[2017] The Finals

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I've been tested with someone you despise joining your beloved team.
I despised "neon" Deion Sanders when he joined the niners to chase his ring. The niners won a super bowl and for a lot of us longtime niner fans it made us feel dirty and the trophy didn't have the same feel as the others. I never got use to neon out there doing his thing in a niner uniform.

I'm def in the camp of not having any respect for KD because his team choked against the warriors and then he joined them the very next year. He has every right to do it but I don't have to respect him. I'm sure it bothers him! Haha
When the magic led lakers beat the bird led celts In the finals I wonder if it ever occurred to bird, "gee, I sure wish I could join forces with magic."
 
Tetsujin said:
Yeah. It's not like teams are running around the NBA having a fire sale on big men because "it's a small ball league now". Hell, all the "good young teams" have up-and-coming young big men that they have designated as the centerpieces of their franchises (Minny -KAT, Philly -Embiid/Simmons, Denver- Jokic, heck even the Bucks may fit in this category what with Giannis being a 7' destroyer of worlds and all)...
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This is exactly why the Bucks should be the team that has everybody shook: Antetokuonmpo, Brogdon, Maker, Middleton and Parker should all be reaching the peak of their powers, right around the time that the Warriors dynasty starts to decline.
 
lawlman91 said:
I hope the NBA loses money out of this. I can accept dynasties born out of good drafting, but not have a superstar join an already star-filled team.
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Its the old Lakers from last decade, but Payton and Malone were punished with dry pockets. You can legitimately make a case that Durant when uninjured is the best player in the NBA. He will certainly get Finals MVP unless the Cavs sweep 4 games to win (give it about a 1/10 chance).
 
The Effort Police said:
In all seriousness, I doubt I watch the NBA playoffs next year unless GS miraculously gets broken up in the offseason. Next year I'll mostly be watching the rebuilding teams like ours, and I'll take much more enjoyment in that than watching a team I hate cruise. I feel for the playoff teams with their cores in their prime now. They're already dead in the water. It won't even be fun watching the first and second round series because no one else has a ghost of a chance to later even win a game against GS, it seems.
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All it takes is an injury or two in bad luck. Kings fans know this well, but not that I wish bad luck on the Warriors that is....
 
kingsboi said:
If you want a fun series, simply don't watch a series involving Golden State. Other teams can still give the fans a show, something along the lines of a Clippers/Jazz series. Washington/Boston. The two best series in the playoffs to be honest.
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2nd the Clips-Jazz series...
 
Tetsujin said:
Smallball works well when the SF you move to center is 6'11" and has a bajillion foot wingspan. Just because the Warriors can do it well doesn't mean the rest of the league can, seeing as how that team features two MVPs, six all-stars (Durant/Curry/Klay/Dray/Iguodala/West), a couple all-NBA defenders, and has set the record for most wins in a season.

Even when the Cavs are "playing small", Lebron is 6'9" and built like a freaking tank. Were he not also the most athletic human being on the planet, he'd probably still make it in the league as a center so it's really hard to see this as a whole "SMALLBALL IS WORKING!!!" thing more than a "THE BEST PLAYERS IN THE UNIVERSE ARE REALLY REALLY FREAKING GOOD!" thing.
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Beg to differ - Usain Bolt is the most athletic human being on the planet - speed has always been the most impressive measure of athletics imo. James is the best athlete in the NBA though. He looks more like an NFL Tight End than NBA small forward. The Cavs are outgunned, and this years team looks a shade under last years. Williams, Korver, JR Smith all look poor or awful.
 
Tetsujin said:
Yeah. It's not like teams are running around the NBA having a fire sale on big men because "it's a small ball league now". Hell, all the "good young teams" have up-and-coming young big men that they have designated as the centerpieces of their franchises (Minny -KAT, Philly -Embiid/Simmons, Denver- Jokic, heck even the Bucks may fit in this category what with Giannis being a 7' destroyer of worlds and all). The particular era from which most of the current Warriors roster comes from was rather devoid of good big men (the Brow, Boogie being a couple of notable exceptions) but deep in wings and point guards, leading to a whole hell of a lot of really good perimeter dudes hitting their primes right at the same time with no big men to get in the way of playing three or four of them at the same time. Give the league another half decade or so and the pendulum may swing right back in the other direction given the huge amount of young big men who will be hitting their primes right around then (and another good big man draft next season).

Unless everyone's of the opinion that young big men are now going to be "less good" because of small ball. If anything, smallball has forced big men to become even better and even more unstoppable. Ten years ago, having your 6'11, 270-lb post monster take threes would have been unthinkable. Now Boogie is shooting three pointers at the same rate that Bobby Jackson did in 2002.
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"Good young teams" that at this point still haven't won anything. Having a superstar big hurts no one's chances, but you're not going to win throwing it into the post and playing 90s ball anymore. Refs won't allow it
 
Wait? WTF? The official scorers have it as a technical against Green, it's announced a technical against Green, the first half score sheet shows it as a technical against Green and yet when a second T is called, it mysteriously becomes a T against Kerr? Wow. Just wow...
 
If this call goes against the Cavs, I foresee a huge riot in Cleveland, win or lose.
 
OMG. Listening to JVG defend Green's "emotional" attitudes makes me want to puke up my spleen.
 
Hrm. No personal foul. Just technicals. Yep, that makes perfect sense. (Check your sarcasm detectors.)
 
fansinceday1 said:
These refs are in on the fix. No other explanation for what I've seen.
Didn't even call a foul on pachulia.
wow.
WOW
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Which begs the question...why are they trying to fix game 4? They're destroying their credibility in a game that doesn't really matter, unless it's all about the spread. I'm almost sick to my stomach.
 
Cavs win courtesy of both Curry and Thompson having bad shooting nights. Had one of them been on it would've been down to the wire. Even though Curry had 10 assists and a double-double, that was about the most passive he's been in the entire 2017 playoffs.
 
Cavs win despite some of the worst officiating miscalls I've seen - and I'm including 2002 in that statement.

GO CAVS!
 
VF21 said:
Sooooo... 3-1 again.

RE-PEAT!!!!
RE-PEAT!!!!
RE-PEAT!!!!
RE-PEAT!!!!
RE-PEAT!!!!
RE-PEAT!!!!
RE-PEAT!!!!
RE-PEAT!!!!
RE-PEAT!!!!
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I had told me fellow ultra-Cavs fan the Cavs were just waiting to go down 0-3 eyeing the 4-straight for the title. What were the odds of the Cavs winning in 7 down 0-3......anyone? I was curious.
 
VF21 said:
Which begs the question...why are they trying to fix game 4? They're destroying their credibility in a game that doesn't really matter, unless it's all about the spread. I'm almost sick to my stomach.
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Don't tell Cavs fans it doesn't matter. It was a very strangely reffed game - swallowing their whistles on clear fouls and then totally inconsistent on foul types. An awful, awful CLEAR backcourt violation with no call - maybe the worst miss in the game....Irving dribbles it off his own foot and play-on.....
 
VF21 said:
Cavs win despite some of the worst officiating miscalls I've seen - and I'm including 2002 in that statement.

GO CAVS!
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I guess it really depends who's side you're on with who the miscalls favored. My friend saw it as horrible officiating helping the cavs win.
 
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