#29 Kareem Hunt

What does Victor Wembanyama need to do to maximize his talent and skillset? — *For starters, let's take health and longevity out of the equation.* What does Victor Wembanyama most need to refine/improve about his game? For context: I watch the Spurs more than any other team. I love the collection of players: Keldon Johnson's energetic toughness, Fox's electric shiftiness and speed, Champagie's luscious shooting stroke and instinctive feel for the game, Kornet's unheralded regular impact, Castle's confidence and utilization of athleticism, Harper's outstanding ball-contr

Zach Lowe: "Duncan's above Kobe and has to be" — Above statement is from the recent "Best NBA Summer Arguments with Zach Lowe" on the BS Pod. Zach Lowe is universally lauded as the top analyst of the game today, yet I find him insufferable—not because he is wrong sometimes, but because his analysis often comes off as *prescriptive* (how X player/team ought to play) and is always couched behind a misleading veneer of objectivity and humility. Just read his [article](https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/28574908/kobe-bryant-greatness-was-beauti

Drawing NBA and NFL comparisons for this free agency — Peak offseason, but I had a few observations and parallels jump out to me after our flurry of July 1 activity. 1. The AFC and the NBA's Western conference are one in the same. Oddswise, OKC, Houston, Denver, and Minnesota, likely in that order, should be a favorite to win the championship if they made it to the Finals. Feels very similar to the Chiefs, Ravens, Bills, and Bengals/Texans all being on one side of the bracket. The last 3 seasons of MVPs have come from the teams listed above. In bo

How Luka sets up the final act of LeBron's Career (Long Post) — Holy crap, the Lakers traded Anthony Davis for Luka Doncic. I’ll say up front that any possible quibbles about the Luka trade can quickly be refuted by noting that the Lakers got Luka Doncic. They’ve got a franchise player for the next 10 years, fit questions be darned. I mean, there are some fit questions. If, on a very basic level, a team’s quality is (Offensive Efficiency-Defensive Efficiency), how are these Lakers supposed to win a championship with Doncic, Austin Reaves, and a 40-year old

A (Long) LeBron "Wish-List" — *I initially put this in* r/NBA *but it got TL;DRed -- hopefully y'all might enjoy it more. I did put a bunch of work into it, so hopefully it gets enjoyed.* I mean, this is insane. 22 years in the league, turning 40 this season, his own son plays on the team. It’s amazing he’s still in the NBA. It’s mind-boggling that, as we saw in the Olympics, he’s not that far off still being the best player in the NBA.  Still, one of the fascinating things about LeBron is that no matter how good he gets,

A LeBron "Wish List" and other basketball thoughts — I mean, this is insane. 22 years in the league, turning 40 this season, his own son plays on the team. It’s amazing he’s still in the NBA. It’s mind-boggling that, as we saw in the Olympics, he’s not that far off still being the best player in the NBA.  Still, one of the fascinating things about LeBron is that no matter how good he gets, it’s still possible to dream about him getting better. It’s clear at this point that “how long will LeBron want to keep doing this?” will become a relevant que

Adam Abdul-Jabbar, son of Kareem, sentenced to 6 months in jail for stabbing neighbor in the back of the head with hunting knife

Predicting the NBA in 5 years — Here is what I think the NBA will look like in 5 years, in the form of standings and playoffs predictions for the 2025-26 season. #East Expansion in 2025 brought Minnesota into the Eastern Conference. 1. **Charlotte Hornets (66-16)**: The emergence of LaMelo Ball as a superstar and the 2024 acquisition of Jayson Tatum have turned the Hornets into legitimate contenders for perhaps the first time in their franchise history. After a crushing ECF loss to the Hawks in 2025, the Hornets buzz out to

A quick review/timeline of the 20/21 NBA season and the important events that happened during the season. — 1. So called weak draft ending up with multiple NBA caliber players. LaMelo ball is good. Ant too. 2. Klay Thompson ruled out of the season with Achilles injury. 3. No big names in free agency day but still a lot of movement with guys like Ibaka, Grant, Crowder, Oubre. 4. Huge holiday trade that ended up being key to a chip and a hilarious botched trade involving Bogdan Bogdanavic 5. Chris Paul Trade makes the suns immediately a playoff quality team 6. Opening day massacre at Brooklyn by th

The Best Basketball Player Born in Each US State — Over 4000 NBA players were born in the United States, none are from Vermont. Let's look at the others. ​ \*Edit/extra info at the bottom\* ​ Alabama (87 players) All-Time: Charles Barkley (Leeds) - 22.1/11.7/3.9 (1984-2000) - The Round Mound of Rebound, the 1992-93 MVP, NBA analyst Charles Barkley finished his illustrious career as an 11 time All Star and currently is 6th in all time offensive rebounds, 20th in total rebounds, and 31st in points. Active: DeMarcus Cousins (Mob

If the NBA gave out NHL style awards for statistical leaders, who would they be named after? — The NHL give out awards for individual statistical leaders (most notably the Art Ross award for total points leader). If the NBA gave out similar awards, what stats would they be for and who would they be named after? If it was just the big 5 stats, here who I think they'd be named after: Points- Michael Jordan: Pretty self explanatory on this one. MJ is not only the all-time leader in points per game, but he won 10 scoring titles himself. Naming the award after the person that would have won

Collection of Kobe's articles he wrote for The Players' Tribune — [**Zero**](https://www.theplayerstribune.com/en-us/articles/kobe-passes-jordan) On Sunday night, Kobe Bryant passed Michael Jordan on the NBA’s all-time scoring list, moving into third place behind Karl Malone and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. After the game, Kobe sat down and wrote his thoughts on the historic moment... ---------------------------------------- [**OK**](https://www.theplayerstribune.com/en-us/articles/ok) - Video *"This is the moment I accept the most challenging times will always be

Collection of Kobe's articles he wrote for The Players' Tribune — [**Zero**](https://www.theplayerstribune.com/en-us/articles/kobe-passes-jordan) On Sunday night, Kobe Bryant passed Michael Jordan on the NBA’s all-time scoring list, moving into third place behind Karl Malone and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. After the game, Kobe sat down and wrote his thoughts on the historic moment... ---------------------------------------- [**OK**](https://www.theplayerstribune.com/en-us/articles/ok) - Video *"This is the moment I accept the most challenging times will always be

Unpopular opinion, but I do not care what a player does outside the league. — I always commend a player for doing the right thing, but that is kind of our duty/responsibility as human beings. If we were blessed or worked hard in life to become successful, we should give back to the community, though we do not have to. It is our personal choice. Now just stating that, I don't care what an athlete does in his own free time. I see so many posts by people saying "Oh this athlete did this, I have no respect for him left" or "Because he did this, he's not my favorite player an

What LeBron James gets wrong (about the NFL's slave mentality, and about crowning himself as the GOAT) — Ever since moving to Los Angeles full time, LeBron James has been making headlines for his stellar play and some questionable comments. Let's ignore the rap lyrics (because even as a Jewish person, I couldn't care less) and focus on the more substantive debates. **The NFL owners have a "slave mentality"** The comments: *"In the NFL they got a bunch of old white men owning teams, and they got that slave mentality.' And it's like, 'This is my team. You do what the fuck I tell y'all to do or we

Summary of all(most) drama of this season till date(?) — Disclaimer: I am your average /r/nba shitposter who don't read an article past headline, as per tradition. The only source of NBA news for me is this subreddit. It's hard for me to make coherent sentences so I copied title of submissions as is (please don't sue me). Last NBA season was filled with all kinds of drama, from "I don't want to here" to "Shut up and dribble", Sterling Brown's incident with police to ROY race and whole lot of big name moves in trades and Free Agencies. But this seaso

If Lebron had done what Kareem Hunt did, do you think the lakers would have waived him in a heartbeat? — I always wanted to know, someone of Lebrons stature and how much Revenue he generates, would nike and etc drop him from their brand without thinking.

Reflections from Portland — Some stuff from watching the game in Portland from the nosebleeds tonight. ​ 1) Lonzo was out shooting an hour before the game...his form looked pretty consistent, and he was bring the ball up with a lot less of that old swing-and-fling form. Still not pretty, but better looking than it was last year. 2) The energy in the first quarter was awesome. That Lebron dunk/Lillard dunk/Lebron dunks it again series was amazing.,,,when we get it going, teams won't be able to stop us, but its

Listing the League's Alpha Dogs by Era — I've read a lot of threads about who was the greatest after MJ and have been thinking about how the best player debate has changed and how the torch keeps getting passed. It's a debate that is too difficult to fathom, but an easier one might be: who owned the league at any point? Who was the player that first came to mind when you brought up an era? If anyone has any comments about which players dominated which eras, I'd love to hear them. Especially in the earlier years of the league. Essent