• iamanurd@midwest.social
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    6 months ago

    Definitely!

    Widely regarded as one of the greatest players in the history of the sport, Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi won five NBA championships and was an 18-time All-Star, a 15-time member of the All-NBA Team, a 12-time member of the All-Defensive Team, the 2008 NBA Most Valuable Player (MVP), and a two-time NBA Finals MVP.

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      6 months ago

      This is the first time since joining Lemmy that I miss awards. This was funny as hell! Thanks for the chuckle.

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      6 months ago

      Kobe wasn’t involved in an almost sort of war with Israel though.

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      6 months ago

      They would have won even more championships if Shaq hadn’t insisted on eating non-halal meat during team meetings. You could cut the tension with a knife.

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      6 months ago

      I’m not going to dispute your clearly superior knowledge of basketball statistics, and those are all remarkable parallels, but I think it’s more likely they were referring to the helicopter crash.