I imagine his employers who are running a business for consumers might have a different idea about whether their very public employees can express idiotic ideals.

It will be interesting to see if Amazon is still in the running for the exclusive rights deal. If the NBA wants to stand by it’s strong convictions I couldn’t imagine them supporting the website that the antisemitic link directed you to.

Should someone not make a tweet referencing the Bible? That contains rules about owning slaves.

What about the owner and his possible ties to cultural genocide of which

Quite the double standard.

Do tweets about the Bible piss off a huge segment of Nets fans/the public at large? Because that's what is getting Kyrie suspended by his employer here.

I would like to see Kyrie Irving tell the NBA to go **** OFF and quit. :thumb:

I'm a bit surprised he didn't quit the league and become a monk or some other lunatic nonsense years ago. Guess he likes the money too much.

Highest FTA per 36 minutes
1. Embiid 12.6
2. Giannis 12.5
3. Harden 8.0
4. DeRozan 7.8
5. Doncic 7.7

Lowest FTA per 36 minutes
1. Danny Green 0.4
2. Avery Bradley 0.5
3. Jevon Carter 0.7
4. Ish Smith 0.8
5. Payton Pritchard 0.8

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Kyrie Irving statement: “To All Jewish families and Communities that are hurt and affected from my post, I am deeply sorry to have caused you pain, and I apologize.” <a href="https://t.co/3dYRHXnIEm">pic.twitter.com/3dYRHXnIEm</a></p>&mdash; Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) <a href="https://twitter.com/ShamsCharania/status/1588379010169729026?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 4, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Now there’s an unexpected twist. Turns out Kyrie really does value his money more than his pride.

Well that doesn’t sound like a staged apology at all.

I’m sure flat earther Kyrie wrote that, no doubts whatsoever . . . .

Kyrie’s agent likes money too.

Listening to Kyrie interviews lately is what I imagine it would be like to sit next to some stranger on a 26 hour Greyhound bus ride to Cleveland and hear about their worldview.

A bit surprised Kyrie finally apologized.

Seemingly, yes.

Yeah I am shocked he apologized.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The Warriors are resting Steph Curry, Draymond Green, Klay Thompson and Andrew Wiggins tonight in New Orleans. Fifth game of a five-game road trip. Second night of back-to-back. In danger of going 0-5.</p>&mdash; Anthony Slater (@anthonyVslater) <a href="https://twitter.com/anthonyVslater/status/1588585826744606720?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 4, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Not sure how the NBA can ask their fans to take the regular season seriously if teams are doing shit like this.

Not having to see Kyrie in the Association would be outstanding. I'm in.

I'd prefer it. Getting to watch Kuminga, Moody, and Wiseman instead of Draymond and Klay would be good in my book.

Not sure the Thunder understand how this tanking thing is supposed to go. ONE MORE YEAR, FELLAS.

Shai too good.

If I'm paying $100 a seat to see Steph Curry (as I'm sure many did tonight in NO), I better be seeing Steph Curry.

Steph Curry with another wasted offensive masterpiece last night. The Warriors are going to have to make some sort of roster move to shake up that team this year. They can’t think that Iguodala is going to be the spark plug they need to get them going and they have no other reinforcements coming. I think everyone just assumes they’ll right the ship, but they have looked like one of the worst teams in the league this year by far. I’m almost starting to feel sorry for Steph.

I haven't watched many of their games because I ain't staying up that late but I see they gave up 130 last night. To me this is an effort issue when it comes to their defense. looking at the box score you can't have Poole scoring 2 pts.

Their only play is to trade away the young guys or Draymond to see if they can get something good back, they already sent Wiseman down to the G league.

Championship hangover except for Steph...

Well something the Warriors have going for them is that they have experience as a team and how to overcome adversity so I'm thinking they'll have a chance to correct their current play.

They're pretty well ****ed unless/until Klay gets out of that horrible slump he's in.

Rumors are that they could put Wiseman on the block.

He's just a square peg out there.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">“He’s the best player to ever play the game.” <br><br>- Bennedict Mathurin on LeBron James <a href="https://t.co/QNdbDUeRTQ">pic.twitter.com/QNdbDUeRTQ</a></p>&mdash; NBACentral (@TheNBACentral) <a href="https://twitter.com/TheNBACentral/status/1597375283568730113?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 28, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Dray speaking on why Bron clears MJ <br><br>🎥 - <a href="https://twitter.com/uninterrupted?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@uninterrupted</a> <a href="https://t.co/MjGRPn2bie">pic.twitter.com/MjGRPn2bie</a></p>&mdash; ⁶ (@TaIkContext) <a href="https://twitter.com/TaIkContext/status/1599281589368033281?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 4, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Draymond on how LeBron’s 2016 title helps his G.O.A.T case: ‘M.J. didn’t beat the greatest team ever assembled’ <a href="https://t.co/SHg0Q07D2d">https://t.co/SHg0Q07D2d</a></p>&mdash; NBACentral (@TheNBACentral) <a href="https://twitter.com/TheNBACentral/status/1599432482725806085?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 4, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Facts.

Shai coming into his own. Perhaps even in the MVP conversation.

I love it, except for the fact that they're supposed to be tanking for ONE more year...

;)

I watched SGA a handful of times at Kentucky. Never would have imagined he would become what he is. Just had a knack for getting tough buckets, slithery and gets fouled.

Shai
Giddey
Jalen Williams
Holmgren

Thats a good core.

Throw in Victor and we're set.

Grizzlies starting to gel. Can’t wait for Bane to get back into the lineup as well. Dillon Brooks has done a good job at shutting down SGA this season which has obviously been a difficult task for most defenders.

Bane has to be the most underrated player in the league.

Nobody:


Absolutely nobody again:

I like watching the grizzlies. They're really the only team besides the Warriors that I'll turn in to watch a few minutes of a game for.

By nobody, I think you mean Mathurin and Draymond.

Bucks lose Giannis to fouls and Middleton can't deliver. One last chance, though.

Edit: Lob to Lopez! Wow!

Edit2: Bucks hold on!

https://twitter.com/ShamsCharania/st...-68Anm4YQ&s=19

How do you guys watch this trash?

Spurs finally won a game if anyone cares

Tatum and the Celtics choking hard again against the Warriors tonight. Tatum doesn't have the injury excuse this time either.

No way do I have faith in this team changing the result if this is the Finals next June.

You watch Nebraska football...sooooo

Yeah many of them could have transfered or quit trying when Frost was canned yet they didn't. These woke losers don't even do the job they are paid to do. No surprise your stupid ass watches that garbage.

You do realize that 5 bench players in the NBA could beat any NCAA team right? That’s how it’s watchable. The question is how so many people watch the preseason NCAA crap before March gets here.

Draymond Green got into another verbal altercation with a fan and cried like a bitch again in another blowout loss last night. At what point do the Warriors just move on from all the nonsense? They should at least make a rule for him that he needs to get at least 5 points before he runs his mouth. That would shut him up most nights.

While I understand why, all of the sitting out is getting to be a bit much from a fan perspective if you want to actually pick a game to attend.

MVP award now the MJ award. Forever people will tout how many MJ's a guy has. Awesome.

Grizzlies really figuring things out right now. Playing some great team basketball. Looks like Curry is out for a few weeks so we won’t get that fun Christmas Day matchup anymore.

The Warriors are not making it out of the west this year.

They’ll be lucky to cling to that play-in game spot after these next few weeks without Steph. They really don’t have anyone else that can carry the load when he’s out. Could be a pretty rough stretch for them.

Went to my first NBA game while stuck in Houston, errrr I mean enjoying Houston, for the John Deere Expo. Tyler Herro was insane and the sport 100x better in person.

Good times

We can only hope. They weren’t particularly good at all last year though (outside of Steph and Wiggins) and they still won it anyway. I’m not writing them off in December.

How many Michael Jordan trophies does Lebron have?

I bet Michael Jordan has more Michael Jordan trophies than Lebron has Michael Jordan trophies.

The Warriors were 24-5 at this point in the season last year. Sure, they weren’t very good last year and benefited from other teams getting injured at the right time, but they were heads and shoulders better last season than they are right now. The off-season drama with Draymond carried over into the season and they made no attempt to solidify their defense after letting Payton walk in the off-season. This team is realizing the future isn’t as bright as they once thought. Who could have seen Andrew Wiggins resorting back to the player he’s been the rest of his career? ROFL

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The fact that he&#39;s still putting up All-NBA numbers w/ the 2nd most minutes played in NBA history is such an incredible accomplishment but it&#39;s LeBron so nobody cares.<br><br>We will never see a career like his again.</p>&mdash; Barry (@BarryOnHere) <a href="https://twitter.com/BarryOnHere/status/1603969089860501511?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 17, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

They should have been dead and gone after the Raptors beat them, KD left, and Klay tore multiple major muscles, but they weren't. Write them off at your own peril, I say. It's too early for me to call them out of it for now.

They're gonna suck while Steph is out for sure though.

Lebron's a pussy Kobe was way better

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">LeBron James, in Year 20, without AD, just thoroughly outplayed the 2x defending league MVP.<br><br>This is, of course, totally without precedent and would’ve been entirely unbelievable for any player in league history other than LeBron.<br><br>Because it’s LeBron, it’ll go mostly unnoticed.</p>&mdash; nick wright (@getnickwright) <a href="https://twitter.com/getnickwright/status/1603986106101350400?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 17, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">LeBron James:<br><br>December 19th, 2003<br><br>36 PTS - 4 REB - 5 AST - 4 STL - 14/24 FG - WIN<br><br>December 16th, 2022<br><br>30 PTS - 9 REB - 4 AST - 2 STL - 13/20 FG - WIN<br><br>Consistency &amp; longevity we&#39;ve never seen before at the NBA level.</p>&mdash; Barry (@BarryOnHere) <a href="https://twitter.com/BarryOnHere/status/1603988418614083585?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 17, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

The GOAT is now 766 points from Kareem.

big time win for GSW. I like this Grizzlies team especially Morant but I really can't stand Dillion Brooks. Dude thinks he is tough and good but he sucks

The refs certainly got the outcome they wanted in that Warriors game, I'll say that.

Definitely got some good whistles except for the sensitive T's. Refs are a bunch of pansies.

The Dirk statue and wording is bad ass.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">AARON GORDON SENDS LANDRY SHAMET TO HELL<a href="https://t.co/LgQ0rZbvQo">https://t.co/LgQ0rZbvQo</a> <a href="https://t.co/aCt3HauRcx">pic.twitter.com/aCt3HauRcx</a></p>&mdash; Rob Perez (@WorldWideWob) <a href="https://twitter.com/WorldWideWob/status/1607264260073336844?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 26, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

2011 finals was one of the last great finals. Who could forget the pseudo GOAT being shutdown by, checks papers, JJ Barrea.

Looks like they called a charge?

One of the best individual performances I've seen. Basically 1 dude took out 3 HOFers in their primes.

He’s basically the Draymond Green of the Grizzlies. Good defensively but runs his mouth too much as one of the worst players on the team. If they could ever make Brooks realize he’s only there to play defense I don’t think the Grizzlies would lose another game. I think they also rushed Bane back a little too fast for this one. He definitely won’t have many games missing all of his 3 point shots. The refs were pretty bad last night, but that was no excuse for the whole team to basically just leave Ja out there to do all the work by himself. I think the Grizzlies just overlooked them with no Steph in the lineup and the game sandwiched in between a couple games against the contending Suns. Classic trap game.

I know you have complained about him before but after watching him last night I noticed the guy is a ball stopper. Someone on reddit made a great comment that he plays like the Grizzlies have a big 2 of him and ja. Dude hardly passes and just throws up shots. I don't pay attention enough to the Grizzlies to know if his team mates actually like him but they never seem to come to his defense.

He is an asshole and takes over my top hated player spot over Westbrook. :)

Caught Grizzlies at Suns Friday night at Footprint Arena.

Sucks Booker was out for that one but Memphis seems like a bad matchup for PHX anyway.

They worked Ayton inside. Ton of points in the paint and I think Adams had 7 offensive boards alone.

Memphis is a fun team to watch.

Overturned on review.

60-21-10 for Luka Doncic. Where is BWillie at?

The NBA was crushed on Christmas…

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">NFL and NBA viewership numbers from the Christmas games:<br><br>NFL:<br>- Packers-Dolphins: 25.92M<br>- Broncos-Rams: 22.57M<br>- Bucs-Cardinals: 17.15M<br><br>NBA:<br>- 76ers-Knicks: 4.04M<br>- Lakers-Mavericks: 4.33M<br>- Bucks-Celtics: 6.03M<br>- Grizzlies-Warriors: 4.70M<br>- Suns-Nuggets: 2.49M</p>&mdash; Ari Meirov (@MySportsUpdate) <a href="https://twitter.com/MySportsUpdate/status/1608161468230340609?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 28, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

I forgot the NBA was even on. The NBA hasn't been able to compete with the NFL since Jordan retired.

He is good. But I don't like him and the way basketball is being played with refereeing that favors crafty hacks like Doncic, Harden and Jokic.

I want to see guys flying through the air. Luka doesn't even have muscle tone. He didnt go to the NBA Combine because he knew his athleticism would be a turnoff to NBA teams.

****ing Euros. Garbage, crafty, soccer style basketball.

No way! Wow what a revelation the NBA which has 17 games and is on the playoff stretch beat the NBA (who appeals more internationally) which has 82 games and is nowhere near the playoffs.

Donks-Rams was such a nail biter between 2 top shelf teams. Who wouldn't tune it for that one?

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">38 years old. <br>20 years in the league. <br>47-10-9 on 67% in a shorthanded win. <br><br>Simply put: The greatest to ever do it. <br><br>And when it’s all said and done, folks won’t believe it was ever a debate.</p>&mdash; nick wright (@getnickwright) <a href="https://twitter.com/getnickwright/status/1609019700595359745?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 31, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">47 POINTS <br>10 REBOUNDS <br>9 ASSISTS <br>66.7% FG<br><br>YEAR 20 <a href="https://t.co/cs5mW85f4I">pic.twitter.com/cs5mW85f4I</a></p>&mdash; Barry (@BarryOnHere) <a href="https://twitter.com/BarryOnHere/status/1609020485794410497?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 31, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

The GOAT.

NBA was the best in the 90s.

Mid to late 80's to the end of Jordan's Bullsl run was without a doubt the golden years. The Lakers/Kings rivalry was kind of fun after that, but the East became so bad that it really hurt the game. I didn't think the whole Pierce Celts and Kobe Lakes rivalry was all the great but OMG Celts/Lakers!!! Blah. The level of basketball was poor and all the team hopping killed it.

2011 NBA finals

Citing this is akin to arguing that Tom Brady isn't the GOAT because he lost scoring just 14 points with his undefeated 18-0 Patriots team against a mediocre Giants team. There are very clearly legitimate arguments against Brady being GOAT (and even some against LeBron, although those are fading with every record he breaks) but that certainly isn't one of them.