THEE OFFICIAL 2019-2020 NBA OFFSEASON THREAD: VICTORY LAP

[T0INE]

Raymone looking old now. Martin Lawrence in bad boys 4 life old

Dat quarantine beard is too real.

Don't even wanna talk about the foolishness on my head.

 

[lawdog1]

I miss you freddy fig

 

[Sonny Corinthos]

 

[lawdog1]

Lawd.

What she been doing since she left ESPN?

For real question - do any of you actually start salivating over pictures of certain women or is that just us old, married dudes?

 

[abubakr shaheed]

In a team sport you can’t possibly understate the importance of “role players.” Your stars are not forcing every miss, securing every defensive rebound. And that’s just as important as any of the offensive box score stats.

If you put 5 of the greatest scorers ever on a team, their ability to actually win a title would hinge on the ability of a few of those guys to do things that don’t involve scoring.

2011 Mavs, Kobe & LeBron held to a pedestrian 22 ppg & 18 ppg, Kevin Durant shots and points equal over the last 3 games of the series. Dirk did not guard or help at the rim on any of those guys.

‘97 Bulls, Karl Malone MVP of the league, held well below his scoring averages in the finals. MJ didn’t guard him at all. Similar story in ‘98.

Big 3 Celtics, Rondo gets better and now they have the best 1-2-3 in the league, Kobe & Fish are best guarding the two guards, so they go get Artest to guard the 3. Pierce with Vlad Rad as his man wins finals MVP in ‘08, not even in the discussion in 2010.

‘09 Lakers, Dwight Howard facing up and going right past big Z, you help and they have shooters all of over the court, rendering LeBron’s 38 ppg in the series useless. They go to the finals & Pau can guard Dwight straight up, Ariza is also back from injury. Orlando only breaks 100 once.

’12 & ‘13 Heat bringing in Shane Battier so Bron didn’t have to carry the team on both sides of the court.

Team sport. You need high level role players like Dray just like you need a high level creator off the dribble. Dray deserves to have a voice just as much

lol lot of people caping for draymond

not diminishing the value of any role player. Just saying role players don’t need to compare themselves with transcendent talent.

draymond was one of the best defenders in the league but he still couldn’t check any elite bigs one on one or a KD kawhi lebron. Team defense with klay iggy bogut Livingston played a huge part.

9 points and 6 rebounds career average come on he ain’t as good as Ben Wallace or Rodman for y’all to be getting this worker up .

you think the warriors are happy with his contract? He’s worth $25 mil a year?

 

[tay1]

 

[ballinsam23]

Dawkins sprinted back 100 mph there in some chuck taylors.

Your favorite big today would never.

 

[elpablo21]

Dawkins didn't know what he wanted to do

 

[B Sox]

 

[freeze]

Come look at dis

 

[addict4sneakers]

Extraction on Netflix

 

[r377]

Andre Drummond said he is unsure if he will exercise his player option for the 2020-21 season.

Drummond's player option for next season is worth a whopping $28.7 million. Thus, considering the potentially shirking salary cap and the decreasing value of big men with limited range, most pundits predict Drummond will opt-in. And according to recent reports, the Cavs are "fully prepared" for Drummond to opt into the final year of his deal.

 

[wavycrocket]

Draymond has come up big too many times for this to be happening

What he was doing in that Portland series, was no easy feat...to sweep them and get to the finals. Less than a year ago




He got some flaws....but you want to go to war with him....10/10 as your 2nd or 3rd best player. He’s come up way too many times, for people to pretend like he can’t pop his ****.

And yes. He goes too far a decent amount of times. But the guy is a hooper. At every level.

 

[freeze]

 

[had pants]

 

[DCAllAfrican]

So skilled.

More Anti-Harden propoganda.

Shooters Shoot.

 

[darthska]

Come look at dis

What are we clowning here?

 

[darthska]

More Anti-Harden propoganda.

Shooters Shoot.

And makers make. And missers miss.

He misses... a LLLLOOOTTTTT.

 

[DCAllAfrican]

And makers make. And missers miss.

He misses... a LLLLOOOTTTTT.

When you add context to what he has to do for his teams on the offensive end, that comes with the territory. Who else in the modern era is getting trapped like he is the only player on a middle school team that knows how to dribble across half-court?

 

[DCAllAfrican]

Come look at dis

Dedication. (Some of) Yall will appreciate him one day.

 

[darthska]

what he has to do for his teams on the offensive end

He doesn't HAVE to go iso as often as he does, not even CLOSE.

 

[DCAllAfrican]

He doesn't HAVE to go iso as often as he does, not even CLOSE.

Present a better alternative......

 

[king j]

Come look at dis

Urban Legend

 

[storm2006]

Why did they have to do Mighty Mouse like that? Could have left my dude off of that Posted these memories to deal with that stray. The crossover on Harper with the stare

 

[DCAllAfrican]

Man I forgot about Van Exel in Portland. Used to mess with the small Lefty Combo of him and Damon

@ 2:46 - The pass from Telfair. He was so good at deception man.

Anytime Dickau was on Damon he saw blood