LyleLanley
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There's nothing more hilarious than a Heat fan that doesn't see the irony in hating Lebron for how he left. Now let's get back to playoff talk. Celtics in 4.
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2015 NBA PLAYOFFS |OT| One man's Smith.. Is another man's treasure.
- Thread starter UnObtainium17
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Yeah, I stopped listening to them shortly after The Basketball Jones show stopped and they stopped cussing :lol
Doc Holliday
SPOILER: Columbus finds America
NBA and NBPA agree to HGH testing starting next season!
is this Lebron's last chance to get a ring with the Cavs? heheh jk
is this Lebron's last chance to get a ring with the Cavs? heheh jk
Randolph Freelander
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Great, now Steph Curry will weigh just 115 pounds.
It's always the guys you never suspect.
detectiveconan1
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Yeah there wasn't anyone available who would have really helped our team. I think Ray Allen may have come back if Lebron had stayed, but that is about it. In the long run, I think things will work out nicely for us. I mean we stumbled on a potential franchise player in Hassan Whiteside, and we are in pretty good shape to sign an excellent point guard in the offseason. Even if Lebron had stayed, I don't think the Heat would be able to beat the Warriors/Spurs this year.
I don't get why Heat fans hate Lebron, he certainly didn't do Miami as dirty as he did Cleveland. We had a great run, won two championships, got to four straight Finals, but he chose to go to a different team, and we need to get over it and move on. I don't dislike Lebron anymore than before he came to the Heat, and it would not bother me in the slightest if the Cavs win the championship. The main thing I dislike about the Cavs is the idiot bandwagon fans that jumped ship from the Miami Heat. Plus,I don't really like all the fans who burned jerseys, booed him every time he touched the ball, and then acted like none of it ever happened.
XiaNaphryz
LATIN, MATRIPEDICABUS, DO YOU SPEAK IT
Visualizing team offenses by style:
http://nyloncalculus.com/2015/04/16/visualizing-team-offense-by-style/
http://nyloncalculus.com/2015/04/16/visualizing-team-offense-by-style/
Dreams-Visions
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dem warriors tho
Gully State
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I get why Heat fans hate Lebron. I just think them snubbing the Cavs fanbase is just over the top ludicrous.
UnObtainium17
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Wow that warriors graph looks like the graph of the most OP jet in an ace combat game.
Whoa, this is fascinating. Thanks mang.Visualizing team offenses by style:
http://nyloncalculus.com/2015/04/16/visualizing-team-offense-by-style/
Randolph Freelander
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Lakers still on that triangle.
TheGreatMightyPoo
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Lee Chaolan
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Andrew Korenchkin
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Woo seeds are in!
Probably won't happen, I wouldn't mind seeing the Spurs get knocked out by the Clippers. I know Lakers fans are suppose to hate them, but Clippers have had no success until recently. I also do like Clipper Darrell.
Bulls getting knocked out over the Bucks I support as well.
Probably won't happen, I wouldn't mind seeing the Spurs get knocked out by the Clippers. I know Lakers fans are suppose to hate them, but Clippers have had no success until recently. I also do like Clipper Darrell.
Bulls getting knocked out over the Bucks I support as well.
grandjedi6
Master of the Google Search
They delayed it to have time to develop the appropriate procedures. And by appropriate procedures they mean give the players time to get off the stuff and hide the evidence. It's why everyone spent last summer losing weight and why everyone has been extra injured this year.
UnObtainium17
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I wanted to say May God bless this Clips against the Spurs.. But its the Clippers so at some point in the most important part of the season they are bound to disappoint you.
It's gonna be Pitbull? :[
All in with Atlanta and Memphis, I suppose.
East is going to be another snorefest until the Hawks & the LeBrons meet. Only Spurs-Clippers will be all that interesting in round one. Rondo has killed Dallas. Maybe Portland can upset Memphis since they're out of sorts.
No Westbrook is a bummer.
East is going to be another snorefest until the Hawks & the LeBrons meet. Only Spurs-Clippers will be all that interesting in round one. Rondo has killed Dallas. Maybe Portland can upset Memphis since they're out of sorts.
No Westbrook is a bummer.
Face it Tiger..
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Raps killed the Hawks 3-0 breh, it's cavs vs. the raps.
XiaNaphryz
LATIN, MATRIPEDICABUS, DO YOU SPEAK IT
TheSadRanger
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Haha I saw that article, at the end they try to give their food to the homeless but some had refused since they already got a ton from other fans.
LowlySmokeGuy
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http://espn.go.com/nba/boxscore?gameId=400578884
The Raptors beat them twice when the Hawks started 7-6. They clearly weren't the same team they are now. That leaves the other 2 games. They both kicked each other's asses on road. Would be a great series.
perfectchaos007
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NBA Championship odds
Cleveland Cavaliers - 11/5
Golden State Warriors - 11/5
San Antonio Spurs - 7/2
Atlanta Hawks - 12/1
Chicago Bulls - 12/1
Houston Rockets - 16/1
Los Angeles Clippers - 18/1
Memphis Grizzlies - 28/1
Dallas Mavericks - 40/1
Portland Trailblazers - 40/1
Toronto Raptors - 50/1
Washington Wizards - 75/1
Boston Celtics - 150/1
New Orleans Pelicans - 150/1
Brooklyn Nets - 200/1
Milwaukee Bucks - 250/1
Spurs have the best odds for a 6 seed that I've ever seen
Milwaukee Bucks have the worst odds for a 6 seed that I've ever seen
Cleveland Cavaliers - 11/5
Golden State Warriors - 11/5
San Antonio Spurs - 7/2
Atlanta Hawks - 12/1
Chicago Bulls - 12/1
Houston Rockets - 16/1
Los Angeles Clippers - 18/1
Memphis Grizzlies - 28/1
Dallas Mavericks - 40/1
Portland Trailblazers - 40/1
Toronto Raptors - 50/1
Washington Wizards - 75/1
Boston Celtics - 150/1
New Orleans Pelicans - 150/1
Brooklyn Nets - 200/1
Milwaukee Bucks - 250/1
Spurs have the best odds for a 6 seed that I've ever seen
Milwaukee Bucks have the worst odds for a 6 seed that I've ever seen
grandjedi6
Master of the Google Search
Crazy. Even crazier considering that since someone has to make it out of the east, all the eastern teams have a statistical advantage over the western teams. I can't imagine how low the Bucks odds would be if not for the conference system.
LowlySmokeGuy
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The last time they had a healthy Rose, they made it to the ECF. This is the most healthy they have been since the beginning of the year, and they certainly have the talent to go past the 2nd round. Of course, there is a high probability that a major player goes down and ruins them just like the past 3 years.
talisayNon
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The Clips starting 5 will play what...40-42 minutes against the Spurs? Their bench is so fucking wretched they pretty much have to. And then they can just hack-a-Jordan which Popski has shown he is fond off in crunch time.
I cant see Clips winning brehs, another early exit for Paul, whose gimmick is that he is a great player who cannot win when it really matters. Those 48 seconds against Thunder last year will define him
(he is still the best PG in the game, but you know how basketball fans are with winning)
I cant see Clips winning brehs, another early exit for Paul, whose gimmick is that he is a great player who cannot win when it really matters. Those 48 seconds against Thunder last year will define him
(he is still the best PG in the game, but you know how basketball fans are with winning)
LyleLanley
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@NBA said:
Believe.
MetalFearSolid
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@NBA said:
Believe.
perfectchaos007
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They didn't even try with Milwaukee's. Just the Larry O'Brien trophy and "Bucks"
Gully State
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WGBC!!
Doc Holliday
SPOILER: Columbus finds America
The bulls are 1 of 2 teams to beat the warriors at home.
and the made the ecf with keith boagans and boozer in the starting lineup....
Dreams-Visions
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I think we all know of Atlanta's tendency to collapse in the post-season....but those odds are stupid for them. That squad has just a good a chance to get to and win the 'Ship as the Golden State. What makes those 2 teams different anyway? Both are heavily loaded with talent, great outside shooting, superior guard play, fantastic ball movement, and they never give up (many come from behind wins this season). I don't see anything Atlanta lacks that GS doesn't, though I will agree that Curry and Thompson are better individual players than anyone on Atlanta's roster, pound for pound.
Going through the weaker conference, I don't see any reason why Atlanta's odds are any longer than the other top teams. If I were a betting man, I'd bet on them to beat CLE for sure. That's my team, but most of the most important players on that team will be playing their first fucking playoff game in their lives on Sunday, and fuckball won't get CLE to the Finals.
My money?
Hawks vs Rockets
Hawks vs Spurs
CLE and GS have a lot to prove in the playoffs IMO. GS less so, since they were there competing last year. I can't pass them the crown until San Antonio has been eliminated from the playoffs.
Gully State
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Don't you mean this is the last year Bron will do anything because next year he can't be on HGH?
soundahfekz
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Finally an OT that can't include the knicks or the lakers
Spurs will repeat
Spurs will repeat
Gully State
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12-1 aren't terrible odds and about where I would think they'd be. The reason why CLE and GS have better odds are simply b/c of star power. When you need to go out and get a bucket, both of those teams have that guy (or guys) that can simply do it on his own whereas I don't think ATL has that as much as the teams above them..But whatever, it's just betting odds.
I wonder what the result of that series would've been had we actually won game 1 against the Spurs that year instead of throwing spectacularly and giving them a game they had no business winning.
Dreams-Visions
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Yea man that's invaluable experience. They know what the pressure is like and they've been close. I'm just interested in seeing the adjustments they have to make to beat someone like the Rockets or Spurs 4 times out of seven with a healthy Dwight Howard or a healthy Spurs roster. Just feels like a big ask for just about anyone. If anyone can do it they can, but...I'm just not sure.
Can't say the same about the Hawks or Cavs in terms of experience among the starters, but at least the Hawks play well-rounded basketball. That along with the pressure of post-season play might be enough to beat the Cavs all by itself. I hope not, but I won't be surprised either. I still feel like they're a decent backup PG and a "fitting in" Kevin Love away from a real Finals run.
I hear you, I just think that's an odd distinction. ATL has 5 people that can go out and get a bucket when you really need one. That's really the point. Just because they don't have a ball-hogging star demanding the ball in every game decided in the last 30 seconds doesn't mean they don't have players with the talent and confidence to get it done. I mean, which of their starters would you NOT want with the ball in their hands with the game on the line? All of them produce in the clutch, and they all shoot free throws well. There's a reason why they shit on most of the NBA all season long. It's not because of a lack of clutch talent.
They will never take away his special Gatorade.
Still wish the Celtics were going up against the Hawks.