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fuck gowiz

You're welcome LeBron

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZ8yCJgsF_4

Just show down Hakeem, Shaq and Duncan in Blacktop with Kyrie, Klay and Steph. They wouldn't last a day in today's NBA

Shaw is the Mike Tyson of basketball

>>77988121
George Foreman t b h

Kobe is probably the most underrated superstar of all time

http://www.strawpoll.me/13827712
Part 2 of the /nba/ meetup process

How tall is /nba/?

>>77986292
Well I mean, MJ wasn't a point guard and OKC literally had no playmakers or even decent passers last year so.... I mean that's not really a knock on MJ.

>>77990006
they had cameron "face of the chicago bulls" payne

>>77989984
My dick is 1 foot

Guys, guys, guys.

What if KG and AI played together instead of wasting their primes on horrible teams???

What if T-Mac never left Toronto and him and Vince took over the league???

Replace Westbrook with Jordan or Kobe last season and OKC doesn't even make the playoffs. Replace Westbrook with Lebron and OKC makes it to at least the 2nd round and likely the WCF.

Lebron > Westbrook > Jordan > Kobe

>>77990709
Toronto would have gone to the conference finals but that's it.

It's a shame that t mac has a monkey brain

>>77989984
6'3"

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>>77986792
hes so simple but unique compared to all the other food (you)tubers. gives actual ratings. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uL5bcwKRqAM

>As Hayward and Irving recalled at their introductory press conference with the Celtics on Friday, LeBron James' return to Cleveland "squashed" their plans.

>"I actually went to Cleveland on a visit when I was a restricted free agent, and Kyrie came in and was saying how much fun it'd be if I was on the team and kinda recruited me to go there," Hayward said.

>"And then LeBron came and that kinda squashed that whole thing."

>Irving could only laugh alongside of him.

>>77990709
T-Mac was a poor man's Melo at best.

>>77992068
Get the fuck out loser

Is Butler enough to get the T-Wolves to the playoffs?

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>there's a weeb convention going on in my city this weekend

>AI
>C-Web
>Korver
>Iggy

Wew, too bad the team sucked.

https://youtu.be/6P5YEPRoTxQ

>>77993194
is it san antonio? lets hold hands there my dude

>>77993661
n-no

>Cleveland has fielded numerous calls already about potential trades for the BKN pick

How the fuck is DeAndre making All NBA teams when Davis and Boogie aren't

>>77995322
KAT*, not Davis

>>77995322
LA bias

>>77995322
he's funny

The Warriors of today would be no match for this Bulls team for many reasons.

1.) Jordan was a two way player who was dominate on both the offense and defensive ends. Curry would be exhausted trying to play defense on Jordan and would have a lot less stamina on offense. He also wouldn't have all of these open looks he gets in today's NBA. All Curry knows how to do is shoot, Jordan would shut him down. As great of a shooter as Curry is, he's basically a one dimensional player and nowhere in the same class as Jordan/Pippen.

2.) Pippen would dominate Klay Thompson. As the same with Jordan, Pippen was also dominate on both the offensive and defensive ends. Just like with Curry, Thompson would have to exhaust himself playing defense on Pippen. Thompson would also not be getting all of the wide open looks he gets now. Thompson and Curry are one dimensional players who only know how to shoot. They wouldn't get open looks like this vs Jordan/Pippen. Not to mention, Jordan/Pippen were far superior athletes to Thompson/Curry.

3.) Although Durant was an offensive threat, Rodman would at least play respectable defense against him. Durant would probably get his 25-30 points vs Rodman, but Rodman was such a great defensive player he would make him earn it.

4.) Ron Harper was an underrated defensive player who could guard multiple positions and could handle Green.

5.) The Bulls bench was much deeper. (Kerr,Brown, Wennington, Buechler, Kukoc) were all role players who played their roles to perfection.

Two completely different eras in basketball. But there's no way the current Warriors team could compete in the Bulls 90's era. Conversely, if the 90's Bulls played in today's weak NBA, they would have probably won 76 games barring injuries.

>>77995764
curry has a funny voice, never saw this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfL6cSpIDuM

>>77995764
So much pasta gone to waste

>>77995764
>All he knows how to do is shoot
In 2015/16 Curry lead the league in % at the rim. Bulls can't match GSW's offence either. Bulls only had one true great offensive player

>>77995814
seriously? i mean wow! u concluded that just by watching this vid? Man, i am very much of an MJ fan.. i grew knowing basketball "like mike"..but with today's basketball vs old school.. i mean, their moves was textbook but today's basketball was an evolution of that textbook.. if this batch of players would have to face the Golden States Warriors now.. they will loose, these kinda plays is mostlikely Spurs game play. U didnt took credit the fire power of klay curry and KD? Rodman cannot defend these players alone.. Phil Jackson was a great coach and Kerr took Pj's coaching
to the next level. With no disrespect to the real GOAT

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>advanced stats

>>77990006
Jordan had a couple seasons early in his career where he kind of did the Harden thing and was the playmaker running the whole offense. In particular, the second half of the 88-89 season he was actually playing point guard for the Bulls. So I think he 100% could have played that role with a roster like OKC's last year. and i think he would have been better at it than Russ - MJ was obviously a better scorer and probably a better defender than Russ.

>>77996561
>probably a better defender
Westbrook is one of the worst defenders in the league and Jordan has 9 defensive first team picks and 1 DPOY, so yeah I'd say he's "probably" a better defender

Why on earth would you think that Curry would be guarding Jordan? Why would somebody write that. It doesn't make any motherfucking sense.

>>77996652
I think Russ is a fine defender. I don't see how he's one of the worst in the league. I agree that Jordan was a really good defender and much better than Russ.

That said, it is funny to me that BPM has Russ as the second best defender last year on a per-minute basis. Like, DBPM has him as a straight-up better defender than Giannis or Gobert. Which seems extremely incorrect.

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Are Lakers fans ever embarassed that the face of their team is a literal faggot infested with AIDS?
I ask this as a Timberwolves casual but whenever I see him on TV I get embarassed even for the people that are just sitting next to him. These people need to straighten their backs and put on fake smiles while trying to put aside the thought that this giant guy next to him has literally fatal poison pumping through his body with every heartbeat. Poison he got after letting another dude bareback his asshole and shoot his load inside of him.
It's fucking gross, how are we supposed to sit here and pretend that this is something we shouldn't fixate on?

>>77996838
That's beause +/- is a heavily floored stat. Zaza has a plus minus of around 12, similar to KD and Steph. Real plus minus has adjustments to make it more solo based and Westbrook isn't even top 30 in point guards for real defensive +/-

>>77997132
BPM is only sort of indirectly a +/- statistic in the sense you're using it here, so I'm not sure how much Westbrook's DBPM is influenced by that. It's definitely possible that he's getting too much credit in DBPM for playing in lineups with Roberson and Adams though. I suspect that BPM also strongly overvalues rebounding which probably plays a role as well.

Second, with regards to looking at actual direct +/- statistics, I would argue that if you look at the specific +/- numbers, and you look at the lineups teams use in their totality and who players play with, and you look at how players have performed over multiple years, and you look at the underlying rate stats and not just points scored, you can extract some extremely useful information from +/- statistics.

RPM does seem like a generally useful statistic and one of the more trustworthy rule-of-thumb numbers out there but I don't trust it 100% given the opacity of the calculations.

Somebody who needs a center: please trade for Marc Gasol. Dude needs to be on a playoff team.

Looking at Boston, San Antonio, or maybe Toronto or Washington here.

>>77995764
Anyone who says the Warriors would beat the 86 Bulls I'd underaged, period

>>77998181
I like Orlando Woolridge as much as the next guy but that might be a little strong

>>77998055
The Spurs already have a Gasol. The better one.

>>77998055
He is on a playoff team

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>tfw ur the 3rd gasol brother

>>77998055
>San Antonio
i wish but it's not happening

Dragic would be really good on the Spurs

>>77998278
Pau is definitely not as good as Marc at this point in their respective careers my dude

>>77998285
nothing against Memphis but it's really hard to see them being better than Portland, Utah, or Denver. unless Chandler Parsons is magically good again.

>>77998313
probably not, no, but it's fun to think about

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When is Klay leaving that shithole that is the Warriors?

He saved them in 2016 only to have Curry and Drayboon choke away the series and last year got completely overshadowed by Curry and Durant.

>>77998555
what would be a better situation for him to be in? than one where he's a favorite to win a championship, and all he has to do is hit open 3s and play defense and not worry about defenses selling out against him, and no one cares if he gets high as shit

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>>77998345
yes

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AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

LONZO BALL CURSED

>>77998055
Boston doesn't need that old white boy

>>77998625
He could go get max money statpadding on a shit team and also getting a 5 month summer vacation to smoke as much weed as he wants

>>77998555
Haven't you ever listened to him in a press conference? He's probably too stoned to give a shit about that. Also he played like ass this finals so he shouldn't really complain

>>77998907
Boston has no good big man. They need someone and the Davis rumors are just rumors

I'm a lucky bastard dab oh dagger

>>77999004
t. baby boomer

>t. baby boomer
What does that even mean faggot

>>77998912
he's not built that way. he's a different kind of cat.

Would the NBA be open to a player loan system? Like how they do in soccer leagues.

>>77999538
>removing the part where he double dribbled

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>>77999258
>>77999391
diamonded

It's crazy how much people believe in summer league results. Getting buckets against D-Leaguers.

>>77990709
Big 3 Boston was elite and should have had 2 finals

What if Grant Hill had stayed healthy in Orlando with McGrady and Tim Duncan had moved to Orlando to play with them

kyle korver is cute

Where my BBs at?

Is Markkanen good or is he a bust?

T. 0 knowledge of basketball

will /nba/ ever recover from the Warriors decimating lebron's legacy and this board's pathetic existence?

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>>78000500
That's old news familia


The present and future is BBB

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>celtics will make it past the 2nd round

Is doncic a future goat????

>>77990709
fuck off dom2k

>>77992068
kys

>>77999794
they did have two finals idiot

>>78000476
He hasn't even played a day in the NBA how the fuck can he be a bust

>>78000747
Fuck i dont know how should i know i have nevdr watched basket balls

>>77987617
ay man...it's /nba/ General not NBA
yes there's a difference

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did they?

>>78001478
FREAKED

>>78001478
god she's so nasty

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>>78001525
>>78001533
what about her? did they?

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>>78001478
>6'1
>hand is closer to hers than his

>>78000747
Fultz hasn't played a day and he's already bust.

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Y'all niggas sleepin on Reggie "Superstar" Jackson and Andre "iCarly" Drummond

>>77998260
XDDD UPVOTE!!

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>Celtics won't get banner 18 in '18

>>77997079
Are Timberwolves fans ever embarrassed that the face of their team is a faggot who has never even been to the Finals?

>>77997079
Magic got AIDS from shagging 1000s of women, m8. It's his son who's the faggot.

>>78002517
Andre Drummond was a really bad player last year. He might be better next year, but he's a shitty defender outside rebounding and one of the least efficient scorers in the league. And Reggie Jackson is just straight-up a bad player.

Detroit is totally fucked. They might fall ass-backwards into the playoffs this year but it's really hard for them to substantially get much better with Jackson and Drummond as their core. It's a shame too cause they have a really fantastic supporting cast but Jackson is total dogshit poison and Drummond needs to get his shit in gear.

>>78000500
LeBron said he's chasing the ghost of Michael Jordan but what he should be really worried about is the ghost of Jerry West. I thought it was funny.

>>77987617
>+/- is a meaningless stat in basketbal
>unless it applies to Lebron dick sucking

>>78004976
lmao /nba/ byfo

>>77987641
It's blue cheese and wings or go fuck your mother.

Everyone forget Cavs were worst team with Kyrie on the team back when Lebron was on the heat.

Cavs were literally invisible non team ghost

>>78005114
kyrie was only 14 years old. lebron didn't do shit till he ring padded in miami

>>78000602
Fucking kek tell me this is real

>>78000602
Day 1 buy if your My Player can sign with BBB. Not even memeing.

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LeBron never won anything without a super team. He wouldn't have won without Kyrie's individual greatness.

Lebron hasn't won shit without 2 other super stars on his team lol

get the fuck out of here you weeboo fat shits

>>78005981
I just played 2 hours of pick up, projecting and calling other people fat is just rude

You're all fat fucks. Specially the regulars who are here every single day.

>new post
>nothing here
God dream

>>78004976
>what is context

Reminder Magic Johnson got AIDs after letting a guy fuck him in the booty

What's /nba/'s height and weight?

>6'3 186 here

>>78007261

6'1" 158, still bemused someone @ed me the other day calling me fat because I eat fast food

>>78007211

it's 2017, I thought we were past the point of judging people for their sexual preferences. You'd have to be a major homophobe to think there's anything wrong with a man fucking another man in the butt

>>78007382

You can still think it's gross

it is a butt after all

>>78007261
6'0" 324lbs

>>78007382
t. Queerbait

>He isn't a Laker fan
>He isn't American
>He isn't 250+ pounds
>He roots for a European
>He isn't ordering food as he types his post

just kill yourself already.

LA is full of beaners and beaners are worse than scum, therefore supporting the Lakers makes you worse than scum

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>>78000500

>>78007472
I used to be 340 though so im coming down

>>78000500
/nba/ hasn't recovered from a 73-9 team losing the Finals after going up 3-1. As a neutral Warriors/Cavs fan, I'm truly living in the best timeline.

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>As a neutral Warriors/Cavs fan

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Russell Westbrook is going to have a good season.

just to let those interested know, the fantasy league is still getting worked on, like rules, number of teams that are going to be accepted. stay tuned. its being modeled after the real NBA league.

im thinkin of holding the draft sept 25th so that will allow 1 week of trades if you misdrafted or want to do roster tweaks. then preaseason will start 5 days later.

>>78008336
id like to get on that desu

>>78008483
keep an eye out, will make a graphic if i have time

Celtics starting 5 draft position they were taken at in round 1:

1st
3rd
9th
13th
3rd

that is pretty nuts

>>78008735
can we talk Celtics with no memes pls,
are they going to work? i mean talent wise obviously but i mean when it comes to closer to playoffs, how strong will they be? who will be #1, kyrie right? then hayward then Horford.

>>78008831

we have no idea till opening night

Is Saturation II /nba/core?

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as a Rapties fan i'm ok with this if it's TT & Shumpert for JV

>>78009002
damn thats a good trade, win win for both teams desu. All cleveland needs is a SG and a PG who isn't injured.

>>78009002
>Tristan Thompson's contract

Fuck no we dont want that shit

>>78009060
ehhh it's not THAT bad by nowadays standarts
Casey never fucking uses JV so i'm fine with TT if he's a better fit for the team

I'm crying again

>>78009060
>Cleveland needs to improve their bench and upgrade themselves overall in any other way possible; Not only to defeat the Golden State Warriors, but to have the best overall group of players possible.

>By trading away Thompson to Toronto for Valanciunas, Cleveland gets a player with a better all-around game and they also save some money.

>Thompson has been and will continue to be a better regular season player than postseason player. It remains to be seen if Valanciunas could be better, but I am all in for a change. Thompson’ time to leave the Cavaliers has been here for some time.

>According to basketball-reference.com, Thompson averaged 8.1 points and 9.2 rebounds in 29.9 minutes/game in 2016-17. In addition, Thompson will be earning $16.4 million in 2017-18, just short of $17.5 million in 2018-19, and just over $18.5 million in 2019-20.

>On the other hand per the same website, the Lithuanian center averaged 12 points and 9.5 rebounds in 25.8 minutes/game in 2016-17. His salaries for the next three seasons are $15,460,675, $16,539,326, and $17,617,977.

>The Cavaliers would get a true center with better overall stats for less! What’s not to like? Yes, it is not much money Cleveland would save, but every dollar adds up, especially when it is being spent on players with limited skill sets.

>As great as it would be to see an upgrade in the starting lineup, this trade proposal is only a dream. If Thompson was not friends with forward LeBron James, perhaps Cleveland would have moved on from him by now.

>trading with division rivals
???

IT4, Rose < Curry but when healthy i'd take IT4
Smith < Thompson
Lebron > kd
Love > green
Valanvunas > zaza/Mcgee

CLE bench > GSW bench

>>78009201
IT will never be 100% for the rest of his career

>>78008646
will do friend

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>>78009201
>Love > green
>CLE bench > GSW bench
nigga what

Craptors about to get fleeced if they do that trade straight up

>Spurs trade Aldridge for Cavs Nets pick
>trade Murray+nets pick for Marc Gasol

>>78009527
Nigga just because that works on 2k doesn't mean it'll work in real life lmfaooooooooooooooooooooooooo

>>78009473
TT, Frye, Shump and Nets Pick for Defrozen and VC

who

says

no

>>78009567
The Craptors. They won't rebuild if they just resigned Lowry.

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>>78009590
send lowry to ORLANDO

>trade shump / TT for Valanciunas (throw in 2nd rounder if necessary)
>Sign Dwade
>Sign another guard
>or sign Jamychal Green via FA for big depth.

pls

Y'all niggas really play 2k too much, thinking the actual league works like that lmfao

>>78009549
>implying all GMs don't simulate trades in 2k before trading in real life

>>78009644
jamychal is already signed thought

imo, they should get tony allen and play IT on the second unit with him.

1st
Rose
JR
Lebron
Love
Valanciunas

2nd
Thomas
Allen
Wade
Jamychal
Zizic

r8 desu

>>78009694
>jamychal is already signed thought
he went back to memphis?

>>78009694
>https://www.grizzlybearblues.com/2017/8/28/16213270/jamychal-green-nba-free-agency-memphis-grizzlies

he isnt signed?

>>78009727
>>78009764
i was under the impression that he signed with the cavs already.

>>78009826
of, ill read the rest of the post next time lol.

When Dwade leaves the bulls
chicago is going to be the biggest shit show ever.

>>78010002
they might legit get sub 15 wins

>>78010002
>the 3 biggest markets in the league won't make the playoffs

Damn small markets we out here

>>78010046
Leave it to us

>4th. If you acquire a player in a trade, you may trade that player straight up for another player immediately. If you wish to package that player with another and make a trade, you must wait 60 days.

trade isaiah after 60 days package him:

>IT4 / 1st round pick / 2nd round pick (BOS)
for
>Bledsoe / Josh Jackson

>Trade TT shump future CLE 2nd rounder
for
>Jonas Valanciunas / Caboclo

>Sign Dwade
>Sign Jamychal green
>buyout felder and tell him to fuck off

Bledsoe/Rose/Calderon
Dwade/Smith/Korver
Lebron/Green/Jackson/Jefferson/Cabloco
Love/Crowder/Green
Valancuinas/Zizic

IT4 gets to rehab where he used to play and gets his dick sucked by suns fans >muh nostalgia

The Shitcaca Bulls are a joke. What the fuck is wrong with their management?

>>78010350
If the Suns didn't want to give up Bledsoe and Josh Jackson for Kyrie why the fuck would they do that trade package.

>>78010350
>booker it4 backcourt while losing jackson
lmao at your "life"

>>78010367
Trust the Process

>>78009304

Kevin Love is literally, unironically better than Draymond. Only retarded underage kids who started watching in 2015 think draymond is better after buying into all that warriors hype. Fact is 99/100 GM's would rather build their team around kevin love over Green

>>78010350
Why would Phoenix trade Josh Jackson for the Brooklyn pick, IT's expiring, and a terrible second round pick? Whoever you might take with the Brooklyn pick, there's a pretty good chance he's not going to be as good a prospect as Josh Jackson already is. If the pick falls into that 5-10 range people expect it to, you're looking at like Miles Bridges, and Miles Bridges is not close to being as good as Jackson. And you're getting Bledsoe

And TT + Shump for Valanciunas is also pretty crazy. Valanciunas is straight-up better than TT, and Shump is a player you'd have to pay a team to take. How the fuck do they get Jonas Valanciunas

Fucking crazy-ass homer shit, my dude

Is John Wall a walking meme?

>>78010906
Love can't stay on the court in the finals against the Warriors

>>78011354
>>78011354
>>78011354
>>78011354


>Love can't stay on the court in the finals against the Warriors

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

>>78010906
you're a fucking idiot

>>78008336
Explain

>Kevin Love is literally, unironically better than Draymond

HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

>>78011641

draymond is a good player, hell maybe even an elite role player, but he's not someone you can build a franchise around. Love can create his own shot and was considered for a long time as a top 10 player until he got overshadowed by lebron/kyrie in cleveland

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NBA Titles

kevin love = 1
draymond green =2

Completely random question, not related to anything posted here, but which player would you rather have

player A
>9 ppg
>6.8 rebounds
>4.1 assists

or

Player B
>18.4 PPG
>11.5 rebounds
>2.4 assists

Player A plays on one of the most selfless teams ever, while player B plays on a team with an incompetent coach that he has to constantly sacrifice for

>Klove
>considered star in the west with MIN, and a star in the east wit CLE
>not a role player
>even on a good team he was #3 option on offense
>4 all star appearances
>helped win a titles
>victim of dirty player (olynyk)

>Drayboon
>not considered a star in the west
>role player
>on a good team he's 4th, and depending onm atchup 5th option on offense
>2 all star appearances
>carried to a title
>is a dirty player

>>78011746
you're a fucking idiot

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will /nba/ ever recover from the Warriors decimating lebron's legacy and this board's pathetic existence?

>>78011746
I 100% agree that Love is better at getting his own shot and would be the choice of coaches to build a franchise alone for that reason

But Green is a more valuable player. He's a more valuable player than Love in general, and he's much more valuable specifically for the Warriors than Love is for the Cavs.

I love how people will argue that every individual Warriors player is actually bad and only looks good because they play on the Warriors

Like they've won 2 championships and been to the finals three years in a row and set the regular season wins record without any good players

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>>78012225
will /nba/ ever recover from the Warriors decimating lebron's legacy and this board's pathetic existence?

The reason no one is replying to you is because you've been pb'd, understand this one absolute truth

I love how people will argue that every individual Warriors player is actually amazing and doesn't just look good because they play on the Warriors

Like they've won 2 championships and been to the finals three years in a row and set the regular season wins record without any role players

>>78012225

It's almost as if they have two of the greatest shooters of all time on their team, as well as one of the greatest scorers ever in KD...

nah you're right, it's all the role players like javail mcghee making their team good.

You people are retarded and think just because a TEAM does well that means every player on that team must be amazing, when it's been shown good players can carry shit players to the finals time and time again.

>>78012256
/nba/ is on it's last leg. the pb can only hold so much before it slows /nba/ to a halt for him

L M A O

>interdimensional portal opens up and my future self comes out and tells me there's a new post in the thread
>check thread
>nothing there

I'm living 3 dreams
Biggie Smalls, Dr. King, Rodney King

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FACT: no matter what happens, Kobe will always have more titles than lebron

let that sink in to your mentally ill mind

>>78012363
Wrong. Filter lists in 4chanx's current implementation can exceed 500,000 lines before seeing any noticeable degradation in performance in chrome, double that in Firefox...

t. 4chanx dev

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>love

>>78012345
And they also have one of the best defensive players in the league in Draymond Green, but you still see people in this thread saying that people only think Draymond is good because he plays on the Warriors.

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>>78012408
>yfw it's discovered Kobe was on PED's and is stripped of his rings

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https://www.goldenstateofmind.com/2017/8/28/16217956/cavaliers-mess-lebron-james-dan-gilbert-golden-state-warriors-cavs-are-dumb

>Inter-dimensional quantum time shift space tear portal opens up in my bathroom as im taking a shit
>my pb walks out of it
>tells me there is a new post in the thread
>can't wait
>open up my iphone 65352 mega-galaxy gold edition
>nothing here
>look back at the portal
>pb is laughing walking away
>a soft mumble can be heard in the distance
>"here's looking at you kid"
>wake up from dream
>check thread
>nothing here

wew kobe.

>>78012466

why is the donkey from shrek on the cover and not Kawhi Leonard, the 2017 DPOY?

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we talking PED's now?\
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

>>78012594
God dream

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will /moo/ crew ever recover? have they ever won a title? I'll wait

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https://ajaythuraisingham.wordpress.com/2013/03/17/reasons-i-believe-lebron-james-uses-steroids/

>>78012609

Lebron James is a man, he balds. That's what men do.

you're basically admitting you're a 15 y/o twink with a full head of hair

>>78012676
2017 Reaper user of the year tbqh, you jealous?

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>>78012822
>15 y/o twink with a full head of hair

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlpcGN6QheQ

yall some weird ass gay niggas. i just come to talk about bball and yall here talking about littleboys baka

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>>78013247
>/moo/ crew in a nutshell

>>78013263
we all know its you cherry fucking faggot ass tranny boy

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>>78013330
still doesn't change the fact you never won shit lmao

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I can’t wait to see a world champion, mature version of alpha Kyrie Irving playing under Brad Stevens. Finally, he won’t be forced to play second fiddle to LeBron James. He won’t just chill in corners and hope to hit big shots, or just wiggle his way to the hoop. He’ll be the main ball handler, as well as the focal point of their offense. I’m super excited about this team, from a purely basketball standpoint.

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i miss her already bros

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I've never seen Kyrie so happy. Good for him.

>>78013570
I think I'm gunna choose to go see the Celtics at MSG instead of my spursies. I feel like Kyrie could drop 60+

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>based hezo melo

>>78013570
>kyrie irving with the layup
>BLOCKED BY JAMES
>and the LA Lakers win the 2020 NBA finals

this shit's gonna be lit

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https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/report-kevin-love-could-be-on-trade-block-by-february/


HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

threadly reminders

>filter tripfags
>filter spain
>filter brazil
>kyrie irving is a pussy ass bitch
>kevin durant is the biggest cuck in pro sport history
>lebron will never be the goat, 2nd best max
>mj > lebron > kobe(lol le meme chuck man, dont even defend him laker shills, youre all gsw fans now anyway)
>celshits wont beat lelbron
>sixers are dog shit
>craptors are a meme
>lakers wont make the playoffs
>clippers wont make the playoffs
>jokic is overrated
>porzingis > jokic

worst fan bases top 5
1. lakers
2. celtics
3. gsw
4. cavs
5. sixers

top 5 nba players
1. lebron
2. durant
3. kawaii
4. curry
5. westbrick

friendly reminder california is the worst sport state
friendly reminder that flyover states mean no low class felon blacks running a muck
ill enjoy my flyover state, thanks anon
you can have your 'caliswag' and your mexicans, im good

stay in school kids

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>ill enjoy my flyover state

>Cavs get
>wolves 2019 first rounder + the thunder 1st round (if not top 14) then 2 second rounders in 2018 / crawford

>wolves get Klove

>>78013932
>mavs are trash and dsj will tear his acl
>spurs fat fuck aldridge will ruin kawhi's prime

Is there any team that actively wants, or would want, to trade for Kevin Love? I'm not sure I really believe that the Wolves would actually do it.

can draymond defend centres?

Woah

Have we talked about the possibility of KLove ending up in LA with Russ and PG next year

>>78014318
he can guard centers well enough for the Warriors death lineup to outscore whoever they're playing

>>78014328
please read this in Bill Simmons voice btw

>>78014358
crazy he can do that at his size

>>78014315

the blazers would trade McCollumn + Nurkic for Love

Khris Middleton
Avery Bradley
Otto Porter
Carmelo Anthony
Jae Crowder
Rudy Gay

you have a sf spot open, who do you choose?

>>78014433

Do I need a scorer? Melo
Do I need defense? Crowder
Do I need both? Gay

>>78014419
would they really? that seems like it would be incredibly dumb for them to do

>>78014433
depending on who else was on the roster either Crowder if I need defense or Porter if I need spacing

>>78014433
score: melo
defence: jae
overall: melo

>>78014433
Hot take: Middleton. Guy can play/defend 3 positions, good playmaker and 3 point shooter, averages close to 20 ppg and is still young.

https://youtu.be/zrtInGlJdoU

lebron to my wizzies

>>78011438
> 1 GAME SAMPLE SIZE

>>78014628
thanks, this is what i was looking for. Bucks saying he will be fully healthy. and instead of bradley i meant to put KCP, he was meh in detroit but idk how he will do in LA.

Also, thoughts on Brook in LA?

>>78014940
curry was injured

I wonder what kobe and jordan fags will say when my boy Kawhi ends up with 6 rings and becomes the undisputed GOAT

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>>78014959

>>78014969
was looking at the spurs roster. Doubt those fags even make the playoffs.

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>>78015026
>/nba/ BTFO

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>>78015026
>mfw

>>78014959
boring uninspiring loser faggots with zero personality CAN'T. BE. GOAT. NO. MATTER. HOW. MANY. RINGS.

What don't you people get about greatness? It's not about the number, it's about much more than that, it's about the legend. Leonard, LeBron, Bill Russell, these people are stupid boring bums who are not special or GREAT in any sense of the world. They have no charisma, they are aggressively average intelligence-wise (or low IQ in LeBron's case).

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>3-6
>advanced stats

>>78015110
>charisma
>>>/asp/

>>78015026

that's some anti-christ shit. Wouldn't surprise me at all if Durant turned out to literally be satan. Think about it:

>gets serpent tattoos
>wants people to call him "the servant" (the devil wants people to think he serves god)
>hates being called slim reaper and wants people to think he's a nice guy
>plays for the bad guys
>broke westbrook's heart
>is perpetually beta
>took the form of a snake when he left OKC

>>78015130
>lebron fan
>>>/lgbt/

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>snakes
>beta

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>>78015110
>LeBron

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>>78015135
>broke westbrook's heart
.....

>>78015135
>Broke Westbrooks heart
Westbrook will be signing with the Lakers next season so he shouldn't be bitching

>>78015143
>kobestans this threatened by lebum
kawhi coming for that ass

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>>78015182

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>>78015208

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>>78015221
>OKC loses WB in FA
>OKC loses PG in FA
>CLE loses Lebron in FA
>NOL loses Booger in FA
>LAC loses Jordan in FA
>Dwade signs a one year deal to CLE and expires when they all go to FA

2018 Lakers roster
WB
PG
LJ
DC
DJ

all on vet minimum so we an have a bench of starters

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>>78015289

>>78015289
I believe that the whole US National Basketball Team will secede from the NBA and form their own league in which they are the only team, and play all the other teams and dunk on them, and laugh down from their thrones as the basketball kings of America.

>>78015221

whoever is setting up the dominos for 2019 is a fucking genius. I can see the storylines now:

> Lakers vs. Warriors WCF
>WB finally gets his revenge on KD
>Lakers vs. Celtics finals
>Lebron gets his revenge on Kyrie

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>>78015289
>TFW that team does get formed
>TFW STILL LOSE TO GSW!
So how BTFO would /sp/ be at that point?!

>>78014969
Why haven't they drafted another Kawhi?

>>78014969
iggy is such an overrated defender, kawhi shook him hard, look at him panicking with his footwork

Why hasn't Miami been able to grab a star?

>>78015645
Wade's exit ruined their reputation. Much like IT's exit is ruining Boston's.

Miami was all about la familia until contract time came lmao, should have gave Wade that Kobe money

>>78015645
wade left and because of the way riles handed it we are never gonna get another FA

i dont think hayward ever really seriously considered us, that snake was going to boston since stevens found his way there

>>78015645
>no assets
>low basketball iq players no one wants to play with
>dumb snapchat center

>>78015645
Whiteside and Lebron in free agency.

cap this

>>78000731
W A S S U P N B A F A N S

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>>78015680
>Much like IT's exit is ruining Boston's.
More like IT screwed himself with all the talk of a 'Big Pay Day'. I think if he was more humble and understood that his injury would be a bigger deal to the Celtics than it was to him.
>TFW the Brink's truck sandals probably didn't help with his relationship with the Celtics' FO either.

>>78015789
He deserves that Lowry contract at least, I don't think even IT thought they'd give him a 5 year. Celtics were more disrespectful imo.

Either way, Orlando or someone will throw money at him.

I don't understand why the midget didn't have the surgery in the first place. If he did, he wouldn't be traded and he would be able to play much earlier. Now, he probably needs the surgery anyway and he wouldn't be able to play in a contract year. It makes absolutely no sense.

How come the majority of people in the 50-40-90 club are white?

Does natural flexibility increase accuracy?

>>78015997
white people shoot better on average

>>78016020
Is it because they're more flexible/joint mobility on average?
Or hand eye coordination or reflexes.

While the black athletes are more likely to focus on muscle building and high intensity exercises for explosiveness the white athletes are improving in other areas.
I've always noticed that Bird, while he didn't seem very athletic in the explosive kind of sense he was very flexible for a big man.
His reflexes and hand-eye coordination were also among the top.

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>muscle building

>>78016042
White people are more intelligent so they don't take retarded double team iso shots

>>78016061
On average, but it's just one standard deviation.
NBA is like 85% black, so there should be at least as many smart black men as there are smart white men in the league.

>>78015997
White people are generally less athletic and thus practice their shooting more, and also take better shots because they have limited lift to simply rise above defenders

>>78016042
Bird was interesting because he wasn't super athletic but he was somewhere around where Julius Randle is right now.

His form is also very interesting, sort of a catapult at times. I don't know why I find it so aesthetically pleasing but it's really an unique release. Nowadays everyone either release really low or just barely at nose level.

>>78016061
>>78016086
black players are more effective

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>>78015997
>flexibility

>>78016042
>flexible

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how do we save /ourguy/?

>>78016103
Muscle flexibility and joint control are forms of athleticism too.
Not everything has to be explosive.

>>78016087
>White people are generally less athletic
Athletic as in explosiveness, then yes.
But I feel Bird often undersells his own athleticism.

Joint control, endurance, hand-eye coordination are signs of athleticism too.

It's like saying Ben Johnson and Maurice Green are more athletic than Mo Farah because Farah got destroyed by a 250 lbs boxer in a 100m sprint.
But neither of them can compete at longer distances and probably don't have the same recovery time as Mo.

Are the people who played fantasy last year still here? Shall we set up another discord?

>>78016205
just join us in the locked discord

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Excited for the new season lads. It's been 10 years since I stopped watching NBA and looking to get into it again because of based LM.

Bulls desu

Over under for Celtics is 56.5
That's a safe over, right? Every team in the East except the Celtics got worse

>>78016222
Invite pls

>>78016042
Ever heard of the term "The right way to play". It is more of a culture thing than anything else. Historically whites have had access to gyms and coaches who focused on fundamentals. Shooting and passing. Watch the movie Hoosiers to see what I mean. Meanwhile blacks, living in the inner city mostly learned basketball from the ball parks that did not give a fuck about fundamentals and was all about dunking on niggas. Also African Americans were bred to be amazing physical specimen during slavery so they literally are genetically stronger and faster than the rest of the population.

Right now it would be interesting to see if certain AAU and High School programs favor athleticism over fundamentals.

If Isaiah Thomas was placed in a women's basketball team, could he manage a 100 point game?

>>78018370
>African Americans were bred to be amazing physical specimen during slavery
This was extremely rare, it didn't happen enough to even have a marginal effect.

Often repeated but not supported by any evidence.

>so they literally are genetically stronger
The slaves taken from Africa were losers of wars, you could easily make the argument that only the weakest Negroids went to America.

>>78019086
Jalen Rose could average 100 over a women's season

Kawhi is too disciplined for his own good. You can mark him out of the game if you have the guy he's defending standing on the wing doing nothing and he won't adjust at all. Draymond is not as good at defending as Kawhi put he's far more versatile as he can protect basically every position in a single position if need be

>Nobody listens to Nas anymore. Real hip hop is Migos and Future
I actually liked Lonzo until this comment. Fuck the Ball family and I hope Lonzo busts.

>>78016222
Invite me too please.

>>78019086
No because you'll probably get sent out if you pop a willy.

>>78020389
What the fuck did you expect? He made a fucking mixtape in the style of mumble rappers

>>77987641
this

>>78016677
what about my wizzies you idiot

>>78019188
>The slaves taken from Africa were losers of wars
So warring tribes fighting in the middle of the hottest parts of the earth with very little water is something to sneeze at?
If anything, you kidnapped a warring breed (a losing one albeit) and made them into hard laborers, pressure cook them for a little under 100 years (Jim Crow) and pop the lid when it's all ready (Civil Rights). Then they start trying out sports, only to find out that they're really good at them.

All them dogs sent after them taught them to run.
All the water hoses blasted at them taught them to take a hit.
All the threats and murders that happened before their very eyes caused them to be visually aware.
The +200 years of oppression, forced servitude, and even fighting has led up to this.

The monster created is now the monster that takes from you, what did you expect?

>>78021183
Their over under is 47.5. I'd say that's a safe under

>>78021280
they improved

>Johnathan Hilldred Wall

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>>78021761

>>78016647
Bandwagon faggot.

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>300
>0
>0

>>78004058
>unironically believing this

I'll spot you one guy. The other had a cum filled asshole on the regular: Magic Johnson and Eazy-E
Which one took the hot shot?

>>78021874
>early morning anon gibberish

Who cares about dicks, Magic a terrible GM.

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how about them RACKETS tho

>>78021906
A shitty GM that's a literal faggot with poison blood

>>78015997
It's a random small-sample-size statistical anomaly. We're talking about 4 out of 7 people, in an extremely arbitrary statistical benchmark stat.

Kawhi put up 50/44/87 in 2016. If he'd made 8 more free throws, he would be in the club. Just random meaningless stuff like that.

>>78004058
>actually believing this

lern into the downlow my dude

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>Muscle flexibility and joint control are forms of athleticism too.

>>78022840
So if you have 2 guys who are identical except one displays more flexibility, you are going to argue he is not more athletic than the other guy?

You're a fucking moron.

Having great join control and flexibility is a strong physical quality in sports, especially basketball.

Maybe if Chamberlain could properly bend his wrist his free throw % wouldn't have been as pathetic.

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>reddit spacer

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>2018
>0
>1
>8