NewStats: 3,265,301 , 8,186,300 topics. Date: Saturday, 14 June 2025 at 10:34 AM 36g1p

A not-so-spectacular team can win too. The circumstances just have to be right. This is one of those.

Hate on them, but not too much. . We have benefited from this kind of situation in the past.

They don't take us down with Curry playing. I don't know if anyone would disagree with that. I thought we could win it all until Curry went down.

If Ant and those guys are any serious, they would realize this could be the easiest run to a championship and do well to make that a reality. Calm down they still have one more chance to get one game away from home.

Skrrrrrrr:
The timberwolves are gonna get swept.
I still maintain that they aren't a spectacular team and only managed to beat the warriors because steph got injured in game 1, which was coincidentally the only game they lost.....

I agree. I am also a culprit. It started with, oh he's better than AD(I believe that point aged well) to a top 20 conversation. And you may be correct that we are being too harsh on the man. Since 2021, this is the first time he has lost in the first round and played in all games.

A40:
I don't know mehn. I think people have overhyped Giannis more than we needed to. It's normal. We're all culprits. And all time greats like MJ, Kobe, Shaq, LeBronze, Steph and Duncan have kind of skewed our perspectives

Winning more than one ring is a privilege not a given. I think Giannis is a made man for life the problem is people start putting you in top 20 and top 10 conversations after one ring and then unrealistic narratives are painted

This is not good ooo. You and I apply the hammer when it comes to Le(4-6)bron. It's about time we start doing the same to our Kin. He's no longer a kid in this league.

A40:
No be all this one even pain me I saw someone on Twitter claiming he had ed the Dream. I just can't with these Johnny come lately NBA fans man.

I don't think Giannis is entirely at fault. They just hit a wall post championship. Held on to Middleton longer than necessary. Guys like Lopez as well. I still think y'all caught a break in 2022 though with Middleton going down but that's a part of the game

@steady no need to run from the thread. A comeback is possible.

Sha no get heart attack on top this team. I warned you. . It's time to imagine. Imagine this team cruises to the NBA finals and wins it. Just Imagine.

Skrrrrrrr:


Lol. Are you counting on it. People wey blow 20point lead.
It's not like the team is bad, to be honest, there is only a marginal difference from seeds 3 to 8. But they have this uncanny ability to get comfortable in games where they lead by a margin and blow up the lead. Also Steve kerr doesn't seem to realise that the game has changed significantly and a 20point deficit could be erased in a minute, his two team nonsense has cost us a lot of games....
Anyway, unto the rockets.
Won't get my hopes up until we manage to eliminate them. If we do....

Damn. Dem swear for you ni? @birdman you see your fellow Le(4-6) fan)? What else can this be if not an excuse? Dem never even play Ooo, but 'oh, it can only be the coach'. Him no go even wait. It's become instinctive.

steady986:
But last last, this was a game of pride for the Warriors. They couldn't have allowed the Lakers to sweep them 4-0 this season. And when your entire bench scores 7 points, you're going to lose.

By and large, I still think the two teams are evenly matched. I felt that way before the trade deadline, and I feel that way after the trade deadline. It will all come down to coaching and who wants it more.

Common he didn't have a choice but to jump ship. The Celtics had a big 4.

A40:
See some people goat

Wonderful. If you can point to us any of Lebron's final losses for which he was significantly responsible, this goes away. I promise. This is just as boring and cliche as you constantly downplaying the strength of Lebron's teams. Waiting for that ission.

steady986:


Stfu jare. You're sounding boring at this point

It has become first nature for una to find excuses. I don't even think you are doing this intentionally. You have Lebron and Luka with a decent ing cast. We are all definitely on the same level. As usual Le(4-6) fans.

steady986:


Lol. #2 o, #6 o. It's all the same to me. I feel every team from 2 to 6 is on the same level and can beat each other. You can even add the Clippers and Wolves to that mix. My own be say make we avoid play-in, because e no too far like this

Oh far from it. Nice try though. I just don't a time when Lebron thought his team could win at less than full capacity. I mean the plan is to always have an excuse ready, isn't it?

steady986:


If your question is who I should listen to between you and LeBron, it's LeBron because he clearly knows ball better than you do.

LeBron said this himself. Are you ok? Do you realize that Lebron is a defendant here?

steady986:
Team wey be say if one or two key players dey miss (whether star or role player), everywhere don burst, na him una dey call championship contender. Lol. Una no even sabi anything. Look at OKC, Boston and the Cavs, those teams are fundamentally sound that one person missing doesn't really change a lot about them.

LeBron said this himself, for this team to achieve anything of significance this season, they have to play 100% at full capacity every single night, which is not always attainable due to injuries and fatigue accumulation.

Le(4-6)fans dey too emotional and too get strong head. A 55th pick is an NBA player if he is in the NBA. Tell us what Stephen A criticized Bronny for. Stating his stats again is not criticism. While you try to gather that, show me which other late pick had Lebron James as their father. Ofcourse the context was his father. His father forced him into the NBA by hook or crook. Any record to help his case matters, including creating the first Father-and-son-with-an-NBA-contract narrative. Another feather on his 'longevity' cap. Man played long enough to see his Son drafted. bla bla bla

steady986:


Stating player stats for the no. 55th pick. Now tell me which other late picks in NBA history he has stated their stats.

Oh, the answer is none.

Le(4-6)fans dey too emotional and too get strong head. A 55th pick is an NBA player if he is in the NBA. Tell us what Stephen A criticized Bronny for. Stating his stats again is not criticism. While you try to gather that, show me which other late pick had Lebron James as their father. Ofcourse the context was his father. His father forced him into the NBA by hook or crook.

steady986:


Stating player stats for the no. 55th pick. Now tell me which other late picks in NBA history he has stated their stats.

Oh, the answer is none.

Stating a player's stats is a statement of fact. That by itself isn't a criticism.

steady986:


Yea, let's give the same amount of scrutiny to a no. 55 pick as we'd give to no. 2 picks

And Stephen A has criticized Bronny a lot of times, even going as far as stating what he averages for the season. Have you been under a rock?

If Stephen A wants to criticise LeBron for using his powers to draft Bronny, he should come out and say so. He's been on record so many times saying he has no problem with it. In fact, he applauds it. So your point about LeBron doing everything within his power to play with his son is moot, because Stephen A doesn't have a problem with that.

What Stephen A does when it pertains Bronny is what the random LeBron hater on social media does. That feels a little corny. Have you ever seen Mike Wilburn or Tony Kornheiser or Chris Brussard talk about Bronny in that manner? It's only the hatters in the media who do that.

Who bewitched you? Everybody knows who the. favorites are? Lefans are never straightforward with anything. You are never the favourite. Anybody else but you.

steady986:


No one is claiming not to be a contender. We're contenders as much as the warriors or the Nuggets are contenders. But does that mean we're the favourites to win it. Everybody knows the favourites are.

Hmm, I love this. Give em.

greypencils:
I have been paying that since 93 to the KING. Your baby goat was still an 8 year old boy.

How far now? Back to factory reset on top GSW?

Skrrrrrrr:
You know I was right. You can pretend all you want.

What's this about?Can you send some details?

ayo84:
Hi im looking for a business partner to collaborate with in the usa for running a business advisory and consulting company.

It may work if their opponents are doing the same.

joshboo:
Worked last season...

Boston ain't getting away with this nonsense this season, Zero plays, just spam 3s all game long.

@ greypencils, did you touch a live wire or sth? Do you need a second shock to reboot?


Your boy Iverson is so efficient that Curry at the 3 is just as efficient. Do you even know what this means?

No need for explanation. Anybody wey get strong heart make dem continue to craze on top this team. I will not become hypertensive because of one team. At least they are racking up wins this season, which I think they could have done last season. Many of their games were close. Na so so so up and down. Me just dey wait for playoffs.

And abeg leave Skrrrrrrr, make him continue to hype this team. Na so him dey do every year. Him heart strong well well. You need those kind people for your corner.

greypencils:
I ain't thinking too far. The west is stacked and anything can happen. Injuries do alter playoff results. It's all about the playoffs Bro. Skrrrr would never understand how broken I was when GSW lost the 2019 finals. I didn't feel pain when they lost in 2016, I wasn't sold on them yet. KD ing them was what took me over the edge. I have been a KD fan since forever. The 2018-19 GSW team was EPIC; Curry, Klay, KD, Green, Cousins. Which team on earth could stop them? I was over the moon. THEN THEY LOST. I was broken, snapping at friends and being moody for more than a month after they lost. That's too much emotional investment. I have since toned down my emotions. I take these games as they come.

Talking about Toronto, I have never seen any team get their karma real quick. Masai set them up for a championship, 5 years down the line, there is no atom of value in that team. Lowry, Kawhi, Siakam, Gasol, Green, Ibaka, Powell, Anunobi, Van Vleet, all gone. Worse, no one with potential. Cavs was disbanded after 18, they are back on top ready to compete. OKC was stripped of KD & Russ, now they are back on top. Heat is still on project Butler, San Antonio is on project Wemby. Toronto is on what project, Scottie Barnes?

Sorry for the late reply. If your definition of tribalism in this context is related to "a tendency to lean towards one player or another based on their tribe in Nigeria" then I would say I don't any of your opinions that fit this description. Of course, there's the long-standing sentiment that you lean toward English-born players. This sentiment is fair though, as there's history to back it up. It is also not an unreasonable bias on your part if you currently reside in the UK or have done so. I mean anyone would be more aware of their immediate environment. There are other reasons I think you have been doing this though.

However, I maintain that tribalism is not a bad thing, and shouldn't be painted as such, but I get the irony it creates in the Nigerian context.

komekn:


In the discourse of TRIBALISM I was wondering where people like you will see 🙈 me ❓

Sheer curiosity what box📮 will you put me in ❓

TRIBALISM has become an issue both here and in the general scheme of things .

No be you and your fellow Bronzites cause am?

birdman:
so you mean, if we no discuss Lebron, na so this forum go dry up. Is it not time for the guy to retire bayi

Why, are you looking to be awarded the most detribalized? . I didn't think you cared.

komekn:


Wonder 🤔 where that leaves me ❓

Sorry, but no statement is more wrong. If you cannot do much of what you are getting, it's within reason to believe you wouldn't be any different with 100%. If they can break away the same leaders would still be leading. You made some factual statements, but your conclusions are at best interesting, and not necessarily well thought out. Delta has to share its resources with other parasitic states. That's correct. But an important question would be do you get anything in the meantime, relative to those parasites? What have you done with what you have retained/received via allocation? This is not to say that the Delta region should be denied the entirety of the revenue from oil, No. You cannot take most of what's mine because you think I can't manage the portion I am getting—such arrogance. I the idea that every region should be allowed to manage its resources. But arguing that Akwa Ibom is not as developed as Qatar for example because it's not getting all the revenue from its oil is what's a problem, based on evidence.

Are white institutions working against us? Absolutely. The world's market economy is such that, one country's continuous search for economic prosperity is ruining the economic prosperity of another. You don't even have to want to ruin another country. As long as you pursue economic prosperity another country would be diminishing in the direction of ruin.(Note, the use of direction, not that you are at the point of ruin). The activities of economic prosperity would force that imbalance. It is you who has to decide that, hell no, any other country but me can carry that burden.

Were some African leaders with a ion for uplifting their respective countries Murdered? O yes. But what makes you think that's unique to us? Other countries that are currently at least fairly prosperous must have had that too. Do you think, during the Chinese opium crisis, and in the lead-up to the wars, some Chinese leaders looking to quash the opium problem were not murdered? Despite this, they kept at it. And once the opportunity for quantum economic jumps opened- for example, the US moving their manufacturing to China- they took it. Given the heavily capitalistic nature of the American economy, the US manufacturing industries were looking to extract more profit from the sale of their products. These pockets of opportunities open up and the question is can you see it? China for example is now exploring as others once did to them. They are in the driver's seat now. Are our African countries trying to exploit the opportunities opening up?

The point is whatever harsh realities we believe we are being dealt, others have been dealt the same, and some of them eventually prospered.

codemaniacs:


U:S:A moved its entire manufacturing to China and some Asian in the 80s and 90s and this made China and these other countries to have access to information, know-how and knowledge-transfer on how this U:S products worked and they started making their own versions of the U:S products... and the U:S also gave them billions of dollars in loans and grants to upgrade themselves...

Arab countries have large deposits of Crude oil, Gas reserves and have small population and are stand alone countries which Nigeria is not...

In Nigeria, Akwa-ibom has the largest oil reserves and a small population but it is not a stand alone country which means it never gets the full revenue it is meant to get and shares it with 30 - 36 other states who are parasites..

if Akwa-ibom, Delta, Bayelsa and Rivers were stand alone countries they would be the richest countries in Africa with state of the art infrastructure..

it's like the best student in your class sitting beside you during normal classes, tests and exams and saying his presence had nothing to do with your improved performance or the worst student in your class sitting beside you and saying his presence did not cause your bad performance.

African presidents or Black American leaders who really and honestly had the ion and motivation to uplift their countries were assassinated or imprisoned by White controlled institutions and you're saying nonsense about no faith in yourself because whyte institutions are working against you..

Sh:ell and some other whyte owned companies polluted the rivers in Bayelsa and Sh:ell did nothing about it..

you're not experienced or still under the age of 22 with such kind of thinking that another person or group cannot stop or delay the upliftment of another group.....

you're talking as if a fraudster or hacker cannot wipe out someone's life savings in their bank without the person knowing, you will blame the person for been a victim of a crime...

Sorry, but this is quite naive a statement to make. "Men without no bias". Is there any such man? You can say, oh of the group we have here who has the least bias? and you may even have to state the biases that are relevant to such a selection. For example, are you strictly referring to opinions on player selection? as in which players are worthy of selection? Are you also including their opinions on Nigerian politics at large? How would you even be able to properly judge these? What are the parameters, and what are the weights? I mean, if I am Yoruba and I don't Nwakali for example, there's no way to be sure that my lack of for his invitation is not in part due to my ethnicity as a Yoruba. I could even point out all his flaws as a player and that doesn't still remove me from ethnic bias. And if you even say you, oh this so so person is the most detribalized, at least as far as we know here, on what basis are you making such judgements? Are you sure you are properly judging their actions?

Marjoribanks:
But did you not see the part where I commend you for good behavior? Is that a false impression too?
I am holding you able on political grounds! Except I do not understand what Lelion meant by detribalized Nigerian! The award is deserving of men without no bias!

Thank you!

Tinubu must do all this? Your state governors only need to collect allocations, do as they please, and wait for the next election cycle?

Tap0lane:
Tinubu still need to do a lot more to make his istration a success.

He must increase Nigeria electricity generating capacity to 10,000 minimum in his first 4 years.

Ensure herdsmen are cut to size with no room for killing in the middlebelt under guise of whatever name it can be called.

Exchange rate should come down to atleast ₦1000 if he can't return it back to the ₦700 he met it. Personally both Edu n Cardoso should be sacked cos they have not shown any attribute they can handle the ministry they were saddled with.

He should end oil thief n ensure the entire management both senior n junior staff of the NNPC is sacked if the refinery does not start producing refined product this August which they claim will start after several shifts with billions of dollars n not naira down the drain.

Large scale farming should be embraced n invested on vigorously like it a number one priority to ensure food security.

We don't need to show off against Sudan and Puerto Rico. Not important. As someone rightly said my guy doesn't carry this team through those two games your guy comes up short and ends up with a Bronze.

steady986:


That's why consistency is key You can't be shite for 4 games and then show up in the last two and expect to win MVP.

Interesting point. Curry has been at the receiving end of this many a time.

Skrrrrrrr:


We can decide if the MVP should be given to the highest scoring player or to the most consistent player spread across the game.
As far as I know, it is usually giving to the highest scoring player, that was how Durant won it in 2018, even though steph was better in 3 of 4 games. The needle always shifts when it's steph.
And honestly, no hate on Lebron but I can't point to anything exceptional he did. He was reliable but not outstanding. Steph was outstanding in those two games, which is coincidentally their toughest games. Those games came within one possession.
The other games, the opponents were cake and they basically walked over them...

My answers to those are as good as yours. Fair point.

But wait ooo, what's the motivation behind Bronze?

A40:

Honestly and anyone wey wan call am hate na him sabi cos I could give a fxckless, y'all already know, the MVP should have gone to Jokic. Jokic was more critical to his team and did more in crucial stages

I put more stock in what Steph did these two games as well. Think about it. Does the United States win those group games and the game without LeBronze? Yes. Do they win gold and beat Serbia and without Steph? No.

We all get it LeBronze is the defacto leader and was going to win just off the way the team was setup but make no mistake about it racking stats vs South Sudan, Puerto Rico and Brazil? That's the difference maker?

I reserve my comments

Did you just compare Curry to Buddy Hield? You better go and your fellows who think Lebron getting posterized was AI-generated.

steady986:


Lol, that's exactly how you guard a shooter who's hot. Whether it's Curry or Buddy Hield.

And in the history of the game, no one has been guarded as brutally as LeBron has. I don't need to show you clips.

As usual, always resorting to gaslighting us. Even for those wey dey Nigeria, people no dey make millions for there? Nonsense.

birdman:
Congrats to Team USA for proving themselves as Dream Team 2. I am proud of the grit these guys showed, and I can tell some lifelong brotherhoods have formed.

And yall arguing over MVP and stats, you need something better to do with your time on earth. Please dont emulate Skip, guy man's career on on the wane. At least he has a nest egg - you too spend your time on useful things. Curry, Durant and Lebron will be business buddies 20 years from now, their kids kids will be forming business mogul. Dont be caught speculating on how you will spend your social security stipend at 55. For those of you in naija, you are on your own anyways

Congrats to the womens team as well, but there is some animus where you would expect women to band together and lift each other up.