NBA 2019 Offseason Thread | Greatest Clownshow On Earth

By HasphatsAnts Go To PostLmao now Chinese commenters are concerned it will still be a sellout crowd at the Lakers Nets game in Shanghai after posturing for a boycott.

Truly the dumbest geopolitical incident we deserve

By DY_nasty Go To Postlook at the rockets literally ruining everything

By masud Go To PostI really need a player (Kyrie I'm looking at you) to pour gasoline all over this China thing. Shit can definitely get crazier. Like what if China doesn't let LeBron and them come home? You think losing the Chinese market will hurt the NBAs bottom line what about losing the entire Lakers roster…

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He didn’t realize it until this summer, but the 6-foot-11 New Orleans center had been suffering from sleep apnea, causing the caliber of his rest overnight to be poor. As a result, Okafor often felt fatigued, even in the morning after what he thought was a good night’s sleep.

“I learn something new every year that changes me in a huge way,” Okafor explained. “Last year was nutrition. This year was sleep. I went to Virginia to a sleep lab, and they told me I stop breathing 20 times an hour (after falling asleep), which means I’m not getting a quality rest. So now I sleep with a CPAP machine. I just feel way different. I used to always wake up tired, but I thought that was normal.”

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“I’ve been waking up with a ton of energy,” Okafor said. “Before, I would usually wake up last-minute for things, just to try to get as much sleep in as I could. I knew I was going to be tired throughout the day – that was just the norm for me. After practice, I would need to take a nap as soon as I got home. But now that’s completely changed.”

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By diehard Go To Postscience is making him stronger

By blackace Go To PostWonder if LeBron stressing in his hotel room?

By Fenderputty Go To PostI wonder how long until we see leaks from shoe companies telling their sponsored players to keep quiet. You know Klay is on notice

By blackace Go To PostNike sweating

By pilonv1 Go To PostEveryone is. Adidas' main guy is Harden.

By blackace Go To PostProbably never if they want to get paid.

By pilonv1 Go To PostPlayers agents will be the the ones telling them to keep quiet. At least the good ones will.

Klay loves everyone anyway, he's not the one I'd expect to talk about this. WIll end up some young player like Simmons who inadvertantly says the wrong thing.

By blackace Go To PostHarden was out there shucking and jiving about how he loves China already.

I think adidas was doing well locally in China, not just an NBA brand, the Yeezy line especially.

By DY_nasty Go To Postbut does he love freedom

By Fenderputty Go To PostWho's says it's going to be the players leaking though? I mean … you KNOW there's an F ton of companies out there making the same damn calculus right now that are skating by while these others take the brunt of the attack.

By blackace Go To Postand all are shucking and jiving for that yuan.

besides you kinda need a direct leak from player/ agent or clothing line to make it about the NBA and players

By Fenderputty Go To PostThink disgruntled freedom fighter in the know leaking internal Nike documents