The Official NBA Season Thread: Season Starts Now

[Maximus Meridius]

If you can name a team that won a championship while missing a 20+ PPG scorer who leads the team in FG% and blocks, and is 2nd in rebounding, have at it

Woooow

This what the story is gonna be

 

[Coupé It]

Well thankfully RJ Barrett is in Canada.

Never to be seen or heard from again.

 

[HIM]

Don’t let my posts distract you from nick. being on an all-time tun this postseason. Grade A stuff he’s been doing

 

[Maximus Meridius]

**** what ozempic did get a gym membership

 

[WASHED KING]

I enjoy all these Kendrick quotables popping up so Rusty can't get away from it. He thought it was over.

 

[MVP]

Folks say people didn’t like Kobe but damn near 3 out of every 5 current hoopers hold him in high regard.

I know it’s proximity, but all the current dudes from the LA area reveres that dude.

He set the trend of low top sneakers. All these cats wearing low tops because of Bean. Dudes stay fronting on here

People weren't yelling VC or Mac when shooting paper balls into the trash can. It's somewhat revisionist history, although I do remember being one of only a few Kobe fans and Laker fans in general back home. But even so, he was acknowledged even then to be the coldest and most exciting player in the game even by the staunchest haters.

 

[kicks2024]

I’m not gonna work myself up over it. It wasn’t pretty but a W is a W regardless of how you got it

Hopefully Game 2 we play like the superior team and eliminate hope
Early

 

[WASPS ANDD ASPS]

Hermione

Tonks

16????????

Stay inside

He def stayed inside


Lakers in 6.

 

[nick.]

 

[addict4sneakers]

elpablo21

 

[elpablo21]

 

[picasso swerve]

This movie is lowkey toxic ngl

I took a chicks v-card with this playing on the tv.

Thats it, thats the story.

 

[elpablo21]

elpablo21

 

[WASHED KING]

I took a chicks v-card with this playing on the tv.

Thats it, thats the story.

I'm tryna tell them, the BET specials get the job done.

Love and Basketball, Baby Boy, ATL, Tyler Perry films. Never not seal the deal with them playing.

 

[finessence]

People weren't yelling VC or Mac when shooting paper balls into the trash can. It's somewhat revisionist history, although I do remember being one of only a few Kobe fans and Laker fans in general back home. But even so, he was acknowledged even then to be the coldest and most exciting player in the game even by the staunchest haters.

I’m from South Florida. VC and Tmac from central Florida. They’re both loved but even Kobe was more popular than them in their own state.

Dwade was the only cat to dethrone him eventually. Kobe was huge in Florida

We’re a football state first and forever. Again, VC and Mac both from the crib and Kobe was still equal or bigger

 

[RustyShackleford]

I enjoy all these Kendrick quotables popping up so Rusty can't get away from it. He thought it was over.

I am once again begging Meth to let me use the middle finger emoji again.

I'm outchea fighting a war with no weapons

 

[lawdog1]

Folks say people didn’t like Kobe but damn near 3 out of every 5 current hoopers hold him in high regard.

I know it’s proximity, but all the current dudes from the LA area reveres that dude.

He set the trend of low top sneakers. All these cats wearing low tops because of Bean. Dudes stay fronting on here

You’re not accounting for people in their 30s and 40s. People who grew up the Showtime Lakers had a totally different frame of reference for evaluating Kobe from people who weren’t even following the NBA until the mid-90s when Kobe came on the scene.

The older demographic group is the group who had more mixed or negative feelings about him during the 1st half of his career.

 

[trappedintime]

You’re not accounting for people in their 30s and 40s. People who grew up the Showtime Lakers had a totally different frame of reference for evaluating Kobe from people who weren’t even following the NBA until the mid-90s when Kobe came on the scene.

The older demographic group is the group who had more mixed or negative feelings about him during the 1st half of his career.

Count me in that demo. He was a ball dominant, low % guy for a long time and he had Shaq doing a lot of heavy lifting during the first title run, not to mention Phil taking over the team to get it done. Toss in the CO incident and it was pretty easy to root for someone else in neutral games/series.

 

[DripNick]

He doesn't have that aura though.

Speaking of which, for you freaky frogs #OnHere

 

[finessence]

You’re not accounting for people in their 30s and 40s. People who grew up the Showtime Lakers had a totally different frame of reference for evaluating Kobe from people who weren’t even following the NBA until the mid-90s when Kobe came on the scene.

The older demographic group is the group who had more mixed or negative feelings about him during the 1st half of his career.

I’m 36…

I’m not dismissing the guys who watched in the 80s and before. I expect them to prefer Magic, Jordan, bird, etc.

I’m just saying, Kobe got a lot of love. Him and AI were 1)a and 1)a. The cats I grew up with loved Kobe. A few of my friends had the Adidas Crazy 8s, Kobe 1s, etc. before he even joined Nike

 

[WASHED KING]

You’re not accounting for people in their 30s and 40s. People who grew up the Showtime Lakers had a totally different frame of reference for evaluating Kobe from people who weren’t even following the NBA until the mid-90s when Kobe came on the scene.

The older demographic group is the group who had more mixed or negative feelings about him during the 1st half of his career.

Ngl I'm a reformed Kobe hater I buried the hatchet honestly.

I used to talk greasy about that man up here.

 

[Blue Mamba]

 

[lawdog1]

I’m 36…

Then you’re just wrong.

 

[rolaholic]

That franchise has got a lot of nerve

 

[WASHED KING]

Can someone post a new photo so I don't have to see that womans mouth on my screen.

It's creeping me out.