NBA Chatter Thread

[Deuce]

I'm rooting for the Bulls to get Melo, that way when a Lebron led Cavs team beats them in the playoffs we can fondly look back at the posts of the last few days.

 

[Smitty]

What would be amusing? The Bulls would be the favorites even if they eventually lose to Lebron in the playoffs. No one said its a guarantee.

 

[Smitty]

Mo Williams: “Bron had me blinded man. He wins you over completely. He makes you feel like you’re his best friend. He’ll party with you, train with you, dance on the sideline with you… Look, growing up I was obsessed with the Thundercats. Bron found out and he had this artist make me a painting where it was me playing basketball, but I looked like Panthro. He would call me Panthro all the time, and I called him Lion-O. We used to joke about how Dwight (Howard, then their nemesis with the Orlando Magic) was Mumm-Ra.” I ask Williams where that painting is now, and he crumbles his napkin and tosses it over his shoulder, then shrugs. “I couldn’t get Bron to pick up my calls for a week after ‘The Decision,’ so finally I just sent him a text, I just said, Lion-O would never leave Panthro out in the cold. Two days later I get a text back that says I’m a basketball player and a businessman, not a Thundercat. But that’s how he is… That’s who he is. He makes you feel like a million bucks and then steps over you like a bad penny on his way out the door.”

“A man lets you know who he is by how he treats others. D. Wade, Chris, Heat fans, they saw how Bron did me and the Cavs, so they shouldn’t expect no sympathy from no one. You invite a vampire into your house, you gonna get bit. Simple as that.”

 

[Simpleton]

Yea, I mean, it's not shocking that the guy who is behind a huge charade every couple years in order to stack the deck in his favor to win a title is a sociopath of sorts. He's a truly unbelievable player, a once in every 20 year talent, but I just don't respect the way this guy goes about shit.

 

[Smitty]

Ha, so that story is apparently a fake. Thought it was interesting.... apparently too interesting to be true.

 

[Smitty]

Mike McGraw @McGrawDHBulls

Bulls sent an iPad of Horace saying it took him 3 yrs to learn triangle RT @jon_greenberg: "Triangle... You don't want to run that crap."

 

[Jiggyfly]

Mo Williams: “Bron had me blinded man. He wins you over completely. He makes you feel like you’re his best friend. He’ll party with you, train with you, dance on the sideline with you… Look, growing up I was obsessed with the Thundercats. Bron found out and he had this artist make me a painting where it was me playing basketball, but I looked like Panthro. He would call me Panthro all the time, and I called him Lion-O. We used to joke about how Dwight (Howard, then their nemesis with the Orlando Magic) was Mumm-Ra.” I ask Williams where that painting is now, and he crumbles his napkin and tosses it over his shoulder, then shrugs. “I couldn’t get Bron to pick up my calls for a week after ‘The Decision,’ so finally I just sent him a text, I just said, Lion-O would never leave Panthro out in the cold. Two days later I get a text back that says I’m a basketball player and a businessman, not a Thundercat. But that’s how he is… That’s who he is. He makes you feel like a million bucks and then steps over you like a bad penny on his way out the door.”

“A man lets you know who he is by how he treats others. D. Wade, Chris, Heat fans, they saw how Bron did me and the Cavs, so they shouldn’t expect no sympathy from no one. You invite a vampire into your house, you gonna get bit. Simple as that.”

Really.

 

[Simpleton]

Ha, so that story is apparently a fake. Thought it was interesting.... apparently too interesting to be true.

Come on guy.

Should've figured such slanderous stuff from a prominent player would've been bigger news.

 

[Jiggyfly]

Yea, I mean, it's not shocking that the guy who is behind a huge charade every couple years in order to stack the deck in his favor to win a title is a sociopath of sorts. He's a truly unbelievable player, a once in every 20 year talent, but I just don't respect the way this guy goes about shit.

And yet you give Melo shit because he might want to stay in NY, make up your dam mind.

 

[Simpleton]

And yet you give Melo shit because he might want to stay in NY, make up your dam mind.

There's a difference between a money grab to stay on a team that has literally no chance of competing for a title any time soon and colluding for God knows how long to build a super team because you can't get over the hump on your own.

 

[Jiggyfly]

LeBron James Shouldn’t Stay in Miami Or Go to Cleveland

By NATE SILVER


http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/lebron-james-shouldnt-stay-in-miami-or-go-to-cleveland/

 

[Jiggyfly]

There's a difference between a money grab to stay on a team that has literally no chance of competing for a title any time soon and colluding for God knows how long to build a super team because you can't get over the hump on your own.

The only difference to you is if the Bulls are involved.

Look Simp I respect your basketball acumen but at what point do you let it go about Lebron, you have whining about this superteam thing for 4 years all the while calling out other players for not doing the same in Chicago because they don't really care about winning.

 

[Jiggyfly]

Chris Mannix @ChrisMannixSI
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That Chris Bosh is STILL holding off Houston is all the proof needed of LBJ's indecisiveness. Houston with Bosh is an instant contender

 

[Jiggyfly]

Adrian Wojnarowski @WojYahooNBA
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James has plans to fly to World Cup over the weekend. Heat and Cavs expect his decision before he leaves for Brazil, sources tell Yahoo.

 

[Clay_Allison]

I wish this shit would just resolve itself. LBJ and Melo fucking around like this is worse than the damned decision.

 

[Simpleton]

The only difference to you is if the Bulls are involved.

Look Simp I respect your basketball acumen but at what point do you let it go about Lebron, you have whining about this superteam thing for 4 years all the while calling out other players for not doing the same in Chicago because they don't really care about winning.

Am I bitching about Bosh possibly joining Houston and doing something similar?

No.

What LeBron does is on a different level from a guy like Melo joining Chicago or Bosh joining Houston, he's the focal point of all this nonsense and the one who is pulling the strings behind the scenes.

On one hand I can kind of admire a guy taking his destiny into his own hands to some extent but I don't like the trend of all these hushed plans hatched behind closed doors, the collusion and such, and LeBron is the embodiment of that, if not the driving force behind all of it.

I also think it cheapens his legacy, he wants to be the greatest of all time but every few years he's going to bounce around and whisper sweet nothings into the ears of various elite players around the league, gauging what suits him best?

Some might not care, and I can see how some may find it impressive, but to me it's pretty chickenshit.

 

[Jiggyfly]

Am I bitching about Bosh possibly joining Houston and doing something similar?

No.

What LeBron does is on a different level from a guy like Melo joining Chicago or Bosh joining Houston, he's the focal point of all this nonsense and the one who is pulling the strings behind the scenes.

On one hand I can kind of admire a guy taking his destiny into his own hands to some extent but I don't like the trend of all these hushed plans hatched behind closed doors, the collusion and such, and LeBron is the embodiment of that, if not the driving force behind all of it.

I also think it cheapens his legacy, he wants to be the greatest of all time but every few years he's going to bounce around and whisper sweet nothings into the ears of various elite players around the league, gauging what suits him best?

Some might not care, and I can see how some may find it impressive, but to me it's pretty chickenshit.

To each his own, I admire the fact he has the intelligence to use the power he has to manipulate the system in his favor and I think Wade was the driving force behind the original big 3 move.

As for his legacy, being the 2nd best player in the history of the NBA is not a terrible thing.

 

[Simpleton]

I wish this shit would just resolve itself. LBJ and Melo fucking around like this is worse than the damned decision.

Yea, I'm hoping this shit ends when this 2003 draft class retires. A guy like Kevin Love forcing a trade from a shit situation to one of a handful of teams is one thing, this bullshitting around, which seems like one giant game of chicken, is something else.

Melo did something similar when he was trying to force a trade from the Nuggets but preserve his max contract where there was a prolonged process with a bunch of rumors and subterfuge. I think he's trying to force a S+T to Chicago so that he can get paid and also win, but if that doesn't work out I don't think he wants to risk his max deal by telling the Knicks that he's going to Chicago one way or the other and they can F off.

 

[Simpleton]

To each his own, I admire the fact he has the intelligence to use the power he has to manipulate the system in his favor and I think Wade was the driving force behind the original big 3 move.

As for his legacy, being the 2nd best player in the history of the NBA is not a terrible thing.

I get that, and I admire it to an extent too, but it cheapens alot of it for me, especially if he switches teams again in pursuit of creating another stacked roster, even if that team is the team he left in the first place.

 

[Clay_Allison]

To each his own, I admire the fact he has the intelligence to use the power he has to manipulate the system in his favor and I think Wade was the driving force behind the original big 3 move.

As for his legacy, being the 2nd best player in the history of the NBA is not a terrible thing.

I don't think he is. I take Kareem over him any time. Kareem was an offensive juggernaut and a rebounding machine and he was athletic enough to run the court with the showtime Lakers. He also didn't play in an era when he was the only 7 footer like Wilt did.

I'll also take Magic over LeBron. Magic could do anything LeBron can do and also run the point.

LeBron might be the best 3 ever over Bird. Bird was a better shooter and a better passer but LeBron is unimaginably more athletic.