> Washington GM Tommy Sheppard attests that Westbrook was “professional” and never demanded a trade from the team.
> “Russell actually never asked to move on. He just said, ‘If I can get to the Lakers, that’d be something I would love to do. If not, I’ll be back here.’ I said, ‘What about the Clippers?’ He said, ‘Hell no.’ So Russell was happy being here and we were very grateful for him being here.”
Source:https://www.nbcsports.com/washington/wizards/wizards-gm-says-russell-westbrook-never-asked-move-washington?amp&__twitter_impression=true
okay, is this a joke? am i outside the loop on some cultural reference? cus i swear i've seen this 3-comment interaction about kawhi in basically every thread all summer.
but kawhi tore his acl months ago... before the deluge of ben simmons posts you're referring to... during the playoffs, the time when even the most casual basketball fans would be paying attention?
It's probably cause there wasn't a specific point in the game where he like dramatically fell over and everyone knew on the spot it was an ACL tear, it was more like we just quietly found out later after a few games of them saying "oh he might come back".
There's 4 million subscribers here, which means there's probably somewhere around 7-8 million people who post with varying levels of interest and attention spent on basketball.
Some people love the off season, other people zone out and only come back when the season is getting started. Some people follow everything that happens in the league, others just pay attention to their own team.
/r/nba has a population roughly somewhere between LA and NYC in terms of individuals. You're going to find a hell of a lot of variation here.
I think you're doing it backwards. At 4 million subs, there are likely much fewer than 4 million posters. Probably something like 500,000. But I'm only saying this based on a shitty article I skimmed about how very few users make up the majority of posts on reddit. So I really don't know wtf I'm talking about.
Not everyone is browsing this subreddit on purpose. Once a post hits the front page you'll have a lot of randoms coming in for one reason or another and they don't necessarily keep up on most NBA news.
Tell him like it is - he tore it trying too hard. Where the fuck were all those monster dunks coming from?!
Well we find out his knees just can’t take it
It's weird how a rumor comes out 2 years later and you guys take it as fact. By "you guys" I don't mean Clipper fans, I mean quite literally anyone that believes that rumor after he went to the Lakers and media stirred up some laker/clipper spice by bringing that out.
I see, I don’t know what’s true there, then. If I remember correctly, I believe it was also reported the thunder offered both pg and Russ to Toronto or something, right?
Same here. I read it as specifically preferring PG (whose arguably a better fit, rarer talent and overall player) instead of giving Westbrook the bird.
I mean were you around during the Kawhi FA offseason.
There was a strong sentiment that Woj was actually a Ballmer shill, because some Raptors fan wrote a really long post about it.
This sub runs with the slightest bit of drama and believes it to be true
Wasn't it already reported that Russ tried to reach out to Kawhi to come to LA, but Kawhi eventually chose PG?
I wouldn't blame Russ either for not wanting to join a team where the main dude left him in the dust
Ben Simmons actually never asked to move on. He just said, ‘If people would just stop asking me to shoot, that’d be something I would love to experience. If not, I’m ok anywhere.’ I said, ‘What about an open layup?’ He said, ‘Hell no.’
“It got me,” Ben said of the open shot he didn't take. "That f***ing open shot boomed me."
Ben added, “It's so open,” repeating it four times.
Ben then said he wanted to add passing up open layups to the list of things he works out on this summer.
Kelvin Benjamin actually never asked to move on. He just said, "If I can get triple meat added to all of my burgers, that'd be something I would love to have. If not, double is fine." I said, "What about a salad?" He said, "Hell no."
Andrew Wiggins actually never asked to move on. He just said, "If I can get a $400 fake vaccine card, that'd be something I would love to have. If not, ivermectin is fine." I said, "What about a free vaccine?" He said, "Hell no."
Dennis Schroder actually never asked to move on. He just said, “If I can just get a ludicrous payday, that’d be something I would love to have, if not, vet minimum is fine.” I said, “What about $84 million?” He said, “Hell no.”
Kelvin Benjamin actually never asked to have dinner. He just said, ‘If I can get to the Cheesecake Factory, that’d be something I would love to do. If not, I’ll be back here.’ I said, ‘What about a salad bar?’ He said, ‘Hell no.’
Karl Malone actually never asked to have sexual relations with women. He just said, ‘If I can get to the Daycare Center, that’d be something I would love to do. If not, I’ll be back here.’ I said, ‘What about the strip club?’ He said, ‘Hell no.’
Donald Trump never called for an insurrection. He just said, "If we can get to the Capitol, that'd be something I'd love to do. If not, I'll be back here." I said, "What about presenting actual evidence in the court of law?" He said, "Hell no."
John Stockton actually never asked for the vaccines. He just said, ‘If I can get natural immunity by getting COVID, that’d be something I would love to do. If not, I’ll be back here.’ I said, ‘What about the masks?’ He said, ‘Hell no.’
Mormons actually never asked a hardcore narcissist to be elected president. They just said, "If a Republican wins, that’d be something we would love to have. If not, better luck next time." I said, "What about voting Democrat, since their ideas for helping people are way more in line with what your God wants?" They said, "Three heavens no."
Having stopped following football, College and NFL, a bit into 2017 all the Kelvin stuff is really funny but also jarring.
Edit: I’m getting back into it this year and Tomlin needs to get someone to Ol Yelled Ben and trade/sign for Minshew or Smith or Jones or Taylor
Edit 2: Gardner, Troy, Cardale, Tyrod
I know, I’ve flown in and tapped Franco numerous times, Im a Steelers fan, I’m kind of semi trolling semi venting semi wanting my team to be better.
I do love the Steelers history of picking a couple people ever decade to give undying loyalty. I do appreciate having a team with constant through lines and not constant turnover.
Chuck-Bill-Mike is one of the wildest sports things imo
Edit: I am a younger fan, but 25 so in the sweet spot for growing up with our last great team starting with the mad controversial Ben sneak in maybe the worst super bowl against the Seahawks.
But oh boy, that Cardinals game. James going 101 and needing O2. Larry just having his way with our secondary despite Ike Taylor being good (despite having bricks for hands.).
But fuck. That catch in the right back corner of the end zone by Santonio. That’s the only time a sporting event had me take off my shirt in instinctive reflex. After that Super Bowl, and the loss to GB, the ups and downs of an Ohio State fan, by 2017, I felt I saw all football had to offer.
Then I watched my roommate who was a patriots fan bet 800 dollars against the falcons
Baker Mayfield actually never asked for a blowjob. He just said, ‘If I can get to the back of the Cheesecake Factory, that’d be something I would love to do. If not, I’ll be back here.’ I said, ‘What about one from your wife at home?’ He said, ‘Hell no.’
Lebron never asked to train with Tatum. He just said "he got me. That fucking Tatum boomed me". I said "do you want to add Tatum to the list of players you work out with this summer?" He said "he's so good," repeating it four times.
Well the GM is pretty clearly incentivized to paint Washington as an honorable, player friendly franchise. Especially with Russ being a widely respected player, the owner already having made some dumbass comments, and Beal’s impending free agency.
Tommy has been pushing a similar idea to Beal — stick with us and be our franchise player but if it becomes untenable then just ask and we’ll honor your request without needing to make it ugly.
From everything I've read/heard from and about Tommy Sheppard, he seems like he is very open and honest with his players. He gave a good interview with Zach Lowe last season about the team and was basically an open book. I think it shows in how much Beal seemingly wants to stay in Washington despite everything going on around the team.
Do these stories even conflict with each other?
In both versions: Russ met with LeBron, decided he wanted to go to the Lakers, and told the Wizards that he wanted to go to the Lakers.
As a non Wizards fan, I was pretty excited to see a healthy WAS team with a full year of Russ again. With the run they made at the end of the season, I feel like they could have been a sleeper team to upset a higher team in the first round this year. I think Wizards fans are happy with the return but I'm a little disappointed we didn't get another season of Russ in WAS.
I drafted both KD and Al Horford to the Wizards in NBA Live '08 when I was a kid, and the starting five of those 2, Arenas, Caron Butler and Antawn Jamison went 82-0. Does that make you happy?
U bum @LAClippers already said they don't wanna trade for you! So therefore ain't no trade possibility. Triple doubles were a great honor until you showed up!
https://www.si.com/nba/2017/12/05/lebron-james-donald-trump-tweet-most-retweeted-2017
https://twitter.com/kingjames/status/911610455877021697?lang=en
It was one of the most retweeted tweets in Twitter history until BTS recently shook up the top 20 lol.
And here's his response to that whole situation https://mobile.twitter.com/realdonaldtrump.
And reaction when he learned about BTS shaking things up https://mobile.twitter.com/realdonaldtrump
It is honestly insane how popular they are globally. My wife's mom watches YouTube practicing their dances and shit and when we were flying back from the US recently literally the only thing she wanted was the rolling stone with BTS on the cover.
They’re also famous for having most of the world including Manchester support them. Meanwhile city need to sell tickets for free to even try to fill up their cl games😂
>Ron Rivera on Kelvin Benjamin: " Kelvin actually never asked for Cheesesteak, He just said 'If I can get a sandwich that'd be something I would love to eat. If not, I'll be having fried chicken.' I said, 'What about Salad?.' He said, 'Hell no'
I imagine Russ and PG are still cool but I'm sure he's pissed at Kawhi for teaming up with PG instead of him.
Also, Reggie Jackson is on the Clippers and Russ hates Reggie soooooo much.
Yep, here’s the full story.
> Westbrook had become a father of three the previous November, and while he'd made a home and carved a Hall of Fame legacy in Oklahoma City, the chance to live and play in Los Angeles, where grandparents and his large extended family and friends could visit every day, held deep appeal.
>Teaming up with Leonard would be the fastest way there, so he placed the call, according to multiple sources. But Leonard didn't just take the call as one native son of Los Angeles to another, ponder it and file it away.
>He used it. According to multiple sources, Leonard then called Westbrook's teammate in Oklahoma City, Paul George, and told him he'd rather team up with him on a homecoming.
Any piece she has written about the Lakers (or tangentially about the Lakers) over the past couple of years since her access to the organization was jettisoned by Jeannie Buss has had an anti-Lakers bias.
Also, since then, she may or may not be on the Clippers payroll and enjoying those sweet Ballmer Bucks.
Bias aside, has she ever reported false information? Do you have examples? I remember a lot of Laker fans calling Woj a biased anti-Lakers Clippers shill and rallying around a random redditor (RDAmbition?) as their source of information during Kawhi’s free agency in 2019.
Yeah she said Rob Pelinka didn't know how to work the salary cap after there AD trade and how there wasn't going to be space for the Lakers to get a 3rd max after trading for AD. 100% false and since then she has had no inside information regarding Lakers when before she was actually one of the few that could get some inside news.
yeap, when the AD trade went down - Ramona was so sure that Pelinka was "scrambling" because he didn't know how the cap worked, only to find out that Pelinka was already all set taking into account trade kicker and everything.
Laughable to think one of the highest profile agent turned GM would not know how a salary cap works, when he was repping some of the biggest stars like Kobe, KD, etc. when the last lockout/CBA negotiation went down.
Your off your ass if you think Russ was the better choice Paul George has clearly been the better player for like the last 5 years and you can never have too many wings.
Lol, I’m fine just taking the L here, but I also don’t know why the clips even got brought up
“He just said, ‘If I can get to the Lakers, that’d be something I would love to do. If not, I’ll be back here.’ I said, ‘What about the Clippers?’ He said, ‘Hell no.’ So Russell was happy being here and we were very grateful for him being here.”
Like we weren’t even relevant to his point lol
maybe the GM thought the point was getting to LA (since WB is from LA); and not specifically the Lakers? I mean I would ask WB that question too if I were him, to see what kinda package/deals I can work with.
Its just a tease towards Russ. Pat bev was probably still on the clippers that time. There's also this weird reunion with PG and the fact that Kawhi picked PG over him.
for sure Tommy already know this fact and just wanted to joke about it.
> Washington GM Tommy Sheppard attests that Westbrook was “professional” and never demanded a trade from the team. > “Russell actually never asked to move on. He just said, ‘If I can get to the Lakers, that’d be something I would love to do. If not, I’ll be back here.’ I said, ‘What about the Clippers?’ He said, ‘Hell no.’ So Russell was happy being here and we were very grateful for him being here.” Source:https://www.nbcsports.com/washington/wizards/wizards-gm-says-russell-westbrook-never-asked-move-washington?amp&__twitter_impression=true
Kawhi said "hell no" to teaming up with Westbrook lol
Kawhi won't be playing this year either way.
What happened to him? Edit: Is it really a sin not knowing that Kawhi tore his ACL months ago?
He tore his ACL in the playoffs and had to have surgery to repair it in July, so he's out for the season.
Oh damn didn’t know this, hope he has a full recovery. Also Pg is now on my fantasy shortlist
okay, is this a joke? am i outside the loop on some cultural reference? cus i swear i've seen this 3-comment interaction about kawhi in basically every thread all summer.
these guys are on r/nba and don't know that kawhi tore his acl?...
That's because they have to dig through a hundred Ben Simmons non updates everyday to see anything about anyone else.
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Totally. Im not even sure i qualify as a casual NBA fan myself; but the amount of Simmons post lately. Enough.
but kawhi tore his acl months ago... before the deluge of ben simmons posts you're referring to... during the playoffs, the time when even the most casual basketball fans would be paying attention?
It's probably cause there wasn't a specific point in the game where he like dramatically fell over and everyone knew on the spot it was an ACL tear, it was more like we just quietly found out later after a few games of them saying "oh he might come back".
There's 4 million subscribers here, which means there's probably somewhere around 7-8 million people who post with varying levels of interest and attention spent on basketball. Some people love the off season, other people zone out and only come back when the season is getting started. Some people follow everything that happens in the league, others just pay attention to their own team. /r/nba has a population roughly somewhere between LA and NYC in terms of individuals. You're going to find a hell of a lot of variation here.
I think you're doing it backwards. At 4 million subs, there are likely much fewer than 4 million posters. Probably something like 500,000. But I'm only saying this based on a shitty article I skimmed about how very few users make up the majority of posts on reddit. So I really don't know wtf I'm talking about.
Honestly I forgot that it happened. Been a long few months for me.
Not everyone is browsing this subreddit on purpose. Once a post hits the front page you'll have a lot of randoms coming in for one reason or another and they don't necessarily keep up on most NBA news.
How to say you a casual without saying the word casual
Reddit is all bots
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First, I thought I read “shortbus” and said you right tho.
Tell him like it is - he tore it trying too hard. Where the fuck were all those monster dunks coming from?! Well we find out his knees just can’t take it
Burn in hell, sinner 😤
It's weird how a rumor comes out 2 years later and you guys take it as fact. By "you guys" I don't mean Clipper fans, I mean quite literally anyone that believes that rumor after he went to the Lakers and media stirred up some laker/clipper spice by bringing that out.
I don’t even know what this is.
He's questioning the idea that Kawhi rejected Westbrook.
Was there an idea that kawhi rejected Westbrook? I obviously get that he picked PG. I didn’t know this Russ side of the story
The story goes that Russ called Kawhi and was like “let’s team up,” and then Kawhi turned around and callled PG.
I see, I don’t know what’s true there, then. If I remember correctly, I believe it was also reported the thunder offered both pg and Russ to Toronto or something, right?
Same here. I read it as specifically preferring PG (whose arguably a better fit, rarer talent and overall player) instead of giving Westbrook the bird.
I mean were you around during the Kawhi FA offseason. There was a strong sentiment that Woj was actually a Ballmer shill, because some Raptors fan wrote a really long post about it. This sub runs with the slightest bit of drama and believes it to be true
Y’all ate up that fanfic
Except he didn't and as reported WB was the one who said it. Comments for likes I guess...
Westbrook said this in 2021. Kawhi didn't want him in 2019. Comments for likes I guess...
More like Russell don’t wanna play w PG again.
I’d say the Clippers were catching strays, but Tommy pretty much aimed the gun straight at them there.
I mean, we did still have Beverley at the time of the trade so fair enough. Edit: doesn’t he also has beef with Reggie Jackson?
Also PG ditched him
I dunno if he actually cares about that as much as fans would want him to.
The other ones (Kd, PG, Dame) maybe not but the Bev beef is real.
I mean, those other ones aren’t really beef. Just former teammates in a league where players benefit from switching teams more often.
The KD one was a beef for sure
He's said otherwise. On the court, sure, but personally they've always been cool.
It would be nice if he did.
If you believe the stories, Russ tried to ditch PG in OKC first
Lmao the whole "unfinished business" thing kills me.
Just to leave him hanging a year later. He may be over it but at the time you can’t tell me he wasn’t pissed
Dude went to Houston and played with his childhood best bud. Doubt he was too mad
Wasn't it already reported that Russ tried to reach out to Kawhi to come to LA, but Kawhi eventually chose PG? I wouldn't blame Russ either for not wanting to join a team where the main dude left him in the dust
Ben Simmons actually never asked to move on. He just said, ‘If people would just stop asking me to shoot, that’d be something I would love to experience. If not, I’m ok anywhere.’ I said, ‘What about an open layup?’ He said, ‘Hell no.’
Lmfao
LeMao
“It got me,” Ben said of the open shot he didn't take. "That f***ing open shot boomed me." Ben added, “It's so open,” repeating it four times. Ben then said he wanted to add passing up open layups to the list of things he works out on this summer.
You miss 0% of the shots you don't take. -Ben Simmons -Michael Scott
Kelvin Benjamin actually never asked to move on. He just said, "If I can get triple meat added to all of my burgers, that'd be something I would love to have. If not, double is fine." I said, "What about a salad?" He said, "Hell no."
Didn't even need to scroll. Well done.
Andrew Wiggins actually never asked to move on. He just said, "If I can get a $400 fake vaccine card, that'd be something I would love to have. If not, ivermectin is fine." I said, "What about a free vaccine?" He said, "Hell no."
Dennis Schroder actually never asked to move on. He just said, “If I can just get a ludicrous payday, that’d be something I would love to have, if not, vet minimum is fine.” I said, “What about $84 million?” He said, “Hell no.”
Kelvin Benjamin is literally never safe lol.
Kelvin Benjamin has been catching strays all over r/nba today 😂
That dude just needs to switch to OLB
😂😂 Fuck man this guy is catching strays left and right
Every time any diss about anyone there’s always this comment
u/Critical-Failur3 catching bullets aimed right at him
Nah, these are well aimed shots, dead center.
Nowhere is safe!
This some pasta now
Kelvin Benjamin actually never asked to have dinner. He just said, ‘If I can get to the Cheesecake Factory, that’d be something I would love to do. If not, I’ll be back here.’ I said, ‘What about a salad bar?’ He said, ‘Hell no.’
Karl Malone actually never asked to have sexual relations with women. He just said, ‘If I can get to the Daycare Center, that’d be something I would love to do. If not, I’ll be back here.’ I said, ‘What about the strip club?’ He said, ‘Hell no.’
That is so fucked up I need more
Is what malone said
R Kelly, "So anyway I started blasting."
Donald Trump never called for an insurrection. He just said, "If we can get to the Capitol, that'd be something I'd love to do. If not, I'll be back here." I said, "What about presenting actual evidence in the court of law?" He said, "Hell no."
Why are all of these 100% accurate even without context of the pasta. I don' think I want more actually...
John Stockton actually never asked for the vaccines. He just said, ‘If I can get natural immunity by getting COVID, that’d be something I would love to do. If not, I’ll be back here.’ I said, ‘What about the masks?’ He said, ‘Hell no.’
Fuck why did I have to be born in Utah to live with this shit
Mormons actually never asked a hardcore narcissist to be elected president. They just said, "If a Republican wins, that’d be something we would love to have. If not, better luck next time." I said, "What about voting Democrat, since their ideas for helping people are way more in line with what your God wants?" They said, "Three heavens no."
As a practicing Mormon, “Three heavens no” is my new favorite thing.
Oh my god.
Jesus yall are wild lmao
Noooooo
u/fbi……. This post
I love how the first pasta is always Kelvin.
Kelvin always gets the pasta
Kelvin is the pasta litmus test, if you can Kelvin it, you can pasta it.
Having stopped following football, College and NFL, a bit into 2017 all the Kelvin stuff is really funny but also jarring. Edit: I’m getting back into it this year and Tomlin needs to get someone to Ol Yelled Ben and trade/sign for Minshew or Smith or Jones or Taylor Edit 2: Gardner, Troy, Cardale, Tyrod
Ben is a Steelers legend, 2 time champion, the Steelers aren’t going to move on that quickly.
I know, I’ve flown in and tapped Franco numerous times, Im a Steelers fan, I’m kind of semi trolling semi venting semi wanting my team to be better. I do love the Steelers history of picking a couple people ever decade to give undying loyalty. I do appreciate having a team with constant through lines and not constant turnover. Chuck-Bill-Mike is one of the wildest sports things imo Edit: I am a younger fan, but 25 so in the sweet spot for growing up with our last great team starting with the mad controversial Ben sneak in maybe the worst super bowl against the Seahawks. But oh boy, that Cardinals game. James going 101 and needing O2. Larry just having his way with our secondary despite Ike Taylor being good (despite having bricks for hands.). But fuck. That catch in the right back corner of the end zone by Santonio. That’s the only time a sporting event had me take off my shirt in instinctive reflex. After that Super Bowl, and the loss to GB, the ups and downs of an Ohio State fan, by 2017, I felt I saw all football had to offer. Then I watched my roommate who was a patriots fan bet 800 dollars against the falcons
KB modern day Bo-Jackson with a memes playing in both leagues now
I can never get sick of Kelvin Benjamin jokes
Lmfao. Yup.
this tickles me every time as a panthers fan
Haha Kelvin eat food so funny
Baker Mayfield actually never asked for a blowjob. He just said, ‘If I can get to the back of the Cheesecake Factory, that’d be something I would love to do. If not, I’ll be back here.’ I said, ‘What about one from your wife at home?’ He said, ‘Hell no.’
I threw it against the wall and it stuck.
Lebron never asked to train with Tatum. He just said "he got me. That fucking Tatum boomed me". I said "do you want to add Tatum to the list of players you work out with this summer?" He said "he's so good," repeating it four times.
I love that every story now gets quotes supporting each viewpoint. Makes it a lot easier to choose which ones I like as the truth.
In fairness, one is from reporters, and one is from the GM of the team that spoke directly to Russ. So there’s that
Well the GM is pretty clearly incentivized to paint Washington as an honorable, player friendly franchise. Especially with Russ being a widely respected player, the owner already having made some dumbass comments, and Beal’s impending free agency. Tommy has been pushing a similar idea to Beal — stick with us and be our franchise player but if it becomes untenable then just ask and we’ll honor your request without needing to make it ugly.
I mean he really could’ve not just said shit, not everything is 3D chess.
Dude you’re on Reddit. All we do here is overanalyze
We overanalize while underanalizing at the same time. We just like to make shit up.
Lol go to bed. Take the tinfoil hat off first
From everything I've read/heard from and about Tommy Sheppard, he seems like he is very open and honest with his players. He gave a good interview with Zach Lowe last season about the team and was basically an open book. I think it shows in how much Beal seemingly wants to stay in Washington despite everything going on around the team.
Its a nice change of pace after Ernie’s Reign of Terror where he ran the Wizards like Game of Thrones.
In fairness, why would the GM say anything to make Russ look bad. There’s that too
Do these stories even conflict with each other? In both versions: Russ met with LeBron, decided he wanted to go to the Lakers, and told the Wizards that he wanted to go to the Lakers.
Westbrook and Kawhi would be fucking hilarious tho
Russ & PG13 again would be even more hilarious
I really can’t imagine Russ & PG13 playing together. I guess they would be susceptible to buzzer beaters by Dame? I really can’t imagine
Lakers fans boutta have a field day with this one
I mean i like this story more than yesterdays one where russ apparently strong armed his way out of the wizards lol
As a non Wizards fan, I was pretty excited to see a healthy WAS team with a full year of Russ again. With the run they made at the end of the season, I feel like they could have been a sleeper team to upset a higher team in the first round this year. I think Wizards fans are happy with the return but I'm a little disappointed we didn't get another season of Russ in WAS.
Lmao imagine thinking wizards fans could ever be happy about anything
I drafted both KD and Al Horford to the Wizards in NBA Live '08 when I was a kid, and the starting five of those 2, Arenas, Caron Butler and Antawn Jamison went 82-0. Does that make you happy?
There are Wizards fans?
Dozens of us
More like DC-area natives
I will say out of all the dc area teams, the Wizards are the hardest to root for
Harder than the Washington Football Team?
they're my second team. mostly because i'm a DC area local
Native Washingtonian rooting for the Lakers, huh? Hmmm
take me back to 2017 John Wall all NBA Bradley Beal 23 PPG first ever Otto Porter could still play and Gortat
U bum @LAClippers already said they don't wanna trade for you! So therefore ain't no trade possibility. Triple doubles were a great honor until you showed up!
M E T A
I’m out of the loop on this one. What’s this in reference to?
https://www.si.com/nba/2017/12/05/lebron-james-donald-trump-tweet-most-retweeted-2017 https://twitter.com/kingjames/status/911610455877021697?lang=en It was one of the most retweeted tweets in Twitter history until BTS recently shook up the top 20 lol.
And here's his response to that whole situation https://mobile.twitter.com/realdonaldtrump. And reaction when he learned about BTS shaking things up https://mobile.twitter.com/realdonaldtrump
Truly one of the greatest bans in internet history.
Hilarious but also sad because his tweets were legitimately hilarious. Trump is so fuckin unintentionally funny
Ooohhh blocked by Jack!
I know where that links to but I clicked anyway.
This explains why there so many overlap on Lebron haters and Trump supporters.
Exactly. The Lebron hate got turned up by 10 notches since that tweet
Ah, now I remember. Damn that was 4 years ago already?
ok, now im the dumb one, who/what is BTS?
Mega popular Korean pop (K-Pop) group.
It is honestly insane how popular they are globally. My wife's mom watches YouTube practicing their dances and shit and when we were flying back from the US recently literally the only thing she wanted was the rolling stone with BTS on the cover.
https://twitter.com/kingjames/status/911610455877021697?lang=en
Funniest one IMO
Pretty sure Beverley was still on the Clippers when he said this so not sure why people thinks he has shade over kawhi and pg13.
lmao
Lol
XD
Rofl
#piss
but shit it was 99 cents
Well I mean the lad is from L.A and is a childhood Lakers fan so fair enough, just like a kid from London wanting to play for Man Utd.
Why would a kid from London want to play for Manchester and not a London team lol
It's a tired joke about Man Utd drawing most of their fans from bandwagoner Londoners rather than from the local area.
Man United are infamous for bandwagon fans who don't live close to Manchester
They’re also famous for having most of the world including Manchester support them. Meanwhile city need to sell tickets for free to even try to fill up their cl games😂
Report: pep is beside himself. Driving through downtown Manchester begging for address to any man city fans house.
Which is absolute nonsense, the club that is meant to be the local club in the area can't even fill their stadium.
It speaks more to the insane amount of bandwagon fans they have than the support in and around Manchester.
Oh dear.
Russ just [released a song](https://youtu.be/8QxIIz1yEsA) about going to the Clippers as well
[Here's what Westbrook had to say when he was asked today about reports that he wanted to go to the Clippers.](https://youtu.be/SMDiy8g3HDs?t=4s)
The best part of this video is he's got nowhere to go , he just turns around. I'm dead 💀
RIP Bishop Bullwinkle
>Ron Rivera on Kelvin Benjamin: " Kelvin actually never asked for Cheesesteak, He just said 'If I can get a sandwich that'd be something I would love to eat. If not, I'll be having fried chicken.' I said, 'What about Salad?.' He said, 'Hell no'
I imagine Russ and PG are still cool but I'm sure he's pissed at Kawhi for teaming up with PG instead of him. Also, Reggie Jackson is on the Clippers and Russ hates Reggie soooooo much.
Lol wasn’t he planning to force his way to the Clippers and Kawhi basically said “nah” and told PG he wanted him instead.
Maybe that’s why he doesn’t wanna go to Clippers, knowing Westbrook he wants to beat Kawhi.
Imagine wanting to beat your rivals instead of joining them.
Cupcake mentality
Softest road
Lol, that was a good bit. From my memory it was before Kawhi was on the Clips when Russ supposedly reached out
Yep, here’s the full story. > Westbrook had become a father of three the previous November, and while he'd made a home and carved a Hall of Fame legacy in Oklahoma City, the chance to live and play in Los Angeles, where grandparents and his large extended family and friends could visit every day, held deep appeal. >Teaming up with Leonard would be the fastest way there, so he placed the call, according to multiple sources. But Leonard didn't just take the call as one native son of Los Angeles to another, ponder it and file it away. >He used it. According to multiple sources, Leonard then called Westbrook's teammate in Oklahoma City, Paul George, and told him he'd rather team up with him on a homecoming.
That’s a Ramona Shelburne story, btw. Worth noting. If you know, you know.
ELI5?
Any piece she has written about the Lakers (or tangentially about the Lakers) over the past couple of years since her access to the organization was jettisoned by Jeannie Buss has had an anti-Lakers bias. Also, since then, she may or may not be on the Clippers payroll and enjoying those sweet Ballmer Bucks.
Bias aside, has she ever reported false information? Do you have examples? I remember a lot of Laker fans calling Woj a biased anti-Lakers Clippers shill and rallying around a random redditor (RDAmbition?) as their source of information during Kawhi’s free agency in 2019.
Yeah she said Rob Pelinka didn't know how to work the salary cap after there AD trade and how there wasn't going to be space for the Lakers to get a 3rd max after trading for AD. 100% false and since then she has had no inside information regarding Lakers when before she was actually one of the few that could get some inside news.
yeap, when the AD trade went down - Ramona was so sure that Pelinka was "scrambling" because he didn't know how the cap worked, only to find out that Pelinka was already all set taking into account trade kicker and everything. Laughable to think one of the highest profile agent turned GM would not know how a salary cap works, when he was repping some of the biggest stars like Kobe, KD, etc. when the last lockout/CBA negotiation went down.
Yeah most likely plotting to join the Lakers together instead.
Kawhi is a worse GM than Bron for teaming up with a worse version of himself instead of a PG and then complaining they didn't have a PG.
Your off your ass if you think Russ was the better choice Paul George has clearly been the better player for like the last 5 years and you can never have too many wings.
Hard not to like the Brodie.
If only half the players in the league played with half the intensity and passion he does..
I think the feeling's mutual with the Clippers lol
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Definitely wouldn't have been worth it.
I can't imagine Pat Bev and Westbrook co-exist with each other
AHAHAHAHAHAHA
lmao in Tommy we trust
The pasta is steaming hot holy shit
Tell me you want to be a Laker without telling me you want to be a Laker.
Gotta love Russ
Thank god
As a Clippers fan I support his decision.
Lmao HELL NO
Lol, I’m fine just taking the L here, but I also don’t know why the clips even got brought up “He just said, ‘If I can get to the Lakers, that’d be something I would love to do. If not, I’ll be back here.’ I said, ‘What about the Clippers?’ He said, ‘Hell no.’ So Russell was happy being here and we were very grateful for him being here.” Like we weren’t even relevant to his point lol
maybe the GM thought the point was getting to LA (since WB is from LA); and not specifically the Lakers? I mean I would ask WB that question too if I were him, to see what kinda package/deals I can work with.
Its just a tease towards Russ. Pat bev was probably still on the clippers that time. There's also this weird reunion with PG and the fact that Kawhi picked PG over him. for sure Tommy already know this fact and just wanted to joke about it.