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

[storm2006]

All I see is Kawhi, Bron, Curry, Durant, Giannis, and Jokic like I do Magic, Bird, Jordan, Isiah, Hakeem, Duncan, Shaq, Kobe, Wade, Bron and Dirk.

Homegrown/(mostly) lifers (Magic, Bird, Hakeem, Jordan, Duncan, Isiah, Dirk, Wade) vs Transients (Kawhi, Durant, Bron).

Different eras but not due to the commissioner IMO.

 

[DLF]

Joker knew. That’s why he wasn’t celebrating

 

[nick.]

totally regular human behavior

 

[bhzmafia14]

It's always going to take a superstar to win a title, though.

Just more impressed at the markets like Milwaukee, Cleveland, Denver and Toronto still winning. Do not be surprised if there are more names added to that list in the next 3 years, though. Tons of dynasties in the Stern era and you're just not seeing it after Golden State.

Less b2b titles and 3 peats

 

[addict4sneakers]

totally regular human behavior

Probably the same amount for ‘ratings’ too

 

[pmatic]

Ya'll will realize not to take DLF seriously soon enough.

 

[storm2006]

totally regular human behavior

Big

Vibes

 

[finessence]

It's always going to take a superstar to win a title, though.

Just more impressed at the markets like Milwaukee, Cleveland, Denver and Toronto still winning. Do not be surprised if there are more names added to that list in the next 3 years, though. Tons of dynasties in the Stern era and you're just not seeing it after Golden State.

Less b2b titles and 3 peats

Drafting and developing those draft picks is the formula…

Sometimes those cities have less distractions too

 

[DLF]

i took what Mike Malone said to heart.

I wanna get him trending on here

We need to start a dialogue and speak about the underrated Nuggets

 

[bhzmafia14]

Drafting and developing those draft picks is the formula…

Sometimes those cities have less distractions too

Happy to see less super teams forming and teams focusing more on draft/development.

I’m thinking the new CBA will make it tough for super teams to form too, unless guys get lucky by having undervalued contracts (I.e. Steph’s first extension).

 

[freeze]

 

[KingdomFlatbush]

 

[clyde the glide]

All I see is Kawhi, Bron, Curry, Durant, Giannis, and Jokic like I do Magic, Bird, Jordan, Isiah, Hakeem, Duncan, Shaq, Kobe, Wade, Bron and Dirk.

U know basketball is team sport right? Sounds like tennis, golf, boxing, etc might be more your speed

 

[storm2006]

Drafting and developing those draft picks is the formula…

Sometimes those cities have less distractions too

Since 2000, 13 out of 24 FMVPs were homegrown (I included Lebby in Cleveland even though it was his second stint). It's pretty close to a toss up in terms of "best player"/"superstar". Now if you are talking about the auxiliary pieces surrounding them then that might be a different story.

 

[DLF]

Happy to see less super teams forming and teams focusing more on draft/development.

I’m thinking the new CBA will make it tough for super teams to form too, unless guys get lucky by having undervalued contracts (I.e. Steph’s first extension).

You’d have to define what a super team is first before you make such statement.

Some would argue the champs from 2 years ago was a super team. As was last years champs.

 

[Vincent Van Goat]

Mike Malone is in for a rude awakening in a few months.

In the nba when you win a title. People respect you for about 1 month.

Then as time goes by, you become yesterdays news and people think you’re terrible and a fluke.

The twitterification of the nba has its pluses (jokes, access to behind the scene stuff and rumors) but “people are saying…xyz…” will soon start

(Look at this page, KD now being diminished…5 mins after jokic won…in 4 years it will be player X is better than Jokić 5 mins after they win…). Just enjoy the games and appreciate it. They can all be great.

lol

guess you haven't been around the past 5 years when Nuggets fans and everyone else was trying to fire him because Jokic didn't have a ring sooner

 

[picasso swerve]

You’d have to define what a super team is first before you make such statement.

Some would argue the champs from 3 years ago was a super team. As was last years champs.

Absolutely no one was calling the Dubs last year a superteam.

Neither was the Lakers but especially the Dubs.

 

[B Sox]

U know basketball is team sport right? Sounds like tennis, golf, boxing, etc might be more your speed

You sure are special.

 

[finessence]

Say what you want but Jimmy sold WOLF tickets.

Dude played scared

 

[Moheezy]

This is a typical ESPN stat. Get that garbage out of here.

 

[DLF]

Absolutely no one was calling the Dubs last year a superteam.

Neither was the Lakers but especially the Dubs.

There was 1 guy at the local pub that said so…so yea. That’s 1

 

[diabolicaldeezy]

Mass shooting in Denver during the celebrations.. at least 9 victims

Shooting that injured 10 after Denver Nuggets’ NBA Finals victory may be tied to drug deal, police say

At least 10 people — including a suspected gunman — were wounded in a shooting in downtown Denver early Tuesday that police believe may have been connected to a drug deal, a sudden flash of violenc…

www.denverpost.com

 

[DLF]

 

[executive76]

It's always going to take a superstar to win a title, though.

Just more impressed at the markets like Milwaukee, Cleveland, Denver and Toronto still winning. Do not be surprised if there are more names added to that list in the next 3 years, though. Tons of dynasties in the Stern era and you're just not seeing it after Golden State.

Less b2b titles and 3 peats

Market size was always a cop out imo... competent ownership/management and drafting has nothing to do with location.

 

[pmatic]

Jokic, just like all of us. Man of the people.