The NBA thread

[Am_I_Anonymous]

And I dare any of you cac fucks to tell me Payton isn't the most underrated player of all time. I will fight you.

[seagrams hotsauce]

Kobe was always exceptional, and 'overrated' is a pretty subjective term. He had some amazing talent around him in his best years, and even after building the team around him as he got older the Lakers did way better than they had any right to. He definitely didn't carry them to five championships. AiA saying he's not top ten is distinguished mentally-challenged.

[seagrams hotsauce]

durant lol

[Am_I_Anonymous]

Cool list, I agree with most and disagree with a few. Glove is underrated for sure.

Whitlock is really dumb on this subject though. The Nash trade and D'Antoni hiring had as much to do with the Lakers falling apart as the Kobe extension.

Bean might have cracked my top 10 if it weren't for shaq and vice versa.

Those two were mutally dependent on each other and it's hard to put either ahead. I'd say they are 11A and 11B

[Am_I_Anonymous]

durant lol

Yeah because the league is and has always been chock full of 7 foot perimeter players who can iso and run a break.

Don't try to sport, fat ass, it doesn't work for you. That's just real talk, you're boxing way above your weight class, chubbers lol

[benjipwns]

No Duncan and no Shaq on an Life-Time Top Ten is a little weird.

Shaq's 2000 thrashing of the league wasn't too dependent on Kobe or Glen Rice.

[Mandark]

Shaq is always an interesting case for these all-time ranking arguments, because it brings up how people value consistency and longevity vs. effectiveness at the player's best.

Peak Shaq was a fucking MONSTER even if he spent a ton of his career being various degrees of fat and goofy.

[Phoenix Dark]

durant lol

Yeah because the league is and has always been chock full of 7 foot perimeter players who can iso and run a break.

Don't try to sport, fat ass, it doesn't work for you. That's just real talk, you're boxing way above your weight class, chubbers lol

Wtf dude. Jeez

[Am_I_Anonymous]

durant lol

Yeah because the league is and has always been chock full of 7 foot perimeter players who can iso and run a break.

Don't try to sport, fat ass, it doesn't work for you. That's just real talk, you're boxing way above your weight class, chubbers lol

Wtf dude. Jeez

Was drunk. Even forgot Tim Duncan on my list

[seagrams hotsauce]

durant lol

Yeah because the league is and has always been chock full of 7 foot perimeter players who can iso and run a break.

Don't try to sport, fat ass, it doesn't work for you. That's just real talk, you're boxing way above your weight class, chubbers lol

lmao 'you disagree so you're fat' god you're old

[seagrams hotsauce]

also durant lol

[eleuin]

no iverson

also if the raptors don't win this series I'm done with basketball

[Am_I_Anonymous]

durant lol

Yeah because the league is and has always been chock full of 7 foot perimeter players who can iso and run a break.

Don't try to sport, fat ass, it doesn't work for you. That's just real talk, you're boxing way above your weight class, chubbers lol

lmao 'you disagree so you're fat' god you're old

Yeah my bad man, I'll go ahead and administer my own L.

[Am_I_Anonymous]

no iverson (Image removed from quote.)

also if the raptors don't win this series I'm done with basketball

I love AI but I'm not sure I can put him top 10. His back half of his career was kinda fucked. Not all his fault but still.

[seagrams hotsauce]

durant lol

Yeah because the league is and has always been chock full of 7 foot perimeter players who can iso and run a break.

Don't try to sport, fat ass, it doesn't work for you. That's just real talk, you're boxing way above your weight class, chubbers lol

lmao 'you disagree so you're fat' god you're old

Yeah my bad man, I'll go ahead and administer my own L.

it's gravy, almost certainly the only time anyone will ever call me fat in my lifetime

[TakingBackSunday]

This is not what I expected the resulting discussion to be after I posted that link

[Am_I_Anonymous]

This is not what I expected the resulting discussion to be after I posted that link

It's the Bore. The only thing missing is PD dry begging for cock pics breh.

[eleuin]

raptors are fucking pathetic

I'm done with this trash ass team

[Your Stalker]

craptors gonna crap 

[Am_I_Anonymous]

[Phoenix Dark]

I don't watch a lot of NBA basketball but damn, it looks like Paul George fully recovered from that horrific injury. Great to see.

[Stoney Mason]

Rockets defense is so trash

Harden just doesn't care about even remotely trying on that side.

[Your Stalker]

somebody needs to end this game right now 

[Phoenix Dark]

I thought it was a score to a UConn women's game lmao. What the fuck.

[TakingBackSunday]

Pistons are shooting lights out today

Still tie game at the moment.  Kevin Love is hot hot hot today

[Am_I_Anonymous]

Pistons are shooting lights out today

Still tie game at the moment.  Kevin Love is hot hot hot today

Don't get excited. You're out in 5 tops breh.

But if you keep that coach and that core in 2 years you'll be division champs.

[jakefromstatefarm]

All these games have been shit except for Toronto getting punked

[Phoenix Dark]

In Gundy We Trust

Pistons played tough. They aren't going to win this series but it's clear Gundy has the team moving in the right direction and they'll be one of the best teams in the east soon. My question: do they keep Drummond?

[Beezy]

Pistons are shooting lights out today

Still tie game at the moment.  Kevin Love is hot hot hot today

Don't get excited. You're out in 5 tops breh.

But if you keep that coach and that core in 2 years you'll be division champs.

You realize that's BrandNew the Lebron fan, right?

[Human Snorenado]

We all look alike to him

[Am_I_Anonymous]

Pistons are shooting lights out today

Still tie game at the moment.  Kevin Love is hot hot hot today

Don't get excited. You're out in 5 tops breh.

But if you keep that coach and that core in 2 years you'll be division champs.

You realize that's BrandNew the Lebron fan, right?

Yeah dude. Stop acting as if I don't understand the bore because I do my pretend names things.

I like brandnew. You're steady B team with your passive aggressive stupidity.

[Phoenix Dark]

CTE

[T234]

Beezy is a killer at Mr. Driller Online.


Also, passive-aggressive? I dunno if that's the words for our boy.

[Phoenix Dark]

It seems like you don't let a big man leave. But Drummond has holes in his game that he doesn't seem interested in fixing and has major maturity issues. Would it make sense to let him walk and gamble that you can bring a star player here in FA?

[Am_I_Anonymous]

It seems like you don't let a big man leave. But Drummond has holes in his game that he doesn't seem interested in fixing and has major maturity issues. Would it make sense to let him walk and gamble that you can bring a star player here in FA?

I gotta say no. Great centers don't grow on trees. You hope he will work on his free throws and paying more attention to positioning on defense rather than always looking to block a shot.

[Stoney Mason]

Most of the series were obvious blowouts.

The Cavs Pistons game was clearly the best one. It was nice to see Cavs go with smaller lineup and have Love actually be effective.

[Am_I_Anonymous]

Most of the series were obvious blowouts.

The Cavs Pistons game was clearly the best one. It was nice to see Cavs go with smaller lineup and have Love actually be effective.

Seemed to me we were most effective when we moved the ball through Love most of the game.

[Stoney Mason]

Love at Center. Lebron at PF. And a lot of smalls is their best chance out there.

Is Mo Williams still hurt?

[Am_I_Anonymous]

Love at Center. Lebron at PF. And a lot of smalls is their best chance out there.

Is Mo Williams still hurt?

He's got a bad shoulder and a bad knee is what we're being told. Seems to struggle when he's out there.

[Mandark]

It seems like you don't let a big man leave. But Drummond has holes in his game that he doesn't seem interested in fixing and has major maturity issues. Would it make sense to let him walk and gamble that you can bring a star player here in FA?

No no no no no no no no no.

Even if you thought star free agents want to go to Detroit now (they don't), and you needed to clear cap space (you wouldn't), why would you get rid of your best player and your best prospect?  Like, why give up on Drummond before Morris or whoever?

Worth remembering that even though it's his fourth year, he's as old as Hakeem was when the Dream was a rookie.

[Beezy]

Pistons are shooting lights out today

Still tie game at the moment.  Kevin Love is hot hot hot today

Don't get excited. You're out in 5 tops breh.

But if you keep that coach and that core in 2 years you'll be division champs.

You realize that's BrandNew the Lebron fan, right?

Yeah dude. Stop acting as if I don't understand the bore because I do my pretend names things.

I like brandnew. You're steady B team with your passive aggressive stupidity.

Pretty sure this is the first time I've corrected you on anything.

[benjipwns]

The San Antonio Spurs' Kawhi Leonard, who helped the team finish with the NBA's top defense this season, is the recipient of the 2015-16 Kia NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award, the NBA announced today. Leonard, a 6-7 forward, becomes the first non-center to earn the honor in back-to-back seasons since Dennis Rodman in 1989-90 and 1990-91.

Leonard received 84 first-place votes and 547 total points from a panel of 130 sportswriters and broadcasters throughout the United States and Canada. He edged the Golden State Warriors' Draymond Green, who tallied 44 first-place votes and 421 points to finish as runner-up for the second season in a row. The Miami Heat's Hassan Whiteside was third with 83 points (two first-place votes). Players were awarded five points for each first-place vote, three points for each second-place vote and one point for each third-place vote.

[benjipwns]

[Stoney Mason]

Van Gundy is really good. This series is really close so far.

[Phoenix Dark]

Man, a few breakdowns and now it's a blowout.

[Stoney Mason]

Cavs three game tonight.

 

[Stoney Mason]

http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/15283051/minnesota-timberwolves-agree-hire-tom-thibodeau-coach-scott-layden-gm

[TakingBackSunday]

Thibs with KG and a young team

Although I fear for Wiggins legs with how many minutes the dude is gonna play under Thibs

[Phoenix Dark]

KG isn't retiring?

[TakingBackSunday]

It's being floated that he'll stick around another year, especially now that Thibs is coming on

I believe he still has a year on his contract?

[Am_I_Anonymous]

How about them Cavs

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[Mandark]

Yeah, KG has a year left and Thibs was sort of the defensive coordinator for those Boston teams before he took the Bulls job, so there's a connection.  Could see him sticking around for one last season.

[Am_I_Anonymous]

Yeah, KG has a year left and Thibs was sort of the defensive coordinator for those Boston teams before he took the Bulls job, so there's a connection.  Could see him sticking around for one last season.

A year of what embarrassing what he was? The best know when to step down, it's time.

Let me remember the lion, not the cat.

God sometimes you guys just don't get it, no offense but goddamn.

[Mandark]

Pretty sure KG's gonna make his decision and not give a shit what either of us would think of it.

[El Babua]

Heat looking good. Expecting both Charlotte and Boston to show up for their home games though.

[Am_I_Anonymous]

Pretty sure KG's gonna make his decision and not give a shit what either of us would think of it.

Except one of us might know him. 

[CajoleJuice]

[TakingBackSunday]

Pretty sure KG's gonna make his decision and not give a shit what either of us would think of it.

Except one of us might know him. 

jesus fuck, who the hell cares

[Phoenix Dark]

A Mark Madsen-tier former football player who happens to personally know multiple superstars in the NFL and NBA.

[Steve Contra]

The San Antonio Spurs' Kawhi Leonard, who helped the team finish with the NBA's top defense this season, is the recipient of the 2015-16 Kia NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award, the NBA announced today. Leonard, a 6-7 forward, becomes the first non-center to earn the honor in back-to-back seasons since Dennis Rodman in 1989-90 and 1990-91.

Leonard received 84 first-place votes and 547 total points from a panel of 130 sportswriters and broadcasters throughout the United States and Canada. He edged the Golden State Warriors' Draymond Green, who tallied 44 first-place votes and 421 points to finish as runner-up for the second season in a row. The Miami Heat's Hassan Whiteside was third with 83 points (two first-place votes). Players were awarded five points for each first-place vote, three points for each second-place vote and one point for each third-place vote.

Are the Spurs the best run team ever?  Like for real?