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

[wavycrocket]

Folks were really comparing him to Russ in this thread too. Nasty.

Another MVP false narrative ground to dust

I’m luvin it!

 

[sohi 23]

I ain’t gon lie the Jokic hate was wild all year.
I side stepped the **** outta that convo every time.
If you can’t appreciate Jokic, you just don’t like hoop.

 

[lovehateself]

Dudes really going out of their way to hate on the best player in the league. Crazy.

Almost as crazy as rooting for every team that plays against the lakers

 

[WASHED KING]

Jokic is a pretty easy player to hate y’all tripping.

Generational flopper, complains to the refs, pushes people in the back and he’s fat.

He was hooping today though. Still hate him.

 

[Coupé It]

Like how do you guys hate this much for free?

It’s crazy.

Like if you were getting paid I’d understand but this is nuts.

 

[trynafeelmink]

Lmaooo at Bron tryna to act like he’s considering retirement , if there’s one person who is going to demand an outrageous farewell tour it’s him

He ain’t fooling a soul

 

[T0INE]

Dudes really going out of their way to hate on the best player in the league. Crazy.

This isn't new around these parts.

Can never appreciate greatness.

Lebby put it all out there tonight.

Jokic was an absolute savant.

 

[elpablo21]

What do the Lakers do with the AD at center conundrum?

It's like he's fine at Center mostly until he runs into a Jokic but you gotta kinda plan you'll have to meet them again so..idk

 

[tay1]

What do the Lakers do with the AD at center conundrum?

It's like he's fine at Center mostly until he runs into a Jokic but you gotta kinda plan you'll have to meet them again so..idk

Sign another big or two to do the dirty work for AD.

 

[ill steelo]

Interesting that Joker's "pathetic defense" has never seemed to be an issue in the playoffs.

Yea AD was every other game in this series just like the previous 2

 

[mr jordan04]

look at ADisney fit, right now.

Sleep tight!

 

[MVP]

What do the Lakers do with the AD at center conundrum?

It's like he's fine at Center mostly until he runs into a Jokic but you gotta kinda plan you'll have to meet them again so..idk

Sell high. He's not built to be the franchise guy.

 

[dman14]

Lmaooo at Bron tryna to act like he’s considering retirement , if there’s one person who is going to demand an outrageous farewell tour it’s him

He ain’t fooling a soul

he's gonna pull a tom brady. i definitely can see hoopin til he's in his mid 40s as long as his body holds up. i think he is good with taking a back seat and becoming a role guy who can contribute. probably, would try and play with bronny and mentor him up close

 

[dasitmane]

What do the Lakers do with the AD at center conundrum?

It's like he's fine at Center mostly until he runs into a Jokic but you gotta kinda plan you'll have to meet them again so..idk

Sign Dwight just before the playoffs

 

[elpablo21]

Sign another big or two to do the dirty work for AD.

Guess I'm asking is who?

Idk who's available though

 

[trynafeelmink]

What do the Lakers do with the AD at center conundrum?

It's like he's fine at Center mostly until he runs into a Jokic but you gotta kinda plan you'll have to meet them again so..idk

They just need someone who can rebound/block shots, can’t rely on Lebron being your back line defense at this age whenever teams force AD out the paint.

 

[Maximus Meridius]

Dudes really going out of their way to hate on the best player in the league. Crazy.

So that's not Steph anymore?

 

[B Sox]

Maybe if Harden could hoop like Murray did we would be having a better ECF.

Man Philly won a game that Embiid didn’t even play in.

They lost the series because Embiid is a FRAUD. Not anything else.

 

[WASHED KING]

So that's not Steph anymore?

It never was

 

[freeze]

Damn ain’t you a Kobe fan

Love Kobe. That's my dawg forever. He retired in '16. The Lakers were in the lottery. I'm saying the Lakers back to when Kobe retired.

 

[a-friend]

Here come the cutting edge journalism questions.



“You barely made the Playoffs, what does it mean to you to make it to the WCF?”

“You guys had 3games you let slip away, what does it feel like?”

“You guys might have played your last game together, what does it feel like to be moving on?”

“You guys had that one right there, what does it mean to get swept”

“Nikola, what’s the first thing you feel when they say Finals?”

“Nikola, you talked about saying you weren’t scared of Lebron this year, what does it feel like to beat him?”

“Nikola, talk about what you’re feeling right now?”

 

[lawdog1]

Guess I'm asking is who?

Idk who's available though

Poetl is. He and AD would be a pretty nasty defensive combo.

 

[freeze]

Who you running to when Wardell hangs em up?

**** once Bron and curry go, league gon b meh, I'll probably just be a casual like you mooks.

 

[elpablo21]

Poetl is. He and AD would be a pretty nasty defensive combo.

Yooooo yeah that would be crazy

 

[moe200069]

Reaves & Rui are both restricted and will both be retained at whatever price.

They’re going to actually get lucky with D’Lo. None of the cap space teams are going to pursue him hard so they should be able to retain him on a good deal easily.

They’re probably getting unlucky with Dennis. They don’t have his full bird rights & he likely gets more than $4M on the market.

So you lose Dennis but retain Reaves, Rui, and D’Lo. D’Lo will be on a reasonable contract & will eventually be traded by February for a guard that can actually play past the 2nd round.

Bron/AD will get their off-season surgeries, come back healthy & the team will be in a far position to deal with any future injuries now that they have good role players. Bron won’t have to play 38-40 mins when AD is out & vice versa.

They’ll be right back in the mix.

I’m far less worried about them compared to a team like the Warriors.

between warriors and lakers, idk who's in the better situation next year.

Bron will be 39 years old next post season and showed signs of aging this year. Bron played 40+ minutes a game in the WCF, Rui and Reaves played about as well as you could ask for from role players, AD had his moments, and the lakers still got swept.

Gonna be interesting to see how much Rui, Reaves and D'Lo get this off season. They definitely played their way into bigger contracts.