your favorite nba players for watching

the lebrons
kobe
brandon roy
steve nash
dwight howard
amaré
chris paul
deron williams
jose calderon
AI
Rasheed when he's not sitting at the perimeter for 34 minutes.
Dirk when he's on. Dirk when he's off is a self-pitying nightmare.

I guess I mostly like point guards!

I'd like to say Dwyade but the way his game is built to basically draw fouls and not do a whole lot else kinda drives me nuts. And I love ginobili's game by and large by the consta-flops are a big turn-off.

Active (not seen many games this year so I've only seen a bit of Paul and Howard):

Kobe
McGrady
Ginobli (who I hate actually)
KG
Dirk
Nash
Lebron
Marion (I like a LOT more than Amare)

Ever (started watching in early 80s):

Magic Magic Magic
Bird
Malone
Walton
Akeem
Rodman
Michael
Bulls-era Pippen

chris paul
deron williams
jr smith
MONTA ELLIS
brandon roy
carlos boozer (left hand finishes)
tj ford (kind of like a nascar thing, he goes super fast, you pray he doesn't die)
sam cassell
kenyon martin

yeah, healthy d-wade (when he's finishing everything and not flopping) used to be great, but that guy might be gone.

I remember being a kid being really into watching Bill Laimbeer play, big ugly mean white dude with this goofy fucking thing on his face, fucking shit up and getting boards.

oh man SPUD WEBB...I feel like a kid again

shawn kemp when he was the reignman killing it!

yah kemp was ridic

<3 payton too

stay off the crack kids!

paul pierce

i still think it's crazy the dude got shanked up at a club

d will
ronnie brewer
AK-47 (jazz homer alert)
howard
arenas
nash
lebron
earl boykins

some dudes who haven't been mentioned (i think) (my #1 answer would be the warriors and there's no point in repeating lbj and b. mamba and shit)

flip murray
igoudala
leinas kleiza (for real!)
josh howard
udonis haslem (kinda lulls you to sleep in a good way with jumpers from the elbow for days)
trevor ariza
von wafer (is this dude still in the league? if so someone give him some minutes)

ctrl+f "jordan" not found

I called him Michael.

Because we are close like that.

Anyway anyone who sez Jordan isn't one of their favorite players for watching is either a liar or secretly hates basketball.

LeBron is much more fun to watch than Kobe. Kobe is just a bit more graceful than Norman Bates during the shower scene in Psycho. LeBron is more a work of art, somewhat reminiscent of M. Jordan in his prime.

As a Portlander, I loved watching Clyde Drexler, Terry Porter and Jerome Kersey running the break. Bill Walton at his peak was a thing of beauty. Outlet passes!!!

As I said in another thread, I will always have a soft spot for 'Downtown' Freddie Brown. That man had no conscience. His stroke didn't look all that lovely, like for example Jerry West or Rick Barry. All he could do was nail it from 40 feet out and run back down the court grinning while the arena went apeshit.

lebron and baron are probably my 1-2

von wafer (is this dude still in the league? if so someone give him some minutes)

He's riding the pine for the blazers right now. At the trading deadline taurean green was inexplicably shipped off for this guy. With Roy likely shut down for the rest of the season maybe he'll actually get some burn.

I called him Michael.

-- Alex in SF

Because we are close like that.

-- Alex in SF

I'ma rep for a couple white boys, "Thunder" Dan Majerle, and all-time favorite Christopher "Chris" Mullin!!

Larry Johnson when he was young. Oh man.

old-schoolers

stockton stockton stockton
malone
magic
kareem
bird
jordan
rodman
tim hardaway
manute bol in his 3 pt shooting phase

manute bol was mesmerizing

early tim hardaway kind of broke the mold for an AI

chris mullen was great to watch

now i would love to say that i love to watch lebron because he always does something amazing but but im not sure if its his shitty ill-matched teams fault or his shitty ill-matched teams fault and his fault but wtf all that standing around surveying the defense walking the ball up the court drives me bonkers - someone get this man the ball on the move in the open court off a screen rolling to the hoop something plz fuck

im really starting to warm to the charms of rondo - he still makes me cringe way too much - but kid gets major points for originality

i agree with you on lebron, that offense is so ugly and tentative no wonder their best option is to have bron blow through the lane like a bull, which is ugly itself most of the time. also re: kobe v. lebron aimless is smoking crack.

im really starting to warm to the charms of rondo - he still makes me cringe way too much - but kid gets major points for originality

-- jhøshea, Friday, March 28, 2008 6:29 PM (10 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

crossover of nash the other night was one of my fav plays of the season

I called him Michael.

ok, missed that. def. feel u on the ginobli hatred/watchability thing but i prefer stoudemire over marion

chris mullen was great to watch

shiiit forgot about that dude!

p.s.
http://img81.imageshack.us/img81/2700/rambis5ki.png

im psyched to have this guy back in the league

http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/msnbc/Components/Photos/060127/060127_Andersen_vmed_10p.widec.jpg

but will he be as amusing w/o the meth?

http://www.realgm.com/images/nba/4.2/profiles/photos/2006/Anderson_Chris_noh.jpg
http://i29.tinypic.com/k36sno.jpg
http://espn-att.starwave.com/media/nba/2006/0129/photo/g_andersen_412.jpg

ugh

what's buckcherry gonna do without their lead singer?

u guys dont like the birdman?

birdman is hilarious!

http://www.realgm.com/images/nba/4.2/profiles/photos/2006/Anderson_Chris_noh.jpghttp://www.realgm.com/images/nba/4.2/profiles/photos/2006/Anderson_Chris_noh.jpghttp://www.realgm.com/images/nba/4.2/profiles/photos/2006/Anderson_Chris_noh.jpg

wtf @ von wafer mention?! lol!
dude was like a.i.'s little brother on the nuggs--first off the bench for a chest bump @ tv timeout--but he'd always get the yips in garbage time and clang jumpers.
consistently kills the d-league, though

birdman was all around denver the last two years til he just got signed by n.o. great dude, loves to talk about himself to anyone. if you yell 'birdman!' at him, he will turn and do the hand symbol any place any time guaranteed

i think it was coke not meth but then again look at him...

yah i guessed meth because i read that he grew up in a family of hardcore bikers

kobe
lebron
wade
AI
Nash
PAUL
Deron
Monta
Artest

also pointing toward meth: happened in oklahoma city

http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/basketball/knicks/2008/04/07/2008-04-07_patrick_ewing_gets_into_hall_of_fame_in_.html

my friend dan's woman is probably gonna shoot out his baby tonight, and we're all excited cause if she does so within three hours the kid can share a birthday with SPUD WEBB

appropriate revive

Spud would make for a great middle name

wade
cp3
lebron
james harden
danilo gallinari
kenneth faried
tony allen
dirk
nash
rondo

that's a good list

feel like it's a little heavy on stars but if i'm being honest those are my guys

ha the lists from 4 years ago are outdated

ty lawson

dragic

my list from high school would be pretty lol - baron, peja, melo, iverson

etc

there's probably a good "what ballets from history do u wish u could have watched on the reg" thread to be made someday. like I'd kill to have been a Walt Frazier stan. would love to have seen George Gervin dominate for weeks at a time.

Ballets = ballers.

Gallinari
Pekovic
Biyombo
Josh Smith
Zach Randolph
Marc Gasol

z-bo's rainbow jumpers where his ass is like 16 inches off the ground are my lifeblood

Scalabrine

oh yeah pek

Ricky Rubio
Brandon Jennings
Andre Miller
Chauncey Billups rip
Andre Iguodala
Demarcus Cousins
Gerald Wallace

Some guys who havent been mentioned that i love to watch.

Tim motherfucking Duncan

ha duncan just dunked on bynum head

-bynum

- kyrie
- eric bledsoe
- javale/faried/gallo
- bron duh
- james harden

AK
andre miller
MKG
omer asik
tyson chandler (+kidd)
taj!
marc gasol in the high post

Boozer

Pekovic
Danilo
Javale
Gustavo Ayon
Larry Sanders

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOw8aC78LoU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFGfUf5JqLY

steph curry, still sad this guy wasnt drafted by okc, him and kd would be fun together

kd

Avery Bradley, when he's not being given 40

kyrie

manimal of course

jimmy butler

http://i.cdn.turner.com/nba/nba/.element/media/2.0/teamsites/spurs/imgs/E775Qom.gif

kosta koufos

haha yes love doofus

bismack biyombo

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BGPyjc5CcAAMBtN.jpg:small

this caption encapsulates the lebron style for me

"ima a troll, all the time"

You consider lbj a troll?

in a go(o)d way, yes.

like a troll jesus

ok, I can get behind that

Avery Bradley
Steph Curry
Jamal Crawford/Matt Barnes
Noah
Dirk
Chandler Parsons/Asik
Z-bo/Gasol
Manimal/W Chandler/Dre Miller/C Brewer
Birdman
Ryan Anderson

http://uppix.net/f/0/b/c617f65aa71d1d53abdcb3613ca74.gif

ha great angle there javale

man poor javale gets made fun of even when he's not playing

ha is that gallinari i totally hallucinated javale there lmao

sry javale!

Lance Stephenson

psycho t. every moment is comedy.

Lance Stephenson

― Spottie_Ottie_Dope, Friday, May 24, 2013 10:57 PM (6 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

otm

its official:

goran dragic

otm

its official:

jimmy butler

he is truly balling out of control this year, kinda unbelievable, bulls are gonna be tough

lowes ballot http://grantland.com/the-triangle/the-2015-marc-gasol-all-stars-your-guide-to-the-most-watchable-players-in-the-nba

yeah I enjoyed that, several ILH faves

Kawhi probably my favorite of that group.

I mostly enjoy thinking about Gobert. The majesty of him.

i used to be a wade hater in pretty much all facets but i agree now that his game is actually fun to watch

i always loved wades elegance hes just so smooth, the taking defensive possessions off to confer with the refs not so much

Wade is a disgrace

The elegance of falling down intentionally on your fadeaways

the regal beauty of intentionally tripping your opponent and then falling on his head

Prime Wade was definitely one of my fav players to watch for sure

wade has done some inexcusable things but he is also very beautiful, are these qualities mutually exclusive, only god can answer

otm

monta ellis with authority

slumping post allstar & until recently, but such a terror this year more often than not, finesse and agility for days

when he's on he can score in just about every way there is

reggie jackson on the pistons is like a new man.

also i think rodney hood has a very bright future

giannis

kyrie

he is truly balling out of control this year, kinda unbelievable, bulls are gonna be tough

*cries tears of rage*

giannis
westbrook
embiid
klay
wall

steph curry, still sad this guy wasnt drafted by okc, him and kd would be fun together

― lag∞n, Thursday, January 24, 2013 10:42 AM (four years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

haha

omg!

let the record state i was the original steph fan back when he had a last name, also i got what i wanted and hated it

amazing

i, for one, am glad to have goon back on board with the warriors being the funnest team in the league. i could probably find like 80 posts about him hating on Kyrie to counter his current addition to this thread as well.

ha i dont think ive devoted too much time to hating kyrie, and while ive been enjoying his time in boston for the record he def constantly does some horrible things that im hoping he can mostly ween himself off, like standing there dribbling without even making a move then just shooting a contested three as the shot clock sounds, overall he really hasnt been that good so far tbh, but he also does like five unreal things every game that are just really entertaining, watching him dribble is so cool lol hes not like other players

yeah his dribbles are madness. im finally willing to concede the best in the league crown from curry to him.

Kyrie definitely has flaws but he is so damn fun to watch, his handles and some of the shots that he pulls off are just absolutely beautiful. Cavs are significantly less fun so far and I blame dudes like Derrick Rose but most of it is because Kyrie is gone

everything he does has a unique kyrieness to it like hell hold the ball a fraction of a beat longer than normal on a shot and then it just pops out and splashes the bottom of the net

also something abt the way he moves constantly untucks his jersey

the funnest team in the league.

I don't know. I guess I don't like blowouts that much? I root for them but I don't love watching them pick apart lottery teams.

now that theyre not playing D they might be kinda cool, a 135-137 game v the rockets sounds ok

no they are playing d now. for one half a game at least. just enough to blow teams out.

I don't know. I guess I don't like blowouts that much? I root for them but I don't love watching them pick apart lottery teams.

― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Friday, November 10, 2017 3:20 PM (thirteen minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yeahi hear you. i was kinda excited when they were losing this year cos they had some fun close games.

kyrie has been an interesting case study this year in at least as far as the stats/eye test divide goes, seems like he’s very comfortable being the primary guy and people are really fixating on his positive attributes, yet his numbers are more or less the same iirc. otoh the celtics are winning and sources say he’s trying on defense, so maybe there is something going on there

his raw boxscore numbers are actually down i think

his numbers are worse! (cause hes not hitting his 3s) but defensive effort is def way better

i wld say he looked wildly uncomfortable in his role to start the season but has started to find his groove as wld be expected w adjusting to a new team/system but isnt nearly totally integrated yet, still has tons of awful offensive possessions mostly to do w playing way too much iso, he waves off screens all the time which seems dumb to me just use the screen its easier, and hes been great in the pnr

walks the ball up the court too much burns clock w pointless dribbling etc

tho sometimes he does that let the ball roll all the way up the court before touching it thing to save the shot clock thing which is p cool, theres really no reason just to use it on a short clock i mean picking the ball up past half court with a full 24 is a pretty huge advantage

Kyrie definitely has flaws but he is so damn fun to watch, his handles and some of the shots that he pulls off are just absolutely beautiful. Cavs are significantly less fun so far and I blame dudes like Derrick Rose but most of it is because Kyrie is gone

― marcos, Friday, November 10, 2017 2:08 PM (three days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i used to love watching peak-era D-Rose but i'm pretty sure he's in the top 3 most painful NBA players to watch now.

non warriors edition:

Covington
Jokic
Giannis (kinda feels like this one goes w/out saying at this point)
Embiid
Simmons
Booker
TJ Warren
Taytum/Jaylen

this is the weirdest thread to reread from the top down

things have changed

why did i put kobe and barron davis in my list i dont think thats ever been true i was drunk

flip murray
igoudala
leinas kleiza (for real!)
josh howard
udonis haslem (kinda lulls you to sleep in a good way with jumpers from the elbow for days)
trevor ariza
von wafer (is this dude still in the league? if so someone give him some minutes)

― J0rdan S., Friday, March 28, 2008 2:22 AM (nine years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

this is truly bizarre tho

lol thats great.

i, for one, am glad to have goon back on board with the warriors being the funnest team in the league. i could probably find like 80 posts about him hating on Kyrie to counter his current addition to this thread as well.

― Spottie, Friday, November 10, 2017 4:53 PM (four days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

kyrie

― lag∞n, Thursday, January 24, 2013 10:43 AM (four years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

ahaha

lol looks like you actually posted it twice itt

the original and consistent kyrie supporter

#selfpwned

jokic
simmons
giannis
boogie
fox
kyrie
uncle drew
mask kyrie
kyrie irving

jokic
giannis
luka
pascal siakam
kyrie
embiid
curry

good list

mine from last season was:

non warriors edition:

Covington
Jokic
Giannis (kinda feels like this one goes w/out saying at this point)
Embiid
Simmons
Booker
TJ Warren
Taytum/Jaylen

― Spottie, Monday, November 13, 2017 11:53 PM (one year ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

for this seasons holdovers I'd go:

Covington
Jokic
Giannis
Embiid

and then add:

Montrezl (classic hustle guy)
Sabonis (love a big that can dish)
De'aron Fox (push push push)
Shai GA (love how calmly and in control he plays)
Luka (fun to see all the ways he can create_

montrezl is playing like crazy this year not sure what go into him, he does really skilled powerful moves as the roll man on the reg now

curry
kyrie
boban
giannis
embiid
montrezl
javale

brow is amazing to just watch move even if hes not doing a cool basketball thing

kyrie curry dame/cj

giannis and kawhi have this horrifying force of nature thing going where you want to look away but cant

Haven't watched Brow yet this year. It felt like coming into this season he was the frontrunner for MVP but the Pels aren't looking too hot yet. Has Jokic fully taken over in that race?

I think jokic is a little further down in the power rankings now. feel like the consensus contenders at this point are giannis/embiid/brow/kawhi/bron/curry

brow is putting up super mvp numbers but yeah maybe not quite super enough to get it on a 500 team, tho i think that —needs to be a winner— conventional wisdom has shifted somewhat, dont see them giving it to jokic as generally a player has to be an established superstar for a least a year to be admitted as a finalist, giannis prob the front runner now

i think the pels record hurts brow for sure. everyone says that roster is a dumpster fire but i think they have some good players, the top 5 at least. the elfrid payton injury hurt them quite a bit which is weird.

jokic has too many weird games still.

funnny harden isnt even mentioned but he's putting up m/l identical numbers as last year.

curry
kyrie
boban
giannis
embiid
montrezl
javale

― Fetchboy, Wednesday, December 5, 2018 11:16 AM (fifty-four minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

boban is must watch when he's on the court, for sure. its just not very often.

harden's turnovers are up a again this year and the team's record is hurting him, but I bet he'll be in the conversation in a couple of months

boban is legit fascinating such amazing touch around the basket plus he can dunk w/o jumping

This is a GORGEOUS move by Domantas Sabonis 😍 pic.twitter.com/3nm8IqINfZ

— Justin Jett (@JustinJett_) December 9, 2018

stuntin like his daddy

pretty much doing stuff like this every game at this point
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xyIMucuKryA

cool player

2:11 where he simple crosses Dunn then finishes with an offhand floater...

I stopped watching at a certain point but he was torching the Bulls. Dunn is a good defender but 1st game back so doesn't have his legs. Fox still v impressive tho.

Yeah Dunn very clearly testing his limits in those clips

if fox shooting so far is real well gdamn

In his most fun shot of the night, Nikola Jokic worked his magic making a one-handed, back-handed layup looking up over the back of his head at the basket.#Nuggets #MileHighBasketball pic.twitter.com/Dfr04CxAUb

— Joel Rush (@JoelRushNBA) December 17, 2018

Joker's wild.

lets see some updates for 2021:

russ
ja
curry
jokic
both balls
john collins
lavine