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NBA 2022-2023 Season Thread
- NBA 2022-2023 Season Thread
Having closely followed Kyrie's career closely since the 2011 lotto (thank you Baron Davis and LAC for that #1 overall pick), I've been sitting back amused over the last couple days at all of the apoplectic reactions to Kyrie's demanding a trade. This is who he is. This should be utterly unsurprising. Not an excuse, but he has always been a different breed of cat. He's always been an absolute witch with the basketball and one of the most talented guys in the league. Kyrie's performance in that Cavs at Spurs March 2015 game is still the best regular season performance I've seen in the last 10 years (just an unreal game for him). But he was always aloof with his teammates, not good in the locker room, hated playing defense, and didn't seem to enjoy the grind - that basketball was a means to an end with Kyrie. It seems ludicrous to think about now, but during those 2012-14 years (pre-Lebron 2), there were some Cavs fans who thought the Cavs should keep DION WAITERS instead of Kyrie after it became apparent the two couldn't co-exist. Looking back on that, it's laughable but a lot of Cavs fans (even back then) were wary of Kyrie's moodiness, selfishness, and maddening idiosyncracies - that some fans (not a majority, mind you) suggested the Cavs keep Dion and get rid of Kyrie (even though Kyrie was supremely talented and Dion was...not) should tell you something. But it was because that Dion at least seemed like he cared about the game and there are times that Kyrie just couldn't be bothered to deal with fans, the press, coaches, or teammates. Then Lebron decides he can't win in Miami and his only other option is returning to Cleveland. Back during the lead up to the decision, Chris Broussard tweeted out that Kyrie didn't want Lebron on the team as he knew that Lebron would instantly suck up all the oxygen and spotlight on the team. It would forever be Lebron's team. Because it was Chris Broussard, that report was met with its requisite degree of skepticism for any Broussard report. But I've always wondered how much truth there was in that report and did Kyrie really not want to play with Lebron because of what happened eventually. I mean, Kyrie seriously considered demanding a trade IMMEDIATELY AFTER GAME 7 and his series-clinching shot! I mean, what the actual fuck? who does that? Kyrie was talked out of demanding a trade at that time, but that just lasted a year before he followed through and demanded a trade after the 16-17 season and said if he didn't get a trade he would have knee surgery and sit out the 17-18 season, so off to Boston he went. All of this is to say that this is nothing new with Kyrie. This (the wanderlust, the unpredictability, the aloofness, the moodiness, the strange beliefs) is who he is. Now, if another team wants to roll the dice and is tantalized by Kyrie's talent, that's on them. Not sure if a team will ever be a good enough fit for Kyrie, but I'm sure that there is some team out there that will convince itself it is.- NBA 2022-2023 Season Thread
- NBA 2022-2023 Season Thread
Kyrie to the Lakers has to happen. Has to.- NBA 2022-2023 Season Thread
Lolololololol.- NBA 2022-2023 Season Thread
- NBA 2022-2023 Season Thread
Either Dillon Brooks is a dirty player. Or his natural motion when he falls on the ground is to swing his arm to hit the nearest player in the nuts. One of those two.- Post a pic that makes you lol
- 2022-2023 Winter Weather Thread
Fort Worth and areas west should prepare their anus for tomorrow.- 2022-2023 Winter Weather Thread
- NBA 2022-2023 Season Thread
And right now the Raptors are a mess. OG is only signed for one more year and both FVV and Trent Jr will be declining their player options for next season. They need a reset badly and rebuild around Barnes.- NBA 2022-2023 Season Thread
If Memphis offers 3 unprotected first for OG, who says no?- 2022-2023 Winter Weather Thread
- 2022-2023 Winter Weather Thread
- Post a pic that makes you lol
- 2022-2023 Winter Weather Thread
Roads in DFW are proper fucked right about now. Thundersleet!- NBA 2022-2023 Season Thread
What with the refs rigging the game for the Celtics, last night was a great preview of what's going to happen in the playoffs. And lol at PatBev.- NBA 2022-2023 Season Thread
Before the season, I picked the Clippers to win the West and they are finally looking like a team that could do it. Kawhi looks like he's all the way back.- NBA 2022-2023 Season Thread
An interesting what-if to me - what-if Embiid's foot wasn't borked during the run-up to the 2014 draft? The Cavs would have likely drafted him instead of Wiggins (then probably shipped Embiid to Minnesota for Love). And had the Cavs had stuck with Wiggins, Milwaukee would have surely picked Embiid instead of Jabari fucking Parker. Imagine Greek Freak + Embiid on the same team...- NBA 2022-2023 Season Thread
- NBA 2022-2023 Season Thread
- NBA 2022-2023 Season Thread
- NBA 2022-2023 Season Thread
Oh please please please let this happen.- NBA 2022-2023 Season Thread
Couple things - 1) I think OKC would be foolish to blow their wad right now; just stay the course and see what's what in a year or so 2) The standard now for All-starish players is about 4-5 unprotected firsts / pick swaps, so OKC would need to offer more than the hypothetical deal mentioned above.- NBA 2022-2023 Season Thread
Are you including their rookie season in those stats? Because this season, it's Giddey that has a better...well...everything than Green. Don't know how to cut & paste from basketball-reference so I'll just link - https://stathead.com/basketball/pcm_finder.cgi?player_id2=greenja05&p1yrfrom=2023&player_id1=giddejo01&p2yrfrom=2023&sum=0&request=1&utm_campaign=2023_01_wdgt_player_comparison&utm_source=bbr&utm_medium=sr_xsite&utm_id=giddejo01 Maybe in the long run Green will turn out to be the better player, but the fact that they are comparable in Year 2 demonstrates that the Jalen Green experience needs a course correction, badly. Green was the #2 overall pick in a loaded draft and so far...guh.Football ... Basketball ... Baseball ... Other Sports ... Futbol ... 🤫995🤫 ... Gambling ... Movies & TV ... Music ... Hobbies ... Lulz ... Food & Travel ... Daily Texan ... Business & Markets ... Cloak Room ... Help ... For Sale ... Board Discussion ... Advertise... Tailgate DonationsBack to topAccount
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