NBA and WNBA thread

at times he reminds me of the character played by John David Washington in Ballers.
Maybe Kyrie has decided to model his real life on the excesses of footballers that program showed?

Absolutely and its a shame some high profile players seem to be so badly guided. Is this where the question needs to be raised that players do a minimum of 2 years at college?

Crazy days. Two of the league's delicate flowers may struggle with only 1 ball, though kyrie has to show up for that to be an issue. Boogie's comments are funny

as a Rockets fan - I like this.
The few games I have watched this season - dinot enjoy the ones where Harden played as he looked uninterested. Rather have a team who want to play and lose than a team who have a sulky guy dragging the squad down - and still lose!
Roll on better days for coach.

Sean Marks. Solid, dependable, guy must wonder just what he's done, here

Total claptrap. I guess he does not technically owe the public or the media an explanation. He certainly owes one to his employers and that is up to them to decide if it was acceptable or at least plausible.

From a PR perspective it would have helped his cause to have come up with something to give to the media and fans.

At the moment it feels like if he had an itchy backside he could miss a few weeks. Lets hope nothing happens in the world today that unsettles his delicate disposition...........

The really interesting thing for me is that the Nets look really good in their two games with Harden at the helm. In principle no reason at all why Kyrie and Harden could not exist in the same team but egos may well suggest otherwise. KD has proved he can certainly play with either of them (or anyone really) but both of them? If you were to suggest Curry was very broadly a similar type of player to Kyrie (VERY BROADLY) then you would also have to concede Thompson is nothing like Harden!! He is a pure catch and shoot guy. A guy who can score 40 and barely dribble the ball. Both he and Curry are masters at moving without the ball. Kyrie and Harden are famed for what they do with the ball and their handling skills.
So I hope Kyrie comes back. It will be fascinating!

If you mean you would trade Kyrie to get those 3 Nets back then I would agree to some extent!
Certainly would look to trade Kyrie and get somebody who they need to bolster defensive end and rebounding.

I think Oladipo is an upgrade on an unhappy Harden.
With Wall fit and Boogie able to contribute along with the Woods being a revelation they are much less one dimensional and certainly the Rockets who remain from the Harden era must be enjoying the style of play more now.

I guess their ceiling is not as high as it was with Harden but they made the best out of it. As long as Wall and Cousins stay fit.

To be fair the Nets seem to be doing better than I thought. Harden seems to be very willing at present to play the point in the games I've seen. In fact as a team they have sometimes been guilty of over passing! I am sure that the egos will clash at some point and defensively they are not good! If they could flip Kyrie for what they really need the combo of Durant, Harden and the shooting of Harris looks a very potent combination.

Crazy days....

Been a long road for him but he deserves a shot and cannot do any worse!

I've a huge backlog of games to catch up on but have just taken a look at the standings and cannot believe how well the Knicks are doing and how badly the Pels and Mavs are doing. Dallas need a rethink. Doncic is a generational talent and they need to build around him. Unicorn is not really getting it done at the no 2 but would be a very good no 3.....If they don't get Luka some help they will break the boy!

So Kyrie wants to change the NBA logo to a silhouette of Kobe Bryant.
I have no issue with the league changing/updating the logo if they feel its appropriate.
From a marketing and brand recognition perspective I think it is risky. Perhaps they might consider that the publicity generated and the "general similarity" to the original logo would balance that out?

However my issue is with it being Kobe Bryant. Why not Jordan? Or Magic? Shaq? Iverson? Duncan? etc.etc.

I greatly admire Kobe the player and he did a remarkable job when he retired of rehabilitating his public persona. Watching some of the documentaries and reading more about him gave me a good new perspective on him as a truly fierce competitor (unlike Kyrie) with incredible work ethic, intelligence and savvy. He was no angel though (neither were the others I mention above) and for me his tragic death is not reason enough to do this or for him to be at the front of queue.......