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[QUOTE=Hey Yo;14985078]He saw his contending days were done and faked AIDS. He thought it was better to quit than fade away gracefully.[/QUOTE]
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I'm a conspiracy guy but I think you took it too far bro. He got HIV from all those wild LA Hollywood orgy parties in the 80s. It was basically a super STD.
And he probably had it for a while. Symptoms for that can show up 5 years later so Magic was literally balling out winning rings in the late 80s with AIDs. That's actually gangster. :lol
[QUOTE=tpols;14985081]:biggums:
I'm a conspiracy guy but I think you took it too far bro. He got HIV from all those wild LA Hollywood orgy parties in the 80s. It was basically a super STD.
And he probably had it for a while. Symptoms for that can show up 5 years later so Magic was literally balling out winning rings in the late 80s with AIDs. That's actually gangster. :lol[/QUOTE]
Yeah sleeping with other men…
[QUOTE=Hey Yo;14985067]Cause Magic didn't play defense[/QUOTE]
Of course he did
[QUOTE=GOBB;14985083]Yeah sleeping with other men…[/QUOTE]
He was beating them up on and off the court I guess.
[QUOTE=Chick Stern;14984970][b]Magic led the league in steals early in his career.[/b]
He was as lethal a competitor as anybody you can name, he just did it with a smile. Bird knew that.
He spent 75% of his career in the Finals. Literally NO player has ever done what he did in the Finals his rookie year.
People have him in the top 5 because he is. If not for the HIV he would be in the GOAT conversation.[/QUOTE]
Leading in steals doesn't make one a good defender. A lot of it is being in the right place on bad passes. Or if the statistician gives you credit for the steal once it was originally tapped away by a teammate.
[QUOTE=Hey Yo;14985071]:oldlol: ... no[/QUOTE]
Hes just saying that Magic led to leBron, an improved version.
[QUOTE=tpols;14985087]He was beating them up on and off the court I guess.[/QUOTE]
Actually I take that back. That was a weak cheap shot by me. No need to slander Magic name. 4th best player on NBA history in my book.
[QUOTE=Hey Yo;14985088]Leading in steals doesn't make one a good defender. A lot of it is being in the right place on bad passes. Or if the statistician gives you credit for the steal once it was originally tapped away by a teammate.[/QUOTE]
I think if you have the vision to make great passes you probably also have the vision to anticipate the passes others make too. Might not be a 100% thing but alot of great passers also are decent at getting into passing lanes too.
[QUOTE=tpols;14985057]It absolutely can be. Passing on the level of Magic or Jokic has absolutely tremendous impact on basketball games. I'm actually astonished that you don't realize that.[/QUOTE]And here we have you acting like one aspect of offense is just as inorganic as olajuwon being one of the greatest defenders of all time. Good talk.
Is 23 year old Anthony Edwards, Peak Jokic's kryptonite? Usually a player runs into their kryptonite in their early 20s. Like Jordan with the Pistons/celtics, Kobe with the Jazz, and Lebron with the Celtics/Pistons. Usually, top all-time players kryptonite's are veteran teams who just have much more experience than them. Is this the 1st time where its in reverse? Where the "top 4 player ever" get his ass routinely kicked by the 22 or 23 year old still wet behind the ears breath smelling like Similac kid?
[QUOTE=Bankaii;14984911]Jokic has had plenty of help lmao. Murray has series better than Penny has ever had (tempted to say Kobe too because of efficiency).
The championship nuggets had 6 guys average double figures. Murray outscored Jokic in half the series they played while averaging 47/40/93 shooting splits:oldlol:[/QUOTE]
Agreed. But it shows how he can elevate them too tho it doesn't happen always.
[B][size=1]The narcissistic sore loser below you is a deepthroating homosexual btw.[/b][/size]
[QUOTE=Mask the Embiid;14985888]Is 23 year old Anthony Edwards, Peak Jokic's kryptonite? Usually a player runs into their kryptonite in their early 20s. Like Jordan with the Pistons/celtics, Kobe with the Jazz, and Lebron with the Celtics/Pistons. Usually top all time players kryptonite's are veterans who just have much more experience than them. Is this the 1st time where its in reverse? Where the "top 4 player ever" get his ass routinely kicked by the 22 or 23 year old still wet behind the ears breath smelling like Similac?[/QUOTE]
Usually a player also makes it past the 2nd round by the time they're 30.
[QUOTE=SouBeachTalents;14985891]Usually a player also makes it past the 2nd round by the time they're 30.[/QUOTE]
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They dont give those out in the 2nd round little fella
stay mad....
Look at your king without a 50/40/90 sidekick who scores 32 points....This is your king!? [B][SIZE=4]THIS IS YOUR KING!???[/SIZE][/B]
23 year old Temu Tmac whipping his ass. Dont you ever!!!!!!!!!! make a thread like this again
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They dont give those out in the 2nd round little fella
stay mad....[/QUOTE]
Guy who wasn't even born in the US joins the most stacked Olympic team, then proceeds to not make a single field goal in the Gold medal game
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