Every year the same posts like this, every year the same ignorant disrespect in the comments, people need to do better man. The Haka is an amazing tradition, show some respect for it
@UsherNBA
Ja winning it was the death of the award imo. Lauri almost redeemed it, but now Maxey is gonna be another wrong winner imo. Should be guys like Coby or Jalen, players that started slow and then exploded. Not guys who were always good and then just took normal development
@jacklnemeth
No, 18 years old is a legal adult, but not even close to biologically/anatomically an adult. Most 18 year olds still look like kids/teens, thats more than normal
@Fish_TBW
Drew Brees has become the most disrespected All-Time Great since his retirement. He is a top 5 minimum, closer to being at least top 3 QB of all time right now, but he gets compared to slightly above average current QBs all the time, smh
The Markelle Fultz discourse is so trash. People now taking victory laps that a guy isn't good, even though the only reason is injury, and he still is a good player. Dude has been nothing but amazing for the team, on and off court and embraced the community, yall are lame af
@el_budget
When I was a kid, back around 2009, dreaming of making the league, I would always think "I need to be really good, so I can be 18 and then play against Lebron for one year, if he ends up reaching year 15"
15 years was already a really long career in my mind
Listen to Booker here in the 4th, so unserious that he was complaining about the calls he was getting, after getting so many soft calls in his favor.
Paolo and Isaac going straight back at him, love it. Paolo saying "You been at the line all night" 😂
All of y'all better SHUT THE HELL UP about Franz, WTF is the bs I'm seeing now???? Yes he was bad, yes he had a bad 3pt shooting season, but get your head out of the gutter. He is worth every penny of a max. Elite defender, 20ppg in year 3 despite awful 3pt, + an elite competitor
@DisAintStunna
When ESPN actually made good sports analysis. Now it's just all whole bunch of trash hot takes and all time ranking debates in those studios
“They (team USA) gotta bring Paolo Banchero… four years from now he’s going to be in that mix to where he’s the leader and starter on the USA team”- Paul Pierce
@paulpierce34
and I believe Paolo Banchero deserves to be on team USA. Especially if Embiid and or Kawhi can’t go.
@joshpearson180
As he should, sports are games in the end, no point in taking it all too seriously and getting depressed. If you're getting smashed or having a bad game, at least have fun while doing so.
There has been a lot of talk that we need a lead guard to help P5 and Franz get into their sets. That guy might still be on the roster. Let Markelle get healthy on that knee and he'll be a completely different player
Markelle Fultz has been playing with a small fracture in his left knee this entire time. Gotta command him for playing through the pain to help the squad.
“I love Orlando at home, gimme them. Something going on in Cleveland. They got an identity but then they don’t wear it all the time”
@paulpierce34
and I rockin with the Magic tonight. Paolo and the Wagner brothers want all the smoke 😤😤 and Cleveland don’t fare well on the
@Kofie
Russ, Rose and Wall are pretty similar tbh, hyper atlhetic, non-shooting, rim running and playmaking guards, all around the same height. Russ just had more rebounding and Wall better defense
National TV is so cooked.
Tonight on ESPN/ABC you have these games. While you could have had the 2 most recent
#1
overall picks in their first ever showdown. I get the Dame homecoming arc, but Scoot getting a national TV game before Paolo, being drafted a year later, is criminal
It was 116 degrees outside with an air conditioned bus a few steps away, but Jalen Suggs still hung around for a few minutes to sign autographs and take photos.
@TrafficBrokerX
@daaan_1874
Has said no one ever. You need to use DB just once to know they are awful, nobody has ever bragged about the trains being good
@theknproject
@TheHoopCentral
Nah, he is apologising for his behavior that got Stan fired and is clearing the air that he doesn't dislike Stan, thanking him for the great times. And also using the same message to try and mend publicly with Orlando, where a lot of people still don't like D12 for what he did
@KY_PDX
exactly, a lot of people forget that one, but the league should change it for next year, and prob will, because dudes like DiVincenzo or Kuminga were ineligible for awards because of it, despite playing 81 games, but less than 65 with the 20 mpg requirement
@stonsSZN
@UsherNBA
Yes, and Maxey was good from the start of his career, then built on that. Coby struggled at first and now took a huge leap to be consistently very good this season. That is what MIP should be imo
@BrickMuse
His inner coach came out and he was hit with pure and utter disbelief at that stupid turnover, he was ready to get up and go light up that Virginia player 😭😭😭
I was a huge Fultz fan, but I'm about sick of him now. Get him off the court asap, he's become a complete liability on both ends. Put AB in right away ffs
@NBA_University
Not just best offense vr best defense. Orlando has great defense and awful offense. Indiana has great offense and awful defense. It is the most pure offense vs defense clash I can remember with both teams being so far on the spectrum of each side
Am I crazy to think that Anthony Black has a higher absolute ceiling than anyone not named Wembanyama from the 2023 draft?
Dude has a great build as a 6'8 PG, his defense is already elite and his work ethic can lead to him developing a great shot and elite playmkaing skills
@KingLukaDoncic
Trae a top 3 foul baiter in the league and even he is disgusted by that call, like does the league office not see how ridiculous this is getting every night???
I want everyone to pay attention to Suggs shooting. When he doesn't have time to think about it, it's straight cash every time. That's why he is so good at those last second bail-out heaves.
@Gareth_90plus1
This goes for NBA aswell, a whole bunch of SGA and Anthony Edwards fans saying those guys have aura ends up in those fans writing fan fictions about them lol
We really need more coverage of what happens in huddles during games, like there was in the FIBA World Cup this past summer.
This is television gold, to see how a coach prepares his troops for a crucial situation and how the guys talk to eachother!
Video h/t:
@OrlandoMagic
@UsherNBA
All the east games at 1 and all the West games at 3:30, to avoid matchfixing, its a common occurence in for example soccer to have the final matchday all start at the same time (look up Gijon scandal for the last time they didnt do that in the world cup 😅)
@HoopsTalk13
Deandre wasn't in the league yet lol, All-NBA 2nd team center was Amar'e in most of those years, then Bogut, Horford, Pau, Bynum and late Yao and Shaq got All-NBA 3rd or the other few 2nd teams, league was so starved of centers that they had to use PF's for All-nba
@el_budget
The pregame is a waste of time, so nobody watches that, people wait until the game starts, then they don't show player intro's to build up the game, the iconic Finals theme music is gone too, ESPN and Silver have taken so many steps back, really insane fall off
What the hell went wrong this summer???😢😢😢
Even without the shooting improving, every other facet of his game that was excellent last year has disappeared this year along with the shooting taking a few steps back, genuinely so sad to see
Praying for that Markelle Fultz pull-up 3P shooting leap. Showed some random flashes of his old form towards the end of last season…
Bordering on excellent in every other facet of the game, if the shooting clicks he’s an All-Star (still a very big if, but there’s hope!)
@MunnaDaddy_
@BleacherReport
@KhizHoop
John Wall, Boogie Cousins, PG, Hayward makes it better than 2013, 2006, 2001 to just give a few that were worse, not even to mention 2000
@aburnshoops
In 2021, and especially last year there was still the target score, and the games were absolutely awful. Players didn't care and target score is only good when it is still close, which wasn't the case this year. 2020 was lightning in a bottle with both teams being tied + Kobe
@FredSmith914
Also Shams sold his soul to betting companies, so he doesn't get much respect anymore from me. I have no problem with betting, but as the top journalist, you can't be sponsored by a betting company when you control the market like Shams does
@LAClippersFilm
Social media killed the special feel of everything, olympics, nba, football (soccer), etc.
Now it's all about which fanbase can be the most annoying and tear down everyone else the most, nitpicking everything, instead of appreciating the sport and greatness within it
@faustocoppi60
This isn't a time trial, it is a big climb and a crazy descent, can't start in Paris if you crash out today, wasn't much point in risking it ilo
@NBAReactz
@TheDunkCentral
@KevinOConnorNBA
Franz is currently the best of his class and his potential is easily just as high as any of them. Has no flaws in his game and still a lot of potential to grow in all facets
@BubankusMoosaka
I'm not blaming the players on the court, I'm annoyed at the people making the post and the people in the comments making fun of this awesome tradition
@NetflixFR
What a mess...
Lefevre of all people saying "you should kill someone for a stage" after what happened with Jakobsen in Poland and Mader just a few weeks before the Tour. Netflix fueling baseless doping allegations as a selling point. Crashes being the main attraction
Shameful