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Khanben:
Like Van Gundy is saying during the game, starters vs starters Denver will kill anybody, if their role players just do the minimum they will be hard to beat

Credit to their GM. That's why I said it's more of depth then mentality. Sometimes you just have to insist it's over your dead body and prove to Lebron and AD your time is up My time is now.

If KCP is going to keep shooting at this clip then I don't know for the Lakers. I certainly didn't see this one coming.

Anyway can see some of these guys reverting to mean in Game 2 sha. Brown and KCP particularly

Roland17:
The San Antonio Spurs have won the number 1 overal pick. No way G. Popovich is retiring with V. Wemby set to be the first pick…but you never know!

That team dey use juju. Draft Robinson, Duncan and then Wemby. What are the odds??

I'm curious to see now do they go aggressive for instant success with Wemby or try to build even more. The Spurs have been losing for a whole now and for a coach used to excellence like Pop that must be hard to swallow

Lakers are still in it. If they can cut it to single digits entering the 4th

Khanben:
That is the only question they've not answered so far this playoffs. Half Court execution during the last 2 minutes of a must win game with all the marbles to play for

Exactly. Mentally how much poise they can show. They didn't pass the test in Game 4 against the Suns but fine margins they did well to come back in that game.

Physically they have the tools, Jokic, Murray and MAGA Mike (This guy should be Allstar level by now don't know why he's messing around)

The difference between Jokic and Embiid is pretty tremendous. Doubling him is almost foolish and when he's doing dribble handoffs what can you do? You will never get around the screen on time to defend.

Lakers have to find a way to put him in foul trouble

Roland17:
How Brown transitioned from the 3/4 with the Nets to playing guard position with the Nuggets is impressive.

He's just a Swiss Army knife guy. Considering his height is like 6'4 or so it's a mystery how he was also able to capably play the 3 or 4. Basketball has really changed

donlittle25:
Baba i know say you they throw caution to wind or wind to caution but my guy i no know o.

I just no know how you wan counter this denver team. Denver no they rely on three like warriors hence all that ball wey lakers go get when basket no enter no enter don cancel out.

Unless denver starts shooting threes like say them no get sense, i no see wetin go happen but make we dey watch sha

Hehehe. I've seen too much playoff ball to overreact after one half. This is what the Warriors should have done game 1 that they were faffing about.

I've not seen the Nuggets in a tight game and their level of composure vs these Lakers to say it's over for certain. They did a bit of wobbling in the Suns and T.Wolves series.

But you're right offensively the Nuggets have way more points of attack than the Nuggets and the personnel to execute it. It's more of mental and how composed they can stay when the Lakers inevitably fight back in games in this series

Bruce Brown in one half has already outplayed Jordan Poole.

Embiid should return that MVP if he has shame

Lol no cause for alarm yet. Where alarm will blow is if the Lakers lose Game 2. They only need one game in Denver. Where there will be big big problems if they lose both cos like I said the weaknesses of Denver are not as acute as Golden state's hence the Lakers have a smaller margin for error

Skrrrrrrr:
E get some lie wey you go just dey wonder the audacity.
In 2016 sef, there were people who still compared Kyrie to steph.
The gap never wide that time...

Kyrie that was literally an Allstar game MVP before Klay Thompson even made it to Allstar consideration. Shameless fans. They always diminish his teammates yet still bash said teammates when he fails

Skrrrrrrr:
Lmao. Are you saying Klay was better than kyrie in 2016
Bro... Fear no dey catch you as you dey blow this lie??

Hehehe people no just get shame.

Skrrrrrrr:
Ogbeni....
Kyrie irving was the second best player on the Cavs, and he averaged 27PPG, the best player on the warriors averaged 22PPG.
Mention one finals you know where the second best player averaged more points than the best player of the opposing team....

Lmaoo you dey mind akpuruka analyst

Khanben:
Kyrie? What has he achieved without Lebron. KD has been a 4 time scoring champion, MVP with Steph. Kyrie has never been top 5 in MVP voting ever.

He needed Kyrie's elite contributions to beat Golden State. This is really all that counts.

This thing you fans do. When Russell Westbrook and Lebron's support cast are playing nonsense with Bron you blame Russ and the support cast but when they achieve something now you say what did they achieve without Bron. As if he dey play 1 v 5 for court

You guys can't have it both ways. Cos I don't recall an NBA Finals where the second best player on a team averaged 5 more points than the best player on the other team.

We should be asking who else has needed a player averaging 27ppg and a player averaging 25 and 10 to win a Finals series?

Khanben:
I just remembered something, in the bubble season the Lakers where the number 1 seed right. That means they were robbed of the home court advantage to win that title

Lol. Robbed how? Did they play on the road? It was neutral with no fans. Players strolling from 5 star hotel to court. Nobody was at an advantage or disadvantage so where does the argument of robbed come from?

Maybe they should have just scrapped the season. Cos over the last five seasons. How many #1 seeds have won the title?

SmooshCHN:
If I'm the warriors, I'm doing away with Draymond. Nothing wey you fit tell me.

He has a player option so if he picks it up what can you realistically get with an expiring Draymond contract?

greypencils:
True but who do you fault? The players for playing trash? The coach for blowing another 3:1 lead or the management for selling Jimmy Butler? Personally, I blame the management. The 76ers team that played against Toronto in the ECSF was setup to win. What separated them from a title I believe was Kawhi's shot at the buzzer. They never should have let him go. He was the engine on that team NOT Embiid but the management was too blind to see it.

That's the problem with sports. Somebody gets too much credit when things go well and also too much blame when things go bad. The way basketball is setup. Coach work cannot Trump work of player. When your 7ft plus center cannot back down a smaller guy and turns to a jump shooter what do you do? When a future HOFer drops 9 pts in Game 7 what can you do? Coach cannot enter floor and make buckets for you nau

And yes the 76ers management did fvck up letting Jimmy Butler go and keeping Tobias Harris, a Tobias Harris was just happy to be there, he's a good player but he's not a difference maker. If it didn't dey it didn't dey.

Jimmy has an edge and most likely would have gotten on Embiid on his conditioning just like Kobe did for Shaq. Would have sussed Ben Simmons out early.

In a team trying to win you can't be besties, you're going to piss each other off from time to time. Butler is the kind of guy that will reveal your core and as a GM let you know if what you have is good enough to compete for a title or not. He did it with Minnesota and quickly you discovered KAT and Wiggins were never going to do anything together.

Likely it would have been the same thing with Philly and you get to quickly find out if you will ever win or even compete with that team or not

Madups:
LOL..Baba, I hope say this your mouth nor go put you inside trouble one day.

The thing with trouble is sometimes even if you avoid it it can still find you

TLona1:
Eden Hazard vs Getafe:

62 minutes
30 touches
18 passes
0 shots
0 dribbles
0 crosses
0 long balls
0 key passes
5 possession lost

Better than Saint Maximin?

Biggest bust in La Liga history bar none. I had the bar set low for him when he joined Madrid but Holy fuq

greypencils:
Blowing 3:1 leads na Doc Rivers specialty.

I don't even know if it's just Doc Rivers alone. When a player's choking is predictable than death you begin to wonder what else can be done. I don't believe even Phil Jackson can win a ring with Joel Embiid and James Harden. Some players if it didn't dey it didn't dey

You knew Embiid would underperform. Last season he was 7/24 in their elimination game. This season the Fugazi MVP shot 5/18 from the field. What self respecting big shoots less than 25% from the field facing elimination. Fraud proving again he can't do nothing without free throws

James Harden aka Brick Ross has been in the league 14 years yet you knew, you just knew! you could literally bet your mortgage he would shoot 3/11 with the season on the line. How can a future HOFer score 9 pts in an elimination game. This joker got outscored by PJ Tucker

The last 3 games do you know Brick Ross did not score a single point in the 4th quarter? There's no coaching that can legislate for such ineptitude if we're being honest.

Roland17:
He desperately wanted to separate himself from Ime’s shadow and style until he realized the Boston media have no joy and will come for you!

This team is already setup to win, he just needs to do the simple things and stop getting in the way!

Lol. Stupid. He strikes me as someone with an ego.

Udoka gave him the easiest job in basketball and he wanted to blow it with oversabi. He should thank his stars he ran into the Holy trinity of generational chokers. Rivers-Harden-Embiid

nihilistjnr:
And LED light inside POP ceiling, coupled with golden baroque furniture that looks very uncomfortable...

I blame the Italians for this sha. Nigerians have always looked to them for interior design inspiration from terrazzo and paladiana flooring to suspended POP celinings.

With new money, came new levels of ostentatiousness, and if you've ever watched an Italian soap opera or mafia show like Gommorah or Suburra, you would have seen the senior brother of the contemporary Nigerian sitting room, with every dial turned up to 11.

If it's not flashy and tacky Nigerians don't want it

afrodoc2:
This life is a mystery. Anybody can slip in a bathroom no matter the surface.
The hope is for someone’s number not to be called prematurely, cos once one’s number is called na odabo be dat.

This life Afi Olorun. There was a period I was getting called every other 2 months that my mom fell one place or the other. At home, at the market. Terrifying times

R.I.P to that guy. He was a hilarious character

birdman:
Season long might get him killed. He might just say the f* with this and self destruct. More like half a seasn, with strict monitoring

The way he is moving right now might get him killed either way. He got a slap on the wrist for the first time and not even 2 months later he is doing the same dumb shit, plus his other offenses.

Billion dollar leagues have images to protect and if Ja is determined to make himself a cautionary tale so be it.

He misses a 3rd of a season on average anyway so half season gives him more spare time. If you don't suspend him an entire season then don't suspend him at all. Any punishment that cannot serve as a deterrent is no punishment at all

Roland17:
People like him think about themselves and are short sighted. It absolutely has to cost him significantly. The league will move on from him faster than anyone imagined.

If Adam Silver does not knack him a season long suspension then they're enabling and not helping him.

My worry for him is this gun he dey carry upandan for a degenerate place like Memphis one day some of these small small boys will come and test and see if he's really about that life. Then he will have to decide if he wants to be judged by 12 or carried by 6. Even worse if he's caught slipping.

He better watch it

Honlucas:
Lakers will win game 1

16th is my birthday they won't disappoint me

Yeah I gave my caveat. Win either Game 1 or 2 and they're good. If they lose both though they will lose the series. Your edge over the Nuggets is not as acute as it was over the Warriors.

Why did it take near elimination for Mazulla to recognize Timelord and Horford is the starting lineup to go with?

And Embiid. After Perkins used that whole racism angle to get you an MVP. Shey you no go return am back to Jokic?

Can't even say nothing about Harden because that would imply we don't already know who he is.

Doc Rivers. Smh

Jayson Tatum. You were falling my hand for a second there. Good that you remember who you are now

Roland17:
We already know Morant is not serious. The only way people like Morant learn is with heavy consequence..

What really is Ja-rule Warrant's problem cos to be fair nothing about this behavior makes sense. The parallel I'm drawing here is Aaron Hernandez cos one would think having a young daughter would be incentive not to wreck yourself.

He better look up how Aaron Hernandez ended up

I have the Lakers in 6 or 7. With a caveat.

The Lakers must win 1 road game. If they go down 2-0 they will lose. Cos Denver will not lose 4 of 5 with 2 of the games in that Denver altitude

Watching that his sitdown with Jalen Rose you kinda knew he was full of crap. How the hell does toting guns in your IG live help you deal with stress.

What I didn't expect though was him to unravel in record time. I don't know why he's bent on ruining his career trying to be King Von so bad, he has his dad in his life too but it's clear looking at their dynamic that the man was trying to be the homie instead of the father

Of which who is that his Davonte Pack friend? That nigga is clearly an opp that was sent to ruin his life. Nothing worse than surrounding yourself with unambitious gasmen.

Can remember going into the season and T-Mac specifically said the Grizzlies need some OGs. It all makes sense now

donlittle25:
I was going to say the same thing. You let go off what made your team for KD but forgot one guy in your back court can't ever stay healthy and the other guy called ayton plays like he doesn't want to play.

Don't know what any coach could have done. Coach harder I guess.

Should have given him another season. Let them offload CP3 and Ayton and see what they can surround Booker with. Unless there was personality beef from all looks of things the only person that had an issue with Monty was Ayton, and Ayton's play said it all.

Anyone who they get now has to win the title next year or the firing of Monty would look even more stupid

iamoyindamola:
Them go finish them last las
How are Egyptian rulers black🤣🤣

1.1 lmaoo. It's Netflix sha their shit is usually terrible even the much hyped ones whether local or foreign series