Windhorst: If Giannis doesn't sign a Supermax, AD will sign a 1+1 deal in order to recruit Giannis to Lakers next year
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Re: Windhorst: If Giannis doesn't sign a Supermax, AD will sign a 1+1 deal in order to recruit Giannis to Lakers next ye
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Re: Windhorst: If Giannis doesn't sign a Supermax, AD will sign a 1+1 deal in order to recruit Giannis to Lakers next ye
Stacking the deck plain and simple. There is nothing impressive about it. If this impresses you, you are easily impressed and fooled.
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Re: Windhorst: If Giannis doesn't sign a Supermax, AD will sign a 1+1 deal in order to recruit Giannis to Lakers next ye
Boneman2 wrote:Stacking the deck plain and simple. There is nothing impressive about it. If this impresses you, you are easily impressed and fooled.
LeTamper does it everytime he gets a new team together. Fool me once..... cmon y’all.


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Re: Windhorst: If Giannis doesn't sign a Supermax, AD will sign a 1+1 deal in order to recruit Giannis to Lakers next ye
Proves that AD is nothing but a chump that can't lead his team. New Orleans as an example.
Learning from the best: LeChump.
Keep cheating, chump.
Learning from the best: LeChump.
Keep cheating, chump.
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Re: Windhorst: If Giannis doesn't sign a Supermax, AD will sign a 1+1 deal in order to recruit Giannis to Lakers next ye
If this were true this would be so pathetic. You ever play pickup ball and you run into guys who want to make teams so all the best guys are on the same team? or see this happen when playing team games online? It's freaking sad man. I always make sure to change to the underdog team because there is absolutely no enjoyment for me in crushing far inferior competition.
I know this has been happening much more methodically since the Heatles day but it's still pretty sad. Warriors (without Durant) I can see as that was organizational growth - otherwise to me this stacking of teams so you don't have to play tough competition is lame and should be a mark on every player / team that wins this way.
Johnson and Bird were good friends but they enjoyed the challenge of competing against each other and it was a key to making the NBA popularity grow until MJ took it to another level. I can't imagine these guys mentality back then even thinking for a second about playing together, their thoughts were only how I'm gonna beat him next time we play.
I know this has been happening much more methodically since the Heatles day but it's still pretty sad. Warriors (without Durant) I can see as that was organizational growth - otherwise to me this stacking of teams so you don't have to play tough competition is lame and should be a mark on every player / team that wins this way.
Johnson and Bird were good friends but they enjoyed the challenge of competing against each other and it was a key to making the NBA popularity grow until MJ took it to another level. I can't imagine these guys mentality back then even thinking for a second about playing together, their thoughts were only how I'm gonna beat him next time we play.
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Re: Windhorst: If Giannis doesn't sign a Supermax, AD will sign a 1+1 deal in order to recruit Giannis to Lakers next ye
SamSepiol wrote:Boneman2 wrote:Stacking the deck plain and simple. There is nothing impressive about it. If this impresses you, you are easily impressed and fooled.
LeTamper does it everytime he gets a new team together. Fool me once..... cmon y’all.
being a warriors fan you must have been so mad when KD joined huh?
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Re: Windhorst: If Giannis doesn't sign a Supermax, AD will sign a 1+1 deal in order to recruit Giannis to Lakers next ye
For the sake of the league, Giannis better just sign the Supemax extension.
AKME got to go
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Re: Windhorst: If Giannis doesn't sign a Supermax, AD will sign a 1+1 deal in order to recruit Giannis to Lakers next ye
NoZoLakers wrote:SamSepiol wrote:Boneman2 wrote:Stacking the deck plain and simple. There is nothing impressive about it. If this impresses you, you are easily impressed and fooled.
LeTamper does it everytime he gets a new team together. Fool me once..... cmon y’all.
being a warriors fan you must have been so mad when KD joined huh?
Indifferent tbh. Knew that a 73-9 win team didn’t need to add as much help as Lebron normally would.
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Re: Windhorst: If Giannis doesn't sign a Supermax, AD will sign a 1+1 deal in order to recruit Giannis to Lakers next ye
pretty gross, just sheds more light on how AD got to the lakers
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Re: Windhorst: If Giannis doesn't sign a Supermax, AD will sign a 1+1 deal in order to recruit Giannis to Lakers next ye
SamSepiol wrote:NoZoLakers wrote:SamSepiol wrote:LeTamper does it everytime he gets a new team together. Fool me once..... cmon y’all.
being a warriors fan you must have been so mad when KD joined huh?
Indifferent tbh. Knew that a 73-9 win team didn’t need to add as much help as Lebron normally would.
right...and im sure you were quite outraged for the rest of the league too
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Re: Windhorst: If Giannis doesn't sign a Supermax, AD will sign a 1+1 deal in order to recruit Giannis to Lakers next ye
Lebron will old by that time, so it makes sense for AD to recruit Giannis.
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Re: Windhorst: If Giannis doesn't sign a Supermax, AD will sign a 1+1 deal in order to recruit Giannis to Lakers next ye
bisme37 wrote:If there were magnets in basketballs so strong they changed the path of the ball as it flew through the air, wouldn't the ball then stick magnetically to the rim when it got there?
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Re: Windhorst: If Giannis doesn't sign a Supermax, AD will sign a 1+1 deal in order to recruit Giannis to Lakers next ye
Free agency is for the players to get their choice. If they want to take less money and security to play with other superstars, then give them credit for wanting to win. I hope Giannis goes to the Mavs, but I wouldn't think less for him for going to the Lakers.
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Re: Windhorst: If Giannis doesn't sign a Supermax, AD will sign a 1+1 deal in order to recruit Giannis to Lakers next ye
wablty wrote:I'd probably stop watching the NBA at that point.
we said that when GSW signed Cousins
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Re: Windhorst: If Giannis doesn't sign a Supermax, AD will sign a 1+1 deal in order to recruit Giannis to Lakers next ye
LA, NY and Milwaukee.
That was the list AD gave the Pelicans, remember?
That was the list AD gave the Pelicans, remember?

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Re: Windhorst: If Giannis doesn't sign a Supermax, AD will sign a 1+1 deal in order to recruit Giannis to Lakers next ye
1st. This isn't happening. Fathorst knows nothing. However, AD will most probably do a 1+1 for his own flexibility.
2nd. It's lame as hell and hopefully Giannis doesn't do it.. Unless LeBron is like the Mavs J. Kidd by then
3rd. AD is going back to the pelicans after his Lakers stint probably.
2nd. It's lame as hell and hopefully Giannis doesn't do it.. Unless LeBron is like the Mavs J. Kidd by then
3rd. AD is going back to the pelicans after his Lakers stint probably.
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Re: Windhorst: If Giannis doesn't sign a Supermax, AD will sign a 1+1 deal in order to recruit Giannis to Lakers next ye
Dr Aki wrote:LA, NY and Milwaukee.
That was the list AD gave the Pelicans, remember?
What he really meant was LA AND Milwaukee
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Re: Windhorst: If Giannis doesn't sign a Supermax, AD will sign a 1+1 deal in order to recruit Giannis to Lakers next ye
Would be funny to see how some Lebron fans would spin this if it happens.
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Re: Windhorst: If Giannis doesn't sign a Supermax, AD will sign a 1+1 deal in order to recruit Giannis to Lakers next ye
If that happened I think I’d be done with the nba.
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Re: Windhorst: If Giannis doesn't sign a Supermax, AD will sign a 1+1 deal in order to recruit Giannis to Lakers next ye
I bet he will be totally happy, when some GM knows every hobby/likes/dislikes of his relatives, which doesn't sound stalkerish at all.
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Re: Windhorst: If Giannis doesn't sign a Supermax, AD will sign a 1+1 deal in order to recruit Giannis to Lakers next ye
Andrew_M08 wrote:If Giannis leaves for the Lakers might as well just abolish small market teams. Just have the Lakers, Warriors, Heat etc. duke it out every year
The league is hostage by influential player agents like Rich Paul and Lebron
They absolutely collude behind the scenes using personal relationships and gatherings to discuss plans.
The NBA if they want integrity would enforce a hard cap... It would limit players playing the contract structure and team collusion games...
But the NBA don't want that... They want revenue.
They are probably so disappointed at how bad New York is at playing the dirty games lol








