Around the League: 2020 Offseason

[76ciology]

Middleton is better but Tobi is not that behind and he can get better.

I agree, Khris is better, but the difference isn't as huge as some want to believe as Sixer fans who think we are terrible.

Tobias has work to do, but he is still younger than Khris.

I suck, great game from Khris, but I can see that from Tobias.

Might never happen, but an unsober man can always hope. We get that from Tobias, sky is the limit.

I also thought Tobi is at par with Middleton, until I saw Middleton play.

Middleton is a much better shooter and seems has a higher release on his shot, this allows him to be better in making challenged shots

I like Tobi. He’s smart and he knows his weaknesses. He works on what he has to improve to take his game into another level.

[Stanford]

LeBron is going to win MVP because of narrative (and Lakers) even though he's not playing at an MVP level (Nik Batum is more valuable!), and it's going to really annoy me.

Oh well. Makes up for all those times he should have won MVP but didn't... because of narrative.

[sixerswillrule]

Highly doubt LeBron is an all Star in 5 years. Unless it's one of those fake all star years like Kobe had.

It's very possible. Karl Malone was a legit all-star at age 38 and was even still playing at that level at 39 though he didn't make the all-star team. LeBron is a similar physical specimen.

Malone's efficiency dropped off his last three years, and he was a post player. His game wasn't very similar to LeBron's so I don't know why you're comparing the two.

I don't know why you mentioned that Malone's efficiency dropped. I never said that Malone's level of play didn't drop or that LeBron's will never drop. I said that Malone was still in an all-star in his late 30s and LeBron also could be. Also more of Malone's shots came outside 10 feet than inside at that age.

LeBron is extremely skilled and barring a catastrophic injury like Kobe's I think he'll still be an all Star level player in 5 years. His body could break down but it also might not. Malone's didn't. We'll see what happens with LeBron.

December 2017. So far so good

[76ciology]

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Imagine Jerami Grant breaking some 3pt record for a franchise back in 2015.

[Kobblehead]

Maybe I need glasses, but this season its getting harder to see the difference between Tobias and Middleton.

Maybe I need to actually get glasses...but I don't think my eyesight is failing me that bad, I mean Tobias is getting a block a game (I know Khris has a lil better handles). One is an auto all-star, one isn't, which one?

I must be blind.

No, I think you're right.

Now that Middleton's defense fell off and Harris has been unlocked again as a creator under Rivers, they're basically equal.

[Stanford]

I haven't watched any Bucks games this year, but I'd much rather give Middleton the ball at the end of a game than Harris

[Stanford]

LeBron is the MVP frontrunner because old ass narrative-crafters can't believe someone 35+ can run up and down a court a few times without their knees aching.

[Eyeamok]

LeBron is the MVP frontrunner because old ass narrative-crafters can't believe someone 35+ can run up and down a court a few times without their knees aching.

That and he plays more games than his nearest competitor for the award.

[Stanford]

LeBron is the MVP frontrunner because old ass narrative-crafters can't believe someone 35+ can run up and down a court a few times without their knees aching.

That and he plays more games than his nearest competitor for the award.

No

[76ciology]

I haven't watched any Bucks games this year, but I'd much rather give Middleton the ball at the end of a game than Harris

Middleton is better shooter and seems to get his shots off with cleaner looks because of higher release. Thats the big difference I see.

[76ciology]

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Imagine Jerami Grant breaking some 3pt record for a franchise back in 2015.

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Imagine Alex Caruso making the allstar game instead of Ben Simmons

[76ciology]

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Imagine Jerami Grant breaking some 3pt record for a franchise back in 2015.

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Imagine Alex Caruso making the allstar game instead of Ben Simmons

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/are-we-living-in-a-computer-simulation/

[Stanford]

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This is going to annoy me all season.

[Kobblehead]

LeBron James is clearly higher in the league political pecking order than Joel Embiid, though, so I'm not sure what Anthony Davis is getting it.

[Stanford]

LeBron James is clearly higher in the league political pecking order than Joel Embiid, though, so I'm not sure what Anthony Davis is getting it.

He's just taking cues from LeBron, whose strategy is to make it seem like he doesn't get enough recognition. Doesn't matter what reality is.

Hell, Rich Paul probably just told him to say it.

[76ciology]

LeBron James is clearly higher in the league political pecking order than Joel Embiid, though, so I'm not sure what Anthony Davis is getting it.

Yup. LeBron James has too much power right now. He can probably stop the league from playing during this pandemic if he wants to.

[76ciology]

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Insane athleticism for his age

[phillynative]

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Insane athleticism for his age

Hes been telling everyone for years hes not that kind of dunker. The only dunks he may have in his arsenal is the tomahawk, reverse and off the backboard.

I remember way back watching him in the dunk contest in highschool it was a great display of power and vertical but it was like the same dunks over and over lol

[Kobblehead]

Nobody seemed to mind that Hulk Hogan only had like 3 wrestling moves and did them mediocrely.

Sometimes is about having a guy with huge drawing power perform that makes it magical and fun.

LeBron should have been in a dunk contest just for the pure spectacle. It would have been amazing, IMO.

[76ciology]

LeBron is a smart guy. Probably the smartest player in league history, on and off court. He picks his battles (how many times has he quit in a team )So I can understand him not joining the slam dunk contest.