THEE OFFICIAL 2019-2020 NBA OFFSEASON THREAD: VICTORY LAP

[Mike dunleavy]

I use to do that in 2k2
Made a Brolic 8ft 3 point shooter

 

[elpablo21]

Jesus Christ

 

[alchemist iq]

Ratings must be getting low.

 

[geno90221]

LeBron look like he drop down to 225 every summer. Probably gets up to 245-255lbs as the season goes. He doing something man

Hard work nothing else

 

[Deleted member 170883]

who the **** is wayne gretzky. who the **** watches hockey lmao

 

[JD617]

Some people just have no ability to separate team perfomance from individual performance in team sports. Probably my biggest pet peeve. Some of the Brady stuff is so OD. And I'm a Pats fan saying this.

 

[r377]

What is everyone's thoughts on Jimmy the Diva Butler ?

 

[lawdog1]

Solar Flare hot take. Perfectly on-brand for blowhard bozo Cowherd...

 

[wavycrocket]

Solar Flare hot take. Perfectly on-brand for blowhard bozo Cowherd...

People going to suck this up too .

What’s most alarming is I’m seeing more and more people running with the “mJ wAs 1-9 UnTil pIpPeN cAmE aNd sAved hIm” bs.





That’s a thing now. Scary times we live in.

 

[HIM]

I mean...he was 1-9 until Pippen got there. I don’t see the issue.

 

[antidope]

If the 6-0 in the Finals narrative gets to live, so should the Pippen one.

 

[wavycrocket]

I mean...he was 1-9 until Pippen got there. I don’t see the issue.

I know you trollin...but this is a real thing . People think Rookie Scottie Pippen In 87 was the same one in 92 .

All context has been lost. Like Mike coming off an injury and losing to the 67 win Larry Bird Celtics in his 1st playoff appearance, then the 60 something win Bucs that was atop the east in his next one.

Mike literally did this when Pippen came to win his 1st series.

While THIS was happening to a 22 year old Scottie.

But bad faith arguments, hot takes & Narratives > Context.

 

[JD617]

There's a lot of foolishness on the other side of the MJ thing too though. Stuff like this:



Like the Bad Boy Pistons didn't send him home 3 years in a row in his prime at age 25, 26, & 27. He only played in the league for 6 seasons and never lost.

 

[lawdog1]

I agree that the MJ invincibility arguments are also silly, but making a big deal out of his early playoff record is even dumber. Six of MJ’s first nine playoff losses were to the Bird-McHale-Parish Celtics, who in one of those years when on to win the title and went to the Finals the next year. That Celtics team is 10 all-time squad for most people.

Also, what happened to the old conventional wisdom that teams/players have to pay their dues and learn how to win before they break through to championship level? We not doing that anymore?

 

[HIM]

I know you trollin...but this is a real thing . People think Rookie Scottie Pippen In 87 was the same one in 92 .

All context has been lost. Like Mike coming off an injury and losing to the 67 win Larry Bird Celtics in his 1st playoff appearance, then the 60 something win Bucs that was atop the east in his next one.

Mike literally did this when Pippen came to win his 1st series.

While THIS was happening to a 22 year old Scottie.

But bad faith arguments, hot takes & Narratives > Context.

What doesn’t show up in the boxscore is Pippen’s intertia. 3rd quarter, game 2. Pippen is moving guys out of Jordan’s way on offense. Hardest screens I’ve ever seen. Clear lanes to the basket. Wide open jumpers. All created by Scottie’s inertia

 

[wavycrocket]

There's a lot of foolishness on the other side of the MJ thing too though. Stuff like this:



Like the Bad Boy Pistons didn't send him home 3 years in a row in his prime at age 25, 26, & 27. He only played in the league for 6 seasons and never lost.

I think he’s obviously talking about the finals tho. That’s a different argument.

 

[HIM]

I gotta get on twitter. Is NT Twitter still a thing?

 

[JD617]

I think he’s obviously talking about the finals tho. That’s a different argument.

He wasn't. He tweeted a follow up that didn't really make sense. Also, that wouldn't help his argument anyway.

 

[jjs07]

This Rodman doc is nuts so far...dude was 22 w/ a 13yo best friend.

 

[lavatake]

No more rings for curry
No finals mvp for the most overrated PG
Need ayesha to take him to the cleaners next

the **** is wrong with you?

 

[Quincy McCall]

These clean af

 

[lawdog1]

What is everyone's thoughts on Jimmy the Diva Butler ?

Good player, but not as good as he thinks he is and seems more concerned with being “the guy” than winning. Glad the Clippers didn’t go after him hard when they were on his list of teams.

 

[Vincent Van Goat]

Those are nice but could have done without 3 colors on the striping

 

[MajinZuub]

I gotta get on twitter. Is NT Twitter still a thing?

Yes henz0 is still active

 

[lawdog1]

These clean af

Still **** the Warriors, but they’ve had consistently some of the best uniforms in the NBA since Nike took over...I don’t think they’ve had one bad one...