Sports NBA Discussion Thread

[Shottie]

Michael Jordan was the only player that ever made me want to watch basketball. And I haven't seen a game since he retired

 

[Gambit]

I fucking told y’all Pierce is the biggest hater !
LBJ not in his top 5 of all time ?! REALLY ?!

LBJ is not in my list either.. For me it's: Magic,MJ,LBird, Kobe, Truth

Great Jordan documentary! Not so much for the actual team itself though. A lot of people from the team are portrayed negatively

Agree but I agree more with what Kukoc has said abt the docu.. It's not healthy when u knew that even Krausse deserves rrsect as much as what other crews had... He was the greatest GM at that point in tine..

 

[Noyman2000]

Agree but I agree more with what Kukoc has said abt the docu.. It's not healthy when u knew that even Krausse deserves rrsect as much as what other crews had... He was the greatest GM at that point in tine..

He does deserve respect from that perspective getting Pippen, Horace, Rodman, etc. but the idea to break up a championship team immediately was still bad. The owner of the Bulls deserves as big of the blame for being cheap, which he did admit. He deserves the bigger blame 'cause he had the final say to everything. Phil Jackson also deserves the blame 'cause he was going out regardless. Basically, the whole thing was a mess from every side.

 

[Gambit]

He does deserve respect from that perspective getting Pippen, Horace, Rodman, etc. but the idea to break up a championship team immediately was still bad. The owner of the Bulls deserves as big of the blame for being cheap, which he did admit. He deserves the bigger blame 'cause he had the final say to everything. Phil Jackson also deserves the blame 'cause he was going out regardless. Basically, the whole thing was a mess from every side.

I agree, and I felt bad for all the players in that roster; they could've gotten a couple more to close the 90's.

 

[Emperor Cross]

LBJ is not in my list either.. For me it's: Magic,MJ,LBird, Kobe, Truth

Agree but I agree more with what Kukoc has said abt the docu.. It's not healthy when u knew that even Krausse deserves rrsect as much as what other crews had... He was the greatest GM at that point in tine..

LBJ is either first or second no

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I don’t know how we can take the Last Dance seriously when they said Michael refused some scenes to be diffused. But when it’s the moment to shit on Jerry, Horrace or Pippen, he was there...
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Harrell to LAL, Skip and Kawhi punching the air right now

 

[Kaka]

LBJ is not in my list either.. For me it's: Magic,MJ,LBird, Kobe, Truth

Agree but I agree more with what Kukoc has said abt the docu.. It's not healthy when u knew that even Krausse deserves rrsect as much as what other crews had... He was the greatest GM at that point in tine..

Wtf?

lol

Paul Pierce top 5 ever? What are you talking about lol

 

[Gambit]

Wtf?

lol

Paul Pierce top 5 ever? What are you talking about lol

Bruh i was teasing the dudes. I am a lowkey LBJ fan but only in the latter part of his career. The guy has matured enough and his game evolved to be considered one of the greats.. i love paul but that place i gave, he didn't deserve. Paul is clearly top 20.

 

[Kaka]

Bruh i was teasing the dudes. I am a lowkey LBJ fan but only in the latter part of his career. The guy has matured enough and his game evolved to be considered one of the greats.. i love paul but that place i gave, he didn't deserve. Paul is clearly top 20.

Thank god lol.

Though I don't think I'd give him top 20 either. Maybe top 35. Definitely not a ''clear'' top 20.

I'm sure I can easily come up with 20 players better than Paul Pierce.

MJ
LBJ
Kareem
Magic
Bird
Shaq
Wilt
Duncan
Bill Russell
Kobe

That's 10 in no order.

Another 10 I can easily come up with.

Hakeem
Oscar
Jerry West
Dr J
KD
Steph
Elgin Baylor
Scottie Pippen
D-Wade
Isiah Thomas (the Pistons one)

Then in the next 10 (so top 30), I can probably put Paul Pierce along with guys like:

KG
Kawhi
David Robinson
Dirk Nowitzki
AI
Karl Malone
etc..

 

[Gambit]

I can see a LAL fan in your list. You even gave 2 Celtics in that lineup for consolation. Bit that's a decent list. I wonder why you didn't include Pip. I'd kick the Logo out of that list to dish Paul in. Lmao. That's just me fanboying

 

[Kaka]

I can see a LAL fan in your list. You even gave 2 Celtics in that lineup for consolation. Bit that's a decent list. I wonder why you didn't include Pip. I'd kick the Logo out of that list to dish Paul in. Lmao. That's just me fanboying

I did xD

He's in the second batch. xD

 

[Gambit]

Kidd or Nash. I still think that Nash robbed Mvps from Shaq and Kidd respectively

 

[Noyman2000]

Thank god lol.

Though I don't think I'd give him top 20 either. Maybe top 35. Definitely not a ''clear'' top 20.

I'm sure I can easily come up with 20 players better than Paul Pierce.

MJ
LBJ
Kareem
Magic
Bird
Shaq
Wilt
Duncan
Bill Russell
Kobe

That's 10 in no order.

Another 10 I can easily come up with.

Hakeem
Oscar
Jerry West
Dr J
KD
Steph
Elgin Baylor
Scottie Pippen
D-Wade
Isiah Thomas (the Pistons one)

Then in the next 10 (so top 30), I can probably put Paul Pierce along with guys like:

KG
Kawhi
David Robinson
Dirk Nowitzki
AI
Karl Malone
etc..

No disrespect but I don't even put him in that level (although he was clutch). I look at top 30 being closer on the level of top 15-20 so he must have been at least a top 5 player at some point in his career but I never really saw him like that (maybe '08). I think T-Mac was better than him in his era and guys who are playing right now but haven't won a chip like Harden, CP3 definitely, and probably even Westbrook are all better than Pierce was. He's more closer to top 50 for me, which is still all-time great lol.

Kidd or Nash. I still think that Nash robbed Mvps from Shaq and Kidd respectively

It may look like a robbery (especially for Shaq) but Nash literally turned the Suns from the worst team in the west to the best team in the NBA in his 1st season and then led them again to 55 wins without Amar'e playing the season. That would be like if Steph led the Warriors to 50+ wins without Klay, that's what Nash did.

Ideally, I like Kidd more 'cause he plays defense but I think Nash fits the modern game more. It's almost like Lonzo Ball vs Trae Young lol.

 

[Kaka]

No disrespect but I don't even put him in that level (although he was clutch). I look at top 30 being closer on the level of top 15-20 so he must have been at least a top 5 player at some point in his career but I never really saw him like that (maybe '08). I think T-Mac was better than him in his era and guys who are playing right now but haven't won a chip like Harden, CP3 definitely, and probably even Westbrook are all better than Pierce was. He's more closer to top 50 for me, which is still all-time great lol.

I was just trying to not offend the Celtic fanboy

 

[Noyman2000]

I was just trying to not offend the Celtic fanboy

I mean... he's still not top 30. Sorry @Gambit

 

[Kaka]

At least Bill Russell and KG and Bird are there. xD

Can't compare to the Lakers though xD

 

[Gambit]

Ah shit. I need a beer. Lmao

 

[Ichimonji]

@kakashi19283 @Gambit
Starting Five All-Time. In turns. Go.

PG:
SG: MJ
SF:
PF:
C:

 

[Kaka]

@kakashi19283 @Gambit
Starting Five All-Time. In turns. Go.

PG:
SG: MJ
SF:
PF:
C:

Took the first one, classy.

PG: LeBron James
SG:
SF:
PF:
C:
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I say we give Gambit Paul Pierce and proceed with the next round.

 

[Gambit]

PG: LeBron James
SG: MJ
SF:
PF: KG
C:

No PP there.

 

[Ichimonji]

Nah. The way the game works, we’re drafting these players one by one in turns. You can’t draft a player another person has drafted already. Like, no one can draft Bron because Kaka drafted him already.

Looks like you took KG with your first player lol (u can edit if u want)

My turn:

PG:
SG: MJ
SF:
PF: KD
C: