Just a reminder the Milwaukee Bucks are the defending champs

[Jordan23]

Lakers: $136.9M
Bucks: $132M

Does that extra $5M (Deng's dead money) make the Lakers a super team that bought the title, but not the Bucks lol?

Stupidity, that doesn’t tell shit. Some players aren’t overpaid? You think David and James don’t trump any 2 from Milwaukee? Does Milwaukee have 2 guys in the top 5?

 

[Jordan23]

@HurricaneDij39 are you @Jordan23? I was asking, not just about last year, because their rant about top 5 players joining up could cover Heat and Warriors titles as well, as has been pointed out up thread. Why only hate on the Lakers for what many teams are doing (Nets as well)?

Lakers are most recent, I feel the exact same about the heat too

 

[trojanfan12]

lol

Nothing says "I'm not to be taken seriously" quite like agreeing with cane.

 

[Black Adam]

lol

Nothing says "I'm not to be taken seriously" quite like agreeing with cane.

talk about a truth bomb...

 

[bksballer89]

Stupidity, that doesn’t tell shit. Some players aren’t overpaid? You think David and James don’t trump any 2 from Milwaukee? Does Milwaukee have 2 guys in the top 5?

Davis isn't top 5

 

[Jordan23]

Davis isn't top 5

Davis is a top 5 player when he is actually on the court.

 

[shopson67]

Stupidity, that doesn’t tell shit. Some players aren’t overpaid? You think David and James don’t trump any 2 from Milwaukee? Does Milwaukee have 2 guys in the top 5?

For 21/22:
Lakers: James 41M, Davis 35M, nobody else over $13M
Bucks: Giannis 39M, Middleton 35M, Holiday $30M, nobody else over $13M

Davis/James 76M, Giannis/Middleton 74M. Top trio puts Bucks WAY above the Lakers. Even if you include Schroder's cap hold at $24M, Bucks are $4M over the Lakers.

If the Bucks are paying as much or more for lesser players, that's their problem. Doesn't make the Lakers bought and not the Bucks.

 

[bksballer89]

Davis is a top 5 player when he is actually on the court.

You're wrong

 

[Jordan23]

You're wrong

No im not but nice try

 

[Jordan23]

For 21/22:
Lakers: James 41M, Davis 35M, nobody else over $13M
Bucks: Giannis 39M, Middleton 35M, Holiday $30M, nobody else over $13M

Davis/James 76M, Giannis/Middleton 74M. Top trio puts Bucks WAY above the Lakers. Even if you include Schroder's cap hold at $24M, Bucks are $4M over the Lakers.

If the Bucks are paying as much or more for lesser players, that's their problem. Doesn't make the Lakers bought and not the Bucks.

Did Giannis bring other all stars to the team to team up to win a title? Did James leave for teams to form super teams? STFU

 

[tlance]

Did Giannis bring other all stars to the team to team up to win a title? Did James leave for teams to form super teams? STFU

So overplayed.

He only left to form a super team once in Miami.

That was it.

Cleveland and LA weren’t playoff teams before he arrived. Kyrie and Love have achieved exactly nothing without LeBron and AD was brought in a year after LeBron.

 

[shopson67]

So overplayed.

He only left to form a super team once in Miami.

That was it.

Cleveland and LA weren’t playoff teams before he arrived. Kyrie and Love have achieved exactly nothing without LeBron and AD was brought in a year after LeBron.

Also, the Lakers would've pursued a trade for AD with or without Lebron. He'd been a target of theirs for years.

 

[shopson67]

Did Giannis bring other all stars to the team to team up to win a title? Did James leave for teams to form super teams? STFU

 

[Moab]

All this measuring up and guess what, the Bucks are still defending Champs.... suck it ...haters

 

[Wamu]

Did Giannis bring other all stars to the team to team up to win a title? Did James leave for teams to form super teams? STFU

If you gots the issues with LeBron you better have those same issues with the three amigos in Brooklyn.

 

[bksballer89]

Did Giannis bring other all stars to the team to team up to win a title?

Yes

 

[logic]

All this measuring up and guess what, the Bucks are still defending Champs.... suck it ...haters

Once again, they are reigning champs, not defending. They can't be defending until the season begins.

 

[Shaqdaddy11]

All this measuring up and guess what, the Bucks are still defending Champs.... suck it ...haters

I don't think a single team hated on the Bucks, Like ever.

But good first post on the NBA boards. After 10 years.

 

[Jordan23]

If you gots the issues with LeBron you better have those same issues with the three amigos in Brooklyn.

It’s no different there. Never argued for them. Durant left to a team, Lebron started it all in Miami. He did it again to Lakers getting AD there. Did I hear Westbrook now too? Lol NBA is a joke

 

[Wamu]

It’s no different there. Never argued for them. Durant left to a team, Lebron started it all in Miami. He did it again to Lakers getting AD there. Did I hear Westbrook now too? Lol NBA is a joke

KD didn't just leave a team. He joined a team he couldn't beat (Warriors). People give LeBron shit for teaming up with 2 all stars in Miami. Yet KD teamed up with three all stars. And joined a team that were the 2x conference champs with the 2x League MVP.