***Official 2022-2023 NBA Thread***

[dirk digler]

Can't believe the regular season starts tonight. Just seemed like the Finals ended a couple weeks ago.



Philly vs Celtics: 6:30PM CST TNT

GSW vs Lakers: 9:00PM CST TNT

[RunKC]

LeBron is 38. He’s on the decline. And yet he’s still playing this well even on a team that flat out quit.

Don’t get the hate.

[Sassy Squatch]

It's actually a bit baffling how Lebron only has one ring people actually respect despite playing as long as he has. The two titles from the Heat are fraudulent by the standards of Lebron stans and quite a few don't count the COVID chip.

[KC_Connection]

Originally Posted by MarkDavis'Haircut

You know what else also never happened with Jordan? Getting swept in the playoffs.

You may want to go look up the 1985-1986 and 1986-1987 Chicago Bulls.

[KC_Connection]

Originally Posted by RunKC

LeBron is 38. He’s on the decline. And yet he’s still playing this well even on a team that flat out quit.

Don’t get the hate.

Same reason the Brady fans hate on Mahomes. They are terrified of what he means for their idol's legacy.

[ChiefsCountry]

Originally Posted by dirk digler

Lebron has been swept 4 times? Guess who has yet to be swept not even a gentleman sweep. That’s right, Wardell Stephen Curry. Oh 2 of those sweeps came at the hands of Curry.

Lol.


Good night

3 times I think not 4.

Spurs in 2007
Warriors in 2018
Nuggets in 2023

[Sassy Squatch]

Originally Posted by RunKC

LeBron is 38. He’s on the decline. And yet he’s still playing this well even on a team that flat out quit.

Don’t get the hate.

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?

[Hammock Parties]

Originally Posted by Superturtle

It's actually a bit baffling how Lebron only has one ring people actually respect despite playing as long as he has. The two titles from the Heat are fraudulent by the standards of Lebron stans and quite a few don't count the COVID chip.

i'd give him credit for three rings

it's ok for lebron to be the 5th or 6th best player ever

but jordan did greater things on a basketball court and that is not up for debate

[KC_Connection]

Originally Posted by Hammock Parties

lebron literally had to switch teams multiple times to pair up with multiple superstars to even get CLOSE to Jordan

pathetic argument

LeBron didn't have the benefit of being handed 3 HOFers to play with at his first franchise. Instead, he got Mo Williams and Zydrunas Ilgauskas.

[KC_Connection]

Originally Posted by Superturtle

It's actually a bit baffling how Lebron only has one ring people actually respect despite playing as long as he has. The two titles from the Heat are fraudulent by the standards of Lebron stans and quite a few don't count the COVID chip.

He had four titles and would have had at least two more had the #2 and #3 players in the league not gotten so scared of him that they decided to team up.

Of course, considering he's still averaging 30 point triple doubles at his age, he's got more than enough time to jump on board any contender he wants over the next decade if adding up more titles really is the goal.

[KC_Connection]

As we're seeing right now, the hate people have for LeBron because he's the best player of all-time is disturbing.

That being said, Jokic is the 2nd best player I've ever seen since I started watching. Unstoppable offensively. This could be the start of a dynasty in Denver.

— Barry (@BarryOnHere) May 23, 2023

[KC_Connection]

Would've been nice if he got the same calls MJ did. https://t.co/lxXhoNLz0g pic.twitter.com/YP0RnOwNKf

— Barry (@BarryOnHere) May 23, 2023

Must be nice to have a league cater to you like this. LeBron never had that benefit.

[Hammock Parties]

Barry didn't increase his credibility with that comment

[Sassy Squatch]

Lol, 'hate'? No, it's just jolly good fun to troll Lebron stans. The fact he's made it pretty clear he's quite bitchmade throughout his career doesn't exactly hurt either.

[Hammock Parties]

lefraud

“The bubble wasn’t a fluke”

LeBron’s results in the West without the bubble:

-Missed playoffs
-First Round loss
-Missed playoffs
-Swept in the WCF pic.twitter.com/d0abCVBl5K

— BetOnline.ag (@betonline_ag) May 23, 2023

[Ocotillo]

Originally Posted by KC_Connection

Ray Allen is no Scottie and LeBron won plenty without him and the Heat. But MJ without Scottie? Never happened.

Jordan without Pippen is a dishonest argument.

Almost every superstar that comes through the NBA has had to go through a growing pains period to get to a championship level. The lone exception was Magic Johnson, who joined a ready made Lakers team in 1979-80.