Official 2017 NBA Offseason Thread: Media Days begin

[Proposition Joe]

I can't believe the


23>23 is real


Smh

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[D StaXX]

I can't believe the


23>23 is real


Smh

It's fake.

 

[noblekane]

dont understand why people do **** like that. was it an insecure lebron fan or a warrior fan?

what does that accomplish?

 

[LebronHasMoreFinalsMVPs]

dont understand why people do **** like that. was it an insecure lebron fan or a warrior fan?

what does that accomplish?

trump?

 

[wavycrocket]

curry plays average defense

but he doesnt even guard his position. he busts up the opposing teams point guard and is hidden on the opposing teams worst perimeter offensive player. while klay does the heavy lifting.

how hard is it to be average when you're in memphis and you are guarding tony allen instead of mike conley?

read an article that stated that this is where the issues from his peers comes from foundationally


and save that "saving his energy for the offensive end" argument...if he was an great to elite perimeter defender, he'd be guarding his position. klay doesnt tire out. he guards the star PGs and puts up 37 in a quarter and 61 in 3 quarters.

My guy....if you have a better, longer defender in your starting lineup....why wouldn't you put that guy on the best perimeter threat .

Pippen guarded the best offensive players as oppose to Jordan

Trevor Ariza, Ron artest guarded the best offensive players as opposed to Kobe

Shane Battier guarded the best offensive players as opposed to Bron

That's just how it works man. If you have an elite offensive weapon on your team...and the matchups allow for him to guard a player that's a non offensive threat...and you have a better defender in your lineup...you do that.

Y'all be picking and choosing. I swear

 

[addict4sneakers]

Duncan didn't guard Dirk either

 

[MVP]

My guy....if you have a better, longer defender in your starting lineup....why wouldn't you put that guy on the best perimeter threat .

Pippen guarded the best offensive players as oppose to Jordan

Trevor Ariza, Ron artest guarded the best offensive players as opposed to Kobe

Shane Battier guarded the best offensive players as opposed to Bron

That's just how it works man. If you have an elite offensive weapon on your team...and the matchups allow for him to guard a player that's a non offensive threat...and you have a better defender in your lineup...you do that.

Y'all be picking and choosing. I swear

There was a time where Kobe did guard the other teams best player though. That was his job to be that elite player on both ends.

 

[hardens beard]

Why is klay considered a "2-way player" instead of a 3-D player?

 

[geno90221]

Cause he can put the ball on the floor and create his own shot...

 

[MVP]

Klay, Jimmy Buckets, Kawhi, and PG13 pretty much the consensus elite two way players correct?

 

[hardens beard]

Cause he can put the ball on the floor and create his own shot...

We talking about the same dude who gets over 75% of his 2 point FG assisted and 96% of his 3 point shots assisted. He the definition of catch and shoot player.

 

[addict4sneakers]

Klay, Jimmy Buckets, Kawhi, and PG13 pretty much the consensus elite two way players correct?

Eventually y'all gonna put some respeck on my main man alphabet's name.

He's better than everyone you named

 

[hardens beard]

Chris Paul is gotta be considered an elite 2-way player right.

 

[D StaXX]

Klay, Jimmy Buckets, Kawhi, and PG13 pretty much the consensus elite two way players correct?

+ Giannis

Edit- CP3 as well.

 

[LebronHasMoreFinalsMVPs]

Giannis will be top 3 player in a few years

 

[MVP]

Eventually y'all gonna put some respeck on my main man alphabet's name.

He's better than everyone you named

Let him do it for more than one year damn.

 

[Nipsey3000]

My guy....if you have a better, longer defender in your starting lineup....why wouldn't you put that guy on the best perimeter threat .

Pippen guarded the best offensive players as oppose to Jordan

Trevor Ariza, Ron artest guarded the best offensive players as opposed to Kobe

Shane Battier guarded the best offensive players as opposed to Bron

That's just how it works man. If you have an elite offensive weapon on your team...and the matchups allow for him to guard a player that's a non offensive threat...and you have a better defender in your lineup...you do that.

Y'all be picking and choosing. I swear

homie,

dont move the goal posts.

EVERY SINGLE PLAYER you mentioned is/was able to guard their position (no matter who it was) AND move to defend the best perimeter player if need be. every single player you mentioned has either been on an all defensive team and/or been defensive player of the year.

did jordan say... "nah Pip, i cant f**k with drexler, you pick him up."

with the exception of lebron (who has become a lazy defender) no player you mentioned needs to be bumped over in game plan in order for capable/effective defense to be played.

none of those player are point guards and there isnt any magic/penny hardaway 6'8" long and fast star PGs in the league now that would truly justify klay needing to switch on to him.


bottom line is, when star offensive minded PGs come to town, curry doesnt guard any of them, often times if a team has a good PG and SG, he'll even slide to guard the SF

it aint about picking an choosing. it just is what it is.

 

[wavycrocket]

-White Gordon Hayward gets the job done defensively.
-John Wall when he's locked in.
-Anthony Davis

-Kevin Durant's reputation as an elite scorer...takes away from what he is on the defensive end. He's been a good defender for at least the last 4 years. Wonder if he'll start getting the Bron treatment and making the All defensive team over other forwards that are more so specialist.

Will never forget Josh Smith finishing 2nd in DPOY voting....and not being on the first team defense (because of Bron)

 

[MVP]

Don't know how I forgot KD he should be number 1 obviously.

 

[addict4sneakers]

Eventually y'all gonna put some respeck on my main man alphabet's name.

He's better than everyone you named

Let him do it for more than one year damn.

Nothing signifies he will let up. The roof is the ceiling.

Pay homage now. Alphabet season is upon us

 

[goat4421]

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[a-friend]

 

It's not even about that.

It's about Lebron crossing yet another threshold and doing what he wanted which is "play with his friends before he retires".

It's now or never. Make it happen Lebron.....nothing else matters..


WHo knows, 5-7 years from now it may be more popular to build your teams within the League by just teaming up with the homies.

Trendsetting.

Tbh KD really changed the way I feel about all this ****.

Would I have preferred to see a Finals rematch without him for entertainment purposes, sure. Do I actually care or blame him, no. I just thought to myself do you have any idea how fun it would be to play with the Warriors if you were him? And what would I do. I think id take the route that was the most fun.

Who gives a **** about all these made up legacy narratives and arbitrary numbers by fans and the media, or the people on this board. None of it actually means anything. It's just what we hang onto cause its entertainment and we have nothing better to do. But it doesn't make him any less money, doesn't make him any less talented, and wouldn't make playing with the Warriors any less fun.

If players wanna team up with their friends then go for it. I'll probably find basketball entertaining regardless and i'm sure there will be some interesting season-to-season narratives would come out of that trend

Pretty much everything you said.

I mean we are human.

We will hate. OKC fans will never be pretty talking what KD did, but as a even as a Thunder fan he gets the middle from me, though I completely understand, because I have life experiences and I don't mind applying those in unique situations such as these.

Is he a bittch?

Sure is.

Is he Happy, well that is all that matters innit?

Is he a better player.

Fk no, that man been a killer. 

WORLD just woke now.

 

[BIG LEEMELONE]

Being a '2 way player' is so overrated

If your offense is as good as Curry's it cancels out any struggles on the defensive end

What if you're Lauri markennen?

Duncan didn't guard Dirk either

Because Dirk is a power forward

 

[freeze]

Cause he can put the ball on the floor and create his own shot...

oooh...conceited face...can he? idk b.

 

[freeze]

Being a '2 way player' is so overrated

If your offense is as good as Curry's it cancels out any struggles on the defensive end

What if you're Lauri markennen?

Duncan didn't guard Dirk either

Because Dirk is a power forward

so is duncan.

advance upon thee brethren