***Official 2023-2024 NBA Thread***

[dirk digler]

Can't believe the NBA Season is starting tonight. Way to early but here we go.

Lakers vs Nuggets: 6:30PM

Suns vs Warriors: 9PM

Both on TNT

[staylor26]

Originally Posted by KC_Connection

Saying that again and again won't change the fact that the only reason LeBron didn't end up with a half dozen titles was because the #2 and #3 players in the world were forced to join together to beat him.

Lebron would have 5 titles if he didn't choke and waste away a Finals MVP perfomance from Wade when he had his super team.

[Sassy Squatch]

LeBron stans constantly denigrating Durant while conveniently turning a blind eye to the fact that LeBron started the super team trend by colluding with Bosh and Wade to circumvent the cap for a blatantly unfair advantage that led to 2 of his 4 rings is never not funny.

[staylor26]

Just further proof why Lebron isn't the GOAT because losers like you have to play the "what if" game constantly

[staylor26]

Originally Posted by Sassy Squatch

LeBron stans constantly denigrating Durant while conveniently turning a blind eye to the fact that LeBron started the super team trend by colluding with Bosh and Wade to circumvent the cap for a blatantly unfair advantage that led to 2 of his 4 rings is never not funny.

Don't you love how they try to downplay that super team because they were ultimately a little disappointing?

It's such a Lebron Stan thing to do.

[Sassy Squatch]

The Durant Warriors won two titles. What happened the other twenty years?

[KC_Connection]

Originally Posted by staylor26

Lebron would have 5 titles if he didn't choke and waste away a Finals MVP perfomance from Wade when he had his super team.

Is this when I bring up MJ's single digit scoring performance in the playoffs against the Pistons? Or do the playoffs series without Pippen not count in his case?

[staylor26]

Originally Posted by Sassy Squatch

The Durant Warriors won two titles. What happened the other twenty years?

Lebron winning a championship, even on his super teams, was never a guarantee, but we're supposed to just pretend that's automatically 2 more rings if it doesn't happen

[staylor26]

Originally Posted by KC_Connection

Is this when I bring up MJ's single digit scoring performance in the playoffs against the Pistons? Or do the playoffs series without Pippen not count in his case?

Nobody brought up MJ here but you son.

But since you did, Lebron has never won a ring without Wade, Bosh, AD, or Kyrie.

You don't realize how reeruned you sound when you say this stupid Pippen shit, like Lebron ever won a ring without one of the best players in the league as a teammate.

[KC_Connection]

Originally Posted by Sassy Squatch

The Durant Warriors won two titles. What happened the other twenty years?

Yes, two titles that would have been LeBron's had the #2 and #3 players in basketball not joined together out of necessity to beat him.

And are we blaming LeBron's personality for Mo Williams being his best #2 for the first 8 years of his career now too?

[staylor26]

Lebron with Wade, Bosh, Kyrie, and AD:

4 rings

Lebron without those guys:

0 rings.

MJ with Pippen:

6 rings.

MJ without Pippen:

0 rings.

Only a ****ing reeruned Lebron stan could possibly try to make this dumb Pippen argument.

[KC_Connection]

Originally Posted by staylor26

Nobody brought up MJ here but you son.

But since you did, Lebron has never won a ring without Wade, Bosh, AD, or Kyrie.

You don't realize how reeruned you sound when you say this stupid Pippen shit, like Lebron ever won a ring without one of the best players in the league as a teammate.

MJ had no team success whatsoever until Scottie Pippen showed up. LeBron made 8 consecutive NBA Finals with vastly different teammates over that stretch. Seems worth pointing out to me.

[staylor26]

Originally Posted by KC_Connection

MJ had no team success whatsoever until Scottie Pippen showed up. LeBron made 8 consecutive NBA Finals with vastly different teammates over that stretch. Seems worth pointing out to me.

Just keep moving the goalposts loser.

Outside of a single Finals appearance, one in which he played like shit and got destroyed, Lebron has no team success without those guys either.

[Sassy Squatch]

Originally Posted by staylor26

Lebron winning a championship, even on his super teams, was never a guarantee, but we're supposed to just pretend that's automatically 2 more rings if it doesn't happen

Ouch. That 2011 series will haunt him forever.

[KC_Connection]

Originally Posted by staylor26

Just keep moving the goalposts loser.

If you're going to make the silly rings argument, you're asking for it.

[KC_Connection]

Originally Posted by Sassy Squatch

Ouch. That 2011 series will haunt him forever.

No more than Mahomes choking out to the Bengals in the 2nd half two years ago will haunt him when he also goes down as the GOAT.