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TakingBackSunday · « **Reply #17700 on:** May 17, 2016, 10:54:14 PM »

Its hard to bet against these Cavs for the finals now.

TakingBackSunday · « **Reply #17701 on:** May 17, 2016, 10:59:33 PM »

They would destroy OKC.

And I think they at least take GS to 7.

Am_I_Anonymous · « **Reply #17702 on:** May 18, 2016, 07:08:27 AM »

Quote from: The Walrus on May 17, 2016, 10:57:26 PM

No way they beat either Golden State or OKC.

You have never, ever, been correct about basketball so thanks for blessing us with a 'chip.

El Babua · « **Reply #17703 on:** May 18, 2016, 02:19:46 PM »

If my basketball dreams are to be believed, Toronto wins the next game 134-123 after coming back from a huge defecit.

Am_I_Anonymous · « **Reply #17704 on:** May 18, 2016, 03:07:22 PM »

Quote from: El Babua on May 18, 2016, 02:19:46 PM

If my basketball dreams are to be believed, Toronto wins the next game 134-123 after coming back from a huge defecit.

So 121-79 Cavs then.

Am_I_Anonymous · « **Reply #17705 on:** May 18, 2016, 03:12:28 PM »

El Babua · « **Reply #17706 on:** May 18, 2016, 03:21:37 PM »

Quote from: Am_I_Anonymous on May 18, 2016, 03:07:22 PM

Quote from: El Babua on May 18, 2016, 02:19:46 PM
If my basketball dreams are to be believed, Toronto wins the next game 134-123 after coming back from a huge defecit.

So 121-79 Cavs then.

Nah, Lue will rest his starters by the 4th, so it'll only be 111-89.

T234 · « **Reply #17707 on:** May 18, 2016, 05:25:24 PM »

The finals will be way closer than the ECF is, I can tell ya that. Could go pretty far in either direction in Da Finals.

Am_I_Anonymous · « **Reply #17708 on:** May 18, 2016, 08:09:10 PM »

Quote from: The Walrus on May 18, 2016, 03:27:36 PM

Westbrook is a better player than anyone one any team the Cavs have played. Then there's Durant.

Westbrook when he's really on makes a good "best since Jordan" argument.

We have Lebron. Fuck your puddle hoe diatribe you marked ass buster bitch.

Unless you're going to be so stupid as to say Westbrook is better than Bron. Please do that. I need verification that you're a troll and this will be it.

I mean your anti Bron bias probably started when you became a bandwagon heat fan. I get it. You feel left. Get use to it.

benjipwns · « **Reply #17709 on:** May 18, 2016, 09:51:45 PM »

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The New York Knicks have reportedly found their next head coach, and it's not someone with strong ties to team president Phil Jackson or the triangle offense.

As first reported by Howard Beck of Bleacher Report, the Knicks are very near an agreement with Jeff Hornacek, most recently of the Phoenix Suns.

From earlier this week:

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Nate McMillan signed a three-year contract to become head coach of the Indiana Pacers, league sources told The Vertical.

benjipwns · « **Reply #17710 on:** May 18, 2016, 10:31:08 PM »

https://twitter.com/Rachel__Nichols/status/733121779531534336/video/1

TakingBackSunday · « **Reply #17711 on:** May 18, 2016, 11:14:18 PM »

Quote from: Am_I_Anonymous on May 18, 2016, 08:09:10 PM

Quote from: The Walrus on May 18, 2016, 03:27:36 PM
Westbrook is a better player than anyone one any team the Cavs have played. Then there's Durant.

Westbrook when he's really on makes a good "best since Jordan" argument.

We have Lebron. Fuck your puddle hoe diatribe you marked ass buster bitch.

Unless you're going to be so stupid as to say Westbrook is better than Bron. Please do that. I need verification that you're a troll and this will be it.

I mean your anti Bron bias probably started when you became a bandwagon heat fan. I get it. You feel left. Get use to it.

Lord, who shit in your fruit loops breh

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #17712 on:** May 19, 2016, 03:22:19 AM »

Funny how basketball works. When the Warriors win games in this series they have the potential to blowout OKC. But when OKC wins its probably going to be a mostly close game. OKC is such an up and down team, the performance they will turn in on any given night feels like a random guess.

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #17713 on:** May 19, 2016, 12:28:14 PM »

http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/15596878/dwight-howard-qa-superman-returns

benjipwns · « **Reply #17714 on:** May 19, 2016, 11:05:50 PM »

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Skip Bayless ‏@RealSkipBayless 3m3 minutes ago
LeBron should thank his lucky stars he plays in the Eastern Conference.

Skip Bayless ‏@RealSkipBayless 4m4 minutes ago
No superstar has ever had an easier path to Finals than LeBron: Detroit was too young, Atl/Toronto have no stars, DWade lost Bosh&Whiteside.

dkdk · « **Reply #17715 on:** May 19, 2016, 11:25:16 PM »

The Least

Contract the whole conference bar the Cavs.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #17716 on:** May 19, 2016, 11:35:25 PM »

Quote from: benjipwns on May 19, 2016, 11:05:50 PM

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Skip Bayless ‏@RealSkipBayless 3m3 minutes ago
LeBron should thank his lucky stars he plays in the Eastern Conference.

Skip Bayless ‏@RealSkipBayless 4m4 minutes ago
No superstar has ever had an easier path to Finals than LeBron: Detroit was too young, Atl/Toronto have no stars, DWade lost Bosh&Whiteside.

TakingBackSunday · « **Reply #17717 on:** May 20, 2016, 12:58:43 AM »

Warriors have had just as easy a path to the finals until the conference games...

Mandark · « **Reply #17718 on:** May 20, 2016, 01:14:51 AM »

LeBron's benefited from being in the East, but he's also had to carry some teams that were pretty garbage in retrospect.

Plus we never give Magic Johnson shit for how bad the West was in the 80's. There are a few years when the Lakers never played a 50-win team before the Finals.

Am_I_Anonymous · « **Reply #17719 on:** May 20, 2016, 06:24:59 AM »

People like to make excuses for Lebron's dominance. Hell go no farther than Walrus in this thread.

Keep piling them up though, it's cute. 10-0

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #17720 on:** May 20, 2016, 11:45:58 AM »

http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/15617204/lebron-james-dwyane-wade-friendship-enrages-nba

Am_I_Anonymous · « **Reply #17721 on:** May 20, 2016, 11:47:56 AM »

Quote from: Stoney Mason on May 20, 2016, 11:45:58 AM

http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/15617204/lebron-james-dwyane-wade-friendship-enrages-nba

I doubt that. Who gives a fuck about who people are friends with. ESPN click drivel here. Move along.

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #17722 on:** May 20, 2016, 11:59:50 AM »

Why don't you actually read the article and gain some insight potentially into their relationship. That would be novel. (Even as a former athlete) It's not a bad article. It's mostly just interviewing Wade and Bron about their friendship. Not everything is agenda driven even with a click bait title.

A better title would be the friendship enrages Old School types. They use Cedric Maxwell as that example.

Am_I_Anonymous · « **Reply #17723 on:** May 20, 2016, 01:13:25 PM »

Quote from: Stoney Mason on May 20, 2016, 11:59:50 AM

Why don't you actually read the article and gain some insight potentially into their relationship. That would be novel. (Even as a former athlete) It's not a bad article. It's mostly just interviewing Wade and Bron about their friendship. Not everything is agenda driven even with a click bait title.

A better title would be the friendship enrages Old School types. They use Cedric Maxwell as that example.

I read it this morning.

Barkley is mad.

Which is pretty ironic because he tried to suck mike's dick his entire career.

Syph · « **Reply #17724 on:** May 21, 2016, 10:57:16 PM »

Lowry played like garbage but Raptors deserved that one
Derozan stepped up and Biyombo was crazy with those rebounds

eleuin · « **Reply #17725 on:** May 21, 2016, 11:08:35 PM »

not a sweep

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #17726 on:** May 21, 2016, 11:43:57 PM »

Quote from: The Walrus on May 21, 2016, 11:25:23 PM

Yo AIA, Stoney, how DeRozan's dick taste?

Boy you must really masturbate yourself to your Kobe idol at night. But since I predicted a 4-1 or 4-2 series the dick actually tastes pretty good!

T234 · « **Reply #17727 on:** May 22, 2016, 12:47:10 AM »

Quote from: Stoney Mason on May 21, 2016, 11:43:57 PM

Quote from: The Walrus on May 21, 2016, 11:25:23 PM
Yo AIA, Stoney, how DeRozan's dick taste?

Boy you must really masturbate yourself to your Kobe idol at night. But since I predicted a 4-1 or 4-2 series the dick actually tastes pretty good!

NewsQuote worthy.

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #17728 on:** May 22, 2016, 01:15:56 AM »

On a serious note good for the Raptors. Nobody wants to go out like that.

For the Cavs they can take comfort in that it took wretched games from Love and Kyrie to get a raptors win. 4-28 combined for them. That is unlikely to happen again.

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #17729 on:** May 22, 2016, 02:15:24 AM »

Wombo Biyombo

TakingBackSunday · « **Reply #17730 on:** May 22, 2016, 11:47:49 AM »

Not much you can do when two of your best players can't hit shit. Frye wasn't hitting much when it counted either

Am_I_Anonymous · « **Reply #17731 on:** May 22, 2016, 12:22:31 PM »

Cavs played flat except Lebron. That's on Lebron. He needs to come correct game 4.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #17732 on:** May 22, 2016, 01:12:40 PM »

Raptors just wanted it more :skip

Am_I_Anonymous · « **Reply #17733 on:** May 22, 2016, 09:12:35 PM »

Oh shit. GSW getting bucked. Walrus choke yourself if you're okay.

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #17734 on:** May 22, 2016, 09:30:20 PM »

Quote from: Stoney Mason on May 19, 2016, 03:22:19 AM

Funny how basketball works. When the Warriors win games in this series they have the potential to blowout OKC. But when OKC wins its probably going to be a mostly close game.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #17735 on:** May 22, 2016, 09:43:27 PM »

I didn't waste time posting the tweets at the time but after game 2 Jason Whitlock was shitting on Durant saying he was the dumbest (bball IQ wise) super star in the NBA, and it's what separates him from LeBron.

naff · « **Reply #17736 on:** May 22, 2016, 09:47:13 PM »

wow wtf is happening

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #17737 on:** May 22, 2016, 09:51:27 PM »

naff · « **Reply #17738 on:** May 22, 2016, 10:00:37 PM »

Wasn't caught on camera clearly but Draymond kneed him in the balls on a layup in game 2 as well

Draymond.

Was the second time he went off after Ezeli landed on him...

Your Stalker · « **Reply #17739 on:** May 22, 2016, 10:02:11 PM »

the dubs are getting bodied into a different plane of existence

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #17740 on:** May 22, 2016, 10:03:19 PM »

Quote from: Butt Seriously on May 22, 2016, 10:00:37 PM

Wasn't caught on camera clearly but Draymond kneed him in the balls on a layup in game 2 as well Draymond.

Was the second time he went off after Ezeli landed on him...

I don't remotely see how they don't suspend him for the next game.

Am_I_Anonymous · « **Reply #17741 on:** May 22, 2016, 10:11:44 PM »

Stony feeling like me yesterday. I know them feels.

TakingBackSunday · « **Reply #17742 on:** May 22, 2016, 10:37:27 PM »

yooooo thunder murked then tonight

Can you imagine if it ends up being thunder raptors

bluemax · « **Reply #17743 on:** May 22, 2016, 11:18:50 PM »

I don't want to live in a world where the Zombies have an NBA title.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #17744 on:** May 23, 2016, 12:09:17 AM »

Figured OKC could win but didn't expect a blowout. Really impressed by OKC's transition defense. Seems like this is what Popovich wanted to do but the Spurs were too old to pull it off. I'm thinking back to that regular season game towards the end of the season when Pop called a timeout super early in the first quarter after slow transitions led to some huge three pointers.

Syph · « **Reply #17745 on:** May 23, 2016, 02:47:40 AM »

Quote from: BrandNew on May 22, 2016, 10:37:27 PM

yooooo thunder murked then tonight

Can you imagine if it ends up being thunder raptors

no

naff · « **Reply #17746 on:** May 23, 2016, 02:53:37 AM »

https://mobile.twitter.com/tim_cato/status/734590261859323905

OK draymond.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #17747 on:** May 23, 2016, 09:59:00 AM »

Man if he gets suspended for the next game in OKC...

El Babua · « **Reply #17748 on:** May 23, 2016, 01:28:28 PM »

OKC gotta treat game 4 like 7.

If they win it all, I'd put this run up there with the 95 Rockets as the GOAT playoff run.

Brehvolution · « **Reply #17749 on:** May 23, 2016, 02:48:15 PM »

Why do they keep calling Joakim Noah Steven Adams?

naff · « **Reply #17750 on:** May 23, 2016, 05:23:44 PM »

Quote from: Phoenix Dark on May 23, 2016, 09:59:00 AM

Man if he gets suspended for the next game in OKC...

I'd bet good money on hearing it announced soon. So clear, and the precedent's obvious. Can't stand the Warriors, i hope OKC demolish their team and put them down as one of the biggest chokers in NBA history.

Also, not traditionally an OKC fan, but Adams is probably the biggest sports star to ever come from our country now (will def be the highest paid by a wide margin next year), so i gotta support 'em because misguided nationalism.

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #17751 on:** May 23, 2016, 05:51:52 PM »

I have a feeling he won't. Not sure if NBA has the balls to do it no pun intended.

Beezy · « **Reply #17752 on:** May 23, 2016, 07:08:24 PM »

https://twitter.com/TEN000HOURS/status/734825505971544064

So... unintentional, but he should still stop doing that shit.

Edit: No suspension - https://twitter.com/WojVerticalNBA/status/734884708031463424

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #17753 on:** May 23, 2016, 07:50:13 PM »

Quote from: The Walrus on May 23, 2016, 05:58:53 PM

If he does that to LeBron in the Finals

I don't even hate the guy that much, but the optics of LeBron getting kicked in the dick would be so amazing.

I've seen you call for political folks to be struck down with brain cancer and aneurysms but this is the first time you've gone too far sir. No real man wishes a fellow man gets kicked in the dick.

naff · « **Reply #17754 on:** May 23, 2016, 07:51:17 PM »

Lookin forward to stache bros coming down hard on these naf goatee toting cacs

El Babua · « **Reply #17755 on:** May 23, 2016, 08:29:14 PM »

So apparently Dray didn't get suspended.

I think GS should be even more scared now, cause the Thunder are gonna come out pissed af.

Also, I don't think even the Big 3 Heat would get away with what GS is getting away with.

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Still rooting for GS to win it all at this point. Greatness.

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Joe Molotov · « **Reply #17756 on:** May 23, 2016, 09:38:53 PM »

Quote from: The Walrus on May 23, 2016, 05:58:53 PM

If he does that to LeBron in the Finals

I don't even hate the guy that much, but the optics of LeBron getting kicked in the dick would be so amazing.

Are him and LeBron even going to be sitting near each other in the stands, tho?

TakingBackSunday · « **Reply #17757 on:** May 23, 2016, 11:00:54 PM »

Uh...anyone else think the cavs are fucked?

jakefromstatefarm · « **Reply #17758 on:** May 23, 2016, 11:13:48 PM »

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #17759 on:** May 23, 2016, 11:15:09 PM »

no

btw remember when Stephen A said the series was over.

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