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  • #1
  • First Post: Nov 3, 2020 9:44pm Nov 3, 2020 9:44pm
Let's chat about the NBA!

Alright, first topic-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQQLybxdfs0

Thoughts?

I don't agree with trading Paul George. At his best, he is a MVP-type of player. They got rid of Doc Rivers (whom was believed to have personal problems with PG) so that should be a move towards "siding with" PG. That's all good since I always thought Doc was overrated anyway.

I know the locker room is in disarray, but if the Clippers want to win a title, they have their best shot by retaining PG. You don't go from MVP-caliber to thrash player suddenly.
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  • #2
  • Nov 5, 2020 9:18am Nov 5, 2020 9:18am
I think Lebron has one more Championship in him next season.

The league is rigged. Tim Donaghy was not an isolated incident. Lebron and the Lebron "brand" brings in the most money to the league, so they will look the other way when the refs let the biggest brand player, in the biggest market, cheat his way to a 6th ring.
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  • #3
  • Nov 5, 2020 10:08am Nov 5, 2020 10:08am
Quoting warrensapp
I think Lebron has one more Championship in him next season. The league is rigged. Tim Donaghy was not an isolated incident. Lebron and the Lebron "brand" brings in the most money to the league, so they will look the other way when the refs let the biggest brand player, in the biggest market, cheat his way to a 6th ring.
I agree with you, although not to the championship extent I guess. But it is painfully obvious that the league has been trying to package LeBron ever since he was in high school. This is something many people fail to realize. People fail to realize that basketball, while it still requires teamwork, is a sport that can be won by superstars and fans love superstars.

With all due respect to MJ, MJ is overrated as well because the league has been marketing him.

Over the course of time, you would realize that certain players are favored more and win more awards/recognition, due to the league's intent to market these players.

A storyline of LeBron matching and then surpassing MJ's 6 titles is going to churn a lot of interest and would be great for the league.

Warren, which team do you root for? I root for the Lakers but I'm not big on LeBron. I recognize that he is one of the all-time greats (no doubt), but he is overrated. There are still other greats who are better than him.
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  • #4
  • Nov 5, 2020 10:31am Nov 5, 2020 10:31am
Quoting Barnell
{quote} ...With all due respect to MJ, MJ is overrated as well because the league has been marketing him.
Kobe > MJ > Lebron, in my humble opinion. I doubt that will ever change. Kobe is the G.O.A.T.

Quoting Barnell
{quote} ...Warren, which team do you root for? I root for the Lakers but I'm not big on LeBron. I recognize that he is one of the all-time greats (no doubt), but he is overrated. There are still other greats who are better than him.
When I was younger, I was a HUGE....HUUUUUUUUGE Laker fan. I still am, however as I have aged my interest in sports overall has faded. These days I just watch casually and don't have a favorite team, I just root for whomever my local team is, wherever I happen to be living. The past 5 years I had been living in Denver, so became a Nuggets fan - which is a really fun team to watch btw. I'm back in FL these days, so will probably follow the Magic more. Never the Heat. Heat fans are the worst.

Most long-time Laker fans, fans that witnessed Kobe, will never accept Lebron as "their guy". That's why he mentioned he wants the respect he deserves in the post-championship interview. I'm happy he brought a championship to LA, but that's it.
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  • #5
  • Nov 5, 2020 10:32am Nov 5, 2020 10:32am
Quoting warrensapp
{quote} Kobe > MJ > Lebron, in my humble opinion.
Holy mother of god, I totally agree.

I don't even consider that LeBron has surpassed Magic and Bird.
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  • #6
  • Nov 5, 2020 10:36am Nov 5, 2020 10:36am
Quoting warrensapp
{quote} Kobe > MJ > Lebron, in my humble opinion. I doubt that will ever change. Kobe is the G.O.A.T. {quote} When I was younger, I was a HUGE....HUUUUUUUUGE Laker fan. I still am, however as I have aged my interest in sports overall has faded. These days I just watch casually and don't have a favorite team, I just root for whomever my local team is, wherever I happen to be living. The past 5 years I had been living in Denver, so became a Nuggets fan - which is a really fun team to watch btw. I'm back in FL these days, so will probably follow the...
Huge Mamba fan here as well. I will be thankful towards LeBron for bringing a title to Lakerland and of course that moves him a step in the right direction for the GOAT rankings, but I still think Kobe is far superior. I think Magic and Bird are also ahead of LeBron.

I don't know about Heat fans but I'm a huge Pat Riley fan. My hot take is that he is the GOAT head coach, ahead of Jackson and Poppovich. He has worked his magic so often through different eras. The team has good stuff going on at the moment and that Butler acquisition not just turned the team around but also revived Butler's image.
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  • #7
  • Nov 5, 2020 10:39am Nov 5, 2020 10:39am
Quoting Barnell
{quote} ...I'm a huge Pat Riley fan...
I got love for Riley too. He gave us the first showtime offense.

I grew up in Florida, and Heat fans are just obnoxious and unruly. Almost as bad as Eagle fans in football. I don't want to be associated.
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  • #8
  • Last Post: Nov 5, 2020 10:47am Nov 5, 2020 10:47am
Quoting warrensapp
{quote} I got love for Riley too. He gave us the first showtime offense. I grew up in Florida, and Heat fans are just obnoxious and unruly. Almost as bad as Eagle fans in football. I don't want to be associated.
Ah, I don't live in the US and have never gone to Florida so I have no idea.

The thing about Riley is that he is not just great; he is absolutely versatile. He is truly a head coach who can bring out the best of his players, regardless who his players are. At Los Angeles, he had Magic and created Showtime. When he went to New York, he transformed the Knicks into a hard-bruising defensive team that gave the Bulls a real run for their money. When he went to the Heat he went turned them into respectable challengers with Tim Hardaway/Alonzo Mourning; again, a different system from the previous ones he had.
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