2022-2023 NBA Season Thread

[tlance]

Pass.

She got ass but that face looks like it got hit by a truck.

Cmon bro.

If she walks up and propositions you and your wife says:

“Hey, go ahead, have fun. I’m good with it”.

You telling me you are passing?

I call BS there.

 

[dtgold88]

Twice? That dude is a 2 time MVP? We’re gonna put him up there with Wilt Bird Bill Russell as the only 3 in a row MVP guys?

Not on their level yet but why couldn't he get there? He's kind of good.

 

[bksballer89]

Draymond was on SAS podcast and said he got 4 more years left in him.

Done after year 15

 

[dtgold88]

I'd vote against him this year for that reason

I get it, but wasn't Bird thought of how he is because of his ability to shoot, rebound and pass....as well as smarts and making those around him better (of course, he had 2 HOFers around him, too)?

Now it is fair to mention when Bird played the 3 was not so prevalent (too bad we never got to see him when it was).

 

[fightinfunbags]

Not on their level yet but why couldn't he get there? He's kind of good.

Dude gets 3 MVPs in a row without ever winning a championship? Shit, never getting to the Finals. Bird, Russell, Wilt. That’s the list of guys who have won 3 in a row. A third MVP for Joker would be 3 times as many MVPs as what Shaq won. 3 times as many MVPs as the Dream. 3 times as many MVPs as Kobe. This stuff doesn’t compute for me.

 

[dtgold88]

Is he turning the corner or a fluke? LOL

Saw this and pretty much coincides when he was moved back into the starting lineup.

Maybe he has figured it out? What I like more than shooting better is he seems much more willing to take the ball to the hoop and cut to the hoop.

 

[dtgold88]

He’s not the best big. You can’t be the best any position if you’re a one way player.

Curry?

 

[fightinfunbags]

I get it, but wasn't Bird thought of how he is because of his ability to shoot, rebound and pass....as well as smarts and making those around him better (of course, he had 2 HOFers around him, too)?

Now it is fair to mention when Bird played the 3 was not so prevalent (too bad we never got to see him when it was).

When Bird wins his third MVP he already had 2 rings under his belt.

 

[fightinfunbags]

Draymond was on SAS podcast and said he got 4 more years left in him.

Done after year 15

Screamin A has a podcast? Good lord that fucking guy is oversaturating the market.

 

[dtgold88]

Dude gets 3 MVPs in a row without ever winning a championship? Shit, never getting to the Finals. Bird, Russell, Wilt. That’s the list of guys who have won 3 in a row. A third MVP for Joker would be 3 times as many MVPs as what Shaq won. 3 times as many MVPs as the Dream. 3 times as many MVPs as Kobe. This stuff doesn’t compute for me.

I wonder if Bird gets those titles with one borderline all star as his top teammate(s) as opposed to 2 HOFers. Would he even get to the playoffs if that borderline all star and the next best player missed most of the season?

I don't want to knock Bird as one of my favs but come on.

 

[fightinfunbags]

Curry?

Is he better than Luka? Fair point though.

 

[dtgold88]

When Bird wins his third MVP he already had 2 rings under his belt.

he did....with at least 2 HOFers on his team as well as other all stars. Jokic's teams seem to over achieve don't they? Your guy/team under achieves more often, no?

 

[fightinfunbags]

I wonder if Bird gets those titles with one borderline all star as his top teammate(s) as opposed to 2 HOFers. Would he even get to the playoffs if that borderline all star and the next best player missed most of the season?

I don't want to knock Bird as one of my favs but come on.

I just think we see this stuff differently. I don’t need to play shoulda coulda woulda with that stuff. That’s how you over inflate the Little Engine That Could and go Gaga over a guy who turns his squad into a 6 seed and home after 5 games in the first round.

The reality is that Larry Bird was a champion. Jokic is a Western Conference runner up as teams shit away leads in series in the weirdest close to a season any of us have witnessed in our lives.

 

[thunderc]

Draymond was on SAS podcast and said he got 4 more years left in him.

Done after year 15

Maybe at a greatly reduced salary

 

[fightinfunbags]

he did....with at least 2 HOFers on his team as well as other all stars. Jokic's teams seem to over achieve don't they? Your guy/team under achieves more often, no?

Did they underachieve last year when Embiid held them above water and the top 4 in the East while Ben Simmons sits out before getting traded at the deadline? Did they underachieve when they were the number 1 seed? Maybe you can argue they did when they lost to the Hawks. But Embiid averaged 30 and 13 in that series playing on an MCL injury.

 

[Mecca of the “B” Team]

I'd vote against him this year for that reason

Yup.

Wouldnt even consider it with no chip.

 

[The Q]

I'd vote against him this year for that reason

Voter fatigue is real.

But still wrong

 

[bksballer89]

Screamin A has a podcast? Good lord that fucking guy is oversaturating the market.

He is actually fine to listen to when he's not in character on espn. I only listened because i like hearing Draymond speak but heard him on JJ Redick pod and you get a completely different vibe compared to what we see on espn

 

[thunderc]

Thunder -4 tonight.

Thunder and Pacers top 2 teams vs the spread this year. Here we go.

 

[Mecca of the “B” Team]

Voter fatigue is real.

But still wrong

Which is why Lebron and Jordan don’t have more.