**OFFICIAL 2019 NBA OFFSEASON THREAD**

[amitt5504]

Adam silver def mad right now. NOLA the smallest market with the worst attendance gets the biggest player coming outta college ever. Does not compute

Nike mad too

This is his fault. Got salty Hinkie took advantage of the system to try to build a contender. Small market teams cant really do it due to money, big market teams can since money will always be there, just cant be blatant and do it for 3 years lol

 

[addict4sneakers]

Imagine Giannis and how much bigger he’d be in NYC

Porzinigis was there where’s his imprint in terms of popularity? Ratsull is an all star in Brooklyn and he’s out here slanging tires and suits.

Social media makes every star accessible.

 

[Nike Jordan]

Zion Williamson is still going to get a nine-figure shoe deal whether he plays in New York, New Orleans, or Timbuktu.

 

[amitt5504]

More teams will tank? Did you watch any of the reaction afterwards? This is basically the death of tanking. And it's a direct result of hinkie abusing the system

Teams will still tank due to the flattened odds. You wont see teams bottoming out but a ton of mediocre teams throwing games at the end of the season. You dont have to win 15-20 games to tank

 

[whitemamba27]

Meh. If you’re box office, you’ll shine wherever. Word to Giannis. Word to OKC. You want to see Zion? Cop league pass. It’s a global world. It’s a digital world. I think y’all gas markets

i mean giannis put up an MVP season and I still wouldn't call him a household name

 

[BIG FISH]

It’s kinda infuriating that the Pelicans get gifted with another (potential) transcendent prospect while their current transcendent superstar wants out because they wasted his prime

 

[BIG LEEMELONE]

Teams will still tank due to the flattened odds. You wont see teams bottoming out but a ton of mediocre teams throwing games at the end of the season. You dont have to win 15-20 games to tank

Not really sure what your argument is . I just know you're gonna defend hinkie at all costs even tho players, agents, execs, owners and the league office was sick of his crap

 

[HIM]

Is there a result where y’all wouldn’t think it was rigged?

Knicks? Rigged, big market.
Lakers? Rigged, bron/big market
Pelicans? Rigged, They’re losing their star.
Memphis? Rigged, they’re losing their star
Bulls? Rigged, big team in the 90’s and the rose era. Bringing them back.
Suns? Rigged, building a superteam with booker/Ayton/Zion.
Hawks? Rigged, everyone wanted him there.
Heat? Rigged, wade leaves, they get a new str
Cavs? Rigged, they got the #1 pick last time bron left.
Wiz? Rigged, they tried to help then with Wall but it didn’t work. Trying again.
Celtics? Rigged, trade chip for AD.
Minny? Rigged, a lot of bad PR with the butler thing. Repairing their image
Hornets? Rigged, throwing MJ a bone

 

[whitemamba27]

You just sent the most hyped athlete of the last decade to NBA Siberia.

 

[addict4sneakers]

i mean giannis put up an MVP season and I still wouldn't call him a household name

I disagree. He’s everywhere. I don’t have the numbers in front of me but I’m sure the Bucks were on TV more than knicks and Nets. Not to mention he was the leading vote getter for the all star game.

 

[DLF]

Porzinigis was there where’s his imprint in terms of popularity? Ratsull is an all star in Brooklyn and he’s out here slanging tires and suits.

Social media makes every star accessible.

Let’s not compare porzingis or D’lo to Giannis please

 

[amitt5504]

Not really sure what your argument is . I just know you're gonna defend hinkie at all costs even tho players, agents, execs, owners and the league office was sick of his crap

Always gonna defend hinkie since he screwed the league for the better. At the end of the day

Spoiler

 

[B Sox]

These big market franchises have been run horribly as of late, but everybody wants them to get these great young prospects? Nah.

 

[amitt5504]

Is there a result where y’all wouldn’t think it was rigged?

Knicks? Rigged, big market.
Lakers? Rigged, bron/big market
Pelicans? Rigged, They’re losing their star.
Memphis? Rigged, they’re losing their star
Bulls? Rigged, big team in the 90’s and the rose era. Bringing them back.
Suns? Rigged, building a superteam with booker/Ayton/Zion.
Hawks? Rigged, everyone wanted him there.
Heat? Rigged, wade leaves, they get a new str
Cavs? Rigged, they got the #1 pick last time bron left.
Wiz? Rigged, they tried to help then with Wall but it didn’t work. Trying again.
Celtics? Rigged, trade chip for AD.
Minny? Rigged, a lot of bad PR with the butler thing. Repairing their image
Hornets? Rigged, throwing MJ a bone

Kangz going #1 to the Sixers is not rigged at all but pure bliss

 

[addict4sneakers]

Let’s not compare porzingis or D’lo to Giannis please

The point is Giannis 2 years ago was as popular as porzingis was at his peak in the largest market in the world.

Giannis told lebron “nah” on Space Jam. Shoe coming out in a week. All in trash, freezing cold Milwaukee.

 

[pums]

I just find it hard to believe that billionaire owners would pour in millions of $ every year to an organization that is rigged. **** aint rigged

 

[VARNELL HILL]

i mean giannis put up an MVP season and I still wouldn't call him a household name

The only person who had more all star votes was Lebron. Giannis has reached the top tier of recognizable superstars.

 

[DLF]

The point is Giannis 2 years ago was as popular as porzingis was at his peak in the largest market in the world.

Giannis told lebron “nah” on Space Jam. Shoe coming out in a week. All in trash, freezing cold Milwaukee.

Don’t cite the NT bubble as the source of your “everyone knows him”

I’m talking about polling random people on the street. There’s levels to this.

 

[addict4sneakers]

Don’t cite the NT bubble as the source of your “everyone knows him”

I’m talking about polling random people on the street. There’s levels to this.

Ahh so NT spammed the all star ballots. NT flexed their connections to get him his own signature shoe

 

[B Sox]

Ahh so NT spammed the all star ballots. NT flexed their connections to get him his own signature shoe

Correct. The NT bubble!

 

[VARNELL HILL]

Lebron James got drafted by the Cleveland Cavaliers...and that didn't stop nationally televised games and endorsements out the gate.

Yes...New York would have been great...but Zion's still going to get everything he would have gotten there...in New Orleans. Except for bed bugs.

 

[Hahahaha]

I think it's rigged, two of the smallest markets with the top 2 picks.

NO was gonna be dead once AD left.

They knew what they had to do to save those teams, I'm not even mad anymore. It's smart business for them.

 

[BIG LEEMELONE]

Always gonna defend hinkie since he screwed the league for the better. At the end of the day

Spoiler

Hey I'm a fan too. Lakers would've never got a top 4 pick and potentially AD if not for his gross incompetence. The process worked

 

[addict4sneakers]

#NTBubble

 

[BIG LEEMELONE]

I think it's common sense that as well as a guy like Giannis can do in Milwaukee or Zion in Nola, they would still do substantially better in a bigger market