Other Sports ***Official 2022-2023 NBA Thread*** - Page 101

**dirk digler** · 10-18-2022, 04:02 PM

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

Eureka · 04-18-2023, 10:26 AM

Warriors down 0-2 and every fan of other teams act like they are done.

POND_OF_RED · 04-18-2023, 10:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Eureka

Warriors down 0-2 and every fan of other teams act like they are done.

You seem to think there is some sort of switch they’re just going to turn on and become the Warriors of old. If that switch existed they should have flipped it long ago. Their struggles on the road are very real.

jettio · 04-18-2023, 10:30 AM

Lakers are so much better after trade deadline. Worthwhile watch now.

Kings-Lakers could be a great series, if both advance.

It would be something if Kings advance over Warriors then over Lakers.

Al Bundy · 04-18-2023, 11:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Gary Cooper

And get smacked around.

Nope.

**dirk digler** · 04-18-2023, 11:43 AM

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Originally Posted by POND_OF_RED

You seem to think there is some sort of switch they’re just going to turn on and become the Warriors of old. If that switch existed they should have flipped it long ago. Their struggles on the road are very real.

yep

**dirk digler** · 04-18-2023, 12:47 PM

Players know

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[The Athletic] We asked NBA players who the greatest player of all time is

Full results:

Michael Jordan - 58.3%

LeBron James - 33%

Kobe Bryant - 6.8%

Bill Russell

Tracy McGrady

Michael Jordan continues to lead the GOAT race. It’s no surprise that he continues to cast a shadow over everyone else. He’s still a legend.

“M.J., for sure,” a player said. “Definitely 6-for-6 (in the Finals) is a big thing for me. But the way I look at basketball is (it’s) about the winning, and if I feel like I need (somebody) to go win me a game, I’m picking M.J. over everybody. (I’d pick) whoever is going to carry me through a series, carry me through the playoffs, and is setting the tone. I think M.J. checks all those boxes.”

Other winners:

MVP: Embiid
Best Defender: Jrue Holiday
Building roster from Scratch: Giannis
Most over rated: Trae Young
Most under rated: Jrue Holiday

KC_Connection · 04-18-2023, 01:03 PM

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Originally Posted by dirk digler

Players know

Remember when players voted Lamar Jackson as the best player in the NFL in 2020 after the seasons Mahomes had in 2018 and 2019?

They don't have a clue.

KC_Connection · 04-18-2023, 01:06 PM

Also, we've reached the point now in 2023 where there's likely only a handful of guys in the NBA who actually watched MJ at all (and certainly when he was a Chicago Bull). Shows you how powerful his well cared-for mythology actually is.

**New World Order** · 04-18-2023, 01:10 PM

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Originally Posted by KC_Connection

Also, we've reached the point now in 2023 where there's likely only a handful of guys in the NBA who actually watched MJ at all (and certainly when he was a Chicago Bull). Shows you how powerful his well cared-for mythology actually is.

I don't remember any athlete being so dominant. Every year during the 90s you knew no other team had a chance. He easily would have won 8 straight if it wasn't for baseball. I was a huge Jazz fan and I knew getting through the West was the absolute best they could do.

He was just that good.

'Hamas' Jenkins · 04-18-2023, 01:12 PM

It's too bad there isn't a prime version of Charles Oakley running around the league just so he could stomp the dog piss out of Draymond. I can't think of a more detestable mother****er on the court. A bully in every sense.

KC_Connection · 04-18-2023, 01:20 PM

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Originally Posted by New World Order

I don't remember any athlete being so dominant. Every year during the 90s you knew no other team had a chance. He easily would have won 8 straight if it wasn't for baseball. I was a huge Jazz fan and I knew getting through the West was the absolute best they could do.

He was just that good.

Oh, I recall the inevitability of MJ/the Bulls of that era. What I'm suggesting is that virtually every player in the NBA these days was too young to have seen it.

Pasta Little Brioni · 04-18-2023, 01:22 PM

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Originally Posted by KC_Connection

Remember when players voted Lamar Jackson as the best player in the NFL in 2020 after the seasons Mahomes had in 2018 and 2019?

They don't have a clue.

No you just have your head so far up LeBums ass all you see is shit

KC_Connection · 04-18-2023, 01:23 PM

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Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins

It's too bad there isn't a prime version of Charles Oakley running around the league just so he could stomp the dog piss out of Draymond. I can't think of a more detestable mother****er on the court. A bully in every sense.

Yeah, Draymond has never come up against anybody willing to hit back in this era. It's really too bad that his antics have been allowed to go unchecked for his entire career.

KC_Connection · 04-18-2023, 01:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Pasta Little Brother

No you just have your head so far up LeBums ass all you see is shit

Even if that was true, it doesn't alter my point.

DJ's left nut · 04-18-2023, 01:30 PM

Anybody watch the redeem team documentary?

Look - LeBron is a better player than Kobe. More versatile and simply more physically gifted.

But Kobe's ferocity and focus is just unreal. And that guy took so much shit for being a poor leader because A) he was a baby when it started and B) his teammates were absolute shattered ass (James squad looked like the dream team in comparison at times) when it really become the common statement.

But his leadership on that olympic team was so critical and just so good. And he was a killer out there; an absolute savage. And his focus was so single-minded that the 'kids' on the team had to follow suit or get eaten alive.

Say LeBron was a better player if you want - that's fine. Pretty easy argument to make from a lot of different directions. But would there's only been one guy to ever match Kobe in terms of sheer pathological drive to win and that's MJ. I think I'm still starting a team with Kobe over LeBron.

LeBron can do more to make a bad team good. But Kobe can do more to turn a good team into a champion, IMO.

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DJ's left nut Sauntering Vaguely Downwards Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Columbia, Mo Casino cash: $2709099	Anybody watch the redeem team documentary? Look - LeBron is a better player than Kobe. More versatile and simply more physically gifted. But Kobe's ferocity and focus is just unreal. And that guy took so much shit for being a poor leader because A) he was a baby when it started and B) his teammates were absolute shattered ass (James squad looked like the dream team in comparison at times) when it really become the common statement. But his leadership on that olympic team was so critical and just so good. And he was a killer out there; an absolute savage. And his focus was so single-minded that the 'kids' on the team had to follow suit or get eaten alive. Say LeBron was a better player if you want - that's fine. Pretty easy argument to make from a lot of different directions. But would there's only been one guy to ever match Kobe in terms of sheer pathological drive to win and that's MJ. I think I'm still starting a team with Kobe over LeBron. LeBron can do more to make a bad team good. But Kobe can do more to turn a good team into a champion, IMO. __________________ "If there's a god, he's laughing at us.....and our football team..." "When you look at something through rose colored glasses, all the red flags just look like flags."
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