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Sherman remarked, "Well, Grant, we've had the devil's own day, haven't we?" Grant looked up. "Yes," he replied, followed by a puff. "Yes. Lick 'em tomorrow, though."

Lebron's entire career has been built around ditching his current team in favor of greener pastures and better supporting casts, and you're trying to call out others for their lack of competitiveness?

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Fare you well, fare you well
I love you more than words can tell
Listen to the river sing sweet songs
To rock my soul

My argument is that if you're the common denominator on four championship squads and seven other Finals-appearance squads then you're probably pretty good. Too bad LTG backs b.itches like Irving and Simmons, both of whom are most definitely suffering from a lack of competitiveness.

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Kyrie Irving will never win anything as a team's alpha: check
T.rubisky is a bust: check
Ben Simmons is a liability: check
The Fields Cult is dumb: double check

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Lebron James has quit on every franchise that he had ever played for. When the going gets tough, he gets going. That's his M.O. he makes teams bend to his will and then he craps on them when he sees the shit going downhill. It wouldn't shock me in the least if he does the very same thing to the Lakers at some point.

Kyrie Irving had to outplay the league MVP in order for Good ol Lebron to get one of his rings. That alone says much more about his "competitiveness" than anything you could ever come up with.

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Yes, Miami, Cleveland, and LA would gladly return the four rings they received if it meant erasing the LeBron experience from their histories.

How's Kyrie enjoying the recliner?

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Kyrie Irving will never win anything as a team's alpha: check
T.rubisky is a bust: check
Ben Simmons is a liability: check
The Fields Cult is dumb: double check

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Lebron's definitely pretty good. Top 15 guy ever. But when you have to travel from superteam to superteam to get those rings, your lack of competitiveness shows. Kudos to Giannis for calling him and KD out last year after he won his ring organically.

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Fare you well, fare you well
I love you more than words can tell
Listen to the river sing sweet songs
To rock my soul

Hopefully it is Lavine calling them out this year

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"He is a loathsome, offensive brute
--yet I can't look away."

LeBron didn't travel to "join" superteams, it's only a superteam when he's on it. No one won shit without except Wade.

Is "organic rings" a stat now? Giannis is free to shill his Whole Foods lifestyle all he wants. 4 is still more than 1 though. Kyrie or Ben can confirm - they have plenty of time on their hands, ain't that right, LTG?

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Kyrie Irving will never win anything as a team's alpha: check
T.rubisky is a bust: check
Ben Simmons is a liability: check
The Fields Cult is dumb: double check

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He goes out of his way to form Superteams. When he doesn't have them he doesn't do shit. He actively recruits the best player available to come play with him. It's the only way he can ever win anything.

And yes "organically" is a helluva better than the shit he pulls.

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Unequivocally false

Also note - Lebron went to Wade's team, not the other way around

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i dont mind it. it just sucks in the NBA because the top 20 players make such an impact the selfish trades can really unbalance the league.

in the NFL, nobody cares what stars go where because no one person can make that big of an impact unless youre tom brady

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the world will always the world. your entire existence is defined by your response.

Lonzo Ball in COVID protocol now.

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Sherman remarked, "Well, Grant, we've had the devil's own day, haven't we?" Grant looked up. "Yes," he replied, followed by a puff. "Yes. Lick 'em tomorrow, though."

Sam Mitchell said that they had to take Zach Lavine's keys because he used to sneak into the Wolves practice facility to workout at 3 A.M. in the morning.

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Derozan with Back to Back Game Winning Shots

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Basically the anti Ben Simmons

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Kyrie Irving will never win anything as a team's alpha: check
T.rubisky is a bust: check
Ben Simmons is a liability: check
The Fields Cult is dumb: double check

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Hey Look! Vegan doesn't actually have a thought on the SUCCESS of the team. I'm Shocked!

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Team is special.

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Starting to look that way. They have to get some more size though. Last 2 games they have been murdered in the paint. Yesterday they were killed on the glass. Today they were built on dribble drives to the rim.

From what I keep reading Billy D is really married to small ball though.

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They are going to need a badass big for the playoffs too. I have confidence AK will get something done at the deadline

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"He is a loathsome, offensive brute
--yet I can't look away."

Will Perdue seems to be having a hard time formulating a thought.

It really breaks the flow.

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My Maserati does 186.

Yeah it was much better when it was just Goff and Kendall.

Jason has really grown into his role nicely.

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Need a guy that can do this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1ws3cpRvrs

3rd overall in SI and ESPN's latest power rankings

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T.rubisky is a bust: check
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The Fields Cult is dumb: double check

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Feels disrespectful

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Fare you well, fare you well
I love you more than words can tell
Listen to the river sing sweet songs
To rock my soul

GS has lost only 7 games AND beat our ass. I'm fine with that.

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Kyrie Irving will never win anything as a team's alpha: check
T.rubisky is a bust: check
Ben Simmons is a liability: check
The Fields Cult is dumb: double check

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Jerami Grant interest anyone?

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"He is a loathsome, offensive brute
--yet I can't look away."

He'd be a good fit with the rest of our starters. If you think Williams is gonna be really good, don't do it. If you think Williams ceiling is role player, I'd do it 100%.

Personally I don't have a strong take on Williams. It sucks he got hurt this year so early.

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Fare you well, fare you well
I love you more than words can tell
Listen to the river sing sweet songs
To rock my soul

That is a really interesting thing about this deadline. I dont think any fan has a good handle on what exactly Williams is. So I am curious to see what they do? I am completely fine with them trading White.

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"He is a loathsome, offensive brute
--yet I can't look away."

Not for Patrick Williams no. I'd deal Coby White for him in a heartbeat. Don't know if the Pistons would go for that however.probably would have to sweeten the pot a little bit.

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Wouldn't Grant be expensive to acquire? And if he's up for an extension, expensive to pay?

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Successful calls:

Kyrie Irving will never win anything as a team's alpha: check
T.rubisky is a bust: check
Ben Simmons is a liability: check
The Fields Cult is dumb: double check

2013 CSFMB ROY