Actionman___

152 | 12 hours ago

Kawhi, one of my favourite players.

But his weird off court stuff dropped my respect for him significantly

Nex_Kelsier

36 | 11 hours ago

TBH I don’t know how could anybody support him after nonsense he did with Spurs. He made Manu, Tony, Pop and Tim look like fools. Disgraceful!

no_good_names_avail | Raptors

33 | 11 hours ago

“If Hannibal Lecter ran a 4.3 [in the 40-yard dash], we’d probably diagnose it as an eating disorder.”

Kawhi is just that good. He’s also very good at just shutting his mouth. KD could learn a thing or two from him.

Genuinely though, Kawhi is one of the best players I’ve ever seen on the court when he’s right. That’s really all there is to it.

blackwolfgoogol | Raptors

12 | 10 hours ago

if you want a reason, he won Toronto a championship

FearTheFloc

-4 | 8 hours ago

because toronto, canadians are perenially online too so he gets alot of support.

beheemz | Raptors

-11 | 11 hours ago

well maybe TP shouldn’t have blabbed to media about how much more “severe” his injury was and kawhi would’ve stayed

fragileallstar | Raptors

8 | 8 hours ago

lowkey him almost never talking about things really do protect his image

rydog123bruh | LAL

2 | 3 hours ago

The silence is deafening at this point for his scandals. It helped for Spurs to Raptors 100%

badadobo | Lakers

3 | 10 hours ago

Same, I really liked him on the spurs. I hate how he treated the spurs debacle, and somehow winning in Toronto gave him a pass.

Its as if people forgot that uncle dennis and Kawhi was literally worse than Bron and Rich Paul.

jswagbo

8 | 9 hours ago

What did Bron and Rich Paul do? Genuinely asking. People keep shitting on Rich Paul as if his job isn’t to get his guys paid

D-Money696969 | Knicks

-5 | 9 hours ago

Well he has fucked that up before. Look at Nerlens Noel

jswagbo

9 | 8 hours ago

Nerlens Noel settled the lawsuit with Rich Paul by PAYING Rich Paul 5 million and withdrawing all his legal proceedings. You literally have that story backwards

FrancoGYFV | Cavaliers

5 | 9 hours ago

Say what you want about Rich, but he climbed up the ranks and by all accounts is an agent doing a good ass job with multiple players. Uncle Dennis is a know it all asshat that seemed to just want to flex the little influence being involved with Kawhi got him.

SMoore66

2 | 4 hours ago

I couldn’t agree more. I used to love his game but he’s proven that he doesn’t respect the game or the fans. I can’t speak to how teammates feel about him because there’s really no way of knowing that unless one of them decides to talk. I lost hella respect for him

MarkusMillions | Pistons

96 | 12 hours ago

All time? KD negatively as soon as he joined the Warriors. Joining the team you just lost to while being up 3-1 is unforgivable.

Infamous_Winter_3209

49 | 12 hours ago

The burner social media accounts tanked my respect too.

Young_KingKush

2 | 5 hours ago

Absolutely

Dry-Fee-7436

0 | 12 hours ago

Shouldn’t have joined the warriors. Spurs would have been a good team for him. But getting away from Russell Westbrook is very understandable . can’t knock him from wanting to leave and play with unselfish players .

WoodpeckerSea4896

1 | 6 hours ago

If he stayed in GSW after tearing his achilles and then eventually winning another title his legacy would have been repaired.

balortech

0 | 11 hours ago

I respected KD for carrying OKC and actually brought them close to championships, but he just makes a string of ignorant sht that makes people wanna hate him. GSW is obvious, but also the burner accounts, snakey personality overly serious about sht, how he treated ishowspeed, losing on teams then team hopping and being sarcastic to his teammates. Lol.

ItchyKnowJoe

4 | 10 hours ago

ishowspeed is an absolute clown 🤡

BrazilianAtlantis

-2 | 6 hours ago

“unforgivable” Why? What’s wrong with wanting to play with winners, if you can?

Young_KingKush

4 | 5 hours ago

Joining the team you just lost to while being up 3-1

KD to the Warriors is the most bitchmade sports-related thing I have ever seen an athlete do in my entire life.

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-7 | 10 hours ago

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Brownie1119 | Bulls

6 | 10 hours ago

That’s gotta be the dumbest reasoning I’ve ever heard for disliking a player. It’s almost impressive.

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-5 | 10 hours ago

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Str8esr | Vancouver Grizzlies

8 | 10 hours ago

Who gives a fuck where his tattoos are. You actually think he’s a douche for having tattoo’s in places you can’t see. Thats wierd shit.

Brownie1119 | Bulls

2 | 10 hours ago

You’re either slow for concerning over this, or a unique type of parasocial weirdo.

itsN0VAfr | 76ers

100 | 12 hours ago

Jaylen Brown, for no reason at all

AmericasMostWanted30 | Celtics

23 | 11 hours ago

The delete button on every keyboard in Philly must have been hammered into the ground.

But also by JB himself

yung_cris3

5 | 12 hours ago

Haha me too but for a few reasons.

Antisystemization | Cavaliers

1 | 7 hours ago

I went from being the biggest JB believer early on to giving up on him to being impressed by him last season. Roller coaster of a player.

Ph33r-Enigma

77 | 12 hours ago

Kevin Durant. I just started paying attention to basketball again right around the time the young thunder Westbrook/kd/harden/ibaka team really gave the Kobe Lakers trouble in the playoffs one year. Started liking that team a lot. Thought KD was the anti-lebron. Was so excited when they met the LeBron Heat in the finals.

Then he took the hardest road, then all the burner drama. He’s a great player, but can’t even take him seriously anymore.

Farrenlea88

71 | 12 hours ago

Get off Reddit, James

GooeyGarth

33 | 11 hours ago

As a player, I didn’t take LaMelo Ball seriously because of his family’s antics and believed he wouldn’t make it in the league but when you watch him play, he does show serious talent and capability competing against the best.

I still think he’s a clown and shit person though.

Radicalized_By_You

5 | 6 hours ago

one of the most unintelligent famous people on the Earth

NazReidRules | Timberwolves

2 | an hour ago

Shit person?

smmrtiime

33 | 12 hours ago

LeBron James and Jaylen Brown. I’ve never said anything negative about them, Nike or the Communist Parry of China /s

Lifelong Sixers fan.

adc1369 | Grizzlies

6 | 12 hours ago

I do know you’ve talked shit about Dean Wade and THAT is unforgivable.

smmrtiime

4 | 12 hours ago

I could never speak ill on the MyTeam legend!

David_Cockatiel

1 | 8 hours ago

This might sound weird, but LeBron is my legit answer here. His first few years in the league all the talk was he was the next Jordan or whatever, and it was eye-rolling because for like 10 years everybody was the next Jordan. Grant Hill, Penny Hardaway for awhile, yall remember Harold Miner?

Anyway LeBron came into the league super hyped, had some highlights but also a shit team and kinda faded during clutch time. I wasn’t a believer UNTIL that Detroit series in ‘07, when he scored the last 30 points of the East finals comeback win in OT. It was just super human.

LardHop | Lakers

21 | 11 hours ago

Pat Bev

fucking hated this dirty ass rat and I felt like Westbrook really summarized him well with “running around doing nothing”

But then played for the lakers and although he was nowhere near a rotation player, he brings that energy that really a few players on the league can.

Just him showing the camera to the ref alone on a missed foul on Bron is enough to make me a fan.

RedtheGamer100 | Hornets

5 | 6 hours ago

He beat his lil sis and u supportin him 😂😂😂

LardHop | Lakers

-1 | 5 hours ago

Our fanbase supported worse people.

Internal-Fault-3949

2 | 8 hours ago

Getting a tech for it too that was legendary lol

BruceBrownMVP | Nets

2 | 4 hours ago

Will never ever forgive him for shoving my goat CP3 in the back

clickstops | 76ers

1 | 7 hours ago

Agreed! Thought he was annoying. He was an average bench player for Philly and I learned to love him. Now I follow him on social media.

StephenReis | Trail Blazers

20 | 7 hours ago

Chet. Used to hate him. Now I super hate him.

theweatherguy69 | Spurs

16 | 12 hours ago

Idk, I used to hate harden, now I mostly just feel sorry for him.

WaterHaven

4 | 7 hours ago

I used to like Harden a bit for pushing boundaries on how the game is called, and then the NBA just accepted it instead of putting an end to the foul baiting, so now I hate him – like that highlight vs the Pistons on his 3 where he wasn’t touched and went flying. THAT kind of crap should be an auto-tech.

So, kind of Harden and kind of the NBA is my answer.

SMoore66

1 | 4 hours ago

The biggest choke artist in the history of the nba

gwapwes | NBA

17 | 10 hours ago

im out on even mobley , thought he had all-nba potential. nahhh he dont got that dog in him. seen enough

Antisystemization | Cavaliers

4 | 7 hours ago

100%

TheRealBig_Al | Raptors

13 | 12 hours ago

Embiid. Used to hate him now I respect him

pm_me_round_frogs

5 | 6 hours ago

I’ve always defended him when people try to say “his knees look fine, I don’t know what he’s complaining about.” I have similar recurring knee pain and it’s totally fine for 99% of movements but then I land wrong after a layup and I can barely walk the rest of the day. It gets in your head and sometimes he’ll do one really athletic move where fans would think he can start flying through the air but it’s not worth the risk when it can take you out with no warning.

Obviously in the last season or two it’s not really a problem since at this point everyone knows how bad his knees are and he pretty much only moves slowly now.

Revan_84

12 | 12 hours ago

All time? Kobe and its not close. During the threepeat years with Shaq I thought he was one of the most overrated players in the league, and disliked him cause I thought he was annoyingly cocky.

But once the 8 changed to 24, I started to like him more and more. By the time he returned to the Finals with Pau I was a Kobe fan.

And now he’s probably my favorite player of all time

Puzzled-Guide8650

29 | 11 hours ago

I did expect kobe here, but from positive to negative. Do people just ignore that “small incident”?

I mean, you don’t expect NBA players to be moral verticals, but we should have some limit on where to we stop. Guy in the other comment is saying how he lost all respect for Kawhi with aspiration shite.

fattest-fatwa | Spurs

5 | 8 hours ago

What’s a little sexual assault now and again as a treat?

Gekthegecko | BOS

8 | 8 hours ago

“I didn’t respect Kobe until he raped a woman”

Yuck

HammerPrice229 | Bucks

3 | 3 hours ago

Yeah I was waiting for this one but the comment did not pan out how I expected lol. Apparently it’s not common knowledge that he raped someone.

Revan_84

-1 | 3 hours ago

I read on the incident extensively. There’s a website that has all the court documents uploaded and I read most of them. It seems far more likely that she was setting him up

Zealousideal-Dig-435

3 | 9 hours ago

I feel the same. Kobe became my second favourite player alltime behind Jordan after the jersey switch

Key-Club-3119

6 | 7 hours ago

It’s because 8 raped a woman. 24 didn’t do any of that.

Sherane12 | Raptors

9 | 12 hours ago

I used to love KD, now I just think he’s a loser. Great basketball player, but terrible teammate and leader. I mean just take into account what happened this year, he’s a about to be 40 year old man, whose trashing his early to mid 20 teammates on a burner, then he loses to the Luka less Lakers lol

beheemz | Raptors

6 | 11 hours ago

i mean… he played 1 game that series… if anything i’d say it’s hilarious watching KD lose in the first round over and over since 2022

LosAngeLukaGOATCIC | Cote D'Ivoire

7 | 11 hours ago

James Harden too.

Ngl, I’m not a big fan adapt to different roles.

Harden teams were just too much Harden centric, he had better teammates that’s why you think he adapt his game.

how-bout-this-1

7 | 9 hours ago

Nets harden is one of the most versatile seasons a guard has ever played.

LosAngeLukaGOATCIC | Cote D'Ivoire

0 | 9 hours ago

Counterpoint, Nets Harden had way better teams and way better teammates.

He was always the same player, he played like that in Houston because he had to.

Pretty_Pack_6216 | Rockets

4 | 8 hours ago

Nets Harden had better teammates for what? 16 games together in total? That big 3 was ruined by injuries. For the most part, Harden played with a bunch of bench guys

LosAngeLukaGOATCIC | Cote D'Ivoire

2 | 8 hours ago

I think, I may have didn’t explain my take in the riht way.

I’m don’t necessarily agree with Harden changed his way of play, or he adjusted his game.

Harden has always been a god tier playmaker, he always wanted to have a contender, competitive team.

The thing is Fertita and your old owner weren’t committed enough, and Cp3 contract, injury and his washed ²⁰¹⁸⁄₂₀₁₉ season kind killed your contending window.

Harden had better team on the Nets, because even without KD, he had Kyrie even if this one was still missing some times.

He also had his boy D’Antoni, Clax, Bruce Brown and co.

He was still in his prime too, I truly think that Harden just need a good/well balanced team and he was always okay to share his load.

That’s the thing, Houston didn’t had any reliable ballhander and the only year he had a great team, he was able to challenge the best team in the NBA history.

how-bout-this-1

5 | 7 hours ago

Harden that season switched between playing like Houston 1-man team harden or like CP3/Nash from game to game / quarter to quarter. That season would’ve changed so much for his legacy if they won. On a team with KD and Kyrie he was the player that made it work. He wasn’t even really sacrificing, he just looked like the most important player on that team.

LosAngeLukaGOATCIC | Cote D'Ivoire

1 | 6 hours ago

My problem is with the word «switched» and this is why I disagree.

You put the same lad in Houston and he will play the same way.

Now, I’m hard agree on the rest but basketball and life is like that. Injuries have always played a part in postseason.

I’m really want to emphasis on the “he wasn’t even sacrificing” he was playing naturally and he was so damn smooth.

Bro was playing like the best player in the NBA imo, at that point.

FearTheFloc

0 | 8 hours ago

it was ruined by Egos. the day kyrie asked his coach to see “kobes MVPs” you knew they were failing.

how-bout-this-1

1 | 7 hours ago

Nets harden team was never around. You don’t watch bastketball

LosAngeLukaGOATCIC | Cote D'Ivoire

1 | 6 hours ago

I have explained my thought in an other comment.

TiredMillennialDad | Magic

5 | 8 hours ago

Brunson.

Hated him to love him

malcifer11 | Kings

3 | 4 hours ago

I was not a Jalen Brunson believer. He simply proved me wrong

SMoore66

2 | 4 hours ago

He proved me wrong too. My respect for his game is through the roof

Prudent-Aspect5085

4 | 9 hours ago

Grayson Allen - will miss him being a Sun

_no7

3 | 7 hours ago

Lebron. For a long time, I don’t know why he irked me so much.

Then I read a comment on another post here.

Off the court, he’s such a corny attention whore.

Remember when he…

announced joining the dunk contest, then didnt

tried trademarking Taco Tuesday

was always reading page one

defended China

and the worst of all… Space Jam 2.

So yeah, one of the GOATS on the court, but a number of L’s off the court.

Boss_Os | 76ers

1 | 33 minutes ago

Let’s be serious, as far as off court drama those might be corny, but are all pretty minor. Never in trouble with the law. I’m a living, committed relationship. Seems to be a great dad. Doesn’t shit talk people (unless you want to count the “fit in” stuff with K Love).

On second thought, yeah, Space Jam 2. 😡

Radicalized_By_You

3 | 6 hours ago

Ja Morant. His second season in the league I thought he was on MVP track. Now I think he’s lucky to still be in the league, and not just because of the off-court stuff. His game has cratered.

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TruWarierRecords | CHI

0 | 11 hours ago

Assuming this is regarding Harden?

His playoff choking is overstated, since around 2016-2017 he’s been quite good in the playoffs.

His averages across wins/loses/elimination games are in line with D Wade and Kobe. Game 7s they’re bad tbf.

The last 2-3 years are just him being too old to play at a high level over a full series. He was the Cavs best player against the Raptors, solid against the Pistons and completely gassed against the Knicks.

Mbanicek64

2 | 11 hours ago

Ray Allen. Favorite player ever coming out of UConn. I was so happy when he came to the Celtics. Leaving for the Heat felt like a betrayal.

fattest-fatwa | Spurs

4 | 8 hours ago

I didn’t think about Ray Allen at all. Until I hated him.

SMoore66

0 | 4 hours ago

That was a business decision, plus he helped them win a ring. Frankly I loved it because he did stick it to the Celtics with that business decision!

WoodpeckerSea4896

2 | 6 hours ago

Scottie Pippen. Dudes going thru a mid life crisis or something. And his hot takes about Jordan these days are wild lol.

Pepper-Jun | Nuggets

1 | 11 hours ago

I thought THJ was overrated and super inconsistent, god I miss him :(

Puzzled-Guide8650

1 | 11 hours ago

Melo and similar ball hogs/empty scorers. Rather hate it. when you are a kid you don’t understand that, but growing older, it is awful to have a team lead by a guy like that.

cheetuzz

1 | 10 hours ago

Harden. I used to think he was an amazing 6th man with OKC.

But ever since, I see him as a ball-centric player whose playing style is detrimental to the team, and does not raise the ceiling of a team.

SMoore66

1 | 4 hours ago

Not to mention he’s the biggest choke artist in the history of the nba

kvetoslavovo

1 | 10 hours ago

Kd. Remember his game winning lame ass off board lucky shot back then in seattle? Actin like he the shit like tmac lol then i saw fiba kd…

ALinkToThePants

1 | 9 hours ago

Probably Kobe because of the rape.

Manoloblandis | Jazz

1 | 8 hours ago

Morant took a big downhill.

Substantial-Fan-5985

1 | 7 hours ago

Kareem and Dr. J

weirdsignal45 | Spurs

1 | 6 hours ago

Name an emotion, positive, negative or otherwise, and I have felt that way about Chris Paul at some point in his career.

Loved him in New Orleans

Hated him in LA and Houston

Indifferent about him in OKC, PHX, and GS

Adored him as a Spur

Grieved him on his second clippers stint

BrazilianAtlantis

1 | 6 hours ago

Larry Bird. I was a Lakers fan at the time but watching his highlights, wow.

nsanegenius3000

1 | 4 hours ago

Rudy Gobert. I still don’t think he deserved all those DPOY awards but he showed some heart when he gave Jokic fits.

SMoore66

1 | 4 hours ago

Ja Morant and Zion Williamson for me. I was so high on these two initially but I lost respect for both of them for different reasons. Ja for acting like an idiot and Zion for not taking care of himself.

rmz-01 | Warriors

1 | 3 hours ago

Recently, Dillon the villain. Being a Warriors fan, extremely easy to wish evil on the dude after their ‘22 run. Last couple seasons though, I’ve come to really respect his game despite his antics (it’s that Draymond training)

OutlaW32 | NBA

1 | 2 hours ago

For me it’s also Harden, but it was when he supported John Hao

BUNSHICHl | Raptors

1 | 10 minutes ago

KD, LeBron, Bosh - anyone who leaves because things got too hard and goes to join a super team I don’t care for. Cheapens their legacy in my view, I rather see the homegrown talent overcome overwhelming odds, I rate Dirk/Jokic/Giannis’ single championship over these guys multiple ships on the warriors/heat.

KobeFadeaway248 | Trail Blazers

0 | 12 hours ago

Him on Brooklyn was something amazing to watch

No-Spray-9978

0 | 12 hours ago

LeBron James since he take a paycut in his prime to form a super team with another two HoFers

TNT_FC | Celtics

0 | 11 hours ago

The wildest swing has been Marcus Smart.

Love and Trust when he was in Green… Dead to me in purple and piss.

butt_fun | San Diego Clippers

2 | 10 hours ago

I cannot imagine being so emotionally tied to fucking Marcus Smart of all people

Good for you though

Cbone06 | Charlotte Bobcats

5 | 9 hours ago

Every Celtics fan went through an emotional roller coaster with that guy. He was the heart and soul of the team post IT and gave you the grittiest defense he could but watching him shoot 3’s, especially in crunch time makes you want to rip your hair out.

He’s still absolutely loved in Boston though, same with Timelord. Everyone wishes they had been part of the championship team.

mikeyg1964

-1 | 12 hours ago

LeBron. He has had the most all star support of any all time great since Bill Russell.

Fearless_Call_4964

1 | 12 hours ago

Don’t put them in the same sentence. Russell helped create his all stars, show them their roles to excel in and worked with them to perfect all of it. LeBron just joins them

Dry-Fee-7436

7 | 11 hours ago

I don’t think Russell helped create Cousy or Jon Havlicek. Those guys would be stars on any team during that time.

Fearless_Call_4964

2 | 11 hours ago

After Russell’s arrival highest pick they had was number 8. Cousy came before, so I definitely will give you that. Tommy Heinson was 6th pick, but same draft as Russell so we can debate that one as well as he was already great as a rookie. Everybody else was just a piece of the puzzle. Do you really believe these guys would have been better than the top 5 picks if Russell didn’t work with them to fit them in the system seamlessly?

Basically, my argument is that you can go back and choose those Celtics players with a top 5 pick, and Red will find another player at 8 or 9 and that player will become an all star as well. I know it’s a big what if, but Russell was that revolutionary for his time

Dry-Fee-7436

1 | 11 hours ago

Yeah I agree with that Russell made his teammates better and other lesser players would have become better under Russel’s leadership. Basically what MJ did with Scottie pippen.

Fearless_Call_4964

4 | 11 hours ago

Yeah, Russell and Red just did it every other year. I guess talent pool was more congested though. Most superstars were scorers and when you draft another scorer they limit each other, even though he was the best player available. Russell’s non scoring dominance allowed them to get Sam Jones, Havlicek, Heinsohn and actually give them the ball, unlike West, Elgin and Wilt fighting for the shot.

Icy___Barca

-9 | 12 hours ago

Steph. Not as dominant as the media portrayed him to be.

Dry-Fee-7436

1 | 11 hours ago

Give Steph an active superstar , he will likely win another championship.

Player you’ve changed your opinion on the most—positive or negative