NBA Thread

[crazy canuck]

The best and the very worst of James was on display in that game.

A great offensive weapon, a great rim protector and a terrible team mate.  More predictable then him having a good stat line is him bringing his team mates down when something goes wrong.  The Cavs should have Nash as their consultant - but the Warriors already understand the importance of that sort of thing.

[Valmy]

Can't believe that LeBron managed to will this trash fire of a team to the finals.

Yeah what a fucking miracle. LeBron James' team win the East? I mean you just don't see that every year.

[jimmy olsen]

Can't believe that LeBron managed to will this trash fire of a team to the finals.

Yeah what a fucking miracle. LeBron James' team win the East? I mean you just don't see that every year.

LeBron had Kyrie last year.  He had no one but the concused corpse of Kevin Love this year. It's not comparable.

[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.

Tim, are you still sticking to that opinion?

So far in the series, while Lebron has been on the court the Cavs have been outscored by 39. When he has been off the court, the Cavs have outscored the Warriors by 2.

He has only been off the court for 11 minutes, but that doesn't support the idea the teammates are "trash".

[jimmy olsen]

Anyone who watches the Cavs play and thinks that Lebron's teammates aside from Love aren't trash doesn't know anything about basketball.

[crazy canuck]

Anyone who watches the Cavs play and thinks that Lebron's teammates aside from Love aren't trash doesn't know anything about basketball.

You should watch the playoffs this year.

[alfred russel]

Anyone who watches the Cavs play and thinks that Lebron's teammates aside from Love aren't trash doesn't know anything about basketball.

It seems like he has some good talent to me. He's got Korver who's a great shooter, J.R. Smith who has always been a solid player — we focus on his one mistake and that tends to overshadow all the things he's done to help them win a championship before — you've got Kevin Love, who was an All-Star and an Olympian; Rodney Hood, who was a 17-point scorer in the Western Conference; you've got Tristan who is back to playing like he played a few years ago. He's got some workable pieces there. I don't understand how, in order to talk about how great LeBron is we need to shit on everybody else. That's not O.K. Those guys have talent. I don't buy this whole thing that he's playing with a bunch of garbage.

[The Larch]

So... LeBron to the Lakers, apparently. And not a 1 year deal, but a full blown 4 year contract.

[katmai]

Tired of losing in NBA championship, decides to lose in conference finals instead

[Valmy]

So... LeBron to the Lakers, apparently. And not a 1 year deal, but a full blown 4 year contract.

Yeah that sucks. But I guess at least that makes the Eastern Conference playoffs interesting again.

[jimmy olsen]

Tired of losing in NBA championship, decides to lose in conference finals instead

Don't think he's going to make the conference finals unless they pick up Paul George or someone else of that calibur.

[Valmy]

Don't think he's going to make the conference finals unless they pick up Paul George or someone else of that calibur.

Lebron will take them however far they need to go to face Golden State.

[jimmy olsen]

Don't think he's going to make the conference finals unless they pick up Paul George or someone else of that calibur.

Lebron will take them however far they need to go to face Golden State.

He should have gone to the 76ers, or the Rockets if they could make the money work.

[Valmy]

I would have preferred he had gone basically anywhere except to the fucking Lakers.

[crazy canuck]

Don't think he's going to make the conference finals unless they pick up Paul George or someone else of that calibur.

Lebron will take them however far they need to go to face Golden State.

It will be an accomplishment for the Lakers to make the playoffs.