Not to be biased, but Lebron couldn't win a championship for the life of him before going to Miami. I am 50/50 about player movement. We can't hold a player that doesn't want to be in a certain city but at the same time, teams don't get any rap about trading a player that is in the best interest of the team regardless of cap or making the team better in their minds. On the other side, I don't like the hostage tactics hold that some players have of teams. It does suck for fans of their teams that get shafted like New Orleans, but I don't think there is a good solution to this. In the end, players and organizations need to realize that fans are the ones who are the important ones. Without fans, there is no money or TV deals.

 

https://www.basketball-reference.com.../LAL/2004.html

 

I dont know what Yumcha is bitching about.

Lakers tanked for a decade before coming up again. At the end, all the Stars are the ones drawing viewership.... imagine NBA is being played with bunch of nobody and all the trade and drama is what makes it interesting....

 

That's not the same thing as what happened in Miami and the recent/current Lakers/Nets/Clippers/Warriors (RE: super teams).

 

FWIW, my bishing is just that: bishing. It's the reality of the NBA landscape and I can be a hatter because well, to an extent, it won't and will never happen with Chicago. Per @asianspec , I don't have an elegant answer either and per what I just wrote, it's a reality anyways. But, I also believe in the process of drafting and shrewd acquisitions of depth and from there, getting the team into contention versus this big-band approach...

End of day, I'm just hating.

 

You never know.. i am sure Brooklyn never thought where they will be today 2 years ago.

or i am sure Houston didnt predicate 2 years ago that they could not even make it to the playoff last year.

 

I betcha if you slash the salaries and made cheaper tickets for the fans it would change people's minds. Tickets are ridiculous sometimes.

 

Well, that's why it isn't a video game. When it works though, well, it works...so, Miami Heat, NY Yankees in MLB, LA Lakers (LeBron era), Tampa Bay Bucs...But, when it has stunk, it has stunk too.

FWIW, look at what the Thunder used to have and sadly, Harden, KD, Westbrook, and even Ibaka who was pretty decent. That was not through some collusion...it was through drafting and acquisition...the proper moneyball way...and not the big-bang approach -- where a bunch of diva players get together and plot where they want to sign. Again, just hatting. I'll stop. The playoffs are enjoyable at least this year.

 

OKC hit the reset button and have 16 1st rounders for the next 7 years.

 

yah i wish too.
But they are full house right now, so why would they do that? I just hope they dont keep increasing the prices.

Unless i get some courtside seat, otherwise i actually prefer to watch the games at home with some friends.... It is weird without the commentators and i usually have to watch the big TV anyway even when i go see in person.. cuz i can't see shit from nosebleed...

 

That is a lot of talents and hopefully they know what to do with them...

 

Oh, they know. They'll just be the farm/development system for Miami/Brooklyn/LA...

 

yah that is one thing LA is not good at.. at developing young players...

We are only good at winning, or you can say result oriented. fuck the process.

 

Wow what a game by Trae. That long pause 3 was hilarious and the alley oop off glass was sickkkk.

 

Brooklyn and LA are going @ Trae...

 

I thought Trae loves Kobe and LA.. so that is easy..

and that guy from Dallas too... he is coming... and stephen Curry too

 

...and Mike Trout.
...and Connor McDavid.
...and Lewis Hamilton.
...and Roger Federer.

LeLakers: the Pokemon team of the NBA.

 

out of those we will only take Lewis Hamilton the rest could go home.

 

jokes on you, Trout is already stuck in LA traffic and all of them probably have a home here.

 

Then, LeLakers should be ashamed they didn't go undefeated this season.

 

Nah they felt sorry for the young guys cuz they kicked their asses so badly last year in the bubble.. let them have a chance this year.

 

LeLakers fail to hire Kidd as new coach.

Kidd to coach Mavs: https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/...avericks-coach

 

Meh,

We will hire Obama. That is the type of star power we have in LA...

 

Carlisle to Pacers. Billups to Blazers.

 

Suns in 5.

 

 

Last years Championship was like a Rec-Ball Tournament. Enjoy that * next to that Championship. Clearly they can't play and win during a regular season.

 

He meant in 6.

 

of course not, how can they win if they barely played due to injury.

 

So...Scottie Pippen on a scorched earth policy lately?

 

Its given since they had only 2 months of offseason. A healthy AD and Lebron is no slouch. The rest of the team can't beat a JV team. Asterisk or not, any team would take it.

 

WTF is up with the Bucks. Now no Greek Freak but they were down big vs no Trae.

 

Their chances of winning just went poof, IMO.

No Giannis...no chance. Without the Eastern and Western Conference all-star teams, this was Milwaukee's chance but without him...yeah, over.

 

 

Dammit. My math was off by one.

 

Yeah... I think whoever comes out of the East now, Hawks w/o Trae or Bucks w/o Giannis (or possibly with them, but injured), are gonna be toast against the PHX. This will be Chris Paul's year to ride off into the sunset (i.e. even more commercials) with a championship ring.

It will still be interesting to see which East team manages to hobble its way to the Finals, when they both have their one good player hurt now, but unless 2 out of 3 of CP3, Booker & Ayton go down, I think the Suns have got it in the bag.

 

Good.. fuck Clippers.. the curse continues...

 

I'll give it to the hawks, they are a tough out though. They were beating the Bucks with Giannis before he got hurt. They are all playing like it's their bag year. 😂. As for the Clippers, they defied odds and won 2 Game 7's and almost took it to another without Kawhi. Let's see the newest drama with Kawhi and the medical staff what the offseason unfolds.

 

LeLakers will sign Kawhi. And he'll forever be known as KawhiLe.

 

Or Lewhi.