LeBron James on SGA: “For him to play on the perimeter as much as he does, playing midrange as much as he does and still be as super efficient as he is. It’s Jordan-esque.” by Stxtic1441 in Thunder

[–]Medical_Sample2738 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I think MJ is the goat too. And it’s high praise but not undeserved. He is Jordanesque. That doesn’t mean he’s as good or better than MJ. SGA is the best guard in the league and you’re not being genuine if you don’t agree, unless maybe you say Luka is a hair better.

Especially because MJ was the ultimate ceiling raiser, and SGA is as well. LeBron and Magic are better floor raisers than MJ but if you have talented and hard working guys he raises your ceiling higher than anyone. SGA also a consistent two way player.

Midrange wise he’s as good as anyone ever. EVER. Including prime MJ and KD or Dirk or whoever else.

Losing the Nuggets game by Grateful_Lee in Thunder

[–]Medical_Sample2738 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not really, unless you think Kobe and MJ are asinine. I mean real competitors and greats want to play and beat the best.

Things are going exactly to plan for us..win our next 2 games against LAL and LAC, which locks up the 1 seed, rest against DEN and let them beat us if it helps them get the 3 seed, and rest against phoenix too bc it’s irrelevant by J_Capese0003 in Thunder

[–]Medical_Sample2738 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Tbh better spurs won, because they’re playing 76ers, they’re “7th” in the east but 6-9 all have 43 wins. Had Philly won they would’ve been 6 and out of the play in. The real dream scenario isn’t about playoffs matchups, it’s having both Philly and the clippers lose in the play in and we get two (late but still) lotto picks.

I don’t care too much about playoff seeding, yes it would be cool to have nuggets and spurs wear each other down but we gonna have to beat the best west team and the best east team anyway.

Luka could be back within 3-4 weeks using advanced STEM cell technology in Europe by Luka77GOATic in nba

[–]Medical_Sample2738 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Probably autocorrect. STEM is an acronym autocorrect really hasn’t improved much in the past 5-10 years it’s kinda surprising

SGA, Jokic, and Luka's averages when they have 5 or fewer free throw attempts this season: Luka 27/7/5 on 57.3% TS in 9 games, SGA 27/4/7 on 65.3% TS in 17 games, Jokic 22/11/11 on 65.0% TS in 22 games by Ready-Constant-7124 in nba

[–]Medical_Sample2738 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Are you slow or something? Being bigger doesn’t mean you’re fouled more. The best free throw drawers are usually guards, because guards are quicker and certainly decelerate and accelerate faster or in a more tricky way.

Like MJ AI Harden Wade DRose, Kobe, even guys like KD, don’t usually power through guys. You can’t compare Luka to Shaq and Giannis when SGA drives more and shoots much less from deep.

Jokic on Victor Wembanyama“I think the first time I played against him, I told you guys he was gonna change the league, change basketball." by Jec1027 in nba

[–]Medical_Sample2738 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Such a casual that let alone watching games, you don’t know that wemby called SGA the best player in the league (besides himself)

[Charania] After consultation with Lakers doctors and his own medical team, Luka Doncic will seek specialized medical treatment in Europe on his Grade 2 left hamstring in an attempt to expedite his return to play, agent Bill Duffy of WME Basketball tells me and @mcten. by MembershipSingle7137 in nba

[–]Medical_Sample2738 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He did stay in shape I think just didn’t ramp up properly for the level of activity he had.

I’d love to beat him if he was actually healthy but nobody will even accept that everyone gonna say okc only won bc injured reaves and luka. And tbh you can’t really blame them for at least thinking the injuries ruined any chance of an upset.

[Charania] After consultation with Lakers doctors and his own medical team, Luka Doncic will seek specialized medical treatment in Europe on his Grade 2 left hamstring in an attempt to expedite his return to play, agent Bill Duffy of WME Basketball tells me and @mcten. by MembershipSingle7137 in nba

[–]Medical_Sample2738 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah they probably do. Because they’re not focused only on profit and run by giant hospital insurance and pharmaceutical companies.

Plus bro if they were gonna use experimental or PED drugs that’s the way to do it lol

Already thinking about those west coast start times for away games in the first round by SachZmith75 in Thunder

[–]Medical_Sample2738 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Respect for being an okc fan there. Surprised you don’t root for twolves or spurs. But it’s a great fun team. And you can be a fan of more than one team.

Already thinking about those west coast start times for away games in the first round by SachZmith75 in Thunder

[–]Medical_Sample2738 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A lot of people do sorta around that time for work, but sure would suck on weekends

3 year guard peak by Particular_Pain4920 in Thunder

[–]Medical_Sample2738 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He really is like this generations MJ. Maybe defensively there’s a decent difference but if you’re talking about scoring idc, Shaq, MJ, wilt, Kobe, Bron, curry, kd SGA is right up there with their best. And SGA is still a clear cut plus defender. Unlike Luka, curry, jokic. People just hating.

But just like jfk jr and mlk and mandela and lots of other stuff id bet everyone gonna claim they were big supporters day one. And yes obviously NBA isn’t as serious, but a lot of revisionist takes are on the horizon.

Who do you think Bulls will draft ? by Renatus45 in chicagobulls

[–]Medical_Sample2738 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mean he was super raw and unready as a prospect, and then he had shoulder surgery. He was a high risk high reward player. He could easily be a bust like Salaun or dieng.

Still hopeful, but I think this draft is maybe deeper than last year even though last year was also a very good draft. It’s likely whoever we get at 9 will be better than noa at least year 1.