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Chestar5:
is it child's play, y wud a reasonable human mock someone's injury ... I feel so so sorry for zouma ....
I hope he gets beta..

Help me ask o, that was the same treatment dished to Boateng not long ago

Donlittle:


same thing i said, this guy is 2-4 in the finals, and his going 2-5 in s couple of months but is getting ranked over kobe

They even put him ahead of Bird. Awon oniranu

AdeLaNa1:
Hahahahahaha! This is funny and sad at the same time.
Is dat even Zouma?? Doesn't look like Zouma to me...

No its actually all Beyonce

Make I give you Jigi Bola or eye drop make you look well

Tval:
And you think it is funny?

Don't kill the messenger edakun. When guys dey mock Boateng injury you see me complain?

Lmaoo bruhh. ESPN no go kill person. So Kobe at #12 then LeBron for top 5. A loser of 4 Finals and all that while playing in a weaker Eastern Conference.

Better than Kobe, Shaq, T.D, Hakeem

Wonders shall never end

afrodoc2:
Who was that Orthopaedic Surgeon that said Zouma would be back for the next 2 games?

It's sad news about the young man though
Only one word of advice, do not rush back from this injury. If properly managed it is no longer career ending especially for a young player.

See what I saw online. Lol I sure say na EPL fan handwork

chic2pimp:
Absolutely sensational. I really don't see how Denver's defence would stop them racking up the points but then again stranger things have happened. Cam is pretty much everything Michael Vick was destined to be. I am absolute big fan of Manning but abeg let him sign a one year extension and try his luck next year

Told you that boy's arrogance would cost him. Winning an MVP only to get destroyed by the Broncos D. The whole week he showed every sign of a guy with no respect for his opponent. That tandem of Ware and Von Miller ate him alive. Surprising nobody paid attention to those defensive beasts before the game

chic2pimp:
Very true can't deny that but still that's the way it goes. Injuries are part and parcel of the game. Let him try abeg.

Dude bigger stronger and far more intelligent. But that's part of his game though. Thearrogance. I detest it most times but i somehow like it when He does it. Nah those dudes are not as talented as he is though let's be honest. If He keeps up this level of performance, they won't be able to keep his name out of their mouths.

Its not just injuries alone. Baba can barely throw a tight spiral or get any distance behind them

RG3 IMO had the most potential he just refused to evolve. He was more explosive as a QB and started better than Wilson but didn't improve. I think RG3 coulda been at the level Cam is

Tebow and Kaepernick just couldn't throw the ball

He better bring it today. Getting to another SB is not guaranteed

I stay choosing the wrong captain every damn time. Every time

donniehaddon:
How can anybody compare mahrez to hazard. In just one season.mind u hazard replicated his form and even improved in his second season.not all players can do such in d premeir league.let mahrez try it again next season then we would talk

24 games 14 goals 9 assists

This is better than anything Ikedia ever did

Mahrez >>>> Hazard

The so-called Bundesliga idol was shackled by our small boy Kimmich. Lololololol

chic2pimp:
Absolutely sensational. I really don't see how Denver's defence would stop them racking up the points but then again stranger things have happened. Cam is pretty much everything Michael Vick was destined to be. I am absolute big fan of Manning but abeg let him sign a one year extension and try his luck next year

Lol Manning would not be in this game if we had Antonio Brown, DeAngelo Williams. Not sure he can go another year

Cam is like Mike Vick on steroids. Bigger and stronger. A bit put off with his arrogance this week. He better not let all the media hype get to his head Kaepernick, RG3, Tebow are examples of how quickly you can be forgotten

birdman:
shuo. lets see the top 10 na

wait i just looked at 11-15. Oscar with no rings is ahead of kobe with 5 rings?

Lool Kobe at #12 is a bad joke. ESPN have been rubbish for a while sha so I am not surprised. I like Durant but I don't get why he was ranked ahead of Isiah Thomas

Even as overrated as I think LeBron is I'd definitely not put him as low as #12. The list is not objective

birdman:
shuo. lets see the top 10 na

wait i just looked at 11-15. Oscar with no rings is ahead of kobe with 5 rings?

Lool Kobe at #12 is a bad joke. I can't put LeBron at #12 na haba

Lordave:
Bayern Just cut person money..

Useless Guardiola.

Under 3.5 na him you for carry brotherly. Leverkusen has always been difficult away

sleekdot:
Thank you Bastian Schweinsteiger, For saving us from paying your salary and taking it to the new maga in town . You would always be a Bayern legend
[size=18pt]Manchester United injury news: Schweinsteiger 'out for another month'[/size]
14:07, 31 JAN 2016
BY SAMUEL LUCKHURST
Bastian Schweinsteiger has missed Man Utd's last four games with a knee injury sustained in the FA Cup win over Sheffield United.

I still dey laugh my friend wey dey mock me when the transfer was announced claiming everyone wants to play for Manyoo and Scholes would never leave United for Bayern. I told him say na aloku we sell give them and Hargreaves experience suppose don teach am lesson.

chic2pimp:
Wey A40? Superbowl is 2moro. Who is your money on?
Backing my boy Cam and the panthers. Newton has been superb all season long and it's only right He wins the Superbowl. C'mon Cammy dab on em'

Hard to bet against them. That offense is too damn explosive. I wouldn't mind Peyton signing off in style but it would take a minor miracle for the Broncos to win

sleekdot:
Our newly bought Central defender Serdar Tasci had concussion in training today

Na real wa

Lol I tell you say that guy na sick note. Make we just dey pray

Curry and Thompson
J.J. Redick,
Khris Middleton
James Harden,
Chris Bosh
Kyle Lowry
Devin Booker.

3pt shooter contest. Should be awesome


Btw am I the only one that saw ESPN's rubbish rankings that had Kobe Bryant as #12 all- time.

birdman:
And Kidd. Great defensive PG. Todays Nowitzki started in Avery's era. The Mavs were a fun 3 point team before him. Till today, they have defensive identity. Btw Dirk has never hit 2000 pts per 82 games since then. His MO is changed. I wish he'd force the issue in the paint more.

Kidd was not in the 06 team my guy. No come dey blow fallacy

I don't know why you're trying so hard to credit someone for another man's hardwork

There are many reasons why he didn't hit 2000 pts. One of which is a very simple and underrated reason. Age

birdman:
Mhmm. And Chandler. And Kidd. Barea too. And Sean Marion. But its an LBJ team so I know the blinders are on. But im sure you can spot another all star in there. Bonus points for spotting 2.

Unku for the 2011 season none of the players you listed above were All-stars. Some many years past their peak

So when I say he had no All-star I know what I was saying

birdman:
Kareem stirs up stuff when its not needed. And he does this often. Classy response from Dirk. Dont give yourself hypertension calling greats names. Dirk isnt.

When I see B.S I call it. Roles reversed and some would even involve race into the issue. He is almost 70 and his utterances need to start reflecting his age.

I maintain his comments were a disgrace. He should know better

birdman:
ry
must be opinion wednesday
im a dirk fan and what kareem said is true. Dirk's best 2-3 years in the NBA was when he mixed it up in the paint. This was mainly due to the new coach Avery Johnson constantly hounding him, forcing him to get offensive rebounds, dunk and use his size to defend. By year 2, I think Dirk soured on this, even though it was obvious the all round game was helping him and the team - you need to google up the video when the Mavs sent the Spurs home early. At that time, the spurs were much more dominant than they are now. What Avery did was stunning, even his own reaction was amusing. I think Mavs lost to the heat (wade and shaq) that year
Carlisle would come in after Avery lost the locker room and win a championship based on what Avery built. But Dirk kept regressing to the point now where he is almost kinda like the old dirk. The one that used to love shooting threes with Steve Nash, val exel and co...boy they were fun in those days, but they never went anywhere.

What did Avery build? Dirk and Terry were the only survivors from the 2006 finals

Donlittle:
What do you guys think about Kareem Statement? As a dirk fan, i am pissed AF, but i will wait for some few hours, got to compose myself so i dont say anything rude

He needs to STFU. Insecurity is such a biatch. Simple question them ask he replied with an unnecessary tirade. Of course you can't question his achievements but its a disgrace that he opted to disrespect a fellow professional.

Playing with the best PG in the history and one of the top 5-7 SFs all time its easy to talk noise

Dirk went to two Finals without an All-star. Outplayed Wade, LeBron, Bosh. in the other his starting V

Harris
Terry
Howard
Dampier/Diop lmaoo

birdman:
ry
must be opinion wednesday
im a dirk fan and what kareem said is true. Dirk's best 2-3 years in the NBA was when he mixed it up in the paint. This was mainly due to the new coach Avery Johnson constantly hounding him, forcing him to get offensive rebounds, dunk and use his size to defend. By year 2, I think Dirk soured on this, even though it was obvious the all round game was helping him and the team - you need to google up the video when the Mavs sent the Spurs home early. At that time, the spurs were much more dominant than they are now. What Avery did was stunning, even his own reaction was amusing. I think Mavs lost to the heat (wade and shaq) that year
Carlisle would come in after Avery lost the locker room and win a championship based on what Avery built. But Dirk kept regressing to the point now where he is almost kinda like the old dirk. The one that used to love shooting threes with Steve Nash, val exel and co...boy they were fun in those days, but they never went anywhere.

What did Avery build? Dirk and Terry were the only survivors from the 2006 finals

SIRcumalot:
How many people can guard dirk in this league ?
I told you rose someone already mention Westbrook above.

Players with limited J's Rose that is and he didn't really guard Westbrook

Why has he failed to guard Terry, Steph, Kawhi? Why can't he guard Dirk? I thought they said he can guard all five positions.

SIRcumalot:
Off my head arenas,manu and may be Ben Wallace but he was undrafted,
It doesn't matter what I saw it those that picked him that I defer too (Barnes )

Manu was playing pro-ball for years in Italy. He was a star that had won MVPs and Euroleague titles. Na mature man before he enter league

Leaves you with Wallace and Arenas. 2 players in almost 2 decades. To tell you its an exception

Doesn't change my point that Barnes is a role player

SIRcumalot:
our lord and saviour,curry was what pick in his draft again?

I mentioned this earlier as free agency start to pick that roster apart we go see.

Salary cap is shooting up anyway. The core Klay, Steph, Draymond are locked for the foreseeable future. Barnes can be replaced and veteran players would be falling over themselves to play with Steph and Kerr

When they said over skill na him kill ninja no be lie. As boy scout wey I be I be go buy Firmino instead make I chill observe

Left Barkley for bench. Smh

SIRcumalot:
Bron is a great defender am surprise we're discussing this for one on one defence look at when in guarded Rose in rose's MVP season in the playoffs

He guarded a significantly smaller player with a shaky jumper. Where was this same LeBron in the finals vs the Mavs? Couldn't guard Dirk. Jason Terry called him out and told him ho-ha. "You can't guard me. Chei imagine telling that to M.J, Pippen, Gary Payton the Bad Boy Pistons. You are finished

SIRcumalot:
You're acting like we've not seen steals in the 2nd round before concerning dray.
Barnes was drafted at 6 that already shows huge potential concerning Klay,he was the one thing the twolves insisted on in the proposed trade for love who was a top 10 player then,also say a lot.
Barbosa still his not starting now but he was instance offense from the bench for the sunssame thing he is doing now

How many 2nd round steals can you point out too that have blossomed into All-stars. List them. I'll wait

7th pick lohun lohun not even 1st, 2nd or 3rd? What potential did you see in Barnes even 2 years ago?

We are talking established stars. Wade, Bosh you are talking about mere prospects at best.

SIRcumalot:
Was he(bosh) jacking up this much threes in Toronto ?

As the spare tire of the offense what choice did he have? Compare with a guy like Draymond

SIRcumalot:
Like I said earlier curry is the sole MVP candidate for a reason original talk was how he would look on a bad team.

What he has done with a second round pick tells me Steph will do well in any team

Dadehmola:

Him goodluck no reach that side, no network for England

Thank God I had Kane to counter my opponent. Lukaku vs Ighalo for the win

birdman:
He guarded Westbrook every 4th q, including game 4 when Westbrook was determined to bring em back. For those who remember, Wade switched to guarding Durant and literally out-physicalled him. The other end was Lebron-Westbrook. Westbrook thought he could blow past James (I did too) one on one and it never happened. LBJ checked him as far as the 3 point line! Leading JVG and a few other coaches to say back then LBJ could play all positions and guard all positions.

Nope. LeBron mostly guarded Durant. I remember lucidly. I will actually give LeBron credit there. OKC would have taken a 2-0 lead in Game 2 if not for a couple of key plays even down to the last drive.

Battier and LeBron were Durant's primary defenders. Even then KD shot at a 55% clip and averaged 31pts

LeBron cannot guard or play all positions. This is a popular myth and urban legend that time has proven to be so

birdman:
They won 4 straight after losing first 2. Same difference. They were blinding hot. Imo till this day, Durant and westbrook regret that. That was their moment. They were never as deadly as that season. Now Warriors are the new young speedy team.

Its not a sweep if they lost two games my friend. That's if we even opt to overlook the fact that the Spurs were a #1 seed that got knocked out by an #8 seed the previous year.
There is nothing for Durant and Westbrook to regret. They were only 23 taking on a veteran team playing their 3rd Finals, or at least 3 guys on the roster

Harden was especially rubbish in that Finals and I'm sure that is why OKC traded him but then again he was only drafted in 2009 and was 22 at the time.

OKC were simply overmatched against a battle tested Heat side

birdman:
Coach's preference. Blatt could have done that last year, but it would make no sense on a shorthanded cavs with kyrie and love out. When the Heat played the spurs, Kawhi was not the threat he is now. But in the last 3 years he was with Heat, LBJ took on the best opposing player in crunch time.

Reiterate all you want, you have no leg to stand on. Experts are knocking LBJ for all kinds of things. You are the first person to bring up defense. Anybody can get torched. Question is, how often is he making stops or changing plays based on his defense? That one is easy - just watch any cavs game

You are grossly overrating LeBron's abilities as a defender and it is laughable. If you need instances of lockdown defense, refer to Iguodala's job on him or Jimmy Butler for the Bulls in last year's Eastern Conference semis.

This same LeBron Jason Terry called out and went on to dominate is supposed to be this immortal defender. Lol you are dreaming

These your excuses no dey finish? Kawhi was not a threat bawo? Ok the Cavs were shorthanded last season this season nko? No be more embarrassment

In the few instances LeBron has done a good job on a player its usually against a smaller guy who can't really shoot (Rose) or a smaller significantly injured guy (Parker)

Anyone watching the game now can tell you his defense is getting progressively worse. LBJ relies on his athleticism and sheer effort, he is not a fundamentally sound defender. Once athleticism go, opari niyen

Dele Alli omo oro

birdman:
The guy that shut down a hot westbrook (PG) one-on-one in the nba finals, the year thunder swept even the spurs? And guards the best player on the opposing team come playoffs? lol. obviously you have superior knowledge to spoelstra and riley. I hail ooooo

How did he shutdown Westbrook? Bros turn to the other side the dodo dey burn

Since when did 4-2 turn to sweep? O ga oo

Why e no guard Kawhi, Dirk and Steph na since they said he can guard any position

I still reiterate LeBron is only good at weak side blocks and help defense. One on one he gets torched and frequently too

diggz:
Bros sorry I had to bring up your previous history however,as a cfc fan and a fan of hazard I wish and pray daily for him to perform beyond the shyte he has constantly served us from even last season. Ofcourse I am loyal to a fault to cfc so it is expected of me to support the squad even when dey f- up from time to time. Havent said that,I will personally own my assessment of hazard and state a line as follows;

Hazard has proven to be the most next to be superstar who has disappointed beyond reasonable doubt.

And,if you are in doubt I am totally in support of DK and A40 right now.

I end my case till he comes to stand correct and how much I do long for that......

I rest my case bruv!

3 Odeku and Cow tail peppersoup for you

Not quite sure what to make of the signing. Tasci is also quite injury prone.

I know he made Loew's squad in 2010 not sure he played but I recall he Gomez and Khedira won a league title with Stuttgart

Either way at all at all na him bad

SmooshCHN:
The NBA is one of the most organised association. Stats are available for every player. Cos one seems to hustle more than the other doesn't make him a better player. e.g Dellavadova/Curry, Westbrook/Chris Paul, Pau Gasol/D'Andre Jordan, Andre Drummond/De'Marcus Cousins, Isaiah Thomas/John Wall. They're outputs are either similar or totally different. You can't judge based on their physical hustle. They're stats tell how good or not they really are.
As for the Defensive PGs i pulled out a stat.. Curry isn't any less defender compared to other PGs. Rondo isn't any worse either. Different teams would have different impacts.. and that's where STATS come in place for personal performance.
For James, he should let Kyrie and Jr Smith do their job. And let the offence flow. Basketball changes everyday. Kyrie, Love, Jr Smith's performance has reduced compared to their previous year. Any how sha, people will still call him King.

I couldn't agree more. The ease and style of Steph is easy to dismiss. He just isn't the prototype of what the best player in the game should look like so people are still in denial