**OFFICIAL 2019 NBA OFFSEASON THREAD**

Which team will win the 2018-2019 NBA Championship?


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It's more than just appearance with the comparisons between Randall and Zion. They're both left-handed and they both play a similar style of bully ball around the basket. Coming out of high school I thought their games were very similar.

That being said in college, Zion showed me a lot more fluidity, better shooting ability and a higher basketball IQ (Randall is 24 now and if he hasn't gotten it yet I don't think he ever will, he still makes the dumb decisions he made as a rookie)
 
It's more than just appearance with the comparisons between Randall and Zion. They're both left-handed and they both play a similar style of bully ball around the basket. Coming out of high school I thought their games were very similar.

That being said in college, Zion showed me a lot more fluidity, better shooting ability and a higher basketball IQ (Randall is 24 now and if he hasn't gotten it yet I don't think he ever will, he still makes the dumb decisions he made as a rookie)
Zion is also quicker, jumps higher and is likely stronger too
 
Zion is also quicker, jumps higher and is likely stronger too

Zion jumps higher than Randle? Randle can do a between the legs dunk on an empty court.

 
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Nah. We still had 3 starters miss a lot games. He's in a better spot and might send the Raps home which will cause them to lose Kawhi.
Y’all wasted Lebron’s playoff mode for nothing.

If you prefer Javale McGee what can I really say though.

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Y’all wasted Lebron’s playoff mode for nothing.

If you prefer Javale McGee what can I really say though.

Fans mirror the front office

Who said anything about Javale?

I said if Lopez was a Laker he wouldn't be smacking the Raps around and forcing Kawhi to leave.
 
Who said anything about Javale?

I said if Lopez was a Laker he wouldn't be smacking the Raps around and forcing Kawhi to leave.
Look at you trying to to disguise your franchises incompetence as 4d chess moves ha

Imagine having a top 5 player ever and not making the playoffs just so you can sit around and hate on a team in the east conference finals
 
Zion is also quicker, jumps higher and is likely stronger too

I totally agree. Most of the comps between Juju and Zion were when Zion was coming out of HS. I love the revisionist history going on here. A year ago there were tons of "Zion is just Randle with hops" takes but now no one will own up to it.

I'll admit I was in that camp until I was Zion dominate college
 
If Peiicans can use the money they would've paid Randle to get them spacing for Zion and AD then it's lit. I think it'd be worth it to ad to finish out his contract to see what happens. And then if it doesn't work out then well, he can always sign with Bron after.

I don't see why rush to be an aging Lebron's sidekick on a squad that's gutted because they traded all their guys to acquire you lol

AD would be the #1 guy
 


Bill is corny but he's right about this. Laker fans used to get worked up about offseason videos of Julius Randle hitting a dozen threes in a row only for him to brick everything in actual games.

I think people don't understand how good NBA players are. Hassan Whiteside can rain threes in an empty gym.
 
the media attacking NO and trying to steer Zion away from them is sad

They just mad. These are the same people that said WE'RE wrong for being upset about getting cheated out of a super bowl appearance. Then when we had a second line and a parade instead of watching the Superbowl, they said we were mad. We were literally having a parade, drinking and having fun but people want us to be mad.

They hate us cause they want to be us.

Also, I'll just put this out there: The media is making it seem like we want Anthony Davis back on the team. I will speak on behalf of everybody in my city by saying we BEEN done with AD. That dude does not have the nuts to carry a franchise. Almost every damn game he was going back to the locker room. We'd look up and he'd have good stat line but we'd be losing by 20. Whenever we needed a bucket, he was always passive. This dude used to frustrate everybody in the city. Like, just think about it. Last year we swept the Blazers and ran into the Warriors. We won a game against the Warriors. If Boogie wouldn't have gotten hurt, I think we beat the Warriors. And WHO KNOWS after that. BUT, after that great season, you change to Klutch Sports in the offseason, in his first interview he starts beating his chest talking about he's the best player in the world, after the first loss of the season (remember we started 4-0) he said "I feel like I have to play perfect for us to win". Negro please. Then ten games later you say you wanna get traded?

He just wants to play with Lebron. Lebron been mind grooming that boy for a while now and they definitely had a hand in him acting the way he did. He pretty much just took a **** on the city and we did nothing but want this dude to be great. We used to beg this dude to come out and be in the community. Others players did, but he didn't. People need to remember that this dude was not a huge star his entire life. He was thrusted into the spotlight and I think he's easily impressionable. Like cmon, first you say you want to win, but then you say the Lakers and Knicks are your preferred destinations? To win?! Then he turns around and says basically anywhere but New Orleans. That dude knows he messed up and he's just keeping it going.

We have a strong organization now. The moves don't lie. Actions don't lie. Just wait and see. If he stays, whatever. If he goes, good riddance. People always bring up CP3 leaving too, like his situation was the same. CP3 got on the squad right after Hurricane Katrina. The city was in shambles. Ownership sold the team to the NBA. The GM was terrible. There was no direction. He asked for a trade, but CP3 was always out in the community and really rocked with everybody. We understood why he wanted to bounce and it was the best thing for his career. He still owns his homes in NOLA and does community service every All Star Weekend that we host because he's still cool with people in the city. He even paid for billboards to be put up around the city thanking everybody for being welcoming to him. But for people to just keep spittin out these stupid facts about my squad, I don't rock with it. We made the playoffs 5 times since 2008. THAT'S NOT AWFUL, ESPECIALLY BEING IN THE WESTERN CONFERENCE AND BEING BLASTED WITH INJURIES EVERY YEAR.

Rant done. My Saints and Pelicans comin for revenge this year. Believe dat...
 
They just mad. These are the same people that said WE'RE wrong for being upset about getting cheated out of a super bowl appearance. Then when we had a second line and a parade instead of watching the Superbowl, they said we were mad. We were literally having a parade, drinking and having fun but people want us to be mad.

They hate us cause they want to be us.

Also, I'll just put this out there: The media is making it seem like we want Anthony Davis back on the team. I will speak on behalf of everybody in my city by saying we BEEN done with AD. That dude does not have the nuts to carry a franchise. Almost every damn game he was going back to the locker room. We'd look up and he'd have good stat line but we'd be losing by 20. Whenever we needed a bucket, he was always passive. This dude used to frustrate everybody in the city. Like, just think about it. Last year we swept the Blazers and ran into the Warriors. We won a game against the Warriors. If Boogie wouldn't have gotten hurt, I think we beat the Warriors. And WHO KNOWS after that. BUT, after that great season, you change to Klutch Sports in the offseason, in his first interview he starts beating his chest talking about he's the best player in the world, after the first loss of the season (remember we started 4-0) he said "I feel like I have to play perfect for us to win". Negro please. Then ten games later you say you wanna get traded?

He just wants to play with Lebron. Lebron been mind grooming that boy for a while now and they definitely had a hand in him acting the way he did. He pretty much just took a **** on the city and we did nothing but want this dude to be great. We used to beg this dude to come out and be in the community. Others players did, but he didn't. People need to remember that this dude was not a huge star his entire life. He was thrusted into the spotlight and I think he's easily impressionable. Like cmon, first you say you want to win, but then you say the Lakers and Knicks are your preferred destinations? To win?! Then he turns around and says basically anywhere but New Orleans. That dude knows he messed up and he's just keeping it going.

We have a strong organization now. The moves don't lie. Actions don't lie. Just wait and see. If he stays, whatever. If he goes, good riddance. People always bring up CP3 leaving too, like his situation was the same. CP3 got on the squad right after Hurricane Katrina. The city was in shambles. Ownership sold the team to the NBA. The GM was terrible. There was no direction. He asked for a trade, but CP3 was always out in the community and really rocked with everybody. We understood why he wanted to bounce and it was the best thing for his career. He still owns his homes in NOLA and does community service every All Star Weekend that we host because he's still cool with people in the city. He even paid for billboards to be put up around the city thanking everybody for being welcoming to him. But for people to just keep spittin out these stupid facts about my squad, I don't rock with it. We made the playoffs 5 times since 2008. THAT'S NOT AWFUL, ESPECIALLY BEING IN THE WESTERN CONFERENCE AND BEING BLASTED WITH INJURIES EVERY YEAR.

Rant done. My Saints and Pelicans comin for revenge this year. Believe dat...


Come on fam chill
 
Kawhi Leonard and Jimmy Butler's best moneymaker play of the season took place during -- and at the end -- of the penultimate episode of Game of Thrones. Both will make millions less now, that's the rule.
 
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