NBA Thread: The Offs - Round 1

Funny Ja Morant tiktok

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTRGxC2Py/

 

The most embarrassing thing in that video is his 1.5 pushups on the court.

 

does pushups like bolsonaro

Spoiler

 

It’s deal zone szn

 

And the corresponding photoshop, as is custom.

 

And this is the final move to make Miami devoid of players who have weird versions of the name Dwayne.

 

I don't want to get too crazy because I'm afraid the Pistons would be the kind of team that would trade for him or sign him for this, but this is funny

 

LeBron trying to break Kareem's record with a sky hook would be...?

 

Corny is the correct answer to that question, but others might want to be wrong about it

 

Meatball is convinced that is exactly how corn dog LBJ will break the record

 

Look, I didn't post that in here looking for some kind of context on the situation that makes LeBron look less corny.

 

I'm of the opinion it'll get set up to be a breakaway dunk with his patented right hand cocked way back, like his first career bucket in Sacto.

 

really wish there was a bigger gap in age between lebron and kd. would love a few years of a deep dive into kd’s burner acct stories but he might retire before lebron at this point

 

Putting the hate shield down for a second, it's important to note that LeBron and his team have played a significant role in creating that media complex. He and his team have been brilliant in that regard, in particular with how they leveraged the Bayless/First Take stuff to their advantage in the second half of his career.

I'm not sure anyone who comes after LeBron will ever be good enough or have the clout to be able to successfully pull that off, but I'm assuming there are going to be people who at least try.

 

Additionally I don't think any NBA players post-Lebron will claim the most ridiculous things like inventing "Taco Tuesday"

 

We had a VP of the US claim to have created the internet. The audacity of famous people should never surprise.

 

I think you're generally correct on this for the overwhelming majority of athletes/celebs, but I think the LeBron stuff was inevitable regardless of when he came through. The combination of individual dominance, historic levels of team success and staying power, combined with his personality and desire to be what he's become is leading down this road every time for an NBA player.

 

Brandon invented online? nice

 

Brad Nessler calling an NBA game lmbo

 

Nessler is awesome calling everything. I fell down a YouTube rabbit hole the other day on the 04 Pistons and he called the Pistons/Pacers game 2 that had 80 blocked shots (including the famous Tayshaun one on Miller). It was great.

 

He's great, it was just a shock to the system,I either forgot or never realized he called NBA games

 

loved Nessler calling the NHL back when I followed the Red Wings

 

ESPN/ABC had just gotten the rights to the NBA back a year before that, I think, and didn't have a bench of specific basketball PbP guys. Their Finals crew that year (Al Michaels and Doc Rivers) had never called a game together until game 1 of the Finals, I think. Michaels wasn't even doing basketball until then, and Rivers I think just started broadcasting that postseason because he was fired by Orlando earlier that season.

 

NBA thread - we only read posts that confirm our biases

 

This is why this thread seems so sparse to those of us with perfectly and completely objective and unbiased opinions

 

No we didn't

 

Sounds boring

 

There is joy to be found in tranquility, in the perfect stillness that comes with enlightenment

 

I'll belive it all as true if you buy all your clothes at Costco

 

And rooting for greatness

 

The first time in my life I've laughed while also becoming wiser

 

This game was the basketball equivalent of watching Michigan lose to TCU in the Fiesta Bowl this year, complete with the same result happening for Cleveland as TCU found in the next round.

 

HE IS HIM

 

Is there some kind of February or March Fools Day that I'm not aware of that this tweet fits into?