TheGreatMightyPoo
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Crawford's better than Carmelo though, what's in it for the Clippers??
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NBA 2016-2017 Season |OT| What do the Liberty Bell and Ben Simmons have in Common?
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Right. The only argument you can make against Lebron in this instance is maybe, just maybe, he could do without his former teammates that don't contribute but take up roster spots. James Jones, Birdman and Mo Williams and Verajao from last year. They treat the last guys on the bench as purely sinecure roles.
MetalFearSolid
Banned
Dirk and Duncan did.. Dirk had been incredibly loyal to a fault.
Ninja Scooter
Member
Those guys are outliers. The problem is that when they do it, it creates an unreasonable expectation for other players. If anything, Dirk is the warning case for future players. Took a pay cut to be "loyal" and the Mavs haven't done shit but squander is last few years in the league.
I know Lebron is trying to save himself for the playoffs but if you look at film he doesnt even bother playing help defense. He just stands there if his man doesnt have the ball. He's almost becoming a liability on the defensive side of the ball due to lack of effort.
I think the Cavs should limit his minutes to 28-33 a game and he should go 100% as much as he can.
I think the Cavs should limit his minutes to 28-33 a game and he should go 100% as much as he can.
Rivers will never trade away his son, that's not how nepotism works.
Lionel Richie
Member
They have the highest payroll in the NBA. They had the highest payroll in the NBA last season. If GM Lebron didn't really push for them to give ridiculous contracts to trash like Tristan and Shumpert, they might have some flexibility. The spending isn't the problem, the problem is that Lebron wants to run everything and when it doesn't work he blames everyone else.
That's why he has a losing record in the Finals despite being one of the most talented players ever and playing in super teams for a good part of his career. It's because he's an asshole.
Crimson_Echidna
Banned
I swear I'm having deja vu and this is the exact same issues that were being discussed this time last season.
Andrew Korenchkin
Member
Rondo is a hot head. Dude ruins his chances quite a bit.
LowlySmokeGuy
Banned
Jimmy Butler is like 80% of the team and the Bulls easily lose 4-5 close 4th quarter games this year if they don't have him.
Rondo is full of shit. Fuck him.
Wade is trash though, I'm not going to disagree there.
friskykillface
Banned
Rondo for Westbrook trade talks used to be funny because I wanted rondo to stay
What a dummy I was
What a dummy I was
Hyperactivity
Banned
Alot of that is Rondo being frustrated with being benched and being trash in Chicago, but what he says regarding the whole team isn't that bad.
And honestly, if other players feel that way, it's better if Rondo, The trash player who will get targeted anyways, speaks up about it
And honestly, if other players feel that way, it's better if Rondo, The trash player who will get targeted anyways, speaks up about it
Lionel Richie
Member
He's only wrong because he's Rondo because otherwise he has a point considering going to the media to throw the teammates under the bus is a pretty shitty move.
Not sure how some people didn't see this would be an awful team.
The Clippers need someone to represent them.
Crimson_Echidna
Banned
Yeah honestly, much as I love the guy, he's at the stage of his career where he should be doing what Vince Carter is doing now in Memphis.
BlackGhost
Banned
Damn this is the best drama of the season nowWade's response is hilarious.
Edit: Ah, fake? Still really good
manzoman96
Member
Not watching the all-star game confirmed. I'll stick to rising stars challenge.
pretty sure this isn't realWade's response is hilarious.
Crimson_Echidna
Banned
It's not. He hasn't posted in like four days.
Andrew Korenchkin
Member
Ha ha. This may happen.
kemba!
West was announced as well:
Klay Thompson
Draymond Green
Russell Westbrook
DeMarcus Cousins
DeAndre Jordan
Marc Gasol
Gordon Hayward
Edit: oops already posted
Randolph Freelander
Member
Where's Ray Allen in Rondo's post.
Hyperactivity
Banned
Klay?
Also Lillard is probably going to go off again, Portland did the same last year after ASB, but him getting snubbed is legitimate.
Gobert should probably should be in over deandre. That, or Conley gets in for the wild card.
I'm thinking about it, and honestly, if the cavs were actually willing to roll the dice this might work.
If Rondo could win a championship, and was this willing to be on the bench? And he had a tally good shooters? Yeah, it could work.
I mean, tbf to Rondo, he was never going to be able to shoot, and throwing him on a team without shooters was guaranteed to make him look like utter shit
Cre8
You want a shot at the champ? [NG gif winner July 23]
No Melo?
of course, it's not a question
manzoman96
Member
Embiid has better stats than Millsap so far this year smh. At least we have Chuck standing up for him.
Yeah, Klay is borderline, but I don't know who else they would put there. I guess Lillard, but he's reached a new low on defense this year and Portland as a team is a dumpster fire. Whether it's right or not, team accomplishments are often used as arguments for players when it comes to NBA awards.
It probably should have been CP 3 voted in with Klay as an injury replacement.
It probably should have been CP 3 voted in with Klay as an injury replacement.
Gotdatmoney
Member
I'm surprised at all the Embiid votes. The kid is great but it's his first real season and the Sixers are still bad. I would find it odd they gave him a spot.
Hyperactivity
Banned
Benefits of weaker fan vote:
1) no Zaza pachulia
2) The full collection of east guards managed to get in (Wall/IT/Lowry/Kemba/DeRozan/Kyrie) without wade forcing a snub. Tbf, I would actually say only Kemba or DeRozan might be considered decent/fair backups for Kyrie, because wall, IT, and Lowry are all way ahead of him (Lowry is so far ahead of the other guards IMO it's ridiculous). Inside the NBA was making fun of Kyrie only being top 25 on Barkley's list, iirc only put Westbrook and curry definitively over him (harden is still as sg because Kenny doesn't want to think of himself as a shorty or something)
Downsides of weaker fan vote:
1) No starting Westbrook
2) No Embiid as an all star.
1) no Zaza pachulia
2) The full collection of east guards managed to get in (Wall/IT/Lowry/Kemba/DeRozan/Kyrie) without wade forcing a snub. Tbf, I would actually say only Kemba or DeRozan might be considered decent/fair backups for Kyrie, because wall, IT, and Lowry are all way ahead of him (Lowry is so far ahead of the other guards IMO it's ridiculous). Inside the NBA was making fun of Kyrie only being top 25 on Barkley's list, iirc only put Westbrook and curry definitively over him (harden is still as sg because Kenny doesn't want to think of himself as a shorty or something)
Downsides of weaker fan vote:
1) No starting Westbrook
2) No Embiid as an all star.
I think I agree. Embiid's workload is also pretty light compared to these other guys. Like 25 MPG and doesn't play on back to backs.