THEE OFFICIAL 2019-2020 NBA OFFSEASON THREAD: VICTORY LAP

[Mark Antony]

He has severe brain damage from football.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/sf/sports/wp/2017/12/12/ex-nfl-player-larry-johnson-grapples-with-violent-urges-and-memory-loss-he-thinks-its-cte/?utm_term=.d48de57ef3ca

Larry Johnson is convinced he has CTE, fears he 'could be Aaron Hernandez'

Johnson has come forward to open a dialogue with other players about CTE

www.cbssports.com

Sad seeing all the guys out there like him and AB going through it and the NFL just hides their hand.

 

[addict4sneakers]

I don’t understand clips role players not falling in line when Kawhi just showed y’all how he does it last year.

 

[pmatic]

My All-Stars:

West:
Davis, LeBron, Kawhi, Harden, Luka
Gobert, Jokic, Ingram, Booker, Mitchell, Lillard, CP3

East:
Embiid, Bam, Giannis, Butler, Kemba
Sabonis, Siakam, Simmons, Middleton, Jaylen, Lowry, Trae

 

[addict4sneakers]

My All-Stars:

West:
Davis, LeBron, Kawhi, Harden, Luka
Gobert, Jokic, Ingram, Booker, Mitchell, Lillard, CP3

East:
Embiid, Bam, Giannis, Butler, Kemba
Sabonis, Siakam, Simmons, Middleton, Jaylen, Lowry, Trae

 

[youngwolf]

No Bron. Petty Accurate.

Fixed.

 

[Mark Antony]

cant someone like Lou or bev step up and be that vocal leader? They have seniority and are respected/hustle guys. Doesn’t necessarily have to be the stars to put everything in order.

Why dudes even need a vocal leader, they're all adult professionals with a singular goal in mind of winning a championship, focus on that and do what's needed. If anything, you really need one, your coach is the leader.

 

[lawdog1]

Fixed.

To be fair, he didn’t include himself either. Maybe he limited his list to non-active players.

 

[Platinum State]

Who's that famb

Niykee Heaton's "manager/best friend"
Her ig is worthy of everyone's time

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[aepps20]

When your father is the leader of the free world like Kawhi's, you deserve preferential treatment. I wish Kawhi had more flare like our PRESIDENT ELECT but he can only be himself and can't possibly live up to that standard.

 

[antidope]

I don’t understand clips role players not falling in line when Kawhi just showed y’all how he does it last year.

This is what I'm saying. Like this is what he does, and will do until he retires

 

[akajae]

We still gassing these birds with fake butts in 2020??

Spoiler: Spoiler

 

[lawdog1]

^^^ Think whole player-as-leader thing is way overblown by the media.

Way more often than not, the most talented team wins the championship. You can have the best “leader” in the world on your team and still not win if the team isn’t that talented. And likewise, a team doesn’t need some rah-rah leader type to win if they have a bunch of really good players.

 

[youngwolf]

Kawhi should have stayed a year in Toronto to run it back

Enjoy your grave

You can’t be serious.

Hope you guys resign fat boy to a max.

 

[B Sox]

Clips thing is a non-issue to me until it starts showing on-court when everyone is playing. When everyone is playing, they have looked perfectly fine. BPG has been hurt and everyone already knew what would be up with Kawhi this year.

 

[freeze]

I like Matt and Stephen Jackson's interview style. Got me liking this Steph episode.

Just watched the Kobe jawn. Watching the Steph later. And for sure. Their show is flames.

 

[lovehateself]

I don’t want to downplay the chemistry issues too much, but I’m not that concerned about it. When they’re healthy, they’re good. They haven’t been healthy. If that changes and they get a good sustained run of all the key rotation guys being available, I bet the chemistry issues dissipate significantly:

a good coach can ease all of this and get a team to come together when it matters
and from what ppl say , i guess doc is a good coach

kawhi a robot
fragile P a beta

so the emotional leaders like bev, harrell and even Lou the ones who will call ppl out

 

[ill steelo]

My All-Stars:

West:
Davis, LeBron, Kawhi, Harden, Luka
Gobert, Jokic, Ingram, Booker, Mitchell, Lillard, CP3

East:
Embiid, Bam, Giannis, Butler, Kemba
Sabonis, Siakam, Simmons, Middleton, Jaylen, Lowry, Trae

Times really have changed if 27/4/6 can’t get you into the all star game in the East

 

[tay1]

I’m not buying this whole narrative that’s going on with the Clippers. Sure the energy has changed, but that’s because they were the underdog last year. This is all playing out in the media due to the fact that they were crowned essentially as soon as they got Kawhichael and the Hairline king and the season isn’t going to how it was expected to

 

[B Sox]

I’m not buying this whole narrative that’s going on with the Clippers. Sure the energy has changed, but that’s because they were the underdog last year. This is all playing out in the media due to the fact that they were crowned essentially as soon as they got Kawhichael and the Hairline king and the season isn’t going to how it was expected to

What did people expect the season to go like though? They have one of the best records in the league and that's with BPG missing almost half the season and Kawhi not playing B2Bs. Were there folks out there saying they were gonna win 70+ or something?

 

[QU!K]

You can’t be serious.

Hope you guys resign fat boy to a max.

Giannis 2021

 

[Vincent Van Goat]

If Irving makes it, it will definitely screw someone

As it is there’s plenty of east guys who have cases. There’s not a list that everyone would agree on

 

[doscinco]

I’m not buying this whole narrative that’s going on with the Clippers. Sure the energy has changed, but that’s because they were the underdog last year. This is all playing out in the media due to the fact that they were crowned essentially as soon as they got Kawhichael and the Hairline king and the season isn’t going to how it was expected to

They’re on pace for a 55 wins and a top 3 seed, which is basically last year’s Raptors

 

[lawdog1]

What did people expect the season to go like though? They have one of the best records in the league and that's with BPG missing almost half the season and Kawhi not playing B2Bs. Were there folks out there saying they were gonna win 70+ or something?

Lakers fans like to act like the prevailing narrative in the Summer was that the Clippers were going to cake-walk to the title, but that’s not actually what happened.

 

[P C H]

told y’all weeks ago Trezz days in LAC are numbered

I also didn’t read anything inflammatory or concerning in that piece

 

[ill steelo]

told y’all weeks ago Trezz days in LAC are numbered

I also didn’t read anything inflammatory or concerning in that piece

Because they don’t want to pay him? What pieces are they moving him for?