Here's how this agenda gonna work...

dumb dudes who still nostalgic over the late 80s/early 90s Running Rebs gonna be mad and hate on AB

knicks fans...of course. they ALWAYS mad

dudes who mad just because it's me...we can always count on them.

anthony bennett is a better shooter right now than LJ ever was and he got better handles. i've seen enough. i'm riding with him. he gonna make tristan and dion obselete as kyrie's #2...mostly dion.

he'll be everything derrick williams was supposed to be and more.

y'all remember derrick williams, right?

seemed inconsistent as hell to me last year.

admittedly i didn't watch but a few UNLV games, though.

14-1 is decent though.

He'll probably be the second option in the offense right away, and with the Cavs likely fighting for the 8 seed, he'll be in the spotlight.

Not sure that he's a safer bet than Oladipo for ROY, but I don't know what the respective odds are.

I know this is the "sexy" sleeper pick for ROY, but I would imagine the odds on Olynyk winning would still be tempting to take.

might go ahead and put a little piece on AB.

NBA 2013-14 Rookie of the Year
11:59 PM 15001 Trey Burke +500
15002 Victor Oladipo +450
15003 CJ McCollum +800
15004 Otto Proter +1000
15005 Michael Carter-Williams +800
15006 Anthony Bennett +1400
15007 Ben McLemore +700
15008 Cody Zeller +700
15009 Alex Len +2500
15010 Kelly Olynyk +500
15011 Kentavious Caldwell-Pope +2000
15012 Shabazz Muhammad +2000
15013 Shane Larkin +3300
15014 Sergay Karasev +3300
15015 Tim Hardaway Jr. +2800
15016 Dennis Shroeder +3300
15017 Nerles Noel +2900

... but the Bennett odds are lower than the Olynyk odds?

Yeah. That's lunacy. I'd take that.

olynyk $10 to win $50.

bennett $10 to win $140.

(plus the original $10 back, of course)

He'll certainly have ample opportunity to show and prove.

Larkin is the tastiest real long shot... but that's a long long shot.

honest question.

But I guess that is due to none of them actually playing a game yet.

>He'll probably be the second option in the offense right
>away,

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nba-ball-dont-lie/andrew-bynum-might-not-ready-play-time-soon-145024968--nba.html

I don't expect Bynum back right away, and when he does come back, I doubt he plays more than 20 minutes per for a while.

could just be a precaution from the cavs
or bynum really could be done

an NBA superstar pre-injury...

I'm not completely sold on Bennett yet, particularly if Bron decides to go back to Cleveland because that means he'll have to take a backseat to not only Bron but Kyrie too.

win it this year, he could very well go back to Cleveland.

The fact that he's leaving the door open makes it a possibility.

this place would look like okay hustle

to do...even tho Lebron said last season he could see himself returning back to Cleveland.

Lebron seems like the type of dude who wants to right that situation. Plus the fact if he can get Cleveland a chip, that bolsters his legacy that much more.

>Lebron seems like the type of dude who wants to right that situation

>>Lebron seems like the type of dude who wants to right that
>situation

Cavs...

either way, they winning #3

however, bron tryna win 7 or 8 titles, so...

how long can wade go?

is beas gonna improve down there? that's HUGE.

can oden play 25 mins for the next 5-7 years? HUGE! HUGE! HUGE!

how long can ray and shane go? they gotta replace them.

do you boot bosh and clear that room for another elite younger guy?

to play like he has these last two years, I think Bron would definitely bounce. Why stay if Wade is in decline and the rest of the east is only getting better?


>either way, they winning #3

I hope so...but this year might be even tougher than last year
>
>however, bron tryna win 7 or 8 titles, so...
>
>how long can wade go?

that's the million dollar question
>
>is beas gonna improve down there? that's HUGE.

I know dudes who laughed when they signed Beasley but I said I have a feeling he's going to be a good pickup for the Heat, just like Birdman turned into a great pickup and no one saw that happening.
>
>can oden play 25 mins for the next 5-7 years? HUGE! HUGE!
>HUGE!

I'm not holding my breath on Oden at this point but if the Heat bring him along slowly, he could be huge for them in the yrs to come
>
>how long can ray and shane go? they gotta replace them.

yeah, like after this season (win or lose)
>
>do you boot bosh and clear that room for another elite younger
>guy?

yep but the question is who can they get in return?

did u even read what he wrote? Obviously not.

>did u even read what he wrote? Obviously not.

regardless of the prospects of another team or the age of his current one it's not gonna happen.

you are seriously entertaining such a notion? for why?

i'm not expecting anything from bynum so i think they'll miss by a few games.

I don't know anything about bennett though.

and no, i'm not mad....about this at least.

and i expect them to play to seed, if by chance they 4th or higher.

>and i expect them to play to seed, if by chance they 4th or higher.

c'mon.

you want to wager on how they'll fare compare to the knicks?

f that ...i don't want to do that. lol

pick a team, make it reasonable tho lol

Lemme know.

except he's already NOT.

LJ in college and the injury free years in CHA

>>>
2X All-American
NCAA Player of the Year
NBA ROY

20 and 10 pre-inury


"anthony bennett is a better shooter right now than LJ ever was and he got better handles. i've seen enough. i'm riding with him. he gonna make tristan and dion obselete as kyrie's #2...mostly dion.

he'll be everything derrick williams was supposed to be and more.

y'all remember derrick williams, right?"

= moving the goalposts before the game even starts

Ain't no Knicks fans care about AB...if he pans out great

If he's better than LJ, so be it. I think it's a little unfair because LJ got hurt. But if you're saying he'd be better than LJ PRE-INJURY, that's a leap of faith because LJ was a MONSTER

And I thought you rode for Tristan Thompson...lol

And you got me on Derrick Williams...I thought he'd be better...I'll fess up and take an L on that right now

you mad for no reason, dude

man, you still carrying an agenda from almost 25 years ago

is HAHA funny, definitely not me being mad...AT ALL

you've already moved the goalposts more than once

mentioning Derrick Williams?

and giving 15 and 7 as the mark of success for Bennett's rookie year

today, both having completed their collegiate careers

LJ>>>

"Here's how this agenda gonna work..."

20 and 10 his first 2 years, or this post is an L

and probably just a strawman argument if the Cavs don't make the playoffs

to deflect from 'Rie to Bennett

bennett not being asked to come in and drop 20 and 10. on a team with no star and inlimited shots and minutes, i have no doubt he could do that.

20 and 10 or the agenda fails

LJ hurt his back at 24 years old

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bennett will be better than LJ ever was.

Literally Knicks fans love him because he had nothing
left and gave his all

A whole 25% of Knicks fan even knew nor gave a fuck about
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He hit one big shot for a Knick team that was among the most
lovable of all time

They were also perhaps the most outmatched team in NBA Finals
history

They were not very good, like, at all

Bums even

But rickety injured Larry hitting that shot was tons of fun

I'd back off if I was you, because you're descending from bad
agenda maker to outright weirdo

you ain't been right since PG crushed them buildings.

gotta take an L and keep on tickin, dogg. wait for your chance. don't keep chasing something that's passed. melo sold real bad in the 4th quarters of that series and people talked about it. it's over. stick with the crux of your argument: melo is better than PG. if you'd done that, you wouldn't have derailed.

Any nigga who says that Knicks fans love Larry Johnson
because we think he was a star is on drugs

He love him for almost the exact opposite reason

He was a bummy, hurt, gimpy guy who helped a shitty,
overmatched, overachieving team...the Van Gundy teams
were like that

This is basic shit. Like, all you had to do was think
about it for 12 seconds.

You coulda made this agenda without that tankery, but
you did so I'm just bringing the world's attention to it
and don't take this agenda seriously because of it

That's all

or do you just mean his career projects to be better than what LJ's evolved into post-back-injury?

Those first couple pre-backiotomy Grandmama seasons are not reachable for this kid right away, LJ averaged like 21/11/4 with 51% FG shooting & 80% FTs in his rookie & sophomore-year-with-Zo-as-a-rookie Hornet campaigns.

But he could have a better career, since LJ's sorta ends up falling into more of the 'what if?' category.

>Those first couple pre-backiotomy Grandmama seasons are not
>reachable for this kid right away, LJ averaged like 21/11/4
>with 51% FG shooting & 80% FTs in his rookie &
>sophomore-year-with-Zo-as-a-rookie Hornet campaigns.

Dude missed the whole summer league due to injury, and while he'll be healthy going into Game 1, I fully expect it to take him a month or two to really hit his stride.

>But he could have a better career, since LJ's sorta ends up
>falling into more of the 'what if?' category.

Yeah, I feel like this is more of the card being played here, that AB's best will be better than LJ's best, not a year-by-year comparison. I'm not sure enough to go either way on it, but it makes for one hell of a fun agenda post.

Honestly, when LJ came into the league, I was thinking about the Armon Gilliams and Gerald Paddios of UNLV lore that manhandled their competition and then became pedestrian (Gilliam) or wack (Paddio)...I thought he would be good, but not great. He was GREAT before he was injured. That is a lot to ask this kid to be.

He just reminds me of the end of the Barkley era in Philly at this point.

i didnt see armon gilliam in college but i knew of his rep. he was way stiffer than LJ though.

i doubt he comes close to LJs rookie numbers. but 15 and 7 wouldn't be a shock.

Larry Johnson was serviceable on Knicks but far from them 20/10 50% days in Charlotte

Take the common comparison for AB and go all in on the ">>>."

On the surface the potential for an L is pretty high, but the risk is somewhat protected by LJ's lack of longevity at a peak level. If AB stays healthy this one is definitely in play.

Kajun Konsulting's Risk Analysis: Moderate



That being said AB is my favorite prospect out of this class simply because he's the most interesting.

Guys like him (size-athleticism-skill ratio) are so rare, regardless of how he pans out it will be fun to watch. There were times last year he looked absolutely unstoppable.

old heads who wax nostalgic about the running rebs...

knick fans...

dudes who just disagree because i'm saying so...


they all gonna look dumb when that big black canadian is lakers vs. celtics barkley gorrilla dunking his way to stardom.

We don't overrate LJ...he was great for us
But everyone KNEW how much of a monster he was before the injury. We never called him any sort of GOAT...he's more of a fan favorite than anything else. You don't hear any Knick fan saying anything crazy about LJ

But continue...if you honestly think that AB will be better than pre-injury LJ, that's on you

Before that, he was a monster and worth the hype.

After that, it was a slow decline.

Weird, as much as you shit on Carmelo for not improving,
LJ worked on his game and made himself relevant for quite
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They threw the game Bas, yes they did.

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/690187-the-25-biggest-oops-moments-in-college-basketball-history/page/13


You funny.

and all over this post.

because AB damn sure gonna be better than post-backyotomy LJ. that's not even a question. obviously, to anyone who not mad, i'm hyping AB's ceiling more than shitting on LJ.

pick a player people are indifferent about/think will at least be aight
say something incendiary using another player ppl generally love
go platinum off niggas arguing hypotheticals
6 months later win OKS King of the Ls

this the same dude making posts titled

'if that was a Dukie'

reaching back almost 25 years for a 2013 NBA ROY agenda

FOH!

ol' perpetual victim ass bish

>pick a player people are indifferent about/think will at
>least be aight
>say something incendiary using another player ppl generally
>love
>go platinum off niggas arguing hypotheticals
>6 months later win OKS King of the Ls

king of Ls, huh? is an iverson fan allowed to call anyone that? especially one that's been proven right so often?

>king of Ls, huh? is an iverson fan allowed to call anyone
>that? especially one that's been proven right so often?

I'm taking note

This shall be used against you in the Carmelo discussions


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They don't take money, only the shittiest smelling cheese
at the Stop and Shop and onions

Basa had the hookup through a nigga he know who work
for the Gov't (for the cheese) but he on furlough

No dues, no alliance


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good shit

Just a little bit

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This CarameLLLo hurt has been eating away at your life & logic for five months now.

Time to let it go, bro.

Ba might still have the stank cheese and onions hookup, so y'all can
continue this shit breath alliance

Ba is my bredren and I will snitch and say that he has a surgical
mask on while he skypes with you and SPM, that's how awful and
shitty y'all breaf is

He said y'all bref be burning the hair out his nostrils


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You already got served by Tha_Truth and his St. Lunatics
flow

I got some heat for you

Freestyle board, tomorrow 6pm your time



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That's how it works for a #1 pick.

Because, that's really when LJ was a BEAST and doing 22 & 10 off sheer willpower and punishing any non-allstar 7 footer into being as helpless as a victim of Law & Order SVU.

He became more well rounded in NY but was a tradeoff from the explosive Barkley v2.0 abuser he was.

This is your worst agenda ever.

Nothing more.

Like, you're way off base

LJ's appeal is specifically tied to the fact that
he had zero left in the tank and gave his all

He was a completely incapacitated intangible guy
who could score from time to time

That's it.

You're really, really, weird right about now.

that's a nasty combo, I wouldn't wish that on my worst enemy.

Ever was...

Because Larry Johnson > Luol Deng

http://bkref.com/tiny/haOvW


Interesting agenda.


So Kyrie has his Luol Deng...but better
Has his Joakim Noah...in Sideshow
Has his Carlos Boozer...double double machine in Tristan

Add Earl Clark, Bynum, Dion...


They should be better than the Bulls considering its 2013-2014 and according to you Kyrie > Derrick Rose



Interesting agenda.

dude wasn't worth a pick that high... Particularly if you got other guys who play the same position on your team and have proven they can contribute...

LJ came in the league starting from jump...and putting up solid numbers in a leadership role on his team...

don't think Bennett will be the scorer LJ was and not sure he's going to shoot for a high percentage...


just wasn't a good #1 overall pick really....particularly it may be the last time they have the #1 pick in a while...

The only thing I'd be weary of are his injuries.

Other than that, he can be phenomenal. His hands, wingspan, his quick feet, his shooting touch and range. He can definitely be better than LJ.

>He can definitely be better than LJ.

they partying off top, just like i knew they would.


good luck with otto, btw. stuff ain't sounding to good. i'm bout to jump off that bandwagon like my dogg mcqueen jumped off dat cliff in dat papillon.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XGWXmxmaoE

LMAO!!! dustin was smiling!!! he happy for him...LMAO!!!

with tears running down my face. LMAO!!!! That Dustin smile KILLED me!!!

but better than LJ EVER was?

http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/j/johnsla02.html

So AB gonna have a year better than 22.1/10.5/4.3/.526 while leading the league in minutes?

at least we can agree that ab will always trail lj as a fashion icon.

http://turnernbaallball.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/larry-johnson.gif

>http://turnernbaallball.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/larry-johnson.gif

but, he doesn't.

But if he busts, I don't want to hear anything about Georgetown for a minute. Dudes were "can't missing" him. He just needs to be solid. Because that pick could've been a number of dudes that would help the Wiz.

muhfuckers spent TOO much time explaining why dude was this and that on here
all that can't miss, will contribute soonest, bball IQ talk and yall trying bail and/or lower expectations before the season even start?
NO

I've only seen him play against Florida International A&T A&M S.U.V.

I've heard all those dudes talk about him.

And I was also in my living room doing the Bankhead Bounce in slow motion like when I thought Nerlens was dropping to the Wiz.

I have zero stock in that brotha.

Pathetic

Basa tryna pretend like he didn't want the Cavs to get the
#3 pick rather than the #1 pick just so they could draft Otto

Ooooh we remember

He tried to tone it down talking about "he's a glue guy"

Bwahahahaha

Nooooooopppeee

I BEEN said Otto was a Nyquil, btw


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i have no shame.

but, as of now, i ride for him. he's just be injured as hell.


yanno, there's a whole draft post i created for siutations like these so pressed bammas like you and SPM can't say what i said so and so was gonna be in the L. so, don't try to flip this to help your cooked up melo agenda or anything else. i didn't say STAR...EVER. i always said he was solid and can't miss. he will help ANY team. stick with what i actually said...

http://board.okayplayer.com/okp.php?az=show_topic&forum=8&topic_id=2199333&mesg_id=2199333&listing_type=search

"guy who can defend three positions, nail 3s and score at a high percentage, strong ballhandler for his size? Sheeeeit. In the right position (Cleveland, Washington), we're talking instant 12-14 ppg, 6 rpg. Perennial starter. Hard to say where he ranks among SFs with so many current studs and young skilled guys coming up, but with the right team around him, he should be pushing entering the top 10 SF by year 3 at latest (that sounds less impressive, but right today that's like Parsons/Leonard/Batum range, aka pretty goddamn good)."

otto was safe pick for the cavs, given they needed a 3. they went for the homer with AB tho and shored up the 3 with carrick and dat russion sniper.

I said eons ago

He's a sleepy head ass nigga

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http://i.imgur.com/EI7EYHr.jpg?1?2854

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easy

Is like cats shitting on Grant Hill for not having a more illustrious career. And I LOVE Grant Hill, but FOH with this whole mess

i didnt see so much of bennett at unlv but i saw enough to get me excited to see him as a pro.

youtu.be/RSDXqEbe3UI

Yeah, I know..against the Magic...
...in preseason...
...garbage time.

But I've been watching this kid for a long time. I'm excited for him.

and not terribly similar from what i have seen, pretty rough comparison there.

>and not terribly similar from what i have seen, pretty rough
>comparison there.

http://espn.go.com/espn/print?id=9840925&type=story

Anthony Bennett has medical issues
Associated Press

CLEVELAND -- Cavaliers rookie forward Anthony Bennett, the top pick in this year's NBA draft, has asthma and sleep apnea.

Cleveland coach Mike Brown revealed Bennett's conditions Thursday night before the Cavs hosted the Detroit Pistons in an exhibition game. Bennett's asthma was not widely known and obviously did not prevent the Cavs from taking the former UNLV star in June's draft.


Bennett has had some breathing issues during workouts and in preseason games, and him being sometimes winded had been attributed to him not being able to work out as much this summer after undergoing shoulder surgery in May. But Brown said Bennett also deals with asthma and wears a mask at night for his sleep apnea.

"It's a culmination of a lot of things," Brown said. "The shoulder, he's been out for a while, he's got asthma. We're throwing a lot at him. He's probably never played this hard against this competition in his life. He's got sleep apnea and some other things. He likes to stay up late."

The 6-foot-8, 259-pound Bennett averaged 10 points and 6.3 rebounds in his first three NBA preseason games. He's coming off the bench for Brown, and made his first shot -- a 3-pointer -- against the Pistons and followed that up with a breakaway dunk.

Brown said Bennett's breathing issues are noticeable.

"It's been tiring to watch him because every time I watch him he's (gasping)," Brown said. "It makes me tired, so I try not to look at him. I tell him, `If you need a sub, just tell me. Otherwise I'm not going to look at you."

Bennett was not in Cleveland's locker room during the period it was open for media members.

who are overweight, have sleep apnea, and asthma?

im sure asking this question will make me mad.

go cyse fuckin derrick williams, who has NO physical issues, but 1/4 the skill level of bennett.

now, all i'mma do is make a rack of posts cysing his new nicknames Big Sleep Apnea and Asthma Attack...so, y'all can pretend to not see them.

Ill cyse Oladipo. Who has the physical skills and the motor.

like, that shit is the kinda cherry picking you niggas accuse me off ("oh, WHO COULDN'T predict a high lottery pick would be an all-star"). after this agenda tanks, maybe y'all will concede it's a lot tougher than it looks.

meanwhile, he just another bamma that can run and jump. he's not a "star". he's a solid starter.

all that y'all shit. I aint hardly been in no agenda beef with you. I have no fuckin clue wtf you talkin about. You backed up on the ropes swinging wild and blind right now cause youre feeling some kinda way. Not my fault.

>like, that shit is the kinda cherry picking you niggas accuse
>me off ("oh, WHO COULDN'T predict a high lottery pick would be
>an all-star"). after this agenda tanks, maybe y'all will
>concede it's a lot tougher than it looks.
>
>meanwhile, he just another bamma that can run and jump. he's
>not a "star". he's a solid starter.

like i said....you tried to cherry pick a young star to cyse and it's gonna flop.

shit, all you got is harden and that shit is mine too.

>like i said....you tried to cherry pick a young star to cyse
>and it's gonna flop.
>
>shit, all you got is harden and that shit is mine too.


That OG Oladipo post wasnt supposed to be no agenda shit. I actually thought all you fools liked him --and he would really be like Blake hisfirst two and Lillard the 1st half of last season. Guess not. Ill take that shit over Bennett though.

Dog, you acting like I dont watch basketball and am just pullin shit out my ass.Funny most of the shit you have agendas on, Im on similar sides as you. My bad for not posting it on okaplayer.com

We will see in 2 weeks though.

spoke on all the upcoming NBA rookies. once again, that's why i started making those threads, so we don't get bullshit like this when niggas try to creep in and be friends once they hear good things during camp and preseason.

i said he's not a star and he's a solid starter. dude not a 20ppg NBA SG and he's not a PG.

best of luck with this endeavor.

I choose to stay out of those posts cause agenda posting isnt fun to me.
Im not NBA savvy - and im cherry picking?- cause I dont post there? you acting real internety right now, dog.

This shit is more than about his preseason. Its about his rate of improvement since he started at IU.

Good luck with the Bennett one.


>spoke on all the upcoming NBA rookies. once again, that's why
>i started making those threads, so we don't get bullshit like
>this when niggas try to creep in and be friends once they hear
>good things during camp and preseason.
>
>i said he's not a star and he's a solid starter. dude not a
>20ppg NBA SG and he's not a PG.
>
>best of luck with this endeavor.
>

but, this is actually my bad. i'm actually supposed to ignore people who don't post to that annual thread.

so, this is really my last word on it.

Knicks fans loved LJ because he was broken down,
couldn't jump and tried really hard

And good for him

So until you apologize and take that back, I'm going
to have to stay focused bro

Knicks fans have zero idea what "prime LJ" looks like,
and "prime LJ" has nothing to do with why Knicks fans
like LJ.

That was wrnog and I'm gonna stay focused until you
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this ISSUE is how good will AB be in comparison to LJ...a lot better, i'm saying. that's my premise. now, the fallout of me stating that is a lotta hurt feelings from knick fans and nostalgic trapped-in-the-90s types.

>this ISSUE is how good will AB be in comparison to LJ...a lot
>better, i'm saying. that's my premise. now, the fallout of me
>stating that is a lotta hurt feelings from knick fans and
>nostalgic trapped-in-the-90s types.

Knicks fans saw a creaky old nigga throwing up shots. He was a
cult favorite, nothing more. Saying a young player has a higher
peak than LJ on the Knicks is a disrespect to any lottery pick.

ANY and EVERY lottery pick...hell...any first round pick should be
better than Larry Johnson on the Knicks. He literally couldn't
jump, was all old man skills. That he kept himself relevant is a
testament to his work ethic and general good skill set (and good
for him)

The only reason Knicks fans are even bothering in this post is because
you're outright lying. Had you just made this post and not mentioned Knicks
fans, nobody woulda said shit.

The agenda has enough problems (as in, Larry Johnson was actually
a dynamo pre-back injury) for you to be piling up more doo doo via
lying about Knicks fans.

Its a way to make people care about Anthony Bennett,
who nobody gives two fucks about.

Problem is, you got caught making shit up out of thin air,
and embarrassed yourself.

You could have just said Bennett vs. Oladipo, or even better,
said he'd be better than one of the "franchise" guys next year.

you just gotta get something poppin, dogg...ride than Born Ready thing out...see where it takes you.

Or no, they won't.

You got caught making shit up out of nowhere. It happens.

Tha_Truth is digging up shit you said in the past, though,
I'd go take care of that

At the end of the day I'm a Basa supporter, always will be,
so don't waste energy here. Just don't make shit up and we
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>
>Or no, they won't.
>
>You got caught making shit up out of nowhere. It happens.

anthony bennett will be better at basketball than LJ EVER was. pre-back, post-back, no-back.

>Tha_Truth is digging up shit you said in the past, though,
>I'd go take care of that

i don't respond to truth.

>At the end of the day I'm a Basa supporter, always will be,
>so don't waste energy here. Just don't make shit up and we
>good

i'm sorry you're a knicks fans and i'm sorry PG at 23 better than Melo ever was.

We're gonna keep going until you back down and admit
you were misguided on this one.

You cannot say that the Knicks fans would be upset
at a claim that Bennett will be better than LJ at
his best, when the Knicks have no idea what LJ looked
like at his best. He was wearing a different uniform,
and the Knicks were actually a good team during the
time LJ was good, so they were busy trying to beat
Michael Jordan and Hakeem, failing admirably (no shame
in losing to either).

>i'm sorry you're a knicks fans and i'm sorry PG at 23 better
>than Melo ever was.

Not me. If PG is better than Carmelo, good for him. And unlike
Carmelo, PG is the highest paid player on his team, gets treated
like a leader should.

Carmelo's had a first ballot Hall of Fame career, though.

See how easy that was?

Like, don't yap about irrelevant shit, and we good.

There was a lot of directions to take it, you took it
in the wrong one.

I get it -- you didn't directly compare him to anyone
from his own class, since you cysed a lot of those
other niggas ahead of Bennett and its a bad look

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"I ORBITs the solar system, listenin..."

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but, he'll be BETTER than LJ ever was. and if you didn't feel some type way about LJ, you'd have no problem with it. that's on you...that ain't about me lying.

i cysed Bmac over everybody and said I take OTTO #1 for the cavs because they need a SF.

no conflict. just your feelings messing with you.

she can cook and clean and do all the regular stuff wives do, but she just chooses not to and blames it on sleep lolz.

so as long as AB don't make excuses he'll be fine.

because i'mma over do it.

Anthony Bennett - 10/30/2013
15 minutes, 0-5, 2 pts, 5 rebs, 0 ast, 0 blk, 0 stl, 0 to

Larry Johnson - 11/1/1991
26 minutes, 4-8, 14 pts, 3 rebs, 2 ast, 2 blk, 0 stl, 1 to

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fellas, i got a lot poppin. BE STRONG when it's my turn. and i could be cysing Klay or Plum dogg...but for what? I'm me...i'll have PLENTY to cyse when I feel like it.

so...up anything you need to make you feel better about your teams, the guys you cysed that are flops, the guys you said would be flops, but are Kevin Love...like, i remember stuff to.

i'm just not pressed right now.

But that said, you can also hit some homeruns.

Alls I'm saying is this is par for the course. Embrace the comedy, dogg.

no way the last two days have been an L for me and seeing all these attempts at diversions IS comedy.

like i said, i could be talking about a LOT of stuff. i'm chillin. season JUST started.

because for me, all of my Ls always swing right back around and then i'm the pressed one for partying.

when bennett puts together a run, y'all bet not be mad.

C'mon

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YaM6_yiUchw

"well, you should expect the #1 pick to be good"

"who couldn't predict the #1 pick would be good?"

"it doesn't take a genius to guess the #1 pick would be a good player"

but, year in and year in...no one says ANYTHING. and then the bandwagoning starts.

like there are plenty of threads with me cysing MC Rhymin and saying exactly what he would be in the L (said he and bmac were best in draft...until i watched bennett leading up to draft...wrote it here, said it on podcast several times). now, everybody falling over themselves to be friends with the kid, tryna re-up on that Shaun Livingston debacle a years ago. i don't need to do all that.

i'm chillin

Its just kind weird to hear you talk about Bennett
now

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"I ORBITs the solar system, listenin..."

(C)Keith Murray, "

remember when he hated Tristan and Dion too? Im not even saying the agendas are bad. I just remember a time when HE was singing a different tune

oh

i was asked several times on the podcast who i think are the best PLAYERS and who i think are the best FITS for the cavs.

BMac fit both. And I said several times since October 2012 MC Rhymin and Bmac were the best prospects in the draft.

for the CAVS, i never mentioned MC because, oh, they have a PG. i said OTTO, NERLENS or BMAC and trade Dion.

so, to repeat, best PLAYERS...MC and BMAC...and then I came around to bennett before the cavs even got the #1 pick. i simply hadn't seen much of the dude and was scared 'cause he black and greasy.

there's AUDIO EVIDENCE of what i said...and i suspect pressed ass thread-uppers have found me cysing MC in several threads during their pressed research today.

but, i don't NEED to cyse anyone. i gave y'all my agendas. cavs won. i was happy. period.

=(

i'm chillin. y'all niggas out here tryna claim people, AS USUAL, when you had plenty time to do it before the season started...hell, before the draft...y'all cysing shit game to game, quiet when it's bad, loud when it's good.

i'm chillin.

this nigga AB looks fat and terrible

again...he's GONNA BE better than LJ ever was.

this will just be another thing that walks people down and then i'll be the asshole for asking people if they wanna talk about it when the tide turns and everybody look at me like i'm bringing up old shit and being pressed.

meanwhile, i could be uppin some rudy gay/ariza shit these first two games. i could be cysin PLENTY shit.

it won't be no fun when it's my turn.

but we never know where LJ woulda ended up sans that injury..you do know LJ was a beast at 19 too right?

LJ - 11/2/1991:

6-12, 16 pts, 18 rebs, 3 ast, 1 stl, 1 blk, 1 to

AB - 11/1/2013:

0-3, 0 pts, 1 reb, 0 ast, 1 stl, 0 blk, 0 to

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It's obvious to anyone who watched Bennett last year that he wouldn't pay major dividends as a pro Year 1 or even Year 2, because he's still pretty raw talent, especially compared to LJ, who was NBA-ready when he stepped onto the scene.

It's also obvious that Bennett has some major major talent and could potentially put up some hearty numbers in a few years. I'm not going to go as far as Ba with this LJ thing, mostly because I'm not the biggest Bennett fan (ask ConcreteCharlie and MothershipConnection), but I wonder if those who are posting his box scores saw him play before the NBA at all and are aware of just how high his ceiling could be.

I feel like everyone on OKS who wants to engage in agendas and dispense Ws or Ls needs like a "keeper roster" page where folks can just check in now and then.

Cuz if people wanna up this post every time Bennett has a bad game this year... it'll probably be on the front page a lot. He'll have his good games, because he'll have plenty of opportunities on this roster, but especially these first 2-3 months, I wouldn't be surprised to see his consistency struggle, to put it nicely.

Same for OE's Giannis post: major talent, majorly raw, cysed by someone who riles folks up here, Giannis will have plenty of bad games this year, but could be special in a few years.

*shrug*

same way all these assholes who talked shit when the going was good are actin like reggie bush is a fuckin fuckushima fuel rod these days.

bennett will hit his stride and then i'll be the asshole for talking about it ad naseum when, in fact, i made ONE thread that didn't have to go any furthur.

we all been here for years and know how this agenda shit works
if you make an aggressive declarative thread ppl gonna be WATCHING
you don't get 3-4 yrs for a player , especially a #1 pick, to develop when it comes to agendas
it is what it is
if you're confident just wait and have the last laugh

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i mean i got taking him over certain other guys but i also said i would have traded down from one. there's no avoiding scrutiny on this one.

You saw my reaction. Displeasure.

But everyone knew Cleveland was going upside over polish in this draft anyhow. It's no surprise dude is struggling early. Obviously it's a surprise he's struggling THIS poorly, but all the same.

>It's obvious to anyone who watched Bennett last year that he
>wouldn't pay major dividends as a pro Year 1 or even Year 2,
>because he's still pretty raw talent, especially compared to
>LJ, who was NBA-ready when he stepped onto the scene.
>
>It's also obvious that Bennett has some major major talent and
>could potentially put up some hearty numbers in a few years.
>I'm not going to go as far as Ba with this LJ thing, mostly
>because I'm not the biggest Bennett fan (ask ConcreteCharlie
>and MothershipConnection), but I wonder if those who are
>posting his box scores saw him play before the NBA at all and
>are aware of just how high his ceiling could be.
>
>I feel like everyone on OKS who wants to engage in agendas and
>dispense Ws or Ls needs like a "keeper roster" page where
>folks can just check in now and then.
>
>Cuz if people wanna up this post every time Bennett has a bad
>game this year... it'll probably be on the front page a lot.
>He'll have his good games, because he'll have plenty of
>opportunities on this roster, but especially these first 2-3
>months, I wouldn't be surprised to see his consistency
>struggle, to put it nicely.
>
>Same for OE's Giannis post: major talent, majorly raw, cysed
>by someone who riles folks up here, Giannis will have plenty
>of bad games this year, but could be special in a few years.
>
>*shrug*

He wants to make a fool of himself, let him.

Dude isn't a fan of any team, just ex-Duke players and a couple of others purely to get attention

why bother?

I've been saying for years now that there's no real point in judging a rookie's hit-or-bust status til year 3. What's the point in uppages after big or bad regular season games? Even brief playoff spurts/slumps can often be anomalies with young players.

You wanna throw that back onto the people making the posts, cool. I have no problem with that. I just think there's no real point to the back-and-forth uppages and I'm gonna be tired seeing this post page 1 every time he has a good or a bad game.

I'm not even a big Bennett fan. But anyone who watched UNLV even in passing last year saw that this transition for him wouldn't be smooth out the gate.

You KNOW if a Dukie was LIGHTING SHIT UP in YEAR ONE (like Kyrie) and someone that was projected to be better than said Dukie year 1, you and Bags would be ROASTING cats with well deserved told'ya's

That's the way it works...you make a really big reach and that player better perform. Especially if that player is the #1 OVERALL PICK.

He's got plenty of time, his career is just starting. But let's not act like if a cat from Duke wasn't balling out of his mind out the gate that 1st page wouldn't have been littered with uppage of cats that were wrong about him.

.

and shit like this doesn't help.

dude's a big boy. he talks wild shit and can handle his own Ls when they come. doesn't really need you to be his human shield.

just a word to the wise.

'cause it'll flip...then we'll see who had the stomach to back up all the shit they shoveling right now.

and i don't wanna hear no shit about what a #1 pick SHOULD be doing. niggas saying he sorry NOW...keep the same intensity.

... I put the exact same reply in OE's Giannis post, and no one cares. I put it here, and it's some sort of defense, even though I note that I disagree with Ba's initial post in my reply that no one read.

Just odd, really.

But duly noted: my logical comments don't belong in Basa posts, as folks won't read them. Not bad advice, in all seriousness.

just letting you know what it is.

I've known how folks act for a while now. If I cared that much, wouldn't have posted it.

*LMAO*
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this dude looks like a bum playing against bench warmer in garbage time.

LJ - 11/5/1991:

4-8, 11 pts, 6 rebs, 2 ast, 0 stl, 2 blk, 3 to

AB - 11/2/2013:

0-4, 0 pts, 6 rebs, 0 ast, 2 stl, 0 blk, 0 to

The "better shooter right now than LJ ever was" is 0-12 (at this same time, LJ was 14-28). Will Game 4 be the time he finally gets a FG to go?

>The "better shooter right now than LJ ever was" is 0-12 (at
>this same time, LJ was 14-28). Will Game 4 be the time he
>finally gets a FG to go?
>
>

>Will Game 4 be the time he
>finally gets a FG to go?

If/when he has a good game Basa gonna up it..
When he has a bad game otha folx gonna up it..

This has terrific comedy potential...


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The T Rob and Austin Rivers posts don't look like they will gain much traction any time soon.

Three games, two points for No. 1 pick

The Cavaliers' Anthony Bennett was scoreless Saturday in 11 minutes of action against the Pacers. Bennett has scored only two points (both coming on free throws) in the first three games of his NBA career. That's the lowest point total after three games for any player selected first overall in the NBA draft. Every other top pick scored at least 10 points in his first three career games.

It's not all his fault though. Mike Brown's flow "offense" really turns you into whatever you want to be as a player. AB seems to want to float from the high post to the three point line. There's no weakside action or movement on the baseline to free up bigs on this team for dumpoffs.

There's no direction beyond a weakly initiated pNr with Dion or Kyrie.

75% of possessions end in a contested jumper off the bounce or a drive into the teeth of a set defense.

Cavs have 2 of the most active bigs in the league and a rookie with soft hands and explosive athleticism... yet those bigs float around looking for things to do.

Also they've gone through an entire camp and not taught AB how to plant his base, absorb contact on the pick and then ride it into the lane or pivot out and make himself available as a shooting outlet. He leans into the pick and shuffles through it.

Mike Brown has literally brought nothing new to the table offensively in the 3 years he was gone. Don't tell me how much video you watch and how smart you are if you continually roll out an offense that would get feasted on by the defense you coach. It's illogical and a waste of so much talent. AB doesn't have a clue right now and he's slowed by how much he's thinking in all aspects of the game.

Grandmama: 1-4, 2 pts, 9 reb, 3 ast, 4 stl, 1 blk, 0 tov

My Grandma's Made As Many NBA Baskets: 0-3, 0 pts, 1 reb, 0 ast, 1 stl, 1 blk, 0 tov

this has the makings of a huge L....

22: NBA record for most consecutive missed field goals to start a season

or a guy who COULD play the 3 or 4...but really isn't great at either.... A guy in that position that has general basketball savy that most guy have who are high draft picks...they gonna figure out a way to get buckets....just on hustle alone..

the thing that was a concern for me about Bennett from the jump was that I wasn't sure he had that awareness and ability to get his points while he adjusted to the league...

which is something Larry Johnson had from jump... Larry wasn't really great at anything..but he was gonna get his....either on the offensive boards....mid range game....on the break.....something...

Bennett just seems lost out there honestly....

0 for the season

HAHAHA!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hadQZX3lifY

he up all night to get bucket
he up all night to get bucket
he up all night to get bucket

But hey the better shooter than LJ right now got one to go so...w?

3/3/1 for AB..

>anthony bennett is a better shooter right now than LJ ever was
>and he got better handles. i've seen enough. i'm riding with
>him. he gonna make tristan and dion obselete as kyrie's
>#2...mostly dion.
>
>he'll be everything derrick williams was supposed to be and
>more.
>
>y'all remember derrick williams, right?

they ain't even letting him shoot anymore......6.7% FG, cotdamn!

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I.Was.Here.

Challenger-

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5% FG, 2.6 reb, .1 ast, .3 blk, .9 stl, .1 to

46% FG, 9.29 reb, 2.3 ast, .6 blk, .6 stl, 2 to

GUESS WHO IS WHO!

>5% FG, 2.6 reb, .1 ast, .3 blk, .9 stl, .1 to

and I don't even remember hearing his name mentioned.

>

But I do remember him playing in the pre-season & someone upped this poAst after he had a decent game even while looking all fluffy>>>http://board.okayplayer.com/okp.php?az=show_topic&forum=8&topic_id=2239836&mesg_id=2239836&page=#2244697

in that nets game it seemed like they wanted to get him out there
but he barely played in that sixers series. minutes are probably going keep getting cut until he is ready
as far as him being out of shape or the system being too hard for him, maybe
but dudes been bricking some wide open shots too

>in that nets game it seemed like they wanted to get him out
>there
>but he barely played in that sixers series.
I watched pretty much all of both, tho the first one on the net while still at work in the first half or so.

Really don't remember him even being in there.

minutes are
>probably going keep getting cut until he is ready
>as far as him being out of shape or the system being too hard
>for him, maybe
>but dudes been bricking some wide open shots too

Now he's 4-31!

http://nesn.com/2013/11/cavaliers-anthony-bennett-steals-ball-from-opponent-dunks-after-final-buzzer-in-bizarre-moment-video/

to start their NBA career with a worse field goal percentage than you

he does have more rebounds than brother Len though

"this muhfukka can't even make a basket.... go to the hole...dunk do something ...damn!!!"

So nah, he's worst.

AND you wear fucked up jeans.

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Why isn't Cavs' No. 1 pick Bennett in D-League, where he belongs?
January 8, 2014 9:53 am ET

Anthony Bennett figures to spend more time on the Cavs' bench with Luol Deng on board. (USATSI) Anthony Bennett figures to spend more time on the Cavs' bench with Luol Deng on board. (USATSI)

More NBA: Bulls waive freshly acquired Bynum | How does Deng fit Cavs?

RENO -- Under the watchful eye of NBA scouts and general managers, players are showcasing their talents this week in hopes of landing a 10-day contract -- or more -- at the D-League Showcase.

Among them are players who've already earned a spot in the NBA through the draft, including 2013 first-round picks Shabazz Muhammad and Rudy Gobert. Muhammad, the 14th pick on assignment from Minnesota, had 24 points and seven rebounds on Tuesday in the Iowa Energy's 133-121 victory over the Bakersfield Jam. Gobert, the 27th pick on assignment from Utah, had 11 points and 12 rebounds.

Seven second-round picks are competing in the Showcase as NBA teams (and agents, by the way) have become more open to using the feeder league as a true developmental tool. In all, nine first-round picks from the 2013 draft and 13 second-rounders have appeared in the D-League this season.

Assignment stints can give players a chance to have structure, practice time and meaningful, competitive minutes that elude them for now at the NBA level. The Celtics' Rajon Rondo has even asked for a D-League assignment to accelerate his return from a torn ACL.

But one player who fits at least some of the criteria for a D-League stint is notably absent from this week's festivities in Reno: No. 1 overall pick Anthony Bennett.

Bennett, enduring an abysmal start to his NBA career in Cleveland, continues to toil sparingly -- and mostly unsuccessfully -- in the Cavs' rotation. Bennett has scored seven baskets since Christmas, including a 1-of-6 performance in 16 minutes of a 111-93 victory over Philadelphia on Tuesday night.

Among the topics swirling around team executives gathered in Reno is why the Cavs elected not to assign Bennett to the D-League to get some confidence and experience. Their other first-round pick, Sergey Karasev (19th overall), has done several stints with the Cavs' D-League affiliate in Canton.

"He's a young guy, but every day he gets a little bit better," said Cavs coach Mike Brown, believed to have been instrumental in the team's stunning decision to take Bennett with the No. 1 pick. "At times, you see glimpses of his potential."

The most obvious reason for not subjecting Bennett to a D-League stint is the embarrassment factor. No top overall pick has ever competed in the D-League; the highest-drafted player to appear in a D-League game was 2009 No. 2 pick Hasheem Thabeet. But other top picks have toiled in the development league, including Shaun Livingston (No. 4 in 2004), Johnny Flynn (No. 6 in 2009) and Joe Alexander (No. 8 in 2008). Alexander is here in Reno, coincidentally, with the Santa Cruz Warriors, but is injured.

The point is, couldn't Bennett, 20, benefit from a developmental stint in a league where he could get consistent practice reps and meaningful minutes? Especially now, when the Cavs' acquisition of Luol Deng in Monday night's trade with Chicago presumably will push Bennett even further onto the fringe of the Cavs' rotation?

If half the battle with highly valued draft picks is developing them to their full potential, why not use all the tools in your bag? The D-League has come a long way as an accepted venue for legitimate player development. The question of what to do with Anthony Bennett perhaps represents the next frontier.

oct - 2ppg 0fg%
nov - 2.2 25fg%
dec - 3.0 36fg%

i wonder if he's on pace to have a worse rookie season than rivers
i think they said that was the worst ever, not sure what the parameters were cause i'm sure somebody out there had like 0.0 avgs
*goes to google*

To see how his 2nd season is going.

It was garbage time. And he was on the floor with scrubs and he was the worst player on the floor.

Could be the lack of conditioning and the asthma, but still. #1 pick and he shouldn't be THIS far behind.
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Today its more of a "not good at basketball" issue

Len Bias on PPG...

but its a start

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Odds are strong he'll just shut down and never get activated again.

They took the high-risk/high-reward "project" option, and right now, rewards are non-existent. But since they made this bed, they may as well sleep in it.

The truly embarrassing thing here, btw, is there is zero reason why he shouldn't be earning twenty minutes per game for a team that desperately needs scoring. It's not like they're fine without him and just letting him come along slowly because they have the luxury of time. They need him to be good now... or at least to be better now. He has one of the best opportunities of any lottery pick to enter and make an immediate difference. And he has the talent to make that difference, he's just not showing it. At all. Like... remotely.

More embarrassing still is the fact that the other high-risk/high-reward "project" options early, like MCW, Steven Adams, and Giannis, have panned out beautifully so far. And the Suns are in a position where they don't need Len to be good today, so no embarrassment there either.

Hey, remember when the Cavs traded two picks to move up to get Tyler Zeller, and Terrence Jones, Andrew Nicholson, and Jared Sullinger were picked right after Zeller? And if they'd kept their two original picks, they could've gotten Miles Plumlee and Draymond Green? Yeah. Sigh.

he realized he was a little too invested when he realized he'd really would punch certain OKPs if he saw them.

i wish i were kidding.

not a good year for ol' boy

I remember during the brief few hours that it looked like Kyrie might be seriously hurt, Ba posted that he'd likely be taking hiatus. I figured that got dropped after it looked like Kyrie was gonna be okay.

It should never get that serious that you wanna sock someone over this shit. But I also understand the needs of taking a break for a while. Hope Ba comes back soon.

Just L after L.

L

Cause he ain't even D League worthy rt now lol.

No need to go over why this was a bad poast BEFORE the season even started. And to look at Anthony's progress at this point would be just throwing hydrochloric acid on the dead horsey. :(

*sigh* ( ._.)

@AlexKennedyNBA: Anthony Bennett, the No. 1 overall pick in the draft, wasn't invited to participate in the Rookie-Sophomore game

Like at least invite him out of courtesy.

http://i.imgur.com/qMQwHoa.png

>http://i.imgur.com/qMQwHoa.png

.

Felt like it needed to be shared here

but yeah, they know no playoffs (again) so they might as well give him some burn. i think he will be decent, not No. 1 pick good, but decent.

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fucking hilarious.

Go somewhere and get his mind right. Come back after the ASB and at least be decent.

Nowhere to go, but up.
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Same as it ever was!

when they talked to the cleveland brass they basically said that last season was the perfect storm of suck for him and that they expected better. uh, i mean short of falling to the ground dead, what wouldn't be better?

.

he gonna be better than derrick coleman ever was too.

Dude had HOF talent

Not just Coleman, but he seemed to be their poster boy for that era. Even Stern shitted on him!

http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/sports/derrick-no-star-barkley-friends-secret-wrong-article-1.685042

Coleman, who may be the victim of the greatest freeze-out in All-Star history, was home in Detroit resting his aching hip while his ego was taking a beating here Friday. Everyone from Barkley to commissioner David Stern addressed Coleman's status as a former All-Star. Coleman was voted to his first All-Star Game by the fans last season, but this season he failed to win the popular vote or persuade the Eastern Conference coaches that he deserved a spot on the roster. There have been rumors of a conspiracy, with the theory being that the league wanted to send a message to its new breed of players with big contracts and bad attitudes. Stern facetiously referred to this group of players as "Generation X," but rejected the notion that Coleman was denied a spot because of his onand off-the-court antics. "As far as I'm concerned," Stern said, "I don't think he's having a great year. And he's been out a while."


Look at this corny ass shit this clown Jack McCallum wrote. This motherfucking idiot wrote a fantasy story where Derrick Coleman nicknamed the '94 USA Basketball team "Boyz II Men"(and had Barkley calling Steve Smith "jive-ass Steve Smith".....the fuck???). They're black and spell their name with a "Z" so I guess that was enough for this guy. How'd this clown shit get published?

http://www.si.com/vault/1993/12/27/130183/dream-on-imagine-michael-and-magic-returning-for-just-one-game-a-showdown-between-dream-team-i-and-dream-team-ii

The old ass sportswriters of that era HATED DC.

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http://letsgowarriors.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/ap_klay_thompson_ll_130228_wg.jpg

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DC and LJ were similar caliber players, so this isn't like saying "I'M DOUBLING DOWN, HE'LL BE BETTER THAN KARL MALONE" On top of that, the style comparison (plus UNLV connection) was there with LJ. I don't think Bennett's game will be much like DC's.

some damn karl malone. the fuck?

LJ and Coleman ain't shit tho.

22/11 for LJ at his best

21/11/4 for DC at his best

there's a chance AB can actually do THAT at some point.

31/11 tho?

no, man. stop tryna make this worse.

and yeah i think 22/11 is ambitious but now there's a good chance i am going to have to be behind this dude 100%. if he can be 15/8 efficiently, i will be pleased to have him.

Incentive driven agenda of course... but I'm with you Bag's... I'm all with you

http://www.basketball-reference.com/play-index/psl_finder.cgi?request=1&match=single&type=totals&per_minute_base=36&per_poss_base=100&lg_id=NBA&is_playoffs=N&year_min=&year_max=&franch_id=&season_start=1&season_end=1&age_min=0&age_max=99&height_min=0&height_max=99&shoot_hand=&birth_country_is=Y&birth_country=&is_active=&is_hof=&is_as=&as_comp=gt&as_val=&pos_is_g=Y&pos_is_gf=Y&pos_is_f=Y&pos_is_fg=Y&pos_is_fc=Y&pos_is_c=Y&pos_is_cf=Y&qual=&c1stat=mp&c1comp=gt&c1val=650&c2stat=per&c2comp=lt&c2val=7&c3stat=&c3comp=gt&c3val=&c4stat=&c4comp=gt&c4val=&c5stat=&c5comp=gt&c6mult=1.0&c6stat=&order_by=ws

With the Thad/AB trade rumors, just thought I'd add some perspective to this post

ON HOW HISTORICALLY TURRABULL AB'S ROOKIE NBA SEASON REALLY WAS

http://www.csnphilly.com/blog/700-level/case-against-anthony-bennett

"Of players who played at least 600 minutes in the league last year--Bennett logged 663 total, about 13 per game--he finished fourth-lowest in Player Efficiency Rating (6.9), second-lowest in True Shooting % (42.5%) and second-lowest in Offensive Rating (85). In case advanced stats don't do it for you, his per-game numbers were no better--just 4.2 PPG and 3.0 RPG on 36% shooting, with more turnovers (47) than assists, steals and blocks combined (46)."

I am gonna go ahead and say no.

only reason I care at this point is because of the rumored trade to my 6ers for Thad

but let's say that happens

we saw the numbers that a scrub like Duck Sauce put up for this bottom feeder version of my 6ers

and then we saw Duck Sauce do a whole lot of nothing in IND

if AB goes to my 6ers, puts up numbers (which I'm going to go ahead and say will still take some juking of the stats to make them look even remotely impressive)

on what looks to be the worst team in the league next year

is that a W for this agenda?

FOK and NO!

this agenda was DEAD @ Larry Johnson.

...if anything I see it's worth it if he's likely to reach Clarance Weatherspoon or.. the guy he's being traded for, Thad lol.

If he's nice like DC in NJ or LJ in Charlotte, that'd just be a bonus... fortunately we're not banking for that since we aren't the ones who picked him 1st & getting him for a guy who wanted out from Philly anyway.

My only concern is can he be a 3 when Embiid + Noel is playing together to occupy those 4 & 5 spots.

that is to say

AB isn't even Thad Young

let alone LJ or DC, or whoever else isn't on that list of 25 players with the worst PER EVAH! (hi Austin!)

the 6ers interest in acquiring AB is not because of talent or upside

it's because of a lack of it. TANK!

like a B grade Larry Johnson, basically.

Who was a pure offense bench player

..

I think he will be a lot better next year
15 and 8 and that will = a W

http://i.imgur.com/qMQwHoa.png

why do facts matter now? things have changed.

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You're gonna make Bomb's predictions look good.

i'll just up this one.

because UCLA and the Lakers are trash. ***I*** noticed.

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lol

Maybe bring this up in another 6 months when its just as topical.

this post still has potential if AB just does sumin.. I can't believe it's already at 3 bills..
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you can officially call him maybe projecting down the not entirely wrong path.

That's if, though.

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kyrie played in more finals games than melo ever will.

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WASHED!

He about to hurt Lebron too

He injures teammates

Kyrie = 2nd option on a title team (as of now)

Basa's Melo comment is just as ridiculous as the Kyrie comparison, you need to aim higher when making these comparos

only thing SouthOaklandMan is has over Ky is being healthy (which is easy when you're the 7th option)

Barnes, much like Cheese Eyes pre-LeBrony insurrection is a Tarheel I won't defend

i dunno when this got all serious. SMH.

anyway....melo washed and a career loser who never seeing the finals.

he just alex english or benard. like i said years ago.

Will be free agent once he clears waivers.

Had a nice Goodwill Games for what that's worth. Someone's going to take a flyer on him.

Unbelievable how fast some of these careers are circling the drain. Look at Austin Rivers and Thomas Robinson, now Bennett. In Rivers' case, his dad being a coach saved him from prematurely being bounced out of the league. I say that not to knock Rivers but to highlight that 29 teams basically gave up on him not two years into his career. Same thing with Robinson, who I actually thought showed flashes last year once he got into a moderately stable situation. Now you have this dude, who was a No. 1 pick (consensus or not, who cares?) and his career is already a half step from being over?

Seems hasty and impatient to me.

But your career being in the shitter is a long way from being GRANDMAMA, son.

and he still couldn't get playing time.

I don't think it's going to happen.

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He's never gonna be better than LJ tho, even if he somehow carves himself a NBA career. So it's a L forever.

given up on this dude.

Like "we don't even want him on our bench."

Says a lot.

so even the kandi man kept cashing checks until 2007(!)

it seems possible Bennett may never be a rotation player, so how's he going to stick in the league past another year or so?

www.engadgethd.com - the other stuff i'm looking at

Too much talent

>Too much talent

You excavated this one from 2004? Tweeners don't really exist anymore. Dude can't defend anyone; that's sort of what you're saying, but without the part that doesn't matter.

in the NBA and contribute?

Find me that player.

You'll have better luck showing me a device that makes phone calls, take pictures, and keeps me connected to the internet.

he's a career sub-40%fg shooter from a "pf" spot, why would anyone want that on their team?

www.engadgethd.com - the other stuff i'm looking at

No question about the talent. But as I posted in the Justivity post back in the day, his effort on defense was always zero, and it's starting to look like his offense looked so great in college because of the level of his competition, and now that the going is getting tough, he's bowing out.

He *should* still be a special offensive player, based exclusively on talent... but as we've seen with a number of players before, talent doesn't mean shit without the effort.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yYgcV0iOmw

"At times defending the paint, he has looked tentative, and almost sad. He has long arms and some bounce, but he just hasn’t been up for the fight down there consistently enough. He has the mobility to give you a good first effort, but when the scrum starts to boil, Bennett sometimes just wants out. Every advanced metric on his defense, both public and private, is beyond awful, and that matches the eye test."

http://grantland.com/the-triangle/rund-out-rebel-anthony-bennetts-buyout-guarantees-his-ignominious-no-1-status/

really good offensive player to get minutes and he's not, lol.

He's clearly the biggest bust in NBA history as far as #1 overall picks go.

In 2 years 2 teams have basically said we don't want you.

I'll never forget (and I noted it in the Justivity post) watching games where he simply wouldn't run back on defense. Like, not even the half-hearted jog back. He'd just walk or stand.

I'm surprised his offense hasn't turned on by now, frankly, but I guess it's hard to develop in-game offensive skills if you are one of the worst defenders in the league. If you're that bad a defender, your offense better be on point from Day 1.

I really do hope he lands somewhere where he can get his shit together.

Like Lowe said, him and Valanciunas aren't really complimentary.

http://tinyurl.com/js3q59b


No disrespecting the young man's effort. He gets credit for putting in the work. This is about you, Mush.


Anthony Bennett, former top overall pick, asks to go to the D-League

The move came a good two years too late, but the “demotion” was a long time coming. Toronto forward Anthony Bennett was sent to the team’s D-League affiliate on Sunday, becoming the first No. 1 overall pick to play in the NBA’s minor league. The highest previous selection was Hasheem Thabeet, the second overall pick in 2009.


Bennett, whom the Cleveland Cavaliers drafted tops overall in the 2013 NBA draft, will last just one game with Raptors 905 (the name of the team’s affiliate) as it squares up with Delaware on Sunday afternoon, before heading back to the team on Sunday as it preps for its contest against the Sacramento Kings. Don’t be on the lookout for Bennett playing double-duty, however, as he’s managed just 48 minutes all season in nine games with his third team in three years.

"Anthony came to us asking to use this double-header as an opportunity to work on his game," said Jeff Weltman, Raptors executive vice president of basketball operations.
"This is an example of how we envisioned using our D-League team to improve our players."
The former UNLV scorer was a surprise top pick in 2013 in what was even known then as a weak draft. He still had genuine lottery talent, but Mike Brown’s style of win-now coaching and a shoulder separation dogged Bennett from the beginning. Brown and the Cavaliers, somehow, assumed they could make the playoffs that season (they went 33-49), and their top pick was lost in the shuffle as a result.

It was posited by us and others that Bennett would be best served by taking both development and rehab minutes with Cleveland’s D-League team back in 2013, but for whatever reason the team’s administration chose to save face and not demote their star – clearly in their egos’ best interests, not in Bennett’s. He ended up playing just 12.8 minutes a game in his rookie year, averaging 4.2 points and three rebounds while shooting 35 percent.

The Cavs, after whiffing on both Bennett’s selection and development, then dealt him to Minnesota as part of the package that landed Cleveland Kevin Love. Anthony improved slightly in his second season, but still played fewer than 16 minutes per game prior to being waived by the team. Bennett, who is Canadian, later signed a one-year deal for the league minimum with Toronto.

The native’s return hasn’t gone well. He’s missed 11 of 14 shots on the year, rarely getting even mop-up duty for the 17-11 Raptors.

Even in a weak draft, Bennett probably should not have been the top overall pick. For him to be outperformed by players chosen 30 or 35 picks below him (Cleveland’s 31st selection, Allen Crabbe, is killing it in Portland right now), however, is unacceptable given his talents. In a pointless bit of pride-mongering, they both refused him the minutes usually afforded a top pick, and ignored the D-League even when it became clear that Anthony Bennett – badly—needed reps.

The Cavaliers’ former general manager (Chris Grant) and former coach (Brown) failed him, and it likely will unalterably affect his career arc (presuming he hasn’t already crested). With that in place, Bennett is not without fault – he often lopes through plays during his cameo showings and takes far too many 3-pointers. We still give him the benefit of the doubt, mainly because he looked so potent in college, and also because spot minutes at the end of blowouts are a strange time of the game to try to develop your career.

Anthony Bennett has talent, and he won’t turn 23 until March. We just hope the Raptors can learn from Cleveland’s mistakes, and allow him to redefine his rhythm for a longer stretch of D-League time, rather than Sunday’s yo-yo move that returns him to Toronto’s bench almost immediately.

www.engadgethd.com - the other stuff i'm looking at

either way he will never be better than LJ. not LJ in Charlotte, not LJ with a bad back, not LJ wearing a costume from a Tyler Perry movie and not LJ upsetting Bill Walton.

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/sources--raptors-waive-former-no--1-overall-pick-anthony-bennett-194425855.html

i ain't like y'all.

Because you DELIVERT! As usual.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x84GKqcpY4E

the interesting thing about this...

is that basa was so completely desperate to have a Duke player be a star player for a winning team...that he escalated Bennett into LJ..

you do stuff like that when you know the guys that come out of that school or more likely to flop or be average than be an important part of a championship team....

i ain't forgot about you. i'm waiting until they officially out of the tourney to get at your dumb ass. no one is going untouched this year. no one.

got back to back dunk contest winner in LaVine...

fool ain't nobody worried bout you....

that happens when you put as many players in the NBA as we have over the last 3 years...

Will the Nets or Suns or someone going nowhere let him finish the season on a team?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4w454Lape8

made this post? what a fucking L.

* (As professional as one could consider the Cavs for 95% of their history).

And maybe he wouldn't have gone second or even third, but he was definitely going in the top 10 and probably the top 5. A lot of people fucked this up. Certainly there were some red flags but at 19 you figure a guy can develop substantially and focus on the positives. Given that this is not like a serious injury situation (Oden, Embiid, Bowie, et al), it's quite remarkable how much this guy sucks. He doesn't have the size to be a set of fouls like Kwame either.

i was thinking 15 and 7 in year 1 would give me something to work with, since he was 19 and LJ was like 38 his rookie year. but, noooooo...he was just real sorry.

whatever. i lost.

It's not as if the Cavs were the only team interested in him. It was just shocking when he went #1 overall.

cornball who rides for dukes and makes desperate nba agendas to cover for the lack of success of dukies in the nba...

y'all last title was won by a used car salesmen, a goomba and failed male model.

that's the UCLA i know.

yeesh.

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hey, i cysed Dion in the beginning, too.

there's a post somewhere around here with me saying how mo speights was gon help Ky's assist totals.

oh well. the cookie done crumbled and i'm doing okay with it.

shit, when they won the lotto, i thought it was gonna be otto or nerlens.

dude has literally admitted he lost this one like 5 different times. He sat on the front row at Bennett's funeral and had the L handed to him like a folded flag. It's done.

The all-agenda, all the time, always, at all times, no matter what guy isn’t exactly a guy who warrants mercy when he loses one.

Not the most recent one but that's ok.

myles ahead.

forever....

>He sat on the front row at Bennett's funeral and had
>the L handed to him like a folded flag. It's done.

be consequential in the NBA....that he was willing to bestow All-Star/Hall of Fame attributes on a guy who never rose very much above a D-league starter...

sad

maybe 99% of them.... you can trace it back to him either trying to shade someone who played at UNC or a player who is considered a "threat" or competition to a Duke player.... or trying to make a Duke player look better....which was the case here...desperate for Kyrie Irving to be on a good team, he hopes that Anthony Bennett will do something...he didn't..

these were the Ls that were raining on him when he left the board....

only to return when LeBron returned to the Cavs...again...looking and hoping for Kyrie to coattail...

however, didn't leave the board because i was "losing"...left because i thought kyrie knee blew out and i got mad. slight difference. it's the only time i've ever actually been mad on some OKP shyt.

i will gladly take a cookin, but i couldn't handle a major injury to ky's leg, right when i was gettin over losing prime grant hill when he was 27. i was finally over it, because ky had taken the mantle that brand, booz, maggette and deng couldn't. i knew he was gonna be an actually superstar, not just an all-star calibur guy. so, i was shook when they said he knee was fried.

and dudes on this board started dry-partying when that looked to be the case...so i dipped and put my energy toward my actual life. this board ain't fun when if you actually wanna fight dudes. and that's where i was headed january 2014.

maybe you missed to the dozen other times i explained it. so there it is...again. bout as plain as it could be.

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>however, didn't leave the board because i was "losing"...left
>because i thought kyrie knee blew out and i got mad. slight
>difference. it's the only time i've ever actually been mad on
>some OKP shyt.
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>i will gladly take a cookin, but i couldn't handle a major
>injury to ky's leg, right when i was gettin over losing prime
>grant hill when he was 27. i was finally over it, because ky
>had taken the mantle that brand, booz, maggette and deng
>couldn't. i knew he was gonna be an actually superstar, not
>just an all-star calibur guy. so, i was shook when they said
>he knee was fried.
>
>and dudes on this board started dry-partying when that looked
>to be the case...so i dipped and put my energy toward my
>actual life. this board ain't fun when if you actually wanna
>fight dudes. and that's where i was headed january 2014.
>
>maybe you missed to the dozen other times i explained it. so
>there it is...again. bout as plain as it could be.


so yeah....49% Zeke..... 49% Duke....

all your agendas fall under that category..

and yeah....you left in a shower of L's.... this Bennett thing was but one of them...

he doesn't know anything more than your average sports fan. it's just throw shit at a board, hoping something will stick.

that's where you fuckin up.

>he doesn't know anything more than your average sports fan.
>it's just throw shit at a board, hoping something will stick.

LMBAO. And then told muhphuckas to chill because Austin needed time before he too, would dominate. I don't even up this shit anymore, but this shit is like your "King of Rock", "Off The Wall" and "Mama's Gun" all in one glorious steaming pile of sports dung.

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2686774-anthony-bennett-to-fenerbahce-latest-contract-details-comments-and-reaction

gotdamn. fat tony stay accruing agenda L returns like compound interest.

http://www.upi.com/Sports_News/NBA/2017/05/02/Former-NBA-No-1-pick-Anthony-Bennett-cut-by-Turkish-team/7001493752268/

The basketball fortunes of former No. 1 overall NBA draft pick Anthony Bennett continue to slide in the wrong direction.

The 24-year-old Bennett, who washed out with four NBA teams, was cut by a team in Turkey during the EuroLeague playoffs.

Bennett averaged just 1.3 points and 1.0 rebound and shot 26.3 percent from the field in nine EuroLeague games for Fenerbahce of the Turkish Basketbol Super Ligi. He was cut to make room for former NBA player Pero Antic.

Bennett was the surprise first overall pick by the Cleveland Cavaliers in the 2013 draft and averaged 4.4 points and 3.1 rebounds in 151 NBA games.

He averaged 4.2 points and 3.0 rebounds and shot 35.6 percent from the field in his rookie season for the Cavaliers. He was sent to the Minnesota Timberwolves following the season as part of the deal that brought Kevin Love to Cleveland, but his play did not improve as he averaged 5.2 points and 3.8 rebounds during the 2014-15 campaign.

Bennett was released by the Timberwolves and his hometown Toronto Raptors took a chance on him. He spent much of his time in the D-League and averaged 1.5 points and 1.2 rebounds in 19 games with the Raptors before being released during the 2015-16 season.

The Brooklyn Nets signed Bennett prior to this season and he averaged 5.0 points and 3.4 rebounds in 23 games before again being released in January.

Bennett signed with Fenerbahce and was unable to make much of an impact. He averaged 9.0 points and 6.4 rebounds in seven "domestic league" outings and his subpar showings against EuroLeague clubs hastened his demise.

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i'd actually be inclined to believe it.

BOUT THIS DUMB ASS POST YOU PUT UP.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=POTJBlXzV7c

http://board.okayplayer.com/okp.php?az=show_topic&forum=8&topic_id=2606943&mesg_id=2606943&page=#2607037

y'all gon be upping old threads when LaLa get caught tryna DM Jayson Tatum?

>http://board.okayplayer.com/okp.php?az=show_topic&forum=8&topic_id=2606943&mesg_id=2606943&page=#2607037
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>y'all gon be upping old threads when LaLa get caught tryna DM
>Jayson Tatum?


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niggas got reasons to be upping this thread tho. *shrug*