OT-NBA Finals Game 5-Cavs (1) @GSW (3)
Game six of the Stanley Cup Final was a real gem! Just wanted to toss that out there, somewhere, since there was no thread for it whatsoever last night...
Have zero issues with LeBron - he's one of the greatest ever and as a basketball fan I'm lucky to be able to watch him dominate. Even though he's almost likely going to lost tonight and even if he's not *the* greatest of all time he's still a palpably better human being than Jordan and he brought a championship to Cleveland, which is no mean feat.
That said, should the Cavs fail (which as of this writing, it looks as if they will), I will shed zero tears for their owner Dan Gilbert who is a venal and vile shitbag. Fuck that choad into perpetuity and may he never experience a single day of happiness ever again.
What's wrong with Gilbert?
This is mostly my bitterness as a Laker fan (which, seriously, we have nothing to complain about in the grand scheme of things), but Dan Gilbert was one of the whinest assholes kvetching about the aborted Chris Paul trade and how it'd let the Lakers assemble a superteam for pennies on the dollar - and then gets handed Kyrie and two other #1 picks that lead to a superteam as a reward for being utter shite after LeBron left the first time. Plus he's an MSU grad, so fuck that guy.
TBH I kinda have a thing for Doris Burke.
Uh-oh. If Klay does that for a half, the Cavs are cooked.
Kevin Love is so damn underrated.
I say that despite the mere 6 and 7 he's put up so far tonight.
It's pretty amazing the Cavs have been in 3 straight games with KD playing this well.
Good God JR that's enough bombing you damn terrorist.
Warriors are putting on a clinic here in the 4th. Holy hell.
And you can see how hard he's playing. Say what you want about the team switch, but it's not like he's sitting back and having something handed to him.
Adjust the tint on your screen, and he could almost be a Wolverine!
That alley-oop. Woooo boy.
I am very happy for Kevin Durant.
He'll never silence the haters, but this should quiet them down a bit, especially as he's handed the Finals MVP.
wooooooooooooooooo
Dagger.
Durant has the ball at the end. Fitting.
Curry, Thompson, Igoudala, and Green would have lined up in victory formation and had KD spike the ball.
I almost thought they were going to call the travel and make the Cavs inbound it, etc., to run off the last few seconds.
Damn he is just cold blooded
Durant
<3 Doris Burke <3
KD's mom is da real finals MVP.
Never get sick of seeing Bill Russell.
Go to Seattle. You'll see him on a putting green.
I'm sure the Warriors won't be able to hold onto everyone, but if they can keep that core of Curry, Durant and Green together, they're going to be unstoppable for the next 4-5 years.
Adjusting to KD is easier said than done. With Cleveland's personel, and with LeBron playing so many minutes and carrying such a big load offensively, basically the only way to slow down Durant is by doubling, and Steph, Klay, and Draymond make that impossible. I don't think I'm going out on a limb by saying that there's never been an offensive team as unstoppable as these Warriors.
that adding a slow, lumbering 7 footer to the lineup was going to make a bit of difference then I am not sure what series you were watching. He likely would have played less than 10 minutes per game, and would have been a liability when he was out there.
So Andrew Bogut was the difference in this series? Interesting take. Or not. I'm going to stick with not.
It would look a lot like Minnesota (college) last season. A bunch of dudes recklessly driving to the rim.
I wonder what moves the Cavs will make, or if LeBron will head to LA.
But I will.
Where is the intrigue for next season??
You can all but pencil in Golden State for the finals, and Cleveland is a likely finalist again, maybe they'll be upended by Boston or Washington, but those teams are a year or two away.
This is the problem you run into when you create super teams. 95 percent of the NBA is rendered helpless but to watch.
But Lebron says the Cavs aren't a super team! Nor was Miami! I think he forgot the /s.
Is Klay Thompson now a free agent?
When a superstar jumps ship and joins another team to get the ring. But still prefer that than seeing Lebron win again. Gotta like Curry though. Warriors!