**OFFICIAL 2019 NBA OFFSEASON THREAD**

[alchemist iq]

The disrespect.

 

[thekillerj23]

So do people in LA still prefer and think their team is better without Bron

 

[Tony $now]

I was #BBB’s but it’s time to pull the cord. 2nd year, jumper still broke, still lacks a strong handle, plays with little to no confidence on Offense

Also BI was, has been, and will always be fools gold.

And to think some of yalls goat left Cleveland to move west and still have a trash team. I think it’s clear, 16 years Bron in, is without a doubt, a worse GM than MJ

 

[keko jones]

So do people in LA still prefer and think their team is better without Bron

With Bron, how did the Lakers start the year?

 

[D StaXX]

Barclays is really dope. Everything that has been said about the venue and food is accurate. I went in 2017 on Super Bowl Sunday (Pats vs. Falcons) for a game against Toronto and was up in a suite with my boys and some random yambs. When I went to go sit down, I saw a dude below wearing a Matt Ryan jersey in the stands. I was pretty turnt so I started screaming at him and told him Matt Ryan isn’t worth ****, neither are the Falcons and they were gonna get washed. We go back and forth. I told him my squad’s QB (Joe Flacco) was elite and we kept going at it. I ended up handing him and his friend two of our tickets and told them to come through the suite to further discuss. They ended up coming through and we broke bread over some IPAs but they laughed my slander off and said they were definitely going to win.

When they were up 28-3, I am convinced they were watching the game, cursing me out, calling me a clown and bragging about how they were right and got free food and beer out of it. But then The GOAT QB came back and I KNOW those dudes were mad out of their minds because I was right about their QB, their franchise and big faced them with my charitable actions. Knowing they were wallowing in their incorrectness after a SB loss, even though it wasn’t to my team, was almost as good as my team winning. Almost.

You’re gonna have a good time at Barclays, buc.

This is a dope *** story cause it sounds like some **** I would do.

 

[frshstunna]

Once Ray Lewis announced his retirement, I knew it was our year. I was telling everyone and no one took me seriously so I put a stack on us to win it at all at 40 to 1 odds. Andrew Luck. BULLY. Peyton. Pull up. Thomas. Never wants that Baltimore smoke (I went to that game in NE because I knew). Kaep. Chump change (almost copped tickets but would have rather watched on da 4K UHD with da homies I was about to prove wrong than drop stacks on suspect seats)

I got so ****ed up that night I didn’t realize what happened and woke up in my bed hungover AF thinking “Oh ****, I just won 40 of them thangs last night “. I got a feeling about this year too although I’m less vocal about it so I put a piece on us at 14/1.

I never been to ATL but I gotta make it out there during a free weekend in 2019 so I’ll definitely PM you when I do. Gotta get @wavycrocket to come through too B Sox as well #BaltimoreExcellence

I’m trying to do ratchet **** this year while I still can so my Houston NBA NTers stay on the lookout too.

NOLA on the list too @freddy fig . I 100% expect multiple cases of alcohol poisoning while partying with you for a weekend but I look forward to it.

40?? ...yo between that , your travels n the Porsche u living it up ...bout to drop that stack on the home team right now , inspired ! All I got from the last super bowl win was partying down fells

N u might as well do All star Charlotte too if u can swing it, we out gon be a movie

 

[MVP]

With Bron, how did the Lakers start the year?

We were 5 games over .500 losing games in the same fashion we are now.

Honestly not worried, but need Kuz back asap

 

[nick.]

Why is Russell Westbrook not getting more love for MVP?

He's averaging a triple double for a top five team in the league.

 

[addict4sneakers]

I was #BBB’s but it’s time to pull the cord. 2nd year, jumper still broke, still lacks a strong handle, plays with little to no confidence on Offense

Also BI was, has been, and will always be fools gold.

And to think some of yalls goat left Cleveland to move west and still have a trash team. I think it’s clear, 16 years Bron in, is without a doubt, a worse GM than MJ

First it was Harden appreciation and now Laker slander.

Let me PM you this ALA application

 

[whoaitsgee]

Why is Russell Westbrook not getting more love for MVP?

He's averaging a triple double for a top five team in the league.

Coz Paul George is better.

 

[essential1]

Kuzma is their best pick and they trade Ratsell for him they made some sus moves but that Ratsell for Kuz deal aint one

No it was still a bad move.

When the trade happened....
The Nets had the 27th Pick. The Lakers had the 28th.

Prior to the DLo trade, the Nets had Lin & Dinwiddie as their PGs. Dinwiddie was nowhere near who he is now. And Lin was always a stop gap. Also LeVert was not even starter caliber yet.

The Nets were going to go guard. Nets writers have even said that Kuzma wasn’t on their board at 27.

Magic would have had Russell & Kuzma


The trade was essentially the Nets not taking Josh Hart, and eating Mozgov

 

[Lizakers]

No it was still a bad move.

When the trade happened....
The Nets had the 27th Pick. The Lakers had the 28th.

Prior to the DLo trade, the Nets had Lin & Dinwiddie as their PGs. Dinwiddie was nowhere near who he is now. And Lin was always a stop gap. Also LeVert was not even starter caliber yet.

The Nets were going to go guard. Nets writers have even said that Kuzma wasn’t on their board at 27.

Magic would have had Russell & Kuzma


The trade was essentially the Nets not taking Josh Hart, and eating Mozgov

Saying it’s a bad move is your opinion. I agree with you now because Zo sucks. But at the time, Magic liked Lonzo more than Dlo so he viewed the trade as getting cap relief and being able to draft a better player as Dlo’s replacement

Plus, we don’t know what the Nets demanded. Maybe they said “we want BI or Dlo” at which point the choice was obvious at that time.

 

[dmbrhs]

Why is Russell Westbrook not getting more love for MVP?

He's averaging a triple double for a top five team in the league.

He's having his worst shooting season since his second year in the league. He's been horribly inefficient. And, as we discovered a couple years ago, triple-doubles are pretty meaningless. He's not even the best player on his own team.

 

[shotsrangout]

It’s a shame bron went to such a putrid franchise.

I hope the lakers are ****** until I’m old and crusty. Hope the clippers win before the lakers. The clippers been LA’s real team since kobe retired anyways. Real fans. Real players. No nonsense surrounding the team.

On my momma **** the lakers and anyone who loves them. It’s a shame bron is on the team. Makes it harder to hate but my hate shines through like a thousand suns.

So much ****** talent.

Lonzo Ball sucks
Brandon Ingram is the android version of KD.
Kuzma... no comment. Dude is the goods. Looks like a ****** though. No pause
Josh Hart is nothing more than a 6th man
Lance Stephenson. He’s from Brooklyn so I’m not saying anything.

**** THE LOS ANGELES LAKERS. Long term mediocrity couldn’t have happened to a more deserving franchise

 

[B Sox]

Saying it’s a bad move is your opinion. I agree with you now because Zo sucks. But at the time, Magic liked Lonzo more than Dlo so he viewed the trade as getting cap relief and being able to draft a better player as Dlo’s replacement

Plus, we don’t know what the Nets demanded. Maybe they said “we want BI or Dlo” at which point the choice was obvious at that time.

There is zero reason as to why Lonzo and DLo couldn't have co-existed though, and you don't just give up a guy with that much potential for cap relief. That's the issue.

It was a bad move.

 

[shotsrangout]

He's having his worst shooting season since his second year in the league. He's been horribly inefficient. And, as we discovered a couple years ago, triple-doubles are pretty meaningless. He's not even the best player on his own team.

Did I miss the point in basketball where triple doubles were meaningless? Where did this come from?

 

[papichino]

Russell isnt significantly better than Hart imo hes better but not worth not getting Kuzma for sures and not dumping Mozgov for possible FA deals.

Agree with BBB man sucking but its not a knock on the Kuzma trade.

 

[papichino]

PG playing way better than RW this year.

 

[Lizakers]

There is zero reason as to why Lonzo and DLo couldn't have co-existed though, and you don't just give up a guy with that much potential for cap relief. That's the issue.

It was a bad move.

You do if you’re Magic Johnson and you were purely hired to land the big fish

 

[MVP]

There is zero reason as to why Lonzo and DLo couldn't have co-existed though, and you don't just give up a guy with that much potential for cap relief. That's the issue.

It was a bad move.

Ratsull implying he potentially wouldn't want to play with Zo was the nail in the coffin for him.

And if things were in the works for a while with Bron had to unload Mosgov and/or Deng.

 

[pums]

You do if you’re Magic Johnson and you were purely hired to land the big fish

I 100 percent get this the front office pressured them

 

[frshstunna]

There is zero reason as to why Lonzo and DLo couldn't have co-existed though, and you don't just give up a guy with that much potential for cap relief. That's the issue.

It was a bad move.

No it was still a bad move.

When the trade happened....
The Nets had the 27th Pick. The Lakers had the 28th.

Prior to the DLo trade, the Nets had Lin & Dinwiddie as their PGs. Dinwiddie was nowhere near who he is now. And Lin was always a stop gap. Also LeVert was not even starter caliber yet.

The Nets were going to go guard. Nets writers have even said that Kuzma wasn’t on their board at 27.

Magic would have had Russell & Kuzma


The trade was essentially the Nets not taking Josh Hart, and eating Mozgov

The thing is Russell was always gon be traded as soon as Magic got on board...D Lo was done with that organization , at least they got something out of it

 

[P C H]

Magic just shouldn't have drafted Lonzo Ball.

EYE wouldn't have traded D'Lo, but I can understand the chemistry and malcontent and attitude issues that he had with LA and you were in prime position to draft his replacement, AND get off of the Mozzy deal, trading D'Lo isn't that bad.

But Lonzo TO ME, was clearly the wrong pick from even before the draft. His red flags were screaming PLEASE DONT PICK ME.

 

[BIG LEEMELONE]

Dlo wasn't traded for basketball reasons. They knew how good he was

 

[dman14]

at the michelle beadle/paul pierce clip

Why is Russell Westbrook not getting more love for MVP?

He's averaging a triple double for a top five team in the league.

bc PG is the better basketball player and deserves a lot of the credit
russ plays hard and does a lot, but he has his moments where you just question his bball iq