***Official 2023-2024 NBA Thread***
 

Can't believe the NBA Season is starting tonight. Way to early but here we go.

Lakers vs Nuggets: 6:30PM

Suns vs Warriors: 9PM

Both on TNT

Excited to see my Suns! Hopefully our depth will be much improved.

I was kind of disappointed that both teams won't be at full strength for Game 1. Shit NBA pre season is short and soft.

Yep, I agree. It will still be great to watch.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Giannis Antetokounmpo says LeBron James is the greatest player of all time <br><br>“Some guys might say he is No. 2, but other guys like me, I say he is No. 1, and he’s still going,” <br><br>(Via <a href="https://twitter.com/joevardon?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@joevardon</a> ) <a href="https://t.co/PDn7Ev4zrH">pic.twitter.com/PDn7Ev4zrH</a></p>&mdash; NBACentral (@TheDunkCentral) <a href="https://twitter.com/TheDunkCentral/status/1716473818678546648?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 23, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Fair and true. The GOAT returns tonight.

First quarter of this Lakers game was necessary.

Pre-season doesn't mean much but the Lakers weren't playing with any defensive cohesion or intensity whatsoever.

They needed to get punched in the mouth and reminded that defense matters even in the regular season.

Once again, KCC proves how completely full of shit he is.

4 posts into the new thread for this season and he's already displaying his insecurity.

Don't make me mute another goddamn NBA thread.

Seriously - we get it. I'll start a Non-LeBron ball washing thread if you can't keep from spamming this one into oblivion.

Knock it the **** off.

If he says it enough times it'll be true though! Don't you see?

Is it any surprise that the Lakers fell to pieces when LeBron left the floor in the 1st quarter tonight?

I can't help that LeBron's peers see him for who he is.

Whatever you say clown.

"Consensus doesn't matter but individual opinions that agree with me do!"

It's like you base your entire Internet personality on Barry. What a loser.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Me officially entering my 21st straight season defending LeBron&#39;s legacy <a href="https://t.co/JFG6DSmsyo">pic.twitter.com/JFG6DSmsyo</a></p>&mdash; Barry (@BarryOnHere) <a href="https://twitter.com/BarryOnHere/status/1716969464393027669?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 25, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Always so personal. I would say that the individual opinion of one of the few multi-time MVPs in league history who played with LeBron in the back third of his career probably has some merit in that discussion, though, yeah.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Absolutely dropped LeBron ��<a href="https://t.co/uUG0EYBf7W">pic.twitter.com/uUG0EYBf7W</a></p>&mdash; BetMGM �� (@BetMGM) <a href="https://twitter.com/BetMGM/status/1716972840153477408?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 25, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

By stepping on his foot and tripping him, yeah. Offensive foul.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">LeBron off the side of the backboard ���� <a href="https://t.co/ofHz6F15dF">pic.twitter.com/ofHz6F15dF</a></p>&mdash; Odds Shark (@OddsShark) <a href="https://twitter.com/OddsShark/status/1716963853240512943?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 24, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

LeBron, the only guy in the starting lineup with a positive plus/minus with his team still down double digits.

Even at 40, some things never change.

You don’t have to add 14 months to his age to make it sound more impressive

He's the oldest player in the league and has been playing in the NBA for over 20 years so these things can be be hard to keep track exactly.

LMAO

How many years

Enough years to fill well over a dozen rosters full of teammates that have let him down.

Looks like we're about to add another group to the list. No clue why D'Angelo Russell is still on this team.

Can't wait for that Nuggets vs Suns and Celtics vs Bucks conference finals.

It will be the Nuggets-Warriors unfortunately.

Same type of game and same outcome as the West Finals

Same moron that counts fake covid titles. Let's start a non LeBum ball washing thread and the clown can have a circle jerk with himself

Might have something to do with the fact the Nuggets are way better than the Lakers.

Don't forget the 2020 national championship for KU. Deny it all you want, but those things happened.

That's what I was referring to. Insecure people lie. It's what they and you do...but since you insist. Ya that bubble title doesn't count either ROFL

https://sportshub.cbsistatic.com/i/r...kers-title.jpg

Looks real enough to me.

I was expecting the Lakers to bring more energy and play pissed off. But nope.

As real as a Patriot title that you don't count?

That team is cooked...just like it's leader

Lebron is too busy producing movies and making them about himself.

He'll be wrasslin Cena at next year's Summer Slam

Can’t believe CP3 plays for GS

Michael Jordan is the MF G.O.A.T.



NBA players are overpaid

Yup and covid prevented another rock choke. Both are so true!

This Suns team is stacked

You expected a near-40 year old LeBron who has been going through the motions in regular season games for a half decade now and AD of all people to play pissed off? I somehow doubt that.

Neither of those statements are true.

You'd need to be specific about which Patriot title, but yes, those are only surpassed in their fakeness by the KD Warriors titles.

LMAO Holy shit, it's the season opener.

Sure did. They got punked\swept in the West finals, Nuggets shit talking them, Ring night…. No reason not to come out energized and not want to punch them in their mouth

Wonder just how big of a story Barkley pressing Silver on the DV will become. Sounds like the NBA isn't too happy with the Chuckster at the moment.

You're talking about AD here, right? You'd almost have to never have watched him play at all to believe such a thing could even be possible.

Well he talked a good game :D

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Update: AD was motivated for a solid hour <a href="https://t.co/VFhjrkQPVO">pic.twitter.com/VFhjrkQPVO</a></p>&mdash; Bill Simmons (@BillSimmons) <a href="https://twitter.com/BillSimmons/status/1716998698801250668?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 25, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Tagging this years MJ is the Goat thread. :D

Well it's official - Dwight Howard caught teh ghey.


https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/...suit-dismissed

Well can we go ahead and get the new thread, this one already has AIDS and needs put down.

Ok, you have my avy and I don't even know who you are. Did you get a name change too or something?

Mac, was my previous name. I changed the picture when everyone else did and forgot about it

Lol ok I know who you are now. I was just curious.

KCC I have a personal request. Could you please keep your Lebron posts to a minimum or just related to his game play this year? There is quite a few people that would like to discuss the NBA this year and are turned off by this.

Of course we ask the people that don't like Lebron to not spam the thread bashing on him either and just keep it to game play as well.

This also means please no MJ vs Lebron comparisons. That is a tired debate.

Please and thank you.


:)

Good luck with that

Oh wow a new NBA thread.

See Post #5


Seems like the old thread!

LeBron is the greatest player in the league's history (and some would say effectively is the NBA). So long as there are posts about the NBA, you're naturally gonna get posts about him from me and many others.

Also, I'm one of the few people here who actually post about non-LeBron related NBA matters with any regularity. It can't be helped that the LeBron matters are what trigger the most discussion from those who still haven't accepted what he is.

Could've just said no

It is more about your first post in this thread. Stuff like that. We all get it you think he is the GOAT, others don't so we don't need to keep going down that road.

Talking about how he or anybody else in the NBA are playing currently is fair game and should be discussed.

I am not the hall monitor though but I thought I would at least ask politely.

It's so obvious that he's overcompensating due to insecurity.

LMAO

But how would he be able to pass up the chance to say his name?

Well, since Lebron is clearly the greatest of all time with no equal, there is no point in having conversations about how Lebron is the greatest of all time because he is so obviously the greatest of all time. But I won't talk about how great Lebron is because it's clear that he's the greatest of all time and being the greatest of all time speaks for itself.


/kcconnection

Can't jam the word "Lebron" 3 times into "No."

Damnit! Beat me to it. LMAOLMAO

The more you say it the more true it becomes!

The first post in the thread was, in effect, a continuation of the ongoing years-long discussion I've had here about how LeBron's peers view him. Those people know exactly what it was in response to.

And unsurprisingly, just one LeBron post this hour has led to about a dozen more about him. If everyone doesn't want to talk about LeBron so much, I would suggest they certainly have a weird way of showing it.

ahahhahahahah

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">“Who’s your daddy?” chant in Denver. <a href="https://t.co/gRqwvRC81i">pic.twitter.com/gRqwvRC81i</a></p>&mdash; Dave McMenamin (@mcten) <a href="https://twitter.com/mcten/status/1716996758184587531?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 25, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

I know it's a running joke these threads are 90% Lebron/GOAT/KCC talk, and given this thread is less than 24 hours old and there's already at least two different asks in this thread to knock off the LeBron/GOAT bullshit plus another reported post....

....knock off the Lebron/GOAT bullshit.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="qme" dir="ltr"> <a href="https://t.co/V0oWH2HfzQ">pic.twitter.com/V0oWH2HfzQ</a></p>&mdash; Mike Honcho (@MikeHoncho069) <a href="https://twitter.com/MikeHoncho069/status/1717012246243737901?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 25, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

LMAO

I'd love to know who is sensitive enough to report a post in one of these threads LMAO

The legend of Chet starts tonight.

Go to the casino and bet on OKC to win more than 43.5 games. They are just giving money away.

https://i.imgur.com/ESuyu50.gif

Wasn't me

I should have known.

LMAO I didn't actually report anyone.

Brooke Pryor rubbing off on you? :D

Doubt Barkley GAF. Go on a segment with him, he'll ask/say what he wants to ask/say. One of the reasons I loved him growing up.