>Warriors
2
>Cavaliers
0
https://youtu.be/ddpFON845iU
https://youtu.be/qz4O7_sOTl4
https://youtu.be/T2TBz2phCgY
https://youtu.be/Vz6ARZqznjw
1st for LeBron coming back to South Beach
at least the playoff race was pretty fun that year
i remember yelling at my tv a lot
>canada
>eating shit
pick two
>that awkward moment when Dwight won't play in the preseason
>that awkward moment when Kobe is 34
>that awkward moment when Metta is clinically insane
>that awkward moment when Pau can't produce in the playoffs for some stupid reason
>that awkward moment when Nash can barely play 30 minutes a game
>that awkward moment when Ebanks is useless
>that awkward moment when Goudelock is useless
>that awkward moment when Meeks is just a black Sasha
>that awkward moment when Morris is like Allen Iverson if Iverson couldn't shoot, penetrate or pass
>that awkward moment if we don't win this year
>tfw it wasn't fun but the team was fucked anyway because nash was ded, dwight was on the decline, and kobe's achilles was ready to explode
losing those picks sucked but they've been making due i guess.
>>68164811
>110-77
JUST
>>68164834
Reminder that Adam Morrison has fewer finals appearances but the same number of rings as LeBeta
Can't wait to see what they do this year under Luke. Literally anything will be an improvement, so it'll be fun to watch.
Not even a Lakers fan but the butthurt and denial in this thread is sad.
Anybody who doesn't think
Nash is a Top 7 PG
Kobe a Top 10 Player
Gasol a Top 5 PF
& Dwight the best center
Is fucking stupid. This team is a legit contender, not saying they'll win it all. But holy shit you're mad as fuck if they won't improve ALOT from last year.
>>68164834
>hurrr durrrrrr pau was the reason the lakers won
pau cost them the chip in '08, was alright in '09, and shined in game 7 of '10 when perkins went down.
he then got shit on by dirk in '11 and played second banana to bynum in '12. he gets way too much fucking credit.
>about to be on the receiving end of the two biggest blowout series in Finals history
>has been swept in the Finals twice
>once got outscored in a Finals series by Jason Terry
how does he do it, famalam?
>>68164847
Who's a better human victory cigar- Morrison or Scalabrine?
You see this season Lakerfags?
Hovering around .500 never getting over it.
This is going to continue. Old ass nash can't save you. There isn't a trade you can pull off that will fix this season.
The Kobe Bryant era is ending. Not with a bang, but with the clang of the ball bouncing off the rim of another missed Dwight Howard free throw. You came in to the season so confident of your "Big 4" so sure that they were going to be unstoppable. You were ready to put another ring on Kobe's finger before the season even began.
But where are you now?
>>68164857
"GOOD JOB BABY!"
How can anyone hate Steph?
>>68164856
It's called being hyped to high hell since the media was dying to shove a new guy into the spotlight since Kobe had rape allegations against him in the past.
>>68164857
morrison. scal only has one and was a loud, cocky asshole who actually pretended he was a passable player. morrison knew he role and didn't pretend it was anything else than what it was.
>>68164871
LeDouche fans, OKC fans, Rockets fans... take your pick.
>>68164872
>since Kobe was a rapist
FTFY
https://youtu.be/XrhCQB8JWOQ
>>68164856
>th-there should be an asterisk on the 2015 champs
I guess we can throw that bullshit claim in the trash.
>>68164879
Just couldn't resist, couldya
>>68164865
Where is Dwight the Cuck going now that Mike """"""""D""""""""" Antoni is gonna be the next head coach for the Rockets? No way he can stay.
You can hate on the Lakers all you want but there's a reason we're able to consistently attract top free agents to our team and the young talent we do have, in addition to our pick, management, and new coach, puts us in a Hell of a lot of a better position to have another dynasty than most teams.
Meanwhile the Celtics have Isaiah Thomas and Kelly Olynyk.
This thread is like a blast from the past.
>2011 was 40 years ago
>>68164899
Sacramento
Boogie/Dwight dynasty
Kinda sad that the east is so bad it's ruining lebron james career.
>>68164871
But he's been playing like shit for the last two games. Fuck off bandwagoner.
>>68164906
Yep, and it's amazing to see how much catharsis people get from the Lakers' bad luck too.
>>68164911
I think LeBronze did a good job of doing that himself.
>>68164903
Dwight would probably do good in the East, but what about Brook Lopez?
Pray4bosh sure does got lots of posts on all his trips
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That doesn't even include all his other trips that aren't on the high scores!
Fuck it, I've had enough. I'm done. I'm done defending Kobe when he shoots 30 shots per game and refuses to work within the offense. I'm done defending Dwight and his mental mistakes, his lack of effort, his inability to hit free throws at a level that would be considered inadequate even for a high school player. I'm done making up excuses for Pau, his listless demeanor and inconsistent play. I'm done pretending that Steve Nash is even 1/10th of the man he was in his prime, that his return will somehow magically fix all that is wrong with this team. I was never too big on D'Antoni, but right now? Fuck him. Fuck him and his "innovation," his pathetic excuse of a defensive scheme, his petty, OCD-like insistence on running every single action through the point guard. Pack up your hopes and put them on a shelf, fellow Laker fans. We aren't winning shit this year. We aren't going to suddenly transform into a better team come playoff time, in fact we might not even make the fucking playoffs right now. The Clippers are better than us, the goddam Warriors are better than us, and both of them have a brighter future than we do. We sacrificed EVERYTHING for this season, all of our future assets are FUCKING GONE. There is no hope. People have been saying it for weeks, but I remained in denial. Who is going to save this franchise? Kobe is gone after next year, Nash and Gasol aren't going to contribute shit, and Howard is going to get the fuck out asap. Who are we supposed to find in free agency worth a damn? Josh Smith? Give me a fucking break. And we can't draft anyone even if we wanted to. Truly these are the end of days... we took the most beautiful franchise is this league and shit all over it. I have never before been ashamed of my team, but at the moment I feel nothing but embarrassment for what we have become. What was once a source of pride is now a source of mockery... I've had enough
>>68164856
Cramps due to lack of AC
https://youtu.be/f8qVsll_OwY
https://youtu.be/CPAYzNH4xXY
https://youtu.be/AB5XyBdB55k
https://youtu.be/JIHTi7cz3Qo
https://youtu.be/Wvx5JMZzUUA
>>68164931
His career between about 2008-2011 was bad, but prior to that and his losses the last 2 years and probably this year aren't really his fault. The only finals match up loss you can say was his fault was 2011. He was huge in 2015 and 2014 he was pretty good but wade didn't show up. Now kyrie and love are playing like trash and none of the bench can hit a shot. He could have scored 40 tonight and it wouldn't have made a difference.
>>68164969
im glad lin finally decided to stop rockin the awkward teenager asian haircut
>>68164871
Dude lmao
>>68164975
He's in the decline now too. Admittedly, I have to say I am impressed by his physical health though. He must be some kind of a mutant to not have sustained any injuries for so long.
>>68164879
She was a gold digger who changed her mind and decided to cash in, you cuck. Just cry rape and she got it made for life.
>>68165002
obvious troll is obvious senpai
>>68164993
Yeah, I don't think we will ever see a game like that game 6 against Boston in 2012 from him, or even the game 7 vs San Antonio in 2013. He's become more of a playmaker and his teammates aren't hitting wide open shots, or even layups.
IMMA TAKE MY TALENTS TO ___________________
>>68165002
>desu, when you have all that money you should be more careful choosing whom you bed, it's Kobe's fault here, might as well settle with being called a rapist the rest of his life.
>>68165017
That was a good playoff series in 2013. There are no tears quite like Spurs tears. :3
>>68165018
The shady oaks retirement home.
>>68164853
Nash & Kobe are going to be turnstiles on defense and no amount of effort from Dwight will be able to make up for it
>>68165018
https://youtu.be/ZdmsNA6yhXY
https://youtu.be/7EprveDGVBA
https://youtu.be/tyd4NPvzKQg
https://youtu.be/5uRN7iJ5CqQ
https://youtu.be/WoLS0t6wzcs
https://youtu.be/abNlNtkX-L0
https://youtu.be/mejFtEY5faU
https://youtu.be/oU8jICYLUgo
https://youtu.be/3DOXbTT-MDM
https://youtu.be/9k4Li-iT8QU
https://youtu.be/uRAp00SxP30
https://youtu.be/UDjzvJYWtoc
https://youtu.be/tYpwjB0IzoU
>>68165082
I haven't had a good day since like 2003
>>68165045
shut up
>the eastern conference is really good this year guys! R-really!!
Out of all the major sports the nbas finals are the biggest joke.
This is why the nba will never surpass the nfl.
>>68165082
>https://youtu.be/tyd4NPvzKQg
Lads..
>>68165102
Any league with 1 game playoff series is a joke
>>68165121
Playoff series are boring though, who wants to see the same game 4 or even 7 times? Shit is mad dumb. Elimination matches are some of the most exciting things ever, that goes for all kinds of entertainment.
As a laker fan, it is hilarious to see ppl think the cavs are out of the series. The warriors won their first 2 home games. They did their job. Now it is up to the cavs to win at home.
Had this been the old format 2-3-2, then it would be over as it is really difficult to win 3 in a row, no matter if it is all home court. Warriors would have 2 home games to close it out.
Until one team loses at home, the series doesn't truly start to get interesting. Have you guys never watched the sport or what?
>>68164855
kill yourself faggot, don't disrespect my palefu like that
>>68164914
What games are you watching? Last game he shot pretty bad but his passing, dribbling, and off the ball work opened everyone else up. This game he improved on both.
>kyrie getting exposed in finals
>10 pts today
Will he become the new, modified version of carmelo after lebeta where he chases individual scoring records and achievements only?
>>>68165121
some sports are almost impossible to play multiple times though
you would need like 100+ man rosters to have best of 7's in the nfl due to how injured players would be
>>68165166
sport purists who dont like flukes and want the better team to win
never again
>>68165219
I'd agree with you if the Cavs hadn't lost by 33 fucking points.
Shut the fuck up, you know shit.
>>68165219
this desu
it's been a blowout, but the warriors are good at home, everyone expected this
if the cavs get btfo in game 3, then people should start freaking out
>>68165275
Some of the greatest sports moments in history are flukes though, that's the whole point.
>>68165280
Don't @ me ever again, go play some more sc2 and make yourself useful
>>68165289
You talk to me like that again and I'll unleash my Taekwondo on you, kid.
>>68165285
I agree to some extent although not entirely
I wouldn't mind if some team won from a game 7 buzzer beater but the ncaa natty left me disgusted (crying mjs didnt help either)
>>68165296
>>68165219
Sup Bron?
>>68165309
Don't you have some woman to be harassing, Clarkson?
So now that the season is over who does Philly take with the first overall?
>>68165339
They are taking Simmons for sure. You'll remember how high 7KT was on Ingram, current sixers office is not driven by analytics anymore, they'll take Simmons for his "star power."
He's a bust though
>>68165339
Ingrams
>>68165339
Simmons
>>68165356
What makes you say Simmons is a bust?
>>68165356
Another power forward? They already have four bigs, is he going to play PG?
>>68165480
2 wins
5 losses
>>68165480
You can set records, you can have a quintuple double, you can literally bring the team back from a 30 point deficit, but none of it matters if you lose.
>>68165531
Indeed, no one cares about MJ dropping 50 on the Celtics and not advancing. They care about six rings
>>68165280
Even the raptors won their two home games at first. The cavs just need to win an away game.
>>68165289
Stop pretending to be me nigga
>>68165324
Its common sense. Once you lose a home game, that is when you can start talking shit or start to panic.
Now if it was 2-3-2, then it would be a done deal.
>>68165582
This series is over, GS embarrassed your shitty super team the last seven times they played.
>2-0
>/nba/ already turns into /LecuckExcuses/ general
Has any superstar ever been afforded THAT many excuses after getting BTFO in the play offs?
>>68165638
Even Stephen A stopped making excuses for that cock sucker
>>68165648
Really? I might actually listen to the First Take podcast today
>>68165412
Okafor to Boston, Noel to Atlanta. Done.
Im 334lbs, help me /nba/
Literally the funniest fucking part about this whole series, is that Lebron James LITERALLY disputed the fact that Curry was better than him by saying that there was a difference between being MVP and being the best player in the world.
I mean this is literally a pinpoint example of how arrogance gets you smacked right in the mouth.
What team should I pick in MyGM? Just did the Celtics, have done the 76ers a lot, don't want to work on an already stacked team.
Are there any fun young teams without most things in place?
>>68165721
Fantasy draft.
okay /nba/,
you're a GM and you now have to build lebron a champions team. no memery and no ignoring the cap, i want to see your team building chops. irving and love are bad fits in major supporting roles for a lebron team. so what does he need?
>>68164969
That Linsanity period may have been my favorite all time NBA moment.
>>68165704
curry isn't smacking anyone in the mouth
he's proving him right with his finals disappearance
>>68165788
2 and 5, kid.
>>68165734
Trade Kyrie for Chris Paul
Trade Love for Jae Crowder and Avery Bradley
Paul
Bradley
Crowder
Lebron
Thompson
Bench:
Delly
Shump
Jefferson
Frye
Mozgov
>>68165734
CP3 or Teague
DeRozan, Tony Allen, or Korver
LeBron
Millsap
Whiteside, Al Horford, or Adams
I chose a lot of Atlanta players because they're up for FA this year and in the coming years, and if LeBron really wants a small ball team so bad then why not Warriors light? With him added more two way players don't see it going as bad. Cleveland right now has too many one way guys like Shumpert, JR, and Delly.
One of the reasons the Warriors are so good is because they're almost all top tier two way players.
>>68165805
You don't really want a ball dominant playmaker at PG when you have Lebron on the team. You want someone like Chalmers or Patrick Beverley
>>68165826
Paul isn't dominant, he's one of the top in assists and moves it more than Curry, the supposed best PG ever for the best ball movement team ever.
>>68165826
why not get seth curry? that way LeGod finally has a good memechucker to end this curry meme once and for all
>>68165734
He needs a guard that can hit 3's and play good defense, and will not care if he doesn't get to bring up the ball.
At the 2, you want another 3 and D guy.
At the four, I'd want someone who can score on his own, preferably at range too to give LeBron room to drive, and a skilled rebounder.
In the middle, give me a 7 foot defensive anchor who can hit a 10 footer.
So, keeping in mind the cap, maybe a team of Delladova-Shumpert-LeGod-Love-Mozgov? I really think this team would win a chip, and it leaves a lot of room in the cap for a nice bench, maybe get a guy who can go hot like JR Smith (I think he'd do well in Cleveland away from the clubs in NY), even pay Kyrie to run the second unit as the scorer and handler.
This is my opinion from 2014 though, so things might have changed since then.
>>68165839
>seth curry
>good memechucker
Cavs game 3 plan? Just have LeBron try and drop 40+ like last year?
i just found out klay thompson has a brother in the mlb
So here's how I am currently looking at NBA:
Either the cavs are fucking garbage as hell and aren't skilled in any category, or the NBA is fixed. Favoring option two.
>>68165838
Ball dominant meaning as being the team's main playmaker and bringing the ball up the court every time. You wouldn't be maximising Paul's potential when pairing him with Lebron
>>68165845
Check the end of the season when he started getting playing time
2 games under 40% shooting from 3 out of like 13
What's funny about this whole LeBron trying to win a chip in Cleveland thing is they most likely win it last year if they don't trade Wiggins. Think about it, love injury prone, soft ass got hurt before the finals and Andrew went on to become ROY. The Cavs/Warriors series was close until Kerr made those adjustments (iggy/small ball). A contribution from Wiggins like say 15 points off the bench, could've changed things for Cleveland, but they (cough* LeBron cough*) decided to trade THE FIRST FUCKING PICK in the draft for a bitch....
>>68165878
Wiggins is a shit player though should have traded him for a different player
>>68165878
Pretty much.
>>68165844
3 of the players in your starting lineup are complete trash now, likely still good enough to plow through the east though.
>>68165878
Wiggins was still a rookie and makes a lot of rookie mistakes.
He wouldn't be helping their defense in the long run.
Should have traded for someone that wasn't Kevin Love.
>>68165859
He's pretty good
>>68165905
Delly might still be bad, but in 2014 Shump and Moz were still pretty good, and Love was a certain all-star.
>>68165914
his defense is complete ass
3rd option needs to know how to play d
>>68165915
Notice how I said now
>>68164884
Did people actually say that? Lmao
Shumpert cutting his hair ruined his defending ability he lost 4 inches on his height and now looks like an emo teenager
This is all Lebron's fault for getting a real coach fired and putting his mouth breathing yes man in charge
>>68165931
So players were pretty good without Lebron but now suck with Lebron?
But /nba/ told me Legod makes scrubs look like All-Stars. Something definitely does not add up here
>>68165924
What? Traycee's defense has seemed alright for a rookie and I'm not sure what you mean by him being a third option.
>>68164884
>>68165937
There was an asterisk.
The Warriors wouldn't have won if any of those teams were healthy.
2015 and 2016 Warriors are night and day in ability and skill.
>>68165945
Well they were never that good to begin with and they both had injuries. Not surprising that both became worthless /trash/.
>>68165931
Apologies, I thought you misunderstood and thought that I wasn't half taking the piss
>>68165945
Shumpert had a meteoric decline, Mozgod never had a change against GSW smallball and Love stopped his statpadding. Makes sense really.
>>68165952
He is one of the worst defenders in the league. It's too bad, every analyst was toting that as his guaranteed upside coming into the league and now it's one of his worst traits.
>>68165945
He really does tho, you literally didn't watch the Cavs all year.
They've improved so much it's not even funny. but they're choking in the finals now so bad it's not even funny. The defensive mistakes being made are unacceptable, they've lost their identity as a three point team and are just running iso plays, the ball isn't being trusted with their roleplayers most of the time.
>>68165969
how many years until people turn on wigger and realize hes just another defrozan
>>68164969
>tfw Melo came back from injury and forced the offense through him, killing all their momentum
>>68165989
>He really does tho, you literally didn't watch the Cavs all year.
Then why is the "not enough help" excuse still going on? Why doesn't he just make his scrub team mates look like All-Stars if he really does that?
>>68165969
I'm talking about klay Thompsons brother who are you talking about?
>>68165911
his rookie mistakes couldn't have been worse than what they had
those games were close. His 12-15 points definitely would have made a difference
This also affects them for later. LeBron is getting older. It would've been nice to have him training his successor.
fcuk you japan
>>68166023
>It would've been nice to have him training his successor.
Wiggins is not good enough to be Lebron's successor.
He's good for an inefficient 20 points but he sucks in literally every other aspect of basketball. His floor was supposed to be an elite defensive stopper and he's a fucking turnstile defensively.
>>68165017
The thing is, as he gets older he should be focusing more on his shooting, and less on the physical drives to the basket he's been doing all season.
Granted he was never the best pure shooter in the league, but surely shooting is something that should decline slower than the ability to drive and dunk and you get older.
He can take control once or twice, like in the game yesterday when he just bulldozed through and got a few dunks, but he's not going to be able to do that all game, and if he continues to shoot like shit he's not going to make a noticeable difference in this series in the long run, unless he continues to set up plays for his teammates, but they actually start knocking them down.
>>68166005
You literally didn't read the rest of the comment and you are literally one of the most ignorant posters on /nba/, an extremely difficult accomplishment considering the idiots that populate this place.
It's like you don't watch most of the games in the season and only ask dumb questions. If it weren't for the fact you only asked dumb questions I would be okay with you but it's like you lack a common sense filter for your posts and just type whatever dumb thing you're thinking as you think it.
Can they win at least 2 games against the Warriors? I say, at this point, Cavs are better of if they start Delly at PG, and Smith at SG. And love? Does he even play defense other than rebounding the ball?
Offensively, the Warriors are miles ahead of the Cavs. So they better put in that defensive effort to make this a series. Otherwise, they will see a Broom not Bron.
If you really think about it Kobe passed the torch to Curry and before yall sweaty nerds start talking shit think about it. Both are extremely talented but hated like a motherfucker. Same with LeBron Jordan passed the torch to LeBron but Kobe passed it to Curry. LeBron is hated too but I only hate him because his fans make excuses and idk why but that makes me hate him like he's the one saying the excuses. All in all these are all great players
how long until lebron drops his happy go lucky facade he has been putting up during the entire playoffs
>>68166065
I'm still waiting on an explanation why Legod doesn't just make his team mates good in the Finals (not just this series).
Your post does nothing to explain that.
>>68166085
Wow, kill yourself.
Never ever post again.
>>68166085
>Curry
>Hated outside of /nba/
LMAO
>>68166085
Literally a glimpse inside the mind of an absolute madman.
>>68165629
I'm not a cavs fan. I'm a laker fan. God damn, is it because none of you niggas have experience having a team in the finals? I didn't say cavs were going to win either. I just wouldn't be surprised if they won their next 2 home games.
Always stick to this saying, "a series doesn't start until somebody loses at home or a team gets to 3 wins."
i've missed every championship parade in the bay area since the gnats won it all in 2010.
2010 gnats chip: working
2012 gnats chip: school
2014 gnats chip: out of state
2015 warriors chip: out of country (missed parade by literally a day)
now i'm going to be out of state AGAIN until next monday. game 4 is on friday. am i fucked again? hoping cavs take at least one.
>>68166096
He's passing the ball to them when they're open and they're missing open shots.
Do you think this man is God? Do you think he can magically make his team hit shots in the moment they need to make them?
He's worked with them all year and made them better but they're still their own selves and need to deliver on the Finals stage themselves.
LeBron has done more than anyone could have done for this team and it's up to them to deliver back. It's all on them the next two games to do so.
Literally nothing said about him improving his teammates is wrong, he puts them in the right situations to succeed but they fail to deliver themselves.
I do not need to type this because it's extremely obvious and you should be able to think this yourself if you even studied the Cavs this season.
>>68166137
Went to the 2002 lakers one. Don't go. Shit is boring and hot as fuck.
>>68166152
yeah but it's in san francisco and it probably won't get too hot.
just seems like fun. i enjoy big crowds.
>>68166050
i think it might be time to pick a new sport buddy
>>68166119
Could you word that phrase differently? Sounds fucking retarded.
>>68166152
Not if you're in a small market team.
Those things are like a festival.
>>68166174
No
The meaning is good enough
>>68166174
"A series doesn't start until Skip Bayless tells me it is already finished."
Better?
>>68166145
Wow, so it's almost as if he only makes the team look great in the garbage East.
>He's worked with them all year and made them better
He literally didn't. I can not think of a single Cavs player who improved on the team with Lebron. (Delly maybe, but he got drafted only like a year before Lebron came).
Kyrie, Love, JR Smith, Shump, Thompson all had their best years before Lebron came
>advanced stats
>2-5
at this point it's not even fun, desu. lebron is so completely outclassed
>>68166200
>Degenerates
>Drunks
>The Gay Area
>>68166183
Everyone is just on the street waiting for the team to pass through, or going to the main spot which is filled with so many people just waiting. The team arrives, gives their speech and it is over.
Never again.
>>68166204
I seriously hope you're trolling, regardless I'm done with you.
>>68166173
Then what else is Wiggins good at?
He's a shit rebounder, a ball stopper on offense with no passing ability, he's not good on defense, he's a bad shooter and he turns it over pretty regularly.
>>68166145
Did he groom any leaders in the team?
Because right now they need a leader besides LeBron since they are all waiting for his lead. Someone else on that team needs to be a director and I don't think there is one. While the Warriors has too many to count.
Love for Noel
who says no?
>>68166215
>2-5
>Fire coach that stole 2 games from the warriors with a dead team last year
>Replace him with a coach who is best known for Iverson walking over him
This is literally karma at it's finest. I'm so glad
>>68166204
>Delly
>drafted
>>68166220
>While the Warriors has too many to count.
Hyperbole garbage, literally Draymond and Curry, sometimes Klay but he's mostly the silent type that follows.
Kyrie and Love have literally acted like leaders on the floor throughout the year with LeBron being the general.
Does Tyrone Lue have the BALLS to bench Irving and start Delly, in order to coax LeGod into playing the type of ball the Cavs require to salvage this series?
>>68166218
not only is he a shit rebounder he's below average at finishing at the rim hes literally good at nothing right now
guy has a lot of work to do to be a key piece of a contending team
>>68166255
That's dumb, you're dumb.
There's literally no benefit to starting Delly.
Stupid dumb aussie scum.
Delly once again running rampant, making Steph Curry invisible in this series. Delly strikes again.
>14 PPG in the finals
>""""""""best""""" player in the league
>It's a /nba/ acts like they've go all the answers, but it's all garbage opinions episode
Just compile your shitpost into an email for Lue instead of posting your brain dead garbage here.
>>68166312
The Delly 1 signature shoe of Matthew Dellavedova is the official shoe of /nba/.
>>68166284
Kyrie has pretty much been a minus on offense AND defense, at least with delly he'll bring some type of toughness, and if delly can score then that's a bonus
LeBeta is shit because he can't shoot.
Memeriors are just daring him to shoot from outside and just guarding the paint. Look at curry, he was double team the whole day near the 3pt line and still put up 18pts while dishing to his open teammates. He score only 1point less than LeCuck. If LeChoke can actually shoot open 3 at about 40%, the Cavs would have beaten the warriors with ease. Unlike all the other Leastern teams, Warriors can actually guard him 1on1 with Iggy thus all his teammates aren't getting open 3s look.
>>68166393
Or you know, Kyrie could play better next game.
There's that.
I thank God every day none of you idiots will ever be a GM or coach.
>>68166424
I am a GM of an NBA team.
>>68165275
Not to mention each series if extended out to 7 games would last almost 2 fucking months.
>>68166441
NBA2K doesn't count.
>>68166424
>j-just play better!!
I thank God every day you're not an NBA coach
>>68166393
Toughness doesn't add points to the scoreboard
>>68166524
m8 its gonna be ok, please put down the pills
>>68166546
Kyrie is playing well below his known level of ability.
Do you think Curry can't play better?
Kys.
>>68166568
LeBron looks like he could use some
>>68166571
I'm sure it has nothing to do with the Warriors defense
But sure just keep thinking players can magically learn new skills overnight
>>68166607
I honestly want you to kill yourself fyi. Not even joking.
>>68166627
>gets BTFO
>k-kill yourself h-haha
PMSL
>>68166627
Just play better
>>68166659
Literally can play better. Their attitude is horrible and the decisions they're making in the heat of the moment are dumb.
>>68166627
>so BTFO he's wishing death on others
get help familia
So according to /nba/ if you don't play well in two games you're incapable of playing better?
So when OKC got curb stomped by the Spurs they didn't go on to win the series by playing better?
So Warriors didn't play better after getting BTFO twice in a row by OKC?
So you're literally all retarded and should stop posting anytime.
>>68166669
Kyrie is getting exposed
>>68166690
they're so retarded they credit that to refball
>>68166690
See, that's an argument, kill yourself isn't. The only time that's applicable is when you're talking to a weeb or a virg
>>68166669
Again, I'm sure it has nothing to do with the Warriors defense on their home court
>>68166644
>>68166672
>when you get BTFO and samefag to look even worse
>>68166644
>>68166672
Epic Samefag
>>68166704
Kill yourself if you're so dumb someone needs to point such obvious things out for you.
>>68166710
>when you're so retarded you think there are only 2 people in the entire thread
what excuses are lebron's fans cooking up this time
>>68166720
Dont @ me or any of my sons again
>>68166715
See you did it wrong, I'm not a weeb or a virg, you gotta use it at the right moment, son.
>>68166725
something something advanced stats something
>>68166705
>>68166607
>>68166720
>>68166723
Same fucking fag
I hate all of you idiots
Literally don't know shit about basketball let alone wiping your own ass but act like you're some expert.
>>68166750
How do you have so much money and still be fat as fuck? makes no sense.
Cavs just need to do what OKC did
Play tight defense, accept GSW is going to go on runs, and then just keep attacking on offense
As bad as he's been offensively JR gets that to some extent, like you know that the Warriors love the swing pass when someone gets doubled on the wing, or its a mismatch, and then Klay/Livingston cutting to the basket -- he jumped in and stole a couple of them
>>68166760
Money doesn't buy will power or a change in mentality.
IT STARTS WITH ONE
>>68166783
The amount of double teams they run is disgusting.
It's an absolute joke and is why the Warriors bench is destroying them. Everyone on that team is a threat, thinking you can leave a guy open is killing them.
What are the Cavs going to do this off-season after being swept? Another new coach? Trade Love or Kyrie?
>>68166783
Okc played physical off ball defense. I don't think cavs understand how useful it was to bully curry on his way to an open shot, throw him off and tire him out
But they really can't stop shit. Every spot on the floor is dominated by the warriors. They thing I thought they were going to be beast at, rebounding, and Bogut has shit on the cavs bigs.
Unless lebron has a 40 point night and Thompson grabs 15 boards I don't even see them winning at home
>>68166816
Love is getting traded no doubt. LeBron may or may not leave, he's a bitch if he does it again but I'll laugh knowing Cleveland got cucked again.
If LeBron genuinely likes Lue over Blatt I don't see him getting fired until LeBron says so.
Kyrie stays. Rest of the team gets blown up depending on if they abandon small ball in favor of a hybrid system like the Spurs and OKC.
If Lelbron loses another finals will they cancel Space Jam 2?
I mean how will they ever sell this to the public?
I have legitimately passed the fuck out both of these finals games because they're so fucking boring
lebron isn't even putting up a fight so it's not as fun to make fun of him
>only won his chips because Ray Allen bailed him out and he had a shortened season
>>68165734
Hard Mode:
You can only take players from the Eastern Conference.
>>68166814
Yeah they need to cut down on the double teams, just stay on your man and accept that someone's gonna get torched on an island sometimes
like GSW not winning cause Steph and Klay lighting them up, Draymond/Iggy/Livingston/Barbosa are getting easy transition dunks due to the double teams
>>68166818
I think playing Mozgov and TT was suppose to have that effect of physical off ball defense but they decided to try it too late and I doubt it would work anyways
>>68165734
In all honesty, lebron needs to stop playing so shit
Every time the ball is passed to him he stops moving, dribbles a bit, calls a screen, and either gets fouled or, like last night, turns the ball the fuck over.
I don't understand why he's so against ball movement.
>>68166919
How can he get his assists if he's not hogging the ball?
>>68166940
Fuck anon just poked a huge hole in my strategy
does /nba/ like the bballbreakdown channel?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Z0Eblu1Aaw
>>68165480
Jordan put up better numbers in 93 against the Suns. Only difference is that he actually won the title that year.
>>68167012
I like it a lot. Coach nick can be a goober but he makes things easy to
Understand
niggers
>>68166255
Delly has sucked pretty damn hard. How will starting him help at all? If anything Thompson needs to be benched, and Mozgov should be back in the starting lineup.
Is this a fair assessment to make? The Cavaliers are the best team in the East, no question, but are the 4th bast team in the league. The Warriors are the best team in the league.
If Melo would've taken his talents to South Beach instead of Lebron, how many rings would he win with the Heat?
>>68167163
3rd or 4th best, I still think they beat the thunder
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Beast of the east, fucking bullshit. I dispise James but at least his Miami cHeat was able to fight somewhat. Give me the Celtics instead. Fuck, this year Celtics would've put up more of a fight than leCavs.
>>68166878
Bro that's for kids baka
>if Cleveland loses the next two games, LeBron will have been on the receiving end of 22% of all Finals sweeps in NBA history
>also on pace to be on the receiving end of the two biggest series blowouts in Finals history
>>68166878
Rename it to Space Jam 2/7
>>68167012
>b-but, not his fault
literally lmaoing
Kevin Love? Not playing well. Kyrie? Not playing well. JR Smith? Not playing well. But you want to know a HUGE key to this 2-0 lead? Expand the image to see the whole picture
>>68167012
>Lelbron can guard 1-5 dey said
>NBA 2k24
>Brandon Ingram on the cover
>pop the game into the disc tray
>load up MyGM
>need a backup big man and no capspace
>go to free agents and start scrolling down
>Kevin Durant 76 overall
>Kevin Love 67 overall
>Lamarcus Aldrige 58 overall
>Lebron James 43 overall PF/C
>sign him then trade him at the deadline to free up cap space
Harden dining Durant.
>>68167380
more great finals stats
>there have only been four 30+ blowout losses in finals games in the past 15 years. lebron james was victim to 2 of them
>>68167619
>mfw
>>68167633
>>68167619
H-he didn't have any help
I'm hearing that Westbrook is definitely bailing for LA next year. This should all but guarantee that Durant changes teams this offseason.
>>68167619
to add to that,
>there have been 41 Finals games with a margin of victory of more than 20 points. lebron was on the losing end of 4 of them
>for comparison, jordan's teams were the victors in 4 of those 41, and holding the #1 spot with a 42 point massacre of the Utah Jazz in '98
>>68167012
He's a salty biased faggot most of the time so no.
I wish there were multiple people doing these instead of just one.
>>68167660
I'm hearing you're a faggot. This should all but guarantee that your father sheds some tears for raising your gay ass.
dude, Ricky Rubio must be taking the 76ers to fifty straight finals or something.
>>68168040
Don't shoot the messenger, saltybro.
>>68167633
>that 2010 Celtics team was old and carried by Rondo
Dat Wizards' margin though
>>68168101
Rondo was a big-time star that year, though. He nearly carried them to the chip.
>>68168057
You a NBA insider?
You're directly in contact with multiple credible sources like the guy that makes Westbrook's subway sandwich each day?
Were you the guy that broke the story about Aldridge going to the Lakers?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLUAo1Z7Cio
This really breaks down how terrible the Lakers played this year, wow
Look at that lack of defense. Lack of coaching
