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airmark:
Yes teams having the Azmouns of this world.

No. Teams having the Agüero's and Messi's

I hope the Pelicans don't do stupid sh!t like playing the already compromised Anthony Davis when they face the Lakers again this week. Allow Julius Randle and Jahlil Okafor to keep eating their bigs like nkwobi

CuteRedd:
lonzo ke what won't I see on this thread!

Magic really traded DeAngelo Russell for Lonzo. That thing is still blowing my mind

Tundesam923:
. Of course! I get all this...Antonio brown takes the word "childish" to a whole new level. But strictly football, when last would you say big Ben was elite...is he even an elite qb? I know the passing yards are fancy. The guy did throw 5 thousand plus yards, but is he top 5?(mahomes, Tom Brady, Andrew luck, Drew Brees,,Matt Ryan) Have just been wondering about that. And the leadership skills leaves a lot of questions. Kevin Colbert coming out to say a bunch of grown ass men are "kids" under him is just wack

While I understand people react differently to criticism Ben's criticism of Brown at the time was purely football related and about the said game. It was really nothing personal and mere looking at Brown's numbers it's hard to disagree

Whether Brown likes it or not Big Ben played a major role in helping him become the best receiver in the league. He has thrown 74 TD passes to him and Brown is yet to score a TD from any QB not named Big Ben

Ben's leadership skills are dodgy but I don't know how feasible and realistic it is to expect a franchise to go against a QB that has given you two SB's and 15 years of service. Is Big Ben elite? Bar Brady, Rodgers, Brees maybe Ryan you can't tell me there are any other QBs that have been better over the past 5 seasons. And only Brady has more regular season wins

If you ask me Antonio Brown is jealous of the emergence of JuJu Smith Schuster and it's sad because contrary to what he might think they actually complement each other and if you ask me, they are not direct competitors because their style of play is quite different.

In his less narcissistic moments he should ask himself why the emergence of JuJu Smith led to his career high in TD receptions. Truth be told I always suspected Antonio Brown is more of an individual than a team guy but someone needs to tell him American football is the quintessential team sport.

There's a reason Tom Brady won nothing with Randy Moss and Wes Welker but won multiple Superbowls with Julian Edelman and Danny Amendola

airmark:
Now, my prayer is answered. He must start against Liverpool.

If he starts no shaking. He don face teams wey pass Liverpool

Decale:
Roland17, how are you?
Shei you're alright?


Oya hit me...

Muehehehehehehe

These Lakers are a weird bunch. The games you earmarked they would lose they win, the one you earmarked they would win they lose. I dare say the Pelicans would have been in the playoffs race had they traded Davis

First Clean sheet in the league in 2019 thanks to a certain player's return in defense. If I say Bo, you say A another man say Teng omo na you sabi

This Schalke I'm seeing might end up in relegation playoffs. Shocking team

Tundesam923:
And on this Antonio brown issue, big Ben has no blame? At all? Going on the radio and critizing AB on the radio. I think ab has a point on big Ben having an "ownership mentality"

Abeg forget Antonio Brown. The guy is a narcissist! I won't absolve Ben but the criticism is still strictly football based.

This guy has attacked journalists, thrown tantrums during games. Skipped team meetings early in the season (Week 3), quit on his team and showed up in week 17 in a mink coat. Jealous JuJu Smith Schuster won team MVP

The Steelers will never win a Superbowl if they don't release this cancer. He is purely about his stats and is not a team player. His recent social media antics prove that

'Mr Big Chest'

"A complete bozo" like Tony Kornheiser would say

Kanter looking like a fantastic pickup for the Blazers

raumdeuter:
Let us have your predictions Presidential election who wins each state

Mine below

Buhari wins Kano, Kaduna, Zamfara Kebbi Jigawa Katsina Sokoto, Bauchi Borno, Yobe Gombe Adamawa, Niger Kogi, FCT Kwara, Edo, Nasarawa Plateau, Oyo Osun Ogun, Ondo,Lagos Ekiti, 25 states

Atiku wins Taraba, Benue Imo, Abia, Anambra Enugu Ebonyi, Delta, Rivers Bayelsa Cross-River, Akwa-Ibom = 12 states

The ones in bold will be close wins

Heard Buhari is even leading Benue. One babe I dey try chyk is from that region and she has been wailing on my WhatsApp for the last few hours cos she's anti-Buhari

NinjaMetahuman:
really annoying.
not surprised though. Most vocal critics of buhari have been yorubas But I expect majority of yoruba voters to have get sense by now.

Igbos actually

Lol Ibime see your boys ooh. This one na some Narcos P.

If Dortmund are not ready to win the league we might as well collect it back. The first half was borderline unwatchable though. This Kovac guy I don't know mehn

Coman injured again

See polling booth and how everybody comport. Lol please money is importantest

Greatihex:
lol no. Love has nothing to do with money. Like i said, money is very important, but life does not start and end in money. It is not the most important thing in life. Maybe it is for you, but it is not for me.

Lool you can be Mr World oh you can be Mr Africa you can be Mr Nigeria ooh without money nothing can be done

Ibime:
People don't like being made to look stupid, hence all those liberals who went gung-ho in support of him would rather not mention.it,.cos it's a reminder of how gullible they are.

It's this culture of outrage p0rrn that's to blame. Though I wish their PD were this decisive in dealing with actual crimes by their officers

Ibime:
The Koko is who will give him work going forward. Those gay Nollywood producers will never give him work again. The black community meanwhile already threw him under the bus.

I don't know if he is a.bad actor though. Everybody on that show look like bad actors due.to the poor scripts. Had to stop watching after season 1 cos the storylines just got more.ridiculous.each week. Even my man Terrence Howard looks like a fool on there.

You make a good point.

Lana1:
Who needs transfers when u have a world-class loan academy?

Chelsea loanees returning like

Who drafts these useless and crazy a$$ laws? You mean a 77 year old widower cannot patronize olosho if he wants to. Smh

Ibime:
Trust me he's ruined. Nothing they hate more than one of their own making them look bad

A lot of people are still trying to rationalize his actions, the condemnations from liberals have been mostly muted and in fact attention is already being diverted to another dude who is apparently stockpiling ammo to kill journalists and other targets.

What's annoying to me is the fact that he's a blehh to terrible actor that was making awoof $1m per season on a series I'm surprised is still on. Dude's luck was at the edge of a cliff and he chose to push it

Khanben:
Defenders today actually have to guard people without touching them, imagine Kwahi, PG13, butler and co with the ability to touch up their opponents.
As for fundamentals, IMO they are taught and learned unlike natural talent. Players have better chance of getting access to the right coaches these days than say 20-40 years ago, so i stand by the fact that players in all sports might not be more talented than those of time past, but in terms of their fundamentals they are definitely better.
As for ball handlers you said modeled but forgot to add improved upon. The likes of kyrie, steph. Jamal Crawford have all improved on the works of previous masters

In the regular season yes, not in the post season where refs swallow their whistles. There is very little that tops sound fundamentals and no PG13, Kawhi were not as good as Payton or Moncrief

There are people that assimilate these fundamentals better than the others. Have you ever asked yourself why the most naturally gifted aren't always the best at their positions. More emphasis was made back then on fundamentals unlike now where the focus is on athleticism. That explains why a guy like Nikola Jokic was drafted in the second round

What are you even talking about? This is like saying developers today aided by IDEs are better than developers of yore that had to type and memorize codes and syntaxes. Hell to the no!

You will soon tell us that Major Lazer are more fundamentally sound than Quincy Jones, Primo or Teddy Riley because they work with more modern equipment.

Their handles are simply fancier and are more aesthetically appealing and if we're ranking all-time passers and players who turned it over the least in the league they won't make the list so who their handles epp?

Khanben:
The old school guys are better fundamentally please give me a break, there is no sport in the world where the players are fundamentally better years ago than now. In terms of ball handling and shooting alone your argument fails.
If a big like Karl Marlone for instance could shoot MJ will in all likelihood have lost at least one championship.

This is a very hilarious statement to make. I'm in stitches here.

Tell me any defender that can lace the boots of Beckenbauer, Baresi, Scirea and Gentile? Which boxer today is as technically sound as both Sugar Rays, De La Hoya etc.

Which defensive lineman is as sound as Lawrence Taylor. Which big in today's league is as sound as Tim Duncan, Kareem and Hakeem?

All the ball handlers you have today all modeled their game after the likes of Pistol Pete, Isaiah Thomas, Penny Hardaway, Magic etc. Shooting depending on your position (especially of the 3pt variety) is not a sign of fundamentals anything bro! It's an acquired fad backed by analytics. Any mugu can order his team to launch 50 threes a game. It proves nothing and can desert you at the most ill opportune moment just ask the Rockets

I will not even go into the level of defending and all. I challenge you to name one defender in today's game that could guard like Moncrief, Payton or the GOAT. Are you talking of this buttersoft era where you can't hand check? Do you think someone like James Harden will get any calls if he played back in the day?

Your argument on Malone is moot. Who knows how many rings Jordan could have won if he didn't retire at the peak of his powers in 93, or if Charles Oakley wasn't the second best player on his team in his early years

Khanben:
I have one problem with all this GOAT conversations, KAJ when he was still called Lewis Alcindor was the best player in the whole league as a rookie.
Why is it only wings who are touted as GOAT's, this is the same problem I have with football where only forward and midfielders get all the respect.

Lmaooooo this is what Joel Embiid was saying the other day. His GOAT was Wilt.

The one argument that sticks out like a sore thumb against KAJ is that he was not even the Undisputed best player on his team. If you think of the Showtime Lakers who comes to mind first Magic or Kareem? I actually have him somewhere between 2nd and 4th on my list based on sheer longevity

Khanben:
Another point most persons don't take into account is the fact that the NBA now has more depth of talent than it ever had both in the 80's and 90's. So players now face tougher match ups(in terms of quality of talent) on a more consistent basis.
Lebron is IMO a top 10 player all time that's all i can give him, but i still recall the quality of oppositions MJ faced for his 6 championships, he was the favorite before every one of those finals.
Every time MJ faced a stacked team in his career they beat him from the Celtics to the Pistons
Personally I don't believe any team sport can have one concensus GOAT, for a position maybe e.g MJ is without doubt the greatest 2 guard of all time.

When you say more depth of talent it depends. Do you mean top-tier talent or the usual cannon fodder that masquerade as talent and flatter to deceive when shyte hits the fan. In Jordan's era for example you had in the East the Knicks, Cavs, Magic, Pistons, Celtics, Heat, Pacers who were solid and could beat any team today. People throw the word talent very loosely but the old school guys were much better fundamentally than what we have now.

You have a legit argument that the GOAT was favorite in his Finals appearances but they were favorites because of him. Jordan was the dragon everyone was trying to slay and ultimately failed to do so at his peak.

No. The Pistons were stacked and were back to back NBA Champs when the GOAT swept them. The Celtics of course caught Jordan in his early years, Charles Oakley was his second best player FFS and they were nights he had to drop 63 just to get the game to overtime. In Jordan's peak you were not in doubt as to who the best player in the league was, even in the years he didn't win the MVP you knew it was mostly due to protest and sympathy votes for others

Tundesam923:
Lol @shannon. He's a goat now...but max? That guy is not in his right senses like at all. The way he hypes LeBron up? It's borderline insane! 8 points in an Nba final against the dirk and the Mavericks, not beat an aging core of Tim Duncan, Manu and Tony Parker in 2014 with 2 all stars. He argues in a vacuum so much...

Lmaooo if Max dey vex you then I'm not sure you would be able to stomach Nick Wright. Max agrees Jordan is the GOAT so I no really get problems with am. I dey always enjoy how Stephen A dey tackle am. When I enjoy Max's analysis na when he dey talk about boxing. He's a smart dude he knows what he is doing. Na him oversabi dey koba am sometimes

Tundesam923:
Kd + kd equals one LeBron James? Max is a fool!!! How does he do it? He makes being foolish so easy

Lmaooooo Max brain dey always touch. He's smart but likes adding shock value so he says ridiculous things.

Tundesam923:
I don't see it...I really don't. LeBron better than Michael Jordan? In what universe? Its blasphemous to even say it

The black guy pouring the henny will have something to say about that.

Michael Jordan at age 40 was dropping 43 points on the defending Eastern Champions New Jersey Nets. In a very defensive league at the time. But for some reasons there are clowns that think the GOAT would not dominate today's players that can't hand check and send guys like Embiid and Harden to the line more than 10 times per game. I have no doubts in my mind that in today's NBA the GOAT would average 45pts per game and in this 3pt era maybe more

raumdeuter:
Ibime
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This guy has mental problem. He needs some time in the pen to cool off. The LGBTQ people fiercely protect their own sha so I'm not sure his career is entirely ruined

Ibime:
To show you how much Fraudiola was mollycuddled in his first season. He woulda been sacked at Chelsea.


And he might like to highlight that he has a better record at Chelsea than Pep Guardiola had in his first season at Manchester City. Sarri has won 28 of his first 43 matches in England; the Spaniard had won 27 at the same stage.

Lool no be that una Yorupa League with BATE, Vidi and co boost him record. If we count the dross you guys have beaten in Europa Level that is almost 30% of the wins

Massive fightback by LeBron and the Lakers. Ingram was massive too! Sick of people painting this team as a talentless bunch. Ingram and Kuzma are inconsistent but are two of the best young players in the league

donlittle25:
Nike shares dropped after Zion injury. A whole college student? That's box office men

And he's not getting $1 despite all the madness. The sooner they bin this college rule the better.

Nike always dropping dodgy products. Adidas >>>

GloryIsaac:
Woah!!! ... Didn't see that coming at all, guess it's down to Adesanya's seeming disappointment at how UFC234 panned out.

Stylebender for the win!!!

I'm not surprised. Adesanya is arguably the most popular guy in the division. I knew he would be in the picture pretty soon