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SportsRe: The NBA Begins by Khanben: 3:21am On Jun 08, 2023
A40:
Miami has too many hungry niggas mehn. Goddamn
I really doubt they will be able to retain all of them this offseason. To be more precise, if any team needing a PG is not pricing Gabe Vincent out of the Heat budget they need to fire their GM ASAP. These are the type of role players that helps to build a winning mentality.
SportsRe: The NBA Begins by Khanben: 1:50am On Jun 05, 2023
Jamal is a baller. Great defense better offense
SportsRe: The NBA Begins by Khanben: 1:48am On Jun 05, 2023
A40:
Denver's transition offense is brazy. Once they get the ball. 100 meters senior boys
That is what they used to kill the Lakers. They never let them set their half court defense consistently. Totally smoked them
SportsRe: The NBA Begins by Khanben: 1:47am On Jun 05, 2023
The worst part about this denver run is that it is in non Jokic minutes
SportsRe: The NBA Begins by Khanben: 1:43am On Jun 05, 2023
A40:
This Braun kid. Nice impact
Nuggets are deep abeg. The dude played great all year and also against the Suns, but couldn't just find his groove in the Lakers series. Now he his back grin
SportsRe: The NBA Begins by Khanben: 7:17pm On Jun 02, 2023
donlittle25:
So they asked jokic who are the players he patterned his game after and he mentioned Boris Diaw. Interesting, cause you wouldn't even think of Diaw when looking at him but if you watched Diaw play, You will see it
You can see a bit from his face up passes, and how he sees cutters from the elbow. The only thing is, the student is way better than the master
SportsRe: The NBA Begins by Khanben: 7:15pm On Jun 02, 2023
steady986:
Yea I was only being sarcastic smiley
grin grin grin grin. I still cannot see how Miami competes in this series. I was talking about them making 3s, but just saw that Denver only shot 29% from 3,which is 10% points lower than their average.
SportsRe: The NBA Begins by Khanben: 10:08am On Jun 02, 2023
steady986:
Man the FT disparity was too much in game one. 20FTs to just 2FTs. The refs want Denver to win. How can Miami cope?
There was nothing of the sort, Miami only have themselves to blame, you only get FTs if you drive to the basket, only Bam was even attempting to try to score from about 8ft in, every other person was just driving to kick out or taking a jumper or shooting the 3 ball.
As for how they will cope, they will only avoid getting swept if their 3 ball starts falling at a high enough clip, they cannot beat the Nuggets with defense because they just don't have the personnel, but they might be able to outscore them if they shoot the way they shot during the Bucks series and the 1st 3 games of the Celtics series.
If not at most this series goes to game 5.
SportsRe: The NBA Begins by Khanben: 3:46am On Jun 02, 2023
donlittle25:
When did jokic score 27?
That's why his game is hard to understand. His game just sneaks up on you and because he his so efficient, you wonder when he got the shots up to score 27pts. Today he went 8 of 12 with 27pts and a triple double to boot.
SportsRe: The NBA Begins by Khanben: 2:34am On Jun 02, 2023
donlittle25:
That last series woke Gordon up o
The worst part for Miami is the pocket of spaces where Lakers wanted to send Gordon to, in order to minimize his impact on offense will be a disaster for them as this first half has shown. Sending Gordon under the basket with a smaller guy on him, with Jokic passing him the ball is just barbecue chicken for Gordon.
SportsRe: The NBA Begins by Khanben: 2:24am On Jun 02, 2023
Jokic is a mismatch in this series
SportsRe: The NBA Begins by Khanben:
steady986:
It's easy to say top 5 center all time until you have to remove one or two names from that top 5 centre list. You have Kareem, Wilt, Russell, Shaq, Hakeem, Moses Malone, David Robinson. And it gets harder if you consider Duncan and KG centers.
If he wins, then automatically he is already better than David Robinson. KG and Duncan are not centers they are both PF.
As for the rest as i said an argument/discussion can be made that he his top 5.
Jokic is an elite rebounder, as good a scorer as any of them in totality (his range of shooting helps him in this category). his only knock is that he is the worst defender amongst them. But, I will argue that the gap between his playmaking and everyone else's is wider than the gap between their defense and his.

PS: If he wins it, he will definitely be ahead of KG on my all time list
SportsRe: The NBA Begins by Khanben: 12:33pm On May 31, 2023
steady986:
Who y'all got?

https://twitter.com/FanDuelTV/status/1663224117821161488?t=OmFfEJhNDgXquY7r_4w-vA&s=19[/quote]Jokic is already a better player than Howard has ever been. Jokic is a phenomenal playmaker (top 5 all time in my book), a great scorer and rebounder and an adequate defender. Dwight was an all time great defender and great rebounder. But you couldn't run an offense through him and as a scorer we never got to see him at his very best because he adamantly refused in his prime to play an offense which maximized his ability. In his stint with the Lakers, he was told that his PnR scoring efficiency with Nash was number 1 all-time, and they hoped to increase the number of those sets run, but he refused and wanted the ball in the post because of his stupid feud with Shaq.
So Jokic clears for me and if he wins this title, he is going into top 5 center of all time discussion.
SportsRe: The NBA Begins by Khanben: 3:39am On May 30, 2023
Caleb Martin is a dawg
SportsRe: The NBA Begins by Khanben: 7:41am On May 28, 2023
I Just hope game 7 is not a dud. Game 6 was not the best basketball, but it was close and tension filled till the end.
SportsRe: The NBA Begins by Khanben: 4:16am On May 28, 2023
Whoever wins this series might just have emptied the tank both physically and mentally just to get to the Finals.
SportsRe: The NBA Begins by Khanben: 3:30am On May 28, 2023
Both teams are playing subpar basketball, too much TOs by the Cs and too many misses on good looks by the Heat
SportsRe: The NBA Begins by Khanben: 6:38am On May 23, 2023
greypencils:
Plus Like O, plus respect O, ManUtd fans don't give neither to Messi. We hate him. You are NOT a ManUtd fan, so you cant relate.
I have friends who are man utd fans, I am a real madrid fan. Nobody that I know was insulting Messi when man city knocked city out of the champion league
SportsRe: The NBA Begins by Khanben: 6:36am On May 23, 2023
A40:
The fantastic irony too that the Nuggets make their first ever finals on the day Melo announces retirement.

Now to arguably the most underrated controversial debate. Which #15 will the Nuggets retire? Melo's or Jokic's
They will retire both I think. It will just be a unique situation, just like the Lakers retiring both of Kobe numbers
SportsRe: The NBA Begins by Khanben: 6:35am On May 23, 2023
A40:
You people are just emotional. United fans respect Stevie G? In what planet does that occur. Someone that still gets roasted for failing to win a league title till this day

Plus most NBA followers today are fans of players not teams, can argue it's always been that way but it's more pronounced today. Even the people masquerading as Lakers fans now are actually Lebron fans. Seen an awful lot of people who were definitely not Lakers fans in the recent past suddenly pick interest when he joined

Where I draw the line is wishing evil on the player in their personal lives, injuries and that type of thing. But as far as wanting him to lose on the court and glad when he does. Abeggi. That one is never never going to change and if that makes us haters. So be it. It's not a crime
Maybe me and you grew up in different environments, so I disagree, when Gerrard was playing any man utd fan will jump at him playing for them.
I as a Madrid fan watched live when Madrid fans gave Ronaldinho a standing ovation after watching him demolish their side 3-0. I watch sports to enjoy the game not to see a players downfall.
If I have my team playing I want both teams to play to their very best and my team winning in the end. But where I don't support any team, I want to watch a spectacle, I want to see great players play great.
SportsRe: The NBA Begins by Khanben: 6:29am On May 23, 2023
greypencils:
No Man Utd fan likes Messi. You don't like someone who prevents you from winning 2 UCL finals.
They don't have to like him to respect him as a footballer. For instance,I don't know any man utd fan that watches PSG lose and makes it all about Messi
SportsRe: The NBA Begins by Khanben: 5:07am On May 23, 2023
A40:
Why is he crying? Nobody hates hates Lebron. We just want to see him lose. Especially with insufferable fans like these

Like asking a Liverpool fan why they hate Man United grin
For me there is a difference, man utd fans hate Liverpool with a passion but they still by and large respect Steven G. This hate for a player and not the team, I just will never understand it

PS: Its also observable in cR7 and Messi, but at least that can be said to be about their rivalry. But the Lebron thing I just will never get it
SportsRe: The NBA Begins by Khanben: 4:16am On May 23, 2023
larride:
They didn’t even go for a three.
Go for 3 when you've been atrocious all game. Na the coach made the right call
SportsRe: The NBA Begins by Khanben: 4:02am On May 23, 2023
Jokic is a cheat code abeg
SportsRe: The NBA Begins by Khanben: 4:00am On May 23, 2023
steady986:
LeBron is really going to play the entire 48 minutes on a bad foot in year 38? Unbelievable.
4 minutes to go and baba don tire. You can see it from that sequence where he guarded Murray and caused the shot clock violation grin grin grin grin. Father time is still undefeated
SportsRe: The NBA Begins by Khanben: 3:23am On May 23, 2023
donlittle25:
I don't know how nuggets took the lead. Jokic isn't going off. Murray isn't going off. KCP isn't going off. Yet, they took the lead.
That's what offensive rebounds does, they got like 2 put backs in that sequence
SportsRe: The NBA Begins by Khanben: 2:15am On May 23, 2023
steady986:
I thought it's something like 0-149
Wow, it's more than 110, Yepa. Make it more improbable
SportsRe: The NBA Begins by Khanben: 2:15am On May 23, 2023
Baba won play 48mins ohh
SportsRe: The NBA Begins by Khanben: 12:21am On May 23, 2023
Honlucas:
What if Lakers do a comeback 💜💛
The existing record is 0-110, so for both the Lakers and Celtics it's near impossible.
SportsRe: The NBA Begins by Khanben: 12:19am On May 22, 2023
Skrrrrrrr:
By the way, the future ain't looking sharp for American Basketball. The top tier players in the near future are all gonna be foreigners....
Jokic, Giannis, Luka, Embiid.
And with the coming of Wembayama....
Wahala dey...
The future is fine, you are talking about a talent pool of 7 billion people against 350 million people. What we are seeing is the actualization of the vision that David Stern had, which started with him sending the 92 dream team to the Olympics. Other usa sports followed also copied it, the best player in baseball is currently Japanese.
David Stern just decided to open up his league to 8 billion people rather than restrict it to 350 million people.
SportsRe: The NBA Begins by Khanben:
Eric spoelstra is an incredible coach, the dude's team is always fine tuned and don't make mental error. Everything I know about basketball and even from listening to commentators and ex-players say zone defense should not work that well against nba caliber players, but time and time again he finds ways to make it not just work but work very well.
SportsRe: The NBA Begins by Khanben: 5:35am On May 19, 2023
A40:
Interestingly he's never been an Allstar. This is quite a crazy stat. Zero all star, zero all NBA.
His ACL injury can be blamed for that, he got injured right around the time he put it all together

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