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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
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.
>>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]")
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?
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.
>>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?
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
>>67482794
Lilliard 8th place in MVP voting but not an all-star
Can we please take the fan voting away
>>67483551
even if Westbrook gets injured he can still pass at an elite level and be able to take his man in the post. He won't be a top 10 player any more but he'll still be legit.
>>67483517
One person voted Melo instead of Lebron in 2013
>So, what do they call you, Metta or Ron?
>UHHHHHH people call me Metta but my old school friends call me Ron
THEN WHY DID YOU FUCKING CHANGE IT?
>>67483576
Nowadays you can easily see who dissents.
John Wall still taking Ls even after the season is over hahahahahaha. These new starters are literally LIT.
So according to the media Lebron James, the 2nd best player statistically, is a third fiddle to Curry AND Kawhi "I miss two open threes in a row and just learned how to do a fadeaway from Kobe yet need to use it in a playoff game even tho I'm not good enough at it and missed more than half of my attempts" Leonard
Westbrook despite a great season and much improvement as a PG and being the only PG to add rebounding to a major part of his game, is not better than KD at yet for some reason is?
>>67483636
BronBron is the only one of those guys that got his coach fired. He's cancerous and the writers know this.
How the fuck is wesbrook ahead of durant and kawhi in front of lebron lmao? This voting shit makes no sense
>Last night Curry was amazing, even better then MJ's flu game . He was on another level entirely
Is this guy literally just paid to suck the dick of whoever is the most popular athlete in the NBA at the time? I mean how the fuck was what Curry did last night even close to the flu game?
>get to rest your glass ankles for weeks
>somehow it's amazing how he can come in and do well
>it's not even the fucking finals
Does everyone else on here agree that in ten years no one relevant will care or respect curry in a similar way to how nash is looked at now. Nash was worse than the glove and the wife beater and once everyone comes to their sense people will ackowledge paul and westbrook are better. Also Lebron makes a better pg than curry and in a couple of years dame will have eclipsed him
Metta mouthing off how he still got it and can take anyone on in the NBA and babbling how he keeps it from the hood on the court and how he had to work so hard to get over that mentality philosophically to evolve into a better person.
>>67483678
Getting his shit coach fired is a good thing. Eventually every team ended up doing it this season
>>67483702
No, you're just incredibly salty.
>Durant sees that Kawhi and Westbrook finished ahead
>Doesn't pass tonight
>Drops 50 on Kawhi
>Turns into an Alpha
Post yfw
>>67483693
I'm surprised he took LeBron's cock out of his mouth long enough to say this.
>>67483702
Until CP3 gets past the second round of the playoffs he'll never be considered top-tier. He just continues to find ways to fail.
>>67483702
No, because Nash wasn't the true MVP in those years and Curry already has a ring. Curry deserves his MVPs. If LeBron wins one for da land this season he'll cement his top dog relevance for at least another year.
>>67483733
>Eventually every team ended up doing it this season
Besides Harden who else undermined their coach this year?
>>67483737
I'll admit I desperately don't want them to win the championship but I'm pretty certain they won't
>>67483548
No, the people who have votes always mention what their definition is. And it ranges to the best player in the league, most valuable to the league in factors from ability, popularity, and impact, valuable to their team and only to their team, how valuable they are to only a few teams and not limited to the most successful teams.
A lot of people actually use the success of a team against a player and will argue what if you take them out of said team and put them on a different team? Will they make the new team better? Just as great? Will the old team stay the same or barely impacted?
No one is dumb enough to think he won't win MVP but no one worth their salt could have no doubt he would be unanimous. It's historically not going to happen and that "one retard" is a big deal because most of the time it's more than one. Especially when you have so many great players playing this season and one like LeBron that has a track record and has already proven himself to still be one of the greatest ever and lifting any team he is on to the highest of levels.
>>67483762
Demarcus "dindu every single game," Cousins
is this 3x3 /nba/-core?
who you guys got tonight
>>67483762
Cousins
Possibly PG13 after the Raps run
We need LeBron to win the chip for the good of humanity.
>>67483758
Curry has definitely been the best player of the regular season but that's because the system they play in exploits shit teams and elite teams not in playoff mode. The spurs' and warrior's historic seasons are due to them being able to trounce teams suffering from historically bad draft classes. Once they're exposed next round we'll see how pointless those MVP's were
>>67483784
So Harden, Cousins, and LeBron
I'm starting to see a pattern.
mental midgets
>>67483816
agreed
>>67483819
You're retarded
>>67483825
How is harden a mental midget lol? He barely gives a shit
>CP3
did i miss something..?
What did he mean by this?
>>67483899
loudmouth nigger
>>67483885
In a good or bad way?
>>67483693
>Is this guy literally just paid to suck the dick of whoever is the most popular athlete in the NBA at the time?
Literally yes. The show is literally good cop/bad cop. It always follows a certain pattern
>Stephen A gives a popular opinion praising a popular player/team that the majority of the audience can agree with
>Skip says a bunch of outrageous bullshit that the majority of the audience does not agree with
>Stephen A chimps out and calls him asinine, blasphemous, egregious etc
Kawhi has gone from underrated last year to overrated this year. I'm seeing Twitter needs saying he's better than KD.
Now that he has this new record achievement under his belt, if the Warriors don't win the championship this year it will be the biggest let down in the history of American sports.
The amount of hype and sensationalism this team and Curry has generated and been given is insane.
I can only imagine biblical amounts of damage control, butthurt, absolute keks, and shitposting.
ESPN in particular will have to eat its word and commit sudoku.
All eyes are on them and if they fall under this pressure Curry and the Warriors will be known as the biggest choke artists in basketball.
>>67483678
LueBron>blatt
>>67483690
muh triple doubles
>>67483816
>>67483832
this desu. the next best option is anyone, i mean literally anyone, winning besides the warriors. i don't even care if some obscure nba rule resurrects the rockets into the eastern conference and they get to the finals and beat the dubs. the meme needs to be stopped.
>>67483899
Dumb ape
>>67483940
am I really gonna be forced to cheer for lebron in the finals?
/sp/ should really be cheering for the spurs
>>67483940
what will you do if he does win?
>>67483961
Pop is going to lose to the Warriors on purpose
>>67483963
Nothing, it's expected. If they fail they have everything to lose. None of these achievements will matter in the long run and will be forgotten as a whole, being banished to neat little factoids. Only shame will be remembered.
>>67483940
>I can only imagine biblical amounts of damage control, butthurt, absolute keks, and shitposting.
That's basically a given on /sp/ regardless of who wins the hip. If Warriors will go back to back I legit fear /sp/ will implode because of the sheer mass of tears and damage control.
>see people complain all the time about how the east sucks
>this comes at a time when the east is on the rise and the west seems to be declining
>this somehow is still legod's fault and is used as "evidence" against his abilities
>this somehow is never referenced when discussing the warriors's 73 win season
>>67483935
I think this year will be sort of anomalous for kawhi. maybe he'll end up scoring 25 ppg at his peak but he's not going to shoot this well from three ever again, and may not be as good of a post player as he's been this year. his growth from last year was insane, but players can only develop so much.
so does this mean Curry is the All time statistical GOAT* ?
>>67484036
Probably the greatest offensive season of all time. Maybe the best overall, but I don't know.
All this does is prove how shitty sports journalism has become and how much of a hack they collectively are.
The MVP vote is losing credibility.
He is coming home lads
>>67484003
The East is still significantly weaker than the West overall and is in a completely different stratosphere when it comes to the top teams.
Fuck off Lecuck
>>67484003
The east has gone from being utter dogshit to just kind of shit. There's only one good team.
>>67484040
>>67484036
Hello, Wilt Chamberlain existed. Ever heard of him?
>>67484048
>wanting cancer
Dwight Celtics will sweep Cavs next year
>>67484060
Yeah, what about him?
who is the desiigner of the NBA?
young hoss biting a fading star's style who has the potential of being better than said fading star
>>67484048
That isn't a Hawks uniform. He's from Atlanta.
He will rape Tristan Thompson and Mogzov
>>67484044
Oh so who else should have won it
>>67484095
Karl Towns
>>67484102
Curry is #1 but to have Kawhi over LeBron and Westbrook over Durant is an absolute joke.
>Be Klay Thompson
>Play well while Curry's gone
>Curry comes back and steals the show
>H-He's back
JUST
>>67484098
His heart is at Boston brah
>>67484044
>The MVP vote is losing credibility.
Holy shit, /sp/ is getting desperate
>73 wins
>30/5/7 averages after sitting out half of 4th quarters
>50/40/90 shooting
>obliterated the 3P record
>The MVP vote is losing credibility
Draymond's averages for the playoffs are nuts. Is it dumb to say this guy might finish a top 25 player of all time?
>>67484125
Lel who the fuck cares about second n or third place
For the record I agree but I still think it's irrelevant
>Draymond's averages for the playoffs are nuts. Is it dumb to say this guy might finish a top 25 player of all time?
>>67484095
>desiigner having the potential to be better than future
MVP should have went to Westbrook. I didnt see Curry set a record for triple doubles this season.
>>67484163
calm down autismo. He i just riding the golden state wave.
Do you really think he would put up the same numbers on another team?
>>67484187
Lol
i'm no curry dickrider by any means but the level of petty contrarianism is crazy in here.
>>67484201
>muh numbers
stop looking at the box score and watch the game
Draymond's averages for the playoffs are nuts. Is it dumb to say this guy might finish a top 25 player of all time?
He will save the Celtics with Dwight
>>67484225
Too bad no one likes him because he's an undisciplined ape. If he was treated like literally ANY other player, he would be suspended half the season, unable to put up his numbers.
>>67484225
>watching games
>I rate Kawhi over Durant, Westbrook, and LeBron
>>67484269
>I rate Westbrook over Kawhi
I literally have not watched a second of nba basketball this year
I just check the box score and shitpost memes
>>67484183
He does. Future has gone full emo and just talks about doing drugs to the point he sounds suicidal, his wife taking his kid and letting Russell Wilson raise his son.
Just got my janitor acceptance and start soon. I can't wait to clean this place up. This pop-forced meme is at the top of my list right now.
>>67484202
>go piss acting like his opinion matters
Lmao
>Russell Westbrook was better than Chris Paul
>I'm a foreigner obsessed with the Warriors and the Spurs, as they both play beautiful basketball
>Also please don't call Draymond any derogatory names, he's just a little rough around the edges!
>>67484295
>I refuse to brush my teeth
>>67484311
desiigner is 18 or 19 future is almost 10 years older
I don't see future with his own broship
>>67484340
>been to the NBA finals
>had a 43 point game in the NBA finals
vs
>le second round flameout loser man
>>67484056
>>67484059
the warriors are by far the best team in the west. the west is extremely top heavy at this point, and gone from being great to only the top three teams being great, the fourth team being the >clippers, and the rest of the teams generally being dogshit.
>Chris Paul was better than anyone
>>67484317
Why don't you just start by cleaning your insides. I filled all your holes, your are leaking semen from everywhere.
>>67482744
LeBron has to literally be in tears right now.
>that cheeky 1st place vote for Melo back in 12-13 robbing him of history
>>67484326
>I think triple double are an accurate standard of greatness
Literally kill urself
>Russell Westbrook? Yes he was the 2nd best point guard
>Am I crazy to think Draymond, Klay, Bogut, Barnes, Steph, Livingston, Iguodala, Barbosa, and Speights will be top 10 players of all time by the time their careers are done?
>>67484382
>averaging at least 10 assists is bad for a PG
>averaging 10 rebounds with at least half being offensive is bad for the #1 rebounding team in the league
Take off the trip and kick the chair.
Lebron is the GOAT if he defeats the 73-9 team with the unanimous mvp, just saying.
>Russell Westbrook? A Statpadder? NEVER.
>Le break your hand committing a completely unnecessary and low move on a player and ruining your team's chances in the playoffs man is better than almost average a triple double in the age of triple doubles being more difficult than Magic and Big O's era man
>Kyle Lowry is a good player
>>67484362
The West has a winning record vs the East.
And I don't know why are you greentexting the Clippers seeing as they'd be the 2nd best team in the East
Westbrook's like the Brett Favre of the NBA desu
>Kyrie Irving is a top 10 PG
>Yes I would enjoy having Russell Westbrook taking a 3-point shot for my team
https://www.instagram.com/p/BFOuV8dHiGO/
Giannis is qt as fuck
>I have no actual argument so I use an inane and hollow term such as stat padding in a derogatory manner despite it having no actual basis and can be used for literally every player
>>67482331
>well, it was fun while it lasted lad
kek
>>67484518
>The West has a winning record vs the East.
Doesn't change the fact that the east is better than it has been in years and the west is worse than it has been in years.
>And I don't know why are you greentexting the Clippers seeing as they'd be the 2nd best team in the East
Because they're the >clippers
>>67484427
Westbrook averaged 5 offensive rebounds a game huh?
>>67484099
>He will rape Tristan Thompson and Mogzov
So just like the rest of the league then?
>Westbrook is a great 3 point shooter
>>67479177
so has the autistic lakers fan gone full stalker mode on ocd now that 7kt doesnt post anymore? this guy is just beyond pathetic man
jesus christ canadians are so autistic
>>67484602
This meme doesn't work without a hat
>.333% from the 3 point line in the playoffs, against the spurs, is bad and I wouldn't want a player with this percentage taking the shot
I guarantee if curry had draymond's personality, the votes wouldn't have been unanimous. MJ, shaq, and lebron were/are polarizing figures that bootyblasted people. curry is a baby-faced choir boy who has a cute daughter and a deep faith. the only people he bootyblasts are losers from /sp/.
Guys how do I get into NBA?
What team is best?
What player is?
When are the matches?(as a footballer the competition confuses me...)
Where do I watch the games?
The only way I can like curry is if he rekts the canucks in the finals in humiliating fashion
>>67484585
He's 7.8, so 3-4
>Dwight is a man child
>>67484620
This. I hope they go away once the Raptors die.
>>67484658
>that headband underneath the hat
fucking kek
>>67484635
I'm a baby faced choir boy too. I hate curry because hes all too familiar
>>67484643
watch the playoffs
warriors
lebron
every night
r/nbastreams
>>67484660
But >we won the first round. The deal says we're here for life now.
>>67484608
I like lakers bro, his hope drives me desu
>>67484681
correct. it was very close but Canada made the cut, they are welcome here
>>67484653
But averaged fewer than 2
>>67484471
hahahahaha canadian clippers fag won't reply to this
he could've hurt henderson bad on that play
>The Clippers are a good team and Chris "got past the first round once" Paul is a good leader
>>67484371
is that a wood-brimmed hat?
so theres really no doubt that he's gay right?
when will he come out?
>Dirk is a HOFamer
>>67484371
Is Westbrook legitimately autistic?
>>67484734
Probably the 20th best player ever m8
>>67484753
Fuck Westbrook is terrible. Not to mention the high turnover rate.
>>67484698
AHAHAHAHAHAHAH everything after the first round is gravy. We already won. Can't wait to dump Casey and derozan in the off season.
>A well dressed man intimidates me and I will attack his character in bitterness and insecurity
>>67484790
>pancake titties
>>67484734
GOAT European counts for something
>>67484753
Can you guess which one of these players is in the second round and has been to the finals?
I'm having a hard time.
>>67484734
Ring, MVP, Finals MVP, Greatest european to play, one of the most iconic and unstoppable moves.
?
Tbqh, i think klay is leaving the warriors soon. He must hate curry.
>I think Westbrook is gay
How did he have these kids then?
>>67484471
thats the best part. cp3 ended his teams last chance at post-season success by hurting himself while making a dirty play. I cant remember NBA karma bitch-slapping anyone as hard or as fast as on that play.
>Can you guess which one of these players is in the second round and has been to the finals?
>I'm having a hard time.
>>67484850
same way Michael Jackson did.
>>67484840
He's signed for like 4 more years an the Warriors front office will never trade him
>>67483885
>People still voting for LeBron
>>67484585
he usually pulls at least one but usually two of those out of his teammates hands.
ITS SO HE CAN START THE BREAK THOUGH AND HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH STAT-PADDING
so funny to see /nba/ stuck in a perpetual state of BTFO.
these are dark times for /nba/, i'm just glad i was here to see you guy's be wrong at every opportunity.
mustard on the beat holla @ me
>>67483885
who the fuck voted for Harden
the voters need to be public
>>67485020
I read that as dank times.
I think I need glasses
>>67485022
http://official.nba.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2016/04/2015-16-Most-Valuable-Player.pdf
>>67485049
HOLY SHIT
When did this happen????
Okay curry deserved it for sure but why the fuck is legod third? Fuck these spurdora cucks
>>67484887
>having the ball in your hand while literally being the point guard and the most elite driver in the game is a stat padding
>stat padding is a thing
So Curry is the worlds biggest stat padder because all those threes are completely unnecessary?
Stay salty /sp/
>>67485084
It's literally
>best player on best team
followed by
>best player on second best team
followed by
>everyone else
>>67485088
I had to unfollow them, it's silly.
>>67485022
Bill Worrell Root Sports Southwest Curry, Stephen -- GS Westbrook, Russell -- OKC Harden, James -- HOU
Root Sports Southwest is an American regional sports network. Headquartered in Houston, Texas
Oh come on
>>67485049
Westbrook, Durant, Lebron, Harden
Explain yourself, Philadelphia
>>67485109
Oh ok, i thought mvp meant the actual most valuable player
>The media being retarded
>again
What did you expect?
These are the people that make money creating and circulating rumors and threatening to kill and blackmail people on TV when they call them out.
>>67485185
You know College's player of the year award? It's that.
>>67485185
Lmao, you're dumb. Who the hell thinks an award for Most Valuable Player would go to most valuable players? Lmao smdh laffin
I live in the bay and I'm getting slightly agitated by this curry overexposure now.
So, who would you guys have voted for, 1 to 5
>>67485253
curry, james, leonard, durant, paul
>>67485207
I completely forgot he did this. SAS is a psychopath.
>>67485253
Curry
James
Durant
>>67485253
1. Curry
2. LeBron
3. Durant
4. Kawhi
5. Paul
>>67485262
>paul
God damnit Germany.
>>67485275
and 4 and 5?
>>67485253
Curry
LeBron
Durant
Westbrook
Kawhi
>>67485253
Curry, LeBron, Durant, Leonard, Westbrook
Last three are interchangeable
>>67485049
>Zach lowe voted for kawhi over lebron
Smh
>>67485253
replying to myself because i didnt list mine
Curry
LeBron
Leonard
Westbrook
Durant
what a boring season this has been.
>tfw all the best players in the nba have no personality whatsoever
>>67485315
>Durant not top 3
Casual
Why are people losing their shit over Lebron not being 2nd? His numbers are down across the board and the Cavs had a good not great regular season, just doing enough to hold on to that #1 seed.
Lebron scores more than Kawhi (4 ppg more, just 2 more per 36) but Kawhi does so more efficiently
Their rebounding numbers are virtually the same (identical rebound%)
Lebron is obviously a much better passer (but also turns it over twice as often as Kawhi)
Kawhi averages more steals/blocks and plays much better defense
Obviously Lebron is the better individual player but he's clearly declining and the gap isn't as big as it used to be. When taking into account that the Spurs won 10 more games than the Cavs and how biased the MVP voting has always been towards team success it's really not that much of a stretch that Kawhi placed above Lebron by some tiny margin
>Americans btfo
>>67485185
no, then they'd have to give it to lebron every single year. mvp is a meme regular season award for whoever is the best team. only award that matters are the all nba and all defense teams and the finals mvp
>>67485336
Westbrook has a big personality.
LeBron does too.
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>>67485300
Fucking kill yourselves Curryfags. Westbrook did more this season than cuckry.
>>67485348
If i was going by only 3 quarters he would be higher.
>>67485276
>5. Paul
just stop bro, you're embarrassing yourself
>>67485351
>Good not great
>number one in the east and 3rd overall
>undefeated in the playoffs and breaking records for threes
>>67485374
Westbrook isnt a best player. Lebron barely shows any personality anymore. Now hes all humble and adult and shit
>>67485355
Why do AUS/NZ people have this shitposting gene in them?
>>67485390
Come on now, let's be real here.
>>67485411
Lmao, nice joke
>>67485406
>57 wins
It's nothing special for a team like the Cavs. They did enough to hold off the Craptors and nothing more.
And why the fuck would playoffs matter when deciding REGULAR SEASON MVP?
>>67485390
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>>67485284
> I dont rate James Harden
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>>67485351
nah lebron is still the best player in the league, elite defense, elite passer, elite rebounder, elite scorer. he just doesnt care about the regular season
>>67485478
>I rate James Harden
>nah lebron is still the best player in the league, elite defense, elite passer, elite rebounder, elite scorer. he just doesnt care about the regular season
Who will be the next lebron?
>>67485253
James
Paul
Curry
Durant
Lillard
-
Without James the Cavs don't make the playoffs
Without Paul the Clippers are a top 3 pick team
>>67485249
one problem with the warriors is that there's nothing terribly unlikable about them. their leader is the babyfaced wonder and the only controversial players are irrelevant-ass bogut and draymond green, and lord knows hypebeast fuccbois love them some draymond.
>>67485390
Oh come on. It's not about being a Curryfag at all. His team went 73-9 to break the record. He broke his own record for 3's made. He had a PER of 31, lead the league in scoring, got into the 50/40/90 club, was one of the top scorers in the paint as well as outside.
It was pretty damn obvious he would be MVP.
Has fuck all to do with liking or hating Curry.
>game starts at 2AM
fugg i thought it starts at 3:30 so i could go to sleep early and get up early
what now
>tfw dont like curry but like draymonkey green and klay.
Idk why, the christfag shit rubs me off as fake and wrong hes trying way too hard with it
>>67485390
>being this ass-blasted
I don't feel pity for people like you desu
>>67485616
>Liking Klay
Fuck you.
I can deal with Curry, but fuck Klay
>>67485593
I think it depends on what "valuable" means to you. I think for basically every voter besides that one retard who voted for melo instead of lebron in 2013, "valuable" means the best player on the best team. but, if you think "valuable" means the player most significant to his team, it may not be curry.
if curry isn't on the warriors, they still make the playoffs.
if westbrook or durant isn't on okc, they might not make the playoffs.
if lebron isn't on the cavs, they definitely don't make the playoffs.
if kawhi isn't on the spurs... i dunno what happens then.
bay area just blew out their own hometown hero last night. such loyalty
OFFICIAL WARRIOR PLAYER POWER RANKINGS
1. Leandro Barbosa
2. Festus Ezeli
3. Shaun Livingston
4. Harrison Barnes
5. Brandon Rush
6. Stephen Curry
7. Klay Thompson
8. Draymond Green
9000000000000. Marreese Speights
90000000000001. Andrew Bogut
Physical Fight In An Alley. Andre Igoudala
>>67485680
That's such a stupid fucking metric. Wiz without wall would win 10 games. Doesn't mean he's anywhere near mvp.
There is absolutely no debate curry is the mvp this year
>>67485715
Like they even know he's from there.
Vapid faggots all of them.
>>67485734
This. If you want to use this criteria then Lebron doesn't deserve his Miami MVPs because that team was stacked even without him
>>67485724
I hate all those meme players
>>67485724
Curry is a twink tho
>>67485724
Monta ellis is the greatest warrior of all time
>>67485734
different people define things in different ways. you may think it's stupid but that's how some people think. feel free to give a coherent, non-dismissive response.
>>67485767
sure, that's fine. and curry's warriors are stacked to the moon and back.
>>67483793
come on man
2 All Star MVP's>Meme MVP's
>>67485822
>sure, that's fine.
It's not because he was clearly the best and did deserve them
>>67485822
I did. It's a dumb metric because it's fairly illogical what "most valuable player" means because no one is going to give the mvp to ish smith for winning all of the 6ers games. Mvp is a line, it's gotta be one of the best or the best player on a contending team. And usually, I feel like it's fairly rewarded, besides for like Nash and kobe and rose
I still feel like those are pretty much the only outliers tho. Usually it's given to the player who deserves it.
>>67485439
its their gift to the world
see>>>>>>>67485425
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>>67485643
/nba/ doesn't support le chuck 3s man. fuck off back to where you came from. if you weren't a newfag you'd know that curry is not allowed.
>>67485930
US oldfags, amirite
http://gofirstrow.eu/watch/435673/1/watch-riesen-ludwigsburg-vs-bayern-munchen.html
ayy bayern losing to lubu
>>67485645
>he likes Curry but not Klay
bisexual detected
>>67486004
Triggered desu
>>67479036
All NBA fans are cucks
Which would be better, a guard duo of Rose and Westbrook or Curry and Lillard?
Rose and Westbrook would be two SG's that can both distribute and have the vision of PG's, better D, and make a higher assist with point total while Curry and Lillard are undersized but better scorers and get a good assist total.
did Curry start a /nba/ civil war?
>>67485680
>if curry isn't on the warriors, they still make the playoffs.
As 6-8th seed. Warriors are a good team still without Curry, of course.
>if westbrook or durant isn't on okc, they might not make the playoffs.
No Westbrook and only Durant, they will make the playoffs 4-6seed. No Durant and Westbrook, 7-8th seed or might even not make it
>if lebron isn't on the cavs, they definitely don't make the playoffs.
Agreed
>if kawhi isn't on the spurs... i dunno what happens then.
They still make the playoffs, but dont win 67, but could still be 2nd-3rd seed
In all of these scenarios though, I can't see any of them getting a ring. MAYBE the spurs because they are the spurs but unlikely without Leonard/
But lets go back a few years when LeBron won back to back mvps on Miami. Without LeBron, they still make the playoffs with Wade and Bosh, probably even as high as 4th seed. Who knows?
So it's the same argument. Take Curry off the warriors, they still make the playoffs. Take LeBron off Miami back then, still make the playoffs
>>67486004
fucking triggered. when your staffs average age is 24 what should we expect though?
>>67485596
It's literally the most important game of the series. You gotta watch it
>>67486044
Yes
If you aren't aligned to the Westbrook/Kobe faction you are a filthy traitor and should kill yourself.
>steph memechucks against zero defense
>wow amazing such skill
>>67486034
all depends on your frontcourt
and Westbrook is an elite defender when he is locked in but that isn't often, ultimately he's only about as good defensively as Curry and better than Lillard only by default because every PG on an NBA roster is better defensively than Lillard.
>>67486034
Rose now or Rose before the injuries?
>>67486228
NEW
>>67486228
NEW
>>67486228
NEW
So Kawhi was 2nd in the MVP voting?
I'm fine with that. Dude has come a long way
>>67486229
Before
>>67480944
Whether people realize it or not, Oklahoma lost their "flyover" status since world war 2, mainly due to being a hub for military air training. Now add in the petro-market, the airforce base, and the accessibility to resources such as steel, iron, and other metals, makes the city ideal for an aerial pit stop. Furthermore, they do international travel and can handle a lot of air traffic as opposed to cities such as NYC, DC, or LA.
By ratings, they rate better than some internationally known hubs.
LAX (Los Angeles)=3.6 stars
JFK (New York)=4.0 stars (comfy as fuck)
IAD (Washington DC)=3.9 stars
ATL (Atlanta)=3.9 stars
*OKC (Oklahoma City)=4.3 stars (comfy as fuck)*
ORD (Chicago)=3.6 stars
So yeah, OKC isn't really delegated flyover status because most of everyone's traffic would have to take a pit stop there. And security there isn't aggressive as shit like they are in LAX. It's pretty cozy as well, lots to buy, bunch of things to keep you occupied till your next flight comes in, and very few problems with luggage.
Decent four star airport for a pretty comfy location. City is huge as fuck area-wise.
>>67483551
Westbrook had two knee surgeries (everyone seems to forget this), a hand surgery, a surgery to fix his skull, and still balls like he doesn't give a fuck for life or family, destroying rims like they gave him a traumatic childhood experience.
Rose had three knee surgeries, and one for the orbital bone (same as Westbrook), and his damaged petals are still left in his MVP season.
>>67485351
>Obviously Lebron is the better individual player
that's why
>>67479463
>Giving the Blazers this much credit
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