NewStats: 3,261,434 , 8,173,992 topics. Date: Thursday, 29 May 2025 at 09:22 AM 3r472r

greypencils:
What you should ask yourself is 'Who in the world would vote Lebron first team when there is an obvious squad of first team ?' At least, there are only 2 deluded Curry fans. There are 17 of Lebron's. Who is Lebron replacing on that first team Giannis or Tatum or Jokic? If Lebron went down today, Nobody on that Lakers team would miss him. Lakers would retool if they have a sensible coach that can arrange the defence. Not so for any of the first team in their respective teams.

Atleast steph was still carrying his team with the opponents best defenders chasing him all through the game, he would probably still be playing if he hadn't been injured. He got injured and his team couldn't win one game. That is impact. We can see it in the plus minus.
Lebron has the worse plus minus among all players in the ALL NBA team, but first team, second and third.
What does he actually do?

A40:
If that Akpuruka analyst address am make I know wetin cause am..

These guys are Bronsexuals not actual fans of the sport so you can't be surprised at them playing ostrich.

The same stat warriors we tell to watch games and they bring up numbers when he plays vs when he's on the bench or not in the lineup are suddenly denying the impact of +/-

Stupid dolts we've been telling since that the numbers are Fugazi and watching the game shows LeBronze has lost several steps. They will deny it till he's handed his ass again in the playoffs.

You dey mind the guy. Nigga was questioning why Steph made an all NBA team while lebron is the real culprit. Lebron that has been sabotaging superstars since 2020. Lebron that cannot make the finals with prime AD or make it out the first round with Luka.
He disappears every 4th quarter, putting up garbage time numbers. I wonder who votes that fraud for this awards. There are clearly a lot of steadys in the NBA who can simply not accept the fact that their man is finished....

Does a lebron fan now moderate this section

The timberwolves are gonna get swept.
I still maintain that they aren't a spectacular team and only managed to beat the warriors because steph got injured in game 1, which was coincidentally the only game they lost.....

Omo. The thunder are leading by 20+ points.
Make Nuggets try again next year.....

Android17:
I just didn't want the Celtics to win it again so I'm happy they are out.

Me too bro....

My anger in all this, is that Minnesota would knock out Denver and get thrashed by whoever emerges from the East.
Knocking out contenders while not being contenders themselves....

larride:


His rent is due literally.

Playing out of his mind against a handicapped warrior team.....

Can't understand how many games Draymond has caused us.
You are playing without steph in a close game. The least you could do is stay in the game.
Now you fouled out due to some silly reasons....

A40:
What a game. This was bumper to bumper

Nuggets experience shining through

Kendrick where you dey? Can you see Jamal Murray in action? This is playoffs

You always have to remind him...

larride:


It's possible only if they don't rely too much on 3s. It will be undoing in this series If they keep at it. Only White has been hitting his shots, he should be the one taking the most 3s in that team at the moment. Not him and Big AI dragging 3s attempts.

Tatum and Porzingis has also been shite. See KAT getting whatever he wanted in the paint last night. Porzingis should be doing that also.

That is the only way they know how to win. And the playoffs is the wrongest time to start learning new tricks.
They ain't winning this...

etidy:
This has been the best NBA playoffs in a long time. Gritty play, solid defense, low scoring affairs, last second game winners, so many upsets, lots of small market teams doing well.
Cavs and Celtics are 2 game down and if Steph wasn't injured wolves could be down bad tomorrow too.

Is steph wasn't injured, I'm 99% sure, the Wolves would be out in 5 games max.....

Omo. Steph....
Not now

We'd have beaten this minnesota team easily...

When I tuned into that OKC match, they were like 10 points up at 4 mins left to play.
I went back to bed thinking they would likely win. Only to wake up to a Nuggets win..

Funny enough.
The warriors match up better against the timberwolves. They don't have the personnel to mark steph like that.
This series would be an easier series in my opinion....

I have totally not enjoyed the series. Not like the warriors are an exceptional team, but the Rockets made us look worse than usual. They were totally not interested in playing free flowing basketball. The defence was stifling and at times excessive. We had Brooks itting to swiping at Curry's injured thumb and telling him to play Tennis if he didn't want
On the other hand, the warriors also played some great defence this series.

Ime needs to get his boys to play actual Basketball. This strategy is not sustainable. You can't be the second seed and play like you are scared of a 7th seed.....
On to the next....

larride:
Ime don waste challenge. How can you challenge that play ffs

I thought you were a warrior fan bro....
I don finally catch you

Lol. I like to call shit as they are.
I no be all these lebron fans but steph is shitting in this series.
Imagine having Zero points in a tough game like this. His turnovers and reckless plays set the tone for the last 2 losses that gave the Rockets the lifeline they needed.
You can't just get heat up in one quarter and expect to win. What if the game is already lost by then?
You have to stay consistent and hit your shots from the beginning.
The Rockets are marking him real hard but that is no excuse.....

Well here goes nothing.
The Rockets are gonna knock out the warriors.
Steph and his team of bums can try again next year.....
If steph is tired of Basketball, he should his older brother Lebron and retire.....

larride:


Why should be bring back the starters when it was the same starters that went down 27pts before the start of the 4th. It will be unfair to th bench players to now bring in the starters when the were the one that went on a 17-3 run.

Lol. What kind of thinking is this?
Who won them 3 games? Wetin concern fair with winning games? Abi you dey whine?
The game was sloppy from the jump, rockets were hitting shots at an unusual clip, so it's expected they'd regress to the mean. He took off the starters because he felt the game was lost.
When he had a chance he should have brought them back. Ime brought back his starters when the lead was cut to 14.
Abi nah the bench players want win the game?

A40:
And the Warriors. Hmm. Well Game 6 will determine a lot of things.

Steph Curry has quietly been poor the last two games. The Rockets will have nothing to lose game 6 so the Warriors better know what they are doing

I don't know where the nonsense confidence from kerr emanates.
Granted the Rockets had an unprecedented 95% EGF% at the half but the lead was cut to 13 by the bench with 4 mins left and he never brought the starters back in.
Your team isn't clinical enough to guarantee a win at home. I hope he doesn't rue this decision.

birdman:


Dallas vindicated, Luka finally exposed. There is a natural tendecy to judge a player based on offensive output. But Luka is lazy. Always will be lazy. Which to me is worse than being injured often.

steady986 I warned you sha, you guys reduced in size and defense, and you expected to do better this year? The only team you could have takwn on was Rockets, even that one Im not sure you could win.

You guys lost last year to Denver, lost 2 years ago to Denver, lost to minnesota. The common denominator in all your losses is Lebron, who you never mentioned. When Davis was here, he was getting the flak for all the losses while Lebron was getting praised for every win even though Davis was your best player.
Today it's Luka, even though he scored more points and had more assist. While your guy had 3 points in the fourth this game and zero in the fourth last game and was a combined -15 both games.
Shameless people.....

And it almost worked because Draymond nearly gave the game away picking up so many fouls....

This is exactly what the rockets wants, and I hope Draymond learns or not...

So imes genius idea for beating the warriors, is to rile them up and make the game muddy, so the warriors do not get to play. Since they apparently cannot beat them basketball wise.

Great....

Fucking Ime Udoka and his team of crackheads.
They think injuring butler gives them an edge.
Butler would be ready for game 4, then it's game over for these lovers.
Steph is Imes Daddy....

The Clippers are gonna knock out Denver.....
And right now, they are the team to beat...

Randomly ed the conversation I had with someone about Paolo Banchero and Jabari smith jnr pre draft.
Dude preferred smith because according to him paolo had a weird name.
Today, Paolo is an all star while Smith isn't a starter in a rocket team that is full of role players....

birdman:


Take it easy na, the man was right. Maybe Doncic turns a new leaf with Lakers, but his defense has always been terrible, especially when he cant get going on the offensive end. Mavs as-is with Kyrie back is a force to be reckoned with. Worst thing Mavs can do right now is overreact, you have traded him, whats done is done. Get Kyrie back, get pieces that can keep you in the hunt when Kyrie or AD go down, and next year should be much better. The West right now lacks a true super team and Mavs have a good a shot as anybody else at becoming it.

The point is that, there is no franchise leading player on the team. Neither AD nor Kyrie are franchise leading players. They are both good ing casts. They lack the mentality.
Luka was a franchise leading player and a franchise leading player must not be perfect in every category. All the mavs needed to do was surround him with pieces that covers up his weaknesses.
How many defense Jokic dey play?
Offense wins championships bro, else Draymond would be the best player in the NBA.

A40:
AD wan use brick tear rim. Nico Mr "defense wins championships" I hope you're watching fvck nigga

I just saw a graphic that shows that Lebron is the only superstar with a negative plus minus even though he is on a winning team.

Help me understand am...

The Western conference teams would have a bloodbath trying to make it to the finals.
And then there's the Boston celtics, just cruising....