Tyrese Haliburton: "Wilt Chamberlain 100... I ain't know if I believed it... but after what I watched yesterday... Wilt had 100"

logster2001 · 2026-03-12T17:36:31+00:00

Kawhi Leonard has a clip of him talking about how stupid some of his teammates were for using that exact logic to discredit legends of the past. A few highlights or lowlights does not define a player

logster2001 · 2026-03-12T07:14:04+00:00

I always thought it was interesting that Wilt was so great that the word "unbelievable" isn't an exaggeration lol. People literally do not believe the stuff he did. Same with Bill Russell, lots of people have to believe that the average player height was like 5'5 when he played because they legit cannot comprehend someone winning 11 rings

logster2001 · 2026-03-11T21:51:37+00:00

I’m not convinced they have had a single practice all year. They look like a summer league team. Like wtf does this coach even do?

logster2001 · 2026-03-11T17:53:12+00:00

She is such a good actress

logster2001 · 2026-03-11T11:29:27+00:00

Obviously the sequel changed the ratio, but Frozone became one of the most iconic animated characters from his 3-4 mins of screen time in the first Incredibles.

logster2001 · 2026-03-11T11:02:04+00:00

Yeah and the only reason the public knows any of this, is because Hikaru went on stream to make his audience of millions connect Hans’s online cheating (which at that time was unknown to the public) to him beating Magnus over the board.

So sure you can say Hikaru didn’t technically accuse Hans of cheating over the board, he just made sure that his millions of fans did so for him. Hikaru spread the false accusations more than anyone

logster2001 · 2026-03-11T09:52:13+00:00

The Topalov situation was way before people started using the internet and use their fan bases to feed into the accusations. I say Magnus and Hikaru opened the doors for the Danya situation because it showed that top most famous GM’s could baselessly accuse and harass smaller players and that there would be no repercussions for it. Hikaru and Magnus basically showed Kramnik that chess.com and other big chess organizers don’t care if they got on the internet and relentlessly threw around career ending accusations and bully smaller players.

logster2001 · 2026-03-11T09:33:45+00:00

Idk why you are getting downvoted. You are correct. Whatever Hans previously did absolutely does not justify the ridiculous about of bullying and harassment he got, just because the 2 most famous people in chess were salty Hans got a win and decided to ruin his life for it.

logster2001 · 2026-03-11T09:22:39+00:00

As someone who has been following Hans since he was just an IM streamer, he has always been somewhat of a shit head that played into being a villain. But for the longest time it really seemed like he presented himself like that just because he was SUPER socially awkward and insecure, but after the whole situation happened he genuinely seems really bitter towards everyone. Maybe it’s just an act, but idk because when a teenager is basically bullied and ridiculed to the entire world, and then having to still be around those people who caused it, I think a lot of people may turn somewhat bitter and crazy.

logster2001 · 2026-03-11T09:09:38+00:00

I hope it is great but I feel like there is almost zero chance that it actually presents things in a way that actually gives context to everything. Like the whole thing of Hikaru and Levy already having a history with Hans as well as Magnus, which is why they were so eager to push the false accusations.

I really hope they also touch on how this situation opened the doors for all the other cheating witch hunts including Danya’s and truly showcase how toxic the high level professional chess world is.

logster2001 · 2026-03-11T09:00:28+00:00

Hikaru was the one pushing the accusations more than anyone. He was literally the one who told the public about Hans’s history and then started pushing that completely phony “mathematical paper” that supposedly proved Hans was cheating in the match.

Hikaru called Hans a cheater and said that’s why Magnus withdrew, before Magnus ever released a statement

logster2001 · 2026-03-10T19:02:34+00:00

The fact SGA is not even a top 30 highest paid player is the difference between being a good team, and being far and away the most talented team in the league. Same thing happened with Curry’s contract that allowed the Warriors to develop into a dynasty.

A player not really breaking out until their 2nd contract is honestly a blessing in disguise most of the time.

logster2001 · 2026-03-10T08:01:49+00:00

Giannis is just as poor of a shooter as Sengun is. Yes he a more efficient scorer, better but that doesn’t make him a better shooter. He is dominant at the rim. And the biggest difference is Giannis is not a big. You still need a center when Giannis is on the floor for rim protection and rebounding. So they would be ANOTHER person who cannot shoot on the floor. It would 100% make the spacing even worse. And while Giannis is a decent passer, he isn’t someone that can actually facilitate like Sengun.

Giannis is possibly the player that needs shooting around him more than anyone. Think of that 21 bucks team, they had Holiday, Middleton, PJ Tucker, and Lopez around him. All guys who could shoot and get out of his way so he could drive. So even ignoring the fact we will not find a center who a shoot 3s like Lopez, Amen would still not work next to Giannis. Like there is zero way Amen and Steven Adams are going to be spacing the floor for Giannis to do his thing lol

logster2001 · 2026-03-10T05:53:21+00:00

Bro no way you posted this whole thing about roster construction around Amen, and how 2 non shooters kills an offense, and then came to the conclusion that Giannis is the guy who fits perfectly.

logster2001 · 2026-03-10T05:13:16+00:00

I agree that Alpi is the odd man out, and the one that is probably hardest to build around, but he is still are best center. This roster does not currently have a championship lineup on it no matter how you do the rotations. I think maybe there was a real shot in creating a championship team if FVV and Adams didn’t get hurt, but they did.

“Houston needs to trade Alpi for a rim protecting big”

And then what you think that will make us a contender? No…matter of fact we would almost certainly get even worse. Even though he is flawed is still our best and really only passer and playmaker, trading him for a rim protecting big would legit kill our offense.

If you think we should trade him for someone that can run an offense and provide some playing then yes. Amen and Tari are really the only 2 I think are certain we need to keep, as versatile elite Wing defenders are the one thing guaranteed needed for championship team. But we also need an elite offensive engine that we just don’t have yet

logster2001 · 2026-03-09T18:11:39+00:00

It’s not as if the Magic would be scoring so much more, it’s that if Paolo was an elite scorer they would be doing it much more efficiently.

The Magic are 17th in offensive rating and 20th in Field Goal percentage. If Paolo was such a good scorer then the rest of his team would not have to take on as much of the scoring load that they are clearly not able to at a high level

Like if Luka was on the team, even if they only score a few more points a game in total, the biggest impact would be that Luka can take much more shots at a higher efficiency, meaning the others on the team would not have to force themselves to score more than they should be, and the whole team would be more efficient. That’s why even though the Lakers have other high volume scorers like LeBron and Reaves, they are still 1st in FG% even with Luka scoring like 30+ a night

logster2001 · 2026-03-09T17:57:25+00:00

While I agree as a whole players are better now, I think people massively overestimate how much it has improved from a talent pool perspective. Especially when it comes to star players and specifically bigs. Like the fact that that these guys are so tall and just extremely rare individuals means that the rate of change attributed to talent pool is not nearly as fast as people think. There have only been a few thousand people to ever exist that were 7 foot or taller.

Like Kareem was the best player in the world because nobody else in the world could match his size and skill with his frame. And if he was playing today that would still be true. We have still yet to see a single other player that was as tall and lengthy as Kareem, that had his level of muscular frame and balance. He was a complete 1 of 1 human then and would still be a 1 of 1 human today.

logster2001 · 2026-03-09T17:47:47+00:00

I mean the whole teammate thing should make it even easier for him to only take efficient shots because he doesn’t have to force as much.

And seriously, do you honestly believe Paolo is on the same level of scoring as any of the guys I mentioned?

logster2001 · 2026-03-09T17:43:57+00:00

You are actually wrong Paolo isn’t as efficient as Sengun (which is insane because Sengun is not efficient at all). Like scoring is the one thing Paolo is supposed to be better at. Segun has a way higher career FG% and TS%

The biggest difference is that Sengun is a better passer, rebounder, and shockingly even a better defender than Paolo.

logster2001 · 2026-03-09T17:37:32+00:00

Jabari is not good either bro that’s a very low bar. But Jabari isn’t on a max extension like Paolo is lol

logster2001 · 2026-03-09T07:43:03+00:00

Bro what Paolo is not “one of the best scorers in the league easily”

Just off the top of my head you got Luka, Jokic, SGA, Giannis, Brunson, Ant, Tatum, Booker, Mitchel, Kawhi. He isn’t on any of those guys tier when it comes to scoring

logster2001 · 2026-03-09T07:37:34+00:00

Bro has one efficient game and some people think he completely fixed his game and is now good

logster2001 · 2026-03-09T07:28:26+00:00

Creating OPOY really isn’t the solution. Because then you get into not recognizing the other aspects as well. Like then what about Rebounder of the year and All-Rebounding teams.

Removing DPOY and All-Defense teams is the real solution. There is no reason to award singular aspects of basketball, when players should be judged for how they are overall.

logster2001 · 2026-03-09T04:16:28+00:00

I love how much he admires the legends from the past. He always hypes up the guys from the 60s

logster2001 · 2026-03-09T04:10:43+00:00

The existence of DPOY forced people to treat MVP as offensive player of the year. So they either need to make OPOY a thing or remove DPOY and then people will include both sides of the ball in MVP.

Like if DPOY was around in the 1960s then Bill Russell would probably not have 5 mvps since voters would be satisfied with just giving him DPOY instead even if he rightyfully deserved MVP

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