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Post by postfontaine on May 25, 2018 9:22:24 GMT -6
If given the chance, I'd leave Russ to play with Steph and Klay in a heartbeat
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Post by llamaoftime on May 25, 2018 9:29:14 GMT -6
Everyone acts like the only two options were OKC and GS. He was strongly considering Boston too and I really think that would have been good. Great coach, lots of young talent and draft picks, no stigma of being the team that just beat you after you had a 3-1 lead, the cap room so you don't have to take a pay cut, get to play in an easier East, and it's his team. I don't think he has any sort of stigma against him if he goes there and winning a ring on a team you are leading looks a lot better than one with the team that already won 73 games before you joined.
Also would have been much better for the league not that individual players should worry much about that.
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Post by Blue42 on May 25, 2018 9:31:35 GMT -6
Harden has missed his last 20 3-point attempts. He’s gotta be in the running for least clutch of all time, right? He can obviously re-write that narrative with a strong performance in the next game or two. But it really does seem like he just gets tight in these big games. nothing new for him - he disappeared in the '12 finals w/okc vs miami. Even in the clinching game against the Jazz, that was all Chris Paul. And then there's the San Antonio series last year. And the massive comeback against the Clippers in 2015, when he spent the entirety of that run on the bench. |
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Post by Blue42 on May 25, 2018 9:34:31 GMT -6
Everyone acts like the only two options were OKC and GS. He was strongly considering Boston too and I really think that would have been good. Great coach, lots of young talent and draft picks, no stigma of being the team that just beat you after you had a 3-1 lead, the cap room so you don't have to take a pay cut, get to play in an easier East, and it's his team. I don't think he has any sort of stigma against him if he goes there and winning a ring on a team you are leading looks a lot better than one with the team that already won 73 games before you joined. Also would have been much better for the league not that individual players should worry much about that. Boston wouldn't have had room for Horford if that happened, right? And Hayward would still be in Utah. Crazy to think of the dominoes that fell as a result of Durant's decision. |
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Post by borracho on May 25, 2018 9:37:24 GMT -6
nothing new for him - he disappeared in the '12 finals w/okc vs miami. Even in the clinching game against the Jazz, that was all Chris Paul. And then there's the San Antonio series last year. And the massive comeback against the Clippers in 2015, when he spent the entirety of that run on the bench. i think i'm still bitter harden didn't say he was sorry to me after coming within inches of hitting me in his car in downtown okc while he was trying to get some girls' attention ;–) he knew it and just ignored me while getting her #. haha. baller move. |
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Post by llamaoftime on May 25, 2018 9:42:32 GMT -6
Everyone acts like the only two options were OKC and GS. He was strongly considering Boston too and I really think that would have been good. Great coach, lots of young talent and draft picks, no stigma of being the team that just beat you after you had a 3-1 lead, the cap room so you don't have to take a pay cut, get to play in an easier East, and it's his team. I don't think he has any sort of stigma against him if he goes there and winning a ring on a team you are leading looks a lot better than one with the team that already won 73 games before you joined. Also would have been much better for the league not that individual players should worry much about that. Boston wouldn't have had room for Horford if that happened, right? And Hayward would still be in Utah. Crazy to think of the dominoes that fell as a result of Durant's decision. I don't know specifics on cap room but they had enough to get Horford then Hayward the next year, there might have been a big expiring blocking it but I wouldn't have been surprised if they could have moved some things around to make Horford happen too.
Hayward staying with the Jazz would be interesting too, that team would be really good and probably competing. And the Warriors would still be really good, they probably use the money they used to sign KD to bring in another piece and they possibly get to keep the bench more intact.
I see people say Golden State is fun and all that but as a basketball fan ill take a balanced league where it's not stupid easy to predict the finals over that any day.
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Post by Tweet on May 25, 2018 9:52:47 GMT -6
I love when people hold athletes to a higher standard. For some reason this reminded me of the new chris rock special where he talks about pilots |
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Post by Deleted on May 25, 2018 9:56:53 GMT -6
Kevin Durant going to GS killed hundreds of people?
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Post by llamaoftime on May 25, 2018 10:59:13 GMT -6
Well, Chris Paul is out for game 6 so this is Harden's time to step the fuck up.
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Post by Blue42 on May 25, 2018 11:06:35 GMT -6
Well, Chris Paul is out for game 6 so this is Harden's time to step the fuck up. I really hope this goes 7 and we get both CP and Iggy back for game 7. It’s only right. |
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Post by dij22 on May 25, 2018 11:22:07 GMT -6
Well, Chris Paul is out for game 6 so this is Harden's time to step the fuck up. He was blowing by Looney with ease at the start of the game yesterday so hopefully he continues that instead of launching a thousand threes. |
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Post by llamaoftime on May 25, 2018 11:24:13 GMT -6
Well, Chris Paul is out for game 6 so this is Harden's time to step the fuck up. He was blowing by Looney with ease at the start of the game yesterday so hopefully he continues that instead of launching a thousand threes. Oh yeah, he didnt look bad at all driving, but he just kept pulling up for threes over and over and over. I was getting so pissed off at it. |
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Post by Tweet on May 25, 2018 19:05:08 GMT -6
Kevin Love getting a concussion is bad news for the Cavs
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Post by Deleted on May 25, 2018 20:18:28 GMT -6
This is the shittiest 7 game series.
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Post by Tweet on May 25, 2018 20:54:39 GMT -6
Haven’t been following it in great detail but man is it fun watching lebron basketball
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Post by Tweet on May 26, 2018 21:22:55 GMT -6
First time there will be back to back game 7's in the conference finals since 1979
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Post by Deleted on May 26, 2018 21:25:02 GMT -6
There have been maybe 2 of these games that haven't been blowouts.
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Post by Tweet on May 26, 2018 21:26:32 GMT -6
I mean Monday's game is basically for the championship no?
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Post by Deleted on May 26, 2018 21:29:54 GMT -6
If you say so.
The NBA is kind of trash these days.
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Post by watts on May 28, 2018 17:18:11 GMT -6
I'm sure this will go over well with the chi contingent here, but i think if you swap out LeBron with MJ, he doesn't make it to as many finals.
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Post by unlikelyjapan on May 28, 2018 17:23:18 GMT -6
Nah, LeBron is definitely better at coming in 2nd place
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Post by Blue42 on May 28, 2018 17:40:01 GMT -6
I'm sure this will go over well with the chi contingent here, but i think if you swap out LeBron with MJ, he doesn't make it to as many finals.
The East was much stronger in the 90s and was probably the superior conference during most of MJ's years. Some of those Pistons, Knicks and Pacers teams were legit contenders in a way most of the teams Lebron has beaten in the East Playoffs were not.
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Post by Javo on May 29, 2018 9:07:51 GMT -6
well...shit
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Post by unlikelyjapan on May 30, 2018 9:04:38 GMT -6
Bryan Colangelo is a fucking moron
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Post by teekoh on May 30, 2018 9:07:28 GMT -6
That story is hilarious.
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Post by Blue42 on May 30, 2018 9:08:56 GMT -6
I’m pulling for Steve Clifford, but Orlando sort of feels like the place where NBA coaches go when their career is on life support.
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Post by Deleted on May 30, 2018 9:10:58 GMT -6
It's a super creative way to ruin his career, I'll give him that.
RE: Colangelo
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Post by rango420 on May 30, 2018 9:19:10 GMT -6
i love how theres probably a productive outcome that could come from players/coaches/gms etc interacting annonymously with fans and journalists but its always just the most petty shit that their wives refuse to listen to anymore at dinner
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Post by goodson on May 30, 2018 9:23:14 GMT -6
i love how theres probably a productive outcome that could come from players/coaches/gms etc interacting annonymously with fans and journalists but its always just the most petty shit that their wives refuse to listen to anymore at dinner the shirt collar tweets are the wildest shit |
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Post by rango420 on May 30, 2018 9:27:58 GMT -6
i love how theres probably a productive outcome that could come from players/coaches/gms etc interacting annonymously with fans and journalists but its always just the most petty shit that their wives refuse to listen to anymore at dinner the shirt collar tweets are the wildest shit its gotta be the worst to have a weird head/neck situation and coming to terms with it and than having people constantly misattributing the issue to you being unable to shop for clothing. |
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