James “empty stats” Harden. Can’t even hit a free throw to ice the game.

kiwi is such a toxic piece of ****

i've had it with this guy

masai better trade him at the deadline

that was the fakest 58 point game I've ever seen

go miss some more 3s

Nets are a fun to team to watch right now. I'm surprised they weathered losing Levert so well. He was carrying the team before he went down.

Playing fast on offense and with no discipline on defense is a great strategy against the Warriors.

CANZZZZ

greatgodalmighty


Rockets took 70 three-pointers and 35 two-pointers.

Nets need to playoff and Dinwiddie needs to All-Star.

How have the ****ing Nyets become one of the most likeable teams in the league?

Steph is kinda good

LOL Pelicans

Livebet was +358 in the 3q and they're not only gonna lose but prob not cover the +7

He signed with Klutch, and later had dinner with LeBron who talked about putting pressure on the Pelicans to get him to the Lakers.

We can debate his intentions, but the signs are there, just like they were with LeBron. In this case, it's not solely up to him, so the real questions are:

1) What do you think Boston will put in their offer package if AD is noncommittal either way?

2) What do you think Boston will put in their offer package if Klutch tells them AD will not re-sign in Boston?

3) Same Q's for any other teams in the mix.

AD + Lebron is getting trounced in the playoffs?

If KD leaves the warriors, AD + Lebron + 3 minimums would be the fav to title in 2020 and 2021.

Lebron + AD + crap isn't remotely close to being title favorites in a KD-less Warriors world, you are smoking crack. Lebron is probably the GOAT, but he'll be THIRTY FREAKING FIVE next year. AD's team with one very good player and 2 good ones can barely reach .500 in their conference, AD+Bron and nobody else isn't going to amount to much more than a possible home-court team.

And afa signing with Klutch is concerned, I'll believe that when I see it. From watching all of the MTAA shows, Rich Paul doesn't strike me as someone who's going to act in anything but his clients' best interests, just as DWade let Lebron act in his best interests when he decided to move to Cleveland. I think we're giving Lebron waaaay too little credit for being a human being here. And as far as the dinner before Christmas was concerned, you're making up what you think they talked about because nobody knows.

Think about it. How many stars have spurned playing with Lebron recently? These guys know that after Lebron starts to decline it will be hard to get better, and Magic/Pelinka/Walton have done very little to aid their case with their crap non-Lebron decisions and questionable player development.

The only way I see them trading to the Lakers for their pupu platter of assets is if AD pulls a Melo and says he's only going to LA, and even then I'd be shocked if the Pels actually traded him there. We have it on record that not only their management but other teams are trying their hardest not to do business with LA, and thus far that's pretty much what we've seen.

The Lakers don't have the leverage that we think they do because I just don't see them running it back with minimums next year and having what little young assets they have lose more value as they get closer to free-agency. This is very different than say the Melo or PG13 situation where they can say "I'll just sign there next year then if you don't trade me." Lakers just don't have the leverage because if they don't sign AD they can't simply wait and keep the books open while wasting another year of Lebron's free-agency.

In short :

What part of this has led you to believe that AD has an inkling of forcing his way to the Lakers, and even if that happens, what part of this makes you think the Pelicans are just going to give AD to LA for their trash assets? If/when AD leaves, the Pelicans are TOAST... they might as well move the team. I'd actually be fairly surprised if they trade him in the offseason even if he doesn't sign the DPE.

aaaaand another thing, I wouldn't be shocked if AD actually tries to recruit players to join the Pelicans just like Lebron is recruiting him. They are one of the most liquid rosters in the league next year and can make room for one supermax without batting an eyelid, and even two with a little work. Their only negative contract next year is Solomon Hill at 11M expiring.

Say any one or two of Kyrie/Kawhi/KD/Butler want to bolt, why would you go to LA to play with 35 year old Bron making 43M when you can play with 26 year old AD making 27?

Lebron misses 10 games and everybody forgets

Nobody forgot how great he is, but they can't help but remember how old he is, and how much it took out of Love, Bosh, and Kyrie to be a part of that circus. At some point it's just not going to be worth it to superstar players, and that point was years ago.

+500 TZ Points to Seadood for that spoiler twitter vid of Pelinka.

Really well placed with your arguments.

“James Harden has scored 57 or more points in 2 consecutive games.
ZERO of his made shots in those two games were assisted”

Let's hold the phone until we see the Lakers DEATH lineup at 100%.

This is the time of the year again where TZ dives into the mind of NBA superstars and pretend knowing exactly what they're going to do

Lakers going to be so sick next year, they could roll out of a big lineup of :

"lock-to-end-up a lakers" PG
Lebron
"lock-to-end-up a lakers" Kiwi
"lock-to-end-up a lakers" KLove
"lock-to-end-up a lakers" AD

You don't think that AD + Bron + however they fill out their roster can be a WCF team or better?

You honestly think that if AD turns down the supermax with them, that they're willing to lose him for nothing? That they won't trade him before the deadline?

If you really think the above things, then we just drastically disagree. I respect your TZ posting though, so I'm still curious what your and other posters' thoughts are on the following scenarios (just pretend they occur, even if you think they're unlikely):


1) What do you think Boston will put in their offer package if AD is noncommittal either way?

2) What do you think Boston will put in their offer package if Klutch tells them AD will not re-sign in Boston?

3) Same Q's for any other teams in the mix.

Hardly lol Pelicans.

Pels shot 48% from the field, 51% from 3s, 82% from the line, and had 36 assists with only 10 TOs.

Warriors just Warriored.

Seadood once again nailing it imo

well done