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

[danger style]

I think what you really would want in an ideal world is a guy who can play power forward, protect the rim and gaurd perimeter players.

Like prime AK-47


Unfortunately I don't think that player exists right now.

Mobley?

 

[ballinsam23]

Isaac would be a nice cheaper piece too if he can ever stay on the court

 

[antidope]

if you aren't going to let guys fight, you can't let em do this imo

A grown man should be able to get styled on and accept it.

 

[dacomeup]

Russ the People's Champ. That 2017 season will live in infamy. Harden just another guy who ruined the game.

I don’t think infamy is what you meant

 

[toneboi76]

 

[Blue Mamba]

I didn’t think a Big Jokic Thread after a 40 point triple double would look like this

People always looking for reasons to hate rather than appreciate players in the moment

 

[osh kosh bosh]

A grown man should be able to get styled on and accept it.

In a fantasy world? Maybe.

In the real world? nope. no one has to do anything.


you don't to decide the level of disrespect someone else has to tolerate.
and disrespect between men in the real world is regulated by violence.
right or wrong that's the reality.

if the NBA wants to replace violence with their own rule book.
they have regulate violence AND disrespect.

 

[antidope]

In a fantasy world? Maybe.

In the real world? nope. no one has to do anything.


you don't to decide the level of disrespect someone else has to tolerate.
and disrespect between men in the real world is regulated by violence.
right or wrong that's the reality.

if the NBA wants to replace violence with their own rule book.
they have regulate violence AND disrespect.

The “real world” doesnt apply to the NBA; a thing that only 500 people at a time can do. The existence of their job is a fantasy for most

 

[osh kosh bosh]

I don’t think infamy is what you meant

to be fair to him, i often think of Russ's MVP award as a Pearl Harbor like tragedy.

 

[osh kosh bosh]

The “real world” doesnt apply to the NBA; a thing that only 500 people at a time can do. The existence of their job is a fantasy for most

irrelevant.
you can't regulate violence but not disrespect.

not regulating the latter will result in the former.


if the NBA's goal is reducing chances of large embarrassing violent incidents,
you can't tolerate taunting, and they normally don't.

 

[ballinsam23]

osh kosh bosh I hope you're being sarcastic, but you're buggin with that comparison

 

[tomdiginson]

 

[dman14]

Dillon brooks broke the code. He crying about refs after initiating trash talk

 

[osh kosh bosh]

osh kosh bosh I hope you're being sarcastic, but you're buggin with that comparison

to be clear, im joking.

 

[amitt5504]

As the leader of the Tobias Harris fan brigade, EYE do not wanna see him on/want anything from the Knicks

 

[storm2006]

amitt5504 finna cop a Julius Randle jersey

 

[chao7]

It IS kind of funny that Klay likes to do all this taunting and then turned into a baby back ***** when he complained about fans in Boston last year.

Looking soft now

 

[storm2006]

People always looking for reasons to hate rather than appreciate players in the moment

Yeah, man. I used to hate on Bron when he chose to go to Miami but as I got older I realized it was baseless and started appreciating what he does more and more. Now I’m to the point where I realize every player is flawed to varying degrees and that it’s not entirely fair to judge most players on winning a championship because most times it is a process (multiple drafts, off-seasons and coaching cycles) as well as partly circumstantial (seeding/matchups, injuries, etc.). You really have to be objective and look at the entire scope of things to make honest critiques.

But first foremost and to your point - overall there should should be more appreciation and less hate. I have come to believe that irrational hate takes away from a viewing perspective IMO.

 

[osh kosh bosh]

Find you someone who loves you as much as Thibbs loves vanilla drop coverage.

 

[finallyfamous]

So hyped for tonight.

 

[ill steelo]

Find you someone who loves you as much as Thibbs loves vanilla drop coverage.

Bud was stubborn about that too & finally came out of that in the playoffs.

We’ll see if Thibs will make that adjustment when it matters. Mitch is capable.

 

[Moheezy]

I don't think that's true though. I don't recall him getting a special pass when the Nuggets lost to the Lakers in the bubble. All the Nuggets shared the blame for that.

But the last two season were different because they didn't have anyone even close to all-star level playing with Jockic.

That’s fair. Will he get another pass this year?

 

[king j]

It IS kind of funny that Klay likes to do all this taunting and then turned into a baby back ***** when he complained about fans in Boston last year.

Looking soft now

Klay is a frontrunning,entitled cornball that only taunts and talks big when he’s up,but whines and sulks when he’s down or being talked about.


It hurt his ‘heart’ when Chuck called him trash

 

[lawdog1]

That’s fair. Will he get another pass this year?

Depends on what exactly happens in the playoffs, but I said earlier in the thread that, if the Nuggets are fully healthy going into the playoffs and they still lose in round 1 or 2, then there will be more scrutiny on Jokic.

 

[Mark Antony]

Find you someone who loves you as much as Thibbs loves vanilla drop coverage.

What's going on with man's hairline?