CopperPuppy
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Reads oddly malicious.
Chill out with this shit, man. Just talk ball, or don't. Nobody wants to hear about how LeBron almost ran your dog over or whatever.
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NBA Playoffs |OT| AKA Derrick Rose's family time
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Reads oddly malicious.
Chill out with this shit, man. Just talk ball, or don't. Nobody wants to hear about how LeBron almost ran your dog over or whatever.
alpinestars1980
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Dang! Harsh, but I'm dying from laughter and I agree.
perfectchaos007
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That's true but I really wish he would play in the western conference so his teams would actually have to earn their place in the finals. The Western Conference semi's are usually tougher for a western conference team than the NBA finals
What? Did LeBron Delonte West one of your fam or something? Jeez lol.
Aside from GS/SA/OKC/LAC and maybe POR, the West was garbage AF this season too. Like Golden State didn't benefit from having the shambolic Lakers and the lottery-bound Suns/Kings in their division? The NBA as whole was top-heavy this season with definitely the Cavs and perhaps the Raps being in the discussion of elite teams in addition to those West teams already listed.
This idea that somehow LeBron couldn't somehow hack it in the West just because the East is weaker is ridiculously stupid.
Diprosalic
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Raps are ultimate paper tigers, took em 7 games against Indy and Miami playing absolutely horrible basketball throughout the entire playoffs. they would've been creamed by lower seeded west teams.
ryutaro's mama
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Two of those Ls came with a loaded Miami Big 3 team.
So averaging out the 2 Cavs Ls, he is 2-2 in the Finals.
Mediocre.
GSW in 6. Closer series than last year, but last year's finals were deceptively uneven even though it went to 6 games. By half-time game 4 the Warriors-Cavs wasn't particularly close.
GSW will run Love off the floor in the PnR. The Raptors were able to do it a few times and they aren't remotely as efficient on offence as GSW. Channing Frye doesn't solve anything here. Cavs will probably say fuck it and I give Tristan Thompson more play time for his offensive rebounding and help defense. JR will have a JR game or two and I suspect those will lead to Cavs wins. The biggest thing to me though is defense. I just don't think the Cavs have it in them from a discipline and efforts point of view, nor do they have the sort of long arms and physicality OKC used to stifle the Warriors.
Ultimately, what the Warriors did to OKC - a team that smashed them in two straight games after beating San Antonio - is much more impressive than the Cavs beating a physically and emotionally drained Raptors team that played two 7 game series in a row against average at best opponents.
GSW will run Love off the floor in the PnR. The Raptors were able to do it a few times and they aren't remotely as efficient on offence as GSW. Channing Frye doesn't solve anything here. Cavs will probably say fuck it and I give Tristan Thompson more play time for his offensive rebounding and help defense. JR will have a JR game or two and I suspect those will lead to Cavs wins. The biggest thing to me though is defense. I just don't think the Cavs have it in them from a discipline and efforts point of view, nor do they have the sort of long arms and physicality OKC used to stifle the Warriors.
Ultimately, what the Warriors did to OKC - a team that smashed them in two straight games after beating San Antonio - is much more impressive than the Cavs beating a physically and emotionally drained Raptors team that played two 7 game series in a row against average at best opponents.
Liquidsnake
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Nothing brings me more joy than a post Finals loss press conference featuring a dejected Lebron.
I want that feeling one more time. GSW please, just one more time.
I want that feeling one more time. GSW please, just one more time.
Diprosalic
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Except the East was more competitive than the West...
Diprosalic
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if you say it enough it might become true.
Who said otherwise, breh? I've watched enough of the team to know their level. lol, lots of stupid needless hate on here, which is to be expected. We made it two rounds with both stars playing historically bad basketball and a third out for a substantial part of round 2. If Lowry/DeRozan played to their level it wouldn't have gone seven. Anyway, I never said they were title contenders or anything close to that. I know they're probably not to the level of the Western powerhouses.
Out west, we've would've done okay though. We would've definitely beaten Memphis/Houston/Dallas and we could've beaten the Clippers. We most likely lose to Golden State/SA/OKC and probably Portland. So eh, a 4/5 seed all things considered.
Anyway, this is a dumb argument since people will hate regardless because it's fun to hate on the Raps and the East.
Lionel Richie
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He was considered by moronic media personnel, Lebron TS%ed .477 while being thoroughly outplayed by Iguodala. And sure this year he has better options to pass, but these better options can't defend for shit.
The Lebrons have a shot, sure, but there's absolutely no universe in which that wouldn't be a huge upset.
Wait what
ryutaro's mama
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Not really. Dude is usually whatevs when he gets ended in the Finals. Look at him getting bounced versus someone like say, Kobe:
LeBron:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74eWzr4xIF4
Kobe:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=81D1TD1nkFg
One of those guys was kinda ok with losing (was proud of winning 2 and losing 2 in 4 years) and the other was steaming over the loss.
One guy is 5 and 2 in the Finals, the other is 2 and 4.
It is what it is.
No, it wasn't at all. Team records are deceptive. Warriors, Spurs, Clippers, Thunder, and I'm going to throw in the Trail Blazers, were all better than any team in the East except the Cavs.
Or maybe if I study my number line and learn place value?
Diprosalic
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if you made a tournament where the east no. 5 seed played the west's no.5 seed etc. i would be very surprised if the east won any of those matchups. West is just more experienced and better coached with all-stars that can dominate playoff games.
elrechazado
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Clippers in the playoffs this year. Lol dude. The chain of comments is clearly referring to the playoffs. Top three in the west (dubs, okc, Spurs) clearly great. Rest is nothing special to downright joke.
Atomic Playboy
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The Clippers who lost Blake Griffin AND Chris Paul to season-ending injuries in the same game, who were winning their games by 20+ before that? Yeah, they really sucked it up!
Diprosalic
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then the entire nba is these 3 teams with the rest being jokes.
He's outright cried after losses and people like you still bitched. Please. Your rationale is garbage, just admit that some people just outright hate the guy despite what he does.
i3allistic
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people forget what happened the last time a healthy Cavs played the Warriors?
lol
lol
ryutaro's mama
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I think that the CHOSEN1 should have more than 2 wins in 6 tries.
We are witness to mediocrity.
Yeah...it was in Cleveland...the Cavs won that game, right?
Liquidsnake
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Cavs are going to get smoked.
I wouldn't call the Cavs healthy or complete during either of those meetings. Both happened in Kyries first month back, hell they were his second team this year IIRC. They still had Blatt as coach and didnt have Fryre who is their hottest shooter right now.
ryutaro's mama
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Gully State
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I like this one...Just going to make a slight change.
The King demands for seconds. The Chef delivers.
Hopefully that's a neutral enough title. I don't want anything to sound too one sided...
I'll have the thread up before the end of the day. Hopefully....Unfortunately, I'm artistically challenged..
XiaNaphryz
LATIN, MATRIPEDICABUS, DO YOU SPEAK IT
At least get the thread up and edit in the other stuff later. This one's getting locked tonight regardless, it's 20 pages overdue and we're not putting up an OT2 just for a day or two! You'd have to go to the Offseason thread in the interim if there's no Finals thread at the time.
esmith08734
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Rather see Cleveland win. As arrogant as LeBron has been throughout his career, Steph is already becoming hard to tolerate. He's very cocky on the court. Granted, he is an incredible player but he doesn't carry himself well in terms of sportsmanship.
Plus, the Warriors have been exposed. They were viewed as this untouchable team but they should have lost to the Thunder. Plus, when teams move the ball around against them, it disrupts their rhythm. They are a great shooting team but they take some incredibly dumb shots at times.
Plus, the Warriors have been exposed. They were viewed as this untouchable team but they should have lost to the Thunder. Plus, when teams move the ball around against them, it disrupts their rhythm. They are a great shooting team but they take some incredibly dumb shots at times.
Lionel Richie
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But even if your point stands, the top 3 is still great. The East have no top 3, they have one great team (coached by Ty Lue, so there's clearly a ceiling there) and a bunch of WTF am I doing here teams. I'm not sure why people point Memphis and the Mavs as a way of saying that the West is weak. Sure, those teams suck, but so does every team in the East that's not Cleveland.
ryutaro's mama
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They were exposed as much as the Cavs were exposed getting pushed to 6 by the Raptors. <rolls eyes>
GSW goes down 3-1 and wins the series 4-3...but they were exposed.
LOL...it's no wonder I stopped posting in this thread regularly, ages ago...
PadWarrior
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This is a hell of a post.
Alright I take back what I said. Warriors don't need an upgrade at center.
esmith08734
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Thunder should have won that series, convincingly in six games. I am more inclined to believe the Thunder lost the series rather than Golden State winning it.
Cleveland won nearly 20 games less than the Warriors this year. Were they suppose to go undefeated all the way through?
PadWarrior
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Wat. Clippers definitely didn't suck.
ryutaro's mama
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SHOULD is not what happened. The Thunder has 3 games to get one. The Warriors had no margin for error. When it was go time, they won the series, flat out. They didn't win 73 games this season by being the underdog in situations like this.
The Thunder SHOULD have won Game 6 but you know what? Klay Thompson played out of his mind and they refused to lose. That is why they won 3 in a row when they had to and why they are headed to the Finals.
And before you ask, no, I am not a Warriors fan. I am a fan of the team that hung a 20 point loss on them while failing their way to a 17 win season.
Liquidsnake
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IF Lebron loses in the finals again, why isnt the narrative how bad the east has been, over the last 10 years?
They had to beat Toronto to make it here, I mean not for nothing; but thats a joke and it seems like its that way every year.
Instead they are celebrating 6 in a row like Lebron is some kind of ...........................magician.
They had to beat Toronto to make it here, I mean not for nothing; but thats a joke and it seems like its that way every year.
Instead they are celebrating 6 in a row like Lebron is some kind of ...........................magician.
Gully State
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If I put it up now, is everyone good with the title? I'll add stuff throughout the day as suggested by XiaNaphryz..
esmith08734
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OKC handed them a third of their total regular season losses in a week. I don't see how the formula for beating them wasn't laid out.
i3allistic
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holy fuck, what else excuse does Cleveland fan have?
ryutaro's mama
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Because that would diminish LeBron's greatness. Instead, we will blame his teammates or coaching for the loss should it happen.
And yet, when the season was on the line, they won 3 straight against this team that supposedly figured out the "formula" to win.
Uno Venova
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I can't believe I find myself missing villain Lebron these days.
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