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Roland17:
They look horrible but I won’t write them off just yet. They lost by a point to a Clippers teams that we expect to have a deep run in the post season.

They just look cooked. It's an indictment on the rest of the league if they can't push this Warriors team off the ledge

Golden State is really really finished

That Paul George 3 hit like crack

No way the Warriors blew that lead

21-13-5 by DeAndre Jordan. You can't make this shit up

They're hacking DeAndre. What a shameless franchise

Clippers fighting for their lives against a Jokicless Murrayless Nuggets. Reggie Jackson and DeAndre Jordan cooking the Clippers. Unbelievable

Quite the 4th quarter collapse

birdman:
Giddey go dey reason am now - the s** wasnt even good like that lol.

But its easy for us to say. Until you have that type of money, you don't know how far you will go. I think the internets and social media is a godsend for today's young men especially in the "hoeing" phase, like 50 put it . Older men tended not give good advice to younger because it made them look foolish. So we keep repeating the same mistakes. At least with social media you can see results of certain behavior LIVE...

Reminds me the Ghanian mogul that married second wife in later years. On his sick bed, paralyzed and unable to talk, he observed both families fighting to carry his bed out of the hospital ward, with police trying to intervene. Inside life...

I don't judge at all. At 21 with 7-8 figures there's a murderer's row of h to the Izzos I would knock down as well. The problem is society at large we don't really value the respect and input of guys that were there before us.

The previous era they always had an O.G on the bench. Limited minutes but he was a mentor for the younger guys. It's rare you had a star player who didn't have an OG or a mentor but now everything has changed.

Look at Earl Thomas, Eddy Curry, Joe Smith and how he is getting jammed up. Someone like him is supposed to be going to schools and teams and warn of the danger of getting caught up with these heauxs

chic2pimp:
It is but rumours abound that He did not do the deed in oklahoma alone but in one or two other states. Hopefully that's not the case for His sake.

This dudes should just f@#k chics a few years older. It eliminates all risk for them and as long as they don't get them pregnant they are good to go. Is there any person that has not be accused of Grooming these days? I saw a post on twitter saying All Men should be seen as Rapist and Groomers until proven otherwise and that post got well over half a million likes. That's what we are dealing with nowadays.

That would be a bit problematic. What I've observed from these cases though is that they tend to go away if there was no element of violence or force. Especially when she falls into an age where you can play some legal abracadabra

I googled the wigga. He was born in 2002. These guys are young as hell. Damn

I don't subscribe to him dating older babes. They come with their own baggage remember Brittany Renner and I personally think it's hustling backwards financing the lifestyle of older women, it should be the other way around

Twitter is a madhouse of women that want to be babies forever. You hear Twitter neurologist telling you a woman's brain is not fully formed till 25. The infantilizing of this generation is insane. The economy is difficult no doubt but it just feels these people want to move like kids so badly

chic2pimp:
Bro absolutely nothing. Men know that that's why Sidemen unlike sidechics, enjoy the perks of dating wealthy women and keep it moving once it's done.

Bruhhhhhhhhhh reason why I say you shouldn't argue with Women on social media especially twitter. If you do, All Women will shame you, the LGTBQ+ will shame you, straight Men hoping to get crumbs of imaginary P@##y will join in too. Thankfully they've been a lot of push back in the last year to year and the half.

Not arguing just calling B.S and leaving it at that. The way a lot of them talk on social media it's evident nobody has ever told them their shit does stink before

Once I remind you your shit does stink I keep it moving. Nothing good comes out of brown nosing these babes man

Whoever is the DJ on duty today. DJ Emeritus is requesting for Ile ijo by May D

Fitting song for a fitting thread

Una body must come down se

birdman:
Not really. He was terrible for that locker room. the vets just ignored the guy and the rookies didnt care much. The dude always had some issue going on. I dont know what fool in the front office tried to keep him a rocket, but the DV case bailed us

It explains why they were so quick to throwing him away. Players usually get the benefit of doubt when they are liked

And by doing ok I mean playing not personality wise. I don't know him but I can sense his weirdness

Not letting Middleton walk was a critical error by the Bucks. One they might not recover from

Kilishihunter:
Tbf the nuggets have been quite shit too, It looks like it's just jokic, Murray and others, See how Gordon and porter are disgracing themselves
Rockets of all pipu na him dey wipe dem

Something is off with the Nuggets. Maybe championship hangover but to be fair they've not lost to any bad team. Even the Rockets have been surprisingly good this year.

They did bet on their youth to provide depth via the draft I guess by the midway point of the season we will know if this was a mistake or not

Ime really doing a madness with the Rockets

chic2pimp:
Oh I agree with you I'm certainly not on the Nail Him to the cross never let Him a living ever again. As you said, banning Him for life helps absolutely no one especially not His Kids. I was just surprised He was allowed back into league but then again I really shouldn't be as one exec famously said if Hannibal Lecter ran a 4.3, we'll diagnose it as an eating disorder.

KPJ is more of a Combo guard than a Point guard tbh. I watched Him a fair bit and He has never impressed Him. He shouldn't be anymore than a 6th or 7th piece on the depth chart on any serious team. Miles on the other hand without His baggage would have been highly coveted and would be strating for quite a few teams. Then again Josh Primo is currently on the Clippers roster and He certainly is not better than KPJ so I'd give it another 12-18months. Maybes teams are simply waiting for things to die down a little bit.

He did miss all of last season and got an extra 10 game suspension for his trouble. I didn't expect him to get any more than that. Now if he was convicted for grape or something in that ballpark then likely he would have been done

I mean we all remember the infamous Karl Malone case, that likely doesn't fly today

But like I previously said it's in the interest of the victim that the dude is back in the league. There's no need for any interaction between them besides a check in a mail.

Well KPJ was starting PG for the Rockets last season that I recall very vividly. Anyway most guards today are combo guards anyway. Dame, Steph, Fox they're PG in name alone

Mehh. Miles is not a needle mover, neither was KPJ. These are not all star caliber players so we are splitting hairs on mid and medium mid. Miles will not be a difference maker on a winning team

I think he will find his way back in the league if his personality doesn't get in the way. You can see the accuser sensationally back tracking all her accusations and accusing the prosecutor of overblowin and worsening her situation. Was this the real and initial occurrence or has she realized a bag has been fumbled. At this point who the fuq knows

chic2pimp:
Bro this dudes never learn. If true, the only thing that can save Him is if the Age of consent in the state He did the deed is 16/17(the presumed age of the chic in question). These Lads need to realise Men and Women are different. Women are by nature suicide bombers. Anything you do with them will ultimately come out. That's why everyday there is a story of a Male athlete, Company Ceo, Politician et al getting exposed unlike their female counterparts.

I heard age of consent is 16 in Oklahoma. And also Australia where he is from.

He should probably have found one 19 year old girl or something because even that 18 dey tricky. For example see some people don already dey call Jay Z groomer never mind Bey was at least 20 when their parole start. Inside relationship wey she don dey happily over 20 years. God save us from Gboromideleru

What is there to gain exposing woman?

Women will shame you. Most simp men will join them to shame you as well. See what they did to Pardison wey open that animashaun girl Megan yansh

Roland17:
It is not KGB info but you were arguing Lillard isn’t liability enough for things to change drastically until I showed you this man has consistently ranked outside the top 40 and other times outside top 50 defensively throughout his career, the same applies to Beasley. Both are your starting guards and you expect nothing will change defensively? Starting 2 backcourt players who rank outside top 40 and 50 shouldn’t change your team’s defense?

Lillard has been in the league for 12 years, he is who he is, no coach in the history of his career has changed anything about him but somehow, Adrian Griffin is supposed to work some magic on him and make him even basic at 33 years of age. Beasley is 8 years in the league and everyone knows who he is but somehow, Adrian is the one that would turn him into the 2nd coming of G. Payton in his prime.

Adrian did not trade for Lillard/ Beasley, admittedly, it was an inevitable trade and a choice but with the choice comes reality and this is the reality the Bucks have to figure out. Opponents are pretty much running P/R against either Lillard/ Beasley to find the mismatch, the rest is easy barbecue.

You are the one bent on vilifying Griffin. The same drop coverage burned them against my Celtics, they only made a run after he changed the same coverage and made the end difficult. You need to hold your boy just as accountable. Showing off his coach like that and still throwing tantrums about it is irresponsible and proof that he is struggling with the changes.

I don hear Alaye. Adrian Griffin is the next Phil Jackson.

But he need Tony Allen and Bruce Bowen to not have a bottom 5 defense. On a team with Giannis and Brook Lopez

Like I said fire down. It's a pointless argument because we are never coming to a middle ground. The idea that a team must have a starting 5 of elite defenders to not have a bottom 5 defense is amusing

Roland17:
Fam just stop it already. In Lillard’s final 2 season with the Blazers he had a 120 defensive rating and averaged between 117-120 the prior years, which puts his closer to top 50 than he is outside the top 40 now.

Malik Beasley was between 115-118 in the last 3 years, which puts him outside the top 40! Were those also part of defensive schemes? Both players are who they are in the league.. full liabilities and their respective careers say so!

Chastising is a generous word to use and doesn’t describe what happened in that instance. Players recommend plays and that isn’t a new thing. We have seen players draw offensive and defensive plays during timeouts so this isn’t anything historic/ novel or makes any case for your argument.

One would think you're revealing highly classified KGB information here

Is there anyone unaware of Lillard or Beasley's shortcomings on defense. You can't walk and chew gum at the same time or two things cannot be true?

So what now is the job of the coach? To throw his hands up and give up or fix it abi wetin you dey argue sef.

If he cannot drive marked improvement what is now his use? Does Ime Udoka have two heads? Even if you want to argue the Rockets are a younger team, defense is still a mindset and a market you must sell to your players. We have no evidence this is the case with Griffin

Lmaoo. Funny of you to downplay players openly questioning their coach mid game. Wo I no get talk for you jare. You're deadset on villainizing Giannis. Fire down

This Orlando Magic go worry people this season oh. They make you work every play every game

What's happening with Josh Giddey? E be like these players na the weapon fashioned against themselves

Considering he's actually only 21 why not just find one 18 or 19 year old girl, some people will still cry about this but at least you're legally straight

Roland17:
Incase you have forgotten so quick, let me be the first to remind you that the Bucks suffered a gentleman sweep just 7 months ago. I reiterate, the only stud defensively in that starting 5 is Giannis and the stats prove it. Lillard's defensive rating this season is 118.4 which places him outside the top 40. Malik Beasley is 118.1, also outside the top 40! 2 players outside the top 40 are your starting guards in the NBA, what else do you need to know! Kris Middleton is 116.2. So I am absolutely without any doubts correct that they have too many liabilities in the starting 5.

The stats also show the Bucks are placed 3rd in the EF with a 10-5 record, were tied for 2nd place before the loss to my Celtics. The Bucks are also top 5 in offensive rating and outside the top 5 in defensive rating, 7th and just a few points near 8-10th place. These stats absolutely make my point that they have a defensive issue and it is associated with the changes on their roster.

Giannis is outside the top 10 offensive rating for individual players, outside top 5 for player impact, ranked 10th in rebounds, top 5 in points scored. What do these tell you again? All these point to the fact that their biggest issue is on defense and the liabilities they are now parading.

And not everyone is playing Monday morning QB because before the trade was made or even a possibility, I made a detailed post stating this is an old roster and that they needed a perennial AS caliber type of player to convince Giannis to stay. See below...

Brook Lopez is also a DPOY candidate. Unless you're talking about perimeter players then your argument is not entirely correct. And this gentleman sweep remember Giannis was missing for 2 of the losses and was injured midway into the 3rd loss so basically he only played fully in one loss

Secondly all these numbers you're quoting is also a function of their scheme. Griffin has made defensive liabilities look even worse. The Bucks problem was never on defense at least not in the regular season. I don't believe Jrue is the sole reason that was the case

I see you went mute on the article I posted on the Bucks player chastising their coach and strong arming him to change his tactics on defense when the first 5 games went disastrously.

The roster is what the roster is. They upgraded by getting Dame. Their major fvckup was not letting Middleton walk. But this season and this roster if Giannis is upset with it then he will also be culpable in it's failure what I know is Giannis is not a player with history of mutiny, if he's kicking against the guy he supported the Bucks to hire e go get why and maybe he's aware he will have no excuses which is why he's holding his coach and hopefully himself accountable

https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/bucks-players-convinced-adrian-griffin-to-change-the-teams-defensive-approach-in-win-over-knicks/

This is from earlier in the season. Literally his players schooling him on the need to adjust their defense

Roland17:
Na bro! The Bucks are facing the consequences of a trade they made for Lillard and the reality that the roster is now old. Part of the reality of this trade is that the offense no longer runs through Giannis and that seems to be frustrating him as he can’t get into rhythm. That alone is an adjustment for Giannis. Also, late into the game, he is no longer the primary number called.

This Bucks roster, particularly the starting five as presently will struggle in the East, I mean, you are fielding Lillard/ Beasley at the top of the key and opponents are having a field day driving to the bucket and getting healthy fouls/ 2nd chance points, it has nothing to do with Adrian Griffin.

Even if you are frustrated, why show out your first year head coach like that? I mean, you were stinking up the joint, missing open buckets and getting in foul trouble, he calls a time out to have you sit for a few and you are throwing tantrums! Come on man!

Worsestill, post game, Griffin played down the spat as absolutely nothing but Giannis when asked just used the word “No”, putting more fuel to the fire.
This roster is bad. Lopez is 35, he was 33 when they won a championship. Middleton has become glass footed and barely contributes anything defensively. So that leaves you with Giannis in the starting five because the remaining 4 are liabilities or now old.

Griffin is working with what Giannis requested for and that is the truth. Giannis should do better and stop with the nonsense, it is disrespectful and definitely not the way to approach this issue. They need to make a trade.

I think you're forgetting Giannis is a big reason Griffin was hired in the first place. Not excusing his insubordination but this can only come from a lack of belief in what the coach is trying to do. This never happened with Kidd (obviously he was younger and not a star) nor with Budenholzer for all his flaws.

The Lillard trade had to be made, I think the Bucks made the critical error of not moving off Khris Middleton. The flexibility they would have had getting him off their books would have gone a long way.

I don't think running the offense away from Giannis or not making him the primary scorer late and in close games is the issue here especially since we have already established he needs help there.

Suggesting the Bucks roster is bad now would be playing Monday Morning Quarterback. This was not the consensus going into the season. Dame not delivering consistently on offense and Khris Middleton looking washed are much bigger issues.

But we cannot sit here and pretend Adrian Griffin's coaching is not a problem. Defense is part personnel and part scheme. I'm not seeing anything schematically that suggests Adrian Griffin knows what he is doing out there. If you say he needs more time that's a fair argument but his coaching especially thus far has been atrocious. And Lillard is not a defensive liability enough for their defense to be that bad

Roland17:
Giannis has to allow Adrian Griffin do his job as coach and be coachable if he wants to win another championship. Also, Griffin has to hold his ground and draw boundaries as a young inexperienced coach otherwise he would absolutely lose the locker room.

Griffin should sit with Giannis and harsh what happened last night out. As coach, I called a timeout, made some subs that involved you, it is my call as coach, you may not like it but I called it!

It’s simple, no superstar player has won a championship without coaching. He has gotten his extension, Lillard and everything he has asked for, he just needs to calm down and allow Griffin do his job as coach.

We have seen superstar player go against their head coach openly like Butler/ Spoelstra, the difference is Spo is an experienced head but more importantly, Spo did not back down during the spat, you can’t do that. Phil never backed down from going at the GOAT when it got heated because as a coach you lose everything if you don’t draw the boundaries.

Do better Giannis.

I think it's more of a buy-in issue. When players are not buying in they're bound to question what you're doing. If we from the outside looking in are seeing that this Bucks team is not looking well coached how much more the players?

Griffin is an ex player himself which makes it even more damning

Hard to be coachable when a player does not feel you're giving him the information he needs to succeed. You can see what happened with Josh McDaniels and Raiders

See what happened with my Steelers and Matt Canada. Sometimes players can sense a coach way in over his head

chic2pimp:
I think Sporting stars In different sports should thank their lucky stars Straight Men(who make up the majority of their audience and people in power)are not as "Woke" as their women counterparts. If they were, it'll be curtains for a lot of careers.

In addition to what you said about KPJ, He is simply not as valuable as Miles so I don't see a way back for Him. His role as a sixth man volume scorer from the bench can be replaced compared to Miles's 3andD wing All star potential defence and offence.

But here's the kicker. Do we want to be emotional about these things or do we want to be practical? I'm not condoning his actions at all btw but if the fans or people in power were bussified males and women guess what it's still women that will suffer if they choose emotions over logic

When it comes to intimate partner issues if you end his career what happens to the quality of life of the kids and the woman. He is supposed to provide and protect right? How does he do that with his earning power drastically diminished.

I think the focus should be more on restraining orders. Keeping the mother and child out of harm's way while he keeps playing and supporting them financially. Do we want to be right or do we want to get it right? He was eligible for a 9 figure extension. That is generational wealth fumbled.

KPJ is a point guard actually. He's had his unstable issues before and was doing pretty ok in Houston. The gap in quality between him and Miles Bridges is really not that wide for him to be out of the league considering their offence is similar. I think he might have other personality issues that's keeping him outside the league along with his own partner violence

Anthony Davis did not score a bucket in the second half. I don't believe it. Yes they doubled him a lot but it's unbelievable still that this nigga did not score a point

Kyrie a different breed

Lmao at LeAlwaysMakeTheRightPlay.

CP3 must have boned Foster's wife, daughter or something cos this beef is ridiculous.

I'm sorry for bettors that had CP3 over. Might want to check who's officiating first

Hope Derrick Lively is ok. That looked nasty

Roland17:
A backcourt of Beasley/ Lillard na 3rd mainland bridge on Election Day. Opponents are attacking the top of their key and if they switch both players to the wings, they kick to the wing and drain an less contested 3 or the drive to the bucket continues.

They need to get some 3 and D stopper one way or the other else this Dame trade will have been for nought. I thought their interior would be their strong point but Lopez is like a glacier out there

Banchero and Wagner might be the new dynamic duo

And the Timberwolves. Seems like they're cooking something. Everyone thought the Gobert, Towns tandem was a bust, appears that was premature. They look like a really dangerous team and have beaten a lot of really good teams.

Petition for the Pacers, Hawks and Nets to play some defense. Some of these scorelines are pretty disgusting. I'm sorry what those teams are playing is not basketball

chic2pimp:
How did Miles Bridges survive His domestic violence case? I really thought the Violence against Women charities would have gotten His @$$ out the league.

NBA fans are woke but not woke enough. Plus he missed all of last season and then a 10 game suspension.

The tricky part with this DV thing is if the man is out the league your earnings as the woman will suffer. So you need to be 100percent certain that man will be put away and then you have to start from square 1. As it is he has already missed out on a massive payday.

Look at Kevin Porter Jr. Same wahala. The babe had to retract her whole accusation but it was too late plus we knew she was capping.