Most mind-boggling basketball comments you've heard from people

FrobeBryant · Post #81 » by **FrobeBryant** » Wed Jun 22, 2022 7:19 pm

“Kobe isn’t a top 10 player” :crazy:

KIRAG · Post #82 » by **KIRAG** » Wed Jun 22, 2022 7:57 pm

UcanUwill wrote:
vital_signs wrote:
itrsteve wrote:Also - Tony Brothers being a pair of officials with the last name of Tony.

I used to think that Was never one to pay much attention to who the refs were. And then the Tony Brothers screwed my Bucks at a game I was at and I put it together. Bastard

I don't know if that is so Stupid on boggling, but I was hearing Tony Brothers this, Tony Brothers that, Tony Brothers will ref tonight etc. For the longest time I thought there were two brothers. I was watching one game and I saw actual Tony Brothers being introduced, and it blew my mind.

What did you think about Demarcus Cousins though?

Kingdibs19 · Post #83 » by **Kingdibs19** » Wed Jun 22, 2022 8:13 pm

Kobe > Lebron :lol:

ClubLakers KB8 · Post #84 » by **ClubLakers KB8** » Wed Jun 22, 2022 8:43 pm

This is kind of on topic, but a girl I knew back in high school wondered why a running back during an NFL game wasn't ever called for traveling.

NZB2323 · Post #85 » by **NZB2323** » Wed Jun 22, 2022 9:55 pm

“Kyrie Irving is the most skilled player of all time.”

Or

“Kyrie Irving is a top 5 player in games that matter.”

Pachinko_ · Post #86 » by **Pachinko_** » Wed Jun 22, 2022 10:01 pm

For me anything to do with a player winning a game or a ring (instead of a team winning it).
But because about half of NBA fans do it I've stopped reacting and I just ignore it.

2nd more baffling is using +/- as a player stat and saying things like "he was +25". Also extremely common, also I ignore it.

xdrta+ · Post #87 » by **xdrta+** » Wed Jun 22, 2022 10:51 pm

Pachinko_ wrote:For me anything to do with a player winning a game or a ring (instead of a team winning it).
But because about half of NBA fans do it I've stopped reacting and I just ignore it.

2nd more baffling is using +/- as a player stat and saying things like "he was +25". Also extremely common, also I ignore it.

Exactly right. "This player beat that player" is so ridiculous, like it's a one on one game. Coaching, system, teammates, there is so much that goes into winning. But you're right, it's just taken over the narratives.

Bornstellar · Post #88 » by **Bornstellar** » Wed Jun 22, 2022 11:25 pm

The amount of idiotic comments on NBA social media pages is astounding. These dolts make us look like NBA savants in comparison.

I remember once some dude got into an argument with me about how a Euro step is a travel. He was really convicted about it :lol:

Patches Perry · Post #89 » by **Patches Perry** » Thu Jun 23, 2022 12:25 am

I had a coworker actually bet me money that teams have to play all 7 games of a 7 game series even after one team has won 4 games. It was honestly baffling how confident he was lol. "Its in their contract that all games have to be played"

To his credit he eventually conceded lol

Ni Da Ye · Post #90 » by **Ni Da Ye** » Thu Jun 23, 2022 1:29 am

MJ is not the goat.

Ni Da Ye · Post #91 » by **Ni Da Ye** » Thu Jun 23, 2022 1:30 am

Kobe belongs to top 10 all time. :crazy:

dc · Post #92 » by dc » Thu Jun 23, 2022 1:39 am

cupcakesnake wrote:
Duffman100 wrote:My buddy (who knows more about basketball than me) told me that he thought Michael Kidd Gilchrist was a scottie pippen clone.

Oof. I admit to saying the same thing in the draft, and not completely giving up on that right away. I think I held MKG stock until his injuries piled up and he didn't bounce back.

I'll raise my hand on this one as well. First summer league game (yes, I know it was summer league) I saw of MKG, I thought he looked fantastic handling the ball, getting into the lane and making plays for himself and others. He just got injured a lot and was unfathomably bad at shooting the ball. It seemed he only got worse as time went on.

I had visions of Pippen as well. Turns out he couldn't come remotely close to Igoudala's level.

If this was the 1990s, he'd likely still be in the league in some defensive stopper role, but he's just one of those 4 on 5 on offense type players. Feel kind of bad for him as he seemed like a really good guy.

TheLand13 · Post #93 » by **TheLand13** » Thu Jun 23, 2022 2:54 am

Look at my sig.

LibertyPrime · Post #94 » by **LibertyPrime** » Thu Jun 23, 2022 2:58 am

Don't know if they're still doing it but back in the day nbadraft.net would put up some of the worst player-to-player comparisons you'd ever see. Keith Van Horn? Larry Bird. :lol:

Coxy · Post #95 » by **Coxy** » Thu Jun 23, 2022 3:30 am

LibertyPrime wrote:Don't know if they're still doing it but back in the day nbadraft.net would put up some of the worst player-to-player comparisons you'd ever see. Keith Van Horn? Larry Bird.

Still the goat comparison.

Post #96 » by **Darthlukey** » Thu Jun 23, 2022 3:36 am

Bron running off to play with Miami is somehow different to KD running off to play with GSW

ceiling raiser · Post #97 » by **ceiling raiser** » Thu Jun 23, 2022 3:42 am

"Kobe is a top 15 player all-time."

Ice Trae · Post #98 » by **Ice Trae** » Thu Jun 23, 2022 3:45 am

Letsgokings wrote:Kyle Lowry is a top 30 player of all time

Ok this one got me good :lol:

JD225 · Post #99 » by **JD225** » Thu Jun 23, 2022 5:12 am

The most mind boggling comments come from the players themselves.. Ricky Davis basically saying Lebron was drafted to help him get the ball. Pat Bev saying "next five years are mine".

Antinomy · Post #100 » by **Antinomy** » Thu Jun 23, 2022 5:25 am

Just saw a thread earlier where a guy said Jordan was equal to Steph + Durant in impact if the 2017 Warriors & 96 Bulls matched up……