elpablo21
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The Official NBA Season Thread: I’m like Jayson Tatum in the Olympics I'm not playing
- Thread in 'Sports & Training' Thread starter Started by pmatic,
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- Sep 18, 2003
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Lamelo going to be willing to share the shine with a bigger star?
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elpablo21
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ASG couldnt do better than the Pro Bowl? Thats crazy to me.
I have hardcore football fans in my friend group and no one ever watched the Pro Bowl.
I have hardcore football fans in my friend group and no one ever watched the Pro Bowl.
- Jul 20, 2009
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elpablo21
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Casual fans drive those numbers. Hardcore fans not watching makes complete sense
- Jul 8, 2013
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Brandon Miller in the hornets would be a sight to behold.
LaMelo, Miles, Bouknight , PJ wash as your vets
LaMelo, Miles, Bouknight , PJ wash as your vets
- Jun 21, 2009
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Vic’s just going to have take it.
Then Vic’s is going to run LeMelo off his number too.
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elpablo21
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I just realized Chiney with the ash
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All these dudes in the league under 25 getting outplayed by a fat white boy from Europe and he don't even have a celebration dance when he makes regular season 3's smh.
- Feb 7, 2016
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Balls are solid players, but their averages doesn't spell success for their teams.I know certain people hate the Ball family (would love to hear the reasons but that's a different story) but Melo is avg 23, 8 and 6.
He ain't some dude that's just famous and and IG star.
- Aug 20, 2001
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KD not ducking the smoke and coming back against 1 of the 2 favorites in the East
I know he wants revenge for 2021
- Feb 7, 2016
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He did have a major injury.
- Sep 5, 2010
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Gen Z Hawks. 
- Jul 13, 2005
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I'd be shocked if anyone but the Spurs or Hornets get Vic.
- Jan 20, 2002
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You got the leaked script?
- Aug 20, 2001
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Jacque Vaughn hit Cam Thomas with the “Yo Cam, I’m really happy for you and imma let you finish but…”
- Feb 8, 2009
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No games going on so I'll just throw a hot take out there:
think there's a big gap between the way Kevin Durant is discussed and his actual accomplishments. When people talk about KD they say he's completely unguardable, the perfect offensive player, no one can match up with him, etc. If he's so great how come he's never won anything without Steph Curry? It's not for lack of great teammates.
Curry was able to win championships with Harrison Barnes and Andrew Wiggins in Durant's spot. I'm not saying Durant is a bum, he's clearly one of the 25 best players ever, but I think he's a tad overrated
think there's a big gap between the way Kevin Durant is discussed and his actual accomplishments. When people talk about KD they say he's completely unguardable, the perfect offensive player, no one can match up with him, etc. If he's so great how come he's never won anything without Steph Curry? It's not for lack of great teammates.
Curry was able to win championships with Harrison Barnes and Andrew Wiggins in Durant's spot. I'm not saying Durant is a bum, he's clearly one of the 25 best players ever, but I think he's a tad overrated
- Mar 24, 2001
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I just don't get how people call KD the goat scorer. He's not
- Aug 20, 2001
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Overrated is a strong word but I was recently thinking about something similar to what you said. KD has played with all-time prime talent for like 13 seasons straight (Rust/Harden > Klay/KD/Dray > Kyrie/Harden and now Book) and he doesn’t nearly get criticized the way Lebby does even though he has lowkey moved in a similar, if not even more blatant. He’s played with more talent than Lebby had since Lebby joined the Heatles tbh.
- Sep 21, 2012
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The only Melo I acknowledge is
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Damn rightThe only Melo I acknowledge is
- Feb 8, 2009
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Durant doesn't get criticized because
1. LeBron positions himself as the face of the league so he's going to get criticized. Durant explicitly frames things around not being a leader. This is why KD constantly says things like "I'm just here to play basketball"
This also applies to off the court stuff.
Think about all of the little things LeBron gets nitpicked for doing yet Durant was able to go on a homophobic rant and everyone collectively shrug their shoulders. If LeBron did the same thing, he would have to retire.
2. Consciously or subconsciously, everyone knows that he is not on LeBron's level so he's not held to the same standard.
3. LeBron is the one who ushered in the player movement era so he's going to get backlash. Durant isn't getting backlash because he's just doing what other players of the era are doing.
