Optimism Discussion: The Laker's Sky Is Not Falling

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  1. TIME

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    It was at 2.5 - 1 earlier
     
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    Have you started tournament play yet? What is the level you compete at with table tennis?
     
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    Yeah I played in a Super Round Robin this morning. I’m lower level when compared to the “real players”. I picked the sport up late, maybe six years ago since my knee won’t let me play b-ball anymore. My best national result was 2 points away from the semi-finals in 3200 Doubles.
     
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    That's legit!
     
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    I was thinking about an 80s/90s comp to Lebron/Kawhi/AD. Would it be magic/pippen/Hakeem?
     
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    Magic, Kareem, and Bird all on the same team.
     
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    Talent level in their generation, yes. I meant in terms of closest skill set match
     
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    So was I. :D

    Magic- LeBron
    Davis- Kareem
    Bird- Kawhi

    I think Kawhi is a better offensive player than Pippen and Davis has been putting up Kareem-esque stats in the playoffs.
     
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    Hakeem was closer to ADs height and had more perimeter game and guard skills like AD than Kareem though.
    Kawhi is a tough comp because there’s not another elite two way player like him in the 80/90s. Pippen isn’t as offensively skilled and Jordan is much better offensively than Kawhi. Tbh, Kawhi may be more mj than bird.
     
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    I was thinking about the numbers. I could see the Hakeem comparison for Davis then in terms of skills. Davis is taller than Hakeem though. I know Davis is listed at 6'10" or 6'11" but he's a 7 footer.

    I really like the Bird comparison to be honest. Not the craziest athlete, but a good one. A good passer, but a born scorer. He's definitely better defensively than Larry though. Somewhere between Bird and Pippen because he is better than Pippen was. I think he's short of MJ though. Kawhi is a step below Kobe athletically and Kobe was a step behind Jordan.
     
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    Kawhi does have some Jordan in his game though. Not in the way Kobe did. But there's just something about him that reminds me of MJ.
     
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    The hands probably. The easy way he manipulates the ball.
     
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    Tutored by Kobe who went to school on MJ.
     
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    This is the MJ part of his game to me (also his one handed soaring dunks)

     
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    The way he kind of glides when he fades away too. I'm sure there's a video on YouTube comparing the two. I'll take a gander.
     
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    Not to turn this into a Kobe thread, but whatever comparison you find to Kawhi & Jordan on the fade away shot won't hold up to these right here:





     
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    Wait. So we now have an insider AND a professional ping-pong player on LB?
     
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    And a talking sweaty butt orange!
     
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    Sweaty butt orange could be trending soon.
     
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