OFFICIAL 2021 NBA PLAYOFF THREAD - YAWNIST WITH THE CLOSEOUT 50 PIECE - BUCKS WITH FIRST CHIP SINCE ‘73 - CP0 LOSES AGAIN

[lawdog1]

1. 'm not saying you specifically I was speaking more generally to what i've seen in this thread.

2. I have no idea, you can't know; that's why it's dangerous to use these people as representation of a groups level of outrage.

Fair enough.

 

[dman14]

was jrue the sole reason for all those TO's? jrue definitely making cp work just bringing the ball up
i did see some lazy passes from cp the last couple gms.

 

[dacomeup]

dacomeup he's doing it again

As soon as I started catching up on the thread I knew where it was going . Everything is a proxy for his disdain for the progressive white left.

 

[friscostylez]

I feel like if bronbron, steph, kd, etc didn't speak English, it wouldn't hurt the NBA or their popularity


Might even be more popular for sum players if they didn't speak English lol

 

[gvhp2223]

I said the Bucks should've felt good after game 2.

Suns should be a little worried, they have zero answers for Gannis and they are getting physically dominated.
and I think Gannis has finally realized he's a big. he's not letting defenders off the hook. and hes bullying people on the block.

Booker will play better, but he's not Kobe, you can't count on him to be lights out consistently


I still think Suns have more talent, but it won't matter if Gannis is putting up 40 pieces.

Do you guys get paid to lie about kobe bryant's career?

Seriously, what is wrong with you all?

Lights out consistently?

kobe bryant was CONSISTENTLY TRASH in the NBA Finals.

Devin Booker is playing like kobe bryant.

This is how kobe bryant played in the NBA Finals.

Stop confusing kobe bryant's regular season play with his NBA Finals play. The intensity gets high in the Finals and he obviously couldn't handle it.

You dudes obviously didn't watch kobe bryant play in the NBA Finals, but where are you getting your information from? Instagram memes? Those are fake, anyone could make one.

Go research some actual truth. Go look at box scores and series summaries.

"consistently lights out" y'all lie too much for no reason but to satisfy your emotions.

Dude went FIFTEEN (15) straight games IN HIS PRIME without shooting 50% in the Finals.

Dude shot 50%+ in exactly TWO (2) out of his last TWENTY-THREE (23) Finals Games.

Dude played THIRTY-SEVEN (37) Finals games and shot 50%+ in exactly FIVE (5) of them.


Read that again until it makes sense. Trust me, it's not complicated.

How is this "consistently lights out" ?

How is this good?

How is this even remotely good?

How is this anything but pathetic?

What was he aiming at?

 

[elpablo21]

aepps20

 

[osh kosh bosh]

Smith said that a foreign-born player was hurting baseball because he used an interpreter, and somehow the issue is with me being uncharitable to Smith.

I don't think it requires to assume the worst of Smith to say what I said. Like it is really crazy for someone to say a middle-aged dude that has expressed some other conservative social opinions over the year might hold some regressive views of foreigners not speaking English. I didn't call Smith a racist or xenophobe, that is the most uncharitable assertion someone could have made of Smith, all I said was framing of the issue was dog whistly because he took it beyond "would be better" or "not helping" and said this lack of language skills was hurting professional baseball.

So spare me this "we don't know what is in his heart and mind" steez. I am talking about his words

I swear once someone doesn't see it your way they must be pretending. You are literally changing what he said to someone more innocuous to act like everyone that doesn't see it your way is wildin out. Wanting people to accept some simple truth instead of considering Smith's rhetoric. If he had simply said it would be better for the MLB from a marketing standpoint if their biggest star new English that would be one thing, but guess what Osh, that is not how Smith framed it.

Smith's job is to critique how someone else does their job. But somehow, it is off-limits to critique how he did his

Good ****ing grief

people have been complaining for years and years about the lack of personalities hurting the marketability in baseball
people have made similar comments about Mike Trout, baseballs biggest star hurting the game because of his unwillingness to do media

His Ohtani point follows the same logic,
It bad for baseball if their biggest star needs an interpreter. they'd be much better off if he could speak english.
it's not criticism of ohtani or non english speakers. he's diagnosing the state of baseball.
and his diagnosis happens to be accurate.

the fact that you need to start factoring some conservative wrongthink he said in the past
I think is evidence of how hard people are reaching on this.

 

[osh kosh bosh]

Do you guys get paid to lie about kobe bryant's career?

Seriously, what is wrong with you all?

Lights out consistently?

kobe bryant was CONSISTENTLY TRASH in the NBA Finals.

Devin Booker is playing like kobe bryant.

This is how kobe bryant played in the NBA Finals.

Stop confusing kobe bryant's regular season play with his NBA Finals play. The intensity gets high in the Finals and he obviously couldn't handle it.

You dudes obviously didn't watch kobe bryant play in the NBA Finals, but where are you getting your information from? Instagram memes? Those are fake, anyone could make one.

Go research some actual truth. Go look at box scores and series summaries.

"consistently lights out" y'all lie too much for no reason but to satisfy your emotions.

nobody on this planet would accuse me of being a Kobe stan man relax.
ive criticized Kobe plenty, im lower on Kobe than probably 98% of basketball fans.


Kobe Bryant is much better than Devin Booker.

 

[osh kosh bosh]

As soon as I started catching up on the thread I knew where it was going . Everything is a proxy for his disdain for the progressive white left.

They should do less dumb things, and they would draw my ire less.

 

[darthska]

So spare me this "we don't know what is in his heart and mind" steez. I am talking about his words

Oh I can personally attest that NT, nay, all of social media does NOT care about 'heart and mind.' Words are said, people attach their own meaning, and then that's what those words meant. Period.

-foe

 

[picasso swerve]

nobody on this planet would accuse me of being a Kobe stan man relax.
ive criticized Kobe plenty, im lower on Kobe than probably 98% of basketball fans.


Kobe Bryant is much better than Devin Booker.

Dont fall for the bait man. Delete this.

 

[elpablo21]

Foe bike

 

[smedroc]

I feel like if bronbron, steph, kd, etc didn't speak English, it wouldn't hurt the NBA or their popularity


Might even be more popular for sum players if they didn't speak English lol

What you been drinking?

 

[RustyShackleford]

people have been complaining for years and years about the lack of personalities hurting the marketability in baseball
people have made similar comments about Mike Trout, baseballs biggest star hurting the game because of his unwillingness to do media

His Ohtani point follows the same logic,
It bad for baseball if their biggest star needs an interpreter. they'd be much better off if he could speak english.
it's not criticism of ohtani or non english speakers. he's diagnosing the state of baseball.
and his diagnosis happens to be accurate.

the fact that you need to start factoring some conservative wrongthink he said in the past
I think is evidence of how hard people are reaching on this.

Dude, I think you have no interest in responding to what my actual stance is.

Somehow I need to ignore his rhetoric and see the logic behind it, even though I specified my issue is with his rhetoric.

I didn't start **** about conservative wrong think. You accused me of assuming the worst about Smith and I am saying I'm not, and that it is not wild for someone to think Smith's got some hangups given his words and that he is a dude known to have some more conservative social views. I am not even pointing to conservative positions in general, I am referencing things from Smith's past. Things he freely admits and references himself often. That whole part was pushing back on you acting like me calling it dog whistly assumes the worst about Smith. It simply does not.

We can just end it here, again, I don't think you are interestws in discussing this in good faith anyway

 

[dacomeup]

They should do less dumb things, and they would draw my ire less.

I mean it’s already been pointed out how you’re wrong here . You got it.

 

[BIG LEEMELONE]

I was naive and a serious skeptic AGAINST the nba conspiracy theorists for the longest. I feel different now. For one, I’ve been betting nba for almost 20 yrs now. Which gives you a certain perspective. But what really put me over was listening to the Whistleblower podcast that is a 10 part deep dive into the Tim Donaghy betting scandal. They talk about differentiating “fixing games vs manipulating games based on betting lines”. I have absolutely no doubt there’s a lot of shady refs who manipulate and fix games and Scott Foster 100% is one of them. Foster has extremely strong ties to Donaghy. There were phone records where those 2 talked for quick 1-2 minute calls after games for like 150 times over the season when Donaghy didn’t have actual phone calls with other refs more than a handful of times in the same span. All the calls took place before/after games. They said they’d talk to kill time which was a blatant lie

When you bet on games or at least just pay attention to the lines on a regular basis you can CLEARLY see how fixed this **** is. I don't know the full extent of how rigged it is but it's obviously not authentic competition

 

[RustyShackleford]

As soon as I started catching up on the thread I knew where it was going . Everything is a proxy for his disdain for the progressive white left.

We need to get him in a Discord chat John WcWorther, Glenn Loury, and Coleman Hughes so the four of them can let their freak flags fly in unison and spare the rest of us from their cloud yelling

 

[gvhp2223]

Dont fall for the bait man. Delete this.

Bait? What part of anything that I said is bait?

I stated straight facts.

If your heart can't accept the facts and you want to relabel them as "bait," I'm sorry but the facts remain.

kobe bryant was pathetic in the NBA Finals and your heart's desire can't change what happened in those games.

 

[RustyShackleford]

Oh I can personally attest that NT, nay, all of social media does NOT care about 'heart and mind.' Words are said, people attach their own meaning, and then that's what those words meant. Period.

-foe

This avy post combo is perfection

 

[HIM]

Big Shotime thread today.

look at my son

 

[antidope]

Big Shotime thread today.

look at my son

Big Steven A Smith thread smh

 

[freeze]

was jrue the sole reason for all those TO's? jrue definitely making cp work just bringing the ball up
i did see some lazy passes from cp the last couple gms.

Tryna tell y'all. Chris been wearing down since game 1. People getting gassed off the beautiful handles and fadeaway middies and ignoring the other parts that are starting to slow down.

 

[lawdog1]

Tryna tell y'all. Chris been wearing down since game 1. People getting gassed off the beautiful handles and fadeaway middies and ignoring the other parts that are starting to slow down.

I agree with you. I do think some of the sloppy turnovers have to do with fatigue and the effect Jrue’s having.

That said, those fadeaway middies over dudes 8 inches or more taller than him are pretty impressive.

 

[aepps20]

aepps20

He's a scumbag.

 

[darthska]

This avy post combo is perfection

I ain't even realize but good eye.

-foe