paul_soccer12 posted:

AnimeIsTrash posted:

yeah youre a cuck bitch

ClassActionFursuit posted:

I've never heard this opinion before. I mean we're psychologizing here and we'll never know the truth but it seems to me you're saying he doesn't care about rings and winning but instead wants to have to work harder in a losing effort every year? (Maybe he should join us commies here in C-SPAM...) He wants a challenge but one where he's still on a competitive roster but not one full of nobodies, one that contains other all-stars, but he also doesn't care about being the biggest star player there (even though he is but that's just coincidence)? This sounds like nonsense.

It seems to me that the butthurt burner accounts, what looked to me at the time as not wanting to be the second biggest star on the team, the fact that he couldn't take Draymond telling him to his face that "We were winning before you got here"--that it all screams insecurity. That he wanted to win rings and then was all surprised that hey joining a team that was 73-9 without him isn't him dragging the loving Cavaliers to winning the Finals, it's him bandwagoning. And yes, that team with him could win without trying, but he's not going to be remembered as the best player of all time no matter how many rings he gets that way and he probably won't even be the first guy people mention when they talk about that team. So it doesn't matter how many Finals MVPs he was was going to get with them, it was about contemporary and future respect and he was never going to get it in that role on that team.

I'm certain I'm built differently but I'd rather be a (key) role player on a team that was going to be pretty much unbeatable forever collecting rings every year than be known as the guy who brings my talents to all these other places only to watch them implode year after year due to circumstances outside of my control. I feel like KG would've loved to have been on a team like that where he was valuable and winning and opposed to the lone star and losing or worse not the only star but still losing.

I think what he wants is to be thought of in the conversation alongside LeBron and Jordan and talent-wise he's right there with them but he's got such an obvious thirst for it that he'll never be thought of that way and it eats at him.

Pohl posted:

I'm not terribly excited about Chris Paul but gently caress yes, give the ball to someone that won't turn it over in the last 30 seconds thank you very much.

Pohl posted:

Poole was a special case of pride completely removing all sense of reason. Anyone that could dribble the ball would be better in those moments -- fact is I don't even know why the gently caress they let him handle the ball at the end of the game unless it was a catch and shoot situation. I'm assuming they told him to stop that poo poo and he just ignored them.

Azathoth posted:

Unless he's spent his rehab time bulking up, he better hope they don't ask him to play a ton of minutes. That isn't a frame made for an 82 game grind.

Azathoth posted:

Unless he's gonna do the Durant thing, same deal. I expect they'll put him on whatever feeding regimen that Porzingis was on though.

Azathoth posted:

It reminds me a lot of KG and the Wolves before the trade. The media loves guys who want to be one franchise guys for their entire career. He's also been much less disgruntled than a lot of guys would be in the same circumstance, so I think reporters give him a lot of credit for sticking around despite the org pretty consistently not making great decisions.

Vox Nihili posted:

I wonder if he still commands superstar trade value

euphronius posted:

According to Haynes (via Twitter) the Heat and Nets are the preferred landing spots for the former No. 6 overall pick. Vincent Goodwill of Yahoo Sports adds (via Twitter) that no other teams – including the Sixers – are on Lillard’s wish list for now, though Shelburne (Twitter link) adds that he has a “deep respect” for the Spurs.

euphronius posted:

J aden Springer on his first practice with new Sixers coach Nick Nurse: “[He was] stopping drills and stepping in and giving us points on what to do here and there. I haven’t seen that too much since I’ve been in the league”

lmao

euphronius posted:

holmgren looks terrible

Yossarian-22 posted:

careful or you will jinx holmgren finals mvp like you did curry and jokic the past two seasons

AnimeIsTrash posted:

AnimeIsTrash posted:

dont pick on a 9 year old because yoru team lost their star

euphronius posted:

I’m stunned Boston was able to trade smart right before stronger flopping rules were put in

euphronius posted:

the refs stuck with the harden/Trey rules changes all season.

I don’t think it’s guaranteed they do the traditional call it for the first month and forget about it

the referee management in the nba is super centralized now and the league has quite a bit of quality control on them

triple sulk posted:

the sixers are a loving joke. they won't even get out of the first round at this rate

euphronius posted:

wembamyama is on tv tonight I think ?

euphronius posted:

probably not strong enough to be mvp this year but that’s ok he’s 19.

he’s a lock to be DPOY tho

Stevie Lee posted:

the cavs have a guy for this now
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5vBOXjXbO4
this might have lost them the game/series/season lmao

AnimeIsTrash posted:

Yossarian-22 posted:

Chet is a ridiculous ball handler with a ridiculous wingspan with a ridiculous outside shot for his size

Victor Wembanyama is that but 3-4 inches taller jesus christ he's a living 2K gameshark code https://twitter.com/IQfor3/status/1678218121256095744

triple sulk posted:

https://twitter.com/ajtorres1230/status/1680762456082202624

he gone

TDepressionEarl posted:

Azathoth is referring to Joel Embiid there, no?

Joel works like hell to get back from his various injuries. I can see why fans look at Chet and Wemby with skepticism when more muscular and toned big men like Embiid and Anthony Davis can still get sideswiped out of months.

Yossarian is right though that winning in the first year after your move has a jenesaisqoui. Offseason is ring hunting season. Lillard get off the pot everyone else needs to use the deal zone.

Azathoth posted:

oof, getting clowned on by Ben Shapiro, that's gotta sting

AnimeIsTrash posted:

At least she likes the game, unlike JVG or Jackson

Yossarian-22 posted:

Harden was in China and shittalked Daryl Morey. Instant respect from me

Now Morey is playing tough guy and acting like he doesn't care and that he'll hold out on a trade for as long as possible. Now Embiid's removed 76ers info from his twitter profile. I'm guessing he's pushing for an immediate trade

Yossarian-22 posted:

"The seeds of mistrust had been planted with the smallest forgotten promises according to Harden. 'Every Friday, that was going to be pizza day...That was the deal we had but that was a loving lie.'"

..."Harden told the assembled class of 14 year-olds in attendance for the launch of Harden's Chinese wine company."

LMFAO

Punkin Spunkin posted:

If you actually thought that was real for a millisecond I swear to god I'm going to shake you like a British nanny ((boomer reference))

AnimeIsTrash posted:

can u get me this shirt

TDepressionEarl posted:

Dante Exum and Joe Ingles passing really well. Australia have too much bench depth, Finland are longer and taller but not getting second chances. Sasu Salin the only notable shooter for Finland.