Did we not all witness it help the Raptors win their championship?

I think the point is it’s easier to “crush in all departments” now than it’s ever been. Putting up stats in today’s nba isn’t as difficult as putting up stats in the nba from 1950-2015

You really want a thin 7’5 guy banging in the post regularly? Yeah that’ll really lead to a long career…

He called Ben’s nerve issue in his back? That’s interesting. Your dad must be a fucking wizard or something

Problem is they are doing their jobs properly. They just aren’t perfect, just as you are probably not perfect at your job either. You should also be shit on relentlessly for being a human right?

Do some of you even realize how stupid it is to do this every year?

Its wild how people are crowning a team for years to come that hasn’t even made the playoffs yet

Interesting how every single one of them is from 2014 to now lol Just shows how much easier it is to score now than ever. Luka has better stats than young Lebron who played in a dead ball era; If Lebron came into the league now he’d probably average 37/9/9

Julius Randle. Basically Zach Randolph with more spacing

You should be more upset with the criminal justice system than the nba

Shaq used to dump his literal piss & shit on rookies… If you actually knew what a trash person shaq is then you would know this is almost certainly how he genuinely feels

His job doesn’t depend on this though

Malachi Flynn, Killian Hayes, and Johnny Davis will all be playing in the NBL by 2025

Nobody actually likes playing that obese cigarette addict. He slow walks the ball up the court and holds the ball for the entire shot clock before passing to them at the last second for a bailout shot

He’s an elite player, but it’s very easy to understand why other great players wouldn’t wanna play Luka ball all night every night. For spot up shooters he’s amazing, but for other ball-handlers like Brunson & Kyrie it’s really a testament to them that they’re able to fit so seamlessly into a Luka ball offense

Just wanna point out that Adam Silver’s love of basketball is so genuine and the exact opposite of how other sports commissioners talk about their sport in such robotic lawyer talk. Im not even sure Roger Goodell is actually a human, or that Rob Manfred even likes baseball

You’re right, based on all available footage of his career only 70% of his shots were fadeaways, not 80%. I apologize for slightly exaggerated that one game in particular. The main point still stands though that his fadeaway was the most unguardable move in nba history, not kareems skyhook

“Go make the all-defensive team. I guarantee you - if you go make that, you get on the court, and if you’re on the court you’ll have to play offense too” - Kawhi Leonard

Too many people here severely under-appreciate 50% of the game of basketball. Love seeing posts like this highlighting how valuable an all-defense guy can be

And Wilt was a better post player than both of them. His fadeaway was just as if not more dominant than Kareem’s skyhook. It’s easily the most underrated & under-appreciated signature move in the history of basketball. Guy scored 100pts in a game with 80% of them coming from post fadeaways

I’d argue he’s not just the greatest athlete in nba history, he’s the greatest natural athlete in documented human history

7’1 with elite hand-eye coordination, track speed, a 40” vertical, and strong as an ox. He’s a mythical creature. Idk how you could possibly find a more well-rounded overall athlete than that

So why is Scoot getting so many minutes then? I guess shooting 5% from 3 with more turnovers than assists is what earns you playing time in Portland

There was a play last game where at the end of the quarter he could’ve held for last shot but decided to miss instead with enough time for the other team to get up the floor so he could foul them on a 3pt shot

He still makes some seriously bad mistakes that a lot of people here don’t notice because they only care about stats