The Official Off-Season NBA Thread

[wavycrocket]

Lost in the IT return, jrain crying in the car and COVID chats yesterday...

I was hopeful he'd be byke by now but don't rush it

All good! Take ya time Klay. Best record in the L

Gpii getting more reps. Which is good, cuz his shot coming along. Get better Poole .

 

[lovehateself]

What more does the NFL want? The NBA already puckered up and gave them Thursday night alone. Moved TNT Thursday to Tuesdays.

Now they’re taking over our Christmas games too? W T F

All this for 3 1/2 HOURS of COMMERCIALS and 9 MINUTES of actual gameplay. The NFL is wicked.

The NBA can’t be out here folding to their requests, on their knees like Spike Lee. They better not.

nfl coming for tuesday night too

 

[storm2006]

Most annoying return from injury ever

What Pre-injury the man was a perennial AS, multiple All-NBA selections and 3X champion before having two major injuries consecutively that have kept him out for over two years. Also he's coming back at a time when the Warriors are currently one of the best teams in the league, by record. Do you expect his return to be a non-story in NBA media?

I won't even say in 2021 where Kyrie putting on his sneakers is a headline. This is significant in any era

 

[Coupé It]

nfl coming for tuesday night too

Schefter hit this at the same exact time I hit my post.

NFL are really trying to annex the NBA

 

[lovehateself]

Most annoying return from injury ever

 

[BIG LEEMELONE]

As selfish as he played to get the record it wouldn't surprise me if he ate the whole thing

 

[Vincent Van Goat]

I'm sure it tasted great but that literally looks like weirdly white poop logs on his pizza

 

[king j]

What Pre-injury the man was a perennial AS, multiple All-NBA selections and 3X champion before having two major injuries consecutively that have kept him out for over two years. Also he's coming back at a time when the Warriors are currently one of the best teams in the league, by record. Do you expect his return to be a non-story in NBA media?

I won't even say in 2021 where Kyrie putting on his sneakers is a headline. This is significant in any era

Corny Jackie Moon persona
Crying about not being on top 75 list
Fake sulking on the bench after games

 

[gaiiige]

 

[MVP]

Basically going to take him out right up to the trade deadline

 

[antidope]

You really get a bigger appreciation for Bron being that he met the expectations.

How many "biggest prospect since Bron" guys have actually been IT

 

[VARNELL HILL]

You really get a bigger appreciation for Bron being that he met the expectations.

How many "biggest prospect since Bron" guys have actually been IT

There's only been 2.

Wiggins and Emoni.

 

[king j]

There's only been 2.

Wiggins and Emoni.

Ben Simmons?

 

[antidope]

There's only been 2.

Wiggins and Emoni.

I feel like Ben Simmons, Zion, and someone else who I'm forgetting got that push.

 

[storm2006]

There's only been 2.

Wiggins and Emoni.

I was going to ask who has gotten that title and damb....I know Wiggins AKA Maple Jordan had all the hype but was Emoni's really like that? He's certainly come down to earth over the past year or two and there is less chatter about him.

I thought Zion was in that category but I might just be conflating the overall hype with him and the title "biggest prospect since Bron"

Edit: Yeah, Ben was in there too IIRC

 

[amitt5504]

I was going to ask who has gotten that title and damb....I know Wiggins AKA Maple Jordan had all the hype but was Emoni's really like that? He's certainly come down to earth over the past year or two and there is less chatter about him.

I thought Zion was in that category but I might just be conflating the overall hype with him and the title "biggest prospect since Bron"

Edit: Yeah, Ben was in there too IIRC

Technically he is the biggest prospect since Bron

 

[VARNELL HILL]

I feel like Ben Simmons, Zion, and someone else who I'm forgetting got that push.

Never in my life heard that about Ben Simmons. I've heard the Lebron comparison based on playing style...not hype.

Zion either. Zion wasn't even the #1 HS player in his class. RJ Barrett was.

 

[had pants]

Don’t y’all have a warriors thread?

 

[pmatic]

Simmons was based more on playing style than hype.

Since 03, I'd say the most hyped prospects were Oden, AD and Wiggins.

 

[aquatic barefoot]

Ban Spike Lee from the Garden

I felt this.

He ain’t lying doe…

 

[VARNELL HILL]

I was going to ask who has gotten that title and damb....I know Wiggins AKA Maple Jordan had all the hype but was Emoni's really like that? He's certainly come down to earth over the past year or two and there is less chatter about him.

The souring on Emoni started last year.

 

[MVP]

Blazers really passed up on the 2 best scorers of all time for some ill fated big men. Tough.

 

[elpablo21]

 

[MVP]

 

[Vincent Van Goat]

Not comparing to LeBron at all but the most hyped prep players that come to mind going into their college freshman year besides Wiggins:

John Wall
Derrick Rose
OJ Mayo
Greg Oden