i have something to say about the offseason THE 2016 NBA OFFSEASON

better than KDs line by a mile

i only wear new balance

most contempo basketball shoes are so out of my realm of aesthetic appreciation anyway but im gonna disagree just on principal

what do you wear to ball in?

not sure if i buy that the east is going to remain this easymode path to the finals for the rest of the decade, it'll prob still be true next year but theres a lot of moving parts in the nba and player contracts are relatively short. steph curry is only signed for 1 more year. strange things can happen.

shamefully ive been wearing these nike running shoes that actually have p decent cross train ability like i lift in them too but prob been playing enough where i shd prob just get some basketball shoes

http://www.zappos.com/images/z/3/1/8/1/4/5/3181454-p-MULTIVIEW.jpg

wow man you're disrespecting the game wearing those on the court

haha they actually look not that different than a lot of these slipper ass looking low tops ppl r wearing these days but ya generally i cant really argue

lol'd at the hardline diss there

you've got to get to a nike outlet asap. pick whatever last year model is on sale and get your mind right.

ill be honest this is not easy to hear but i know deep down u r right

KD should sign with the Cavs if he wants an easy in to the Finals.

ha tru

goon if you come to portland i will have you arrested on sight and locked away for an afternoon in the top secret nike employee store

nice ive heard abt this store and aspire to visit it

you basically have to be batman to get in there iirc, tho i have family at nike so could maybe get a pass? idk how it works even

haha they actually look not that different than a lot of these slipper ass looking low tops ppl r wearing these days but ya generally i cant really argue

― lag∞n, Saturday, June 4, 2016 8:40 AM

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i wear these, theyre like $60 man

i live like 10 minutes away from the nike ACG store its a pretty dope store

cool can u pick me up some sneaker boots jk

not season appropriate ill pick u up a pair of free rifts instead

ty

the doris burke article was good i was surprised to learn pop is sexist

maybe not surprised but u kno

he does come off as a bit of an asshole

i do not think that interview showed that pop was sexist

good interview tho, doris is great

Well, that does remind of what happened with you and San Antonio head coach Gregg Popovich, when he wouldn't answer your questions besides saying “turnovers.”

Yeah, and me choking back tears?

Yeah, I remember being very happily surprised that you admitted vulnerability after that. You’re like Hillary Clinton in that people expect you to prove toughness in a way that men don’t need to.

Yes, yes, displaying a level of strength and a lack of vulnerability, because that’s what a prerequisite of the job is, when, in actuality, all of the things that make us human will help us do that job better. I’ve been expressing my vulnerability because it’s the truth. I was literally on the verge of tears. And my take on that Popovich situation has changed. We all used to give him a pass because he would say to us privately, "Well, I just can’t help myself. I’m in the game, and this is my job." But I don’t give him a pass anymore. It now frustrates me to the point where I want to say, "I’m not giving you a pass because I’ve seen you when Jeff Van Gundy walks over there, and the interaction is totally different."

yeah i read the interview

life would be a lot easier and our problems solved a lot quicker if it were valid to reflexively ascribe malice to individual actors part of a situation as complex and at times ugly as doris' story breaking into the NBA, but it's not. i do understand that a substantial subset of the internet believes that this is the way it works, tho

good job at equating casual sexism with active malice, way to move the basketball ring

if you think that anecdote shows pop as being "casually sexist" based on a comparison of one interview with doris and the way he interacts with a former colleague, then god bless

the point of the story wasn't pop's sexism it was...systemic sexism in sports and media

SO Hornacek was the idiot after all
http://www.brightsideofthesun.com/2016/6/5/11863248/jeff-hornacek-demanded-phoenix-suns-trade-isaiah-thomas-new-york-knicks-boston-celtics

WOW Curry isnt playing in the Olympics :(

not surprising, his health is still kinda questionable

oh dang that's really sad, i was just thinking the other day how exciting that was going to be

yeah pretty bummed

contract year

the extent to which he wld light up the int game wld be so crazed

yeah obv a smart move on his part to rest his knee and not risk injury for $$$ but I'm selfish lagoon otm

rip sean rooks

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It saddens to report Sixers assistant coach & ex-NBA center Sean Rooks, 46, passed away in Philadelphia today, sources told @TheUndefeated.

aw

so many ballers die so young :/

chris bosh is in a blood thinner medication ad now this is a bummer

opportunistic tho

Lin opted out

could see him getting decent money from a bunch of places

errybody opting out

new d'antoni rockets perhaps, philly, milwaukee (MCW insurance) - knicks could use him but apparently have already said nah xp self

lin will get a good contract