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Roland17:
Kawhi tore the meniscus in his right knee, this injury is real. But I understand your hesitation, it is legitimate when you consider the history of the player involved.

With regards to his sister, personally, you are not sounding harsh, however, we don't know how he would have processed the new information. When a judgement is handed down, it is a different feeling than when you are waiting judgement. Kawhi is difficult to read and something tells me he uses he serious appearance to mask a sensitive part of him.

Yeah, he does seem to have a mask on, so it is always difficult to say exactly what he is thinking. I wish him well tho, I really really like his game and personality. But, ugh, its ugly right now.

Roland17:
On Kawhi, his sister was sentenced to life imprisonment a few days ago, I don’t know if that is playing into his sitting. Just another angu…

Who knows, but the official report was knees I believe. Lets not forget said sis robbed and killed an 80yr old woman. Coulda just taken her money and let folk enjoy their grandma. Its not like the sis is bereaved, she has been in jail for some time already. Was he hoping the sister would be given 10 yrs or something?

Maybe I sound harsh, if so someone correct me. But Im just seeing excuses from a max contract player. And other deserving players will have a harder time negotiating if a few players keep this up

Afromentalist:
Most bookmakers and sport analysts , and even in this thread had the Grizzlies favourite. The bad faith is getting too much abeg!

Nobody compare Morant to Lebron, what people compared was a new team with no time to build chemistry and experience together vs a solid proven team and young dedicated players.

Again most sports analysts and bookmakers had Memphis as favourite to win the series !

You are right. If Grizz are so bad, how did they get second seed in the stacked west? People are just trying to downplay the Grizz so they can downplay Lebron's success! Haters will always talk, better to let them talk because you are succeeding too much. There are folks that get a good nights sleep any night Lebron plays bad. And they have sleepless nights anytime Lebron does well. You cant change what people like or hate.

22pts 20 rebounds at age 40, takeover of game at last minute, without AD playing well. All the things they like to accuse Lebron of, disproved versus a younger, stronger, more energetic team filled with sharpshooters. A normal person would applaud the old man. But haters do what they do - the applause drives them wild. It is what it is.

Lakers need to stay focused. The Grizz did not become #2 by accident. They are a disciplined team, they have 3 sharpshooters on the floor at any time, they make few mistakes and can run ANY team in the league into the ground. You have to keep them in that half court game, limit fastbreaks, keep Bane from getting hot and make Morant think twice before making a decision to pass or score. Then the Lakers have a chance to keep it close till 4Q, where it is anyone's game.

Khanben:
So you know that PG13 used to play with one leg, but now that he did not play instead of thinking that his injury is way worse than what he usually plays through, your assumption is that he decided not to play.
As for Kawhi information that was leaked boils down to, his knees are gone, he has an issue on par with what ended Brandon Roy career, yes he is trying to save himself for the playoffs like he did in Toronto, but anyone who knows about any health stuff that is classified as deneragative, know it gets worse over time not better.

PS: The only way I will blame Kawhi is, if he confirmed that his knees are this bad before he signed that extension.

If its as bad as its been rumored, bro it didnt show in the 2 playoff games vs Suns. Brandon Roy fell off a cliff hard. Kawhi on the other hand gave a championship contender all they could handle. It just doesnt seem to tally for someone you say has no knees. Did he look like someone with no knees in Game 1?

On the other hand, we have history. Spurs did come out to say that when their doctors looked at Kawhi, that he was fine enough to play. That angered Kawhi's camp and they demanded a trade. Now maybe the spurs doctors were being dishonest, but given my previous statement on how well he plays, Im thinking Popovich and the SPurs were on to something.

Obviously, Im conjecturing, but what you have are also rumors. I just see more concrete evidence that Kawhi isnt playing because he is seriously injured. He just wants a certain level of risk that he wont go beyond. He is obviously OK with a max contract playinglike 20% of games.

Many players have tried to copy Lebron, try to be a player/GM and recruit other stars to play with. Only Durant has been disciplined enough to play his part, and no other player has been succesful in getting a ring from it.

Kawhi is a huge flop imo. I cant tell if he is actually injured, or is just really selfish. Im thinking its the latter, because I noticed PG3 too now claimed he was injured and missed the playoffs. The old PG3 would play on one leg come playoff time!

Other players could start doing the same - if you are load managing one guy, what about me? Why should I get injured, risk my career while the highest paid cat on the team does nothing.

FBS:
As with sports, preferences and all the shalaye punditry wey we do dey here, everything is subjective minus the stats but stats does not always tell the whole story.

No one, can claim to be 100% objective. Anyone claiming so is a liar and we are all guilty of that bar none.

Lakers could have lost game 4 but they pulled it off so kudos to them but remember series is not over yet. I asked the question even before playoff started - Athleticism vs Experience.

So me, I am just here to catch fun and enjoy myself. Ko ju be lo.

Yessir, its all just fun. Abeg folks lets reduce the attacks just a bit Izz too hot in here. Na beg I beg o

Roland17:
Worsestill without his side kick and 2nd punch Murray!

I had expected Hawks to take game 5, because Trae is a spoiler like that. But when I saw Murray out, Im like its over. I am shocked to wake this morning and see Hawks still won! Wao!

I entered the gym like Lebron this morning

A40:
I wouldn't say over. I just have a hard time believing it will go more than 6.

The Lakers are easily the better squad and certain players are punching below their weight while others are punching above it on the Grizzlies

Grizzlies are an energy team. Period.And they are well coached, very few mistakes per game. I think they gassed out in OT, not sure why because they are the younger team.

Roar old man, roar! Cant wait for Skip tomorrow

Impressive to see the adjustments Lakers made to negate the Reaves-Bane matchup.

when lebron takes a charge to stop you from scoring, that is high praise!!

A40:
Birdman

Congrats I heard our Akwa Ibom brother has been hired by the Rockets. MeToo yentas like Malika Andrews and other yentas that wanted that man to rot in unemployment have been put to shame. Hopefully he learned his lesson as well. Stick to the script. kitten is never worth the hassle

Learn lesson ke? Babes don dey line up... At least avoid another mans food.

Giannis! How I wan take recover bayi

Interesting night. Two top seeds have to avoid a 3-1 hole on the road.

steady986:
I started off defending him, but at a point I realised it was illogical to defend him

So na shakara you dey do me all this time

Roland17:
@Birdman, e be like your jazz work oh..

Ime Udoka is joining your Rockets!

hahaha yeeaaah. Dem take am go southwest houston, give am isiewu, hot an fresh. baba agree sey its time to come home. Welcome!

Roland17:
@A40 did you see the Garcia v Tank fight. I am not even sure why it was marketed like it would be close because I knew Garcia was all mouth. Man was dropped in Round 2 and waved the white flag by kneeling in the 7th after suffering serious body shots who was just looking to punish him.

Also, your boy Cujedo is on the cards for next month…

Either that or he has some serious punching power. He downs opponents on normal looking shots

Roland17:
Sixers v Nets

Doh!

steady986:
It was a toxic relationship that will take 2 years to heal from.

Duuuude, you were always defending westbrook. You want me to point you to your 100 posts?

chic2pimp:
ANTHONY EDWARDS!

Thank God, no sweeps this playoffs. Even though Minnesota looked like they were trying to get swept

FBS:
imo Lakers efficient and fast start got them past Grizziles in game 3.

And Yes, LeBron is not human. How is he able to play like that at almost 40! How?

Russell also found his mojo.

Can they replicate same in Game 4?

It will be hard to. They won because they jumped on the Grizz early. But its a home game, so maybe they can pull off a close game 4

What a horrible way to lose a game

Roland17:
If only the Nets have some consistent scoring they would have made this a difficult series because they are doing everything right defending Embiid.

Or is he just gassed out? The way he is half stepping about...

Maxey!!!

And congrats to Mike Brown! Well deserved!

A40:
Na wa oh Birdman. So this is the Karl Anthony Towns you were comparing to Chris Webber and Kevin Garnett

He has the skillset. Mindset is another matter

Roland17:
Even me wen pick the Grizzlies to win the series don dey shame for the Lakers after looking at the lineup that just jumped them in game 2

If they jump them multiple times, then yes there is a problem. But one game, nah. E dey happen

A40:
Jamal Murray mehn. The ultimate X-factor

I called it right before the game

A40:
Lmaoo abeg that Draymond suspension is well deserved.

This is not the time to cry about referee. You have thoroughly deserved to lose the first 2 games

commissioner was in attendance, yet the guy man dey jaw back and forth with paying customers. I expected this. And warriors need to be careful. That commissioner can be vengeful. Draymond no understand, but that conduct, right in front of league head, is essentially a slap in the face. And they will try to take their pound of flesh. Best thing Dray can do is lay low.

Heat laying an egg in milwaukee

Grizzlies arent going anywhere without Ja. They had a near perfect game, and it still felt like Lakers were in the mix till the last minute.

Lakers are actually playing really well. Its just that kind of night. Shots just arent falling