(((((NBA SEASON))))) ******2022-2023******

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Who will be champ for the 2022-2023 Season?

  1. Golden State Warriors

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  2. Boston Celtics

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  3. Milwaukee Bucks

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  4. Phoenix Suns

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  5. Dallas Mavericks

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  6. Los Angeles Lakers

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  7. Denver Nuggets

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  8. San Antonio Spurs

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  9. Brooklyn Nets

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  1. Neil

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    Big game James harden with another stellar showing
     
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    Barring injuries to front line guys it's hard to imagine the league will allow Denver or Miami to thwart one of the greatest rivalries in sports history to settle who has the most championships all time
     
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    He’s such a dumb fuck.

    How hard is it to avoid going on social media and flashing guns?
     
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    That's Just It, It's NOT Hard...

    But Therein Lies the Problem; Ja WANTS to Be Seen In That Capacity...Hopping Around in the Front Seat, Shit Eating GRIN On His Face as He's Toting a Gun...Ja Thinks it's CUTE & Some LAME Ass Yes Men in His Crew are Encouraging/Enabling This Behavior...

    Ja's On some WANNABE Tough Guy, STUDIO Gangsta Bullshit When the FACT Is, He's 175lbs Soaking Wet...Ain't Shit "Tough" About Ja, Except for the Self Inflicted Tough Times He's Bringing Upon HIMSELF...



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    Chris "Knows Fuck All About Boxing" Mannix is reporting from league sources that Morant is looking at a half the season suspension or MORE.

    Congrats, ya dumb fuck. Well on your way to throwing your career away.

    I had a bad vibe about Ja from the start and I think I hinted at as much here (don't remember).

    He and his daddy struck me as fuckin clowns first time I saw them.
     
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    Xplosive X-MOD Bad Motherfucker

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    You're hearing comparisons now between Ja and AI, but a big difference is... Iverson was actually FROM that life. Straight from the slums of Virginia. Born to, and raised by a single mother. Ja is from the suburbs and grew up in a two parent household, which is what makes this situation THE MOST pathetic.

    His daddy is failing him. Tee should have walked up to Ja after the first gun on IG incident, cracked him square in his jaw, then tell him: "You're blowin it, kid! You're blowin it!"

    Instead, Tee wants to be one of Ja's homies. There's nothing wrong with that; you can be both your son's father AND homie, but you gotta be a father FIRST, homie second.
     
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    Xplosive X-MOD Bad Motherfucker

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    Doc Puddles canned.
     
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    Erratic "Twinkle Toes" McJack

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    Iverson had a horrible upbringing. He grew up in the same hood as Vick (East Newport News) and then in Hampton, sometimes the plumbing was so bad that raw sewage would just spill in his home.

    From what I’ve read, it’s not surprising he had trouble adjusting in his adult life (alcoholism, domestic issues, etc…). One of those documentaries (maybe 30 for 30) said his mother was running the streets and basically a deadbeat mom for much of his childhood. But once AI made it, suddenly she couldn’t stop publicly showing her love for him. I respect Lebron a lot because he came up from a similarly awful upbringing but appears to have his head on straight (although I’m sure he’s narcissistic and worships himself)

    Ja’s father appears to be one of those stage parents who enjoys the spotlight and perks. He may just be an enabler. Ja may have a drinking problem too, judging by some of the videos he posts online.

    Sumter, SC is actually kind of a bad town from what I’ve read, but Ja appears to come from a good part of that town. You see that shit sometimes, people from a good area or the outskirts of the hood hanging out there with the bad crowd because they think it is “cool”.

    Most of them are teenagers, not 24 year old multi millionaires.
     
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    Erratic "Twinkle Toes" McJack

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    James Prince definitely had a right to be on that song.

    Ask Floyd Mayweather, or even Janet Reno.

    I’m old so I still just don’t understand this whole thing with how people have to go on social media all the time.

    Pop Smoke got killed for his watch (killed for a shitty $2,000 watch) that he showed on social media.

    It’s even worse when people broadcast themselves doing illegal shit, like dumb ass Ja.
     
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    You ain't gotta tell me, cause I grew up in the "nicer" part of the hood. Still a dangerous area if measured to an upper class white neighborhood, but not quite the heart of South Jamaica Queens. I went through a phase in life where I wanted to be down with hood dudes/gang bangers, but by around age 16 that path was getting me in trouble, and I realized if I stuck around them I'd be shot or locked up. So, it was around 16-17 that I embraced being a nerd from the nicer part of town, and separated myself from dudes like that.

    Ja is in his 20s and still trying to be the thug I wanted to be at around 14.
     
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    San Antonio wins Wemby, so much for Portland winning him and trading him for Embiid
     
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    Best thing that can happen to Ja is real hoodlums running up to him & his entourage. Test ‘em see if he/them are about that life…
     
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    Actually know one. I just made it up for that post because it sounded cool.


    And they still have a very serviceable Reggie Jackson who they haven’t even dusted off and used yet. I don’t know about the Lakers beating Denver, AD doesn’t bring it every day the way Jocic does and like I said before, Lebron hasn’t looked like anything special in the playoffs either. I think Denver will win it all barring significant injury of course.
     
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    Harden was petrified from the start of that game, wasn’t attacking, keep passing the ball to everyone else so he wouldn’t have to shoot. What a fucking bitch that guy is. It’s no wonder he wants to go to Houston, that way he can do what he does best-regular season basketball without the worry of any pressure from the playoffs.

    To be honest Imbed is starting to look like a guy who kind of shrinks in the biggest moments too. He’s been pretty unreliable in the playoffs and keeps ending every playoffs talking about how much he has to be better. Better? You just won the fucking MVP.
     
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    I called this months ago and I have the receipts.
     
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    WESTERN CONFERENCE FINALS

    LA Lakers vs Denver Nuggets - Even as Denver's UP 18pts at Halftime of Game 1, Even w/Jokic Displaying Yet Another Masterpiece, REED Likes the Lakers in 6...Gotta SWITCH Up Defenses on Jokic, Give Him DIFFERENT Looks....And Most Importantly, You Have to Make Jokic EXPEND Energy on Defense...

    The Lakers Will Get a SPLIT in Denver and Win the Series in 6...


    EASTERN CONFERENCE FINALS

    Miami Heat vs. Boston Celtics - REED Doesn't Trust EITHER Team, But Boston's Younger, Deeeeeeper and Healthier...Boston's Defense Will TEST Jimmy Butler in a Way Other Easter Conference Defenses HAVEN'T, As Well....

    Celtics in 6...




    REED:afro:
     
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    Videos are Surfacing of ACTUAL Crips Speaking on Ja's Affinity for Throwing Gang Signs & How There Could Potentially Be a TOLL to Pay for Such...

    Ja's Being FLIPPANT With the Shit & is Potentially On His Way to Having REAL LIFE Gangsters All Up IN His Wallet for the Rest of His Life, Trying to Portray a Lifestyle He's Clearly NOT Living...




    REED:afro:
     
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    I wouldn’t doubt that there are some real goons in his entourage. Just like with rappers, it’s usually the entourage that tend to be the dangerous ones.

    The celebrity has a lot to lose. Not so much for the guys in the entourage, the career criminal who doesn’t have going for him and wants to prove his loyalty to the celeb to maintain the lifestyle of traveling, women, partying, etc….

    Fabolous’s crew used to always rob people. They robbed Sebastian Telfair, and a couple hours later, Telfair’s Coney Island crew shot Fabolous.

    Of course, Telfair isn’t the best example now since he’s in prison for trying to acquire a whole artillery of weapons.
     
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    Listened to a real interesting take yesterday on the Bill Simmons podcast. Michael Lombardi really went in on the 76ers culture being the main reason they’re present and future is bleak. He also killed Embid on his lack of a strong work ethic and how he’s being protected. I thought he made some really good points on the 76er culture being too soft and too accommodating to the players.
     
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    Bron is washed
     
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    He needs to start makin some jumpers

    I lost betting lakers money line tonight. Wasted big games from reaves and hachimura cuz James and Davis weren't making shots
     
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    Hope they mentioned the Titty Bar king browning his way out of another series along with killing the coach. All that’s needed is for him to go back to Houston as expected to complete his thorough disgrace.
     
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    Yeah they mentioned he was in the clubs the same night they lost. I don’t know if he’s headed to Houston. Why would he feel the need to kill the coach if he’s leaving? Oh yeah because he has one of the most narcissistic asshole personalities the league has ever seen. Only guy arguably worse is Irving and even with Irving you can still say the people who play and have played with him actually like him. Nobody likes Harden and he doesn’t seem to like anybody either.
     
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    btw thanks for bringing up that pod. Was a good listen.
     
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    While REED Agrees the Sixers Have Been SOFT Overall, Culturally, They were Trending in the RIGHT Direction Under Doc Rivers, in REED's Opinion...

    Yes, Embiid Would Be BETTER Served Playing at 265-270 Than 280+, But Doc Got the BEST Out of Embiid...Doc Got MORE Games Per Season Out of Embiid than Any Other Philly Coach and he PUSHED/CHALLENGED Embiid in a Way No Other Philly Coach Has...

    It Appears Doc was Fired to APPEASE Harden, Who's Hinting at Returning to Houston ANYWAYS...All the While, Embiid was BLINDSIDED by Doc's Firing, Darryl Morey Literally NEVER Discussed the Possibility w/Embiid...If Philly Doesn't KEEP Harden in the Fold it's Officially a SHIT SHOW, Because Embiid Will Likely Want Out Also...


    REED:afro:
     
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    There's Definitely an MJ/Washington Wizards FEEL to Watching Bron Play These Days...

    He Shows FLASHES Still, But They're Fewer and Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuurther btwn What's Become his New Normal...


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