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Postby tifosi77 » Thu Jun 07, 2018 11:39 am

Without being a fan of the sport or possessing knowledge to any useful degree, was MJ as involved in the management of the team as Lebron appears to be? I mean, I know pretty much all superstars have a certain measure of input and involvement in personnel moves. And on-court he seems to be more of a play-coach type dude. In other words, he seems to take on more responsibility for the team's play on and off the court. Was MJ that involved?

I've been forced to watch parts of the finals games this year against my will, so I feel compelled to jump in here.

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Postby Troy Loney » Thu Jun 07, 2018 11:44 am

I think the only objective truth in the LJ discussions is that Skip Bayless is a **** stupid Canaan.

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Postby LITT » Thu Jun 07, 2018 12:34 pm

Without being a fan of the sport or possessing knowledge to any useful degree, was MJ as involved in the management of the team as Lebron appears to be? I mean, I know pretty much all superstars have a certain measure of input and involvement in personnel moves. And on-court he seems to be more of a play-coach type dude. In other words, he seems to take on more responsibility for the team's play on and off the court. Was MJ that involved?

I've been forced to watch parts of the finals games this year against my will, so I feel compelled to jump in here.
with regards to coaching/management - lbj only does it because the cleveland front office is full of nincompoops

mike brown
ty lue
dan giblert
paul silas
brendan malone
david blatt

its honestly a joke

i feel like it was less in miami with spoelstra and riley

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Postby MWB » Thu Jun 07, 2018 2:35 pm

I agree with LITT. Like James, Jordan certainly had his hand in some personnel moves through the years, but he had a HOF coach. They butted heads sometimes, but ultimately Jordan respected Jackson and went with his system. James has had a mess of coaches.

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Postby NailedPenguin » Sat Jun 09, 2018 12:28 am

Folks we may have just seen LeBron's last game in Cleveland as a Cav

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Postby Nittany Ned » Sat Jun 09, 2018 8:23 am

All that’s left is for LeBron to join Joel Embiid, the PK Subban (obnoxious loudmouth) of the NBA, in Philly, so I can hate them even more. Trust the process! Philly Philly! The Eagles won the super bowl!

God, I’m seeing people saying the Caps winning the cup is worse than if the Flyers did - no. Just, no.

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Postby shafnutz05 » Sat Jun 09, 2018 5:00 pm

Not that I watch the NBA closely, but Lebron going to Philly would make what has already been an absolutely terrible sports year even worse.

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Postby LITT » Sat Jun 09, 2018 7:35 pm

He will go to Houston if he’s smart

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Postby slappybrown » Sat Jun 09, 2018 7:39 pm

He will go to Houston if he’s smart
Bad take imo

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Postby Kaiser » Sat Jun 09, 2018 7:50 pm

Maybe ges learn a hockey

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Postby willeyeam » Sun Jun 10, 2018 10:23 am

Philly is the smart move imo

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Postby shafnutz05 » Thu Jun 21, 2018 10:03 pm

Mavs with an absolute coup, picking Trae Young and trading him to Atlanta with a protected pick for Luka Doncic.

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Postby MWB » Thu Jun 21, 2018 10:42 pm

I’m surprised Young went that early. Don’t think that’ll work out for Atlanta.

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Postby MWB » Thu Jun 21, 2018 10:55 pm

The Jazz took a white guy. Shocking.

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Postby Lemon Berry Lobster » Fri Jun 22, 2018 6:26 am

Won't count until a white guy wears the John Stockton shorts.

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Postby Orlando Penguin » Fri Jun 22, 2018 10:04 am

The Jazz took a white guy. Shocking.
That must have been a special favor that ex-Dukie Quin Snyder did for Coach K. I’d say that I can’t wait to watch Grayson Allen fail miserably in the NBA but I rarely watch regular season games so that clown will thankfully fade into obscurity in the recesses of my brain.

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Postby LITT » Tue Jun 26, 2018 7:03 am

starting in 2007, the thunder drafted back to back to back MVPs in the first round (durant westbrook harden)

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Postby count2infinity » Tue Jun 26, 2018 8:18 am

MVP and ROY... they got it right imo. With Simmons, if the only argument you have for him not winning ROY is that maybe he's not technically a rookie since he was drafted the year before, you've already lost the argument.

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Postby MrKennethTKangaroo » Sun Jul 01, 2018 8:20 pm

Espn is reporting that Lebron has signed/will sign a contract w the lakers.

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Postby shafnutz05 » Sun Jul 01, 2018 8:23 pm

Espn is reporting that Lebron has signed/will sign a contract w the lakers.
Four years. Thankfully it wasn't Philly.

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Postby NailedPenguin » Sun Jul 01, 2018 8:57 pm

LOL now poor Luke Walton who was drafted 31 spots after James has to deal with him.

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Postby Morkle » Sun Jul 01, 2018 9:25 pm

LOL now poor Luke Walton who was drafted 31 spots after James has to deal with him.
Lebron actually reached out to see if they'd fire Luke before signing. The owner said no lmao.

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Postby willeyeam » Sun Jul 01, 2018 10:35 pm

Lol Lance Stephenson signed with the Lakers too

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Postby Orlando Penguin » Sun Jul 01, 2018 10:43 pm

Lol Lance Stephenson signed with the Lakers too
For the uneducated...

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Postby shafnutz05 » Mon Jul 02, 2018 9:43 pm

The NBA continues to get more ridiculous. Demarcus Cousins signed a one year, $5.3 million deal with the freaking Warriors, using their mid level exception on one of the best players in the league.

The idea behind the MLE is that teams that are over the cap can still sign "role players" up to a specified amount. Of course, when Boogie freaking Cousins is willing to take an absurd discount to chase his one championship, it kind of blows that system out of the water. Even with him being out with the Achilles until probably December or January. And next season, he will get a monster deal after winning the title and shedding his locker room cancer label.

Their starting five for the second half of next year is now Curry/Klay/KD/Dray/DMC. Five all stars. You thought this postseason was bad? :lol:

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