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We do count Bronze. Our first ever medal. Super emotional scenes.
NBA 2021 and beyond: Let's Talk Lakers!
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Hewson
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Welcome aboard Dennis Schroder.
While you're in town, maybe take a couple of courses at the MIT Sloan School of Management or Harvard Business School cause you need a little work on your business skills.
While you're in town, maybe take a couple of courses at the MIT Sloan School of Management or Harvard Business School cause you need a little work on your business skills.
for reals. somebody get this kid a calculator. what's german for calculator?
https://twitter.com/ShamsCharania/status/1425543622062088198?s=19
I don't get the Haslem thing.
Like I get that he's a Heat legend and a huge locker room presence and all... but, like, make him an assistant coach. He never ever gets in and they just burn a roster spot and cap space every year on him to essentially do what assistant coaches do.
I don't get the Haslem thing.
Like I get that he's a Heat legend and a huge locker room presence and all... but, like, make him an assistant coach. He never ever gets in and they just burn a roster spot and cap space every year on him to essentially do what assistant coaches do.
i will not stand for paul pierce slander
https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id...-lakers-cemented-ben-wallace-hall-fame-legacy
what kind of revisionist bullshit history is this?
shaq destroyed ben wallace in this series. the pistons won because kobe kept jacking up shots despite being double and triple teamed. shaq had 10 more made baskets than kobe on 29 fewer shot attempts.
shaq put up 36 and 20 in game 4 yet somehow kobe took 4 more shots. but sure - ben wallace.
give me a break.
what kind of revisionist bullshit history is this?
shaq destroyed ben wallace in this series. the pistons won because kobe kept jacking up shots despite being double and triple teamed. shaq had 10 more made baskets than kobe on 29 fewer shot attempts.
shaq put up 36 and 20 in game 4 yet somehow kobe took 4 more shots. but sure - ben wallace.
give me a break.
LuckyNumber7
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Maybe conflating the 2005 NBA finals
mikal
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Glad we're kind of talking Lakers again. 
We are!
Thinking back on this - it's crazy how different the legacy of certain players or coaches can change with one change here or there. We talked about it with Budenholzer - Kyrie doesn't turn his ankle, Bud's probably fired. Instead he's forever a champion and has a clear path to the hall of fame.
Kobe truly fucked that 2004 series. Detroit couldn't stop Shaq - but it didn't matter because Kobe just kept shooting.
Lakers were the better team - if they win that series Wallace and Billups may not ever make the half of fame. Shaq probably returns for at least another year and never goes to Miami. Miami stays mediocre and the legend of Wade doesn't grow as much as it did after the finals run - which means maybe the Big 3 that the Heat later out together either never happens or happens somewhere else (Knicks?)
Back to Kobe - does he ever win a post Shaq title if KG doesn't blow out his knee? Even in 2010 - Kobe was absolutely dreadful in Game 7 but the Celtics were decimated at center after Perkins got hurt.
And if not for injuries Paul Pierce likely walks away with three rings - which would have included beating LeBron and Kobe head to head multiple times. So where would his legacy be?
These are the things I think about. I may need help
Thinking back on this - it's crazy how different the legacy of certain players or coaches can change with one change here or there. We talked about it with Budenholzer - Kyrie doesn't turn his ankle, Bud's probably fired. Instead he's forever a champion and has a clear path to the hall of fame.
Kobe truly fucked that 2004 series. Detroit couldn't stop Shaq - but it didn't matter because Kobe just kept shooting.
Lakers were the better team - if they win that series Wallace and Billups may not ever make the half of fame. Shaq probably returns for at least another year and never goes to Miami. Miami stays mediocre and the legend of Wade doesn't grow as much as it did after the finals run - which means maybe the Big 3 that the Heat later out together either never happens or happens somewhere else (Knicks?)
Back to Kobe - does he ever win a post Shaq title if KG doesn't blow out his knee? Even in 2010 - Kobe was absolutely dreadful in Game 7 but the Celtics were decimated at center after Perkins got hurt.
And if not for injuries Paul Pierce likely walks away with three rings - which would have included beating LeBron and Kobe head to head multiple times. So where would his legacy be?
These are the things I think about. I may need help
Looks like somebody was giving Rosas to someone else's wife, if ya know what I mean.
mikal
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It’s still crazy about Bud. I went back and rewatched some of the Nets series because besides the obvious joy of winning 4 straight in the Finals, the Nets series was when I was calling for Bud to be fired. You can tell that at some point midway through the series, Bud finally figured out how to run an offense with Giannis. There were glimpses of a change throughout the season, but something finally clicked.
Whether or not they would have won if Kyrie started healthy will never be known but there was definitely a combination of events.
I’m still enjoying the heck out of the championship but damn I would love if the Bucks repeat by beating a fully healthy Nets and Lakers this year.
DaveC
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lol, i believe it. though /r/nba reddit is hilariously convinced that this is the result of ownership insisting on a trade for ben simmons and rosas objecting. there's one guy in the thread claiming it's an affair with someone in the PR department, but his source is "trust me bro" so nobody believes him.
I mean it's out and about now, but yea - his source is accurate.
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"The focus has to be an all-time high, no distractions."
-Kyrie Irving, today, from California, because he's not allowed in the gym in Brooklyn because of his vaccination status.
This preseason is going to be craaaaaaaaazy
-Kyrie Irving, today, from California, because he's not allowed in the gym in Brooklyn because of his vaccination status.
This preseason is going to be craaaaaaaaazy
LuckyNumber7
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Freedumb
weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
fucking a
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Hewson
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He's a peach.
mikal
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Q'anon - NBA Branch
my commentary on all nba related vaccination issues has turned to no comment as of about 15 minutes ago
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Hewson
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That's unBEALievable.
i mean - i already knew, but was just kind of hoping that it wouldn't turn into a circus.
alas - send in the clowns.
alas - send in the clowns.
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Hewson
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Of course knowing that Jayson Tatum's 2 biggest influences in the NBA are Beal and Kyrie, there's no way in hell he's vaccinated either.
ehhh i think you're okay there.
LuckyNumber7
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Yea I mean let's be honest - with the news today from some high profile players? Most other NBA players aren't going to publicly say that the other guys are assholes for their stances, even if they may think it.
LuckyNumber7
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It could also be that they don’t think they’re assholes and do think it’s a choice.
No comment is better in this case.
No comment is better in this case.
