{~}Official 2023/2024 NBA Thread - 2024 Summer League, USA Hoops

[Costanza]

4 years later, a lot of Bean's fans are still hating so it was all for naught. Oh well.

"He has one of the greatest female basketball players about to come up in Gigi."

 

[KingTaharqa]

That back ain't gone be right all season. Looks like the Wiz Kids traded Phoenix damaged goods.

 

[therealjondoe]

That back ain't gone be right all season. Looks like the Wiz Kids traded Phoenix damaged goods.

That contract is nothing nice either

 

[Complex]

 

[Complex]

Sports fans are expected to stay loyal to the corporation in all circumstances, with the exception of a franchise moving. If you as a consumer decide to favor another product that gives you more joy, you are scorned as a "bandwagoner" because no matter how much a team loses, no matter what ownership does, no matter who is on the roster, you are supposed to stay loyal to your team. There's more loyalty expected in a fan/franchise relationship than a husband/wife one.

But the players who actually make sports worth watching are disposable. Klay Thompson is one of only three players in the entire NBA who has been with his team for over a decade. He was INDESPENSIBLE to FOUR CHAMPIONSHIPS. (They would have 5 if he didn't get hurt in the Finals, regardless of KD's injury.) But a lot of fans turn on a player like him as soon as he falls off. There is zero shame in turning on a past his prime player but there is a huge stigma against abandoning a losing team.

That's an illogical contradiction and it says something that goes beyond sports about how our culture views workers and corporations.

So you're supposed to be loyal to players who don't give a fuck about you either?

Players get injured, leave in free agency, retire......

 

[Complex]

So you're going to ignore the non scoring numbers?

 

[spider705]

So you're going to ignore the non scoring numbers?

Heat Culture baby!!!

 

[Costanza]

So you're supposed to be loyal to players who don't give a fuck about you either?

Players get injured, leave in free agency, retire......

There are eight billion people on this planet. Giving a fuck about me as an individual is not a reasonable standard.

Who is actually giving me joy? Is it Steph Curry or Joe Lacob? We can appreciate people behind the scene who assemble good teams but ultimately it is the players who make everything worthwhile.

Then, as black people, why root for white billionaire families profiting off of the work of those players for generations? I have a lot more in common with Draymond Green than I do with any NBA owner.

If Draymond left the Warriors this past offseason, it would have fucked up my NBA experience but I wouldn't begrudge him for exercising his free agency. They only get 10-15 years! They have to stack up that money and it's also good for them as humans to find the best situations for them and their families.

 

[therealjondoe]

So you're going to ignore the non scoring numbers?

Umm one of them is supposedly top 10/15 SG in the league
They were trying to say he's better than herro when he's not even better than his back up

 

[Complex]

Umm one of them is supposedly top 10/15 SG in the league

Who makes more money?

One is taller and a fucking three and averages less than 3 boards.

Reeves makes mid level exception level money...and I could have sworn a 10-15 player at your position makes you average

 

[Amajorfucup]

Who is actually giving me joy? Is it Steph Curry or Joe Lacob?

You Faggot.

 

[therealjondoe]

Who makes more money?

One is taller and a fucking three and averages less than 3 boards.

Reeves makes mid level exception level money...and I could have sworn a 10-15 player at your position makes you average

Top 10 definitely isn't average
15 is above average imo too

 

[Costanza]

You Faggot.

Only a someone with a mind like Dwight Howard would even think to pause on that statement.

You probably held down a few villains in your day, didn't you, Hooded Justice?

 

[D'Evils]

 

[therealjondoe]

 

[Amajorfucup]

You probably held down a few villains in your day, didn't you, Hooded Justice?

 

[therealjondoe]

 

[xxironxx]

 

[therealjondoe]

 

[woodchuck]

 

[ikelove23]

He stole this idea from Cam and Mase

 

[A to Dah K]

That back ain't gone be right all season. Looks like the Wiz Kids traded Phoenix damaged goods.

Its crazy how many “star “ players be injured now a days

 

[ikelove23]

 

[REDLINE]

You just gonna compare Duncan to every white player in the league huh?

 

[REDLINE]

I see where the league's coming from, but it's literally the man's middle name.

 

[jawnswoop]

 

[therealjondoe]

You just gonna compare Duncan to every white player in the league huh?

Yea you got anyone you want to line up?

 

[D'Evils]

 

[REDLINE]

Yea you got anyone you want to line up?

Kyle Kuzma

 

[therealjondoe]

Kyle Kuzma

 

[therealjondoe]

 

[A to Dah K]

He never was
He could score yes,but to the detriment of the teams success

 

[cli-terminator]

 

[ansatsusha_gouki]

One of the few times,I agree with him.

 

[therealjondoe]

Aight max