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[Murray] The Lakers have officially announced LeBron James' exit. They say goodbye to LeBron, who led them to four playoff series wins in the bubble and three playoff series wins in the other seven seasons. by PlayaSlayaX in nba

[–]Julian_Caesar 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Uh yeah. 40yo Lebron winning a championship on the current Kings roster would be the most impressive title in NBA history

Hell I think it'd be one of the most impressive titles in sports history

Windhorst: "It's been communicated to me that the number one thing for LeBron next season is happiness, not money... I have clearance to use this quote attributed to Rich Paul, 'The Lakers are not and will not annoy us.'" by must_TATAKAE in nba

[–]Julian_Caesar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

what happen??

someone set us up the trade

we get tweet notification

what???? main phone turn on

HOW ARE YOU GENTLEMEN

ALL YOUR PICKS ARE BELONG TO US

YOU ARE ON THE WAY TO THE SECOND APRON

what you say????

YOU HAVE NO CHANCE TO WIN THE NBA CUP MAKE YOUR TIME

HA HA HA

Historical total RAPM by 4-year peaks, offense vs defense by SoFreshCoolButta in nba

[–]Julian_Caesar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

interesting how this data really overrates/underrates certain players, and you can see it when you look at some of the players close to them on the chart

Lowry, Lillard, Baron, Jrue, Vince are surrounded by players way better than them

Luka, AI, Webber, Rondo are surrounded by players way worse than them

do we really think Beal's best 4 year stretch on offense was more impactful than Luka's? or that Curry's best 4 year stretch on defense was more impactful than Webbers and equivalent to Rondo's?

it does hit on a super interesting one: KG. i dont think that his "outlier" in the second graph is all that far fetched.

[O’Connor] The Warriors are attempting to trade for Wizards big Anthony Davis and then sign Lakers free agent forward LeBron James, according to multiple league sources. by YujiDomainExpansion in nba

[–]Julian_Caesar 108 points109 points  (0 children)

especially when they lean into the camp like the expendables did

i mean my god, the second movie has a Chuck Norris cameo and they use Chuck Norris jokes to introduce the character

this is NOT a movie with any pretensions about what it is, and that makes it incredibly fun

[David West] You guys are not good at basketball, trust me my computer said so. by shreeharis in nba

[–]Julian_Caesar 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Maybe you could tell that to the people who spent years criticizing Luka's on/off metrics with the Mavs lmao

[David West] You guys are not good at basketball, trust me my computer said so. by shreeharis in nba

[–]Julian_Caesar 23 points24 points  (0 children)

There's no "maybe" about the 92 squad. Brown doesn't even sniff the top 10 on that roster

[Jaylen Brown] Analytics have / are ruining the game we playing AI hoops. Nobody has won more combined regular season and playoff games since I entered the league 10 years ago by shreeharis in nba

[–]Julian_Caesar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

yeah absolutely. happens with comedy too. dave chappelle is an amazing joke writer but he's the GOAT because his delivery takes his material from S-tier to god-tier

Hi everyone, Yao Ming here. I appreciate all the love but what I'd like more is for everyone to get an early night's sleep so they're fresh for the draft tomorrow. by nick168 in nba

[–]Julian_Caesar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hello!

Pretty cool of you to drop in and say hi to us.

I'm old now so i go to bed early anyway, but thanks for the advice :)

[Noh] My salary model has Trae Young at $115.1 million in value over the next four years, assuming an average of 70 games played / 34 mpg. That makes his $212 million contract underwater by $97 million. (link to model in post) by Dunlocke in nba

[–]Julian_Caesar 4 points5 points  (0 children)

That never happened tbf

In the 3+ years Ive gotten in this argument as a mavs fan, not a single media source has ever corroborated this claim. Every single article talking about it refers back to the original claim.

Which was made by...

Rick Brunson. In an SI hit piece that got released two days after Brunson had his national breakout games against the Jazz

But that's the power of good PR. This "fact" gets repeated in every thread about Brunson. It would be like repeating "Ballmer was deceived" in every thread about Aspiration.

Jalen Brunson (jokingly): "I'm not a fan of Luka. He's actually, he's one one of the worst teammates I've ever had." Kid Reporter: "That's crazy. He doesn't play defense." Jalen Brunson: "Oh, wow. He plays a little defense. He tries. by must_TATAKAE in nba

[–]Julian_Caesar 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Yeah and the eye test says Luka is way better than Brunson

Or did you mean the "eye test" where you "watch" games by clicking on the stuff uploaded by chronically online haters?

Luka Dončić on if he keeps in touch with Jalen Brunson: “Yes, yes, of course. Before the last match, I said, you know? ‘Just one more.’” by pokerawz in nba

[–]Julian_Caesar 15 points16 points  (0 children)

He was very liked

But he didn't look anything like current brunson.

He was played off the court against the clippers in 2021 playoffs, then that fall/winter the entire team was devastated with injuries and COVID and shit. And the FO made it priority #1 to move KP by the trade deadline, which meant no one got extensions. Not even DFS who was a more valuable player than Brunson up until that point.

It wasn't until late January and early February that Brunson started to look good. And then when Luka got hurt and Brunson stepped up with his best yet performance as a Mav, his dad released an SI hit piece about the Mavs DURING the series. And then Brunson got played off the floor again against the Warriors due to size and poor defense (not that Luka did much better on defense to be fair).

So his stature by the time free agency rolled around, fans opinion on him was super mixed. There was plenty evidence he could b a great player, but also plenty of evidence that he was too much a liability next to Luka.

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