NBA 2020 NBA Playoffs Thread II
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"But the NBA has received acclaim and kudos for how woke they are removing the term 'owner' and other progressive shit like that."
I mean, this league patted themselves so many times on the back about how progressive and open and embracing of politics they were, but when the subject of China came up they all suddenly stopped being so open. Have some balls. Don't just be a stooge. "We want to bring awareness of social issues but when it comes to China we need to bow down to their massive dollars." Smh
No other league in the world brags about how socially aware they are than the NBA, and NOW they want to take the messages off?
BKIslandersFan
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No, I am saying Lakers can’t get AD if Lebron didn’t decide he wants to make movies.
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It's his right to improve his team. The Lakers were beyond terrible last year.
Maybe if the Knicks were more proactive towards improving their team they'd actually win something for once.
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It's not in the slightest.
2 totally different rosters. The Lakers don't have 1 player that they drafted. Perfect example of how to buy a championship.
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HowardBecause buying Danny Green, and Rajon Rondo = Buying a title
Davis
Green
Morris
BKIslandersFan
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Not a Knicks fan. Nice try though.
not mad at Bron. I am mad that that idiot Pelinka gets a title in his resume. Along with dumbass Buss kids.
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Davis would not go anywhere else so NO had to move him for something. Lakers wanted to win right away hence giving up so much.
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You're not pointing out anything wrong ethically or morally. And this hardly constitutes buying a title.
He wasn't winning in NO. He had one playoff appearance. NO wans't building around him. Why wouldn't he want to leave?
BKIslandersFan
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No one said lakers bought the title. Busses are too poor and stupid (compared to other NBA owners) to do that.
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so landing one big name FA after years of being turned down by big name FAs and trading three very talented young players and a bunch of picks for AD is "buying a title"
haha
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#winning
"But the NBA has received acclaim and kudos for how woke they are removing the term 'owner' and other progressive shit like that."
I mean, this league patted themselves so many times on the back about how progressive and open and embracing of politics they were, but when the subject of China came up they all suddenly stopped being so open. Have some balls. Don't just be a stooge. "We want to bring awareness of social issues but when it comes to China we need to bow down to their massive dollars." Smh
No other league in the world brags about how socially aware they are than the NBA, and NOW they want to take the messages off?
Maybe they finally realized the hypocrisy. Or they realized ratings are down and most people want sports to be their own thing, separate from other events.
Curious why you think Pelinka is an idiot?
Also, I've only ever heard good things about Jeannie Buss. I may agree that her brothers aren't the smartest but I think labelling them all as dumbasses is a bit too much.
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morris and and howard were bought out by their previous teams. both are on vet min deals if i'm not mistaken.
green applies but he's been about as good as for the raps in the finals last year.
BKIslandersFan
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If Buss kids were smart Lakers would not have been so bad for so long.
By their standards.
Terry Yake
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they wouldn't have been that bad for as long as they were if it wasn't for the vetoed cp3 trade
that set them back years
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Being bought out in the NBA means nothing. Morris and Howard want to win so they would take a minimum salary to do so.
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terrible decisions by the FO played a role and bad luck too, but it all started with the vetoed deal
they could've had cp3, kobe, and still had the assets to trade for dwight. instead they trade for 40 year old nash who immediately suffered a career ending injury and dwight coming off major back surgery who was unmotivated and didn't even want to be there
gasol should've been dealt after the 12-13 season but instead they let him walk for nothing
kobe's last contract kept them from having two max player spots and they were turned down by numerous big name FAs during those years anyways
kupchak throwing millions to guys like deng and mozgov
missing out on the #1 pick 3 years in a row. could've had the chance to draft guys like KAT and simmons
if the cp3 trade had gone through, a lakers team with cp3-kobe-dwight would've continued to be a title contender for at least a few seasons
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it's clear how biased some people here are against the Lakers
The Lakers never brought a championship in 2020
The Lakers are just better than everyone else
GSW and Miami and Boston brought championships. Spare me your sob stories. If you want to argue about parity fine, I'm open to that. One reason I hate the NBA is lack of parity. One reason ratings are constantly down is parity. But don't say the Lakers brought a championship because that's not true.
The Lakers never brought a championship in 2020
The Lakers are just better than everyone else
GSW and Miami and Boston brought championships. Spare me your sob stories. If you want to argue about parity fine, I'm open to that. One reason I hate the NBA is lack of parity. One reason ratings are constantly down is parity. But don't say the Lakers brought a championship because that's not true.
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It is also clear how blind some people are.
What Miami did was buy a title. What Boston did was buy a title but under different circumstances.(older vets outside of their prime). What golden state did was not buy a championship. Golden State was already the Champion and they added a one of the best players as a free agent.
The Lakers in 2 years added:
Rondo
Morris
Lebron
Davis
Green
Howard
McGee
Cook
Waiters
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The Lebron haters are scraping the bottom of the barrel at this point. Sad to see.
