2017_____N–B–A–S–T–A–T–S_____2018

the concert was truly hilarious. so awkward.

i guess at this point it's looked at as kind of a bad thing for lebron but when they write the history of this period of the nba (huge growth, massive success) it's going to be like *the* moment.

yeah it also made him a love-him-or-hate-him villain which the NBA needed since kobe was declining

ha yeah now that i think abt it it def hurt brons image but was also the moment the nba became drama central ie made for these times

kobe wishes he had the same level of impact among the general public but he never even came close.

hmmm not so sure about that

yeah kobe was pretty legendary def the one nba player a lot of ppl cld name but his era was also one where the nba was a lil less aligned with the zeitgeist

if he had ever changed teams maybe he would have but even kobe/shaq was sort of limited to nba fans....i'm saying like regular f'n civilians had thoughts on bron going to the heat.

bron aspired to become a global icon but it never quite materialized on that jordan level where he was a straight up celebrity everyone knows him but hes still kinda just lebron the insanely good basketball player

lebron is def famous amongst racist men of late middle age for not doing things the right way, kobes constituency was more young guys who pair basketball jerseys with wrap around shades

xp that might just be like a decline of the monoculture thing, he had a significant role in that amy schumer movie; he's been outspoken w/politics....idk how any player could be more visible these days.

jordan just had it

true he did just want it more. i don't think bron can compartmentalize like jordan.

like even for years after his peak if u traveled outside of america and told people where you were from theyd be all oh michael jordan, off the charts charisma on that guy

kobe was massive everyone had an opinion on kobe

everyone who liked basketball had an opinion on kobe

everyone else....idk

the rape case was a huge deal

yeah kobe def broke through into the greater consciousness tho it was pre social media so pretty different

when he took brandy to prom it was like national news

that was b/c of brandy not kobe!

did lebron ever drop 8 bars on a brian mcknight track? i think not
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HiMLtKIq0yA

kobes rap career is low key one of the funniest nba things

iverson coming out like a lesser mobb deep crew member and being grounded by david stern then kobe featuring with brain mcknight and.... tyra banks is the prefect portrait of an era

great times

lol kobe is such a turd

kobes constituency was more young guys who pair basketball jerseys with wrap around shades

god this evokes the mid aughts abt as much as any image possibly good

I just started laughing thinking about the decision and lebron shirt and his weirdly round beard and the crazy not five not six not seven pep rally and the freaking espn HEAT INDEX or w/e it was and just what a wild time

s/o to the heat index

some rookie for the jazz scored 41pts a couple days ago

Since Chris Paul returned, the Rockets are 7-0, outscoring opponents by 151 total points — 21.6 per game

— Shane Young (@YoungNBA) December 4, 2017

thats a lot

46-8-1-2-1

Devin Booker

hes gonna score so many points in the nba

he'd be the goat if he could play vs your boys every game

he enjoys playing in the famous boston garden

well jason tatum scored 17 points on 6 shots tonight

gainnis dropped another 40 burger.

love it when the NBA guys do stuff

Dwyane Wade is averaging 1 block per game. seems kinda crazy to me.

looked it up and the only other player 6'4" or below, aged 30+ to average 1 block per game is... dwyane wade in his age 30 season.

best shot blocking guard ever

51 pts from Beal vs the Blazers.

rude

that's a lot of points, what a showboat

Stephen Curry this season:

• 2PT: 109/188 — 58%, career-high
• 3PT: 83/218 — 38.1%
• FT: 139/149 — 93.3%
• TS%: 64.3% — 2nd highest in career
• Turnover %: 12.4% — career-best
• Net Rating: +16.6

• PER: 27.3 — 5th in NBA
• WS/48: .280 — 2nd
• RPM: +6.98 — 2nd

— Shane Young (@YoungNBA) December 5, 2017

Boog

40-22-4-0-4

and a weird one vs the dubs a couple nights back in the ejection game

19-11-7-5-3 and a -32 in 32 minutes

Blocks (Total)

1. Warriors (219)
2. Spurs (155)

dubs got a lot of long arms and live legs

david west is a swatting machine this year. he's averaging 1.2 block in 12 minutes per game. He's only averaged more than 1 per game one year in his career (ten years ago) and obv in a lot more minutes.