OFFICIAL NBA 2017-2018 Off-Season Thread

[freeze]

**** was sweet back then, or so we thought...

Real talk, OKC has had about 8 'we thought **** was sweet' moments over the course of the last 8 yrs lol. Hindsight...**** was always sour. Could be okc's year.

 

[BIG FISH]

Klay? Dude seems so laid-back, what's not to like?

dude is an entitled crybaby which is why it was ironic when his dad said that about bron

 

[finnns2003]

I was watching the Jump the other day and Pierce said, "Just a little ankle, he will play, it's unreal he has never been hurt, at least I have never saw him hurt". Then him and T-Mac gave that grin to one another.

Been saying this for years. 6'8" 260, never seen the guy tear up anything, plays physical basketball, plays high minutes, always healthy. Occasional cramps and an ankle roll here or there.

Nah, dude is on something serious

 

[BIG FISH]

no way bron is juicing... him never being hurt kinda debunks that ya know...
and wassup with pierce hating on bron so much since he started working for espn?

 

[LebronHasMoreFinalsMVPs]

So i dont think yall know how juicing works lol

 

[coldcity]

Nah that's Bean. Bron on the juice.

Facts

 

[nick.]

PG13 revenge game tonight

Gonna **** around & shoot 7/19 instead of 8/21

 

[atransta]

 

[Quincy McCall]

PG13 revenge game tonight

Hope Myles plays

 

[hardens beard]

Quietly, Domantas Sabonis is averaging 13 and 10 on 75% shooting

 

[VARNELL HILL]

Never forget

Derrick Rose says that performance enhancing drugs are a huge problem in the NBA, in a snippet that made the pages of ESPN the Magazine a few weeks ago, and the reaction to his comment seems to have hit a fever pitch.

And while we don't question Rose's knowledge of the inner-workings of this league, and what he's seen versus what we've observed and learned from afar, this does appear to be much ado about nothing. I'm hardly the NBA's favorite scribe these days, but it should be pointed out that this league has had strict testing for both drugs and supplements for decades, with ever-evolving guidelines, and that those who have been caught in the crosshairs with these sorts of things have been quickly sent to the sidelines. The league tests, and the few who use get caught.

In one of those quickie Q and A's ESPN Mag likes to run every-however-often-they-publish, Rose was asked to rate the NBA's problem with PEDs on a scale from one to ten. He classified it as a "seven," and then dropped this:

"It's huge and I think we need a level playing field, where nobody has that advantage over the next person."

 

[wavycrocket]

Wonder how long Oladip can keep this up.

I think he'll average close to 20ppg this year...on decent percentages.

 

[smedroc]

Teflon Bron

Everybody known he was a different kind of athlete since HS but his durability has been pretty remarkable given his style of play

 

[atransta]

Wonder how long Oladip can keep this up.

I think he'll average close to 20ppg this year...on decent percentages.

I think he can as well, he lost a lot of weight over the summer. Got himself back in shape since he got injured a few times last year.

 

[MajinZuub]

dude is an entitled crybaby which is why it was ironic when his dad said that about bron

What exactly makes him an entitled crybaby? Dude barely says anything

 

[addict4sneakers]

Wonder how long Oladip can keep this up.

I think he'll average close to 20ppg this year...on decent percentages.

Emasculation revenge tour

 

[hardens beard]

.

 

[immaculate1]

Never forget

What's weird is that I think they followed up and asked for clarification on this issue and he backpedaled. See here:

https://www.sbnation.com/nba/2011/5/22/2184830/derrick-rose-steroids-nba-bulls

Not sure if he truly misunderstood the question or whether he got some clapback from the league or colleagues.

 

[P C H]

VARNELL HILL BL5XD about to Turn up tonight

 

[LebronHasMoreFinalsMVPs]

If anything bron is doing preventative treatment. Russ is definitely juicing

 

[BIG LEEMELONE]

Webber

 

[moonman818]

VARNELL HILL BL5XD about to Turn up tonight

 

[nick.]

Lonzo’s in his BBB’s after guarding Wall for 38 minutes:

 

[steebie j]

Hope Myles plays

Nope he’s out

 

[nick.]

@freddy fig is out here