i think 95% of basketball fans suddenly grew vaginas last night

[kamikazi_player]

shut up you're causin too much chaos just bend over and take it like a okay mom?

lol monostrodamus predicting wrong

[IronMexican]

tbh I have no interest whatsoever for the next season. Exactly two teams are chasing a le. Two. Everybody else doesn't have a chance in .

Understood.

[dallaskd]

The GOAT shouldnt need a cop-out or even want one

[DUNCANownsKOBE2]

tbh I have no interest whatsoever for the next season. Exactly two teams are chasing a le. Two. Everybody else doesn't have a chance in .

Yup. I wish I was a bandwagon fan like the Spurs fans on here who are just gonna switch teams now that Duncan is over the hill, but 28/30 teams are irrelevant, and my favorite team is 1 of the 28.

[stretch]

I'm actually excited for this basketball season. I was very disinterested in it this past season. This is good.

I'm pretty excited. I think it's gonna be a lot of fun to see how Miami plays, and how the rest of the league responds to the constant attention that they and the Lakers will be getting for the whole year.

[IronMexican]

Think this season was sweet? Wait until we get that three peat next season.

The whole 2008-2009 season was so boring, besides a somewhat interesting Finals.

Next year is gonna be suh-weet.

[z0sa]

Or, if you have the physical gifts Lebron has, simply develop a post game so the Celtics can't have Tony Allen guard you. That would probably work too.

Dude averages 28, 7 and 7 and you're beating him up over what again?

You slink to lower depths each passing minute.

[monosylab1k]

lol monostrodamus predicting wrong

"Oh, now he's raping his own mother, abusing a ,
snorting coke, and we gave him the Rolling Stone cover?"
You god damn right , and now it's too late
I'm triple platinum and tragedies happen in two states
I invented violence, you vile venomous volatile es
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[monosylab1k]

I'm pretty excited. I think it's gonna be a lot of fun to see how Miami plays, and how the rest of the league responds to the constant attention that they and the Lakers will be getting for the whole year.

I generally go into a season more excited about how the team I root for will perform, but unfortunately it doesn't matter anymore.

[IronMexican]

I think we can see a 2007-2008 like NFL regular season. Everyone expecting the cowboys and pats to meet in the Super Bowl, and one not getting there.

[DUNCANownsKOBE2]

Dude averages 28, 7 and 7 and you're beating him up over what again?

You slink to lower depths each passing minute.

The only one slinking to lower depths is the one who is switching bandwagons because the team hes been a fan of since 2003 is no longer a contender.

[Mr.Bottomtooth]

The process is what pisses me off. The actual decision doesn't bother me. It just shows that this whole time we were wrong about thinking LeBron's desire was to be a champion and the leader, maybe even GOAT. He knows he blew his shot at that. I guess he's okay with being the second option and getting rings. Which isn't really all that wrong.

[DUNCANownsKOBE2]

I generally go into a season more excited about how the team I root for will perform

I guess stretch and Spurfan no longer cheer for what was their favorite team.

[stretch]

The GOAT shouldnt need a cop-out or even want one

Bron isn't the GOAT, and doesnt care to be. He wants to win as many championships as possible. and thats my points.

Bron isn't taking the "Kobe approach" to this, and trying to do whatever he can to surpass MJ's legacy. He's doing whatever he can to win and create his own legacy. The more he wins, the better his legacy will get, and he knows that winning is what matters, not scoring 35 ppg for a season, or having 81 point games.

[z0sa]

The only one slinking to lower depths is the one who is switching bandwagons because the team hes been a fan of since 2003 is no longer a contender.

deflection

you're a hypocrite with no ing logic behind a thing you say.

[stretch]

I generally go into a season more excited about how the team I root for will perform, but unfortunately it doesn't matter anymore.

Cool. I am excited to see how the Mavs do. And it will also be fun to see what happens with Miami.

[monosylab1k]

you're a hypocrite with no ing logic behind a thing you say.

that's almost as much self ownage as ducks accusing someone else of poor spelling and grammar

[DUNCANownsKOBE2]

deflection

you're a hypocrite with no ing logic behind a thing you say.

lol a creationist telling me about logic

Are you saying Lebron shouldn't develop a post game? I don't give a what he averages, when Boston can stick Tony Allen on him, it exposes the fact he can't post someone up who weighs 40 pounds less than he does.

[monosylab1k]

I am excited to see how the Mavs do.

Why?

[stretch]

the process is what pisses me off. The actual decision doesn't bother me. It just shows that this whole time we were wrong about thinking lebron's desire was to be a champion and the leader, maybe even goat. He knows he blew his shot at that. I guess he's okay with being the second option and getting rings. Which isn't really all that wrong.

+1

[z0sa]

Bron isn't the GOAT, and doesnt care to be. He wants to win as many championships as possible. and thats my points.

Bron isn't taking the "Kobe approach" to this, and trying to do whatever he can to surpass MJ's legacy. He's doing whatever he can to win and create his own legacy. The more he wins, the better his legacy will get, and he knows that winning is what matters, not scoring 35 ppg for a season, or having 81 point games.

Damn, well said stretch.

LeBron cares about winning, while getting paid, while living in a badass city. What other free agents get when they make their decisions based on these 3 things?

[Baseline]

wow stretch, we agree

LeBron is already a 2 time MVP who took Drew Gooden and an injured Larry Hughes to the Finals and Mo Williams/old Shaq to league best records. He's broke tons of records on his way to doing it and lived up the hype in every way possible. He supported Cleveland all the way to the end and made it clear it is hard for him to leave his home but he wants to win and the Heat gives him the best chance for doing that.

Did ppl say this when Boston was curbstomping LA in 08?

lol you still

This...absolutely true. I just don't understand all the hate. The guy simply wants to win.

In my opinion LeBron is doing the unselfish basketball thing and joining a team with two other stars...so he can win les. To me, from a basketball standpoint, this is indicative of the way he plays - unselfish, making other guys better, elevating his team's play, etc.

Look what he did with crappy supporting casts in Cleveland. The Cavs were a force for the last several years, and everybody knows they were a one-man team. Boston took them out with no problem last year because Thibideaux knew exactly what to do. Same thing with Orlando the year before. Well guess what, if he had stayed in Cleveland, they would've continued to be a one-man team with no les.

If he had stayed in Cleveland, he would have almost certainly broken the all-time record for regular season MVP trophies. If he was all about individual accolades, why would he leave? But what he traded that for was the opportunity to win les, realizing that his indvidual stats will drop.

Would K. Bryant ever do that? Absolutely not. Bryant is all about himself. Bryant eats first.

LeBron just chose to eat with Wade and Bosh. From a basketball standpoint, that is the "team" play. That is unselfish.

[stretch]

Why?

Excited to see how Beaubois' game evolves. To see how Butler and Haywood perform alongside Dirk and Kidd after a legit chance to get accustomed to the team/system. And to see how the moves the Mavs will be soon making (whether by trades, signings, etc...) pans out.

[Mugen]

dont group us with lakerfan who made a bunch of threads last night that reeked of fear and butthurt old stretchy poo.

[DUNCANownsKOBE2]

Excited to see how Beaubois' game evolves. To see how Butler and Haywood perform alongside Dirk and Kidd after a legit chance to get accustomed to the team/system. And to see how the moves the Mavs will be soon making (whether by trades, signings, etc...) pans out.

Are you excited about their chances at winning a championship?