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funnybananaman
Profile Joined April 2009
United States830 Posts
April 21 2018 01:29 GMT
#101
Got the raptors winning it all this year for their first franchise title. Calling it now. Go raps
andrewlt
Profile Joined August 2009
United States7702 Posts
April 21 2018 01:43 GMT
#102
Cavs threw away a huge lead. And might have thrown Lebron to LA or Philly with that.
JimmiC
Profile Blog Joined May 2011
Canada22817 Posts
April 21 2018 02:14 GMT
#103
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Twinkle Toes
Profile Joined May 2012
United States3605 Posts
April 21 2018 03:39 GMT
#104
Lebron to West: 0.0001%
Lebron to stay with the Cavs: 30%
Lebron to Philly: 60%
Lebron to Bulls: 90%

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clickbait made up stats, but I will stand by my Lebron to West stat. He has breezed through to the finals all his career and there is no point risking the streak in the wild wild West, not even for the Lakers, UNLESS LA get PG and KL!
Bisu - INnoVation - Dark - Rogue - Stats
JimmiC
Profile Blog Joined May 2011
Canada22817 Posts
April 21 2018 13:52 GMT
#105
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zev318
Profile Joined October 2010
Canada4306 Posts
April 21 2018 15:30 GMT
#106
gs would have to trade like 2 starters to do it and they wont, plus they'll need to sign 2 centers, and looney/mccaw
JimmiC
Profile Blog Joined May 2011
Canada22817 Posts
April 21 2018 19:39 GMT
#107
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cLutZ
Profile Joined November 2010
United States19574 Posts
April 21 2018 22:25 GMT
#108
On April 21 2018 22:52 JimmiC wrote:
I think he cares by far most about winning and his legacy. Whatever team gives him the best chance will be where he goes. I think Philly is the big front runner because of the talent and east. That being said simmons is doing amazing with the ball in his hands, LBJ has always had the ball in his hands, would it work? I'm guessing LeBron can adjust but who knows.

Otherwise Lakers if they can surround him with enough talent would be a great option, famous franchise and near his home. I could also see Hou or GS. Any top team that can find the cap space I think he would consider.


Lebron, adjust, lol.
Freeeeeeedom
zev318
Profile Joined October 2010
Canada4306 Posts
April 22 2018 01:42 GMT
#109
rose again, same amount of shots as KAT, but in 20 less minutes
JimmiC
Profile Blog Joined May 2011
Canada22817 Posts
April 22 2018 01:45 GMT
#110
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Twinkle Toes
Profile Joined May 2012
United States3605 Posts
April 22 2018 04:01 GMT
#111
DRose playing well
Competitive PHI-MIA series
HOU losing
NOP sweep of POR (hwat!!!)

A good night of basketball!
Bisu - INnoVation - Dark - Rogue - Stats
cLutZ
Profile Joined November 2010
United States19574 Posts
April 22 2018 05:55 GMT
#112
The NBA should just suspend all Heat players for G5, for the good of the league.
Freeeeeeedom
Jerubaal
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
United States7684 Posts
April 22 2018 06:18 GMT
#113
Was there any more backstory to why Wade went back to Miami? Was he just not wanting to be part of the shitshow that was going to be the end of this Lebron in Cleveland stay.
I'm not stupid, a marauder just shot my brain.
cLutZ
Profile Joined November 2010
United States19574 Posts
April 22 2018 06:56 GMT
#114
On April 22 2018 15:18 Jerubaal wrote:
Was there any more backstory to why Wade went back to Miami? Was he just not wanting to be part of the shitshow that was going to be the end of this Lebron in Cleveland stay.

Its pretty clear that anyone who doesn't think they absolutely need LeBron to achieve something finds him intolerable
Freeeeeeedom
Twinkle Toes
Profile Joined May 2012
United States3605 Posts
Last Edited: 2018-04-22 07:20:56
April 22 2018 07:20 GMT
#115
The Cavs gambled big time in the offseason (with some nudging from Lelbron) to get aging players Wade, Rose, and IT. For Lebron, it was partially out of his "posse" mentality, as was the case with TT and JR. For the management, it was an attempt to keep Lebron happy and stay with the Cavs. The experiment blew up on their faces. DRose was in limbo and desperate for a team. IT did IT stuff and quacked all the way to LA. And Wade was mature enough to realize it's not working and best to split amicably. Even with the Pat Riley kerfuffle aside, he is still a legend in Miami.

As an semi-off tangent point, I think Lebron is a team's greatest asset, as well as its greatest liability. Teams gut themselves for a chance to have one of the goats, management-wise. Play-wise, teams also suffer because everything has to be run through Lebron. In this sense Westbrook is Lebron-lite, with less legacy-awareness and less media-political-correctness. Since his insistence to run the offense at the point position (an attempt to chase the ghost of Chicago, not through the mythical level of greatness or psychotic killer instinct as he knows this ship has sailed after the Dallas defeat and the relative disappointment in Miami, but through the statistical records), all Cavs offense has been teammates watching and waiting for him to drive and kick out. This might work in bursts, especially when he was younger, but this is not a sustainable strategy, and not something a championship contending team should do.

All this complaints about Lebron being lazy on defense, he is tired from carrying his team, hE nEedS mOrE heLP, not having killer instinct, not demanding for the final shot in game winning situations, arise from this. Lebron priority is his legacy first and team second. For sure he hopes that his astronomic and amazing personal statistical performance and records would translate to team victory, but it is difficult to see him adjust and give up the control of their offense and be content in working on the post, setting screens, and running around the defense, and it is even more difficult to imagine given that a few more records (highest points of all time, especially) are within reach.
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xwoGworwaTsx
Profile Joined April 2012
United States984 Posts
April 22 2018 09:29 GMT
#116
it;s so difficult to find the levelheaded middle ground with james because stans will say he is muh goat 4evr and haters will say he is a statpadder who got saved by wade allen and kyrie.

im not saying i disagree with you but you imply that lebron cant anymore take over jordan as #1?

and im always wary about stat comparisons being a statistician by profession but dont you think its a legitimate basis in comparing players instead of this killer instinct and owning responsibility thing people always bring up?
Gahlo
Profile Joined February 2010
United States35174 Posts
April 22 2018 10:27 GMT
#117
On April 22 2018 14:55 cLutZ wrote:
The NBA should just suspend all Heat players for G5, for the good of the league.

Don't matter. They can't compete against Jojo.
JimmiC
Profile Blog Joined May 2011
Canada22817 Posts
April 22 2018 14:10 GMT
#118
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MassHysteria
Profile Joined October 2010
United States3678 Posts
Last Edited: 2018-04-22 16:58:51
April 22 2018 16:55 GMT
#119
I would prob pay extra to watch these PHI/MIA and OKC/UTA series. Even the CLE/IND, all great so far.

Rewatching the PHI/MIA right now 8D; only watched parts of it yest.

edit: and finally we see what going right at Anthony as much as you can in OKC defense gets you. This is what I wanted to see TOR to do to OKC in that nationally-cast game a few weeks ago.
"Just ban all the J's...even jinklejoes" --unnamed source
JimmyJRaynor
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Canada17805 Posts
Last Edited: 2018-04-22 18:58:29
April 22 2018 18:57 GMT
#120
Blake Murphy chimed in on the role Brooks has given Satoransky so far in the Wiz/Raps series.
https://www.reddit.com/r/torontoraptors/comments/8di5bh/i_am_blake_murphy_of_raptors_republic_ask_me/dxoj3il/
On April 22 2018 23:10 JimmiC wrote:
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On April 22 2018 14:55 cLutZ wrote:
The NBA should just suspend all Heat players for G5, for the good of the league.

Embid did more damage than any of the heat players just diving for a lose ball!

Embiid fucked up VanVleet earlier in the year diving for a loose ball. Pretty reckless and dangerous by Embiid. VanVleet got lucky and only missed 10 days.
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