TripleThreat wrote:

GustavBahler wrote:Anyone see an ad for the Uncle Drew movie? Looks like a Nickelodeon movie that went wrong.

It's essentially a financial apology from Nike to Kyrie Irving.

From what I'm hearing, Nike at the top level got split in half. LeBron James has a lifetime contract and is the face of Nike basketball. But Irving is a featured Nike signature athlete. So Nike simply stood by while James used Rich Paul and the press to gut Irving in the press over and over again. The major networks get that nice advertising money from Nike and all the other companies/brands in bed with Nike. So a Irving hatchet job only happens if Nike lets it happen. This is not how it's supposed to work. The unspoken deal is you work for Nike, you just "moonlight" as an NBA player, you do what the Swoosh tells you to do ( Like if you have a receding hairline covered in thrown in the air chalk and have a couple of babies out of wedlock, you get told to marry your long time GF and then abort that third on the way child because it looks bad for marketing) In exchange, the Big Swoosh manages all of your media for you, meaning you are protected on high by the Swoosh Prince Of Darkness.

The split happened internally because half the top brass knew what was going to happen and did happen. The other brands, shoe and apparel companies, started poaching and also push to new fresh meat out there that you should think about signing with a brand that will so clearly gut you in the back.

Personally I think Irving is an idiot, but he got completely railroaded in the press so LBJ can change the narrative when he leaves Cleveland again.

The Uncle Drew movie is clearly going to bomb, and it's going to function on a tax on more of LeBron Jame's stupidity. The guy runs his own agency, Klutch Sports, and rubs it in everyone's face all the time. He triggered one massive labor war that gutted the NBAPA and now he'll incite another one. He's the NBA's own Helen of Troy.

The depth of the utter stupidity of LeBron James knows no bounds. You'd need James Cameron and a deep dive submersible to try to get that far down to try to find it. The Uncle Drew movie is going to tank and when it does, some people are going to lose their jobs. Good job LBJ. You got what you wanted again, it just cost everyone around you. Idiot.

Where the F*&^ you getting your info from? Does the press include the talking heads? I'm pretty sure Screamin' A and the likes don't need Lebron to give them an opinion...BTW, who protects Lebron from the legion of haters he has in the press?

Uptown wrote:

TripleThreat wrote:

GustavBahler wrote:Anyone see an ad for the Uncle Drew movie? Looks like a Nickelodeon movie that went wrong.

It's essentially a financial apology from Nike to Kyrie Irving.

From what I'm hearing, Nike at the top level got split in half. LeBron James has a lifetime contract and is the face of Nike basketball. But Irving is a featured Nike signature athlete. So Nike simply stood by while James used Rich Paul and the press to gut Irving in the press over and over again. The major networks get that nice advertising money from Nike and all the other companies/brands in bed with Nike. So a Irving hatchet job only happens if Nike lets it happen. This is not how it's supposed to work. The unspoken deal is you work for Nike, you just "moonlight" as an NBA player, you do what the Swoosh tells you to do ( Like if you have a receding hairline covered in thrown in the air chalk and have a couple of babies out of wedlock, you get told to marry your long time GF and then abort that third on the way child because it looks bad for marketing) In exchange, the Big Swoosh manages all of your media for you, meaning you are protected on high by the Swoosh Prince Of Darkness.

The split happened internally because half the top brass knew what was going to happen and did happen. The other brands, shoe and apparel companies, started poaching and also push to new fresh meat out there that you should think about signing with a brand that will so clearly gut you in the back.

Personally I think Irving is an idiot, but he got completely railroaded in the press so LBJ can change the narrative when he leaves Cleveland again.

The Uncle Drew movie is clearly going to bomb, and it's going to function on a tax on more of LeBron Jame's stupidity. The guy runs his own agency, Klutch Sports, and rubs it in everyone's face all the time. He triggered one massive labor war that gutted the NBAPA and now he'll incite another one. He's the NBA's own Helen of Troy.

The depth of the utter stupidity of LeBron James knows no bounds. You'd need James Cameron and a deep dive submersible to try to get that far down to try to find it. The Uncle Drew movie is going to tank and when it does, some people are going to lose their jobs. Good job LBJ. You got what you wanted again, it just cost everyone around you. Idiot.

Where the F*&^ you getting your info from? Does the press include the talking heads? I'm pretty sure Screamin' A and the likes don't need Lebron to give them an opinion...BTW, who protects Lebron from the legion of haters he has in the press?

He's just guessing like the rest of us

Marv wrote:love it - warriors lose!

Yep! There's no team left in the playoffs that I want to win, but for now I'm rooting for the Warriors to lose.

franco12 wrote:

smackeddog wrote:

Marv wrote:love it - warriors lose!

Yep! There's no team left in the playoffs that I want to win, but for now I'm rooting for the Warriors to lose.

I've always hated teams like MJ and the Bulls, Larry and the Celts, and never understood fans that would hop on the bandwagon and be a fan of the 'team that never loses'.

But I like Golden State, and have for a while. I like the way they play.

Houston - I like MDA- but I can't stand Harden because, in my opinion, he gets such unbelievable bail out treatment by the refs.

Why don't you like GS? Is it the fact Durant went there when they already had a ton of talent and proven they could win?

when a team becomes so dominate, and your team is trash, you tend not to root for the dominate team.

Like I have always hate everything about boston, but I find myself rooting for them against labron.

I don't care for HARDEN either, but i love MDA, and the GSW are full of themseleve's

franco12 wrote:

smackeddog wrote:

Marv wrote:love it - warriors lose!

Yep! There's no team left in the playoffs that I want to win, but for now I'm rooting for the Warriors to lose.

I've always hated teams like MJ and the Bulls, Larry and the Celts, and never understood fans that would hop on the bandwagon and be a fan of the 'team that never loses'.

But I like Golden State, and have for a while. I like the way they play.

Houston - I like MDA- but I can't stand Harden because, in my opinion, he gets such unbelievable bail out treatment by the refs.

Why don't you like GS? Is it the fact Durant went there when they already had a ton of talent and proven they could win?

I usually root against the better team, but I also think the Warriors have become quite full of themselves and are quite unlikeable. I don't like the Rockets either (And while I acknowledge Harden is very talented, I don't find his game enjoyable to watch at all), but a finals of the Rockets and Cavs would be slightly less predictable than Warriors vs Cavs (or Celtics!)

smackeddog wrote:

meloshouldgo wrote:Didn't watch he first half today but was unhappy with Durant going iso all he time in he second today. He killed the Warriors and they should away with this one. C'mon man this is why you left Russ, so now you want to hog the first 22 secods of the shot clock?

I didn't watch the game, but the boxscore looks weird- Harden and CP played bad but the Rockets won

it was a grind it out affair.

Now- on Durant- the Rockets played really aggressive, in your grill, 90s type defense. So the Warriors really struggled to get into their offensive rhythm. Now- the Warriors still made a lot of mistakes, but the Rockets played like the stronger team.

I tend to think this is really the finals, and either the Rockets or Warriors will roll past either the Celts or Cavs.

anrst wrote:Without CP3 no chance Rockets can win game 6. Maybe they can win game 7.

If Rockets somehow beat the Warriors without CP3, then it would make for an interesting finals- really not sure who'd win out of CP-less Rockets (Harden has no heart), Celtics or Cavs

meloshouldgo wrote:

franco12 wrote:

smackeddog wrote:

meloshouldgo wrote:Didn't watch he first half today but was unhappy with Durant going iso all he time in he second today. He killed the Warriors and they should away with this one. C'mon man this is why you left Russ, so now you want to hog the first 22 secods of the shot clock?

I didn't watch the game, but the boxscore looks weird- Harden and CP played bad but the Rockets won

it was a grind it out affair.

Now- on Durant- the Rockets played really aggressive, in your grill, 90s type defense. So the Warriors really struggled to get into their offensive rhythm. Now- the Warriors still made a lot of mistakes, but the Rockets played like the stronger team.

I tend to think this is really the finals, and either the Rockets or Warriors will roll past either the Celts or Cavs.

I think you are slightly overeating the rockets defense. They did play well but golden state could have penetrated the defense better if they had passed the rock. It's like GSW was playing down to Houston's style instead of playing the way they should. Not having Iggy sucks, there's no way David West can guard Chris Paul when he rotates to him

I don't think I am overstating or over rating the rockets defense. They stepped up big time, and got in the grills of GS.

No doubt GS should have done better.

I think they are suffering from - been there, done it - proved we are champions.

I also think we have to fault Kerr some because there was no adjustment in the game to what Houston was doing on either side of the ball.

Maybe I don't know better- but I would back off Harden, force him to beat me from outside.

I would also send a double, force someone else to beat me, and get the ball out of his hand earlier in the shot clock.

Marv wrote:wow lebron. no matter how you feel about him otherwise, right?

Bern watching ball since Bernard reigned supreme at the Garden....Lebron is the 2nd best player I ever saw behind Jordan!! Hate him or love him, Lebron id unbelievable!!!