Hoosierfan2017

Bird only played 13 seasons. Magic played 12.5. Thomas played 13. Players today are playing longer than that. Vincer Carter just finished season 19. Kobe played 20. Paul Pierced played 19 years. LeBron is on year 14. Kevin Garnett played 21 years.

Revisionist history. 30 years from now people will be saying the same thing about this group of players. It's easy to remember the good times without acknowledging that there were bad ones too.

The shoes really aren't even that cool.. I probably wouldn't wear them if they were free.

Players today take care of their bodies far better than the players of the past. They realize that going full throttle 100% of the time leads to shortened careers.

Draymond was nut punching back in college? I didn't remember that, but I'm not surprised in the slightest.

It's definitely ironic he's the one saying something about it haha.

Dang I actually agree with Draymond Green on something. http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/19338242/golden-state-warriors-draymond-green-kelly-olynyk-boston-celtics-dirty-player

Aaron Hernandez's murder conviction was thrown out today.

Doesn't Archie use 3 guard lineups? Newkirk and Green will both likely start.

Dudes leaving college early for the D League... That's wild. Sure they get "paid" but the D League lifestyle sucks. Imo playing at a school like IU would be preferable to being in the D League. If you can go overseas and make several hundred thousand then by all means go get your money, but the D League.. Nahhh. I have to wonder how much development actually happens down there. All the players are looking to shine to get a call up so there probably isn't much semblance of team basketball. It's every man for himself there.

Where would he go? He didn't graduate.

I think we could be a sweet 16 team next year. At the very least we'll be a tournament team. Im really excited to see what Archie can do with this bunch.

Blackmon officially announced he's leaving on Instagram. I wish he was coming back, but I wish him the best. Hopefully he can have some sort of a career while his knees still allow it.

Dude. Kevin Durant, the second best player in the world, went to the 73 win Golden State Warriors in the offseason. It took everything LeBron had in the Finals last year to beat them, and after they add Durant he's supposed to just sit still and not push the front office to improve the team?

Whenever Lebron's team lose he gets the blame. Look at the 2014 finals for example where they lost 4-1 to the Spurs. Lebron: 28.2/7.8/4.0 on 57/52/79 shooting. Wade and Bosh COMBINED: 29.2/9.0/3.6 Wade and Bosh were both supposed to be stars, and they didn't show up. Take a guess on where all the blame went. People throw out the 3-4 in the finals to discredit him, but the 2011 Finals where the Heat lost to the Mavericks were the only time he lost in the Finals because he played poorly. He was awful that series and deserves plenty of blame for it. In the finals this year LeBron will likely average close to a 30 point triple double for the series and lose to a team with Durant/Curry/Green/Thompson in the starting lineup, and people will hold it against him and say it tarnishes his legacy.

It's just kind of annoys me when they want to compare guys to LeBron but then they don't hold them to the same standard. It was KD a few years ago, then it was Steph and now it's Kawhi. With LeBron if he loses it's always his fault, no matter how well he plays and no matter how poorly his teammates play. It's not like that for anyone else. If the roles were switched there would be an abundance of hot takes about how LeBron "doesn't want to win" and how "Jordan never would've sat out a 4th quarter in the playoffs." I'm hoping Houston wins because I think they have a (slim) chance against Golden State. At the least it'll be an interesting series. I think San Antonio would get steamrolled by the Warriors.

I know this is a pretty hot hot take, but Kawhi Leonard is an overrated "superstar" imo. Didn't even play in the 4th quarter tonight despite it only being a 15 point game at that point. Some want to put him up with LeBron at the top of the league but then they hold him to incredibly low standards. I've never seen anyone criticize him when the Spurs lose. They'll likely lose to Houston and no one will talk about how he choked or how he's not clutch or anything like that.

Kyle Korver is a human flamethrower.

http://www.courier-journal.com/story/sports/college/kentucky/2017/05/07/meet-new-albanys-shooting-star-romeo-langford/101165568/

Not sure. They get a percentage of the player's salary but I think the number varies from player to player.

To be fair to Crean, OG is probably the only real NBA player in that trio, and he was out for most of the Big 10 season.

I wonder if CTA wanted to wait to offer until Zander's graduation so that way the whole family would be there. He's only a freshman and already bigger than Zander lol.

Losing Blackmon sucks, but we'll be okay. I see our team being a scrappy bunch that plays with a chip on their shoulder. De'ron has the chance to be a star next year and by staying in Bloomington all summer it looks like he's serious about reaching that level. Devonté has that swagger that you need from your point guard and I think Archie is really going to like him. I'm excited to watch them play next year. We lost a lot of offensive firepower, but we ended up with an experienced team that will give 100% and play all season long like they have something to prove. I think Archie will really get them to feed off that underdog label.

http://iuhoosiers.com/news/2017/5/6/mens-basketball-graduation-day-cody-zeller.aspx