NBA season 2019/20
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I can't believe I have to wait a week like it's 2005
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@shark said in NBA season 2019/20:
I just watched Ep 1. Goosebumps and awe. So far ahead of LBJ at al in the GOAT 'debate', it's not funny. The shit he did daily that the rest of the best can only do on occasion just astounds.
Same! I was like a kid in a candy store. It took me way back to when I loved basketball. Would skip most classes to watch Jordan play.
I loved the two episodes last night. There was a short clip when he was being marked close and looked the defender right in the eye, faded back and got the two. That was his arrogance and skill. I squealed like a teen girl seeing The Beatles for the first time.
More than once I was off the couch in support.
Loved it!
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@Hooroo There was a brief clip in Ep 1 showing the winning shots in the Bulls' first three-peat. When I watched the shot against the Suns it was like I went back in time 27 years and my stomach almost churned in the same way. I was back there. I was hopeful Barkley, KJ, Thunder Dan et al were good enough, and they had stayed in the series for sure, but I always knew a Jordan-lead Bulls team was never gonna lose. I'm sure they'll get into this later, but Barkley was either regarded as frontrunner or had already won the MVP that year and MJ had a point to prove.
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@voodoo said in NBA season 2019/20:
Funny, he has picked up already that MJ wasn't the nicest guy, but he is also totally enthralled with him.My boy thought the same, still thought Jordan was awesome though. But I told him that's why Lebron only has 3 championships. Nice guys didn't get the pyramids built.
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@raznomore said in NBA season 2019/20:
@voodoo said in NBA season 2019/20:
Funny, he has picked up already that MJ wasn't the nicest guy, but he is also totally enthralled with him.My boy thought the same, still thought Jordan was awesome though. But I told him that's why Lebron only has 3 championships. Nice guys didn't get the pyramids built.
the best part for me to point out to the boys was how every single person talked about how hard he worked. And very early there was a shot of the GOAT in a gym by himself shooting to practice. Great lesson.
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The whole part where management wanted him to tank when he was coming back from injury was fantastic. He was young 20s and sitting on the bench disgusted he was not allowed to play more than 7 minutes per 1/4. Other players, at that age, would be disappointed but he already knew he was the whole show. I think you can draw a lot of parallels between his first season and Ja Morant.
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@raznomore said in NBA season 2019/20:
The whole part where management wanted him to tank when he was coming back from injury was fantastic. He was young 20s and sitting on the bench disgusted he was not allowed to play more than 7 minutes per 1/4. Other players, at that age, would be disappointed but he already knew he was the whole show. I think you can draw a lot of parallels between his first season and Ja Morant.
his face in that close game where he wasn't allowed in for the final seconds was the face of a man who was piiiiiiiissed
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@mariner4life have you seen the HOF speech where he asked "There's Jerry Krause, sitting right there. Who invited him, I didn't" The combination of being the richest sportsman on the planet and having only 2 other sportsmen in your league(Ali and Woods) means you say what the fuck you want when you want to whoever you want.
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@raznomore it's funny that his hall of fame speech he talks about how he didn't make that high school senior team. Never mentions the guy he was up against was like 6'8. Funny most plebs like us would be like on that makes sense I will go away and work harder and tale my chance....hes taller so that makes sense. He was filthy and went and did something about it....he grew taller.
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Watched E2 with the lad tonight. It's definitely really enjoyable, but it's still a rehash of all the stuff I already know and have seen. For example, the injury stuff is all covered at length in CFWM and subsequent docos, and I've watched the 63 point game footage many times over.
But, its still great for the kid, and fun for me, especially given the lack of anything else to watch. But I assume at some point we will get the unfettered access to the season in question???
Ahh, fuck it, I'm being a grinch again. It's still awesome to watch, even if it's not new. The kid is LOVING it, and it's good viewing for me. And its really great to see Pippen getting his due airtime. Funny that MJ never took more shit for that.
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@voodoo said in NBA season 2019/20:
Watched E2 with the lad tonight. It's definitely really enjoyable, but it's still a rehash of all the stuff I already know and have seen. For example, the injury stuff is all covered at length in CFWM and subsequent docos, and I've watched the 63 point game footage many times over.
But, its still great for the kid, and fun for me, especially given the lack of anything else to watch. But I assume at some point we will get the unfettered access to the season in question???
Ahh, fuck it, I'm being a grinch again. It's still awesome to watch, even if it's not new. The kid is LOVING it, and it's good viewing for me. And its really great to see Pippen getting his due airtime. Funny that MJ never took more shit for that.
Don't take your frustration at St Jacinda out on the GOAT you curmudgeon
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@mariner4life
You're right, sorry, back in my shellOnly 6 more days of running and home schooling until E3/4 come out...
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@voodoo said in NBA season 2019/20:
@mariner4life
You're right, sorry, back in my shellOnly 6 more days of running and home schooling until E3/4 come out...
Fuuuuuuck
I'm getting another wine
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@mariner4life said in NBA season 2019/20:
@voodoo said in NBA season 2019/20:
@mariner4life
You're right, sorry, back in my shellOnly 6 more days of running and home schooling until E3/4 come out...
Fuuuuuuck
I'm getting another wine
I'll assume you mean another bottle, not another glass
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I watched the ESPN 30/30 on Rodman the other day that was cool
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@mariner4life said in NBA season 2019/20:
@raznomore said in NBA season 2019/20:
The whole part where management wanted him to tank when he was coming back from injury was fantastic. He was young 20s and sitting on the bench disgusted he was not allowed to play more than 7 minutes per 1/4. Other players, at that age, would be disappointed but he already knew he was the whole show. I think you can draw a lot of parallels between his first season and Ja Morant.
his face in that close game where he wasn't allowed in for the final seconds was the face of a man who was piiiiiiiissed
But then showed his colours as a team guy by being straight off the bench to congratulate John Paxson on sinking the winning basket.
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The Pippen salary stuff was mad. He sold himself drastically short signing for 7 seasons for USD18m. This made him only the 122nd best paid player in the NBA and only the sixth best paid on his team! Crazy. His justification was that he just wanted certainty and to be able to look after his family, which he did. But he could have probably negotiated harder and got paid at the time, or gone elsewhere. Even the owner acknowledged he sold himself short. Then eventually over time he got pissed off with it and acted like a petulant brat. I was pleased though that he got a good deal at the Rockets (USD11m for one year?), and presumably another pay day at the Blazers over four years. Still, when you think about it in relative terms, USD2.6m (NZD3.5m or so in todays' terms) isn't exactly living on the breadline, plus throw in private jet travel, five/six star accommodation, organisational and societal pampering and endorsements.
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@KiwiMurph said in NBA season 2019/20:
Pippen's $109.19 million career on court earnings were greater than Michael Jordan's $93.29 million, which even includes His Airness' salary during his 18-month baseball hiatus.How did he get to $109m when from 1991 - 98 at the Bulls he earned $18m, earned a rookie contract prior, then $11m in one year at the Rockets, and he only played another four with the Blazers and a brief final stint back with the Bulls?? That's close to $80m for five years???
