[QUOTE=Kblaze8855]I think he can afford to give up 3 ISOs a night and still sleep well.....[/QUOTE]
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[QUOTE=Kblaze8855]I think he can afford to give up 3 ISOs a night and still sleep well.....[/QUOTE]
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For real though....
Hes put up 24-29ppg for 5 years in a row. Hes the man. Period. His team wins the lottery for the most hyped prospect in over a decade. Hes got an offer that would pay him 266 million dollars over the next 6 years(5 year supermax plus final year of current deal). Every club in New Orleans is offering a lifetime of free food and back room threesomes with the strippers. Hes got Gumbo and judging head contests till the day he expires on top of a quarter billion, unchecked access to the ball with whatever stats come with it, and Zion Williamson coming to town.
He told them to eat a dick.....and chose to sign with Lebrons childhood friend as his agent and get traded to play with Lebron.
And the concern....is he might lose status and production in exchange for a chance to play with Lebron and win?
What if I may ask....the ****....do you think he just showed as far as his priorities?
If Anthony Davis isnt the "I dont care about personal sacrifice...I wanna win" posterboy I dont know who is.
OP takin' repeated kicks to the cawk in this thread :roll:
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This is such a lazy post by OP :facepalm
No sh!t Bosh and Love's production went down when they went from 1st option on lottery teams to 3rd option on a contender. And both of 'em had their most efficient seasons from the field playing with LeBron. Look it up. OP conveniently stopped with their first seasons, which generally tend to be the worst because it's such a big adjustment. But Love's far and away best TS% was in 2018. Bosh's was in 2014.
Fans don't know what they want. When Bosh and Love were putting up all those numbers they were shitted on for missing the playoffs/losing in the first round.
Kevin Love was the posterboy for empty stats.
Now when they actually win the championships the focus is on their numbers declining. Those same empty numbers that didn't lead to winning.
Heres what Kevin Love thought about being the productive man on a shit team:
[QUOTE]LAS VEGAS – [B]Team USA's roster is filled with 12 NBA players who have won seven total championships and appeared in a combined 700 playoff games. Only one of those dozen players has never played in a single postseason game.
Minnesota Timberwolves All-Star forward Kevin Love.
And he's not happy about it.
Kevin Love is the only Team USA player without a single postseason appearance.[/B] In an interview with Yahoo! Sports, Love urged Minnesota's management to acquire the necessary talent to make the franchise a contender. If the Timberwolves don't start winning this season, Love isn't sure how long he'll want to be a part of Minnesota's future.
[B]"My patience is not high," Love said. "Would yours be, especially when I'm a big proponent of greatness surrounding itself with greatness? All these [Team USA] guys seem to have great players around them.
"It's tough seeing all these guys that are young and older who have all played in the playoffs. When they start talking about that, I have nothing to talk about. If I don’t make the playoffs next year I don’t know what will happen."[/B]
The Timberwolves haven't made the playoffs since 2004, a string of eight seasons. Love was hopeful the T'wolves would end the streak last season, but they lost rookie point guard Ricky Rubio to a season-ending knee injury on March 9 and never really recovered. Love admitted he was disappointed Minnesota's front office failed to get an adequate replacement for Rubio. With Rubio sidelined, the T'wolves finished the season with the Western Conference's fourth-worst record (26-40).
Love will begin his four-year, $62 million contract extension this season, but the deal allows him to opt out after three years. He sought a maximum five-year extension in negotiations before last season, but T'wolves officials balked. Another losing season could change his desire to stay with the franchise long-term.
[B]"At this point, I’m not afraid to go on the record," Love said. "Being around these [USA] guys, they know the situation I’m in and how competitive I am. I want to win. [/B]All the players on the Timberwolves feel the same way, as well. The coaching staff is awesome. They want to win and win now. Hopefully, we can make some stuff happen.
"I would say it's coming down to it for sure [next season]. It's no secret I was willing to commit to Minnesota for five years. I'm very happy with my contract. I'd love to be in Minnesota. But like anybody else, I want to win."
Love and Deron Williams are the only players on Team USA whose NBA teams didn't make the playoffs last season. Williams, however, has agreed to re-sign with the Brooklyn Nets after the Nets struck a deal to acquire All-Star guard Joe Johnson from the Atlanta Hawks. The Nets also are continuing to try to trade for Dwight Howard.
Love averaged 26 points and 13.4 rebounds for the Timberwolves last season. The Timberwolves have already made some moves this offseason to try to upgrade their roster, reaching agreement on a two-year contract with former Portland Trail Blazers guard Brandon Roy, who is trying to return to the NBA after chronic knee injuries forced him to sit out last season. They also acquired forward Chase Budinger from the Houston Rockets and came to an agreement with restricted free-agent forward Nicolas Batum on a four-year, $45 million offer sheet that the Trail Blazers have vowed to match. Forward Michael Beasley left the T'wolves to sign with the Phoenix Suns and Minnesota has shopped forward Derrick Williams, the No. 2 overall pick in the 2011 NBA draft.
[B]"If we don’t make the playoffs, I don’t know it’s going to be me or something, but our management needs to step up and make some moves,"[/B] Love said. "Chase is good for us. Brandon if he can come in relatively healthy and be back to somewhat of where he was … we can be pretty damn good, especially in the fourth quarter with how he used to be [with the Trail Blazers] with LaMarcus [Aldridge] in the pick-and-roll. If Ricky can come back healthy that would be great.
"But [B]I think our front office and ownership needs to step up and get us some pieces. We need to make some moves.[/B] We can't just stand still. We have to make this happen."
T'wolves general manager David Kahn said he has spoken to Love about the franchise's plans for the future.
"I'm sure Kevin has a sense of urgency," Kahn said. "I think the team demonstrated it could win last season before we were hit with a cascade of injuries. I thought we were on the right track and surely we would have competed for the eighth and final playoff spot if we remained healthy. Next season is shaping up to be better than last year.
"Under Kevin's leadership, I would expect him to compete for the playoffs. The one thing we can't control is injuries. I'm hopeful for a healthy year."
Love loves playing with Rubio and center Nikola Pekovic, and is hopeful Rubio returns healthy. Kahn said Minnesota doesn't have a firm timetable for when Rubio should be cleared to play. Still, Love said he will continue to push Minnesota's management to add more pieces to the roster because T'wolves fans "deserve a better product."
"I don't know if we will blow up the team again, if I'll be moved," Love said. "I don’t know.
"But something has to happen in Minnesota."[/QUOTE]
Those guys are miserable on the shit teams they come from. They may have a hard time adjusting....but they dont wanna be in those other situations. Thats how they end up on these superteams...
They dont WANT to score 30 and lose for a decade.
They may want more than they get touches wise but if they really had a problem taking the lesser role they would stay in the shit circumstances they come from. But they dont.
Is anyone surprised Brick stains prefer high volume chucking over a higher win % in a team oriented sport?
Yes. He too will suffer an NBA championsip under LePharaoh.
[QUOTE=FKAri]Yes. He too will suffer an NBA championsip under LePharaoh.[/QUOTE]
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Kblaze, for the love of God, stop typing me novels about shit that is irrelevant to the thread.
I never once mentioned what these guys WANT. I don't give a shit if they're happier getting dragged to rings while having dreadful performances throughout every playoff run. That's not what this thread is about.
Bosh and Love both become worse basketball players playing with LeBron. I don't know how anyone who actually watched basketball the past decade can say otherwise. I'm asking if the same is going to happen to Anthony Davis. That's it. I DON'T CARE WHAT WILL MAKE THEM HAPPIER.
When Pau Gasol went from being 1st option in Memphis to 2nd option in LA, his numbers literally remained identical.. except his efficiency skyrocketed. We got to see Love as a 2nd option in 2018.. not even remotely close to his 26/13 self. Bosh's numbers slowly declined each year he played with LeBron.
Bron ball is basically that basketball in Space Jam that sucks all the talent from whoever is touched by it except it only works on big men (and Larry Hughes).
Love played 28 MPG in 2018 lmao. He averaged roughly 23/12 per 36 on easily the best efficiency of his career. Oops.
OP isn't wrong.
Maybe not complete...I mean these players were allegedly "happier". But Bosh and Love were definitely worse. And before Lebron played way different.
Pau Gasol for example? Remained similar with Kobe. He wasn't really different than in Memphis save for the touches. And as shown, his numbers were the same.
[QUOTE=RRR3]Love played 28 MPG in 2018 lmao. He averaged roughly 23/12 per 36 on easily the best efficiency of his career. Oops.[/QUOTE]
Wasn't that the year when he was being benched in multiple 4th quarters for his poor play?
[QUOTE=RRR3]Love played 28 MPG in 2018 lmao. He averaged roughly 23/12 per 36 on easily the best efficiency of his career. Oops.[/QUOTE]
ouch
and that was his role as a 2nd option, not a 1st like his similar productivity in Minny.
imagine that
[QUOTE=Doranku]Wasn't that the year when he was being benched in multiple 4th quarters for his poor play?[/QUOTE]
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