Official 2018-19 NBA Season Thread - NBA Finals Raptors Win #WeTheNorth

Drake is such a fucking donk. Why is he allowed to roam up and down the sideline, more than any coach, during a game?

that Drake thinks he can get away with any shit talk related to basketball when he, as a grown-ass man, donned full UK warm-up gear and put up an airball in the layup line, is full proof that there is no such thing as "basketball gods"

Maybe the fact that he put up an airball in the layup line is proof that there are.

feel like Toronto kinda figured the Bucks out and they take the next two

hope I'm wrong, but unimpressed with Milwaukee's adjustments to Toronto taking Giannis out of the offense

Giannis, Harden lead All-NBA; LeBron on 3rd team

The three finalists for the NBA Most Valuable Player award -- Giannis Antetokounmpo, James Harden and Paul George -- led the balloting for the All-NBA teams, which were announced by the league Thursday afternoon.

Milwaukee's Antetokounmpo and Oklahoma City's George were named to the two forward spots on the first team; Stephen Curry of Golden State joined Houston's Harden as the guards. Rounding out the first team was Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokic. Antetokounmpo and Harden were unanimous first-team selections.

By making a second consecutive All-NBA team, Antetokounmpo put himself in line to be handed the largest contract in NBA history by the Bucks next summer: a five-year deal worth $247.3 million, according to ESPN's Bobby Marks. When he can receive it next July, Antetokounmpo will be one year away from free agency.

That meant that LeBron James did not get a first team All-NBA selection for the first time since 2007, when he was named to the second team.

James did, however, extend his streak of consecutive All-NBA selections to 15 -- tying him with Kobe Bryant, Tim Duncan and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar for the most in NBA history -- by earning a third-team nod in his first year with the Los Angeles Lakers.

The second team consisted of Damian Lillard and Kyrie Irving at guard, Kevin Durant and Kawhi Leonard at forward and Joel Embiid at center.

Beyond James, the third team consisted of Russell Westbrook and Kemba Walker at guard, Blake Griffin at forward and Rudy Gobert at center.

Thursday was a hugely important player for several players and teams, as it determined whether or not they would be eligible for a designated veteran extension this summer -- better known as a "supermax"� -- by making it onto one of the three All-NBA teams. Specifically, Lilllard and Walker qualified, while Bradley Beal and Klay Thompson did not.

Now, the Portland Trail Blazers have a decision to make regarding whether to extend an extension to Lillard worth four years and $191 million this summer, while the Charlotte Hornets must decide if he should give a five-year, $221 contract to Walker as a free agent on July 1, with both numbers according to Marks.

Lillard is expected to sign the extension in July, per sources, while it is unclear, after the Hornets missed the playoffs, what Walker will decide to do as an unrestricted free agent.

Thanks for the article but you should probably link it.

Was this a surprise for Klay? What does it mean for his future?

DeacDaddy said:

Thanks for the article but you should probably link it.

Was this a surprise for Klay? What does it mean for his future?

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He found out while being interviewed. You can watch him realize he's out 30 million. Good stuff

Dumb criteria

Official 2018-19 NBA Season Thread - Warriors sweep Blazers; Dame still gets paid

It saves some franchises from making really dumb mistakes. It also minimizes the chances of a team having 3+ supermax players.

JuiceCrewAllStar said:

feel like Toronto kinda figured the Bucks out and they take the next two

hope I'm wrong, but unimpressed with Milwaukee's adjustments to Toronto taking Giannis out of the offense

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Nah. Bucks win by 10 tonight. Raptors bench can't play like that again, and Lowry can't keep playing like this.

Geez.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Brothers

Brothers has been involved in a number of controversial games, including the 2015 NBA Finals, which drew the attention of Tim Donaghy, who questioned Brothers' refereeing.[SUP][5][/SUP] In the 2018 NBA Finals, Cleveland Cavaliers head coach Tyronn Lue said the referee crew, which Brothers was a part of, "robbed" his team.[SUP][6][/SUP] Brothers has also received scrutiny, in particular, for targeting the Denver Nuggets and Boston Celtics in a handful of games. Celtics in their last 9 Playoff Games Officiated by Tony Brothers: 1-8. Celtics in their last 13 road games officiated by Tony Brothers 0-13.[SUP][citation needed][/SUP][SUP][7][/SUP][SUP][8][/SUP][SUP][9][/SUP] Denver center Nikola Jokić has fouled out, or been ejected, in multiple games in which Brothers has been a referee.[SUP][9][/SUP][SUP][10][/SUP]

Shit. Changing my prediction. Rigged. This is why basketball will never be as good as football.

Here come the refs.

It's incredible how Giannis gets hacked every time and he doesn't get the calls. He got hacked twice on that dunk.

shoo bitching about wisconsin teams getting screwed by the refs is a true boards treasure

Whatever. Fuck the NBA.

Trash officiating

PhDeac said:

It saves some franchises from making really dumb mistakes. It also minimizes the chances of a team having 3+ supermax players.

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This could all be true, but it’s still dumb.

Hurts the player.