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The only players in NBA history to eclipse $500 million in career earnings

u/IamBatman_1726 — 20 hours ago
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What if a 29 year old NBA player today had 4 MVPs, 3 championships, 3 Finals MVPs, 3 DPOY’s and 3 Olympic Gold medals? That’d be pretty crazy right? Well that’s actually A’ja Wilson’s trophy case.

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u/Dylen2Times — 1 day ago
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Hey remember that the mods here are an absolute, compromised joke? For r/nba

The fact that this subreddit is still going on, after the mods deleted the sub to partake in their own little discord channel during the NBA FUCKING FINALS, show the low tier garbage that this subreddit has catered to. I’ve been around since 08, 09, and even then this place was catered to dumbasses that didn’t know basketball, but maybe, just maybe you’d find a good person that’d talk ball with you and wasn’t an absolute chode. This sub encourages the worst of the worst, the people who say that the NBA is the soap opera that men want.

Fuck that. It’s not. Some people remember that it’s still about fucking basketball. This place is the lowest tier of basketball discussion, the grossest representation of actual ball anywhere on the internet.

The mods have encouraged and cultivated a place that caters to the lowest common denominator. They don’t invite discussion, they don’t invite actual basketball knowledge. They cater to power users and the NBA Reddit itself. You’re being sold and bought and used, every stupid top 10 discussion you have, every supposed GOAT conversation ever had. It’s being distilled and sold back to you stupid fucks and it’s ruining a sport I love. So fuck r/nba, fuck the mods, and especially fuck you dumb mouth breathing motherfuckers that will just consume and consume until you have nothing left.

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u/Just-Raccoon-4436 — 15 hours ago
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Kobe and Shaq potential

Why do people act like Kobe and Shaq would’ve won 8 titles had they stayed together, when they did not win the finals their last two years together.

Is it more based on the assumption that they would have been on the same page, and that certain injuries would not have occurred that may have hindered them the last two years?

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u/carterlannin7 — 1 day ago
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These 5 teams play 10 games against each other team, what are their records?

Personally something like:

SF - 35-5

PF - 25-15

SG - 20-20

C - 12-28

PG - 8-32

I'm convinced the small forwards are the most versatile and have very little weaknesses, but otherwise I can be convinced of nearly any order

u/discomute — 1 day ago
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MYTH DEBUNKED:“The Bulls gave MJ a stacked team”😂😂 The title Bulls barely lost a step if Pippen Rodman or Grant missed a game but the only win without Jordan was against one of the worst teams ever, a then 4-49 team.

u/Dondraco762 — 2 days ago
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are we actually buying the Claxton trade or is this another confusing move

giving up Julius Randle to bring in Nic Claxton feels like a weird swap on paper, going from a scoring big to a defense protection big. Nets came out as the biggest winner in the whole 3-team deal which isn't exactly reassuring. feels like the front office is trying to build more around defense and youth instead of continuing to chase play-in mediocrity with vets like Randle. not mad at the direction, just not sure

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u/succmanuts — 1 day ago
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Mount Rushmore of Small Forwards

Here’s my Mount Rushmore of Small Forwards, curious what people think on the list and what they would change.

LeBron James - 4x Champ, 4x MVP, 4x FMVP, 22x All Star, 21x All NBA, 6x All Defense

Reasoning: Obvious lock. Championship, MVPs, longevity etc. Whether or not he’s your GOAT, if you don’t think he belongs on this list you don’t know ball.

Larry Bird - 3x Champ, 3x MVP, 2x FMVP, 12x All Star, 10x All NBA, 3x All Defense

Reasoning: Another obvious lock. 3 straight MVPs, built an 80s Dynasty with the celtics 3 chips with 5 finals appearances one of the best to ever do it.

Kevin Durant - 2x Champ, 1x MVP, 2x FMVP, 16x All Star, 12x All NBA

Reasoning: After Lebron and Bird I think he’s the next best SF all time, he’s got an MVP, 2 rings and is just an insane basketball player. Can score at all levels and has great peak and longevity as well. If he had won another MVP and ring outside of GS he could maybe overtake Bird.

Julius Erving
NBA: 1x Champ, 1x MVP, 11x All Star, 7x All NBA
ABA: 2x Champ, 3x MVP, 2x Playoff MVP, 5x All Star, 5x All ABA, 1x All Defense

Reasoning: Now this last spot is tough. For me it’s between Erving, Kawhi, and Havlicek. When making these lists of all time greats you have to look at a lot of different things. They all were great talents and I would say both Kawhi and Hondo beat out Dr. J on the defensive end. The reason I give him the nod is the 70s was a weird era split between NBA and ABA and Dr. J was able to dominate in both leagues and won multiple MVPs and championships. The one thing missing from both Kawhi and Havliceks career is an MVP which I think when we’re judging people at this level you need at least one MVP to be put over a guy that has that, rings and passes the eye test like Dr. J does.

I think the top 3 are locks but any of these guys here have fair arguments for the 4th spot.

Honorable mentions

Kawhi Leonard - 2x Champ, 2x FMVP, 7x All star, 7x All NBA, 2x DPOY, 7x All Defense

John Havlicek - 8x NBA Champ, 1974 Finals MVP, 13x All Star, 11x All NBA, 8x All Defense

Elgin Baylor - 11x All Star, 10x All NBA

Edit:
Scottie Pippen - 6x NBA Champ, 7x All Star, 7x All NBA, 10x All Defense

Also want to clarify I know a lot of these guys have played multiple positions but in my opinion SF is the position they are most commonly known for which is why I chose them.

u/briz92 — 2 days ago
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Do y’all 2K players agree with this tweet? Me personally I think it’s facts. It should be more strict like 2K11 and 2K16

u/Dylen2Times — 3 days ago
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It’s time to stop with the “Steph isn’t a PG”

The problem is people are assigning playing styles to position. Meaning point guards pass, shooting guard shoot/score, big man are in the post, etc. Just because somebody isn’t a Magic/Stockton/Zeke/JKidd/Nash pass first point guard, doesn’t mean they aren’t a point guard. Pass first is a playing style. You can have combo guards that play both positions like AI/Jerry West, but Steph has literally been labeled a “point guard” his entire career.

Saying he’s not a point guard simply because he isn’t a pass first point guard is ignorance. Play style has complete irrelevance to “labeled position”. That’s like saying Wemby isn’t a Center because he shoots a lot of 3s. So when people say Steph is a top 1-3 point guard, stop saying “he isn’t a point guard” because he isn’t a “pass first” point guard. He is a scoring point guard and it’s literally that simple. His play style does not dictate his position.

u/The610AlienFromRizq — 3 days ago
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What if Larry Bird had 2009 LeBron’s athleticism and LeBron’s health? How much better would he be?

u/Dylen2Times — 3 days ago
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Should NBA Greatness only be about rings or records should be part the conversation?

Westbrook tops a lot of charts but will he be in the conversation in years to come?

u/heThatDidIt — 3 days ago