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Twinkle Toes
Profile Joined May 2012
United States3605 Posts
Last Edited: 2017-06-13 04:57:05
May 27 2017 14:39 GMT
#1
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Take outs from these Playoffs/Finals:
  1. Kevin Durant will be god-mode next year and may be the best in the league
  2. hence... GSW will be unstoppable for at least a couple years (barring major adjustments from other teams)
  3. LMA needs to go,
  4. The Clippers need major overhaul. Rivers should let go of dual GM/Coach duty. Choose one, Doc.
  5. Lebron is an all-time great, objectively top 5 of all time. But these finals, against teams of equal pedigree to Cavs, have shown that Lebron is only average-good on defense (he is great on chasedowns and help d's though) and he is really not clutch. He has the tendency to wilt under pressure. Without Irving, Lebron can't do it, and couldnt have done it last year.
  6. The East really need to improve, otherwise they might as well just cancel the playoffs and make it auto-Finals for the Cavs as long as Lebron is there.
  7. Good job Curry for avoiding stupid TOs and rushing threes like last year's finals, and instead playing a more disciplined mental game of passing, creating, and driving to the paint.
  8. Kyrie is a scoring genius. Flawed, erratic, unrealiable at times, but he is a genius.


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Poll: What happens in Game 4?

4-0 (5)
 
63%

3-1 (3)
 
38%

8 total votes

Your vote: What happens in Game 4?

(Vote): 4-0
(Vote): 3-1



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Poll: NBA 2017 Champions

Golden State Warriors (16)
 
67%

Cleveland Cavaliers (8)
 
33%

24 total votes

Your vote: NBA 2017 Champions

(Vote): Golden State Warriors
(Vote): Cleveland Cavaliers









Poll: How

GSW 4-0 (6)
 
17%

GSW 4-1 (6)
 
17%

GSW 4-2 (8)
 
23%

GSW 4-3 (1)
 
3%

CLE 4-0 (1)
 
3%

CLE 4-1 (0)
 
0%

CLE 4-2 (3)
 
9%

CLE 4-3 (10)
 
29%

35 total votes

Your vote: How

(Vote): GSW 4-0
(Vote): GSW 4-1
(Vote): GSW 4-2
(Vote): GSW 4-3
(Vote): CLE 4-0
(Vote): CLE 4-1
(Vote): CLE 4-2
(Vote): CLE 4-3



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zdarr
Profile Joined September 2010
France375 Posts
May 27 2017 16:48 GMT
#2
I dont see how durant will manage to choke and lose this series but i sure hope he will. cleveland in 7 for me
bdonballer
Profile Joined October 2014
United States408 Posts
May 27 2017 19:02 GMT
#3
No way the Warriors lose this year.
I carry hard!
Jerubaal
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
United States7684 Posts
May 28 2017 00:19 GMT
#4
I wish KD would do something that would make me feel happy for him. All of his comments lately have been really sour.
I'm not stupid, a marauder just shot my brain.
Shellshock
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United States97277 Posts
May 28 2017 01:40 GMT
#5
Warriors in 6
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Jerubaal
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
United States7684 Posts
May 29 2017 01:31 GMT
#6
I will say, though, this is probably Love's best year in terms of integration into the team.
I'm not stupid, a marauder just shot my brain.
nayumi
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
Australia6499 Posts
May 29 2017 02:54 GMT
#7
not a huge follower of the NBA but isn't this the 3rd consecutive CLE vs GSW finals?
Sugoi monogatari onii-chan!
JimmyJRaynor
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Canada18051 Posts
May 29 2017 03:12 GMT
#8
yep, has 3 in a row in the final round happened in any other sport? i don't think its happened in the NBA.
Ray Kassar To David Crane : "you're no more important to Atari than the factory workers assembling the cartridges"
ZenithM
Profile Joined February 2011
France15952 Posts
May 29 2017 09:00 GMT
#9
I certainly hope Durant loses, but it will take four 40/12/12/3/3-type games of Lebron to make it happen.
[sc1f]eonzerg
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
Belgium7222 Posts
May 29 2017 09:02 GMT
#10
Curry is onfire this time,cavs no chance.
MassHysteria
Profile Joined October 2010
United States3678 Posts
May 29 2017 16:31 GMT
#11
Cavs in 6/7!! We about to witness the crowning of the GOAT.
"Just ban all the J's...even jinklejoes" --unnamed source
JimmyJRaynor
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Canada18051 Posts
May 29 2017 17:02 GMT
#12
thank god there is some celebrity scandal going on today so we don't have to listen to S.A.S. yap about basketball.
Ray Kassar To David Crane : "you're no more important to Atari than the factory workers assembling the cartridges"
Jerubaal
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
United States7684 Posts
Last Edited: 2017-05-29 18:52:41
May 29 2017 18:52 GMT
#13
I don't think you UNDERSTAND the IMPORTANCE that Eldrick TONT Woods represents to this society. He is the PINNACLE of athletic potential and very close personal friend of mine.
I'm not stupid, a marauder just shot my brain.
JimmyJRaynor
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Canada18051 Posts
May 30 2017 01:11 GMT
#14
On May 30 2017 03:52 Jerubaal wrote:
I don't think you UNDERSTAND the IMPORTANCE that Eldrick TONT Woods represents to this society. He is the PINNACLE of athletic potential and very close personal friend of mine.


i realize ESPN is desperately trying to cut costs... why not fire Stephen Smith and hire a guy they can pay in Canadian money. 30% savings right there.

Ray Kassar To David Crane : "you're no more important to Atari than the factory workers assembling the cartridges"
RowdierBob
Profile Blog Joined May 2003
Australia13537 Posts
May 30 2017 04:57 GMT
#15
Cavs in 6.
"Terrans are pretty much space-Australians" - H
JimmyJRaynor
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Canada18051 Posts
Last Edited: 2017-05-30 16:21:23
May 30 2017 16:20 GMT
#16
ESPN's advanced ANALytics department has the Warriors with a .93 probability of winning the series.

http://www.espn.com/espn/feature/story/_/id/19483056/closer-look-warriors-cavaliers-matchup

"All things considered, the numbers point to the Warriors claiming the NBA Finals rubber match. And those numbers are pretty one-sided -- ESPN's Basketball Power Index sides with Golden State by a huge margin."
Ray Kassar To David Crane : "you're no more important to Atari than the factory workers assembling the cartridges"
Jerubaal
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
United States7684 Posts
May 30 2017 20:13 GMT
#17
Man, what kind of country are we living in where a man can't use his hard earned dollar to buy a playoff ticket and throw a catfish onto the ice.
I'm not stupid, a marauder just shot my brain.
Elroi
Profile Joined August 2009
Sweden5617 Posts
May 31 2017 16:14 GMT
#18
I dont really get why so many people crticize durant for jumping on a super team. Didnt lebron do exactly the same thing with bosh/wade and now irving/love?? But yeah the nba need tougher competition.
"To all eSports fans, I want to be remembered as a progamer who can make something out of nothing, and someone who always does his best. I think that is the right way of living, and I'm always doing my best to follow that." - Jaedong. /watch?v=jfghAzJqAp0
zev318
Profile Joined October 2010
Canada4306 Posts
Last Edited: 2017-05-31 16:57:42
May 31 2017 16:56 GMT
#19
On June 01 2017 01:14 Elroi wrote:
I dont really get why so many people crticize durant for jumping on a super team. Didnt lebron do exactly the same thing with bosh/wade and now irving/love?? But yeah the nba need tougher competition.


everyone called him out then too. but i think durant gets more hate because he joined a 73 win team who have proven that they are already elite and can win. while lebron joined a 47 win team that lost in the 1st round and although he was joined by bosh, there was still the uncertainty of how it would pan out and im not sure if anyone had any doubts about the warriors.
ZenithM
Profile Joined February 2011
France15952 Posts
May 31 2017 17:03 GMT
#20
Plus, the whole "he joined the team that beat him while he was up 3-1" thing. Durant really checked all the boxes to produce the weakest free agency move of all time.
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