Even as someone Who knows his way around an unnecessarily long path to making a point with words I have to say….
Got damn.
That has to be the most try hard attempt at an image rehabbing beg for a job I’ve ever seen.
Just go hang out with Don Nelson and smoke and gamble on his weed farm
It's genuinely the biggest revisionist history of a subject I can remember. You go back to any thread at the time and Iggy was getting majority support for FMVP over Curry. Now people look at the boxscore and act like that was some complete robbery, that series is a very good example of when stats can be deceptive, or don't tell the whole story.
I think that's how most people felt at the time. As the years have gone by, people who never watched or forgot details of that series just assume Iggy shouldn't have won it because they look at the raw stats in that series. I remember Curry getting clamped by Dellavedova at certain points, Warriors were struggling. The moment Iggy got into the...
I mentioned this is another defensive thread floating around.
Dave DeBusschere, how good was he as a defender?
The first six years they selected All-Defensive Teams, he was not only 1st Team every season but had the most votes in four of them. The other two years came in 2nd behind Walt Frazier and 3rd behind Walt and Bill Russell.
Drummond played well for them that year in the playoffs in his role. He wasnt the reason they lost.
It was all of Lebron's other teammates that were responsible for that.
I honestly thought they should look into bringing him back again this year as a backup center.
Instead, on the left side of his fireplace mantle sits the 2012-13 Red Auerbach Trophy for NBA Coach of the Year he won with the Nuggets. On the right side is his Naismith Hall of Fame trophy. His Hall of Fame ring sits inside a box that rests on the coffee table. They are reminders that titles don’t necessarily define winners.
Karl brags that...
“Something I’ve sought for a long time is to try and walk outside of his shadow,” Coby said. “And to his credit, he has allowed himself to fall back and let me find that path.”
For Karl, the Hall of Fame weekend remains one of the most important of his life. The Hall of Fame was validation, a quieting of the voices inside that questioned his...
He has donated hundreds of thousands of dollars for research and helped raise even more. On April 12, Karl was honored by St. Jude Children’s Hospital at a 240-person gala held at the Denver Art Museum. He was presented with the 2025 Inspire Award for his fundraising efforts, and the celebration included a video presentation with recorded messages...
He has donated hundreds of thousands of dollars for research and helped raise even more. On April 12, Karl was honored by St. Jude Children’s Hospital at a 240-person gala held at the Denver Art Museum. He was presented with the 2025 Inspire Award for his fundraising efforts, and the celebration included a video presentation with recorded messages...
“It’s like my relationship with Melo,” he said. “There’s a lot of good stuff there. There’s a lot of good stuff there with Kenyon, a lot of good stuff there with J.R. But if we continue to shoot each other, that good is never going to be felt.”
(Anthony and Smith did not respond to interview requests for this story.)
“I feel like I’m trying to...
He never wrote the posts.
“I’ve gone on Twitter to find out what somebody said, but I’ve never, ever wrote anything,” Karl said. “I’ve never done that my whole life, but I know it’s out there.”
The man behind the account is Brett Goldberg, Karl’s business partner and manager. Sometimes, Karl will tell Goldberg to post on a subject. Usually,...
Many inside NBA circles rolled their eyes. It was another instance of George being George.
“I had no shortage of people calling me, asking me, ‘Does this MFer think he is ever going to get another job after this?!'” Whitsitt said.
Even those who are close to Karl, like former player and current Lakers assistant Nate McMillan, believe Karl’s...
“I had the sadness of two coaches who lost their jobs, and probably in a month there will be another five or six — and one or two of them will be successful coaches,” Karl said. “And I was saddened that this continues to be a structure that Coby wants. My son can coach in the NBA. He could be an NBA coach. I know he wants it. But … is it good for...
Shortly before he mounted his bike, Karl learned the Denver Nuggets had fired title-winning head coach Michael Malone with three games left in the season and a 47-32 record. Malone’s shocking dismissal followed the stunning ouster of Memphis coach Taylor Jenkins 11 days earlier.
The firings picked at a scab. Karl was dismissed in Cleveland,...
DENVER – George Karl hopped on his electric bicycle, put it in second gear and set off to ride away his blues.
Last summer, the Hall of Fame basketball coach logged more than 1,300 miles on his bike. He finds the rides therapeutic. Being in the sun energizes him, and exercise helps clear his airway and makes him feel like an athlete again.
His...
So I’m gonna post this entire massive paywalled article not because I expect you to read it all, but because the work out your thumb will get scrolling to not read it will help make my point:
They were amazing at running bigs off the court so I have to think they would have done great against Rockets and Wolves. Nuggets were just too thin to contend this year but if they went to finals healthy it would go to 7 against Pacers. Who would have gotten HCA in that series? Imo they beat Lakers and Warriors easily. Clippers IDK, they were...
I think my point was just if you count drafted players for 25% less against the cap you punish a smart team like Indiana or ny. None of nys current core was drafted but all of it came through smart trades and free agency moves. It wasn’t just throw money at a superstar because we have more money than others.
They be “punished” compared to...
I know the obsessed Jazz fan is trying to rain on the parade, but, although Clarkson is legitimately bad on defense, he has been a solid bench scorer in the past where his efficiency was solid. Yes, it's fallen hard in the past 2-3 years but who knows if that's from playing on a tanking team and without a true PG anywhere to be seen on those...
Orlando would have won multiple titles if he was loyal, Lakers would have won more, Heat would have won more, Celtics would have won more. But he was too lazy/toxic and sabotaged those organizations and teams
They took the champ to 7 games, and trounced the Knicks and Cavs. If they had gone to the finals against one of the other top teams in the West, how would it have played out? Which of these teams would the Pacers have beaten in the finals?
Rockets
Clippers
Timberwolves
Lakers
Weird, OP. Why didn't you include your unpopular opinions that the 2020 Heat were better than the 2025 Pacers? Or that Tom Brady is the biggest choker in NBA history?
:lol