The Official NBA Season Thread: Las Vegas Summer League

[picasso swerve]

As I've thought about this, I've decided Gannis response is silly, fundamentally misunderstands sports and is a massive backwards hustle.

The central appeal of sports is the stakes are irrationally inflated. When you watch or participate in a sport you are tacitly agreeing to massively inflate the stakes of every outcome.

it's an essential part of the social contract of any sport.

And pople who violate that social contract are shunned because to do so is to puncture the very essence of sports competition.

If you are playing any serious sport and a dude on your team kept harping on the fact that "none of this matters" "we are all winners in life" you would have nothing but contempt for him.

Sports are a way to vicariously experience life or death outcomes. Basically all social animals with a fear response engage in this kind of play. It's a way of testing the body and the mind,.

Human beings are social animals so there is such a thing as social death. So our forms of play almost always involve a social component.
Legacy; how will victory or defeat echo across time? What will it mean to you, the players that came before, the players that will come after?

Gannis gets paid win or lose, every player is a millionaire and has no relationship to the city other than tenouis geographic designations.

Sports are human drama, If you can't call out success or failure you might as well watch NBA 2K simulations.

Obviously In the context of life Gannis is not a failure. But what does that even mean?,

In modern society unless you murdered or raped someone or are a hardened criminal we don't really call anyone's life a "failure".

Competitive sports operates by different rules, and we all understand this. It's part of the social contract.

If you lose in 5 games to an 8 seed it is obviously a massive failure.

Describing it as anything less in the context of sports is absurd.

If Gannis doesn't like that he should probably just not play competitive sports. Victory / defeat, success / failure is kind of the whole point.

I thought it was “understood” that Giannis wasnt literal with the failure talk. Hes was just talking the **** and being cute. He know he failed, and he knows he gotta get better and they gotta be better next season. Look at that IG “im coming” post.

 

[pmatic]

Bron does not "deserve" third team.

 

[osh kosh bosh]

You spelled Giannis’s name wrong like 7 times

¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯

 

[atlsfinest]

I know the Warriors will Win later but why do i have a feeling that they will collapse so bad and will be smashed by the lakers for 20+ points?

It's a real gut check game. I fully expect the Warriors to come out and play their best game but if things go sideways or if the Lakers are able to build some type of lead, is going to be interesting to see how the Warriors respond.

Also, the crowds at Chase center have been awful. Nowhere near as loud is it was in Oakland.

 

[B Sox]

Shai

 

[DLF]

Ja Morant got robbed.

 

[pmatic]

Very anti-climatic reveal of the All-NBA teams by Inside. They put more effort into the All-Stars.

 

[MVP]

 

[BIG LEEMELONE]

Bron does not "deserve" third team

Only because of injury. Historically we'll never see another season like this. Gotta give it to him off the strength of legacy

 

[HOU$TON]

SGA over curry for all nba 1st team

Okc made out like bandits in the Paul George trade

 

[osh kosh bosh]

Cliffs anybody?

Exegerrated stakes is the essence of competitive sports.

The entire point of sports competition is to vicariously experience definitive life or death out comes.

If you remove failure from sports, you defeat the entire purpose.

Obviously Giannis is not a failure in life. But that's really meaningless, because we don't call anyone a failure unless they rape or murder someone.

Part of the social contract of sports is definitive outcomes.

 

[Vincent Van Goat]

Ja Morant got robbed.

Who were the snubs

 

[toneboi76]

AD robbed

 

[elpablo21]

Soul Glo Lauri got robbed

 

[DLF]

Lillard play 3 games less than Morant and we’re bottom bottom team in nba

 

[big j 33]

Win or lose I want to see the Knicks play with effort and intensity. Don't go out sad

 

[storm2006]

B Sox do you feel the Cs are ******?

 

[MVP]

Dame being on there is comedy tbh

 

[rolaholic]

Shai

On track to be the

 

[B Sox]

B Sox do you feel the Cs are ****ed?

How? For having 2 All-NBA guys about to enter their primes?

Don’t get how this is a problem for Boston at all

 

[rolaholic]

AD getting snubbed of everything accolade wise though, hope he takes it out on them tonight

 

[sohi 23]

Bron does not "deserve" third team.

Who would you put over him? Siakam?

Only because of injury. Historically we'll never see another season like this. Gotta give it to him off the strength of legacy

Agreed. He was also REALLY good before the injury.

 

[dman14]

Win or go home games tonight.
I expect some desperation and intense focus from knicks and dubs. Both extend their series

 

[MVP]

 

[storm2006]

How? For having 2 All-NBA guys about to enter their primes?

Don’t get how this is a problem for Boston at all

I guess it depends on the outcome this season but having to commit $613MM to two guys who haven’t won a title yet? That’s a lot of money bruh.