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Stoney Mason · « **Reply #20100 on:** May 10, 2018, 06:46:06 PM »

I'm feeling withdrawal. I've been watching NBA daily for the last few months.

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #20101 on:** May 11, 2018, 12:35:48 PM »

http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/23471720/toronto-raptors-fire-head-coach-dwane-casey-7-seasons

Sad. Despite what happened, I'm not a fan of this move. I understand why it happened but still not a fan.

Brehvolution · « **Reply #20102 on:** May 11, 2018, 01:30:15 PM »

Wins Coach of the Year

Gets fired

Nola · « **Reply #20103 on:** May 11, 2018, 01:40:21 PM »

That old adage always seems to be that the easiest thing an NBA organization can change is the coach, but it's often amongst the least effective ways to improve.

Seems Toronto is proving that again. Dwayne Casey wasn't tearing apart the organization like Mark Jackson was, and he successfully rebuilt that offense in an offseason, its hard to imagine what coach is going to drastically to do anything of note? Honestly the best chance Toronto has to get further into the playoffs is hope Paul George doesn't go to Philly and Lebron goes to the West.

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #20104 on:** May 11, 2018, 03:20:30 PM »

etiolate · « **Reply #20105 on:** May 11, 2018, 03:43:06 PM »

Raptors issue was that neither of their best players are "star" level. They also got nothing out of their bench vs the Cavs.

benjipwns · « **Reply #20106 on:** May 12, 2018, 05:14:05 AM »

Pistons will be going after Casey apparently. First actual name to pop up since Stan was dumped.

eleuin · « **Reply #20107 on:** May 12, 2018, 01:53:29 PM »

should've been fired after the wizards sweep tbh

offense being rebuilt was just derozan taking and making more threes

he also loved to bench jonas for seemingly no reason

I agree that neither lowry or dd being stars is the real issue, but it wasn't getting any better with him around anyways

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #20108 on:** May 13, 2018, 01:22:29 AM »

https://www.thestar.com/sports/raptors/2018/05/12/dwane-casey-to-toronto-thank-you.html

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #20109 on:** May 13, 2018, 04:18:23 PM »

Cavs back to being Cavs. Inconsistent and one man focused.

jakefromstatefarm · « **Reply #20110 on:** May 13, 2018, 04:28:54 PM »

Cleveland back to looking terrible again

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #20111 on:** May 13, 2018, 05:34:21 PM »

The most noticeable thing about this Cavs team compared to prior teams is that they can't take a punch. Once these Cavs go down by a certain amount its over. And it doesn't matter when it is. There is no comeback. Everybody just packs it in for the day.

Mandark · « **Reply #20112 on:** May 13, 2018, 07:14:54 PM »

https://twitter.com/NBAonTNT/status/995798618182438913

Nola · « **Reply #20113 on:** May 13, 2018, 10:03:21 PM »

My takeaway from game 1 of the Cavs/Celtics:

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@Raptors

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agrajag · « **Reply #20114 on:** May 13, 2018, 10:07:33 PM »

Well, that was an unexpected ass whooping

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #20115 on:** May 14, 2018, 02:52:16 AM »

Too early to go into panic mode and say the Celts are absolutely going to win, but if you wanted a picture perfect postcard of why they have a legit chance to take the series, that would be it.

You can't say it enough. Brad Stevens and what he has done with that team has to be the envy of the league. I can't really ever recall a team doing what they have done all season and all playoffs just losing people left and right and they never miss a beat. It feels like some college basketball stuff.

seagrams hotsauce · « **Reply #20116 on:** May 14, 2018, 03:05:14 AM »

Stevens is great. One nice thing about being a Cs fan this year is seeing 2/3rds of the payroll go down in flames and still seeing the system work with a bunch of very tenacious CAPs. It seems like players on their bench actually give a shit about the team more than average

etiolate · « **Reply #20117 on:** May 14, 2018, 06:17:56 PM »

#truth

agrajag · « **Reply #20118 on:** May 14, 2018, 09:05:10 PM »

Leeeeeets go Rockets

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #20119 on:** May 14, 2018, 11:09:32 PM »

Has to be pretty disappointing for rockets. Harden is going off but the warriors have been in constant control of this game.

I think this is what most of us feared.

agrajag · « **Reply #20120 on:** May 14, 2018, 11:11:04 PM »

It's hard to win against GSW when you are relying on one star playing iso ball. Reminds me of when Heat lost to Spurs in the finals.

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #20121 on:** May 14, 2018, 11:35:57 PM »

Rockets just fell into the buzzsaw that is the Warriors. I mean its nearly impossible to attack anybody for losing to this team. It's just cold hard facts that they have assembled the starting roster they have.

Warriors offense is so just so easy that its never hard for them to generate easy buckets. And they are quick, and long, and athletic on D. That is an impossible problem to solve.

We'll see if Rockets can salvage the split at home.

Akala · « **Reply #20122 on:** May 15, 2018, 12:32:04 AM »

I can see a sweep. $:-\$

benjipwns · « **Reply #20123 on:** May 15, 2018, 01:27:20 AM »

Quote

Mike D'Antoni on James Harden: "I'm just gonna go tell him that he needs to get 55 next time."

Nola · « **Reply #20124 on:** May 15, 2018, 01:39:13 AM »

I can't decide whether I want the Warriors to sweep because it will make what the Pelicans did look kind of impressive, or I want to irrationally hope the Rockets will bounce back and pull it off so Lebron will feel much less comfortable considering the Rockets as a destination if the optics become him leaving Cleveland to cheat code onto a ready made championship team.

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Honestly, probably Warriors in 5.

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agrajag · « **Reply #20125 on:** May 15, 2018, 02:15:27 AM »

Lebron to Rockets is the only way to end GSW's reign of terror. It must be done.

Nola · « **Reply #20126 on:** May 15, 2018, 02:51:21 AM »

Quote from: agrajag on May 15, 2018, 02:15:27 AM

Lebron to Rockets is the only way to end GSW's reign of terror. It must be done.

At what cost though. At what cost!!

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It's weird. If you contacted 2015 or 2016 me I was praising GS and the way they built their empire, but at this point I'm almost wanting to sign onto the devils bargain that would break the league just to see those cocky smiles wiped away.

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Stoney Mason · « **Reply #20127 on:** May 15, 2018, 03:11:10 AM »

Quote from: Stoney Mason on May 09, 2018, 12:51:28 AM

Durant fundamentally changed that team into arguably the greatest team in history by a pretty good margin.

Like I said, I always go back to this. I just don't think people really processed this when it happened to the real end result because all the discussion was just venom being tossed at Durant. Pre-durant you had a really good historical team, but one that was still beatable if you executed at the highest level. Adding one of the top two players in the league to that mix removed that small margin you had.

Note that isn't a diss at the Warriors or the Durant. They both took the smartest path open to them.

agrajag · « **Reply #20128 on:** May 15, 2018, 03:17:58 AM »

I think it's fucked up how much shit Bron took for Miami, when GS is way more stacked than Heat was.

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #20129 on:** May 15, 2018, 03:19:24 AM »

I never diss the players for making their free agent decisions. Especially when the media and fandom use not winning championships as a weapon to denigrate players.

agrajag · « **Reply #20130 on:** May 15, 2018, 03:23:14 AM »

This is why LeBron has to go to Houston. Fight fire with fire.

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #20131 on:** May 15, 2018, 03:24:13 AM »

Quote from: Exodust on May 15, 2018, 03:21:08 AM

a 73-9 team getting another top 3 player in free agency is insanely bullshit though.

Top two.

Bullshit isn't the word I use but insanely overpowered. Yep. The cap explosion was huge for them.

benjipwns · « **Reply #20132 on:** May 15, 2018, 03:42:43 AM »

i always thought it was interesting how unmentioned it went in all the diatribes against them that the Heat Trio all took paycuts so they could get together too, not to the extent that say Karl Malone did to join the Lakers, but much less than they could have gotten from resigning with their teams or signing anywhere else (the sign-and-trades were mainly to make it work under the salary cap not to boost any of their salaries)

this was the offseason where the Knicks gave Amare a $100 million uninsured for example

Durant took a paycut to get to Golden State, but only because he was changing teams and they already dropped their franchise tag on Curry, he's been signing the 1+1 deals and will opt out after this season so he can sign a bigger deal.

That also helped OKC because they didn't have to choose, they could put the tag on Westbrook...and now they have George apparently leaning towards resigning, and they're stuck with Melo, so maybe some actual continuity will help with some of Westbrook's trust issues that seem like they date back to when he and Durant both took turns while the other was injured being the alpha and Brooks had to implement an actual offense out of necessity.

Also, for Akala, I'll mention Durant's tattoos again for no reason other than to take a petty shot at Durant. At least LeBron had to cover his up because he was playing for a Catholic high school when he was 17 years old.

benjipwns · « **Reply #20133 on:** May 15, 2018, 03:44:29 AM »

Quote from: agrajag on May 15, 2018, 03:23:14 AM

This is why LeBron has to go to Houston. Fight fire with fire.

And Kawhi has to sign with Boston, to keep the East non-competitive.

etiolate · « **Reply #20134 on:** May 15, 2018, 08:12:36 PM »

Naming that Grizzlie kid Courtney Love is child abuse.

etiolate · « **Reply #20135 on:** May 15, 2018, 08:27:19 PM »

De"Aaron Fox clutch in the draft, too.

Phoenix #1 is interesting since Ayton played at Arizona and their coach is familiar with Luka.

agrajag · « **Reply #20136 on:** May 15, 2018, 08:40:16 PM »

So Steve Kerr is Thanos, GS is the Infinity Gauntlet, LeBron is Tony Stark and Brad Stevens is Dr. Strange

etiolate · « **Reply #20137 on:** May 15, 2018, 09:01:09 PM »

so kings subreddit has someone post a Prophecy theory that the Kings jump to 2 and take Luka Doncic

it's been the only topic on that board for like a month

the sub right now:

agrajag · « **Reply #20138 on:** May 15, 2018, 09:43:23 PM »

I think LeBron sprained his own neck. He twitched his head the opposite way from where it bounced from the impact!

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #20139 on:** May 15, 2018, 11:04:36 PM »

And that is a real bad sign loss for the Cavs because they got good games from Lebron and Love and still lost by a lot.

Nola · « **Reply #20140 on:** May 16, 2018, 02:56:22 AM »

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #20141 on:** May 16, 2018, 05:57:56 AM »

Quote from: Jack Remington on May 16, 2018, 05:26:35 AM

Amazing game from the Celtics.

Eat shit, Stoney, you dick-gargling waste of life.

Who are you?

Seriously like I have no clue who you are you dude.

Are you some poster I shit down the throat of in the past?

Huff · « **Reply #20142 on:** May 16, 2018, 06:21:41 AM »

Kobe stan lives in Cali, hates lebron. Multiple past alts. Come on Stoney lets put it together

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #20143 on:** May 16, 2018, 06:28:10 AM »

Quote from: Huff on May 16, 2018, 06:21:41 AM

Kobe from, lives in Cali, hates lebron. Multiple past alts. Come on Stoney lets put it together

That's fine. That's all I needed to know. It was just random. Like Agrajag from Hitchhikers guide to the Galaxy. Makes sense now.

Once people start swapping around usernames for the most part, I have no idea who they were in the past. I generally don't care enough to check it out until somebody starts randomly hollering at me.

Let's Cyber · « **Reply #20144 on:** May 16, 2018, 04:57:40 PM »

Quote from: Stoney Mason on May 15, 2018, 11:04:36 PM

And that is a real bad sign loss for the Cavs because they got good games from Lebron and Love and still lost by a lot.

For sure. If you showed me that stat line before hand, I would have said the Cavs would have won by 10+.

Cavs should bounce back, their poor bench is much more likely to show up at home. Milwaukee handled the Celtics at home in game 3 after going down 0-2 and they've have been inconsistent on the road in general these playoffs.

Part of me really interested to see this potential Celtics vs. Warriors matchup tho. They don't have enough firepower to beat them outright (well, no one does) but their defense they might win them a game or two in Boston.

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #20145 on:** May 16, 2018, 05:03:39 PM »

Yeah me and my brother were talking yesterday and I basically conceded that Boston by far would make the far more interesting finals match-up. They are defensively the only team that could make Golden State break a sweat. They wouldn't have enough offense without Kyrie and Hayward but if I was a gambling man, I would roll my dice with them over Cleveland who has zero defense to match-up.

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #20146 on:** May 16, 2018, 10:02:44 PM »

edit wrong thread

agrajag · « **Reply #20147 on:** May 16, 2018, 10:39:56 PM »

Quote from: Stoney Mason on May 15, 2018, 11:04:36 PM

And that is a real bad sign loss for the Cavs because they got good games from Lebron and Love and still lost by a lot.

Yep, Lebron and Love together made for 64 points (without counting assists). Plus Korver scored in double digits. Considering it was a pretty defensive game, this were optimal conditions for Cavs to win, so this doesn't bode well for them. To make uo the difference they either need even more production from Love (ain't happening) or more production from the bench, which is rather shallow.

I'm glad Houston woke up at least.

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #20148 on:** May 16, 2018, 11:07:39 PM »

Impressive showing for the Rockets tonight. Immediately giving up home court advantage wasn't ideal but you couldn't ask for a better bounce back game.

agrajag · « **Reply #20149 on:** May 16, 2018, 11:09:02 PM »

Rockets are playing very solid D tonight. GS look lost out there, which is a rare sight.

agrajag · « **Reply #20150 on:** May 16, 2018, 11:28:59 PM »

Yeeeeessssss! Technical then a flagrant. GSW are shook.

Edit: common foul. Should have been a flagrant.

eleuin · « **Reply #20151 on:** May 17, 2018, 01:26:00 AM »

Quote from: Huff on May 16, 2018, 06:21:41 AM

Kobe stan lives in Cali, hates lebron. Multiple past alts. Come on Stoney lets put it together

oh he's snuffles(?) was that the name

literally the most persistent lebron hater I've ever seen

TakingBackSunday · « **Reply #20152 on:** May 17, 2018, 11:22:13 AM »

go rockets

Let's Cyber · « **Reply #20153 on:** May 17, 2018, 12:19:00 PM »

Quote from: TakingBackSunday on May 17, 2018, 11:22:13 AM

go rockets

https://twitter.com/NBA/status/996933436802822144

bluemax · « **Reply #20154 on:** May 19, 2018, 12:53:43 AM »

So many days of zzzz.

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #20155 on:** May 19, 2018, 09:40:14 PM »

Best half of the playoffs for the Cavs

Let's Cyber · « **Reply #20156 on:** May 20, 2018, 07:26:19 AM »

C's on the road looking like the shook version of the Raptors.

Also go Rockets.

agrajag · « **Reply #20157 on:** May 20, 2018, 09:11:34 AM »

LeBron is GOAT

God, I hope Rockets win tonight.

agrajag · « **Reply #20158 on:** May 20, 2018, 08:13:40 PM »

Houston playing some fuckball in the first quarter

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #20159 on:** May 20, 2018, 08:38:44 PM »

Rockets of Game 1 are back

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