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Unlimited22:
Ha. Na you I bin dey dread wait

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUVcZfQe-Kw
Incase if Fuji too razz for you

Roland17:
This Denver Nuggets team look really good together. I used to worry they were guard heavy but all that has changed with the trades they completed during the deadline.
A. Gordon looks like a different players especially on defense. I don’t think I have ever seen him move his feet as much as he has done since he joined the Nuggets. He is guarding one through five positions..

I am worried about the Clippers..

I'm really intrigued by that team. A guy like Gordon should be a lot more efficient moving forward with a wizard like Jokic giving him easier looks

Plus MPJ is balling! If that boy unlocks his offensive game fully that Denver team would be a problem now and moving forward

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tiU_kpwrtY
Ade ori okin

Ibeme:
Godfather of Harlem season 2 is back on 18th April. That's the only series that excite me since Narcos and GOT

You sabi ball

O di woro si woro

osayi90:
Sometimes you say some foolish things. It is okay to be a LeBron fan and still say sensible things from a basketball point of view. KD can only score...he can't defend right?

Hehehehe. I no fit laugh

Roland17:
The distasteful level of hypocrisy from LeBum’s cult..

Let's pretend like it’s no news that Bron has been actively recruiting S. Curry to join him in LA.. Some sources are saying even before the All-Star games. Soooo much for KD assembling.. Worse still, it is the same Chef whom his stans swear is irrelevant in the history of shooting in the NBA..

No be here we read say James Harden has had more influence on the game than the Chef? Hahahahaha..

These things play themselves out.. No be here we dey? Baba dey the ring hustle business and is already making his plans for next season.

I don talk am before.. Everyone is in the ring hustle.. na who hustle pass na him come be the matter now.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/sports.yahoo.com/amphtml/lebron-james-recruiting-steph-curry-215444507.html

https://www.google.com/amp/s/syndication.bleacherreport.com/amp/2938854-windhorst-lakers-lebron-james-started-recruiting-steph-curry-at-all-star-break.amp.html

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.foxsports.com/stories/nba/lebron-james-stephen-curry-recruitment-los-angeles-lakers-golden-state-warriors

Abeg leave Bronsexuals and their hypocrisy. Someone in his athletic prime teamed up with two other players in the top 5 of his draft. That's like in 4 years time Luka, Trae Young and Michael Porter Jr teaming up or prime Jordan staying in Chicago while Barkley and Hakeem join him. Yes they are not a 73-9 team but who would be crazy enough to bet against them.

The same Brooklyn they were trolling for being too small, lacking defense, Kyrie a basket case, him and Harden would fight.

Now they have meshed and added washed LaMarcus Aldridge and Blake to provide size. So it is Blake Griffin who can barely dunk and 37 year old Aldridge that changes them to an unbeatable force. Smh

The said guy they swear is doing it on his own has AD, Marc Gasol, Drummond, Montrez,Schroeder but nobody else should improve their team

Roland17:
Welcome to the 2021/2022 MLB season! I am excited about this season especially because of the young players who will electrify us and look to change the direction of the game. I am talking about players like J. Soto (Nationals), F. Tatis Jr (Padres), V. Guerrero (Blue Jays). This is an very important season for the MLB because viewership and interest is dropping tremendously and MLB understands they have to let go of some of the old unwritten rules and allow players become more expressive.

As for my Cubs? Dem start the season with a loss. I saw the first 5 innings. I don't expect much from us this season. It almost feels like a total rebuild at this point.

That baseball na one sport I never understood till date but I heard it's a punters delight so I'm curious

Afromentalist:
Michael Rapaport just leaked private convos with KD. They insulted each other and KD seemed to have threaten him, the hood way.

That journalist is a cry baby though

Durant too should learn to keep quiet. Must you reply every every?

KD is my guy but he clearly has issues. Why will you bark at every ekuke that takes shots at you. He really needs to get a social media manager or something but this is someone who uses burners so that would never work. I just feel there's a level you get to in life that you accept you will have haters. Criticism is the cost of praise

13points on 48% TS??

Damn I always considered Ben Simmons a bit of a fraud but I didn't know it was this bad

birdman:
I agree about the bucks, but then I think about how Giannis perpetually flames out in the post season

Holiday is an improvement on Bledsoe. I think if they take the ball off Giannis's hands they stand a better chance

We are facing Chelsea women in the CL semifinals. Don't recall our women ever reaching this stage. Might be wrong though

They knocked out powerhouse Wolfsburg so we are likely the underdogs of this tie. Either way both teams are kuku fighting for the rights to lose to Lyon in the finals

toygod2:
I agree with your analysis.

If he would want to be very sincere, STIPE wld have been his inner choice

Of course only a raging Jones fanboy would argue otherwise

Painnn. Time for Choupo Moting to earn his salary

Anthony Edwards higher ceiling? This dude is literally the most inefficient scorer in the league. All he does is jack up shots. He has a greenlight. Doesn't pass or get his teammates involved

birdman:
No wonder the time infinity stone disappeared with you. It is well.

The one problem the Nets have is that there is only one ball. This is the same issue the Lakers had with Kobe, Shaq, GP and Karl Malone vs Pistons 2004. If the Nets run into a team like the Detroit Pistons of 2004, they could be in trouble. That team had a world class coach (Larry Brown), world class defense (all 5 starters were stingy), a savvy floor general (Billups) and everybody bought in. Ben Wallace didnt have to get the rock. You didnt have to draw up plays for Tayshaun Prince. Rip Hamilton was fine getting 15 or 30 points.

Three teams in the league right now that could have that identity by end of the season: Heat, Utah, Lakers*. I put asterisk on Lakers because their star players have missed too much time to gel. The Heat fit the bill 100%, so its possible the Nets might not come out of the East

The Nets have figured out who runs their ship already. So long as Harden plays the point and KD and Kyrie stick to scoring they would be fine

Forget Heat they are not sneaking up on anybody this year. I really think the only team that poses any real threat to Brooklyn in the East are the Bucks. Ben Simmons and his refusal to be anything other than a 6'10 Rondo will likely doom the Sixers

afrodoc:
Styles make fights. In terms of skill Jones is a far better grappler and kicker than Stipe. And Jones IQ is legendary. Ngannou will have to defend multiple takedowns disguised as kicks or punches and multiple kicks disguised as takedowns or punches.

I agree that styles make fights but I believe there is something to be said about Jones taking this long to make this leap. In a sports like MMA power is a very real equalizer especially in the heavyweights. Jon simply has no room for error

Are you sure Jones will want to shoot multiple takedowns on a guy like Francis? This is a guy that couldn't take Dom Reyes down and keep him there. I struggle to believe that he does that with Ngannou who is improving his wrestling game.

You do understand too that the reach and size advantage Jon has enjoyed against majority of his opponents also flies out the window

afrodoc:
Unlike Stipe who lost all hope when Ngannou defended the takedown Jones will try and try again each time with a different disguise and technique. And if Jones gets Ngannou down 1 or 2 times it will take a lot of Ngannou’s gas tank to survive as Jones ground game is better than Stipe’s.

To be perfectly honest Ngannou's never been a horrible wrestler. The only way you get Ngannou down is if he lunges wildly and misses or he's gassed. If you shoot at Ngannou just once while he is still fresh you're going to get starched. Just ask Cain Velasquez. Never mind multiple times

afrodoc:
Then Ngannou would also have to think about Jones’ notorious kicks and elbows. He just can’t stalk Jones the way he did Stipe. If he stands still long and often enough a few kicks will land on his head.

Now all the above depends on whether Jones is actually in decline or whether his recent struggles at LHW can be attributed to disinterest. If he is able to go back to an approximation of prime Jones then Ngannou’s skill level and ring IQ has to improve even further.

I don't believe Jones has the power to hurt Ngannou standing. He is going to have to be on his bike circling around the ring (he needs to pray it's a bigger ring)

I don't know if it's a loss of interest or decline though we can't rule out a decline just because Jones has been in the game so long but I believe size matters and getting hit by LHW (most of them blown up MWs) is significantly different from getting hit by a heavyweight never mind a freak like Ngannou. Jones could fight the perfect fight and just one mistake can end it for him. Jones never had to worry about that at LHW because he never had to face such size and power.

toygod2:
Yesoo, extremely happy for this win.

I hope DANA WHITE is not trying to make someone die in the ring?

Jones & Francis is a mismatch

I won't go as far as calling it a mismatch but I'm sure if Jones was being honest he would much rather prefer Stipe than Francis

afrodoc:
Exactly. That "fight"was annoying. Miocic wrecked Ngannou's mentality for a while.

Ohh yes he exposed Ngannou but credit to Ngannou for working on his game. The adjustments he made and the fact that he worked on his biggest weakness was remarkable in my eyes. I'm sure Stipe knew he was done once his takedown attempt failed cause I did

This is why I hope the Jones fight is made. I know he will starch Jones but I want to see the different challenge Jones will pose

afrodoc:
Remember that Lewis beat Francis in that boring match in which both of them strangely refused to attack.

Some said that Francis was still trying to recover mentally from his earlier Stipe loss which is why he was tentative. Others said both Francis and Lewis were just too scared of each other’s power.

Whichever way you see it Francis lost to Lewis and with Lewis being highest ranked contender it is only logical that Francis avenge that loss before facing Jones for an all time great fight.

Jones is the money fight. If I'm Ngannou I'd definitely want Jones next. Lewis can wait

afrodoc:
Yeah stylistically Jones will pose more problems. I was talking more of Lewis being a legit power puncher as well that might be the greatest test of Ngannou's chin yet.

If the next opponent is Jones then Ngannou had better get back to the gym to work even more on his grappling, takedown defense and kicking. His punching will take care of itself.

You're right. The toughest test to Ngannou's chin is Lewis.

I saw Jones struggle to takedown Dominick Reyes so with guys like Kamaru in his corner I'm doubtful he succeeds with the grappling. I think the kicks are where he might have advantage but in a way I think his bulk might help him in the grappling aspect. The issue with grappling is if you shoot and miss Ngannou will send you to Wakanda. You saw what he did to Cain. Blaydes also tried it with Derrick Lewis and that one gave him sleeping melecine

What I really want to see with Jones the narcissist full of hubris (well earned btw) is if his narcissism will talk him into actually standing and trading punches with Ngannou. He sometimes likes to try and beat you at your game so I want to see if he will dare to trade with Ngannou who will gladly eat two punches so he can knack you 4

NinjaMetahuman:
Very true


Even the only ko ngannou ever received in his mma carrier is from lewis.

Lewis has always been great puncher, but I think his chin is always suspect. His chin always failed him whenever he meets someone who out punches him.


The rematch will surely be interesting.

Ngannou has never been KO'd or submitted. His loss to Lewis was a decision and they barely touched each other all fight. Ngannou only did less, it was a case of two countries holding nuclear weapons and neither one wanted to be the first to pull the trigger

My guy did it. Really really happy. Corrected every single mistake from their first fight and sent Stipe to Wakanda. Respect to Stipe, Man has a chin. But Ngannou is just built different

Na Jones I dey wait for. Let's see if he can survive Ngannou

aliondo:
Hey guys..been a while...

Something to discuss on....pretty good trades ranging from Tucker to Bucks, Gordon to Nuggets, Oladipo to Miami...

But Rondo to Clippers and Sweet Lou to Hawks, cool to discuss about?

A40
Roland17
SmooshCHN
Deemain
Birdman

I like Gordon to the Nuggets, he will add passing and rebounding. He can be a highly inconsistent scorer but his size will help and he does have the odd night when he goes off. A lineup with Murray, Barton, Porter Jr, Gordon and Jokic would be a very intriguing one

Roland17:
No one in this generation especially over the last decade can do it by themselves anymore. The level of talent on offense is tremendous and everyone at this point is ring chasing. Can KD and Kyrie make it out of the East on their own? Probably so but at the end of the day, it’s about the number of chips on those fingers.

There is no sense of identity for teams including your traditional teams. The Nets want to strike now and it doesn’t matter what any one thinks. Most free agents want to either join the Nets/ Lakers/ Clippers because they want to win now. Is KD supposed to tell the Nets to stop signing anyone?

Lol go all over social media. The agenda and propaganda is already set. The only constant is their dishonesty. Only their queen is allowed to add players and a supporting cast like he did last year, nobody else

Same people. So what changed? So they are telling us now that washed Blake Griffin that can't even dunk again and Aldridge in year 15 are the gamechangers that suddenly deflated the Lakers

Afromentalist:
Lamarcus aldrige to the Nets.

I thought KD wanted to win on his own?

Anyway the game is more likely than not, OVER

Won de. You would think Aldridge was prime Tim Duncan not a washed 36 year old who was a negative each time he was on the floor for the Spurs this season.

Who wins on his own in today's league? Your guy is adding Andre Drummond to a team with AD, Schroeder, Gasol and Montrez but make everybody else dey look

Where is thy faith in unu King? The game is far from over

DeeMain:
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Chief anti-Lebron activist, I see you.

Don't bring what fanboys say or do into this argument. Our debate, our words , what I said, what you said, are on this thread. A healthy debate about the incident was all I wanted when I put it up. No, everything Lebron must be about anger and hate and negative energy.

Paul Pierce must be proud of you.

There is nothing healthy about your debate. The minute you insinuated a hatchet job any discerning individual can easily suss your agenda.

birdman:
At this point it is mental. Even the coach's body language is not good, if you see as e wan cry during the interview. He was dealt a bad hand, but such is life. He needs to suck it up and press on. Yeah I know, easy to say, hard to do. This looked like a great job with a great team. And then it wasnt. Life

Well. The losing streak is now officially over

On paper this team should not have racked so many losses. But then you have guys like John Wall going 8/30

DeeMain:
That was a dirty play by Lebron on Embiid. You see how simple it was for me to say it?

I wrote down 3 possible plausible reasons 2 of which are not even sinister on how Bron got injured but no!! for you they are totally inconceivable and every of point or argument must be staunchly anti-Lebron, that's the only way you can sleep easy this night.

You didn't say this at the time so forget this your hypocritical energy abeg.

It was a basketball play you would expect a guy on the end of the bench to make. Any reasonable person can see he even controlled his body to ensure he did not fall on LeBron but weirdos and Bronsexuals actually attacked this man that he had to block his IG comments

DeeMain:
2 Lakers players who were on the floor when the injury happened(Trez and Schroder) said the same thing to the press but armchair anti-Lebron crusaders must pontificate to us all what actually happened on that court from the comfort of their bedrooms and if I don't agree I am unbearable.

I get it.

Same Schroeder that was talking about how he was drafted same year with Hill and didn't see him as that kind of player? Lool Montrezl of all people. Yeah those are unbiased opinions I should listen to.

Please half the press are unrepentant Bronsexuals which is why there is so much hullabaloo over a basketball play to begin with. Y'all ought to be ashamed of yourselves sullying a player's reputation for nothing except extreme fanboyism

kendrick93:
Kovac or no Kovac, you were outclassed by the better side..
Virtually all the players that played that game are still Bayern first xi till date

Which smelling better side. I hope we jam again so we can show you that AC no be fan. Imagine comparing Kovac's Bayern to Flick's

Let's just hope all our players return with no issues or injuries. Sincerely I don't believe there is a team in Europe that can outscore us over two legs, not even Man City once we have a full squad

kendrick93:
Rubbish...
Why weren't you hoping to get l'pool two seasons ago?
because you won the CL and with Liverpool off form, you're acting big bullocks.
Never Understimate Liverpool in Europe..
Leipzig, Schalke, BvB & your almighty Bayern know wassup when they've encountered Liverpool, with Leipzig being the latest German casualty..
Rembember Pride goes before a fall..

I don't blame you sha. I blame that olodo Niko Kovac that went to Anfield to play for goalless draw. Better worry about Madrid first