Pelicans played the Lakers for sure like you said; they were never trading AD to them; and AD and his agent got played as well; they should have stayed quiet with it; Pelicans will get what the want in the offseason and AD better hope its a team he wants to go to; Magic hasnt been that great of a GM at all; Lakers better hope Kyrie wants to be a Laker, otherwise..........I'll give credit to Lebron, but his system is flawed for developing young talent.
Magic is trying to rebuild Miami Lebron here in LA and I don't agree with that. Keep the youth and sign 1 allstar to help lebron. One of those 5 young guys will break out and you have options and a deeper bench.
He's also drafting slow footed cac shooters where its obvious we need more athletes on the team. I like Ball, but Fox might have been a better fit with lebron. Right now we need Lonzo for defense cause our centers can't go all out all game.
Mo Wagner got shitted on in summer league by Bagely III and after I saw that I knew it was akid has no ups.
Now he just signed another weak CAC to surround Bron with but at this point you need to surround Bron with athletic guys that play defense.
Kuz needs to improve on defense and Ingram needs some steaks but they need to step up now.
Magic got played by the Pelicans and they aired him out to destroy the team knowing they weren't sending AD there. When the shit first broke he should have come out and said none of these 4 first round 4 2nd round and 5 dudes shit was real. Now all the kids are like fuck y'all
Official NBA 2018-2019 Thread - the end of the regular season is near
It aint on Luke; he didnt put that team together; Lakers got a tough schedule down the stretch....
Utah and GS was a good game tonight...2nd half of season should be very interesting for these top teams in the east and west....
That shit was nasty Ben got posterized
Over/under on luke returning as coach after the break
You can do the odds on him returning or you can do the over/under on how many more games he will coach. What you cannot do is over/under on him returning.
Question gotta be do they think they can make a run into the postseason, if so i’d Guess they’d retain him....
Dubs better pray KD wants to continue as Stephs sidekick the next 4-5 years, otherwise....
Mask do you see any big name free agents wanting to come play with Steph once KD leaves? Do you think Steph will return to being injury prone if he's asked to carry the load without KD the next few years?
Kd wants 4 rings at least. If they win this year maybe he bounces and tries to super friend up with Kyrie and Zion in NY. If they lose he might try and come back to redeem the squad. Anyway they should get a better series out of the East this year.
KD wants 5 rings bro. He wants to be seen as being better than Kobe. Another Finals MVP people will start to say he is. Bean only has 2.
The real question is how many times had Lebron asked/told magic to do it and how many times has magic said fuck off. Don’t thing Lebron can boss magic around like he has done his other gm’s
It was 2 am forgive my misspoken gambling terms
Yeah but bean only soft snitched on Shaq and fucked the Lakers out of 52 million. KD basically ran to the dude that beat him up and took his girl.
Iceman >>>>>>KD
He has more scoring titles, a higher scoring average, better rebounder. He's bout to have more Finals MVPs 2 of which are over Bron and less Finals losses. KDs Dubs have been more dominant than any of Kobe's Lakers teams. If they keep winning, it makes Kobes legacy in the West seem smaller.
Not really, Warriors have three of the best shooters ever. There’s a difference.
And when one thinks of the Warriors, they think of Steph. KD hitched along for the ride.
And no, I’m not dick riding Kobe nor clit riding Lebron. KD’s stats should come with an asterisk regarding his play at Golden State.
I’m not sure, I haven’t really been paying attention to them but what I did see is Luke really don’t have many fans on the roster.
Apparently Magic ain’t to high on him either....magic had a talk with him a while back.
I think he have the owners backing....
Media talking heads seem to paint the narrative that Rich Paul seem to think AD would come if Luke is replaced.
Like had a lil problem with McGee and Beasley about sets and no adjustments.
If those guys expressing dislike, we know Lebron and Rondo have a issue or two with the way shit is operating.
No one thinks of the warriors and only thinks of steph; they are a complete team; KD has made his mark and there will be no asterisks regardless of what he does after this season. Only fans that hate says shit like you just said; nobody can win consistently without help in multiple areas; it cant be done. And KD has played his part; along with Klay and Green and Iggy and everyone else.
No one knows what KD wants; I dont even think he knows; because if you really think about it, why would he leave Steph to play with Kyrie
that makes no sense whatsoever. Why would he leave GS to go play with one of the most dysfunctional organizations in the history of professional sports?? there is a reason why KP wanted far away from the knicks; it makes no sense. Even if they both went to the knicks, they still wouldnt be the best team in the east. And yet thats all the media is talking about. If he stays he has a great chance to win 3 more rings; that would be 6 for him; and yet hes thinking about passing that up?? I think KD heads is in another world...Maybe LBJ should run the ship because Magic isnt doing a very good job of it....
I don’t “Hate”, I just give my perspective. The Warriors are Steph’s team. Without him, they’re not winning a championship.
And of course they’ll be no actual “Asterisk”, but fans who know basketball know. Warriors didn’t need KD to win a championship. They just needed Draymond not to go dick kicking and they would’ve been playing for their 5th title in a row this summer.
Yes the Warriors are a complete team, more complete than any team in the league and it’s a beautiful thing to watch. Which is why KD wanted to be a part of it.
They not winning out Steph but they also lost without green. So to your point, doesn't that mean it's green team? Fans put to much emphasis on whose "team" it is. At the end of the day that doesn't matter. KD will go down as worst case the 3rd best small forward ever to play the game. 2nd or 3rd best ever scorer , ever! Top 10 or 15 player ever! His legacy will be fine regardless of whose "team" it is................
When I say it’s “Steph’s Team”, it’s not in the literal sense. It mean me he’s the face of the franchise. Harden is the face of the Rockets franchise, so it’s essentially “His Team”. Are you with me?
KD will have a great leagacy that’s not what’s in question. His legacy of leading a team on his back to a championship won’t be there if he continues to stay at Golden State. Of course you’ll say it doesn’t matter.
But it matters to him, and it matters to Kyrie.
And it also mattered to Paul George. He didn’t want to play under the Lebron umbrella.
Kobe Snaq Lakers roll the warriors 2001 2002. Diesel would average 40 18 and bean would 36 8 8 dude, stop it.
If He goes to ny won't be any different. Even with kyrie. They ain't winning in ny. And i agree with the face of the franchise part. You're spot on with that. But how many guys that are the face win chips? Harden ain't winning shit and unless something drastically changes he's going down as chipless.. So he goes to ny and becomes the face and don't win shit; but he stays in GS and wins 3 more and finishes with 6. Which one u think is better?
Your last one is a question that KD has to answer, and that’s a Big question!
We’ll see in the summer what his answer is. Stay on the Gravy Train or go create his own path. If he goes to NY with Kyrie, it’ll be KD’s team. Kyrie’s Celtics were one game from the Finals without him.
Like I said, your last question is HUGE!
To have the true respect as a champion from his peers, KD has to leave.
And go where?
Cause if it's he gotta go to his own team absent of stars and do it cool.
If it's he gotta go away from the warriors and team up with the ppl we wanted him to team up with but mad he didn't the first time
Then
Lmao
And that's where i disagree. That "true respect " thing is a fan thing. His peers knows he's a champion. Ain't none of them looking down on him. Only old players that are jealous because players now have power that they didn't have. ...
You’re wrong, Every former and current NBA great I’ve ever heard when asked said “I wouldn’t have done what KD did”.
Maybe you’ve heard different.
However, Shaq disagreed with Smith’s assessment. His response may have been the most interesting part of the segment. Shaq said he would’ve teamed up with the biggest stars in the league if players were creating free-agency built super-teams back when he was playing. He specifically mentioned Michael Jordan as someone he would’ve teamed up with if he had the opportunity. In fact, he said he and a friend were recently having this very conversation. “I told my boy the other day, if you could do that [back then], I’d have just gone to Chicago to play with Mike,” Shaq said. “But I didn’t know it was an option
Most people including Warrior fans view the Dubs as Steph's team. He will always have more rings and MVPs than KD and KD will always be in his shadow in the Bay. Steph is their highest paid player and got his long term. Bob Myers will never pay KD as much or more than Steph. Steph is their face.