steady986:


I didn't bring this up because I wanted the conversation to keep going. If I had a gun to my head and they asked me who has more skill between LeBron and KD, I'd be willing to risk it.

I dont think its even close. Durant has remained a gunslinger, not much else

benji93:
But common, apart from the Celtics series, he's been quite efficient. . I know say Lebron dey the discussion but no do this.

it wasnt until you brought it up. Outside of the warriors years, when has easy money sniper been reliable in pivotal games in the playoffs. I feel like we, including me, felt the need to give him props so we could say here is the next best thing in the NBA. Aint that shot pretty? But he has not lived up to it. At all. Durant is a hard worker. And he is a baller. But he is not top 5 best in the league right now.

A40:
Embiid is not that guy. If I'm the Sixers I would strongly consider moving him.

The more I hear him speak the more If it didn't dey, it didn't dey comes to mind

He needs a change of environment, I think he is too comfortable in philly. The process, or experiment or whatever they call it. Its over. Done.

Skrrrrrrr:




That nonsense about being the all time leading scorer is simply a longevity stat. Alan shearer is the leading scorer in the EPL.
PPG is a better measure.
Imagine Lebrons physicality with KDs skill, he'd be the GOAT by now

What skill does KD have, other than using his 7ft to jump shoot high percentage shots. Until last minute of playoff game. Then said jumpshot turns to low percentage. Na ask I dey ask o, no be sey I wan start fight for hia

Seun:
It's been a pleasure serving all of you since 2005!

Wow! You are older than I thought. Kudos to you man, and enjoy! Have a blessed week celebrating

steph curry showing he is a legend in all things not just basketball. Man you could feel his joy

Blueelf:


That guy is not worth the hype

He prolly will have a yao ming type of career at best

And I a not just saying this because of your post

you might unfortunately be right. there is more to the nba than just skillset. If its just skills, Nowitzki would have been superstar year 1. There is a speed and strength component to the NBA game that is not present in any other league. When lebron came into the league, the hype was too much, that I was sure he would fail. But physically he was a beast, so you couldnt bully him, just play on his inexperience.

Wemby appears to have the same type of hype, without the requisite physicality to back it up. For that reason, its feeling more like a yao ming trajectory like you said. Which is great in of itself if the kid can do it. Kid looks like a class act, and I hope Spurs can figure things out for him

Spicy p!!! O my my my, they wont like this

Juicewrld27:
Hint: He is known for his Game 6️⃣ magic and is a 4-time NBA Champion! 🏆

#GuessThePlayer #GuessWho

that looks like klay

Roland17:
Remember the kid that tried to beat Ajala on the court and his band of travelers swore his career in the NBA was over?

Welp… that kid just got paid!

https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/37991798/pistons-isaiah-stewart-agree-4-year-64-million-extension

As he should. One mistake in a passioned game should not equal end of career. Lebron is a good guy, no way he would impede another players progress. If he can share team with rondo, its obvious he is laid back and not the micromanager folks try to paint him as. And kudos to pistons for seeing past one game.

Now broda man needs to just lay low and work on the temper. Dont let the villagers know your address abeg

steady986:
Wembanyama heard y'all noises

I am yet to watch the kid play a full game. But Im not seeing how his game will translate to the NBA. I feel like he needs some strength and post presence. A player that size will need a defender to believe he is a viable post threat and give him enough room to operate. Well sha, lets see... looks like a good kid in a good organization. Cant beat Pops for character development.

Khanben:


It was a sign and trade, so that plays into it a bit, because the UFA player needs incentives to agree. Also by the time you guys need to pay your young players that contract will be a very tradable contract as a salary filler.

thanks for the explanation. unlike those who sought to trouble me

Roland17:


Take heart and accept my condolences. Overall though, I think you guys did well with the additions of Ime Udoka and FVV but paying D. Brooks and J. Landale is questionable.

I actually like Brooks game. But boy we overpaid by too much. Makes me worry front office is not savvy

Roland17:


Birdman was busy fasting against Harden returning to Houston, baba no sabi say the one wen pass am dey road

this is a spiritual attack, we the fans must respond accordingly

A40:
Dillon Brooks had the last laugh. 4 year $80m to the Rockets birdman where you dey?

Make my pikin talk say e no wan play basketball ehn. I go flog craze comot him body

it is not final, somebody with sense needs to kill this rubbish right now.

A40:
Why will ESPN fire Jeff Van Gundy. Smh

Jalen Rose though. After making you apologize like a mumu on that Ime Udoka incident where you should have stood on bidness. Shows you no amount of pandering and twerking to the mob will save you.

Max Kellerman was also a good guy but seemed to pander too hard to us black audience. When T.O came on First Take and told Stephen A that Max was more black than Stephen I'm sure Stephen A has not forgiven him since. After going through his story and how he lost his brother omo he's really an exceptional person to still ride for black people like he does.

ESPN is a dying network anyway with their woke foolishness. The day they stop showing live sports they will be out of business

I dont think JRose firing was personal. Its just business. I hope the brother stacked his paper while he had the chance

Roland17:


He Knicks, Clippers and Rockets are in play.

I heard celtics are in play as well

A40:
I feel bad for John Collins. Going from the strip clubs of Atlanta to Mormon country must be frustrating as hell

Skrrrrrrr:
Lol. The Suns are trying to sign Kyrie....

Im confused. Didnt they just sign Beal?. wetin dey happen

May the Lord deliver us from employees and girlfriends like Bradley Beal. Tantalizing you with potential year after year, until one day you are forced to admit all na cap, nothing of substance will ever come of this relationship. You just wasted 5 precious years, you might as well have slept in, smoked w33d and used all that money as toilet paper. smh.

Roland17:


More importantly, CP3's style is polar opposite of how the Warriors play.

CP3 played princeton offense well under dantoni in houston. That game he missed versus warriors was our ring that got away with his injury. Ever since then, he gets injured at the time it matters most - in the playoffs in must win games.
EDIT: Yeah he bumped heads with Harden, but that was more about Hardens behavior than the system we ran

So as an NBA fan, I want to see what a Curry Cp3 combo looks like, since I never got to see a Kobe Cp3 combo. On the other hand, getting older seems to be the wrong move for the warriors.


Everytime you say Big Al, I keep thinking Al Jefferson - till today I am shocked how he never became the superstar center

afrodoc2:


There are 2 sides to that Mayweather/Pacquiao story, and we can debate it from now until the rapture. It is not debatable though that Mayweather started this obsession with the 0.

What other side. Im all ears o

afrodoc:


Yeah Okolie is not cultured.

The problem is that there are enough good fights to go around especially between lightweight and super middle weight., but somehow these boxers keep ducking one another like gymnasts.

P.S It was IBF that came along earlier to join WBA and WBC. WBO came along later.

mayweather started this nonsense. That he ducked a prime pacquiao will always be an asterisk on his record

Kibbs:
😹😹😹🤲🏾

Oh yeah?

Hes still rolling with the same friends? Thats not a very good sign

Khanben:


Release him in America for owning a gun and having it with him will on a video call on social media. Dude will sue and he will certainly win. Be real this is the USA if the commissioner oversteps it will become a 2nd Amendment issue before anyone can say Jack.
People who were expecting a harsher sentence are just projecting their bias. Again if it was Real madrid or man utd in Europe then a full season suspension might be visible, but in the USA, give me a break

lol just stop. you dont know what you are talking about. and i say that respectfully

donlittle25:
I had some kids break into my car two weeks ago. In the middle of the night, saw them and banged on the window to scare them off. you would not believe what these kids did, They actually shot at me. Twice.

Someone died in my neighborhood two days ago, Drive by shooting. I do not live in the projects, Nor do I live in a low income area. It a house, not apartments. A subdivision.

My point here is, If you have a gun, one day, You will make use of it especially if you do not have trainings. They are not toys that should be used on social media.

I was expecting him to be suspended for the whole year honestly.

Arent you in the atl area? Its open season right now, nowhere is exempted, not even buckhead.

I think that is the local effect khanben cannot get. That gun flashing image is a no-no in the NBA. In fact there are corporations and fans that will never touch Morant again, barring some major image cleanup. If Morant were playing in any other city than memphis, they would have released him. I think the grizzlies will try to manage him, because memphis itself may very well be the worst hood in the country right now. So like begets like I guess.

This Beal to Suns trade is a terrible idea if the aim is to win a ring. 3 superstars who need the ball does not a championship team make. The only thing that can save Suns next year is to to get rid of Ayton and build up the bench

Khanben:
For those who are interested this is the exact nba bylaws that the commissioner used as a guideline alongside precedent.

PS:
(d) The Commissioner shall have the power to suspend for a definite or indefinite period, or to impose a fine not exceeding $50,000, or inflict both such suspension and fine upon any Player who, in his opinion, (i) shall have made or caused to be made any statement having, or that was designed to have, an effect prejudicial or detrimental to the best interests of basketball or of the Association or of a Member, or (ii) shall have been guilty of conduct that does not conform to standards of morality or fair play, that does not comply at all times with all federal, state, and local laws, or that is prejudicial or detrimental to the Association.

That is why the players association was consulted and they agreed to a stricter punishment. Or you think players association is wrong as well.

Khanben:



This punishment is in line with precedent Arenas got 50 games for his gun stuff and in his case it was him and a teammate pulling guns on each other. They not broke nba conduct rules but they also broke star and federal laws, heck arenas plead guilty to felony charges because of that issue.
In Ja's case he flashed a gun on social media, like I said he didn't break any laws, I have heard some people calling the nba PC for denying an American the right to bear arms freely and openly, now I am hearing others calling them PC for not punishing him more severely.
We sometimes forget that punishment like this are subject to pushback from the players association if precedent is not followed, so IMHO if the Arenas case with all the felonies attached to it is 50 games then Ja's punishment is as firm as it could be.

its not just the flashing gun on social media. He has waved the same gun in several fights, with bouncers, security guards, high school kids. Anyone of those could have turned deadly. if its just the insta, it would not have this level of play. But Ja is showing up repeatedly at fights with his boys. What could possibly go wrong?

shey they should kuku not suspend him at all?

A40:
I still struggle to see who they can actually guard tbvh.

With 3 volume scorer guys on the team somebody's touches is going to dip. Who is going to willingly sacrifice not shooting the ball as much and commit to doing other things that help winning

Let's see how it pans out. I like their chances against other teams in the West but I still can't see them beating Denver

Frankly I dont see them beating the warriors either. Lets see what the new coach does

Roland17:


Your MCM was triggered by M. Malone’s joke about retiring. He clapped back with an epistle.. It was a joke fam…

Which kin joke. If Malone cannot kneel in the middle of the 405 during rush hour traffic and apologize, the king will not forgive him. We go see next year na

A40:
KD. Give me freedom give me fire

Give me Superteam or I retire

beal, KD andbooker on one team. This is unfair na, are we playing NBA Jam?