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All part of Donovan's master plan Edition
>>67478934
pop plays grass only nuzlocke runs of pokemon heartgold, kerr picks charizard and uses ho-oh to beat the elite 4
Got in A in my class lads
Stotts stutters about how woefully unprepared he is for this whole playoffs thing
Kerr passively-aggressively snapchats the refs
Lue asks Lebron what swing passes look like
>>67478963
Miami or Toronto we got this!
>Ah yes, the post Spurs loss /nba/ freak out, per usual. Tons of "Spurdora btfo", and "did Pop lose this one on purpose?!" In addition to the usual sophomoric submissions by basketball troglodytes such as yourselves, your collective basketball ignorance is beyond the pale. First, I want to address the misdiagnosis of Kawhi's late game "stuggles". The peons will yell "not clutch" while sipping their third bottle of Mountain Dew for the evening, but in reality it's much more complicated for the rudimentary basketball minds to comprehend. Kawhi is the best two way player in the league, no contest, but his defensive skills exhaust his offensive ability down the stretch. I've emailed Pop and the coaching staff many times about running set plays for Kawhi down the stretch, as opposed to Iso plays. In regards to "Pop losing on purpose", I just can't fathom a man with such an esteemed and terrific track record keeping failing rotations and electing bad timeouts in close games. It's much more probable that Pop, being the philosophical basketball piety that he is, transcends wins and losses and hopes the conclusion of a game is more of a manifestation of long term success rather than superficial "win or loss". And one last fucking thing that pisses me off most with you cretins. This "x coach playing this game while Pop plays such and such game." Could you be anymore fucking childish? Basketball isn't a game to Pop or us fans, it's fucking war. A fair submission would be to equate Pop as General Patton, but these silly kid's games comparison only further differentiate the Spurs and their fans' greatness and inferior basketball franchises and their fairweather casual "fans".
>>67478987
who is this semen sommelier?
Is Pop's stubbornness holding San Antonio back? If all those cheeky midrange shots became 3s they'd lose a tick in field goal percentage but scoring would explode.
Oh goodie, a Warriors "fan" has challenged a Spurs fan to basketball knowledge and match ups. This ought to be fun. *cracks knuckles* Draymond has shown in the Rockets series to be horrifically overrated and "shook'' as you peons say. He has no direction in the offense without a fully functioning roster, and no place on defense when he's stuck on rotations. Not to mention, Draymond is a starter, and West is a veteran back up. Pop will exploit the hell out of the Warriors (if you guys can even make it to the conference finals), and will make Kerr look like he's playing checkers, while he plays 3D chess. I'd say your basketball knowledge is comical and entertaining, but my patience for you Warriors fans has grown deathly thin, and I can hardly wait to get this series over with and done.
Pop is the type of stepdad to ignore the kid and act like he doesn't exist, Kerr is the type to try and act like your real dad and give you affection even tho you know it's hollow and he's just doing it for your mom, Donovan is the type to keep it real and treat you the way you want to be treated and respect your decisions as a human being without giving you undue sympathy.
I'd say unless Tim Duncan can put up 8 games of 2008-2015 Tim Duncan the Spurs aren't winning shit this year. They can get past OKC without him. But Aldridge/Leonard can't beat Golden State alone.
>>67479000
Anika Albrite. Her interracial videos are best.
>>67479025
>unironically being a cuck
Cavs vs Warriors is going to be a godly finals. Goddamn it's actually gonna be fun this year unlike last years abomination
>>67479009
Walton is the type of dad that awited till he was married, had sex in only missionary just to create you and create you only. Then he raised you for 18 years, gave you a full ride to college, and gave you his car when he retired.
god bless luke walton, we did it lakers bros.
>>67479036
memeoirs fans can't help it
One Dance is Drake's best song ever
>>67479036
>Implying I'm not black
>>67479009
Oh hey, that's my req. Thanks anon, you da' real MVP.
>>67479043
But what type of stepdad would he be?
>>67478992
Something about this hat feels comfy
>1 week left till it's confirmed.
Pop the kind of poster to shotpost trade rumor fantasies and free agency delusion, Kerr is the type to write theses and act like he knows shit about the sports, Donovan is the type to be chill, have lad banter, post dank memes, and keep it real.
>/nba/ so shook from Curry they try to act like the game didnt just happen and go back to Pop meming
>wake up
>look up score
>Warriors win
>Curry 40/9/8 on .500 shooting
well, it was fun while it lasted lads. the last game at Moda is our only hope now
What should I shoop next
>>67479100
shoop deez nuts in your mouth.
>>67479100
Nothing. You suck
Since this season is lost, who is gonna be the best next season?
>>67479099
that was the last game at moda
>>67479100
Do Dion Waiters
>>67479099
>last game at Moda
They just played the last game at Moda. Series is over bud
>>67479106
>>67479107
yo shutup
>>67479117
shop a championship trophy next to the raptors
>>67479110
>>67479115
fug, I forgot it's 3-1, for some reason I thought Blazers stole one at the Oracle.
>>67479100
That shot of DeRozan holding Lowry to his chest and being bros.
>>67479100
can you photoshop DeRozan making a shot
>>67479121
Here you go bro
>>67479135
>I thought Blazers stole one at the Oracle.
wew kobe
>>67479150
I wish.
Take this instead and feel free to meme with it
OCD here, I can't take it anymore, idk if it's my mental illness or what, but the thought of the Los Angeles Lakers getting Luke Walton, J.B. Bickerstaff, and other coaches we don't even know about yet scares me desu. And you want to know what else? That's only the fucking staff, they haven't even signed any players and their already being talked about around the league. While my suns are rotting in 9th level of basketball hell, he Lakers are transcending time and space, on their way to the promise land. I give up, lakersbro you win. you warned me and i wasn't ready...you are really out there bro.
Quarterfinals: UTA Jazz
Semis: LA Clippers
Con Finals: SA Spurs
Finals: CLE Cavs
Everyone healthy at postseason start. How far do the Memes go?
>>67479179
Win the finals in 5 or 6 probably
>>67479179
Assuming Curry doesn't go down? They win it all, never losing more than once in a series. If he still goes down, probably same end result but the Clippers series goes to 7.
>>67479193
You're delusional if you don't think Cleveland-Golden State is going to be a 2013-tier classic Finals that goes 7 games and comes down to career-defining plays.
>TMZ Sports @TMZ_Sports 18m18 minutes ago
>D'Angelo Russell -- Talks Nick Young ... 'Don't Know If We'll Be Friends Again' (VIDEO)
>>67479227
Nah it's not gonna be 2013 finals dude. that shit was pure magical.
>Utah Jazz gave away Kanter
>http://www.tmz.com/2016/05/10/dangelo-russell-iggy-azelea-nick-young-friendship/
>http://www.tmz.com/2016/03/31/lakers-jordan-clarkson-dangelos-my-brother-but-im-not-saying-i-trust-him/
second link is clickbait, but its a good short clip
>>67479227
We already saw the Cavs play the Dubs last season and it wasn't even close. How is this season going to be different?
The Warriors are so much better than last year and the Cavs haven't improved at all.
>>67479231
Okay. You're probably right. That was the best 7 game series in the history of sports. But it'll be a good series. Golden State is an obvious favorite, but Cleveland is much better than they were last year and even though Golden State has played better at its peak, they've shown some cracks this postseason with Curry's health and the team's general mediocrity when Curry isn't playing like an all-time great. What if having Kyrie around lets Delly play 30 minutes per game of shut-down defense for 7 games rather than 40 minutes a game for 3 games followed by bodily collapse? What if Frye and Love give Cleveland the weapons needed to go small when they need to? What if LeBron doesn't fall off a cliff after 4 games because he'll have quality teammates? What if Tyron Lue has JR Smith neutralize Klay Thompson's spot up 3s the way he did with Kyle Korver? What if Curry slips? What if Silver-ball activate and Draymond actually gets ejected for his constant bitching at the refs? What if the refs call moving screens every time they happen? What if Hack-a-Bogut works better than Hack-a-Tristan? What if Love and Irving and all the sweeps keep LeBron fresh enough to be peak LeBron for 6 or 7 games instead of 3 or 4? Cavs-Warriors will be a 7-game ESPN Classic kind of series and Bill Simmons will write 20,000 words about it. I can feel it.
>>67479274
You're joking, right? It went 6 games and since then the Cavs have changed coaches, recovered two All-Star caliber players, added quality role players like Richard Jefferson and Channing Frye, and still have strategic arrows in their quiver like LeBron at the 5, Mozgov at center, and James Jones at power forward.
>>67479274
>Cavs haven't improved at all
Is this a new meme?
>>67479274
Nigger are you kidding me? Cavs are playing insanely better than last year right now, the Warriors are at another level as well but I don't doubt both teams are going to show up during the finals. Lebron almost won 3 games straight by himself and some mediocre role players (who have improved insanely this year). you don't even know how last years finals would have been had irving and love been in all the games. and the cavs and warriors have improved their roster drastically. each team is clicking well right now and people are stepping up to the plate. this is going to be one of the best finals in history as long as nobody gets injured
the blazers are proving right now that the warriors are beatable without curry. If Kyrie can somehow shut down curry, or delly, Lebron could beat the memes by himself..with klove being in the post and meme pointer, I can definitely see the cavs winning in 6. it's all about the cavs big 3 showing up or not.
>>67479352
>If Kyrie can somehow shut down curry
That's one fucking huge "if".
>>67479352
Just have James Jones check in and fall into his knee.
>>67479354
Kyrie actually played decent defense on Curry in Game 1 of the Finals last year. And that was when Kyrie was hobbled with foot and knee pain and right before his knee exploded.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABJhwZq4u70
>>67479354
Delly did it for three games. And it's not like Kerr/Curry figured him out and overcame it. He was hospitalized from dehydration and was never the same for the rest of the series. If Kyrie's presence let's Delly play 25-30 minutes he can probably defend Curry as well as anyone.
>>67479352
>if Kyrie can somehow shut down curry
>if Kyrie can somehow shut down the best offensive player in the league
>if Kyrie can somehow shut down anyone
>>67479372
Kyrie isn't a bad defender on other point guards. Besides, there is still Delly and JR who both play great defense.
>>67479352
just send dantay jones to snap his neck in half then give him a nice cozy retirement check
>>67479274
Who guards JR Swish and Kyrie? Remember JR shoots better when he's guarded.
>>67479372
you do know curry has to defend curry and somehow help out on defending bronbron too right? Kyrie would go full apemode and bully that lightskin. and desu its going to be a battle of the bigs, i cant wait to see TT and klove VS bogut and gaymond. No way, cavs in 6. I see that series getting chippy as fuck, a fucking finals rematch bro. techs, chimpouts, fouls everywhere! no way in hell do the warriors want to lose after that historic season ,and Lebron wants to win one for da land, desu, this season was for nothing, it's going tobe the same two teams except everyone healthy. should have just skipped the regular season. I see lebron taking it, i really do, their big 3 is fully healthy and they have momentum going into it, 2 sweeps bro. Warriors are losing games.
>>67479352
>If Kyrie can somehow shut down curry
It's not even 10am Tuesday and I've already heard enough stupid shit to last me for the entire week
>>67479397
>you do know curry has to defend curry
>>67479413
see>>67479361
das sum good defense from da land bro.
>>67479414
fuck off lol, it's late.
STARTED FROM THE BOTTOM THEY STILL THERE
How do we stop the Warriors if they have a guy putting up 40/9/8 off the bench
>>67479463
Sweep the legs
Pop is playing the triangle while Donovan is playing piano
>>67479501
Pop is playing Dark Souls while Donovan is playing Call of Duty
>>67479501
Pop considers the Beatles to be the greatest rockband of all time while Donovan has long recognized that the greatest jazz musicians of all times are Duke Ellington and John Coltrane
+1 if you get the reference
>>67479521
>going to college
Enjoy your debt wagecuck
>>67479528
>debt
Ayyyyyy I'm going to make at least 80k starting. Going to get season tix as well :^)
>>67479506
Pop is playing Dr. Mario while Donovan is playing Tetris
Pop is playing Mario Kart while Kerr is playing Need for Speed and Donovan is playing Gran Turismo
Pop is playing NBA Jam while Kerr is playing NBA Live and Donovan is playing NBA 2K.
>>67479352
>If Kyrie can somehow shut down curry,
is it too late for the warriors to sign me to a couple 10 days to D up lebron?
>>67479645
shhhh fÅm
>>67479657
sup
>>67479792
What music does he listen to?
>>67479814
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSL5-wxgvFY
>>67479814
Christian Rap, no joke.
>>67479274
>no love
>no kyrie
>went 6 games
>cavs are playing better
youre a nigger
keep your eyes on the ref's face
https://twitter.com/gifdsports/status/729885256442990593
You know, it hadn't hit me until now, but all things considered, Lillard must be the most miserable basketball player right now
He played perfectly, maybe even the game of his life. They had the lead, they were about to win, and who knows, maybe they could win the series if all planets aligned.
He would show his town they should've never ignored him, it was his biggest chance, his biggest revenge game...
And then Curry happened.
When you give it your all, when you play one of the best games of your career for a reason that, some people, might argue are legit reasons for you to deserve the win... yet you still fall short.
Jesus christ. I sure as hell don't ever want to feel that.
>Kansas City doesn't have a team
>Seattle doesn't have a team
>New Jersey doesn't have a team
>Vancouver doesn't have a team
>Kentucky doesn't have a team
>Cuba could have a team in the future (Hopefully)
>Quebec doesn't have a team
>>67480255
>9/30 from the field
>5/18 from 3
>played perfectly, maybe even the game of his life
Good morning
>Always hear that San Antonio is a small market team
>look at the list of the largest cities in the US
>San Antonio is the 7th largest city in the US with 1,436,697 people
>San Antonio is larger than Dallas
>Oklahoma City is larger than Portland, Las Vegas, Atlanta, Miami, and Cleveland
"Small" market teams are bullshit.
>>67480399
>1,436,697 disgusting rednecks
nuke when?
>>67480337
Puerto Rico needs a team. It's criminal how much we ignore them in America.
>>67480419
>Rednecks
They're spics. It's literally a Mexican colony.
>>67480382
morn wiz
Fuck Lebron and the whole winning one for Cleveland narrative. If >my Spurs don't make it to the Finals I hope to lord Jesus Christ that Curry memes his way to another ring. At least Curry isn't a media fabricated baby since day 1 like Lebron.
>>67480357
It's okay efficiency when you consider the number of free throws he got and made, but more importantly he played an incredible game in terms of picking apart the doubles being sent his way. Still, not really a perfect game. G3 was closer to that.
>>67480443
are you serious? Lebron is what is saving basketball right now. The golden era of basketball, the 90's, the jordan era..the 00's, the kobe era, even the 80's showtime vs celtics era. Lebron james is pieces of all those era's put together, he has magic's flash passing, jordan era dominance in terms of physical ablility and his bully bally, and he has the finesse of the kobe era. He should win the title. Curry? he's a mistake, his style of chucking should have never existed, i blame the internet. i blame this new era satanic hip hop music. i blame the skinny jeans. i mean, anyone can become a great shooter, but to become a great player and be all around great like lebron, that's true talent. God bless Lebron James.
>>67480443
Skip, seriously fuck off. Shouldn't you be getting ready for your show?
>>67479177
>being this obessed
We know its you Lakerbro
>people think the Cavs can beat the Warriors
>>67478993
Bosh is qt
Hey fags, the resurgence is on its way. Just stay mad
Honestly for the Portland fans they should be proud regardless of how this ends. A bounce or two their way and they're literally up 3-1 on the Warriors.
Considering this was supposed to be a bit of a rebuilding year, to play the best team on Earth this tough speaks volumes to their future.
A piece or two here or there and you're looking at a legit contender in Portland. They need someone to ease some pressure off Dame and CJ who still have to take and make too many tough shots.
>>67480789
I think with how they played in the postseason free agents might take another look at Portland
Man I'm so jealous
fuck you lillard and your dumb hero ball shit at the end. should have never gone into overtime
>http://deadspin.com/mclovin-and-frank-isola-got-into-a-great-twitter-fight-1775667469
Is Isola the most autistic reporter in basketball?
Yall niggas know this is happening.
>>67480399
Market is more about the TV market and the metropolitan area than the city itself. The Dallas-Fort Worth area has 7m+ people and it's all Mavs market, meanwhile San Antonio barely has anything around it.
If you go by metro areas then San Antonio, OKC, Memphis, New Orleans and Milwaukee are the 5 smallest ones with New York, LA, Chicago, Philly, DC and the Bay Area the 5 largest.
>>67480874
Nah
>>67480924
I was going from memory, pretty sure the 5 smallest are correct.
>>67480924
why doesn't mexico city have an nba team if its the biggest market?
Lebron heat or GS who wins
>>67480874
If that's the case then Oklahoma isn't that small since OKC is a hub for the whole state and OKC has satellite cities and towns all over it. People from all over the state come to see the games and the whole state supports it merchandise wise. Then you have surrounding states/cities with no team for themselves that may support it. I'm not sure but I think Kansas, Kansas City, North Texas around the red river (notorious for Okie colonies) support the Thunder making it not so small.
Then you have the fact that the Thunder itself is a huge team with 2 of the biggest superstars giving it a national market for bandwagoners.
Then there are the interantional guys like Kanter and Adams.
Adams is the richest kiwi athlete and is the most famous Kiwi athlete, Kanter is big as basketball is popular in Turkey.
>>67480942
No basketball fans, soccer only. They tried doing an exhibition game there to test the waters and it's iffy.
>>67480937
Yeah, Maybe Indy is up there too. I knew you were off with the Bay Area though
>>67480943
2008 Boston Celtics negro
>>67480960
Lol the heat ended them
Relevant
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYG3sZfCL7o
>>67480942
you don't play basketball on grass
>>67480983
Well, no. They took out the revenant Celtics. Not Pierce, KG or Allen at their prime. So you got keked.
>>67480991
what happened to that nigga mayne? He stopped making nba dubs, his newest turtle shit and stuff is just horrible, the old is gold
Just give this man what he needs and he will murder the association
>>67481117
Lel the heat denied the celtics of a dynasty.
>>67480582
>Lebron is what saving basketball right now
And yet the tactic that's working for them right now is shooting 3s. Oh the irony
>>67480944
>Adams is the most famous kiwi athlete
Not even the most famous kiwi basketball player
>>67481124
He went over to worldstar and made some other stuff. It sucks. He should have never stopped making nba vids
>>67481190
Are you serious right now?
>>67481208
Has Adams ever taken an NBA trophy back to kiwi land?
>>67481190
he's an abo you retard
>>67481234
Patty Mills is Australian nigga.
>>67480399
San Antonio is bigger than Dallas technically, but the Dallas metroplex has got like 3.5 mil. So there's a bigger market for Dallas merch there because it's still close even though not technically Dallas.
It's been raining for 2 and a half weeks
>>67481385
Damn thats how long ive been banned from posting
I missed you guys any new memes?
>>67481400
Yeah the new meme is to talk about the weather in your area
I'm go wiz and it's been raining for 2 and a half weeks
See its easy even you can do it
>>67481430
I know who u are wiz vince staples still sucks
>>67481400
Pop is playing Angry Birds while Donovan is playing QWOP
>>67481449
I haven't listened to him in a long time
I still think he's overrated but he's pretty solid. I don't think he's as smart as he thinks he is tho
I'M ON A NEW LEVEL
WE CAN'T LOSE
WE CAN'T LOSE
WE CAN'T LOSE
>>67481629
https://vine.co/v/iiB90jMv9Wh
>>67481649
If the Celtics managed to get #1 from the Nets, who would you pick? Ingram, Simmons?
>>67481629
That album is so dang bad
Why did he go so mainstream
>>67481695
Celtics are going to win the lottery. The Net's draft pick is just the cherry on top.
>>67481791
Well thats why i wondered who they would take if they got the #1 pick.
They also can't win the lottery with anything else but the Nets pick...
>>67481810
>They also can't win the lottery
just watch
>GLORY TO GOD
>>67481779
I thought it was okay.
Way better than Trap Lord.
Trap Lord had some bangers but it was mostly meme rap trash.Horrible singing
New Level is a great banger, he's got some soulful stuff on there, he's got more experimental properties on there, only a couple of songs are clearly pop.
And if you thought he wasn't mainstream before you're crazy and don't know what mainstream is.
When A$AP blew up the whole group blew up including him.
>>67481816
They can only win with the nets pick.... and i hope they do and the Lakers lose their pick too.
>>67481826
New level was the only redeemable song on the album. It was all pop bullshit. I'm not saying Ferg wasn't mainstream but at least he made bangers. Trap lord was fucking great. Always strive and prosper sounds like him trying to make a shitty Timbaland or flo Rida album. It's just boring generic pop songs with some rapping.
>cavs memechucking in the playoffs
>nobody says anything
>gs continuing to memechuck
>everyone wants them to get career ending injuries
Since when did this place become full of cavcucks?
/Bucks/ up in this bitch
>>67481874
I hate Lebron and I hate Klay so
>>67481874
Cause people know the Cavs won't win the finals
I hope curry tears his ACL on his already-weak right leg in front of all the fucking faggot warriors """"fans""""
>>67481971
I hope his bitch wife will cry
>>67481874
Honestly? It's just how its always been on /nba/, /sp/ and 4chan in general. Everyone hates the team and player that's on top.
If we go back a few years ago to LeBron's time in Miami, everything was Lelbron (though 2011 finals was the GOAT time to be on /nba/)
And for that time LeBron was in miami, it was all LelBron and how the vocal majority wanted to see him fail and get injured.
I remember 2013 when Curry didn't make the all star team. So many people on here were screaming how he was snubbed and how he was underrated.
Next year it was all about hating Durant in his MVP season and the Lil B curse. FUCK KEVIN DURRRAAANNTNTTT etc
Again, in the finals people on here cheered and laughed at the Spurs blowing the fuck outta Miami.
Last season Warriors and Curry emerged and well... you know the rest of the story up until now.
As for the Cavs chucking? No one really cares, it's more fun trolling the warriors. (also atlanta's perimeter D fucking deserved all those 3s)
>>67482048
hope she fucks draymond in front of steph
![screen-shot-2015-04-15-at-3-06-46-pm[1].png](https://i.imgur.com/DRP8u9B.png "screen-shot-2015-04-15-at-3-06-46-pm[1].png")
Curry literally cannot be stopped. Anytime his hands touch a basketball he has the potential to break an NBA record.
Oh and by the way, he is to receive his 2nd MVP award today. He might also be the first play in history to be voted in unanimously.
I don't think any player has gotten me as fuckig mad as steph curry. I hate him more than anybody I know IRL
>>67482220
Nah, it's impossible to be unanimous, it's nothing but hype that he may, it's a huge may and it's unlikely.
Westbrook is getting a couple first place votes for tying Magic for the most triple doubles since the merger. Then you have the LeBron dick riders that give him a vote every single year.
Then you'll have some hipsters giving Kawhi or Draymond a first place vote for their non scoring contributions.
Then you'll have some for KD because he's KD and has scored 20+ points each game consistently all year.
I just think Curry has a weird forehead desu
Does Skip Bayless get a vote for MVP? If so what did he vote for the last couple of years? Im wondering if he hates LeBald so much he never voted for him.
>>67482465
does skip bayless even like sports? all he does is whine and start up controversial shit so people would watch his gayass shows
>>67482465
Last year it was Curry
https://twitter.com/realskipbayless/status/583674979344089088
I'm assuming Curry this year.
>>67482596
He used to be a semi legit writer before First Take
>>67482596
skip is basically all of us if we got paid 3-4 mil a year. I love that based man, paid to verbally shitpost and troll people with ultimately inconsequential sports news
Is it physically possible for anyone to dislike the warriors?
>>67482615
Sorta this. I wonder if he'll change at all on Fox Sports. I hated him like 10 years ago when I was a teenager but now I appreciate him.
>>67482616
Why do Klay and Curry look older than Luke, the fuck?
>>67482628
Hopefully he will lose viewers and fall into irrelevancy.
>fox sports
Literally dont even have or want that channel
>>67482640
I'll still listen, him and Cowherd are fun to listen to while working out desu
>>67482628
It's a contract move for sure. At first I didn't like him but he loves the spurs (even if he's just trolling dgaf) and I know he's a master ruseman
>>67482640
I don't have cable but I watch first take all the time on YouTube. is Bill Simmons irrelevant yet?
![dwight-howard[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/uPw643G.jpg "dwight-howard[1].jpg")
TONIGHT
TONIGHT
http://www.chron.com/sports/rockets/article/Dwight-Howard-to-join-TNT-s-Inside-the-NBA-on-7422998.php
>Howard will join substitute host Matt Winer, Charles Barkley and Kenny Smith on the program after Thunder-Spurs Game 5. Shaquille O'Neal and host Ernie Johnson have the night off.
>Dwight Howard
>Charles Barkley
LMAO IT WAS UNANIMOUS
>unanimous
I want to vomit
I want to call into to work so I can drink all day
I fucking hate steph curry so much
>>67482732
WEW LAD
THERE'S GONNA BE A FIGHT
WEW
E
W
HE CAN'T EVEN POST UP
MAKE YOUR FREE THROWS
BE AGGRESSIVE
HE HASN'T EVEN IMPROVED
http://official.nba.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2016/04/2015-16-Most-Valuable-Player.pdf
UNANIMOUS
Wow, just wow
This is such bullshit.
>Chris Paul didn't finish top 5
>>67482798
good, choking faggot
>>67482770
so dumb that shaq and lebron didnt get unanimous mvp votes those two times, no they just had to hold it off for stephen curry
>people saying the raptors and heat are the worst series ever
lol people have never seen the 2009 heat vs hawks where every games was decided by double digits
>>67482747
>this guy
it should have been unanimous. he won it in decemeber
MEME
V
P
>the homer houston broadcast team giving harden a third place vote
>>67482794
why the fuck would anyone give durant votes?
>>67481874
The Cavs were taking advantage of the Hawks' defense. The Hawks guard the paint very well so they went out to the perimeter
>>67482807
18+
>>67482616
>draymond setting an illegal screen
>>67482834
Because he put up at least 20 points literally every game
>>67482798
shoo shoo canadian cloppers
>>67482842
hahahhaahahaha never been past the second round ahahahahahahah
>>67482811
yeah, theres no doubt curry deserved the mvp this year, but other people have had equally as dominant seasons and didnt get unanimous (lebron in 2013).
i still think that lebron has a bigger impact on his team and is all around a better player than curry. Better passer, better rebounder, better defender, and his team is absolute garbage without him. however, i dont think he will ever win another mvp (nor deserve one) because he's just given up on caring about the regular season.
>>67482880
18+
>>67479099
>hurr Le Moda want le blood meme
>le feed le modaaaa!!11 xD
Idiots
>>67482895
Clippers ship has sailed amigo. Just let it go.
>>67482815
Based on probability it was more than likely not to happen. To get 131 different people with a different definition of what an MVP is to all agree on one person is almost impossible.
You don't realize just how improbable this was.
Every single year for the existence for the NBA there has always been outliers, contrarians, traditionalists, homers, bias, etc. keeping a unanimous vote.
There is always at least one guy that's doing against the mainstream.
Not even MJ as dominate as he was could get everyone to agree.
http://www.foxsports.com/nba/story/stephen-curry-golden-state-warriors-mvp-unanimous-lebron-james-kawhi-leonard-050916
>>67482882
but its about the team just as much as is the player. and the warriors were clearly the best team for the whole year
>>67482895
years until you see the clippers do anything meaningful ahahahhahahahah
>>67482927
yeah, i agree. like i said, lebron doesnt give a fuck about the regular season and just coasts to 25/7/7 with 57 wins. hes gotten completely tired of the regular season after going to 5 straight finals. but i like the "best player on best team" metric, i think thats the best way to do it, and that was definitely stephen curry
>>67482945
>tfw pop and lebron come together this summer and meme their way to a repeat not giving one fuck about the regular season
>>67482834
20+ points every game, he's one of the greatest players ever, he's almost unstoppable offensively, his height and skill set is insane, he carries at top 4 team and is top 3 no question.
The better question is why Kawhi is there, Kawhi is still not that great offensively and already won DPOY, he isn't even the most valuable player on the Spurs.
Daily reminder that 1 (ONE) faggot voted for Carmelo Anthony instead of LeBron James
>>67482926
>You don't realize just how improbable this was.
uwotm8, every single day the sports media has "Curry is the greatest shooter of all time" plastered all over their top news
>Mike Miller is on ESPN talking about Cleveland and LeBron
>tfw LeBron will win a ring without him
FUCK YOU DAVID BLATT
>>67482956
>he's one of the greatest players ever,
ahahahahahahah
AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
WHAHHAHAAHAHAHAAHHAAHHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHAHAHAAHH
>>67482992
One person voted for AI instead of Shaq
Two people voted for Penny Hardaway instead of MJ.
This shows how improbable this was.
There's always one guy, ONE GUY.
>>67482732
Kek. He's just lucky it's not Shaq and Chuck together.
If they were, Howard would be roasted so bad he'd retire.
>>67482992
>>67483010
he already won 2 with him
>>67483018
Sports media in 2016 is such that if you deviate from the narrative you get blackballed and lose what ""credibility"" you had
>>67483016
>MVP
>ROTY
>5x All-NBA
>7x All-Star
>4x Scoring Champion
>50/40/90
>2x Olympian
>>67482998
That doesn't matter. The people that vote for this shit aren't the masses that get fed that shit, they are the ones the shit it out.
There's always one guy going against the mainstream, history dictated he wouldn't be unanimous.
This is why this is such a big deal, it's not just anything. This is not just a historical moment in basketball but sports period, even mathematically it was insane. There's so many variables to this, the biggest one being how open the definition of MVP is and it's not outlined or set in stone.
>>67483072
>0 rings
>>67483016
Kys
You're not impressing anyone with your uneducated opinions.
>0 rings
>back to back mvps
How mad is Lebron right now?
wait I just heard wtf curry had 17 in OT?
Casey pulled a Vogel game 5 for taking biz out in the 4th
>>67483036
Shows just how low sports media has sunk. Journalism in general has taken a huge blow and has been killed by the internet it's moved from traditional simple reporting newspaper journalism to clickbait, drama, and sensationalism.
how is Lebron the best player if Curry has the last 2 MVP's?
I'm just glad LMA and Kawhi didn't get joint-MVP despite the fact that everyone knew they are the beat. It's an embodiment of Pop's winning culture, no one specific person gets all the credit. In the end a Spur wil be hoisting a finals mvp.
The Spurs make masterpieces everyday, and the hardwood is their canvas.
>>67483089
Horrible troll.
>Steve Nash won back to back MVPs
>>67483132
>implying shitty bait journalism didn't exist before the internet
Loterally underage. Have you seen those shitty magazines with false information on the cover?
>>67483119
http://www.nba.com/games/20160509/GSWPOR/gameinfo.html
>Kawhi ahead of Lebron in MVP voting
Ahahahahahahaah
>YOU NOW REALIZE KAWHI WILL MAKE 1ST TEAM ALL-NBA
>>67483177
>one of your own
>>67482998
news plastered James as "The Chosen One" and "King" for a decade lol
>>67483235
i bet it was because of LeBron's 3pt chucking.
>Quarter closing out
>clock running down
>LEBRON FOR 3
>ball bounces off rim
EVERY TIME. EVERY GAME.
LeBron James never did it. Neither did Magic Johnson or Larry Bird, or Wilt Chamberlain and Bill Russell. Even Michael Jordan never did it.
But on Tuesday, Stephen Curry did. After a record-breaking season, he became the first player in N.B.A. history to be elected most valuable player by a unanimous vote.
Curry revolutionized the game this season, pouring in a record-shattering 402 3-point shots while leading the Golden State Warriors to an all-time best 73-9 record. He heralded his selection by coming back from injury on Monday night with 40 points including 17 in overtime, in a win against the Trailblazers.
All 131 voters chose him as the M.V.P. Kawhi Leonard of the Spurs placed second and James third, based on second and third-place votes.
what is /nba/'s current status?
>>67483195
That's more recent.
It has it's origins in NY when multiple big newspaper companies rose during the industrial and immigrant boom and competed with each other for sales.
It has it's origins in print but the absolute majority of news back then was reporting, not putting a spin on everything and always having some hidden ulterior motive behind each article.
The internet and rise of its usage has made it more easier and successful to take this approach and with the way the internet is set up it's almost perfect.
Now you have social media and every dumb ass with a internet connections is trying to start a meme and say something they think is controversial and will get them attention.
Like you, dumbass.
>>67483286
b-b-BTFO
>tfw was so shook after watching the worst game of the playoffs I refused to watch the GS game
>tfw missed the best game of the playoffs
JUST
>>67483325
>tfw haven't watched a single playoff game
Where did it all go wrong?
>>67483356
Honestly I think /nba/ will never recover from bandwagoning Lebron up 2-1 and getting BTFO. It's eternal!
I can't say i feel sorry for you, you actually thought delly could shut down the best shooter to ever play the game. You gotta live with that the rest of your lives.
>iggy shutting down MJ
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
>>67483343
welcum to /nba/
>Metta World Peace on ESPN
OH GOD
>>67483195
that's not sports journalism retard
>Kawhi over LeBron
This is just plain retarded.
I can't even...
>>67483018
There was much less accountability then. Now, the person voting contrary would get blackballed on all social media and fans would be asking for his head. The only people who could get away with that are people like Skip Bayless and they don't get a vote
>>67483426
Westbrook over KD over too
>Curry wins the MVP sponsored by KIA
>KIA
>Lebron BTFO
"there's a 1000% chance that there's a 0% chance that LeBron wins the MVP."
>>67483081
>This is not just a historical moment in basketball but sports period, even mathematically it was insane.
It's not. In the past, there has been one MVP vote in the opposite direction just for the sake of being a retard. One person in NY media voted for Melo in 2013 when LeBron was probably the most dominant basketball player ever. Same with one person voting for AI when Shaq won.
>he biggest one being how open the definition of MVP is and it's not outlined or set in stone.
I don't know how long you've been watching basketball, but it's almost always best player on the best team.
>>67483356
Meme athleticism and muh dunks don't make a stable career. Westbrook has the benefit of the doubt because he's a freak of nature but I wouldn't be surprised if he gets a career-ending injury in Rose fashion.
Why are curryfags so obsessed with lebeta lmao? This reminds me of the heatles era and their insecurity.
www.imdb.com/title/tt5654840/
>space jam 2 will star le 2-5 man
Why would kids want to see that? They want to see back to back MVP and soon champion steph
Damn, unanimous. It's well deserved but I was expecting 1 or 2 contrarians voting for someone else
