The Official NBA Season Thread: Pre-Season Games Underway | RIP Dikembe Mutombo 🙏

[dman14]

Jalen brunson knows how to manipulate the refs. Unless, league starts to allow defenders to get away with more physicality, brunson will continue to draw fouls. He is elite at this like harden was. Definitely, has a lot of productiv years left barring major injuries.

 

[HIM]

Kinda wild that the Mavs let him walk for nothing when he was willing to take a bargain deal

 

[WASHED KING]

Jalen brunson knows how to manipulate the refs. Unless, league starts to allow defenders to get away with more physicality, brunson will continue to draw fouls. He is elite at this like harden was. Definitely, has a lot of productiv years left barring major injuries.

You calling Jalen Brunson a foul baiter like Jimbo and Embiid???

Those are extreme accusations.

 

[elpablo21]

Kinda wild that the Mavs let him walk for nothing when he was willing to take a bargain deal

AHHHHHHHHHHH!

 

[addict4sneakers]

addict4sneakers Tatum or Ant?

Championship or aura?

Tatum off experience. I don’t care about auras. Ant is more than aura guy.

We need to throw that organization excuse out the window for Lamelo. Extremely talented but his shot selection is buns and he just learned how to get to the foul line. Both times he was in the play in they got beat by 30 plus. Minnesota had the number one pick for a reason. Took losers like dlo and KAT to the playoffs. The organization made moves to build around their star. Lamelo keeps getting the hornets lottery picks in the weaker conference

 

[ballinsam23]

Ants best years have been with players who had a all star selection or more in their career.

DLo was an all star at one point, KAT multiple times, Gobert multiple times.

Sure these guys were mostly losers, but they're all better than whoever Lamelo was surrounded with.

Who was the best player Lamelo ever played with? Gordon Hayward?

Ant is > Lamelo, but I need to see Lamelo on a team with all star talent/experience before I write him off.

 

[broncos19dm]

 

[ballinsam23]

Yea this is just another Penny/Grant Hill situation

 

[rolaholic]

He's an assclown but Screamin A may have been right

 

[addict4sneakers]

Yea this is just another Penny/Grant Hill situation

Nope. Potential was met.

It’s concerning because it’s Kawhi but I’d rather roll the dice on his knees in March/april than opening night. The problem is are they good enough to keep him on ice.

 

[rolaholic]

Yea this is just another Penny/Grant Hill situation

At least we actually got to see his peak and potential fully realized in real time instead of hypothetically. Only thing we didn't get to see out of his career is longevity.

His resume when he actually plays will still always be up there with the greats.

 

[addict4sneakers]

He's an assclown but Screamin A may have been right

SAS said brothas should be able to relate to that thug trump because we as black men have had similar experiences

He’s always wrong

 

[antidope]

At least we got to see this man ball out and win two titles, one of which was an all time run.

 

[mr jordan04]

Nope. Potential was met.

It’s concerning because it’s Kawhi but I’d rather roll the dice on his knees in March/apeil than opening night. The problem is are they good enough to keep him on ice.

And come March/April same **** gonna happen again

Clippers gotta have the temu team doctors. And why would you even risk giving him an extension if you’re Balmer

 

[rolaholic]

SAS said brothas should be able to relate to that thug trump because we as black men have had similar experiences

He’s always wrong

Meant his Kawhi retirement take specifically but I wholeheartedly meant the assclown tag too

 

[lawdog1]

I don’t even consider this news. I had no expectations for Kawhi playing any time soon.

 

[lovehateself]

Balmer and em really shouldve kept Rust

 

[lawdog1]

And why would you even risk giving him an extension if you’re Balmer

I don’t think they wanted to Intuit Dome to open when they were in a full rebuild mode and there was no good way to pivot and get a different star player. But they tried to limit the risk they were taking by giving Kawhi less than a max extension.

 

[pmatic]

Makes the decision to let PG walk equal parts smart and dumb.

 

[rolaholic]

 

[rolaholic]

Kenyon Martin Sr was just talking about this being Kawhi's last dance with Gil yesterday

 

[WASHED KING]

Uncle Dennis tricked the Lakers,

Kawhi King of LA something about a keychain and billboards.

 

[getback]

Jalen brunson knows how to manipulate the refs. Unless, league starts to allow defenders to get away with more physicality, brunson will continue to draw fouls.

Imagine him and Embiid on the same team? Woof.

 

[rolaholic]

 

[ill steelo]

Meant his Kawhi retirement take specifically but I wholeheartedly meant the assclown tag too

I highly doubt he pulls an Andrew Luck. Knee injuries are painful but a far cry from having to rehab your entire body at one point or another.

He’s probably done after this contract but not before then.

He didn’t put the work in to earn 50 a year just to give some of it back