The Official NBA Season Thread: I’m like Jayson Tatum in the Olympics I'm not playing

[QU!K]

Season can't start soon enough. We need more Steph, Lebron, and top 5 debates to save the off-season

 

[T0INE]

Gonna be a long six weeks until NBA training camp starts.

P:

Penny Hardaway
Paul George
Paul Pierce
Pau Gasol
Patrick Ewing
Pascal Siakam

PG: Damian Lillard
SG: Devin Booker
SF: Dominique Wilkins
PF: Dennis Rodman
C: David Robinson

Was thinking of putting Dario Saric since that is actually my first name.

 

[T0INE]

And yall gonna respect Cade real soon

Team A type **** coming soon

EYE believe in Cade Uso *clap clap*

 

[rolaholic]

He really got to spend the better part of a month straight hanging with his fav player of all time 24/7

Related?

 

[JMB10215]

Steph, Lebron, and KD are all gonna play to 40 at least imo. 40 is the new 35 with todays technology and also they not passing up on this money lol

 

[B Sox]

Why not just wear NBs/Asics as well as Jordans/Nikes?

 

[JMB10215]

yall buggin out being 30+ still wearing jordans. got a pair of chicago 1's and bred 1's and thats basically it. rest of the models just look goofy as hell after the age of 25.

Oh word?

Goofball of the day

 

[getback]

yall buggin out being 30+ still wearing jordans. got a pair of chicago 1's and bred 1's and thats basically it. rest of the models just look goofy as hell after the age of 25.

Too old to be wearing sneakers set the bar pretty high for today's this year's bad takes.

 

[lawdog1]

The Tatum situation continues to be really weird to me. I can’t remember a time previously when a segment of the media and fans decided that a particular guy was basically entitled to a prominent role on the Olympic team. That’s not how it works.

 

[pums]

Norm Nixon
Nick Van Exel
Nic Batum
Nate Thurmond
Nikola Jokic

 

[rolaholic]

Am I missing something with Mitchell?

Haven't seen him on almost any hypothetical 2028 USA rosters with worse players at his position getting mentions

He won't exactly be old yet

 

[lawdog1]

yall buggin out being 30+ still wearing jordans. got a pair of chicago 1's and bred 1's and thats basically it. rest of the models just look goofy as hell after the age of 25.

The fact that you’re saying this makes me know 100 percent that me continuing to wear sneakers until I die is the right thing to do.

 

[MIKE LOWERY]

PG: Damian Lillard
SG: Devin Booker
SF: Dominique Wilkins
PF: Dennis Rodman
C: David Robinson

Was thinking of putting Dario Saric since that is actually my first name.

Damian Lillard
Devin Booker
Dominique Wilkins
DeBron James
David Robinson

6th man Donny Mitch

Got ya beat bruh.

 

[JMB10215]

Am I missing something with Mitchell?

Haven't seen him on almost any hypothetical 2028 USA rosters with worse players at his position getting mentions

He won't exactly be old yet

Mitchell has a legit shot too. But he will be a 6'1 SG that will be 31 by then. However I agree he's the 3rd best SG in the league right now clearly.

 

[JMB10215]

Jason Kidd
Jordan
Julius Erving
Jermaine O'neal
Joel Embiid

I won

 

[shotsrangout]

The fact that you’re saying this makes me know 100 percent that me continuing to wear sneakers until I die is the right thing to do.

who are you again?

 

[toneboi76]

Pg: Jrue Holiday
Sg: Joe Johnson
Sf: Jayson Tatum
PF: Julius Randle
C: Jahidi White
6th man: Jamal Crawford

 

[rolaholic]

 

[rolaholic]

 

[JMB10215]

 

[rolaholic]

PG: Russell Westbrook/Rajon Rondo
SG: Ray Allen/Reggie Miller
SF: Rashard Lewis/Ron Artest
PF: Rasheed Wallace/Ralph Sampson
C: Rudy Gobert/Robert Parrish

6th man: Richard Jefferson/Rudy Gay

 

[brian8598]

The Tatum situation continues to be really weird to me. I can’t remember a time previously when a segment of the media and fans decided that a particular guy was basically entitled to a prominent role on the Olympic team. That’s not how it works.

I think it has at least something to do with the media and social media in general, where everyone has all of this information at their fingertips and thinks that, because of that, they are an expert. But 99.9% really don't know jack about squat. There's always gotta be a conspiracy and a vendetta and something nefarious. Maybe dude just isn't that involved with the program and wasn't a great fit with the other dudes? Most of the time things aren't that complicated.

 

[rolaholic]

 

[JMB10215]

The Tatum situation continues to be really weird to me. I can’t remember a time previously when a segment of the media and fans decided that a particular guy was basically entitled to a prominent role on the Olympic team. That’s not how it works.

I think Kerr gave Tatum a legit shot, but he squandered his opportunity with his abysmal shooting. Booker used his minutes exaclty how you are supposed to. Hit big shots, play defense and earn the trust of your teammates on the court. Tatum had all 5 exhibition games to show something and was still shooting like he did in the playoffs. Punch drunk. Once KD came back, Kerr went with who he trusted. And KD delivered. Its just a hoops thing. Tatum has to play better.

 

[Mark Antony]

You can ask for a photo, but you can also give them space and not try to box them in.