your favorite nba players for watching

when he's on he can score in just about every way there is

reggie jackson on the pistons is like a new man.

also i think rodney hood has a very bright future

giannis

kyrie

he is truly balling out of control this year, kinda unbelievable, bulls are gonna be tough

*cries tears of rage*

giannis
westbrook
embiid
klay
wall

steph curry, still sad this guy wasnt drafted by okc, him and kd would be fun together

― lag∞n, Thursday, January 24, 2013 10:42 AM (four years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

haha

omg!

let the record state i was the original steph fan back when he had a last name, also i got what i wanted and hated it

amazing

i, for one, am glad to have goon back on board with the warriors being the funnest team in the league. i could probably find like 80 posts about him hating on Kyrie to counter his current addition to this thread as well.

ha i dont think ive devoted too much time to hating kyrie, and while ive been enjoying his time in boston for the record he def constantly does some horrible things that im hoping he can mostly ween himself off, like standing there dribbling without even making a move then just shooting a contested three as the shot clock sounds, overall he really hasnt been that good so far tbh, but he also does like five unreal things every game that are just really entertaining, watching him dribble is so cool lol hes not like other players

yeah his dribbles are madness. im finally willing to concede the best in the league crown from curry to him.

Kyrie definitely has flaws but he is so damn fun to watch, his handles and some of the shots that he pulls off are just absolutely beautiful. Cavs are significantly less fun so far and I blame dudes like Derrick Rose but most of it is because Kyrie is gone

everything he does has a unique kyrieness to it like hell hold the ball a fraction of a beat longer than normal on a shot and then it just pops out and splashes the bottom of the net

also something abt the way he moves constantly untucks his jersey

the funnest team in the league.

I don't know. I guess I don't like blowouts that much? I root for them but I don't love watching them pick apart lottery teams.

now that theyre not playing D they might be kinda cool, a 135-137 game v the rockets sounds ok

no they are playing d now. for one half a game at least. just enough to blow teams out.

I don't know. I guess I don't like blowouts that much? I root for them but I don't love watching them pick apart lottery teams.

― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Friday, November 10, 2017 3:20 PM (thirteen minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yeahi hear you. i was kinda excited when they were losing this year cos they had some fun close games.

kyrie has been an interesting case study this year in at least as far as the stats/eye test divide goes, seems like he’s very comfortable being the primary guy and people are really fixating on his positive attributes, yet his numbers are more or less the same iirc. otoh the celtics are winning and sources say he’s trying on defense, so maybe there is something going on there

his raw boxscore numbers are actually down i think

his numbers are worse! (cause hes not hitting his 3s) but defensive effort is def way better

i wld say he looked wildly uncomfortable in his role to start the season but has started to find his groove as wld be expected w adjusting to a new team/system but isnt nearly totally integrated yet, still has tons of awful offensive possessions mostly to do w playing way too much iso, he waves off screens all the time which seems dumb to me just use the screen its easier, and hes been great in the pnr

walks the ball up the court too much burns clock w pointless dribbling etc

tho sometimes he does that let the ball roll all the way up the court before touching it thing to save the shot clock thing which is p cool, theres really no reason just to use it on a short clock i mean picking the ball up past half court with a full 24 is a pretty huge advantage

Kyrie definitely has flaws but he is so damn fun to watch, his handles and some of the shots that he pulls off are just absolutely beautiful. Cavs are significantly less fun so far and I blame dudes like Derrick Rose but most of it is because Kyrie is gone

― marcos, Friday, November 10, 2017 2:08 PM (three days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i used to love watching peak-era D-Rose but i'm pretty sure he's in the top 3 most painful NBA players to watch now.

non warriors edition:

Covington
Jokic
Giannis (kinda feels like this one goes w/out saying at this point)
Embiid
Simmons
Booker
TJ Warren
Taytum/Jaylen

this is the weirdest thread to reread from the top down

things have changed

why did i put kobe and barron davis in my list i dont think thats ever been true i was drunk

flip murray
igoudala
leinas kleiza (for real!)
josh howard
udonis haslem (kinda lulls you to sleep in a good way with jumpers from the elbow for days)
trevor ariza
von wafer (is this dude still in the league? if so someone give him some minutes)

― J0rdan S., Friday, March 28, 2008 2:22 AM (nine years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

this is truly bizarre tho

lol thats great.

i, for one, am glad to have goon back on board with the warriors being the funnest team in the league. i could probably find like 80 posts about him hating on Kyrie to counter his current addition to this thread as well.

― Spottie, Friday, November 10, 2017 4:53 PM (four days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

kyrie

― lag∞n, Thursday, January 24, 2013 10:43 AM (four years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

ahaha

lol looks like you actually posted it twice itt

the original and consistent kyrie supporter

#selfpwned

jokic
simmons
giannis
boogie
fox
kyrie
uncle drew
mask kyrie
kyrie irving

jokic
giannis
luka
pascal siakam
kyrie
embiid
curry

good list

mine from last season was:

non warriors edition:

Covington
Jokic
Giannis (kinda feels like this one goes w/out saying at this point)
Embiid
Simmons
Booker
TJ Warren
Taytum/Jaylen

― Spottie, Monday, November 13, 2017 11:53 PM (one year ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

for this seasons holdovers I'd go:

Covington
Jokic
Giannis
Embiid

and then add:

Montrezl (classic hustle guy)
Sabonis (love a big that can dish)
De'aron Fox (push push push)
Shai GA (love how calmly and in control he plays)
Luka (fun to see all the ways he can create_

montrezl is playing like crazy this year not sure what go into him, he does really skilled powerful moves as the roll man on the reg now

curry
kyrie
boban
giannis
embiid
montrezl
javale

brow is amazing to just watch move even if hes not doing a cool basketball thing

kyrie curry dame/cj

giannis and kawhi have this horrifying force of nature thing going where you want to look away but cant

Haven't watched Brow yet this year. It felt like coming into this season he was the frontrunner for MVP but the Pels aren't looking too hot yet. Has Jokic fully taken over in that race?

I think jokic is a little further down in the power rankings now. feel like the consensus contenders at this point are giannis/embiid/brow/kawhi/bron/curry

brow is putting up super mvp numbers but yeah maybe not quite super enough to get it on a 500 team, tho i think that —needs to be a winner— conventional wisdom has shifted somewhat, dont see them giving it to jokic as generally a player has to be an established superstar for a least a year to be admitted as a finalist, giannis prob the front runner now

i think the pels record hurts brow for sure. everyone says that roster is a dumpster fire but i think they have some good players, the top 5 at least. the elfrid payton injury hurt them quite a bit which is weird.

jokic has too many weird games still.

funnny harden isnt even mentioned but he's putting up m/l identical numbers as last year.