/nba/ general - THE BUCK STOPS HERE edition

https://strawpoll.com/5p73b292
Part 3 of the /nba/ meetup. It will be held somewhere in the Western U.S.

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3rd for hawks, bitches

>>78095255
AUTISM
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>>78095357
Look buddy. I will play a pickup game against /nba/ posters come hell or high water

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>>78095425
>this

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>>78095230
>MIN: Report: Shabazz Muhammad considering Lakers


Sit Down, Be Humble.

>>78095491
>Little girl wearing Green jersey
Should be Klay tbqhwyf

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>>78095573

pbu ;)

>>78095640
you think that webm is a showcase of Curry's skill, but i assure you, CP3 was simply attempting to flop.

I bet gordon hayward mains cassiopeia

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Oh hahaha, hey lebron

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>>78095573
Nah, she just likes dark ass tough ass niggas, not light skinned harry potter looking ass niggas

>tfw no bf

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The knicks should have traded this STUPID WIGGER FAGGOT when they had the chance. He's a fucking god damn meme that's buying into his own hype, can't even fucking dominate in Europe and Lauri...fucking LAURI
MARKKANEN is putting up better numbers and don't get me started on FRANK NINNYKENYA over DENNIS SMITH JR. FUCK PHIL JACKSON FUCK MELO FUCK BUSTAPS POORZINGIS FUCK FRANK FUCK HORNACEK FUCK JAMES DOLAN FUCK NOAH FUCK THJR FUCK LANCE THOMAS AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

>>78097887
I think he's a little overrated also.

If he was as good as they say, they would at least make the playoffs, he's never even made the all star team.

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>>78097887
Markkanen >>> Porzingis

>>78097938
Literally the new Nowitzki.

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how many days left now?

My Celties will rule the NBA

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>Literally the new Nowitzki.

HOLY SHIT BBB TAKIN OVER IN NBA 2K
https://twitter.com/NBA2K/status/905573900246859776

LAVAR GONNA BUILD AN EMPIRE NIGGA

>>78097938
This white nigga think he the next MJ?

>>78097253
Goddamn, Ghey looks sexy as fuck, no homo. The only one in the NBA sexier than Klove for real.

>>78098982
He has to strike while the iron is hot before his son gets exposed as a bust and becomes a bench player

Who /ripcity/ here? Be afraid Warriors, be very afraid

>>78099044
pfft, nigga did you watch summer league? Big baller bruh was averaging a triple double, better than any other guard in the league did when they was in summer league.

What happens if you report your own post

>>78099068
You know who else looked legit in summer league? Emmanuel Mudiay

Realizing that John Wall is the best PG in the league is a wew kobe

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Anyone here play 2k? The prelude drops tomorrow

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>>78099188

>>78099452
What about Isaiah Thomas?

Also is Kobe Bryant overrated?

>>78099452
>Kyrie Irving
woah, woah, hold on a second there buddy. Did you forget that he's on the Celtics now? That automatically drops him down about 10 slots on the top PG list. Can't have any good players on the C's, you know the rules. Fix this immediately.

THE ISIAH THOMAS HIP PRESS CNFERENCE

>>78100375
This. Media and people loved gordon hayward until he joined the celtics now everyone says he is a garbage player.

I still haven't seen IT or Rose in their new uni. DON'T MAKE ME WAIT MUCH LONGER.

>>78100375
>>78100828
but those are fair predictions, both Kyrie and Hayward played with top 5 front courts last year. Now they have Al Horford. Their hero ball is going to suffer and not fit well with all the other hero ball players on the Cs.

Is everyone dead or what the fuck

Something post something

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>>78101113

How the hell could a guy like Kobe Bryant who put in millions of hours in the gym be so inefficient at scoring? Yeah he scores a lot but he has the worst shooting percentages and shooting games of any legend, not just all time great but legend.

You would think with him putting so much time perfecting his game he would be able to score the ball more efficiently.

>An emotional Jae Crowder said that his mother passed away five minutes after he told her he was going to Cleveland.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bl2iTIY8IfA

>>78101206
Shaq only scored 1 of 22 3 point attempts.

>>78101214
No way

Will Blake ever be elite again?

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RACKETS THO

>>78101277
TMac was KD before KD was KD. Lanky motherfucker who can score with ease

>>78101206
It's simple. He was constantly double and even triple-teamed. Also, he was playing triangle in an era where it was counterproductive. The fact he had the numbers he had in the triangle, while being the primary target for defense was astounding.

>>78101982
They caught the Bulls syndrome: fill up the roster with as many point guards as possible. Rockets going to be a 6th seed at best, with da Thunder at 3rd seed. Enjoy the 2nd round exit nigga.

Who gonna be tha realest nigga in the NBA this season?
-John "Reppin tha Set" Wall
-Dame "D.O.L.L.A." Lillard
-Derrick "O-Block Chitown Nigguh" Rose
-Kemba "Don't Make Me Choke a Nigga" Walker
or
-Zach "Next MJ" Lavine
?

>>78100828
Yeah, I don't get the Celtics hate. People acting like Boston is full of white supremacists, but I seem to remember them getting shut down a few weeks ago.

>>78099674
Isiaih Thomas is extremely overrated.

>>78102020
>can score with ease
Yep, that's how he won all those titles.

>>78102082
>this post

MJ played in the exact same situation and had phenomenal shooting percentages.

>>78102242
That was MJ though. Also, defensive rules changed in the early 00's, during MJ's final years and Kobe's early prime.

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I was looking at the WNBA bracket format and thought it was interesting. I tried to adapt it to the 16 teams NBA playoffs and here's what I made. What do you guys think?

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>>78102311
Here is what it would look like with the 2017 seeds

>>78102279
Defence was made easier in those years dumbass, which goes against your point

>>78102326
Yeah and MJ only averaged ~22 ppg during those years with the Wizards.

>>78102415
He was 39 years old you fucking idiot and played as a Forward surrounded by shit players. Kobe was on a championship team in his prime with Shaq and good role players

>>78102415
Holy shit

who the fuck /asiangf/ here

Why does NBA Live 18 look bad? There's something off about it. It looks the animations are moving at 20 fps and the way they run around looks off.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IeQEswsqk6g

Can you be racist and still like the NBA?

I've been working on a team to defeat Golden State and this is what I have
C: Rudy Golbert
GSW struggles against good centers. Between Golbert and Davis I choose Golbert because he's a better rim protector and rebounder as well as being a lower usage player
PF: LeBron
Self explanitory
SF: Kawhi
Played good defence on Durant, which means LeBron can save energy for offensive side
SG: Danny Green
Perfect 3 and D player
PG: John Wall
Can be trusted with running an offence when LeBron sits. Good at defence too

>>78102020
T-Mac is nothing like KD, much more in the Kobe, Jordan clone vein, he's almost picture perfect comparable to Paul George with their slower pace to the game, isolation, and spot up shooting.
Obviously T Mac was more isolation and fade aways. Don't even try talking ball again little boy.

>>78102870
Short answer: yes
Long answer: iguana

>>78102539
>not enjoying the superior Latina gf

Kys

Prime T Mac is better than prime Kobe

>>78102902
No

>Koby getting shat on by reporters
>muh hip injury
(lol

Prime tmac was better than Prime Kobe
Prime Wade was better than Prime Kobe
Prime Vince was better than Prime Kobe
Prime Gilbert was better than Prime Kobe

Prime Rondo would be a top 3 point guard right now

>>78102872
If only the cap was 200 million

>>78102961
Prime Curry is better than Prime Kobe

Allen Iverson was featured on Westbrook's new book and talked about his relationship and admiration of Westbrook and how Westbrook is fashionwise and on courtwise the closest person to him he's seen. Westbrook confirmed AI 2.0

>>78103004
Gobert Salary: 2.121 million
Kawhi Salary: 17.64 million
LeBron Salary: 30.96 million
Green Salary: 10.11 million
Wall Salary: 16.96 million
Total: 77 million

Can you despise black culture, black twitter, rap music etc and still be a NBA fan?

>>78103070
Listen to Nas and find out

>>78103046
A team would be paying all those guys max deals to sign them

Prime LeBron is better than Prime Kobe

>>78103088
It's a hypothetical. In this hypothetical they're thrown onto the same team at the start of the season

I think Kobe has an attractive face.

>>78103117
I hate when people post unrealistic hypotheticals, like no shit you can make a better starting 5 than the Warriors if you have the entire league as choices

>>78103202
it's not even better than the warriors, who's supposed to score the ball?

>>78103223
Probably 1 of the 3 guys who averaged over 20 points this season you dumbfuck

Prime Manu is better than prime Kobe

>“I’m here so I can take of my family, my mom, my friends and take care of myself. I love the game of basketball and as long as I can do that, keep playing and try to get some more championships with the organization, I’ll be happy.
Will Kawhi end up being a snake?

>>78103252
all 3 of those were the best player on a shit team

Is Isaiah Thomas better than John Stockton?

Who here plays basketball? And if so what position?

>NBA to consider keeping teams from having a top 3 pick in back-to-back years - Woj
Uhhhhhh

>>78103416
I have the speed of a PF and the size of a guard

>>78103416
I played SF in high school. I got a scholarship offer but it was to a shit school so I declined it

>>78103433
Good

>>78101147
Anyone check Lebron's twitter feed? Couple weeks ago he was taking some beech photos, cropped off right at his ankles lol. This nigga has crab for feet.

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>spending your afternoon hating on based kobr

autistic af tbqh fambam

>>78102279
>>78102415
>>78102082
You're wrong, he was a worse decision maker than russel westbrook.
If he got the ball he would shoot it whether he should or not.

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This can't be real. It's photoshopped, right?

Just traded a 32 year old Bosh who's about to get a career ending injury for Beverly and Ariza

>>78104715
As someone who once spent an evening on New Years in a penthouse spraying ace of spades all over hot coked up socialites I can say that champagne fucking burns the eyes.

>>78102161
It's gonna be Steven "anime lover 69" Adams

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https://www.instagram.com/p/BYwPBoeBs1e/

> Westbrook about to repeat as MVP

Flattening the draft odds a bit to discourage tanking and reduce the "curse of mediocrity" is so eminently sensible that I genuinely don't understand the weird backlash towards it.

Small market teams will probably benefit. Lots of them land one star and end up in 6-10th seed mediocrity without ever making the leap

>>78104897
What about the teams that are genuinely shit every year and not tanking?

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>i-it's just the media trying to stir shit up! okc players don't hate durant!

>>78105010
Sounds a little unresonable. What if Enes and Durant are still friends? Westbitch thinks his hurt feelings should get in the way?

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Which NBA players does your form look the most like.

Me right here.

>>78105090
I shoot like deangelo russell

>>78104944
1. You don't need a top draft pick to become mediocre, just be well ran. Gives teams more of an incentive to try.

2. The active tankers generally end up with worse records than the mediocre teams already. Nuggets, Jazz, Nola, Kings and Magic would benefit if the Sixers and Lakers weren't deliberately bottoming out

>>78105090
i shoot like larry bird, cock that bitch back as far as i can, never got blocked once in my while

>>78104885
This must be why Brandon Jennings tweeted Westbrook is going to be better next year than last year, earlier today. They were both playing in that game.

>>78105049
You got BTFO but still don't shut up and see that grass is green.

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>no prelude for pc

2k always fucking us over

>>78101206
His career fg% is like 48 you goober

>>78102961
Prime Westbrook is better than Prime Kobe

I don't know why seattle always bitch at us for "stealing their team" when they have the fucking wizards. dumb cucks metropolitan degenerates.

>>78105285
It's 44%

>>78105260
wat/

Jesus take the wheel

Pretty upset that we lost Simmons and Dedmon only to add some Iso do-defence faggot

>>78105576
Dedmon was a scrub and Simmons had gang affiliation problems

>>78105049
Fuck off Durant.

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>>78105260
Yeah it's 2k, not the guys using cheat engine or trainers to ruin the online

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>>78105604

>>78105791
You think David Lee is a better defender than Draymond? LMAO

Kill yourself right now and save yourself further embarrassment.

>>78105632
anti-cheat isn't difficult, seeing as how they've remade the same game since 2010 with updated rosters i believe they should have the budget for that

>>78105090
I modeled my shot after Mike Bibby growing up

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DjthHjrm1lM

>>78105945
t. Draymond's Mom

>>78105994
What ever happened to him?

>>78095230
>jewver says no to teams getting picks if they're ass

lol well shittydeplhia, its confirmed, you're going to be shit forever.

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>>78095230
>MIN: Report: Shabazz Muhammad considering Lakers

Sit Down Be Humble.

>>78105956
Motherfuckers can't even get servers right, and they literally left in a glitch that makes all open 3 pointers go in automatically just by pressing pause for a second, and you want them to do anti-cheat? lmao

>he still play video games

does /nba/ like the new rule about tanking teams, aka the 76ers.

>knicks finally are about to go the tank route for young players
>rules change
JUST

>>78106408
yeah i expect that if im gonna pay 60 bucks

>>78106460
desu its better than spending my time here

>>78106848
What rule?

Warriors aren't going to the finals this year

>>78107117
>Having failed to institute reform in the NBA draft lottery process before, the NBA is again addressing the topic and could have a solution approved prior to the start of the 2017-18 regular season, ESPN.com's Adrian Wojnarowski reported Thursday.

>According to Wojnarowski, the NBA's Competition Committee could send a formal recommendation to the Board of Governors next week in order to gain final approval. But it's unclear whether the new rules would go into effect with the 2018 draft or at a later date.

>Wojnarowski wrote that NBA Commissioner Adam Silver is a proponent of lowering the odds the NBA's worst teams have to gain the top draft picks. Rather than the team with the worst record having the best chance of getting the No. 1 overall pick, the three worst teams would have the same odds of landing the top selection.

>There would also be a wider variance of possibilities in terms of picks:

>"Presently, the NBA team with the worst record can drop no lower than No. 4 from No. 1, but the NBA's currently proposed legislation could allow that team to drop from first to fifth in the lottery, league sources said. This would include a domino effect through the lottery, where the second-worst record presently dropping no lower than fourth, could fall to sixth. Then, the No. 3 team could drop as far as seven, and on down, league sources said."

>In addition, a team couldn't have a top-three selection in back-to-back years.

>During an interview on Mike & Mike in April, Silver said he thought the lottery process needed to be addressed. He also spoke of his affinity for European soccer, where underperforming teams are relegated to lower leagues, while admitting that that approach will never come to the NBA
The trend of tanking to get the best possible draft position has been especially prevalent in the Eastern Conference of late.


1/2

>>78107117
This one>>78103433

>>78107532
>The Philadelphia 76ers have spent years as one of the NBA's worst teams, while three playoff teams from last year have essentially signaled a full-scale rebuild this past summer. The Chicago Bulls and Indiana Pacers traded away their best players, while the Atlanta Hawks dealt Dwight Howard and lost Paul Millsap to free agency.

>For smaller-market teams unable to attract marquee free agents, tanking is a sensible approach to building a title contender, but it also increases the stratification in the NBA and creates a race to the bottom. Finishing between fifth and eighth in the conference standings is essentially the worst place a franchise can be, since the team is neither a true title contender nor a lottery team.

>Whatever the NBA's approach, it would appear the league will formally address tanking in the near future.

2/2

so even if the bulls, 76ers, and nets try to tank, those 3 teams even if one more tries to win the tankbowl, bottom 4 all have the same chances of getting the #1, and all other teams get a bump down for tanking

based Jew-ver destroying the scrubs!

>>78107877
>76ers
>scrubs
lmao maybe you mean the Celtics

>>78107032
Enjoy NBA live then, oh wait, they don't even release on PC, lmaooooooo

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>>78108103
why would I want to buy nba live? that's kinda retarded, like being a fan of the boston celtics

>>78101147
Did he injure his toe at some point?

>>78104775
They do this in baseball too. I saw it last year with the Cubs.

>>78108244
foot grew too fast and his shoes couldn't keep up

>>78106074
will he be the next great white player?

>>78108066
>76ers
>forever a-injured center
>aussie is an unknown, probably shit, look at exum
>Markelle Ankle Fults claims "health" but we all know it's only a matter of time before he twists it again.

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>>78108174
>prefers 2k
>doesn't like muh celties
>Kyrie is right on the cover
Oh hey LeBron, hahhaa, don't be too salty about me leaving, hahahhaa, its not that serious, lmaooo

>>78108380
>spend months gloating about how you are gonna get the top 2 picks in next year's draft
>trade your pick that you had been hoarding
>betray your best player, trade him for two snakes when he played his heart out for you hours after his sister died on a bum hip
>tell crowder he's getting traded while his mom was dying
>trade your foreign big man (who you claimed was better than zubac) for nothing
>trade your best defender for another wing player
>refuse to trade smart or rozier who have done absolutely nothing to warrant being in the nba

boston is pathetic lmaoooooo

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>>78108605
*blocks your manlet

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>>78108605
>>78108380
>>78107877
first image of hayward and kyrie in uniform

>>78108630
don't forget

>al horford

lmaooooooooo

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LD news:

Clips is hosting a 2k all-nighter tomorrow night in celebration of the new 2k18 release. The games start at 9pm after Clips finishes his 3rd dinner. The key to his locked channel will be sent by email so check your spam folders just in case.

See you tomorrow bros!

>>78108630
Smart will literally be taught Kyrie's moveset by Kyrie himself. This. Is. His. Year.

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hahahhahaahaha, LeBron stop you're embarassing yourself hahaha seriously, we can still be friends, just long distance friends hahaha, btw have you met Gordon? he's my new bestie hahahaha.

OFFICIAL GAME CHAT

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OFFICIAL GAME CHAT

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>>78108630
Danny Ainge is a madman

>>78108630
Marcus Smart literally beat LeBron in the conference finals and gave him his first loss of the post season though...?

And LeBron has a better non-finals post season record so that's like Beating MJ in the finals

>>78108822
Is this the LD?

>>78108877
No, that's some retard spamming his discord for the NFL game

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>>78108822


I literally don't care about muh Pats anymore, they win too much so it's actually boring now, that and the racist drumpf fags ruined Pats fandom for me.

Oh shit you actually did delete it

i need to be the person who asks the difficult questions around here. so ill just ask.

What team is going to get a 4chan logo on their jerseys?

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>>78105090
>Which NBA players does your form look the most like.

>>78095309
do the hawks even have a full roster?

>>78109474
San Antonio

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>San Antonio

Who's got the best basketball shoes?

>>78109474
Probs 76ers

Thing is Kyrie Irving may average more PPG, but he won't win MVP

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Looking back at young orlando magic Shaq...... Just imagine how much more dominant shaq could have been if he could have stayed around 300 pounds instead of gaining that weight and playing at 325 and higher his laker years.... The guy was just a freak(even more so)

>>78109951
>kyrie caring about MVP

Westbrook and Le3-5 ruined the MVP award, the real thing he's after is dat finals MVP he should have gotten when he saved LeBrons career

>new post
>nothing here
really makes you think

>>78109885
tmac or ai all-time
right now im leaning lillard or kyrie

If the Cavs offered their own first round pick, and Boston's second rounder with some filler pieces for Carmelo... That would be better than any deal the Rockets can offer. The Rockets don't even own their own pick and no one wants Ryan Anderson.
Cavs can negotiate that and retain the Brooklyn pick.
Just a possibility.

>>78109986
They wanted him to gain the weight. The thing that made Lakers Shaq so much better than Magic Shaq wasn't because Phil Jackson or Kobr, but because he was fat as fuck.
The thing that killed him was that he was right at the peak of being athletic fat and just fat, and most often just stepped over the boundary of just being fat fuck.

Can someone tell me what the fuck the Cavs are gonna do with this old as bones team?

Now they wanna trade for another old player?

Who's this team of grandpa's gonna even beat? they're gonna have to literally rest half the season lmao, get your wheelchairs out boys hahahahh

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Damn...

>>78110072
danny is a fucking coward, a snake, a terrible human being

Nene and Crowder look the same

>>78109992
T. Durant
Lmfao

>>78110172
pro-tip: Nene's his dad. check the player profiles


Watching this Cleveland introductory press conference, and i can def say that it's better than the Boston one. The whole time those snakes were trying to not crack smiles thinking that what they've traded for was something special. This cleveland one though, nothing but heart, something Boston doesn't have. want to know why? because they traded it to Cleveland. Thomas has the most heart in the league and that matched with lebron and crowders toughness and Drose's toughness can beat any team imo. Boston is way too cocky right now and Irving is to, he thinks he's better than he actually is. I can't wait for them to crash and burn.

>>78110172
Nene, Crowder, and 2 Chainz look the same

the ting go skrrrrrya

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>>new post
>>nothing here
>really makes you think

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>for sho dont axe me bout dat hip my man

>based koby fucking over the celtics again

feels like a god dream

>>78110172
>>78110358
Also thought that dude from the Nuggest was Nene as well

crowder and le manimal man rook same

>>78110028
i don't personally think laker shaq was that much better than orlando shaq.... I think lakers were just a better more popular team..... You can make an argument he was better in orlando imo

>>78110067
RJ and Frye need to go sadly and korver doesnt really outweigh his no defense. and if d-rose gets injured at all in the regular season they're fucked. the best case scenario for the cavs is for D-rose to carry the weight til IT comes back and they also trade for boogie

cant decide between altman or morey, pls hlp

be my friend someone

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Here are the new LeBron shoes.
Thoughts?

>>78111346
L

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>be my friend someone

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>>78095230
F

the Celtics are gunna miss Avery bradley

Averly Bradley is a cocaine addict, no we won't.

>>78111696
He was a good player, but I think Jaylen Brown will be better.

HAHAHHAHHAHAHHAAHAHHAHAHHHAHHAHAHA

Most improved player bound! HHAHHAHAAHHAHAH the nba will never recover.

>>78111416
KD 10 + LeBron 14

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Forgot image..............

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>Kawhi Leonard will be MVP in your lifetime

clips4lyfe is shitting up the nfl thread, can someone post the clips btfo gif?

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>>78112219
>>78112219
>>78112385
>>78112462

>Clips4lyfe getting btfo

>>78112523
>"waaaah clip btfo me someone come save me..."

lol fucking die in your sleep bruh....

>>78112746
>>78112694
BUT WHERE IS THE OTHER ONE?!?

>>78112746
Chill muchacho. Take your anger out on the court when the /nba/ pickup game comes around

>>78112778
lmfao the 287 pounder trying to ball

>>78111624
4 core players gone in a blink of an eye. Boston is shady as fuck. literally gave away their defense and offense and their entire team in 2 moves.

>>78112778
>/nba/ pickup

is this a reail thing or some new forced meme?

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AHHAHHAHHHAHHAHAHAAAAHAHAHAHHAHAHAAHAA

>>78112774
the pie one? it was lost when the /sp/ archive died

>>78112853
>waa why won't boston make any moves muh war chest
>boston makes moves
>waaa why did boston make all those trades waa

>>78112889
No there's literally gonna be a /nba/ pickup game at the meetup somewhere out west. Probably Cali. Probably LA

>>78112947
you don't trade your whole war chest for one player like danny did, he fucking ruined us

>>78112904
no the griffin making the trainer suck his dick one

>>78112947
don't even say that, even Celtics fans know that shit was shady.

Isaiah, bradley, Crowder made you faggots who you faggots who you are, they were the #1 seed. Now you have a team that may or may not gel. and i pray it doesn't. fuck this new boston team, at least that old one had heart and was respectable.

this new boston is literally just ring chasing the team.

>>78113052
>made you faggots
>you
im in dallas but whatever you say bro
everyone was complaining about them not making moves
they made moves
everyone is complaining
some things never change

>>78113052
What was the 2008 celtics team then?

>>78112853
yea all you got back was kyrie irving a top 50 player in the league..oh and gordan hayword who's at least top 200./scarcasm

fuck you are stupid they got kyrie and signed haword.... bradley adn thomas aren't near ad good as those two....

>tfw the NFL starts and its time to start ignoring the pathetically rigged NBA until february, by which time the warriors will be 50-7 and on pace to win the title easily again

thank god for the fall

>>78113093
>everyone was complaining about them not making moves
>they made moves
>everyone is complaining

yeah people were but they traded the players who took them to where they are. Thats like Nowitski, Harden, or Kawhii or whatever texas team you root for during arguably their prime just because of an injury, what if kawhii was traded after the zaza ankle injury? >inb4 not the same, you get the point im trying to get.

They should have made moves and they did, but they shouldn't have made that kinda move. Crowder, maybe, Avery is too much, but isaiah? wew-thomas, i thought boston was only going to move bench pieces plus picks.

>>78101206
There's an intrinsic relationship in the game of basketball between efficiency and difficulty of a shot (remarking in passing that difficulty broadly increases with usage). Kobe's game was about hitting shots that were intrinsically difficult and relatively low-reward. He was better at making them than most, but the underlying inefficiency is still going to be there.

Obviously an ability to hit difficult shots consistently has various other benefits in a NBA offense besides efficiency.

I hate Kobe by the way, it just makes me mad thinking about how much he's just a really fucking crappy European bootleg version of MJ.

>>78112947
We wanted you to make good trades and you made a worse trade instead

Clips get the fuck out the /nfl/ threads your not cool enough to be me

>>78113539
literally who the fuck are you?

Clips is a future /nba/ hall of famer you fucking random

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>>78113613

>leaf

>>78113450
again im not a boston fan

>>78113645
welcome to the pb bitch

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I don't get why people are caught up about the Celties blowing up the #1 seeded team, last year everyone knew the Celtics were worse than their record, they got lucky to play against Rondo who intentionally sabotaged the series for his former team (thanks rondie), and shook wall, then when they played a real team they got royally fooked over.

The trade was good because you got Kyrie off the Cavs kinda similar to how the Warriors got KD off the Thunder, IT looks like he got a almost career ending injury with his mysterious hip so he's inconsequential, and Crowder is overrated as fuck recently, I mean did you see the motherfucker play? guy is a bum, theres a reason IT had to score 50 a game.

Imma miss IT, but I'm embracing the based Kyrie years, LeBron is finally gonna get dethroned and in the most ironic way possible, it's gon be good

>>78113724
Dom2k I didn't know you posted here

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>welcome to the pb bitch

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>who the fuck are you
>Clips is a /nba/ hall of famer

Dont forget to swallow anon

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Dude, I legit feel bad for IT now that he has to put up with LeBetas mental illness subtle bullshit.

Noone should have to put up with that, thank god it's a contract year.

Just keep holding on IT ;_;7

I got 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 M's in my bank account

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This thread is too much

How exactly is LeBron going to chase the ghost of Michael Jordan when he is 3-5 in the Finals?

>>78115287
he's going to do exactly that: chase
chase but never catch MJ as GOAT

suppose he wins 3 more championships (which he won't) and passes MJ on the all time points list,
then his fanboys will talk about how it was better to get to the finals and lose than to get bounced in earlier rounds, hell they already invoke this.

i got a feeling that SOMEBODYS WATCHING MEEEEEE

>>78115601
Lebron also played against better teams in the finals, and didn't take a break in the middle of his career

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>>78095230
:^)

>>78113052
how are the new celtics a ring chasing team lmao, they're not even close. They wont even be able to beat Jamethen Harden

>>78116081
>choke soften and cp0 against godward and clutchrie

>>78095640
>currys foot slides under cp3s foot
man yall are so fucking retarded. you think this crossing culture is real shit. the only time a player with good footwork falls is when they are pushed or slip on sweat on the court.

Return of the Mack

>>78116219
put the trip on faggot, cp0 got BTFO

>>78116156
>thinking two real niggas will lose to white boi and high all the time guy
lmfao delusional

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KCP? Kentavious Caldwell Pope?

no, it stand for

Killing Celtic Pride

LETS GO LAKERS!
LETS GO LAKERS!
LETS GO LAKERS!
LETS GO LAKERS!

anyone here? any least coast fags?

>>78116347
>le door stopped peepee man
>le cliff paul insurance man
>real niggas

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>summer 2015 was 7 years ago

peak /nba/ was the greatest times of my life

>>78116782
>peak of life was before lavar ball and the ball bros

desu your peak is now. enjoy the prime of your youth senpai.

>>78116519
LAKERS DO IT AGAIN LADS
-RBL WORLD ORDER-
ALL DEY
ERR DEY
4 LYFE

>>78116667
only the best coast stays up for real nigga/deep lore hours, my man

>>78116782
>being a waifu draft cancer cuck
sad

>>78116813
>real nigga
look at this newfag, we renamed it to real /jah/ hours. im literally eating a vegan meal right now.

There's a war going on outside no man is safe from

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how much longer can lebron hold on and beat these guys in the east???

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>>78117929
Celtics aren't even good as the 76ers lmaooo

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>>78117929
Until he bails at the end of the season and goes to a new team.

>>78117929
is lebron supposed to be scared of some white boy who plays league of legends and a nigga who thinks the earth is flat?

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>>78118167
>is lebron supposed to be scared of some white boy who plays league of legends and a nigga who thinks the earth is flat?
Is this the same nigga that quit playing because the AC went out?!

>>78118236
i love how you antilebron fans bring this shit up. maybe try actually playing ball in a non-conditioned area at a high level and realize that cramps can severely fuck up your game physically and mentally.

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>>78118261
he's the only one that cramped up

lmao

>>78118286
he was the only one that cramped up because he was the only player on that court that played at a higher level than everyone else

achilles heel. perfect players require perfect conditions. it's like when a top tier defender gets thrown off guard because he can't guard against a shitter because they're unpredictable and don't act as expected with making what should be the proper course of action.

anyways, stay in school and keep grinding kid.

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>>78118313
grind on this dick

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>>78118313
>TFW THIS NIGGA CAN'T BE SERIOUS!

>>78118386
imagine being his teammate and having to put up with this shit because you're on live tv but you know he's just being a bitch

Remember in an elimination game in OT Kobe airballed 4 shots in a row?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bi6fftt43xo

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>>78095230
>Bucks edition
HOLY SHIT
WE MADE IT BROS

>>78118509
>TFW the Bucks are the 8th seed and go out in the first round.
[spoiler]Knowing the Bucks that sounds about right.[/spoiler]

>>78114552

Am I the only one who kinda wants MC Ride Harden? Its a good look on him

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i will give (you)s to everyone who makes Markkanen apuapustajas.

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>>78118609

>>78118626
dropped

I've been thinking about what would happen if Basketball was like Soccer where you can decide who gets to take penalties (in this case free throws). Do you think guys with big egos like LeBron would be willing to let the best shooter on the team take what could be points from him?

>>78118471
Yeah. I mean, everybody including Kobe mentions that whenever they talk about his career.

>>78118718
lebron would rather pass than shoot himself, thats one of the biggest knocks on him. ofcourse he'd let better FT shooters take it.

>>78118718
>I've been thinking about what would happen if Basketball was like Soccer where you can decide who gets to take penalties (in this case free throws).
If this was done in the NBA, you just know all the other teams would so assblasted if they were to play the Warriors.
>TFW most of the GSW players can hit those in their sleep.

>>78111416
look just like Kanye West's shoes: like shit. The fuck outta here with that 70's couch lookin corduroy lookin ass shit

>>78118313
Bitch, he just need to drink gatorade and get his elecrolytes up. Lebron is bitch-made, straight up. He aint ever face adversity. He faked these cramps when he knew he was going to LOSE.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=59&v=q08K40TWmXs

KD looks even more insecure everytime he tries to mock the haters.

Prokhorov is not getting $2bn for the Nets without the Barclays Center

>>78115628
Didn't that break rob of us a prime Jordan?

Reminder that Korn is the band of /nba/

>>78101206
He was actually not that gifted, but he worked so hard that he willed himself to be top 10 all-time.

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2732159-enes-kanter-says-teammate-said-not-to-return-if-he-got-picture-with-kevin-durant

>>78121193
It also significantly reduced the wear and tear that comes with playing a full season, and with going to the finals for a bunch of seasons in a row.

Also, it means that we can never know for sure whether Jordan would have been able to beat those Rockets teams in the finals. Which, to me, diminishes the value of the undefeated finals record.

>>78122116
i liked that danny green and kyle anderson were there. the #1 reason the spurs aren't getting notable free agents is because notable free agents like playing with their buddies, and san antonio players mostly aren't super well connected. i like that dejounte murray is staying in touch with everybody in the greater klutch co-prosperity sphere.

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>Those rings? Yeah, those rings will be mine

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Your 2018 OKC Thunder 1st, 2nd, and 4th leading scorers and NBA champions.

>>78121740
Too bad he couldn't get there

>>78122116
>And Kanter's anonymous teammate wanted the details on the game.

>"After the scrimmage game, 45 minutes later, he called me and said, 'Did you talk to him?'" Kanter said. "He heard about the game, so he asked me if I talked to him, if I was friendly or not, if I was on his team. I said I wasn’t on his team, and he said, 'You’re lying, I watched you on his team.' I said 'Ok, I was on his team a little bit.'"

lmao this guy is obsessed.

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>>78123137
Soon...

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THIS FALL I'M TAKING MY TALENTS TO SOUTH BEACH

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>>78123198
SOON

>>78123176
Whoever that teammate is (Westbrook) they sound like an obsessive ex girlfriend

>>78123286
You sound like a catty little girl and need to stop watching E! and use pads instead of tampons.

>>78123301
t. Westbrook

>>78123301
#Got'em

Bitches on suicide watch

>>78123321
Quite role playing you bitch tit little girl

>>78123345
You're killing him man. Mercy rule in effect he has a family, I think.

>>78123366
Can confirm, I don't have a family. That's why I escape this harsh reality by investing myself in drama online to fill that hole.

@78123340
@78123345
@78123366
No (You)s for you

>Isaiah Thomas is "dealing with more than just a tear" in his hip, a source with direct knowledge of the situation told Jason Lloyd of The Athletic.
>The source claims that "some of those secondary issues in the hip [Thomas] has played with for years now, such as a loss of cartilage and some arthritis, are complicating his healing process."

this is even worse than i expected.

>>78123462
Celtics confirmed complete and total snakes of the highest order.

KD should've went there, would've been a snake's den of the highest order.

>>78123486
How are the Celtics snakes? KD isn't loyal to his franchise and chooses his friends so he's a snake, and now Ainge is being loyal to the franchise and disregarding his friends, so he is also a snake?

>>78123524
You're a literal retard and every post you've made for the last two months proves it.

>>78123575
>no argument

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Westdickrider is ignorant, New Zealand wins this debate.

>Mfw Westbrook only has 1 more month to sign his extension before the extension deadline and prove he's not a snake

>>78123580
>not falling for b8

Fixed that, try harder and go back to /rug/