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This (false) narrative that Kawhi has chosen to live his basketball life as David actively seeking opportunities to slay Goliath's (Heat, Warriors) is strange. He didn't choose the Spurs or Raptors. The last time he was free to choose his destination he picked San Diego State.
I know the
#LastDance
has you feeling some type of way about
@IsiahThomas
. But don’t get it twisted, he’s a real one from day one. Check out the Hall of Famer and 2xChampion on the latest
#HangTimePodcast
Most trivial and foolish debate I've heard this morning is this "
@KDTrey5
needs to find his own team and win to prove he's a real champion." We just keep moving the goal posts to fit our daily need for engagement. It's just a petty way of trying to knock the man. So weak!
#NBA
As fired up as some are about the NBA Draft lottery, I can't help but appreciate the grind of teams in Brooklyn and Orlando for scrapping their way into the playoffs. That push from lottery year after year to finally in the playoffs is a huge accomplishment. Huge!
Listening to Magic, it sounds like he's making sure Jeanie Buss didn't have to choose between him or Luke Walton. It's an honorable thing to do. HIs decision to vacate his position is about preserving a relationship that's bigger than basketball, to Magic.
Replacing all that Trevor Ariza brought to the party in Houston will not be easy. Leadership, humility and unselfishness in a championship situation, none of it comes automatically. The Suns get a great mentor for their youngsters.
#NBAFreeAgency
Kevin Huerter and Trae Young provide the Hawks with two shooters and playmakers that could work beautifully together down the road. I see the vision with the two of them together. Backcourt of the future?
#NBADraft
Best thing the Rockets have done tonight is make sure PJ Tucker is plugged into the game plan on both ends. That is why they brought him here.
#WesternConferenceFinals
New
#HangTimePodcast
— Deep dive on The Last Dance with executive producer Andy Thompson, whose crew shot all of the footage from that 97-98 season and more ...
If nothing else, I appreciate the classy nature of Paul George's method. No games, no drama. Made his choice and partied a little bit. And now back to the grind of the chase in OKC.
#NBAFreeAgency
Can you remember the last time things felt this wide open on both sides of the NBA conference divide? The Larry O'Brien chase is literally wide open for 2019-20. Say what you want about the player empowerment movement, but it's provided the parity the purists have longed for ...
The most amazing thing about
@Dame_Lillard
's shot last night? Of the five walk-off, series-winning buzzer beaters in the history of the NBA, he owns two of them.
#DameTime
#NBAPlayoffs
Those skeptics who doubted
@MagicJohnson
when he took over running the Lakers need to go back and delete those shady hot takes they fired off. He dove in from the start with Rob Pelinka and they've done everything you could want a front office to do to right the ship.
Writing off the Nuggets already seems like a foolish play, given the way they've performed here in the bubble. I get that the Lakers enter as the favorite. But the Nuggets have shown us that their unprecedented run needs to inspire the appropriate fear from the competition, no?
Per Elias, Michael Porter, Jr. is the first rookie to score 65+ pts on 65+% FG and grab 25+ reb over a 2-game span since Shaq in 1993. Said it the first time I saw him in high school and every time since,
@nuggets
youngsta is just different. ✊🏾
@KCJ_Swish
&
@NBATV_Justin
Does anyone else find it a little strange, the relative silence at times like this, when Kevin Durant goes nuclear (24 points, 7-for-10 shooting, 3-for-4 from deep, eight rebounds, two assists in 21 minutes) and we all act like it's normal?
#NBAFinals
@JonesOnTheNBA
Even worse, it sends a signal to the next generation that it's cool to operate this way. It takes minimal effort to do the professional thing and then move on. We all deal with people we'd rather not have to on a daily basis without being rude and unprofessional.
If Devin Booker doesn’t get the Kia NBA Player of the Seeding Games (the BubbleMVP) trophy, that panel of sportswriters in Orlando should be kicked off the campus immediately.
@Powell2daPeople
@MarcJSpears
👀
Patience with young talent remains one of the most important qualities any organization must have to build properly. Fresh starts, though, can work wonders. Just ask
@Dloading
Going to go ahead and pick my favorite player in this
@WNBA
Draft right now. Diamond DeShields looks like an absolute baller. Appreciate you dropping that knowledge as always
@LaChinaRobinson
#DraftNight
I hope I'm around long enough to see my sons try to explain to their sons what it was like watching
@KingJames
. I imagine it'll be much like me trying to explain to my boys what it was like watching MJ and my Pops trying to explain Wilt Chamberlain to me and my brother ...
This list is short: Players with at least 4 MVPs, 4 Championships, 4 Final MVPS ... Michael Jordan (5-6-6) & LeBron James (4-4-4). 🐐 🐐? .
@KCJ_Swish
#NBAFinals
Jazz putting on a clinic right now. Donovan Mitchell handling point guard duties flawlessly. We finally get to see what these Rockets look like under duress.
#NBAPlayoffs
New
#HangTimePodcast
: Took a month to do it but We finally got .
@ChrisBHaynes
off his beach cruiser long enough to talk LeBron’s historic run to his 10th
#NBAFinals
all that comes with 90-plus days in the bubble and much more.
All of this campaigning and debating about MJ or LeBron as the 🐐... Why not let their careers and accomplishments speak for them?The body of work makes the case. Never remember there being a discussion when MJ was in the midst of making his case on the floor.
#signofthetimes
?
Rockets have found Warriors’ soft spot tonight attacking Steph Curry relentlessly, no matter who it is. It’s thrown the Warriors’ defensive rotations off all night and has pushed them out of their normal comfort zone offensively as well. Sound rebuttal, so far, from Rockets.
#WCF