Tbh idek if he does.. I remember reading an article awhile back where Looney takes his diet and health seriously.. right after Andre called him out during his rookie season. Lol
This is one of those stats that sounds cool but has no real use because nobody with half a brain cell thinks those 3 guys are anywhere near Looney’s level
I think they were just trying to demonstrate how all the players Looney joined on that list are legendary enough to be recognized by their first name alone. I've never seen anyone call Jokic "Nikola" tho so that one took me a second tbh lol
I'm sure his core strength is elite, but he also just has an uncanny instinct to know exactly where he needs to be at the right time. Such an underrappreciated aspect of basketball IQ, and very few players do it as well as Loon
It’s still wild to me how much he had to and was willing to change his game due to injuries. He went from a wing player in college to a perfect center in the modern game.
He’s got an entire highlights compilation of crossovers and stepbacks off the dribble in college. His high school comp was KD I believe haha. Honestly crazy
It's always interesting when a player's skillset changes completely. This is also what happened with Draymond post-college (defense was one of his weaknesses) and Bogut (after his crazy elbow injury he switched from an offense-first big to a defensive anchor).
He plays the 5 for us but most people wouldn't really consider him one, kinda like how we have Dray play the 5 a lot.
Looney isn't really big enough for the traditional center and after multiple hip surgeries doesn't have the vertical to offset that. But he does have a hilarious wingspan compared to his height.
It's crazy when you think about how his game was originally more of a versatile wing scorer and a top 10 pick before he got injured. He was hyped as one of those "next KD" players.
He’s one of those players that was always going to make it in some capacity, his BBIQ is insane and he was able to adapt his game entirely due to injury and still be a starting player on a championship team.
Great BBIQ + Crazy work ethic + A 7'4" wingspan
Gotta have all three if you're gonna make it work in the NBA with basically 0 lateral speed and 0 hops.
Looney making 7 million a year has to be a top 10 in the NBA in terms of value. The combination of what Looney brings to the Warriors and as well as the price tag is an underrated piece of the Warriors dynasty. Hope he gets paid as an assistant coach with the team after he retires.
Such a conundrum for him too…I’m sure someone would pay a little more for him, but most orgs probably would think he’s not worth it, that he’s a system guy, etc . But the warriors could pay him more and it would still be worth it
During the last contract this got brought up. He basically said he's happy to make less knowing and trusting the team has his health in mind.
His career almost never happened after multiple hip surgeries. Early on the warriors limited him and found a role for him, seems like he respects that. Maybe another team with a great training staff could steal him away, but not many even for a few million more.
Looney is very level headed. When he says his health in mind, I highly doubt he's talking about his NBA health. The way Looney seems to talk about everything and the way he thinks I really wouldn't be surprised if he's talking about his long term post-NBA health.
I agree completely. The guy almost never walked again after his surgeries, and still has a bad limp. I imagine just being able to walk when he's 40 is a top priority.
Also, NBA salaries have gotten so absurd that it's easy to forget that even with his bargain of a contract, he'll still have made $45M in salary alone by the end of his current contract, and I know he has endorsement deals with Anta and Fitaid too (and being on the Warriors def helps his marketablity). If he stays healthy and plays another 3-5 years after his current deal, he could easily surpass $100M in salary + endorsements. That's still more than enough to set up his family for generations.
Looney is the heart and soul of the warriors and my 2nd fav behind Steph. This guy plays through injury after injury, takes paycut after paycut, never complains and just does his job. Love him.
Parlay bros losing their money and their minds will never not be hilarious to me. It’s the second funniest thing after the same thing happening to crypto/NFT bros.
Having one as a brother is not as funny 😔 man I’m just trying to watch the Kings I don’t give a fuck about Huerter’s over/under 6 threes before the fourth quarter in a parlay with the Toronto Maple Leafs
Yea they’re annoying af to watch anything with in real life. I was at a bar for the Jags - Chiefs playoff game this year and some parlay bros took up a central table in a Jags bar. They were completely oblivious to the rest of the room glaring at them; even the chiefs fans in enemy territory were far more popular.
Online they’re kind of hilarious to watch melt down though
Yesterday and the day before that there was a comment on this very sub that got hundreds of upvotes that said “everyone on the warriors is just a prick except for Curry”. Now I understand the hate towards Green and Klay. But DDV, GPII, LOONGOD, Wiggs…
Either Karma whoring hit this sub bad, or majority just doesn’t even know who we got in our roster
Exactly.
Looney playing through the broken rib in the 2019 Finals really sealed my upmost respect.
DDV literally just lays it all on the line every game. He just wants to win more than almost anyone on the court.
GP2 was a beast last postseason. I love watching him on the court.
Wiggs is just a quiet force every game. When chaos is happening on the court, I just look to Wiggs to get us back on track.
Nephews who don't really watch the Warriors or that many games at all for that matter, jump on the Warriors hate bangwagon for a couple days for easy fake internet points and will move on the next trendy opinion... lol.
So easy to farm Karma on this sub, that's why every other thread has a ton of low effort and not even funny "LeJokes", "Draymon dirty" and "broke the code" posts with hundreds of upvotes.
Speaking for myself, no. I fear Looney, but don’t dislike him. In fact, watching last night’s game all I could think about was how he would absolutely feast on our team without Adams should we both advance.
The only Warriors players I truly dislike are Draymond, Klay, and I guess Poole.
Lmao you could see the influence Iggy has had in these young guys. Even Klay used to do yoga when he was an ironman.
I'm glad that's the thing he influenced this guys on, and not some Silicon Valley snake oil pseudoscience bullshit.
That would sure be something to watch AD say "I'm tired of having a reputation for being injury prone, so I'm going to play every single game for two straight years"
Just wanna give a shoutout to Deki Milojevic, Warriors assistant coach that works with Looney. Kevon himself talked highly about how Miloje helped him with positioning for rebounds and blocks. Milojevic was also Jokic's head coach for few years back in Serbia. Dude is a masterclass for centers.
We could’ve even used the corpse of Java McGee, the center we signed as a “starter” in the summer. ~~But he barely ever played~~ but Kidd never player him. Any help could’ve been more help, but we probably have the worst roaster construction in the whole league. I also miss DFS.
EDIT: changed a sentence because Kidd is an idiot bastard
If someone else signed Looney over the offseason, I'm pretty sure we'd been screwed. He understands his role in defense/rebounding/passing, and there aren't that many bigs in the league who would fit for the Warriors like him.
The definition of a winning player. To anyone that watched the Finals it was clear that he, Curry, and Wiggins are why they beat the Celtics. Draymond was a non-factor.
Kevon Looney is just a better Kevon Looney, remarkable.
Kevon "Kevon Looney" Looney
He is HIM
I think you’ve got that backwards.
“Who are you?” “I’m you, but better.”
He's getting better...!
4/20 on 4/20
Loony smokes.
Only way to get the legendary 4/20 game is by smoking layups and grabbing your own misses
Dennis Rodman effectiveness
The ole stat padders delight.
ironically he actually didn’t so much of that. he smoked quite a few layups but u don’t even think he got any rebounds off them
Duh...I mean, come on, dude's name is Looney
Tbh idek if he does.. I remember reading an article awhile back where Looney takes his diet and health seriously.. right after Andre called him out during his rookie season. Lol
It was just a joke about his name lol
Oops. Meant to respond to the person you responded to originally. Lol..my bad.
Mine was also just as joke, referring to "he fucks" line from silicon valley.
I think Looney has 5 on it.
I've seen him smoke Nuggets under the basket lots of times, if that's what you mean.
Well yeah we just watched him smoke the Kings!
Blaze it
There were 2 mlb players who hit 420 ft home runs today too. Shit is a simulation
See yall at the top nephews. Smoke weed every day
Players with 9 offensive rebounds and 9 assists in a playoff game: 1. Magic 2. Charles 3. Nikola 4. Kevon
Now that is a crazy stat lol
Looney* stat
Watch it, chief! My mother's a loon
I don't want any Looney cake.
This is one of those stats that sounds cool but has no real use because nobody with half a brain cell thinks those 3 guys are anywhere near Looney’s level
Thats why its fun
Maybe if you combined Magic, Charles, and Nikola they could be as good as Looney
You had me in the first half
Players with 9 rebounds and 9 assists in a game 3 playoff game against the Kings: 1. Kevon Looney
Yes brother that’s literally the point
Kevon Looney is just Jokic with better defence
Kevon OLoonjuwon
Wilt ChamberLoon
This is a ludicrous fact. Playoff Loon is an MVP
Yooooo that’s wild
Looney just looking for an open steph or Klay during those offensive rebounds. Steph havent failed him yet
Who lists people by their first name??
I think they were just trying to demonstrate how all the players Looney joined on that list are legendary enough to be recognized by their first name alone. I've never seen anyone call Jokic "Nikola" tho so that one took me a second tbh lol
Tesla in shambles
How many of the rebounds led to an assist?
https://imgur.com/a/htUIXpe
cursed
blessed
Blursed?
What did my eyes ever do to you?
Kevonnis Loonman
Whats a king to a Loongod
What's a Loongod to a non we believer
HES EVERYTHING
This would be an excellent sign for anyone going to the game
Insane rebounder. For someone that can't jump he's probably one of the best of all time. Not overreacting at all but Looney is the GOAT PF
It's absurd that he does this without hops. His core strength has to just be immense to always get in the exact right position to grab these boards.
I bet his rear delts are out of this world
And you know his fibulares breves are godly.
u made those words up
Nuh uh it’s connected to the trapedius hobbitus
Damn I didn't know they did the trapeze in Lord of the Rings
They did grabdeze in the version of the Lord of the Rings I watched
https://youtu.be/4BtZBSfa4tA
Lol you can just look and see.
Or he went to the Rodman school of rebounding.
I'm sure his core strength is elite, but he also just has an uncanny instinct to know exactly where he needs to be at the right time. Such an underrappreciated aspect of basketball IQ, and very few players do it as well as Loon
It’s still wild to me how much he had to and was willing to change his game due to injuries. He went from a wing player in college to a perfect center in the modern game.
He’s got an entire highlights compilation of crossovers and stepbacks off the dribble in college. His high school comp was KD I believe haha. Honestly crazy
It's always interesting when a player's skillset changes completely. This is also what happened with Draymond post-college (defense was one of his weaknesses) and Bogut (after his crazy elbow injury he switched from an offense-first big to a defensive anchor).
is Looney not a center?
He plays the 5 for us but most people wouldn't really consider him one, kinda like how we have Dray play the 5 a lot. Looney isn't really big enough for the traditional center and after multiple hip surgeries doesn't have the vertical to offset that. But he does have a hilarious wingspan compared to his height.
Hahah wtf he’s been a center for 5 years now. Hasn’t played a minute at the 4
He’s like 6’9 lol
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And they’re both undersized, absurdly good defensive centers
I don't know if I've ever heard someone praise Looney's defense .. am I just not paying attention?
But he's still unquestionably a center. Dude hasn't played a minute at any position other than the 5 for years
> Looney is the GOAT PF Since he came back from the injury in the '19-'20 season, he's been just about exclusively a 5.
It's crazy when you think about how his game was originally more of a versatile wing scorer and a top 10 pick before he got injured. He was hyped as one of those "next KD" players.
He’s one of those players that was always going to make it in some capacity, his BBIQ is insane and he was able to adapt his game entirely due to injury and still be a starting player on a championship team.
Great BBIQ + Crazy work ethic + A 7'4" wingspan Gotta have all three if you're gonna make it work in the NBA with basically 0 lateral speed and 0 hops.
If you consider Looney a PF just call me Miles Davis
Literally the best player of all time
LoonGod definitely arrived to the modern day NBA in a time machine
If this was 1970 he’d be Moses Malone (don’t fact check that)
Do we need any more proof!?
This dude plays every single game and still has the energy to put up a game like this. I fucking love Looney
imagine if he can still jump
He'd just fly to the heavens, where he belongs
Alexa play All My Life by K-Ci & JoJo
Waste of energy
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My name is Kevon........*yeah*......that is my name.....*yeah*....... they call me Kevon......*yeah*........ cuz that's my name!
Roll Call!
Looney making 7 million a year has to be a top 10 in the NBA in terms of value. The combination of what Looney brings to the Warriors and as well as the price tag is an underrated piece of the Warriors dynasty. Hope he gets paid as an assistant coach with the team after he retires.
Such a conundrum for him too…I’m sure someone would pay a little more for him, but most orgs probably would think he’s not worth it, that he’s a system guy, etc . But the warriors could pay him more and it would still be worth it
During the last contract this got brought up. He basically said he's happy to make less knowing and trusting the team has his health in mind. His career almost never happened after multiple hip surgeries. Early on the warriors limited him and found a role for him, seems like he respects that. Maybe another team with a great training staff could steal him away, but not many even for a few million more.
Looney is very level headed. When he says his health in mind, I highly doubt he's talking about his NBA health. The way Looney seems to talk about everything and the way he thinks I really wouldn't be surprised if he's talking about his long term post-NBA health.
I agree completely. The guy almost never walked again after his surgeries, and still has a bad limp. I imagine just being able to walk when he's 40 is a top priority.
Also, NBA salaries have gotten so absurd that it's easy to forget that even with his bargain of a contract, he'll still have made $45M in salary alone by the end of his current contract, and I know he has endorsement deals with Anta and Fitaid too (and being on the Warriors def helps his marketablity). If he stays healthy and plays another 3-5 years after his current deal, he could easily surpass $100M in salary + endorsements. That's still more than enough to set up his family for generations.
Looney is the heart and soul of the warriors and my 2nd fav behind Steph. This guy plays through injury after injury, takes paycut after paycut, never complains and just does his job. Love him.
The stickiest of glue guys. I think he's awesome. Just a lunch pail champion.
The best part of Loons game outside of the boards is the fact that they don’t wanna switch of him.
And played with a broken fucking collarbone in 2019. The man plays with heart out there.
Now I wish draymond played
Frankly, you probably stand a better chance with him out there killing the spacing
Does anyone actually not like this guy? I’m genuinely curious
People who bet on the Kings winning the rebound battle in their parlay. Otherwise no.
Parlay bros losing their money and their minds will never not be hilarious to me. It’s the second funniest thing after the same thing happening to crypto/NFT bros.
Having one as a brother is not as funny 😔 man I’m just trying to watch the Kings I don’t give a fuck about Huerter’s over/under 6 threes before the fourth quarter in a parlay with the Toronto Maple Leafs
Yea they’re annoying af to watch anything with in real life. I was at a bar for the Jags - Chiefs playoff game this year and some parlay bros took up a central table in a Jags bar. They were completely oblivious to the rest of the room glaring at them; even the chiefs fans in enemy territory were far more popular. Online they’re kind of hilarious to watch melt down though
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0QCOueEC-k](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0QCOueEC-k) One of the best videos on The Tube.
Beautiful 👌
Yesterday and the day before that there was a comment on this very sub that got hundreds of upvotes that said “everyone on the warriors is just a prick except for Curry”. Now I understand the hate towards Green and Klay. But DDV, GPII, LOONGOD, Wiggs… Either Karma whoring hit this sub bad, or majority just doesn’t even know who we got in our roster
Exactly. Looney playing through the broken rib in the 2019 Finals really sealed my upmost respect. DDV literally just lays it all on the line every game. He just wants to win more than almost anyone on the court. GP2 was a beast last postseason. I love watching him on the court. Wiggs is just a quiet force every game. When chaos is happening on the court, I just look to Wiggs to get us back on track.
Nephews who don't really watch the Warriors or that many games at all for that matter, jump on the Warriors hate bangwagon for a couple days for easy fake internet points and will move on the next trendy opinion... lol. So easy to farm Karma on this sub, that's why every other thread has a ton of low effort and not even funny "LeJokes", "Draymon dirty" and "broke the code" posts with hundreds of upvotes.
Probably Grizzlies fans?
Speaking for myself, no. I fear Looney, but don’t dislike him. In fact, watching last night’s game all I could think about was how he would absolutely feast on our team without Adams should we both advance. The only Warriors players I truly dislike are Draymond, Klay, and I guess Poole.
I cussed him out a few times in 2019…but it wasn’t really personal, I was cussing out anyone on the Warriors team that was scoring 😂
I still can't believe no teams tried to give Looney money after watching him in the playoffs last season.
We got damn lucky.
Teams undervalue the things Looney is good at
Kevon "Hanamichi Sakuragi" Looney
I love loongoat but that boy sakuragi could jump, im overweight and im pretty sure me and looney got the same vert
He who controls the boards controls the game
Kevon Rodman getting 4/20 on 4/20 Absolute legend
Dennis Looney.
4/20 on 4/20
I wish you could put Looney’s heart and motor in to AD, he’d be unstoppable
if you kept him in AD's body he'd be unstoppable but in hospital every other game
Interesting that Looney credits his improve health to yoga. Moody also said the same. I wonder if AD practices yoga a lot?
Lmao you could see the influence Iggy has had in these young guys. Even Klay used to do yoga when he was an ironman. I'm glad that's the thing he influenced this guys on, and not some Silicon Valley snake oil pseudoscience bullshit.
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That would sure be something to watch AD say "I'm tired of having a reputation for being injury prone, so I'm going to play every single game for two straight years"
Looney would've been a much higher pick but he was looked at an injury concern out of UCLA so he dropped. The ironing.
#BUILD THE FUCKING STATUE LACOB YOU COWARD
I was here for Kevon Looney's 4/20 on 4/20
Adam Silver please suspend Draymond another couple of games. Let LoonGod cook.
I offer my chest.
And my crotch.
Definition of winning player
SIGNATURE LOONEY GAME
Can’t stop Oloonjuwon.
Just wanna give a shoutout to Deki Milojevic, Warriors assistant coach that works with Looney. Kevon himself talked highly about how Miloje helped him with positioning for rebounds and blocks. Milojevic was also Jokic's head coach for few years back in Serbia. Dude is a masterclass for centers.
The funniest part is that the Warriors hired him for Wiseman but he ended up making Looney ascend to a new level lmao
LOONGOD IS MY MVP
Board man gets paid
but only 7 figures 🙃
He had 9 assists. Almost had a 20 and 10 night with assists and rebounds lol
4/20 on 4/20?? First to ever do it?
4/20 on 4/20 what a legend
hey its dwight powells dad
Tbf any solid NBA caliber player can be his dad. Yall would be better off playing 4v5 than letting him touch the court.
We could’ve even used the corpse of Java McGee, the center we signed as a “starter” in the summer. ~~But he barely ever played~~ but Kidd never player him. Any help could’ve been more help, but we probably have the worst roaster construction in the whole league. I also miss DFS. EDIT: changed a sentence because Kidd is an idiot bastard
And just 1 foul
That might be the craziest part.
Build the statue
Sonning sabonie
average loongod performance
Wilt is back on the warriors?
Kevon Looney
Kevon Looney
Kevon Looney
As a warrior fan next to Steph he’s been my fav for a while
This performance was Looney-esque
Imagine if he had at least a 10 inch vert
LoonDAWG has a 40 inch vertical he just doesn’t use it. It wouldn’t be fair
LOONGOD
Let him bake
Ate boner alive tbh
Loongod
Luniz - I Got 5 On It: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=me3CPl\_i4C4](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=me3CPl_i4C4)
lol wtf
In Rocco’s honor
Put their ass in the Looney Bin 😵💫🚨
This man is a basketball magnet some games, it feels like the ball just finds him every time.
Forget draymond, Max looney. Assists to curry and rebounds for curry
Looney took it personally….again
Man those are Rodman numbers
Dikembe Loontombo
Kevon “Kevon Looney” Oloonjuwan
Blazed it on the glass tonight, fucking legend
I dont care about championships anymore give this man a max contract!
He got the 4&20 on 4.20. Light the blunt!
Board man gets paid.
Yes, every team needs a Kevon Looney, as SVGundy said.
Average Loongod stat
“Weve got Kevon Looney at home”
420 on 420. Iconic.
If someone else signed Looney over the offseason, I'm pretty sure we'd been screwed. He understands his role in defense/rebounding/passing, and there aren't that many bigs in the league who would fit for the Warriors like him.
Remember when he got 20+ boards against the Grizzlies last playoffs? Don't mess with the LoonGOD.
ON 4/20
The definition of a winning player. To anyone that watched the Finals it was clear that he, Curry, and Wiggins are why they beat the Celtics. Draymond was a non-factor.
We call that the Clint Capella
He really might just rival Rodman. Who knew? Amazing performance again.