FW_Hoosier

And I don’t know why anyone would want Stevens to take a step backwards from the highest level of basketball in the world. Stevens has a chance to become an all-time great at the absolute pinnacle of his profession, he’s not going to pass that opportunity up. Would be like wanting to see Archie coach a high school team.

Raptors never had a chance to beat Lebron in the playoffs. Cavs in 5, 6 tops.

Cavs will smoke the Raptors. Lowry was already pissing his pants at the sight of Lebron and Jose friggin Calderon last week, and the playoffs haven’t even started yet.

I haven’t watched any games, but Bryant has done really well overall in the G League this season. Averaging 20 points and 7 rebounds a game, and dropped 33 points and 5 rebounds to send the South Bay Lakers to the conference finals the other day. https://2ways10days.com/thomas-bryant-named-2-ways-10-days-g-league-rookie-of-the-year-e478ae2090db https://gleague.nba.com/games/20180403/SBLRNO/

I can’t wait to watch him in the playoffs in a couple weeks. Seems like he was slumping a little bit recently and has come out of it at the perfect time. Gonna be a lot of fun.

Troy gets some guaranteed money.

https://apple.news/AHgOVFM0PRLyZHyYYv8uLqA Great article on OG. Sounds like he’s had a big impact on Toronto on the court and off of it.

You mean his parasail?

Not the NBA, but Nick Zeisloft just went 12-15 (!!!) from three in a game in the Lithuanian Basketball League. Judging from the title of this video, that was a team record. Absolutely unbelievable shooter.

LeBron is basically the GM of that team. He’s the one essentially forcing them to leverage their future by signing a bunch of aging vets to ridiculous contracts so they can “win now,” while giving them no assurances about what he’s doing beyond the current season. If he had committed to the franchise beyond this season, they likely would have kept Kyrie. I don’t really think a player is obligated to be loyal to a franchise, but like BGleas said, he’s pretty much held the Cavs hostage. He has no one to blame but himself for how that roster is currently constructed.

But would Pop want to put up with LeBron’s primadonna act? Doesn’t really seem like his personality would mesh very well with the Spurs’ culture. And I’m not sure a great player like Kawhi (about whom there’s already been rumblings of a disconnect) would be all that thrilled to play second fiddle to LeBron. As great as he is, I feel like the way things have unraveled in Cleveland make him seem like a pretty toxic teammate, and he doesn’t have many more years of playing at a peak level left. Kyrie looks like a total genius for getting out from under his shadow now.

But is Miami really a championship contender with Lebron? I don’t see it. Washington would be interesting.

Totally agree with everything you said. Seems pretty clear LeBron is gonna be getting out of Cleveland as fast as possible after they lose in the playoffs. Question is, where does he go? I don’t really see many situations that are going to allow him to compete for a title. Maybe Houston, San Antonio, Philly?

Troy sprained his MCL at the end of November and wasn’t able to play until about two weeks ago. I think he’s just getting his legs back in the G League.

Edit: Hoax

I’m at the Bulls-Raptors game right now. OG hasn’t had much of an impact, 3 rebounds and that’s it. On offense, he runs to the corner and stands there while Lowry and Derozan run the show.

Bryant scores 1 point in 4 minutes in his first NBA game with the Lakers.

He’d probably be bringing more than Johnson is.

Now Vic goes cold. Not looking good for the Pacers.

Why aren’t PG and Melo taking it to the rim? Indy isn’t that big inside and they’re settling for a bunch of terrible jumpers.

PG wilting back in Banker’s Life. Vic looks like the better player right now, although he’s not having a crazy game so far either. Sabonas also looks good. Active on the glass and just had a nice post-up score.

https://www.sbnation.com/nba/2017/12/11/16763180/victor-oladipo-paul-george-trade-indiana-pacers Vic weighs in on the vicious debate raging at HSN, lol

Anyone see RoJo on any draft boards lately?

Hard to write this off as a fluke anymore. Vic is becoming a legit NBA superstar.