steady986:


Lol. You don dey support your player now . Wall and Westbrook are like for like. Just that he might make a bit more layups

Roland17:


I have different news links about his shooting and case saved up and I still get triggered for any Nelon Drake(the guy that killed Busayo) news. Maybe it’s time to let go of those things, time will tell.

You see wetin me and @A40 dey do with the GOAT vs the tap dancing Brady debates, na wetin Busayo dey do with @A40 with Cutler/ Rose/ Bulls that time, we go just stand one side dey look and laff. Seun don archive a lot, if not!! The man was an intelligent soul, my goodness!

Like you, I feel gutted for his parents and his family because I can’t imagine the degree of pain they have continued to endure. Man was different, I tell you!

Na why I no dey use my interactions with some of una for here joke. While it may be online and faceless, a lot goes into it especially consistent long termed interactions.

@Chic2pimp holla abeg!
@Decale, wherever you dey, I hope you are okay.

joshboo:
Full Western Conference reserves as announced.

Devin Booker
Luka Dončić
Rudy Gobert
Draymond Green
Donovan Mitchell
Chris Paul
Karl-Anthony Towns

Full Eastern Conference reserves as announced.

Jimmy Butler
Darius Garland
James Harden
Zach LaVine
Khris Middleton
Jayson Tatum
Fred VanVleet

birdman:


It was good he was separated from his buddy Kyle Lowry and allowed to mature his game with the Spurs.


And happy new year yall!

A40:
Lol I don't even understand again. Is there some form of extra bonus teams get for beating the Lakers? A bounty or something? This Timberwolves are not that good nau. I can see a team clearly playing way above its level

And as for AD. Lol. At some point you just gotta have some competitive pride. From Giannis to KAT. All the bigs just dey sodomize am like say e be Bobrisky. This is bad dawg. I knew he was cupcake since I heard he was a Chicagoan that roots for the Packers but this is getting ridiculous. And don't tell me he got injured because he was being torched by KAT while they shared the court on all ends of the floor.

Roland17:


I been wan add you for the post but I already know say u dey in pains.

Take heart.

birdman:


it brought you out of hiding

Roland17:
Thunder 79-152 Grizzlies

73 points beat down!!

Ankarabase:
He won here at ojuelegba and surulere too, good man

KingDash:
liverpool to win 5 - 0

A40:
Dwight Howard didn't make top 75 I won't be suprised if he doesn't make Hall of Fame. You see why I hate all these lists.

SmooshCHN:
Thats a good start.
Nobody is talking about Birdman and Bhudda Skillz winning the draft.

birdman:


every year his squad is vicious

birdman:


I feel robbed

birdman:
Nairaleague fantasy basketball is drafting this weekend. no stories that touch o

Please see list below. If your name shows "Waiting", please ping me so I can confirm your roster spot. If you are interested in joining and your name is not on the list, ping me as well.

Also pinging donlittle25 and skywalker5. steady986 looks like you just joined. Welcome


aliondo - Confirmed
birdman - Confirmed
donlittle25 - Confirmed
Hardetayour - Waiting
Hohenheim - Confirmed
Joephemzyz - Waiting
Killrhymz - Confirmed
KNIGHTBlaed - Confirmed
oisujeh - Confirmed
skywalker5 - Waiting
SmooshCHN - Confirmed
steady986 - Confirmed

birdman:


The short of it: you draft about 10 players that you think will be the best players in the upcoming season. Every week you line those players up against a different opponent and compete in 10 categories like Most Points, Most Assists, Least Turnovers, FG % etc. Each category you win in is 1 pt. So if you played SmooshCHN week 1, final score might be 7-3 for example. We tally these points per week, and towards the end of the season, the top 6 players enter the playoffs.

Obviously the initial draft is key, and people use different strategies. If you draft a Harden and other scorers, you likely win Most Points category every week you play. But if you draft too many scorers, your rebounds and assists suffer and you might lose overall each week. Or you can draft balanced teams, so that if you have a superstar like AD that goes down due to injury, you team still has enough balance to win categories. The draft has 10 rounds, and by round 3, most of the big name players are gone. This is where you have to think about diamonds in the rough, players no one knows that will ball in the upcoming season.

Every season we have played has its own challenges. Last year, the injury bug was strong in the league, and it changed peoples strategies. Imagine you picked AD with your high draft pick, and he gets injured half the season! You have to figure out how to replace him from free agency. You might get lucky and pick up a no name player that gets hot, or you could trade with another team to re-arrange your roster. You can swap players from free agency up to 4 times per week to help with injuries. Last season people used this a lot to stay afloat.

All of this means the initial draft we do next week is crucial. Everybody wants to pick the superstars like Giannis and Durant obviously. But if you see AD and Lillard available, who do you pick? If you think AD will have his best year ever, you pick the all-rounder AD. If you think AD will have another injury season, you pick a Lillard instead and take his points with a high TO and low FG pct.

I should add that most nairalanders I have played with are bloodhounds, These guys have no joy and will punish you as much as possible. You make a mistake and they will gladly flog you an 8-2 or 9-1. Nigerians have a high level of wickedness in the blood But dont worry, some of us are nice guys, and we will treat you humanely until you learn the ropes.

KNIGHTBlaed:


Come join us, the fantasy league dey easy to play. You go pick players to make your team on draft day, then when the league don start, you go dey get different opponent (from we wey dey play too). You go just dey set your team, pick players to start from your team every day or every week. Na like say na you be coach (but I know say highest na present Doc Rivers you go be). So top 8 or there about go qualify for playoffs, make I no explain more cos na there I go knock you comot . You can google about it tho, and when you join, you fit do mock draft so you'll get used to the way it's done.

Roland17:
https://www.yahoo.com/sports/knicks-c-nerlens-noel-sues-agent-rich-paul-nba-232914914.html

LMAOOOOO!

birdman:
IT crying after dropping 81 points in Pro Am game, that Ainge move still hurt deep!


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7QfBOTYKLA

etidy:
What are the Blazers up to? Poverty franchise

Roland17:


Please tell me you are kidding with the attachment you have included! Please tell me this is a joke! I don’t know where you cropped it from but it is extremely obvious it lacks any kind of mainstream following which buttresses my point.

Let me get you straight, your idea of respect for Giannis is for him to be included in the conversation of GOAT or the face of the league? Habamana!!!! Dis Na the real problem..The fact that you deem that block better than LeBum’s and it is the narrative in the NBA today’s speaks to my point that Giannis gets a whole lot more respect than you are admitting. Like I said earlier, I could care less whose is better.

What exactly has Giannis achieved since he became a superstar to be placed on the same pedestal as LeBum/Kawhi/Slimreaper? I am LeBum’s biggest critic on this thread but the man has earned his stripe to even be in the conversation! This is nothing about back to back 40pt games, bro, anyone can put up that number! Booker nearly did, does that make him better than Giannis? Giannis performance or lack there of in the post season is open book for anyone to spy!

Outside of this season, what exactly has Giannis achieved in the post season? Please, this is not a conversation of his supporting cast! This is a conversation about him! Come on now!!! You guys have gone way too far with this thing.. At any point in time, can you make a credible statement that Giannis is the best player in the league? I am not talking about regular season MVP titles here! I am asking you to beat your chest and say over the last 3-4 years, there has been a year Giannis was better than LeBum, Slimreaper, Kawhi or even Curry? That Giannis was the best player in the league! This is what I mean whenever I question his mental strength. What effrontery !!!

Kawhi at his physical peak took a rubbish Raptors team to the finals and won a chip! Without Kawhi we can see the scam Siakam and the Raptors are! How about with the Spurs? Man these cats never made excuses because of team mates! Infact in the world of superstars, the excuse of team mates is not admissible let alone debatable. What are we even talking about here?

Do you have any idea how the league reveres Doncic? This man was projected to win the MVP even before the season started last season! Man just stop! There is no book where Doncic is disrespected because he is not American!!! He is ranked top 5 player in the league today on anybody’s list, so where is the disrespect? Embiid? You do realize Philly gave up its present and future to an African who can barely stay healthy! The entire City had trusted the process from day one and Embiid is the face of Philadelphia sports..Do you have any idea how much the Sixers and the entire City of Philadelphia have invested in Embiid? Man, this is about territory.. You earn it, nothing is given! Damian Lillard just turned 31, he is respected but he has to reel himself to the finals someway or somehow, he knows it..

Whoever wrote that stuff even had the nerve to bring up Shaq? Haaaaaaaaa!!! Make I leave that one because he is not anywhere close to the level of Shaw’s dominance..
Did you watch the pregame video by Spike Lee before game 4? I would encourage you to do that and focus on when Spike was flipping through jerseys and tell me what you see! That is respect.
You want to talk about players that have been disrespected? Talk about Charles Barkley, talk about Patrick Ewing, Talk about Isaiah Thomas, this man like KD was hated not even disrespected..Talk about D. Howard (there is even a debate questioning his HOF eligibility), talk about Penny Hardaway, Talk about David Robinson, Talk about “the Mail man (K. Malone)! There is no space in this world where Olajuwon is not respected.. There is no conversation about big men in the NBA where Olajuwon does not dominate the narrative.

Man, I know we are Africans and Nigerians by heritage but we are over doing this tin Na! Whatever Giannis achieves this season is what he is supposed to be doing! He is not an average Joe here! He is a superstar.. Make una stop with all these tins..No other superstar has enjoyed this degree of protection from the media.

Giannis is loyal? I get that but is he getting paid average Joe money? Giannis is getting paid a super max contract! The man is on a $228M contract with over $100M guaranteed and an annual salary of $25M in A SMALL MILWAUKEE and you are talking of disrespect!!!!!!!! what in God’s sacred name are we talking about here? The NBA is consciously looking to reward him for this decision. Let’s not act like he is getting paid peanuts or he restructured his contract to stay! The NBA has done its job by getting Giannis and the Bucks, a small market to the finals with a good chance of winning it all which will be great. Make no mistake, the league is ALL ABOUT THE MONEY! If Giannis left, the Bucks would have been in tartars. That would be another small market that went crashing after its player left and the impact would affect the pockets of the league owners in their revenue sharing!

The annoying part be say, I am now seen as a Giannis hater because I expect a certain level from him..