NBA Finals: Cleveland Cavs VS Golden State Warriors

[GNG]

The Cavaliers are getting clobbered big time. The OKC/Golden State series was much better.

Oops... My bad.

 

[GNG]

Once Cleveland loses and the team breaks up one can get Love for a low first rounder. The guy looks bad. Real bad

The Celtics should sign him.

 

[lebron23james]

I put another 1K.

Rip 6k lol

 

[OutlawImmortal]

Oops... My bad.

Dumbass, I knew the Cavs would win the whole time.

 

[GNG]

Dumbass, I knew the Cavs would win the whole time.

Then why did you pick Golden State to sweep?

 

[OutlawImmortal]

Then why did you pick Golden State to sweep?

I picked them in 5 actually and after a 3-1 deficit for the Cavs, that prediction was looking pretty damn good. I didn't expect LeBron to actually step up but he did.

 

[HammerDown]

 

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[tlance]

If GS thought they could beat the cavs with what they had, they wouldn't have made changes. They looked around realized they probably played the best basketball season they will ever play collectively as a group and individually and it wasn't enough. They know they only got a ring prior because love and Irving were out...So they went out and tried to get better, i don't blame them but it's clear as day they knew they couldn't beat the cavs as is...i actually expected to play okc in the finals next year had durant stayed

Right.

Every team in the league does what they can to get better every offseason. This might be the dumbest comment you have ever made. I know GS thought they were good enough to beat Cleveland as is. Adding Durant makes them better. That is why they did it. It was not because they didn't think they were unable to win as they were constructed before.

 

[trojanfan12]

Right.

Every team in the league does what they can to get better every offseason. This might be the dumbest comment you have ever made. I know GS thought they were good enough to beat Cleveland as is. Adding Durant makes them better. That is why they did it. It was not because they didn't think they were unable to win as they were constructed before.

Exactly.

The way a contender remains a contender for as long as possible is by looking to improve their team. Every other team in the league is trying to improve to catch up to them. Why should a contender be expected to not make any moves and let them catch up?

I think that what makes this a more difficult pill for some to swallow is the level of player that was added. Usually you see contenders pick up a role player or 2. Or maybe a former great player who still has a little bit left in the tank and is looking for a ring or 2 before they retire (ala Ray Allen to the Heat).

KD to the Warriors would be like the Lakers getting Tim Duncan when they had Shaq and Kobe. Which, if they had the opportunity, they no doubt would have done.

 

[lebron23james]

Exactly.

The way a contender remains a contender for as long as possible is by looking to improve their team. Every other team in the league is trying to improve to catch up to them. Why should a contender be expected to not make any moves and let them catch up?

I think that what makes this a more difficult pill for some to swallow is the level of player that was added. Usually you see contenders pick up a role player or 2. Or maybe a former great player who still has a little bit left in the tank and is looking for a ring or 2 before they retire (ala Ray Allen to the Heat).

KD to the Warriors would be like the Lakers getting Tim Duncan when they had Shaq and Kobe. Which, if they had the opportunity, they no doubt would have done.

Yeah, but that is the difference between tim duncan and kevin durant...

 

[trojanfan12]

Yeah, but that is the difference between tim duncan and kevin durant...

What difference? One chose to leave a situation where he had been unable to win a title because the FO wasn't spending the money and making the moves to win a title and one stayed put because his teams FO did their job. We don't know what Duncan would have done if he were in a situation like KD's.

It's hilarious how desperate you are to try and make it look like what KD did is somehow worse than what Lebron did.

 

[bksballer89]

Right.

Every team in the league does what they can to get better every offseason. This might be the dumbest comment you have ever made. I know GS thought they were good enough to beat Cleveland as is. Adding Durant makes them better. That is why they did it. It was not because they didn't think they were unable to win as they were constructed before.

That's saying a lot

 

[Wamu]

It's hilarious how desperate you are to try and make it look like what KD did is somehow worse than what Lebron did.

I think what KD did was worse than LeBron's idiotic antics. KD joined the team he couldn't beat who are the 2x defending WC champs & have the current 2x league MVP.

 

[lebron23james]

I think what KD did was worse than LeBron's idiotic antics. KD joined the team he couldn't beat who are the 2x defending WC champs & have the current 2x league MVP.

Everyone thinks it was worse except a few lebron haters on this board lol

 

[lebron23james]

What difference? One chose to leave a situation where he had been unable to win a title because the FO wasn't spending the money and making the moves to win a title and one stayed put because his teams FO did their job. We don't know what Duncan would have done if he were in a situation like KD's.

It's hilarious how desperate you are to try and make it look like what KD did is somehow worse than what Lebron did.

Actually you are coming off desperate trying to defend it as the same thing...you are desperate to prove that durant wasn't scared and joined the best team in the nba without him, lebron never did that

You are trying to make sweeping generalizations like joining any stacked team is the same, when it's not

 

[trojanfan12]

I think what KD did was worse than LeBron's idiotic antics. KD joined the team he couldn't beat who are the 2x defending WC champs & have the current 2x league MVP.

And? He went to a team where he has a better chance of winning a title. Just like Lebron. Do you really think that if the Heat had just eliminated the Cavs from the playoffs before Lebron joined them that he would have stayed in Cleveland or gone somewhere besides Miami?

 

[Wamu]

Everyone thinks it was worse except a few lebron haters on this board lol

I think LeBron's a jackass but it doesn't mean what he did was worse than KD jumping to the best team in regular season history.

 

[lebron23james]

And? He went to a team where he has a better chance of winning a title. Just like Lebron. Do you really think that if the Heat had just eliminated the Cavs from the playoffs before Lebron joined them that he would have stayed in Cleveland or gone somewhere besides Miami?

The heat didn't make the finals without him

 

[trojanfan12]

Everyone thinks it was worse except a few lebron haters on this board lol

Really? It seems that only Cavs fans have any real issue with it.