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Melvyn11:
Haaland
Mbappe
Kane
Martinez
Isak
Gyokores
Jonathan
Greenwood
Osimhen
Openda etc

Even you will admit this is a downgrade from what we used to have

airmark:
It's every year you change my favorite defender for me. Last year it was Upamecano, this year you crowned Cucurella. It's 2025, you are still showing the old ajakaja40 behavior.

Neither Cucurella nor Upamecano is my favorite defender. Go sleep.

They are all your favorites that you spend man hours here defending. I don't have time for your useless semantics. I know you well well you can quench if you don't major in the minor

So long as when they perform you will be making noise in my mentions then that makes them your favorites.

So stop crying and pouring spit on my mentions. Captain Elejo wewe

And omo I can't defend this Jamal Murray again ohh. This regression is too steep. I can't say trade him cos they can't but they are one team that needs to look closely at the Jimmy Butler situation

Calvin Booth is doing a disservice surrounding Jokic with bums. They are a G-League team when he's on the bench. It's absurd

Fvckin Dillon Brooks a mid ass player is chucking 7 3s a game and I'm supposed to believe shooting is some type of complex skill

The difference between the older eras and now is Dillon Brook after his 2nd-3rd brick would be promptly sent to the bench. Not today that he will be allowed to shoot his teams out of games

Skrrrrrrr:
To be honest, anyone that does not want to watch because people shoot threes can go to hell....
It's not the responsibility of the players to choose a pattern of play based on some interests. We just saw the WNBA exploding because of a 3 point shooting guard. As far as I'm concerned, the NBA is simply experiencing diminishing returns.
Everyone plays to their strength. The celtics won the championship, spamming 3s. The reason.the teams of old could not spam 3s was because they were deficient in that particular skillset. Wenbanyama doesn't need to do any post work, he scores more playing the way he does. Plus a 7'4 player that can shoot is rarer than a 7'4 player that plays under the basket.
Shooting is not easy and the people that do not do it, do not do because they disliked it. They simply couldn't....

You're in your feelings right now. Wetin consign hell with basketball. This is what we are talking about

The product sucks and fans are allowed to express that. What you lot are trying to do is shame fans into not expressing that and we all say a collective No.

The 3pt is still a novelty in the women's game so you're comparing apples to oranges, let the league have like 5 Caitlin Clark's with 2 players on each team shooting 50 3s a night and watch the interest die quick

No. Teams of old did not respect the 3pt shot. It was rightfully tagged as lazy basketball. I keep telling you lot. There's nothing special or difficult about it.

Marc Gasol, Brook Lopez, LeBron James even Wembanyanma are living proof that volume is all it takes to be halfway decent at 3pt spamming

Brook Lopez made a 1 season jump in 16-17 from no 3s to 5 3s a game

Wemby has jumped from 5 3s to 9 3s a game and he's only making them at a 35% clip. What's special about that??

The 3pt shot is not nuclear physics or brain surgery. All you had to do is hoist it repeatedly. Quit making it this complex skill that professional players of yore could not master. That's utterly ridiculous

airmark:
A leopard never changes its spots. Won ti fi si elara.

You've not changed your elejo wewe ways. Always focusing on the petty and irrelevant shit.

Is Cucurella not one of the defenders you Stan. Even if I say he's your favorite I'm not exactly wrong.

Ballzproblem2:
Burna boy and cubana beef .

That Cubana dude is hilarious ngl

I want to know though what's the core of Burna and David beef. If it's not over dough or woman then I can't really make sense of it. Even David and Wiz. But at least they had a phony friendship for a hot minute.

The Burna and David beef seems everlasting

airmark:
No be VVD again?

Na every year your werey dey come with new features.

Mugu. You dey deny Cucurella. Abi he's not one of your favorites?

It's not about any tactics or modern player whatever.

General quality of strikers have dipped. Across board.

Capaldi:
Nostalgic merchants glorifying strikers like Inzaghi, Wright, klose, Jardel, Zamorano, Salas, Crespo, Roy Makaay, Trezeguet etc. Those are the names that shows strikers are dying lmao. Nostalgia is a bad thing.

Who are the good strikers today that can shine their boots pray tell.

For club and country today you can barely list 5 different strikers. Check Balon D'or list. It's a dearth of quality players in that position.

The strikers today are shyte

Ibime:
Cuku just dey cross nonsense

How many assists does the Spanish dwarf have in 2.5 years at Chelsea?

Is it more than Hall has just this season at Newcastle?

Na Airmark favorite defender you dey yab so

Skrrrrrrr:
So basically him playing the way you want does nothing for him, it's about what you think the fans want to see.... Got it....
I don't think the reason the fans are not turning up is because of 3s though. But that is a story for another day....

He doesn't have to play how I or other fans want him to play same way fans also do not have to watch. Why are fans not watching? We are telling you why. You're arguing with us again. O ga ju

Load management
3pt spamming
Lack of physicality

96 3s between Celtics and Timberwolves the other day. Sorry but that is not enjoyable basketball for anybody. They're free to keep playing that way but asking fans not to complain about it is crazy.

Load management and 3pt spamming are the two biggest reasons fans are not watching. If you like argue with the customer. That one na your right. Customer right is not to watch

Skrrrrrrr:
Make me understand this analysis.
Wenbanyama is easily the best defender in the NBA right now. He leads the NBA in Blocks per game. Plus he is averaging 26points per game in just his second season. And would likely finish top 5 in MVP voting.
He also has a FG% of 46%. How would him playing under the basket improve anything. Asides your personal biases, how does that help him in anyway, seeing as he is doing so well already with his preferred style of play?

He's 7'5. If he's not leading the league in blocks I wonder who would

Do I think he deserves to be top 5 in the MVP list? Probably not but I don't care, it's a popularity contest.

However I'm telling you that this playing style plays a huge role in why fans are tuning out the sport. Wemby at his size should not be taking more 3s than prime Klay Thompson did. Fans do not want to see that shit. What fans want to see is balance, some post moves, not a 3pt shuckin contest.

You can call it my personal bias but this is just one of many reasons why other fans are not watching so clearly I'm not alone. I'm not piling on Wemby but he definitely is a poster child of what we are talking about.

BlueRayDick:
Keke mentioned it on the podcast that there are really no bad music per se, with enough promotion a song u think is wack may turn out to be fan's favorite.

That's what record labels are for, once they are down with u they will shove Ur music down people's throat to the extent that they start singing Ur song while in the bathroom.

That's why u will see the so called music/hip hop heads will rate an album 4.5/10 after listening and review ; yet the same song will become fan's favorite and will top chats for weeks. The promotion records label do is what makes that possible.

Don Jazzy for example will push down whatever his artistes release through massive promotion even if the song no get any meaning

Nigeria music game is extremely capital intensive, shooting, airing and replaying these videos to people's consciousness costs money

I side with the artistes is when they're unable to take care of their basics. If you're a label boss and your artiste you're making money from is homeless or crazy stuff like that then that's a bit problematic or if your boss is Diddy

BlueRayDick:
The man na jack of all trades.

He will produce a movie, sing the theme song for the movie, he will act on the movie, he will market the movie and will still be the one to do the advert jingle for the same movie 😂.

It was the controversy following the death of Gbenga Adeboye and allegations against him concerning Gbenga Adeboye's Widow that affacted his career in the entertainment industry.

Na real one man MOPOL. Nigeria version of Master P.

I don't believe Nigeria has had an entertainment marketer quite like him. Even as a kid I was marveled at how dynamic he was

Wait. This is quite the Gbenga on Gbenga crime

They said he had a hand in Adeboye's death or that he was doing the hibbidy dibbidy with Adeboye's wife? While he was alive?

BlueRayDick:
Bayowa Don dey Canada since na.

Bayowa is married to one of Rasaq Okoya(Eleganza)'s daughters.

Abajo. Sharp man.

All those him films I wonder if he ever digitized them. Dude was a marketing genius

Ballzproblem2:
Na men contribute mostly na women dey revise mummy zee , you want her to stay humble for wetin, she send una work?

Babes still dey jealous this girl since last year

Everytime she tweets some random person (mostly women) will chat about how they crowd funded her so she's supposed to never have an opinion on anything again

GloriousGbola:
na - happens all the time oo

you can be over extended and in a bad place. or get the short end of a business cycle

that is where friends and family come in

microsoft literally bailed out apple in the 90s/00s
obama admin gave tesla a loan

e dey happen - you just won't hear of it.

I understand this but this is also a very critical lesson for man make e dey frugal. And don't let yourself be shamed for it.

If this kin thing had gone public you can imagine the snickering and laugh from enemies

GloriousGbola:
https://www.nairaland.com/8307587/eedris-gave-me-2-million


Raumdeuter you see ya sef?

For Keke to get money issues. Omo Nigeria na just somehow place men. There's this other guy too Gbenga Adewusi (Bayowa Films) I wonder where he is these days.

Any other country and these guys would be lifetime moguls

TrebleChamp:
Demonic ideology at play, Saudi Arabia that is regarded the birth place of Islam sef no carry Islam for head like our poor Northerners...

They're pivoting away. They and UAE are pivoting from Wahabbism meanwhile yobs from Northern Nigeria and Godforsakistan would be crying everytime Mo Salah posts a Christmas tree photo

raumdeuter:
You know me, As a capitalist I will be on the side of Kenny Ogungbe on this

This is a business. And Kenny's music invested a lot in lets say 10 artistes. Maybe na only 3 go blow. Shey na until Kenny go broke ni?

One thing Kenny kept repeating is artistes read your contract, take it to lawyer

On a similar note. I heard Asake and Olamide are falling out due to contractual issues. I am a fan of both. I remembered when Yemolee was speaking and said Olamide gave Asake contract to review in a week and return, Asake returned it in a few hours because the opportunity to work with Olamide was too big in his eyes that he was ready to sign his life away just to enter studio with Olamide

He claimed Asake said something like Olamide Badoo, I fit sign 10yrs give you. Now think about it, If in 2024, Asake is now saying Olamide took advantage of him. Who is to blame? The person wey give you contract or you wey sign

There are thousands of Asake on the streets of Nigeria waiting for opportunities the likes of Kennis music will give them

Nigeria competitive die. If na artiste wey dey country wey no too get stars I understand. All them Uganda, Tanzania, Ghana but Nigeria? Wey artiste dey unblow return back to up and coming.

Where all them Lil Kesh, Reekado Banks today? A lot of artistes have this strong misconception that their talent is the only thing that is required. No. There's a huge machinery behind you that makes you successful.

If you can find another sponsor to buyout your contract fine or else you see it through. Nobody come Lagos to count bridge

Ballzproblem2:
Just watched the video,not burnas boy biggest fan but I back for this I'm sorry, somebody charging at you will send your heart rate flying,make una learn to behave.

I support Burna boy 1000% anybody charging at you like that is a potential threat. It's a free show. Nobody knows who's who. So many mad people in this world I'm not taking no chances.

That's how them kpai Drakeo the ruler backstage

I the President of the World Anti 3pt spammers association have been greatly vindicated.

A complaint I and some of us have been making for almost 3 seasons now has finally gone mainstream.

Who caught Barkley brutally roasting JJ Redick.

These guys are a natural treasure I tell you. JJ thinks we're stupid and NPCs he wants these guys to see piss and call it rain.

Wemby was supposed to be the unicorn. Turns out he's just 7'4 Trae Young. This dude is spamming more 3s than prime Klay Thompson. This is what Inside NBA is supposed to promote? GTFOH

And what happened to the Suns. 2 games under. 500 is nasty

Nobody wan gree say football don dip. If you talk they will say you're nostalgia merchant.

Make Dominic Solanke and Darwin Nunez be top 9 for team

Spain has gone from Raul, Villa to Morata

Italy from Baggio, Vieri, Inzaghi to Belloxxi

Germany from Muller, Voller, Klinsmann, Bierhoff, Klose to Fullkrug

Something is definitely wrong somewhere and my game watching time has reduced for a couple of seasons now

Ibime:
Wahala for who say dem go show Airmark pepper. Na your body go tell you.

Airmark is indestructible. Ask Raumdeuter and A40 who have been trying for 10 years

In school I beat one stronghead JSS1 boy from an interior village. The guy kept coming back crying and shouting YOU GO KILL ME TODAY. So I continued beating him, and he kept coming back shouting YOU GO KILL ME TODAY till he started hyperventilating and breathing loudly sounding like someone about to die of thirst. So I beat him to the nearest tap and forced him to drink water, make he no die for my hand. And still he kept coming and coming till my niggas had to save me by holding him down. Na me wey dey beat am still had to leave the dorm quickly while my niggas held him in dorm. Na me still find am the next day to apologise and make peace because he was clearly a mad man.

Airmark is the Nairaland version of that nigga. He will not lose the war, even if you win the first 10 battles. I trust am die!

What did I miss?

Liverpool don carry league. Make everybody sheath their swords and strategize for next season

kushercain:
Lamelo has been balling tho. The most skilled imo.
Even his 3 pt just hits different and is quite unorthodox

Maybe, I guess I can give you that

Roland17:
I have been saying the league has become nothing but a glorified 3 point contest. The biggest differentiator between a W and a loss isn’t even defense, it is the amount of 3PTA/3PTM.

Take athleticism away from today and many of these guys having nothing!

Haha. Look at the Lakers just lost by 41.

Heat shot 24/47 and Lakers 5/22

It's so comical what we are watching and being told is the golden era of basketball. A glorified 3pt spamming contest

I'm not even wowed by any athleticism I saw MJ, Shaq, Vince, Shawn Kemp, Chuck, Karl Malone. There's nothing I'm seeing today I've not seen before

greypencils:
Totally disgusting. Imagine losing sleep to watch this. I don't bother to watch these games anymore till the playoffs. When I say I love Iverson, it is simply because of his crossovers. Give me crossovers and And1s. Is that too much to ask?

There's no player with unique style or skillset. You're basically watching 3pt spamming clones

Even Antman that was supposed to be different has been infected by the bug, Wemby is now a 3pt spammer. Someone that was supposed to be the unicorn

SGA really the only perimeter player that is growing on me with his style of play these days.

No wonder their ratings keep dropping like stone

Why dont you watch the NBA anymore?

THIS is why:
pic.twitter.com/7DQCliSDEc

— Jacob (@Jacobtheclipper) December 1, 2024

For people that go on and on about this era and how great and skilled they are.

I keep telling y'all. Nothing complex, nothing special about this era of Hoops. 3pt spamming is the only thing they do at a high clip

On a bad shooting night these "skills" are next to useless

Neuer is holding us hostage. Why did he leave his post like a crazeman

Khanben:
I used playoffs. Maybe you should read exactly what I wrote.
As for half-truths, only Denver shot less than 30 3s in the finals , the Bucks shot a total of 187 in 6 games, that is over 30 attempts per game.

Finals is not part of playoffs?

This is very funny. My point still stands. We had a team that won attempting fewer than 30 3s.

All in all quit hyping that Celtics team and committing basketball blasphemy. Any team that can lose to Jimmy Butler and Caleb Martin is far from unbeatable

Khanben:
All of the teams you claimed didn't spam 3s, all attempted over 30 3PA in the playoffs during the year they won.

Bucks and Nuggets averaged 27 3s or less in the Finals.

So you're telling half truths at best