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Apparently on the Huddle if Kemba Walker puts up that shooting percentage he's terrible but if LeBron does it he's the greatest ever.

Can you save this and copy it the next time we all get bent out of shape over MKG? 

JR Smith is on the roster. That's his job.

Depending on how the promising trajectory of Wiggins career turns out we could be looking at one of the worst trades in awhile.

This is especially plausible since both TT and Love are going to want a lot of money. You'd be hard pressed to choose Love over him right now.

"Al potentially on the decline" is the understatement of the century, but I'm with you. I'm not sure if there is a "one move fixes all" solution available, but I just want to see them do something. Going into next season just relying on health and individual improvement alone is not solving any of the real issues holding the team back.

Unfortunately, Cho will probably continue to be way too conservative and trade the pick for Arron Afflalo or something.

Quit hating...

It's almost like Kyrie and Love don't make that much difference and never got their teams anywhere close to the playoffs or something...but no, that would hurt the narrative.

Also, this was a classic example of why traditionally (and I emphasize traditionally here, because GSW could very well change that) teams that rely on jump shooting lose in the playoffs. We saw it happen to the Hawks in a big way and tonight it happened to the Warriors.

Tough to get a handle on this series. On the one hand, each team is an OT away from taking control of the series (especially Cleveland) but each is also an OT away from being in a 2-0 deficit.

You LeBron fanboys continue to be insufferable and ruin it for those of us just trying to appreciate LeBron for being LeBron and not worrying about First Take-esque debates.

 

Im curious as to why some of you hate the Warriors? We haven't won poo in 40 years and have a team full of players that don't get bullshit foul calls and don't bitch. They just go about their business each night. Is it some hipster thing where you don't like them because other people do? Like the guy that hates iPhones because it's by far the smoothest running phone so it's like nope droid edge z7 platformz ftw?

 

I'm genuinely curious. 

 

Well, yes. That's a major part of it. Look at this post. You sound like St. Louis Cardinals fan, and no one likes St. Louis Cardinals fan.

You want to still play the beaten down underdog role but you're 67-15, have the MVP, and are the only team left in the playoffs that hasn't been decimated by injuries (we will find out years from now that Steve Kerr made a pact with the devil or something to keep the Warriors of all teams healthy in the playoffs.) It's a historically great team. So great in fact, it's made LeBron the underdog.

LeBron is in his 30s with double digit seasons of NBA service. For all we know this is Cleveland's last chance at a championship. With Curry in Oakland until 2017, conventional wisdom says the Warriors will be in the hunt until at least that time.

And then there's the bandwagon, which I've harped on enough on here, but that happens to every good team. It's especially annoying when it's in your backyard and is going to make us look like idiots when Curry doesn't walk through that door in 2017. Worse though, is the "I don't like the NBA but I like Steph Curry" folks. I suppose that's great for the league, but it just perpetuates that "wrong" bandwagon mentality.

Hopefully this covers most of the bases.

After living through the 2010 season what a sweet, sweet day this is.

The Carolina Panthers officially have a franchise QB. Awesome.

Will be worth every penny  (assuming 20 million a year if we don't bid against ourselves a la Hurney.)

That's...the joke...

Since there's two games today, how about that Messi goal? He's decent at football...

​This is so weird...

So used to losing all the good talent once it's developed. Was half-expecting to open this thread to see something like Barca buying back Sanchez...

 

I feel conflicted.

I've always kind of felt like the Warriors were my adopted west coast team.  I grew up reading about RUN TMC, then their runs with players like Webber, Sprewell, when Muggsy played for them a few years, J-Rich, B-Diddy (I could pull for him again after he left New Orleans, F THEM), Captain Jack...  And now, they have Charlotte's own, Steph at the helm...  And if you don't like him, you just don't like life.

BUT, I said last year when LeBron went back to Cleveland last offseason, that if we were out of playoff contention, I would be pulling for them...  I hate them as long as we're alive, but we WEREN'T from the season opener lol.  And it's not because of some affinity I have for Cleveland, but I am a LeBron fan, and I was happy he did the right thing.  It was the best thing for him and Cleveland.  It should be a fairy tale ending for his career to finish it out there and finally bring home a championship to their long suffering fans (the REAL reason I would like to see them get one), and it all is for his home state. 

I feel like it's one of those things where you truly don't have a dog in the fight, just a couple of dogs you found walking around on the street and gave them what was left off your Big Mac.  I feel like it's one of those matchups where I don't truly know who I want to win until it tips off.  I have reasons I'd like to see both of them win, but I also would feel sad for either of them if they lose, lol...  SO, what I'm saying is, is that this is going to be an awesome NBA Finals. 

 

IMO, this is probably going to be the best Finals since the Mavs came back and beat the Heat for Dirk's chip...  In all honesty, all of the season-ending injuries to the Cavs was probably the best thing that could happen for basketball.  Love never really found, or adapted to, his role in Cleveland and then once his injury ended the idea of their "big three," it forced the rest of the team to play as a team and LeBron to step his game up to MJ-esque levels of greatness.  But, it also made them a lot more complete, just as the Warriors are, from top to bottom.  So, I expect a highly competitive series!  It's gonna be fun!

 

You bring up a good point that helps explain why these playoffs have been so...boring.

1. Obviously, the competition just hasn't been there. We have had a total of two game 7s in the entire playoffs and four sweeps. No East series made it to a game 7. Eight times this year teams got 3-0 leads effectively ending the series before it could really get started.

2. Injuries: CP3, Wall, Conley, Love, Gasol, Irving, Matthews, Howard, Parsons. Then Carroll and Korver. All if those injuries were to significant players on their teams and completely changed the outlook for a majority of teams in the tournament. I'd throw in KD and Paul George and Chris Bosh and MKG as surely their teams could have made it if not for their untimely injuries.

3. No villains. Let's face it, it was fun having the Heat and LeBron play the heel for the last four years, but this year there wasn't a team that you could really loathe enough to openly root against. The Rockets ruined the game with Hack-a-Jordan, but then the Clippers, another unlikable bunch, collapsed and along the way deprived us of what would have been a much more fun Spurs - Warriors or Clips - Warriors series. LeBron is still LeBron but being in Cleveland with the underdog role has brought folks back into his corner. Then there's the Warriors whose only crime, much like the Seahawks is now EVVVVERYBODY likes them.

Ultimately we got the best matchup possible but as Batman alluded to a shorthanded Cleveland team could meet the same fate as that Heat team last season, out manned and over matched against the better team.

Could you be any more hyperbolic?

I like LeBron James. I appreciate his style of play. I love what he's done for this generation of the NBA. But I hate the thought process of LeBron James fanboys. Because of statements like this^. 

He has a whopping TWO championships. He's in his twelfth season. If he can't beat the Warriors, how much does he have left for the prime of his career?

He will be in the Hall of Fame and all that good stuff, but the idea that he's some unparalleled talent we will never see again is just a bit of a stretch.

Lol is this serious?

And the LeBron/Magic comp refers to their playing style. LeBron has always been more of a fan of getting his teammates involved and running the show (one of his early pitfalls, we wanted him to be more of the "assassin" takeover type, which he discovered in Miami.) Magic pioneered the "point forward." Lebron has added the athleticism.

Again, the closest we have ever seen to another MJ in terms of style is Kobe Bryant, but folks just HAVE to believe that what they are watching right now is the greatest thing ever.

Magic Johnson his rookie year in 1980. Magic has always been the more appropriate comp for LeBron, not MJ.

whatre your plans for keeping millsap

I would guess they let him walk and try to get Frank at 15. They had Payne to fill that void but made a very good deal with Minnesota at the deadline.

The Hornets' best asset going forward in free agency is the sheer futility of the Eastern conference.

The Hawks are here because they are the only team in the East that actually played like a team this season.

The Cavs are here because they have LeBron James.

Get a player down the road that can actually make a difference and we have as good a shot as any going forward.

A convo about Cam and JJ Watt...

And it somehow ends up being about Andrew friggin Luck.

They should ban the guy who first brought Luck's name up in the thread...

I see gettlemanjack found the basketball forum...

I think the Hawks win in 6. I think Carroll keeps Lebron in check, and Korver gets his shot back. Regardless of the outcome, I think this will be a better series than most believe.

There's one!

Atlanta has to be the winningest team to never be taken seriously as a title contender.

Anyone picking them in this series?

The 2008 chargers comeback was amazing, shows how much Jake meant to the team.

Wow. I completely forgot about this one!