Imagine if luka put the same investment into his body as lebron does.
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Imagine if luka put the same investment into his body as lebron does.
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The Sixers should look into signing him.</p>
I don’t know how LeBron finds the time while reading the first page of all those books. ;-)Quote:
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Let's see if that quote works. I hear yah, but its not like MJ just had 4 good years or anything, and what he accomplished in his time in the NBA was at least two levels above what anyone has ever accomplished in that amount of time. You dont get to be the GOAT by just hanging on lonnger than anyone else.Quote:
Originally Posted by Danno
I actually feel the opposite of BMills. When Kobe was playing he was kinda sorta in the GOAT debate. Afterwards that fell off cause peopel got mroe perspective. I think LeBron will fall off a bit in the average fans eyes when he's not out surprising us nightly with incredible 40 year old performances.
Also, Cavs out here trying to get a better draft pick by bringin Simmons into the fold...
Editted to remove apostrophes since they seems to cause text problems.
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I dont really agree. I am not giving LBJ a long term participation award. I do think longevity plays a role in the GOAT debate, sure, and I do think MJ at his best was a little bit better than LBJ, but LBJ dragged some sorry ass teams a long way. Take a look at this team and tell me that is a Finals caliber team: https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/CLE/2007.html </p>
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I think MJ had a more killer instinct, he was more of an asshole and more willing to rip out your jugular, and that is why I give him the edge re peak, but he had very little success until a stellar team was put around him, lets not forget that. And I fully disagree re perspective, I think once LBJ retires and people gain more perspective, his stature will rise, not fall. I think people take his greatness for granted right now.</p>
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If someone thinks that GOAT means how was the best at peak power, that I agree that MJ was the GOAT. But I dont think LBJ was two levels behind him ever. And I think his overall body of work is superior.</p>
Remember me hoping for Beasley making the 3 point shoot out? WTF, Cade? I have no idea where that came from, Cade is shooting better from three this season, but c’mon. Beasley is second in the league in made threes, from the bench!
I know most of you probably get tired of reading my Pistons homerisms, but, it was nice seeing them on ESPN for the first time in a minute. Settled in to pregame to see Cade was out, fuck. I saw the twisted ankle against the Cavs on Wednesday and was amazed he played through it. So, I wasn’t totally surprised.
What did surprise me was the total ass kicking they put on the Sixers. Beasley dropping 36, 9-19 from 3. Ausar playing point forward, y’all gonna keep hearing more about these Thompson kids. Pre-game, every ESPN analyst picked 76’ers, heh.
I’m calling it now, Pistons will make the playoffs with the sixth seed. I think the top five seeds in the East are pretty established, most of them stayed pat at the deadline. Not saying the order is set, just the teams. That sixth spot will be close. The Pistons and Magic were the only teams that didn’t move backwards or improve. I thought perhaps the Sixers could threaten, but see above.
I think the Magic are hoping to improve by getting their two best players healthy.
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Mo is done for the season, Franz and Banchero have been back for a few weeks, hasn’t translated to wins.</p>
Simmons and harden teammates now. Pretty funny.
Popcorn please.
Anthony Davis' first game in Dallas:
1st half - 24 pts 13 reb
2nd half - Leaves game with non-contact groin injury
lolololololol
It’s not funny because I don’t like to see anyone get hurt, but given the context it’s pretty funny. AD was just injured in a non contact play and had to go to the locker room during his first game with the Mavs.
For what it’s worth, Luka played more minutes than anyone in the NBA last year.
bUt hiS CoNdiTioNinG!
GSW first game with Jimmy Buckets and they're down 24 points to the Bulls
Much better. That was painful to watch.
Jimmy fucking buckets!! Let’s go!!! Down [emoji638][emoji640], settled in, won by [emoji638][emoji637].
AD out "multiple weeks".
https://www.nba.com/news/anthony-dav...multiple-weeks
This trade is quickly becoming historically bad for the Mavs.
Happily, the Lakers’ trade for Mark Williams was rescinded.
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Much as I appreciate RUN TMC and old school Oakland music, that all-star weekend was some seriously fucked up bullshit. SGA rolling his eyes at Kevin Hart pretty much summed it up…
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Yeah, we couldn’t stop talking about SGA telling Kevin Hart basically to shut the hell up.
From everything I’ve heard today about the ASG, Stern should be thanking NBC for putting the SNL50 up against it so only a handful of people had to see it.
Well stern is dead so he didn’t have to see it either, but point taken.
It’s a shame the whole weekend has become such a farce because Mac McClung is doing otherworldly shit in the dunk contest.
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Silver, Stern, Green Jacket, Gold Jacket, who gives a shit.
terrible product is terrible product.
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It’s a shame the whole weekend has become such a farce because Mac McClung is doing otherworldly shit in the dunk contest.
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Yeah but he’s pulling a car on to the court? Ladders and props are weird. Back in my day they just dunked the shit creatively!
But I did end up watching it Saturday night and it was pretty cool watching Mac’s dunks
Glad I skipped the games last night to watch the snl fifty
silver the absolute worst. that's all i got other than the current product is thrash, as well as how the regular season is treated.
I didn’t watch any events of the All-Star Weekend or game, and based on the reviews I’m glad I didn’t waste my time.
BUT I have opinions about Mac McClung in the slam dunk contest….. last I checked it’s the NBA all-star game and Mac McClung isn’t an NBA player. Yes he plays in the g-league, but that’s minor league to the NBA.
McClung is on a two way contract, so technically he is a member of the Orlando Magic, though he's only played a couple of minutes with them this year. He's on their roster (there are two slots for two way players), though can't be called up for more than a certain period before they have to convert the two way to a standard contract.
Fuck, Wemby is out for the year with deep vein thrombosis in his shoulder. That's scary in a guy that big.
That's terrible news.
I’ve never heard of that in a shoulder before. That’s troubling
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Dang. Love watching that guy
I was looking forward to watching him play against the Pistons tomorrow night. As a Pistons fan I can relate, it sucks. Ausar Thompson was starting to get past the rookie wall last season when he was shut down for a blood clot in his leg. He missed the entire off season, training camp, and the first 18 games of this season.
I hope Wemby can get back without any further complications. New blood is always good for the league, it feels like we’re going through some Lebron, Curry, Durant fatigue of sorts.
I heard Brandon Ingram had a similar shoulder issue to Wemby and he recovered. Hope Wemby recovers fully for next season.
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Blood clots ended Chris Bosh’s career early when he was still playing at a high level. Scary.
I think the NBA all star game should copy hockey / golf Ryder Cup and try a US vs international game. It’s worth noting that all NBA is what matters for contract status, not all star appearances.
I believe that Ausar Thompson had one in his leg last March and was back in November this year and has been playing/seeming well. Hopefully Wemby's recovery is similar.Quote:
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The 65 game threshold is going to affect some contracts and bonuses. Load management may (will) hit some pocketbooks, both teams and players. That all NBA escalator is a big number in some contracts. Players that weren’t going to be all NBA may get there with a lot of big name players not meeting the games threshold.
The Cavs look very relaxed while curb stomping the Knicks.
Jimmy and Steph… does anyone want to play against them in the playoffs?
I was glad to catch a bit of the Cavs-Knicks game after skiing this week, and even more happy to see how good the Cavs looked (thank you for finally putting them on national TV). I love how Atkinson has these guys playing team ball - very unselfish.
With the national writers starting to give more pen time to the Cavs its unsurprising to hear Windy and others say that this Cavs locker room is the most friendly/jovial/tight theyve seen in a long time - a lot of local press comparisons to the Guardians' clubhouse across the plaza.
Reading about Stephen As head explode at the result of the Knicks game was just icing on the cake.