Players you irrationally love

Ballerhogger · Post #81 » by **Ballerhogger** » Sun Sep 4, 2016 1:15 am

It was Kobe Bryant. Now I'm all alone all alone . Damnit. Maybe Ingram will be great.

Post #82 » by **ken6199** » Sun Sep 4, 2016 1:18 am

I have unconditional love for Tmac, regardless how he exited Houston.

His jumper, first steps, handle, all give you wet dreams, and the way he carried us to 22 wins without Yao for a big stretch will always have a place in my heart. Sadly he was one of the unluckiest guy on injury and he hasn't been the smartest guy on TV either.

To me Tmac actually has equal weights compared to Yao Ming, which is actually a crazy thing if you think about. That's just me.

YourBuddy · Post #83 » by **YourBuddy** » Sun Sep 4, 2016 1:31 am

KAT. Beyond how good of a player he is, he just understands how to make fans love him.

Yoshun · Post #84 » by **Yoshun** » Sun Sep 4, 2016 2:10 am

Brook Lopez is a sexy guy.

Johnny Firpo · Post #85 » by **Johnny Firpo** » Sun Sep 4, 2016 2:30 pm

lilroddyb wrote:
Johnny Firpo wrote:Roddy B was a player like that for me, I always saw the future superstar in him.

Hehe same here, just look at my name

In our defense, the kid really had some excellent tools. Monster wingspan, 40 inch vertical and one of the quickest and most fluid players in the NBA, with a solid jumpshot. Unfortunately two things did him in, basketball IQ, and inconsistent health.

rzzzzz · Post #86 » by **rzzzzz** » Sun Sep 4, 2016 3:36 pm

Evan Turner. The Blazers got such a nice pair of guards, but if they can put the rock in ET's hands enough, I'm hoping plenty positive vibrations energizing the squad.

penguin22 · Post #87 » by **penguin22** » Sun Sep 4, 2016 4:27 pm

Why no other than Jose Calderon. Class act. Had the most unreasonable and unwarranted expectations for him back in 08-09...hahah never lived up to that 20pts/10ast I thought he had coming his way. Still love that man.

Bankai · Post #88 » by **Bankai** » Sun Sep 4, 2016 4:40 pm

Bruno Caboclo, I will move heaven and earth for this kid.

JazzUte88 · Post #89 » by **JazzUte88** » Sun Sep 4, 2016 5:02 pm

Nate Robinson (even despite some of his chucker trainwreck moments), Jeremy Lin, Byron Russell, Paul Millsap, Sundiata Gaines

Post #90 » by **Quotatious** » Sun Sep 4, 2016 6:00 pm

Andrew Wiggins. Objectively, he's not a particularly good player, I mean he puts up the numbers but his advanced/impact stats are poor, but I still love his potential and think he'll become a superstar. Love watching him play, he already has the athleticism and some of the moves that only superstar wings have, he just doesn't have the consistency or the attention to detail, in other words the fundamental "know-how", but I think he'll learn that as he gets older and more experienced. Seems like a nice kid, that's one of the reasons I want him to be successful.

DeezRaptors · Post #91 » by **DeezRaptors** » Sun Sep 4, 2016 10:40 pm

James Johnson, only cause he cocked that joint back and slammed on em

zeebneeb · Post #92 » by **zeebneeb** » Sun Sep 4, 2016 11:45 pm

JellosJigglin wrote:Arvydas Sabonis - always got a kick out of watching him match up with Shaq

Luke Walton as a player - I even defended that ridiculous contract he got.

Sabonis was amazing, flat out. I'm still sad we didn't get to see him for his entire career in the NBA.

He is, without question the smartest, best passing bigman in NBA history.

Post #93 » by **jwise44** » Mon Sep 5, 2016 12:20 am

sharmaraps wrote:Stephen Jackson is a guy a recently got to know more through social media etc... and man is such a great guy. He's always posting positive stuff, gets people going, and is vocal towards change and stuff. He's a guy you appreciate for more than just basketball.

Plus, you know, he bout dat lyfe and he'll go in anybody's mouf

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damecurry · Post #94 » by **damecurry** » Mon Sep 5, 2016 12:35 am

I mean... aside from the guys in my username.... i cant stand the lakers and ive been insanely high on ingram since he was in high school so brandon ingram is a great choice now.

deanwoof · Post #95 » by **deanwoof** » Mon Sep 5, 2016 2:40 am

Will Barton

Izzite · Post #96 » by **Izzite** » Mon Sep 5, 2016 3:09 am

Steve Nash

markjay · Post #97 » by **markjay** » Mon Sep 5, 2016 10:02 am

Zubac!!

PerkinsFor3 · Post #98 » by **PerkinsFor3** » Mon Sep 5, 2016 10:55 am

markjay wrote:Zubac!!

How's that irrational? You're a Lakers fan and he looks promising.

Post #99 » by **kingofthecourt67** » Mon Sep 5, 2016 11:02 am

Kent Bazemore. I love his undying loyalty to Under Amour since they picked him up on day 1. Also his lefty shot looks nice. Just seems like a good dude you'd want to hang out with.

Post #100 » by **QRich3** » Mon Sep 5, 2016 11:20 am

Luc Mbah A Moute used to be that guy when he played in Milwaukee, now he plays for my team so I still love him but there's a more obvious reason. Defense-first one way players like him always fascinated me, so guys like MKG, Rondae Hollis-Jefferson, Aminu, Biyombo or Ricky Rubio are among my current favorite players. Kidd-Gilchrist in particular is a guy I heavily root for. His stutter and his general demeanor make him really likable in my eyes.

I still think (or want to think, more like) Ben McLemore will be an awesome role player in this league, and would love to see him in a stable veteran environment where he gets the chance to prove himself.

Eric Gordon used to be my favorite Clippers player, so there's an excuse there, but every season I irrationally think it'll be the one where he comes back to his nearly-allstar self.

Jrue Holiday is another guy I overvalue cause I just like his game. Gordon Hayward too, love his all-around skills and that makes me overvalue the guy at times.

I love Felicio from the Bulls too, and I'm not sure why cause I've barely watched the guy play lol