2017_____N–B–A–S–T–A–T–S_____2018

A Gordon

40-15-4-4-1 plus only 1 TO

W over OKC

damn

wow ben simmons line is really something

31-18-4-2-2

15-29 FTs

that's an old shaq line

hacka simm

there's too many exciting young guys in the league i just can't handle it

seems like it was wise to trust the process

that game had a weird ass box score in general. none of washington's starters played more than 25 min.

Bringram

32-5-3-3-2

Ingram gonna be a probleeem

— CJ McCollum (@CJMcCollum) November 30, 2017

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Lebron's averaging 28-8-8 on 58/42/76

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one of these things is not like the other

harden may beat out curry this year for most 3pm. hes shooting 11 a game at around 40% and curry 9 a game at sub 40%.

harden is cruising to the mvp so far

lebron has a case

true but if it ends up being close the voters will prob want to give it to james its his turn

devin booker averaging 54 over his last two games in boston

lol

if the bucks record was better i'd have him up there w harden and lbj. but of course we're only liike 1/4 of the way through the season, plenty of shifts to happen ahead.

giannis is worthy def but they never give it to a guy in his first year of mvp level play unless youre derrick rose and you never even had a season of mvp level play

lebron fatigue was real

lol they were so pissed about the decision which tbf was an extremely poor tv show

it was really bad but also awesome

it was very goofy and odd as was the miami press conference with the explosions everyone involved lost their mind for a minute lol dan gilbert wrote the comic sans letter

it was a beautiful time

the playbook for leaving a city was long established you take out a full page ad in the local paper humbly thanking the fans for their support then lay low for a while but in this case everyone decided to see what would happen if they did exactly the opposite

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