Why would a Tshirt beaker/Raptor fan even care about him?

The better question is why wouldn't anyone?

They made the West Finals with a LeBron playing with a torn tendon in his foot. Blowing it up was never an option.

So it seems we've officially arrived at the acrimonious stage of Lillard and Portland.

At some point you are just too old. LeBron is officially going to be too old next year. This was their last hurrah. A 39-year old LeBronso isn't doing shit. Oklahoma City will be better than the Lakers next year. It's time to give up buddy.

LeBron averaged 29-8-7 on 50% shooting last season. Averaged a 28 point triple double in the West Finals. Too old to do what exactly?

You need to find a new player to ball wash. Have you given it any thought as to who that will be once Lebron retires?

Imagine if that turd Wiggins had turned out to be his "Pippen" instead of being shipped off for your boy Love. LeGM said get this shit off my roster. Oh what could have been.

Look, if we can take over threads arguing whether MJ or Lebron is the GOAT now, why in the hell do think we're going to stop for some trivial reason like Lebron retiring???

ROFL

There is no argument and I couldn't stand that prick Nike boy. He's the greatest.

Exactly.
https://web.colby.edu/ar120/files/20...feind-fig1.jpg

As a Pacers fan, their habit of pissing off their stars was getting old.

I hope they’ve learned their lesson with Halliburton.

NBA to test in-game flopping penalty at summer league

The NBA will be testing out a proposed in-game penalty for flopping during summer league, according to an announcement by the league Tuesday.

A flop, which will be determined by referees at the game, will be penalized by awarding the opposing team one free throw and possession of the ball. The player who commits the flop will be assessed a unsportsmanlike technical foul, which won't count toward personal fouls or lead to an ejection.

Officials won't be required to stop live play to call a flopping violation.

The league in 2012 implemented an anti-flopping rule that resulted in a warning and then an increasing amount of fines for every subsequent violation. However there was no in-game penalty and the rule has rarely been enforced since its implementation a decade ago.

The NBA defined a flop in 2012 as "an attempt to either fool referees into calling undeserved fouls or fool fans into thinking the referees missed a foul call by exaggerating the effect of contact with an opposing player."

The NBA's board of governors will meet later this month to vote on any rule changes for the upcoming 2023-24 season.

https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/...-summer-league

A security guard employed by Wemby allegedly backhanded Britney Spears across the face. Wut?

But we really mean it this time!

A step in the right direction. But if they can't review it, they are going to be timid calling it.

The penalty, even if called, isn't big enough to make them quit doing it.

Hit me baby one more time

Holy shit. A BWillie post that was actually..... Humorous?!?!?#?#!?

Oops I did it again

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">LeBron James at the ESPYs, after winning Best Record-Breaking Performance: “The day I can’t give the game everything on the floor is the day I’ll be done …. But lucky for you guys, that day is not today.”</p>&mdash; Malika Andrews (@malika_andrews) <a href="https://twitter.com/malika_andrews/status/1679310738069008385?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 13, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

That day is not today. The GOAT.

This new in season NBA tournament is genius. Going to really add some excitement to the regular season. I've been wanting them to do something like this for years.

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Went the wrong way and scored on the wrong basket �� <a href="https://t.co/L2KR3CSNky">pic.twitter.com/L2KR3CSNky</a></p>&mdash; Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) <a href="https://twitter.com/BleacherReport/status/1680024536689913860?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 15, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

High level summer league ball.

Happens to the best of us in 2nd grade bball

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">It&#39;s official. 23 is back. <a href="https://t.co/hEqb5rQANk">pic.twitter.com/hEqb5rQANk</a></p>&mdash; Los Angeles Lakers (@Lakers) <a href="https://twitter.com/Lakers/status/1680384638022479876?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 16, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

The best #23 ever.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">LeBron will change his uniform from No. 6 to No. 23 next season, out of respect for Bill Russell, per <a href="https://twitter.com/mcten?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@mcten</a>. <a href="https://t.co/3W7h968NPa">pic.twitter.com/3W7h968NPa</a></p>&mdash; Yahoo Sports (@YahooSports) <a href="https://twitter.com/YahooSports/status/1680380875199111170?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 16, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

LMAO Draymond is straight up reeruned

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Draymond deleted it too lmaooo <a href="https://t.co/1gANy58YKl">pic.twitter.com/1gANy58YKl</a></p>&mdash; ᴅ ʀ ᴇ ᴡ (@FeelLikeDrew) <a href="https://twitter.com/FeelLikeDrew/status/1681695960823484416?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 19, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Things may potentially get REALLY ugly in Philadelphia. Sure anybody that would care has already seen what Harden said and it seems like he has the support of a lot of the players. Not good for Morey.

If the NBA offseason was a bingo board, a James Harden drama filled trade demand would essentially be the free space by now.

Hes under contract. Either play and stfu or sit out and get fined. He is not entitled to get traded.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Stan Van Gundy:<br><br>“If you want to tell me that Michael Jordan was a better basketball player than LeBron James, that’s fine. You can make a case for that. What you can’t make a case for is that MJ had a better career than LeBron. You can’t make a case for that.”<br><br>(via… <a href="https://t.co/reLXQhsbAF">pic.twitter.com/reLXQhsbAF</a></p>&mdash; Legion Hoops (@LegionHoops) <a href="https://twitter.com/LegionHoops/status/1693728661416153454?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 21, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

The GOAT.

Oh so we're back to your delusion that the consensus opinions of former and current players, coaches, fans, media etc. are irrelevant, but any individual take that tells you what you want to hear is the gospel :o)

Also, you're clearly STILL down BAD LMAO

Yeah, but you're going to have a really hard time attracting talent when you renege on wink/handshake deals to circumvent the cap, which is what Morey did to Harden.

SVG isn't prone to hyperbole or bias. He also speaks the plain truth in this matter.

I haven't looked into this at all, but I presume that's why Harden signed that cheap short term deal that he did last year?

Morey is gonna drive himself out of the league at this rate.

Yeah. Strategy seems to be to go fully scorched earth and cooperate in a new investigation if the NBA reopens it. I don't see how Morey survives the double whammy of having his name permanently attached to blatant cap manipulation AND losing what little trust he may have still had with agents and players. No one is going to negotiate in good faith anymore with him, and for good reason.

Oooh jeez. LMAO this one might get fun too.

https://theathletic.com/4794269/2023...shared_article

The lawsuit alleges Azotam, the Knicks’ former director of video, analytics, and player development, stole proprietary information — including “scouting reports, play frequency reports, a prep book, and a link to third-party licensed software” — and used it in an effort to help Rajaković acclimate to his first head coaching job. The suit says that in July, around the time Azotam told the Knicks he had a job offer from Toronto, he started to forward information from his Knicks email account to his personal Gmail account.

The lawsuit, which the Knicks filed Monday, names 14 defendants: the Raptors, as well as MLSE; new Raptors head coach Darko Rajaković; Raptors player development coach Noah Lewis; 10 unnamed John Does; and the aforementioned former Knicks employee, Ikechukwu Azotam, who the lawsuit says took a job with Toronto this month. The Knicks allege that not only did Rajaković know about what was occurring but that he “recruited and used” the then-Knicks employee to help him build out the operations for his coaching staff.

The suit alleges that the Raptors defendants directed Azotam to “misuse” his access to the Knicks’ Synergy Sports account to create and transfer more than 3,000 files with film and data, including 3,358 video files. The Knicks discovered his transfer on Aug. 15 and say that those files were accessed more than 2,000 times by the defendants.

The lawsuit also alleges that “Defendant Rajaković and the other Raptor Defendants recruited and used Azotam to serve as a mole within the Knicks organization to convey information that would assist the Raptors Defendants in trying to manage their team.”

The Knicks allege that the Raptors defendants violated the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, that all defendants violated the Defend Trade Secrets Act and that they misappropriated trade secrets under NY common law, and that Azotam breached his contract, and that the Raptors defendants committed tortious interference with Azotam who was under contract. There are other counts and eight in all.

I imagine Silver/NBA will want to shut down this suit from Dolan and resolve this in-house rather quickly.

Harden would be in trouble with the league too if he cooperated with such an investigation and confirmed an under-the-table deal, but the threat of doing so might be enough to get Morey to actually deal him I suppose.

Not sure where to put this but Damian Lillard just got traded to the Bucks

Time to bust out the Bucks hat. They are gonna be so good

Wut? For who?

Damn. Pretty big 3 way trade.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Lillard goes Milwaukee as part of a 3-team deal with Jrue Holiday, Deandre Ayton, Toumani Camara, a 2029 unprotected MIL 1st, and unprotected MIL swap rights in 2028 and 2030 to Blazers. Phoenix lands Jusuf Nurkic, Grayson Allen, Nassir Little and Keon Johnson. <a href="https://t.co/Ge0H91AiIA">https://t.co/Ge0H91AiIA</a></p>&mdash; Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) <a href="https://twitter.com/wojespn/status/1707097159731138830?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 27, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Basically Grayson Allen and jrue Holliday. That’s super intriguing to pair dame with Giannis. Some suns players involved in the deal too

Am I taking crazy pills or something? That seems like an absolute fleecing by Minnesota and Phoenix got absolutely shafted for seemingly no reason. They couldn't have been THAT desperate to get Ayton out, right?

That Bucks vs. Nuggets Finals is going to be fun!

Odd trade in many ways (but not for the Bucks).

Why do the Blazers even want Jrue Holiday? He's 33 and should be a #3 or #4 guy on a contender at this point.

Apparently they felt they couldn’t work with Ayton at all. It’s still shit value for us. And **** Grayson Allen. I hope he gets hurt before he ever plays a second for us.

Dame and Giannis vs. Jokic and Murray

That's a fantastic matchup with 4 very likeable players.

I want another shot at Denver.

It'd be nice if James could hit a jump shot this time around, especially given how deep and talented the roster around him is.

No excuses, LeBron - this team can win a championship. It damn sure shouldn't be getting swept in the WCF.

Another shot at Denver? LeBron averaged a 28 point triple double on 52% shooting against them and they got destroyed. He will also be nearly 40 by the time such a series comes around. You might want to get more out of AD in such a scenario than you did last year if you want to stand any chance at all. A lot more.

Well at least you quit on the season BEFORE it started this time.

Hopefully Lebron doesn't follow suit like he was going to do last February.

Your criticisms don't even make sense. LeBron was easily the best player for the Lakers in that Denver series and put up ridiculously unprecedented numbers for a guy his age and they still got absolutely destroyed. What exactly would make you think they have a chance a year later against Denver when LeBron has gotten even older and AD has gotten even softer and more fragile?

If the Lakers wanted to contend, they needed to add another impact player. They didn't.

Good to see Lillard wasn’t able to pout his way to Miami.

I don’t get portlands play either

They could've added Jokic and you'd have said it wasn't enough.

You come armed with excuses before the events unfold. Its commendable, really.

It's a bit bizarre given the relative power players have in the NBA that Miami has been on the public shortlist of a handful of guys that wanted to be traded there and failed to land a single one.

Sounds like they are going to trade him away quickly.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The Blazers remain engaged elsewhere on deals and will are expected to immediately engage contending teams on trade talks to move on Jrue Holiday, sources tell ESPN. Portland is committed to its young group of talented guards. <a href="https://t.co/6IR7bcFVrr">https://t.co/6IR7bcFVrr</a></p>&mdash; Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) <a href="https://twitter.com/wojespn/status/1707097881604403330?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 27, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

If Portland had a bit of an ulterior motive to spite the Heat they sure pulled it off beautifully. Trading Lillard to the Bucks cucks them in a multitude of ways now and well into the future.

LMAO Heat and Pat Riley in full blown damage control.

For their part, league sources say the Heat were prepared in July and August to offer up to three first-round draft picks — with Tyler Herro going to a third team — and multiple second-rounders and swaps along with expiring contracts and 2022 first-round pick Nikola Jović. But the Blazers were disinterested, with each side developing a level of contentiousness.

Tough game for Lebronso and the Lake Show getting their clock cleaned by...Houston?

The Lakers being a bad team is nothing new, but why are you bumping last year's thread when this year's thread is literally on the first page?

Oklahoma City is awesome Chet homgren

Same but different