GDAWG Posted February 8, 2023 Share Posted February 8, 2023 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DG_YouKnowWhatThatMeans Posted February 8, 2023 Author Share Posted February 8, 2023 31 minutes ago, FiddySicks said: Also, and I’m not sure if the judgement is clouded due to the way his life ended, but this idea that some have that Kobe is above Lebron is pretty head scratching to me. I wouldn’t even put Kobe close the top 5. Mine is LeBron/MJ/Russell/Magic/Kobe. And then you get into Kareem, Shaq, Bird, and maybe more modern guys like Dirk and Steph. Who knows. But Kobe is probably at least a top ten. And yeah, Mamba Mentality flourished big time after he died. It was a different conversation about his legacy before the crash, but I get it too. Death has a way of lionizing someone, especially among people who looked up to him. 4 Quote 1 hour ago, ShutUpLutz! said: and the drunken doodoobags jumping off the tops of SUV's/vans/RV's onto tables because, oh yeah, they are drunken drug abusing doodoobags Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Germanshepherd Posted February 9, 2023 Share Posted February 9, 2023 Excellent trade for the Lakers, can’t write them off anymore. 2 Quote i have unquantifiable corpses on my conscience Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Posted February 9, 2023 Share Posted February 9, 2023 2 hours ago, GDAWG said: Like I said a few posts back, love his energy. I have a great feeling about him Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DG_YouKnowWhatThatMeans Posted February 9, 2023 Author Share Posted February 9, 2023 17 minutes ago, Germanshepherd said: Excellent trade for the Lakers, can’t write them off anymore. D-Lo is a knucklehead, but not a gamebreaking knucklehead like Russ. Huge addition by subtraction. Quote 1 hour ago, ShutUpLutz! said: and the drunken doodoobags jumping off the tops of SUV's/vans/RV's onto tables because, oh yeah, they are drunken drug abusing doodoobags Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FinsUp1214 Posted February 9, 2023 Share Posted February 9, 2023 This trade doesn’t excite me at all in the short term for the Jazz, but it does clear up a lot of cap space and add one more first round pick to the treasure trove we have now. Feels like Ainge and Co. may be content to fade down the standings a little from here on out, which feels weirdly okay considering they’ve overachieved significantly this year. They almost made my profile pic obsolete from the start! Also, I’m really going to miss Conley. He was absolutely beloved here. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoctorWhom Posted February 9, 2023 Share Posted February 9, 2023 The Celtics just beat the 76ers with their leading scorers being Malcom Brogdon Derrick White Blake Griffin Grant Williams All while missing Robert Williams, Al Horford, and losing Jaylen Brown in the 3rd to a head injury. ....woof. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockstar Matt Posted February 9, 2023 Share Posted February 9, 2023 10 hours ago, OnWis97 said: I think a lot of the LeBron hate is fueled by two things: Jordan fandom and Kobe fandom. I can speak on this with experience because I used to hate LeBron simply owing to my Kobe fandom. Honestly, once I grew up a little more in my early 20's and let my love for the game come through a bit more, I couldn't help but to appreciate and become a fan of LeBron. He's been an exemplary ambassador to the sport, and like others have mentioned, you couldn't ask for a better on and off of the court face of the league that LeBron has been throughout his whole career. I still think people gloss over the fact that LeBron was the most hyped player I've ever seen come into the NBA, or any sport for that matter (it's not even close, really), yet he's somehow lived up to and surpassed ALL expectations. I somewhat feel bad for those that get so caught up in being fans of other players or just hating LeBron that they can't sit back and appreciate LeBron's greatness. Like Jordan, he's a 1 of 1. We'll never see anyone quite like LeBron ever again. 5 hours ago, FiddySicks said: Also, and I’m not sure if the judgement is clouded due to the way his life ended, but this idea that some have that Kobe is above Lebron is pretty head scratching to me. I wouldn’t even put Kobe close the top 5. Kobe's my all-time favorite player, but I agree with this. LeBron is better than Kobe ever was. I also find the all-time rankings stuff really silly purely because it's impossible to adequately compare different eras. They each had different rules, different basketball philosophies, different competition and various degrees of skill sets. If you were to take players like Wilt, Bill Russell and Oscar Robertson, with their exact skill set and athleticism as it was in their time and put them into today's modern game, they'd get destroyed by random bench players due to how much the game has progressed. Skills that made them unique and special players in their time are now expected skill sets that modern players develop while they are still children. I much prefer to compare great players against other great players in their era, however you want to quantify that. For example, where would LeBron rank among the players that played the majority of their careers in his era? Without question, he'd be number one. For players in my lifetime more specifically ones that I've watched, LeBron is the best player I've ever seen. All-around brilliance in the court. Offensively and defensively. He's a pass first guy, already top 4 all-time in assists, top 10 in steals all-time and he just so happened to become the league's all-time leading scorer. 2 Quote Cowboys - Lakers - LAFC - USMNT - LA Rams - LA Kings - NUFC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
who do you think Posted February 9, 2023 Share Posted February 9, 2023 Russell is nothing. Generic scoring-and-nothing-else guy that gets kicked around from crappy team to crappy team until he loses something physically and disappears. Shareef Abdur-Rahim with Instagram hair. Somehow Minnesota scores Conley and a few second rounders out of this. I don't know what Conley's going to do for the Wolves, but it won't be anything they couldn't have accomplished without that dumbass Gobert trade. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrueYankee26 Posted February 9, 2023 Share Posted February 9, 2023 KD to PHX? Quote trueyankee26.wordpress.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LMU Posted February 9, 2023 Share Posted February 9, 2023 Ishbia channeling his inner Stan Kroenke. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DG_YouKnowWhatThatMeans Posted February 9, 2023 Author Share Posted February 9, 2023 Wow. Didn't expect that! EDIT: Can we go ahead and contract the Nets now? What a nothing franchise. 1 Quote 1 hour ago, ShutUpLutz! said: and the drunken doodoobags jumping off the tops of SUV's/vans/RV's onto tables because, oh yeah, they are drunken drug abusing doodoobags Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PittsburghSucks Posted February 9, 2023 Share Posted February 9, 2023 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FiddySicks Posted February 9, 2023 Share Posted February 9, 2023 Let’s :censored:in go. That’s rad. Good for the Suns. Quote On 11/19/2012 at 7:23 PM, oldschoolvikings said: She’s still half convinced “Chris Creamer” is a porn site.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoctorWhom Posted February 9, 2023 Share Posted February 9, 2023 Well at least the Nets will have the 1st round picks of another team, instead of giving all theirs away. Nets have finally embraced the rebuild, and did basically what the Celtics did to them about a decade ago. As for the Suns , it's a steep price, but is KD. And this is probably their best chance to win a ring since the Barkley era. Assuming they can stay healthy, they might just be the best team in the West now. At least on Par with Denver. KD CPIII Booker Aeyton That's not a big 3, that's a big 4. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dynasty Posted February 9, 2023 Share Posted February 9, 2023 Phoenix is going all-in (again). At least one franchise in that city is relevant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
who do you think Posted February 9, 2023 Share Posted February 9, 2023 That's a very good haul for Brooklyn. In the short term they'll be devoid of a franchise guy but they'll play decent basketball and keep chugging along until the next round of superteam candidates become available. The Nets' lot in life is basically competing with the Lakers and Heat (and eventually Las Vegas) for disgruntled small-market stars in search of bigger markets or otherwise more favorable (warm weather/nightlife/laid back local fans and media) destinations. Meanwhile Phoenix is gutting their franchise to try and win with a 37 year old Paul, the always-overrated Booker, an overpaid center who'd rather be playing video games, and a 34 year old KD leading the charge. Bold strategy, Cotton. Fortunately for them there's a void at the top of the west that no one else seems particularly interested in filling. Denver is a guilty-until-proven-innocent team at this point. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 9, 2023 Share Posted February 9, 2023 27 minutes ago, who do you think said: That's a very good haul for Brooklyn. In the short term they'll be devoid of a franchise guy but they'll play decent basketball and keep chugging along until the next round of superteam candidates become available. The Nets' lot in life is basically competing with the Lakers and Heat (and eventually Las Vegas) for disgruntled small-market stars in search of bigger markets or otherwise more favorable (warm weather/nightlife/laid back local fans and media) destinations. Meanwhile Phoenix is gutting their franchise to try and win with a 37 year old Paul, the always-overrated Booker, an overpaid center who'd rather be playing video games, and a 34 year old KD leading the charge. Bold strategy, Cotton. Fortunately for them there's a void at the top of the west that no one else seems particularly interested in filling. Denver is a guilty-until-proven-innocent team at this point. Can the Suns for sure beat Dallas, though? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 9, 2023 Share Posted February 9, 2023 8 hours ago, DG_ThenNowForever said: Mine is LeBron/MJ/Russell/Magic/Kobe. And then you get into Kareem, Shaq, Bird, and maybe more modern guys like Dirk and Steph. Who knows. But Kobe is probably at least a top ten. In no particular order, my top 4 would be Kareem, Chamberlain, MJ and Russell. Kobe is probably top 12 for sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
who do you think Posted February 9, 2023 Share Posted February 9, 2023 6 minutes ago, sayahh said: Can the Suns for sure beat Dallas, though? Can the Suns beat the underachieving .500 bitcoin team that just traded for the single most overrated and internally disruptive player in the entire league? Probably. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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