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

[elpablo21]

 

[trynafeelmink]

He can't create a thing for himself on offense. The game is about buckets.

Yes Ethan Moore, Rondo , & Mirotic we’re surely the reason he was averaging 24+ all those seasons in New Orleans…. Immaculate playmakers around him, setting him up

 

[antidope]

This is their last chance to get something decent.

 

[addict4sneakers]

Not buying it. But I get it if he would.

 

[freeze]

Wasn't bro saying he wanna play til 45 just earlier this year...now he gotta think about it n ****. They broke dude

 

[titang545]

There’s a lot of bad sports analysts working today but Nick Wright might be THE worst. Hack.

Man I am here for ALL that Bron and Lakers slander. If I wasn’t still on east coast time zone. I would get the popcorn ready.

I’m wondering if the Lakers should still feel good about themselves after this loss? They will make adjustments and be ready for game 5.

Oh wait…

 

[aepps20]

Haynes is citing da interview we all watched

 

[thekillerj23]

Bron just trying to stay relevant, he not retiring, year 21, father time rematch ads will be on by September

 

[Maximus Meridius]

 

[trynafeelmink]

A superstar ball handler isn’t diminishing Jokic. At all

I feel like this is about to go into Jamal Murray is a Superstar territory…. So I’m just gonna bow out of this one

Lightspeed

 

[Benny Hinn]

Lebby and CP3 joining Melo?

 

[moe200069]

Dude said he would take Jokic over AD as a #1 option tho…. But if your a team that already has a superstar caliber wing/ball handler Jokic impact is nowhere near as vital

And his flaws are enhanced

Jokic just swept a team with AD while scoring at all three levels and collecting triple doubles and we're talking about a ball handler diminishing Joker's impact?

a player like kyrie would take away from jokic's game? idk, joker's the system. i don't see how pairing him with another superstar makes him less valuable

 

[sooperhooper]

Thought for sure Jokic was on the 75 team. They need to do some rearranging.

 

[addict4sneakers]

I feel like this is about to go into Jamal Murray is a Superstar territory…. So I’m just gonna bow out of this one

Lightspeed

Nah. Jokic is a top 2 player in the league. Any ball handling superstar would benefit playing alongside him. He’s an offense within himself.

This isn’t about murray. No one is dimming joker’s offensive shine

 

[dman14]

heat/nugs going to be good one. interesting to see which team role guys continue to play well. leaning towards nugs. they've been doing it all year.
denver do have some guys they can throw at to stay in front of jimmy and make him work.
AG should be able to play better in this series. more favorable mathups

 

[tupac003]

 

[Brownstone]

Nuggets just the better team but blown opportunity for Bron and most likely his last good look at getting 1 more ring. The lapses in all 4 games were very costly

Crazy, 20 years in, we still expect Prime level play and it’s still Championship of bust

Lol, bro LeBron just got swept what are you talking about

 

[Coupé It]

LeBron still hasn’t left the Lakers to go play where his son ends up being drafted.

Come on man. He’s not retiring.

Now he’s about to take the Best player in the League’s along with Nuggets shine away.

 

[moe200069]

it's about to be a weird day for Draymond when he opts out of his contract to play with the lakers only to find out that Bron is joining Steph in the bay area.

...gonna be an even weirder day for NT

 

[Quincy McCall]

This Heat team versus a generational talent and the best Nuggets team to date

Hope to see some great defense, if nothing else

 

[trynafeelmink]

Mike Malone right now

 

[elpablo21]

LeBron still hasn’t left the Lakers to go play where his son ends up being drafted.

Come on man. He’s not retiring.

Now he’s about to take the Best player in the League’s along with Nuggets shine away.

That man is not leaving California

 

[Coupé It]

Why would you worry about how the best player in the League can play with “superstars” when he can win without them?

What a stupid conversation.

 

[ill steelo]

lakers definitely need someone who can start at the 5.. doesn't even need to be someone as talented as turner, just someone who can affect shots at the rim while being stuck on opposing bigs –javale and dwert types like they had during the bubble run. even during his Pels days, that team paired him with omer asik and boogie so he didn't have to play at center exclusively.

For what it’s worth, ‘20 Javale & Dwight would not bother him today Those guys weren’t particularly good, and didn’t play much for the Lakers during that run outside of that series.

That season Jokic didn’t even average over 20. Nowadays he takes 20+ shots, sometimes 30 He’s in a different universe as a scorer, and overall player now.

You’re not bringing in a big who can’t play in any other series, who’s gonna come in & now guard him

It makes navigating that matchup very difficult because you’re gonna have to either draft or more likely pay for a decent center, which can take away from other parts of your roster.

 

[Coupé It]

Nah. Jokic is a top 2 player in the league. Any ball handling superstar would benefit playing alongside him. He’s an offense within himself.

This isn’t about murray. No one is dimming joker’s offensive shine

Na.

Jokic is 1.

It’s time to take Giannis off for the time being. Especially after what happened.