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kendrick93:
Thiago Alcantara.
It was all him..
A40 and Raumdeuter guess the wait continues eh.
It's time to pay respect to this Bayern legend.
No 2020 CL final win without him

Bro your washed up fraud cannot even make top 8 in the Prem.

No 2020 Final win without him? I didn't see him providing the goal or assist

One of the biggest flops in recent Liverpool history

No Davies no Muller. What is Tuchel cooking?

Roland17:
Also, HE NEVER DOES THE TALKING ABOUT HIS GREATNESS! Everybody else does the talking for him unlike wanna be that needs to crown himself and is obsessed about it.

One of my paddy wen be Ajala faithful call me in pains this morning asking if I have seen the poll, he threatened Ajala will score 50 points tonight to revenge! I tell am say we don't care and it will not change anything. I reminded him that it is the same people wen him dey play against dey tell am say Jordan na the GOAT.. baba vex off phone, come text me say make I avoid am until after the weekend

He will never get to that level of reverence and acclaim. He knows that's why he can win a title and during the speech still be lamenting about wanting respect

One needs validation from everyone even strangers the other does not care.

It says a lot about how he's perceived that he can have a team of AD and Russell and still be perceived as an underdog to freaking Ja Morant.

Why will you parade a player as the GOAT and still call him underdog against inferior opposition. The math ain't mathing

Roland17:
The kain wailing wen dey happen for Ajala camp since this news break don pass Jordan day 2/3/23. The tears just dey flow! It's been 20 years since the GOAT left the scene but the man is still pressing necks even without asking. I mean look at the gap na...lol.

According to the Athletic, the anonymous players included superstars/ all stars and young players still active in the league.

Here is an excerpt from one of the players

"M.J., for sure. Definitely 6-for-6 (in the Finals) is a big thing for me. But the way I look at basketball is (it's) about the winning, and if I feel like I need (somebody) to go win me a game, I'm picking M.J. over everybody. (I'd pick) whoever is going to carry me through a series, carry me through the playoffs, and is setting the tone. I think M.J. checks all those boxes."

It's a certain reverence and respect he commands that I've not seen in any sport. Even amongst his contemporaries

Look at that Allstar game and how even in Cleveland he got the loudest pop.

Shannon Sharpe who's a notorious Bronsexual you should see how he describes Michael Jordan. Shannon is a 3x Superbowl champ by the way. A HOFer. But I've heard him and other superstars describe this dude with awe that's almost bordering on idolatry

Forget on court achievements. 1 more MVP, 2 more FMVPS, 1 more DPOY, 2 more rings seal that argument. It's the off court greatness that further cements Jordan's GOAT status

Be like the players still know what time it is

Deserved suspension for Green. At some point you have to be held accountable for your madness

I said it that Game 1 was the game for Golden State to steal. Now they are in a tight corner.

If only 2 players were enough to beat you what do you think happens when the scoring is more balanced and others show up

Also if you're the Warriors you have to ask yourself how much longer can you endure Draymond's shithousery. That was a suspendable offense

Steph and Draymond. 7 turnovers between them.

Warriors have to start that 3rd quarter well else they're going down 2-0

Young teams like these you don't give them any belief. You have to crush them early

Sabonis is such weak sauce. This man getting his lunch money took by Looney

If AD catch this one. Jehovah

Warriors have been ridiculously sloppy with the ball.

And the Kings role players have started making their shots. This is what I was talking about. Role players tend to play better at home.

Warriors better pray Malik Monk doesn't catch fire again. He has those NBA jam sequences where he can't miss

Warriors a bit clumsy with the ball to start the game. Gave away a few steals

However Harrison Barnes thinks he's Steph and cannot stop bricking shots.

See how average Sabonis is looking. Man regular season ball issa scam

Roland17:
@A40, J. Hurts don collect him bar oh, 5/$255 with $179.3 guaranteed and a no trade clause.

Smart. They had to pay him before Burrow and Herbert got their bag.

The guaranteed money for a 24 year old guy coming off an epic Superbowl performance. I'm surprised he didn't ask for more

Not a lot has been said about how dominant Kawhi was.

Looking at that Suns team you have to wonder who they can put in front of Kawhi to slow him down.

KD 0-7 in his last 7 playoff games. Hmmm

Skrrrrrrr:
Nah LeBron fans nah.
No shame at all. Accusing curry of needing help when curry has been on one Team all his life.
No superstar has ever needed another superstar to win anything, as much as LeBron.
He had to unite with Wade and Bosh to win his first two titles, and when they slacked, he ran back to Cleveland. When the warriors won against him in 2015, the story was that he had no help, even though curry, klay and Green were still coming up.
He finally got the help with a fit Kylie Irving and love, even though it took him 7 games and a Draymond suspension.
Then Durant happened and he ran again to Team with Davies. They would have won more Titles of Davies was not always injured. As expected without Davies, he wasn't able to do Jack.
Now Davies is back and they want us to believe they are underdogs....

It's indemnification tactics

If they lose it's Ohh well we were supposed to lose, see we were the underdogs

If they win it's look we beat up the mighty Grizzlies (even though their best player is a 23 y.o in his 4th season)

I've never seen nothing like it. Even in the Miami Heat days they said he was the underdog against small small pikin KD and Westbrook despite having the deeper more experienced squad. He was also the underdog against the Grandpa Spurs

Now again on a team with a #1pick AD and a #2 pick D'Angelo Russell they are claiming underdog against the baby Grizzlies. Even if bookies say he's the underdog. You don't have your own brain or discernment?

birdman:
papa benji stop eet. We all agreed last week Grizz are the young legs, and they will run Lakers out of town. Now you want to change story. wickedness. Grizz are still the favored to win this series, if Ja comes back. Their style of play is exactly what the Lakers do not want to see. Note how the the young legs on the Lakers team scored the most points

Wetin concern young legs with playoff basketball?

Who and who agreed the Grizz are young legs? Only JJC fans get carried away by youth talk, in playoff type basketball where every game will be slowed down possession by possession. Your youth is not as important as experience and talent level. Aside Lebron who are the other old legs on the Lakers? Nobody is over 30

It should be a thing of embarrassment and shame that an Anthony Davis and Lebron James led team are considered underdogs in a playoff series against the freakin Grizzles

Skrrrrrrr:
Akpuruka analyst.
Mentioning all star like its a cheat code and ignoring the fact that being an all star is due to a number of factors. Naso you say warriors get 3 all stars including wigs and draymond.
Memphis may have 3 all stars but even thr best player on the team, in Ja morant is not as good as a Fit Anthony Davies, let alone LeBron James.
The lakers have the best players in the league when they are fit.
All star kor, down star ni

Lmaoo na lack of shame cause am. Not even All NBA. Ordinary all star.

If the Lakers lose (which they won't) the built in excuse of they were the underdogs is already in hand. That's why they are running with it

I've never seen a player surrounded with so much talent and they still call him underdog.

Are they not ashamed? Why talk from both sides of your ass. If a player is as great as you say how can he be expected to lose to a team that it's best player is not even as good as AD or Lebron

Ibime:
Since Joao Felix left Atleti, they have outscored everyone and collected most points behind only Barcelona

It's very clear who has been holding them back because despite being a defensively solid team, the Atleti attacking focal point has always been productive from Aguero to Diego Costa to Griezmann. . . .until João Felix came to pour sand in their garri, and blame everyone else for his weakness

The below is good news. Jorge Mendes should take his scam to Saudi Arabia

I said it here that Felix is a poor man's Havertz

The end product is just too poor

Clippers need to beg Westbrook. He's doing a lot of things right but ruining it by taking too many shots. I don't know why some players don't put that ego aside and stick to what's needed for your team to win.

19 shots is too much for Westbrook to be taking at this stage of career

Roland17:
He landed pretty hard there. I expect him to be back for game two, he is a tough guy. This season is the most I have seen him out, quite unusual.

Hopefully it was just an impact thing and not any structural injury

Giannis out. This is really bad. All bad

benji93:
Take am easy now. No be like say when those folks score Fox go score 38 again. You did not consider redistribution of the scoring load. Besides Malik Monk no be 32 point player now. Ah.

I'm being honest for real. The Warriors have been bad on the road all season. So to catch an inexperienced team and let them off the hook that way is no bueno.

Forget about Malik Monk for a second and realize that Fox was the only starter to score more than 15pts. As well as Steph, Wiggins and Poole played the Warriors should win that game everytime.

Look at what killed the Grizzlies today. It was 5 guys scoring 20 points for the Lakers.

In fact I'd argue it is better for the Warriors that 2 guys to try and beat them than 4 or 5 guys scoring 15 points or better when the scoring load is well distributed. That would be death by a thousand cuts

Giannis in early foul trouble

frenchkisser:
Exactly my thoughts, Draymond would have to put up huge "board" numbers, coz it's almost a given that Sabonis would always do that. Imagine when he hits his peak and delivers the triple double he's known for. Warriors need to pick a road win else, they're done.

They have a lot on their hands. 3 of the Kings starting five played terribly and somehow the Kings were able to win. What happens if they play well?

Lol what are Bucks doing oh. Is this bubble all over again?

A40:
He said it popped literally and kept playing. I can respect that certain injuries you know the deed is done and you might as well keep playing and try to get the win. I can't fault him for that

I think the Lakers if they make the playoffs are a threat. I thought they were a threat before the trade and still a threat after the trade. When I look at all their potential matchups who really can an AD and Lebron duo not beat besides the Clippers for some reason and maybe the Suns. They for some inexplicable reason do not match well with those two. The rest I don't know that they're not scared of the Lakers. Even Denver

Consistency. Right from day 1

Not shameless m0rons claiming underdog.

Whether you assume I don't like LeNomad I am always objective. And my bias never gets in the way of my breakdowns.

Who's better?

Lebron and AD

Or

Ja and JJJ

If your answer is the former than ask someone next to you to give you a big konk for typing that drivel in the first place.

Memphis best player is not as good as either of the Lakers two best players yet with a straight and shameless face you want to embrace uninformed underdog tag

This loon even mentioned Luke Kennard? What is a Luke Kennard and what has he done in this league. 49% kwa. What percentage did he shoot today?

Akpuruka analyst

A40:
Jaylen Brown. Why is he so erratic sometimes? Picking up these needless fouls.

Smart lowkey has been missed in this game

On the flipside

This Lakers squad complete.

Westbrook, Schroeder, Hachimura, AD, Thomas Bryant

Support cast no pass this one.

This was me as far back as January when they added just Hachimura oh

Russell, Vanderbilt and Beasley never even show.

The difference between 40 and you jokers is consistency. Any take I stand ten toes down on and time always vindicates me.

When LeNomad went down at Dallas and untrained eyes said the Lakers season was over what happened? Is it not the squad depth that kept Lakers afloat?

It's an indictment on Lebron and AD that they are considered underdogs to little Ja Morant and Desmond Bane. You people are not even ashamed to repeat such narrative outside

I hope our resident akpuruka analyst has been enlightened. Simpleton

Lebron, AD and Russell

Vs

Ja, Bane and Jaren Jackson

If you need bookies to tell you who's the underdog between these two I'm sorry you're a m0ron

Okrimo is following bookies. When we call you olodo don't argue.

Bookies set lines and move it according to how money moves. Nobody with working eyes see Lakers lineup vs Grizzlies and call Lakers underdog. Sharp bettors have put money on Lakers and cashed out while mugu like you is here playing parrot because critical thinking no dey

benji93:
If Ja no fit play this series, series don end be that ooo. My 6 game prediction would be reversed.

Only teams that can beat the Lakers are Clippers and maybe Suns and one of them will have to jabo in round 1

Whoever wins the Kings/Warriors matchup will fall to these Lakers as well

I don't see a scenario where they don't make WCF at least. This team is deep. Even Lonnie Walker cannot get minutes