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>>157578945Imagine being a Raptors fan when LeBronto happened. Once in a decade level of humiliation
>LeMickey missed the playoffs then got swept and gentleman's swept the next four years
Yeah we winning it all.
A. Thompson is gonna get 40 million a year from the RocketsThoughts??
>>157579086fairs
>>157578944These billboards the Clippers put up 7 years ago look even worse now. Remember the "driven not given" and "built not bought" ? They look so bad in hindsight with what we know now
>>157579053/ourguys/, refchads run this shut>>157579086A bit much but reasonable
>>157579086Makes sense but their roster construction is still fucked up
>>157579103Putting these signs up as the richest owner in the league smdh. Meanwhile my ma and pop small business Lakies were the actual ethical team
Why are the Raptors bailing out the Clippers with 2 first round picks for a perpetualy injured bum.Cancel that trade nigga, shut it down.
>>157579147>>157579116>>157579094Idk brosThat’s literally OG Anunoby money
>>157579181>#5 pick in the draft>2 draft picks from the eternally shite Raptiors>Indiana's 2029 pick>prime Ingram and Garlandheh my clipGODS aint dead yet
>>157579086love watchin the rockets consistently shoot themselves in the foot
Kawhis dad got what he deserved
>>157579270Millions of dollars?
how one greedy uncle took down a NBA organization the documentary
>>157579278No. He got a bullet in the head in a carwash in Compton. Probably talking shit or something. Killers never caught.
>>157579278?
no one believes kawhi didn't know about it, right?
>>157579243Actually the Indiana pick is now nonexistent lmao not even the Pacers get it back either
>>157579404Of course not. Players are low iq and may piss money into the wind but not when it comes to where the money comes from.
>all Kawhi had to do was take 1 (ONE) photo with a tree to not fuck over an entire organization for the next 5 years>still too lazy to even do thatHeh
>>157579284Give kawaii some credit. That nigga knew what he was doing.
>>157579086Christian Braun tier contact
>>157579086I'd like the contract a lot more if he actually showed growth as a lead guard or shooter. If he was able to be an on ball distributor, you had some of his shooting issues. If he could shoot, you could pair him with a lot more different teammates. I40 mil is pretty steep just to be one of the best perimeter defenders and a cutter, no matter how much the stats say he contributes to winning.
So they can still trade for draft picks? Big nothingburger then. Just sign free agents then go trade them right away to get draft picks back.
>“Me and my brother were in the car,” Robertson told ESPN. “Kawhi was in the back and he just says, ‘My dad is dead.’ I really didn’t see Kawhi suffer from it. I wanted him to. I would say, ‘Kawhi, you OK? You OK?’ But I think he just kept it in. I was kind of scared. You know how young men, they lose their father, who is a big figure in their life. It might turn them to do things bad. But Kawhi’s always been strong. He’s a good kid. He wants to get better and better.”Kawhi was so busy thinking about how to steal to even care about his own dad’s death. He was probably thinking about all of the shit he could steal from his dads room before his other siblings could. His sister beat and 84 year old woman to death in a casino for fucks sake, this entire family is sociopathic and has no moral fiber. Did you know he has two kids and one of them is literally retarded (like him), and he refuses to marry the mother of his kids because all he cares about is money. If he marries her the only thing he cares about, his money, is placed at risk. Looking back im just disgusted the Clippers prostrated themselves for this loser and his greedy uncle and got shafted for it while he gets off scott free, but the commissioner of the league is a weak faggot and the NBPA didnt let him punish Kawhi.
>>157579086>chokets giving a one way player over 200 mil (but its fine because he's only a jumpshot away)whoever was the first player to only be a "jumpshot away" doesn't realize how much damage he's done to the leagueseriously how many player who only need a jumpshot actually develop one
>>157579502except other teams aren't going to give them draft picks, not to mention they barely have any real player assets as it is>Just sign free agents>clippers signing free agentslol how nu r u
>>157579086I mean he averaged 19 points 7 rebounds and 5 assists in the playoffs against the Lakers last year so he's pretty great the question is just can he keep being that guy
>>157579558not having a jumpshot is a major flaw but it isn't the end all be all. Simmons is the posterboy but he was a still a very effective player, outside of the playoffs, up until he became terrified of the rim and shooting fts. If you have dawg it's way less of an issue in general
Maybe LA has too many pro sports teams now. The Clippers should go to Minneapolis or something.
nico harrison vs lawrence frank who fucked up worse
>>157579576except it is the end all when said player is getting over 200 mil and is supposed to be a future 2nd option on the teamalso using brick simmons is not a good idea when not having a jumpshot and being a bitch is what killed his career
>>157579431APPLE TIME APPLE TIME
Its been quite interesting to see KD go from wholesome good guy from the trenches to you da real mvp to instant supervillain to bitter old guy whos worth a literal billion and still comes across as a loser.Once in a lifetime human being
>>157579609I don't know but Cooper Flagg saved Nico Harrison's life
>>157579609Mavs have pooper and Masai, they'll be fine. Clippers have wasted 15 years of their franchise.
Clippers punishment is genius.Clippers will appeal, it will get cut to 3 first rounders and shorter suspensions and everyone will pretend to be happy with it. If you start with 3 picks then it gets cut to 1.NBAPA wasn’t gonna let them punish Kawaii.
>>157579609lawrence frank still has a job
I can't tell if the Clippers overpaying Jalen Duren is a genius or dumb move.
>>157580005>Clippers will appealretard alert
>>157579086Seems about right. Absolute elite athlete and defender but can’t shoot and not a ball handler. One of thr Rockets elite specialist role players that makes developing an offensive scheme a headache.I also suspect this will be his only big contract and he’ll fall out thr league. He”s so reliant on his athleticism that if he loses half a step he’s bad. Dude will never learn to shoot but might learn to pass and Westbrick it up for a while.
LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL
>>157579609Mavs is a one time fuck up. Teams have lost stars for nothing before. They are able to move on right away. But Kawhi fucked the franchise for the 5 years they had him and now they are fucked for the next decade due to it.
>>157579733The problem with KD is that everyone makes him out to be more than an elite role player that is tall so he can shoot well over people. Treat him like a salaryman and it should all be fine,The Rockets coach need to gameplan so the other team can’t constantly double team and trap him. He’s never been good at dealing but it’s worse in Houston because of the coaching and roster.
>>157579567People want to live in LA regardless of the team.
>>157580102Kawhi is a villain at heart
Why does Uncle Dennis get no punishment?
>>157579733I always wonder what happens if Seattle never moves. The hipsterness of the city fits his personality perfectly. It's like that move created some kind of trauma in him and turned him into a basketball nomad.
>>157580102kawhi a bigger snake than kd at this point
I can't believe they're going with the "Kawhi didn't know anything, it was all Uncle dennis!!!" angle
>>157580024Genius move. They have a huge hole at center and with Duren and the rest of the pieces they have, they can at least field something that looks like an NBA team for a while.
>>157580142You didn't read the full news, i suppose. He's forever banned from all nba activities
>>157580153It worked for Ohtani when he got caught gambling
>>157580153prove that he did know stuff. For all he knew he was getting endorsements but they were dragging their feet on what he was actually gonna do
>>157580173Brother why would Aspiration pay him 5x what New Balance did? He knew exactly what he was doing
>>157580171he wasn't doing anything anyways except talking to teams trying to get a contract.
>>157580135lol yeah which is why the clippers have always been a hot destination for big free agents and not just scrubs looking for an easy paydayI know leafs are stupid and you're just trying to cop for kawhi but at least try and pretend to be serious
>>157580153They were never ever going to seriously punish the player for this,>>157580142Didn’t he get banned from the NBA? Most agents that’d be a career killer. There’s also nothing else the NBA can really do, he doesn’t work for them.
>>157580180funny that all he had to do was just appear in a couple of ads or whatever then nothing would've been illegal. Shoe companies can pay some insane amount and nobody cares as long as they wear them during games.
>>157580171Business activities, from what I read he can still go to games and such.
>>157580188He demanded a ton of stuff like money, private jet, etc
>>157580192he's not a professional agent. He just represented Kawhi and had no other players.
>>157580202Yeah, that's what i mean. Sorry for the ambiguity
>>157580196Agreed the problem was the extent of it. Ballmer was a new NBA owner and didn’t know ball.
In KDs ideal world they stay in seattle, overcome the 2016 warriors and prime lebron in the same run, securing his legacy as a top 10 all time player.Then he ringchases, joins the warriors he just beat, 3 peats 2017 to 2019. And 3 peats again 2021 to 2023 and then he moves back to seattle and is welcomed as their 7 ring goat. >>157580146Im honestly happy the sonics are close to returning and him finishing his career there would be nice
>>157580206yes he was acting as an agent and that's it. He's not some executive who has meetings or does other fancy shit. He talked to teams when Kawhi was a free agent then sat on his ass the rest of the time enjoying his comission money.
>>157580191smarter than you
>>157580222Yeah, the ban means that he can no longer be an agent, i.e., represent any player anymore. That's the full extent that the league can reach. It's not a crime, so it's not like he's gonna go to jail or something
>>157580234nobody was ever gonna hire him anyways since he was known as some meme agent who didn't know what he was doing lmao.
>>157580196Do you understand how marketing, endorsements and market value work? Clearly you're not familiar
>>157580173>prove that he did know stuff.if he didn't know anything, he'd have leveraged the NBPA to appeal being punished. the uncle dennis shit was publicized in the media all the way back in 2019. kawhi signed the contracts. you craptor jeets are insufferable.
>>157580263so you're not allowed to pay someone over market value for endorsements?
>>157580270jesus christ you really don't know shit about anything?
>>157580270Fair market value has a specific amount of leniency. You have to be paid accordingly and proportionately to the work you did otherwise it is clearly cap circumvention
>>157580102pablo repeatedly exposing shams as a compromised propagandist is kino
Everyone knows,endorsements are widely abused in the NBA, same shit as tampering. You really have to be insanely shameless to get caught and punished for it though. If Kawaii got like a quarter of what they gave him and he appeared in a few ads nobody would have blinked. Ballmer just didn’t know how the NBA worked.
>jesus christ you really don't know shit about anything?
>jokes on you, i was just pretending to be retarded
>All we had to do, was plant some trees, Kawhi!
Word on the streets is Pablo fell out of a window tomorrow with 7 gunshots to the back of the head
>craptors shills immediately got to work not even 24 hours after the expose lol they must be pissing themselves scared about the possibility of kawhi getting more punishments
>>157579437Anyone who leaves the Spurs shouldn't be trusted
>>157580358It’s true. Tony Parker, Stephen Jackson, Dejounte Murray, Josh Primo. None of them trustworthy
>>157580454>josh primoWhat the fuck was he thinking
Stephen Castle was seen pulling a mean muggin face at Jared McCain who was wearing coloured nails.He's about to be cancelled.
Why was Jordan’s Finals competition so pathetic and LeBron’s so great?
As a Filipino I will shield Pablo Torre with my own body
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https://youtu.be/p2lf3wTeq3M?t=345Timestamp 5:45>LLC KL2brokek
>>157580820Hows ol Stephen A handling all of this? Is he shitting on Kawhi?
>>157580712Wow lebron sucks THAT much on defense??
>>157580454>Tony ParkerNever trust a Frenchman
>>157580712Ball Distribution was better in the 90s
Which team did LeDiddy hop to this time? LeMercenary always be joining a new team
That's not the number of rings he has. But the number of draft picks he cost.
>>157580754As a Southern California I will too
>>157580964So was the defense. Averaging 25ppg actually meant something
shiet nigga
>>157580712LeFraud trying to make a legacy based on everybody eating on his watch
>Billionaire jew gets btfo by a pinoy
can ballmer and the clips actually get a more severe punishment seeing them kvetching all over the current punishment?
Is DLSS a meme or the real deal?
>>157581280meme
What's the least niggery NBA team? Like yeah I'm watching a bunch of black guys throw a ball around but these are some of the nicer ones?
>>157580102>Kawhi: Uncle Dennis forged my signatureOk, now what
>>157581343Lakers will consistently have 5 white guy lineups this season and are being referred to as "Snow Time"
>>157581343straight DAWGS only in the Wolves.
>>157581343not sure but Philly is dark AF
>>157581372>pretends to be dawgs the team
NO ONE MAN SHOULD HAVE ALL THAT POWER
>Pablo says he'll give Mark Cuban partial ownership of his show if he comes on and lets Pablo shit all over him for 6 hoursShould Cubes take Pablo's offer? Meadowlark Media is worth quite a bit at this point.
>>157581372>>157581382>asks for the least niggery team>gives the most niggery teams
>>157581184Yeah. Say another player gets found also collecting shady money, that's going to push the punishment to force Ballmer to sell. Personally I think he should be forced to sell already. NBA gave the Clippers a very light sentence compared to what they actually did
>>157581343Ironically it's the Lakers. Our new owners aren't gonna put up with Klutch antics
Clippers fans should be allowed to publicly stone Balmer and Kawhi
clips status?
>>157581354>your designated legal representative signed for you, and you collected the benefits of the contract
>>157581634Adobo Chicken
>>157581634sinking
>Pablo Torre says the NBA approached Steve Ballmer, told him they found wrongdoing, and tried to get him to admit to it and accept the punishment. >Instead, Ballmer chose to fight it, so the NBA turned around and found a way to settle the matter with Kawhi and the NBPA.>Arbitration can only be activated by the NBPA.we have witnessed a masterclass in jewing a jew
>>157581886Silver's also jewish. Funny coincidence how all these powerful rich people are...
>>157581886what was the orginal punishment?
>>157581886kawhi snitched. Better not ever show himself in la again
>>157581886Ballmer tried to jew the other NBA jews but they've been doing this shit a lot longer and used their jew fu to get his ass
>>157581886All of the cap rules were designed so a retard jew like Ballmer, who just saw his NBA team as a toy, couldn't fuck things up for the finance jews trying to make money off of the NBA. There's no fucking way they let Ballmer uno reverse his sentence.
>>157581935not mentioned.if i had to guess it would have been 1 or 2 firsts, smaller cash fine, and no suspension
Ballmer should come back and build a 400 million dollar per year over the cap supermegaultra team, lean into the whole villain thing
>>157582152yeah I assumed it'd be smaller than the one that killed them for the next decade or two. But if he did confessed the NBA would probably force him to sell though>>157582175He can buy the the NBA, NFL, MLB, NHL, National Pickleball league, and he'd still be the richest owner. IDK why he doesnt just signed the best players on one team
>>157582175The Clippers are hated in their own city. No other team is hated like the Clippers on their own turf in American sports. They're already a villain
>>157581964why? Lakers fans are happy he did what he did to the Clippers
>>157581964>Better not ever show himself in la againI'm sure the 41 Clippers fans there will be so angry.
one thing about NBA season starting up is that the general is actually active lol, now i have something to read before i sleep lel
Apparently Clifford Robinson died six years ago
>>157583009you could read books or some shit in the offseason
>>157583000lmao I can't even imagine a gang banger that's also a clipper fan. Kawhi is safe as fuck in LA
>>157583089yeahh but i like reading about peoples thoughts on whatever is happening in the world of basketball, i do read but i dedicate time for that reading /sp/ is just like doomscrolling lol
>>157583009It's only active because of the Cloppers becoming the biggest lolcow and KWABOTY
>>157583117Being a Clippers fan in the hood is more embarrassing than rocking pink
>>157583127it was kinda going with the lebron going to the sixers and the clippers stuff will help this thread cruise until october
Does Kawhi make the trip to LA for the Clippers game? Do the Clippers fans boo or will it be inaudible with the bags over their heads?
>>157581542Look at all these delicious snow bunnies...
Just moved to Portland. Go Blazers! Go Israel!
The hopes of the Clippers for the next 5 years rests on a dude that looks like this.
in case you guys missed it, Lawrence Frank was named by the law firm as being cooperative so I'm guessing he rolled over in the hopes he wouldn't get hit hard. 6 months without pay vs the 1 year for ballmer. yjk that bald fat fuck is looking for any way to fire him without triggering an employment lawsuit
>>157583177He'll load manage every away game so he never has to leave Canada again
Anyone from Toronto ok from yesterday ?
>>157583615
We booing kawhi everywhere he goes
>>157583615>POV: Bulgaria unloads his fart cannon
>>157583615oh no it's raining
>>157583615>>157583626Lake America sends its regards
Laker sisters we will be giving Kawhi a standing ovation if he doesn't kawload manage our game
>>157583615Kek the Hail storm was crazy, legit cool as fuck, but also had to sweep up the mess it made in the front and backward tearing apart leaves and twigs and sending them flying all over the yard. In hindsight should have known some shit was going down once it was so dark at 5pm that the curtains had to be closed
>>157584040Think how hot it would have been if we made love for the first time during all that
>>157583973100%. I'll do it
Waiting for Ramona stuffed shellsburne to report some more inside info
>>157584206>to report some more inside infothat would say...what exactly?
>>157584261That she eats because she’s unhappy…and she’s unhappy because she eats. It’s a vicious cycle.
>poke fun at a raptors fan for thinking they're getting 2019 kawhi>immediately spams me and leaves 6 comments in the span of a minuteok I just thought it was the leafs on here being leafs but craptors fans are genuinely desperate and hostile over this kawhi situation, what the fuck gives?as I'm typing this right now he's STILL spamming me jesus the fuck is going on up north
>WestODYSSEY retired>Sosho playing in the (literal) fishermen's league>Haliban MIALast /ourguy/ standing.
>>157584357>shooks>/ourguy/dudes only career highlight is trash talking klay lebum kd and getting bitched by all three nigga please
>>157584348WE are going to be the play in champsAnd don't YOU forget it
why isn't Kawhi married yet? Is he a homo?
>>157584438He is married. One of his kids was born in Toronto
>>157584456he's not married, he has a gf.why does he go to strip clubs then?
>>157584364
>>157584505>do a pose and wiggle like retard>it's not retarded if other people do the same thingdancing
>>157584438>why isn't Kawhi married yet?nobody will give him a good deal
>>157584779
any of yall actually read that shit? Uncle Dennis is a mofo
>they don't know that Kawhi already had an under the table marriage
>>157581372>tell me you're without telling me you're gayLamelo>say no more
>>157581886No wonder kawaii's punishment was so light. He took a plea deal
>fleece Ballmer for millions>never win anything>only play half the games>when the investigation comes start snitching and throws his own uncle under the busThis man is the king of grifters
Ballmer would've gotten away with it had the backstabber guy not kept detailed backstabbing notes for 6 years and immediately squealed like a pig the second he was asked for his notes. Pablo got lucky.Never let weasels into your organization unless they're YOUR weasels.
Donald Sterling was just a weird old guy who said racist stuff to black girls he fucked. He'd never give someone extra money
>Just in: Three-time All-Star Ben Simmons has agreed on a one-year, $3.5 million deal with the Sacramento Kings, his agents Max Wiepking, Sean Tribe and Ryan Arney tell me and @MarcJSpears. The one-time All-NBA star is back in the NBA for a 10th season after sitting out 2025-26.HE'S BACK
>>157587319Kings are better than nobody I guess.
We are so fucking back
>>157587319Jordanesque
BENBROS WERE SO FUCKING BACK
Sabonis Murray Lavine Monk Simmons WHO stops this team?
>>157587319I need Ben's pussy in my bbc~
>>157580712LeBron Fans : Look Jordan never got fucked in the ass this hard by everybody !!
>>157587489I'd assume most teams will stop them 1-4 times
>>157581125He is still the most unlikeable cunt I ever watched, you can just feel on every Interview/podcast after 5-10 minutes the Host is mentally checked out and wants him to leave.At this point I believe he was just a plant by the Lakers and Raptors to fuck over the Clippers.
Imagine doing all that cheating and not even getting to the finals lmaoooooo
Former All-Star Ben Simmons has agreed to a one-year, $3.5 million contract with the Sacramento Kings.>Former All-Star Ben Simmons has agreed to a one-year, $3.5 million contract with the Sacramento Kings.Former All-Star Ben Simmons has agreed to a one-year, $3.5 million contract with the Sacramento Kings.>Former All-Star Ben Simmons has agreed to a one-year, $3.5 million contract with the Sacramento Kings.LETSFUCKINGGOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOI HAVE NEVER BEEN HAPPIER TO LIVE IN SACRAMENTO
Yes he did.
>>157587319The RETVRN
>>157587489At least someone will play defense. He won't need to worry about shooting