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Re: The NBA Begins by benji93: 4:25am On May 17, 2023 |
A win is a win. I don't care. . They lost even with AD dropping 40. |
Re: The NBA Begins by donlittle25: 4:25am On May 17, 2023 |
S/O to pope though. He calmed the game down a lot during that stretch. He was huge |
Re: The NBA Begins by donlittle25: 4:26am On May 17, 2023 |
benji93:That is the thing though. AD 40 points. Lebron about 30 points. That is 70 from your 2 best players |
Re: The NBA Begins by Khanben: 4:26am On May 17, 2023 |
donlittle25: It was the final years of under estimating guys from Europe. Those days are gone now, there is no way something like that will happen again |
Re: The NBA Begins by iLoveYouToo(m): 4:28am On May 17, 2023 |
donlittle25: Most great players got overlooked in the draft. I watched Giannis get drafted and watched his first season too, he was basic. He just went to sleep one day and came out a different player |
Re: The NBA Begins by Roland17(m): 4:28am On May 17, 2023 |
A40: And I always ask them.. since Ajala arrive LA, what has he ever achieved without AD. Tonight, monkey dey work baboon dey spoil work.. |
Re: The NBA Begins by donlittle25: 4:29am On May 17, 2023 |
Roland17:Man, Roland17 always ready to throw shots at lebron. . Never letting that bald headed traveler off the hook |
Re: The NBA Begins by A40(m): 4:30am On May 17, 2023 |
Android17:That is the deal and price you pay when you sign up to play with Lebron. With shills on media like Perk, Cowherd, Draymond, Tristan, Shannon, Nick Wright and JJ Redick. Your legacy is permanently tied to someone he helped win a ring. Doesn't matter what you did on the way. Dwyane Wade is lucky he was a FMVP before he teamed up. He would probably not even be in the top 5 SG conversation |
Re: The NBA Begins by steady986(m): 4:31am On May 17, 2023 |
steady986: Just looked at the boxscore and Rui was a +10 and the bench unit altogether was a +18 while the Nuggets bench unit was a –31. Darvin Ham should be doing a lot with that information if he's going to have a shot in this series. |
Re: The NBA Begins by donlittle25: 4:31am On May 17, 2023 |
Make person show jordan poole how to play like say them get sense. Weyrey ma ti yin three la ti lokoja 1 Like |
Re: The NBA Begins by Roland17(m): 4:31am On May 17, 2023 |
donlittle25: I am unrepentant and na with full chest I dey own am because he has not proven me wrong. His fans make it very easy to nail him to the coffin anyways.. Don’t let me even start with the miracle hair growth.. |
Re: The NBA Begins by donlittle25: 4:33am On May 17, 2023 |
Roland17:With sporting waves too. Like from bandana all of a sudden you get waves. |
Re: The NBA Begins by Android17: 4:36am On May 17, 2023 |
A40:You forgot Brian Windhorst the chief Lebronologist. Lebron lived up to the hype but I cannot understand the over d-riding that comes with him. They literally ignored that AD needed to have big games for all their wins against the Warriors. Bronny just had that stand out game 6 and the lemmings rushed to give him all the praise. So irksome. Ewww. 2 Likes |
Re: The NBA Begins by steady986(m): 4:36am On May 17, 2023 |
When AD goes 11 and 7, no one would say LeBron's impact was needed. Or when LeBron goes for 30/9/9 in a closeout game, we won't say his impact was huge. They'll wait for the time AD scores 40 before they come out with their di*ks dangling. Una go dey alright. I hope you people find peace of mind in your lives. LeBron won't be the end of you |
Re: The NBA Begins by A40(m): 4:36am On May 17, 2023 |
Roland17:It's always someone else's fault. And the thing is Lebron has mastered the art of putting up gaudy stats that you couldn't possibly blame him when they lose. Even me wey be Jordan guy I have to watch in awe sometimes. Cos someone pulls up the boxscore and sees it 10 years later and will say well he's blameless in the loss Not that he overall played badly but even in his younger years there's many games that if you didn't watch you would say he gets unfairly criticized |
Re: The NBA Begins by Roland17(m): 4:37am On May 17, 2023 |
If you are the Lakers, despite the loss, you should be happy with how the game ended. They have absolutely no answer for AD, not many teams in the league do anyways! |
Re: The NBA Begins by Khanben: 4:37am On May 17, 2023 |
iLoveYouToo: You also have to take into context how long those guys have been playing basketball, Giannis had just been playing for like 5 years before he got drafted and even then he was playing against low level competition. Jokic started earlier, but a combination of playing low level competition, lack of elite athleticism, his incredible love of soda, and not knowing if he was willing to fix his workout habit caused him to drop that low. Nowadays, his elite playmaking and size even though he is from Europe will make him a lottery pick. PS: If he was athletic, he would have been a lottery pick even with all the negatives, because if you have watched Finding Giannis, the GMs who wanted him, justified spending the 1st round pick because of his athleticism, saying if he never takes the MVP level step he would have at worst been an incredible rim runner. 2 Likes |
Re: The NBA Begins by donlittle25: 4:38am On May 17, 2023 |
A40:I remember that finals against spurs. Man was putting up like 10 points after being down by 20 and kawhi out. come end the game with like 26 1 Like |
Re: The NBA Begins by benji93: 4:43am On May 17, 2023 |
Common. You may never be able to capture all of them. 70/80% is good enough. Some of those slipping through the crack should be normal. iLoveYouToo: 1 Like |
Re: The NBA Begins by A40(m): 4:48am On May 17, 2023 |
Android17:Lool. He's not as vocal and annoying as these ones I listed The issue for me sef is always how they rubbish these players even when they do well compared to how they down them when they struggle. They will tell you Lebron makes everyone better yet they will still blame the players he supposedly makes better when they're not you know, Better One was here earlier downplaying Kyrie. And that's how they do it. Once they win it doesn't matter how much the other guys contribute all glory goes to him. You had m0rons like Nick Wright giving him credit for ending Warriors dynasty pre and post KD. Meanwhile AD was on the team averaging 21 and 15. Kyrie in that Final averaged 27 points to Lebron's 29. Can you think of any other duo where two players contribute at such high clip and one player gets all the credit 1 Like |
Re: The NBA Begins by A40(m): 4:51am On May 17, 2023 |
donlittle25:Naah he's a professional, he sophisticated with it. In the early days of this thread we used to call him LeStats for a reason. That series I saw somewhere he scored 60% of his points in that series with the Heat down 15pts or more |
Re: The NBA Begins by A40(m): 5:18am On May 17, 2023 |
donlittle25:We're not in disagreement. That's why I said if they can win both games in Denver then I like their chances because this Nuggets team I don't trust them with adversity. The Lakers keep fighting and don't know when to quit so I don't factor just physical. These Lakers are filled with dogs. They will simply not quit till the game is over From a physical skillset standpoint the Nuggets have enough to win even with the Lakers being favorites Why I felt confident if the Nuggets can win both games at home they win the series is because I knew the Lakers would give them hell, neither win was going to come easy. So passing that test would tell me about their mentals and put pressure back on Lakers. Nuggets will play loose with nothing to lose and this is where they thrive, when they have nothing to lose And you're right they will not just keep spamming 3s and hope for the best. I think this helps and gives them more ways to win |
Re: The NBA Begins by A40(m): 5:26am On May 17, 2023 |
Roland17:Nuggets defense is papier mache. The Lakers and AD will feast. Key is Jokic and how much foul trouble can he avoid moving forward. Jokic likely neutralizes AD's production but he can't do it from the bench. So any game he gets into foul trouble the Nuggets will be in deep kak. AD has to keep being super aggressive and draw fouls this series cause if Jokic plays his regular minutes he just does too much else that he doesn't even need to score big to kill you, he can simply decide he wants to go for 15 and dish 20 assists. AD will be unable to match that |
Re: The NBA Begins by A40(m): 5:30am On May 17, 2023 |
donlittle25:Excellent pickup. Was wondering why they moved Monte Morris for him cos with the Lakers he was hit and miss but now with Murray back at 100% Morris became expendable. They will need big contributions from him because I don't expect nothing from Jeff Green old ass and that Braun guy? I mean isn't he a rookie. Can't expect much from him either. Unlike the Lakers who have a proper bench |
Re: The NBA Begins by A40(m): 5:35am On May 17, 2023 |
donlittle25:For every Jokic there's a Darko Milicic who went #2 Andrea Bargnani #1 pick |
Re: The NBA Begins by A40(m): 5:55am On May 17, 2023 |
birdman:What's funny is a lot of these fighters and fans talk about fighter pay, improved fighter conditions they all do the talk but when it's time to walk the walk they always fold. Dana will always thrive on divide and conquer. Same Jones that cried about being underpaid as well The same Jones that Dana trolled for being scared of Ngannou oh now instead of introspection and seeing that he's been where Ngannou was he's also letting his ego and self win when he knows deep down Ngannou is not scared of him at all Certain guys have conviction and see the big picture. Jones might be the UFC GOAT but outside the cage what happens? Ngannou's insistence on freedom by sticking to his guns at all costs should be admired especially by fans and lessons can be learned by the fighters as well. 1 Like |
Re: The NBA Begins by Lavoca: 6:18am On May 17, 2023 |
I thought the LeBron hate would have tone down after all these years but look at grown ups having ere*tile because of one game loss. 4 Likes |
Re: The NBA Begins by A40(m): 6:26am On May 17, 2023 |
Bronsexual groupies all in their feelings. So emotional. With praise comes criticism goofies 1 Like |
Re: The NBA Begins by steady986(m): 6:41am On May 17, 2023 |
Imagine criticising a player after a good game. Choose another reason my dear friend. |
Re: The NBA Begins by steady986(m): 7:04am On May 17, 2023 |
But come to think of it, it was silly for Darvin Ham to start a 3 guard lineup against Denver. How do you carry over a tactic from the previous series into a new series? You need size against Denver, even a rookie should know this. That's the major reason we were thoroughly out-rebounded in the game. 47-30 rebounds is unacceptable. 15-5 offensive rebounds is even more unacceptable. See how solid we were when we had AD, Bron and Rui in the game. Rui was tasked with guarding Jokic higher up, which allowed AD to be the help defender that could either block/interrupt shots form Jokic or be the first to grab the rebound. Jokic made zero FGs in the 4th and had zero offensive boards. 1 Like |
Re: The NBA Begins by Maynmann: 9:50am On May 17, 2023 |
steady986:I totally agree with the last part, i think loosing this game was not probably that bad, we now know the match up and most of their tactics, after trailing over 20 points we only lost by 6, i am sure if we had a good start(starting rui) we would have won. We winning the next 3 games! And AD scoring 40 seems so easy, nuggets paint is easy and no one can guard him, he can keep dropping that everynight. |
Re: The NBA Begins by birdman(m): 10:47am On May 17, 2023 |
Maynmann: every game is different. If Lakers carry your thinking into game 2, they will definitely lose 1 Like |
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