Acne to Phoenix looks like it's happening

[baseline bum]

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[baseline bum]

And boom goes the dynamite

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[lefty20]

Kept Ayton as well...

They got a nasty 4 man combo that's for damn sure.

[FrostKing]

In 10 years sports media will try and sell us he was one of the greatest

[Texas_Ranger]

Beta doing beta things. One of the biggest pussies in the nba history.

[horseshue]

Fuck, i'm gonna be forced to root for lakers and warriors against suns. :lol Easily the least likable team right now.

[Rummpd]

Darn the rich got richer and Beta gets to shine next to 3 others again.

[lefty]

lol Ben Simmons

[djohn2oo8]

Gotdamn I am on brick. Those Nets picks Houston got for Harden

[Monostradamus]

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Gonna be even more hilarious when Luka beats dat ass again :smokin

-Owns Booker
-Owns Ayton
-6-3 career record vs Durant (including beating the Warriors)
-CP3 career choker
-That PHX bench :lmao

Mavs in 6 easy.

[Monostradamus]

In all honesty the Nuggets still have the most complete team in the West. Phoenix fully healthy (lol) is theoretically second best.

[Chris Fall]

Agree.

Nuggz even match up well defensively against a Suns projected starting five. Gordon is a solid defender for Durant. No one's going to stop KD, but at least Gordon is big, young, and athletic and actually tries on defense. A combo of KCP and Brown on Book. And while Jokic prolly won't defend Ayton great, at least you know he'll give back on Ayton at the other end.

Meanwhile, Suns primary wing defenders are who... Torrey Craig and Landry Shamet lol?

I still like Denver in the West, barring injuries. Guys like KD or Steph or Luka could go nuclear for a series and upset them. But my betting money would be on Denver.

[MultiTroll]

Wonder what other offers for Pizza were made?

[MultiTroll]

Fuck, i'm gonna be forced to root for lakers and warriors against suns. :lol Easily the least likable team right now.
There would be no winners in that scenario.

Rooting for the Warriors and Lakers? That is sacreligious.

[baseline bum]

Gotdamn I am on brick. Those Nets picks Houston got for Harden

LOL that 24 pick is going to be gold. Brooklyn ain't gonna win shit with Bridges as its best player and only the taxpayer MLE to offer this summer to free agents. That 26 pick should be nice too and guessing by 25 the Rockets are going to be better than the Nets and thus able to use the pick swap too. Rockets definitely a big winner in this trade deadline.

[Donald Sterling.]

Another product of the Lebron era. He started this shit. Durant simply followed the blueprint.

It will be a good day, when Lebron, Durant, Paul and whoever's left from that generation is out of the league.

[Chris Fall]

Player empowerment isn't going away, even after LeBron and his contemporaries retire. Kyrie, Ben Simmons, Harden did the same thing. And that's after Dwight Howard, Anthony Davis, Kawhi among others also strong-armed their teams. Superstar players will continue to control the terms of their playing careers.

What the owners should try to do to gain back some leverage and control is negotiate a contract dissolution clause in the next CBA that stipulates when a player demands a trade, the remainder of his contract will become void and his next team retains no Bird rights, meaning he can no longer get a Supermax deal over the next couple years.

NBA money is so big now that it won't completely stop trade demands. But there does need to be some tangible consequences to players like Durant and Kyrie and Harden when they act like bitches.

[FrostKing]

https://i.ibb.co/XVvNynS/merlin-154762287-4aba12ca-53ea-44a0-9fd6-979848233b82-super-Jumbo.jpg

Rich black-americans greatest fear

[Momo]

Player empowerment isn't going away, even after LeBron and his contemporaries retire. Kyrie, Ben Simmons, Harden did the same thing. And that's after Dwight Howard, Anthony Davis, Kawhi among others also strong-armed their teams. Superstar players will continue to control the terms of their playing careers.

What the owners should try to do to gain back some leverage and control is negotiate a contract dissolution clause in the next CBA that stipulates when a player demands a trade, the remainder of his contract will become void and his next team retains no Bird rights, meaning he can no longer get a Supermax deal over the next couple years.

NBA money is so big now that it won't completely stop trade demands. But there does need to be some tangible consequences to players like Durant and Kyrie and Harden when they act like bitches.
Players should have control over their careers, especially black players.

[Bill_Brasky]

Agree.

Nuggz even match up well defensively against a Suns projected starting five. Gordon is a solid defender for Durant. No one's going to stop KD, but at least Gordon is big, young, and athletic and actually tries on defense. A combo of KCP and Brown on Book. And while Jokic prolly won't defend Ayton great, at least you know he'll give back on Ayton at the other end.

Meanwhile, Suns primary wing defenders are who... Torrey Craig and Landry Shamet lol?

I still like Denver in the West, barring injuries. Guys like KD or Steph or Luka could go nuclear for a series and upset them. But my betting money would be on Denver.

The Lakers are gonna scratch their way into the playoffs and play Denver in the first round, watch

[Dirks_Finale]

Another product of the Lebron era. He started this shit. Durant simply followed the blueprint.

It will be a good day, when Lebron, Durant, Paul and whoever's left from that generation is out of the league.

But Durbeta actually had the audacity to criticize LeBron when he started jumping around. Now look at him, on his 4th franchise with a few more years to bounce around, ring chase and add to the tally.

I wonder if he is even happy going to the Suns. I mean they didn't win 73 games.

[baseline bum]

The Lakers are gonna scratch their way into the playoffs and play Denver in the first round, watch

Hope so, don't need New Orleans getting a lottery pick.

[lefty]

Another product of the Lebron era. He started this shit. Durant simply followed the blueprint.

It will be a good day, when Lebron, Durant, Paul and whoever's left from that generation is out of the league.

Earvin Johnson started it

The Ainge Celtics did it before Lebron

[Bill_Brasky]

Hope so, don't need New Orleans getting a lottery pick.

I'm just here for the fireworks if beloved Jokic gets pwned by AD again :lol

[KingKev]

T Ross on his way to PHX post buyout.

[DeadlyDynasty]

Worst sports league of any era if we’re being honest. If you go 2 weeks without watching you won’t recognize 2/3rds of the rosters

[lefty]

Worst sports league of any era if we’re being honest. If you go 2 weeks without watching you won’t recognize 2/3rds of the rosters
It's only worth watching during the playoffs tbh

Plus with the load management, regular season is a bit boring

[FrostKing]

It's only worth watching during the playoffs tbh
Starting in the 2nd Round

[lefty]

Starting in the 2nd Round
yep true

[FrostKing]

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[Millennial_Messiah]

Det maricopium doe when these fools are bounced in the second round yet again. Wonder if culburn is still young enough to roll barrels.

Rumor is they're trying to get Melo too. In the spirit of Maricopa AZ being the prime destination for those who are washed up, it makes sense.

[lefty]

On paper the Suns look good

Losing Bridges suck though, he was playing great on both ends of the court



Chris Paul is a big ?
He will either choke or pull a hammy

Booker will get double teamed, eventually

idk man :lol

[Robz4000]

Nuggets and healthy Clippers are still superior imo. Could also see the Dubs and Grizz giving them trouble with their young legs.

[baseline bum]

So when is this faggot going to play? Suns could have used him against the Clippers tonight.

[timtonymanu]

LeBron started this shit, but at least he delivered championships to every place he signed.

What have guys like Durant, Irving, Harden done other than act like divas on the teams they were on and then demand to be traded.

[MultiTroll]

What have guys like Durant, Irving, Harden done other than act like divas on the teams they were on and then demand to be traded.
Part of what makes it so comical / sickening combo.

Pizza did at least give the Nets a snowballs chance in 2021.

But he fell short and the other two are also massive phaggots.

[FrostKing]

D.Rose blew out his leg for this

[FrostKing]

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[lefty]

LeBron started this shit, but at least he delivered championships to every place he signed.

What have guys like Durant, Irving, Harden done other than act like divas on the teams they were on and then demand to be traded.

:lol superteams existed before Lebron, nostalgia smh

[FrostKing]

:lol superteams existed before Lebron, nostalgia smh
Dirk > Durant
JJ > James in the post

[timtonymanu]

:lol superteams existed before Lebron, nostalgia smh

I meant in the way Durant, Irving, and Harden have all handled their time in Brooklyn. Irving also with Boston/Cleveland. Harden - Houston.

At least some of those other superteams have won. So probably not fair to compare LeBron to them anyway.

[lefty]

I meant in the way Durant, Irving, and Harden have all handled their time in Brooklyn. Irving also with Boston/Cleveland. Harden - Houston.

At least some of those other superteams have won. So probably not fair to compare LeBron to them anyway.
True true

[ambchang]

https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/35689534/kyrie-irving-kevin-durant-defend-trade-requests-good-nba

Durant thinks the trade demands are helping the league because it brings more attention. By the same logic, Bryn Forbes is helping the league by beating his ex gf because there are way more tweets and eyes on the league now. I’m just not sure id Durant really thinks any attention is good attention.

As for Irving, being happy is all it takes when his beef is about his anti vax stance that the nets had no control over (it was a city mandate where the nets were bending over backwards to satisfy him), and the backlash he got when he endorsed an anti-Semitic film. He doesn’t appear to understand that he is responsible for his actions and that there are consequences for what he did. Whether he worked hard on his craft does not have anything to do with the organizations support of all of his off court decisions.

:lol todays nba.

[MultiTroll]

I meant in the way Durant, Irving, and Harden have all handled their time in Brooklyn. Irving also with Boston/Cleveland. Harden - Houston.

At least some of those other superteams have won. So probably not fair to compare LeBron to them anyway.
No comparison at all with Lebron playing out his contracts and then leading Miami, Cleveland2 and Disney to a Chip.
Could be said he went along with the AD forced scam from New Orleans to LA. Otherwise Lebron straight up balled for Cleveland and Miami before bailing. Owed them NOTHING.

NO comparison to Irving, Harden and Pizza forcing trades.

For that matter i question whether Acnes *playing out his contract* in OKC wasn't a pre arranged scam to become a Golden Phaggot. Complete with implications that Donkey Green called him begging after the Cavs waxed their overated asses in 2016. Which btw sure looked tanky the way OKC laid down after a 3-1 lead.

Irving and Harden not only did nothing for their teams they left them screwed.

[MultiTroll]

Rooting against Phoenix now 10/10.

Altho please do not put us in a position of Phoenix vs Golden Phaggots to advance.

No winners there.

[lefty]

https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/35689534/kyrie-irving-kevin-durant-defend-trade-requests-good-nba

Durant thinks the trade demands are helping the league because it brings more attention. By the same logic, Bryn Forbes is helping the league by beating his ex gf because there are way more tweets and eyes on the league now. I’m just not sure id Durant really thinks any attention is good attention.

As for Irving, being happy is all it takes when his beef is about his anti vax stance that the nets had no control over (it was a city mandate where the nets were bending over backwards to satisfy him), and the backlash he got when he endorsed an anti-Semitic film. He doesn’t appear to understand that he is responsible for his actions and that there are consequences for what he did. Whether he worked hard on his craft does not have anything to do with the organizations support of all of his off court decisions.

:lol todays nba.

I need to watch that anti-semitic film
what is it called?

[ambchang]

I need to watch that anti-semitic film
what is it called?

Trying to delay the inevitable of :lol todays nba.