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Cj McCollum balling, Covington balling, Norman Powell balling before he got injured and you still have Nurkic, Larry Nance junior. Who are those people who said Lillard had zero help?

Why is there not much clamor for doncic to be mvp?
The mavs would likely finish third in the west with a better record than the first placed team in the east and all this without any reliable second scorer in the team. In addition doncic has upped his defense considerably.

He's done more to be mvp to me than embiid, jokic and Giannis

Said this one year ago when the sixers failed to trade for harden , well looks like they finally rectified that error

etidy:
The 76ers were afraid to risk it all to get Harden but I thought it was a mistake.

They left it late to the point when the Nets became desperate.
They are not winning the NBA title with Simmons unless he develops some shooting. Embiid and Harris has clearly stepped up. But Simmons is holding this team back

How long will the warriors continue until they accept klay should be coming off the bench. Jordan poole is second most reliable scorer and shot creator on this team

Android22:
Steph Curry, Steve Kerr, Klay and Wiggins. I don't believe in you guys anymore. Even without Draymond, you can't throw away a 16 pt lead at home and lose to a buzzer by overhelping when you have a 2 point lead. This hurts as bad as the Knicks game. I am too young to be doing this to my heart. I will revisit during the playoffs. Signing out of basketball till then.

The warriors overperformed at the beginning of the season and they have regressed back to the mean. Their ceiling at the moment appears to be conference finals.

I am worried in particular about steph he's been so poor lately, I suspect he's hiding an injury or he has some personal troubles. I also think Steve Kerr has not handled the return of klay properly, throwing an emerging Jordan Poole to the bench to placate the ego of klay was nonsense.
Poole offers the option of a secondary ball handler who can aso create his shot. He takes so much pressure off steph.

Lastly, not trading for a big man is ridiculous.
Wiseman ain't contributing shit until another yr or two.
Same with moody. Moody, bellijicia and a second round pick is enough to land a solid big man like myles turner.

Khanben:
The Sixers, Nets trade makes a lot of sense for both sides. If all things go well, this will be one of those trades that is not only a fair deal but both teams also got better

The east playoff is literally a blood bathe right now.
The bucks, heats,, Nets, sixers, cavs and bulls when healthy are solid.

Plus you still have the Celtics and hawks that can cause a first round upset

Best big man whey Giannis dy school, is that one the best?

If at this junction Lillard can't request for a trade or put serious pressure on his front office it will further emphasize my belief that he's a coward that fears the scrutiny of been at the forefront competing for a title.
It takes serious cojones to bet on yourself by moving to another team as a star to position for a title run. The media and fan scrutiny is dialed up.

Lillard just wants to chill, stat pad, collect big money, home love and the benefits of " what if's" throughout his career.

I think it's high time steve kerr rest steph for a week or two. Something is definitely wrong with that man. This is his worse shooting stretch that I can remember

A40:
Streets said James Harden is back

As in I shock when someone said Harden was back, that one no be hot take na freezing take.

Na Durant e pain pass for, kyrie and Harden has let him down
Watchout for the suns!

Best big man in the league my foot. Bubble Davis made Lakers fan start comparing him to Duncan .
He's a star player no doubt top 20 and potentially top 5, if he's fit and motivated but best big? No way.

Anthony Davis this season:

16.7% on threes — worst in NBA history by any player with 2+ attempts per game and 20+ games played.

38.3% on midrange — worst in the NBA by any player with 100+ attempts.

33.1% on jumpshots — worst in the NBA by any player with 150+ attempts. https:///KZ2YEYzEjD

Tinneh:
Experts in the house without bias and emotional sentiments what do you think is the problem of lakers so far.
Cos i find it hard to comprehend how a team with LBJ,AD and russ would struggle to put teams away

1. Age :The squad is full of old timers and with older age comes inevitable decline even if it's slow, Injuries and inability to play laser focused defense every night

2. LeBron and Westbrook are both ball dominant and westbrick is a nut case

3. Lack of perimeter defenders, losing Caruso and KCP at a go was a mistake

4. Suspect coaching decisions by Vogel, he shouldn't be sacked but he needs quality assistant coaches

5. Lack of Shooters.

Blueelf:
You should know by now that Curry has many haters here

Someone saying Phoenix are the best team in the East. I had no problem with that since phoenix are also balling. But then, he goes on to say..unless Lebron bla bla bla. Lebron has been playing and I am at a loss what else you want him to do

GSW and curry don't get enough respect here. I have said it here before. The haters are waiting for a loss before they start talking

Hate no good oo. E dey make people develop grey hair fast, Una hear?

In case you're referring to my post above :
For your information, I am actually a big warriors and steph fan so your point is moot.

You obviously don't know how to differentiate an objective basketball fan and a hater.
Saying LeBron may still figure things out with the lakers is not a far fetched hypothesis or hating on the warriors..

No matter how bad the lakers are today, no true student of basketball will write off a Team that has Lebron, AD and lots of Vets


As for why I think the Suns is better than the warriors, it's more a recognition of the fact that they recently got to the finals while the warriors have been going through a rocky time in the last 2 years. They also have a good big but the next 2 games between both teams will give us a lot of information. Lastly we can't sleep on the clippers if Kawhi comes back, so let's just see how things play out. It is still early days.

Kilishihunter:
The black mamba (R.I.P) would have turned in his grave at this travesty, imagine going to three OTs only to be outfoxed by Fox himself and hield , Defense virtually non existent The lesser said about LeBron the better, Sacramento throughly deserved this victory

The team is too old to play any consistent meaningful defense in the regular season
Secondly, Vogel may need to go.
Thirdly, Westbrook played well today but he just doesn't fit with LeBron. He needs to be traded.

15 straight wins right after a NBA finals appearance, mehn the Phoenix suns are not getting enough respect. The core of the team is still young and improving, it's very balanced with minimal deficiencies, great coaching infused with Cp3 poise and experience they look like the best team in the west to me unless Klay and Wiseman comeback on fire or lebron somehow figures out the Laker's problems.

A40:
That Ja injury man. I always have a bad feeling when it's a non contact injury

One ligament don burst already. He wasn't making a super dunk or highlight reel when it happened but one drawback of Ja's explosiveness is risk of injuries like this. He's going to have to modify his game coming back from this injury. The good thing is he's quite young and he has shown the ability to learn new things very fast.

When their ball movement and Defense is clicking, the Warriors play the most eye pleasing and demoralizing basketball in the NBA, down 19 late in the second quarter to winning by 20 points. Crazy team!

If I am the Jazz I will be a bit concerned about gobert with what they did to Drummond today. They are likely to keep switching him to perimeter shooters to the point that the Jazz will have to bench him . DeAndre Ayton still has some mobility and offensive finesse, I think he should fare better.

A40:
James Harden.

7/25 FG
3/13 3 PT
19/20 FT

Exactly his game is too free throw centric, occasionally he gets hot but he lives and die by the whistle. This is why you can depend on him in the playoffs when the referees swallow their whistle and when team apply appropriate defensive schemes.

Roland17:
Naaa, he will always get his due from me any day, anytime!

Just give it 2 weeks we will start hearing Lillard debates on thus group, how he's greater than steph bla bla bla.

Someone here even said free throw rule changes go affect Steph, he just had about 3 40-50 point games with 1 free throw in the the last 2 weeks alone.

I disagree with this biased media driven narrative. After 4 or more rings, 4 finals MVP and 6 years with the warriors. This whole narrative would have died.

The solution to criticism is winning, winning enough and people will forget how you won.

DeeMain:
I disagree. The Warriors was and will always be Steph's team. The media knew this. KD knew this. No matter how many rings he won with the Warriors, he knew he would never get his due respect in this league except he leaves the Warriors bandwagon and builds plus leads his own team.

PS: Respect is hard to get in this league. Even Lebron, after he got his Bubble ring, had to demand for one, " Give me my damn respect!," e get why.

It's obvious that Stephen a was exaggerating but the argument is fundamentally true.

Kyrie is snake, he did this to lebron at Cleveland, same at the Celtics and now he's constituting a nuisance at Brooklyn.
Unfortunately Harden has been below par,

KD is literally having a career year but the competition in the east is such that Harden either needs to step up or kyrie come back for the Nets to make the final

In retrospect if Durant doesn't get a ring with the Nets , he will deeply regret leaving the warriors.

Imagine leaving a reliable, welcoming, unselfish MVP level player like Steph curry for a crackhead who is now threatening to waste one of the remaining peak years of your career all because of his personal stubbornness.
Curry is the exact opposite of Kyrie character wise. i suppose KD likes Chaos

A40:
It's just a soft team. They lack spine and grit. Can''t tell me their players are worse than the Grizzlies for example

Facts and the spinelessness starts with KAT. They need to get in battle hardened vets and a coach that commands respect to whip those boys into shape

You really have to feel for Celtics fans, from holding several top draft picks getting Hayward, kyrie and AL Ford + studs like Tatum, Jaleyn brown and Marcus smart from the draft and now they have a team without an identity.

At one point it looked like the Celtics was going to be the next dynasty. Now the east looks like a blood bathe for the next 3 years the bucks, Nets, heat and even the bulls look like they would be a perennial problem.

Danny ainge started the shit show and ran away.

Hmm I think we may be going back to the days of needing a dominant front court player to be competitive against the warriors.

As for the Lakers some of this blame has to go to Vogel, he needs to reel in Westbrook somehow.
It's also in games like this that will make never to consider AD has the best big man in the league.
You're the most talented player on the court and you have arguably a better team but you can't marshal your team to be competitive.

I don't think there is any objective basketball fan on the planet that rank Anthony Davis as the best big man in the league ahead of Giannis, Jokic and Embiid.. It must take premium odeku to make that cold take.

And what's this talk about the supposed best big man not being an alpha but a beta what a load of crap.

Has there ever been any point in NBA history where the best big man is not an alpha.

What makes the best is not just your skills but intangibles like your drive and leadership.

steady986:
When healthy, AD is the best big man in the game. I don't want to hear any argument again.

And you believe what you just typed. Co

Giannis did not win back to back MVP, DPOY, Finals MVP and lead his team to a title to be slandered like this.

Without Cj, the Blazers would be 0-7 right now.. But hey Lillard plays with blind cripples.

Shalaye fc you're practically contradicting what you said earlier.

You said the rule change will affect Steph and I correctly pointed out that it won't since he was never dependent on baiting FTs to statpad his scoring but you countered that I am lying.
You don see stats now, you begin shift post.

steady986:
Lol. So now free throws is a sin Because someone averages 8+ FT he's now a fraud. MJ averaged 8.7 FTs in his 13 seasons with Chicago and 8.2 overall. LeBron is averaging 7.9. Would we say they weren't elite scorers just because of their high FT numbers?

We're not saying Steph was dependent on flopping to score points, we're just saying he flopped at times. Apart from Trae, Harden and Luka, I don't think there anyone that does that pump fake and jump into defenders more

The best shooter in NBA history who is often defended aggressively right from mid-court and usually double or triple teamed several times in a game but he averages 4.2 Free throws per game. A travesty.

Steph averages 4.2 Free throw per game for his career. Harden averages double but according to you steph is dependent on foul baiting for his points.

In comparison to Harden, he's never average double digit free throw per game in a single season. Harden has done that in about 7 seasons.
Just say you they beef steph curry.

steady986:
E go affect Steph too

Cap! Steph has never been dependent on baiting fouls for his offense. In fact, he gets more missed calls than any superstar in the league.