NBA: Official 2019-20 NBA Season Thread

[Spurtacular]

I have concerns about Lakers ...
Butvpretty silly statement when 60 win teams have lost in round one ...wouldnt they be the tiest based on results?
Or is this some arbitrary subjective argument?

Against way better teams than the Blazers.

[Killakobe81]

Dont care that much ...just asking.
Carry on ...

[LkrFan]

Freak and Chef in the West << Freak and Middleton in the East tbh

[lefty]

Freak and Chef in the West << Freak and Middleton in the East tbh

So the Warriors are willing to trade their Alpha player?

[daslicer]

Freak and Chef in the West << Freak and Middleton in the East tbh

Curry without Klay actually becomes an easier player to guard. Klay stretches the floor which in returns gives Curry a lot of open space to operate from.

[LkrFan]

So the Warriors are willing to trade their Alpha player?

That's what it will take, and more, that's for sure. #NotWorriedHere

[Neo.]

Curry without Klay actually becomes an easier player to guard. Klay stretches the floor which in returns gives Curry a lot of open space to operate from.

perhaps true to an extent

but giannis with steph becomes a lot harder to guard than he already is

and steph will get a ton of wide open looks with giannis pushing the ball or driving and absorbing 3 defenders to keep him from getting to the rim

i dont think its a stretch that the warriors with giannis instead of klay is a much better basketball team, even though they may lose some of their unique shooting punch without klay

[Robz4000]

This is some one-sided officiating for Denver imo.

[Robz4000]

Gobert is everywhere

[Robz4000]

Joking is ing good.

[lefty]

Joking is ing good.

He is si fun to watch

[Chris]

[TDMVPDPOY]

mormon team giving overglorified dame clone wannabe mitc a max contract...well they got nothing else going for that team to attract stars...must develop and overpay for scrubs

[Dirks_Finale]

Not a good year for Pop's disciples.

[LkrFan]

Former Spur gets ethered

[lefty]

Jefferson was our savior
I remember the thread upstairs when we signed him

[Spurtacular]

[Spurtacular]

Former Spur gets ethered

Pippen built Jordan's house. I wonder how much he regrets that.

[lefty]

Pippen kinda overracted

[LkrFan]

Pippen built Jordan's house. I wonder how much he regrets that.

I bet he regrets it a lot. Too bad Logo was against the cap in 2000. Pip would have joined Shaq and Kobe. The rest would have been history if that happens. So he signed with the tlongs. SMH

[Spurtacular]

I bet he regrets it a lot.

Just like Pau got regretted helping Kobe step towards pretend GOAT and stopped trying after 2010.

[RD2191]

Former Spur gets ethered

How many rings does Pippen have without Jordan?

[RD2191]

Pippen kinda overracted

All these dudes are insecure gots, from Jordan all the way to way Kobe and LeBron. That's why I always loved the Spurs, they just handled their business on the court.

[Rummpd]

Raptors heart of champions stun Celtics with 0.5 sec or less three!

[LkrFan]

How many rings does Pippen have without Jordan?

What about MJ without Pip?
84: 27-55 - Missed playoffs
85: 38-44 - 1st round exit
86: 30-52 - 1st round exit
87: 40-42 - 1st round exit

1987: traded for Pippen's draft rights (dumbass Sonics) to save his monkey ass

4th year in, and already exhibiting TOSB symptoms. Pip had to carry Air Jaundice:


88: 50-32 - lost 2nd round, +10 wins
89: 47-35 - lost ECFs, -3 wins
90: 55-27 - lost ECFs, +8 wins

Pip without Jordan? Okay:

99: 31-19 - lost 1st round (Houston)
00: 59-23 - lost WCFs (tlongs)
01: 50-32 - lost 1st round (tlongs)
02: 49-33 - lost 1st round (tlongs)
03: 50-32 - lost 1st round (tlongs)

I'm not gonna count Washington Wizards MJ and Pip's swan song (playing 6 games) in 04 before retirement.

Boiled down: Pip won 55 games while MJ was striking out in baseball and has a lot more winning without MJ did without him. Neither won a le without each other but I'd argue Pip was more successful without MJ than the other way around. But MJ's shadow is too big for Pip to ever overcome to get his due.