Re: 2018-2019 NBA Thread

by aualum06 2019-02-07, 05:11

Anyone see LeBron's tirade? Man he is a little bitch too

by **Other Teams Pursuing That** 2019-02-07, 06:10

aualum06 wrote:Anyone see LeBron's tirade? Man he is a little bitch too

I had to google what you were talking about, but realized slowly that you’re actually referring to a social media post that ive already seen a few times and was in general spot on.

That’s a tirade? Which part makes him a “little bitch”? Looking forward to you trying to explain this without just being a hater of a successful dude.

by **kingstonlake** 2019-02-07, 09:00

Other Teams Pursuing That wrote:
aualum06 wrote:Anyone see LeBron's tirade? Man he is a little bitch too

I had to google what you were talking about, but realized slowly that you’re actually referring to a social media post that ive already seen a few times and was in general spot on.

That’s a tirade? Which part makes him a “little bitch”? Looking forward to you trying to explain this without just being a hater of a successful dude.

I'll give it a shot even though you've made up your mind.

Where do you work OTPT?

by aualum06 2019-02-07, 09:00

Other Teams Pursuing That wrote:
aualum06 wrote:Anyone see LeBron's tirade? Man he is a little bitch too

I had to google what you were talking about, but realized slowly that you’re actually referring to a social media post that ive already seen a few times and was in general spot on.

That’s a tirade? Which part makes him a “little bitch”? Looking forward to you trying to explain this without just being a hater of a successful dude.

Someone got traded during a game. Oh the horror. Everyone needs to just shut up for once. Players and teams both. Teams are bitches to these players too

by aualum06 2019-02-07, 09:05

by **StylesGShmooth** 2019-02-07, 15:42

WhiteBoyHatcher wrote:The Tobias/Boban trade is really interesting for Philly. Can those dudes all co-exist? Perimeter shooting is exactly what Philly needed. And a big to spell Embiid. They pretty much have a 3 man bench though and that includes Fultz.

Not any more.

http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/25946412/76ers-trade-former-no-1-pick-markelle-fultz-magic

by **Other Teams Pursuing That** 2019-02-07, 17:15

aualum06 wrote:

https://larrybrownsports.com/basketball/photo-lebron-james-alone-lakers-bench-misleading/483664

Don't be a clickbait moran like everyone seems to be these days au. we are better than that at the swill.

by aualum06 2019-02-07, 17:28

Other Teams Pursuing That wrote:
aualum06 wrote:

https://larrybrownsports.com/basketball/photo-lebron-james-alone-lakers-bench-misleading/483664

Don't be a clickbait moran like everyone seems to be these days au. we are better than that at the swill.

His own special seat with his own special cushion. Proves my point more than yours

by **Other Teams Pursuing That** 2019-02-07, 17:31

I haven’t really tried to make a point, i just stopped hating successful people mainly because they are successful awhile ago. Seems bitter and misguided

by aualum06 2019-02-07, 17:33

Other Teams Pursuing That wrote:I haven’t really tried to make a point, i just stopped hating successful people mainly because they are successful awhile ago. Seems bitter and misguided

Maybe they should quit acting like little bitches then

by **Other Teams Pursuing That** 2019-02-07, 17:41

aualum06 wrote:
Other Teams Pursuing That wrote:I haven’t really tried to make a point, i just stopped hating successful people mainly because they are successful awhile ago. Seems bitter and misguided

Maybe they should quit acting like little bitches then

Maybe I’m wrong, but if someone is one of the greatest athletes of all time they probably aren’t a little bitch. But what do i know, I’m just a guy bitching on a message board.......

by aualum06 2019-02-07, 18:17

Other Teams Pursuing That wrote:
aualum06 wrote:

Maybe they should quit acting like little bitches then

Maybe I’m wrong, but if someone is one of the greatest athletes of all time they probably aren’t a little bitch. But what do i know, I’m just a guy bitching on a message board.......

He does a lot of whining and sitting by himself on his own special padded chair

by **kingstonlake** 2019-02-07, 19:47

Other Teams Pursuing That wrote:
aualum06 wrote:

Maybe they should quit acting like little bitches then

Maybe I’m wrong, but if someone is one of the greatest athletes of all time they probably aren’t a little bitch. But what do i know, I’m just a guy bitching on a message board.......

Dude, professional sports is littered with successful "bitches"

by **StylesGShmooth** 2019-02-07, 21:44

So let me guess this is cool cause they had to do what was best for the franchise right??? Traded this man while he was literally playing in the game and had ZERO idea. I’m not knocking who traded him because it’s a business and you have to do what you feel what’s best but I just want this narrative to start to get REAL/CHANGE and not when a player wants to be traded or leaves a Franchise that he’s a selfish/ungrateful player but when they trade you, release , waive, cut etc etc it’s best for them! I’m ok with both honestly, truly am. Just call a ♠️ a ♠️!!

Is this Lebron's tirade where he's whining like a bitch? Wow!

by aualum06 2019-02-07, 21:46

StylesGShmooth wrote:
So let me guess this is cool cause they had to do what was best for the franchise right??? Traded this man while he was literally playing in the game and had ZERO idea. I’m not knocking who traded him because it’s a business and you have to do what you feel what’s best but I just want this narrative to start to get REAL/CHANGE and not when a player wants to be traded or leaves a Franchise that he’s a selfish/ungrateful player but when they trade you, release , waive, cut etc etc it’s best for them! I’m ok with both honestly, truly am. Just call a ♠️ a ♠️!!

Is this Lebron's tirade where he's whining like a bitch? Wow!

Wow what's his point? Both sides should probably get over themselves.

by **WhiteBoyHatcher** 2019-02-07, 21:51

Narrative

by aualum06 2019-02-07, 21:51

Celtics are over rated

by **WhiteBoyHatcher** 2019-02-07, 22:33

aualum06 wrote:Celtics are over rated

We'll see who is overrated in May and June. Right now - based on a regular season game in February - dumb take. Don't care who wins tonight.

by **WhiteBoyHatcher** 2019-02-07, 22:33

And nice GW by Rondo.

by aualum06 2019-02-07, 22:36

WhiteBoyHatcher wrote:
aualum06 wrote:Celtics are over rated

We'll see who is overrated in May and June. Right now - based on a regular season game in February - dumb take. Don't care who wins tonight.

Bucks, sixers, raptors, Celtics.

by **WhiteBoyHatcher** 2019-02-07, 22:39

Who are your "other 6" Top 10 NBA players?

The givens: LBJ, KD, Steph, Harden

Almost givens: Giannis, AD

The probably givens but I can see why one might dis-include: Russ, Kawhi

Others: Embiid, Kemba, Paul George, Kyrie, Klay, etc

I would go:

5. AD
6. Giannis
7. Kawhi
8. PG
9. Russ (I don't really like his game at all tbh but hard not to include him)
10. Kyrie

by **Other Teams Pursuing That** 2019-02-08, 00:12

kingstonlake wrote:
Other Teams Pursuing That wrote:

Maybe I’m wrong, but if someone is one of the greatest athletes of all time they probably aren’t a little bitch. But what do i know, I’m just a guy bitching on a message board.......

Dude, professional sports is littered with successful "bitches"

I’d define a bitch as someone talking shit about professional ahtletes on a message board. But, we all view life differently

by **DWags** 2019-02-08, 00:22

Other Teams Pursuing That wrote:
kingstonlake wrote:

Dude, professional sports is littered with successful "bitches"

I’d define a bitch as someone talking shit about professional ahtletes on a message board. But, we all view life differently

So can we pull up comments on Stanley Johnson?

by **WhiteBoyHatcher** 2019-02-08, 00:26

Y'know, it's just a different era. You gotta bridge the gap. Older guys gotta recognize that today's superstars grew up in a much different, coddled environment, and younger guys gotta recognize that the superstars of the 80s and 90s grew up in a different era as well. It's fine.

I think LeBron is an incredibly smart dude. He does a lot of very good things and has opened a lot of doors. He also shows signs at times of being a coddled superstar with no sense of reality. Which is fine, that is what he is and how he grew up. Can't blame him. He's grown on me a little bit. He's become more self aware. But hard to blame him for not being completely self aware. I'm sure I wouldn't be either if I was basically pronounced a king at age 15 and fulfilled and exceeded everything they said I would do.

by **Other Teams Pursuing That** 2019-02-08, 00:38

DWags wrote:
Other Teams Pursuing That wrote:

I’d define a bitch as someone talking shit about professional ahtletes on a message board. But, we all view life differently

So can we pull up comments on Stanley Johnson?

Yeah, find a post where someone calls him a bitch

by aualum06 2019-02-08, 00:48

Other Teams Pursuing That wrote:
kingstonlake wrote:

Dude, professional sports is littered with successful "bitches"

I’d define a bitch as someone talking shit about professional ahtletes on a message board. But, we all view life differently

I'm an asshole no doubt

by **DWags** 2019-02-08, 00:49

Other Teams Pursuing That wrote:
DWags wrote:

So can we pull up comments on Stanley Johnson?

Yeah, find a post where someone calls him a bitch

Talking shit can only be interpreted by that term? Guy gets to the league, he doesn’t suck. Look, I just think being in the spotlight you’re going to get slings and arrows. From Tum Tum in college to Stanford in the pros. It’s part of the deal. I was reading where Brady sucked after his sixth championship.

We’re the small people who sit behind the keyboard and get to criticize giants. I don’t think anyone of us can be absolved from saying we “talked shit” about someone who is an outstanding athlete and probably great person. It’s part of the deal. I’m guessing we don’t really think these guys who’ve reached professional status suck or are bitches.

Except Teddy Dupay. He’s a fucking pos little bitch.

by **Other Teams Pursuing That** 2019-02-08, 01:01

Fair d wags. I think there’s a difference between saying someone relatively sucks to their competition (see tum tum, Stanley, loyer, etc) and saying someone is a “bitch”. That seems personal, and these guys seem to do pretty well personally. At the same time, they could suck as a person as au says. I should have clarified earlier, my bad. Seems like we are on the same page though.

by **steveschneider** 2019-02-08, 06:14

Wow.

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by **WhiteBoyHatcher** 2019-02-08, 09:17

WhiteBoyHatcher wrote:Who are your "other 6" Top 10 NBA players?

The givens: LBJ, KD, Steph, Harden

Almost givens: Giannis, AD

The probably givens but I can see why one might dis-include: Russ, Kawhi

Others: Embiid, Kemba, Paul George, Kyrie, Klay, etc

I would go:

5. AD
6. Giannis
7. Kawhi
8. PG
9. Russ (I don't really like his game at all tbh but hard not to include him)
10. Kyrie

Speaking of....here is your draft order for the All Star Game with LeBron picking first:

First Round:
1st: Kevin Durant (Team LeBron)
2nd: Stephen Curry (Team Giannis)
3rd: Kyrie Irving (Team LeBron)
4th: Joel Embiid (Team Giannis)
5th: Kawhi Leonard (Team LeBron)
6th: Paul George (Team Giannis)
7th: James Harden (Team LeBron)
8th: Kemba Walker (Team Giannis)

Second Round:
9th: Khris Middleton (Team Giannis)
10th: Anthony Davis (Team LeBron)
11th: Nikola Jokic (Team Giannis)
12th: Klay Thompson (Team LeBron)
13th: Ben Simmons (Team Giannis)*
14th: Damian Lillard (Team LeBron)
15th: Blake Griffin (Team Giannis)
16th: Russell Westbrook (Team LeBron)*
17th: D’Angelo Russell (Team Giannis)
18th: LaMarcus Aldridge (Team LeBron)
19th: Nikola Vucevic (Team Giannis)
20th: Karl-Anthony Towns (Team LeBron)
21st: Kyle Lowry (Team Giannis)
22nd: Bradley Beal (Team LeBron)

Third Round:
23rd: Dwyane Wade (Team LeBron)
24th: Dirk Nowitzki (Team Giannis)
*There was a trade after the draft, with Ben Simmons going to Team LeBron and Russell Westbrook going to Team Giannis

Full Draft Results:
Team LeBron
• Starters: LeBron James, Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving, Kawhi Leonard, James Harden
• Reserves: Anthony Davis, Klay Thompson, Damian Lillard, Ben Simmons, LeMarcus Aldridge, Karl-Anthony Towns, Bradley Beal, Dwyane Wade

Team Giannis
• Starters: Giannis Antetokounmpo, Stephen Curry, Joel Embiid, Paul George, Kemba Walker
• Reserves: Khris Middleton, Nikola Jokic, Russell Westbrook, Blake Griffin, D’Angelo Russell, Nikola Vucevic, Kyle Lowry, Dirk Nowitzki

by aualum06 2019-02-08, 21:48

Anthony Davis getting booed like crazy at homs

by **WhiteBoyHatcher** 2019-02-08, 22:01

Suns minus Book leading the Warriors in the second. Obviously I took GSW -17.

by **steveschneider** 2019-02-09, 20:48

How come the arenas are almost empty in the first quarter. No body shows up on time.

by **Other Teams Pursuing That** 2019-02-09, 20:53

steveschneider wrote:How come the arenas are almost empty in the first quarter. No body shows up on time.

82 games. 16 teams make the playoffs. All the seats you see are probably too expensive for the average fan.

by **steveschneider** 2019-02-09, 21:00

I like this Chinese New Years uniforms for the rockets.

by **steveschneider** 2019-02-09, 22:45

It’s funny how athletes shirk helping an oppenent get up off the floor. Does it really decrease your chances of winning a game if you lend a helping hand?

by **steveschneider** 2019-02-09, 22:54

Just saw Adams help a rocket up off the floor. He’s a great guy.

by **steveschneider** 2019-02-09, 22:58

They just cut to some guy in the audience with a Chinese bamboo hat and a fu Manchu mustache. Some crazy cultural appropriation there.

by **steveschneider** 2019-02-09, 22:59

Harden baby!!!! Fear the beard!!

by **steveschneider** 2019-02-09, 23:03

Nothing like the NBA that ball is flying all over the place. Tons of action this shit is crazy!!

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