players that you liked, then disliked, then went back to liking

[red1]

paul piece - this is a guy I always used to cheer for during the early years of his career and during the antoine walker era. they were always underdogs and pierce had terrible help.


but then he got KG and ray allen and they started bullying all of the teams in the atlantic division. raptors knicks nets sixers everyone got raped


fastforward a few years and this guy turns into a fullblown supervillain for the raptors



2014 blocks lowry in game 7 on the drive that would've won the series if he made the shot:

https://media.giphy.com/media/tBb19f45RHpqvbxpv7G/giphy.gif


comes back the next year in the playoffs and leads his new team the wizards to sweep us - talks mad shit online right after, posts this shit on instagram:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QqmJnbIrmY4

https://larrybrownsports.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/paul-pierce-raptors-troll1.jpg




and now that he's retired and getting shit on the media I'm back to liking the guy. :oldlol:


watching everyone come down on him when he said he's better than dwade was hilarious. gotta love the trash talk and the cockiness but no. :oldlol:

[red1]

this guy is hilarious. :oldlol:


https://twitter.com/paulpierce34/status/835067874012102657?s=20

[SouBeachTalents]

watching everyone come down on him when he said he's better than dwade was hilarious. gotta love the trash talk and the cockiness but no. :oldlol:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sD6DneSosyw

[tpols]

its not that outlandish to have paul pierce near dwayne wade.

he was a better scorer, shooter, and clutch player.

[SouBeachTalents]

its not that outlandish to have paul pierce near dwayne wade.

he was a better scorer, shooter, and clutch player.
Nah, Wade is at minimum a whole tier above Pierce both peak wise and all time

[AirBonner]

its not that outlandish to have paul pierce near dwayne wade.

he was a better scorer, shooter, and clutch player.

Paul had the longevity for sure. Wade’s peak was however much much better

[red1]

its not that outlandish to have paul pierce near dwayne wade.

he was a better scorer, shooter, and clutch player.

close - sure. dwade was still better though.


especially young/prime dwade not the version without any knee ligaments by 2013 and 2014. pretty clear gap IMO.

[RRR3]

its not that outlandish to have paul pierce near dwayne wade.

he was a better scorer, shooter, and clutch player.
:roll: :roll: :roll:

[RRR3]

And yes it's outlandish to have Pierce near Wade. Jesus Christ.

[Axe]

Durant, i suppose.

[SamuraiSWISH]

its not that outlandish to have paul pierce near dwayne wade.

he was a better scorer, shooter, and clutch player.
That’s a hot no there ...


Nah, Wade is at minimum a whole tier above Pierce both peak wise and all time
This

[Manny98]

https://media.giphy.com/media/tBb19f45RHpqvbxpv7G/giphy.gif

:roll::roll::roll::roll:

[DoctorP]

Overall Pierce is close to Wade but Wade's peak is a top 10 all-time peak, me thinks.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1G-_PYzSCPM

this is peak Wade.

[SouBeachTalents]

Everyone's saying Pierce is close to Wade? Close in what capacity? Peak, nobody would believe that. All time ranking? Same thing, Wade is a pretty consensus top 25 player, Pierce isn't even close to that level. He wouldn't even be a guarantee for top 50

[SamuraiSWISH]

Answer for me in this thread is ...

Wade.

Absolutely loved humble but fearless competitive entertaining Flash circa 2004 - 2010.

Hated the cowardly, nail painting, homo dressing colluding Super Friends Wade circa 2011 - 2014.

Then loved him again when he was on his own, came home had a cup of coffee with my hometown Bulls before his body started rapidly deteriorating, and breaking down.

[DoctorP]

Everyone's saying Pierce is close to Wade? Close in what capacity? Peak, nobody would believe that. All time ranking? Same thing, Wade is a pretty consensus top 25 player, Pierce isn't even close to that level. He wouldn't even be a guarantee for top 50

Numbers aside, Pierce was pretty consistent his whole career and had a more versatile game towards the end of his career. He could give you the 3 ball, midrange and was clutch as hell. His game lasted past the athletic level.

Wade was ok after 2013. He had major flaws in his game due to that broken shot and smallish size. I'd take old Pierce at that point.

[Axe]

Answer for me in this thread is ...

Wade.

Absolutely loved humble but fearless competitive entertaining Flash circa 2004 - 2010.

Hated the cowardly, nail painting, homo dressing colluding Super Friends Wade circa 2011 - 2014.

Then loved him again when he was on his own, came home had a cup of coffee with my hometown Bulls before his body started rapidly deteriorating, and breaking down.
Because wade simply had to rest from being in the driver's seat for 4 years (11-14) so the self-proclaimed king can takeover his place. Truly unselfish star.

[ArbitraryWater]

Numbers aside, Pierce was pretty consistent his whole career and had a more versatile game towards the end of his career. He could give you the 3 ball, midrange and was clutch as hell. His game lasted past the athletic level.

Wade was ok after 2013. He had major flaws in his game due to that broken shot and smallish size. I'd take old Pierce at that point.

Wade and Rose were regarded as liability there for a while, cause they had absolutely no long range game. Old Pierce the easier put on a title team at that point, even if he was just a role player and Wade still fronted as a semi-star.

[DoctorP]

Wade and Rose were regarded as liability there for a while, cause they had absolutely no long range game. Old Pierce the easier put on a title team at that point, even if he was just a role player and Wade still fronted as a semi-star.

indeed. we agree on something

ps. thanos loses

[Wally450]

Pierce in 2006 was a monster, but D Wade in 2009 was on another level.

[r0drig0lac]

Lebron James

[Whoah10115]

Wade is one of my guys, even tho I agree that he lost a lot of my love during the LeBron years (not because of nails or "homo" bullshit like that".

Not sure he's a consensus top 25.

[RRR3]

Wade is one of my guys, even tho I agree that he lost a lot of my love during the LeBron years (not because of nails or "homo" bullshit like that".

Not sure he's a consensus top 25.
Name 25 players greater than Wade, then.

[SamuraiSWISH]

Wade is easily top 25. He’s the 3rd or 4th best SG ever.

[red1]

rrr3 and coach are absolutely correct dwade is top 25 no debate. it it wasnt for leMental-midget he'd have 4 rings and 2 finals MVPs, aka a top 10-15 career.


you cant put ringless dudes guys like malone or barkley above the gawd.


his poor parenting skills have knocked him out of my top 10 all-time - he's still firmly top 25

https://media.giphy.com/media/3oEjHQhBrpF92MyUrC/giphy.gif
https://media.giphy.com/media/3otPoIN8zdKdmN7a6c/giphy.gif
https://pm1.narvii.com/7212/d312bf96009a1f8de5c6184899177ebce9d848dar1-1200-800v2_hq.jpg

[DoctorP]

I cant believe Wade only won 1 scoring title with his peak as great as it was.

[Whoah10115]

Name 25 players greater than Wade, then.

He said consensus...that would mean there's a general consensus.

I never said he wasn't in my 25.

[Smook A.]

LeBron

I liked him in his first stint with Cleveland from 2003-2010

Didn't like him at all during his time with the Heat from 2010-2014

Started liking him again when he returned to the Cavs in 2014. The most I ever liked LeBron was in 2016 when he led the Cavs to a 3-1 comeback over the Warriors. To this day, I still like LeBron and my respect for him has grown.