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SmooshCHN:
Niggas would hit crude oil if they keep going this low. I don't understand how Steady986 thinks. MJ's defense wouldn't thrive like he doesn't have the footwork or IQ to adjust to today's offense? I don't understand.

People think good defense is about physicality and athleticism. How athletic was Bruce Bowen?

Every day we keep hearing nonsense about how players in this era are bigger, stronger, faster more athletic but why is Steph Curry thriving and torching fools? How did a midget like Isaiah Thomas drop 29 per game in one season.

It's very laughable when you hear people go on ad nauseum as if basketballers of today have reinvented some wheel, as if pick and roll isn't still the staple of the offense

donlittle25:
I find this funny.

Cause bron fans try to discredit Mj saying he played plumbers and because they are plumbers they couldn’t guard him but now you are using physicality against him.

LeNomad fans will always jump from contradiction to contradiction like Amalinze the cat.

People that are crazy enough to argue with NBA players who played both eras while they couldn't bounce a ball down a straight line. It's a complete waste of time

The only striking difference from era to era for me is the proliferation of 3pt shooting and that didn't start fully till the Warriors became a force

steady986:
Y'all should know that the league allowed a little physicality back then. I don't think Jordan's style of defense would have thrived in this era. He'd probably get evicted in every game.

You people always make me laugh with this talk. Half the league is copying some of Jordan's moves while the others they can't even reenact because the Basketball gods didn't bless them with the skills to pull it off. But you think the GOAT would not be able to cope with a mere rule change that would lighten his burden offensively as well thanks to the beating he took going to the basket

Khanben:
Jordan was a beast on the defensive end. I remember Barkley describing him as a panther waiting to pounce on any chance when he was defending. He only stopped guarding the best perimeter player when Pippen became elite.

Jordan still guarded the best perimeter player on opposing sides but in shorter spurts than Pippen did.

chic2pimp:
That's fair enough. I would probably do likewise in your shoes.

Some of those Defensive Teams of the Year awards were because of His Name. Substitute any other player for His and they don't get anywhere near the number of Teams of the Year awards He got.

Name?? I strongly disagree. If fans and media were influenced by name were the coaches influenced by name too? Do you realize that in Jordan's time it was the coaches and not media who voted for players that got into All-Defense teams? Did you know that coaches were not allowed to vote for their own players?

He was a DPOY even before he became the Undisputed best player in the league. Nobody would have sold Jordan as an elite defender if he wasn't one. When Magic was the best player nobody ever put him in any defensive player of the year conversation because he was not an elite defender. Jordan was and that was even before Scottie became a factor

Isn't this her 3rd straight Finals loss? Must be mad frustrating. Those days of Serena straight up bullying others with her power on the court seem to be gone. Halep just kept peppering her with different flavors and returning everything.

I don't know which beat down was worse between this one and Kerber last year

chic2pimp:
Nah no need to. I have seen enough of Jordan over the years to confidently say His defence was a tad overrated.

Opinions are allowed but I think I would take the opinion of the coaches who make a living covering and coaching the sport over yours sha.

When a player primarily known for his scoring makes 9 all-defense teams and wins a DPOY and consistently finishes as a top 5 Defensive Player of the Year candidate for most of his career then he is clearly doing something right.

chic2pimp:
As Great as MJ was, I have always felt His defence was a tad overrated.

Do you want me to show you videos of numerous highly rated defenders being put on skates including Kawhi?

airmark:
Where's alagolo Boathand?

Lol this one is clearly drunk. I'm listing players Barcelona have overpaid for and you're asking me for Boateng. Na like this craze dey start

Shey you know this is the 3rd ninja you would potentially be overpaying for in barely 3 seasons?

Dembele
Coutinho
Griezmann

You people are fast becoming the resident magas of European football

Nerlens Noel really let LeNomad's yes man talk him out of a $70m/4 year deal with the Mavs.

He would forever be cursing the day he made that quack his agent

Hardetayour:
Lonzo once picked Drake over Nas

This is true. Hehehehe Millenials gon Millennial. I try to not even be mad anymore. They couldn't possibly know better

Lol is the Knicks GM trying to build a Starting V of Power Forwards. This is the most bizarre roster assembled maybe in league history.

One team
Taj Gibson
Julius Randle
Bobby Portis
Marcus Morris

donlittle25:
Jordan retired decades ago and man name came up more

Lol I'm sure the dumbass millenials that think LeNomad is better than MJ also think ASAP Rocky is better than Nas. Some clown opinions you have to unlook

birdman:
yeee! yeparipa! kilode?!!...ahh baba God is it because I mocked Thunder fans. abeg i repent, im sorry

fire scatter this nonsense trade...morey is a coconut head

ah, o ja mi lara je

Hahahaha. Why are you so mad?? You should be jumping for joy that you won't be paying CP3 $45m at 37. Y'all got off easy for that stupid move of paying CP3 that much money

Roland17:
LMAO!!! Andy Ruiz has denied A. Joshua's request to have the rematch in the Uk. Ruiz has offered Joshua and his camp two options, the US or Mexico.

AJ should fight him in the US, Mexico even in Andy Ruiz's driveway. He needs to redeem himself and not be picky about where the fight is held

DeeMain:
But there's still a big question mark on Boogie post rehab. Only the season will be able to vindicate him.

If every other person is healthy even a 80% Boogie would do. Even at a 100% playing with LeNomad, Kuzma and AD would definitely have dropped his numbers anyway. This team as constituted has no excuse to not win the Championship. This team is DEEP

SIRcumalot:
We all know you're just preparing the noose you wan use hang James if he doesn't win a ring the coming year.
I agree it is a championship calibre squad in the absence of the warriors as we use to know them.

No no all jokes aside. If you're talking chemistry issues perhaps but from a talent standpoint the Lakers have the best roster in the league by a distance.
If I knew this would be the outcome of players they would land I wouldn't troll them for not getting Kawhi

I repeat Boogie Cousins and Kyle Kuzma are their third best players. Boogie Cousins has the 5th highest scoring average among active players. He's still only 28.

It will be a crying disgrace and a huge stain on LeNomad's legacy if this team doesn't win it all

yomi96:
stop it. Dont let the media fool you. They fooled everybody into the lakers getting klaw. If & when the lakers fail, they will look for an excuse, to save face. They would rather trade those farmers, they recently acquired to have kwahi. P.S i am a spurs fan, league is wide open.

They would be crazy if they made any excuses with this squad. A team with Boogie Cousins and Kuzma as it's 3rd and 4th best player?

Whittaker vs Stylebender

UFC 243

jidobaba:
I am just unhappy with all the fights. Mostly predictable and therefore anticlimactic.
Askren was an idiot but nobody wants 5 sec fights. Santos had all the tools to beat Jones but ordinary to pivot on his heel, he bungled it. Rockhold, stiff arrogant mf. Holm, stiff timid mf.
I am not watching UFC 240, more of the same pile of shît.

What are you talking about?? Thiago completely shredded his knees. It's a miracle he finished that fight on literally one leg

On the other hand I think it was mighty arrogant of Rockhold to step up to LHW and take on a top 5 guy IMO in the division. He was begging for a beating with that silly move

SIRcumalot:
They would still rather have kawhi.
Forget all this talk of building a more talented roster around bron and AD.

Lol I don't know about that. This current Lakers squad is very balanced and dripping with depth oh. Not getting Kawhi might have been disappointing but they made up for it much better than I anticipated.

nihilistjnr:
So its a living breathing goat that is now your own trophy.

I thought Messi was a professional football, not olusho agutan

There is no way Thunder will not fire you

Westbrook to the Heat??

The Lakers are pretty loaded. No excuses for LeNomad. This team arguably deeper than the Heatles or at least close to it

If you're Denver do you risk it all for say a Bradley Beal? Trade a first rounder maybe MPJ, Gary Harris etc for him?

aliondo:
Think I might just be done with OKC....How can they trade Grant

To duck luxury taxes I think. I mean it would take a really stupid GM to be in luxury tax for a team that obviously won't compete. Something tells me Russ is leaving soon as well

afrodoc2:
The guy talk say him and KD dey text back n forth on NBA issues, spiritual matters, and life in general.

Kai! I now know how disappointed Pastor Krest’s church members must feel (at least the sensible ones amongst them).

I think the KD incident already showed me he was a jackass. This just confirmed it. Knowing KD's personality and all, he showed desperation for clout and lack of emotional intelligence. Just because you chat with someone doesn't mean you're in their inner circle

The Lakers own was just the final straw.

Lmaooo I'm sure one monster settlement is what will end the matter at last. Shebi it's still from the pockets of COZA worshippers this bar will come out from. Wetin Musa no go see for gate

TLona1:
A40, how far Dani Alves vs Philip Lahm?

I was searching for World Cup trophy in that pile but I didn't see. Did they forget to add it?

Delon Wright is a smart pick up by the Mavs. That PG depth chart with Brunson is sneaky solid plus Wright is a decent shooter. If Kristaps stays healthy and Luka matures as hoped I can see a sleeper 8 seed there somewhere

afrodoc2:
Kawhi made a fool of all those journalists and "insiders", especially my peoples Jalen and Broussard. How does Chris come back from this?

Broussard is a false prophet of Baal. All for a drop of clout the man just made himself look like a bumbling idiot. This was why KD took shots at him. He's always trying to form familiarity