I'll name this offseason thread later: The NBA 2019 Offseason/Free Agency Thread

[Kimo_bud]

Not just LeBron, the Lakers as an organization are like a dog whistle to bum ass jealous ass do nothing ass teams. No one batted an eye when Ainge got Kyrie in spite the fact that Boston has a success rate similar to the Lakers. When CP3 was gettin traded to the Lakers every bytchmade owner in the league cried until he got sent to the clippers instead. I’m sure CP3 really appreciates that.

Truth be told, all this guilt trippin the media is on is some totally selfish shyt. I’ve yet to hear any point from them on how it helps Kawhi to go back to Toronto or play for the clips other than stupid ass legacy arguments he’s already proven himself in.

Like they just want competitive balance for their own entertainment instead of considering that Kawhi got a degenerative condition and might need to lighten the load to prolong his career, or that his star is at its highest peak and his off court opportunities are more vast with the Lakers over any other team. He could be a part of a legendary, prolific team and go down in basketball lore or just resign to tdot or sign with the clippers and be a blip on the map of sports history. Nah, all I’m hearing is “Wah wah wah, it’s not fair, Lakers always win, why LeBron get another superteam?” fukk outta here, sounding like some bytches.

The Celtics are not in the same league as the lakers. Boston with bill Russell won 11 rings. They are meaningless cuz the nba was a bunch of useless white guys and the nba was only 8 teams

 

[Max.]

Build 3 super teams brehs

 

[2Quik4UHoes]

The Celtics are not in the same league as the lakers. Boston with bill Russell won 11 rings. They are meaningless cuz the nba was a bunch of useless white guys and the nba was only 8 teams

I understand that. But they still have 17 to our 16 and have won in the last 10-15 years. Point is I didn’t see a soul up in arms about it after having taken LeBron and the Cavs to the limit in the playoffs.

If it’s any other team no issue. The Lakers? Nah, it’s just gotta be a whole drama queen act from the collective media. The AD trade was treated as some fiasco after they said we couldn’t even pull it off, once the Lakers got its max slot they looked like idiots for their fantastic narratives of the Lakers not having basic understanding of the cap.

It really is true what they say, success breeds envy like shyt out here.

 

[Mr. McDowell]

6 straight years of missing the playoffs will have a lot of people anxious. The Lakers fans are just sick of the team being ass. Can you blame them?

 

[ezrathegreat]

Ya'll kill me with this unbeatable super team bullshyt. People said the same thing in Miami when the three of them got together. Even Lebron was talking about "5, 6, 7 championships when they barely scraped out two. If not for Ray Allen hitting a clutch three we would literally be talking about one ring. K.D joins the Warriors it was the same B.S. The Warriors just lost to the Raptors and people are really thinking that Lebron, Kahwi and A.D are winning five rings. This isn't the 1960's, competition is at an all time high whether fans believe it or not. Every team can and will be beat

 

[2Quik4UHoes]

Ya'll kill me with this unbeatable super team bullshyt. People said the same thing in Miami when the three of them got together. Even Lebron was talking about "5, 6, 7 championships when they barely scraped out two. If not for Ray Allen hitting a clutch three we would literally be talking about one ring. K.D joins the Warriors it was the same B.S. The Warriors just lost to the Raptors and people are really thinking that Lebron, Kahwi and A.D are winning five rings. This isn't the 1960's, competition is at an all time high whether fans believe it or not. Every team can and will be beat

Excellent point.

I’ve been talkin big shyt obviously, but at the end of the day teams still gotta hit the floor and win games. This potential Laker trio might not even win it all next year. It’d be their first year together and at this point the supporting cast may not be all that great. Those factors have to be accounted for no matter who we got. Lakers have favorable odds but there are other great teams out there making moves.

That’s the difference between bum franchises and teams that aim to win no matter what. Teams like the Nuggets and Jazz will get their shine someday because they stay competitive instead of crying and worrying about other teams and what they got going on.

 

[Primetime]

Houston ain't did shyt

All that posturin, for shyt

Pacers and Jazz are interesting squads next year. Before T'Challa got hurt Indy looked like they'd play the role of spoiler in the 1st round to whomever

I still feel 1 + 1 with Raps makes the most sense. They can certainly repeat next year, or at least win the East; it just wouldn't be any easier unless 76ers/Bucks face off in the 2nd round.

Still, the greater the challenge the greater the glory. We'll see tho.

 

[GoddamnyamanProf]

people are really thinking that Lebron, Kahwi and A.D are winning five rings.

Literally zero people have said this.

 

[Professor Emeritus]

Build 3 super teams brehs

Just to be clear, you're counting Kyrie Irving, Kevin Love, JR Smith, and Tristan Thompson, coached by Ty Lue, as a "super team", right?

 

[Brief Keef]

I understand that. But they still have 17 to our 16 and have won in the last 10-15 years. Point is I didn’t see a soul up in arms about it after having taken LeBron and the Cavs to the limit in the playoffs.

If it’s any other team no issue. The Lakers? Nah, it’s just gotta be a whole drama queen act from the collective media. The AD trade was treated as some fiasco after they said we couldn’t even pull it off, once the Lakers got its max slot they looked like idiots for their fantastic narratives of the Lakers not having basic understanding of the cap.

It really is true what they say, success breeds envy like shyt out here.

every chip this man bron won he's had a superstar and an all star by his side...if kawhi join's he's gonna be playing with 2 superstars who u could argue are both better players than him right now and one of them he already lost a finals to and got a mvp on his dime....that says a lot bout a nikka that a lot mf's consider to be better than Kobe/MJ....can the nikka win at least one chip with a raptors/spurs like squad ? no me personally i cant hate the superteam shyt cuz he was on my squad....did we ask for bron to join the heat ? nope but the nikka went there cuz Wade his bff...i say that to say this...as far as the jordan/kobe compairison's they gotta stop...esp if these nikkas get kawhi and run off 3 str8...who exactly thinks they wont win a chip ? unless they get that GSW in the finals type of injuries its a foregone conclusion breh....KD gone and the nikka still wanna stack the deck ? AD aint enough ? its laughable really

 

[2Quik4UHoes]

every chip this man bron won he's had a superstar and an all star by his side...if kawhi join's he's gonna be playing with 2 superstars who u could argue are both better players than him right now and one of them he already lost a finals to and got a mvp on his dime....that says a lot bout a nikka that a lot mf's consider to be better than Kobe/MJ....can the nikka win at least one chip with a raptors/spurs like squad ? no me personally i cant hate the superteam shyt cuz he was on my squad....did we ask for bron to join the heat ? nope but the nikka went there cuz Wade his bff...i say that to say this...as far as the jordan/kobe compairison's they gotta stop...esp if these nikkas get kawhi and run off 3 str8...who exactly thinks they wont win a chip ? unless they get that GSW in the finals type of injuries its a foregone conclusion breh....KD gone and the nikka still wanna stack the deck ? AD aint enough ? its laughable really

If LeBron wasn’t a Laker I’d agree. fukk it I’m shameless when it comes to this GOAT franchise shyt. We gotta win at all costs.

 

[Max.]

Just to be clear, you're counting Kyrie Irving, Kevin Love, JR Smith, and Tristan Thompson, coached by Ty Lue, as a "super team", right?

Were irving and love not all stars?
Did they not sweep teams n get to 4 straight finals?
Is lebron not the best overall player in the nba for years?


He just got AD and they might get kawhi(2 top 5 players with lebron) but im supposed to be guilt tripped now? Lmao...

Watch how many good players take vet minimum deals to try n get a ring

 

[Joe Sixpack]

every chip this man bron won he's had a superstar and an all star by his side...if kawhi join's he's gonna be playing with 2 superstars who u could argue are both better players than him right now and one of them he already lost a finals to and got a mvp on his dime....that says a lot bout a nikka that a lot mf's consider to be better than Kobe/MJ....can the nikka win at least one chip with a raptors/spurs like squad ? no me personally i cant hate the superteam shyt cuz he was on my squad....did we ask for bron to join the heat ? nope but the nikka went there cuz Wade his bff...i say that to say this...as far as the jordan/kobe compairison's they gotta stop...esp if these nikkas get kawhi and run off 3 str8...who exactly thinks they wont win a chip ? unless they get that GSW in the finals type of injuries its a foregone conclusion breh....KD gone and the nikka still wanna stack the deck ? AD aint enough ? its laughable really

Name the championships Magic Johnson won without any Hall of Famers

Name MJs titles without Hall of Famers

Name Larry Bird’s titles without Hall of Famers

:dontplayman:

 

[Lord_Chief_Rocka]

Just to be clear, you're counting Kyrie Irving, Kevin Love, JR Smith, and Tristan Thompson, coached by Ty Lue, as a "super team", right?

Of course they were the only people that don’t are y’all wack ass peasants

 

[2Quik4UHoes]

Name the championships Magic Johnson won without any Hall of Famers

Name MJs titles without Hall of Famers

Name Larry Bird’s titles without Hall of Famers

:dontplayman:

All facts, league always been top heavy.