Series Thread: NBA Finals. Cleveland vs. Golden State...

[trojanfan12]

The sad thing is, some will now validate Lebron as the GOAT because of this.

Nah. MJ is still the GOAT. He punched teammates, not blackboards.

 

[trojanfan12]

They were up 3-1 on the Warriors for christ sakes.

And still lost. That's the part you don't seem to grasp. That was their best shot at taking down the Warriors and they blew it.

They blew it because when it comes to remembering that he has other stars on his team, Westbrook is about as reliable as JR Smith remembering the score.

 

[Wamu]

Steve Kerr's an overrated coach. The real brain on the bench this year for the Warriors was Mike Brown.

#keepingitun-real

 

[Raw_Bee808]

 

[trojanfan12]

I thought he had gotten past this when he played against the Celtics but it certainly did seem like he quit ahead of time.

Yeah. Looked to me like he decided to see what kind of help he was going to get. When he realized the other guys just couldn't really step up like they needed to...he pretty much coasted the rest of the way.

 

[trojanfan12]

There was nothing wrong with his press conference.

I don't know about wrong. But it was weird.

 

[Raw_Bee808]

 

[trojanfan12]

and talking whatever "cerebral" bs he was talking about.

I actually agree with him on this. Maybe he shouldn't have said it or found a better way to say it...but the dude had teammates that couldn't remember the score, couldn't remember proper switches on defense and a coach who apparently couldn't remember that they still had a timeout left at the end of game 1.

 

[Wamu]

I wasn't either. I was 10 when they called it quits.

Depending on when they broke up in '83 I was either 10 or 11.

 

[trojanfan12]

But apparently he gave up?? Get the fuck out of here with that garbage bullshit.

Seriously? He coasted in the 2nd half. It's really that simple. In fact, you could make a case that he coasted for the entire game once he figured out that the rest of the Cavs just didn't have it.

Don't get me wrong. What he did in the playoffs just to get this team to the finals is one of the most amazing sustained playoff performances I have ever seen.

But when you are the best player in the game and have been reminding all season about your accomplishments...you can't coast...ever.

He needed to go down firing every bullet he had and then throwing his gun at the Warriors. It would have been a futile effort no doubt, but when a player is at his level and quite possibly playing the last game he will ever play for that team and fans, it's what he has to do.

 

[trojanfan12]

The Warriors + LBJ easily.

Kobe and AI are not good additions to the Bulls. Too many ball dominant scorers + 1 guy you don't need to guard.

Besides. AI's presence negates the single biggest asset the Bulls have in a matchup with GS:

The ability to use Pippen's length in a matchup with Curry.

You could maybe get away with just adding Kobe or just adding AI and have it work, but not AI and Kobe.

 

[Wamu]

In honor of wiggy I'm gonna go a completely biased (and totally wrong) route. I don't know about anyone else but to me LeBron is 3-4 in the Finals. The '07 & '18 sweeps simply don't count because he somehow dragged 2 shit teams all the way to the Finals.

#imightnotbesober

 

[Heatles84]

In honor of wiggy I'm gonna go a completely biased (and totally wrong) route. I don't know about anyone else but to me LeBron is 3-4 in the Finals. The '07 & '18 sweeps simply don't count because he somehow dragged 2 shit teams all the way to the Finals.

#imightnotbesober

You're not.

 

[Wamu]

You're not.

Well it's a damn good thing I'm not driving anywhere today.

 

[trojanfan12]

Noticed that during the press conference. Cast on his right hand, but the left one is the one that looks swollen.

 

[Heatles84]

Noticed that during the press conference. Cast on his right hand, but the left one is the one that looks swollen.

The image on the left is his right hand, which you can definitely tell is swollen.

 

[Wamu]

The image on the left is his right hand, which you can definitely tell is swollen.

Fake news.

 

[trojanfan12]

The image on the left is his right hand, which you can definitely tell is swollen.

Maybe my eyes got switched with each other or something. But in that pic, the hand on the right (the left hand) looks swollen. In the presser he was holding the mic in his left and it looked swollen there too.

Maybe one hand is broken and the other one is just fucked up. lol

 

[DJ]

New Dilly dilly commercial!!!!

 

[Heatles84]

LOL