2017 NBA Finals: Dubs Get Revenge!

[Luminesa]

Feel bad that his dad disowned him though. But yeah. Way to stand-up to Erdogan.

I honestly want him to succeed, he has a ton of potential, here's to OKC utilizing him to it.

Yup yup.

[Ganos Lao]

We ever gonna get a new poll? Cause this one is a tiny bit outdated.

We need a new title too. Should've renamed the thread to #ThankYouTD or some such earlier, I say.

[Ganos Lao]

It's come out that Durant wasn't too fond of the attention he got in OKC.

According to Stein:



OKC's Enes Kanter has been disowned by his family for his politicial affliation. His father penned a note in which he said, ""I apologize to the Turkish people and the president for having such a son."

Ouch...just...OUCH.

His father said he'd have never supported his son in his career either had he known this would happen. Not only that, but his cousin insists he change his surname:

The elder Kanter said he has not been able to communicate with Enes since 2015. "I would not have taken Enes to the U.S. for the basketball camp where his talent was discovered had I known that it would come to this point," he said.

Also speaking to Daily Sabah, Mehmet Kanter's cousin Bilal Kanter said the Kanter family does not want Enes to bear the Kanter name. "We had warned him previously about his ties with the FETÖ. We have not been able to reach out to Enes for a long time," he said, adding that the Gülenists controlled Enes for his wealth and reputation.

OKC fans have decided to adopt him via Twitter to show support.

Meanwhile, here is Enes' response to being disowned (from his twitter, translated by someone from R/NBA):

Ok I'm going to try it, any other Turkish people feel free to translate my mistakes.
Write this history!
Oh universe hear my voice. Today I lost my father, mother, my family and my friends of 24 years. My own father asked of me to change my own surname, my mother who brought me into this world rejected me, the friends I grew up with don't acknowledge me any more, my relatives don't want to see me any more.
For the hizmet¹, the hizmet that grew with the tears of devoted, loyal people I would sacrifice not one Enes but a thousand, for the sake of hocaefendi² I would sacrifice my father, mother, my siblings and my relatives. For this cause I would not only sacrifice my hair if asked for, I would sacrifice my head.
May the lord take from my life and give every second to my valiant hoca.
On the path of hizmet, I would sacrifice heaven, I would walk with a smile on my face to hell. The love of my hoca is higher than the love of my father, mother and siblings. We didn't find the Hizmet on the streets and we won't leave it because of some Pakrudin³.
For the path of hizmet, may my father and mother be sacrificed, for this cause may they be sacrificed.
May no one have any doubt about all of this, Allah will take care of the companions of the Hizmet, they will be thought highly of.
Endure all of it my brothers, endure all of it my sisters, just hold on. Don't fail the exam, don't be the ones that will lose just when they are about to win.
After this point, my mother, my father, my friends are all the soldiers of the devoted Hizmet that flies the Turkish flag in over 171 countries over the world. From this point on my family is the Hocaefendi with tears in his eyes.
The people who do wrong will be dealt with in time, just hold on my friends, Allah is with us.
The lord will make everything great.
We won't give up our cause.
Allah is great.
Enes (Kanter) Gülen.
¹Hizmet = literally service, this is what people that follow Fethullah Gülen call the way of life he teaches.
²hocaefendi = hodja = A Muslim schoolmaster, a formal way of talking about Fethullah Gülen.
³Pakrudin = Never heard of it, apparently it is used to call people that look like Armenians but are Jews, an insult I guess.
There are probably bits I translated wrong, please tell me so I can change them.

Kanter also recieved death threats after the failed coup in Turkey.

[Val Halla]

We ever gonna get a new poll? Cause this one is a tiny bit outdated.

I'd restart the thread myself but idk if that'd be okay

[Idzequitch]

Reports suggest that if the USA Olympic team doesn't take Gold in Rio, Kevin Durant will change his citizenship to the nation that does.

[Val Halla]

Reports suggest that if the USA Olympic team doesn't take Gold in Rio, Kevin Durant will change his citizenship to the nation that does.

XD

They were still selling OKC Durant jerseys full price at the Footlocker I went to today. And they weren't on fire. There was a lot of them though

[Val Halla]

In other news, NBA legend Hakeem Olajuwon lives in Birmingham. Not Alabama, UK. Heaven knows why.

[Ganos Lao]

In other news, NBA legend Hakeem Olajuwon lives in Birmingham. Not Alabama, UK. Heaven knows why.

He's also fond of chicken nuggets.

Also, former NBA player Stephen Jackson's calling out Tony Parker, claiming Parker sabotaged the team in 2012 against the Thunder.

[Cheongji]

Outer Sparta better come back and change the title.

[Val Halla]

Outer Sparta better come back and change the title.

tbh I'm not sure, considering how much of a GSW bandwagon this thread was even before KD signed

[Cheongji]

Outer Sparta better come back and change the title.

tbh I'm not sure, considering how much of a GSW bandwagon this thread was even before KD signed

Well, GSW lost in the finals, so he might change his mind? I'm not sure.

[Ameriganastan]

I was only pulling for Golden State cause I hate LeBron.

[Ganos Lao]

R/NBA came together to console the fanbase of the Brooklyn Nets, who were blatantly hoodwinked by the Celtics.

The Nets' draft situation is pretty bleak:

2016 to 2018 first round picks are owed to other teams. Not only that, but their 2016-2020 second round picks are also owed to other teams.

[Outer Sparta]

Outer Sparta better come back and change the title.

Title changed, along with a fresh poll. Feel free to discuss the Olympics in this thread, too, if it's just for Team USA or other international players in the NBA.

[Val Halla]

R/NBA came together to console the fanbase of the Brooklyn Nets, who were blatantly hoodwinked by the Celtics.

The Nets' draft situation is pretty bleak:

2016 to 2018 first round picks are owed to other teams. Not only that, but their 2016-2020 second round picks are also owed to other teams.

All they have is Brook Lopez.

[Ganos Lao]

R/NBA came together to console the fanbase of the Brooklyn Nets, who were blatantly hoodwinked by the Celtics.

The Nets' draft situation is pretty bleak:

2016 to 2018 first round picks are owed to other teams. Not only that, but their 2016-2020 second round picks are also owed to other teams.

All they have is Brook Lopez.

They should try to trade him. Put him in a bottle and send him out to sea and see who'll pick him up.

[Val Halla]

All they have is Brook Lopez.

They should try to trade him. Put him in a bottle and send him out to sea and see who'll pick him up.

There's no point, they can't tank because they don't own their picks, and anybody they would get is unlikely to resign.

[Cymrea]

Outer Sparta better come back and change the title.

Title changed, along with a fresh poll. Feel free to discuss the Olympics in this thread, too, if it's just for Team USA or other international players in the NBA.

I would like an end to calling every U.S. Olympic basketball team the Dream Team. There was only one of those, in 1992. Period.

Every American team since has been undeniably great, top-level competitors, and this year is no different. But there has never been another Dream Team, and likely never again will be. Continuing to use the moniker with successive teams that in no way match the sheer calibre of that 1992 team just cheapens it.

/rant.

[Val Halla]

Title changed, along with a fresh poll. Feel free to discuss the Olympics in this thread, too, if it's just for Team USA or other international players in the NBA.

I would like an end to calling every U.S. Olympic basketball team the Dream Team. There was only one of those, in 1992. Period.

Every American team since has been undeniably great, top-level competitors, and this year is no different. But there has never been another Dream Team, and likely never again will be. Continuing to use the moniker with successive teams that in no way match the sheer calibre of that 1992 team just cheapens it.

/rant.

2004?

The best ones were 1992 and 2008. 92 was dream, 08 was redeem.

[Ganos Lao]

They should try to trade him. Put him in a bottle and send him out to sea and see who'll pick him up.

There's no point, they can't tank because they don't own their picks, and anybody they would get is unlikely to resign.

I wouldn't call it entirely hopeless. They just need to get the right people in place to initiate a process.

[Ameriganastan]

Fuckhead re-signs with Cavs.

[Val Halla]

Fuckhead re-signs with Cavs.

Scrolling down, apparently Memphis fired their PA guy from taking pictures up women's skirts in church o.o

[Luminesa]

Fuckhead re-signs with Cavs.

Yay!

[Outer Sparta]

USA almost lost to freaking Serbia in the Olympics! Serbia! 94-91. And I thought this was supposed to be a Dream Team.

[The Royal Kingdom of Quebec]

USA almost lost to freaking Serbia in the Olympics! Serbia! 94-91. And I thought this was supposed to be a Dream Team.

For a dream team its depth on centre is pretty weak.........