Re: Unpopular opinions
Posted: Sat Jul 8, 2023 5:06 pm
here's mine: basketball is fine.
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WarriorGM wrote:Roger Murdock wrote:Chanel Bomber wrote:Curry at his peak was better than LeBron, but was clearly diminished in the 2016 Finals, and then stripped of his redemption arc (which LeBron got full recognition for following the 2011 Finals) because of KD's arrival.
So you are saying 2015 Curry is better than LeBron ever but by 2016 it was over?
I’m not sure I’d rank 2015 Curry as ahead of any top 12 Bron seasons
Would you place 12 Bron seasons ahead of Bird's or Magic's best? Curry's 2015 can match Bird's 1986 or Magic's 1987.
Roger Murdock wrote:WarriorGM wrote:Roger Murdock wrote:
So you are saying 2015 Curry is better than LeBron ever but by 2016 it was over?
I’m not sure I’d rank 2015 Curry as ahead of any top 12 Bron seasons
Would you place 12 Bron seasons ahead of Bird's or Magic's best? Curry's 2015 can match Bird's 1986 or Magic's 1987.
I'm saying he has a weird take. 2016 Curry was *significantly* better than 2015 Curry. Hell he almost won MIP.
Theres no chance whatsoever Curry in 2015 was close to LeBron. I'd have 2015 Curry as Stephs like 6th best season. Have I ranked all of Bird or Magics seasons in my head? No. But I dont think 2015 Steph was a particularly all time great season, and I'm someone who views Steph as a top 10 player and the second best player post 2000.
salmonleg wrote:Pineapple does, in fact, belong on pizza.
Ryoga Hibiki wrote:salmonleg wrote:Pineapple does, in fact, belong on pizza.
it depends on how you use it
straigjt from the can pineapple on a margherita wirh some cheap ham is trash
roasted fresh pineapple with some blue cheese and no tomato could be interesting
biggestballer wrote:Burger King fries are better than McDonald's. And the whopper dominates big macs. Not even close. Come at me, bro.
WarriorGM wrote:Ryoga Hibiki wrote:salmonleg wrote:Pineapple does, in fact, belong on pizza.
it depends on how you use it
straigjt from the can pineapple on a margherita wirh some cheap ham is trash
roasted fresh pineapple with some blue cheese and no tomato could be interesting
Is putting pineapples on pizza cultural appropriation or is looking down on pineapples on pizza a sign of ethnic bigotry because of the discrimination towards tropical fruits?
cam24thomas wrote:Adam Silver is the weakest man, woman or child we've ever seen.
salmonleg wrote:Pineapple does, in fact, belong on pizza.
FreeBird23 wrote:Tacko Fall should be in the NBA.
He has improved a lot
... for a silly remix tournament at a Casino near you where a team wins the (insert sponsors name) Trophy of Excellence halftime performance by Britany Spearschokingmav wrote:The NBA should do away with the 3pt shot.
Chanel Bomber wrote:Showdown wrote:Warriors are trashy organisation. Here are some examples of them being trash:
1) They are forcing their players to play when they are injured as we saw when Durants was injured. People forgot that but before the game where he renewed his injury Ker , Warriors stars and Myers were publicly trashing him for not playing even though he was injured and they newer apologized and were never held accountable by media for those statements.
2) Their reactions in both cases when Draymond had argument publicly with Durent during a game and when he assaulted Pool were terrible. They knew that in both situations Draymond is doing it because he want to force them out so he can get extension contract and they rewarded him in both cases for that. Myers disrespected Durant multiple times and tried to minimize his impact in winning titles even though they knew that they can't beat healthy Lebron team without him. Situation with Poole was even worse because they first tried to hide it and didn't intend to do anything to fine Draymond. Then forced him to play with Draymond whole year and then traded him while blaming him for being attacked by Draymond. This case has a big social implications because popular franchise was victim blaming Poole which can have terrible effects on society.
3) They use Draymond to injure best players on opposing teams during PO and they almost admitted that they are doing it when they were crying how they won't allow other teams to target Curry or when they were accusing other teams to do that which was classical case of projecting things that you do into others actions.
4) They lied about Paytons medical situation because they thought they can bully Blazers into giving them more assets after trade but when they realized that that's impossible because of the rules they admitted that they were lying.
5) Curry and Klay attacked Iguodala because they thought he was possessed because their coach made them believe that. Anyone who say that Jackson was blackballed is basically saying that Iguodala had gennies/demons inside him and several of the Warriors players have those kind of statements in podcasts in recent years. If Warriors weren't trashy organization that kind of situation would never occured.
6) They traded Iguodala to Memphis and then he sit out until Grizzlies buy him out and then he signed with Warriors.
7) Even though only Durant get blame for forming supeteam they are the ones that went to beg him to come to play with them. They also got Iguodala for much lesser money than he could get too and they were doing it behind the backs of the team he played that year. They tried to manipulate rules in forming their team again and that's the reason why CBA cap rules are changed.
Since stars are also important when it comes to franchise culture let's see who their stars are:
1) Curry is religious zealot who has a lot of controversial opinions about social issues which is why he never comment social issues in public. He is handled by handlers during his pro career so he always give PR statements but when he retire he will want to stay in the media so will give much more opinions about things so people will have a chance to see that part of his personality which is already visible to those who look closely. He is also always obnoxious when his team is winning but quiet when they are losing or have bad teams which was clear when he faked his injury so he can preserve his image because he couldn't lead bad team. He is biggest reason why Warriors allow Draymond Green to behave way he behave because he is like Curry's personal bodygard he defend him on court and he attacks anyone who Curry hate off the court while staying innocent so he can preserve his reputation of a good guy, family friendly player loved by kids and casuals. One of the things that he often do is use media to trash his opponents like he did with Chris Paul when his people in media put story how he didn't allowed him to train before the games in the previous playoff runs but media never reported how Curry and his teammates were saying "**** Chris Paul" after they won. First time media reported about this is when Chris Paul got traded to GSW.
2) Draymond is both bully that attacks weaker because he attacked Pool but was afraid to confront Tristan Thompson when he attacked him in a club full of NBA players after NBA Awards ceremony and a grifter because he attacked both Durant and Pool because he knew that he can't get max contract extensions if they were there. He is also a dirty player who always injured best players on the opposite team during PO.
3) Klay Thompson and Kerr are also winners that humiliate other when they are winning and sore losers when they are losing and they were either supporting things that I mentioned or were directly involved in them as the bad guys.
Damn
MrGoat wrote:David Stern is massively overrated around here and was a worse commissioner than Silver. Ref corruption was at an all time high under him and he was Donald Sterling's b*tch
Russell Westbrook deserved the MVP over Kawhi
Jamal Murray is the most underrated player in the league right now, the difference between his regular season numbers and his playoff numbers is insane