Bob Myers and the Warriors are just pissing me off. Can we just get a decent centre FFS?

Kyrie don't give AF

steady986:


Who is that person? Jrue and Bledsoe in the same sentence?

Be a man and make a public apology for putting Eric Bledsoe in the same conversation with Jrue Holiday.

Roland17:


Haha! Thanks....

Khanben:


You still remember that blasphemy

I would be doing the most random shít and remember someone made that statement and defended it for days. Strange things we see out here Bruh

Roland17:


All of una get Buhari inside una I don’t dislike Giannis, honestly I don’t. I just don’t like the babying I am seeing on TV and here. He is a superstar Na!

Na cruise jare. No mind us. Nice write up btw.

Where is that guy that was putting Eric Bledsoe and Jrue Holiday in the sentence? I just want to clarify something.

Roland17:


Please tell me you are kidding with the attachment you have included! Please tell me this is a joke! I don’t know where you cropped it from but it is extremely obvious it lacks any kind of mainstream following which buttresses my point.

Let me get you straight, your idea of respect for Giannis is for him to be included in the conversation of GOAT or the face of the league? Habamana!!!! Dis Na the real problem..The fact that you deem that block better than LeBum’s and it is the narrative in the NBA today’s speaks to my point that Giannis gets a whole lot more respect than you are admitting. Like I said earlier, I could care less whose is better.

What exactly has Giannis achieved since he became a superstar to be placed on the same pedestal as LeBum/Kawhi/Slimreaper? I am LeBum’s biggest critic on this thread but the man has earned his stripe to even be in the conversation! This is nothing about back to back 40pt games, bro, anyone can put up that number! Booker nearly did, does that make him better than Giannis? Giannis performance or lack there of in the post season is open book for anyone to spy!

Outside of this season, what exactly has Giannis achieved in the post season? Please, this is not a conversation of his supporting cast! This is a conversation about him! Come on now!!! You guys have gone way too far with this thing.. At any point in time, can you make a credible statement that Giannis is the best player in the league? I am not talking about regular season MVP titles here! I am asking you to beat your chest and say over the last 3-4 years, there has been a year Giannis was better than LeBum, Slimreaper, Kawhi or even Curry? That Giannis was the best player in the league! This is what I mean whenever I question his mental strength. What effrontery !!!

Kawhi at his physical peak took a rubbish Raptors team to the finals and won a chip! Without Kawhi we can see the scam Siakam and the Raptors are! How about with the Spurs? Man these cats never made excuses because of team mates! Infact in the world of superstars, the excuse of team mates is not admissible let alone debatable. What are we even talking about here?

Do you have any idea how the league reveres Doncic? This man was projected to win the MVP even before the season started last season! Man just stop! There is no book where Doncic is disrespected because he is not American!!! He is ranked top 5 player in the league today on anybody’s list, so where is the disrespect? Embiid? You do realize Philly gave up its present and future to an African who can barely stay healthy! The entire City had trusted the process from day one and Embiid is the face of Philadelphia sports..Do you have any idea how much the Sixers and the entire City of Philadelphia have invested in Embiid? Man, this is about territory.. You earn it, nothing is given! Damian Lillard just turned 31, he is respected but he has to reel himself to the finals someway or somehow, he knows it..

Whoever wrote that stuff even had the nerve to bring up Shaq? Haaaaaaaaa!!! Make I leave that one because he is not anywhere close to the level of Shaw’s dominance..
Did you watch the pregame video by Spike Lee before game 4? I would encourage you to do that and focus on when Spike was flipping through jerseys and tell me what you see! That is respect.
You want to talk about players that have been disrespected? Talk about Charles Barkley, talk about Patrick Ewing, Talk about Isaiah Thomas, this man like KD was hated not even disrespected..Talk about D. Howard (there is even a debate questioning his HOF eligibility), talk about Penny Hardaway, Talk about David Robinson, Talk about “the Mail man (K. Malone)! There is no space in this world where Olajuwon is not respected.. There is no conversation about big men in the NBA where Olajuwon does not dominate the narrative.

Man, I know we are Africans and Nigerians by heritage but we are over doing this tin Na! Whatever Giannis achieves this season is what he is supposed to be doing! He is not an average Joe here! He is a superstar.. Make una stop with all these tins..No other superstar has enjoyed this degree of protection from the media.

Giannis is loyal? I get that but is he getting paid average Joe money? Giannis is getting paid a super max contract! The man is on a $228M contract with over $100M guaranteed and an annual salary of $25M in A SMALL MILWAUKEE and you are talking of disrespect!!!!!!!! what in God’s sacred name are we talking about here? The NBA is consciously looking to reward him for this decision. Let’s not act like he is getting paid peanuts or he restructured his contract to stay! The NBA has done its job by getting Giannis and the Bucks, a small market to the finals with a good chance of winning it all which will be great. Make no mistake, the league is ALL ABOUT THE MONEY! If Giannis left, the Bucks would have been in tartars. That would be another small market that went crashing after its player left and the impact would affect the pockets of the league owners in their revenue sharing!

The annoying part be say, I am now seen as a Giannis hater because I expect a certain level from him..

You want to use reverse psychology for us. All these things just point to the fact that you're h*ting on Giannis.

RENOWNED2:
Simmons na fish. Nigga said ' i am who i am' 'it is what it is'. I doubt say that guy like bball sef. Na ony cod en dey play.

This is wicked.

Roland17:


Cuban do give some people free money sha! Remember say him offer N. Noel $70M but that one village people dey work overtime for him case..

Please don't remind me of this Nerlens Noel guy.

birdman:
Jae crowder has been acting the fool for a minute. [b]Something about Lebrons greatness just gives some people nightmares. Its like they feel very inadequate when they cant stop him. [/b]Goat.

The way these teams just fold is just disappointing. Anyways, that's what separates boys from men.

Suns can't hit anything. Why do these teams just fold?

chic2pimp:
This is not definitely not the same Bucks team as last season and this is most certainly not the same Heats team as last season.

Really happy for Jrue. After wasting His time on the pelicans for years, He finally has a team that will at the very least give Him a chance to compete. Also who would have thought replacing wastepipe Bledsoe for one of the Best guards in the League would automatically make your team better? .

Nets are still my favourite though providing everyone is fit. I don't see anyone outscored those dudes 4 times in a 7 games series.

Please, don't remind me.

aliondo:


He was once compared to Bledsoe on this thread?you can imagine

Nothing we no go see for stat sheet and score box.

joshboo:


Some fools and haters on here go still disagree Trust me, . Thank goodness you saying the truth

I don't know about the fools or whatever however, Bron has been clutch sha. It's one thing I can't knock him for.

Blueelf:


Makes me wonder what he actually does

He is not known to be a shooter or a floor general..

Na Bulldog. Just aggression and being an irritant.

DeeMain:
Write off this Lakers team at your own peril. If they beat the Suns in this series and remain healthy then they as good a contender as any team out there.

The longer they last the better they gel. And that spells trouble for opponents.


AD just answered his critics. Dude needs external motivation to get his juice flowing.

With a little bit of luck, this team can go to the end. The experience is top notch.

Roland17:


Don’t disrespect people who actually watch basketball and know what they are talking about. These ones very barely watch any game.. They rely on Twitter, highlights and gifs to make arguments.

Some of them are even obsessed with positions of people paid to talk sports on TV.

Nothing surprising at this point.

LeBron is clutch abeg. Can we all agree?

Roland17:
The trauma wen Chef Curry cause some people and their Bum still Dey traumatize dem reach now..

As in. How many years is it now? It be the ones that just started watching basketball be doing the most. Kilode!!!




This Lakers team are experienced and that's enough. I fear who no fear the Lakers cos.

steady986:
3pt shooting this season:

Kent Bazemore: 40.8%
Tuscano-Anderson: 40.2%
Mychal Murder: 39.7%
Damion Lee: 39.7%
Andrew Wiggins: 38.0%
Nico Manion: 36.7%
Jordan Poole: 35.1%
E. Paschal: 33.3%

Add to that one MVP candidate and scoring champion. One DPOY candidate and elite playmaker. Hall of fame coach.

G-League indeed.

Plus this team were 5th in defensive efficiency. These guys might not be household names but they can ball. So no matter how you want to paint it, this team was supposed to be in the playoffs causing havoc.

Let's call it what it is: Curry choked.

If they call you box score analyst now you'll pick offense. Your MCM and the likes would switch teams if they were in this position. I mean Bron had Kyrie and Wiggins. Two 1st rd pick and he bailed. You have no case. You hate Steph and the Warriors. You'll be alright.

If anything, I'm just happy for Cameron Payne.

benji93:
First bolded. How many players can carry a team into the playoffs, without at least another all-star level offensive player playing alongside him. You are asking too much of him. You are more like assessing the man with a GOAT-like yardstick. But i wouldn't say this hurts his legacy by much if it does at all. Normally we would be making the playoffs without the play-in game.

Second bolded. His decisions don't look all that bad honestly. Badluck makes those decisions look bad. Perhaps you can tell us which of his decisions were bad and the better alternatives.

A significant portion of our offensive problems will be solved with Klay. We seriously need that consistent complementary scoring option. I am very optimistic he'll be just fine if his recovery is managed well. Moreso cos he's a shooter. The last time I checked Durant is doing just fine. I am hoping he will be alright too.

Besides it's obvious elite defense is just not Curry's forte. If he couldn't do it at 24, you expect him to become elite at 33? Someone that's been slender for most of his career? Your argument that since Chris Paul is 6 ft, Curry should be able to play at the same level of defense is kind of moot. Meanwhile, for all his lack of proficiency defensively, I believe he's trying. The effort is there.

Now make i insult you. . It looks like na box score you too dey watch. I am very surprised by your take.

While I'm still mad at this team, Bleuelf is rather harsh at Steph Curry. What else do you want from him? And yes, Klay Thompson would do a lot if he comes back close to 100%. With decent bigs and a good bench, we should be fine.

Blueelf:


Na so

Who's to say we wouldn't have flopped

We lost 2 games in a row when it mattered the most (Lakers and Memphis)

I can understand being a fan but let us also know the limits of our team

GSW weren't ready for the playoffs

And please let KERR work on their Turnovers this offseason

That's what I said too. We don't deserve the playoffs with the way we handled everything going into the season. Myers and the team doesn't even look desperate. It's annoying.

Roland17:


I am not sure mine is hate because even on this thread I have given him immense credit where due but there are certain conversations I won't tolerate. He easily could have blown his shoulder because of the exaggeration of the contact. He did the same thing when he said he was seeing 3 baskets.

I said the same thing about his flopping. At this point, the league should have given him a warning or something. Benji93 is straight pissed at LeBron though.

And where is Eruditor?

benji93:
The bolded though. . I won't be surprised if he inserts himself in a play that might exacerbate his injury if the second game starts getting out of hand. I sincerely hope he faces this problem head-on and tries to surmount it as he's done in the past.

una really hate LeBron like this? You guys should chill joor

steady986:
My analysis of the game.

This game had "blowout" written all over it. We attempted 10 fewer shots than Phoenix. We shot the ball poorly and weren't aggressive
LeBron attempted only 13 shots. For comparison, Booker attempted 26. LeBron and AD combined to shoot 38% from the field. And we couldn't take advantage from the free throw line. We literally could have won the game from there. We missed a whooping 11 free throws, shooting just 60%. Plus Booker and Ayton had the games of their lives.

And yet we lost by only 9. That's the reason I'm optimistic moving forward. I'd be more worried if we shot and played well and lost. There's ample room for improvement. At times it looked like we could claw our way back into the game, but poor decisions at crucial moments cost us. This game has last year Portland game 1 written all over it.

It's a long series. Many things for Vogel and LeBron to work out. We'll watch films and adjust. We might have to use Gasol in this series to drag Ayton out of that paint.

I change my mind. Lakers in 5.

Double down.. I like your style jare. I trust Bron and your coaching team to come up with an adjustment. It's not that hard.

Roland17:


Was it a foul? Yes because CP3 undercut him and pulled his hand but once again we are seeing players flop excessively. LeBum had no business exaggerating with the very obvious flop. This is the same crap I talked about yesterday when Robinson was hit with a flagrant for at a simple foul against Middleton.

I will say it again, I don’t care if it makes anyone cry, NO PLAYER IN THIS ERA IS WORTH A CONVERSATION ABOUT THE GOAT!

You're correct. And Monty is seasoned. Sad I didn't watch this Suns team enough. I thought the league used to send warnings for flopping

Roland17:


The Suns are trying to send a message that they will not be bullied despite their inexperience.

And only Cameron Payne was ejected. Lol

I said it. The game is too rough and Bron needs to stop flopping so hard. He could have injured himself on that play.

This game is dirty as fúck.

Roland17:
These guys are going to run the Lakers out of the gym at this pace.

Wọ́n ma sáré kàbà kàbà.

Lakers can always make adjustments sha. Na Drummond dey make me laugh.

Roland17:


Make I see wetin him wan use as excuse this season. He just complicates his offense.. a player his size and ability with the ball, should be doing more around the rim instead of spamming 3s

He just sets himself up every season. Is it that the players and coaches don't see these things? Dude just likes to cruise on court plus zero knowledge about playing off the ball.

Roland17:
O bob! The Mavs just Dey rush the Clippers like say dem thief their paynt.

I have zero faith in the Clippers. I still don't know why.