NBA Playoff Megathread

I have a big difference in my opinions on LBJ to Miami (and back to Cleveland) and KD to GSW.

LBJ knee his Cleveland team wasn’t good enough and entered into a partnership with Miami to keep Wade, sign Bosh, and himself. Once that team aged and ran its course he jumped back to Cleveland which had rebuilt a foundation with Irving and a #1 pick (which he forced a flip to get Kevin Love. This summer LBJ will move again somewhere where he can construct his next project. I got no issues with it as long as he is transparent about his reasons and how he forces moves in an organization torpedos it after he leaves.

My take on KD from interviews/conversations is that guy is a hoops junky that chases playing the perfect game. The money and winning is nice but he’d be playing regardless because it really is his passion. He rightfully concluded that playing with Westbrook wasn’t going to enable him to chase that nirvana. Going to GSW was about getting that perfect brand of movement on offense with great passing plus the team level of defense. My expectation is that KD stays at GSW long-term with the only possible moves being to close out his career home in DC or if Seattle gets a teamto bookend his career.
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That’s a really nice theory on KD and good for him on trying to spin it that way. The problem is he’s on twitter making alt accounts to defend himself. That’s not the move of someone that only cares about basketball nirvana. That’s the move of a loser, desperate for the approval of others.

Also, this beautiful game that Golden State plays only exists when Steph is healthy. It’s not nirvana, it’s Steph’s gravity. It’s not the ultimate of team basketball, it’s Steph’s greatness.
 

I have a big difference in my opinions on LBJ to Miami (and back to Cleveland) and KD to GSW.

LBJ knee his Cleveland team wasn’t good enough and entered into a partnership with Miami to keep Wade, sign Bosh, and himself. Once that team aged and ran its course he jumped back to Cleveland which had rebuilt a foundation with Irving and a #1 pick (which he forced a flip to get Kevin Love. This summer LBJ will move again somewhere where he can construct his next project. I got no issues with it as long as he is transparent about his reasons and how he forces moves in an organization torpedos it after he leaves.

My take on KD from interviews/conversations is that guy is a hoops junky that chases playing the perfect game. The money and winning is nice but he’d be playing regardless because it really is his passion. He rightfully concluded that playing with Westbrook wasn’t going to enable him to chase that nirvana. Going to GSW was about getting that perfect brand of movement on offense with great passing plus the team level of defense. My expectation is that KD stays at GSW long-term with the only possible moves being to close out his career home in DC or if Seattle gets a teamto bookend his career. [/b]
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It's been a couple days but let's not forget:

FUCK HOWARD SCHULTZ. FUCK HIM.

 
lmao NBA warns Drake over 'bad language' after Kendrick Perkins incident
http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/...ke-use-bad-language-kendrick-perkins-incident

The NBA has warned Raptors mega-fan Drake about "the use of exceedingly foul and inexcusable language" after the rapper and Cleveland's Kendrick Perkins traded angry words during Game 1 of the teams' playoff series, a league source told ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski.

Kiki Vandeweghe, the NBA's executive vice president of basketball operations, spoke to Raptors president Masai Ujiri about the matter, a league source told Wojnarowski.

Drake, who sits courtside for Toronto's home games in Air Canada Centre and is the face of the Raptors' fan base, and Perkins first had words as the teams left the court at halftime Tuesday night. They also jawed at each other at the end of the game, but were separated before things could escalate.

Perkins, asked about the warning issued to Drake, told ESPN's Dave McMenamin he was "here to support my teammates."
 
lmao NBA warns Drake over 'bad language' after Kendrick Perkins incident
http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/...ke-use-bad-language-kendrick-perkins-incident

The NBA has warned Raptors mega-fan Drake about "the use of exceedingly foul and inexcusable language" after the rapper and Cleveland's Kendrick Perkins traded angry words during Game 1 of the teams' playoff series, a league source told ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski.

Kiki Vandeweghe, the NBA's executive vice president of basketball operations, spoke to Raptors president Masai Ujiri about the matter, a league source told Wojnarowski.

Drake, who sits courtside for Toronto's home games in Air Canada Centre and is the face of the Raptors' fan base, and Perkins first had words as the teams left the court at halftime Tuesday night. They also jawed at each other at the end of the game, but were separated before things could escalate.

Perkins, asked about the warning issued to Drake, told ESPN's Dave McMenamin he was "here to support my teammates."
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Christ. More AAU'ification of the game.

Spike FUCKING Lee and Reggie Miller were must-see TV motherfucking one another.

Advantage: Old Skool ball. Again.

 
lmao NBA warns Drake over 'bad language' after Kendrick Perkins incident
http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/...ke-use-bad-language-kendrick-perkins-incident

The NBA has warned Raptors mega-fan Drake about "the use of exceedingly foul and inexcusable language" after the rapper and Cleveland's Kendrick Perkins traded angry words during Game 1 of the teams' playoff series, a league source told ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski.

Kiki Vandeweghe, the NBA's executive vice president of basketball operations, spoke to Raptors president Masai Ujiri about the matter, a league source told Wojnarowski.

Drake, who sits courtside for Toronto's home games in Air Canada Centre and is the face of the Raptors' fan base, and Perkins first had words as the teams left the court at halftime Tuesday night. They also jawed at each other at the end of the game, but were separated before things could escalate.

Perkins, asked about the warning issued to Drake, told ESPN's Dave McMenamin he was "here to support my teammates."
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Christ. More AAU'ification of the game.

Spike FUCKING Lee and Reggie Miller were must-see TV motherfucking one another.

Advantage: Old Skool ball. Again.
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AAU'ification with Drake and the league? What?
 
LeBron's face right now when he looks at the TOR crowd:

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Colin Cowherd guaranteed a Toronto win tonight. I don't want to jinx anything but its not looking good right now
 
Kevin Love with 27

My dream scenario is Love being the Finals MVP for actually helping Lebron like he did when they beat the Warriors

He is the key to the highway
 
You enjoying the LeBron takeover Teq?
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Toronto literally has nobody that has any chance to guard LBJ ... that’s known and whatever

The decision to guard Kevin Love in the post with CJ Miles solo with no help is criminal coaching
 
Kevin Love with 27

My dream scenario is Love being the Finals MVP for actually helping Lebron like he did when they beat the Warriors

He is the key to the highway
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They couldn’t beat them with Kyrie popping off last season. Be serious.
 
Kevin Love with 27

My dream scenario is Love being the Finals MVP for actually helping Lebron like he did when they beat the Warriors

He is the key to the highway
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Love didn’t help LeBron. He made one defensive play.
 
And for those that want more ammo about how I "slight" LBJ ... he had a fabulous game today.

That being said, if Tristan Thompson doesn't come off the bench for 15 and 10 today or George Hill doesn't somehow find a way to play 15 minutes in the 2nd half the Cavs would have been in big trouble today despite what LBJ did.

We'll have a great litmus test coming in the next series vs Toronto. Toronto has NOBODY that can stop LBJ and he'll have a huge series. However, the balance of the team in Toronto will outplay the Cavs in a greater variance than what Indiana was able to do. The big question will be can Toronto vanquish their Cavs/LBJ demons.

I'll go with Toronto in 6.
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Bump.
 
A lot of Love Hate here. That's why he's my dream MVP

The Cavs have no shot but still
 
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After 5 times in 8 years we have to remember that Pacers generally make Lebron's team look bad. But for the rest of the East it's the same old story

I don't think this Cavs team is horrible they just can't beat the West so fuck them is the general thought you

But watch Lebron while you can
 
Kevin Love with 27

My dream scenario is Love being the Finals MVP for actually helping Lebron like he did when they beat the Warriors

He is the key to the highway
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Love didn’t help LeBron. He made one defensive play.
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I think that’s underselling it a bit. He had a really strong role player game. Bosh is the guy that’s easy to compare to Love and criticize Love but Love way outperformed Bosh in their Finals game 7s. And he had the highlight defensive play.
 
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