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

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Look, Another washed NBA guy with a podcast! :hmm:

I never thought, I wonder what Carmelo thinks

Everyone has a podcast these days

Someone asked what was someone doing, and the person responded back, they have a sports podcast. I was like, so they don't have a real job then and are still a professional student. Being a podcaster is like being a rapper.
 
I never thought, I wonder what Carmelo thinks
This is exactly the point. You have everyone running to this space.. Its oversaturated and most of these guys lack the talent to be there. Most were never insightful, interesting, particularly articulate or engaging during their careers. And alot treated media and fans as if they were less than but now want to mimic them (media) or beg them for support (fans).
 
This is exactly the point. You have everyone running to this space.. Its oversaturated and most of these guys lack the talent to be there. Most were never insightful, interesting, particularly articulate or engaging during their careers. And alot treated media and fans as if they were less than but now want to mimic them (media) or beg them for support (fans).
Next Marshawn Lynch will start a podcast :lol:
 
I never thought, I wonder what Carmelo thinks

Everyone has a podcast these days

Someone asked what was someone doing, and the person responded back, they have a sports podcast. I was like, so they don't have a real job then and are still a professional student. Being a podcaster is like being a rapper.
This is exactly the point. You have everyone running to this space.. Its oversaturated and most of these guys lack the talent to be there. Most were never insightful, interesting, particularly articulate or engaging during their careers. And alot treated media and fans as if they were less than but now want to mimic them (media) or beg them for support (fans).

No need to hate. Let 100 flowers bloom. The bad ones will mostly die and the good ones will hopefully find an audience.
 
This is exactly the point. You have everyone running to this space.. Its oversaturated and most of these guys lack the talent to be there. Most were never insightful, interesting, particularly articulate or engaging during their careers. And alot treated media and fans as if they were less than but now want to mimic them (media) or beg them for support (fans).

Dudes aren't even interesting during interviews
 
And just like that, Ime Udoka is a nobody again. He's fallen completely out of the news cycle. :lol:

What lesser nigga will the GOAT haters and dickeaters rally behind next?

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Reggie Miller should not be able to do Laker games anymore. A light skin hazel eyed coonish Black man from Southern California in an interracial relationship isn't going to relate to nor does he respect LeBron. If you listen to the broadcasts all he does is try to steer the viewers to root against LeBron and see the opposing team as better. :lol: He rarely gives Bron or his teams credit. The Suns crying about a late TO call started with him over blowing it on the broadcast. Then when he does Warrior games it's nothing but openly celebrating and dick sucking Steph Curry (since his legacy doesn't show us how overrated the 90s era was). Fans are tired of these old 90s niggas that didn't win shit diminishing the greatest of this era with their agendas. Desperately want to keep Michael Jordan propped up so they can play up their era since they didn't win shit. :smh:
 

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The Warriors want to run. Push the pace. Keep defenses from setting up half-court shells. Run, run, run.

“We were No. 1 in the league in pace last year and we’re No. 30 right now,” Kerr said.

Kerr is right about last season; the Warriors ran at the fastest pace in the league. He’s wrong about this season, as they are 13th. It’s not bottom tier, but it’s also not top-five, which is where they finished in each of the six seasons that concluded with an appearance in the NBA Finals.

The core of the Warriors – Curry at 35, Green and Thompson each 33 – was much younger during those runs to the Finals. The acquisition of 38-year-old Chris Paul in July boosted the team’s average age but addressed the desire to reduce turnovers.

“We felt we could find some middle ground, find a way to take better care of the ball but still play with pace and find advantages in the game,” Kerr said. “And we’re not finding as many advantages as we should.

“We need to throw the ball ahead more. I see a lot of possessions where guys are catching (the ball) and then dribbling it up, and then you lose your advantage. I really want to see more throw-aheads and more pace and more energy.”


If the Warriors, the third-oldest roster in the league, are to pick up the pace, it surely would benefit their offense. Transition triples from Curry and Thompson have a way of deflating opponents.

Kerr believes it’s possible. Green believes it’s possible.

“I’ve missed seven games, nine if you count the two ejections,” Green said Saturday in Los Angeles, after a 113-112 loss to the Clippers. “I push our pace. That’s one of my roles. I can raise my hand and say that’s all my fault.

“But I also take it upon myself to make sure we get it back there. We’re starting to get it back.”

When it comes to rebound-rip-run, Green might be the best in the league outside of Giannis Antetokounmpo. Where Giannis pushes to finish, Draymond pushes to feed.

“One of the best things he does is, made or missed, he gets the ball out and pushes it ahead – point forward,” Kerr said. “You get Steph and Klay running the wings and it puts a lot of pressure on the defense.

“We need Draymond pushing it, for sure. But we need everybody running the floor. when we have someone running ahead, we have to throw it to them.”

This is a tall ask of these Warriors. The Bucks are the only team in the NBA top-five in pace (fifth) and also among the five oldest (first). The Clippers, No. 2 on the age list, are 22nd in pace. The Suns, No. 4 on the age list, are 27th in pace. The 76ers, with the fifth-eldest roster, are 16th in pace. The Heat, sixth on the age list, are 24th in pace.

And yet the Curry-Green-Thompson Warriors hoping to summon the will and endurance to operate at the speed of 2018. The four-ring vets are high-mileage players, as is Paul. Only Curry consistently performs at a relatively high level beyond 30 minutes per game.

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