Bill praises Bam Adebayo’s historic 83-point performance while trashing the Wizards for allowing it.
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He went 10 for 27 the last three quarters. They did stop him. He got put on the line to shoot 43 free throws. There's no doubt in my mind that some of those calls could have been let go. BTW what would you say if he got hurt badly trying to chase a "record" in a blowout 🤔
this game was a joke, embarrassing. good effort by bam. record is a sham. exibition game…the generals played their part well.
Sarr accepted the match up and made it harder for Bam to make shots but once an nba player is hot out the gates like that it’s hard to stop, It was mostly the 3’s and freethrows that he hurt the wizards and the bad fouls but they had no choice
Bam should be congratulated on the record, he's #2 now, but that was ugly basketball from both teams. The heat let the wizards score 129 points. The game was an embarrassment for the league.
Carry what around? I don't think Washington cares.
I mean Jalen Rose is basically known for letting Kobe Bryant score 81 points and it didn't hurt him. Now you have 20 players in the NBA named Jalen.
The hate for Bam is coming from people upset he surpassed Kobe. Who mind you doesn't hold the record either. A guy who isn't an offensive juggernaut goes for 83 is probably more impressive than a top 10 player doing it.😅
Sham Adebayo
Ya washingtons a shit show, but if you are really so biased you cant see that nba reg season games are a farce and the quality is shit, then You the fool
How many games this year has a team scored less than 83? Just curious … I know it’s not the 90’s but there has to be a couple …
Something I haven’t seen mentioned anywhere is the Wilt game was supposedly this way too. Obviously there’s no tape, but the reporting goes that was aiming for 100 after a hot start and his teammates were feeding him and the game was out of control almost immediately thereafter. So fair play as far as I’m concerned.
MORE PERSPECTIVE
Someone in media once made late Kobe Bryant aware that someone had scored 137 points in a game
KOBE RESPONSE:
How many points did the team score?
ANSWER:
171 points
KOBE'S PERSPECTIVE:
I don't care how he got it –
THAT'S IMPRESSIVE!!!!
TO SCORE 137 POINTS IN A GAME….I DON'T CARE HOW HE GOT IT
If it was easy – then everyone could and would do it.
Appreciate
'don't hate'
Bunch of Horse manure. The NBA is a joke now sorry to say…
Love that Bam went and got it, but it got real cringe when they starting intentionally fouling and started missing shots.
With all the load management and tanking, it won't take 20 years for it to happen again.
Bill taking a sip from the largest ceramic mug I’ve ever seen took me out
NBA is, defensively a joke now. This was an embarrassment for the league.
The Bulls won 141 games in 95-96, 96-97. That's more than the Warriors did.
Washington kept fouling him. It's not like they were doing nothing.
Passed Wilt and Kobe. 🎉 Bam was hot ,it was his night. Records are meant to be made n broken😂
Love Legs 🦵
I'll remember this next time you mention Ricky Davis or Westbrook getting triple doubles
Loved the Bam take,
How is Jaylen brown losing steam in the MVP race for integrating Tatum back,
But Luka goes up the chart despite it being clear he can’t play with LeBron James
This is basically Clifford Robinson scoring 83 in the 90s.
I don't ever want to hear anyone ever say again that modern NBA players are more skilled defensively then the past players. 83 points is great, but going 7 for 22 in threes and having 43 free throw attempts that were just Bam charging into guys and getting a call shows how poor the product and reffing is in modern NBA.