NBA Thread

[Valmy]

How many consecutive years of Lebron winning do you need to be informed of the likely outcome of the Eastern Conference playoffs?

[Grey Fox]

I think the Raptors are going to crush the Cavs. Aside from LeBron andd Love they have nobody good.

I think you are an idiot.

LeBron was great all year, but the Cavs still were mediocre.

How was I to know that the rest of the team would snap into form?

That is not what happenned. LeBron totally dominated, once again, the guard oriented team that is the Raptors.

3 years in a row, iirc.

[alfred russel]

I think the Raptors are going to crush the Cavs. Aside from LeBron andd Love they have nobody good.

I think you are an idiot.

LeBron was great all year, but the Cavs still were mediocre.

How was I to know that the rest of the team would snap into form?

That is not what happenned. LeBron totally dominated, once again, the guard oriented team that is the Raptors.

3 years in a row, iirc.

So basically Tim not only made a stupid prediction about the future, he also failed to understand what just happened in the present, and either ignored the past of the teams in the payoffs or was unaware of it?

[Eddie Teach]

I think Tim has reached his quota for bad prediction in Raptors series.

[Grey Fox]

I think the Raptors are going to crush the Cavs. Aside from LeBron andd Love they have nobody good.

I think you are an idiot.

LeBron was great all year, but the Cavs still were mediocre.

How was I to know that the rest of the team would snap into form?

That is not what happenned. LeBron totally dominated, once again, the guard oriented team that is the Raptors.

3 years in a row, iirc.

So basically Tim not only made a stupid prediction about the future, he also failed to understand what just happened in the present, and either ignored the past of the teams in the payoffs or was unaware of it?

In other words : Celtic fan.

[jimmy olsen]

I can't believe the Celtics are playing so well, with such a young line up!

[jimmy olsen]

Can't believe that LeBron managed to will this trash fire of a team to the finals. This is probably his 2nd best playoff performance ever, behind only his comeback in the finals against he Warriors.

[crazy canuck]

Can't believe that LeBron managed to will this trash fire of a team to the finals. This is probably his 2nd best playoff performance ever, behind only his comeback in the finals against he Warriors.

He played well but the rest of the team also played well.  Love's replacement made a big difference in the outcome.  If you want to talk about a trash fire of a team, let's talk about Boston's inability to score on uncontested shots.

[jimmy olsen]

LeBron's team mates are trash

https://deadspin.com/that-was-a-fucked-up-way-for-lebron-to-lose-1826473500

That Was A Fucked Up Way For LeBron To Lose

Lauren Theisen
15 minutes ago

In a neck-and-neck Game 1, it looked multiple times like the Cavs were going to steal a win on the road against the Warriors. After heading into the half all tied at 56, then weathering the Warriors' trademark third-quarter onslaught, LeBron James gave his team the lead with under a minute to play on a sheer force-of-will and-one drive to the basket. It was possibly his final moment of happiness for the rest of the series.

With the Cavs up 104-102, LeBron appeared to make an equally huge play on the other end of the floor by drawing a charge on Kevin Durant. But after a lengthy review by the officials, the charge was reversed into a block. If this call had held up, Cleveland would have had the ball with 36 seconds to go, up two. Instead, because we live in an advanced technological age that apparently allows us to determine that this is definitely, indisputably a block and not a charge, Durant made both free throws and tied it.

And yet somehow, squinting at slow-mo video of LeBron's feet wasn't the most soul-crushing Cavalier moment of the final minute. After another LeBron two, and a Steph Curry three point play, George Hill found himself at the line down by one with 4.7 seconds to play, shooting two shots with a chance for the win. He made the first, missed the second, then J.R. Smith forgot the game was tied. He held the ball, didn't call time, and let the game go to OT while expecting a victory.

Medieval catholic hell couldn't torture LeBron James more than these five seconds:

The Warriors opened overtime with nine unanswered points, then won 124-114. LeBron scored 51, the most of his playoff career.

[Grey Fox]

Mister James
GM of the Cavaliers,

I am willing & able to atleast have game awareness & attempt shots at the end of games for what ever the league minimum salary is.

Yours in LeBron, GF.

[Eddie Teach]

You wouldn't have gotten the rebound.

[Grey Fox]

No, I would have.

[The Larch]

I am willing & able to atleast have game awareness & attempt shots at the end of games for what ever the league minimum salary is.

Minimum salary depends on your tenure in the league. For players without previous NBA experience, it sits currently at 815.615 $/year.

[alfred russel]

LeBron's team mates are trash

While I'll grant you that LeBron played almost the entire game, his teammates outscored Golden State while James was on the bench but lost while he was on the floor.

[alfred russel]

Does anybody really think Lebron is not going to win the Eastern Conference again?

I think the Raptors are going to crush the Cavs. Aside from LeBron andd Love they have nobody good.