Series Thread: NBA Finals: Toronto Raptors vs Golden State Warriors

[Heatles84]

Dubs in 6.

Congrats to the Raps though on a great season, and assumingely retaining Kawhi.

 

[Heatles84]

Impossible! I was tol.....nevermind.

 

[Heatles84]

Uh, if James had stayed in Cleveland.....I think they'd still have beat the Raps.....

Doubt it. This is a very different Raptors team.

 

[DJ Fieri]

I like the Raps in 7, maybe even 6.

 

[DJ Fieri]

Nick Nurse is 51? Holy shit, he has great genes. He looks like he's late 30's, early 40's at the oldest.

Damn.

 

[DJ Fieri]

#Nohomo

 

[tlance]

I like the Raps in 7, maybe even 6.

So...

You think this year's Raps will beat GS, but that last year's Cavs would have beaten them?

You smoking something this morning DJ?

 

[DJ Fieri]

So...

You think this year's Raps will beat GS, but that last year's Cavs would have beaten them?

You smoking something this morning DJ?

I said if James had stayed with the Cavs.....because the Cavs are the Raps hurdle they can't get over.....and I think James is still a great player.....


KD isn't 100%.....I think if KD were ready to go.....the W's would win.

 

[DJ Fieri]

Anybody else notice Leonard during the trophy presentation?









It looked like he wanted to run and hide....great player but a weird dude.

 

[DJ Fieri]

We ready.
Lets fucking do this

WETHENORTH

Congrats to you and #RapNation.

 

[tlance]

I said if James had stayed with the Cavs.....because the Cavs are the Raps hurdle they can't get over.....and I think James is still a great player.....


KD isn't 100%.....I think if KD were ready to go.....the W's would win.

The Cavs were that hurdle. Past tense.

Kawhi has beaten LeBron in a playoff series before. He is not afraid like the DeRozan/Lowry versions were.

This Raptor team is not comparable in any way to the group that lost to Cavs. They have a new coach, and the only starter still on the team from last year is Lowry.

Night and day.

 

[trojanfan12]

Warriors in 6.

 

[DJ Fieri]

The Cavs were that hurdle. Past tense.

Kawhi has beaten LeBron in a playoff series before. He is not afraid like the DeRozan/Lowry versions were.

This Raptor team is not comparable in any way to the group that lost to Cavs. They have a new coach, and the only starter still on the team from last year is Lowry.

Night and day.

Leonard beat James when James was still a pup and had a weak supporting cast.....he hasn't faced this version of James in a ECF or NBA Finals before.

 

[DJ Fieri]

LOL at acting like it's a given this Raps team would have beaten the Cavs with James.....it'd be a great 6-7 game series but I think the Cavs would have just enough to win.

 

[Wamu]

Warriors in 6.

That's not what Montalban said.

 

[tlance]

Leonard beat James when James was still a pup and had a weak supporting cast.....he hasn't faced this version of James in a ECF or NBA Finals before.

Are you for real?

2014 was pretty close to the peak for LeBron. And 2013 probably was LeBron's best season in terms of peak efficiency on both end last of the court. That was the version of LeBron Kawhi saw in the Finals. And that version was undoubtedly better than the 2018 version, at least defensively.

And while Wade had declined, I would hardly call the 2 time defending champs in Miami a "weak supporting cast".

Especially when compared to a group that had JR Smith and George Hill starting at 1 and 2.

 

[Bloody Brian Burke]

The Warriors are such a great team. Just about flawless.

Eh, fuck it. Raptors in 6.

 

[trojanfan12]

Leonard beat James when James was still a pup and had a weak supporting cast.....he hasn't faced this version of James in a ECF or NBA Finals before.

Uh, what?

Kawhi was 22 and in his 3rd season.

Lebron was 29 and in his 10th season.

If anyone was still a pup, it was Kawhi.

 

[tlance]

Uh, what?

Kawhi was 22 and in his 3rd season.

Lebron was 29 and in his 10th season.

If anyone was still a pup, it was Kawhi.

And Kawhi still got Finals MVP in '14

 

[DJ Fieri]

Uh, what?

Kawhi was 22 and in his 3rd season.

Lebron was 29 and in his 10th season.

If anyone was still a pup, it was Kawhi.

My bad, I was thinking of when he was 22. Leonard wasn't even in the League back then, LOL.

Forgot when they lost to the Spurs when he was on the Heat....