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WHERE IS THEIR SHOOTING COMING FROM?!?
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WHERE IS THEIR SHOOTING COMING FROM?!?
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It’s official...Kawhi a living legend. Dudes the goat in my eyes
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Little do they know the same fans are going to trash them when they do win, because haters can always twist themselves into the logic they need to keep hating.
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yeah I don't wanna get my news from a dweeb that looks like the villan from Recess
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Lol I mean all jokes aside that’s what they are
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all of niketalk waiting on kawhi like this...
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laker/raptor fans waiting on kawhi like this...
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I def think it matters when you are getting to a certain echolon tho, nobody is gonna say your not a HOF'er a top 50 player etc etc if you don't have a ring. However it does get difficult to start claiming so & so is a top 20 player ever, he's the best Guard of all time etc etc if they don't have any, considering they are being compared to guys who are individually just as good as them but also have the championships & playoff experience to differentiate them.
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all of niketalk waiting on kawhi like this...
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Not true. Lack of rings was/is brought up all the time with Barkley, Karl Malone, Pat Ewing to name a few:
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Bobi signed with the Mavs.
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............ they were considered a poor shooting team when Jimmy was there... they added a guy who made 6 more threes for the year, and lost one of the best 3pt shooters of all time...
So yea WHERE IS THEIR SHOOTING COMING FROM?
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I'm just different. I would give no dambs what people say about me and my accomplishments. I just care about what the bank statements say. That tells me whether i had a great career or not
Rings are so overrated.
Rings are so overrated.
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None of who you mentioned were ever prematurely put in GOAT conversations though.
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It is funny though because much of that simply boils down to luck of the draw, IE: Which team are you fortunate enough to play on.
There is NOTHING else Allen Iverson could have done to be part of a championship squad.
I think people forget this is a team spot at times
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The argument wasn't whether or not they were put in GOAT conversations though.
The convo is about how people's CAREERS are discredited for not acquiring a ring. Ewing, Barkley, Malone, Stockton have all had their careers looked at funny because they weren't PART of championship TEAMS.
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I wouldn't say overrated, these are top level competitors and winning is the name of the game for them. Money will always be attainable for people at as high a level as the superstars of the league, a ring signifies being the best.
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While i agree that generally people shouldn't base their accomplishments off other people's perception, i won't go as far as saying rings are overrated. your talking about pro athletes who have been in a competitive sport for most of their lives... a championship is the culmination of everything you've worked hard for your entire life. it's that fight to be the best i would imagine that's a big draw to great NBA players.
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That’s not the biggest question, it’s the playmaking, dribble drives and shot creating
Tobias and Richardson gotta pick up a lot of slack
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Bolded Portion: Completely untrue. Maybe YOU didn't notice it due to age/awareness, whatever. But to say it began with LeBron is revising history.
Also, LeBron being the "goat" didn't pick up considerable steam until after he won. Before the Cleveland ring, you were stilled viewed as a drunk if you made that claim. Post-CLE ring, it picked up REAL steam.
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