June 2nd, 2016 (Thursday) - Game 1
Cleveland Cavaliers @ Golden State Warriors 9PM ET on ABC
>>68030381
>advanced
>stats
First for Lakers 2018 Champions
1st for what do I tell these chicks on Tinder?
go sixers
>>68030405
tell them "go sixers" they will think you are a funny guy.
>>68030405
"Hey you QBP?"
Lebron sucks, Curry sucks, everybody sucks.
>Clevelanders this mad their city is a joke and their state is irrelevant
>hating lebron
>forcing memes
>>68030441
>this cuck who claims that GDP doesn't determine relevance
post >yfw lebron gets one for da land
Is this a bad idea
Add 10 teams, create two leagues, add promotion and relegation. Allow for teams to sell players between leagues and see what happens
>Kevin Durant just unfollowed the Thunder on Instagram and Twitter
AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
>>68030490
>2-5
>>68030490
>>68030457
>>68030381
>11 posts
>8 IPs
>/a/ in charge of not forcing memes
I hate both Lebron and Curry. I hope they both get injured at the very beginning of game 1.
>No matter what, an Aussie is guaranteed a ring AGAIN
>>68030502
REEEEE I tought the Don was a curryfag
>>68030381
horrible op pic, please stop starting threads
NBA threads belong in /asp/. It's been confirmed that games are as fake as WWE.
Go spurs
>>68030534
a brazilian as well
>mfw no canacucks
>>68030540
This
>no suspension
>won't get suspended at all these playoffs
>Warriors guaranteed another ring thanks to Silver
>>68030502
I don't care if this is fake.
It's true in my heart.
If curry is a better individual player then his stats will be more impressive than LeBrons from last year right?
>>68030538
Ohio is a huge state for him, he doesn't actually give a shit. Unlike Jeb Bush
>dawane wade
Vote
http://www.strawpoll.me/10373632
>>68030568
Literally LeGOD.
He's my guy.
>>68030568
fucking stupid how he didn't get Finals MVP
>>68030561
Tristan thompson
>>68030568
savage
>>68030568
That's some 2k cheese right there.
>>68030584
He should have. NFL has at least one or two SB MVPs that played for the losing team too.
>>68030538
Why would he root for a cuck city in a beaner state?
>best team ever
>our star is easily an all-time top 5 player
>refs and God on our side
>Cav's defense
How could we possibly lose this finals?
Who's the Asian girl on nba studio?
>>68030584
This
>>68030652
>we
What part of the bay area are you from again?
>>68030568
lol he literally had the ball 90% all of the time
also, no fg%, westbrook with huge numbers and still play badly for example
>>68030502
Does this mean that the finals decide which party wins?
Sanders: Warriors win 'very good omen' for campaign
http://archive.is/tg1Hx
>>68030685
He's from the Poop Bay area.
http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2016/03/what-happens-when-theres-sewage-in-the-water/476013/
>Every second, 8,200 liters of untreated sewage flow into the bay through the city’s rivers
>>68030695
>lol he literally had the ball 90% all of the time
No shit.
He was the only player worth a damn left or did you actually forget Kyrie and Love were both injured and out the whole finals?
They beat the "best" team in the NBA twice while having 2 of their 3 best players gone.
What LeBron did was incredible.
this is the best thread of my life! seriously
>>68030695
You know their 2nd and 3rd options were Dellavedova and JR Smith.
If you don't live in the Bay Area, you don't matter. 510 reporting.
>tfw just swept right on my friend's crush
>>68030554
thanks faggot i just had a seizure
>>68030584
Do they give finals mvp to players on losing teams? I thought if you win then you get the finals mvp
Is this delusional or possible
>Lakers sign Durant
>Lakers sign Whiteside
>Lakers trade Russell and Randle and a future first rounder for James Harden
Win 5 rings with new Big Three
>>68030808
Yes, although the last time it happened was in '69 when they gave it to Jerry West.
>>68030842
Delusion
>>68030808
It has happened a total of once in the NBA.
Jerry West
>>68030842
So you think a worse version of this OKC team can win 5 rings?
>>68030887
lel
No games on tonight, but 2k is streaming the pro-am finals game, winner gets $100'000
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7HPhZApofQs
>>68030842
durant and harden are going to boston with simmons
>>68030898
How so very.. whelming..
>>68030842
>>68030908
Why the fuck would you want both Durant and Harden on your team, they're both ballhogs and volume memers.
>>68030930
durant is a 300 ppg shooter on 50/40/90
harden gets 10 free ppg bumrushing the basket and throwing his arms up
>>68030695
>>68030775
>tfw never get any matches
>the ones I do get never talk to me
>the ones that do talk to me either I scare off with my autism or they scare me off
>tfw never getting laid
>tfw will miss out on one of the most important human experience
>tfw people call me handsome and smart in real life but so far no girl has ever liked me
>>68030732
i know right? lebron is the greatest basketball player right now
>>68030845
that was also the first finals MVP ever and they invented it on the spot just to give it to Jerry West because they felt bad for him
>>68030955
>durant is a 300 ppg shooter on 50/40/90
more like a 28 ppg shooter on 43/28/89
>>68030695
Lebron on the losing team: 4 fmvp votes
Curry on the winning team: 0 fmvp votes
>>68030842
What's delusional is thinking this team could win 1 let alone 5 rings
Have you given your energy today to LeGOAT?
\o/
>>68030685
Holy fuck as if you absolutely HAVE to live in a certain place to root for a team jesus fuck.
>>68030961
if you have been called handsome you're set. just practice your social interactions and talking to girls. use tinder as a way to practice with 0 negative results
Im new to basketball so sorry if this question is stupid. What is better form after the ball is released, ballet or contemporary?
pretty soon the legod meme will die just like westgod
feels good man
>>68031120
No one will ever call curry god.
get fucked dirty curryfag.
Since /nba/ has been established as being total shit for actual basketball discussion I would like everyone to link a post in this thread that really made you think.
Also say why.
>>68031108
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45czWPhWQOI
Perfect shooting form tbqh
i only match with fatties and asians lads
>>68031153
https://skepticalsports.com/the-case-for-dennis-rodman-guide/
Shows how much of an underrated PF Rodman was.
>>68031177
Are you ugly or fat
Can we reborn /nba/ into something not shit after the finals
>>68031147
>
except people already are and everyone and their mother (except lebrontards) know he's the best player on the planet right now
>>68031278
Senpai
It's gonna be bad
>>68031238
Salaam alaikum my friend.
I suggest eating some Kibbeh tonight. It's healthy and delicious.
>>68031294
Lebron is still the best because he outplayed Curry last year in the finals.
>>68031238
Ugly.
>>68031278
>implying /nba/ isn't going to descend into a shitstorm of broship posting once the finals are over
>>68031360
>outplayed him in the finals
>lost the finals while curry won
k
>>68031278
PLEASE join us in Muscular, Intelligent /nrl/, we have loads of thought-provoking discussion and great memes.
>>68031374
Who wants to be Broshipped with da land?
I want to say miami, but the tripfag is too cucked.
Anyone but miami
>>68031322
Kibbeh is my favorite dude no memeing
>>68031278
We have to rebuild. We're in Lakers mode right now.. All the opportunity to make /nba/ great again.
>>68031388
I will on one condition my handsome and philanthropic friend. Direct me to live radio calls of Cricket games.
Im lost without you
>>68031445
Someone usually links to streams in /cric/, /cric/ is pretty active now, it's not so much the Australian-only social club circlejerk it used to be.
>>68031360
'-'
>>68031427
damn she's thick as fuck
that lucky bastard that got to nut in her is probably king at school right now
>>68031427
>that car
Lel, even getting of jail in the U.S. is commercialised.
will do celtics later tonight
>>68031427
She should go to jail for life for not molesting me when I was little
Fuck it. Jail all bitches. Where were they for me????
https://theringer.com/steph-curry-ball-brothers-chino-hills-c4a7719b22e9#.rqkolxapz
These fucking memes ruined the next generation, now there's a whole family of 40 foot chucking memefaggots
>>68031494
I'm a Lebron fan since his rookie year. You're a Curry fan since last year. Don't you have any shame?
>>68031555
>TX
Fucking texshit bandwagoning a conference after losing.
>>68031555
i wouldn't mind her getting my penis out of jail i.e. my pants if you know what i mean
>>68031573
Kek I like that
>>68031573
Pls do heatles.
My 3 teams are literally cavs heat and spurs and you already did 2.
>>68031573
Do wiz pls
Lads I have to post a discussion questions on beowulf by midnight what should my question be
>>68031639
>My 3 teams
>>68031427
>Warrior fan
>Lives in Houston
>Convicted criminal
>>68031660
Well 4 if you count my first ever home team. The Nuggets. But they haven't been good for a while so fuck them.
>>68031746
>we
are literally 100% guaranteed to make the playoffs next season, don't give up anon
>>68031659
>how many xanax pills can you down before losing conciousness
What team you root for?
What do you hope your team does in the offseason?
What is the possibility of that happening?
lakers
keep the fucking core and not JUST the team
not high because jim buss wants to keep his job
>>68031782
>Implying we keep Gallo healthy
Only misery for Nuggets fans, family.
Colorado has prestige, but it ain't the Nuggets.
Shout out to Melo for playing for us when he was still trying.
>>68031818
Xanax is a dangerous drug. You can take 2 and pass out. That's if you're lucky. Most likely of you abise this drug, you'll black out and go on an adventure, then pass out somewhere unfamiliar.
t. Someone not comfortable with xanax as a pop culture drug like coke.
>>68030513
>>68031976
What could possibly be so funny
>>68031998
/nba/ getting BTFO yet again
>>68031998
When asked if they would trade Kevin Love
>>68031854
>What team you root for?
Lakers
>What do you hope your team does in the offseason?
Make good use of the cap space and sign some decent free agents / don't give away any draft picks / tell Roy Hibbert to fuck off
>What is the possibility of that happening?
Unsure about retaining draft picks, but I doubt >we could do worse than 20 wins next season, r-right?
>>68032047
Lmao. Are you for real?
>>68031854
>What team you root for?
Bulce
>What do you hope your team does in the offseason?
Trade Butler and Rose for picks and enter a full on tank. Everyone is leaving this offseason and our championship window has closed .
>What is the possibility of that happening?
Guessing by our shit front office we will probably get hustled by Danny Ainge for Butler
Honestly I don't think /sp/ will ever recover after bandwagoning the Thunder up 3-1. The nerve of you thinking two overrated chokers could beat the greatest team of all time. I would say it was a close series but we all knew who would win. /nba/ BTFO again, it's eternal!
>this era's Stockton & Malone
>ringless
AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
>>68032103
yes. why would i ever lie about such a thing?
>>68031936
Coke is a way better party drug than xanny anyway. Xanax is boring
>>68031854
>heat
>whiteside and durant
>unlikely. likelier than most teams
>>68031998
Curry receiving votes for all-defensive team
who /watchingRTFFchampionship/ here?
>>68031998
Its from shooting his movie trainwreck. He started cracking up when someone flubbed their line and said curry was the best player in the world.
hi
Will YOU be copping the Delly 1s?
http://peak-sport-australia-2.myshopify.com/pages/delly-steps-into-global-deal
>>68032259
>inb4 it's just constant 3-point chucking
I hate going against those little shits online, that's why the 3-point line on my court is the same colour as the wood, they can't see where it is.
can someone explain why the Warriors are so hated?
I don't watch Ball in hoop
>>68032259
link?
>>68032399
tldr how do i get them here?
>>68032425
/2k on twitch
>>68032399
Fuck yes, Im hyped.
>>68032425
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7HPhZApofQs
Or watch it on Twitch
>>68032449
>>68032425
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7HPhZApofQs
WESTBROOK SPOTTED
oh shit.
PG confirmed Laker
>paul george and Kobe freaking Bryant are spending they're evening watching nerds spreg out over a video game instead of getting 10/10 models and tag teaming stephs wife
>>68032433
Not sure fampai, not even a picture of them on there yet. No doubt they'll be ugly as shit though, don't think Peak have made a good looking shoe as of yet.
>>68032672
If they capture Delly's essence correctly, then surely it will be a Championship Shoe.
>>68031573
Can you make a Hornets one please?
>>68032662
Kobe's probably got tired of pussy by now
>>68032794
so he's going to pull a magic
FIRST WE GONNA, ROCK
THEN WE GONNA, ROLL
>>68032413
They r good
NBA is literally WWE now
>>68031639
>My 3 teams are literally cavs heat and spurs
>3 teams
i can't imagine that you have many friends
We /asp/ now
>>68031746
>But they haven't been good for a while so fuck them. how long till you add warriors to the list?
explains why you have 4 teams
>>68033082
>>68033090
>just figuring this out
The Lakers Kings WCF should have made it obvious.
Who /FanOfEveryTeamExceptTheCavsAndSpurs/ here?
Literally the best broship hahaha we can't lose
Would a Xbone/PS4 /sp/ team be good enough to win this tourney next year
>>68033165
Fuck the Warriors. I was raised in Santa Cruz and literally zero people liked the Warriors. I have no ties to them.
As for my other teams, I have good memories and ties in the city. Don't be jealous that my life has literally just been greatness lined up one after the other.
I understand your propensity to be gutless reddit weenies about sports fandom, but lets have some adult time for a change. M'kay? Ok.
LGTSS
>GfG
>>68033337
This is some beautiful basketball
>>68033337
BEAUTIFUL BASKETBALL
>>68033337
I fuckin died
PAUL GEORGE GOING TO PHOENIX FOR KNIGHT, BLEDSOE AND 4TH OVERALL. YOU HEARD IT HERE FOLKS
>>68033236
PS4 Center reporting in, I'd be up for an /sp/ squad
>PG talks to a RBL fan
Mudiay
Sefoloshia (father is black south African)
Deng
Ibaka
Biyombo
Who can stop this team? Guaranteed 6 championships.
>>68033201
WE OUT HERE
>>68033362
>Don't be jealous that my life has literally just been greatness lined up one after the other.
>posts on 4chan
okay
>>68033491
>Who can stop this team?
The front court spacing
who /getoffmylawn/ here?
FUCK THE WARRIORS
>>68033454
memeball
>>68033546
>implying id ever forget the streets i grew up
Ill never be a faggot bitch and turn my back on the block like ian terry or moot doing amas at reddit. Fuck them. Im real.
If you told me right now youd stop posting on 4chan for a million dollars you can stop talking to me right now because you arent fucking worthy to shine my shoes and i mean that.
>>68031573
>small ball chucking team losing to a big guy lineup
>>68033642
>my life has literally just been greatness lined up one after the other.
>grew up on the streets
1/5 bait. 1 because I responded
>3-point chucking doesn't work
>resort to reaching in and drawing fouls
EXPOSED
>>68031854
Spurs
Pick up some offensive guards. They have no consistent guards on their roster that can create shots or are explosive enough. Green, Parker, Mills are very inconsistent. Simmons was great but I guess they sent him to the d-league.
Pretty likely. They are good at picking up players. They might shop in the euro league for some good players, if Conley were an option that'd be cool.
>>68033647
Do hornets
i can't watch and make webms
i'll finish the rest when it's over
Your team
Offseason hopes
Predictions for next season
>>68033791
I meant figuratively as in 4chan.
Come on.
>>68033669
This shit looks like 2 golden state warriors ruining the game of basketball together
>>68033902
>Your team
Hornets
>Offseason hopes
Get some good bench players. Re-sign Jermey Lin. Keep the roster healthy.
>Predictions for next season
Hopefully top 5 seed with an ECF appearance. They have the roster to possibly pull it off.
OC hot off the presses
LGTSS
>GfG
>>68034031
12/10 top quality OC m8.
>>68034031
That actually looks legit. Good on ya
>>68034056
Live by the 3, die by the 3.
/sp/ NBA2K squad when?
this is so cringe hahahaha Paul George has no idea what to do
>black /sp/
What is everyone watching?
>>68034281
NBA2k16 finals on twitch. It's over now though.
>>68034281
We were watching a bunch of spergs play 2k for 250k and a trip to the finals
>>68034281
NBA2K tournament where some team failed to get $250'000 by spamming 3's
>>68034254
Kobe didn't even stay for the game lel, he just talked for 30 seconds and then got the fuck out of there
oh god this is like watching Golden State exposed
remember when lebron showed his penis on tv last year?
good times.
>>68034281
pic related
>>68034402
The lovable scamp. What will he pull next?
>>68034565
>>68034486
Wew lad, that execution is pretty gud.
>>68030562
green suspension helps the warriors
>>68030584
prolly cuz of all the shots he missed
>>68032763
>Hornets
>>68033885
>hornets
>>68030845
>last time
>only time
>>68034202
I've been pushing this for a while
you NEETS start saving up for 2K17 so we can do this right
>>68034031
BASED CANADA
>>68030960
damn not sure why curry did get fmvp
>>68034656
saved
>rose is ded
>jimmy has peaked
>pau and noah are gone
>fred is a poor man's brad stevens
it's ok brah we gonna make it 312 for life
>>68034763
Beautiful
>>68031031
lebron on the losing team- 5 times
curry on the winning team- 1 time
>>68034763
Thanks senpai
saved
>>68034802
so if we go for it are we going to have a Xbone and PS4 squad for a possible /sp/ vs /sp/ final or just one team
>>68034763
Pacers next
i missed recording Drew set up a 3pt shot because i accidentally turned off the recording
>>68031386
lel
lebron fans are funny
>>68034910
dunno, I have neither I'm a PC guy but if they do a bundle with 2k17 I might get one of the consoles
they need to make cross platform play a thing already
http://www.strawpoll.me/10374666
>>68035058
shit imagine a /nba/ version of this?
that's why we need to do a LAN meet up niggas, someone get in contact with Hinkie and have him bring his private jet to pick us all up
alright that's all i got
>>68035044
I'm getting it for PS4, I know there's another brit and some guy from cali who are also getting it on PS4.
>>68035116
we need to settle on a platform though
2K16 was shit on PC last year in terms of online, the consoles are so much better
>>68034763
Why no heatles?
>>68032169
you should know you fucking dope fiend
>>68035172
Yeah, consoles are the way to go, less hackers and the servers are better. I could make the uniforms for /nba/ if we're playing on console.
>>68030568
>casuals will see this photo and be impressed by it
Where's the FG%? Did any of you actually watch those Finals and see him toss up bricks all game from anywhere beyond 18 feet? Am I going crazy?
>>68035190
We are getting Rondo!
Rondo/Clarkson
Russell
Ingram
Durant
Whiteside
>>68035566
>Clarkson
get rid of him while we still can
forgot link
http://www.strawpoll.me/10373632
>>68035245
What system?
gonna see if i can find that sick 3pointer play
>>68034281
Old John Mellencamp music videos while I wonder where life went so wrong.
>>68035756
keep it /nba/!! ill let it slide this time
>>68035794
sucking on a chili dog outside the Tasty Freeze?
>>68035634
PS4
>>68035896
>sucking on a chili dog
>>68035896
Yeah, Diane is the one doing it so it's okay.
>>68035837
What the fuck am I watching
http://www.worldstarhiphop
.com/videos/video.php?v=wshh9vW9CT3ieh42qzTk
>>68035902
Good
look at this bullshit man
>>68036131
real life
>>68035959
he's making his final rounds guys, its almost time
>>68036202
kek the real life one is even more bullshit cause it was turning a alley-op into a pass instead of a regular pass
>>68035343
>the bad shooting % meme
I'm gonna explain something for you retarded faggots that think he played bad because he shot "poorly", okay? Try being reasonable and objective, even though I'm sure you can't.
In the game of basketball, you only try to shoot the ball when you have a good match up. Watch the Warriors. They sometimes screen up to 3 times to get a big on Curry. Why? Because this is a GOOD match up for him. The big must play the drive giving Curry a free 3 essentially.
What happens when your team loses it's #2 and #3 scoring options, like Cleveland did in the '15 finals, is that the entire defense keys on the #1 option. Help defense rotates on drives and back downs while perimeter defenders stay on their man to prevent outlet passes. With the #2 and #3 options still in the game, the defense has to be much more honest. They can't key on any one person because screens and movement can get any of the 3 top scorers open. This is what the Warriors do so well. They constantly have movement and screens that get Curry and Thompson open. When help defense comes, they can pass it to the open man. If help defense is slow or stays on their man, they can drive.
Lebron James shot "poorly" because he couldn't freely drive or post because help defense was always there. Furthermore, when he had a match up he was still forced to take a shot. If Curry's defender manages to fight through a screen and Curry has a bad match up, the Warriors can work an off-ball screen and get the #2 and/or #3 options a better match up allowing Curry to give up the ball. Lebron didn't have that luxury in the Finals last year. He HAD to take bad shots because his other scoring options taking similar shots would have been even worse eFG% than him taking the load of possessions he did.
Basketball is a team game. Teammates actually fucking matter. Curry would never have won MVP, last year or this year, if he wasn't on the Warriors because the Warriors have the best and deepest T E A M.
