THEE OFFICIAL 2019-2020 NBA OFFSEASON THREAD: VICTORY LAP

alchemist iq · Apr 20, 2020

chrisftdot said:
Has LeBron ever claimed to be the Goat?

Cause I know damn well inside his head LeBron believes that he's the Goat.

dland24 · Apr 20, 2020

MVP said:
"After I won in 2016, that made me the GOAT". He's a damn fool for that.

Which is ridiculous because he said it 2 years (and 2 Finals Ls) after saying:

"I'm still chasing that ghost that played in Chicago."

Apparently getting swept and then gentleman's swept in back to back seasons was enough to catch Jordan in his eyes.

antidope · Apr 20, 2020

That's elite GMing and on Pip

P C H · Apr 20, 2020

storm2006 · Apr 20, 2020

thekillerj23 said:
Bron my guy, not trying to make it about him, Im 31, I only remember as a kid MIke's last 3 and I was 8-10 in that time, just pointing out, crazy, 30 some years later, Slander is still the same from one great to another.

Nah bro, you’re good. Beyond being a Bron fan, you’re a Cavs fan so that’s different IMO.

chrisftdot · Apr 20, 2020

kingjay718 · Apr 20, 2020

There was nothing week about the East in the 80’s. You can say that the East didn’t start decaying until Shaq left for L.A. and/or The Bulls being broken up.

the nba had four 60 win teams At the end of the 97-98 season. 3 of them came from the west (lakers, Jazz, and Sonics), whereas the East only has one (Chicago).

frshstunna · Apr 20, 2020

antidope said:
That's elite GMing and on Pip

They caught Pip at the right time for the organization...He was going into negotiations needing bread with alotta ppl to support, yo woulda signed anything that had millions on it

P C H · Apr 20, 2020

Even trying to rationalize it, Willingly pushing MICHAEL JORDAN out of the door is kind of wild.

Vincent Van Goat · Apr 20, 2020

antidope said:
That's elite GMing and on Pip

It was def Pipp's fault but at the same time we gotta understand the era and where the league was at that point. He took a bad deal, a panic deal but for noble reasons. Had he lived in this era obviously small chance that happens. I'm sure other high caliber players got themselves into bad deals as well during the 90's

Fortunately for him he ended up getting paid out to end his career anyway.. which is when the league starting to reel in the money and distribute it more evenly towards the players

thekillerj23 · Apr 20, 2020

storm2006 said:
Nah bro, you’re good. Beyond being a Bron fan, you’re a Cavs fan so that’s different IMO.

appreciate it bro, , solid start and can't wait for next week!

antidope · Apr 20, 2020

Vincent Van Goat said:
It was def Pipp's fault but at the same time we gotta understand the era and where the league was at that point. He took a bad deal, a panic deal. Had he lived in this era obviously that never happens. I'm sure other high caliber players got themselves into bad deals as well during the 90's

Oh yeah for sure. I'm just not totally on board with the Kraus slander right now. I feel like there had to be opportunity to renegotiate somewhere during these contracts and it was never pushed.

B Sox · Apr 20, 2020

Year 2 Kawhi was a dog.

JD617 · Apr 20, 2020

Vincent Van Goat · Apr 20, 2020

antidope said:
Oh yeah for sure. I'm just not totally on board with the Kraus slander right now. I feel like there had to be opportunity to renegotiate somewhere during these contracts and it was never pushed.

Yeah I can't get on Krause for that but can definitely get on him for many other things. I give him credit for building around Michael on his first 3 peat though.. and on Kukoc, if Krause was instrumental in that pick

Vincent Van Goat · Apr 20, 2020

JD617 said:

Michael didn't have to 69 everyone like that

storm2006 · Apr 20, 2020

antidope said:
Oh yeah for sure. I'm just not totally on board with the Kraus slander right now. I feel like there had to be opportunity to renegotiate somewhere during these contracts and it was never pushed.

Michael