@databallr Thank you for saying this. I’m a warriors fan and always thought Kuminga was talented but all his best individual games we lost and a lot of the best team wins were below average stats for his talent. There have always been guys who could score but scoring matters w/ winning
Robert Parish on Jaylen Brown potentially being traded:
“First of all, you don’t get rid of a talent like Jaylen Brown unless he asked to be moved, not to mention the backcourt with he and [Jayson] Tatum is a proven formula. So why would you wanna make that move? I find it disturbing, and it’s uncomfortable, and not to mention I don’t understand — never have, never will — why ownership and management want respect and loyalty from players, but they only give you loyalty and respect when it’s in their best interest.”
via @hoopshype
Free agency is here and, right now, my TL is all LeBron, all day. Where's he going, what are the Warriors doing, etc. That's fine. He's LJ. I get it! But I'll tell you what I'm actually watching, and it isn't LJ and marquee guys. It's the OGs.
Don't get me wrong, I love this young NBA. These kids are so skilled it's almost unfair, and athletic in a way that's crazy. Different game now. A better one in a lot of ways, and I mean that.
Here's my thing, though. When I came into the league I didn't know anything, not really, and it was the vets who raised me. Guys like Ervin Johnson and Lindsey Hunter and Ray Allen taught me how to carry myself, how to be a pro on the nights nobody's watching. Taught me about money. Shoot, taught me about golf, about how to be a man. I needed that. Most of these young guys need it too, whether they know it yet or not.
So yeah. Harrison Barnes going back to San Antonio, that one was obvious. Russell Westbrook getting tied to DC? I love it for AJ Dybantsa and them. And if you've got a young roster you're trying to grow, you have to call a Khris Middleton or a Mike Conley. Get somebody in that locker room who's seen it, lived it, and can pass on that knowledge.
They can still give you minutes, sure. But that's not really why you sign them. You bring them in for the kid who's got all the talent in the world and no idea what to do with it yet. The vet pulls him aside when the coaches can't. Shows him the little things nobody teaches you in college. Shows him how to play the game, but also live the life.
Each one teach one. That's how it used to worked in the NBA. Let's make sure the young guys get that same guidance.
2016 Finals were completely rigged.
Draymond suspended retroactively. Steph fouls out on ghost calls in Game 6.
One of the most manipulated series the league has ever seen.
The Bam discourse today is a result of watching Screamin’ A. Smith and Kendrick Perkins for the past decade.
Putting asterisks on everything, saying nothing matters without a ring. The league and ESPN abandoned storytelling and good journalism, and now you’re seeing the result.
Calling MJ the most complete player ever while LeBron James exists is peak nostalgia blindness.
These guys are still mentally living in 1996, clinging to a version of the sport that doesn’t exist anymore.
The game evolved, but their criteria never evolved with the game.
Westbrook got a triple double, Banchero’s playing amazing as of late, the heat destroy the Pistons, Scoot Henderson had an elite game.
This all happened last night, but let’s talk about the GOAT debate again!
Focus on how little energy each player needs to exert in each possession, esp the off-ball defenders.
Contrast that with the speed and constant movement/cutting in today’s space-and/pace NBA.