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Wild that the Jazz only got 1 national TV game 
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He's a HOFer, been great individually and added another banner, he's getting retired just for the Lakers tenure. He's basically Wilt Chamberlain when he got to LA.
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That’s a fair point. I just feel like more storied franchises should reserve jersey retirement for the legends of the franchise.
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So FG% is what you're going with
As I said before...stupidity.
This wasn't a KD-Wardell or hell even Wardell-Iggy scenario where someone clearly changed cause of what Pau did.
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If LO never married a Kardashian he was on his way up there, hes now relegated to the Rambis,Cooper, Nixon, Fisher territory. Which isnt a bad place to be.
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Hell no.
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I hear you, but that’s not really the precedent the Celtics, and to a lesser extent Lakers, have set.
Pau was the second best player on back-to-back champions squads. I don’t think his case is that inferior to Wilt and Gail Goodrich who both have their numbers retired with only one Lakers ring.
I think the organization may also be giving Pau some extra credit for how supportive he’s been of Kobe’s family after his passing, which is totally fair in my book.
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Nah Pau was on another tier as a player. LO was a great supporting role but Pau was a legit anchor of the team/helped turn them into a contender when he was traded for.
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All the white joints at HBCU’s be on the softball team
That reminds me of when I watched this piece on ESPN around 2007 about the lack of Black baseball players and they showed the FAMU baseball team and it was all white guys.
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I still remember the energy Pau brought back to the city. Unfair as that mf'n trade was
I think I was debating
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whether the Lakers would have gotten Pau regardless of the Bynum injury...
But anyway, the 180 degree turn from injury to Pau was nuts
I think I was debating
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whether the Lakers would have gotten Pau regardless of the Bynum injury...But anyway, the 180 degree turn from injury to Pau was nuts
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Hawks finishing top 5 in the east this year if healthy and Okongwu keeps progressing and we let Murray run the late 3rd quarter rotation. 40+ wins.
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I still remember the energy Pau brought back to the city. Unfair as that mf'n trade was
I think I was debating
But anyway, the 180 degree turn from injury to Pau was nuts
Kupchak was under immense pressure at that point to make a move regardless given Bean's trade demand earlier in the summer. Before Pau they had a deal in place for KG that included Bynum and Odom but apparently Bean didn't return KG's call to see if he was cool with it so that's why that didn't happen. Crazy to think how that could've changed the entire landscape of the league at the time but it worked out for both of them. There is a bit of revisionist history on who Pau actually was and his reputation at the time even though that first finals run as being too soft. He came back and made amends though and then some going forward.
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So glad my son Dirk ended that little run the lakers had in the 2010s.
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Fatigue.
Same thing happened to Bean and Shaq in 03. Making 4 straight Finals isn't normal.
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That’s where I’m at. Cavs, Bulls and Nets will be in the mix too, maybe the Knicks now with Brunson and DRose. You’re right the east gets nasty after the top 4.
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this is wild 
Kudos to Griff for owning it.
Kudos to Griff for owning it.
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And people want to doubt the effects of systemic racism.
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this is wild
Kudos to Griff for owning it.
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He was playing piano for Zion for some reason
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Exactly why I said you’re not capable of having a rational convo about Kobe. Who completely disregards efficiency?So FG% is what you're going with
As I said before...stupidity.
This wasn't a KD-Wardell or hell even Wardell-Iggy scenario where someone clearly changed cause of what Pau did.
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