NBA Thread: Thunderstruck

Josh Giddey > Larry Bird

 

He'd be like a 3 point contest Mac Macclung coming up from the G League in this era

 

but can tj mcconnell install a new sump pump?

I think not

 

Smoke breaks and getting paid overtime to unclog toilets around the arena during half time what a time it was

 

Used to hate Pop as a tribalist Lakers fan with them being our biggest rivals in Middle School and High School, shame on younger me

 

Ramona does all that work for Jeanie over the last decade and can't even get the courtesy of being able to break the news that they sold the team?

 

"whaddya mean we cant defer the money on this contract?"

- mark walter, soon

 

Luka is an ownership killer

 

That's crazy. How you feeling, Lakers fans? I'd probably fire Pelinka day 1 if I were the new guy.

 

that dodgers-japanese endorsement money must have hit like crack

 

I’m really excited to see how Ohtani is gonna fit in on the wing with Luka

 

Dr. Buss bought this team for $67.5 million

 

so the team is worth that but we don't know how much he paid and what his stake is now.

 

~1/4 billion in 2025 dollars

 

Jerry Buss in hell right now next to Red after his team just sold for $4 billion more than the Celtics did

 

Going to be interesting how long this man lets Jeanie continue to be the governor at this price

 

Wasn't that the same thing Cuban said the Adelsons were gonna let him do? Probably about the same length of time

 

Yea thats what I’m assuming but this guy also seems to have a pretty laid back ownership style besides writing big checks so he might let her have more time unless a fuck up happens

 

She’ll probably be like Magic is for the Dodgers where you get to sit courtside and be the public face of the franchise but not actually do anything important whatsoever

 

excuse me? His tweets are priceless

 

always been a fan of the hard cap*

 

Hell of a starting 5 here, although perimeter D is going to be an issue. Hopefully Abyss has been getting shots up in the offseason with him being forced to switch from PF to a potential 3 and D wing

 

How do people like and/or follow Bill Simmons for anything?

I cannot comprehend the level of corny white it takes to enjoy his content or posts

 

buddy have i got a thread for you

 

I do enjoy how much it irks Boston that the vast majority of folks roaming the earth today see the Lakers as the NBA’s historical flag holder, and not the Celtics.

 

101 in a Kia?!!! C’mon Zach!

 

I don't even know if I like it at this point, I've just listened for so long

 

No chance this goes awry

 

Wasn't this what Cuban was promised and then dismissed as soon as the deal happened?

 

I don't know what he was promised, but this was what they sold the public about that sale, yes

 

Ramona still the Jeanie mouthpiece

 

I am an extremely dorky and corny white.

and I enjoy Simmons podcasts with Russillo, Lowe, and House. I also love when the Celtics lose though.

 

Fine. I will buy the blazers

 

So what happens if new guy wants to fire the coach or GM and Jeanie says no?

If it's ceremonial and Ramona is the only person who believes Jeanie is in charge, that's fine. But if she's trying to sell the idea that this guy paid all that $$ just so someone else was over him in the org chart and that's just how it's going to be until Jeanie decides different, I wish them luck in that endeavor.

 

adam silver thank you for your heroic efforts to make sure owners are called governors

 

*please don’t talk to me about lakers’ Minnesota titles. I’m just shitposting

 

https://www.reddit.com/r/billsimmons/s/UYeahX0c5V

 

And every one of them has to connect through Dallas or Chicago

 

The taxpayer footing the bill for an arena that gets inundated with ultra wealthy away fans in the NBA Finals SHOULD radicalize thousands of Indianans against this countries economic policies but I won’t hold my breath.