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The Power Five => Big Ten => Topic started by: MaximumSam on July 30, 2020, 06:55:38 PM
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For the life of me can't find the old thread. In any event, the NBA is back and of course Rudy Gobert scored the first basket. No fans, but they have digital fans in the stands. And a socially distanced bench.
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For the life of me can't find the old thread. In any event, the NBA is back and of course Rudy Gobert scored the first basket. No fans, but they have digital fans in the stands. And a socially distanced bench.
The team that got this shut down vs. the team that's the reason that this isn't just a 16 team playoff restart.
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Having a lazy day and actually watching some NBA. I can't say I understand how their restart is working, but whatevers. In any event, with no crowd, the buzz at the end of the game is almost nonexistent, and the constant fouling is even more an irritation. Makes me think they should have instituted the Elam Ending.
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Having a lazy day and actually watching some NBA. I can't say I understand how their restart is working, but whatevers. In any event, with no crowd, the buzz at the end of the game is almost nonexistent, and the constant fouling is even more an irritation. Makes me think they should have instituted the Elam Ending.
This whole "finish the regular season" just to allow Zion to play makes no sense. The NHL got the restart format right.
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Also as someone who doesn't religiously watch the NBA, I keep looking at their jerseys to see who these guys are and their jersey says "Say Her Name" and I keep thinking for a second that's his name
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The Jazz and Nuggets went to triple OT.
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Also as someone who doesn't religiously watch the NBA, I keep looking at their jerseys to see who these guys are and their jersey says "Say Her Name" and I keep thinking for a second that's his name
I said the same to my buddies. That I thought I was a bigger NBA fan than I was, and not getting name confirmation has revealed that.
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the NBA is garbage.
Nothing (but) Bitches Association.
It’s a women’s game, and it’s boring af to watch.
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The Jazz and Nuggets went to triple OT.
That's the game I was watching - it was good to the extent that I had no clue what the stakes were for either team
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The NHL format is great and the way they have scheduled it from a programming standpoint has been genius. It is very March Madness like.
This nba thing feels like an exhibition and the whole name and theme is distracting at best and anything from alienating to artificially choreographed at worst. I think they really are in a bubble.
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That's the game I was watching - it was good to the extent that I had no clue what the stakes were for either team
And that's the problem. We are sports starved, but the MLB is giving us a season, and the NHL is giving us a playoff. The NBA is trying a weird regular season finish, and hoping we remember what was going on when this all shut down.
Honestly, their plan would have been just as safe in April. They should have just done it then.
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And that's the problem. We are sports starved, but the MLB is giving us a season, and the NHL is giving us a playoff. The NBA is trying a weird regular season finish, and hoping we remember what was going on when this all shut down.
Honestly, their plan would have been just as safe in April. They should have just done it then.
Really? I’ve pretty passively tuned in and generally found games competitive and enjoyable. I suppose the Playoffs will be in a week or so, and that will be interesting
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Looks more like an Antifa rally than a sporting event.
Hard pass.
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Looks more like an Antifa rally than a sporting event.
Hard pass.
The amount of basketball at Antifa rallies is notably higher than I thought. Overall athleticism too.
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Okay, a lot more blm than Antifa...
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Really? I’ve pretty passively tuned in and generally found games competitive and enjoyable. I suppose the Playoffs will be in a week or so, and that will be interesting
No, the basketball is fine, and plenty enjoyable. But it's summer, and I'm struggling to invest in this regular season wrap up. I just like the NHL's return to play format better. NBA I think could have done something similar, but they were worried about the integrity of the regular season. Maybe that made sense in April, but I don't remember what was happening 5 months ago. Just give me playoffs. Hell, the way the NBA playoffs usually go, they were the safest from some top seed getting knocked off early.
Hockey gonna hockey. MLB playoffs (if we get there) have crazy potential.
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It's not perfect but I actually like that the NBA is resuming a shortened regular season because I'm both conferences there are some very tight races for the final playoff spots and it's actually made some of these games pretty exciting.
Take the suns for example. I'm a Mavs fan but living in Phoenix among suns fans (and plenty of them on the ASU board) their fan base hasn't been this excited since Nash was still here. They still might not even make the 8th seed but the fact they keep playing lights out for that sliver of home has really ignited a lot of previously passive, quite suns fans and I am all for it.
Also lots of seeding implications for my Mavs depending how they and other teams around them do, so it's got my attention pretty well.
I'm enjoying it.
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It's not perfect but I actually like that the NBA is resuming a shortened regular season because I'm both conferences there are some very tight races for the final playoff spots and it's actually made some of these games pretty exciting.
Take the suns for example. I'm a Mavs fan but living in Phoenix among suns fans (and plenty of them on the ASU board) their fan base hasn't been this excited since Nash was still here. They still might not even make the 8th seed but the fact they keep playing lights out for that sliver of home has really ignited a lot of previously passive, quite suns fans and I am all for it.
Also lots of seeding implications for my Mavs depending how they and other teams around them do, so it's got my attention pretty well.
I'm enjoying it.
Maybe not having a dog in the hunt changes it. The Pistons aren't there, I don't remember where these teams were in March. You want 24 teams? Give me the NHL plan, so at least it's a pseudo reset into a playoff, and I know where everyone stands.
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NBA < rat's ass.
We are a strange society in which something might not matter to a person, but it matters that other people know it doesn't matter to them in a big way.
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We are a strange society in which something might not matter to a person, but it matters that other people know it doesn't matter to them in a big way.
The NBA/NHL seem to be big for that.
Game of Thrones was that when it was on.
I think I've met more people who are super proud to say they've "never seen a Star Wars/Marvel movie" than people who want to discuss them
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We are a strange society in which something might not matter to a person, but it matters that other people know it doesn't matter to them in a big way.
No, it doesn't matter. I shouldn't have posted that.
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Yes. You should have. You were being kind.
It’s unwatchable to me. For some reason college basketball captures me and pro basketball doesn’t. It’s pretty much the same with football.
I do find it funny how our liberal media plays up the NBA but is now fighting against college football. I guess one sport where they’re hanging all over each other without facemasks is OK as long as it’s about Black Lives Matter or some other cars, and sponsored by China
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Yes. You should have. You were being kind.
It’s unwatchable to me. For some reason college basketball captures me and pro basketball doesn’t. It’s pretty much the same with football.
I do find it funny how our liberal media plays up the NBA but is now fighting against college football. I guess one sport where they’re hanging all over each other without facemasks is OK as long as it’s about Black Lives Matter or some other cars, and sponsored by China
I have a solution to this situation.
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Man Luka Doncic
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It would appear the Bucks are boycotting their playoff game this afternoon
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No, it doesn't matter. I shouldn't have posted that.
Does it matter that you shouldn't have posted that?
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I guess Kenny Smith just up and walked off the set of his NBA show
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Sounds like there is a real question as to whether the NBA cancels entirely
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Was the NBA playing again?
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Cool history
https://twitter.com/RealBillRussell/status/1299058622660395008?s=19
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Cool history
https://twitter.com/RealBillRussell/status/1299058622660395008?s=19
Same thought. Dudes weren't set for life back then. There was a chance the greatest champion inwin NBA history blackballed on the spot. Options being Globetrotters or heading out into the real world. Props to these guys using their voice, but they'll be fine. There was a great chance Russell wouldn't.
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Bill Russell was a man.
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Bill Russell was a man.
USF basketball has never been the same without him. They got a UM transfer, who was originally from CA. And through a connection, through my dad (granted they sucked then) I had courtside seats for his return to Ann Arbor.
Dominick Ingerson I think? He was ahead of the curve. If he got the ball anywhere ahead of the timeline, it was going up.
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I don't really get the connection today between not playing and gaining rights, but whatever.
A lot of legitimate protest messenging have been lost by the rioting and looting. I also would like to see more specific proposals rather than just rights in general.
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USF basketball has never been the same without him. They got a UM transfer, who was originally from CA. And through a connection, through my dad (granted they sucked then) I had courtside seats for his return to Ann Arbor.
Dominick Ingerson I think? He was ahead of the curve. If he got the ball anywhere ahead of the timeline, it was going up.
His percentages, not super.
He joined a team that was in the midst of a mess with one of Lute Olson's guys. They stabilized under the next guy and have won 20 or more games the past four years.
Also, RIP Lute.
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USF basketball has never been the same without him.
Werent they pretty good with Cartwright in the late '70s?
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His percentages, not super.
He certainly wasn't the best suited, but I'd be curious to see if his shot selection would even raise eyebrows now, where it made fans/coaches/teammates furious at the time. Michigan was bad enough then, that I just enjoyed having someone fun. But the things he'd do, pull up in transition, shoot an undesigned three early in the shot clock, are super normal now.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MhaB_SuKxk (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MhaB_SuKxk)
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lucky for me, I'm not a fan of the NBA or Nike
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Of the major pro sports I might watch, NBA is at the bottom.
And the gap is significant.
I think gambling keeps a lot of these things afloat.
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It only would have punished the people that agree with their virtue signaling.
The rest of us quit watching a long time ago.
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I didn't quit watching because of personalities or whatever, I just find the style boring and pointless.
Little defense, traveling is allowed, meh.
I quit when Jordan retired.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MhaB_SuKxk (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MhaB_SuKxk)
I've always thought that "Just Do It" is the acme of stupidity.
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Apogee Zenith Acme
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Yes. All of them.
Totally mindless. Which describes what I've thought about Nike's entire body of messaging for a long time.
Amazing how Nike has gotten the vast majority of Div I football programs to be its advertisers.
I didn't know about the Gary Gilmore connection.
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Yes. All of them.
Totally mindless. Which describes what I've thought about Nike's entire body of messaging for a long time.
Amazing how Nike has gotten the vast majority of Div I football programs to be its advertisers.
I didn't know about the Gary Gilmore connection.
I always through the message was "whatever it takes to get us all that money." And it seems to keep working.
(They also manage to push boundaries of normal taste, and people shell out for something distinctive)
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I always through the message was "whatever it takes to get us all that money." And it seems to keep working.
(They also manage to push boundaries of normal taste, and people shell out for something distinctive)
That was the internal message. "Just do it" was the message for the rubes.
Here's more from Jason Whitlock:
"American Sports are Letting Down America" (https://imprimis.hillsdale.edu/american-sports-letting-america/?utm_term=emailclicks&utm_campaign=imprimis&utm_medium=housefile-email&_hsmi=94174356&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9euzKdgDBT2QjyXyNEJVbogySo6QkkKDHpGadditxFLIezFqn4UPlgLxhwKYs6ByfHIYzBdIf5paJTonyIkANRQmS7ug&utm_content=AmericanSportsJulAug&utm_source=email)
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Truly enjoying watching Luka play basketball. Luka and the Four Jobbers makes for a good band name
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That was the internal message. "Just do it" was the message for the rubes.
Here's more from Jason Whitlock:
"American Sports are Letting Down America" (https://imprimis.hillsdale.edu/american-sports-letting-america/?utm_term=emailclicks&utm_campaign=imprimis&utm_medium=housefile-email&_hsmi=94174356&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9euzKdgDBT2QjyXyNEJVbogySo6QkkKDHpGadditxFLIezFqn4UPlgLxhwKYs6ByfHIYzBdIf5paJTonyIkANRQmS7ug&utm_content=AmericanSportsJulAug&utm_source=email)
I can't help but roll my eyes a little at Whitlock. I've read him too long, kind of see through the schtick now.
He's sharing a rather easy to sell bit right now, that the vast tide of whatever side you don't like is going to overwash what you love. It's been a business for a while, and a good one. (It's also weird because he got a little extra batty before joining outkick, though I think the new outlet is kinda harnessing some of the batty, but also toning it back)
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I can't help but roll my eyes a little at Whitlock. I've read him too long, kind of see through the schtick now.
He's sharing a rather easy to sell bit right now, that the vast tide of whatever side you don't like is going to overwash what you love. It's been a business for a while, and a good one. (It's also weird because he got a little extra batty before joining outkick, though I think the new outlet is kinda harnessing some of the batty, but also toning it back)
Yeah, he's a sellout, and he's also extremely scattered. I can't even enjoy his article because it just seems like a laundry list of right wing talking points without much tying them together.
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I can't help but roll my eyes a little at Whitlock. I've read him too long, kind of see through the schtick now.
He's sharing a rather easy to sell bit right now, that the vast tide of whatever side you don't like is going to overwash what you love. It's been a business for a while, and a good one. (It's also weird because he got a little extra batty before joining outkick, though I think the new outlet is kinda harnessing some of the batty, but also toning it back)
Yeah, his crazy went from oddly scattered to extremely focused. The shame is, he's actually a pretty good writer, but he has simply become a caricature, because only being on tv pays the bills
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Yeah, his crazy went from oddly scattered to extremely focused. The shame is, he's actually a pretty good writer, but he has simply become a caricature, because only being on tv pays the bills
He's got a good bit of talent, but never focused.
I think he went through the same newsroom as Gregg Doyle, who is one of my favorite stories in sports media. Doyle was like the purest form of rage columnist at CBS, which at times has its value, but can also be annoying in its way. He went to therapy for (surprise) anger issues and got divorced. Took a job at the Indianapolis Star and instead of only writing the reactions of Colts, IU or Purdue games, he became a pure local columnist digging in on all sorts of stories he found cool. He did a high school girls soccer story a few years back that will just bring you right to tears.
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Whitlock actually wrote for the Ann Arbor News when I was first starting to follow sports.
I recall him mocking Mitch Alboms fictional work on the Fan Five, from the guy whose career took off because they were his beat
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He's got a good bit of talent, but never focused.
I think he went through the same newsroom as Gregg Doyle, who is one of my favorite stories in sports media. Doyle was like the purest form of rage columnist at CBS, which at times has its value, but can also be annoying in its way. He went to therapy for (surprise) anger issues and got divorced. Took a job at the Indianapolis Star and instead of only writing the reactions of Colts, IU or Purdue games, he became a pure local columnist digging in on all sorts of stories he found cool. He did a high school girls soccer story a few years back that will just bring you right to tears.
That's the Jason Whitlock I remember from his early ESPN days. One day I'd want to throw an anvil through the screen at him, and the next time I caught him he'd have me in tears.
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Not sure if anyone is watching, but these games have been good. Raptors beat Celtics on a 3 getting the ball with .5 seconds left
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https://twitter.com/SheaSerrano/status/1301694247641460736?s=19
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Yes, Doyle is like a different person now. I was barely familiar w him but his POV is really good in the local scene here. Pretty good radio guest too.
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Gary Harris hasn't shot the ball well all year, he was their best perimeter defender. But if his shot is back...
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Gary Harris hasn't shot the ball well all year, he was their best perimeter defender. But if his shot is back...
Questionable shooting, great perimeter defense? Should have been a Boilermaker.
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I love that Doris Burke is getting credit for being the first woman to call an NBA Conference Finals, because she's doing the ESPN radio feed. As if it isn't anything more than an executive decision keeping Mark Jackson over her. It's insulting to her that he's above her in the pecking order
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I love that Doris Burke is getting credit for being the first woman to call an NBA Conference Finals, because she's doing the ESPN radio feed. As if it isn't anything more than an executive decision keeping Mark Jackson over her. It's insulting to her that he's above her in the pecking order
He is, not so good. I respect some people don't like her, but still.
Also, I rooted for him as a coach for a couple years. It was interesting.
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I don't hate watching a past his prime LeBron put the flopper in his place
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I love Doris Burke. I wish she still did CBB games. She is great as a color commentator.
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I love Doris Burke. I wish she still did CBB games. She is great as a color commentator.
She's beyond that, but she should be doing color on the ABC A team
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Bam Adebayo with a grown man block at the rim to preserve a Game 1 victory for the Heat.
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Bam Adebayo with a grown man block at the rim to preserve a Game 1 victory for the Heat.
I find them very easy to root for
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Anyone else kind of enjoying all 4 of the major team sports going at the same time? I kinda dig watching Monday Night Football one night and the NBA playoffs the next.
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I heard this is the 36th straight Finals series to have a player in it who at some point was a teammate of Shaq. That is amazing.
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Lakers were probably winning this either way, but no Bam and no Dragic, makes it totally unfair
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Lakers were probably winning this either way, but no Bam and no Dragic, makes it totally unfair
Sports can be unfortunate that way. I suppose we are a few games from getting through this thing with no real Covid problems, so that’s a win.
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Sports can be unfortunate that way. I suppose we are a few games from getting through this thing with no real Covid problems, so that’s a win.
The virus is not the NBA's biggest problem right now.
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If James wins a title when no one is watching, does it still make a sound?
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https://twitter.com/dril/status/549425182767861760?s=19
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The predictable LeBron takes are just so awful
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The predictable LeBron takes are just so awful
John Hollinger had a good article on The Athletic showing Lebron and MJ basically had almost all the best seasons in NBA history
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And Jordan is credited for passing to Kerr and Paxton to hit big game winners, and LeBron is criticized, simply because Green missed.
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Hey Piston fan... don't be hating on MJ. It's a long time ago. :)
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Hey Piston fan... don't be hating on MJ. It's a long time ago. :)
I did watch The Last Dance on Netflix - excellent documentary and my wife was into it more than I was
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Yeah Last Dance was great.
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Hey Piston fan... don't be hating on MJ. It's a long time ago. :)
I'm not criticizing, it's the right play.
And FTR, I was 4 and 5 when the Pistons won their titles, and was coming into sports right when the Bulls passed them. Their first title year is the first year I remember watching basketball, and EVERYONE my age was an MJ fan.
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The predictable LeBron takes are just so awful
Yeah, and I have a buddy who will still talk about Lebron owing a couple rings to Ray Allen and Kyrie. When I ask him if MJ owes rings to Paxson and Kerr he just hurrumphs and finds something else to criticize Lebron for.
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Lebron gets his 4th ring and the Lakers get their 17th.