NBA 2018-19 Thread

[Headache in a Suitcase]

A live look at the Lakers

 

[Hewson]

What a shame.

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

I often think about quitting my job so that I can tweet to Dwyane Wade more

 

[LuckyNumber7]

I love dwyane Wade

 

[LuckyNumber7]

Why don’t you headache

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

I don't dislike Wade.

Dirk was better, tho

I am going to his last game tonight. That's gotta count for something

 

[Hewson]

I liked Wade a lot more before and after he was Lebron's teammate than I did during that span.

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

I liked Wade a lot more before and after he was Lebron's teammate than I did during that span.

This is a true story

 

[LuckyNumber7]

Just weird that all of the sudden there’s some Dirk-Wade rivalry just because they’re retiring at the same time.

I suppose they both played at the American Airlines...

 

[LuckyNumber7]

Also, holler at the fucking moron who put Lance Stephenson on the same team as Lebron James. Holler at the moron who kept Lavar Ball in the same arena as Lebron James. Holler at the moron who put Rajan Rondo on the same team as Lebron James.

Of course the last one is up for debate, but seriously, who didn’t see that whole mess being a whole mess? Clearly not Lebron.

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

Just weird that all of the sudden there’s some Dirk-Wade rivalry just because they’re retiring at the same time.

I suppose they both played at the American Airlines...

All of a sudden?

Did you forget when Wade and LeBron mocked Dirk in the NBA Finals, making it seem as if he was taking being sick? There's history there.

 

[LuckyNumber7]

All of a sudden?

Did you forget when Wade and LeBron mocked Dirk in the NBA Finals, making it seem as if he was taking being sick? There's history there.

You’re seeing that from this outsider perspective. From a Heat fan perspective, yes we played them, yes twice in less than a decade, but you have to remember... they play in the West. There’s just as much of a “rivalry” there as there was with San Antonio... none really.

In Wade’s career, teams that come to mind? #1, the Detroit Pistons. #2, the Indiana Pacers. #3, the Boston Celtics. #4, the Chicago Bulls.

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

You’re seeing that from this outsider perspective. From a Heat fan perspective, yes we played them, yes twice in less than a decade, but you have to remember... they play in the West. There’s just as much of a “rivalry” there as there was with San Antonio... none really.

In Wade’s career, teams that come to mind? #1, the Detroit Pistons. #2, the Indiana Pacers. #3, the Boston Celtics. #4, the Chicago Bulls.

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I'm not saying they Mavs and Heat are rivals... I'm saying that Dirk has had an issue with both Wade and LeBron since that day. He patched it up with Wade this year. LeBron, not so much.

 

[LuckyNumber7]

Yeah and what I’m saying is there was no Wade-Dirk rivalry (which is what I said).

 

[Hewson]

they play in the West. There’s just as much of a “rivalry” there as there was with San Antonio... none really.

Well, ask most folks what the biggest rivalry in NBA history is team wise, and the predominant answer is Lakers-Celtics.
Player rivalry probably Magic-Bird or Russell-Chamberlain.
So being in opposing conferences doesn't deter rivalries necessarily.

Not necessarily applying this logic to the Wade-Nowitzki situation, just a general observation.

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

Yeah and what I’m saying is there was no Wade-Dirk rivalry (which is what I said).

Sure.

 

[LuckyNumber7]

Agreed, but you have decades of history and a handful of times where those two teams were exclusively the premier team of their conference. I definitely don’t think the east-west divide is an end of conversation... Pistons/Spurs started getting going in the 2000s. Cavs/Warriors started getting going this decade.. these things sort of just end before they truly begin though. With the Celtics/Lakers, it’s always being revived.

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

This is the silliest of sillies.

They had a personal beef, that was more Dirk's issue with Wade and his fellow banana boat buddy than anything else. That's about it. They also retired the same year, so obviously people are going to compare them because Stephen A needs to talk about something so why not.

Statistically Dirk was better, which will draw out Dirk stans cause Wade gets all the credit.

They're both all time greats. Who cares.

 

[LuckyNumber7]

You care, and nobody in Miami does. And I don’t think Dirk cares either. Or Wade. Or Mavericks fans.

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

Sure, why not.

 

[LuckyNumber7]

Luv u

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

Luke Walton knew this was coming on July 1.

 

[iron yuppie]

Ty Lue had a stress breakdown in Cleveland, so not sure how that's gonna work in LA if the Lakers indeed go in that direction.

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

The thin line between loveable goofball and clown has just been crossed by Joel Embiid

 

[mikal]

The thin line between loveable goofball and clown has just been crossed by Joel Embiid

Not even 2 weeks ago, I was saying that I was hoping the Bucks can avoid the Sixers at all costs. Now, not so sure.

 

[iron yuppie]

I see Lowry is starting his disappearing act early this year.

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

If only there were some sort of warning about Toronto and the playoffs.

 

[DaveC]

lol have you guys ever seen the raptors play a game 1? of course they were losing.

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

I've seen the raptors play in the playoffs before, yes.

This is why I've taken the "wait and see" approach with them all season. Because I've seen them play in the playoffs.