2017-2018 NBA Regular Season Thread

[Gman]

"Nothing" wrong with IT? Let's not get carried away.

To be clear... I was referring to the behind the scenes, locker room stuff there.

IT seems to be taking the lion's share of the blame... I just don't think that is right.

IT had earned a great reputation going in to Cleveland. Now he's a cancer?... nah.

 

[Bolts]

 

[Sparhawk]

Philly kickin’ the tires on Bellenelli.
Insert Larry David ‘meh’ gif here...

 

[DJ Fieri]

Requested this since there are a few NBA fans in here who are Bearcat fans.....

http://sportshoop.la/sportsbook/2-11-cbb-cincinnati-smu-4pm-et-espn.5992/

 

[DJ Fieri]

Or... IT is fine and there's nothing wrong with IT... rather, there are problems with Cleveland and the whole dynamic there.

He was the ringleader in accusing Love of not being sick......I mean who does that?

No shock he was traded. Can't wait till he leaves as a "FA" to pursue his rich new "contract."

Good luck with that......his rep has taken a hit.

 

[DJ Fieri]

"Nothing" wrong with IT? Let's not get carried away.

Exactly.

 

[Gman]

He was the ringleader in accusing Love of not being sick......I mean who does that?

A team leader who doesn't abide that kinda crap?

Does it even matter that it appears Kevin Love was indeed playing games there?

 

[DJ Fieri]

A team leader who doesn't abide that kinda crap?

Does it even matter that it appears Kevin Love was indeed playing games there?

So IT wasn't a cancer, that's why he was traded?

He wasn't a team a team leader either. He never fit in.

Now, James was and is the team leader.

 

[Gman]

So IT wasn't a cancer, that's why he was traded?

Looked like a bad fit both on the court and off...

... the question is, whose fault is that? You appear to be putting the lion's share of the blame on IT. I think that's the wrong take.

He wasn't a team leader either. He never fit in.

Now, James was and is the team leader.

I don't argue the fact that James is the leader in Cleveland.

I would, however, say he has a spotty record as being a leader... especially during the regular season. Cleveland has definitely put forward uneven effort and lacked accountability in the past and most definitely this season.

That's on LeBron, right? Because he's the man there, right?

To try to put things on IT ignores the past few seasons.

Calling out that crap isn't wrong... allowing it to go on as long as it did is where the real problem lies.

 

[DJ Fieri]

Looked like a bad fit both on the court and off...

... the question is, who's fault is that? You appear to be putting the lion's share of the blame on IT. I think that's the wrong take.

I don't argue the fact that James is the leader in Cleveland.

I would, however, say he has a spotty record as being a leader... especially during the regular season. Cleveland has definitely put forward uneven effort and lacked accountability in the past and most definitely this season.

That's on LeBron, right? Because he's the man there, right?

To try to put things on IT ignores the past few seasons.

Calling out that crap isn't wrong... allowing it to go on as long as it did is where the real problem lies.

Well, it turned out that Love was sick and that meeting was total BS.

 

[Mecca of the “B” Team]

Hey @tlance it took about 3 months but seems like you were dead about Brooklyn especially once Russell came back from his injury

Down 27 at home to a New Orleans team who's been awful since Cousins went down and they're also on the 2nd night of a B2B

I will not bend the knee.

 

[DJ Fieri]

If IT was this great leader why didn't he call out Rose for taking months to decide if he wanted to keep playing? Then he comes back with dreads......

 

[bksballer89]

If IT was this great leader why didn't he call out Rose for taking months to decide if he wanted to keep playing? Then he comes back with dreads......

Not his place.....

 

[Gman]

Well, it turned out that Love was sick and that meeting was total BS.

According to whom?

The way that several members of Cleveland's team reacted to Love after that seems to speak to the fact that IT wasn't blowing hot air there.

As you suggest... IT wasn't a leader in Cleveland. They wouldn't have listened to him if there wasn't something there.

 

[DJ Fieri]

Once a Celtic.....always gonna defend him.....LOL.

 

[bksballer89]

Gotta love Pop

 

[DJ Fieri]

Not his place.....

Well, Gman insinuated he was a leader and that's why he called out Love.

 

[Mecca of the “B” Team]

According to whom?

The way that several members of Cleveland's team reacted to Love after that seems to speak to the fact that IT wasn't blowing hot air there.

As you suggest... IT wasn't a leader in Cleveland. They wouldn't have listened to him if there wasn't something there.

According to the team.

I have suffered from migraines for 3 decades.

Nothing but sleep, silence and a dark ass room will lesson the symptoms.

Sitting in a loud ass arena is the complete antithesis of how to relieve the pain.

Add in the fact that the guy has a bad a few concussions?

Midget Isiah had been there about 5 fucking seconds and played like twice fried dog shit.

Who is he to question someone's medical history?

 

[DJ Fieri]

Well... if Kevin Love was being shady there... is IT the problem? Shouldn't a leader in the locker room call sh!t out if it's sh!t?

But that's the thing, though, right?... the whole dynamic there flows through LeBron. So if IT did anything wrong... it's that he tried to be the leader he was in Boston... but he wasn't in Boston anymore, he was in LeBron land and regular season coasting is the norm in LeBron land.

Just a reminder somebody was calling IT a leader in the locker room that turned into a total dumpster fire.

 

[Mecca of the “B” Team]

Well, Gman insinuated he was a leader and that's why he called out Love.

Leader of what?

The contract hunting committee?

He fucked up, should have signed with Klutch...lol