spurs shoudln't have won that game. fuck everything
Zachary Perry
>Only one Top 4 pick, who happens to be a great rookie >Underrating Mahcus Smaht and God Bradley >Forgetting to mention how loaded the draft will be
Barring lottery fuckery, Cs will have a good offseason. Keep coping
Ryder Harris
>17 million dollars a year
Aiden Sullivan
yeah they got away with one
thank monta for choking 2 FTs
Jaxson Peterson
B-b-boogie totally i-isn't the problem guys...ri-right?
Eli Robinson
if you rate Marcus Smart's value higher than a ham sandwich you're overrating him.
Luis Young
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Jose Miller
You'll be eating your words when he's on all-defensive first in a few seasons, but nice meme
Elijah Cruz
What a lazy sack of shit
Bentley Rogers
So memes aside, why does /nba/ honestly think KD left? I have a hard time picturing him suddenly deciding to become the most hated man in sports because of a sales pitch from this ugly fucker. I don't hate him any less for it, but it seems like there's more than meets the eye here.
Lincoln Scott
The Rockets are unwatchable what the fuck
All they do is shoot 3s........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
David Taylor
Rings
Maybe Curry's irresistible aura
Who knows?
Grayson White
>the pressure is reportedly still on boston despite them topping the cavs This is true, the Cavs literally picked this game to as practice session with Deron. My source says he got a B, there is work to be done.
Jeremiah Powell
First off, Steph has a beautiful face and a sea of niggers in the league
He just wanted a ring, plain and simple. The shitty ass Thunder was never gonna beat The GS Globetrotters in the next few years, and by then he' gonna feel like Melo
Owen Powell
This entire post is wrong outside of "wanted a ring."
Caleb Walker
he is in the sense that he operates at the top of the key a lot and is ball dominant because so much of his talent comes from dribbling past bigs and overpowering help defenders and jrue just cant play with that
Caleb Smith
My nudeln are oodeln
Austin Rodriguez
It was apemond that recruited durrcant. Apparently they were texting and keeping in touch during the playoffs, I wonder if gay sex happened.
>muh Adams and Roberson >OKC would still be contenders without Westbrook! >No, NEXT year we'll own the WCF!
Brayden James
maybe because hes been playing forever and knows hes been carrying thunder ? wants to play with ppl who are not carrying
Jack Bailey
They literally had meme state beaten until durant and westbrook choked, twice
Kevin Rogers
>bug-eyed >weird nose >forehead so big it's gravity pulled a 6'9, 240 lb SF all the way to Choakland >pubes all over his chin >'beautiful face' Fuck outta here Ayesha
Levi Powell
Exactly, OKC was dependent on two stars and now they're dependent on one. Thanks for proving my point
Justin Kelly
That wasn't your point and you're a huge tool.
Curry is ugly as fuck too.
Josiah Williams
no, they were going great playing team ball until the two stars decided to take over and ruin everything.
Luis Jenkins
OKC was basically Durant and Westbrook, which is why they suck at their core. GSW was always better overall, that was the whole point you fucking retard
Jose Allen
youre retarded
Nathan Watson
>The Celtics can take the pressure off IT in the 4th quarter Does T-Mac browse /nba/?
Henry Nguyen
Wow. I get his team isn't doing well, but at least fucking try
Matthew James
I'm not even replying to your b8 anymore.
Get gud scrub.
Parker Thomas
but that's not what happened at all, Durant and Westbrook were focusing on playing great defense above all else for the first four games and the Thunder looked like the best team in the league. Ibaka, Roberson, Adams, Kanter were all playing fantastic.
then they both decided it was time to "take over" and everything went to shit. The vast majority of the blame for missing the Finals falls on Durant and Westbrook.
Jeremiah Young
Excellent rebuttal
Curry could fuck your wife btw
Oliver Butler
>sports teams depend on their best players Holy shit, get this man a nobel prize. The funny part is that they were a KD choke job away from a ring, the Thunder match(ed) up well with the Cavs.
Jordan Ward
Okafor is still childish.
He doesn't understand this hurts his stock as a player and doesn't have pride in himself as a player first.
He's too caught up in what's around him instead of looking at himself and setting a standard for his own play, and his own brand.
When he plays bad that limits his future in the NBA and what teams he can play for, and the money he can make.
John Collins
you dont deserve a serious response lad. youre a fucking idiot
Brandon Diaz
How has Derrick Williams scored senpai?
Jordan Johnson
I don't think he even fucks his own wife desu
You just know he's exclusively into pegging
Asher Morgan
The fact that they were a KD choke job away is why they're shit now
Daily reminder that Westbrook is wasting his prime
Curry's glans is bigger than your whole cock
Carson James
kongz are just sad man. like everything about that team is sad the arena, the logo the terrible players their colour scheme
Kayden Parker
stop thinking about currys cock faggot
Dylan Anderson
A- for his role.
Needs to cut down the charges.
Connor James
It gives me life desu
Anthony Cox
>took home a fat ass paycheck >team getting hot at just the right time >Durant ded >rewriting all the record books >team actively working to build around him KowarD was the problem, Russ is the solution
Henry Roberts
Oh, hey /nba/. I saw you talking shit. You know what? You're all a bunch of faggots.
Christian Myers
I like this new news
Jose Ward
>Average a historical statline >Objective top 3 MVP contender >Prime Age >Waste it all playing for a 7th seed stuck in tank/title purgatory
His mediocre teammates are the problem not him. Salty NBA fans will get over KD's move just like the did with Lebron
Robert Parker
>in your best interest to tank and develop young players >joeger giving affalo all these minutes
what the fuck is his problem? no wonder the grizzlies fired him
Michael Hernandez
He took the easy way out is all, it's like you are in a war and you join the other side because they promise not to kill you or your family and also to make you rich, it's a really fucked up thing to do.
Leo Powell
Good status but our streetcars don't look like that desu
Bentley Butler
I didn't notice the picture until now, I take back my previous compliment , never op another thread again.
Jackson Campbell
Part of it is Smart. He's a charge drawing machine.
Kayden Cook
Rockets are on fire
Caleb Thomas
Dude is one of the best basketball players of the 2000s and wanted a ring under a historic team, who gives a shit
If one hates KD but likes Lebron they are 100% a hypocrite.
Isaiah Powell
now that mike dantoni has won the sport of basketball what other sport can we migrate to?
boreball season is starting soon
Jackson Taylor
More like the Clippers fucking suck on defense.
Lucas Fisher
it's not so much liking lebron as not really having an argument against him anymore.
Liam Martin
>, never op another thread again.
Jayden Roberts
I went to NFL and caught the rise of the Cowboys youth movement just in time.
Great season. Too bad about the playoffs tho.
I expect another great season next year.
Very fun, too bad it's weekly.
Owen Cruz
>, who gives a shit Lots of people take the easy way out but for the rest of us people trying to do the right thing it doesn't sit write.
Ian Hill
I post in /nfl/ during the season(not as a trip tho I have too much respeckt for nfl to trip there)
/hoc/ seems like a hotbed of shitposting and memes too bad the actual sport is unwatchabel
Camden Perez
Except that LeBron wised up, manned up, and fulfilled his divine role to get one for the Land. Durant just wants a ring, LeBron embraced a destiny.
Evan Cook
Translation: Once KD gets a ring and starts declining, all the casual fans are gonna forget about this whole fiasco since the memes died down
It's professional sports, not Imperial Japan
The nigga has had a great career and wants a championship, let him get his paycheck and do what he wants. Everyone is going to love him again in 5 years anyway.
Jonathan Butler
Despite the horrible grammar this was the best post you've ever made and it touched me emotionally.
Camden Ramirez
Rise up BTC
Carter Rogers
I don't hate him for it at the end of the daye it's his life and all and honestly I don't care that he didn't resign with OKC he owes those ppl nothing it's that he joined the warriors that bothers me...
name one gramatical error with that post of my? I'll be waiting....
Logan Wilson
>Once KD gets a ring
Ryder Carter
Bruh, I seriously don't know how to feel now.
I know we're winning (except the Blazers) but I just don't feel right.
It feels like something horribly wrong is going to happen.
Jose Reed
Funny, if the Warriors never choked nobody would be saying that
He's a lucky fuck who's also a great basketball player
Christopher Clark
I'm not a bandwagoner or anything like that, I've been a Mavs fan through and through, but Jesus christ I hope the C's win the chip this year. They're exactly the type of team I love watching on TV. They're really entertaining.
Carson Flores
Do all the players flocking to The Cavs this season bother you?
Shit happens every season, I don't blame these guys at all for wanting to play on winning teams. That's half the incentive for a team to do well anyway.
Tyler Brown
I already don't give a shit.
also, he's not getting a ring
also, bron is declining, but this year he's been better than both of his last two somehow. he pretty clearly peaked in either 12/13 or 13/14, but he's started to ease into his new body, if that makes any sense. He's having his best post peak season right now.
Zachary Robinson
>If the Cavs didn't win then the Cavs wouldn't have won
Genius
Christopher Barnes
>LeBron leaves an irredeemably shit team that immediately drops into the lottery as soon as he leaves >KD leaves one of the best teams in the league with a top 5 player that still make the playoffs and stay competitive after he's gone >LeBron joins a mediocre team with potential to be great so he can play with his best friend and lead them to glory >KD joins the best team of all time THAT JUST ENDED HIS SEASON A MONTH PRIOR to ring chase and be comfy behind 3 other stars who he has no personal connection with >LeBron publicly announces he's going to move in front of the world and takes of all the heat (no pun intended) in stride >KD doesn't even tell his best friend of 10 years that he's leaving then writes an essay about how he's doing the right thing
They aren't comparable at all. The equivalent to KD joining the Warriors would be LeBron joining the 2010 Celtics while 2011 MVP era Derrick Rose was on his team.
Michael Brooks
by this thinking being a fan of a team is completely meaningless and fans should look at everything from a cold, analytical business perspective.
Adam Cox
yo clips hop on 2k real quick? I wanna try out my custom Lonzo Ball player
Parker Smith
This could be a dank meme
Zachary Martin
role players don't bother me none since they won't add much a superstar does tho...
love and kyrie didn't have a choice of lenron
Jose Evans
Buddy looks really good
needs to keep working on his handles so he can create his own shot like he did in college
Ryan Mitchell
Yeah, that last year of cleveland was just irredeemable shit surrounding him. Let's run through the lineup here. Bron 37 year old Shaq 33 year old antawn jamison Anderson Varejao Mo Williams 34 year old anthony parker Delonte west
Those were the top minutes getters on this team. Every single one of them played over 20 minutes a game. Fuck.
Carter Turner
>yfw this guy bounces the warriors in round 1
Matthew Rogers
There is darkness and uncertainty yet to come. There will always be challenges for us. But remember what this broship means: to embrace their challenge. Not just for our own sake, but for the greater good. Blazers, Thunder, and Cavs, we've all had to struggle, but the alliance came through and will continue to meet the challenge.
Rise up.
Matthew Bailey
Clippers are an irredeemable piece of shit of a franchise.
Dylan James
GSW Finals in 6, suck a dick
And if they lost the finals, he'd still be "The Man," right?
Fair points, except we haven't seen KD come back yet with a huge ego and act like he's been about the city the whole time.
Of course I'm being analytical, I'm trying to have an unbiased discussion about what happened. OKC can bitch all they want, and the globetrotters can laugh all they want
So it's only not cool if a superstar does it? Seems pretty irrelevant
Mason Reyes
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Cameron Martin
Seriously, I shitposted LeBron to hell when he left for Miami too but the context around KD's departure to Oakland makes it so much worse than LeBron's. It pisses me off when people try to say they're similar in any way other than them both leaving the franchise they spent their whole careers with. After that is where the similarities stop.
Jackson Wilson
Antwan Jamison was a good player, I mean that team was terrible but they had some bright spots.
Jordan Hernandez
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David Hill
I mean, I don't fault KD for it. But the idea that people were actually mad at lebron for leaving THAT team, with no cap space, to go play with his best friend? Come on.
Asher Bailey
so you're being an objectivist about something that is inherently about passion?
or in other words, you're being a douche?
Sebastian Robinson
>And if they lost the finals, he'd still be "The Man," right? The fact that he could be on any team in the league but he freely chooses the Cavaliers, a team with 3 winning seasons in its franchise, to lift up an entire city, REGARDLESS of whether he actually DID get a championship is worthy of respect. I'm amazed that this bothers anyone.
Alexander Flores
Cloppers are getting RAP3D
Ian Myers
Not at 33 he wasn't.
Julian Morris
LeBron hides so many deficiencies a lot of people didn't realize how shit everybody was.
Angel Brooks
Oops, forgot I had to inject passion in EVERY sports conversation ever
Guess all the analysts are just douches
Dominic Morales
If you are going to respond to any more of my posts don't lump me in a muti repley, I deserve more respect than that.
great analysis there fuck face, let's hear you talk that shit in 7 months when we win it all...