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Beeiii

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@KingTaharqa getting his white ass knocked the fuck out. Them Nuggets fans don't take much to that shitty Lebron talk.

Nuggets 131
Lakers 126
Laker on 4-game losing streak( after Celtics put their King in the ICU)

Lakers Free fall from #2 in the west to #5 in only one week.

Lakers end of NBA season standing free fall to the play-in games :roflmao::roflmao2::roflmao3:
just to get swept in the playoffs by the Nuggets for the 4th time in a row( in the first round)....... :dance: :dance: :dance:
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Llano

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So Rockets fans, who stays in the starting lineup?

Bari goes down, Amen gets in, they play good, go on a streak, Bari goes to the bench in favor of Amen.

Amen goes down, Tari gets in, they play good, go on a streak...

... does he keep the starting role or does Amen get it when he comes back??

They've won 5 straight, and are 8-0 when he (Tari) starts. You get the same defensive intensity but a little better shooting from deep with Tari. He's not as intimidating as Amen mean ass but still you're getting the same player with slightly differing skill sets.

I honestly can't call it but it's a damn good problem to have. If Tari stays in the starting 5 I wouldn't be upset at all.

And either way, this is in large part due to the maturity of Bari... dude could have pouted losing his job to injury but he took it in stride and is still playing good minutes off the bench.

It's a win win at this point. Honestly I don't think we'll ever see Amen come off the bench again. He's probably Ime's favorite player & his stats as a starter show why he's a future star.

Jabari coming off the bench helps the depth at the big position & he's versatile enough to play a small forward as well.

I might catch some heat for this but Jabari is due for a new contract next year along with Tari. Jabari was a lottery pick and he'll probably want big money. If his price is too high, I'll let him walk & keep Tari. I think Tari just brings more to the team overall.
 

KingTaharqa

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Tony Allen, Derrick Rose, and Vince Carter wouldn't see no jersey retirements last decade. They were still being clowned on memes as being underachievers and losers back then. But thanks to Bron ending Jordan Brand and Kobe brands popularity and killing off ring culture, those dudes are able to get their flowers when they can still smell them. Body of work and impact means something again. :yes:
 

spider705

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It's a win win at this point. Honestly I don't think we'll ever see Amen come off the bench again. He's probably Ime's favorite player & his stats as a starter show why he's a future star.

Jabari coming off the bench helps the depth at the big position & he's versatile enough to play a small forward as well.

I might catch some heat for this but Jabari is due for a new contract next year along with Tari. Jabari was a lottery pick and he'll probably want big money. If his price is too high, I'll let him walk & keep Tari. I think Tari just brings more to the team overall.

Nah i agree 100%.

Gun to my head I'm taking Eason over Bari all day, everyday.

And that's not discounting the player that Bari is, because he's damn good. But i think he's pretty much at his ceiling... and if Eason is at his ceiling too, then Bari's only advantage is his height. That's not enough to make me pick him over Eason.
 

Beeiii

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I just checked the box score Bronny got 16 minutes to Cam Reddish 7 minutes...lol
It is written in LeBron's contract..."If I (hereby referred to as LeBron) am not present for a game, He (hereby referred to as Bronny) is entitled to all of my minutes with a minimum of 15 minutes...

Lebron to the Lakers....
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KingTaharqa

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Can Kobe Bryant pass Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and claim NBA’s scoring record?
By
Dan Feldman
Published December 15, 2014 05:20 AM

AP
Kobe Bryant has scored more points through his age-36 season than anyone else in NBA history, and he still has more than two-thirds of the year remaining.

He’s not limping to the finish, either. He’s nearly averaging the most points per game in a season for anyone so old.

And, most importantly, he’s healthy.

Kobe, who just passed Michael Jordan for third on the all-time scoring list, has a real chance to overtake Karl Malone and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar for most points in NBA history.

Here’s how the career scoring arcs of all four players compares:

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Kobe had a nice start, entering the league as a teenager and racking up points while learning on the job. He held his lead on everyone who’d come before him through his age 26 season, and then he started scoring at a Michael Jordan pace to keep up. At the age Jordan left to play baseball, Kobe took a big lead.

Meanwhile, neither Abdul-Jabbar nor Malone topped Kobe’s pace through his age. But both kept steadily producing late in their careers, especially Abdul-Jabbar, whose post-40 scoring was remarkable.

Here are scoring leaders after age 40:

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Only Robert Parish, who played 116 more games than Abdul-Jabbar after 40, comes close. Abdul-Jabbar himself has more than a quarter of all points by players in their 40s.

Abdul-Jabbar really took the all-time scoring title with his late work, and that’s why passing him so difficult. Plenty of players have scored as or more proficiently than him early in the career, but nobody can match him late.

Here’s how many points per game Kobe would have to average from here – if he plays every contest – to match Abdul-Jabbar’s career record based on number of seasons he plays after this one:


One: 43.4
Two: 27.4
Three: 20.0
Four: 15.7
Five: 13.0

Scoring 20.0 points per game between the rest of this season, in which he’s averaging 25.4, and three more afterward seems to be the sweet spot.

But Kobe’s contract expires after next season, and he said he can’t see himself playing beyond this deal. He also said he COULD physically play beyond next season, so who knows? His general manager thinks Kobe will retire in 2016, but his coach thinks Kobe might keep going. Kobe himself has taken a firm middle ground.

This is where it gets hard. Abdul-Jabbar showed an incredible desire to keep competing, and he had the good fortune to remain healthy. It’s a combination few can match.

Will Kobe pass Abdul-Jabbar? Probably not, but he’s given himself a fighting chance, which is pretty incredible.


Gen X in Latin means "underachiever" :yes:

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