The Pump Fake

I just think being clutch and winnings championships are leading indicators of success not lagging. You can be 8’11” and 300lbs of muscle and no fat and look like megatron, but can you cash out with the game on the line consistently? That’s where Bron loses a little support on the top 5 convo, not because of the stats. He’s been a stat machine.

@espn @ESPNNBA It’s on.

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The Knicks are one win away from the throne 🏆 Will they finish the job in Game 5, or does San Antonio have something to say? 😤

@esidery Rockets are not getting Giannis bro lol

The Rockets can become involved as a Giannis Antetokounmpo facilitator to land Jaylen Brown. Houston could offer a deal centered around Jabari Smith Jr. and Reed Sheppard, along with picks via the Suns. Brown and Houston head coach Ime Udoka still have a close relationship.

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John Calipari on people blaming De’Aaron Fox for the Spurs losing Game 4: "Stop on De'Aaron Fox, he's playing with a high ankle sprain… probably shouldn't be playing. He would normally dunk that layup… if he would've dunked it, he's the hero..." via @dpshow

@TheDunkCentral DUN DUN DUN!!! Church organ playing

Scott Foster is the crew chief for tonight’s Game 5

@ClutchPoints @NBA What a guy, give the kid some credit. Doing his best. Still committing too many fouls though.

“Rookie year in the Finals? I don't know how much more kid in a candy shop it gets.” Carter Bryant is still in awe of playing in the NBA Finals 🔥 (via @NBA)

Is there any chance at the US making it far in the world cup?

@ShooterMcGavin Truer words have NEVER been spoken.

NBA needs to adopt these flopping reviews

@NBAHistory OG is clutch, but who will win game 5?

@NBATV @MJAcostaTV @TThompson @QRich This is a no brainer, spurs.

Who Wins Game 5? 🤔🏀 @MJAcostaTV, @TThompson, and @QRich make their Game 5 predictions ahead of a pivotal matchup in the NBA Finals.

@PaidnfullRah @MrChaseTalks @TheB0ssDon @LegionHoops Anyway. He stayed, won 2, retired a Laker. Yours had a TV special. Goodnight 🫡

@pumpfakeduh @MrChaseTalks @TheB0ssDon @LegionHoops Man compared a 28 year old to a 35 year old 😂 like at what point do yall not see the bs yall do

Isiah Thomas on former NBA players holding LeBron out of the top 5 players of all time: “Guys are jealous, they get envious…. They intentionally ignore the obvious. When you intentionally ignore the obvious it has to come back to jealousy, envy, or straight up BS. This man got every basketball record on the books, if he ain’t in your top 5, you’re full of sh*t” (via @RunItBackFDTV, h/t @NBA__Courtside)

We’ve now covered: Shaq carried him (wrong era), the roster was loaded (wrong year), LeBron never missed the playoffs (wrong twice), and now ‘it’s literally the same’ (it ended opposite). At some point this stops being a debate and starts being tutoring. I don’t do tutoring for free.

@pumpfakeduh @MrChaseTalks @TheB0ssDon @LegionHoops Kobe held a radio special begging to be traded!!!! Like it’s literally the same thing he told Stephen A "I would like to be traded, yeah... there's no other alternative”

Brother, the trade demand is WHY Pau and Artest are Lakers. 2007 roster: Smush, Kwame, rookie Bynum. Then the front office responded, traded for Pau in Feb 2008, and Kobe took that team to 3 straight Finals…….cmon gang You’re describing the fix as if it disproves the problem.

@pumpfakeduh @MrChaseTalks @TheB0ssDon @LegionHoops No Jeanie buss told him they not trading him that’s the truth. Stop doing that bs. And he had pau Ron Lamar Odom Bynum he had a team around him .

@BrandonDNVR Kobe Shaquille obv

Was Kareem and Magic or Kobe and Shaq the better duo?

@PaidnfullRah @MrChaseTalks @TheB0ssDon @LegionHoops LeBron missed the playoffs in 2019 and 2022 in LA. Kobe missed once, in 2005, on a roster the front office torched after trading Shaq. Both facts can be true: great players miss the playoffs when the roster is a disaster. Which was your argument for LeBron 30 seconds ago.

@pumpfakeduh @MrChaseTalks @TheB0ssDon @LegionHoops Why did Kobe play 60 games in his prime and miss the playoffs … I never seen Lebron miss the offs in his prime ever after year 3 he never played on a lottery pick team

True, and you know what Kobe did after the trade demand? Stayed, dragged fucking Smush and Kwameeeeeeee Brown to the playoffs, and won 2 rings. Meanwhile the guy you’re defending held a TV special to leave. If front-office drama counts against legacies now, The Decision enters the chat…..

@pumpfakeduh @MrChaseTalks @TheB0ssDon @LegionHoops What’s funny is Kobe missed playoffs in his prime went on the radio and begged to be traded. Lakers even tried to trade him for bron start of 07 season Cleveland said no. This is public information btw. Yall forgot all da bad shit with everybody but Lebron

@GatesRowesling @OgBuccs @JD5Better @LegionHoops Now you are just rage baiting hahah

@pumpfakeduh @OgBuccs @JD5Better @LegionHoops So jordan scoring titles don't matter since he led the league in field goal attempts every time?

@gar537 @nfnkalyan @LegionHoops Fair, his last-shot numbers in the playoffs are legit, I’ll give you that one. My case was never that he can’t hit a big shot. It’s that clutch over a career includes the Finals ledger, and 4-6 with 2011 on it is the gap between him and the guys above him.

@pumpfakeduh @nfnkalyan @LegionHoops

@PolymarketHoops Good on you! You’re not a soft shammy! You’re a hard shammy!

Shams claps back at people who were upset about him spoiling SGA as MVP and keeping quiet about Giannis news: “These people, have been on me for just doing the job for 13 months and now I’m not saying anything. I haven’t said a word. You see how that works, right?” 💀 (via @FoxSportsRadio, h/t @HeatCulture13)

@PaidnfullRah @MrChaseTalks @TheB0ssDon @LegionHoops Being the second-best player on a dynasty at 22 isn’t a flaw, it’s a head start. The test is what happens when the big man leaves. Kobe: 2 rings, 2 FMVPs, 3 straight Finals. Shaq post-Kobe: 1 ring as Wade’s sidekick. Funny how the legacy argument only runs one direction.

@pumpfakeduh @MrChaseTalks @TheB0ssDon @LegionHoops I said started his legacy. Learn how to read to comprehend. I never said Shaq carried either your words not mine. Nobody else in no goat convos went to da finals and was a sidekick mutiple years let alone 60% of the rings he won somebody else was da finals mvp.

@RTNBA @TheSteinLine Yupppppppp twolves here we come babyyyyyyy

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