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Nike D'Antoni
02-25-2023, 01:17 AM
The clippers just broke their own personal record for points before the half with 80 points.

bison
02-25-2023, 01:25 AM
Been watching this clippers game and can’t say Russ has been a factor either way.

bison
02-25-2023, 01:26 AM
Kawhi on the other hand has been going LeRoid mode

Axe
02-25-2023, 01:32 AM
Nice defense between the two teams.

Nike D'Antoni
02-25-2023, 02:00 AM
153 points at end of regulation, with OT to come. Russ effect.

Axe
02-25-2023, 02:02 AM
Lol. Beat them, kings.

Nike D'Antoni
02-25-2023, 02:30 AM
175 points

17 points
14 assists
+3 when on floor

Nike D'Antoni
02-25-2023, 02:31 AM
175 points

17 points
14 assists
+3 when on floor


On the other hand


7 turnovers
176 points
Loss

RRR3
02-25-2023, 02:31 AM
175 points

17 points
14 assists
+3 when on floor
And the L as usual.

SATAN
02-25-2023, 02:33 AM
And the L as usual.

Clippers had like a 12 point lead, Fox stole the ball from Russ and it was all downhill after that. He had a couple nice plays but he's the biggest momentum killer ever. :lol

RRR3
02-25-2023, 02:39 AM
Clippers had like a 12 point lead, Fox stole the ball from Russ and it was all downhill after that. He had a couple nice plays but he's the biggest momentum killer ever. :lol
He also had one of his rare efficient nights too. Normally he'll be much worse. The Clippers have so many shooters he will hurt LESS, but he won't really help either. Luckily for them they can just cut him or bench him.

Axe
02-25-2023, 02:45 AM
Kings reigned supreme in the end. :yaohappy:

AussieSteve
02-25-2023, 02:52 AM
Russ had 7 TOs and fouled out.

I didn't watch the game except for the OTs, but it seems like the same old Russ to me based in the box score.

Axe
02-25-2023, 03:02 AM
Russ had 7 TOs and fouled out.

I didn't watch the game except for the OTs, but it seems like the same old Russ to me based in the box score.
And we have braindead casuals here who think he's good to have on any team. :lol

SATAN
02-25-2023, 03:17 AM
The Clippers are a super team, right? RIGHT? :lol

Nb1
02-25-2023, 07:12 AM
The Clippers were in discussions to win it all, now with Russ 7TO, good luck...

Kblaze8855
02-25-2023, 10:12 AM
The selective outrage over turnovers is interesting. Can’t just be a nice game because a guy scored or assisted on like 50 points. It’s ”He had 7 turnovers”. I’d understand it more if he were getting turnovers at a rate players considered good don’t. But guys like Luka, Giannis, Jokic and so on have similar or worse turnover numbers. Jokic has mvp years where he averaged more turnovers than Russ in less minutes. Luka averaged 4.5 last year. Paul George turned it over more as well. Trae is leading the league now and it isn’t the first time. Harden has led the league 6 times. Russ turns it over a lot…like players asked to make things happen do these days. He’s led the league 4 times…but is the only one who has even good games where he has turnovers almost thrown out by the turnovers.

You look at the end of the stat line many players nobody mentions for turnovers have 4-5-8 even 10. Barely gets a peep.

Russ could have 26/13 tomorrow if he had 6 turnovers we would hear about it. Same night someone else would have 22/12 with 8 and nobody even checks to see how many they had.

You don’t have to like the guy but he probably shouldn’t be the only player getting “But he had ____ turnovers” in otherwise solid performances if the turnovers themselves are something you care about. Better and worse players than he was or is now rack them up without so much as a mention.

The entire all time turnover list is gonna be filled with modern mvps soon. Russ, Jokic, Lebron, Harden, Embiid, Giannis, and Luka…all of those modern stat stuffing types. They’re gonna run away with all the turnover records. But only one of them ever has it mentioned these days(other than Lebron of course but that’s a whole other thing). Harden heard about it that year he took the all time single season record(probably from Russ) but it’s not like…an every game thing no matter what else he does.

Westbrook is gonna have someone check his turnovers for something to bitch about even when he plays well. Others can just play well and nobody even checks to see if they should disregard the whole game due to turnovers. Just…odd.

SATAN
02-25-2023, 11:31 AM
The selective outrage over turnovers is interesting. Can’t just be a nice game because a guy scored or assisted on like 50 points. It’s ”He had 7 turnovers”. I’d understand it more if he were getting turnovers at a rate players considered good don’t. But guys like Luka, Giannis, Jokic and so on have similar or worse turnover numbers. Jokic has mvp years where he averaged more turnovers than Russ in less minutes. Luka averaged 4.5 last year. Paul George turned it over more as well. Trae is leading the league now and it isn’t the first time. Harden has led the league 6 times. Russ turns it over a lot…like players asked to make things happen do these days. He’s led the league 4 times…but is the only one who has even good games where he has turnovers almost thrown out by the turnovers.

You look at the end of the stat line many players nobody mentions for turnovers have 4-5-8 even 10. Barely gets a peep.

Russ could have 26/13 tomorrow if he had 6 turnovers we would hear about it. Same night someone else would have 22/12 with 8 and nobody even checks to see how many they had.

You don’t have to like the guy but he probably shouldn’t be the only player getting “But he had ____ turnovers” in otherwise solid performances if the turnovers themselves are something you care about. Better and worse players than he was or is now rack them up without so much as a mention.

The entire all time turnover list is gonna be filled with modern mvps soon. Russ, Jokic, Lebron, Harden, Embiid, Giannis, and Luka…all of those modern stat stuffing types. They’re gonna run away with all the turnover records. But only one of them ever has it mentioned these days(other than Lebron of course but that’s a whole other thing). Harden heard about it that year he took the all time single season record(probably from Russ) but it’s not like…an every game thing no matter what else he does.

Westbrook is gonna have someone check his turnovers for something to bitch about even when he plays well. Others can just play well and nobody even checks to see if they should disregard the whole game due to turnovers. Just…odd.

Did you watch the game?

Kblaze8855
02-25-2023, 11:51 AM
Not all of it. It’s rare I watch all of any game these days. Just bounce around league Pass, and usually fall asleep before the end of the west coast games. This one included. Had I realized they were gonna go to 176-175 I might have stayed up.

imdaman99
02-25-2023, 12:24 PM
Westbrook is gonna have someone check his turnovers for something to bitch about even when he plays well. Others can just play well and nobody even checks to see if they should disregard the whole game due to turnovers. Just…odd.

It's the same old LeBron stans/ Westbrook haters. They are tied to any player LeBron ever played with and on an endless crusade to shit on them all. Their life revolves around LeBron

j3lademaster
02-25-2023, 01:15 PM
Did you watch the game?PG’s 2 to’s to let them back were worse.

AirBonner
02-25-2023, 01:19 PM
Only with Westbrook can you drop 175pts and still lose

Axe
02-25-2023, 05:55 PM
The Clippers are a super team, right? RIGHT? :lol
:oldlol:

SouBeachTalents
02-25-2023, 06:22 PM
The selective outrage over turnovers is interesting. Can’t just be a nice game because a guy scored or assisted on like 50 points. It’s ”He had 7 turnovers”. I’d understand it more if he were getting turnovers at a rate players considered good don’t. But guys like Luka, Giannis, Jokic and so on have similar or worse turnover numbers. Jokic has mvp years where he averaged more turnovers than Russ in less minutes. Luka averaged 4.5 last year. Paul George turned it over more as well. Trae is leading the league now and it isn’t the first time. Harden has led the league 6 times. Russ turns it over a lot…like players asked to make things happen do these days. He’s led the league 4 times…but is the only one who has even good games where he has turnovers almost thrown out by the turnovers.

You look at the end of the stat line many players nobody mentions for turnovers have 4-5-8 even 10. Barely gets a peep.

Russ could have 26/13 tomorrow if he had 6 turnovers we would hear about it. Same night someone else would have 22/12 with 8 and nobody even checks to see how many they had.

You don’t have to like the guy but he probably shouldn’t be the only player getting “But he had ____ turnovers” in otherwise solid performances if the turnovers themselves are something you care about. Better and worse players than he was or is now rack them up without so much as a mention.

The entire all time turnover list is gonna be filled with modern mvps soon. Russ, Jokic, Lebron, Harden, Embiid, Giannis, and Luka…all of those modern stat stuffing types. They’re gonna run away with all the turnover records. But only one of them ever has it mentioned these days(other than Lebron of course but that’s a whole other thing). Harden heard about it that year he took the all time single season record(probably from Russ) but it’s not like…an every game thing no matter what else he does.

Westbrook is gonna have someone check his turnovers for something to bitch about even when he plays well. Others can just play well and nobody even checks to see if they should disregard the whole game due to turnovers. Just…odd.
I understand the point that you're trying to make, and I agree with you, people will look at Westbrook's turnovers more than they would any other player (besides LeBron). But you can't possibly equate Westbrook having 7 turnovers to Giannis or Jokic. Those two dominate and impact the game in a variety of ways, Westbrook is at best a supporting player/back up point guard. So when he has a fraction of the responsibilities Giannis & Jokic do but still turns the ball over at a similar/higher rate, of course he's going to be called out on it.

Look at the guys who currently average 3.5 turnovers per game or more, they're all bonafide top 10-15 players except for Westbrook. You can't possibly believe it's not an issue he's turning the ball over at the same rate when he's 1/10th the player they are.

Kblaze8855
02-25-2023, 06:40 PM
It’s an “issue” like everything fans bitch about to justify their hate of players they’d hate anyway. Every fan complaint is an “issue”. But they are always selective. We are in the era of the turnover. You give an attacker the ball and he creates a bunch of looks and turns the ball over a lot in the process. Whatever you want to call Westbrook, he is obviously being used like someone who should be expected to turn the ball over.

People here act like he’s a nobody and then his actual coach comes out and says they want him to be who he is the MVP and Hall of Famer then you watch them unleash him and he goes running pushing tempo like crazy when they could easily just take him off the floor. So your evaluation that he simply a back up at best who shouldn’t be expected to do those turnover numbers obviously doesn’t mesh with how he is actually used by the people who make those decisions.

He is apparently asked, or at least allowed to play like a lead attacker, and those are the turnovers Such players create. We just don’t check for other peoples because it’s expected. What we don’t expect his because you feel the team shouldn’t choose to let a player like him play that way? I saw people on Twitter talking about how he might get the coveted Westbrook quadruple double with turnovers….when Giannis and Jokic have already done it this very season and the 7 he just had were his season high.

Like I said, this is the era of people who are giving free rein to create a bunch of threes for teammates, and have a bunch of turnovers in the process. If you feel he shouldn’t be one take it up with his coaches because they keep seeming to encourage it from wherever he plays.

imdaman99
02-25-2023, 10:53 PM
Westbrook literally took 1 game to get kawhi a career high. He fouled out with a 6 point lead. But it was his fault they lost.... Right.

RRR3
02-25-2023, 11:09 PM
It’s an “issue” like everything fans bitch about to justify their hate of players they’d hate anyway. Every fan complaint is an “issue”. But they are always selective. We are in the era of the turnover. You give an attacker the ball and he creates a bunch of looks and turns the ball over a lot in the process. Whatever you want to call Westbrook, he is obviously being used like someone who should be expected to turn the ball over.

People here act like he’s a nobody and then his actual coach comes out and says they want him to be who he is the MVP and Hall of Famer then you watch them unleash him and he goes running pushing tempo like crazy when they could easily just take him off the floor. So your evaluation that he simply a back up at best who shouldn’t be expected to do those turnover numbers obviously doesn’t mesh with how he is actually used by the people who make those decisions.

He is apparently asked, or at least allowed to play like a lead attacker, and those are the turnovers Such players create. We just don’t check for other peoples because it’s expected. What we don’t expect his because you feel the team shouldn’t choose to let a player like him play that way? I saw people on Twitter talking about how he might get the coveted Westbrook quadruple double with turnovers….when Giannis and Jokic have already done it this very season and the 7 he just had were his season high.

Like I said, this is the era of people who are giving free rein to create a bunch of threes for teammates, and have a bunch of turnovers in the process. If you feel he shouldn’t be one take it up with his coaches because they keep seeming to encourage it from wherever he plays.
He's literally been a backup most of the year. On a bad team, too.

Jasper
02-26-2023, 12:13 AM
Kawhi on the other hand has been going LeRoid mode

more like Mahone roid

ImKobe
02-26-2023, 08:27 AM
Westbrook literally took 1 game to get kawhi a career high. He fouled out with a 6 point lead. But it was his fault they lost.... Right.

That's what happens when you're an ex-teammate of Bran's. WB played a great game for someone who just got moved to a new team. Most of his TOs were not his fault either and he was a positive on the court. Considering that the Clippers got him in the buyout market he's a huge steal. You can't judge him by his old contract anymore.

SATAN
02-26-2023, 09:41 AM
Hopefully Dallas destroy the Lakers in a few hours!!!

ftfy

ImKobe
02-26-2023, 10:53 AM
ftfy

?

get a life loser

1987_Lakers
02-26-2023, 10:55 AM
ftfy

lmao

Nike D'Antoni
02-26-2023, 09:23 PM
Big game vs Nuggets for Russ to be Russ.

ArbitraryWater
02-26-2023, 09:27 PM
?

get a life loser


:roll::roll:

red1
02-26-2023, 11:00 PM
clippers are a bunch of ****ing bums :roll: :roll: :roll:

LeGoat4Life
02-26-2023, 11:08 PM
Leturnover still takes the cake

Kid will be holding this record until we die

Nike D'Antoni
02-26-2023, 11:35 PM
Westbrook getting good open looks, just needs to hit them and this will work.

Nike D'Antoni
02-27-2023, 02:04 AM
Russell Westbrook Tonight

17 POINTS
4 ASSISTS
5 REBOUNDS
5 STEALS
6/10 FGM (60%)
2 TO

Benched for 17 straight minutes ( 4th and OT)

SATAN
02-27-2023, 02:06 AM
Westbrook getting good open looks, just needs to hit them and this will work.

He's not gonna suddenly start being a better shooter lol.

Nike D'Antoni
03-01-2023, 06:05 PM
He's not gonna suddenly start being a better shooter lol.

Some positive signs, the negative is the losses.

Vino24
03-01-2023, 06:29 PM
Some positive signs, the negative is the losses.

You really don’t watch him do you. How tf can Westbrook improve to which he doesn’t miss wide open layups? Guys don’t improve magically in year 15 or whatever he’s at now lolol

Nike D'Antoni
03-03-2023, 12:02 AM
Let Russ be Russ

SATAN
03-03-2023, 01:10 AM
3-10, 6 assists, 4 TOs so far...Clippers losing by 16 points... :durantunimpressed:

SouBeachTalents
03-03-2023, 01:16 AM
Let Russ be Russ
They are, and the results show it.

Indian guy
03-03-2023, 01:17 AM
His mediocre numbers will never do justice to the many ways Westbrook kills your team. While his deficiencies have long been documented, it's not until he starts playing for your OWN team that you realize how much of an antithesis he is to playing winning basketball.

1987_Lakers
03-03-2023, 01:27 AM
Man, I remember when Iverson started to decline and people started calling him a cancer before he retired. Westbrook is currently in that same stage of his career, only difference is he is destroying big market teams with superstars on them with playoff aspirations and because of that, he has more eyes on him. His downfall is crazy to see.

SATAN
03-03-2023, 01:29 AM
3-12 for 8 points, 6 assists, 4 TOs, -10.

:facepalm

1987_Lakers
03-03-2023, 01:31 AM
His mediocre numbers will never do justice to the many ways Westbrook kills your team. While his deficiencies have long been documented, it's not until he starts playing for your OWN team that you realize how much of an antithesis he is to playing winning basketball.

No doubt. Even when he was a better overall player he always played dumb basketball, even in his OKC days. He made Houston worse when they traded CP3 for him, but watching him every game with the Lakers was the most frustrating thing ever, I don't think I ever disliked a Laker more than I did Westbrook.

Nike D'Antoni
03-03-2023, 01:32 AM
They are, and the results show it.

:rolleyes:

Nike D'Antoni
03-03-2023, 01:33 AM
Tyronn Lue is turning into Frank Vogel & Darvin Ham 2.0

SATAN
03-03-2023, 01:34 AM
Tyronn Lue is turning into Frank Vogel & Darvin Ham 2.0

He's just letting Russ be Russ :confusedshrug:

ImKobe
03-03-2023, 08:26 AM
No doubt. Even when he was a better overall player he always played dumb basketball, even in his OKC days. He made Houston worse when they traded CP3 for him, but watching him every game with the Lakers was the most frustrating thing ever, I don't think I ever disliked a Laker more than I did Westbrook.


WB in 2020 had a 30-game run of averaging 31/8/7/2 on 50.3%FG/56%TS prior to them shutting the season down due to COVID. They were 19 - 11 in those games and were 8 - 7 without Russ on the season (36 - 21 with him overall). He was still a great player then but that's because the Rockets knew how to use him. If you're going to play Russ heavy minutes you better be playing small & pushing the pace.

ShawkFactory
03-03-2023, 10:05 AM
WB in 2020 had a 30-game run of averaging 31/8/7/2 on 50.3%FG/56%TS prior to them shutting the season down due to COVID. They were 19 - 11 in those games and were 8 - 7 without Russ on the season (36 - 21 with him overall). He was still a great player then but that's because the Rockets knew how to use him. If you're going to play Russ heavy minutes you better be playing small & pushing the pace.

That was more than 3 years ago.

1987_Lakers
03-03-2023, 10:24 AM
WB in 2020 had a 30-game run of averaging 31/8/7/2 on 50.3%FG/56%TS prior to them shutting the season down due to COVID. They were 19 - 11 in those games and were 8 - 7 without Russ on the season (36 - 21 with him overall). He was still a great player then but that's because the Rockets knew how to use him. If you're going to play Russ heavy minutes you better be playing small & pushing the pace.

Why does this dude always use a small sample size of games? He does it with every player.

ImKobe
03-03-2023, 10:30 AM
Why does this dude always use a small sample size of games? He does it with every player.

Small sample size? 30 games in a 72-game season is a huge sample size, and that's basically from when they went small (I included games even before the Capela move to make it more fair) to maximize Russ on that team. I gave you the whole record with & without Russ that season lol.

Chris Paul was showing his age in 2019 and had durability issues so it's not like he was any better at the time. With Harden dominating the ball the two weren't a great fit anyway. He had a nice resurgence in OKC & PHX after but that has nothing to do with Russ, who looked great with Harden before he got injured and caught COVID that year.

1987_Lakers
03-03-2023, 10:47 AM
Small sample size? 30 games in a 72-game season is a huge sample size, and that's basically from when they went small (I included games even before the Capela move to make it more fair) to maximize Russ on that team. I gave you the whole record with & without Russ that season lol.

Chris Paul was showing his age in 2019 and had durability issues so it's not like he was any better at the time. With Harden dominating the ball the two weren't a great fit anyway. He had a nice resurgence in OKC & PHX after but that has nothing to do with Russ, who looked great with Harden before he got injured and caught COVID that year.

I find it weird how hard you are defending Westbrook when in reality if you saw him play with the Lakers you would know how much of a negative impact he had on our team. Every Lakers' fan I know in person and seen online hated how he played with us and was ecstatic that he got traded.

This right here proves you are no Lakers fan. You are just pissed off because Westbrook is currently destroying another team which means you can no longer put the blame on LeBron for the Lakers struggles since last season.

ImKobe
03-03-2023, 10:56 AM
I find it weird how hard you are defending Westbrook when in reality if you saw him play with the Lakers you would know how much of a negative impact he had on our team. Every Lakers' fan I know in person and seen online hated how he played with us and was ecstatic that he got traded.

This right here proves you are no Lakers fan. You are just pissed off because Westbrook is currently destroying another team which means you can no longer put the blame on LeBron for the Lakers struggles since last season.

I'm not even a fan of Westbrook but you guys have horrible basketball takes so I'm forced to be nice to Russ in this context. Someone has to bring some balance to this discussion. It's not as simple as "Russ bad", even though the media will paint that picture because it's easy to digest and will produce the most engagement on the subject.

John Wall was horrible for the Clippers yet played 22 mpg in 34 games & I didn't hear a peep while Russ is getting murdered after 4 games. They should bench Russ if they're going to start Zubac/Plumlee and bring him in with the 2nd unit to play small ball with Batum at the 5. WB has value as a vet min player who can give you solid minutes while one of Kawhi/PG rests but they need to make the adjustments and not use him as the 3rd star like the Lakers tried to.

1987_Lakers
03-03-2023, 11:00 AM
I'm not even a fan of Westbrook but you guys have horrible basketball takes so I'm forced to be nice to Russ in this context. Someone has to bring some balance to this discussion. It's not as simple as "Russ bad", even though the media will paint that picture because it's easy to digest and will produce the most engagement on the subject.

John Wall was horrible for the Clippers yet played 22 mpg in 34 games & I didn't hear a peep while Russ is getting murdered after 4 games. They should bench Russ if they're going to start Zubac/Plumlee and bring him in with the 2nd unit to play small ball with Batum at the 5. WB has value as a vet min player who can give you solid minutes while one of Kawhi/PG rests but they need to make the adjustments and not use him as the 3rd star like the Lakers tried to.

Horrible basketball takes?

Coming from a guy who said Ingram > Tatum

And who used a TNT fan vote to prove Kobe was the player of the Decade for the 00's, while also ignoring the fact Iverson got over 1,000,000 fan votes to be an All-star starter the very same time that poll came out.

SATAN
03-03-2023, 11:03 AM
Why does this dude always use a small sample size of games? He does it with every player.

It's BronBron23.

Dude trolls off multiple accounts. Unlike me.

SATAN
03-03-2023, 11:04 AM
I'm not even a fan of Westbrook but you guys have horrible basketball takes so I'm forced to be nice to Russ in this context. Someone has to bring some balance to this discussion. It's not as simple as "Russ bad", even though the media will paint that picture because it's easy to digest and will produce the most engagement on the subject.

John Wall was horrible for the Clippers yet played 22 mpg in 34 games & I didn't hear a peep while Russ is getting murdered after 4 games. They should bench Russ if they're going to start Zubac/Plumlee and bring him in with the 2nd unit to play small ball with Batum at the 5. WB has value as a vet min player who can give you solid minutes while one of Kawhi/PG rests but they need to make the adjustments and not use him as the 3rd star like the Lakers tried to.

:roll:
:facepalm

ImKobe
03-03-2023, 11:10 AM
Horrible basketball takes?

Coming from a guy who said Ingram > Tatum

And who used a TNT fan vote to prove Kobe was the player of the Decade for the 00's, while also ignoring the fact Iverson got over 1,000,000 fan votes to be an All-star starter the very same time that poll came out.

Yes. It's horrible to blame everything on a role player who's being paid the veteran minimum.

Ingram is a more skilled basketball player than Tatum but I already told you that, and I already told you that Tatum is the better player right now because he's been healthy while BI's been out.

You say it's horrible to use a sample size of a million votes vs. a couple hundred on an obscure message board where you can make a few alts & have a few friends to skew the vote whichever way you want.

ASG is about the fans and the fans wanted to see AI, who returned to Philly for his last ride. Washed NBA legends have been getting that treatment for a long time and it will eventually happen to Lebron & others as well. He'll get to start the ASG like Wizards' MJ and 2016 Kobe despite not being good enough. That's just how it is.

It's one thing if KB won the player of the decade vote by a slight margin, but a huge blowout of that caliber over Duncan & Shaq just shows you how people actually view these guys outside of your small echo chamber on ISH or RGM.

SATAN
03-03-2023, 11:12 AM
Yes. It's horrible to blame everything on a role player who's being paid the veteran minimum.

Ingram is a more skilled basketball player than Tatum but I already told you that, and I already told you that Tatum is the better player right now because he's been healthy while BI's been out.

You say it's horrible to use a sample size of a million votes vs. a couple hundred on an obscure message board where you can make a few alts & have a few friends to skew the vote whichever way you want.

ASG is about the fans and the fans wanted to see AI, who returned to Philly for his last ride. Washed NBA legends have been getting that treatment for a long time and it will eventually happen to Lebron & others as well. He'll get to start the ASG like Wizards' MJ and 2016 Kobe despite not being good enough. That's just how it is.

It's one thing if KB won the player of the decade vote by a slight margin, but a huge blowout of that caliber over Duncan & Shaq just shows you how people actually view these guys outside of your small echo chamber on ISH or RGM.

:roll:

1987_Lakers
03-03-2023, 11:12 AM
Yes. It's horrible to blame everything on a role player who's being paid the veteran minimum.

Ingram is a more skilled basketball player than Tatum but I already told you that, and I already told you that Tatum is the better player right now because he's been healthy while BI's been out.

You say it's horrible to use a sample size of a million votes vs. a couple hundred on an obscure message board where you can make a few alts & have a few friends to skew the vote whichever way you want.

ASG is about the fans and the fans wanted to see AI, who returned to Philly for his last ride. Washed NBA legends have been getting that treatment for a long time and it will eventually happen to Lebron & others as well. He'll get to start the ASG like Wizards' MJ and 2016 Kobe despite not being good enough. That's just how it is.

It's one thing if KB won the player of the decade vote by a slight margin, but a huge blowout of that caliber over Duncan & Shaq just shows you how people actually view these guys outside of your small echo chamber on ISH or RGM.

Remember when you tried to use a small sample size of Iverson's numbers to justify that he was an All-star that year? Something like, "But he averaged 15 ppg from December to February". :lol

ImKobe
03-03-2023, 11:22 AM
Remember when you tried to use a small sample size of Iverson's numbers to justify that he was an All-star that year? Something like, "But he averaged 15 ppg from December to February". :lol

Kyle Korver averaged 12 ppg when he made the ASG and you use that in your "Bran beat a team with 4x All-Stars by himself!" argument. I don't really care what he put up but I used the sample size that was AI's numbers pre-ASB because that's usually what people see when they vote for All-Stars.

1987_Lakers
03-03-2023, 11:22 AM
ASG is about the fans and the fans wanted to see AI,

The NBA changed the fan voting rules when Pachulia almost got voted in as a starter in 2016. Now the fan vote determines a portion of the overall starters vote instead of 100%. If it was all about the fans, Sliver wouldn't have changed the voting rules.

1987_Lakers
03-03-2023, 11:23 AM
Kyle Korver averaged 12 ppg when he made the ASG and you use that in your "Bran beat a team with 4x All-Stars by himself!" argument. I don't really care what he put up but I used the sample size that was AI's numbers pre-ASB because that's usually what people see when they vote for All-Stars.

I have never even brought up that Hawks team and their 4 all-stars, but I guarantee you Korver was better than 2010 Iverson. :lol

SATAN
03-03-2023, 11:24 AM
Kyle Korver averaged 12 ppg when he made the ASG and you use that in your "Bran beat a team with 4x All-Stars by himself!" argument. I don't really care what he put up but I used the sample size that was AI's numbers pre-ASB because that's usually what people see when they vote for All-Stars.

Squirming.

RRR3
03-03-2023, 01:08 PM
It's BronBron23.

Dude trolls off multiple accounts. Unlike me.
ImKobe absolutely is not Bronbron23 wtf lol. Y’all really can’t recognize posting styles

Nike D'Antoni
03-04-2023, 12:08 AM
Another 63-point half with Russ. 15 points, 7 assists. Again the only thing missing is the win.

SATAN
03-04-2023, 12:09 AM
Another 63-point half with Russ. 15 points, 7 assists. Again the only thing missing is the win.

Let's see how he goes in the second half...Let's see if he can lead them to victory...

imdaman99
03-04-2023, 12:21 AM
We gonna really get this bumped every game? :biggums: how insecure are you guys? BTW it's called adjusting to the team jeez. He's not someone you just plug in and expect the team to win win win. It doesn't work like that, I don't know if any of you guys do anything but watch sports on tv and become instant analyst nerds. Chemistry is built ... sometimes slowly. Lue has to figure out rotations as well.

ImKobe really gotta be the guy fighting every bron stan's boredom? Ridiculous :lol

SATAN
03-04-2023, 12:22 AM
He's not someone you just plug in and expect the team to win

No shit.

imdaman99
03-04-2023, 12:26 AM
No shit.

You really gotta be the dude with the most free time on this forum

Good for you bro, I'm glad the basement has great wifi :cheers:

SATAN
03-04-2023, 12:37 AM
You really gotta be the dude with the most free time on this forum

Good for you bro, I'm glad the basement has great wifi :cheers:

And you always resort to personal attacks. Shows your lack of character. :cheers:

Chuckbe
03-04-2023, 12:42 AM
Let Russ be Russ :applause:

Nike D'Antoni
03-04-2023, 12:52 AM
Let Russ be Russ :applause:


Let Russ be Russ

Nike D'Antoni
03-04-2023, 01:07 AM
Paul George is the problem

SATAN
03-04-2023, 01:09 AM
:roll:

Chuckbe
03-04-2023, 01:12 AM
Paul George is the problem

Play-In P

Nike D'Antoni
03-04-2023, 01:22 AM
What a game.

SATAN
03-04-2023, 01:30 AM
0-5

:facepalm

Nike D'Antoni
03-04-2023, 01:35 AM
Tyronn Lue is the problem, burning all his timeouts was a bad move. CLips needed a timeout on that last play.

SATAN
03-04-2023, 01:39 AM
Yes let's pretend that last turnover never happened. :roll:

Nike D'Antoni
03-04-2023, 01:40 AM
Tonight was only the 6th time in Russell Westbrook's career he's scored at least 25 points while shooting 75% or better.

So Unlucky on this play https://twitter.com/LakeShowYo/status/1631889249627947009

Nike D'Antoni
03-05-2023, 09:42 PM
This is it guys, the game to win. Memphis are without Ja Morant, Dillon Brooks, Brandon Clarke, and Steven Adams.

Nike D'Antoni
03-06-2023, 12:13 AM
67-point half, another one.

SATAN
03-06-2023, 12:15 AM
2/3/2 MVP level performance. - ImKobe

Nike D'Antoni
03-06-2023, 12:36 AM
Russ just made a 16-foot jumper

Nike D'Antoni
03-06-2023, 12:55 AM
The clippers can’t guard for shit. Just allowed 50 point quarter, the same shit like the Lakers.
Russ doesn't deserve this shit.

Nike D'Antoni
03-26-2023, 02:19 PM
The clippers are now 6-8 since acquiring Westbrook

The Lakers are 12-6 since acquiring DLO, Vando, and Beasley.


Zero Luck Russ

Nike D'Antoni
04-01-2023, 12:45 PM
Lakers are 14-7 since getting rid of Russell Westbrook.

5-1 when LeBron plays.