Skywalker5:


I should have won that league. I was the GSW of that league till it got rigged by bringing in an outsider

muhehehehee....was not my fault o. that was supposed to be A40's spot I swear. Instead, we got a spirit - that guy was scary the first half of the seaon

A40:
Incredible performance from the Naija ballers today. Oguchi made it rain. Really proud despite the loss


http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/17277001/lebron-james-officially-re-signs-cleveland-cavaliers

Hard to argue against this. Well deserved

D'tigers only game i watched was their friendly against USA and i can recall Oguchi throwing 3's late 4th quater. credits to him.

For what LeBron did for the city. He deserves it. At least conference finals is so sure for us than Grizzles paying Conley $30M a year

This still looks so scary . The warriors shud have no excuse for winning the NBA championship dis upcoming season.

A40:
Incredible performance from the Naija ballers today. Oguchi made it rain. Really proud despite the loss


http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/17277001/lebron-james-officially-re-signs-cleveland-cavaliers

Hard to argue against this. Well deserved

@ emboldened... Same here bruh. I actually expected a beating of a lifetime from spain cos dey hav wat it takes to trash us embarrassingly. But TBH, our guys shud work on their 3 pointers. If we had a good 3 point shooter, we shud av won dat game. IMO sha..

Daily Reminder to the Haters.

lolawilliams:
Daily Reminder to the Haters.

I know only king james and durrant. Cav's victory was a one off event.. Curry and the sixers will be back with a bang next season!!

WindUpMerchant:
I know only king james and durrant. Cav's victory was a one off event.. Curry and the sixers will be back with a bang next season!!

Which Sixers abeg? you mean the Warriors?

Roland17:


Which Sixers abeg? you mean the Warriors?

I no go lie, I just dey follow d bandwagon. im not an ardent basketball fan.

WindUpMerchant:
I know only king james and durrant. Cav's victory was a one off event.. Curry and the sixers will be back with a bang next season!!

Curry and the Sixers. . Has Curry gone to Philly??

lolawilliams:

Curry and the Sixers. . Has Curry gone to Philly??

WindUpMerchant:
I no go lie, I just dey follow d bandwagon. im not an ardent basketball fan.

Then why try to sound like a basketball expert?

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lolawilliams:

D'tigers only game i watched was their friendly against USA and i can recall Oguchi throwing 3's late 4th quater. credits to him.

For what LeBron did for the city. He deserves it. At least conference finals is so sure for us than Grizzles paying Conley $30M a year

First time he's ever been the highest paid player in the league. Joint highest single year salary tied with M.J. Who also took $33m in 1998

TRendlona:

@ emboldened... Same here bruh. I actually expected a beating of a lifetime from spain cos dey hav wat it takes to trash us embarrassingly. But TBH, our guys shud work on their 3 pointers. If we had a good 3 point shooter, we shud av won dat game. IMO sha..

We just had no answer for the experience of guys like Gasol. I think we shot well enough. Oguchi and that guy with the headband Akognon shot the 3 ball well. Also a bit of inexperience and naivete was displayed. I recall a play where Alade Aminu made a block and started celebrating not knowing the ball was still in-bounds

A40:

We just had no answer for the experience of guys like Gasol. I think we shot well enough. Oguchi and that guy with the headband Akognon shot the 3 ball well. Also a bit of inexperience and naivete was displayed. I recall a play where Alade Aminu made a block and started celebrating not knowing the ball was still in-bounds

lol! i missed pretty much all the games. I did watch the preolympic game vs USA. Even though we lost, big, I was impressed more so by the team play than the scoring. Things are gelling compared to a decade ago, and I think the days of Angola et al being african champs are over. Nigeria is now taking bball much more seriously

birdman:

lol! i missed pretty much all the games. I did watch the preolympic game vs USA. Even though we lost, big, I was impressed more so by the team play than the scoring. Things are gelling compared to a decade ago, and I think the days of Angola et al being african champs are over. Nigeria is now taking bball much more seriously

We should be way better than Angola based on our exposure and the players we have scattered round the world. If only we got our act right imagine guys we would have on our team like Iggy, Antetokounmpo, Oladipo, Aminu e.t.c

We would definitely be destroying competition every time

A40:

We should be way better than Angola based on our exposure and the players we have scattered round the world. If only we got our act right imagine guys we would have on our team like Iggy, Antetokounmpo, Oladipo, Aminu e.t.c

We would definitely be destroying competition every time

Iggy would never play for us, he was asked this q some years ago - he in no way shape or form identifies as Nigerian. Nothing wrong with that, just what it is. Like you said, if we get our minds right, I think we should be beating the second level good teams like China regularly

birdman:


Iggy would never play for us, he was asked this q some years ago - he in no way shape or form identifies as Nigerian. Nothing wrong with that, just what it is. Like you said, if we get our minds right, I think we should be beating the second level good teams like China regularly

Can't really blame him. Probably him papa na one of those coupe decale/rolling stone men
If I had a kid I probably won't go out of my way to let him play for Nigeria either tbh

A40:

Can't really blame him. Probably him papa na one of those coupe decale/rolling stone men
If I had a kid I probably won't go out of my way to let him play for Nigeria either tbh

I watched the winner against Croatia and the game against Brazil.
the question I have for you and birdman was there any NBA player on our roster?

Yall heard what Lebron said about Jordan? Man is reaching

Donlittle:
Yall heard what Lebron said about Jordan? Man is reaching

Even though i appreciate LBJ's honesty, chasing ghosts with hopes to catch one is like hoping to fill a basket with water!!! MJ is alive, and he does a great job staying away from LBJ's personal comparisons because it does not exist.

LBJ would retire as the greatest player of his GENERATION and i think that is kind and logical enough. Anything outside his generation would be asking for too much, i am convinced he understands that.

Roland17:


Even though i appreciate LBJ's honesty, chasing ghosts with hopes to catch one is like hoping to fill a basket with water!!! MJ is alive, and he does a great job staying away from LBJ's personal comparisons because it does not exist.

LBJ would retire as the greatest player of his GENERATION and i think that is kind and logical enough. Anything outside his generation would be asking for too much, i am convinced he understands that.

Talking about his GENERATION, What time frame does is Generation includes?

What ages are you think of? Was Kobe the best of his Generation?
Let the great basketball minds on here analyze, Over to you guys

Donlittle:
Talking about his GENERATION, What time frame does is Generation includes?

What ages are you think of? Was Kobe the best of his Generation?
Let the great basketball minds on here analyze, Over to you guys

Personally, this argument is an overkill, it has been debated every year on this thread, scroll back (years worth on this thread), and you would bump into pages of insightful arguments laden with data from both sides of the coin.

While this debate would inevitably remain recurrent, because both are alive, and more importantly because one is still active, and still considered the face of the league, it does not the logical conclusion in my perspective.

SIRcumalot:

I watched the winner against Croatia and the game against Brazil.
the question I have for you and birdman was there any NBA player on our roster?

Aminu and Gbinije (I think). I would add Ike Diogu to that list, even though he is not currently in the NBA, he can play at that level. Im not sure why he never stays long in the NBA

Donlittle:
Talking about his GENERATION, What time frame does is Generation includes?

What ages are you think of? Was Kobe the best of his Generation?
Let the great basketball minds on here analyze, Over to you guys

Interesting. I would first say that I think LBJ's generation has passed . I dont see him winning another ring in which he is the primary ball handler or offensive weapon. I think last year you could already see he had peaked physically.

LBJ's generation for me is anything from Kwame Brown in 2000 (i pity Jordan for wasting time on this guy, lol) to Brandon Roy entering the league about 2007. Out of Wade, LBJ and Melo drafted in 2k3, I thought Melo would win a ring first, then maybe LBJ. If Detroit hadnt gone stupid, they should have won another ring by drafting Melo instead of Darko . Other superstars in that time frame:

Dwight- i think the ship of greatness has sailed here
Arenas - e pain me as thids guy take dissappear. fun to watch, talked a lot
ZBo
Amare - o!, if only joe johnson had stayed bwhahaha
Yao - smh
Dwill
Brandon Roy
Bynum - may the lord deliver us from odaran draft picks
CP3
Even P Gasol, even though he was a vet in Europe already.

Based on the above, I would say LBJ bar none. Not just the rings, but the longevity. Gasol and Nowitzki are supermen, when you think of all the supposed superstars that have fallen wayside. Amare cant even hold the ball anymore..

Also, I think the current gen if superstars is Durant, Westbrook, Curry, James Harden, Demarcus Cousisns, Kyrie, and Kawhi. D Rose should be here too...alas

Donlittle:
Yall heard what Lebron said about Jordan? Man is reaching

guy needs to talk less. thats how he gets in trouble.

Donlittle:
Talking about his GENERATION, What time frame does is Generation includes?

What ages are you think of? Was Kobe the best of his Generation?
Let the great basketball minds on here analyze, Over to you guys

some would say so,
but na
Duncan for me.

SIRcumalot:

some would say so,
but na
Duncan for me.

I have to agree. If he had half the attitude or personality Kobe had, he would have been the one drawing comparisons to GOAT

SIRcumalot:

I watched the winner against Croatia and the game against Brazil.
the question I have for you and birdman was there any NBA player on our roster?

Gbinije the only guy I know of right now but Diogu, Akognon have played on an NBA roster at some point

Donlittle:
Talking about his GENERATION, What time frame does is Generation includes?

What ages are you think of? Was Kobe the best of his Generation?
Let the great basketball minds on here analyze, Over to you guys

I think guys drafted 3 years before or after you on average would count as your generation. Once it gets to 4 or more it kind of loses its objectivity.

I would pick Kobe as the best of his generation. He dominated the game not just with his scoring but with the way he altered defenses and the sheer amount of resources you expended on keeping him under wraps. Forget the Finals sef guys like Tim Duncan and the Spurs would be sitting on like 7 rings if not for a dude like Kobe. Not forgetting playoff classics vs Blazers, Kings

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