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cLutZ
Profile Joined November 2010
United States19574 Posts
June 05 2017 01:40 GMT
#61
Curry vs. James: Mark Jackson too salty to give us a, "Momma, there goes that man."
Freeeeeeedom
blobrus
Profile Joined August 2011
4297 Posts
June 05 2017 02:20 GMT
#62
Warriors players sure complain a lot for a team that somehow manages to get even more ticky tacky foul calls than a lebron team.

Also this series is complete shit and I am sad for the current state of the NBA.
wuhan_clan
Profile Joined April 2012
United States5609 Posts
June 05 2017 02:33 GMT
#63
I thought it was just me but holy fuck was this game terrible! I don't think I've ever seen a team bitch at the refs as much as GSW. How does Draymond Green not have at least 1 tech? Aren't the refs super trigger happy with calling them these days. And the Cavs are SOOOO bad. And this is a team that basically swept every team in the East? Is the NBA really this bad now? I've never liked Lebron but can the dude get a fucking call? And does anyone else on the Cavs besides Lebron actually want to win the game?
Also can someone explain to me why the NBA blocked Chris Paul from going to the Lakers several years ago but Kevin Durant is allowed to go a 73 win team?
xDaunt
Profile Joined March 2010
United States17988 Posts
June 05 2017 02:41 GMT
#64
On June 05 2017 11:33 wuhan_clan wrote:
I thought it was just me but holy fuck was this game terrible! I don't think I've ever seen a team bitch at the refs as much as GSW. How does Draymond Green not have at least 1 tech? Aren't the refs super trigger happy with calling them these days. And the Cavs are SOOOO bad. And this is a team that basically swept every team in the East? Is the NBA really this bad now? I've never liked Lebron but can the dude get a fucking call? And does anyone else on the Cavs besides Lebron actually want to win the game?
Also can someone explain to me why the NBA blocked Chris Paul from going to the Lakers several years ago but Kevin Durant is allowed to go a 73 win team?

The East is terrible, but the Warriors are just a historically good team. No one was going to beat them this year. The Cavs are good, but they simply aren't good enough.

As for the Chris Paul thing, that was a trade, whereas the KD signing was a free agency move. There is nothing that the league can do about the latter.
zev318
Profile Joined October 2010
Canada4306 Posts
June 05 2017 02:56 GMT
#65
man so many people bitching and yet keep watching the games
Sadist
Profile Blog Joined October 2002
United States7310 Posts
June 05 2017 03:16 GMT
#66
Ya the complaining is ridiculous.

I'm convinced there are just too many miserable people in the world today

How do you go from where you are to where you want to be? I think you have to have an enthusiasm for life. You have to have a dream, a goal and you have to be willing to work for it. Jim Valvano
cLutZ
Profile Joined November 2010
United States19574 Posts
June 05 2017 03:24 GMT
#67
On June 05 2017 11:20 blobrus wrote:
Warriors players sure complain a lot for a team that somehow manages to get even more ticky tacky foul calls than a lebron team.

Also this series is complete shit and I am sad for the current state of the NBA.


Dubs got more fouls because the Cavs are terrible defenders. If every foul was called, the Cavs wouldn't have an offense as Lebron commits 1+ offensive fouls per possession.

On June 05 2017 11:33 wuhan_clan wrote:
I thought it was just me but holy fuck was this game terrible! I don't think I've ever seen a team bitch at the refs as much as GSW. How does Draymond Green not have at least 1 tech? Aren't the refs super trigger happy with calling them these days. And the Cavs are SOOOO bad. And this is a team that basically swept every team in the East? Is the NBA really this bad now? I've never liked Lebron but can the dude get a fucking call? And does anyone else on the Cavs besides Lebron actually want to win the game?
Also can someone explain to me why the NBA blocked Chris Paul from going to the Lakers several years ago but Kevin Durant is allowed to go a 73 win team?


Because these Dubs are a good team that needed Durant to become a great team (playoff-wise). If you disagree, please explain how both Cleveland and OKC took last years team to the 7th game, and 2015 Memphis took them 6. A healthy Spurs takes them a hard 5 or a soft 6. This is nothing unpredictable for championship teams.

The problem with the NBA is 2 fold. #1 is the East which has the profound problem of its best player also being on a team which would be top 3 without him for the past 7 years. #2 is that the 3 PT shot, as players increasingly get skilled at it, and increasingly understand its value, breaks the sport without the handcheck.
Freeeeeeedom
JimmyJRaynor
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Canada17190 Posts
Last Edited: 2017-06-05 08:31:30
June 05 2017 03:42 GMT
#68
The Cavaliers are prolly the 3rd or 4th best team in the NBA this year. Fortunately, for them the rest of the Eastern Conference ain't very good. Last year the Raptors were 6-9 against the Cavs and the top 3 west teams. This year the Raptors were 1-12. Boston was 14-18 against teams .500 or better.

How do you manage to play an 82 game sched and only have 32 games against teams .500+ ? play in the Atlantic.

On June 05 2017 11:41 xDaunt wrote:
No one was going to beat them this year.

a healthy San Antonio team gives the Warriors a good test. the Warriors should win but its not a foregone conclusion.
Ray Kassar To David Crane : "you're no more important to Atari than the factory workers assembling the cartridges"
xDaunt
Profile Joined March 2010
United States17988 Posts
Last Edited: 2017-06-05 03:50:52
June 05 2017 03:50 GMT
#69
On June 05 2017 12:24 cLutZ wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 05 2017 11:20 blobrus wrote:
Warriors players sure complain a lot for a team that somehow manages to get even more ticky tacky foul calls than a lebron team.

Also this series is complete shit and I am sad for the current state of the NBA.


Dubs got more fouls because the Cavs are terrible defenders. If every foul was called, the Cavs wouldn't have an offense as Lebron commits 1+ offensive fouls per possession.

Show nested quote +
On June 05 2017 11:33 wuhan_clan wrote:
I thought it was just me but holy fuck was this game terrible! I don't think I've ever seen a team bitch at the refs as much as GSW. How does Draymond Green not have at least 1 tech? Aren't the refs super trigger happy with calling them these days. And the Cavs are SOOOO bad. And this is a team that basically swept every team in the East? Is the NBA really this bad now? I've never liked Lebron but can the dude get a fucking call? And does anyone else on the Cavs besides Lebron actually want to win the game?
Also can someone explain to me why the NBA blocked Chris Paul from going to the Lakers several years ago but Kevin Durant is allowed to go a 73 win team?


Because these Dubs are a good team that needed Durant to become a great team (playoff-wise). If you disagree, please explain how both Cleveland and OKC took last years team to the 7th game, and 2015 Memphis took them 6. A healthy Spurs takes them a hard 5 or a soft 6. This is nothing unpredictable for championship teams.

The problem with the NBA is 2 fold. #1 is the East which has the profound problem of its best player also being on a team which would be top 3 without him for the past 7 years. #2 is that the 3 PT shot, as players increasingly get skilled at it, and increasingly understand its value, breaks the sport without the handcheck.


I think that the Warriors would have done better and won the title last year if Curry was healthy.
imBLIND
Profile Blog Joined December 2006
United States2626 Posts
June 05 2017 07:57 GMT
#70
Cavs were heavily injured during the Warrior's first title, and the Warriors were heavily injured during the Cav's first title. This series seems to be the only one where both teams are at full strength (except the Warriors now have Durant >.>..)
im deaf
BlackJack
Profile Blog Joined June 2003
United States10574 Posts
June 05 2017 08:30 GMT
#71
If LeBron could play 48 minutes non-stop and have unlimited energy then Cavs could have a shot. He looked gassed after attacking the rim non stop in the first quarter. He did not much in the 2nd half.
RowdierBob
Profile Blog Joined May 2003
Australia13297 Posts
June 05 2017 10:51 GMT
#72
On June 05 2017 11:33 wuhan_clan wrote:
I thought it was just me but holy fuck was this game terrible! I don't think I've ever seen a team bitch at the refs as much as GSW. How does Draymond Green not have at least 1 tech? Aren't the refs super trigger happy with calling them these days. And the Cavs are SOOOO bad. And this is a team that basically swept every team in the East? Is the NBA really this bad now? I've never liked Lebron but can the dude get a fucking call? And does anyone else on the Cavs besides Lebron actually want to win the game?
Also can someone explain to me why the NBA blocked Chris Paul from going to the Lakers several years ago but Kevin Durant is allowed to go a 73 win team?

The NBA owned the Pelicans at the time the trade went down and as the owner had veto rights on the deal Demps put together.
"Terrans are pretty much space-Australians" - H
zev318
Profile Joined October 2010
Canada4306 Posts
June 05 2017 15:22 GMT
#73
if the warriors had to make a choice between curry and durant, do you guys think they would choose durant and let curry go?
cLutZ
Profile Joined November 2010
United States19574 Posts
June 05 2017 17:02 GMT
#74
On June 05 2017 17:30 BlackJack wrote:
If LeBron could play 48 minutes non-stop and have unlimited energy then Cavs could have a shot. He looked gassed after attacking the rim non stop in the first quarter. He did not much in the 2nd half.

That is the issue with playing bully ball without post moves.
Freeeeeeedom
JimmyJRaynor
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Canada17190 Posts
Last Edited: 2017-06-05 17:32:49
June 05 2017 17:18 GMT
#75
Cleveland took 87 bazillion shots last night. the fast pace of play made it exhausting for a ball carrier making a lay up to run back 90+ feet on defense 823787 times in the 1st half. its not an LBJ thing... it would happen to any player doing all that running back and forth.

Cleveland's solution to beating teams like Toronto and Boston when things get close is to speed things up. Cleveland is being defeated with its own weapon. and it looked like by sitting Thompson that Lue intended to speed things up last night. they threw everything but the kitchen sink at Golden State in the 1st half and still trailed by 3.

i think JR Smith might lose his starting job.
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
Australia13297 Posts
June 05 2017 22:29 GMT
#76
Yeah Lue might have to consider starting Korver. But that would leave him guarding Curry or Klay.

Not time to panic yet though. I think Cavs take game three.
"Terrans are pretty much space-Australians" - H
Lebesgue
Profile Joined October 2008
4542 Posts
June 05 2017 23:22 GMT
#77
Cleveland needs to slow down the pace, they just can't keep up with GSW. If they don't then again they will run out of steam in the end of 3rd/beginning of 4th quarter.

ZenithM
Profile Joined February 2011
France15952 Posts
June 06 2017 10:42 GMT
#78
On June 03 2017 12:09 Jerubaal wrote:
I love Basketball Breakdown's segues into ad plugs.

He has gotten increasingly good at this. Always gets a good chuckle out of me :D.
ZenithM
Profile Joined February 2011
France15952 Posts
June 06 2017 13:43 GMT
#79
It's so unfair how good a top player looks when he plays in a top team (a team that would still be great without him, I mean). Durant just looks unstoppable. On one hand I can't forget the "hardest road" comment, on the other hand I just have to acknowledge the performance. If they win 3 easy championships in a row with him as Finals MVP, I can easily see the controversy of his free agency fading away quite quickly.
cLutZ
Profile Joined November 2010
United States19574 Posts
June 06 2017 16:24 GMT
#80
Durant also is on a great team for him, I think if he and LeBron switched teams, both would be worse teams than today.
Freeeeeeedom
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