Random NBA Observations 2018 - 2019

[42 Monks]

The fact you're trying to hang your entire argument on 13-15 games of a season, speaks volumes. Yes, fukk all that's happened last season, and all the provability of players; let's just wipe the slate clean at the start of every season and rank players after every 10-15 games, completely disregarding all that has happened in the past.

how you gonna change my statement when i literally lead off with "I don't know how you can look at this season or last" .....and i've said repeatedly you have to rely on reputation to prop kyrie up.

oladipo has been better for two years.

 

[010101]

certified as a #2 option to the arguable GOAT

chris bosh was just a good all-star player til he got that LBJ stimulus package too. Kevin Love was just fake stats going nowhere in minnesota. A lot of dudes don't get that opportunity to ride with a Top 5 all-time player... LBJ got to the finals with one of the worst teams anyone's ever seen I'm not about to keep cosigning this dude

is he top 5 in the east i'm not hating but lets not cheapen the rest of the field to prop him up

I saw him play against the blazers sunday, and I was unimpressed. He looked like he's seriously regressed.

He shot 9-24, had 3 to,had only 2 assist, and -10 overall...

yall go ahead*

 

[Gil Scott-Heroin]

it wasn't my question in the first place and either way top 5 = not kyrie is still my point

i already named a few guys too.

"Oladipo, lavine, kemba, even blake's goofball ass are better #1 options right now"

You know how you said "if people said Tatum was gonna have the keys by the end of the year, no one would even trip. that doesn't happen to top 5 players either"; if anyone of those aforementioned were on the Celtics instead of Kyrie, you could apply that exact same statement.

lowry is your boy too so don't let this get you conflicted

but this year, if you're saying kyrie is a top 5 player in the east right now - its plainly bias and based off of reputation. boston is underperforming on offense and all those guys are responsible. other players in the east? call it a hot start if you want but dudes are balling

There's a difference between performing like a top-5 player (over a brief period) and actually being one. LeBron hasn't been a top-5 performer this season (arguably not even top-10), that doesn't mean he's not a top-5 player in the league does it? Because you can't determine rankings based off a small sample size, while yes, it's part of the equation, you have to take into account of what they've done in recent seasons past, how they've fared in the postseason, how their respective skillsets, impact and provability are tested in the harshest conditions etc.

I get it, you have an axe to grind when it comes to Kyrie, but that doesn't excuse you for being illogical.

 

[42 Monks]

"Oladipo, lavine, kemba, even blake's goofball ass are better #1 options right now"

You know how you said "if people said Tatum was gonna have the keys by the end of the year, no one would even trip. that doesn't happen to top 5 players either"; if anyone of those aforementioned were on the Celtics instead of Kyrie, you could apply that exact same statement.



There's a difference between performing like a top-5 player (over a brief period) and actually being one. LeBron hasn't been a top-5 performer this season (arguably not even top-10), that doesn't mean he's not a top-5 player in the league does it? Because you can't determine rankings based off a small sample size, while yes, it's part of the equation, you have to take into account of what they've done in the recent seasons, how they've fared in the postseason, how their respective skillsets, impact and provability are tested in the harshest conditions etc.

I get it, you have an axe to grind when it comes to Kyrie, but that doesn't excuse you for being illogical.

Tatum is an outstanding player and I said the same thing with Hayward before the injury too. That's not a knock on Kyrie, both of those guys are damned good - the statement is specifically regarding the gap between them.

And again, you can argue top 5 off reputation all you want but that's never my point and I never sit on reputation for anything outside of defensive players. I've made no comments on LBJ other than the fact that he's blatantly either point shaving or trying to get Luke fired lol. I also said that Boston won't continue to shoot this bad all year. So in other words, "my top 5 is fluid "

So yeah you could board the windows up for Kyrie, but how about we give some of these other guys some props instead of being the hater you're trying to pretend I am? He's not a top 5 player in the east right now.

 

[42 Monks]

about to get ran off the court by cleveland

 

[BXKingPin82]

Hornets.

bout to go in the room and get on my girls nerves for awhile.

 

[Conscious Pilot]

Grant Hill’s fake beard

 

[Gil Scott-Heroin]

Sexton is a baller. I don't get dudes trying to deem him a bust when he hadn't even started a game yet.

 

[Kyle Barker]

 

[aceboon]

Malik Monk a gunning mugfukker

 

[42 Monks]

time to dust off the tank

 

[#1 pick]

Sexton is a baller. I don't get dudes trying to deem him a bust when he hadn't even started a game yet.

Their idiots. Sexton is a baller

 

[TheLostOnes]

Huh the Cavs came back?

 

[Gil Scott-Heroin]

time to dust off the tank

Basketball Gods intervened, striking down Kemba, after all that Kyrie slander.

 

[Cladyclad]

I’m not a fan of that 1st step travel call. It’s way worst travel calls to enforce than that one

Also

Jokic offsensive game kind of sucks. Great player though in spite of that