examination, a source with knowledge of the team's decision has confirmed to MLive.

>>77784367
Wow lmao that'd be some shit

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>>77783413
I think he wants to sign a 3 year contract. If he signs this extension, he'll be like 34-35 when its over. That puts an end to his career and he loses all power over the franchise. They can just relax knowing that Westbrook will singlehandedly bring in a lot of fans to the arena.

>>77784659
I'd be okay with a three year contract or even if he'd sign his player choice for the season after next.

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>>77783413
>KD broke me.

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Fuck this pygmy fuck.

He chose money instead of playing for Boston

Piece of traitorous shit. I hope he never shows his fucking face in Boston ever again. We want championships, we don't cheer for bullshit

>>77784965
>plays two days after his sisters death
>drops 50 on her birthday weeks after she died
>went all out to get hayward
you guys are scum

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>>77784902
Yeah it all really depends if OKC have the courage to let him go into free agency. Its not like there is a extremely appealing destination for him.

Well I guess the Lakers but if Ball has a solid rookie year and if LeBron opts to go to LA, they will go for George as he's a more natural fit. I can't see them opting for LeBron-Westbrook pairing with the Ball hype and the obvious PG interest.

Who else will be in the running? A bunch of small market franchises, the Knicks and Clippers?

Clippers with Jerry West are probably the biggest threat I guess. Could you imagine Westbrook dealing with the New York media? He barely keeps his cool with the Oklahoma weak media who are scared shitless of him.

>>77785029
>talked about getting a max deal 2 summers before he was even a free agent
>wouldn't shut up about it this summer either, even got slides with brinks trucks on them
>Celtics tight on cap space with 2 max players, no one wanted to go over the cap on a max deal for a no defense manlet who wouldn't be worth it 2 years into the deal when he loses his athleticism
>opportunity comes up to get a top 3 PG with upside without blowing up the roster
>"C-Celtics are traitors"

if you wear slides you should kys

>>77785696
t. loser

>>77785696
Like the slide flip flops? Those are great for sports where you're wearing socks and don't want to wear your sport shoes everywhere. What are your feelings on thongs? I wear thongs everywhere in the summer.

>>77785266
Man, if the Lakers can deal to ship Lonzo for Westbrook they'd be absolutely stupid not to. Who in their right mind would take Lonzo Ball over Russell Westbrook? I'm just hoping that the basketball gods align to destroy PG to LA. Please basketball gods, please. Also in magical basketball fantasy land Lebron seeks the ring over playing with LA and if George can't go to LA in my own personal fantasy land that will never happen Lebron comes to OKC.

Will Kyrie be too alpha for the Celtics? Hayward and Horford and betas.

>>77785753
>>77785790
lebron toes detected

>>77785507
>player puts mvp tier performances and carries the team on his back
>sign fraud C to max
>sign another player to max knowing that's what he wants
>TRAITOR, REEEEEEEEE, HE SHOULD PLAY FOR PEANUTS!!!! MUH CITY!!!!
kys retard

>>77786183
IT is not a max player, obviously danny ainge knows that

>>77781040
The 97 Bulls might not beat the Warriors.

>>77786233
obviously he thinks he is, if your team doesnt want to give him the max that's their decision, but nowhere does it say that he needs to take what they give him only.

how is he a "traitor"? fucking moron

>>77786331
When did I call IT a traitor you autistic fuck

>>77786372
>Piece of traitorous shit. I hope he never shows his fucking face in Boston ever again.

>>77786402
I didn't post that you retard. I'm not the guy who called him a pygmy lol. My first reply was replying to you calling us scum for wanting to upgrade the PG position.

>>77780292
By running and playing ball, retard.

Your lung and heart get better over time.

Also take a day off every now and then to rest the body

http://www.landofbasketball.com/player_comparison/kyrie_irving_vs_isaiah_thomas.htm
Everyone just shut up and look at their stats

>>77786505
You forget that Kyrie is only 25 while IT is 28 and in his prime. You forget that Kyrie had to share the ball with leBron while IT had no other scorers around him so he got more touches. Before this trade 90% of this general knew Kyrie was better than IT now that Kyrie is on the Celtics suddenly he's not. Lmfao

>>77786453
desu, I'm just referring to guys who think the way the guy I replied to do.

I have no problem with teams upgrading players, even though I think this off-season has been a wash/net loss for you guys.

>>77786183
t. Reddit

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>>77780292
>Will running help?
HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

>the fat people of /sp/

>>77780271
def not worth it for melo. if it involves giving zizic or the pick then it's certainly not worth it.

>>77785029
IT was not the reason hayward came here, dumbfuck

>>77786723
This. He came because of Brad Stevens

Oh look, /nba/ being vile and mean to each other in every post again. Even by 4chan standards /nba/ is probably the most treacherous general of them all.

If you call flip flops slides to try to make yourself seem less gay you should kys

>>77786762
shut up fagboi no one gives a fuck

>>77786723
>>77786759
so IT had no part in it? where did I say he was the main reason?

http://www.landofbasketball.com/player_comparison/stephen_curry_vs_john_wall.htm

>>77786878
I don't think Hayward is regretting his decision now that IT left. Especially considering that Kyrie was trying to get him on the Cavs in 2014 before LeBron went back. Hayward is probably just as happy if not happier to have Kyrie

>>77786878
There were reports that it was actually the opposite and IT being here was Hayward's main problem with boston

>>77786897
No shit he's happier you fucking retard. He was probably ecstatic that the ball dominant midget was traded for a top-3 PG

>>77786878
>>77786878
There were reports that it was actually the opposite and IT being here was Hayward's main problem with boston

>>77787092
we heard you the first time

>>77787098
There were reports that it was actually the opposite and IT being here was Hayward's main problem with boston

>>77787122
Now you're just being autistic

>>77782789
>Lebron needs to go west because
>1) if he beats the warriors that's an automatic championship cause no east team will beat Lebron on the Spurs/rockets
>2) if he loses to the warriors it doesn't hurt his finals record

LeBron has the most manufactured legacy out of any superstar I've ever seen. He really is the Floyd Mayweather of basketball.

>>77787245
>LeBron has the most manufactured legacy out of any superstar I've ever seen

That award actually goes to Michael Jordan

LeBron is my daddy

>>77787292
You mean Kobe Bryant

>>77780520
Code Geass: R3

>>77786331

Brady takes pay cuts year after year. Loyalty isn't a one way street. The player and the org both need to give a little succ if you want a relationship work. IT knew he wasn't max contract material and he knew the celties couldn't afford it anyways. If you're not willing to give to make it work you can't expect it from your org either.

This receptionist at the dentist office is fucking cute. I don't really understand why the US hates hispanics

>>77788027

Mestizos are the gypsies of the New World.

>>77788077
Not even close. Mexicans might flood your town but they're not snakes

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2729344-nba-2k18-releases-full-all-time-team-rosters

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>>77783330

but its true

I consistently lose to my 5'8 friend in 1 on 1 games. I am 6'3.

hello?

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I HAVE RETURNED

>>77788535
Sup gowiz

>>77788112

Except they are.

>>77788421

You're not using your size to your advantage. Back him up to the basket and shoot baby hooks over him. It's cheap but effective.You should score every time.

On defense just guard the paint and let him shoot jump shots till he misses and you get the ball back,

Honestly there's no excuse losing 1v1 against a manlet

>>77788553
To jail?

>>77780831
Same amount if you look at the stats. His first lose in the finals was his teammates just simply being shit, his second lose was him shitting the bed Harden style, his third lose is him getting destroyed by the spurs and only scoring when his team was down like 15 points, when they were within five he was locked down, his fourth lose was just injuries but that could've gone either way, he literally couldn't do shit about the fifth lose.

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Hurry up Melo

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Now that I've had some time to meditate on the Kyrie trade, I've come to the conclusion that he's a pretty good player that will flourish with the C's,it's analogous to when Nash went to the Suns and won the MVP (or even when IT came from the Suns to Bos.) Hayward will raise his game to an elite level as well! I look forward to the upcoming season and if all goes according to Keikaku banner 18

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>>77780520

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>>77789648

I personally think that playing next to Lebron probably made Kyrie look better, not worse.

He'll probably score more points per game though.

>>77789527
Neither Nash nor IT won a championship and even if Celtics reach the finals Warriors/Spurs/Rockets are all better

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>>77780177
What are your thoughts on 2016–17 NBA Rookie of the Year Malcolm Brogdon?

>>77789820
dirty

>>77789789
Feel free to enjoy your contrarian opinion

>>77789820
Pandering faggot

>>77789884
What opinion? It's a fact that Nash didn't win shit

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>>77789664

>>77789923
Point is that Kyrie will raise his game to MVP level like Nash.

>>77790003
lol delusion

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>>77789664

>>77790084
AHAHHAAHHAAHHAHAHA

Fuck you guys it's your fault im diabetic now andn cp3 left because your shitposting calling him a loser...

>>77790071
>Kyrie averaged 25 points playing with Lebron
>thinking he won't average even more now

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>>77788169
Who can stop them?

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This has to be another LeBron false flag like when he spray painted the N word on his home so he could talk about it on twitter and in interviews

It literally makes no sense for anyone to burn IT's jersey

>>77790084
Bless you hinkie

>>77790508
that doesn't necessarily mean he'll play better. it just means that he'll get to put up way more shots.

>>77790509
Celtics All-Time team desu. They'll probably have 4 starters 90+ and their entire bench will be 85+

>>77790508
>Kyrie averaged 25pts on a heavy iso team
>now is playing alongside Hayward in a pass friendly team

Yeah no, he'll stay at 25ppg

>>77790509
me in the back

>>77790589
I had this theory as well, especially since LeBron commented it on so quickly

To me, besides KD, LeBron is the most obvious pr/spin guy...always looking to improve his image, get sympathy

MJ was the master at balancing the two ends of the spectrum, Kobe was the far end of it "IDGAF" attitude

>>77790634
They did iso type plays for IT all the time, did you not see how many times a game IT would cut to the basket? Except it's even better now because Kyrie has a larger offensive skillset than IT and has better handles to get to the basket. Kyrie averaged like .600 or something inside the paint. He just won't get 15 free throws a game like IT

sorry to drop a truth bomb on your little party but, kyrie avg 25 ppg because of lebron, now that he's on the celtics, all the opposing team has to do is shut down betray-rie and they win. Expect teams to plan their defenses around him, he'll avg 18ppg.

>>77790589
It doesn't seem that far-fetched to me, when you had Boston anons shitting all over him in this thread, and Boston media calling him an asshole on the way out (presumably because of Celtics leaks telling them to, since that's how Boston media works).

I mean, it seems pretty unbelievable and low-down and shitty to me, but that's Boston I guess.

>>77790675
>shutdown Kyrie
>just let 22 ppg Gordon Hayward score

Lmaoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

>>77790679
Boston isn't really like that, you're just seeing the internet fags making a bad name for Americas birthplace because they're jelly of our sports teams.

>>77780177
Listening to based bay area sports radio and this was the quote
>IT for Kyrie is a pick your flavor of ice cream scenario.
>Maybe give a bit to Kyrie because of height but they're the same player
>They play no d
>Teams constantly pick on them in the pick n roll you can watch the film
>Kyrie may score 35, great, but watch when his man scores 35
>He's a net zero
Lol a net zero. Nobody is even an inch closer to the warriors post draft and trades. Can't wait for another year of butt blasted /NBA/

>>77790724
>/NBA/

Go back to R*ddit.

>curryfag can't use his images because he knows he'd pb

feels like a god dream

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>>77790739
I'll go where I want me and my boys own y'all bitch ass niggas
>>77790748

>With the Cavs salary cap situation, they would have to pay the luxury tax and the repeater tax to keep him next summer. And if he wasn’t giving the Celtics a discount, he sho nuff aint giving the Cavs a discount. So thats $25M plus $75M in luxury and repeater taxes. $100M per year for IT4.
>paying 100 million a year for a manlet

>>77790509
The Lakers all time team is disgusting. They have more players rated in the 90s than the 80s.

>>77781246
People keep talking about Kyrie like he's going to learn to be a playmaker or defend and he's never going to do either of those things for any team if he didn't do them with LeBron. Watch him average 30 pts a game and still lose badly in the playoffs. Cavs fans know the Cavs won this deal easily and so do most analysts but apparently it's not as obvious to everyone else who hears of Kyrie's "greatness" secondhand. Scoring genius? Yes. Anything else? Bad.

>>77790993
You act like Isaiah Thomas did anything else but scoring.

>cavs fan won this
>isaiah thomas is questionable to pass the physical and make it for training camp

Does CP3 want to be in Houston long-term? He has an opt out after this season, right?

Seems odd to me that LeBron, Melo and CP3 all seem to have options at the end of the season. Then Wade is going to get bought out.

Of course any banana boat team would need to take massive paycuts. Wade and CP3 seem the most likely to not want to do that, but Wade should get paid something from the Bulls.

Love is movable, Shump has a player option I think, JR and Tristan would be the hardest to move.

Then you got that potential top 5 pick...imagine pairing that kid with CP3, Wade, Melo, LeBron? Say everyone gets 1+1 deals or something similar.

What's more likely? LeBron going to LA or building the Banana Boat in Cleveland? It seems to me that GM Koby is not done...so maybe not all those guys come, but at least Wade seems likely, right?

>>77790748
the funny part is he doesn't even know 90% of the general uses the pb

imagine posting curry pictures, wondering if anyone is actually seeing them...what a sad existence!

What's pb, i'm new

>>77790830
I think they let IT walk no matter what desu. He ends up on the Magic next year imo.

>>77783721
>I don't know a single person that likes their governor there, but she keeps getting voted for somehow.
This.
t. Oklahoman

>>77791050
its a filter that a bunch of thin skinned fags use on this general

>>77790715
NESN tweeted out a story about how everyone in the locker room hated IT

>>77790650
Not at all. Kyrie has 3 times as many ISO plays as IT.

>>77791240
stop replying to yourself

>>77791266
but was it true? like 5 boston players came out against it

>>77791008
No he acts like the Cavs got pretty much the same player as Kyrie plus depth and a first round draft pick. Addition is hard math huh?

>>77791266
Unless you give me evidence I don't know how that could possibly be true.

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>>77791315
no samefag here schizo

Basketball is not a sport

>>77791353
We were talking about the Celtics and Kyrie/IT and how they effect the Celtics nothing to do with the Cavs. Your autism is clouding your mind.

>>77791372
>avast
>chrome
>foobar
>flyover timezone

nice inspect element btw

>>77791399
>texas
>flyover

lmao more like final destination since everyone is moving here

>>77791315
>>77791359
I'm not saying that it's true. I don't think it is true. I'm saying that NESN is trying to shit on Isaiah Thomas after he got traded, and it's really shitty. And it's more shitty because it's probably not true. It's unbelievable low down for anyone in Boston to be taking potshots at Isaiah Thomas after he played his heart out for them. But they're still doing it.

>>77791425
>final destination
As in death?

>>77791383
its the most played sport in the world

>>77791446
>a non-sport is the most played sport
Really activates those cells

>>77791386
The problem for the Celtics is they lost their two best defenders. And they're trying to replace that with a bunch of 19-21 year olds.

>>77791425
why would anyone go to texas? lmao, sorry your time zone is a flyover, thus you are a flyover

regards from the beast coast

>>77789927
>>77790084
Litty as fuck

>Cavs wanting Porzingis
>getting BTFO by fake news

subhumans

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>>77784180
>I'm an Oklahoma State guy
DROPPED

OSU sucks

I don't think the Cavs can get another star (a real star, not a washed guy like Melo or Wade) without trading Love. And I don't think they should trade Love. Gotta run out that Isaiah Thomas - Kevin Love friendship ball see where that gets you. Score a billion points.

cavs are a joke

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Someone give me a quick rundown on the deal the Cavs made with the Celtics. What does this mean for both teams?

Are the cavs better now?

>>77790509
the lakers allteam bench would beat any other team except the lakers allteam starters

>>77791576
The Cavs roster is a little less talented but Crowder matches up really well against the Warriors and they got a really good pick. The Celtics roster is a little more talented but they don't have any defensive depth and they gave up a pick.

It's mostly a wash I think.

>>77791601
who starts at center for the Lakers all-team starters?

draymond green is fucking kevin durant. its hilarious because this isn't that hard to believe

>Report: Knicks-Rockets Carmelo Anthony trade talks ‘fairly dormant’

>Adrian Wojnarowski on ESPN

>Carmelo Anthony right now, those talks have been fairly dormant between Houston and New York. They’ve tried to find third, fourth teams – the Rockets have – to help facilitate a deal with Carmelo Anthony. They haven’t been able to do that. And both sides are prepared for the fact that Melo may have to go to camp with the Knicks.

Literally no other team wants to take Ryan Anderson's contract and the Knicks sure as hell don't.

Melo should just go to OKC, they're the perfect happy medium between what Melo wants and what the Knicks want.

>>77791608
Do you think the Cavs could have made a better trade? What do you think they should have done with Kyrie?

>>77791642
No, it was an amazing trade for them, they had absolutely no leverage and I was shocked they got that much.

>>77791637
It really is surprising that no one is willing to take Ryan Anderson for literally free. Minnesota should take him IMO.

Also, Melo isn't going to a small market like OKC

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>I'm sorry but my Wargods are still the best team in the NBA. My nigga harry and I are lmaoing @your lives /nba/

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>dwayne wade on cavs

Why though? People are still acting like he's as good as he was in 2013. He's a fucking old man now.

>>77791753
he's still an OK rotation piece

>>77791695
Melo has literally been talking to their assistant GM and after Dame and CJ recruited him for a long time has successfully added Portland to his list possible teams as a dark horse candidate.

You haven't been paying attention to this story at all.

Ryan Anderson isn't for free, he's a burden, way too old, injury prone, and on a very very very bloated contract for a long amount of years. Timberwolves already have decent PFs and players that can play PF in small ball linups. Problem with Anderson is he's a worse Kevin Love, can't play small at all, no defense, and the Timberwolves' worst problem last year wasn't offense, it's lack of defense, adding him would only make them take a step back not forward.

You know nothing.

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>mfw it doesn't matter what the cavs or anybody else does because the Warriors are going to win rings for the next 2 or 3 seasons guaranteed

literally the only way the c*vs can win shit is if they get james harden

>>77791753
Ginobili is a fucking old man and still one of the best off the bench players in the NBA. If Wade joins the Cavs he's the perfect Ginobili type.

>>77791779
>Melo has literally been talking to their assistant GM

Is there any source for that besides Bill Simmons?

>Ryan Anderson isn't for free, he's a burden, way too old, injury prone, and on a very very very bloated contract for a long amount of years.

He's free in the sense that you don't have to give up assets for him.

And who do the Wolves have who can play PF in small ball lineups, especially PFs who can stretch the floor? Nemanja Bjelica is not as good as Ryan Anderson. They have issues with spacing, and he can come off the bench and take part in some really cool change-of-pace units and add an interesting dimension to their team.

>>77791835
>He's free in the sense that you don't have to give up assets for him.
>I don't know how trades work and how salary numbers must be met

>>77791835
Bro you got BTFO
Stop damage controlling, this post was worse than your first one, you really don't know what you're talking about

>>77791835
Literally Wiggins and Butler can and should play SF/PF in small ball lineups you're so dumb.

>>77791835
This post gave me cancer it's so bad. You got BTFO.

And Wiggy and Jimmy can play PF.

>>77791797
there is no way wade is coming off the bench

>>77791835
>is there a source other than the person that broke the story and had other people verify is was real?

Lmao, you're retarded

>>77791922
Yes there is. All the indication is that's the case. Why would you think otherwise? And to state this as if it's fact he won't it's laughable.

you guys mean to tell me

Season Houston Rockets
2017/18 $19,578,455
2018/19 $20,421,546
2019/20 $21,264,637

that the rockets signed this asshole till 2020? 60 mil for 3 years? wait, this is more than what kevin durant is making, right? isnt durringpad making like 52? or like 57? ahaha.

WAIT NO LOL, i googley eyed his salary, kevin durant is getting paid

>26.54 million USD

lolol, what team has the money to pay Ryan Anderson 40 million? im looking at you brooklyn, im looking at you sacramento, even the suns. Houstons should give up the two players they have on the roster with the lowest salary along with Ryan anderson, which are Zhou Qi, cameron oliver. Do the rockets have any picks left???

>>77791954
Ryan Anderson is from Sacramento, just saying

that said, I think they all got their veteran guys already

>>77791937
anon. There is no way wade is take a minimum to warm the bench

>>77792022
If he gets bought out by the Bulls he's already making a lot of money. So he'll get paid this season as if he signed with the Cavs for the near max. That's the whole reason why people think he'll join the Cavs, because you can only join them for the min. because they're in the luxury tax. JR is the better starter, can actually shoot threes, and if he isn't doing well Wade can finish games at the SG spot.

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>all these plebbit GMs
IT is getting moved Shumpert and TT and getting sealed with the pick, the Cavs will wait for Westbrick to not sign the extension and trade the pick and TT for him and PG and then deal IT and Shumpert for some defensive players like Deandre Jordan and Patrick Beverly

LeGod is always one step ahead

>>77792022
>There is no way wade is take a minimum to warm the bench
he will, it's not about money anymore for these guys like melo, wade, bron, durbeta. They got all that with endorsements and shoe lines. At this point it's all about rings and at his age (which he knows hes old as fuck already) this is his last chance to get one more. Lets say he doesn't go to Cleveland and he rides it out with the bulls or some other eastern team, he wont make it, why? because if there are debates that Celtics wont make it, then no other team he joins will make it. His only other option would be to go to the celtics for a minimum, but would he do that? idk. would he go west?

wherever he goes he either gets a good contract for a shitty team or a good team with a shitty contract but promise of contention.


period.

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the spurs blew this off-season hard

>>77792084
Bro get off meth.

I know Cleveland is shit and there's nothing better to do but there's more to life than meth, seriously.

>>77792108
Post source nigga

>>77792132
https://www.instagram.com/p/BYI1pfyFm70/

>>77792056
>>77792105
He already got his rings you dumb fucks. If you haven't notice he doesnt give a fuck the last few years. Wade is not going to join Lebeta on minimum just to warm the bench

Ariza is better than Melo at this point

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>be black like a basketball player should be
>be little like a leprechaun
>be a proud player

IT was perfect for the Celtics, shame he got traded. Now they have to deal with a stupid dick who believes the earth is flat.

>>77792156
>players are happy with only 3 rings and dont want anymore if given an opportunity

tell me, if wade gets bought out, what team would give him a contract? or what team would give him a big contract?

>>77792164
delete this right now. right fucking now!

imagine being a pistons fan lmao

>>77792234
Kyrie is cool bro. Lay off.

>cavs could realistically sign Wade, Melo and Noel until the start of the new season

Would this get them ahead of Warriors?

>>77780831
He should have 1 more, but it was him that was a letdown

>>77792285
with just wade and melo would be enough to beat them, adding noel would make durbeta shit his pants

>>77792243
76er

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>cavs could realistically sign Wade, Melo, Cousins, AD, Westbrook, George, Buttler, Kobe, Harden, Tom Brady, Tsunaldo, Money Mayweather, Ron, Artest and Noel until the start of the new season

Would this get them ahead of Warriors?

>>77792108
Why didn't they even make an offer to Jonathan Simmons?

NBA 2K released their all time teams and a bunch of Shitattle faggots are throwing a hissy fit OKC owns the rights to the Sonics and as such the all time team is made up of Thunder and Supersonic players.

Lel, loving every laugh.

>>77792319
well i have no argument against Philly. They are have contracts that add up to either 82 or 83 million from the 2 sources i looked at. and i don't understand cap space too much but it's somewhere in the 90s for them so i guess he could go to Philly, i guess, doubt it though.

>>77792300
Cavs probably would've won in 2015 if Irving and Love weren't injured. Also Lebum would've definitely won against the Mavs if he weren't shitting his pants that series, because Wade was playing great.

>>77792424
LeBron threw that series because if they had won, Wade would have won Finals MVP.

>>77792339
Not even close.

>>77792469
I think being destroyed by the Mavs with an humiliating performance is more embarrasing than that.

>>77792523
Nah, LeBron was definitely thinking that Wade getting 2 Finals MVPs against his 0 would be worse.

>>77792424
Wade was ball hogging, which he wasn't doing in any series prior to that, and his sudden change in playstyle in the finals threw LeBron for a loop. James didn't quite know how to handle the treachery.

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this is a god dream

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>2K gave LeBron a 99ovr on the Heat and Cavs' all time teams
>gave Kobe a 98 ovr on the Lakers all time team

I'm done with 2K bros. The levels of disrespect are unforgivable.

>>77792765
I gained 40 pounds in 5 years. Is that bad

>>77792776
Kobe is lucky to even get to 98. I'd make him 96 at his very best.

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>>77792793
I gained 40 lbs since January, come on gotta eat big to get big

ayyy how i get jumped into a broship famm?

how many seconds does it usually take?

Has anyone ever come back from a foot injury and had an unfettered career?

>>77784965
Stop false flagging, Lebron

>>77792776
2K fucked up all the ratings badly. They gave Tony Parker a 94 ovr, Westbrook and Harden a 94 ovr, but Cousy a 95 ovr despite being worse than all of them in every stat imaginable. Only gave Sacramento Webber a 93 but Bob Pettit from the Hawks a 95 ovr despite the same issue.

They suck off older players and give them inflated ratings but shit on more recent players except LeBron and KD because they're dick riders. It's no damn biased it's retarded and it's nonsensical.

If you base the players solely off their stats in the years with the franchise in question then half these guys don't deserve what their ovr's are, yet they inflate the stats for select players.

>>77792909
Cousy couldn't dribble with his left hand.

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Is "pounding" the ball when dribbling the proper technique? I find sometimes when I dribble a little more relaxed, it will sometimes have more backspin when it comes back into my hand and that makes me prone to losing it.

>>77792860
Yao Ming

>>77792234
I too am not too excited about Kyrie, it's not like were gonna beat the warriors anyway.

>>77792909
What did Bill Russell get? That's more about Cousy being a legend than anything else. We all know they sucked.

Replace Westbrook with MJ or Kobe last season and the Thunder doesnt even get 40 wins. Replace Westbrook with Lebron at point forward and move some other positions around the Thunder make it to at least the second round in the west and likely the WCF.

Lebron > Westbrook > MJ > Kobe

@77792995
LeBron would get bounced in the first round in the West, don't kid yourself

Isaiah Thomas last season had a better season than any season that Allen Iverson had

Westbrook is the only player that can be a superstar in any era of the NBA. That's how good he is.

>>77782789
If Lebron leaves the East, it's a wrap for the EC. The west is stacked already

>>77792953
Oh god are these really the type of people posting about basketball? Holy shit. They've played maybe a game or two and comment on nba like they know anything? Are you really asking that question dude? Why am i still here when it's obvious all of you are 200+ NEET's who don't know the first thing about basketball

>know nothing about basketball
>browse /r/nba for a couple months
>now know everything

feels good

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>>77793083
>sperging out and writing essays over a simple question

>>77793083
lol but do you even know the answer to his question

>>77780292
my old highschool coach was a 5 ft 8 white, out of shape and still the best player on the court.

He also could stroke 3s from beyond nba range and beat Jae Crowder in a 3pt comp at a dallas basketball camp. Guess that helps.

>>77793129
The answer is yes and should be obvious

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>>77793105
>Posting on a sports board with no knowledge of sports

>>77793308
you dont knead to play ball to know ball my man... even to the average baller we can all deduce that lebron james and russell westbrook are the best players in the history of the modern nba.,,

>>77793349
You need to play ball to have a better understanding of the players/positioning/ decision making. Otherwise you guys are all just armchair commentators. You sprain a toe or jam a finger on the court, you learn to appreciate the game a little more.

>>77793404
ya man bc palying pickup ball with a bunch of scrubs makes u way more qualified than people who actually udnerstand and cirtically examin professional play...

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>>77792888
Checked

>>77793440
Try playing for a school team with an actual coach. Street ball is nothing compared to actual by the books basketball. Nice try tho,

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>by the books basketball

>>77789820
Efficient and level headed, think he plays good D too. Still, I thought Saric shoulda won it but eh, he shot like shit early in the season.

Still this ROY was a farce, a healthy embiid would've easily won it.

>>77793472
That means, little(big) NEET, not bullshit street rules. ACTUAL basketball like they play in the NBA. Although the state of High School basketball today is pretty sad

>>77793461
>school basketball translates to NBA play
Unless it's a top ranked school or AAU, your opinion still isn't any better. In fact, it's worse because you're trying to project "knowledge" of your average level of play into the professional level.

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>>77785696

>>77793499
As if yours is better? Don't you think knowledge in the field is more pertinent than textbook knowledge? Being in the middle of the game is a lot more important in terms of experience than sitting in the stands.

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>>77793487
>a healthy embiid

holy shit just answer the guy's question you asperger burgers

>>77793537
>As if yours is better?
Yes, because I am woke and not biased to my own experience which allows me to look at things objectively from the standpoint of professionals and not from knowledge in a school game.

>>77793561
I did. The answer is yes.

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>>77793531
Those are some nice slides

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>Yes, because I am woke and not biased to my own experience which allows me to look at things objectively from the standpoint of professionals and not from knowledge in a school game.

>>77793565
You completely disregarded my explanation so I can see you can't accept being wrong. A person on the court can tell someone alot more about the game than someone who has never played it. You don't seem to understand that. Whether or not this is specific to you, this board doesn't know shit about how basketball actually works on the court.

>>77793565
you gotta be trolling. This is horrible

>>77793597
>only people who play basketball can understand basketball
I would love to hear what you think about refs. You probably are a cuckboy who thinks the nba is rigged.

>>77793620
Ref's are spotty so it's more of a question which ref in particular. Ref's are human, so they're bound to make wrong calls. Any other questions?

>>77793597
so its fine when people ask questions because you know it all right?

fucking millennial need to go, christ