The Official NBA Season Thread: I’m like Jayson Tatum in the Olympics I'm not playing

[703 hwy]

There’s been a changing of the guard. Nets run NYC

 

[antidope]

I hit the unblock button again today… immediately regretted it

 

[nick.]

the takes after a national TV game are always the worst

 

[Coupé It]

70 games a year
36 mpg for 20 years straight
27ppg, 20 years straight.

Nobody is easily doing that . Coupé It

Listen….

It’s most likely not going happen. You and dacomeup antidope are rigjt

I wouldn’t bet on Wemby or Luka doing it. Hell no.

I’m just saying Modern Medicine is evolving.

Players of all sports are coming back from compound fractures (Paul George Olympic injury) in 3 1/2 months now. Anything is possible as Medicine evolves.

 

[D StaXX]

He’s never really been injured badly either or taken the kawhi season vacations. I’m still not impressed by LeBron though… I think it’s because at the end of the day he really has no bag and he’s just a bulldozer to the rim.

 

[Maximus Meridius]

You typing like your team above .500, this ain't the bubble

Had y'all won y'all woulda talked like it was 1973. Keep it a buck.

 

[finallyfamous]

Who the **** is this guy?

 

[antidope]

Basketball commentators really need to stop this “the analytics say don’t do this” when a player who made their living on middys shoots one. Like who upstairs thinks making this incorrect statement over and over helps advance the game?

 

[storm2006]

If another top player of all-time remains relatively healthy up to Year 20+, Bron is going to be Wilt 2.0 with all the mentions as the only other player to do it

 

[ballinsam23]

Laker fans talking smack after beating a team just as bad as them. Boy how times have changed.

 

[Zo gif]

Bulldozer>>>>

 

[ill steelo]

70 games a year
36 mpg for 20 years straight
27ppg, 20 years straight.

Nobody is easily doing that . Coupé It

Yep. Guys retire because they can no longer physically recover in between games. It’s incredibly difficult to physically get up for an NBA game for at least 6 months every year, for 20 straight years.

Its an absolutely insane physical endeavor & why this is such an amazing achievement.

There are guys in the league right now & will be in the future who are talented enough to get you 25+ a night for 10, 11, 12 years

But, 17, 18, 19, maybe more?

Impossible to project, much less guarantee

 

[niketock88]

And? if you play for 20 years, I would hope that your three-point shot improves. If you look at that list, it’s more of a product volume shooting.. not to mention that LeBron has the worst three-point shooting percentage in the top 21.

 

[B Sox]

It’s not even just about longevity though. You literally cannot have any drop off in your game. Hell, Bron is averaging MORE PPG in these last 2 years than he has in over a decade.

 

[Coupé It]

Yep. Guys retire because they can no longer physically recover in between games. It’s incredibly difficult to physically get up for an NBA game for at least 6 months every year, for 20 straight years.

Its an absolutely insane physical endeavor & why this is such an amazing achievement.

There are guys in the league right now & will be in the future who are talented enough to get you 25+ a night for 10, 11, 12.

But, 17, 18, 19, maybe more?

Impossible to project, much less guarantee

I agree with all this tho. Think what I said got misconstrued.

Science will evolve. We don’t know what’s going to happen.

Longevity may very well end up being commonplace.

LeBron is insane. He’s mastered it before anyone else.

 

[Maximus Meridius]

Melo put on a show

 

[Coupé It]

Look…

Any Lakers fans want to clown me/us right now……cool

But ONLY Lakers from LA & LA country only tho.

I’ll eat that.

 

[Maximus Meridius]

I agree with this tho. Think what I said got misconstrued.

Science will evolve. We don’t know what’s going to happen.

It's evolved now and dudes don't wanna play a certain amount of games.

 

[703 hwy]

Jamal Murray is a millionaire who still goes to Hair Cuttery.

 

[elpablo21]

They better not be out this Thursday, I watch the lakers play in indi for the first time

Think you're safe champ. I assume he plays against the Pacers now to break the record in Crypto

 

[B Sox]

Season might get cut short by like 10 games in the coming years too. Will only make things more difficult.

 

[niketock88]

It’s not even just about longevity though. You literally cannot have any drop off in your game. Hell, Bron is averaging MORE PPG in these last 2 years than he has in over a decade.

we’re also watching an era of basketball where the NBA is catering to scoring more than ever. 40 point games are the new 30 point games.

 

[commonsense23]

I mean if you 6’9, 260 pounds with no bag, what else are you supposed to do? Drive to the rim. Go crazy, take the records.

 

[Coupé It]

It's evolved now and dudes don't wanna play a certain amount of games.

And that’s because they’re trying to look out for their bodies long term.

I don’t have a problem with that.

 

[finallyfamous]

Yep. Guys retire because they can no longer physically recover in between games. It’s incredibly difficult to physically get up for an NBA game for at least 6 months every year, for 20 straight years.

Its an absolutely insane physical endeavor & why this is such an amazing achievement.

There are guys in the league right now & will be in the future who are talented enough to get you 25+ a night for 10, 11, 12 years

But, 17, 18, 19, maybe more?

Impossible to project, much less guarantee

Real ****.