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aliondo:
He's got the max...right?

Yes. You essentially are one injury away from a Washington Wizards situation

Khanben:
Westbrook's problem stems from the fact that he has never learnt what it means to be a great player.
Charles Barkley asked coach Pop about how Kwahi became a great player and his answer was,
'The day he finally understood that when I call a play for him, its not for him to score, but for the TEAM to score'. All the greats had to learn this at some point in their career even the great MJ.
So the fact that a 30 yr old Russ is still playing Hero ball in the playoffs continues to puzzle me.

Sometimes when I watch OKC I just scratch my head. You would see some plays where they don't even run any sets, you just see Westbrook make a beeline for his usual koro on the court (the elbow) and just launch his usual brick

The weird thing for me is that his mechanics and shooting stroke look solid, he doesn't shoot like say a Draymond who looks like he's wearing a school bag while shooting or a Shawn Marion who looks quite awkward as well but he bricks it probably worse than they do

Roland17:
One player comes to mind that fits the bill for the Blazers as you described and that player is Draymond Green. Someone who can player as a PF/SF. They can also try TJ Warren, J. Butler, T. Harris, Covington, Jae Crowder. Like we know, they are already over the luxury tax, might as well increase it and assure Dame of their commitment to remain contenders during his prime.

All these guys would probably want a max deal apart from Covington and Crowder. Maybe Warren too but Warren can't play defense

aliondo:
Bro,i hate to say this but i think its time to trade Westbrook....

What do you think?? and which possible trades could materialize for Westbrook

Cc Roland17

Bahahahahaha. Have you seen his contract? Nobody would trade for Westbrook. Unless they are completely brain dead

Melvyn11:
I still think Pep Bayern of 15/16 is tactically is best ever side. As good as his City side is they still has levels to reach what Bayern was in 15-16.

Overskill kill ninja is the best way to describe Pep and his teams in the CL. Good as he is he has never quite mastered how to set up for away KO games. His oversabi always gets in the way.

The 15/16 should definitely have seen Bayern get to the Final. But any tie Pep gets to play the first leg away from home vs any top side just know you're as good as knocked out. He always sets the team up for control and dominance of possession rather than trying to get a friggin away goal!! 3 years at Bayern, not a single goal scored away from home in 270 minutes of football

iamrosheed:
Zaha koor,we need a top class winger that has an eye for goal

Zaha doesn't have eye for goal? I'm not understanding

Westbrick

@birdman
I notice say you no talk anything about James Harden's King Joffreyesque flop

Khanben:
next year Giannis and Dame will be eligible for the supermax contract. From what i am seeing this playoffs if they really want a ring without leaving their current franchises they will have to to take less money than they can get (when the supermax is offered) just like Duncan & Dirk did for most of their careers. IMO both sides have the building blocks of a serious contender, the Bucks just need an upgraded second option a player with the same skill set but more consistent than Middleton, while I think the blazers should follow the Pistons 08 formula and get a fourth option in the mold of Rasheed Wallace a player who plays D, can shoot and more importantly can creat their own shot.
Both scenarios will need both their stars to leave money on the table for their teams to work with.

You make a really really good point. There is nothing worse than overpaying for players that won't put you over the hill. That's the surest way to land in misery. Portland are still in salary cap hell for the deal they gave Evan Turner, The Raptors gave Kyle Lowry 30+mil so even if Kawhi leaves they would struggle to get any player worth a max without entering cap hell

The Hornets could lose Kemba and not be able to afford decent replacements because Nicholas freaking Batum is due $27m

Portland need to consider that. They are truly a good swingman from being a legit contender cos pound for pound they have the most explosive backcourt in the game behind Steph and Klay.

The Bucks too would have to pay Brogdon, Middleton and if they don't perform Giannis might wind up the new Garnett. I like Brogdon and if he could just stay healthy Milwaukee would be good regardless. Their pieces are so complementary that provided the likes of Middleton and Bledsoe don't completely fall off a cliff they should still be able to contend. Their competitive window is wider than the Sixers and the Raptors

chic2pimp:
Juice or no juice AJ would still have smacked Him around like the Big Baby He is. The Dude is an idiot sha. I can not for the life of me phantom why an Individual would take that risk months before the biggest pay day of His career?

Lool that nigga wicked sha. He took both pills and blood doping. AJ has a kid FFS. These people want to endanger other people. Doping in a combat sport for me should be life ban.

aliondo:
Gotta huge mountain to climb now...

If we lose this series, get ready to take the saddle on as our new head coach once we fire Donovan...

I don't even know what a new coach can do to save Westbrick. How do you coach a player to not miss his last 10 shots or fail to score a bucket in the second half

There is little you can do when Westbrick goes Bricko Mode

yomi96:
is this how the rockets will beat warriors? With Harden shooting 2/20?
The same harden that brought them to the playoffs will shoot them out the playoffs. Chocker

Lool. No chance in hell. Harden's playing style doesn't work in the postseason. No be today. If he ever gets in a series where the refs swallow their whistles and the refs call BS on his flailing nonsense the Rockets will be toast

I'm actually more disappointed in the Jazz and their bricklayer in chief Donovan Mitchell. They didn't put up a fight at all

God safe us from James Harden

Awon Slay mama. Tan ba ti wo Snapuchati

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YsvAJ69YNvA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1BpApL2PRGo

ReysonDrabek:
Not only positive but positive for more than one substance. Apart from steroids he was also blood doping (EPO) and with EPO like with Dillashaw there is no chance of tainted supplements because its only injectable. Thats the same thing lance armstrong was doing and is about the most egregious form of doping. Clenbuterol, turinabol here and there in small quantities i can give a fighter the benefit of the doubt, i did it with jon jones twice (and still do it before every fight since USADA agrees hes pulsing) and with canelo. But this guy is just a piece of sh-t and should be permanently banned from boxing! SMDH!

I agree. He came off as a complete jackass at the prefight conference and I just assumed that was his lame strategy to get into AJ's head. I didn't know he had more sinister plans. What a wasteman! He pissed on a shot at $6m

ReysonDrabek:
I really hope ortiz gets the fight but hes probably too dangerous to take on a short term notice, Hearn just got an excuse to fill the spot up with another farmer. Fvck the heavyweight division, a bunch of bitch boys and gaping vaginas!

Ortiz is AJ's preferred choice. The fighter that would give him the most credibility on US soil. Actually it's up to Ortiz to take the fight at short notice. AJ has been in training camp and is likelier in a better fighting shape than King Kong

ReysonDrabek:
LOL We've already proved that Lebron and KDs case were extremely different so stop trying to compare the two. Besides, lebrons performance was more about him being passive than anyone doing anything to him. Heck i could have guarded him in that series and he still would have sucked. I didnt compare the mavs with any team, i just said they are a better defensive team than people realize. I also didnt say lebron was bad, i said he said he wasnt a very good player

"I wasn't that good of a player in that series. I wasn't a complete basketball player," James told reporters, per TheScore.

"Dwane Casey drew up a game plan against me to take away things that I'm good at and to try to make me do things that I wasn't very good at.

"So, he's part of the reason I am who I am today."

Stop trying to put words into my mouth to win an argument. Everyone who watched that dallas series knows it wasnt about just kidd, everyone who watched kds game vs the clippers knows he let beverly get to him period. Stop trying to debate that.

So he just chose to be passive? The defense did nothing to get him off his comfortable spots? This is a very irresponsible take to make.

Even your Dwane Casey quote contradicts your statement.

Jason Kidd did a job on your boy. A fact corroborated even by Miami Heat beat writers. All your long salaye on this matter is basically your mea culpa as you have reversed position on your previous takes

I have no need to put words in your mouth as I have won the argument already. While it is clear to all and sundry that KD battled albeit with a smaller guy, your man LeNomad pretty much surrendered and had his will to win a Final taken away by a 38 year old You should be as mad at him as you're mad at Amir Khan

Big Baby Miller's B sample arrived. Also positive! This mofo had been juicing. Ban this wasteman from the sport permanently

Too easy for Overeem. If only he had a stronger chin he would have won that UFC belt for sure

ReysonDrabek:
Imagine comparing the defense of the 2011 mavericks to these clippers LMAO! Was easy to guard lebron at the time cause all they did was stay off him and dare him to shoot, cause that dallas team was one of the best defensive teams of this era period. Marion, Chandler, stevenson and so many other seasoned defensive veterans. The whole team philosophy was to stop lebron from doing his thing and lebron in turn looked like absolute sh-t. Like he admitted, they made him do things he didnt want to do and he wasnt ery good player so because of it he got better. As for rondo he has one of the best basketball minds in recent times period. He guarded lebron only from the third quarter not the whole game and most times he came with a double team with perkins usually waiting after lebron posted rondo up. Plus lebron managed to create shots for his team mates while being guarded by rondo. Wasnt even a playoffs game, they knew better than to try that in the playoffs. In any case saying kidd or rondo locked lebron up is friggin ignorant! The only idiots bold enough in their stupidity to claim kidd or rondo shut down lebron reside on this thread.


Now compare that to patrick beverly hounding you and restricting you to 8 friggin shots. Imagine sending tapes to the league to complain about how patrick beverly is defending you. Thing is whether you as- licking cunts want to admit it or not, KD is just soft, period. What A40 the lying sack of sh-t wont tell you is the same 38 year old Kidd locked down 7 ft kevin durant the same year. And lets not forget Tony allen who constantly bullied durant!

You're a crying disgrace. You have gone from claiming Kidd didn't D up LeNomad to crowning the Mavs the best defensive team since the Chicago Bears. Michael Jackson is applauding your shameless moonwalk from the great beyond. You should have said this ab initio instead of disgracing yourself

The primary defenders of LeNomad were Shawn Marion and especially Jason Kidd, defer to people who actually watched these games you friggin herdsman. Imagine the cheek of this sodomite claiming LeNomad was not a very good Player at the time. A two-time MVP (Bronsexuals even swore he deserved it in 2011 as well) now this imp is trying to do a 180

You should be ashamed of yourself. Your LeNomad was held to 17pts in a series by a 38 year old

You're not even disproving my point of smaller guys D-ing up larger players throughout league history like I was trying to enlighten your fellow ignorant Bronsexual. I'm not here to argue for or against the hardness or softness of KD. 2011 was KD's 4th year in the league. He was 22. Your MCM was 26 and in his 8th season in the league.

Bottom line you can't troll KD and exonerate LeNomad you shameless hypocritical nonce

ReysonDrabek:
Amir Khan is a certified bitch!

Hahahaha your faux goat strained that region and couldn't play for a month. You're one to talk. As if you wouldn't be knocking on heaven's door if you got hit like that you sedentary bozo.

He would stay down if he was a coward after that crazy knockdown in Round 1. He did his best

Say what you want about Amir but he's no bitch. He just has no chin

ReysonDrabek:
Dude your sister asked for it, how the hell was i supposed to know she was under 18? she looked 30 mate.

I don't have a sister you unrepentant donkey shagger. You're still a nonce. Just because it's legal in your part of town doesn't mean you're not a deviant

ReysonDrabek:
Didnt i just say Hollow man is one of the OGs? Doesnt mean hes not one of the most lyrically lacking grime MCs period. That quote about "kings of lyin" i always like to use is from a giggs song BTW, from santans line. Only two songs in wamp to dem are worth listening too, the rest is hot trash. Dont even get me started on his latest project. Look what the cat dragged in is considered a giggs classic but is a microcosm of his flaws. Grime beats are lacking to put it mildly which is why lyrics are so important.

Landlord is my best Giggs album anyway. That was the album that had a solid body of work. Lyrically though no Grime MC can cope with actual rappers. If Rap was the Heavyweight division, grime is like the Middleweight/Lightweight division. It's not even close

ReysonDrabek:
LMAO Look at this casual? Just because you know a few names doesnt mean you know jack sh-t about the grime scene. Like him or not, the main person behind the grime resurgence is Big stormz, big mike, the problem. I dont rate him too much but anyone who wont admit that is a hater or just doesnt know. The grime scene didnt start popping when bugzy sent shots, it started popping when chip came back and set all their arses on fire, chip alone stood his ground against about ten hating a-s MCs. Bugzy owes his career to chip. Plus why wont it take 5 months for chip to respond? Chip was popular, everyone knew everything about him. No one knew bugzy, how do you expect him to write a diss track about someone he knew nothing about? What did he do when he got the ammo he needed though? he shredded the man to pieces while bugzy was busy repeating one thing over and over again! You actually believe he went pop? LOL Bugzy stan, hip hop is not Pop. Chip is a pioneer for british music, i remember bumping to london boy in secondary school back when he was still chipmunk! Bar for bar very few can come at chip, like he said "they can out shoot me they can out stab me but moms life they cant out verse me".

Oh shut the hell up man. Who waits 5 months to release a clapback. That's past the statutes of limitations in any other genre of music.

I don't have time for your long story. All I know is Bugzy played a significant role in Grime's resurgence whether you like it or not. He's not even a Londoner which makes his achievements even the more impressive.

As per their beef I'm still on the fence on who won it. Hence my previous response on the subject. But imagine comparing a song with such a weak title for starters like 'Dickkhead' to a song like Ether.

If Chip is the gold standard for grime music as you allude to, then this essentially proves my point. And yes he did turn Pop. Stop arguing nonsense you little Chip fangirl.

ReysonDrabek:
LOL This clown doesnt know that Grime evolved more from reggae than rap. Thats why most of its pioneers are jamaican. Like kano said "before i knew the whole alphabet i knew zunguzunguguzunguzeng" I told you you dont know anything you casual. Only reason you im.beciles are bumping to most rap songs is mainstream appeal period, no substance in them whatsoever.

Lmaooo that's not the argument you cross eyed hippo. Rap is one of its most important influences, no one is it was it's only influence. It's borderline impossible for any genre of music to have one sole influence.

Why even bring reggae up? Are we comparing Reggae to Grime? Crazeman

No Grime MC living or dead can step to a Big L or Big Pun. What is this cretin talking about. But what else can I expect from someone that considers Kid freaking Cudi an elite rapper.

ReysonDrabek:
No, this will be a massacre, he gets no props from me, he knows he has everything to gain and nothing to lose. I get its a world championship fight but he should go and fight Kell Brook straight after. No excuses cause thats the fight that really makes sense.

Why are you always so emotional. You must possess unusually high levels of oestrogen

No fighter tries to get in the ring to intentionally get embarrassed. At least not one with Khan's résumé

I am pretty sure Brook would beat Khan. His chin is Brunoesque but suggesting he's ducking Brook is unfair. He's fought Maidana, Canelo and Danny Garcia. You can't tell me after fighting those goons he's scared of facing Brook. That makes zero sense. It's probably a money thing. Truth be told I don't care for a Brook/Khan fight. They are both washed!!!

The only fight I care for at that level is Errol Spence Jr and Crawford

Roland17:
I will excuse his bad shoulder because he has been dealing with soreness with that right shoulder even before the playoffs and injuries to the shoulder are very devastating for volume shooters because they affect the range of motion.
Truth is, PG13 alone can not carry the Thunder past the Blazers. They are going to need Brodie to remain as aggressive as he was tonight at the offensive end. They both have to average 25 or more points. I would love to see Donovan combine Schroeder and Westbrook at the top when the need points.

Yeah credit to him for toughing it out with that shoulder injury. Still think the numbers are really poor but they are understandable.

Brodie still shot bricks yesterday but the key difference maker was that all the role players stepped up. (Grant, Schroeder, Ferguson) role players typically play better at home. They are also losing the battle of the bigs. I thought Stephen Adams was supposed to be an elite defensive big. Appaz I was wrong because he is getting torched by Enes Kanter in this series

aliondo:
He is still struggling...The free throws helped him much...Hopefully, he comes alive in the next game! !!

T-Mac said he was playing with a torn labrum. Sure looks like it

steady986:
Lol, this is the first time you're accepting that you're wrong. I actually thought you were superhuman or something.

Lol. Showing me a picture of Rondo guarding Lebron is not enough proof. We all know defenders switch all the time during plays.

And Jason Kidd is 6"4, which isn't significantly smaller. It's just 4 inch difference. KD is what, 6" 10- 6" 11? And Patrick is 6" 1, so try again bro.

I always admit when I'm wrong. Stop assuming carelessly

Stop arguing nonsense. Rondo forced LeNomad to 4 turnovers in a half and he ended up shooting 10-21. You're being a hypocrite if you say Beverley shutdown KD while he got 21 pts from 8 shots but Rondo didn't do a job on your MCM that he only got 22pts from 21 shots

Now you're just splitting hairs. What of the weight advantage? Or is weight not part of size? LeNomad is at least 40 pounds heavier than LeNomad so don't try to use that sorry excuse. And the single most critical factor. Jason Kidd was 38 . You should be ashamed for your MCM honestly

I have shown you bigger guys have been repeatedly slowed down and guarded by much smaller players. That you could even dispute this makes me question your basketball knowledge entirely

ReysonDrabek:
LMAO Fine it was a few days to your sisters 18th year birthday when i shagged her. That doesnt make me a nonce. Besides, i was 20.

What an ignorant Muppet. We all know people your ilk like them underage. I mean it's law

ReysonDrabek:
JME is a certified don, a lyrical genius so i'll give you that. Giggs is one of the OGs but bruh, the man cant write a proper 16 bars to save his life, relies too much on hard beats and his voice even he knows this. Bugzy brought grime back? LOL! You're a friggin dweeb. Trick question chip or bugzy? Another trick question best LOTM and why? Commercial nonsense? any of the MCs i mentioned mainstream? Arent you the dolt who thinks rap is better because its more commercially successful? Like i said, i have never been to cyprus but its filled with unfathomable abhorrent crackheads so it seems like a seamless fit for you.

Giggs a grime legend still. Put some Respek on his name you Millennial

Lmaooo you know so little about the genre you say you rep. Grime had gone pop till Bugzy came along. All your favorite grime people had long gone commercial (can't blame em but it's the truth) Lool lyrically I'm not blown away by either guy (they wouldn't make a top 200 rappers list) but my respect for Bugzy is that he never went pop unlike most of the rest. Including Chip. Their beef was a draw in my eyes. You could roll with Chip because he kept dropping tracks that Bugzy didn't reply to. Or you could pick Bugzy cos Chip at a point needed all of 5 months to respond. Doesn't really matter

This clown thinks rap is better because of commercial appeal. What a Sergio Ignoramus . Like I said only an obtuse ape like you would compare Rap to Grime (an inferior imitation)

ReysonDrabek:
Any ways, i'm in too much of a good mood for your shenanigans to change that, only a few hours until bud beats the devil out of that dosser amir khan. So keep the lies and adhominems coming, this greek god is living his best life.

Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Amir Khan gets props for taking this fight in the first place. Win, lose or draw. The man has heart, it's just unfortunate the boxing gods gave him a weak chin. Same thing with my boy Overeem. It breaks my heart to see

Roland17:
He has been the best player for the Raptors. He has discovered a level of confidence and careful execution of plays that translates into high percentage shots. Also his wing span is a problem defensively as he alters and disrupts passing lanes and rebounds really good.

He's legit Kawhi-lite. Plus he can shoot 3's at a solid rate. His cardio is insane as well

ReysonDrabek:
Stop posting on this thread you shameless clown. Everyones inclined to believe everything you post is a lie. Nothing worse than a despicable liar. Pffft!

ReysonDrabek:
LMAO, One time is a mistake, maybe two. But you've been caught too many times small fry.


At least lebron didnt get locked down by Rondo. ason kidd guarded lebron, do you want to stick by that or do i have to expose you again? nothing more despicable than a liar!

You're sounding like a broken record.
I dare you to expose me you donkey shaggin nonce. You couldn't possibly have seen that Finals. You were too busy trying to safely cross your cattle from the Katsina-Niger Republic border

And I'm quite upset you questioned my grime taste. Mofo! How old were you when I was bumping JME, Giggs and Sway D'Asafo. And a massive F..k you for slandering my boy Bugssy Malone. That boy brought hard grime back not the weak commercial nonsense you tramadol chewing midgets listen to in that your Cyprus dorm room

Playoff P shooting 3 of 15

Lmaooo. The closest thing to Kyrie is Tyreke Evans yet in a close game Nate McMillan leaves him on the bench for the last 5 minutes. I don't get these coaches half the time

ReysonDrabek:
LMAO, One time is a mistake, maybe two. But you've been caught too many times small fry.


At least lebron didnt get locked down by Rondo. Jason kidd guarded lebron, do you want to stick by that or do i have to expose you again? nothing more despicable than a liar!

Shut up you cross-eyed hippo.

So LeNomad who needed 21 shots to score 22 pts was not locked down. But KD who scored 21 pts from 8 shots was locked down?
Ret@rded hypocrite

Are you claiming Jason didn't guard LeNomad in that series? Lmaoo boy I wish you would

ReysonDrabek:
LOL! Yeah phil actually won the Nba championship in his first FULL season in charge.

E even add 'actually' for special effects. Lmaooo a special nonce

ZenHallewell:
No you shameless clown, bogdan was for a couple of games but young was the primary defender plus they tried to throw different bodies at him.

I don't have time to dig up your other old ret@rded handles else we would have all had a good laugh at your gaffes. Shameless sodomite

Looks like the Raptors have Kawhi's replacement already. Siakam is the truth