THEE OFFICIAL 2019-2020 NBA OFFSEASON THREAD: VICTORY LAP

[sohi 23]

Don't know what his personal issues were but he was hands down a lottery talent. Cavs caught one.

warriors took Poole over him

 

[MajinZuub]

Gobert been catching posters since he got announced as an all star

 

[drewsone]

morris Huge get for clipset man lol

 

[lawdog1]

morris Huge get for clipset man lol

Is that sarcasm? I can’t tell.

 

[dman14]

warriors took Poole over him

poole has had a solid season
ya acting like warriors took bowie over mj

 

[$tacy]

Clips

 

[D StaXX]

Bum *** Jazz team

 

[trashpaw]

Middleton has definitely improved and grown in his role this year. Interested to see how he’ll show out in the playoffs cause he kinda shrank offensively last year.

He struggled against Toronto last season for sure but so did the entire team - Raptors win the chip for a reason

Middleton prior to that series has been pretty great in the postseason



Also Bradley Beal is insane - crazy he didn’t make the all star game - someone get that man some help!

 

[getback]

DLo already hates it in Minny

0-5 since he been there

And it's probably 15°

 

[getback]

This is a blood bath.

 

[trashpaw]

Also the NBA has no idea how to officiate Giannis - similar to when Shaq was dominating



but I also think Silver and his goons will do everything in their power to keep Milwaukee outta the finals and try to force Giannis to a bigger marke

 

[trashpaw]

Also this Grizz-Clips game? Yikes

 

[big j 33]

Haven't typed up anything about Kobe. I actually read about 90% of what everyone said in both threads. Felt like the time to do it. Seeing the legends like Shaq, Mike speak about him really got to me... I still haven't watched Vanessa speak and I'm not ready for that yet. Seeing Mike break down really got to me. I read through the threads I wanted to say my piece about it but I just never had the right words. This affected me, like so many of you I'm sure, far more than I ever thought it could. Some combination of the randomness of it, the tragedy that he was with his daughter, or that we won't get to see Kobe grow old as a legend of the game he dedicated his life to. NBA legends don't die young... especially with a tragic ending like this. I think with Kobe, it just all feels surreal. Hours and days after his death, seeing Jerry West, Shaq, Kimmel, hearing Michael Jordan, LeBron, Magic, all giving their condolences to KOBE BRYANT just didn't seem real. Seeing it on the bottomline on ESPN or NBA TV... people who I've never spoken one word about basketball to at work all talking about it.. I just couldn't think much about it. When I heard the news at work I had to sit off by myself and checked my phone, just not believing it.

I was never an enormous Kobe fan. I always liked another superstar more than him throughout his prime, whether it was T-Mac, LeBron, Russ, Dwight, he was never that guy for me. I never denied his talent, wasn't a Kobe hater by any means, I loved him on the Olympic team, felt for him during his injuries, respected him taking the bag at the end too, and couldn't deny feeling some emotions when he stepped off the court for the last time. I knew what he meant to LA, the Lakers, and to his fans. His dedication and passion couldn't be denied and it was always one of the things I admired. What still gets me is we missed out on what he could have accomplished next. A passionate, driven, and very wealthy man who could affect real change as well as pursuing new areas and avenues. That's hard to get over.

His death really affected me. He's been my phone's lock screen background since his passing and don't see that changing up. I went out and put up some shots the next day, I displayed my Kobe Funko Pop right in my living room next to my TV. And I couldn't stop thinking about it for the days after. I devoured every pod I listen to that had an emergency Kobe podcast.. I still have a few to listen to.. David Aldridge breaking down in his podcast with Big Wos was too much for me to handle. Something Tyler from Mickstape said was grieve however you need to and that's what I've thought about and that's what this rambling is for.

This is easily the biggest celebrity death that's affected me in this way, it hasn't had me thinking about death as much since my dad passed away when I was 15. We're not here forever, you do not know when it's your time to go, and there is never more time. Kobe Bryant did the most with his time, he maximized his talent, he put everything he had into his craft, and he did his absolute best. He is an all-time level competitor, athlete, and he was embarking on the next stage of his career with new ventures and fatherhood. Whatever you want to do, do it. Whatever your passion is, follow it. I've spent so many years sitting on my *** thinking that "tomorrow I'll start", I put off things that I thought I could be successful at, and then life happens and it went from a small passion in college to something I don't even think about anymore. That's the real tragedy, not pursuing the things you care about. Not pushing yourself that one step further. Not making that extra effort. We don't have a lot of time on his Earth and to waste it is tragic. We're not all going to have Kobe's passion and dedication, if we had 10% of that half of the time we'll be in good shape.. but that's what he represented. Pushing yourself as far as you can go, maximizing your talent, do everything you can to put one foot in front of the other.

I'm hopeful that from his death, we can all take that extra effort and focus on our own life. Do everything to the best of your abilities. Try. Work hard. Be kind to others. Push yourself. Don't wait to tell people how you feel. Don't expect to have more time. Nothing is guaranteed. Do not wait to send that text to your parents or siblings. Tell your friends you care about them. No one will ever regret telling people how they feel and the kind things that make a difference in life. Thanks to whoever read this, sorry to anyone that has to scroll.

Leaving this with some of the best quotes of his that I've read.

• "I have self-doubt. I have insecurity. I have fear of failure. I have nights when I show up at the arena and I'm like, 'My back hurts, my feet hurt, my knees hurt. I don't have it. I just want to chill.' We all have self-doubt. You don't deny it, but you also don't capitulate to it. You embrace it."
• "Once you know what failure feels like, determination chases success."
• "When we are saying this cannot be accomplished, this cannot be done, then we are short-changing ourselves. My brain, it cannot process failure. It will not process failure. Because if I have to sit there and face myself and tell myself, 'You are a failure,' I think that is almost worse than dying."
• The most important thing is to try and inspire people so that they can be great in whatever they want to do.
• “Have a good time. Life is too short to get bogged down and be discouraged. You have to keep moving. You have to keep going. Put one foot in front of the other, smile and just keep on rolling.”

 

[a-friend]

Jazz haven't been able to get a clean shot the whole 4th.
CLinic by Suns on Defense.

 

[niketock88]

Why would you go to the dudes memorial and then sell all the stuff? Its like *** backwards

 

[drewsone]

Is that sarcasm? I can’t tell.

Nah no sarcasm straight facts lol

 

[sohi 23]

Jazz got smoked tonight

 

[lawdog1]

Nah no sarcasm straight facts lol

K

 

[friscostylez]

Can't wait until the Greek Freak joins the splash bros

 

[sohi 23]

poole has had a solid season
ya acting like warriors took bowie over mj

Poole sucks

He struggled against Toronto last season for sure but so did the entire team - Raptors win the chip for a reason

Middleton prior to that series has been pretty great in the postseason

True but if he’s relied on as the 2nd weapon then he has to come through when **** gets hectic or else they’re not gunna win a title.

 

[everysingletime]

I like that Giannis has said that he will spend the rest of the season working on his fadeaway. He said he will be shooting that shot a lot more now

 

[Nipsey3000]

K

He's another iso ball stopper.

 

[QU!K]

Iggy finessed us all. Had everyone thinking he was the buy out candidate everyone needed.

Not I.

 

[trashpaw]

Poole sucks



True but if he’s relied on as the 2nd weapon then he has to come through when **** gets hectic or else they’re not gunna win a title.

For sure I agree with that and I think he will - remember last year was the furthest any of the Bucks top guys had been in the postseason - every eventual title team goes through the tough road before winning one - happened to Jordan, Lebron, and Kobe without Shaq

 

[darthska]

Gonna be honest...I stood up for the pilot the same as you originally. My uncle is a private pilot as well and has flown for close to 50 years. I spoke to him after it happened and he believed it was 100% the pilot’s fault and that regardless of whatever he was told he should have never put the helicopter in the air that morning.

So let's suspend his license.

Prison? Do we think he deserves prison?