Lakers VS Slippers Discussion

Not with the Lakers pants on....

Balmer not paying for the security huh?

 

They were using the toilet.

 

"wreak havoc"

they shot some hoops and used a fire extinguisher. looks like a fun night

their only f*** up was filming it and uploading it for everyone to see

 

I hate him.

 

i thought the league was going to do away with that BS and crack down hard on flopping?

so much for that

 

that's embarrassing

Put that in his highlight tapes for his kids to watch one day. Y'know, the stripper's kid.

 

I really don't understand why the NBA allows for so much BS foul drawing stuff. Everyone I knew that follows the NBA closely hates it. Everyone I know that follows the NBA casually hates it. I honestly don't know who its for.

 

Well Soften is on your team so...

 

my theory: they know people hate it. they call the fouls for specific players simply as a deterrent to future defenders, thinking people will adjust and they won't have to make those terrible calls in the future; the player will just get to where they want. stardom confirmed. see wade, harden. SGA might the newest one. it's like they intentionally pick good young player and say, "ok, nobody is allowed to touch this guy until they learn to get out of his way".

anyway, i'm reading that the clips are struggling because westbrook's been out. will be interesting to watch. he has thrived in a bench role (thanks, a******!), and for all his warts, he's the closest thing that team has to a leader. i mean, other than ty auerbach, of course.

 

I almost stopped watching the NBA because of them creating a fake “star” in BeerdoMcFloppington.

 

yeah, there was a two or three year period that was really rough, man. felt like i was being gaslit by...almost everyone. it's funny that people act like his decline was just him getting old/worse and not at all related to him not getting the same whistle.

 

People only believe in what they choose to believe, even when all the evidence is presented.

 

yeah, but usually it doesn't infect the majority. usually, a set of agreed-upon factual observations can carry the day.

i used to always note that harden basically never cracked 40 unless he had a zillion FTAs--something not true of other historically good offensive players (e.g., kobe). but nobody ever engaged with this fact in the press. it was just weird. i think people just liked his aloof vibe or something.

 

Shirley it couldn’t have been that beard.

 

I'm so glad he's not our problem anymore.

 

And yet, they won (even without the snake).
Something we can't do for the past 1683 seasons