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Dillon Won Edition
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>muh rui not on the floor
Because the play wasn’t drawn up for him and they wanted oreb retards
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>>154634738
SOMEONE POST THE LEBETA PASTA
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At least we're not the Clippers
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>>154634738
>cryptid on the left
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NBA pretty much ends when the Lakers season ends. The rest of the league is nothing but beta NPC energy
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just checking in to see the Bronsexuals
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CLEAN SWEEP
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>>154635649
>LeDickrider cope
KWAB
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on to san...minnesota
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Yeah thinking the Minny Wolves are winning again tonight.
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>>154635661
I'm a native SoCal Lakers fan, I hate LeCancer as do most of us
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>>154635672
I like how Lakers fans don't give a fuck and will hate their own players
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>>154635663
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>>154635678
People send death threats and will boo the players during games. They don't care. We work hard for our money so should the players
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>>154634738
This was fun.
We had some highlights.
Lakers got cheated by refball antics but it's ok.
Good night.
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>>154635678
>acting like privileged women is BASED!!
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>Tylil found NBA Ref, Tony Brothers, and started questioning the foul calls

https://x.com/scubaryan_/status/2054087836765196563
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>>154635688
Shut up faggot that's why you never win the world cup
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Rui Hachimura says he has not thought about free agency yet, but offered this:

"I love this team, I love this organization... I really appreciate them and what they've done for me... I love it here, but end of the day, I'm not the one negotiating."
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>>154635701
Rui is a big fan favorite. Lakers can't make the mistake of letting him go like they did Caruso. The guy is Mr. Fundamentals
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>>154635709
i hope pelinka has a brain to keep the black samurai
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>>154635703
He also said the Lakers were "the best organization in the world. I love it here in LA and love playing for the Lakers"
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Deandre Ayton says he hasn't thought about his player option for 2026-27. Says he trusts his agents.

"I love it here regardless."
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>>154635693
cry more tranny simp I'm sure you'll win a chip in your lifetime while putting on a dress and acting like a woman
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“Man it would mean the world to me. I don’t know anything different. My rookie year, I had no idea what the hell is going on, and he basically took me under his wing. Given me every opportunity that I could ever ask for. Trusted me, further than the court. Build a real friendship. He obviously is into Golf now so we’re a lot closer so, but yeah, it’s been super fun.

Hope to you know, continue to do that. He’s taught me a lot. I love him a lot for my career. He’s giving me confidence every single day.

After I missed the three, to take the game, he was walking behind me and said, “Hell of a shot. Keep your head up.” Just based off the character that he has. And whatever he doesn’t in the court, y’all seen it. I don’t have to talk about it”

AR on if he got to run it back with Lebron next year
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>>154635701
"Shoutout coach Phil. Phil Handy. He taught me how I can stay in this league. How I can make an impact. First thing he talked about is the 3-pointer. Honestly I don't really like it. I don't like taking threes."

- Rui
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>>154635724
Cancun in 3, BAWB
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>>154635720
you don't have freedom of speech in your country anon. you better be careful what you say on the internet kek
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>>154635731
Phil came to his camps in japan and helped coach them. Seems they're quite close.
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>>154635724
goneitis
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>>154635720
>can't even beat the US in the sport you invented and rig
kek
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Luka will be back with the Mavs in 2 years.
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It's up

https://youtu.be/wZh_nLURocY
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Why the fuck is Luka speaking to the media when he didn't even play?
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Luke Kennard on his impending free agency says it's been an honor to play for the Lakers' organization and his goal, heading into Year 10, is to win. He says if he does not re-sign in L.A., he will always appreciate his time as a Laker.
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>>154635772
"fuck u pay me"
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>>154635657
>1 MVP
>got carried by Shaq
>got carried by Gasol
>only achievement is scoring 81 and that got destroyed by a role player Bam Adebayo by scoring 83
>inefficient chucked

Not even a top 10 all time
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>>154635751
>>154635745
>tf
>tp
ywnbaw
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>>154635761
my ears hate him, but he knows ball
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>Lebum
i'm a lebron stan like 99% of /nba/ but i chuckled here
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>>154635672
>I'm a native SoCal Lakers fan, I hate LeCancer as do most of us

Entitled Lakerfaggot. Lakers will never get Luka nor ever be relevant without LeBron. I sure hope this Lakers franchise get shit ass destroyed after LeGOAT leaves.
Lakers have the worst fanbase in all NBA
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>>154635752
Basado. Lakers should be dumped into irrelevancy for the next 20 years and so are the InCeltics. Fuck those franchises.
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just popping in to laugh at leswept
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>>154635790
lakers in 8 bro don't worry
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>>154635778
>OI YOU GOT A LICENSE FOR THAT BANTER
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>>154635790
>>154635798
>tf
>tp
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>>154633415
Air Jordan 41 ?
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>Vivek used jeet magic to get the 7th pick
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>>154634738
lol that faggot smiling like he didn't get swept too, canadians are a fucking disease
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>>154634738
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>>154635804
built like an American but less mutty
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>>154635818
Stockholm syndrome i guess
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>>154635822
>LeBron James has signed with the Oklahoma City Thunder on a one-year contract for an undisclosed amount, Rich Paul of Klutch Sports announces
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Kobe worked so hard ppl forgot he was a n…
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How can he be the GOAT if he always gets sweptand gentlemen swept?
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An entire generation of Alpha kids are gonna grow up watching a fake GOAT continue to lose in humiliating fashion in the playoffs and think he's a bum and we millennials will be here cheering them on
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has luka literally done anything of note ever since the mavs dumped his ass?
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>>154635870
He won a scoring title
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>>154635870
destroying hopes of entitled Lakers fanbase
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How the fuck was 2020 6 years ago? That was Lebron's last ring and it feels like ancient history now but at the same time it also feels like only 2 or 3 years have passed. It's weird man :)
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If Shai gets his second ring, he'll be halfway to LeBron and still far from Curry
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This is who you're arguing with anons
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>>154635887
He'll have the same amount of real rings and MVPs as Curry, and matched him in All-nba first team selections this year.
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Anyone else waiting all their life for the next big one to finally take LA out?
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>The Lakers' Luka Dončić announced tonight via Instagram that he will not play for Slovenia's national team this summer in FIBA World Cup qualifying
good, fatass needs to fucking rest, especially after he didn't even try and play a single game this postseason
>to spend as much offseason time as possible with his two daughters as he continues to try to secure joint custody
oh ffs meaning this retard won't even be focused on ball until next season
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>>154635887
>he'll be halfway to LeBron and still far from Curry
lol other way around, if he gets his second he'll have double the amount of FMVPs that cuckry has and only half of lebron
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>>154635898
Based skid row hater
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>>154635896
Curry's legacy is more impactful.
There will be documentaries about how he changed the game
LeBron, who had a GREAT career, was not transformational like Curry
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Anyone paying attention to this Pistons Cavs fraudoff?
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>>154635900
It's the regular season that shit don't matter. Only reddit fags take that shit serious even though they don't watch the games
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>>154635917
See

>>154635649
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Nico won btw
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so which of free agent frauds lakers will sign from lebron's massive wage bill?
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>>154635914
>curry changed the game into a memechuck spam competition
>this is somehow a good thing
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>>154635936
If you want to sound like a real NBA fan call it a salary
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the spuds will absolutely cook OKC if Marcus Smart could lock up Shai like that
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>>154635887
SGA - 2 rings
Lebron - 3 and a mickey
Steph - 4 rings
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>>154635947
>implying anyone on the spuds can play defense like smart
there's a reason why they're getting cooked by a hobbled antman
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>>154635950
>2015- hospital ring
>2017- hospital ring + carried by katie
>2018- another hospital ring + carried by katie again
>2022- hospital ring
cuckry has 2 rings tbqh
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>>154635936
Free Agency is dead with options now in the contract
Any guys who are good, get extended (or traded) before their option year
AD, Trae Young, and Reaves , wre not good enough to get extended
But they will be looking for big contracts this summer
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>>154635917
Knicks fans hoping to see them go to game 7
More time for OG to recover
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>>154635927
>Luka and ADisney played the same number of playoff games
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what would a katie and wendy defense look like with all that wingspan?
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It was funny when that dipshit with the huge pants in the first row got his drink splashed all over him by Reaves bad pass

Looked like a retarded wigga fag
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>>154635990
>Maybe the real bawbs are the bawbs we made along the way copium
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>>154635950
Robert Horry GOAT 7 rings
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>>154636019
I didn't think the Lakers would even make it out of the first round, I'm not bothered by them losing today because they never had a realistic chance.
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>>154634738
dont run when it comes
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>>154636041
it feels so great to be right
>>154636041
stay there, be a man, dont run, fight back
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Spurs pretty much clinch the title if they win game 5
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post >yfw harden finna gets his ring this season
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Post more Fabrizio tweets, nonce
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>>154636039
>he wasn't rooting for the whitest team in the NBA
cucky chuddy
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>>154636066
What the fuck are you even talking about?
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legod really blew some in the paint floater to win the game baka
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>>154636084
gen alpha will be talking about those chet dunks for generations
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>>154636036
unironically, much more impressive than Bill Russells rings when there were 8 NBA teams.
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Peja stojakovics son 42 inch vert, highest at the combine so far
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Well, well, well. Look at what I wake up to.
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Tell me Lebron "accidentally" threw the ball at Dillon's face at 100 mph
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>>154636310
>waking up to a black man
ummmm
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There's no way Lebum's narcissistic self retires without getting his "farewell tour"
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LePunisher
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Give the mvp to lebron
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Luka just didn't give the lakers enough these playoffs for a guy that eats up 50m, mainly because he was injured.
Last year he wasn't a 100% either in the playoffs but he did play all the games before they were eliminated, playing 41.5 minutes per game.

Not great for Luka so far but that just means things can only get better. They were able to reach round 2 without him this year
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SWEPT
LMAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
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A monkey could have coached that fourth quarter better than jj did
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>HE ONLY LOST BECAUSE HIS COMPETITION WAS BETTER THAN HIM
This is the entirety of their GOAT argument
>the reason the fastest man ever didn't win the race was because the others were faster
That's what they yell you when you question their GOAT
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>>154636485
Id like to see you explain why runners win races but lose relays. Whats your iq? 5?
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Leeast
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Cade please ask for a trade to brooklyn
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wes edens wasted a billion on this when he could've just fucked his daughter Mallory Edens
>bucks
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spoiler LeBum spoiler
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So did jj explain why he didnt have rui out there for the last shot during his press conference or is he just going to go back to podcasting
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>>154634738
How did Dillon win and his ass got swept first round?
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Is this the end
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>>154636686
Of course not. You think this whiney attention-whore is going to forgo a farewell retirement tour season?
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>>154636686
>only four mvps
This league has always been a joke. Remember when d rose won it over him. And harden. And Steve Nash. Who else. Hahahahah.
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>>154634738
qrd on dillon and lebron?
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Go west
Lebron is beaten there
Go west
In the open air
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I just farted and it fucking reeks
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>>154636714
Dillon is baka tsundere to lebron san
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That cracker Austin Reaves cost me $500
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is this true?
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>>154636768
Now do FMVP
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>>154636686
I hope at least its his last game on the lakers. go back to the eastern conference and retire you old fuck
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Real hoops fans want that Wolves Knicks finals to decide who truly won the trade
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>>154636768
curry the goat
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>>154636781
Jordan 6
LeBron 4, 2 deserved
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>>154636830
Thunder are winning it all again. might not even lose a game the entire playoffs.
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>>154636835
They beat the suns and the lakers, not exactly the hardest road
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>>154636834
>LeBron 4, 2 deserved
more like 2 he already has that he doesnt deserve. Ray allen making two 3 pointers at the end of a game is why lebron has 1 of his rings, and then the bullshit covid bubble ring. so Lebron has 2 legit championships
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>>154636849
How many points did Ray Allen score in Game 7?
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>>154636851
Ray was the reason there was a game 7
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>LeSweep
>LeBronze
>LeBTFO
Kek
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>>154636863
yeah, the two 3 pointers happened in game six. right before the spurs were about to win the whole finals
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>>154636867
LeDuck
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about time for the Lakers to fire the head coach yet again. gotta do something to appease lebron
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I love LeBron but he is 15-15 in close out playoff games…
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>>154635914
yeah Lebron has just played an absurd amount of time at this point. every year he just pads his stats without accomplishing much of anything. besides his bullshit covid ring all he did in the last 6 or 7 years on the Lakers is pass kareem for most points ever (because Lebron somehow never gets hurt)
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Grade LeBron on a curve guys, he’s 41 okay, he is old so we can’t expect much out of him and it’s our fault he’s old and still playing. He’s the GOAT and they asked him to win a game, that’s a lot to ask of a guy who is 41. Sure he had a game losing turnover, at 41!
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>>154636661
JJ had a A coaching effort. Sure his team had leads in every game and lost them and he was swept out, but you have to understand, last year he was completely retarded so this year he actually was big smart. An A effort from JJ. Give him a ten year deal, resign LeBron for a super max, build around bronny. This was A work from the coach
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>>154636903
He’s right though, LeBron played better than Reaves who is the second option while 41 years old…
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>>154636903
ok, but why do you think hes the GOAT? hes been calling himself the king since even before he had any championships, and there were faggots already calling him the GOAT back then too. So its all just emotional dick riding. Nigger has last 6 finals. Lebron is the only one in the GOAT conversation to have a losing record in the finals, and he has 2 less chamionships then michael jordan and Kareem. Other then longevity and selective stats, Lebron has no GOAT argument at all.
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>>154636933
>lebron -17
>Reaves -7
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>>154636936
I don’t really think he’s the goat anon, i think he killed the league
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>LA swept
>by a Canadian MVP
>a few days before Drake drops a new album
you couldn't script this.
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Luka is 2 or 3 years away from entering what should be his prime and hes busy dealing with custody shit lol. At least he got that cool ass Bugatti Mistral
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>rapes your team
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>>154636890
Jordan was 30-13 kek
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>>154636967
Luka is a fat bitch who cant play defense. He will never win a title.
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>>154636975
My boomer dad that always loved LeBron said “that kinda ends that discusssion”
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>>154636951
>Drake
only guy even more overrated and gay then Lebron is
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>>154636983
Kek, nice
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>>154636686
It's going to be really interesting what contracts teams are willing to give him, and how much money is enough to motivate him to keep going. The lakers aren't really championship contenders but there's a couple of teams he could join as a bus rider
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Jordan has never been swept in his life.

Curry has never been swept in his life.

LeMickey has been swept multiple times.
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>>154636976
Youd still be begging for a pic if you met him cuck
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>>154636995
Jordan got swept is his rookie and second season as an 8th seed, he’s never been swept in a 7 game series
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>>154637004
Larry Bird also said Jordan was God, on a stacked Celtics team
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Lots of victory laps today lol
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>>154637022
For sure, but he was swept … as an 8th seed in his first seasons in 5 game series. And the he became untouchable
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>>154637040
I think Larry's Celtics are a big reason MJ became the best, getting humbled as a big competitor made him work harder and then he became an amazing scorer *and* defensive player.
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Now that the dust has settled, what went wrong for the lakers?
and you can't say Lebron
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Nobody talks about Jokic anymore :(
My guy choked ONCE in his career and lost his superstar status overnight lol
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>>154637046
Luka is hurt, Lebron is too old, and they have a meme coach after firing too many real coaches. Lucky to have even made it as far as they did.
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>>154637046
podcast coach and meme role players

OKC bench absolutely destroyed them
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>>154636967
What's his ex's problem? Does she think she can do better than Luka? Why is she putting the kids through this? Pro athletes shouldn't get married or have kids until they're retired.
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>>154636537
why brooklyn
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>>154637071
I dont think anyone knows enough to make a fair assessment but there was some story about her throwing a tantrum and shit sounded like she was out of her mind.
Think it was because he wanted to take one of the kids back to america and she called the cops. Im sure that story went triple platinum in slovenia, hes a god there
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>>154637046
>don’t blame the guy with the worst plus minus in the game
Sorry, LeBron went wrong, he had the worst plus minus in the game
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>>154637071
Luka is a bad husband.
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>>154637046
you're delusional if you don't think Lebum making 50m isn't a problem
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>>154637046
tying up 100 mil in 1 dead player and 1 old man is not a good idea. even when ring chasers take charity contacts.
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We really do live in a society
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>>154637071
Who told his dumbass to get married
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>>154637101
He is literally everything most women want in a man: tall, rich, white, and handsome. His job requires most of his attention but provides a lifestyle most people could only dream of. Her job is to support him and take care of his children. Unless he's physically abusive, which we would have heard by now, suck it up.
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>>154637046
64% of their cap is assigned to 2 guys. That probably works in the jordan era where most of the teams you're facing are just unathletic white guys that can't even shoot threes, but this is the most athletic, the most skilled era of the nba, you need at least 8 starter calibre players now
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>>154637130
>He is literally everything most women want in a man: tall, rich, white, and handsome.
You don't know how he is towards women. He could be a beta simp. If you're a bitch that cancels all the positives
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>>154637130
Why would you suck it up when you can have his money and be with your other lover?
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>>154637136
>but this is the most athletic, the most skilled era of the nba,
This is the least athletic and skilled era in the nba.
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>>154637136
>this is the most athletic, the most skilled era of the nba
Do zoomers really
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>>154637136
>you need at least 8 starter calibre players now
Let's not go crazy.
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>>154637136
so do the Tunder
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>>154637141
Because divorce is a shitty, usually unnecessary thing to put your children through. Oh wait, women have no concept of putting the needs of their children before their own. Never mind.
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>>154637173
Soooo how’s the love life going for you anon lol
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>>154637179
You're right, fly the kids back and forth across the ocean every two weeks. They'll become jaded, resentful, fucked-up adults by 16, but at least Mom will be happy.
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>>154637109
The question is if they max reaves and have 100 million tied up in two dead players next year. If they lose rui and smart they are mega fucked
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>>154637203
She’s getting full custody anon, Luka might be lucky to get them in the summer time. They won’t even know the man when it’s all said and done, they’ll be grateful for the step dad that stepped up despite Luka paying for everything happens every day
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>>154637203
No one is an adult by 16 and you need to be 18 to post here
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>>154637210
>The question is if they max reaves and have 100 million tied up in two dead players next year. If they lose rui and smart they are mega fucked
There's also a salary floor and they have basically no one on the books besides Luka and a few scrubs so they might have to max him lol
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>>154637253
They can poach Peyton Watson
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>>154634738
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>>154637259
Reeves is a worse player but he has more value and is easier to move. Statjeets love memechuckers like him
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>>154637094
JJ reddick said he got clobbered a lot and the refs didn't call it, tho
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Stop it. All of you stop it. LeBron is 41 years old, he led his team this post season in minutes, points, rebounds, and assist. He did all of this without his first AND second option throughout most of the first round and only having a hobbled Reaves in the second.
If 40 year old Jordan could make the playoffs and play the Thunder this close yall would say it was the “day Jordan stopped time,” instead you want to scapegoat a 23 year vet like Luka’s not sitting his fat ass on the bench

LeBron is the greatest player we have ever had the privilege of watching, he’s carried the NBA for decades you motherfuckers should be grateful to have had the LeBron experience on the Lakers. When he leaves your franchise high and dry and you struggle to make the post season next year with Luka faking injury you’ll see you should have appreciated him
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Wemby is getting a quadruple double tonight
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>>154637279
last night chet was bussin on leboomer doe deadass :skullemoji:
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>>154637279
>what is this?
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>>154637279
>team worst -17
I don’t care if he’s 41, he was the lakers worst player. If he’s too old to contribute, which he is, then retire
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it is genuinely sad to see Lebron playing until this long in his career for the tiktok generation to run circles around him :)
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>>154635833
I legit could see him doing that and the thunder getting bounced in the semis next year
>>154635790
>lakers will never get Luka nor ever be relevant without LeBron
This sounded like English in your head didn’t it
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Rockets were missing more in salaries than the Lakers, had no point guard but that doesnt fit in the LeBitch narrative, he truly carried them to round 2. Insane feat beating amen "19% from 3" thompson and alperen "washed at 23" sengün. Hang that banner
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Cam Boozer is gonna be the Sam Bowie of this draft. Everything about his game says hes gonna be a bust in the NBA
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>>154635813
>kings are owned by a delusional jeet that doesn't know shit about basketball
Oh, that explains why they're dogshit.
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>>154635713
too much melanin. Lakers is Bawb central now.
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>>154636781
>>154636833
How man FMVP do you got?
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>>154637419
I got one with the warriors
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>>154637395
Well if you’re right then he has to go #2 and my bulls can get someone else. To be Sam Bowie you have to be drafted ahead of an all time great, if he’s drafted at 4 he’s probably not in the Bowie conversation
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>>154635939
No one said it's a good thing. He just said it's impactful. Which it is. Everyone is shooting more 3s because of him. Like it or hate it, Curry changed the way the sport is played.
LeBron didn't really impact the league in any real way. He was just a great player with an insane amount of longevity.
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>>154637426
If this actually becomes an all time great draft and hes drafted in the top 5, I can see where he gets the Bowie/Darko comps
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>>154637395
>only 6’8 PF/C that’s not athletic
I know he’s gonna bust
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>>154635950
LeBron has one legitimate ring. The other 3 are blatant superteam ring chasing and a mickey mouse ring. KD is a back to back 2x Champion and Finals MVP and no one even considers them rings. I don't know why LeBron's two with the Heat get any consideration at all. And to add insult to injury he got Dog walked on his superteam by Dallas and San Antonio.
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>>154637427
Lebron made flopping a mainstay in the sport same with excessive foul baiting, moving screens, charging without calls and created an apologetic media to hand waive it. He changed the sport, just in bad ways. Which curry did too, meme chucks are a result of him being a godlike sharpshooter and lesser talents emulating him.
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>LeDone
>LeToast
>LeOld
>LeBald
>LeFail
>LeSwept
>LeWoke
>LeFraud
>LeSuck
>LeCuck
>LeStats
>LeLose
>LeMoney
>LeEgo
>LeCringe
>LeBad
>LePunk
>LeFoul
>LeBitch
>LeRefs
>LeFake
>LeClank
>LeBrick
>LeWhine
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>>154637465
LeDuck
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>>154635963
>2022 hospital ring
Their path to the finals was definitely easier with Denver and Memphis being hurt, but they still whooped the shit out of Dallas and then absolutely handled the Celtics. 2015 is more of a hospital ring because guys were hurt in the finals.
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>>154637450
>Which curry did too, meme chucks are a result of him being a godlike sharpshooter and lesser talents emulating him.

this was more Steve Kerr's fault. he was the original 3 point chucker. coaches always said "live by the 3 die by the 3" but kerr was like fuck it shoot as many 3s as possible and thats what the warriors did and now the whole league does it to the point that they should change it to a 2.5 pointer
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>>154635645
No way they took those photos of themselves bro
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y’all are obsessed with Bron
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>>154637443
Just looking at the rest of the lottery and those guys all seem to be uber athletic guys with the comps theyre getting. I feel like Memphis or Chicago might end up getting him. Utah already has Lauri and JJJ
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>>154636936
>2-2 with a handcrafted superteam
>Mickey mouse ring
>actual legit ring in 2016
LeBum has 1. The other three do not count at all. Still a great player, just a shame he did the blatant ring chasing.
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>lebron apologists have been reduced to saying he tried really hard while getting swept
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>>154637046
Luka is hurt and even though LeBron is playing well he's being paid like he's a top 5 player in the league. With a healthy Luka and 2-3 solid players in lieu of LeBron they'd be legit competitors.
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Lebron can't retire. Lebron retiring would make me feel old. I need him to continue.
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>the lakers had a guy shooting 55% and a guy shooting 57% from 3 for the series and lost 4-0
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>>154637484
Kerr average 4.7 attempts per game in his career zoomie. He was a utility guy who came off the bench to shoot, he wasn’t a memechucker because he would have been cut in the 90s if he tried to shoot 13 3s in a quarter
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>>154637506
Just look at how they kept up with OKC with LeBron off the floor, they’re probably losing rui and smart
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>>154637505
He led the team in scoring, assist, rebounds, defense and minutes at 42 years old with his first and second options down and hobbled. What else was he supposed to do against an all time great championship team with $50mil in salary cap on the bench?
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>>154637516
>game 1
>sga scored 18
>lebron scored 27
>williams out
>lakers still lost by 18
This is how everyone knew it was a sweep. They had a "best case scenario" game and got absolutely blown out.
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If the meme about Lebron spending $2 million a year on his body is actually true, there are lots of new longevity stuff he can do this offseason to be even better next season.
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>>154637536
If you're a star in this league you can't get swept. You have to win 1 game. LeBron isn't a star anymore and is being paid like he's a perennial MVP candidate.
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>>154637548
Its call TRT and he can easily afford it. Now Im not sure if its legal in the NBA
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>>154637536
He’s 41 anon. That’s how everyone knows bron fans are full of shit, they have to stretch every detail in Lebums favor
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>>154637549
LeBron is still a superstar/All NBA caliber and likely has a few years left at that level, his team just wasn’t good enough. Deandre Ayton, Jaxon Hayes, Marcus Smart, these guys won’t be in the league in another three years he had to rely on them as starters.
Meanwhile Shai has guys like AJay Mitchell on rookie scale deals, point at the front office. Not LeBron
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Holy fucking fuck. I just looked at the thunders roster.

Shai, Dub, Dort, Chet, Hart, Ajay, Joe, McCain, Cason, Caruso. That’s already 10 good players


Fucking Jaylin Williams who would be a top 8 guy on some teams, and Aaron Wiggins who was a pivotal bench player for their championship last year, are getting little to no minutes.


What the fuck v how did the league let Sam presti do this? What the fuck?
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>>154637484
Mark Jackson Warriors shot 25 threes a game, Kerr as coach next year only went up to 27, Rockets were near 33. Daryl Morey with the Rockets was the first advanced stats guy to be general manager. He pushed the threes and they had practices where they weren't allowed to shoot any mid range shots. This last season all teams shot at least 30 a game and Warriors led with 44 attempts.
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>>154637556
TRT isn't new. The new stuff is far more advanced.
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>>154637571
Clippers and other teams gave them like 25 picks in 5 years. I cant hate if other GMs are that dumb
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Now we know why Bronny is on the Lakers
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>shoots 15 free throws in you’re path
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>>154637571
Aaron Wiggins’s would be the 6th man of the year on the lakers
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>>154635672
based. youre the real lakers fans
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>>154637557
He’s closer to 42 than 41 anon, the average man in his 40s can’t even touch rim and LeBron is LEADING his team in every statistical category while eliminating contenders without his first or second option. There’s nothing to stretch he’s just that good
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>>154637592
Bryan johnson is the unhealthiest man alive. He looks like a corpse and his diet consists of pills and shit you would only eat on a space ship
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I appreciate dillon brooks going to LA just to laught at lebron and watch him lose. Kobe and Jordan never had another guy who was a role player who would troll them like that. Lebeta
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>>154634738
Please let this faggot nigger lebron retire. The most disgusting "star" ever forced.
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>>154637658
When LeBron retires the league is done for
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>>154635790
Asian women are fucking disgusting. Look at the moon face on this bitch. No amount of makeup can fix that shit
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>>154637678
when lebron retires, the lakers will win multiple chips
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>lebum fake retirement rumors
>astroturfed "please come back for one more year lebum!!" paid media marketing campaign
>astroturfed "kerr curry and gaymond beg lebum to join them for one last old man run" klutch mafia campaign
>lebum signs 1 year deal with the warriors for farewell tour
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>>154637680
hater
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>>154637680
She looks like Julie Chen Moonves
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>>154637631
He’s not 6. Adults don’t say
>im 41 and 3 quarters
He’s 41. You’re coping because this retard you got hoodwinked into thinking was a goat level player once again proved he isn’t. He had no era. Milan. Had an era. Russell had an era, Kareem had an era, magic had an era, Jordan had an era, Kobe had an era. Those guys dominated the competition, LeBron is 1-2 against duncan, 1-3 against curry. Duncan has more rings, Kobe has more rings, curry has as many rings as LeBron while beating him 75% of the time. LeBron is not goat status, he’s not 42 and you’re a coping dipshit
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>>154637710
LeBron has more FMVPs than all of those guys
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Lebron was trying to tie Kobe wasn't he.
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>>154637678
The league and the fans especially are begging to move on. You just had a series with the supposed GOAT against the reigning MVP and champ that hasn’t been top 3 in the playoff series ratings this year. The jig is up, nobody wants to watch LeBron cry to refs and get blown for playing in his forties as if he’s been held at gunpoint. It’s over, the league is ready to heal from the disaster of the LeBron tenure as the face of the league
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>>154637710
u got baited bro
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>>154637718
>lebron has more FMVPs than Jordan
Kek, read a book zoom zoom
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Why didn’t Nas Reid file a police report against that thug Wembust?
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> Luka Dončić reportedly does NOT want the Lakers to trade Austin Reaves for Giannis Antetokounmpo, per @TheAthletic
>“Multiple league sources said that belief was best illustrated when Doncic told people within the organization that he wouldn’t want Reaves included in any potential trade packages for Milwaukee’s Giannis Antetokounmpo. Doncic, those sources say, would strongly prefer a team construction that includes him and Reaves alongside whatever star the Lakers could acquire.”
Luka and Reaves could work, but Luka with Reaves and another 'star' is bound to fail
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>>154637747
Wembcriminal threatened to kill his family if he did
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this nigga bronny is probably so happy the season is over he can finally just he a regular rich teenager and play call of duty and shit
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How many times was this nigga swept? And he only has three chips lmfao

Post your favorite KWAB moments from his career.
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>>154637735
Dude LeBron fans don’t bait, they earnestly believe this shit
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>>154637748
>luka and Reaves could work
Ahahhahahahahshshshhshsshhshshshs

Luka is doomed.

At this point I think he’ll be lucky to end up a one ring star like KG, Dirk, Giannis, Jokic
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>>154637514
Bro he's like 42. He's done. You're done. You're well past half of the typical human lifespan
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>>154637025
Bro fuck that guy what has he ever done with his life
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>>154637772
They could work though, but yeah I doubt Luka will ever win a ring
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I miss the 2000s NBA so much and I'm not sure why.
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>>154636768
When did lebrick win a fourth ring? He's got two at Cryami and one at Leaveland. I don't remember another one?
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>>154637793
Because it was the last time it had swagger and a good number of players that made the 90s the 90s were still playing and not yet retired. Now it's just zoomer ball
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>>154637806
Lamelo and Shai have more swag than any of those 2000s ballhogoversizedclotheswearing fucks
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>>154637793
do yall remember steven curry being on the cover of a NCAA hoops game for davidson
i could've sworn he was but i googled it and he wasn't. was probably one of those gay timeline shifts.
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>>154637818
>swag
secretly. we. are. gay.
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>>154637571
The Clippers decided that Paul George was worth SGA and 100 picks. The most lopsided pick in NBA history just happened to go to a competent GM.
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>>154637853
kek the nba is by far the most zesty league in te world. not ecen the latin soccer players are as gay
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LakersChads even if we lost, still a crazy year. Can't win them all. We still have all those memories and we don't have to live in a flyover state. We just can't stop winning
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Congratulations to Lamelo ball on his new child

>La’One ball
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>>154637797
In 2020 the hardest ring of all. Rondo was the bus driver though
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>>154637785
He a professor at an university
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>>154637900
It's Lao-ne if you wanna be pretentious
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>>154637900
Someone needs to end that Li, La, Lo streak in that family name god damn they're ballers not fathers. Gelo's children's name is LaVelo and LaNiyah.
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>>154637793
Lower pace of play and defense. Made every possession seem important so the game was more engaging from start to finish
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>>154637939
>Someone needs to end that
do it pussy
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as a Laker fan since 1950 I have to say thank you LeBron for being the greatest player to ever put on the purple and gold
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hope my wuff beat the fuck outta wembitch
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wolves gonna beat the blunder by feeding them somalian food
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Perkins agrees with drayboons call to smear wembys blood on the court
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>>154638202
I used to hate him but now Perkins is my favorite commentator (not just this, other stuff)
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>>154638202
What happened I didn't see that game? Any webm?
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>>154638226
Talking heads like him are needed for comedic effect, hes based as hell.
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>>154638237
Wemby almost kill naz reid and didnt get punished enough for it, just a flagrant 2 ejection.
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>>154638254
clear case of self defense.
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Reminder that the resident /epl/ schizo Liversissy is hiding out in this genny after Dave cooked him. Do not feed xim or pay for sexual favors (xe loves selling xis bum for tickets to transfield).
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We got Olynyk.
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>>154638254
How is that wrong for him? He's tall as fuck, where is he supposed to but his elbows. Maybe don't guard him so closely?
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Okay but what does LOW think
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deandre ayton YOU are an overpaid toronto raptor!!
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Reaves talked about how much of a help LeBron has been to his career
He might not be the GOAT, but you rarely, if ever, hear teammates badmouth him, which makes me think he must be a great locker room guy
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>>154638289
It was an intentional chimpout. He eyed him and lined him up
>>154638372
>He might not be the GOAT, but you rarely, if ever, hear teammates badmouth him, which makes me think he must be a great locker room guy
Media silences you and paints you as crazy if you don't like him
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my bullies :)
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>>154638254
>didn't get punished
>just got ejected
Uhh, that's a punishment. If it had been late in the game they probably would have suspended him. He got ejected 15ish minutes into a playoff game. Considering it's his first ejection, it was the playoffs, and they lost because of this, I'd say it's a fair punishment. It's not like he has a history of doing this shit, and the Timberwolves intentionally try to piss people off. I think the ejection in a tight series is punishment enough, with the caveat that any more shit like this is an automatic suspension.
Also the fact that Reid is ok factors in. If he was concussed and knocked out of the game, I'd say he deserved to be suspended, but you gotta punish from the result too. If Reid had dodged the elbow entirely he'd still deserve the ejection, but I don't think anyone would be calling for his head for a suspension.
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>>154638289
>just let me score or I’ll have no choice but to elbow you in the face
Not how the rules work I’m afraid
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>>154634738
>Start a hate campaign against Dillon Brooks after beating an injured Grizzlies squad
>Years later he shows up courtside with 100 on his wrist, 100 on his neck and grinning ear to ear to watch your old ass get swept
Tragic
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>>154638528
>watching from the sidelines while an infinitely greater player than you is still playing basketball unlike you
>this is somehow a flex
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How you gonna call yourself a GOAT and never beat a better team than you fair and square? Kobe beat like 5 teams better than his (would be 6 if Kwame Brown wasn't a dumbass)
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>>154634738
Brooks vs Lance Stephenson, who’s the GOATed LeBitch hater?
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>>154637748
You cant expect someone to publically give the green light to trade his homeboy away. Its a horrible look no matter what.
That being said, if luka thinks AR>Giannis hes actually retarded. Ive done plenty hateposts against giannis and think hes overrated as fuck, fake and a bad person but at the end of the day hes a champ and a top 5 player when healthy
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>>154638548
Brooks surpassed Lance. Lance was a troll but LeBron mostly treated him like a retarded fanboy and didnt give him much attention.
Brooks got humiliated in 2023 but he still gets under his skin badly
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>>154638289
Bro this was a direct, targeted assault. He was the definition of a Flagrant 2. Wind up, intent, unnecessary, to the head and neck area. It's as cut and dry as it could possibly be. Being pissed off about how you're guarded or how the refs are calling it aside, this was as textbook as a Flagrant 2 could possibly be. He 100% deserved the ejection and the only reason he's not suspended is because one, he has no history of doing this and two, he's a superstar in a tight playoff series.
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>>154638542
Kobe was a sidekick for 3 championships. You don't compare Batman to Aqualad
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>>154638528
>>154638539
Brooks is so fucking corny. I hate these retarded actors in the NBA that think they're "enforcers" like in Hockey. They're so lame. It just comes off as so theatrical.
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>all nba players should be streaming on twitch
Carmelo is another 80iq retard kek
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Lebron is the only “goat” to get trolled by a role player like brooks just did. Like imagine if Bill laimbeer was in Orlando for game 6 in 1995
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>>154638548
Definitely Brooks
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>>154638616
Brooks isnt too bad because hes self aware and playing the villain for the lulz.
Actual wannabe tough guys and "enforcers" are cringe as fuck and i hate the term. Bunch of paper tigers everyone knows will never throw a punch
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>>154638639
Guys in the modern NBA trying to act tough are so ridiculously lame. The most we see today is Draymond sneaking up on Rudy Gobert to choke him and look tough while Rudy is just casually thinking "Uhh hey, get this guy off me".
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>>154638646
The fat bald guy next to Brooks is amused by his antics while the dude in the suit is weirded out by the shameless display of coonery that he has to sit next to.
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>>154635672
This is definitely true. I’ve had plenty of conversations with students that are from the Bay Area or wherever and they’re always surprised, but it’s like yeah man. We are spoiled we got to watch prime Kobe and prime Shaq. And for the older heads they got to watch Showtime which makes me a bit jealous. LeBron just didn’t meet those standards, or even just the effort at times. I still appreciate him for being part of the bubble championship, and there are parts of his game I definitely admire, however he’s just not a Lakers great. And his stranglehold over the organization as a whole has been taxing. Him and his agency micromanage everything. Cant wait for him to move on UNLESS he comes back on a real discount. I’d also be down to Sign and Trade him to the Warriors or Cavs.
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>>154638678
>LeBron to the warriors
>gives the warriors one more year of excusing why they're making absolutely no moves to get closer to a championship
This would be awful. To watch them waste another year for the sake of putting on a circus would just be fucking insufferable. If the Warriors had any balls they'd trade and drop all these old geezers they got and start to rebuild. But they're so tied into Curry and Draymond they'd rather spin their wheels in the Play In every year than actually take a step back to take potentially 2 steps forward in the future.
Whoever takes over after Curry, Green, and Kerr retire is going to inherit an absolute fucking dumpster fire of an organization.
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>>154638528
How is this a flex when Brooks is much younger and got swept by the same team a week ago? I’m a Bron hater but he has infinitely more accomplishments, money, fame, juice, aura or whatever you wanna call it then Dillon Brooks who gives a fuck about a punk ass villain?
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>>154635678
You can’t have it both ways.

If you are a ‘LeBron’ fan and not a Lakers fan, you’re definitely hating on the other Lakers.
>“It’s Luka’s fault!”
>“It’s AR’s fault!”
>“It’s Westbrooks fault!”
>“It’s AD’s fault!”
>“It’s Aytons fault!” (Even though he’s playing on a fucking minimum because LeSwept wouldn’t dare to restructure his contract.

You get my point. Essentially the one common denominator is LeBron, and he bears the most responsibility. However Lemedia always finds a scapegoat. The AD and Westbrook trades are directly correlated with the pressure from LeBron and Klutch. Made us draft his trash ass son, and hand selects his coaches…Luka gives us a new direction, for better or worse we are all ready for what’s next.
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>>154638742
>I’m a Bron hater
Okay
>But he has more accomplishments, money, fame, juice aura or whatever
By that logic you can't hate on Lebron because he has more of all that than you. If you're going to be a hater then hate properly.
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We split the ticket last night. Cavs actually covered a spread in dominant fashion. And we knew there wouldn't be much defense in that Lakers game. We're up +5 units. 7% ROI. Only one game tonight. Let's smash those bookies.

>Timberwolves +10.5
Series is tied, so I'm not sure why the double-digit spread. I guess people just think Wemby will have an epic "revenge game" even though he was in the wrong and is lucky to not be suspended. Double digit favorites in Game 5 of a series that is tied is very rare and I already dislike double-digit favorites. The Wolves are 2-1 ATS as double-digit dogs. It's a small sample size but there's a reason they haven't been double-digit dogs very often.

>Timberwolves ML +300 (half unit)
This is just a great value play like in Game 4. The Wolves are a very experienced playoff team and I don't know if I'm buying the "Wemby revenge" narrative. Great odds for a series that is tied 2-2.

Good luck, and don't bet what you don't have.
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>>154638776
You wouldn't have Luka if Lebron wasn't on the roster. If you're conspiracy minded, Luka being traded to the Lakers was to get Lebron 1 last ring and get the TV ratings up. If you're not then Luka wouldn't be on the Lakers without trading AD, who Lebron pressured the FO to get.
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Let the Lucas Donchic era of the Lakies commence~
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Dylan Harper should be the primary ball handler. What is Mitch waiting for?
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Ideal Luka team:
PG: Luka
SG: off ball 3 point menace, ideally 3 and D guy
SF: swiss knife player
PF: stretch 4 with help defense
C: rim protecting lob threat
Oh wait thats almost the 2024 mavs lmao
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>>154638803
I can hate whoever I please for whatever reason I desire, the question is how is this a win for Brooks when he lost under the exact circumstances a round earlier while in his athletic prime?
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>>154638880
Tbh theres not a single must keep guy on the lakers. They gotta focus on getting the right role players, not a second star. Luka has the lebron effect where it the right setting he can elevate others to thw next level.
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>>154637279
Holy cope dude. Your ‘Billy’ GOAT is a stat-padding bitch who doesn’t give nearly the heart that Kobe & Shaq gave. Hell, I’d take Curry over LeBron if I’m drafting players all-time just to build a team around. I think his gravitas is more meaningful. You can find Point-Forwards throughout history (Pippen, Magic, Lamar Odom, Maurice Stokes, Marques Johnson, Ben Simmons, Iguodala) that were better defenders and passers. Obviously not better overall players or players that had better careers, but Curry’s skillset is more irreplaceable and leads to winning more authentically than the team hopping Super Team bullshit LeBron did for about 10 years
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polymarket says there is a 18.5% chance of LeBron retiring
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>>154638880
That's just the standard recipe for like 90% of championship teams desu. You swap the star's position and it'll still be the same, e.g., ideal Giannis team will still require a good playmaker at PG, good 3&D wings and a rim protecting center.
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>>154638946
Yeah its the same playbook for most.
Again, the lakers need to move on from reaves, hes garbage on defense, luka is ok when he tries, but he doesnt. You just cant have two trash defenders on a proper contender. Teams will blow by them on the perimeter like its nothing
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>>154637900
feel bad for the kid for only having one ball
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>>154638977
So basically you want the Lakers to keep Luka and trade literally every other player on the team in the hopes that they create a roster full of 3 and D players? I would call that wishful thinking but the league bends over backwards to give the Lakers whatever they want
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>>154638880
Once LeBron is gone the team can actually start to shape up. He's a good player still but just so awkwardly out of place. He's the leader, but not the best player. He can't take over a game, yet always has the ball like he's a Point Guard. The Lakers just have no identity and once Luka is back and all that money from LeBron is usable they'll actually have the ability to shape a whole team. I don't know if they'll succeed, or if they'll make the right moves, but they'll have a chance. With LeBron as he is today you just don't have a chance.
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>>154638825
>You wouldn't have Luka if Lebron wasn't on the roster

Not necessarily. AD could’ve still been on the roster if LeBron were to have moved on a couple summers ago. I get that AD got us Luka, and LeBron forced the trade for AD.

My conspiratorial angle is different. Lakers got sold a mere 2-3 months after the Doncic trade for 10 BILLION to Mark Walter (whom I’m exited about because the Buss kids really put the organization back for a few years, but that’s besides the point). And guess what gets announced this past year, EXPANSION. What money are they looking for? 7-10 Billion, because the Lakers set that Benchmark. Basically the Doncic trade reset the market for Billionaires trying to buy a team.
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>>154639017
Sign him for cheap, let him walk, or do a sign and trade. Signing lebron to be anything more than the third option is guaranteed failure.
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>>154638977
AR can still be useful as a 6th man, but yeah, he can't be the 2nd option for Luka if they want to contend
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>>154639054
Recently bias. He’s literally still recovering from injury and Houston and OKC are 2 of the most athletic defensive teams. I still think AR’s got the juice. He’d be awesome of the Jazz or Memphis or something like that, and would lead them to the playoffs
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It’s going to be so funny seeing the lakers go back to lottery irrelevance like post injury Kobe when lebron goes.
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LeBron just gotta take the Lamar Odom role at this point. Come off the bench for 25-30 minutes a gave. You get to run your own lineup at times where you have all the ball handling duties. You finish out games with the starters most of the time.
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>>154639086
It's really not. If you look back at his career history, he's been a playoff dropper except his 1st year
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>>154639114
It's gonna be even funnier when you watch them win another title and have to SEETHE again
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Robert Williams III, Lu Dort and Draymond are free agents this summer. Thats some legitimste defensive talent, perfect for luka
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Why are the Timberwolves such big dogs tonight? I through 30 bucks on them. Idk why the market is saying they are gonna get shit stomped.
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Where does Lebron go for his final season?
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Welp. It would seem to me that LeSwept needs to hit the fucking road. He’s a fucking liability, especially for the money and the age. It’s time to put the old dog down
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Worst kept secret in LA is LeBron about to list his house for sale. Bye bye
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>>154639162
How are they going to win another title when they wont even make the playoffs
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>>154639169
wemby revenge game
spurs in 5
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>>154639017
Lebron was playing well off the ball before Luka got hurt. Did you actually watch the Lakers play this season?
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>Le Swept
niggas talking french now
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>>154639189
Anybody who watched the games knew Lakers were better without him. But the average NBA fan doesn't watch the games so it's not surprising you see so many braindead takes in /NBA/
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>>154639189
Those 11 games they were playing bums and a wembyless spurs and the kings. Way to show you didnt watch any games
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154639197
Another L comment from a L flag. Doesn't even deserve a (You)
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>>154639167
Peyton Watson is also RFA and the Nuggets may let him walk
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>>154639238
Watson is a brooklyn net
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LeBron back to easy East with the Cavs for a final hurrah
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Twitter is saying Memphis's Brandon Clarke has died. No real sources yet.
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>>154637076
Mpj is cades friend and theyre both devout christians. That pistons team is a lottery team reliant on tobias fucking harris.
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>>154639169
i would never bet on my wolvies. they always do the opposite of what you expect, except when you expect the opposite then they do the inverse instead. weirdest team in the nba now that the knicks are normal and the rockets always-bad
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>Rui shot nearly 57% 3p in the playoffs
WTF why isn't this guy paid 10 times more
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>>154639277
Because its been a crazy outlier for him. Rui in general just doesnt do anything other than his midrange which is goated. Decent player, doesnt move the needle one bit
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yo they downgraded Dylan Harper to questionable. Fox a GTD
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Adding challenges is the only good thing Adam Silver has done as commissioner, and it doesn't even matter because the refs just got twice as corrupt.
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>>154638917
Shut up nigga
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>>154639277
He had the highest true shooting percentage on a min 350 fga in nba playoffs history, but he's japanese and playing on a team with the NBA's two golden boys. It's hard to say if Rui would be an all-star on the same volume that those guys get, but we'll never know because they don't give him the green light.
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why did lebron have children with a short woman, he wasted his genes, they turned out manlets(for the nba)
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>>154639423
She got a tight box, I won't stop.
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>>154639258
Is this related to that Grizzlies vs Warriors bit that went on a week ago
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>>154639258
@ShamsCharania Brandon Clarke of the Memphis Grizzlies has died at 29 years old. RIP
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Did jj ever explain why rui wasnt on the floor and why he played vanderbilt with only one hand for 3 minutes in an elimination game?
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>>154639423
lemao
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>>154639455
</3
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>>154639455
>Last month, Clarke was arrested in Arkansas after allegedly leading law enforcement on a high-speed chase, before being taken into custody.
how dumb you gotta be to run in arkansas
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>>154639455
who
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clarke bros..
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>>154639491
Making 12 mil a year, was on a 4yr/52 million deal, he was very talented, real knowers had heard of him, but he's been injured the last few years
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OKC's G-League team is going to be better than over half the teams in the NBA in a few years. Presti is apparently the only competent GM in a league full of nepo hires.
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>>154639455
How?
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>>154639491
Brandon Clarke was nice
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>>154639455
Was probably gonna lose his VISA and an hero'd. RIP young Canadian nigga.
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Holy shit Ja shot him
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>>154639455
https://www.commercialappeal.com/story/sports/nba/grizzlies/2026/05/12/brandon-clarke-memphis-grizzlies-dead/90044091007/

>Clarke was arrested in Cross County, Arkansas on April 1 and charged with trafficking a controlled substance, possession of a controlled substance, fleeing in a vehicle exceeding the speed limit, and improper passing. He was released on bond a day later.

Coke head probably OD'd.
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Wonder what killed Clarke
>suiciide
No way he was rich and tall
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Genny deserves all the hate it gets if the next thread is some pistol pete bullshit and not dedicated to a guy who literally died. RIP, you were a good player, streets wont forget.
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>>154639455
damn
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>BREAKING NEWS: Ja on the run nowhere to be found just like in the playoffs every year
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>>154639572
He was super solid defensively
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>>154639423
He needed someone low IQ enough to call him the goat, that was his first goal
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>>154639579
Was only 29 too, just entered his prime with more years to follow. Way too fucking soon and obviously he was more than just a basketball player.
Prayers to his family
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All emotions aside, this is a GREAT move for the Grizzlies. Contract gets voided, and they can make a real run at Lou Dort of somebody like that. Plus the #3 pick. Memphis is gonna be just fine
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>>154639298
Not true. Rui can win you games but he's not a playmaker
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>>154638880
>ideal lineup
>luka and 4 all defensive guys and a deep bench of 2nd team all defensive guys with spot up shooters
Fire pelinka and hire me
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>>154639609
Lmao I hate and love this website
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>>154639609
>Lou Dort
rather play the rotting corpse
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Did he die in a shootout, they all thugs there
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>>154638187
I was hoping they’d be the first father son duo to die of rood induced heart attacks
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>>154639597
>>154639579
Only played 2 games last year because of Knee Surgery. Wonder if he got into some painkiller kind of stuff. Maybe his knee wasn’t recovering right and mental health spiraled idk. Sometimes athletes really only have the sport they dedicate themselves to
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>>154639633
Cause of death is still unknown
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klutch really assassinated a player to distract from bron getting swept again
the league will do nothing about it
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>>154639599
Kek
>>154639573
Also Kek
Kratom or Tatum; what are you guys taking?
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>>154639548
He had kratom on him not coke but i have heard that he OD'd.
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>>154639455
>sign a $52 million contract extension
>selling drugs
Wtf is wrong with niggas?
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>>154639644
He came back for 2 games and got a calf injury that ended his season. It's hard for players to OD on painkillers given how much contact they have with their team doctors.
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>>154639633
He OD'd, so at least he died happy and on his own terms. We should all be so lucky
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>>154639644
Kratom
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Wow I'm pretty sure it was a genuine tragedy and not a consequence of living in a shithole like Memphis. Surely it wasn't a consequence of the culture these people pride themselves of for whatever reason. Surely it must be a tragedy as it always is
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>>154639658
Buying drugs fella
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I thought you couldnt overdose on Kratom damn
>>154639644
I saw a clip of agent 0 saying that he was confused as hell after his career ended because suddenly he had 0 obligations and just drove his car around town waiting for literally anything to happen. Some of these players are just tied to basketball
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>>154639598
N
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>>154639683
I
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g

i bet he kyssed
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>>154639669
This is all an NBA psyop. They’re gonna try to move the team to Nashville, and say that Memphis is too dangerous a place for an NBA franchise. But it’s only because Nashville is a more prosperous market. Grizzlies owner doesn’t care anyways. He’s too busy building AI weapons for Fascists
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Clarke should have gotten some tall slut pregnant so he could have a legacy
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I'm gonna give him the benefit of the doubt and say it could be heart related just like Pistol Pete Maravich and hopefully petefag soon
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>>154639679
>I thought you couldnt overdose on Kratom damn
You can, there are a slew of gas station drugs that can kill you in the current year
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>>154639695
Youre an npc
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>>154639658
you answered your own question
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>>154639705
>tf
>tp
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batum tatum kratom wolves in six
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Marcus shart won them one game then proceeded to lose them 5 games
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Let me get this right, the 41 year old guy who is the most reliable player, who doesn't get hurt, was actually playing well off the ball and good defense before Luka and Reaves got injured, had to go back to being ball dominant out of necessity and was the best player on the team in the playoffs trying his best to get a team that was clearly out of real contention is somehow a cancer and holding everyone else on the team back?
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should I sell my Brandon Clarke card on 2k or will I risk getting banned for profiting off real world tragedy?
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>>154639669
Grizzlies players all live in mansions in Eads outside of the city they do not live in shithole areas. It's the same as Baltimore, St Louis, Detroit, etc, even to a certain extent New York. All of these cities have poor areas and then they have rich areas where old money people live in gated communities and what not. Fred smith was worth 6 billion he lived and died in Memphis surrounded by other multimillionaires.
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>>154639740
Bro, this is /nba/. You're talking to professional haters, nothing you say is going to change anyone's mind.
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>>154639740
>the 41 year old guy who is the most reliable player, who doesn't get hurt
the guy that didn't play enough games to qualify for season awards?
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I saw that the game sixes and sevens for both SAS/MIN and CLE/DET are double headers for Friday and Sunday
Did they change the schedule to make that happen or were those two series always scheduled for Friday and Sunday double headers?
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>>154639740
>Mr reliable
>plays 60 out of a possible 82 games
Kek unless the Giannis is on the schedule. At least you admit he doesn’t get hurt and just ducks tough matchups
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>>154639741
wont it still be valuable later unless he comes back
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>>154639740
He was the best player in the series until shai statpadded game 7
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Did Luka lose the most out of the trade?
>mavericks: completely fucked themselves , but quickly get a #1 pick with superstar potential
>lakers: get to move on from the lost
Ad years with a new, younger superstar who can give them new hope
>Ad: neutral. Was never gonna win anything again, but he might do something in the east with the new and improved wizards
>Lebron: neutral. Was never gonna win anything again, but Luka at least made his last few years more fun


Meanwhile Luka went from a. Team perfectly suited to his strengths and weaknesses that just made the finals and added new roster pieces, to a shitty Lakers team that will take years to build a contender around him as he only gets older.

The only “win” I can see for Luka is that being a Star in LA is better than being a Star In Dallas. But that’s about it.
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>>154639775
comes back from death?
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>>154639771
>haters
I consider myself an diviner of reality
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So....was he....vaxxed?
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>>154639658
Everybody needs a side hustle
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>>154639790
yea
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>>154639740
Lakers were far better this season when LeBron was hurt and it was just AR and Luka. Now you let LeBron walk and you have 50+ Million to play with. Get some length, speed and defense (Lou Dort / Peyton Watson) and that’ll actually benefit the Lakers more than keeping LeBron around for the same money.

LeBron was -17 in plus/minus last night. Don’t be a casual stat watcher. You’re better than that anon.
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>>154639658
You can take the boy out of the hood...
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>>154639740
Look, he's a great player, one of the best to ever do it. I am an unashamed LeBron hater, but I'm not so ridiculous to sit here and say what he did this post season was no impressive. It was really impressive and fantastic in a lot of ways. But he ain't no GOAT. That's really where the hate comes from. He's great. Can't deny it. But the losing is just too much for a GOAT. But yes, he's super duper fantastic, and you bron fans should be happy for your king's season. Just stop calling him the GOAT.
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>>154639740
If Lebron missed the playoffs instead of Luka, they would have still been saying that it's all Lebron's fault.
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>>154639797
LeBron has been roiding for so long it’s weird to look at pictures of him early in his career and see how much leaner and smaller he was.
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>>154639814
Jordan was 1-9 in the playoffs without Pippen and never made the postseason as a Wizard. How is it better to lose in the regular season than second round?
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>>154639740
Lebron was supposed to be a second option for the first time in his career and coast to easy wins. It's not his fault that Luka is brittle and Reeves is an undrafted bum that's only plays good in the regular season. Making a 41 year old carry a teams entire offense is shameless
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>>154639830
>why is LeBron the goat
>cause the bulls drafted 17.8 ppg Scottie pippen
lol
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>>154639830
LeBron missed the playoffs twice as much as Jordan did, and MJ was never the second option on his team.
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Stay away from drugs bros, got a coworker who started 4 years ago, high iq competent. Got involved with the retards at work despite warnings and now hes slow as fuck with a brain permanently fried from whatever weird shit he takes. I consider myself open but man i hate drugs so much
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>>154639860
I smoke a lot of weed but don’t do drugs
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>>154639831
Good thing rui was carrying the offense, if only they’d kept Lebum on the bench
>rui -7
>lebitch -27
Minus 27
>inb4 he’s old
Then fucking retire already
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>>154639830
Jordan isn’t even LeBron’s true competition. It’s Curry and Duncan (both of whom have winning Finals records against LeBron). And Laker fans already know that prime LeBron ain’t Shaq or Kobe.

And all those guys I mentioned have as many, or more titles than LeBron
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>>154639860
Why are zoomers and some millennials so casual about hard core drug usage? I was always scared to do anything more than coke a couple times. Is it that dude weed is actually a gateway drug and it fries their brain?
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>Come back to top about something interesting
>LeBron Jordan posts
God, I hate sports fans
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It feels weird everytime hearing an NBA player die because you expect them to live out their careers first
The conspiracy theorist in me however thinks Adam Silver kinda knew this would happen and that's why a 25 win Memphis team got the #3 pick instead of the Pacers
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>>154639869
I dont think weed is as bad as the hardcore shit but it often leads to said hardcore shit.
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>the most playoff losses in history
>the most turnovers in history
>the most missed shots in history
Lebron really hits all the milestones
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>>154639875
Curry has never made an all-defensive team and only has one finals MVP.
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>>154639891
Y’all niggas think Silver is God himself
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>>154639875
Even more importantly;


LeBron would literally be 0-3 against Duncan if not for Ray Allen
And without that Draymond Suspension, LeBron is 0-4 against Steph.
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>>154639882
>Why are zoomers and some millennials so casual about hard core drug usage

Because younger people are so anti drug criminalization and anit-DARE that they go to the other side and pretty much go
>all drugs are fine and should be used. Most people aren’t addicts, there’s a functioning coke. Meth, heroin users, etc

I say this as someone who doesn’t mind his drugs every now and then. These people are stupid and will say the dumbest thing to virtual signal about progressive policies.
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>>154639882
Its absolutely a gateway drug. Ive heard old classmates casually talk about doing lines people be crazy out there.
This isnt cool and shouldnt be normalized
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>>154639896
But also his teams best LeBron 3-1 in the finals so that kind of ends the argument
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>>154639658
>how do proefessional athletes get involved in drugs
Usually, it's due to injury. They get injured, surgergy, and then pain killers. And as we all know opiates that start off as a prescription can to turn to an illegal habit.

It's a very common phenomenon in the NFL and football. With this dude, Clarke that is, being injured, he probably ilked the doc's pills too much. and fell down the rabbit hole. And like most millionaire sports players who get addicted to this stuff they end up buying pharmacy stocking shelves sized quanties.

Pic related is what a judge said about Reid's house.
Dude's house had painkillers in it from top to bottom
I think just by the nature of sports, you're around a lot of it.
And his kids got hooked.
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>>154639906
You must be 18 to post here
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>>154639882
weed makes you retarded yueah
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>>154639914
>Ignoring the cap spike that created the most broken superteam in league in history
Whatever you say, cazzie
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>>154639906
Media and government telling us all to smoke their new corporate genetically engineered dude weed lmao is all I need to hear to know not to go anywhere near that shit.
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>>154639914
>his teams
Yes, his teams, because it's a team sport. This changes nothing about what I said. Curry isn't even top 15 all time.
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>>154639900
You do know most reported deaths are delayed from public knowledge to allow time for the family to grieve/move the body to a secure location right?
This could have happened last week but we are only hearing about it now
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>>154639875
Based, but like you said he ain’t really Duncan or curry’s competition since they dusted him. He never had a dominant era like Russell/Magic/Jordan/Kobe/Duncan/Curry. LeBron is in the conversation with wilt as the most underachieving player
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heard my classmates talk about buying alcohol with their dad's credit card
dark world out there
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Brandon Clarke died?
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>>154639932
Did LeBron not have all stars on his team? Can’t the goat overcome some adversity? lol you bronfags have the weakest arguments
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>>154639258
>>154639455
I'm literally born in the same month as him wtf, was boutta sleep and saw this. RIP.
NBA should enforce drug tests even in the off-season and only catch overdosers during off-season. Shits tragic
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>>154639932
how was it a superteam? who was even good besides steph?
>steph
>corner nigga klay
>get off my dickerson
>triple single draymond
>random vet min center
look at klay and katie after gs. total falloff
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we are about to find out aj dyantsas vertical
any guesses
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>>154639900
Silver is weird he might be one those guys that do blood sacrifices.
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>>154639941
Curry has a better career than LeBron, he did more in a shorter amount of time with one franchise while beating LeBron teams 3/4 times and winning before and after KD left. Sorry that hurts your bron boner but thems the facts
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>>154639830
>Jodna's wizard years
Look, LeBron would never have the balls to play for the Wizards like Jordan did. Jordan knew going into the situation he was going to be on a shitty team with no help. He hadn't played professional basketball in two years and was not keeping up with conditioning. Yet, he accepted all the failure that was going to come and suited up anyway.

LeBrion and his mouthpieces say ALYWAS and I mean ALWAYS
>He wants to be in a situation where he has a chance to win
When Jorddan came back that was not what he was looking for.
He just wanted to hoop and let the chips fall where they may,
LeBron NEEDS the table to be set with caviar and diamond-encrusted champagne glasses before he will sit.
Jordan just likes being at the table no matter how bare and empty it is.
That's the context you guys never put into these MJ Wizards' conversations.
Jordan came to the shittiest team in the league without any demand or desire to have "other great stars."
He just wanted to hoop.
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>>154639974
>Steph
>Klay
>KD
>Draymond
>Igoudala
That's more firepower than any modern team has had in decades. KD and Klay fell off after the Toronto series because they snapped their shit and became washed.
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>>154639987
I don't have to be a Bron fan to know that Curry isn't top 15 all time, I don't even have Lebron as my GOAT. You can't be put over all the greats when you only play one side of the ball well and weren't even the best player on your team for half of your championships.
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>>154640010
all of those niggas are losers without steph. when lebron has roleplayer bums its a second round exit and he needs help, when steph has role player bums its a "superteam" and its unfair. That's what greatness is
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>>154639990
I just ignore the Jordan wizard years bronfags because it’s ridiculous to judge players on their after 40 years as part of a goat debate. It’s one thing if they both had 6 chips and 10 scoring titles, but even 23 years in bron is still miles away from what Jordan was able to accomplish in 15 years
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>>154640010
They won a championship before and after KD was on the team, and one with washed up Klay.

Steph also changed the game. Not in a way I like but he’s one of the most influential players ever, and more so than LeBron.
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NBA fan discourse is bottom of the barrel. You guys make third worlders arguing about footie look like the intelligent ones.
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>>154640010
Kek
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>>154640020
His defense is underrated and at the end of the day he won. If his defense was so shitty he never would have won
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>>154640049
It’s all bait, all you have to do is say LeBron is the GOAT and the general goes fucking crazy
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>>154640049
Yeah but soccer is for fags
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>>154640049
I don’t get it. Do these people even enjoy basketball? The only people I know who still care about constant try arguing goat, Jordan V LeBron, etc, are children or 40+ year old dads and blue collar dudes
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>>154640028
>Steph: Sidekick for 2 rings
>Klay: 3 and D wing whose one of the best shooters of all time
>Draymond: Enforcer and league darling that get's away with hard fouls and moving screens
>KD: 7 footer that's an elite shooter.
>Igoudala: All-Defensive forward that can space the floor and guard 1-5.

That cap spike that allowed KD to join the Warriors in free agency is the worst thing to happen to the league. If KD joined the Cavs you would all be singing a different tune.
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>>154640049
Go Wolverhampton by the way
AWOOOOOOOOOO
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>>154640121
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>>154639961
Pretty shocking desu. Dude was hurt all the time but he was good.



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