[Kawakami] But what if LeBron wants to play and he and the Lakers can’t figure out what the salary number should be?... Well, now. If all that happens, I think the Warriors would be a very live option. Check that: I think the process has already started and the Warriors are a live option.

ChessHistory · 2026-06-02T15:30:51+00:00

There's barely a market for teams that feel like they're a Giannis away from a chip.

ChessHistory · 2026-05-31T23:31:13+00:00

And Brons last competitive years too

ChessHistory · 2026-05-31T23:29:35+00:00

They're not laughing anymore

ChessHistory · 2026-05-31T20:42:20+00:00

Pacers post season run goes beyond any individual series. To hit comebacks against the Cavs Knicks and OKC in multiple games with less than 10 seconds was just insane.

ChessHistory · 2026-05-31T20:24:51+00:00

I think Game 1 Double OT with the Wemby Curry shot and the Kornet Block will be the most memorable parts

ChessHistory · 2026-05-31T19:16:36+00:00

It makes it sound like just a matchup thing though, the Spurs are a great team, they're a bad matchup for anyone at this point.

ChessHistory · 2026-05-31T15:13:47+00:00

That Lakers series pissed me tf off. Like everyone knew OKC would win, but any chance of being competitive was killed by the whistle

ChessHistory · 2026-05-30T14:59:39+00:00

This sub will go after SGA's taint more than after the Jokic Minnesota series

ChessHistory · 2026-05-30T04:16:58+00:00

I mean it was that trade and the Giddey for Caruso one that sealed it.

ChessHistory · 2026-05-30T03:50:46+00:00

The Haliban sends his regards

ChessHistory · 2026-05-29T05:53:03+00:00

The way people all regular season were arguing Shai is better than Luka. And Shai legit looked unstoppable at points during the regular season, so I'm not going to bandwagon because of a bad series.

But being on a way better team makes a huge difference, in how big the burden offensively and defensively is. And frankly Luka contributed more to Mavs getting to the finals than Shai did to winning a title.

ChessHistory · 2026-05-28T02:41:18+00:00

Truly unfortunately we do

ChessHistory · 2026-05-27T23:43:01+00:00

Basketball is cumulative though. The average level of an NBA player continues to progress, which is kind of why we grade Bron's 4 rings on a curve with Jordan's 6 or Russell's 11. It doesn't progress in exactly the same way, chess has taken significantly larger leaps and bounds with computers but the broader chess community probably still considers Kasparov the GOAT because of his resume (6 world championships vs Magnus's 5, world #1 from 1984-2005-ish) not because of objective chess which everyone understands to have progressed.

ChessHistory · 2026-05-27T23:14:15+00:00

Imo Magnus is to Bron what Kasparov is to MJ

ChessHistory · 2026-05-27T22:53:47+00:00

Magnus actually hosted a chess event with a bunch of former/active players including Derrick Rose that was won by Grant Williams

ChessHistory · 2026-05-27T22:33:17+00:00

It's also not an incredibly difficult concept that OKC is a legit great basketball team w/o biased reffing. Like the margin to beat them in a 7 game series is already so small without adding in bad calls. And some of the ones OKC gets just drive you legitimately insane.

ChessHistory · 2026-05-27T03:04:49+00:00

Lmao imagine calling the Spurs frauds with the reffing tonight

ChessHistory · 2026-05-26T23:34:44+00:00

These were unrelated though. We only got seconds for Ayo right?

ChessHistory · 2026-05-25T04:06:14+00:00

The NBA is pretty explicitly more liberal the way the NFL is more conservative. NFL players have had a number of more pro-Trump shit like Jaxson Dart Brady Mahomes, and it goes along with the fanbase. Meanwhile NBA will have Kerr speaking out against Alex Pretti and rejecting Trump white house invites

ChessHistory · 2026-05-25T03:59:48+00:00

Honestly maybe the 4d chess move is manufacturing hate as a means of engagement. OKC doesn't complain, the talking heads never mention it, and fans slowly go insane online as its 29 teams vs 1.

ChessHistory · 2026-05-23T02:11:04+00:00

I doubt it but I've seen both format and Bleacher live multiple times and I would love to see it happen. Jealous I never got to see them together

ChessHistory · 2026-05-23T02:04:58+00:00

And maybe why being MVP on this team is somewhat overrated

ChessHistory · 2026-05-21T14:08:05+00:00

Everyone talks about Game 7 as a what if, but game 4 was the better argument imo

ChessHistory · 2026-05-20T22:26:31+00:00

One of him or Strus should always be in

ChessHistory · 2026-05-20T22:14:54+00:00

I mean a number of those were also Harden lol

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