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>>154750855Why are OKC fans so retarded?
>>154750855>2.5 million viewsI thought the NBA was dead?
>>154750866You're not "btfoing" anyone, you're just a pathetic faggot crying about Lebron any chance you get. Go make my fried rice, bitch nigga.
>>154750868This is based. Don’t see the issue.
PJ Brown would completely take Wemby out the game
>>154750884Own that fraud
>>154750886Why do oldheads take pride in assaulting their opponents when they can't play actual defense?
>>154750886Who?
>SGA shot like ass and they still barely lost in 2OT>Wemby needed a 50 foot logo shot to get it thereThe only "good" thing for OKC coming out of that. Though still losing with Fox out at home is pretty bad.
>go make my fried rice Kek
>>154750895They still have this mentality as well. In pick up they play literal football.
>>154750895I mean defensively, go watch the tape
>>154750902OKC needed Caruso to have the best game of his career against the Spurs without DeAaron Fox and with Stephon Castle turning the ball over 11 times.
>>154750885yup, yup, Support OKC, the Don, Israel is white coded behaviors
Nigga told him to make his fried rice
>>154750895One of the most pathetic things I've ever seen was when Wemby straight up assaulted Naz Reid and no one on the Timberwolves did a fucking thing about it. They act tough, act "physical", but they're just a pack of heartless bitches.I'm glad they lost, Wemby exposed Ant, Randle, Gobert, and that entire team as punk ass pussies. How are you gonna watch your teammate get straight up assaulted and just go "REF, REF, KICK HIM OUT!!!" This team has absolutely no dog in them.
What is your response Malaysia?
>>154750928It's just l Iike Anthony Edwards said once, nobody's actually trying to fight. Just trying to hype themselves up and get in their opponent's heads.
>>154750886based PJ Brown appreciator. But in all seriousness, Wemby would’ve been a 16 ppg 3 point shooter in the 90s. Would’ve still led the league in blocks though. Or at least blocks per game and block percentage. He would’ve gotten injured more often
Fry my rice
>>154750781There was some international tournament before they both got drafted and Chet won MVP or whatever the fuck it was and Webmby was visibly upset. That's when it started.
>>154750879>defensive slugfest stretching 2 ots of competitive basketballTruly a mystery
>>154750928When you're Alpha is Shart Edwards, the tone is just postering like real yn from the ATL but backing down like a buck when real shit goes down. Real thugs like Jermaine O'Neal & Ben Wallace would have smacked the shit out of Wemby.
Rumor has it LeBron was curry’s cumsock?
Giannis is the only real Wemby stopper. Lakers need to trade Bronny for him.
>>154751040Do the Bucks have picks to go with that deal?
>>154750998I was so damn stressed during that game. I can't believe the Spurs pulled it out. SGA tying the game at the end of regulation felt like they missed their chance to steal Game 1.
>>154751033> Curry Doesn't his wife publically humiliate him to the point that even Killer Mike called out his cuck behavior
Ajay Mitchellbros…
Theres only 1 man who can stop WembyHis name starts with D
>>154751010O'Neal and Wallace would've tackled his ass to the ground and beat the dogshit out of that lanky faggot. This isn't even about "old generation vs new" or nothing like that. If your teammate is straight up assaulted, punched in the face, elbowed in the head, how on Earth can you sit back and do nothing?I don't claim to be the toughest guy in the world, but if my friend was attacked by some dude right in front of me, I'm stomping that fucker out or going down trying. That's not even a matter of young or old, it's just plain heart. You got no heart, no dog if you're able to sit back and watch your friend and teammate get the shit beat out of him.
>>154751040nah trade Luka dogshit for Gianpiss, have Bronny at the 1 and trade AR for a wing that can actually defend. This is the only team that can beat Wemby
Jokic is the only player who can drop 40 on wemby. People will ignore that and still call wemby the most dominant defensive player after 1 healthy year kek
>>154751071Reaves needs to be gassed
>>154751098Jokic is at home in Serbia right now
>>154751098>ChokicHe got stopped by Rudy Gobert. I don't want to hear about that overrated scrub again
>>154751067>be a 4x NBA champion>greatest shooter of all time>famous multimillionaire>no-brainer first ballot hall of famer>still not enough to get some random, average woman from thinking she's better than youIt's bleak out here, fellas.
>>154751117>>154751121So easy to farm seethe when mentioning joker kek
>>154751086Yeah, it's not old versus new it's pampered groomed ballers versus guys that came up by through real life via regular schools or recruiters. All these new prospects are sought out at like 6 sent to doctors to project their height and trained from a young age in special schools to only play basketball while being pampered. Any blue collar guy from any america town is probably tougher than the pampered NBA player.
Wemby put on like 20 pounds of muscle since being in the league, and Chet is still as scrawny as ever
>>154751067Yea, Steph's wife was making him look bad, but she's been behaved for the past year or two. Steph probably put hands on her.
>>154751134It's because she caught him cheating with a bunch of thots. He's 6'4, almost a billionaire, greatest shooter of all time, light skin, hazel eyes and has a clean family man image. Thots have been throwing themselves at him and his wife is bitter about it
>>154751134runaway hoeflation is so out of control that 6.5/10 Lightskin thinks that her life might have been better without the borderline billionaire superstar athlete in her life. It's never been more over.
>>154751143unrelated but why is sga touching chet like that?? that shit would never fly with the spurs and that's why they're currently up.
We really went from Robinson to Duncan to WembGOD. The Basketball Gods love my Spurs so fucking much bro. I was angry as shit and pulling my hair out when Kawhi left and we had fucking Demar Derozan leading our team.
>>154751164Obvious Silver rigjob is obvious. OKC in 5 bitch ass nigga
With Wemby and Kornet, who is Robinson and who is Duncan?
>>154751143Stupid nigga is an unironic vegan. He needs to get on that mealanon diet.
>Wemby's three pointer was a bad shot
>>154751169The Spurs were gimped and OKC still lost like bitches. Spurs in 6. They ain't built for this.
>OKC in 5
the fact it wasn't a blowout only because caruso decided to go GOD mode against an injured spurs isn't a good sign for what's to come once fox is back
>>154751233Caruso played better than usual. But Chet and SGA played worse than usual. When they all go back to their baseline, OKC will be better.
>>154751233A team of their caliber will find a way to make this a series.Hate OKC all you want, but championship teams, if they lose the following years in the offs, usually will grab at least two wins before going out.
>>154751183It's only a bad shot if it doesn't go in.
>>154751067LeBron’s wife lets him humiliate himself
i dunno what chet is gonna do for game 2 but he is in waaay over his head because wemby hates his motherfucking ass
I like talking about teams and players. nba fans just like talking about the 1 superstar. Kind of gay
>>154751067Why do bronfags have to deflect so much
>>154751244>>154751262i'm exaggerating because i want the spurs to win but if it doesn't go to at least 6 i'll be surprised
>>154751244Prior to Castle's 11 turnovers last night he was averaging 3.1 in the playoffs, and Fox averages 2. SGA I don't doubt can shake off the rust and make his usual buckets, it'll come down to if Chet can raise his game
>>154751280Chet doesn't have the match Wemby. He just has to not play like complete shit, and let the rest of OKC win the game.
teams without a decent 7 footer plus in the west are fuckedtheir stonks have gone way upthe smallest you can go are like big nigga 6'8 guys like aaron gordon
>>154751244SGA hasn’t really had a great game since the suns series
>>154750879We all want to see the OKC downfall
>>154751315Yeah, the Lakers were keeping him locked down
>>154751324This
denver needs to trade joker if they want to rebuild. They will forever be a 42-48 win team from here on out
Battle of the GOATs
>>154751315I guess that's a silver lining in a way, your best player is underperforming, your 2nd best player has been out, and they just lost their first game of the entire playoffs in double overtime. But that being said if SGA and Chet don't improve to at minimum their own standards, they'll get gentemen's swept at best.
The hateboner Wemby has for Chet is hilarious. What did he even do, rival him for ROTY for a few months?
>>154751340>AYO REF SGA IS RAPING WEMBY -Keldon Johnson
>>154751351Chet won an MVP award in an international game they played in as teenagersWemby has said that moment always stuck him.
Area 51 kino
>>154751351I love it. I wish more players outright fucking hated each other. They're both the starting centers of the top 2 teams in the west, of almost the same draft class, and they're in the WCF, where one guy has a ring already and one doesn't.
>>154751351Imagine it’s the first day of school and you show up with your skateboard thinking you’ll be the skateboard kid. But then another kid has a skateboard. You would immediately hate himThat’s what it’s like in the nba for talls
>>154751351>What did he even doThe U19 USA team won against France, it's personal.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4ED5iALQIk
>>154751368AVRA
>>154751363>>154751369>>154751377Thats actually based as fuck we need more of this and less hugging after every game
>>154751338His only chance now is to move East, the West is only tougher for him now.
>>154751351They weren’t in the same draft class
>>154751363>>154751369but does chet hate him? he sounds and looks like your average zoomernot his fault he ended with a championship team and bus rode them as a rookie
>>154751268why do Bron haters have to resort to AI >>154751286They brought up Curry in the original post and his wife openly cucks him.
>>154751412>he thinks LeBron in the maid outfit is AIlol, lmao really
>>154751368>>154751340Spurs are so gay
>>154751402Chet missed his first year and was counted as a rookie for his sophomore year, like ben simmons was
Poor cheddy doesnt even want the smoke with wemby and now he has to battle a dude in a different tier than him
>>154751412That ain’t AI anon
>>154751422Yeah, can literally see that LeBron in the other picture is way broader. Sorry faggot
>>154750855Ben Simmons just won a title
>>154751441
>>154751446why did they use a pic of a guy looking suprised to have his picture taken
>>154751446You can be the 50th best NBA player or the greatest marlin fisherman. How you answer will tell me everything about what you are as a man.
>>1547514466’10 fisherman kek
>>154751446Got his bag and said fuck this league, i respect it
>>154751446I'm just happy he's happy
>>154751446>simmons fishing championship before embiid ecf
>>154751461Can I get a hundred million to be the 50th best nba player first?
How can the Knicks and Cavs even come close to what we saw last night?
>>154751446Don't let emsneed see this
>>154751488Let the Spurs/Thunder kill themselves in 2OT 7 games, the Knicks/Cavs only needs to end in 4-5; anything more and the Finals will be a West sweep.
>>154751488I honestly think that series will go 7 games but all but one of them will be won by 20+ points
>>154751488They can't. WCF is the real Finals.
>>154751368I'm running through a wall for Wemby, bro
>>154751449damn it's real?>>154751446NeetGOD Ben Simmons always wins
>>154751446based
Spurs finna take game 2 tomorrow
Why can't I get behind glazing a Black basketball player
>>154751571probably because you're british
>>154751571You’re insecure about your own identity?
LeMickeybro, the newest Bleach trailer came with one frame you can use your magic on.
>>154751571When did you first get redpilled? There's a mandatory seethe period for a while but then you stop caring about race
>>154751387Wemby was mad as fuck, love how competitive he is. Hed probably been waiting to get revenge on chet for years
>>154751571Indians usually love glazing black people
if you're a GM how do you build your team to deal with both the Spurs and the Thunder?
>>154751583I FUCKING love bleach
>>154751596Impossible to build a counter to those two specifically. All you can do is add talent that surpasses theirs and get the machine well oiled
>>154751595is that why you glaze lebron then
>>154751596The Jazz and Grizzlies are the next Thunder. But there's no next Spurs until there's a next player of Wemby's calibre
>>154751596I would literally build a secret underground facility and kidnap every 7 foot plus person that isn't in the NBA and have them spend every waking hour being trained by some of the best coaches and scientists on how to counter Wemby's offense and pick him up at half court. After a few years, at least one of them has to work out.
>>154751596spurs is easy. have someone dive at wemby's knees every game and they are donethunder is tougher because they're better when sgay is off the floor
>>154751617I only glaze Ryback
this nigga wemby winning 6 rings bruh
>>154751626A team of 5 bol bols
>>154751641They said the same thing in my lifetime about>shaq>kobe>lebron>SGANow SGA and Wemby have a shot still but the problem is everyone extrapolates from the most recent version of a guy they saw and never factors in atrophy
>>154751626>17% of all 7'+ men play in the NBA>9% of all 7'+ men in human history have played in the NBAWhat you're saying basically already happens
>>154751583kek
>>154751663Or injury
>Wemby, height merchant>Steph, distance merchant>Shaq, size merchantI just don't respect gimmick players. Now Jordan, Bron, Kobe, those are some real ball players right there
>>154751641>Celtics 18 chips>Lakers 17 chipsSpurs would jump at 11.
>>154751698>Steph, distance merchantThat's not fair. Jordan was a dawg merchant then
>>154751626>I would literally build a secret underground facility and kidnap every 7 foot plus person that isn't in the NBA yuroteams already do thisliterally picking random joel embiids and yannises off africa
Just remembered that Gayson Gaytum would have been a Lker if they didn't draft Lonzo. I wonder if Lkersbros are mad about this.
>>154751698Bron is an industry plant but I agree. I found myself more impressed by Harper and Caruso in that game than Wemby. Of course someone of his height going to get that amount of rebounds and a ton of easy points.
Wemby just inspired a whole generation of upcoming players. Every big man is gonna be able to handle the ball like a guard and pull up from 3. It will take a few years but it's gonna happen.
>>154751682It's not happening at a large enough scale. Kidnap the niggas who don't want to hoop too.
>>154751747>TabumAlready done with ded knees
>>154751698>Wemby>gimmickHe does basically everything and anything on the court. He's not a one-trick pony.
>>154751698>Wemby, height merchantyea sure man
how are my warriorers supposed to compete with this lanky french nigga in their old age
>>154751698Lebron is a size merchant, he's always coasted on being big, strong, and fast.
>>154751756Squared cube law anon. Wemby doesn’t handle the ball like a guard, he handles the ball like a 7’4 dude who thinks he can handle like a guard
>>154751747Tatum sucks though
>>154751181What am I missing here, no he isn’t lol
>>154751747What happens in the alternate universe where these guys were swapped?
>>154751782He eventually added a post up game and he became a respectable shooter. He is the greatest at getting to the basket tho.
>>154750928Reid was supposed to be one of the enforcers, so when he got heemed himself the rest of the Wolves decided discretion was the better part of valor. It's like how in LOTR when an orc captain gets killed and the subordinates flee immediately rather than try to avenge him,
>>154751756He's not the first big man to dribble and shoot threes, anon
>>154751756>implying he was the first
>>154751807>post up game>shooterLeBron still can’t do either of these
>>154751698Shaq was legitimately skilled. He has just as many highlights of him showcasing his footwork & soft touch around the rim as there are of him bulldozing someone.
>>154751837Did he call it though
>>154751799Chetothy is a vegan bro.>>154751805Bro lmao I remember the youtube videos and the threads during this draft. People were really saying this goofy Fultz was the next big thing, then this nigga just comes out not even being able to shoot fts. That shit was so bizarre. We still don't actually know what happened.>>154751798We didn't know that at the time though. Lonzo is a ball brother lmao. Gaytum was a much safer pick.
>>154751805The sixers gave up tatum and a pick that got traded for kyrie, just to get fultz
>>154751852This. He was huge but his post moves were also elite. That's really why he was completely unstoppable, the combination.
>>154751853Yeah.
>>154751399Jokic would rape the East so fucking hard. Embiid would just have to fucking retire lol
I expect James Harden to have a good game tonight because there's no pressure in the first couple games of a series.
>>154751805One of the greatest draft swindles kek, how did scouts miss Tatum and think Fultz as #1?Also Josh Jackson refused workouts save for the Lakers and the Suns, he's only been in the NBA for like 3-4 years.
>>154751887Jokic to the Pacies.
>>154751859>People were really saying this goofy Fultz was the next big thing, then this nigga just comes out not even being able to shoot fts. That shit was so bizarre. We still don't actually know what happened.Shitty organization run by stat tards that don't know shit about ball. If Fultz, Simmons, and Embiid were drafted to a competent franchise they would be a dynasty. Sixers gave them retarded trainers and (((sports psychologists))) who poison their brain with new age garbage and turn them into retards
>>154751161what will happen if SGA and Carter Bryant have to defend on each others during a game?
This nigga proxylaysia tryna reply to me the fuck
>>154751878AD must hate the Nuggets so fucking much
>>154751936I kept waiting for like 8 years for Anthony Davis to take over and become the best player in the league.
>>154751953He was a beast on the Pelicans
>>154751953Kek, just as long as bron
>>154751963He was. I thought pairing him with Demarcus Cousins would turn the Pels into monsters in the West.
This one's for Paco.
>>154751953we realized that wasn't gonna happen like 5 years ago
>>154751953So did Lebron kek
>>154751978Didn't they have Rondo too? They were too big and couldnt shoot. That type of team would have raped in the 00s
>>154751859
>>154751919Simmons was a vain, preening attention whore who didn't think he actually had to earn his money and Embiid collapses under the weight of his own body if he tries to do any physical activity for more than 5 minutes. Neither one was ever going to make it.
>>154752015NTA but anyone who has watched enough pelicans basketball to answer this, my hats off to you. You are a unicorn
Could Embiid make it past the 2nd round in Deep Sea Fishing?
>>154751878>>154751837>>154751936why did he do any of this against Gobert
>>154752036What is this fruit of the loom type shit? Why have I always thought this dude is a vegan? Didn't he say it before? How is this nigga a literal pencilbox if he's not a vegan? Wttttffffff
>>154751807The fuck he did, if he would have he’d probably be 7/10 in the finals
>>154751446The Process finally succeeded
>>154752085Gobert is his son.
>>154751663Not with the expansion in '29 and the current work load. It would very hard to 6 peat. Which was originally a joke on SNL durring the superfans sketch. Maybe it was 8peat. Which Jordan would have had bar the lockout and the stealth gambling suspension.
>>154752089I thought he was a vegan too, likely from seeing you spam it … but that just means there is a patient zero beyond you
>>154752121>current work loadJesus Christ you believe that don’t you
>>154752114Weird, why did Gobert beat him twice as the lower seed and not t he favorites?
>>154752084I doubt it. Ben Simmons won.
>>154752084No but he could make it past the quarterfinals at the world cup if he joined the French team.
>>154752038>Simmons was a vain, preening attention whore who didn't think he actually had to earn his moneySo is Lebron, and he ended up working out. Young Simmons was an all-star with the same level of talent as young Lebron. People were saying he was the next face of the league >and Embiid collapses under the weight of his own body if he tries to do any physical activity for more than 5 minutes.This might be more true, but other teams have different medical staffs that could have been more proactive in preventing his injuries
>>154752123I swear I heard it somewhere and didn't just make it up. The timeline must have broken...>>154752149>not t he
>>154751698Jordan was a Stern merchantBron is a PED merchantKobe was a hollywood media hype merchant
>>154752121No one is saying 6 peat, a thousand articles have been written about Kobe/shaq/lebron getting 6 rings. LeBron thought the heatles would win 8. Most thought the KD warriors would 3 peat at a minimum. It’s just hard to sustain success. Jordan didn’t retire because of the lockout, he retired because reinsdorf let Krause fire Phil Jackson and you’re a rube if you think Jordan was suspended for gambling
>>154751921carter bryant looks sweet as hell but he got that DAWG in him. sga may lose his life in this series
>>154752182I believe you but if you said>I made it up because he looks like a faggot veganI would have called that based
>>154752136The nutrients in topsoil has globally been depleted. These current athletes don't have same nutritional advantage plus pseudo estrogen and micro plastic in their nutsacks. Suck it.
>>154751503>bumson: i'm him!>knicks lose by 20>mitchell/harden: no i'm him!>cavs lose by 30>KAT: nah i'm actually him>knicks win by 40that's how the games will go
>SAS calling out Chet.Finally, I'm sick of this cone getting away with everything because SGA is covering for his ass.
>>154752263Me and you view this series the same anon
>>154750855https://x.com/MagicJohnson/status/2056591340457324875Game 1 scared the shit out of the entire West. Lakeshits need a full tear down and Jokic is never getting out of the first round again.
>>154752235He literally does though. That's why I didn't even doubt it. I just can't remember where I saw that he's a vegan. I swear I also google'd itg a couple of times before to make sure, but now I can't find any results.
>>154752279even the animals in oklahoma are bitch made. FUCK tofu
>>154752299Ion even know what that is. Is that a fucking weasel?
>>154752276>two teams in the wcf are really goodWow another super spicy magic take
>>154752311>2 dominant teams steamrolled through the playoffs and are built to last for years Every other team in the West is competing for 3rd place.
>>154752279If I was to describe Chet’s build I’d say>a bundle of sticks
How come chet and Wemby aren't built like this? is it bad for basketball
>>154752346ja has okc figured out just pick him up and u won
>>154752346That’s how it has usually been since the 80s outside of the last 5 years
>>154752353Microplastics and estradiol in the water.
Stop letting this fucking faggot make threads
>>154750879Wemby is the most exciting thing to happen to the NBA since the prime days of Kobe and Bron.
>>154752353Pre-analytics centers had to play bully ball and post up and the league looked the other way on steroids. Post-analytics centers have to run, take jumpshots and be able to play switch defence while passing drug tests. That's why you have a bunch of KD clones in the league and very few players built like Embiid.
>Minnesota Timberwolves GM Matt Lloyd is likely to interview with Bob Myers for the Sixers' lead front-office gig this weekTell me about this guy
Y'all niggas actually had fried rice? That shit tuff!
>>154752473trustworthiness stats: 0
Spurs platoon of 6'6" defensive demon wings and Wemby rim protecting+swallowed whistles in the playoffs have SGA in hell. Genuinely see no path for OKC to win this
Must be nice to be french, top 3 football team in the world and wemby.
>>154752473man not soul in the world saving the Sixers
>>154751782Lebron coasting on athletic ability is a 15 years old stale meme retard. He's an all NBA player at 41 lol
>>154752353they aren't that old. Admiral came into the league at like 25
>>154752498He looked so off his game last night. Haven't seen him that uncomfortable in a while. He did have a couple clutch moments though.
>>154752498If Alex Caruso is your top scorer, you've fucked up somewhere.
>>154752353Wait for a couple more years, Giannis was also a 7'0 stick when he started with Milwaukee.I believe both Wembanyama and Chet are libtard vegans so unless roids are involved they'll remain as sticks for most of their careers.Imagine being a multimillionaire and rejecting steak and meat.
Streets dont want you to know this but im turning 34 this yearand then my era is beginning. Im like pat bev the next 5 years are mine..
>>154752473He was the VP of Timberwolves basketball starting in 2022 and became the GM in 2024. He hasn't actually done fuck all but draft poorly and re-sign their core.
>>154752473Bulls passed on him as GM apparently
>>154752353because 2 pointers right near the basket was how you scored, so you had to be strong and buff
>>154752299>>154752306It's the thing that doesn't give you a heart attack from eating smelted together transported hormone blasted mistreated animals killed 2000 miles away by another man
People keep saying that teams need to draft giant guys to deal with Wemby (Aday Mara's stock has risen significantly over the past few months, and it's partly because of this idea). However, I don't think that's exactly how you do it. Unless you find the second coming of Shaq, your big man isn't going to reliably get through Wemby in the paint. It's a better idea to use a team of chuckers and force Wemby out to the perimeter, where his defense is less effective. Of course, you still have to stop him on the other end, and that's where you do need a big guy, so ideally you'd want a Porzingis type of stretch big. Obviously guys like that don't grow on trees either, but you probably need one if you want to realistically contain the Alien.>>154752353Don't worry, my Grizzlies are getting the big strong guy in this draft ;)
>>154752498Wolves not caring about the Trae Young trade because muh defense was fucking retarded btw
This Spurs vs Thunder series is pretty easily the best matchup of the 2020s right? Feels like everyone understands the magnitude of this matchup, can really feel a level of gravitas that has been missing for a while. This is 16' Cavs vs Warriors, 13' Heat vs Spurs level hoops
>>154752634Huuuuuuuh?
>>154752666>hoopsback to redddit
the answer to the spur/okc problem is memechuck
Victorio Wembanyamo hasn't even gotten a bankai yet. The OKC Tiktokers haven't seen hell.
>>154751756it's true. small ball was all the rage and people thought the center position was dead but really all we needed was centers with guard skills
>>154752718I've been saying this >>154752636
This is my first time watching OKC lol did this team really win a championship last year? They don't look like anything special
Bros I miss when Jimmy Butler was all the talk.Was incredible for the warriors too, shame hes irrelevant now
>>154752787the MVP didn't show up
The counter to the spurs is getting rid of wemby however you can. The counter to the thunder is having Wemby
Shais stats are nerfed because he got doubled like crazy in the lakers series but hes been disappointing for almost the entire playoffs.If he continues to do so and the thunder still win he will be remembered as someone who wasnt nearly as good as the accolades suggested. Sort of like tatum and his 4 first team selections when he was never top 5 in theleague
>>154752787>Hey guys! I don't know ball, is this championship caliber team any good?
>>154752841teams have to straight up stop throwing maxes at every player. It was meant for the elite of the elite. Hopefully detroit learns the lesson
>>154752846I forgot more ball than most ever knew. Just have taken a few years off
>>154752841>trade young guy with upside for a big negro whose on his way out with bum knees
>>154752788Butler sucks
>>154752841hold the fuck up
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Vlu7sVSySTw
>>154752807>The counter to the thunder is having WembyThunder are just 12 niggas who play hard. They're not that scary
The game last night was one of the very best basketball games I have ever seen in my life.
Wemby is bad for the league. You can't do GOAT debates when you're not at all like the other players.
People will hand wave at this and act like +/- stats don't mean anything but I watched the back to back MVP have his ass on the bench in multiple critical possession last night. Really makes me think
>>154752966Chat, is this real? Damn, no wonder he choked last night>>154753103It was a classic
>>154752841OKC did the same dumb shit than the Nuggets by giving too much to their main players after one title. Good luck to them if they can't win, budget is gonna be tight.
Spers are good, but it's clear peak Golden State would abuse them.
>>154753124People acting shocked by this lol. The spurs just got done shutting Ant down. You should have expected it.Big fast guards and then wemby holding down the lane, and they are good at switching and double teams. Its hellacious defense
>>154753124Luka would never.
>>154753120GOAT debate was a manufactured Klutch Media meme. Just appreciate everyone for who they are in their context. You can't compare different time periods. The meta changes too much and players train their body and skills based on the meta
Chet needs to be taking 15 shots a game, minimum. Not 7
>>154753214He would just get wembarrassed
>>154753178I agree. That team is a problem. Steph was unguardable>>154753163They got paid what they're worth. If you don't extend they walk to someone else. They could have done that, but it's a waste to let them walk for nothing. What they'll do is like the Giddy/Caruso trade, where they trade youth and potential for immediate fit
>>154753214They won't put him on Wemby and won't even think about running any offense through him to try and get Wemby out of the paint. He's been exposed as a role player
chet on the court watching a white midget who's only good at defense because the refs let him flagrant foul guard wemby is a disgrace and he should retire in shame from lettin it happenguard wemby and get good u pussy
>>154753214He's not that guy. Wemby clamps him
>>154753124Oklahoma's owner has dirt on Adam Silver hence all of the picks plus draft hits along with SGA being the new protected FT merchant.
>>154752576That should tell you everything. But also the league hates the Bulce for some reason.
Caruso is going to break Wemby down over the series. He's allowed to do whatever he wants to him and not get called because he's so much smaller.
>>154753254>>154753263>afraid of wembykwabotd
chet is definitely winning KWABOTY if this series continues this way
>>154752936I GET COMPUTERS PUTINY'ALL GET SHOT AT, CALL ME, I DO THE SHOOTIN
>>154753278they should sub klynyk in and have him armbar that nigga
It would be so much funnier if Chet was the guy who cared about the rivalry more than Wemby
>I will avoid the opposing team's superstar and my position counterpart...because I'm too shook to end up on dunk posters and don't want to lower my player valueKWAB
Every time i see wemby i get the feeling hes a leftist, dunno why
>>154753278Naz Reid has 80 lbs on Caruso and couldnt tire out wemby playing thugball
>>154753354Wemby is clearly an enlightened centrist. He's able to synthesize both sides effortlessly.
>>154753278I could see him baiting another WembWWE move as a strategy it almost happened last night on the shai backshots rebound
>>154753337>It would be so much funnier if Chet was the guy who cared about the rivalry more than WembyChud Holmgrem
41 pts and 25 rebounds?COULDN'T BE AGAINST MY TEAM #DAWGS
>>154753278If he goes Zaza he will be thrown out of his hotel window and the Thunder will lose all of their draft picks and ref protection
>>154753404>12 minutes>26 minutes>27 minutesdoesnt count
>>154751981Umi really is the 2nd best, but 3rd best should be the first. All three are good tho.
>>154753124>+/- stats don't mean anythingThis is objectively true though. Your eye test is way more useful.
>mfw the tel aviv thunder get swept and ragetrade chet for Giannis
>>154753463Eye test tells me Wemby is shit
>>15475344611 pts in 40 minutes
How long until San Antonio is the most hated team in the league?
>>154753354He called Vegas a dystopia, called out Karl Malone on twitter, and called the Minneapolis ICE shootings murders. He's definitely an "online" type (so am I, not gonna pretend otherwise)
>>154753548That's just an average Yuro take
>>154753278Yeah but then San a realized he’s a foot taller than Caruso and just lobbed the ball to him around the rim. I like Caruso but if that’s your answer to wemby the thunder are fucked
How can the Cavs get a win this series?
>>154753575it only kind of worked because caruso also had the best offensive game of his life
>>154753278>this game stop manager is going to physically crush wembytop kek!
>>154753542When wemby has 2 rings so in 4 years
Sadly, New York is the only soulful option to root for in the finals.
>>154753591Just need to distract kat with that spyda meat
>>154753666wwwttttffffff
>>154753591evan mobley pulls out the gat and shoots the zesty buck right in the dome
Do you feel bad for him?
>sga flops>HES RUINING THE GAME ITS SO DISGUSTING TO WATCH>wembitch flops>utter silenceat least have some standards
>>154753708No. I hate wiggers.
>>154753708No. He has millions of dollars.
>>154753721Anon anyone with standards should have stopped watching in the Obama administration
This nigga Sloveniakia said SGA instead of SGAy and said Wembitch instead of Wemby. Can't imagine giving respect to that fuckass nigga by addressing him by his real name. That's just ridiculous.
>>154753591Bench harden
>>154753721That's why you support a team full of ethical hoopers like the Timberwolves, Cavs, Celtics, Raptors, Clippers.
>>154753263he has ptsd
>>154753783Get Ant a #2 then you fucking APE and get JULIUS RANDLE OFF MY TEAM.
>>154753792wwwwttttttffffff
>>154753708He's a feck ugly quadroon so no absolutely not
just hearing cavs are playing in a conference finals got me yawning
Why do NBA teams wear white at home and colors on the road?
>>154753708yes because he looks like his mom pushed his head through her vagine like toothpaste going through a tube
>>154753830you good bruv?
>>154753708No. He's rich from playing the game he loves.
Nigga say get Randle off my team like he wasn't celebrating getting rid of KAT when KAT is the GOAT damn near.
going through some of these threads in the archives to learn how to talk basketball with the morons that watch this
this thunder team will be the first ever dynasty to only win 1 championship
>>154752636>your big man isn't going to reliably get through Wemby in the paintYou literally just have to be heavier than him and scoring becomes so much easier. Go look at how Oso Igadaro dropped 20 on him. OKC struggles because Chet is a stick and Ihart is too slow. If the Spurs make the finals then you'll see how much better Mobley/Allen and KAT/Mitchell Robinson will do.
>>154753896there is another
chet is kinda cute without facial hair. i'm a dude by the way
>>154753896heat dynasty with butler = 0 rangz
>>154753896Nah, they have too much talent to not win another. They just need to fill the gaping hole they have at the 4, which they probably will of they draft Yaxel, and ship out Dort and Wiggins to give more playtime to Topic and Ajay Mitchell.
>>154753756no, fuck the french, but you're right about sgay, that's on me
I am hyped for when wemby stops shaving his widows peak and goes full villian
>>154753666Rooting for the Knicks is rooting for the destruction of the NBA as a whole. Undersized guards can't win championships as the 1st option and any league that allows that is an abomination.
>>154753876I've always been a fan of Big Zesty. He's been cold ever since he stepped into the league.
>>154753809Thats how t macs career endedWembaya wont last long
>>154751446how do you own a fishing team?
>>154753876Said this the last time i saw this clip, KAT was so cold in this. If this was Kobe doing the same shit it would be in endless edits
>>154754056Tmac never made it out of the first round as a star player. That's sad as fuck.
>>154753876kat is so tough bros
>>154753876>yass, yass!!
>>154751446The big headed dude looks like he's seen some shit and never fully recovered. Maybe an international waters trip.
>>154753666not even a bron glazer but lakers were the last soulful team to root for
KAT should just transition and become the WNBA GOAT
Seriously, look at KAT's career stats. The past 3 years he's been in a lot of big games too. Would be happy for him if he finally got to the Finals.
>>154754126What a take jesus
>>154753591the team who scores more points wins the game
>>154752636Having a taller player can help but its only a part of the equation. you also need a player that can throw his center of gravity off. meaning a heavy guy in the 6'6 range that forces wemby to fight down low for the ball. a PJ Tucker/Draymond Green type would work.
>>154754180This has always been such a bullshit rule. All of my teams keep losing because of this nonsense.
>>154754151I mean he's quite obviously going to the finals, unless the Knisk explode. The Cavs are frauds. I don't care which 1st seed they beat.
>>154754151he's underrated because he got sonned by demarcus cousins
>>154752636This is why one of the upgrades Spurs needs to do is to get rid of every mid defender in the roster and find better replacements, so they can permaswitch whenever other teams try to force Wemby out of the paint.Ironically, the most ideal player around Wemby would be a guy like young Kawhi
i think this seasons ecf is gonna be great too but overshadowed by the wcf. i'm excited for sure though
It never astounds me how people still continue to fall for the James Harden trap. He'll have a big game in Games 3 and 4 and people will talk about how he's disrespected too much, but then he'll disappear when it's win or go home and those same people will act like this couldn't have possibly happened.
>>154754327This
KAT is based
>>154754126>>154754126Im not Kevin Durant but i think the 2017 kd to move to the warriors was the hardest road for him
>>154754327The only comments I saw here were>I can’t believe harden is having a good gameFollowed by>yeah he does that then completely disappears in later series games
>>154754483i thought you were kevin durant this whole time
>>154753542What's dislikeable about them?
Rooting for Wemby is like rooting for a guy on an e-bike to win the Tour de France. Soulless.
>>154754631Get off my twitter son
>>154753124Now do Jokic.
It's so retarded how they split up each series between both of our networks. Some jew must have got a nice raise for that one.
>>154754701Maybe in another era but I’m ready for a two way player to be the class of the league.
>>154754751>our networks
>>154752841>scapegoat the white boyits all so tiring
>>154754327Harden will drop 40 like prime Rockets Harden trust
>>154753666Wrong. They are at best the 3rd most soulful of the 4 teams left.
horrible franchise when you have this many 50s white guys on the list
>>154752787yeah, only because of the worst timed injury in all of sports history probablyif hali doesn't go down the pacers would be gunning for their 2nd title right now
>>154753666Id rather see harden and mitchell in the finals than that cringe celebrity team
>>154754701Rooting against wemby is confirming your manlet status
do you guys think any active players lurk or post in /nba/ threads, i can only imagine KD doing it
>>154754912Every basketball team is a celebrity team. Why do you think courtside seats even exist?
>>154754879Knicks and bucks are the two most absolute peers in basketball.
I tuned in to the cavaliers and they were literally running James Harden isolation plays like its 2014 lmao the team from the west is going to stomp a mud hole in them if they make it
The GOAT debate 10-20 years from now will be between Wemby and Jordan.
>>154754992Only when they're giving mitchgod a rest for the play
>>154754975Most of the court side people are not celebs and knicks are the worst, they shove it in your face 24/7
>>154754993>things they said about>penny hardaway>Vince Carter>kobe>shaq>lebron>KD>Curry>zion>SGA>fucking ant and Ja 2/3 years agoKobe got close, but you can’t really start these convos until ring 3 minimum
>>154755146Have you watched that nigga?He's gonna win six if he stays healthy.He's basically Shaq/Wilt who can shoot free throws, which is a PROBLEM.
It came.They ran.
>>154755191>who can shoot free throwsAnd game-tying clutch logo 3's.Big fucking problem.
>>154755146Yea everyone jumps the gun, they even said jokic would have a dynasty lol
>>154754993Igonoring the basketball aspect, it would be absolutely miraculous for Wemby to stay healthy enough to pass Lebron. He's missed 60+ games in his first 3 seasons and plays like 10 minutes less per game than prime Lebron, who in the playoffs regularly played all 48 and never missed a game
Wemby vs okc is rhe new lakers vs spurs. 10 rings in 15 years.
>>154755319ogaysee is a one and done parityslop merchant i fear just like giannmick and chokebitchwemLORD will end the parity era and establish hegemony over the league
>>154755319>7'5 player staying healthy in the modern era taking jumpshots and blocking every shotHe'll become brittle like Porzingis and people will talk about like they did Embiid. Future "If he can stay healthy, they're the favorites!" ass player
>>154755358They are good without him. I think wemby will have a career like Yao Ming. By year 8 he will be worn down.
>>154755139I'd talk shit but Detroit fans brag about all their hometown heroes going to the Pistons games.
>>154755191>>154755237So he's not as athletic as Shaq/Wilt but he doesn't have to be because he's taller and his wingspan is 4-5 inches longer.His agility/grace/hand-eye coordination are light-years beyond Shaq/Wilt.Yes, him being able to shoot free throws is a huge problem. Intentionally fouling him is not legitimate way of defending him like it was with Shaq and Wilt.Yes, him being able to shoot at least 35% from 3 is a problem. This is high enough of a percentage where you cannot defend him like Draymond/Westbrick. You have to respect the 3 and this makes it easier for him to blow past you.His dominance level is already at a Shaq level and that's only going to grow. He is almost going to certainly end up being more dominant than Shaq.Shaq was a player who, until he got old and fat, guaranteed that any team who had him would be a Finals contender every year. Wemby is going to be a Finals contender every year until age/health catch up with him.
>>154754879Aren't the Kangs like that.
>>154755317>>154755358>>154755401The counterpoint is maybe he can stay healthy because he doesn't really have to leap much and when he does he doesn't have to leap all that high.Leaping is by far the most dangerous act in basketball.
Luka should've won his 2nd MVP.
>>154755427Wemby is what would happen if Wilt grew up in this era. And even then I wonder if Wilt still might be better which is terrifying to think of.Though young Wilt was also a string bean like Wemby so we'll see how he develops.
>>154754912Sorry Timmy, but the real Lisan al-Gaib is here.
Everyone on OKC is a flaming faggot, except Caruso
>>154755582Wilt WOULD be better.If fucking no-game skil-less Gianpiss can average 30 PPG in this era, Wilt, who was larger, more athletic and more skilled, would average at least 40.Wilt is the GOAT and nobody wants to acknowledge it because he co-existed with an absolutely fucking stacked Celtics team.
>>154755654>LeBron had to manufacture aura with the baby powder thing that everyone forgot he does>Wemby walks in a room and stands there Aura is apparent not made.
>>154755695he wouldn't because Wilt never had that dawg in him unlike wemby. Dude used to whine about people not liking him and he let dudes block his shot because he was scared to hurt him. That's why he wasn't the goat. Wemby on the otherhand is trying to embarrass and hurt fools
>>154755654spurs need a better benchbut keep olynyk in case someone needs to be taken out
>>154755878Jdub more like JLLMAOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
>>154755679caruso is the definition of you aight white boy. an absolute dawg surrounded by zesty babbs
>>154755878U just got wembarrassed
>>154754701People will hate on the Spurs after they've won and especially when Harper starts averaging 20+ PPG next season and they realize they're the next super team.
Wemby wont have a long career. He already had that old man vein disease last year. In 2 years he will have ankle problems, then back problems, then knees.
>>154755803Dawg or no, Wilt averages 40 today with the lack of elite size in this league.
>wins 1 game in a bo7>crowned future goat
What does this spurs team need to become unstoppable?
>>154755878The key to scoring down low on Wemby is to not let him block you.
>>154756006in the regular season then turn Duren when it matters
Players will need to start making superteams again to stop the Spurs.Giannis to the Lakers with LukaJokic to the ThunderLebron to the Warriors KD to the Wolves
>>154755878Brutal
>>154755987I dont know about all that bro. Tim Duncan was still elite for like 6 straight years where he literally could no longer jump. He will be learning from the best. And to whatever extent "spurs basketball" is still a thing, it very much insulates you from raw athleticism demands
>>154754879Let's see everyone post >their team's
>>154756046Fair reffing.
>>154755191>awe man did you see the one game I saw, this guys is gonna win sixYou can’t start the convo till ring 3 minimum
Shaq at age 22:>5.7 VORP>5.8 BPM>0.2 DBPM>.230 WS/48>4.4 DWS in 79 gamesWemby at age 22:>6.0 VORP >10.7 BPM>4.2 DBPM, led league>.257 WS/48>5.0 DWS in 64 games, led league despite playing only 64 games
Wemby's just lucky KAT doesn't play in the West anymore.
>rockshits fan>watching okc and spurs, two teams were were rebuilding alongside, face off in the WCF while our two best players are dark skinned matisse thybulle and white hansen yangits never been more over than right now
>>154756107it's not ideal having miles bridges as a franchise goat i'll be honest
>>154756076>What Lebron needs to do to beat the spursBro, he's oldIt's over.IT's been over for like seven years.
based
>>154756232ITS BEEN A LONG TIME CUMMING
>>154756212I think lebron becoming a spur makes a lot of sense desu
>>154756232ugh
>>154756107Reminder that Dr. J is the true GOAT
>>154756203told you niggas yall never had a real franchise cornerstone. Temu Sabonis and Iggy with better pr aint it
would a finals mvp as a heavy underdog save Harden’s legacy like it did for Dirk?
>>154756232Common emgod based take. Godsenal haters stay seething, the cl is coming too.
>>154756296the funny part is the bald white guy and the bald black guy in charge of running the team want to run it back with no changes because we get our midget point guard and our oft injured second string center backi look forward to watching this team fail
>>154755654this is the AVRA they tried to psyop us through social media coordination into thinking shaisis hadit goesABDUL-JABBAR.... BIRDxMAGIC.... JORDAN.... JAMES.... WEMBANYAMA
>>154756232His favorite rapper is Booba after all.
>>154756319Not as much as dirk because its officially spidas team but would get him a top 30 spot
>>154756162Shaq at age 22:>28.6 PERWemby at age 22:>29.9 PERWilt at age 23:>28.1 PER>.245 WS/48>8.0 DWS in 72 gamesSo basically Wemby is more dominant than Shaq at his same age and Wilt at one year older.
>>154756319It would make Dwyane Wade very uncomfortable about all-time guard rankingsIt's not gonna happen though, both West teams have enough defenders for the Cavs guards, only way they win is if Mobley gets FMVP for hitting a million 3s
>>154756348shes beautiful, who is that
>The Portland Trail Blazers are laying off 20% of their staff, according to a source with knowledge of the decision. Staff were told that “the decision came at ownership’s direction."Blazers are a literal poverty franchise...
>>154756373and wemby is playing against significantly better competition generally speaking even if oldheads will disagree
>>154756429Chase Infinity. She's mid imo.
>>154756373Kareem at age 22:>.187 WS/48>4.5 DWS in 82 games>22.5 PERTo be fair, though, at 23 these stats jump by leaps and bounds and he wins the MVP.
[SAD NEWS] danhausen has cursed the cavs
>>154756430>letting somebody who clearly wants to move the team buy them
>>154756430>the lack of playoff shirts>two way players pay their own flight tickets>this>while employing a certain player
>wemby has consistently gotten stronger >chet gets bullied by small guards I'm calling it by the end of this series chet is gonna get shipped off like giddey. His strength conditioning is really fucking poor and he doesn't shoot like kd to excuse it.
>>154756524I really don't miss Funimation hardsubs.
>>154756533who's gonna take his massive contract
>>154756203could be worse, at least you guys have shown some kind of progressmeanwhile the jizz are still tanking and probably will tank next year as well
Hargod and Wemby are the only men standing in the way of a Hitler vs Stalin finals/nba/ must just this once unite around the beardKnicksdirts vs Blunder would be like 25 9/11s for hoop culture
>>154756560They have a billion picks. Someone will take it for thunder picks.
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/UBxnK_IlAAwALL THAT FLOPPIN SHIT AIN'T WHAT WE WANNA SEE~VASSEL BLOCKING SHIT MAYNE AIN'T NO BUCKETS FREE~
>>154756631The Knicks MUST lose or SAS and that nigress on CBS Sports HQ will be absolutely fucking insufferable.
>>154756635LeKWAB could never
>>154756635backseat nigga be quiet
>>154756631Knicks vs Thunder finals would show the world how badly Adam Silver fucked the league up. 2 foul baiting/flopping guards leading their teams to a championship would cause even the biased media to admit that this era is entirely rigged and fabricated. They turned a game that's centered around dominant big men into a flop and meme chuck league.
>>154756578sort of, but in a way its also fake progress because none of our core players have really evolved past their initial forms and we haven't done the hardest part which is getting the go to #1 option (and there aren't really any good ones we can just go get either)
While watching OKC vs Spurs, you have to admit, Jordan or Bill Russell or any of them old niggas would NOT survive in that game.
>>154756702yeah bro caruso is better than those niggers
>>154756724
>>154756702No, Jordan and Russell had the athleticism to excel in any era.
>>154756761Their athleticism would be considered mid in today's game. Also the average bench player can shoot better 3s and dribble better than them.
>>154756702Bill was absolutely demonic in an era without designer roids and stem cells and the LeBrons of foot doctors. and he was wearing converse. If you put him in this era, give him a pair of Sabrinas, get him on the shit that makes your head grow, he's dominating.
Maxey bros...
>>154756702What old player would cook if you just dropped them into this era
>>154756773lamelo the goat
>>154756824pistol pete
These niggas havin a mid off
MJ in a league where he can travel, carry, and nobody guards the middy is a fucking problem
>>154756824steve nashchanning fryepistol pete (unironically)
>>154756824KAJ and Bill Russell. Replace the first option on the majority of teams in the league with Jordan and they would be just as bad, if not worse.
Scottie Barnes vs Wemby finals for the next 6 or 7 years will be a generational feud ngl
>>154756867MJ put up 37ppg with handchecking. He would average 50+ in modern day. If you replace SGA with MJ and change nothing else the thunder win by 40 last night
These are their first conference finals games
>>154756848>MJ in a league whereDefenders are more used to iso, many more players jump as high as him, players have a wider skillset than him, know how to abuse that travel carry systemIn today's league, MJ would just be a Jamal Murray.
>>154756855Steve Nash if he literally just shot more 3s in this era would be a dynasty
Does this series even matter when they’re going to get beat 4-1 by the WCF winner?
>>154756841soon
I hope cavs or Knicks win the championship.We don’t need some 8 feet tall guy who is winning because he is 8feet, it’s bad for the sport, and we don’t need some flopping faggot either.East is the real basketball.
>>154756824Lots of bigs who ver mopbile and could shoot the 3HedoTim ThomasRadmanovicLewis
>>154756915That's why I said the majority of teams, not one of the top 2. Jordan is just Ant-man without a step-back 3. That handchecking nonsense is just old head cope.
>>154756929y'all said that last year but the pacers would have won if hali didn't tear his achillesdon't run when it comes
>>154756915Jordan can't do shit against any Wemby, SGA, James Harden, Kawhi, KD, Lebron, Steph Curry, hell most all-stars. The only players he can cook are the slow unathletic whites.
>>154756921lamelo > mj
>>154756929The Knicks are really good desu
>>154756893Where is Scottie getting traded to? Cos a team with that Poeltl contract ain't winning shit in the apron era
>>154756773>Their athleticism would be considered mid in today's gamehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2AlFrOj5McJordan's max vertical leap of 46 inches would place him 2nd all-time in the combine.You are a fucking retard.
>>154756945This
>>154756958nah those uncs are shit. kon knueppel cooks all of them
>>154756948then where's antmans 37ppg
>>154756973>Bill Russell jumps over a crouching guyMac McClung can do that shit
>>154756631>>154756348kys simp
>>154756997Yes, and his athleticism is fucking exceptional, but his size obviously limits him.https://www.nbcsports.com/college-basketball/news/watch-georgetowns-mac-mcclung-registers-48-inch-vertical
>>154756994Any team where the 1st option has to average 37+ ppg over a season isn't winning shit. That's just bad basketball and team is just trying to keep their star happy by letting them win a scoring title.
>>154757027then where antmans rings
NEXT >>154747222>>154747222>>154747222>>154747222
I only use petethreads sry
>>154757058based
>>154756997>Russell tied Charlie Dumas, who would later in the year win gold in the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia for the United States and become the first person to high-jump 7 feetNigga tied a world record high-jumper.
>>154756951Because it was the fake ass OKC thunder, Spurs are something else
>>154757042Where were Jordans without Pippen and Phil Jackson?
>>154757096>if you dont play gm and randomize the roster every single year it d-doesnt count
>>154757096is blud serious
