The Indy Talks To Himself (NBA) Thread.

He changed his name, I believe.

 

To what?

 

@LaneTrain killed Card. Lovers quarrel is what I've heard.

 

God damn liberal halfwits forcing Card to change his name.

 

AD has missed a ton of games this season and had a "down" year when he does play. He's currently averaging the second lowest rebound avg of his career, tied for the lowest block avg of his career, his lowest points avg since his second season in the league, and his worst FT percentage of his career. Also shooting his worst 3 pt % (29%) since 2014-2015, despite ssmiff insisting he's a good 3 pt shooter.

Marc Gasol is a fossil, dude. Career lows in points, rebounds, and FG %. 2nd worst assist avg of his career as well.

Montrezl is a solid player, but he can't shoot the 3, struggles defensively, and is definitely not the sort of rim protector they need, especially with AD out. There are legitimate questions to be asked about how well he truly fits with this team. Let's not forget that the team he won 6th man of the year with didn't seem to have much of a problem with letting him walk.

This Lakers team is obviously better at full strength than Jordan's Wizards teams were. But we hold LeBron responsible for all of his time during the first run in Cleveland, as well as the time during his second run in Cleveland when he was without key pieces. No reason we shouldn't also hold Jordan responsible.

 

Politics thread. Go find it. This is nba talk and Card concern

 

Amen brother. Stupid [uck fay]ing libs don’t know their place ruining the shit out of this joint.

 

For my own sanity, can you please just acknowledge that Dennis Schroder has missed the last 4 games, along with AD? I'm pretty sure you've seen at least one of my posts about it, but the fact that you painted an incomplete picture of the situation, then reiterated it, and have now still not acknowledged that the picture was incomplete is bothering me. It's almost like you're being intentionally disingenuous about the situation.

 

Doesn't really matter to me when Jordan had Craig Hodges or Kerr at pg. You are making excuses as to why your goat loses games by not having a big man or pg Jordan never played with in the first place.

 

Card told me that he thinks he's got the most raw talent of all time but will never even consider him in the GOAT discussion because of the pansy way he plays and takes the easy way out by moving around to win titles. He's too good to flop and cry like he does. He could have singled handedly cause a dynasty to form in Cleveland had he never left, but took the easy way out (twice) instead.

 

Surely you're not so dense as to think it is about the specific positions, themselves, one of which you didn't even name correctly, initially.

The message is not "Bron is missing his PF and his PG."

The message is "Bron is missing his 2nd and 3rd leading scorers, both of whom are starters." You could even make a pretty strong case that he's missing his 2nd and 3rd best players, overall, as each guy plays a key role defensively in addition to their offensive production.

The correct comparison for Jordan would be to talk about his 2nd and 3rd leading scorers/best players. But we already know how successful Jordan was without Pippen, so I'm not surprised you're choosing to not focus on it.

 

Wait, what? Twice?

He moved to Miami to win titles. Nobody moves to Cleveland to win titles. And the Lakers were a disaster prior to him moving out West. Like, it blows my that people have forgotten what a shit show the entire Lakers organization was, top to bottom, prior to LeBron's arrival. And within 2 years, he had them winning a title. The idea that he "took the easy way out" going to a team who hadn't been to the playoffs in 7 years, and without a second star guaranteed to partner with him, is laughable.

 

"cardinal" made me uncomfortable. Too specific of an orientation, for one. N,S,E,W. What about southeast? or east southeast? or Sorthweast? All directions have a voice.

 

to be fair, owners can be a factor in wanting to stick around somewhere

 

Wait, are you trying to tell me that people don't like working for pieces of human garbage who don't appreciate or support them?

 

not unless it is their kink.

 

Had he not gone to form two superteams in big market cities, I'd be more inclined to agree with you.

 

Jordan would step on his own mother's face to win.

Lebron would either pass it to someone else or flop and cry that mommy fouled him.

That's the difference to me. Always is, always will be.

 

Jordan was considered one of the best basketball players in the world and took a Chicago franchise that routinely sucked to the playoffs before Pippen. Diminishing what Jordan did before Pippen isn't very smart

 

Or dense, or intentionally disingenuous, or whichever words Indy has chosen to use about those who see more negative in Lebron than he sees.