Year Round Basketball Thread + NBA Fantasy League

[SirSamuel016]

Seems this post is pinned so here are the 2025/26 award predictions that I've received so far! If you haven't sent already then feel free to shoot me your list!

 

[raDar]

Any Suns fan here? Thoughts?

 

[xi0]

Oh, look how photogenic Alex Len as become. I hope he's happy

And no, those jerseys look awful.

 

[Kaiten]

The new Suns jerseys are hideous. The Suns have had some ugly jerseys, over the years,

Didn't the Bulls even end the Heat's streak without their top player in Rose? No reason to believe that can't happen again. The Heat were just too lucky durin the playoffs.

They did, and with Rose back they can do it again.The Heat dodged Rose, and they dodged Durant. The Thunder would have made the finals if Westbrook had not been injured.

 

[raDar]

The Thunder would have made the finals if Westbrook had not been injured.

This is arguable. But I still believe the Spurs would still advance to the Finals. Kevin Martin was a downgrade compared to Harden (and they just lost him too). And if they did, I'm inclined to believe they won't make the Heat sweat it out as much as they did with that series vs San Antonio. And of course I'm a bit biased here.


About the jerseys, I actually liked the white one. The sleeved jersey looks much better than the one the Dubs wore last season (awful). And to think there are like 5 more teams that will start wearing those next season...

 

[M3J]

Any Suns fan here? Thoughts?

I now desire orange juice, or Capri Sun's orange juice. At least they'll be visible if the lights ever go out.

The new Suns jerseys are hideous. The Suns have had some ugly jerseys, over the years,



They did, and with Rose back they can do it again.The Heat dodged Rose, and they dodged Durant. The Thunder would have made the finals if Westbrook had not been injured.

The Heat lucked out so much this year.

I also read on Twitter that Kobe said Durant, McGrady, Melo, Rose, Iverson, and Hill were the toughest he's played against. LeBron wasn't even listed. Basically says LeBron isn't as good as people make him out to be, and I doubt Kobe would deny that.

 

[xi0]

I also read on Twitter that Kobe said Durant, McGrady, Melo, Rose, Iverson, and Hill were the toughest he's played against. LeBron wasn't even listed. Basically says LeBron isn't as good as people make him out to be, and I doubt Kobe would deny that.

That's either a mental slip or mindgames. Knowing Kobe, it's the latter.

 

[M3J]

Highly doubt it. Why not use mind games against better players like Durant?

 

[raDar]

One thing that stands out from that list is that almost all of them were scoring champs.

 

[xi0]

Highly doubt it. Why not use mind games against better players like Durant?

Who said Durant is a better player than LeBron? I'm saying he's giving the middle finger to him.

 

[M3J]

I'm asking what the need to do that is when he's mentioned other active players as well. Considering the Bulls would be more of a threat than Heat being close to 100% health, Kobe would be better off playing mind games against the Bulls. He likely is good a defender to not consider LeBron that hard to play against.

 

[xi0]

I'm asking what the need to do that is when he's mentioned other active players as well. Considering the Bulls would be more of a threat than Heat being close to 100% health, Kobe would be better off playing mind games against the Bulls. He likely is good a defender to not consider LeBron that hard to play against.

It's Kobe dude, he's a bitter guy.

 

[M3J]

Or, LeBron just isn't that good a player when he's not flopping and all.

 

[xi0]

Or, LeBron just isn't that good a player when he's not flopping and all.

I'm not a fan of LeBron, but this statement is just stupid.

 

[TheMoa]

you if ask kobe he probably you say that Lebron is more of a passer, doesn't have the eff u mode to score that is hard to guard one to one

 

[M3J]

I'm not a fan of LeBron, but this statement is just stupid.

Not really. LeFlop is the queen of flopping.

you if ask kobe he probably you say that Lebron is more of a passer, doesn't have the eff u mode to score that is hard to guard one to one

Dunno, LeBron can be pretty good at scoring. Forgot how he did in the playoffs, but didn't he drive through traffic and dunk few times?


Funny thing is, in NBA 2K13, you're more likely to see LeBron passing than Kobe.

 

[xi0]

That's a videogame

 

[M3J]

Could mirror real life? I dunno, but I don't remember anyone saying LeBron is a ball hog like a lot say about Kobe.

 

[raDar]

I remember people calling him that back in his Cavs days. When he really doesn't have much players to pass on and pretty much carried the whole team in offense. And James is just too good a passer to not pass considering the talents that surround him in Miami.

 

[TheMoa]

Not really. LeFlop is the queen of flopping.


Dunno, LeBron can be pretty good at scoring. Forgot how he did in the playoffs, but didn't he drive through traffic and dunk few times?


Funny thing is, in NBA 2K13, you're more likely to see LeBron passing than Kobe.

I'm saying what kobe would say, not what I think
It's kind of a recurring theme to see people praising LeBron's passing game, dismissing him as a scorer and forgetting that he can score at will too... although with a different set of skills

Kobe himself said a couple of times that Lebron is more of a passer...

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I remember people calling him that back in his Cavs days. When he really doesn't have much players to pass on and pretty much carried the whole team in offense. And James is just too good a passer to not pass considering the talents that surround him in Miami.

Not exactly... he use to carry the offense, but he would also get criticism for passing at the end of games instead of trying to score



and to clarify, I'm not a fan of him

 

[M3J]

I'm saying what kobe would say, not what I think
It's kind of a recurring theme to see people praising LeBron's passing game, dismissing him as a scorer and forgetting that he can score at will too... although with a different set of skills

Kobe himself said a couple of times that Lebron is more of a passer...

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Not exactly... he use to carry the offense, but he would also get criticism for passing at the end of games instead of trying to score



and to clarify, I'm not a fan of him

Dunno why when LeBron can be pretty good scorer. Hasn't he driven through traffic many times before? Hell, he's scored 3-pointer few times in the playoffs. As much as I dislike him, it's stupid to deny that he can score. Though he does tend to lose the ball when trying to dunk and cries about it.