ChiefsPlanet - Other Sports ***Official 2022-2023 NBA Thread***

Sorta.

Mostly it's another power play. It's similar to those short term deals he always signs - he wants the leverage of not re-signing to ensure teams do what he tells them to do.

Nevermind that the team didn't start to play well until after they got out from under his LAST round of stupid leverage plays.

But yeah, it's an attempt to get a Kyrie deal done. He's telling the Lakers to include Rui or the first or both; whatever it takes - to facilitate a sign and trade of Russell for Kyrie.

Lord was Russell awful in this series. Just no sugarcoating that at all. But in the end, Denver is just a better team. LA could've beaten them, but they needed more consistent play from AD (never gonna happen) and yeah, they needed LeBron to be a few years younger. Or maybe turn on the 'go' switch prior to the first half of a game that really didn't even matter much.

Sassy Squatch

05-23-2023 09:02 AM

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Originally Posted by Hammock Parties (Post 16955093)

People are sick of LeBron, just like Brady.

Both need to die horrible deaths. Instead we lost Kobe. Very sad.

Yeah.... Not sure about this one. Lebron and his stans make for pretty decent lolcows, but wasn't Kobe a borderline sex offender, if not outright rapist?

Hammock Parties

05-23-2023 09:02 AM

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Originally Posted by RealSNR (Post 16955118)

I masturbated when Kobe died

Kobe was far more likable than LeBron, and never had the arrogance or sheer audacity to proclaim he was better than him.

He also wasn't a ring-chasing franchise killer.

RunKC

05-23-2023 09:03 AM

Yup. LeBron is trying to make one last run of it. Brady did the same thing when he left New England for an absolutely stacked Bucs team that had high draft picks for years and didn’t have to pay those guys yet.

RunKC

05-23-2023 09:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Superturtle (Post 16955125)

Yeah.... Not sure about this one. Lebron and his stans make for pretty decent lolcows, but wasn't Kobe a borderline sex offender, if not outright rapist?

Yeah Kobe fans were always worse to me. Ignoring his case, ignoring that he was an outright ball hog the majority of the time, saying he was better than Shaq and never needed him, etc.

And yes Kobe stans did say that he was just as good as Michael which is wild.

Hammock Parties

05-23-2023 09:09 AM

The best way this can end is for LeBron to team up with his dipshit spoiled son, who will suck in the NBA. LeBron tries to carry him and fails. They both get swept in the first round of the playoffs.

I would pay good money to see father and son get embarrassed.

Mecca

05-23-2023 09:44 AM

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Originally Posted by TomBarndtsTwin (Post 16954986)

Of course he is.

He knows he can’t win without at least another superstar player next to him. This is nothing new (see Miami, etc.)

That's how all NBA titles are won these days man.

alpha_omega

05-23-2023 09:46 AM

Congratulations Denver (wow, that is hard to say)

Suck it Lebron (easy to say)

staylor26

05-23-2023 09:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Mecca (Post 16955171)

That's how all NBA titles are won these days man.

Umm the 2 teams that will be competing for a title this year have one superstar.

TomBarndtsTwin

05-23-2023 09:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Mecca (Post 16955171)

That's how all NBA titles are won these days man.

Sorry, should have clarified my point better. He already made sure AD (star player) came there. Now he needs another one (Kyrie - Top 5 scorer) to come there to get him over the top, again.

alanm

05-23-2023 09:56 AM

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Originally Posted by MarkDavis'Haircut (Post 16954792)

1. Jordan
2. Wilt
3. Bird
4. Kobe
5. Curry

Where's Jabbar?

Eureka

05-23-2023 09:58 AM

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Originally Posted by Superturtle (Post 16954852)

It's hilarious to watch him succumb to self inflicted schadenfreude repeatedly because he's kind of a bitchmade douche? What's so hard to figure out here?

My college roommates girlfriend made the local news by calling out LeBron (see video). When I seen it I was like "oh shit that's Melonie". Kind of wrong for her to do that and she seemed like a sweet girl when she'd come over to our place.

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KC_Connection

05-23-2023 10:02 AM

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">LeBron is the most unlucky all-time great athlete ever. I'm sick of seeing his legendary performances wasted b/c of injuries, running into juggernauts and his teammates bricking great looks.</p>— Barry (@BarryOnHere) <a href="https://twitter.com/BarryOnHere/status/1660994412556480513?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 23, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

staylor26

05-23-2023 10:07 AM

Last night:

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Originally Posted by KC_Connection (Post 16954771)

How is it not the perfect scenario for me though?

Regardless of the outcome of the game, the Lakers were never winning this series. Any such win tonight would have just been delaying the inevitable.

Because of the way this went, LeBron still got to show he's GOAT (nobody has ever or will ever again have a game like tonight at his age) and at the same time I also get to blame his useless teammates who somehow didn't step up in a game where LeBron had a 40 point triple double on 60% shooting.

Today:

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Originally Posted by KC_Connection (Post 16955211)

https://i.imgur.com/j9M7iIs.jpg

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