OFFICIAL /NBA/ GENERAL
>Curry lost up 3-1 edition
>pre-season almost here sub-edition
News:
>Milwaukee Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo has agreed on a four-year, $100M contract extension, league sources tell @TheVertical.
>John Wall is free, and Jahlil Okafor in some deep waters
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Giannis future LeBron cap this.
Ben Simmons is a meme bust.
I started lifting this month and haven't lost any weight, infact I think I gained a lb... will check in tommorow
However, I lost 4 inches around my waist, TYBUD
Wew kobe
greg monroe is still on the block and the bucks are pretty much selling him for pennies. why does no one want to take him at all? he's a reliable inside presence. granted he's at 17m per year for the next two years, but there were plenty teams that had room who probably could've gotten him for two second-rounders and a benchwarmer.
Agreed. I'm Australian but I think Simmons has been hyped way too much and although he'll get minutes he doesn't have any decent vets to learn from there.
Also Minnesota will be serious conference contestants in the next few years with LaVine, KaT and Wiggins
>why does no one want to take him at all?
dunno, cavs shoulda got him. maybe you should watch another anime you gook lover.
>Sources on @TheVertical: Rudy Gay informs Sacramento Kings he'll become summer free agent and likely not return.
RUDY GETTING TRADED CONFIRMED
Who's taking him?
OKC? Could give Mitch McGary and Huesits.
Rudy Gay for Julius Randle
oh shit ohshit, kongz making a move. MIGHT AS WELL TRADE BOOGIE AND GET THE TANK ON.
retard teams have fallen for the new age meme. everyone thinks that just because fast pace is big now, classic post up BBQ chicken play is completely useless. couldn't be further from the truth. Monroe wouldn't fit on a good starting unit because he slows the pace down and hogs the ball too much, but he could easily be the GOAT 6th man on a title contender. Indiana realized this, thats why they signed Al Jefferson to lead the bench unit.
They still need a better SG lavine may be flashy but won't cut I think he'll be a better 6th man spark plug.
>john wall is free
No he's not. That nigga is eternally shook
Jahlil dick is shook ones pt. 2
This place is shit, i want wizzy back. I want sam back. I want misa back.
Hi 7kt
i want my time from reading your post back faggot.
also
>Drose and porzingas have already played together
wewbe
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>maybe you should watch another anime you gook lover.
you bet i will riajuu faggot
i think i pretty much agree, spurs posted a 67-15 record last season playing slow as molasses, and while it's crazy to think teams can just up and emulate that, it does show that slow methodical basketball with high percentage low post game still can be part of your formula. i'm looking forward to seeing jefferson in indiana.
Faggot
who says nay?
I don't think the Sixers would do it desu, they already have Simmons at PG and they need Saric to stretch the floor. Pierce would be a good pickup for veteran presence, but veteran presence isn't worth giving up a player with as much potential as Saric on a team that desperately needs his skills.
why must you bully me so
yeah dont look at that, i forgot to add in monroe in the mix. rate this one. blockbuster, desu cloppers would get better.
Giannis is not worth 25m a year no matter how much you like to praise that meme player
nothing personal senpai
I'm trying to win as my shit tier Kings online but 2k put them in the same tier as the Warriors, Spurs and Cavs. That means I literally only play those teams. This is bullshit.
MCW should have never left the sixers desu, I love Sam but if you are reading this you autistic manchild, you don't let 6'7" PGs go
Even Shaun Livingston has made a career out of being a tall point guard, and he went to snap city
he's not a meme. He's the real thing. check his stats. if KD wasnt a bitch, and KD and westbrook fucked each other to make a baby, it would literally be Giannis Antetokounmpo
>KD and westbrook fucked each other to make a baby
That's a good deal for the Hornets and 76ers. Jah has the same problems that Monroe does, but he's younger, on a way cheaper contract, and they get some extra shooting with Lamb so that's decent for the Bucks too. I don't really know enough about MKG and Covington, I know MKG has the potential to be a star but isn't he injury prone? JJ Reddit is a huge part of the Clippers, they wouldn't let him go unless they knew they were getting something great out of it.
>if...KD and westbrook fucked each other to make a baby
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>if KD wasnt a bitch, and KD and westbrook fucked each other to make a baby, it would literally be Giannis Antetokounmpo
>if KD wasnt a bitch, and KD and westbrook fucked each other to make a baby, it would literally be Giannis Antetokounmpo
>Stephen Curry/LeBron James LeBron James/Stephen CurryStephen Curry LeBron James Kyrie Irving JR SmithESPY Awards Unresolved Sexual Tension Arguing Angst Feelings Pining Denial of Feelings Comeplay Bruises Oral Sex Face-Fucking Hand Jobs Public Sex Closet Sex Dirty Talk Slut Shaming Praise Kink Feels Dom/sub Undertones Dominance Power Play Breathplay Coming In Pants Asphyxiation Manhandling Hotel Sex Fighting Possessive Behavior Jealousy Minor Violence Anal Sex Shower Sex Choking Rimming Overstimulation slight age play Sharing a Bed Dubious Consent
Summary
>LeBron and Steph both attend the ESPY awards. Things get heated in a coat closet. And then a hotel room..
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>"LeBron loves his girlfriend. He doesn’t say it to reassure himself, he says it because it’s true. He really does love her and there is no other woman in the world he’d rather have. All of that is true. The problem is, Dwyane’s not a woman."
>“Tell me more about this boy prostitute you met,” Pau says, casually sipping his glass of freakishly expensive red wine.
>and KD and westbrook fucked each other to make a baby
>Steph tries to forget about LeBron, but LeBron doesn't go away that easy.
>Stephen Curry/LeBron James LeBron James/Stephen CurryLeBron James Stephen CurryVerbal Humiliation Slut Shaming Jealousy Alcohol Minor Violence Fist Fights Angst Drunk Sex Kitchen Sex Hotel Sex Anal Sex Anal Fingering Begging Unsafe Sex Dirty Talk Possessive Behavior Mildly Dubious Consent
>Mildly Dubious Consent
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too much internet for me today desu
>Hey, You, Whatcha Gonna Do?
>Stephen Curry/LeBron James
>Rough Sex
>Masturbation
>Size Difference
>Size Kink
>Dirty Talk
>Humiliation
>Deepthroating
>Ass to Mouth
>Anal Sex
>Face Slapping
>Daddy Kink
>Verbal Abuse
>Slut Shaming
>Jealousy
>Spit As Lube
>Exhibitionism
JR and Carlos Boozer are the mexican looking black guys I've ever seen
>A long afternoon practice leads to a chance encounter between Jimmy Butler and Derrick Rose in the shower.
>Stephen Curry hates his ridiculously hot, insanely annoying and extremely possessive neighbor Klay Thompson. After one night, some feelings may stir and neither of them are prepared for the consequences.
>Kevin Love has a problem. He's sorta, kind of, madly, totally and dumbly in love with his asshole of a boss, Mr. James. The problem is, well it's not really a problem, but his boss might actually like him back. And that's a major dilemma.
>Russell Westbrook has a no problem when it comes to love. He can get anyone he wants, unlike his two best friends and desperately wants Kevin Durant. A man who pays him no mind. If you know anything about Russell Westbrook is that he doesn't take no for an answer.
>He can get anyone he wants
He's my #2 frogfu tbqh, but the fact that he was so loyal to OKC almost made him #1
>Everyone Is Gay
>Awkward Boners
>Mild Sexual Content
>Large Cock
>Angst and Fluff and
>Smut
>Boys Will Be Boys
>I Tried Masturbation
>Possessive Behavior
>Jealousy
>Sexual Fantasy
>Wet Dream
>I called Tony to the side.
>"Hey," I said slipping my arm around his waist. "Don’t you think Pop’s being a little rough on the rookie?"
>"Well, I’m gonna get rough with him later…" he trailed off, watching Beno with a face full of lust.
>this thread
>/nba/ being gay again
i'll come back when the season starts. curryfag was right
curryfag was never right, go wiz was right
best thread in a while lads
What killed /nba/?
Would have to agree. And what I find most hilarious is all the gay fan fiction is written by Golden State "fans".
Why is the bay area so fucking gay?
It's the absolute dead zone of the offseason. Been a long time since the season ended, so there are no new signings or trades. And still a long time before the season starts, so there is nothing to talk about or get excited for.
So you get gay /nba/ fanfiction hour.
why r u guys so retarded? you guys killed the thread in less than 10 minutes lol. ahahah, this is what happens when you watch cartoon porn aka "anime" you get these sick gay fantasies. come back to the real world nerds where NBA players play basketball, not fuck each other.
oh you sweet little lamb
welp, time to go back to Cred Forums
how long until the off-season anyway?
Hi hornetsbro
pre-season* fuck
go starve somewhere else faggot
Yo quit posting this twink fuccboi and take your fanfiction to reddit Golden State faggot.
thunder gonna be hot trash this year
i lmaoed when i played them on 2k17, just clogged the paint and they couldnt do anything
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sure thing
kobe a little bitch have you guys seen his hairline? worse than lebrons
>24
AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
... kobe is bald
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Just got blacked lads.
damn lmao this nigga got the Mars' horizon beaming across his scalp
Bleacher Report didn't have Stevens as the #1 coach. What a terrible fucking website.
I dont understand why people samefag
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>posting from mobile and pc at same time
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I wanna make a RBL myteam lineup what should be my starting lineup?
Thunder going to win the west this year who agrees? Thunder up!
>Thunder going to win the west this year
Hi Cred Forums, I'm here on behalf of Bleacher Report (@BR_NBA) and I'm looking into rumors that Sam Hinkie posted here last year. Please note anything you say may be used without compensation, and it may be rebroadcasted on our affiliate networks. Feel free to directly tweet me as well
Is this our year bros?
I have no idea what you are talking about normie, who is this Sam Hinkie you speak of?
>Is this our year bros?
>I'm looking into rumors
here's a rumor, go fuck yourself.
explain
PROTECT SAM DONT SAY ANYTHING
Fucking Reddit caught wind of it, check /r/nba
nah hinkie doesn't post here, the only guy in the NBA that posts here is julius randle
I have proof he posted here
Pouring out a shirley temple for my homie Sam Hinkie
If you have proof why are you here then? Fuck you. Bleacher Report? More like Bleached and Poor lmao
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Lakers making playoffs this time.
Dubs confirms it.
is anyone else trigged by her mouth?
It's not about weight. It's about looking good.
Reroll.
Livingstone has an OK mid range and a GOAT post up. MCW is absolute garbage
the warriors, idk man, i don't think they're making the play-offs. not enough depth.
S A V A G E
Thunder up Alex abrines will fill kds spot seemlessy
nice oc desu
Thanks to everyone who DMed me, we're working on an article about Sam Hinkie's dealings with this website, should be up by the week
One last question, who is Emory and what is his relationship to Sam?
I would never betray Sammy, be gone
>tfw /ck/ has cooking challenges and meets irl
>tfw cant do that here because the autism is too high
I dont trust a single one of you lot, especially the German
oh wow gamma confirmed
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It's BTC's generation bro
your daily reminder that you should be practicing and that shitposting cant save you
how does he keep getting away with it?
he cant be stopped
im eating salmon right now because i dont want to be fat and mad anymore, i want to lose weight and be happy, a champion, like lrbon james of the clebeland cavaleers.
refs love him
I know you keep posting things about the Spurs in these /nba/ threads, Germanbro. As a San Antonian, I thank you.
i cant deal with it anymore /nba/! the isolation is too much! goodbye /nba/ you was my only real friends!
>its been 3 months
>hes STILL mad
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>BR Currycuck
samefag
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samefag
samefag
i just contacted you. i have all the information you need. look in the archives for lauren and 7kt. it's a start to show you Sams true character. also start digging in the Cred Forums archives under 7kt
I don't like 2k games anymore they made them extremely grindy so they can money grab with VC purchases
who cares
7kt also has a history of harassing Asians. search harry and 7kt in the archives to see the extent of this racism.
>its been 3 months
>hes STILL mad
I'm not, I'm happy for Lebron. It's nice to see a great player winning his last ring.
>last rigged ring
ftfy
100% upset
>/nba/ is too retarded to see the finals loss was planned so Durant would come to set up the 5 straight titles
Warriors playin chess while /nba/ lookin retarded lmao
>3-4
>advanced stats
>winning his last ring
AHAHAHAHAH THIS 3RD WORLDER IS STILL MAD LEBRON BEAT THE WARRIORS DOWN 3-1 IN ThE FINALS AGAINST A STACKED WARRIORS TEAM, WHILE HE WAS PAST HIS PRIME AND POST HGH. AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA
>up 3-1
>greatest choke of all time
i feel bad for golden shower, they just got another nigga who can't cover lebron
Kobe
are their any real Cavs fans on /nba/? lmao i don't remember any of you in the non existant game threads all year
lmao
>go to bed and durant chose the based dubbies
>wake up and durant still on the dubbies
I'm just being realistic.
why curry so good while im gonna be struggling to make the playoffs...it's not fair
Top kek
Speaking of real Cavs fans. What happened to Tristan Thompson Muscles? Was he just one of Harry's many personas that was only made for (you)s?
reminder Lebron day has been cancelled by popular /nba/ vote
you're posting in a curry thread
>teams that are actually tying to win now against the 2 GOAT teams
>not just tanking and training your yung squad
>138 posts
>37 posters
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people who aren't overweight disgust me
big belly association runs /nba/
This thread is gay as fuck so it's time to inject some heterosexuality into it
gross i'm not into beasts
3 out of 4 of them have man faces too
thanks you ruined my foot fetish
by posting 4 men?
Favorite NBA player body issue?
Homosexuality is a sin. Please consider killing yourself. Satan is waiting for you.
1, 2, 3, 4 in that order
They'd all probably laugh me out of bed though
>I'm just being realistic.
>are their any real Cavs fans on /nba/? lmao i don't remember any of you in the non existant game threads all year
STILL MAD, THE SEASON HAS BEEN OVER FOR MONTHS! AHAHAHAHAH
>H-HOW MAN REAL CAVS FANS ARE THERE?
AHAHAHHAAHA
GREATEST CHOKE JOB IN THE HISTORY OF THE GAME, WEWKOBE, THAT IS A GOOD TEAM AHAHAHHAAH
Get that fucking twink out of here, big bellys stay winnin
nice trannies bruh
>I'm just being realistic.
>are their any real Cavs fans on /nba/? lmao i don't remember any of you in the non existant game threads all year
STILL MAD, THE SEASON HAS BEEN OVER FOR MONTHS! AHAHAHAHAH
>H-HOW MAN REAL CAVS FANS ARE THERE?
AHAHAHHAAHA,
GREATEST CHOKE JOB IN THE HISTORY OF THE GAME, WEWKOBE, THAT IS A GOOD TEAM AHAHAHHAAHahah
I liked Amare's
Fuck Ayesha curry is one ugly bitch
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>literally unironically winless
STOP IT STOP BULLYING US WE DON'T DESERVE IT IT WAS RIGGED RIGGED ADVANCED STATS ADVANCED STATS ADVANCED STATS ADVANCED STATS ADVANCED STATS ADVANCED STATS ADVANCED STATS ADVANCED STATS ADVANCED STATS ADVANCED STATS ADVANCED STATS ADVANCED STATS ADVANCED STATS ADVANCED STATS ADVANCED STATS ADVANCED STATS ADVANCED STATS ADVANCED STATS ADVANCED STATS ADVANCED STATS ADVANCED STATS ADVANCED STATS ADVANCED STATS ADVANCED STATS ADVANCED STATS ADVANCED STATS ADVANCED STATS ADVANCED STATS ADVANCED STATS ADVANCED STATS ADVANCED STATS ADVANCED STATS ADVANCED STATS ADVANCED STATS
look at all these contrarians who were curry fans before the warriors became good lmao
then as soon as he won something they all started hating! it's hilarious you can't take the opinion of a contrarian seriously
they were all hating on lebron a few years ago too lmao!
They all look like men apart from the really light skin bitch who's tits are so fucking far apart
That one has the most manly face. The only one without a man face is the darkest one.
Have you come out to your family yet?
Id go with #2, qt as fuck
Her back side definetly isn't manly, she's sexy af
Nigga have you? The bitch is bad here's her insta instagram.com
>no tattoos
Absolutely perfect, id go in face first
My name is still
name is still my
Give me your best NBA fan fiction Cred Forums
I want to hear a few sentences you wrote that will move me to tears.
The basement underneath Chesapeake Energy Arena was boiling. Kevin hefted his backpack and stuck his thumbs through the straps. He felt his shirt sticking to his back. Not a good look for this meeting. He wiped his forehead with the back of his hand. Why had Sam wanted to meet him here? The Thunder offices were just across the street.
A text came to Kevin’s phone: U here?
The text was attached to an unknown contact. Weird. Maybe Sam had a new phone, Kevin thought. But then Kevin remembered that Sam didn’t really like spending money all that much—he probably never upgraded his phone, or even his data plan. So what was the deal?
Kevin texted back: Yeah. Where you at?
Room B-19. Knock four times so we know it’s you.
Kevin frowned. He sent a reply. Who else would it be?
No response. Huh. Maybe Sam was saving on his monthly data.
Kevin kept walking. The lights of the basement flickered. This was hopefully going to be the last meeting to decide where he wanted to play sports next year. It was a hard question, because Kevin was very good at sports and lot of people wanted to play sports with him. It was a decision that Kevin knew he had to take seriously—his mom had told him that several times over the phone—so he had kept a little notepad in the meetings so he could write down his impressions of each team. He took out the notepad and, for the sake of exposition, looked at what he had written about each team:
Day One: Oklahoma City
--Sam is so nice. He brought me a sandwich from Subway and he even remembered that I only like the jalepenos on one half of the bread.
--Stevie Adams is here. I like him because he has a name where you have to say the first name and last name together all the time. Stevie Adams. He has a fun accent too. Everyone’s always happy to see Stevie Adams.
Day Two: Los Angeles and Oakland
--I always feel really cool driving in LA because I can listen to Kendrick Lamar and Tupac and roll the windows down and wear my sunglasses and bob my head.
--Downtown LA is hype! The Staples Center is great and you can see the ESPN building across the street. I heard that the Grantland offices are over there too but when I asked one of the people at the desk about it they just shook their head and pointed to one of the security cameras so I guess that’s not a thing anymore.
--The meeting was alright. Everyone on the Clippers yells a lot except for my friend Chris, who is very smart and nice and dresses very well too. Aside from Chris though I felt like I didn’t really vibe with anyone very well because Mr. Rivers just sort of shouted and screamed and pointed at his board a lot and he was really sweaty, and DeAndre just sat next to him and took a lot of deep breaths and cried a little. Then this guy Blake told me that if I joined the Clippers we were gonna “throttle every team in the league” and to emphasize his point he wrapped his hands around Chris’ neck and pretended to choke him. It lasted a little too long and everyone kind of laughed but it was really tense and not very cool. I don’t think I want to play sports with Blake.
--Current Grade: C-
THEN THE MEMES FANS SAID
>"W-WHERE THE REAL CAVS FANS AT, Y-YOU WEREN'T HERE DURING THE REGULAR SEASON?"
AHAHAHAHHAAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAH
--Oakland was more exciting than I thought. The Warriors had me park in the lot for Oracle Arena but then they landed a helicopter in the lot and took me over the stadium where we landed on the roof of their offices. When I came off the helicopter I put on my sunglasses and I felt like Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and it was super cool.
-At the Warriors’ meeting was me, Mr. Kerr, Stephen, Klay and Draymond. Behind Mr. Kerr was a whiteboard and I thought he was going to draw on it but instead he kicked it over, snapped his fingers, and where the whiteboard used to be was a 3D hologram of a basketball court and you could see me and Steph and Klay and Dray all playing sports together and winning a lot and there were trophies and confetti and little tiny hologram me was laughing and lifting up the trophy and then my mom was there and she was Finals MVP and I just started crying there was so much joy in that hologram.
--After the show, Kerr turned to me and he reached into his pocket and he pulled out his championship ring from two years ago and he put it on his finger and he set his fist on the table. Clack. Then Stephen stood up and put on his ring and set his fist on the table. Clack. Then Klay. Clack. Then Dray stood up except he actually unzipped his pants and pulled out his junk and put the ring around his junk and set that on the table instead. Clack. I looked around at all the rings even though I tried to avoid Draymond’s and I looked everyone in the eyes. They all looked very serious and very intense and I thought about how I feel in a big game after I hit a big shot and play sports. I looked at Steph and, even though his face didn’t really change, I saw in his eyes a little twinkle. It was small but it was so beautiful and I knew he was asking me if I wanted to be brothers for life. I felt my heart move a little. It was a powerful twinkle. That twinkle means so much to me. I can’t stop thinking about Stephen and his twinkle.
--Current Grade: A++++++
Day Three: San Antonio and Boston
--To be honest I don’t remember much about these meetings except everyone in San Antonio was really quiet so I thought they wanted me to talk first and I asked them what they liked about San Antonio and then this guy named Kawhi said, “Sports are for people who like sports.” It was weird but I will say that on my way out I shook hands with Mr. Popovich and when I made contact with his skin I felt some of his wisdom and power move between us and I think now I understand the beautiful life network between all things.
--Current Grade: B-
--Boston was meh.
--Current Grade: C
Day Four: Miami
--Mr. Riley told me first thing that if I didn’t play sports in Miami next year he was going to make it his personal mission to take control over my soul, which makes sense because I realize now that Mr. Riley looks a lot like Mr. Pacino’s version of Satan in that movie called “The Devil’s Advocate.”
--Hassan texted me after the meeting and asked if I wanted to be blood brothers but I forgot to text him back.
--Current Grade: C+
This shit general needs to fuck off to nothing on topic is ever posted and the "memes" that come from this general are nothing but autistic rants by kiddies living with their parents
Kevin’s brow furrowed. He put the notebook away and looked at the sign on the door in front of him. B-19. He looked up and down the hallway but there was no one else there. He knocked four times.
The door swung open but inside the room was totally dark. “Hello?” Kevin called out.
A single bulb flickered on, because that’s how these scenes usually go down. A few steps into the room was a cheap folding table, and seated behind the folding table was Kevin’s friend, Sam. Sam looked exhausted. He hadn’t shaved in a few days. His eyes sagged. His shoulders curled inward. When he saw Kevin his eyebrows raised slowly and his mouth hovered open, like he was surprised in slow motion. “Kevin. Come and sit down.”
Kevin moved into the room and took his backpack off and sat down in a tiny chair across from Sam. “How’s it going?” he asked.
Sam shifted forward and put his hands out in front of him on the table. He was shaking. He clasped his hands together. “Fine. Fine. We—I—I wanted to check in on the process and see how you were feeling about returning to Oklahoma.”
Kevin had never seen Sam like this before. He was usually so poised and firm, no matter how much he was putting his own financial interests before the fans. This was really unlike him. Kevin went ahead with the question anyway. “Great. I’ve had some good meetings. I still really feel strongly about the idea of coming back to Oklahoma though.”
“Oh yeah?”
“Yeah.”
Sam’s face cracked into a smile but it looked sort of like a wince too. “That—that’s great, Kevin. Now, I was hopeful to maybe take some steps forward today, have you—aghargle!
It was really hard to put into words exactly the sound that Sam had made, but in layman’s terms, it was the sort of muffled cry you let out when someone takes you by the neck and chokeslams you right out of your chair.
From Kevin’s point of view, it looked like Sam had been swallowed by the darkness. “Sam?” He leaned forward. “Sam?”
Out of the shadow came a figure, but it was not Sam—Sam was dead just out of view, FYI—it was Kevin’s friend, Russy. Russy yanked Sam’s chair away from the table and spread his arms out and braced himself against the table and loomed over Kevin. Kevin gulped. Russy was wearing his jersey, a telltale sign that this was not Corporate Russy, but Demon Russy.
“Hey—hey Russy. What happened to Sam?” Kevin tried not to let his voice waver. He was always sort of scared of Demon Russy.
Demon Russy sneered. “Sam’s dead just out of view, Kevin. But that doesn’t matter. We’re here to talk business. We’re here to talk sports.”
Kevin swallowed. Demon Russy’s arms bulged out of his shooting sleeves. Kevin knew that Demon Russy had chosen a white shooting sleeve because white makes you look bigger. That was one of Corporate Russy’s fashion tips that had permeated its way onto the persona of Demon Russy. “Why’d—why’d you do that to Sam?” Kevin asked.
“Because.” Demon Russy’s voice boomed. “That slack-jawed non-athlete penny-pincher was never going to take us to the top. Kevin. We were up 3-1. You. Me. Stevie Adams. The tall one from the Congo. We had the power to defeat the Warriors, and restore order to the National Basketball Association. We still have that power. We have the power to be there again.”
“Russy—I—”
“Silence! Join me, Kevin, and together we can crush our foes in the Western Conference. We can establish ourselves as immortals in Oklahoma City.”
“Yeah, but, I mean, come on man. It’s Oklahoma City.”
Demon Russy’s eyes turned red I swear on my life. “WHAT. Do I detect contempt in your voice Kevin?” He somehow grew taller. “Do I detect dismissiveness in your tone Kevin?” He barred horrible fangs that you can actually see on TV if you look closely enough. “Do I detect … betrayal?” He reached out an arm and clutched Kevin around the throat.
CRASH.
Contrary to what you might be thinking, that crashing noise was not the sound of Kevin’s neck when Demon Russy crushed it like a pixie-stick. Necks don’t usually sound like that. The sound was actually the sound of a certain blue-and-gold helicopter colliding with the side of Chesapeake Energy Arena, tearing a hole in the basement wall and bringing rubble and dust down upon the pair of Thunder teammates.
Demon Russy let out a roar and Kevin was released from his grip. Kevin fell to the ground and from under the table he saw the copter and the crash and his rescuers.
Stephen, Klay and Draymond rushed from the wreckage. “Kevin! We’re the Golden State Warriors and we’re here to rescue you!” Stephen yelled. He ran forward with Klay and they helped Kevin to his feet. Kevin, leaning into Klay’s warm, powerful, perfectly-sculpted-for-shooting-basketballs-and-playing-sports shoulder, panted, “Watch out! Demon Russy!”
“Don’t worry,” Klay said, his facial expression changing zero-percent. “Draymond has him.”
Kevin looked toward the crash. Demon Russy tensed and flexed and across from him Draymond hoisted his arms over his head. “Come at me, son.”
No one had ever called Demon Russy “son” before, because Demon Russy is born of hell and has no earthly father. But Draymond had. He thought it would provoke the Greatest Athlete in All of Tartarus, and he was right.
Demon Russy charged Draymond with a speed so terrible that Skip Bayless would have cowered for his life, but the Heart of the Warriors stood tall. He braced for the charge. He crouched. He reached into his shorts and, once again, pulled out his junk. The championship ring shone even in the darkness, and as it swung through the air and collided with Demon Russy, Kevin thought for a second, but couldn’t be sure, that he heard a faint roar from a past Oracle crowd.
The smack sent Demon Russy sprawling. He bowled into the table and slid across the floor and slammed into the wall. He twitched. Seized. Lay still. Draymond put his junk back into his shorts.
“Is it dead?” Klay asked in a monotone.
“No,” said Draymond, “But it’s out for now. We should kill it while we have the chance.” He stepped forward.
“No.” Kevin mustered his strength and stood tall. He held out his arm and stopped Draymond. “Let him go. He was my friend…” He swallowed and looked away for a second. “…once.”
Draymond nodded. Klay nodded. Stephen nodded. Stephen patted Kevin on the back. “Ready to go, Kevin?”
Kevin sighed and looked around the wreckage. Out-cold Demon Russy. Sam, dead, just out of view. The remains of Chesapeake Energy Arena. He picked up his backpack and put it on. “Ready.”
The Warriors lead Kevin outside, where the third helicopter was waiting. They opened the door and inside Kevin saw Mr. Kerr in the pilot’s seat. He gave Kevin a thumbs-up and Kevin climbed in and the copter took off. It headed west toward California.
Kevin looked out the window and felt a stir in his heart. He looked across the seat at Stephen. Stephen looked at him. His eye twinkled. Kevin smiled. There was a lot in that twinkle. Kevin sat back and sighed and closed his eyes. In his heart, he knew where he wanted to play sports. He knew this was right.
tl;dr
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He opened his phone and texted his mom. I made a decision. He turned his phone off. He looked back out the window. It was Independence Day.
>lose ship
>get durant
its like we got our medicine and remedy immediately tho lil bronbron poster
>Corey Brewer sat at his dining room table, a glass of warm sancerre sitting there that had hardly been touched. He hated to waste wine, especially from his beloved region of Montigny, but the pit in his stomach was too large to ignore. He sat there longingly, thinking of what James had said to him in the locker room. How things had ended, how water of the shower fell on his lover's beard and the weekend they spent together in Amarillo. He knew this game was a must win.
use the gif fag
My name is Sam and i dont use gifs only webms
Steph bit his lower lip, his dick already stirring in his sweats as he pictured LeBron from their last encounter: smoldering eyes, stroking himself, issuing commands as easy as breathing. Blocking the door so that Steph couldn't have left even if he'd wanted to, because there was no way he'd be able to get past LeBron, who had almost a half a foot on him and probably more than fifty pounds of pure muscle; who threw Steph around like he was a rag doll, positioning Steph just where he wanted him, and then kept him in place with just his own mass..
"Shit." Steph reached down and palmed himself through the fabric, his mind running wild with what might happen the next time they met.
It would start with LeBron making him get on his knees again. No--first, LeBron would insult him, tell him the Warriors had no chance this year, that the Cavs were going to dominate them, and that LeBron was going to give him a preview. He'd say he hoped Steph's knee was feeling better, because he was about to be kneeling for a while--
Fuck. Steph yanked his sweats and underwear down mid-thigh, shuddering as the cool air washed over his rapidly hardening dick. Too lazy to move to get any lube, Steph licked a stripe up his palm and grabbed himself, stroking slowly. He'd get down, and LeBron would tell him to open his mouth like a good bitch, and then he'd have a mouthful of cock again for the first time in months. As always it would be a struggle just to keep his mouth open wide enough, until it felt like the corners of his mouth might split and he was lightheaded from lack of oxygen.
how do u ;ost webms? m8?
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My name is still Josh from Amazon
Can someone post the pasta about Curry's loss echoing through alternate universes or whatever?
>whyboner.jpg
@ me ideas for OC, i might do a few later if i got time
The Golden State Warriors unironically broke the NBA regular season record with 73 wins, came back from a 3-1 deficit against the Oklahoma City Thunder, gained a 3-1 lead on the Cleveland Cavaliers in the NBA Finals, and then lost 3 games in a row and did not win the championship. Stephen Curry unironically won unanimous MVP, back to back MVPs, and exclaimed "We not goin' home!" during a game, before being blocked by LeBron James a record 7 times in one series and indeed going home. Klay Thompson unironically said in a post game interview after going up 3-1 that basketball "is a man's game" and LeBron James "got his feelings hurt", LeBron proceeded to average 36pts/12ast/10reb and won the next 3 games and the championship. Draymond Green unironically avoided suspension for kicking Steven Adams in the balls twice, then STILL continued to play dirty and finally got suspended during the most important series of his life and ultimately cost his team its once historic and now infamous season.
These things all actually happened, the thoughts of this reality stay with me at all times. I go to sleep at night looking up at the stars, wondering what celestial being aligned the universe in such a way to make an event as amazing as this occur. I wake up smiling every morning knowing that the Warriors genuinely went 73-9 and choked a 3-1 lead in the Finals. That even if time is a nonlinear fourth dimension, going to back to stop it from happening will simply create another universe where it happens again. That the state of ass-blastedness emanating from the city of Oakland is eternal and infinite, it crosses countless dimensions of the multiverse and its unending torment knows no bounds. I gaze into the endless cosmic wonders around me, still in disbelief that it actually happened, but knowing that my purpose in life was to be born just in time to see LeGod get one for da land.
tmz.com
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
>"our guy"
BTFO
T
F
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Thanks senpai, and nice trips.
in la right?
where did lebron play, who did kobe play for?
u mad???
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
>replying to The Autistic One's bait
you're better than this Delly
good lord! this niggas hairline in 2016 starts where the top of his fro is in 1997 hahahahaha
>mfw i made the hungry Venezuelan leave
What about 7kt, emory, go wiz, etc
>tfw this guy tried to @ me but his image is on my curryfag filter list
wew lad, go wiz wins again
fresh OC
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posting rare curries
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>73-9
>unanimous MVP
>it was 3-1
>losing to a man who gets heckled at a rams game
holyshit you can't write better than this. up 3-1 and still loses with a stacked team to a post prime /HGH lebron.
>99 problems but down 3-1 in the finals aint one
AHHAHAHAHAAHAH
HAHAHAHAHA why are people so mad that Steph Curry is the best player in the game HAHAHAHAHAHA its actually literally making me sick from laughing so much
>kobr
>your team
>other teams you fuck with
its hilarious pham
>best player in the league
>best player in the world
>added Durant
watch them lebron cockroaches scatter when the season starts
>0 ecf wins
>0 championships
>best player in the game
>doesnt get finals mvp his first title
>doesnt win title next season
>makes excuses for losing like a scrub
>might not even go to the finals again
nice best player in the world you got there.
but go ahead keep spamming, no amount will win curry a title.
no amount of spamming wont make durbeta not a bitch
lebron playing ps4 while curry still stuck on nintendo
i would totally give Lebron a unasterisked title if they didn't rig it by suspending Green for no reason and literally fouling out the leagues back to back MVP
lmao you can't make this shit up
i sleep well knowing most of Lebron's titles are the works of stern/silver and not legit
>no amount will win curry a title
funny how nobody ever mentions the Warriors title being rigged
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
There's a post somewhere here that said it was rigged to get Durant
>warriors title
>curry decides to actually play defense because oh shit it's the finals
>oh wait I'm not very good at this fuck
>fouls all over the place
>foul out for the first time because it's the first time he's ever played defense
At least he can shoot
it was pretty much written off cause they just beat a bunch of injured teams
Odds Homework
Evens Anime
Fuck that shit I'm watching anime
curry was also injured
>all the point guards that mattered were injured the warriors first title
yeah they're whole existence is an asterisk.
This needs to stop. Both titles were fucked.
Warriors v Cavs next finals will decide.
This is, of course, implying cavs make it out of their conference finals against the raptors :-)
I've lost all respect sorry this is absolutely rigged for money... Or ratings im not sure which. I won't be silent . Just saw it live sry
ratings == money
only the memes title is asterisked. lebron winning one for da land is destiny, fate, will of the gods. curry didnt even get finals MVP and 50 year old bench scrub got it. Lebron? finals mvp down 3-1, he has entered the goat jordan tier to sit along jordan and kobe.
>down 3-1
>not rigged
feels good seeing /nba/ finally coming around on this Lebron rigged title thing. it's unironically simple, suspend green and foul curry out. it's on par with the lakers/kings in 2002 rigging
If Green being suspended hurt them so bad then why didn't the Warriors win games 6 or 7?
Face it. Curry got shut down by Kevin fucking Love. We're dealing with forces outside the realm of human imagination at this point.
>We're dealing with forces outside the realm of human imagination at this point
>not jews
>Curry got shut down by Kevin fucking Love
the forces of evil (GSW) can not shut down the power of Love
Let us never forget the day lebron beat the warriors in a 7 game series down 3-1. Lebron? more like LeBEAT THE WARRIORS DOWN 3-1 James
Not even a global Jewish conspiracy could make Kevin Love an elite defender, even for one crucial play.
>Kyrie forces the switch onto Curry
>drains a clutch 3 in his face
>Curry forces the switch onto Love
>bricks it and loses the game
pure pottery
No denying it. Curry choked
oh shit John Wall isn't shook anymore?
*dab*
*hits vape*
*mini-boards away while wearing an Okafor 76ers jersey*
nigga you played yourself, i was baiting a response
...so i could do this
LMAO HOLY FUCK HINKIE STRIKES AGAIN. AYY81/HARRY HAS BEEN BTFO TO THE SHADOW REALM AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA THANK YOU BASED 7KT
>mfw the spurs are going to win the NBA championship and there isn't a fucking thing any of (You) can do about it
i agree
NBA is rigged though, didn't you hear John Cena's speech at the ESPY's?
hahahahahahha its the nerd from san francisco with the vista computer hahahahhahaha want me to ddos you lmao
oh wait the nerd with vista is from LA!! lmao! ubuntu guy is san fran
Brandon Ieatnograms is a bust
Will LeBeta ever recover?
>tfw I am still here
Sup, you miss me?
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
R O A S T E D
I still can't believe the Cavs won, it seems like some fairy tale. I'm not a LeBron fan, grew up in LA, so hated the fucker destroying us every Christmas, but props to him. He finally earned his nickname King James
wew lad
I ordered my Ingram jersey last week off AliExpress, are you guys getting any new jerseys this year?
>tfw 2 more weeks til it gets here
REEEEE, I want it now
>Wearing another man's name on your back
my nigga
Wew Kobe
we outchea! we got da best young team in the league and the best team in the league!
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Don't let some proxyspammer let you forget the 73 win Golden State Warriors blew a 3-1 lead in the NBA Finals with the first unanimous MVP.
>mfw
Go wizards pls check in, are you ok lad
Wizard fan here
Yes I'm okay
We really still out here tho
Shaq>Hakeem>Ewing>Robinson>Alonzo>Mutombo
Agreed?
Except win up 3-1 in the Finals
Or get Finals MVP
Or prove that the first chip was anything but a fluke
Robinson was the last person to record a quadruple-double in the NBA. Truly a GOAT era of basketball.
pretty much the perfect end to the season
Pretty much the perfect season period.
Shit was lit.
Could Whiteside possibly do it?
I saw some shit that showed Westbrook gets more than 30% of his points from transition. That's fucking insane. With Oladpio right next to him that's even more insane. OKC has a bunch of young athletic players that can run the floor, imagine if they played high tempo and reduced their half court sets. Would be insane.
Both are great at stealing.
Run traps like the Payton-Kemp Supersonics and imagine how many steals and transition points they'd get.
If only one was a better spot up shooter, their transition offense could be even deadlier
Abrines is a great spot up/ catch and shoot player, plus Morrow, if they're playing SF and can keep up that would be even better.
>It's a Meek Mill catches ANOTHER L episode
JUST
Don't. Dion Waiters guy will start posting.
The Game just fucking MURDERED him
The Game? What is this? 2002?
LMAO Nigga hasn't even had a hit in a fucking decade without hopping on some other "rapper's" dick.
Nothing but L's
RIP Philly
Yes, all that useless extra muscle forcing your heart to more work than it should is awesome.
Kinda like being obese.
wew
Lover.
nttawwt, it's 2016 ffs.
WE GOT PAID BABYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY
>WE
iktf bro
Didn't he do military service in greece? Hope he can still develop that jumper in the off-season.
yeah he did, but he half-assed it because when you are that big and famous, you can squeeze around this shit
yeah if he gets a consistent jumper, it will allow him to be a better point forward, because he'll strech the floor and find easier looks. that's the big step he's gotta take imo
Too bad he will never have one just like literally every other point forward. He won't even be LeBron tier as a shooter.
Giannis kinda improved if you kept track of him in the off-season. It seems when he does take threes- which isn't often- he ends up making them.
Sometimes he gets a flash of what could be, like that one Celtics game.
one day we'll take a stroll down the river walk my man, hand in hand, you and me and our 2020 championship gear
>Giannis kinda improved if you kept track of him in the off-season. It seems when he does take threes- which isn't often- he ends up making them.
A lot of ifs and sometimes.
He's trash.
>trash
you're trash, bitch
Your graph shows he became an even worse 3 point shooter.
Trash.
Three point shooting?
Who gives a shit. Literal fucking meme for casuals.
Just attack the rim and spam mid rang jumpers and you're fucking gold.
This
I know bitches gon be bitches but I love them hoes
you just KNOW
robinson was better than ewing
List ways to improve /nba/ general
so funny, it's like /nba/ is just biding it's time knowing the Warriors will win the next 5 titles. this is the path you chose. the final death shakes of a btfo board
more bully and curry posting
did someone just post? my filter appears to be working perfectly
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posting rare currees
regular season starting is the only way.
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I miss 2011-12
Had a rough month, sorry Kyrie. I'll do better next month.
bro how did you gain 4 lbs in a week
probably by sitting down watching anime all week you gook lover.
if you eat the right foods it feels like you're eating nothing at all
Im eating low carb and ate at my inlaws yesterday, who cook nothing but carbs and sodium heavy food, so when i weighted in this morning i was 304
fyi i'm fit and also not a kpop fan so "gook lover" isn't as accurate as "weeb"
does that mean you gained 4 lbs in a DAY? you ate 4 lbs of food in a day? dude
Anyone fuck with the i am rapaport stereo podcast?
best tangentially basketball related podcast out there t bh
Raptors
lakers bulls
He grew up on the east side of Manhattan. He has a brother named Erik Rapaport.[1] His family is from Poland and Russia, and he is Jewish.[2]
>and he is Jewish
>Jewish
en.wikipedia.org
no, fuck no.
76ers knicks
Twolves
what an odd conglomerate of human existences
Give the latest ep a listen and i gurantee youll love it
>being fat
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
THEY WERE UP 3-1
73-9
UNDISPUTED MVP
Congrats on losing 36 lbs.
Go to bed Harry
>fastforward to 4:51 for an epic Cred Forums meme
>Game
kek
@71377370
did you skip to 4:51?
then don't do it...
@71377512
Don't @ me ever again with that fuck nigga's shit.
71377644
I wouldn't @ you if you were the only guy in this thread
71377787
Stop it. Just stop it.
>the two guys replying to each other indirectly.
pic related.
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Dumb frogposter. Nice tumber filename.
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>going that far to avoid @ing someone
bruh look at this DUDE
Hold on, I just went back to the original post I made and realized I was @ing OP. Boi you're a triple fuck nigga if you aren't OP and you responded with that wack ass Game diss.
OP here, just making a broad statement, but anyone who @s me and/or uses the word 'nigga' unironically is a fucking joke to their family, community, and race. So please, refrain from @ing me, and being a non black user of the word 'nigga', good day.
Thanks senpai, im going to try harder this month, i just got a exercise bike to supplement my lifting program
i cant tell if you guys are joking about the weight loss or not anymore. it's a meme right?
No
I think anybody claiming to be OP to avoid looking like a fuck nigga should post proof or stop posting forever.
@71378358
dude...you're a big boy...
>305.6
that's a dangerously unhealthy weight pham, lay off the hot pockets. and workout or something. forreal, not trying to make fun of you (even thoguh i am fatty) get healthy bro.
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Thanks lad, yeah went into depression for a while and just ate ate ate. Gotta change it up
DAT 92 BARS DOEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
>Gotta change it up
got shake it up? the taco bell breakfast defector? something new? people who mind matter and those who domt mind dont matter? free throws?
Take these two (you)s and call me in the morning
>Known for putting cheese on niggas heads the way the Packers do it
>And I had the yay, yea I brought crack to music
>Every situation in rap, I've been a savage through it
>And all these hoes getting mad cause I'm smashing through 'em
>They can get a ring one day, if the Cavs can do it
>Be LeBron bitch, I'm Jayceon bitch
>Who else you seen parked at the swap meet in James Bond shit?
Fantasy draft is Saturday at 3:00pm EST
me in the middle
Me on the right
>up 3-1
>advanced analytics
>Tue, Sep 20
>The rumored trade of John Wall to the Pistons is reportedly not true.
>Rumors have been circulating surrounding a trade that would send Wall to the Pistons along with Markieff Morris, while the Wizards would get Brandon Knight, Jahlil Okafor, and pieces. Furthermore, the 76ers would get Reggie Jackson, while the Suns would get Tobias Harris and pieces. There appears to be nothing behind this rumor, but we'll keep an eye on the situation.
THEY KNOW! AHAHAHHAHA JOHN WALL RUN!! THEY'RE TRYING TO KEEP YOU SHOOK, RUN JOHN WALL RUNN!!!
I wish I had friends like this desu
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It's dead, Jim.
This shit general should go to
so that you fucking will be on the proper board.
My name is Josh from Amazon
Come on, do something /nba/
...hola
Olympic basketball should be changed to the same format as the Hockey World Cup, where Europe has one team, Latin America has one team, Africa has one team, and Canada can join Aus/NZ
Can we trade you for Sam?
>posting /nba/ pastas on memebook
baka famalam
It would be a Spurs fan
>not posting the full version
1.Only player in NBA history to quit because of Air Conditioner.
2.Quit on his team the year after he promises a championship.
3.Dunked on by a high school kid then confiscates the tape.
4.Bail on the dunk contest 9 times.
5.Only able to win a ring with 2 superstars.
6.Play on same team as his moms boyfriend.
7.Average 1.8 pts in the 4th quarter of NBA finals.
8.Lose not 1, not 2, but 4 times in the Finals.
9.Host a national televised TV show to leave his team.
10.Go 2 for 18 in an NBA playoff game.
11.Get stuffed by a player under 6 feet. (Nate Robinson)
12.Flop every single game in the playoff 5 out of 6 finals games by dropping FG% by 18.
13. most bandwagon fans
14.0 Rings if not for refs calling early fouls on Durant and Westbrook it threw them out of rhythm, made them play soft, and sit for big parts of the game which changed the flow and momentum of the finals.
15. First person to show his dick and lose in a Finals game.
16. got shut down by a bench player who ended up getting finals MVP
17. could not post up jj barea
18.got outscored by Jason Terry in an entire finals series
/dead/ general
Because Harry's shitposting is unstoppable. The saddest thing in the world is he didn't actually an hero.
muscle weighs more than fat.
>LeGod literally RUINED Cuckry's life
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
>tfw curry has PTSD flashbacks about Kyrie hitting a wet ass 3 in his face
I've analyzed this pattern several times and I need a senior forensic divison manager to confirm my suspicions that this user is mad af
>lebron is our guy
HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
/nba/ will ignore this
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So who's running an auction league?
did the cameraman die?
>tfw was here for /nba/ in it's prime
Johnson, Shaq said Hakeem was better than him. You can drive to the TNT Studio and ask him yourself and he will give you the same fucking answer he gave in 4 interviews. He talks about blitzing Robinson, about how beating Ewing was one of the highlights and set him on the path and how Mutombo was a sunovabitch who could jump and do nothing else.
He says he was never able to get the better of Hakeem. In his own words: "I couldn't."
In many ways, Hakeem was the center Shaq wanted to be. He had the ability to dribble drive, pull it out to 14-16...Shaq often showed some of that during all-star games but Hakeem had a much better handle and shot than Shaq
Maybe if Shaq had played for a coach other than Phil Jax in his prime, his game may have evolved different
I disagree there. Shaq was who he always wanted to be... but I suspect he rode on athleticism and talent rather than actually, you know, work it like everyone else on 's list. Phil said that in terms of raw talent and athleticism, only 2 guys ever impressed him... but both never put it into practice enough to really burst out. Those two guys were... O'Neal and Rodman.
Jackson once said if Shaq put in half the effort Kobe put in the development of his game, we wouldn't be asking how close Kobe was to Jordan - we'd be wondering who'd dethrone Shaq from the mountain. Not to say I don't love the guy, he's the most entertaining player to watch and follow; it just makes me giddy to see him bully people down there.
I think in terms of potential, Shaq just played to reach a level he thought was enough and didn't look further than that. Jordan, Kobe, Duncan... all of them worked on their games in addition to having that talent, but Shaq, who RODE on it, had more of it than any two combined. He just didn't actually put it out outside of that 1999-00 season, which I still have up there as THE season of seasons since the ABA-NBA merger.
This
Shaq actually said himself that when
he entered the league he realised that most centers were aging and he could dominate only with his strength rather than polishing his game.
youtu.be
senpai did you know you look just like Dante Exum?
No thanks for telling me so.
yw felipe
But that was during his younger years and Shaq literally dominated the league for 3 years straight. Something Hakeem could never do.
I don't care who's a more skilled player. All I care about it results. And Shaq was the most dominant center ever. Because not even Wilt could win one ship or beat Russell.
>tfw you never got to see the big man era and it'll never come back
What is John wall shook meme?
>He
>Doesn't
>Know
youtube.com
Giannis' contract extension press conference.
None shit version
TYBUD
K Love wrote an article about his time in UCLA.
Talks about Russ.
>The first teammate I met after I got to campus was Russell Westbrook. I was on Bruin Walk. I was fresh out of high school and was rocking a new buzz-cut (the first haircut in years my mom hadn’t given me). All I knew then was basketball … which is another way of saying I didn’t have any style.
>Russ, who was going into sophomore year, had both style and confidence … through the roof.
>“Hey man,” he said. “Where’d you get that backpack?”
>People were stopping to listen in to Russ digging into me. Russ always attracted a crowd, even then. He was smiling ear to ear. I could tell he didn’t necessarily mean it as a compliment.
>Before I could say anything, Russ went on.
>“Damn, how big are those Jordans?”
>He was already testing me. I knew I was going to like this guy.
>Russ and I ended up being roommates on the road. I think we had an immediate bond because we had common goals coming out of high school. We’d lie around our hotel room talking about making it to the NBA.
>Sometimes Russ could be a stubborn roommate. We butted heads because we were competitive about everything. We competed at video games. We played hundreds of hands of a card game called “13.” (I still maintain that I’m up by one point.) We showed up to the gym early (he was somehow always there before me) to lift, study film and get in some extra shooting.
>We were even competitive over the temperature of the room.
>You know the Curb Your Enthusiasm episode where Vivica’s character is sick in bed and Larry keeps adjusting the thermostat? That was me and Russ.
>Our thermostat battles would go something like this….
>“Minimum 74,” he’d say.
>I needed the room cold. Around 68 was perfect.
>At night, Russ would jump up from bed and turn the dial way up and then five minutes later I would sneak over and turn it back down.
>One time I offered a compromise — “How ‘bout 71 degrees?”
>“Seventy-three,” Russ replied. “Final offer.”
>See what I mean? Dude is stubborn.
>Over time, I got to see another side of Russ, too. Like the first time he talked to me about a girl named Nina. She was on the women’s basketball team. He would go on and on about her.
>Just last summer, I got to see Russ and Nina get married. That just about sums our Bruins team up. All these years later, we’re like family.
That's it. Rest is about Wooden and just general stories and love for the college. Then he matched Westbrook's record setting donation to the school.
Another great one about AI.
theplayerstribune.com
Do you think that the rivalry will keep on going?
This one about Shaq, written by Phil Jackson.
theplayerstribune.com
>My goal with that Laker team was to get Shaq serious about his career. At the time, Shaq was in movies, he had his rap stuff going on, he was in TV commercials and he was generally just bigger than life. In a dinner before preseason camp in ’99, I told him that he should make it his goal to be the MVP. In fact, I suggested to him that, by the time he retired, they should rename the trophy the Shaq Award!
>In the first week of the 1999–2000 season, I stopped him coming off the floor during a timeout and asked him: “What do you think was Wilt’s greatest accomplishment?” He quickly and confidently replied: “Averaging 50 points and 30 rebounds a game.”
>I shook my head.
>“Nope, he averaged over 48 minutes a game. Do you think you could do that?”
>Walking out of the timeout huddle, he looked back at me.
>“He could do it. So can I.”
What rivaly? It's fucking over. Steph isn't even the best player on his team anymore. He was just some fad while LeBron has been dominant for more than 6 years.
>Steph isn't even the best player on his team anymore
Who is?
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I hate Curry as much as the next guy but he is better than KD. Curry has been exposed this year BUT he is still good not the best PG ever like his dick riders said he was but good.
JaVale McGee
JaVale McGee
JaVale McGee, duh.
Nah, Curry is a meme fad player that's only a product of the offensive system. Now that their bench is dead and KD is taking his touches his stats will go down and he'll be even more exposed.
I think combo guard/ two point guard back courts will be the future of the NBA. Having two scoring point guards with a good sense of when to pass and when to attack just seems more better than a traditional PG-SG dynamic.
Like a guy like Kyrie is more inclined to be a SG than a PG but he also has a good sense of when he needs to pass it, although he still takes a lot of shots and may need to pass more.
Put a better passer like LeBron next to him and it offsets some of those weaknesses. I see OKC now has Oladipo, a combo guard himself who has plenty of experience playing point. Especially with Westbrook who early in his career didn't want to pass as much but recently has become one of the best assist men in the league and has an elite assist %. If they can work out their dynamic you've now got two distributors on the floor when KD was more of a blackhole in ball movement and a score first man.
Who tf up?
Wake your ass up /nba/, let's talk ball.
Milwaukee paying giannis 100 mil is strange because he hasn't hit his potential yet but I guess that's what their banking on
It's around half 9 in the morning on the west coast and it's a weekday, if you're not awake right now you should probably reconsider your life choices
They want to lock in all their core players while they're young and feel good about the bucks future. You don't want them to leave as soon as shit goes south or there's turbulence. A common tactic of small market teams that know they have a disadvantage in free agency.
OKC did something similar.
I would do the same. Offer him the max now so someone else doesn't get the chance. He's differently going to get better, the only thing that could stop his development is injury, but that's a general risk to all NBA players no matter how much money involved so just take the risk ow because no risk no reward. You can't play it safe if you're the Bucks and have their record of failure at this point.
Who says no?
The Kings do, even if you were also sending good picks alongside this. I don't think they want to go back to rebuilding and will only do so once Boogie leaves for free and they realise how fucked they are.
No one. OKC isn't giving up prospects for a one year contract URFA.
On Friday, Sept. 23, OKC, Rockets, Pelicans, and the Knicks will have their annual media day.
All times EST
1:30 p.m. -- Oklahoma City Thunder
1:30 p.m. -- Houston Rockets
2 p.m. -- New Orleans Pelicans
2 p.m. -- New York Knicks
NBA Preseason starts Oct 1st.
basketball.realgm.com
First ones are GS vs Raps, Mavs vs NOLA
10 more days lads. 10 more days.
Leave Golden State to us.
Excited for those OKC vs. Liga ACB games.
>NBA Rumor: Lakers and Metta World Peace reach agreement on new contract (via Shams) - BR
Sam Presti held a pre training camp press conference.
okcfox.com
Link includes a video of the entire thing and below are some transcriptions of the most interesting comments.
Sounds like they're moving towards being a defensive team, want to focus of being adaptable on size and don't believe in the just go small meme like they proved in the WCF using length and size to beat all the switching on offense. Also want to be more defensive minded.
Westbrook will continue to evolve as a player and work hard.
Said he was disappointed in McGary and his suspensions. Will still allow him to compete for a roster spot in training camp.
basketball.realgm.com
>Paul George and the Indiana Pacers discussed the possibility of a contract extension this offseason. George is eligible for an extension beginning September 25th.
>James Harden and Russell Westbrook signed extensions with their current teams due to their cap space.
>George signed a five-year max extension in September of 2013.
>Lance Stephenson was asked how he decided to sign with the New Orleans Pelicans this offseason.
>"I liked this team, and I see a couple young guys that I could potentially help and show all the other stuff that I learned from other places, from guys like Chris Paul, Paul George, Paul Pierce," said Stephenson. "Just teach them, and help them believe and show them the right way to work out there and what it takes to make it to the conference finals, and getting that work in every day."
>With Jrue Holiday on leave to be with his wife during her health issues, Stephenson gives the Pelicans another ball handler.
>"We were actually talking before then. I was just weighing my options. I figured this was the best team to go to, and I can help this program win -- help the young guys in here and also help me at the same time."
>Stephenson was also asked if he regrets passing up the Indiana Pacers' five-year, $44 million offer in 2014 now that he's a free agent after only making a combined $18 million over two seasons.
>"I don’t think I really chose not to go there," said Stephenson. "I don’t want to get into that, but it goes with the business. We never came to an agreement. I’m not going to say I turned it down -- I didn’t do that. But I don’t want to dwell on the past. I’m happy with the position I’m in now. I’m just gonna move forward and work hard and get back to that elite basketball player that I was."
Everything in 2k has become a chore because you need massive amounts of vc to do anything. I only play quick games online now.
Hope he doesn't. Pacers aren't winning the ECF or the championship at this point. Missed out on their chance during the Hib-Lance ECF years. Now as an organization you're stuck in the hope you land great trades and don't overpay too much on a past their prime FA.
This. But I don't want PG to pull some bitch move like KD and form some super team. Partner with only one superstar and try to compete in your prime, hopefully the leg injury doesn't stop that.
NEW WHITE BITCH IN MY WHIP
PG13 to OKC confirmed.
>Westbrook
>Oladipo
>George
>Ilyasova
>Adams
Don't even @ me if you hatin.
so is the fantasy league closed desu
BREAKING NEWS
Scottie Pippen to Join ESPN as NBA Analyst
thebiglead.com
>Pippen, who won six titles as a player on the Chicago Bulls in the 1990s, is expected to be on air for about 50 dates during the upcoming NBA season, mostly on The Jump — the daily NBA show hosted by Rachel Nichols that debuted last season — and on SportsCenter.
>As we reported earlier this month, NBA Countdown will have its host roles split between Michelle Beadle and Sage Steele this season. Jalen Rose will remain on the show. With Doug Collins headed from a studio analyst role to color commentary on games, ESPN has still not firmed up its analyst roles on Countdown.
>The source said that ESPN is “casting a wide net,” and confirmed that this has included “exploratory” talks with Magic Johnson and Kobe Bryant. This is logical because both are big names based in Los Angeles where Countdown is taped. However, it was characterized by the source as “less than probable” — though not impossible — that Magic would rejoin the network, and it sounds like far less of a chance that Kobe would regularly be on the program.
>In-house possibilities from ESPN for Countdown spots include Chauncey Billups and Tracy McGrady.
T-Mac and Pippen on the Jump = GOAT
Billups is good at analyzing games, he should be on countdown. Get rid Jalen, his ass is annoying.
>BREAKING NEWS
Who the fuck made this? Looks awful.
BREAKING NEWS
You're a faggot
OH SHIT
HAHAHA
BTFO
#GOT EM
Holy fuck, I don't think he'll ever recover.
PUT THAT ON A T SHIRT
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kek
KEK
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AWWWW SHIT, THIS SHIT JUST GOT REAL
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You guys say this general is gonna improve but im just not seeing it.... I think we need to take drastic measures and bring back Clips
>“It’s not even close,” Harden said of the mentality heading into camp compared to last season. “We’ve doing something I haven’t since I’ve been here in Houston. Just trying to shake things up, just trying to make sure we really know each other in and out on and off the court. I think that will translate to a better team.”
>Harden said last season’s disharmony was “an extremely big problem.”
>asked about what he hopes to accomplish beginning with Saturday’s first practices, he said, “To build something that I haven’t had since I’ve been here, that’s everybody on the same page, everybody in the same boat.”
clips came back, and swiftly got btfo'd
he'll be back again though, he always visits the old haunt
Nah, we need 7kt or Canada OC man back, but you fuckers ruined that
i just want my haikyuubro back desu
keep your memelords thanks
fuck Food4Lyfe (daily reminder that i created that nickname)
no because Sam posting here as a trip just leads to autism, hes like the wind, a free spirit he comes and goes..
Are u essay writing german or recipe posting German?
those are the same guy and i'm not him
He's the german weeb
they're both the janny and he moved back to the states
We need gowiz back desu senpai
Please come back Hinkie
So ur the spursfag right? And the other guy is knicks.
there's me,
knicksguy who now moved to the states but you can recognize him anyway,
the dubsguy,
and another spursfag actually who rarely posts but always throws me for a fucking loop whenever i see a german spurs post that isn't me
and there's ismet i guess
cute anime girl for your enjoyment
>all this lore i missed
Fuck off. go wiz didn't contribute shit
>mfw gomeds and 7kt literally cannot come back
>VLR
>Anime
weeb games are anime too, pal
>gowiz
>being that fat
Men fuck lebron and his bullshit.
>bosh interview with lebron james and maverick carter on lebrons james media outlet
This is not about on court shit but lebron is just twisting a knive in heat fans
what do you think familia
God Awful
Get the fuck over it faggot it's been 2 fucking years.
Look at me in the eyes and tell me the Los Angeles Lakers are going to win more than 30 games next season.
What a bunch of fucking losers.
Not even going to win 20
why
Another fucking Sonics player that ended up broke and addicted to drugs.
si.com
What the fuck was wrong with that organization?
The NBA had a huge drug problem in the 80s-90s as America on general also did. Then Seattle itself is depressing and had a drug epidemic. Add having losing seasons post Kemp-Payton, bad management, declining fan support and ticket sales, and it just happens.
>Swift wasn’t the target at 6 a.m. that Saturday, in October 2014, when a SWAT team descended on a one-story house in Kirkland, a suburb northeast of Seattle. No, Trygve (Trigg) Bjorkstam was the one dealing the heroin and meth, the one who’d attracted the junkies and whores to the four-bedroom house on a leafy street, less than a block from an elementary school. He was the one who always carried a loaded pistol in a shoulder holster, even in the house; who cut the meth with Coca-Cola to increase volume; who was so paranoid about being ripped off that, according to court records, police discovered 26 firearms on the property, including a grenade launcher.
>26 firearms on the property, including a grenade launcher
>cut the meth with Coca-Cola to increase volume
lol faggot
InsideHoops.com: Your NBA career just began, but do you have a favorite moment in the league so far? Aside from getting drafted.
Booker: Playing against Kobe. Got a chance to play against Kobe, one of my childhood idols. My first year, and the year that he's leaving, it's just crazy how I can always say I got a chance to play against Kobe Bryant.
InsideHoops.com: Did you get a chance to talk to him?
Booker: Yeah, we actually talked for like 15 minutes after the game. He called me [into] his locker room. We had a long conversation. He told me a lot of stuff, and stuff I've heard before but when you hear it from Kobe, it sticks that much more.
InsideHoops.com: What's the most memorable thing Kobe said to you?
Booker: Be legendary. He signed a pair of shoes for me, and wrote "be legendary" on them also. That's something that is always going to stick in my head.
InsideHoops.com: That must be so cool, to be a pro, but then meeting the guy who helped inspire you to even be here.
Booker: He inspired me. He changed the game of basketball. Changed the city of Los Angeles. Just incredible. The way he went out and got love on every road trip he went on. If you wouldn't want to go out like that, I don't know why you're playing the game. So that always sticks in my head while I'm playing. When I'm done, I want to be remembered as someone like Kobe Bryant.
insidehoops.com
I love it when memes blend with real life in an odd way.
well they are related after all, even if it's not blood related
>tfw the NBA starts kneeling for the anthem
i gotta say the mods here are pretty based on one thing and that's not letting that political bullshit ruin this general
if you go to /r/nba the cucks over there let it run every thread, and there's 4-5 blm threads up at a time, with posts about "starting a conversation" getting a billion upboats
>unironically browsing r/nba
SHREDDED
I despise the warriors as basketball players but I'm starting to like Curry as a person. What do?
just like all of /nba/
Curry faggot here. Haven't been in this general in months.
Looks like it's still a shit infested AIDs hole. I'm out.
>I'm out.
Good and also don't come crawling back when the season starts Nigel.
>Looks like it's still a shit infested AIDs hole.
Same could be said about your mouth bitch.
Consult a dentist faggot.
HOLY FUCKING SHIT
IT JUST DOESN'T STOP
NOT AGAIN
Nigel banished to the shadow realm.
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#PRAY FOR NIGEL
It just keeps happening.
Goddamn man. That man has a family for Christ's sake.
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>AIDs
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome, dipshit.
no, thats gay. stop being gay.
OH LAWD
