Breaking News: All NBA Teams announced!!!

makubesu · Post #101 » by **makubesu** » Thu May 11, 2023 12:47 am

I love these teams, so many young and fresh faces.

A lot of complaints about AD, Harden, and Jokic here. But Booker for me is the standout. The way he’s playing this playoffs, I want to see him keep it up and try to make first team next year.

msmoore66 · Post #102 » by **msmoore66** » Thu May 11, 2023 12:50 am

Pointgod wrote:Jaylen Brown about to get a quarter billion dollar bag. Wow!

I hope he doesn't blow all of his salary on a bag...

clyde21 · Post #103 » by **clyde21** » Thu May 11, 2023 12:51 am

i haven't done the math yet but feels like Randle 3rd team is a reach and there are probably better choices

jokeboy86 · Post #104 » by **jokeboy86** » Thu May 11, 2023 12:51 am

levon wrote:
jokeboy86 wrote:Thank god this is the last year of this because Jokic should have been on 1st team just like Embiid should have been the last two seasons as well. Still I have a feeling that american casual fans(and media) will start to complain about future teams if 3(or 4 depending on Mavs record) of the 1st team spots are automatically set in stone every year with Jokic/Giannis/Embiid.

Do Americans even care about this? I feel like Europeans talk about this more than Americans do. I personally don't care if players come from outer space. Makes it even cooler.

The NBA’s media partners would still prefer the face or faces of the league be North American(or at least play in LA/NY) in this country because they’re bigger draws domestically. And at the moment there doesnt look like there are any American heirs to Lebron/Steph/KD who will be better than the top international players when they retire.

levon · Post #105 » by **levon** » Thu May 11, 2023 12:55 am

jokeboy86 wrote:
levon wrote:
jokeboy86 wrote:Thank god this is the last year of this because Jokic should have been on 1st team just like Embiid should have been the last two seasons as well. Still I have a feeling that american casual fans(and media) will start to complain about future teams if 3(or 4 depending on Mavs record) of the 1st team spots are automatically set in stone every year with Jokic/Giannis/Embiid.

Do Americans even care about this? I feel like Europeans talk about this more than Americans do. I personally don't care if players come from outer space. Makes it even cooler.

The NBA’s media partners would still prefer the face or faces of the league be North American(or at least play in LA/NY) in this country because they’re bigger draws domestically. And at the moment there doesnt look like there are any American heirs to Lebron/Steph/KD who will be better than the top international players when they retire.

I mean, do you have any evidence of this? Playing in LA/NY, sure. I think SAS would lose his mind (in a good way) if Giannis played for the Knicks. 4/5 players in the current first team are international and nobody's complaining. Certainly makes the Olympics more interesting though.

Pointgod · Post #106 » by **Pointgod** » Thu May 11, 2023 12:58 am

msmoore66 wrote:
Pointgod wrote:Jaylen Brown about to get a quarter billion dollar bag. Wow!

I hope he doesn't blow all of his salary on a bag...

Hey we haven’t seen what type of bag it is yet

Myth · Post #107 » by **Myth** » Thu May 11, 2023 1:05 am

Edrees wrote:So giannis is 1st team worthy even though he's not all nba defensive 3rd team worthy? he must be the GOAT offensive player, that's something i've only seen someone like Curry or prime Harden do

Or maybe its more common than i realized..

Where can I view this defensive 3rd team?

cl2117 · Post #108 » by **cl2117** » Thu May 11, 2023 1:06 am

BAMAFREAK wrote:
Frank Dux wrote:It’s an absolute joke that Jokic is on the second team. 70% TS, number one seed in the west, pretty much averaged 24/10/12.

As a Memphis fan, it’s best case scenario and why I’m baffled Boston guys are excited.

There was a decent chance he walked for nothing as an UFA summer of 2024.

Would much rather overpay and lock him in for his prime and figure out things from there as opposed to losing him for nothing. Just couldn't afford to not get anything back for him and you'd run the risk of teams lowballing in trade negotiations because he was unlikely to sign an extension before becoming an UFA.

CptCrunch · Post #109 » by **CptCrunch** » Thu May 11, 2023 1:08 am

Lillard = biggest fraud of his generation. Most respected non-star in recent era for achieveing nothing, never ever been great in any season.

kuclas · Post #110 » by **kuclas** » Thu May 11, 2023 1:13 am

Next year will be the top 5 nba players. No positions. I think if it were this year it would have been
Embiid
Jokic
Giannis
Tatum
5th would be a toss up luka or sga

akula1488 · Post #111 » by **akula1488** » Thu May 11, 2023 1:14 am

Clippers traded away all NBA 1st team SGA for PG and hobbled Kawhi...

levon · Post #112 » by **levon** » Thu May 11, 2023 1:18 am

cl2117 wrote:
BAMAFREAK wrote:
Frank Dux wrote:It’s an absolute joke that Jokic is on the second team. 70% TS, number one seed in the west, pretty much averaged 24/10/12.

As a Memphis fan, it’s best case scenario and why I’m baffled Boston guys are excited.

There was a decent chance he walked for nothing as an UFA summer of 2024.

Would much rather overpay and lock him in for his prime and figure out things from there as opposed to losing him for nothing. Just couldn't afford to not get anything back for him and you'd run the risk of teams lowballing in trade negotiations because he was unlikely to sign an extension before becoming an UFA.

Isn't that chance still there, especially if they lose tomorrow? Things seem kind of icy with him and the team/city, but maybe it's all negotiation tactics.

durden_tyler · Post #113 » by **durden_tyler** » Thu May 11, 2023 1:19 am

Let's not forget this is regular season. Timing is off since some players are being exposed in the playoffs right now and others have stepped up.

levon · Post #114 » by **levon** » Thu May 11, 2023 1:24 am

durden_tyler wrote:Let's not forget this is regular season. Timing is off since some players are being exposed in the playoffs right now and others have stepped up.

Maybe we should qualify all of these awards with "regular season" then, or vote after the playoffs with both in mind, or have an all-playoff team or something. Because if the regular season is going to continue to get devalued with the play-in and stars are going to load manage, these awards are going to get progressively sillier.

DonaldSanders · Post #115 » by **DonaldSanders** » Thu May 11, 2023 1:25 am

CptCrunch wrote:Lillard = biggest fraud of his generation. Most respected non-star in recent era for achieveing nothing, never ever been great in any season.

Bold claim from someone who isn't even the real Captain Crunch.

eyeatoma · Post #116 » by **eyeatoma** » Thu May 11, 2023 1:27 am

I think it would be really interesting to have these awards for the playoffs.

Ckay · Post #117 » by **Ckay** » Thu May 11, 2023 1:27 am

How the hell Damian Lillard got in?

QPR · Post #118 » by **QPR** » Thu May 11, 2023 1:29 am

Yeah Lillard has no place over Brunson and Harden, or even Jrue really.

LarsV8 · Post #119 » by **LarsV8** » Thu May 11, 2023 1:32 am

The media has no consistency and should be stripped of this vote.

eyeatoma · Post #120 » by **eyeatoma** » Thu May 11, 2023 1:34 am

What would people's first 2nd and 3rd team for playoffs be?

First team

PG - Steph Curry
SG - Booker
SF - Butler
PF - Anthony Davis
C - Nikola Jokic

2nd Team

PG - Harden
SG - Brown
SF - Durant
PF - LeBron
C - Embiid

3rd Team

PG - Brunson - Fox is close, but not making the 2nd round hurts
SG - Anthony Edwards
SF - Tatum
PF - Sabonis
C - Bam