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

[Trojan 24]

Laker fans i aint hatin on yall and never really did cuz as an organization this is what yoy're supposed to do to win...but as a Heat fan ima say this....i remember...i remember when bron was in MIA and for 4 years yall was callin nikkas fakkits/bandwagoners/bytch nikkas etc...just because bron decided he wanted to play there...the same nikkas yall was callin all these names we still in them heat thread's yall bout to start getting the same hate and name calling we were getting...and i know yall might not give a fukk (LAKER FANS) but yall gon look like some hypocrites...if kawhi goes there and yall start running off titles watch the media watch shannon sharpe's the fakkit ass cuff the legend's the oprah sideversion's the ashnasty gaming's the bron's stans...watch how they start turning on yall you know yall gonna hear the bron >>> kobe talk from these stan's and bron's the best laker ever talk...that's all ima say remember i told yall

We never hated on true heat fans

Only the traveling fakkit Bron Stans

 

[Professor Emeritus]

im sayin if kawhi goes there's and he win's 3 more...its a cakewalk...dont act like its gonna be some herculean effort like some A.I. against the lakers 2001 shyt

You don't even know what their roster is or who their opponents will be or who will be healthy or anything about how it plays out.

Did anyone guess that it was going to take Herculean efforts from Bron for them to win the title in 2012?

Durant joining the already 73-win Warriors was clearly going to be a cakewalk as long as everyone stayed healthy. That's the only time that's happened. And even then guys started getting hurt and players like Iggy and Draymond took a step back sooner than anyone saw coming. Every other time a newly-formed team has been pre-annointed it's turned out to be a lot more difficult than it looked.


Just last year people was saying that LeBron was washed, couldn't play defense, is a net negative, doesn't even deserve to make the All-NBA team, etc. There were posters here calling AD the Black Kevin Love and saying he was an overrated stat-stuffer who never wins. (Randomly haters used that nickname for AD and LBJ last year). Not to mention that AD usually only plays about 65-68 games a season. Kawhi only played 60 games last year and could easily take a turn for the worse. And the rest of the roster could be trash. You don't actually have any idea how this is going to go.

Plus Warriors are sitting back right there people writing them off as if they don't have four all-stars on the roster. Bucks still the team that won 60 games last year and now they are coming back playoff hardened. And I wouldn't bet on it but that starting lineup for the Sixers has 5 different guys who could potentially make an all-star team next year anchored around a center who some people were calling the best player in the NBA during the season.

You don't know how things will go. At least let the lineups settle and the bookies lay down the odds first. Warriors were 5/8 odds in 2018, you think the Lakers gonna touch that?

 

[2Quik4UHoes]

Last year’s Lakers are irrelevant to this year. Regardless of how good or bad they were. They have a completely different roster.

The Celtics have won one title in the last 33 seasons, people hate them off GP because they hate Boston. There is no real success to be jealous of. Furthermore, the Celtics were never considered a major threat before they got Kyrie & Hayward, and even after they got them most people still thought they couldn’t beat the Cavs. To say otherwise is revisionist history.

Even if he is playing with two superstars, is the load really lightened if he’s not playing less minutes? And I’m not saying going to the Lakers wouldn’t be beneficial. But it’s not like the Raptors were on some 2001 Sixers shyt.

Like who? Rondo, KCP & Lance?

And a completely different roster with a bunch of players learning each other will come with its challenges. We don’t have the advantage of the continuity that the Celtics had in the example I gave. Btw, love how you admitted how washed Celtics are. Championship every 20+ year average.

Are you missing the fact that Kawhi will have LeBron and AD also? Like I said, all three aren’t going to load manage at the same damn time. Different guys take games off. Simple solution to replicate what Toronto has.

 

[CrimsonTider]

There was nothing weak about LeBron going back to Cleveland.

It was the definition of weak

 

[2stainz]

Kawhi.......wtf man

 

[JordanWearinThe45]

This nikka really making nikkas wait smh

 

[threattonature]

so thats what it was...laker fan's can yall attest to this ? the heat hate was only cuz kobe was there ? even tho we never crossed path's in the finals ? i dont see what's the difference ? he's still a threat to pass kobe in rings esp if kawhi come's and he's doin it on yall goat's team

A lot of the Lakers fans on here are Laker fans first and foremost. We'll hate on Lebron but once he joins the team if he brings rings we won't give a fukk about the Lebron vs Kobe arguments.

 

[Flex Luger]

 

[SchoolboyC]

And a completely different roster with a bunch of players learning each other will come with its challenges. We don’t have the advantage of the continuity that the Celtics had in the example I gave. Btw, love how you admitted how washed Celtics are. Championship every 20+ year average.

Are you missing the fact that Kawhi will have LeBron and AD also? Like I said, all three aren’t going to load manage at the same damn time. Different guys take games off. Simple solution to replicate what Toronto has.

The Celtics didn’t really have continuity. They only kept 4 players from the IT squad after adding Kyrie & Hayward.

We gave y’all a 30 year grace period to pass us up and you still couldn’t do it

Fam I’m not saying the Lakers can’t/won’t be able to load manage. I just think people are exaggerating how much he had to carry in Toronto.

 

[ItWasWritten]

Take these trash talking points somewhere else ....

I'm looking for free agent news only

 

[2Quik4UHoes]

The Celtics didn’t really have continuity. They only kept 4 players from the IT squad after adding Kyrie & Hayward.

We gave y’all a 30 year grace period to pass us up and you still couldn’t do it

Fam I’m not saying the Lakers can’t/won’t be able to load manage. I just think people are exaggerating how much he had to carry in Toronto.

We appreciate that grace period breh, we’ll be passing you all in that department shortly.

I get what you’re saying, but that’s also underestimating the rest of the East. We can all admit that a lot of luck played a part in the Raptors winning so if that’s the case why risk it on the chance you might get that much unbelievable luck next year. A surer bet is the Lakers.

 

[threattonature]

Last year’s Lakers are irrelevant to this year. Regardless of how good or bad they were. They have a completely different roster.

The Celtics have won one title in the last 33 seasons, people hate them off GP because they hate Boston. There is no real success to be jealous of. Furthermore, the Celtics were never considered a major threat before they got Kyrie & Hayward, and even after they got them most people still thought they couldn’t beat the Cavs. To say otherwise is revisionist history.

Even if he is playing with two superstars, is the load really lightened if he’s not playing less minutes? And I’m not saying going to the Lakers wouldn’t be beneficial. But it’s not like the Raptors were on some 2001 Sixers shyt.

Like who? Rondo, KCP & Lance?

Chris Paul talked about the difference of playing with the Clippers where he had to do so much versus the Rockets. He said playing with the Rockets was like playing a pickup game because he wasn't having to create every time down and could pick and choose his spots. There is definitely a lightened load if the ball isn't in your hand every play and you're having to fight through defenses versus being setup for open shots with the occasional creating.

 

[Lefty Gunz]

 

[JordanWearinThe45]

 

[2Quik4UHoes]

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