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Roland17:
Celtics receive: Kristaps Porziņģis, 2023 & 2024 first-round pick

Grizzlies receive: Marcus Smart

Wizards receive: Tyus Jones, 2023 second-round pic

https://twitter.com/BleacherReport/status/1671733585865494529?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet

Looks like Brad Stevens learnt a thing or two from Danny Ainge about roster construction and piling picks

Brad Stevens on his ski mask shxt. How will they fit Porzingis, Horford and Williams in that front court is what I wanna see.

And the cap space. Porzingis feels like a rental. No way they can max Tatum and Brown and keep these guys right?

SmooshCHN:
Draymond had everything to do with Poole's performance and everything to do with the team's chemistry. And you're absolutely right. I'll even extend it by saying it's totally fine to let Green go and move Klay. The idea that Curry and a developing Jordan Poole cannot flourish without Draymond is an absolute nonsense. Mike Dunleavy just need to get the right pieces especially agile bigs like you said. Draymond doesn't even look like he's interested in winning. He just wants to be himself and talk about Bron all day.
The team sef tire me.

It's not rocket science. There's significant slippage in his game on both ends of the floor. And that's not even considering the fact that he's good for at least a game suspension in the playoffs and some terrible performances as well. Do they really think he will suddenly improve at 34?

Hmm. Moving both him and Klay in the same window will be a hugely unpopular move. I would keep Klay and bank on the fact that 3 years removed from that devastating injury he's fully healed and also make it clear that he's playing for his long term extension.

Moving Draymond and getting a young athletic big and a serviceable wing really should be their play.

If they extend Dray they're limiting their ceiling. No chance they get to title contention with Dray still there. If they run into the Lakers they will lose again

afrodoc:
There are real Gs who are walking the streets of Memphis HOPING to run into Ja just so they can test him. Maybe the guy thinks he is in Milwaukee.

It's stupid because someone that rich does not have to carry a gun a day in his life. Have you seen Lebron with gun? KD? Do you see Mahomes with gun? When you're not about a certain life the time will come when you're going to be caught slipping and you will have to show and prove.

The thing is even if you successfully defend yourself your life is permanently altered. Why people are so adamant on defending foolishness instead of asking him to just put the gun down is beyond me.

Kibbs:
😹😹😹🤲🏾

Oh yeah?

You're dealing with an unrepentant and unapologetic individual. He's been enabled all this time and the results are what we are seeing.

I hope for his sake that it doesn't take tragedy for him to course correct and then the talk will be Abamo, thoughts and prayers.

Khanben:
So you are suggesting he should be punished for what might happen in a hypothetical future not for what he has done. This is the issue with talk like this, the commissioner can only punish him for what he has done, nothing more.
When did we as a society start punishing people for what they might do ?

This is a funny take considering you're dealing with a guy with a laundry list of misconduct and someone that came to your office and guaranteed changed behavior only to renege less than 2 months later.

The primary purpose of any effective punishment is to serve as deterrent. Anything short of that you're wasting your time and everyone else's

I hope I'm proven wrong but when Ja acts out again I will be here to say I told you so

Really sweet seeing Alonso and Hamilton go at it.

I will be honest I will like to see Alonso with a competitive car next season.

Props to Super Max again. He looks imperious with each passing race, tying Senna's record at 25 is crazy to me. I know there are a lot more races now which is why I don't like comparing eras at all but at the time these records were set if they told you it would be passed so early you wouldn't believe it.

Schumacher's 91 didn't even seem real at the time

SmooshCHN:
Why should the Warriors resign Draymond abeg?

I've looked at it critically and I'm convinced that if the Warriors want to completely shut down their title window then they can re sign Draymond and let Poole walk.

I've spent a lot of time crushing Poole here but the guy is 24 years old, came off a really good season and IMO was more crucial to that ring than Draymond. Maybe he's not mentally as strong but I still am led to believe that keeping Dray on the team must not have helped his morale.

When you want to extend a title window you replace an older piece with a younger piece. You cannot have 3 aging players on one team and expect sustained success. You will just end up like the 98 and 99 Rockets.

If the Warriors are smart move Draymond and get young agile bigs. Give Poole a full season to see if he was worth the contract and if not you can easily move him, that's far better than paying triple single Dray into age 36 to 37. I will let him walk and if another team gives him the bag good for them

donlittle25:
I had some kids break into my car two weeks ago. In the middle of the night, saw them and banged on the window to scare them off. you would not believe what these kids did, They actually shot at me. Twice.

Someone died in my neighborhood two days ago, Drive by shooting. I do not live in the projects, Nor do I live in a low income area. It a house, not apartments. A subdivision.

My point here is, If you have a gun, one day, You will make use of it especially if you do not have trainings. They are not toys that should be used on social media.

I was expecting him to be suspended for the whole year honestly.

Omo. Thank God for life and RIP to the dead

I don't even know what's going on especially in a lot of these blue states there's a certain degeneracy and dystopian situation going on. I have mates in San Fran who moved to fvckin Mexico. Another schoolmate who keeps telling me how she wants to japa from Chitown. I don't know what's actually up at this point.

It's like the hoodlums are slowly leaving the ghetto and coming to the good neighborhoods to cause havoc. Sorry to all those clowns talking about defund the police

And these kids today they seem to not care about themselves or anybody. Almost like they was raised by wolves or hyenas or something.

KNIGHTBlaed:
Na that 0 loss gan gan be their problem. We have fights like Fury/Usyk, Canelo/Benevidez, Bivol/Beterbiev and other top fights waiting to happen and these guys keep ducking themselves or at least one of them ducks. The governing bodies do not help at all, they don't sanction fights anymore, some boxers now fight just Once in 2/3 years and they are happy. I was so happy the day that yeye Okolie lost, baba dey fight just once in a blue Moon. Boxing is dying a gradual death while there's so many talented boxers, but these days, no one wants to give anyone a shot. Fights needs to be made, everyone is concerned about the money now and holding on to titles. When titles too plenty, wetin we go expect before

I've really lost interest in boxing. The good old days everyone fought everyone. Twice!

Hagler-Duran-Hearns-Sugar Ray all fought each other at least once. Let that sink in. You can make a top 7 greatest fights just from that bracket. Today we are seeing generational ducking as everyone is finding a reason to simply not fight

There's too many bodies all we knew in the past was WBA/WBC/WBO even at a point there was just 1 body and no belt unification nonsense. Heavyweight champion was heavyweight champion. Now we have Ring,IBF,LGBTQ, LGBTQIA+++

30 years ago nobody would even take a Jake Paul seriously. Now we have close to 50 year old UFC fighters boxing and garnering more interest cos nobody cares about the actual boxers anymore

Okolie is an agricultural boxer he was always going to be exposed

birdman:
its not just the flashing gun on social media. He has waved the same gun in several fights, with bouncers, security guards, high school kids. Anyone of those could have turned deadly. if its just the insta, it would not have this level of play. But Ja is showing up repeatedly at fights with his boys. What could possibly go wrong?

shey they should kuku not suspend him at all?

Typical. They will wait till tragedy happens and will start to cry abamo, had it been I know

Like i said they're free to wait till the matter is out of Adam Silver's hand. If he continues in this trajectory it will get there.

Khanben:
We are talking legal stuff here not what we think it should be and because of that the nba is a different legal entity to ESPN

You don't have to break a law to be guilty of misconduct bro. Even parked and sleeping on your steering wheel till the morning if a police officer takes your breath at that point and it's hot you get a DUI regardless.

Morant has done enough with this instance and several others to warrant a lengthier suspension and if he repeats this I will not be the least bit surprised since there's a concerted effort to enable this immaturity

birdman:
beal, KD andbooker on one team. This is unfair na, are we playing NBA Jam?

I still struggle to see who they can actually guard tbvh.

With 3 volume scorer guys on the team somebody's touches is going to dip. Who is going to willingly sacrifice not shooting the ball as much and commit to doing other things that help winning

Let's see how it pans out. I like their chances against other teams in the West but I still can't see them beating Denver

Roland17:
You are very wrong. Any conduct that is detrimental to the image of the league needs to addressed firmly, especially repeat offenders. The NBA is quite left leaning and when a superstar player displays guns for fun after the first incident, a big problem the country is struggling to grapple with, especially when you consider the number of deaths we have suffered this year alone, then it reeks of Ja’s insensitivity to the situation.

It’s a different thing if he shows his guns during a hunting session or a target session..Publicly displaying guns for fun and to arouse fans is careless and can compromise his own safety. While it is his right to own a gun, there is no where it allows him to just display it for fun.

Personally, I am disappointed it was 25 games considering it is a repeat offense. I was hoping he would be suspend until after the All-Star games or regular season. He is not the only player that owns a gun but he is obviously irresponsible and immature.

Didn't Alec Baldwin accidentally kill someone on set? I think it's dangerous the way people try to downplay this issue. From the way Ja is carrying and holding the weapon you can easily tell he has no clue on how to handle firearms

He's being a danger to himself and others. That's what needs to be stressed

Didn't ESPN fire Paul Pierce for partying with strippers and smoking Igbeaux on his day off? Did he break any laws?

Roland17:
The Slimreaper is not making it easy for us to Stan him these days

I don't think it matters. I am still a fan. For me though it just sort of waters down the legacy a tad bit.

He's simply never going to be looked at as the guy and I'm sure he's made his peace with that.

Presently I already have Jokic and Giannis past him. And as time goes on more and more people will join that boat

birdman:
Its part of the contract. All the talking heads and pro athletes know this. Even the amateur athletes have rules, things that are legal, but you cannot participate in. And its for good reason - how would the headline NBA superstar murdered father of four in clold blood play out? The press would be all over the court proceedings, corporate sales of tickets would tank and NBA would absorb a billion dollar loss easily. So its not out of the ordinary to have conduct codes on things that others can do freely.

They're trying to save that boy from tragedy and disaster and people are trying make this a PC situation. I miss commissioner Stern. He don't play that

It's not about the gun alone it's the accumulated bad behavior and stories. This was an important moment to send a message and more importantly get him to understand the privilege of getting paid generational wealth to bounce a basketball.

With what is happening in Chiraq and everywhere else you simply cannot represent a family organization like the NBA and be dealing with guns so irresponsibly. It's not a damn toy (pun intended)

Why do people like to wait for disaster before doing the needful

KD. Give me freedom give me fire

Give me Superteam or I retire

GloriousGbola:
https://www.nairaland.com/7728247/demolished-gandujes-roundabout-because-it



these northerners ehn - they wear their intolerance on their sleeve like a badge of honour

Their intolerance dey always blow my mind especially for people that expect you to tolerate them in your own place.

Na why for all my travels when I was younger I no dey like too tey for there because you can never know when e go sup

BlueRayDick:
I understand the guy’s motives sha . I guess the guy actually thought he was conversing with a regular 21st century babe and he name-dropped KPMG to let her know he actually knows much about what he’s talking about .

Unfortunately for him, na person wey senior am he dey try impress

When peacocking goes wrong

benji93:
Calm down ooo. Na today's NBA. . Na so we talk when Giannis pick him own ooo. We gotta see how the teams respond.

No two days or teams are alike. Let's look at the Bucks vs Nuggets

Holiday 33 Murray 26
Middleton 32 Gordon 28
Lopez 35 Porter Jr 25

The average age of their core is 26.5

No one is saying it's a given they get back to the top but suggesting they can't is just wrong when they clearly have all the necessary ingredients.

Their only hindrance is injuries

Honlucas:
Let's wait till season start before we start ...
Season never start una don conclude

Ehn that's why I asked if na Lakers go win since you defiantly said the Nuggets don't have a shot.

I'm not God I can't guarantee my next breath so we're all simply playing prediction game. I am going by what I've seen and following NBA patterns. Repeats are fairly common and Denver have all the ingredients of a team that can dominate at sustained levels. They're not a hurriedly assembled Superteam with aging stars, they've gotten it out the mud, drafted their talent and have won the most difficult title which is the first

I don't think it's a leap to suggest they can win more

afrodoc:
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They are fighting next month. To be fair to the 2 boxers, they made the fight happen. If Crawford was still with Top Rank that old man Bob Arum would have blocked the fight forever.

This is why boxing is dying. I can't remember the last time I cared about any big boxing fight especially in the lower weights because everyone seems to be doing everything but fighting. Everybody dey give their 0 close marking and it's telling why there are so many undefeated fighters cause they're all ducking each other

Good to finally see Bud and Spence go at it. Somebody's O has got to go

benji93:
Won de. Impressive run. But common, Jokic no too shoot like that. It's an exaggeration to say his shooting was Steph kind of shooting. Neither was his defense Giannis kind of defense. I cannot begrudge him the first three. But I love it, what a way to place the man among the greats. The so-called "foreign born" players are here.

He was taking a little under 5 3s a game. He wasn't shooting at the volume obviously but the percentages don't lie. I didn't say he was Steph I'm saying he was getting the same results

I didn't say he was Giannis either but he is getting the same results playing his way. And that's remarkable in itself.

It's similar to how some people say Lebron is not a scorer, he's a pass first guy. Meanwhile he is averaging same ppg as KD and is #2 all time in FGA and actually takes more shots per game than KD, Kareem and Karl Malone

GloriousGbola:
I am sure the babe no be chef sef. Na her pastor set am up as tool to chase clout.

Definitely not. Which kin chef dey pick beans

WhoDeyHause:
We are not fighting sir. Andrewbaba is my guy. I just wanted you to confirm those facts so that those who don't know go know. Meanwhile you people should be preparing your bid too for harvertz. We are waiting.

No we're not in a rush we will pick him up in 2027. He will be 28 and mature enough for Bayern by then

BlueRayDick:
The way one lady for my place of work no like that chef dammy ehn, u go thibk say she collect her husband . Her only grouse was that the dammy lady is not sassy , doesn’t have finesse and shouldn’t be mentioned in the same sentence with the classy Hilda Baci .

When I hear her reason for detesting someone she doesn’t even know , I just shake my head say women and emotions sha

That beef no be ordinary eye. Though some of her supporters were bringing tribe angle which didn't help her cause cause she already had the looks and packaging arrangements working against her, come be church babe again and you know how Gen Z feel about the church.

That record thing made me understand that babes do not like competition at all. For their eyes everyone is beautiful, everyone is a winner. That just isn't how life works

WhoDeyHause:
You still have the mind to call livarpool loserpool after they destroyed you and your goat at anfield on their way to having more champions league than you. Livarpool beat manyoo 7-0 but still went to ulokpa while the other one not only use you to set record with your goat again but also went to win the champions league bypassing you like livarpool. Is that not right A40?

Hehehe. Make una chill till preseason wan start before una continue una fight nau. Haba

Ibime:
Joke ting

Chef Dammy DID NOT officially apply before attempting to break the longest cookathon record, so we are not aware - Guinness World Records.

I just dey sorry for the girl. They have cursed her full generation all over a poorly planned attempt. And the fact that she wasn't a baddie and aesthetically appealing surely didn't help

So Dangote supposedly built refinery and still collected import license

Nigeria and Awada na 5 and 6

Kibbs:
While I agree with every other thing you said, I have to disagree on this one. Joker is HIM.

As for the last 4,5 years, players don’t wake up one day and become as good as he is. Not even the best of the best. There’s a timeline for improvement as an athlete to reach your ceiling and you get there with time, not at once.

Exactly. Why are we acting like these things are not a process. He's winning his first chip at exactly the age Jordan, Shaq and Lebron won theirs.

He's obviously going to need a bit of good fortune and a Superteam or two to win as much as they did but injury permitting I'm heavily convinced they can win at least one more.

They're at that sweet spot where the Bulls were in the 90s with Lebron, KD and Steph entering their twilight years and these guys really just entering their primes. They have stability and continuity. The next two seasons barring injuries I struggle to see who beats them and what is their path to victory. Someone like MAGA Mike has not even hit his prime yet and barely knows what he's doing on the court but the championship pedigree is already there. I'm also assuming guys like Braun and Watson their two rookies improve

I boldly predicted they could be the Warriors many years back and I will be somewhat disappointed if they don't get at least another ring

birdman:
Jefferson's take on this is nonsense. What he does is have a complete set of skills. I know media always needs something to make noise about, but if Joker is as good as they are saying, what happened last 4, 5 years?

Could it be the fact that Nuggets revamped the roster and Jamaal Murray is finally healthy have to do with anything? Anyhow what do I know, its summer, media must come up with nice soundbites

Has Steph's shooting? What are folks smoking! And no, he does not have Magics passing. Youtube dey nah, ahn ahn

This guy calm down. That's what Jefferson is trying to tell you. That he can actually do it all.

Nobody can win it all by themselves and Jokic has been knocking on the door since the 2019 season.

Of course Murray is healthy is Jokic supposed to not have any help? Steph missed back to back playoffs without Klay so why should Jokic be any different? Lebron nko? Has he not missed multiple playoffs without AD and lost a series where AD missed the last 2 games since he came to the West. Gbagbe story

Jokic at least made the 6th seed without Murray and even won a playoff series without Murray

In fact we have to legitimately ask just how much could they have achieved had Murray not been absent the last 2 seasons.

You're taking these comparisons too literally. He might not be able to do it exactly like these guys but what he's doing is yielding the same results. Since I've been following Jokic in the playoffs I can't think of any series where I can say he choked and simply didn't lose to the better team.

What I gleaned from his take is that there's really no flaws in his game and that is incredibly rare in any superstar. You cannot objectively say he has any weaknesses

Honlucas:
Oga rest Denver won't win it next season

Shey na Lakers go win am

Leyqute:
VVD has turned to basket. What the heck was he staring at for that second goal?

Raumdeuter has won this argument.

Casted point and kill defender. E don lana now almost 3 seasons