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Another KZfaqr does this and he sounds like Kermit the frog. I’d kill for anyone with a non-annoying voice to do this 😂

​@@taylorsilver2566 hoops reference?

Close age, height, Numbers, potential..... Not just because they are tall...

@@reimixo I know it's not literally just the height but like I said, I don't think they see themselves as rivals. At least not yet. This is gonna be a Duncan/Dirk/KG level rivalry imo. They'll match up and definitely try to play well against each other but it's not goin down in history.

@@chrissullivan6572 now there are no rivals... Dudes just want to play and get payed... I honestly just want both healthy playing 13-15y atleast....

Facts. Also, taking in count that Chet is not going to be the superstar of his team and leading it, like Wemby will do, it feels odd. Chet has the talent to be a star/superstar i guess, but SGA, Giddey and Williams seems like they are the future of the team too, at least Chet could be the 2-4 best player in the team. It would be like a TD/Amare rivalry, it was a good rivalry, Amare had one of his best playoffs series agaisnt TD and the Spurs, but Amare was the 2nd best player in the team, sometimes the 3rd. People barely mentioned that matchup.

@@marcosmartinez8088 I feel like Chet will be their 2nd best player by virtue of his defense. I think they'll be a small rivalry, more like a marquee matchup than 2 dudes who really don't like each other

There are more international players because there are more international viewers, they might not be as popular in the US but stars are worldwide nowadays.

Yeah, well TV ratings are for American only. The reason the NFL is so popular is because the lack of foreign players. I wish we had more American superstars that went to American colleges. I'd make the NBA more popular stateside. @@sadtwolvesfan

About the TV views... Nba players are getting hundreds of millions of views on social media while making more money... I don't know if we can compare these totally different situations by appealing to popularity

​@deepvoicedude4749 we do have more Americam superstars that leave American colleges.

I think that's just a dedicated nba fans vs casual fans / the media. You could make a real argument that 4 out of the top 5 players in the nba are international depending on who your top 5 is. Jokic, Giannis, Luka, and Embiid. I'm not saying they're all in my top 5, I'm saying an argument can be made for all of them being in the top 5.

He ain't real

Facts bro. No one knew shit about SGA before everybody knew he’d be good but not this good, but you can SEE Paolo will no doubt be a 28-10-5 guy routinely.

It because he 7”5

@Ash_things45 And the Only reason Wemby has more points is because Chet's like the the 3-4th option after Shai, Jalen, and maybe Giddey.

Wemby is a freak of nature in ways that Chet isn't. He already has the craziest block radius I've ever seen. I can see their rivalry unfolding similar to how Kareem and Bill Walton did: Wemby will be a GOAT candidate, and Chet will be the better passer who unfortunately gets riddled with injuries.

​@@zaryiscoming1518not necessarily Wemby would still have the same amount of points if not more on the thunder, because he'd be in more of an actual offense than he is right now and with more attention off of him. He'd take the same amount of shots no matter where he goes since he is that talented

Also forgetting Dame

@@tigre_9997 Halliburton is good but I wouldn’t take him over Maxey or dame but he’s in the conversation with the rest of them

He doesnt know ball, he's just a fat guy with a mic

Durant’s played pretty well from the looks of it, but Phoenix’s record so far is mid. Could be all-NBA though with his production, but we are only 13 games into the season.

It’s hard to compare todays game because stats are so inflated compared to even ten years ago.

​@@fortynights1513yall haters Durant been carrying a 8nj7trf suns team

@@cfl4286True. Jayson Tatum (who’s also played pretty well) is putting up 26.9 points per game through 13 games and ranks ninth in the league so far.

Mj in 1998 clears

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Are you suggesting they're going to get a top tier free agent?

@@RR-in7do no, but they can throw money at what they need the most to solidify their rotation even more. The only real top guy that’s possible is maybe OG Anunoby.

Not to nitpick, I’m just a cap nerd…but idk about 50M. I mean we’ll see, but if Isaac keeps playing like this I assume they won’t cut him after this season. They’d have like $94M on the books w 10 guys, then you have their 1st round pick cap hold (depends on where the cap lands and their pick obviously, if they’re the 8 seed in the playoffs it’d be 4-5M, pick 8 is more around 7.X mill…and P1 is maybe 12.7-13.X mill) which we’ll use 6M for just to make it an even 100M. So 11 guys around 100M, then you have Fultz. His cap hold is 25.5M. I can’t imagine they pay him 25.5M or more year 1, but if they don’t come to some kinda deal quickly, that hold will eat up a ton of their cap. Also this assumes they let Okeke, Harris, etc walk. I have no clue how much he’ll get paid, I don’t think anyone does. It’ll depend on his health and how he plays this year. With Isaac and their 1st rounder they’d have 42M-45M in space give or take. So it’s really how much Fultz gets Y1 that’ll determine it assuming they do indeed keep Isaac. I mean it’s completely non gtd until January of that season, so it’s likely that they’ll just keep it that way and see if he can maintain a good level of play and health bc they could cut him at any time. It’s possible they agree to a smaller number that’s fully gtd, but I doubt it’d be much smaller. Maybe they end up giving Fultz 3/55 or something with a player option. That’d be 17M Y1, so they’d have 25-28M in cap. A 30% max free agent is projected to be 42.6M Y1. OG turned down 4/117M this summer. He is eligible for the 30% max, though I’d be shocked if he got that much…he didn’t turn down 4/117 to sign for 4/120. So let’s say ORL has 28M in cap to offer Y1, that’d be 4/120.4M. You get my point. They definitely have a lot of flexibility, but assuming they keep Fultz and Isaac they don’t have a mountain of space like HOU did this summer or anything. We’ll see what they do though, love the young core. I’m a UoM fan so I’ve watched a decent amount especially since he got drafted there. Sorry for the ridiculously long post. GL!

@@BOnYTB nah that’s very informative lol! It will be interesting to see what they do with Fultz, but there’s a lot of signs pointing to him not being on the team next season. As for Anunoby, if Orlando does try to pursue him if he’s available, the 4/$120 offer would actually be a lot better than what Toronto offered based on how individuals in Florida retain a lot of their income based on their very low tax rate, unlike Toronto. It will be interesting how things will unfold.

Yeah because they were great and in opposite conferences. It's impossible to have a Magic/Bird rivalry being in the same conference.

that wasn’t a rivalry

Brother the hornets are awful

@@marcusbrown4933hornets are awful but LaMelo scoring 30+ in 7/9 last games he just played and two of those, 40+ Blazers and lillard type situation 😂 sucks he just got injured.

@@MilaneseMoon I fuck with melo bro, really hope they get him some help. It’s pretty evident he can do damage with the right pieces around em.

Steph “I am the system” Curry wouldn’t have 4 rings without Draymond

100% agree . KD and book enhance each other game by simply being on the court together with their spacing

Exactly idk why mfs is not understanding that even how much they think they can dictate on what the front office of GSW is gonna decide which we all know that trading either of the core is not gonna happen and as they should cause their not like everyone else mfs just want them to break up cause they still mad af as you can see and it’s sad af 💀

@@miahjay1303 its just legacy time for them..

Said it at the start of the season: he is washed up

Keep Klay in the rotation for experiencie... Get rid of Draymond

@@T.H.E.O.R.Y.he was washed up last year 😂😂, this a whole new level of ASS 😂😂. I don’t even like the Warriors, but Thompson’s attempts are gross 💀💀.

You talking about his latest tweet?

@@T.H.E.O.R.Y. I meant his take on KD's tweet. I think people sometimes hate too much on rich people, especially rich people that made it somewhat ethicalluy, like KD. KD didnt manipulate or take advantage of anyone. He got his bread by his own abilities. It would be different if it was someone with a shitty corporation

So you’d just keep klay until he retires?

@@billjones8950 Of course, the spurs didn't trade Manu or tony parker. Just because there's slight decline in a player doesn't mean u get rid of them when they have the franchise importance that someone like Klay has.

Yeah, I think it at least needs to be an east vs west rivalry to even enter the discussion

The Lakers weren't a hugely successful franchise back then though.

@@zsomborszigeti6797 Historically they were. They may have been in a bit of a low point when they got Magic, but Jerry West and Elgin Baylor led them to nine finals appearances in the 60s and 70s. Not to mention George Mikan before that leading them to 5 championships of his own. They were a historic NBA powerhouse from the 40s on basically

Put that cast around Wembanyama and watch how efficient he becomes. Chet is definitely a good player but it helps that he has a good team too.

They just bitched denver and boston they will be really good

I have him 5th all-time. Wouldn't hate if someone had him 4th. How much better do you think he should rank?

Them playing the same position *and* playing for 3 of the league's oldest teams that _then_ became rivals is understated. There is no Cs-Lakers rivalry without Russell and, to a lesser extent, Chamberlain, even more so the Cs-Sixers rivalry, which Chamberlain is definitely more responsible for (compared to the former).

Because they faced each other in the playoffs 8 times (8 different series) and Russell won 7 of them. Also, Bird vs Magic rivalry alone is what saved the NBA. After the 70s the product was going downhill and they managed to turn it around.

The real reason is probably because the people who remember them don't have much online presence? In my mid 40's I feel like a dinosaur among NBA fans these days, and my knowledge goes back over 30 years to the beginning of the 90's. Russell retired ten years before i was even born. A person would have to be like 60 or older to bring those guys up, no?

Neither is getting traded soo you can actually stfu already with that 💀

Correct take imo. Draymond's value was mostly defense and then passing and him being a factor at all as a scorer during his peak was a bonus, he's now so bad at scoring he has negative gravity but he's still just as elite of a defender and still a great passer. Klay's value was in how much his shooting made defenders have to pay attention to him constantly and that spacing juiced the Warriors offense + being a high IQ player who fed the flow of the Warriors ball movement system + in his perimeter defense covering for Steph's size limitations on defense. Now Klay's shot selection actually ruins possessions for the Warriors. If you got Steph some help, what Draymond can still offer is still useful even if much less than at his peak. If Klay doesnt change back his play style to reflect his current level and take a step back, what he offers just isnt winning basketball anymore Now Klay takes so many bad shots and bricks them, constantly starts playing hero ball, doesnt give it to the hot hand or make the extra pass and just throws it up, etc... enough that defenses, instead of scrambling to never let it touch his hands, sometimes even prefer to stay close to the hot hand without overhelping and let Klay throw up some horrible shot. That's going from a historically terrifying spacer where defenders would panic to try not let him shoot, to a guy defenses can sometimes just see as worth leaving to stop a better shot. And it's going from a high IQ player who kept the offense whirring to someone who might still have a high IQ but plays like a bonehead with no decision-making skills. And he's no longer a very good defender so he's not making up for how he keeps sabotaging the flow of the Warriors offense with horrible shot selection. Klay being an offensive liability on possessions hurts the team much more than Draymond being one because of their differing jobs I understand it psychologically because he even said right before he first returned from injury that after not being able to shoot for 2 years he was gonna shoot every time he got and prove he was as good as he used to be and he just wont accept that he's not the same physically. And ironically, if he played like he used to on offense which was just keeping the ball moving and no dribble first time shooting instead of overextending into hero ball stuff, he'd still be an offensive positive but he's trying so hard to show he's as good as he used to be that he's playing like a much worse player

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Well, his team is better right now. I think he'll have more team success, but Wemby will be the better individual player.

Lmao, it's definitely arguable. You definitely don't watch Magic ball nor understand stats. Additionally, our DRating takes hits when things like us being up by 40 on the Pacers by the 4th Q and third stringers come in.

Based on what? That hot take about the Magic deserving as much hype as OKC is horseshit. Going along further with Rusty's take: if nothing changed about either team in terms of personnel, the Magic would still be subpar compared to the Thunder, and they're in the East. If you opened it up to changing personnel thru trades, etc., then the Magic would certainly fail to make the right choices like they always have, unlike OKC.

@@T.H.E.O.R.Y. lol this isn't the first time he shits on the magic idk if it's because they fleeced his bullshit or what but again this isn't the first time