Roland17:


Stepping out of line because no one has stood up to him.. Tell me which player has stood up to Green’s excesses on the court and off the court inside that Warriors locker room? He trolls everyone but he gets trolled and he is in his feelings? The last time checked, he invaded Poole’s space.

I don’t think Poole said anything was out of bounds when it comes to banters. Those were banters and not insults. I have watched semi pro teams train and you will not imagine the sort of banters that go on.

The difference here is that Green has been used to being the one doing all the talking and chest beating with no one taking him up! Now for the first time, there is someone in the locker room that can make fun of his horrible FT and other banters.

Poole should have expected this can anywhere when Green started showing obvious frustrations and be prepared for a fight. Fights happen in the locker room, it’s a normal thing.

He is lucky that it was Poole, another player wen no well would have gone all out.. Na that time you go see rookie they beat vet.

Green is as soft as they come!

I saw Draymond's mom's tweet and everything made sense.

This is someone who slapped some kid in Michigan some years back, we saw his shenanigans in the playoffs. We saw it with Kerr, with KD and now we're here.

This pattern of enablement right from infancy is what's got all parties involved to this point.

I don't know what else Poole is to do there when another adult man walks 5 miles to chest bump and invade your personal space. Was he supposed to lick his earlobes and whisper sweet nothings to his ear. Or maybe bite him like Tyson.

Anyway na Poole fvckup. Any adult man wey near me like that now if I no take nodding tear your nose make I know wetin cause am.

Honestly, I thought any serious team would behave the same way GSW did. Bend to media pressure at your own risk. You allow it once, you put yourself in a hole you may never be confident enough to get yourself out of. They said they would handle it internally and they stuck to it. Sounds like a team in control. I still hang onto @A40 conspiracy theory though. . I don't know, it's getting more believable every day. Perhaps the deed itself wasn't predicted, but i suppose it created an opportunity to create leverage that can put all the Draymond max talk away. As in there was already a high probability you won't get a huge deal from any other team(given his limited and local skillset), and now there's an evident dent to his reputation seen by all. It kind of significantly negates the role his significance in the team's previous achievements could play in his next contract. And you can trust the NBA, they always find something new for the media to chew on. . Now we gotta see how this affects the team. Some media pundits have already ruled GSW out of title contention because of this(Not that it's not fair). That's not new and I love it.

A40:
Nope. If an adult man. Whether colleague or stranger invades your space and is chest bumping and grinding on you what is your default instinct?

Do you push him away or turn it to a make out session. Green would not try this with player wey dey craze cause na him go first punch Draymond for face knowing fully well teammates go separate

Look the distance wey him waka to go meet am. There's guys that would have punched Draymond straight no questions asked. You don't get that close to another adult man

Draymond knows who can try that with.

To me, that team doesnt have a leader. Steph is an all time great, but he is not always accorded that respect, because he shies away from leadership issues. If you are a leader, its not just your individual performance we look at. Can you command respect from the team and keep everyone in line.

Every time Draymond gets disciplined its Kerr taking the heat. Steph go do like sey nothing dey happen. A vital member of your championship team got knocked out, and you got nothing to say? Thats some weak stuff right there. I said what I said!

birdman:

Attention aliondo birdman donlittle25 Hardetayour Hohenheim Joephemzyz Killrhymz KNIGHTBlaed SmooshCHN steady986

Nairaleague draft is set for Saturday October 15 4AM PDT, 12 noon naija time. See you all! And lets ensure killrhymz wings stay clipped. May the god of strange injuries visit him again this year

If anyone else want to join the acrimony, let me know. We would need 2 people at a time to balance the league

Reminder reminder! Especially for that guy that always misses draft because of overnight owambe and oversleeps saturday mornin. For 3 years running! You kuku know yourself. Your beatings await you!

You this man, no make i vex for you. . The organization said we'll keep this internal, you want Steph to talk, what do you want him to say? That , thank you for all you have done for this team Draymond, but you are no longer part of the team for knocking Poole out. He says something now, perhaps that opposes the organization's decision, another Wahala, in which case we may have to start looking for another generational talent. . Why una dey hold on to the gragra leadership? Wetin make you bring Steph into this matter? I really want to know. . You surprise me @Birdman. . The goal of a team is to win. If the team wins, I would like to believe whatever leadership they have, in whichever form is good enough. If you were old school, I would have thought, oh ok I understand your point. But common. The style of leadership necessary to win has evolved. If you like do gragra leadership from now till tomorrow, if you no win, na for your pocket.

birdman:


Draymond knows who can try that with.

To me, that team doesnt have a leader. Steph is an all time great, but he is not always accorded that respect, because he shies away from leadership issues. If you are a leader, its not just your individual performance we look at. Can you command respect from the team and keep everyone in line.

Every time Draymond gets disciplined its Kerr taking the heat. Steph go do like sey nothing dey happen. A vital member of your championship team got knocked out, and you got nothing to say? Thats some weak stuff right there. I said what I said!

birdman:


Draymond knows who can try that with.

To me, that team doesnt have a leader. Steph is an all time great, but he is not always accorded that respect, because he shies away from leadership issues. If you are a leader, its not just your individual performance we look at. Can you command respect from the team and keep everyone in line.

Every time Draymond gets disciplined its Kerr taking the heat. Steph go do like sey nothing dey happen. A vital member of your championship team got knocked out, and you got nothing to say? Thats some weak stuff right there. I said what I said!

They have leadership by committee. Steph is not the leader but he's respected and revered. I've never seen Draymond carry him craze meet Steph

Draymond has been enabled from top to bottom. There is little Steph can do when Kerr and the Warriors front office lack the chutzpah to do the right thing

benji93:
Honestly, I thought any serious team would behave the same way GSW did. Bend to media pressure at your own risk. You allow it once, you put yourself in a hole you may never be confident enough to get yourself out of. They said they would handle it internally and they stuck to it. Sounds like a team in control. I still hang onto @A40 conspiracy theory though. . I don't know, it's getting more believable every day. Perhaps the deed itself wasn't predicted, but i suppose it created an opportunity to create leverage that can put all the Draymond max talk away. As in there was already a high probability you won't get a huge deal from any other team(given his limited and local skillset), and now there's an evident dent to his reputation seen by all. It kind of significantly negates the role his significance in the team's previous achievements could play in his next contract. And you can trust the NBA, they always find something new for the media to chew on. . Now we gotta see how this affects the team. Some media pundits have already ruled GSW out of title contention because of this(Not that it's not fair). That's not new and I love it.

I don't know if it's about bending to the media pressure, it's more of how are the Warriors holding Draymond accountable. You see Kerr coming to the stage looking fake distressed talking about it's the worst crisis he's ever faced and yet no punishment? That's highly contradictory

I don't really care how they chose to handle it, it's ultimately Poole's choice to decide if he wants to move on or not. However moving forward if Draymond does something even more stupid then Draymond can no longer be the only villain. Kerr and the Warriors organization are now accomplices as well. And all that song and dance would be phony

Barring injuries I don't see how the Warriors are not favorites. Of course they might ultimately fail but it won't be because of the incident. If the Warriors will be able to keep Poole, Wiggins, Green then I don't see the point of a salary cap. Someone is going to have to go regardless

I agree. They made this decision, and they must live with the consequences.

A40:
I don't know if it's about bending to the media pressure, it's more of how are the Warriors holding Draymond accountable. You see Kerr coming to the stage looking fake distressed talking about it's the worst crisis he's ever faced and yet no punishment? That's highly contradictory

I don't really care how they chose to handle it, it's ultimately Poole's choice to decide if he wants to move on or not. However moving forward if Draymond does something even more stupid then Draymond can no longer be the only villain. Kerr and the Warriors organization are now accomplices as well. And all that song and dance would be phony

Barring injuries I don't see how the Warriors are not favorites. Of course they might ultimately fail but it won't be because of the incident. If the Warriors will be able to keep Poole, Wiggins, Green then I don't see the point of a salary cap. Someone is going to have to go regardless

Be like Lakers dey continue from where they stopped from last season

A40:
Be like Lakers dey continue from where they stopped from last season

Yep and the Nets look good. Kyrie really putting max effort for the contract

Almost draft time. Where ma fantasy leaguers at?
Make everybody present o for draft o. Cos this year na premium wotowoto I wan serve una

A40:
Be like Lakers dey continue from where they stopped from last season

Ajala is only interested in breaking records right now and playing with or against his son in the NBA. If he stays healthy he should break the record for scored points.

I think he has come to the realization that ring matter don pass and he can’t changed much because of Father Time.

Him and the Chef are tied for rings and Chef may get one more before he is done, same can’t be said of Ajala..

So na records baba dey chase every season now

felix00:

Yep and the Nets look good. Kyrie really putting max effort for the contract

I like their roster. If Ben Simmons can get his head out of his a$$ and actually play like a #1 pick the Nets have a lot of potential

Think about it. 2 #1 picks and a #2 pick all younger than 35. There's no excuse or reason why they shouldn't be favorites

Roland17:


Ajala is only interested in breaking records right now and playing with or against his son in the NBA. If he stays healthy he should break the record for scored points.

I think he has come to the realization that ring matter don pass and he can’t changed much because of Father Time.

Him and the Chef are tied for rings and Chef may get one more before he is done, same can’t be said of Ajala..

So na records baba dey chase every season now

so much jealousy. no kee yaself o. Beter be praying your Tatum does not regress this year.

Rookies that met Lebron at the height of his career are retiring. The old man is still balling. Hail LeKing!

KNIGHTBlaed:
Almost draft time. Where ma fantasy leaguers at?
Make everybody present o for draft o. Cos this year na premium wotowoto I wan serve una

Ol boy, dem do me strong thing. I shoulda left smooshchn alone Even alarm no wake me up. I got in halfway. Nothing wrong with Curry as first pick tho.

I can see killrhymz strategy for this season already based on his first 3 picks.

Roland17:


Ajala is only interested in breaking records right now and playing with or against his son in the NBA. If he stays healthy he should break the record for scored points.

I think he has come to the realization that ring matter don pass and he can’t changed much because of Father Time.

Him and the Chef are tied for rings and Chef may get one more before he is done, same can’t be said of Ajala..

So na records baba dey chase every season now

Na LeBron you dey call Ajala and season never start?

birdman:



Ol boy, dem do me strong thing. I shoulda left smooshchn alone Even alarm no wake me up. I got in halfway. Nothing wrong with Curry as first pick tho.

I can see killrhymz strategy for this season already based on his first 3 picks.

I set like 6 alarms
The last one was 10mins after draft just incase I missed the start but as usual, Killrhymz and Knightblaed pick the best

birdman:


so much jealousy. no kee yaself o. Beter be praying your Tatum does not regress this year.

Rookies that met Lebron at the height of his career are retiring. The old man is still balling. Hail LeKing!

Can you imagine this notorious 419 commissioner E pain am sha..

You mean Tatum that has continued to serve you hot L on your blasphemy?

You better pray The Chef doesn’t surpass Ajala in rings, else, you are looking at the most successful athlete the City of Akron has ever produced. Ajala can come second!!!

Commissioner Isonu!

SmooshCHN:
Na LeBron you dey call Ajala and season never start?

Literally (on the court) and figuratively.

Neyland Stadium...My goodness!!!!!

Alabama should drop out of the top 4 after todays loss to the Vols, they barely survived the Aggies. I expect to see

1. Georgia
2. Ohio State
3. Michigan
4. Tennessee

Roland17:


Can you imagine this notorious 419 commissioner E pain am sha..

You mean Tatum that has continued to serve you hot L on your blasphemy?

You better pray The Chef doesn’t surpass Ajala in rings, else, you are looking at the most successful athlete the City of Akron has ever produced. Ajala can come second!!!

Commissioner Isonu!

Because I touched the happle of your heyes, you are besmirching my noble commission. Issorite. One day you go join league collect your due flogging

Poole and Wiggins getting paid.
*Draymond they don't like you like that"
I am sure dray can smell the coffee, he needs to ball out next to get leverage with the warriors or with another team

The Warriors trying to be the first super duper team in history (assuming their 2016-2019 team wasn't one)

birdman:


so much jealousy. no kee yaself o. Beter be praying your Tatum does not regress this year.

Rookies that met Lebron at the height of his career are retiring. The old man is still balling. Hail LeKing!

Baba even get mind put Curry in the same sentence with LeBron, lol. Like there's any competition career wise. He should have checked their resumes first

But he stated facts though. Pray that the younger doesn't surpass the older in rings, because whether you like it or not we'll wear it like an armor. . We'll remind you from time to time. Relics Collector.

steady986:


Baba even get mind put Curry in the same sentence with LeBron, lol. Like there's any competition career wise. He should have checked their resumes first

What does this teach us again?

steady986:
The Warriors trying to be the first super duper team in history (assuming their 2016-2019 team wasn't one)

Roland17:


Ajala is only interested in breaking records right now and playing with or against his son in the NBA. If he stays healthy he should break the record for scored points.

I think he has come to the realization that ring matter don pass and he can’t changed much because of Father Time.

Him and the Chef are tied for rings and Chef may get one more before he is done, same can’t be said of Ajala..

So na records baba dey chase every season now

Hehehe. Would be quite the trip if Steph winds up with more rings than him.

LeNomad is a smart man. He knows that to some he has already done enough to be considered the GOAT and getting that all time record for points scored would be another argument to buttress this.

Of course we would be quick to remind them that he played 5 more seasons. And failed to make the play in tournament with 4 HOFers

etidy:
Poole and Wiggins getting paid.
*Draymond they don't like you like that"
I am sure dray can smell the coffee, he needs to ball out next to get leverage with the warriors or with another team

The interesting thing here is Green has a player option for next season. So he might just opt in for a 25m payday

I have a sneaky suspicion either or both of Klay and Dray will get traded eventually. This is a lot of luxury tax to pay regardless of the success

A40:
Hehehe. Would be quite the trip if Steph winds up with more rings than him.

LeNomad is a smart man. He knows that to some he has already done enough to be considered the GOAT and getting that all time record for points scored would be another argument to buttress this.

Of course we would be quick to remind them that he played 5 more seasons. And failed to make the play in tournament with 4 HOFers

You are being too generous. If anything, I have observed he has lost more supporters in the GOAT conversation, especially after the last 2 seasons where he was swept by the Suns and failed to make the playoffs. Since he joined the Lakers 4 seasons ago, he has made the playoffs twice and won the title once, despite playing with HOFs, all stars and star calibers.. Shebi dem talk say him be LeGM? We don see him handwork. His reign with the Lakers has been disappointing, not something memorable for Lakers supporters because they have not been competitive, neither have they dominated the league.

You can't trade them without taking back almost equal Salary, then you have to consider their value is not high in the market.
The warriors have two options
1. Let them run down their contract
2. Extend their contact

A40:
The interesting thing here is Green has a player option for next season. So he might just opt in for a 25m payday

I have a sneaky suspicion either or both of Klay and Dray will get traded eventually. This is a lot of luxury tax to pay regardless of the success

etidy:
You can't trade them without taking back almost equal Salary, then you have to consider their value is not high in the market.
The warriors have two options
1. Let them run down their contract
2. Extend their contact

A team clearing cap space will definitely take expiring contracts of Klay and Dray.

I will be shocked if they both wind down their contracts. It makes no practical sense to extend both guys. One of both will surely experience slippage and will be pushing 35 by their next extension