The Official NBA Season Thread: NBA Cup Night

[addict4sneakers]

Hey, I'm trying to focus my energy elsewhere. At the beginning of the year, I read that the Lakers had an A+ offseason. They acquired key components for this championship run: LeBron putting up elite numbers, DLo balling, AD playing almost every game, AR is back, and so on. So...

Acquired who? Shemarr Moore? Jaxson Hayes? Dinwiddie?

 

[smedroc]

Thread in a shambles

This might be an even closer sweep then last year

 

[keko jones]

Acquired who? Shemarr Moore? Jaxson Hayes? Dinwiddie?

I'm repeating what the "experts" and Lakers fans stated.

Spoiler

 

[pmatic]

Pelinka did a good job in the off-season. Injuries and Ham hurt the team.

 

[addict4sneakers]

I'm repeating what the "experts" and Lakers fans stated.

Spoiler

should have just asked me

 

[sneeker]

Jordan complained to officials just like every other superstar. That man wasn’t some mute who let other teams hack him and just kept playing without saying anything.

This revisionist history y’all do to elevate that man is nasty.

Jordan does complain but doesn't stop playing like Lebron does. Jordan complains when the play stops.

 

[sneeker]

MJ was an all star at 38 and 39 based off of being MJ and nostalgia. It wasn’t because of his play.

I dunno. MJ did have his moments in Washington, just as Lebron does.

 

[ALNotSure]

Jordan complained to officials just like every other superstar. That man wasn’t some mute who let other teams hack him and just kept playing without saying anything.

This revisionist history y’all do to elevate that man is nasty.

Wait, I didn’t say Jordan didn’t complain to officials. He did. He’s been booted from a couple games for complaining. What I said is Jordan didn’t *** out in a press conference and blame officials for a loss. Lebron got multiple and one calls as his teammates. He blew a free throw to put them up ahead. He missed the 3 to give them the lead.

Instead Ham & he aimed for officiating and the rest of his team followed.

 

[Vincent Van Goat]

These guys are unhinged

 

[addict4sneakers]

Pelinka did a good job in the off-season. Injuries and Ham hurt the team.

Don’t know what move it was to be made but it should have been made with keeping Jokic in mind.

 

[sneeker]

Lebron being this great for this long speaks to just how great of an athlete he is

Still not a better basketball player than mike

nonsense. Jokic is the True GOAT ! guy moves in slow-mo and still couldn't be stopped.

 

[pmatic]

Don’t know what move it was to be made but it should have been made with keeping Jokic in mind.

There is no existing defense for Jokic.

Backup center was slim pickings last summer.

Lakers got an athletic center (Hayes), and a skill center (Wood), but what they really needed was a physical one unfortunately.

 

[JD617]

Jordan never cried about refs in a press conference and never flopped and never EVER puts responsibility on anyone but himself in a press conference.

MJ would NEVER work the refs in a press conference, EVER!!!

 

[keko jones]

should have just asked me

I'll remember that the next time I'm overwhelmed by how well everyone says the Lakers did in the offseason. "Hey, do you think they're legit?"

 

[B Sox]

Will never understand why folks bring up Jordan after stuff like this. Man was a sideshow when he was playing at this point in a horrendously bad East.

Jordan was amazing. It’s fine to leave that man in the past though. Don’t have to make stuff up about him like not complaining about the refs to prop him up

 

[ALNotSure]

We've fallen so far from the light you have people acting like MJ's Wizard days were impressive so they can act like he matched what Bron did late in his career.

37-45 btw.

"MJ would've hit that shot". The Lakers wouldn't have even been in the playoffs if they swapped 39 year old MJ for Bron.

Y'all need to wash your faces.

Jordan actually played full seasons. Lebron getting paid full time money for 60% Lakers play.

Wild how this is glossed over. Jordan played a full 82 games his last season .

 

[sneeker]

We've fallen so far from the light you have people acting like MJ's Wizard days were impressive so they can act like he matched what Bron did late in his career.

37-45 btw.

The Lakers wouldn't have even been in the playoffs if they swapped 39 year old MJ for Bron.

Y'all need to wash your faces.

hypothetical question but I believe he would have. realistically speaking, neither player wouldn't have done it without a healthy AD.

 

[g-time]

K Kierris was banned? why?

 

[Vincent Van Goat]

Jordan actually played full seasons. Lebron getting paid full time money for 60% Lakers play.

Wild how this is glossed over. Jordan played a full 82 games his last season .

Oof. You set yourself up for what’s about to come

 

[WASHED KING]

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Jordan actually played full seasons. Lebron getting paid full time money for 60% Lakers play.

Wild how this is glossed over. Jordan played a full 82 games his last season .

Jordan also sat out basically 2 seasons. I would hope you could play every game after a 2 year break.

Gloss over that.

 

[MIKE LOWERY]

20 years from now, people will talk about Bron like they talk about Mike. It's cool.



All the Jordan glazers will get old and sound like the Bill Russell/Wilt guys sound now, in the future.

 

[g-time]

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Jordan also sat out basically 2 seasons. I would hope you could play every game after a 2 year break.

Gloss over that.

3* between Bulls and Wizards.

 

[WASHED KING]

K Kierris was banned? why?

Cause he wasn't posting low tier Bron and Laker jokes.

 

[pmatic]

 

[Arthur Shelby]