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The Official 2020/21 NBA Thread
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Hater Hearst Helmsley
I AM THE GAME
I’m confident when the time comes we’ll get the best deal possible.
southsil4lil
We eat so many shrimp I got iodine poisoning
Morey loves Harden
Hot take
Harden gets traded to
Raptors
Heat (If Giannis signs the Supermax)
Hawks
Harden gets traded to
Raptors
Heat (If Giannis signs the Supermax)
Hawks
Hater Hearst Helmsley
I AM THE GAME
Yeah I don’t think he going to Brooklyn or Philly
Focal Point
Negusa Negast
Don't let @Jaemooms see this
harden running through all the rappers like a thot
#1hiphopjunki3
Go Spurs Go!!
southsil4lil
We eat so many shrimp I got iodine poisoning
End of an era
#1hiphopjunki3
Go Spurs Go!!
From Tony Parker’s book
At the time, I thought it was a good idea to do a third year in Paris, try to win the MVP award, and then think about leaving. But my agent, Mark Fleisher, called me and said, “No, you’re going to put your name in the NBA draft right now. You’ll be a first-round pick.”
It was a strategic decision. I told myself that if I did indeed enter my name in the draft, I would be selected at the end of the first round. Meaning I’d be drafted to a good team, since the worst NBA teams from the previous season get the highest draft picks. At the time, those teams preferred to play it safe and choose players who had just graduated from American universities rather than pick a European point guard. But if I waited another year and was, for example, MVP of the French national championships, I could be drafted in the lottery and find myself on a bad team.
At the time, I thought it was a good idea to do a third year in Paris, try to win the MVP award, and then think about leaving. But my agent, Mark Fleisher, called me and said, “No, you’re going to put your name in the NBA draft right now. You’ll be a first-round pick.”
It was a strategic decision. I told myself that if I did indeed enter my name in the draft, I would be selected at the end of the first round. Meaning I’d be drafted to a good team, since the worst NBA teams from the previous season get the highest draft picks. At the time, those teams preferred to play it safe and choose players who had just graduated from American universities rather than pick a European point guard. But if I waited another year and was, for example, MVP of the French national championships, I could be drafted in the lottery and find myself on a bad team.
My father and I had studied all of that. So, I decided it was better to be drafted at the end of the first round.
Being drafted at the top really wasn’t one of my goals. Not at all. Look at Frank Ntilikina. He was drafted eighth. He was a top French player and look what team he plays for. I didn’t want that. Being drafted by a good team at the end of the first round gives you a couple of years to make your way, like I did in Paris after Sciarra. I know the NBA history really well. I know how it works if you’re chosen at the top. It can take four years before being traded to a good team. That wasn’t for me. I play basketball to win titles and didn’t want to lose four or five years of my career.
Before the draft itself, I had to complete a whole series of workouts for clubs that were potentially interested in picking me. First in Seattle with the SuperSonics, who were looking for a replacement for Gary Payton. Then in Boston with the Celtics, who really wanted me and made me do a workout the night before the draft. There was Orlando, where the coach, Doc Rivers, took a liking to me, and also in the Bay Area with Golden State. These training sessions lasted at least two hours. You did all sorts of shots, in motion or still, and then you followed that up with one-on-one or two-on-two games. The franchise staff was there, often in their entirety. They analyzed everything, even your defense. Finally, they had you do a lot of strength exercises.
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Being drafted at the top really wasn’t one of my goals. Not at all. Look at Frank Ntilikina. He was drafted eighth. He was a top French player and look what team he plays for. I didn’t want that. Being drafted by a good team at the end of the first round gives you a couple of years to make your way, like I did in Paris after Sciarra. I know the NBA history really well. I know how it works if you’re chosen at the top. It can take four years before being traded to a good team. That wasn’t for me. I play basketball to win titles and didn’t want to lose four or five years of my career.
Before the draft itself, I had to complete a whole series of workouts for clubs that were potentially interested in picking me. First in Seattle with the SuperSonics, who were looking for a replacement for Gary Payton. Then in Boston with the Celtics, who really wanted me and made me do a workout the night before the draft. There was Orlando, where the coach, Doc Rivers, took a liking to me, and also in the Bay Area with Golden State. These training sessions lasted at least two hours. You did all sorts of shots, in motion or still, and then you followed that up with one-on-one or two-on-two games. The franchise staff was there, often in their entirety. They analyzed everything, even your defense. Finally, they had you do a lot of strength exercises.
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Tony Parker: Beyond all of my dreams
Excerpted from Tony Parker: Beyond All of My Dreams, published on November 17, 2020 by Triumph Books. You can buy this book on Amazon here. In the end, during that second Parisian year, we had a go…
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Tim3ismoney
Member
Meek blowing that man phone up to join the 76ers ?
Already posted lol
Hater Hearst Helmsley
I AM THE GAME
Damn Tony say he ain’t wanna play for a shitty team lmao
Smart move.
Smart move.
Lonzo isn't better than anyone pictured here
Dwayne
Not Like Us
Predicts
toheeb27
OG
He actually plays defense.