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Nopengnogain t1_j7tg4em wrote

Once upon a time, the Nets had three MVP-caliber players: KD, Irving, Harden and looked to dominate the NBA for years to come…. Wait, that was 12 months ago.

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9naf_strops6 t1_j7uh0j6 wrote

They did for all of 16 games.

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tronguro t1_j7wviat wrote

Holy shit was it really only 16 games that all 3 played together?

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Chickachic-aaaaahhh t1_j7xio07 wrote

Well they did get destroyed in the playoffs. . . And it was pretty if im remembering things correctly.

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calodero t1_j80554j wrote

Um no they didn’t get destroyed in the playoffs. It was a 7 game series against the eventual winners

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binary_spaniard t1_j7uawag wrote

But then Kyrie Irving, who wasn't playing because he refused to vaccinate, burnt sage in the locker room and Harden got pissed and treated Kyrie like he was crazy and Harden did passive aggressive comments about lack of accountability and commitment to win by everyone.

And KD sided with Kyrie.

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txa1265 t1_j7uhk9z wrote

>treated Kyrie like he was crazy

I mean ... he is an anti-science, flat earth antisemitic dumpster fire who is toxic to teams after displaying so much talent & promise (like his first game with Dallas). Teams just don't learn.

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regulator227 t1_j7ulq9o wrote

As a Cleveland fan I may be biased, but I knew he was a little bitch when he had the audacity to think he could lead his own team.

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TheFan88 t1_j7ur920 wrote

He left a career as a pippin to LBJ and the hall of fame. Now? Fading into obscurity one failed team after another.

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Zhuul t1_j7uy963 wrote

My dumb ass read that as Lyndon B Johnson

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alexjaness t1_j7vslc0 wrote

When LeBron whips his cock out at fellow heads of state and has to get pants specially tailored to accommodate his monster hog, then he can take sole ownership of LBJ

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wired1984 t1_j7wcez4 wrote

He’s probably still hall of fame, even if I can’t stand him

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f700es t1_j7uopha wrote

God damn it! Kyrie just wasn't "celebrated" enough!!! /s ;)

Fuck that primadonna punk!

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ava_blink_44 t1_j7x7cov wrote

KD was right to side with Kyrie. Nets ownership is 🗑️

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FireSalsa t1_j7vvu5x wrote

Always wished Westbrook, harden and KD all stayed in OKC. Truly believe they could have won multiple championships

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Reading_Rainboner t1_j7ws3ac wrote

But hopefully the thunder can win one now with all the talent and draft picks they have!

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erikumali t1_j7vlf8d wrote

Please. Irving was not an MVP-caliber player. I don't think he will ever be.

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swimbaitjesus t1_j7u5i2c wrote

Man the NBA is literally a reality show

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ctg9101 t1_j7unwbe wrote

And the NFL is WWE.

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absenceofheat t1_j7vbjjk wrote

Kevin Durant going through The Rock's storyline. Heel turn

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oktwentyfive t1_j7xa8po wrote

yeah its getting kinda weird. I dont think i like it at all.

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generation_D t1_j7uzhfn wrote

I find it so hard to care nowadays. Seems like every superstar is switching teams every 2-3 years. Besides a few like Giannis and Curry

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AutomaticMethod2437 t1_j7vkh03 wrote

What’s the point to follow a team too, everyone just follows the players at this point almost.

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Unkn0wn_Ace t1_j7xxust wrote

It depends on the team, i mean you’ve got teams like GS, Grizzlies, bucks, Mavs etc staying relatively the same the last few years, and then shitshows like the nets and lakers

Maybe they should get rid of the mid season trade deadline? Nets losing 90% of their talent all at once mid season is wild

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David_McGahan t1_j7wkqln wrote

Yeah I just can’t get emotionally invested in the NBA. The amount of player movement just blows my mind - losing your two best players, mid-season! Just absurd.

And then combine that with the huge amount of regular season games that means any individual game doesn’t matter all that much…

It’s a very different experience if you’re coming across as a fan of most other sports

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LordRobin------RM t1_j7xtq8q wrote

I’ve never understood how any individual can play that much basketball without their bodies falling apart.

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kale4reals t1_j7xn5ad wrote

Well baseball has twice the amount of games

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LordRobin------RM t1_j7xtmbz wrote

Yeah, but in baseball you’re generally more concerned with a series than an individual game. Your rival comes to town to play three, you hope to take two. There are fewer series in baseball than games in the NBA.

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ocular__patdown t1_j7v8jb6 wrote

My exercise biology professor always argued that the NBA was more of a show than a sport. Maybe he was onto something.

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BMonad t1_j7ustnw wrote

Best way to keep ratings and engagement up when the product is shit.

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zachtheguy t1_j7v98e2 wrote

Isn’t the product entertainment? Sounds like the NBA is really good at entertaining lately.

https://frontofficesports.com/nba-tops-10b-in-revenue-for-first-time-ever/

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BMonad t1_j7vbrc1 wrote

Apparently for some people, just like how the dumbest reality shows are exceedingly popular.

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9naf_strops6 t1_j7x047n wrote

It’s an “association”.

The American big ones…There’s the MLB (major league baseball), NFL (national football league), NHL (national hockey league) and then the NBA (national basketball association) 🥴 It can be the biggest joke sometimes….soap opera team hopping 🙄

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exytuu t1_j7vicl9 wrote

Lol if you don’t like basketball that’s fine but the product has been pretty fun this year

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longrastaman t1_j7v9515 wrote

Damn, no wonder I’ve been more interested this year

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swimbaitjesus t1_j7uxi0z wrote

Not wrong at all keeps everyone engaged

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Express_Helicopter93 t1_j7v98vl wrote

I disagree. There’s no consistency, and players can seemingly just go wherever they want whenever they want so there’s nothing ever built from loyalty, except in a few rare cases. This makes the league harder to follow.

Look at the nfl and nhl. You can predictably know which team most superstars will be playing for the following season, because the players collectively aren’t a bunch of divas. There’s much more loyalty. The athletes/GM’s in the nhl and nba appear to value and appreciate team chemistry more, so you get superstars playing most of their careers in the same place.

Big-name players getting traded in the nba all the time makes it much harder to follow and get into for casuals, and makes longtime fans begin to not give a shit because it’s a fucking carousel of players and teams and nothing means anything anymore.

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droppinkn0wledge t1_j7valud wrote

The NHL is the most stale league in pro sports with virtually zero roster movement or exciting trades, and arguably the worst playoff format in all of sports.

If the NBA is one end of the spectrum, the NHL is the opposite end. Neither is good.

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tronguro t1_j7wsunw wrote

How is the NHL format the worst, the divisional seeding? I don’t disagree with that being a bizarre way to seed but I still think the NHL playoffs are the most exciting postseason of any of the big 4 sports

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NYC_EDITS t1_j7webab wrote

I know this is going to be super unpopular, but when looking at loyalty and the different scales of it, I feel this is one thing which baseball has nailed, tons of homegrown stars, Judge, Trout, Acuna, among others. But you still have the big free agent splashed and big trades, i.e. Mookie Betts, Freddie Freeman, Giancarlo Stanton, Jaun Soto. In the NBA at this point, players move around so often there’s no point getting attached to anything, it’s all very tenuous and players force themselves out of teams all the times, which just makes contracts feel unimportant.

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erikumali t1_j7vlb2s wrote

You can't request for Loyalty from the players if the Organizations/Teams themselves have no Loyalty to said players.

Plus, there's the fact that Organizations have squandered the primes of multiple superstars. The Timberwolves and Kevin Garnett comes to mind. OKC and KD/Russ/Harden/Ibaka is also another example of a squandered core, since management was too cheap to retain Harden.

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NYC_EDITS t1_j7wehg7 wrote

I know this is going to be super unpopular, but when looking at loyalty and the different scales of it, I feel this is one thing which baseball has nailed, tons of homegrown stars, Judge, Trout, Acuna, among others. But you still have the big free agent splashed and big trades, i.e. Mookie Betts, Freddie Freeman, Giancarlo Stanton, Jaun Soto. In the NBA at this point, players move around so often there’s no point getting attached to anything, it’s all very tenuous and players force themselves out of teams all the times, which just makes contracts feel unimportant.

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Express_Helicopter93 t1_j7wfoew wrote

That is odd, how the MLB has done very well in that regard. It definitely makes the nba look even worse by comparison, with how little loyalty there is. Both from the franchises and the players.

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bigloudbang t1_j7vzkqd wrote

>Look at the nfl and nhl. You can predictably know which team most superstars will be playing for the following season, because the players collectively aren’t a bunch of divas. There’s much more loyalty.

As far as the NFL goes, there's definitely no shortage of divas. I dont know about the NBA but the NFL just has strong mechanisms to keep players if you want to

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Express_Helicopter93 t1_j7wdz58 wrote

The NFL’s divas are mostly confined to WRs and DBs. I don’t think there’s anyone out there legitimately comparing NFL players to NBA players in terms of diva-ness; it’s just so obviously common in the nba that’s it’s ingrained into the culture of the sport (flopping to draw fouls being common, etc).

Don’t get me wrong, WR’s and DB’s can diva with the best of them. Guys like cam Newton too. But it’s more of an exception in the NFL whereas in the NBA it’s almost expected unfortunately.

The NHL has essentially no personality ever and never has, so, frankly, it could use some more divas. You know you’ve got a problem if the player with the biggest personality in your league is Brad Marchand. Or for fuck’s sakes, the league could learn how to properly market their biggest stars but they haven’t done that properly since the days of Mario I think.

I guess what I’m saying is, it’s about balance

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weiderman316 t1_j7vrmld wrote

Speaking of reality show… Rockets TRADE for John Wall??? Wtf 😳

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HammerTimeHTFU t1_j7tg8t6 wrote

I guess when KD talked about “the hardest road” he was talking about trying to find good Chinese food in Phoenix.

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antofthesky t1_j7uj61l wrote

I mean just go to Dobson and Main in Mesa there is a whole asian district over there. The 60 sucks tho so I guess it fits.

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romulusjsp t1_j7v3ga9 wrote

Seconding, Dobson and Main or Dobson and Southern

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boognerd t1_j7v7qy5 wrote

I dunno the 101 is worse these days

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95castles t1_j86q6a3 wrote

Also, how did you get that phoenix suns flair??

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defiancy t1_j7vfexj wrote

All about that Happy Bao at the Asian district

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V-Right_In_2-V t1_j7umeb8 wrote

His mind is gonna be blown when he finds out Long Wongs doesn’t make Chinese food, but actually makes the best wings in the city

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cuckofallcucks t1_j7v1ds6 wrote

Bet we gotta better Chinese than Milwaukee

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HammerTimeHTFU t1_j7v2l5h wrote

You might. But I live in Chicago. And having lived in Phoenix, I known for a fact Phoenix does not have better Chinese food than Chicago.

And even if Phoenix has better Chinese food, Milwaukee has more 2021 NBA titles.

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alexjaness t1_j7vstal wrote

In Phoenix's defense, Milwaukee only has 1 more 2021 NBA title than they do

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weiderman316 t1_j7v22a4 wrote

Like the old saying goes, when the going gets tough, Durant gets going

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moxzzz t1_j7tjb56 wrote

They traded 4 first round picks for a 34 year old.

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wired1984 t1_j7wcqx2 wrote

And it’ll probably be worth it if they get a championship. Nothing guaranteed about that though

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Valiantheart t1_j7u3pg1 wrote

Looks like it is pick swaps at least. Still too much

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Cubs_Fan_1991 t1_j7u60i6 wrote

They swapped picks in 2028. All four first-round picks are unprotected.

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Bullehh t1_j7v5amd wrote

Phoenix is literally insane right now. Waste management open, superbowl, and we traded for KD. ALL IN THE SAME WEEK!

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thespotts t1_j7vkiru wrote

I’d say it’s more the Wasted Management open in my experience.

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Bullehh t1_j7vkxfq wrote

Oh, there are already numerous clips from today of people falling over drunk, and its not even noon lol Good old Scottsdale!

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XxNHLxX t1_j7zj8te wrote

Bedard to the Yotes this Summer too hopefully (oh wait, nobody knows who the Yotes are)

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Bullehh t1_j7zjq43 wrote

Low key, the yotes games are fucking wild when the team is good once a decade.

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Rcj1221 t1_j7trhtp wrote

Nothin but a ring chaser 🤡😂

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ctg9101 t1_j7uo2sz wrote

I mean, Lebrun is the exact same.

That’s why guys like Curry or Tim Duncan are so great.

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Themnor t1_j7uqdtn wrote

I’ve never been a Lebron fan, but he did at least make finals appearances with Cleveland on his own. He left because ownership was terrible and refused to get people around him. Steph and Duncan never had that issue because they had excellent coaching and team management. That’s not to say Lebron didn’t chase some hardware, only that he’s nowhere near as bad about it as KD who has had super teams his whole career and only won when he wasn’t the man. Also, he sided against Harden twice and I hope he continues to get what he deserves.

I only feel for CP3 who will likely never win a ring.

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BigTomBombadil t1_j7vu192 wrote

Lebron didn't just make finals appearances with Cleveland, he won them a championship during his second stint. Against one of the greatest NBA dynasties of modern times. That city hand't had a 'ship in any sport for decades.

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Themnor t1_j7vw47z wrote

I left that out because that was after the "Big 3" in Miami, AND included Kyrie/Kevin Love who were both superstars in their own right. His second stint in Cleveland is also widely considered a "super team". His start at Cleveland, however, was JUST him, with no debate around it.

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alexjaness t1_j7vvbro wrote

Fuck CP3. I hope that nut punching flopper never even gets a ring in his cracker jacks and only gets shitty temporary tattoos of C Level he-man villains. No Skeletor, No Hordak, Hell not even Beast-Man. I mean only Stinkor and below

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Themnor t1_j7vwrtr wrote

There's a very short list of Hall of Fame level players with no rings. CP3 will undoubtedly be near the top of that list with Allen Iverson, Steve Nash, and Malone, and he's not nearly the piece of shit Malone is.

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alexjaness t1_j7vxlq8 wrote

oh I wish far worse than stinkor on that piece of human garbage Karl Malone

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Ruggdogg87 t1_j7vbj99 wrote

Umm. KD literally played and won championships with Curry 🤣

And Lebron drug multiple teams that would be under .500 without him to the finals for years.

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ctg9101 t1_j7vfl9e wrote

But that was just one stop with KD, this is what his fourth team. And the rest of the Warriors core was drafted by themselves.

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Ruggdogg87 t1_j7vgqgu wrote

Not Iggy, but I mostly agree. Just was saying that some of those rings wouldn’t have happened for Curry without KD.

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o2lsports t1_j7wxzok wrote

So much dumb in one short comment. It’s art.

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JakeShuttlesworth413 t1_j7tgrjg wrote

The Boston Celtics have successfully killed the Nets…..AGAIN

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Actually-Yo-Momma t1_j7tk07n wrote

They went from east 1 seed to having 0.25 of the big 3 remaining in like 6 weeks. Freaking crazy

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Bonebd t1_j7tmeoh wrote

They’re still 10 games over .500 - I’ve never seen a contender just blow themselves up like this. It’s so odd.

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bigtuna623 t1_j7tra1w wrote

Kyrie is a cancer and KD is a snowflake. Best to move on and reset for the future.

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Mikimao t1_j7ucia3 wrote

>Kyrie is a cancer and KD is a snowflake. Best to move on and reset for the future.

Sure, but it's still pretty unheard of for an actual NBA playoff team to blow it up mid season, like a redditor would.

It's actually pretty fucking shrewd the more I think about it. Most teams wouldn't do this and they leveraged it into a pretty bright future.

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bigtuna623 t1_j7v5qtk wrote

They are right back before they started building a super team, a bunch of quality ballers that can play team basketball

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NYC_EDITS t1_j7who46 wrote

Man I miss that team, DLo, Caris, Harris, Dinwiddie, Jarrett Allen, RHJ, those guys were fun to watch.

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TheFan88 t1_j7uquir wrote

They are 10 games over .500 with those two prima donnas barely playing. Will they be missed? Not sure.

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MuddydogCO t1_j7w1mbc wrote

KD might have a huge ego but the guy can hoop. It's really all he cares about. KD doesn't want to lead or deal with the media or owners etc etc. He just wants to ball. From a scoring perspective he's one of the best in the league.

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chenhanlin t1_j7v2g2y wrote

When you look at the things KD’s done since golden state, you realize there was never a point in leaving golden state.

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1994californication t1_j7trdn5 wrote

Just when you think Brooklyn couldn't get more disappointing.

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MayOrMayNotBePie t1_j7vjmot wrote

“I was in every gang. There was about 5. I was in all of em. Whichever one was winning, that’s my side, cause I wasn’t fighting for shit.”

-Richard Pryor/Kevin Durant

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starving_to_death t1_j7v4dwu wrote

Imagine if Harden, Westbrook, Ibaka, and KD had been able to stay together in OKC.

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zaj89 t1_j7wft4d wrote

But westbrick just ain’t a winner, it’s not in his blood. And harden either, harden just a stat hoe who can ball but he’s not a winner, I don’t think if they all stayed together they’d have a ring with okc

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TheFan88 t1_j7uqdoc wrote

Trying to find some different coat tails to ride to a championship. Turns out Cryrie and Harden and Simmons weren’t going to work.

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Mastrodaumus t1_j7uoef6 wrote

Each decade the Nets just cant get it right

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Thunderwoodd t1_j7uwxvk wrote

Real Housewives of the NBA season 12 is fire

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youngbeanieyyc t1_j7u3vgc wrote

NBA is a garbage league

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Colonelforbin25 t1_j7u494z wrote

The Niners are a garbage team

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Slurm818 t1_j7uroir wrote

They were just in the NFCCG…

The NBA is a garbage league. No defense of any kind anymore, people change teams just to chase a ring. It’s a joke.

Kobe throwing up in his ghost mouth.

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tomskuinfy t1_j7uezo2 wrote

Someone is a fan of CTE!

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youngbeanieyyc t1_j7ulslw wrote

Nah just a fan of a league where players don’t take 1/3 of the year off for rest while getting paid $40M+ a season.

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TheFan88 t1_j7uqmjf wrote

Amen. Guaranteed contracts is the reason we watch crap basketball. If you could cut overpaid players like the NFL we would all see a better product.

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tomskuinfy t1_j7umlo0 wrote

Huh? You’re literally a fan of a sport that destroys the players lives 90% of the time. Get a grip.

Also football is boring af lollll

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youngbeanieyyc t1_j7uoecb wrote

Sorry if your low capacity mind can’t be entertained by football. NBA is simple - just like yourself.

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GregoPDX t1_j7v9wfl wrote

With NIL and the transfer portal I'm afraid college football is on it's way there as well.

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MuddydogCO t1_j7w4ov8 wrote

Yeah it's horrible that athletes can make money on their name rather than the NCAA and universities keeping it all. Come on, now. Change is hard but it was ridiculous that everyone but the athletes were making money from their skills

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GregoPDX t1_j7weod4 wrote

First, I never even implied that they shouldn't make money from their name. Second, they aren't making money from their name, in most cases their names mean nothing. If you are just going to pay a kid money to get him to come to your school don't try to blow bullshit up our asses by saying they want their NIL rights - they want them to PLAY. Call it booster cash, pay-to-play, free agency, etc., because no one is paying these kids to be in their commercials or for their likenesses.

Combined with the transfer protocol, small schools are losing players at an incredible pace, which includes players that they took a risk on to develop. And you can say good for the players, but the popularity that college football is built on is having a lot of competitive smaller schools. We are going end up with just be a handful of schools with big boosters paying 300 players on their rosters (because who cares about scholarship limits when players are making more in NIL than what tuition costs). This is essentially how it was before scholarship limits, and college football had a limited audience and was very regional.

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fonger81 t1_j7ulorj wrote

Man, they have zero bench and meh defense… but they might score 150 a game…

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TheGingerBeardsman t1_j7v5n4x wrote

Really? You're he's going to go join an established finals team again? He knows that if he wins there it's exactly like his Warriors rings and literally nobody will respect him for it right? Fuck, I really like KD but it's hard to root for him when he keeps doing this weak ass loser-mentality shit.

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rbankole t1_j7utui2 wrote

Seattle should have ran the ball

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high_roller_dude t1_j7vga9c wrote

nets and knicks are both disgrace to this incredible city of new york.

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eastcoastkody t1_j7w0e7p wrote

this man will play for any team but the Wizards

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Saktapking t1_j7x7g8e wrote

As a lifelong Suns sufferer, if this move brings us a couple chips then I’m all for it but I can’t help but think we gave up A LOT for him. I woulda rather them shipped Ayton than Bridges. Losing Cam hurts too but we’ll see how it plays out I guess.

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Tevako t1_j7wu1bn wrote

But... I thought they weren't trading him?

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WeaknessMindless8168 t1_j7wylp1 wrote

Soft ass POS. Dude is undeniably the most complete scorer ever but he's so soft.

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jepayotehi t1_j7xyr1b wrote

Snakes such a fitting name for KD, spineless coward chasing rings.

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noonehasthisoneyet t1_j7v09iv wrote

this is so boring. like these are great players but they move around more than when we shift people around in nba2k.

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DadGrocks t1_j7xbvxn wrote

Chris Paul .. “ MAYBE MAYBE MAYBE!!!!l”

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AvocadoHasNoTaste t1_j7xpyza wrote

He more active on Twitter than on Court. I don’t know whos bright idea was to trade 4 first round picks for this dude.

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fromnochurch t1_j7xvibt wrote

The NETS actually won. Dumped the egos and set up for the future with great players and great locker room guys. Dinwiddie,Milalani and Cam plus all those picks. KD ain’t worth the drama.

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bigstaffretired t1_j7vfpg5 wrote

The wheels on the bus go ‘round and ‘round!

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