I'd say durant is like 80-90% to sign a 1 year deal with a 1 year player option in okc now.

It would basically take a complete collapse against gsw or complete beat down against cleveland to change that.

He's leaving too much money on the table to do anything else.

5/17/2016 2:28:53 PM

http://www.si.com/nba/2016/05/17/lebron-james-nike-deal-contract-one-billion

5/17/2016 2:46:17 PM

nike gave lebron a billy not to runaWAYYYYYYY

5/17/2016 3:00:40 PM

If he proofs himself once again in the finals that he's the best and beats Curry, he does worth that amount of money.

[Edited on May 17, 2016 at 3:38 PM. Reason : But I don't really believe this. It's HIGHLY overrated. Just buzz]

5/17/2016 3:09:54 PM

first quarters been a parade of layups. derozen is shooting like 100% but they are gonna get steamrolled like this. toronto won't win a game this series.

5/17/2016 9:01:13 PM

on top of all that their coach is a substitution idiot like vogel. When you only have two good players, you can't ever take them both out at the same time unless the game is in hand.

5/17/2016 9:09:55 PM

Cleveland isn't even exerting themselves.

Like the crowd isn't even cheering. They should just show nba classics during these ecfa games with live look ins for highlughts.


Lebron is the best player of all time. It's unbelievable how bad the media slights him.


That being said curry actually did have the greatest season of alltime. And kobe had the worst

5/17/2016 9:19:35 PM

Lebron > than whole of Toronto

They embrassing these boys.

5/17/2016 9:21:45 PM

the east is like a lower division of nba basketball. obviously cleveland are the exception.

5/17/2016 9:47:50 PM

neither Lebron nor Curry have ever abused Toronto in a single game like Kobe did, though

5/17/2016 10:07:57 PM

This is a thorough ass kicking. Raptors already getting chippy.

5/17/2016 10:19:19 PM

5/17/2016 10:32:10 PM

It's been a tough week for bearded a-holes from Toronto.

5/17/2016 10:46:58 PM

I bet Toronto will make a comeback in game 2. They are just rookies for ECF.

5/17/2016 11:01:59 PM

they will comeback alright... come back onto the court to get their asses kicked again.

5/17/2016 11:27:44 PM

Yes, they butchered TOR, and they will probably do that in the following games, because they just turn on the insanity mode in the playoff series. They are actually the playoff version of GSW of regular season. But like I said, this is the first time ever TOR enter CF. So my prediction is they will win a game at home.
And I don't agree that east conference is poor, because Hornets still struggled and stopped at 1st round.

5/18/2016 9:59:15 AM

Quote :

"It's unbelievable how bad the media slights him."

The media made fun of him and wanted to give him some pressure because they want to find a juggernaut to challenge GSW. This is very similar scenario as 97-98 Jazz challenged the undefeated Bulls. Cleveland, OH is like Salt lake city, Utah. Bay area is like Chicago. Curry vs Lebron is like Jordan vs Malone.

What a fun playoff to watch! This is probably the most dramatic and exciting matchup since Bulls vs Jazz!

5/18/2016 10:10:14 AM

The hornets are shit take the blinders off. Rockets would be the 2nd best team in that conference.

5/18/2016 12:30:54 PM

Houston went 13-17 against the East this year.

[Edited on May 18, 2016 at 3:12 PM. Reason : Hornets went 15-15 against the West for comparison]

5/18/2016 3:03:55 PM

Yeah the rockets would have been the 8th best team in the east, that's silly.

The east isn't weak this year. It's just that cle, gsw, okc, and sas are the best four teams by a wide margin.


I think tonight is another tight one, obviously it's a must win for gsw.

It's kinda funny to realize it but okc actually has the experience advantage. GSW never played a team in the playoffs that really had a chance against them the past two years until now

5/18/2016 3:24:53 PM

History record of this season:

Nov 23 Warriors 91 - 86 Final Thunder


Dec 18 Thunder 109 - 114 Final Warriors


Jan 5 Thunder 91 - 117 Final Warriors


Jan 16 Warriors 115 - 127 Final Thunder


Feb 6 Thunder 108 - 116 Final Warriors


Feb 27 Warriors 121 - 118 Final/OT Thunder


Mar 3 Thunder 106 - 121 Final Warriors



GSW win by 10 tonight I guess. They can't lose anymore.

5/18/2016 3:50:32 PM

Regular season record vs the east doesnt tell you much about the playoffs. Hawks are a great regular season team. Id take the rockets in a series over any of those teams. Toronto might be tough tho.

5/18/2016 5:51:14 PM

Quote :

"Regular season record vs the east doesnt tell you much about the playoffs."

Says the guy who would rather win college basketball games from November through February than in March and April.

5/18/2016 6:13:51 PM

You must have me mixed up with someone else because its not even close. You're off topic though, so I'll let this video put us back on topic and we can talk about college basketball in a college basketball thread.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RzAoxWEj8kY


hillary hit a 3 on obama in 08 and stared down trump like "i'll see you soon"


[Edited on May 18, 2016 at 6:43 PM. Reason : now they all meet in 2016]

5/18/2016 6:41:40 PM

I was there

And Houston blows, do you even watch the NBA?

5/18/2016 6:50:20 PM

Yeah i know houston blows and accounted for that.

5/18/2016 6:52:51 PM

Warriors playing a "line and 3"? defense. Its not triangle and 2 but green and bogut are playing zone with shared responsibilities on roberson.

I wonder if okc would ever play 3 bigs to combat that. Ibaka is reduced to being a spot up shooter.

5/18/2016 9:08:14 PM

Is ezeli mentally handicapped or something?

He's a free agent and bogut is hurt. He comes in and gets 2 fouls in 43 seconds after getting 4 in 8 minutes last game.

2 of which were off the ball

5/18/2016 9:33:30 PM

2 fouls should not have sent him back to the bench.

5/18/2016 9:38:34 PM

God damn, Draymond Green is such a dickhead. I'm going to love it when he catches an elbow to the teeth.

5/18/2016 9:51:03 PM

These adams injuries are brutal. Kanter came in and gave up like 13 points immediately.

The guy is literally the worst defensive big man I've ever seen. He makes okafor look like mutombo

5/18/2016 9:51:09 PM

i wonder how dikembe would fare against golden state tho

5/18/2016 9:56:11 PM

Yeah Kanter is a fucking turnstile.

Really quiet 2nd quarter from Curry so far.

I predicted an Adams/Green fight in game 2. It looks more and more likely.

Also, GSW has some dumb big men. Ezeli and Bogut are committing terribke fouls.

5/18/2016 9:57:04 PM

lol at Durant telling Waiters "fuck you. fuck you."

https://vine.co/v/i099gTVT6Kh

[Edited on May 18, 2016 at 10:02 PM. Reason : add another vine]

5/18/2016 9:59:18 PM

Kerr's subbing is pretty bad. He takes curry and thompson out at the same time for like 5 minutes. The team struggles to score at that point and gives up their lead, then they both come in and have to both find a rhythm together. I guess it works well against normal teams but its silly against okc.

He needs to keep one in at all times and let them both get going.

5/18/2016 10:03:31 PM

^^Yeah, I saw that too. I wonder what waiters was saying.

Man, I'm not sure that was a foul on Iggy's circus shot layup. Warriors really closed out the half strong.

Interesting start. They're up now but I'm not sure if they can actually win without big contributions from Klay and Steph. On the other hand, it's pretty unlikely they stay cold in the second half.

[Edited on May 18, 2016 at 10:08 PM. Reason : Cghb]

5/18/2016 10:05:06 PM

^^ it actually works when Mo Buckets heats up

5/18/2016 10:09:18 PM

I think Durant was upset that Waiters didn't pass it to him on a few consecutive fast breaks

5/18/2016 10:12:10 PM

You can't rely on Mo Buckets as your primary threat in these last 2 series.

5/18/2016 10:13:11 PM

^^ Yeah, he was clearly upset a couple possessions before that one when Waiters took a 3 from the top of the key instead of passing.

5/18/2016 10:17:55 PM

Ok MVP, we see you.

Also these refs are not having a good game.

5/18/2016 10:45:48 PM

the games not over and kerr took the splash brothers out again.

5/18/2016 10:53:25 PM

Okc got beat on the glass tonight and turned it over a lot. Maybe a bit of fatigue. Curry went into god mode but they were losing him a lot

5/18/2016 11:12:41 PM

fatigue is gonna happen when you come off of back-to-back 7-game series and play your ass off in game 1 of this series. the warriors really turned it up in the 3rd though.

5/18/2016 11:16:42 PM

It's well known that Waiters ices players out and take ill willed shots himself despite having far better players than him on the court. That's why Lebron got his ass out of Cleveland fast. Waiters honestly shouldn't have arms out there when Durant is on the court

5/18/2016 11:18:25 PM

Looking forward to the revised face hot take in the morning

5/18/2016 11:19:28 PM

Another bloody massacre.

GSW in 6.

5/18/2016 11:23:03 PM

Not revising anything i think that was a fatigue game. Warriors have had a lot of time off.

Okc got the win they needed in oakland.

Westbrook has just got to realize he's not a shooter.


I really thought okc looked in control the first half until iggy went on his little stretch . They fell apart 3rd quarter, they just didn't recover during the half.

I did get nervous with adams back injury but he seemed okay.


I mean the obvious thing is what I've said all along. THEY CAN'T PLAY KANTER. They were -11 with him on the floor 15 minutes. He just came and immediately gs went at him on every play. Hell on the first play he was guarding curry for some reason. That just can't happen

5/18/2016 11:37:32 PM

Quote :

"Okc got the win they needed in oakland. "

For someone who embraces newer statistical metrics and evaluations of player talent, I'm surprised you stick to this talking point. Sure, if the home team wins every game from here on out, OKC wins. But if you're OKC tonight, you have to go for the jugular. If you have a 2-0 lead on the world champs going back to your place, that is giant. Instead, now the best regular season team in NBA history just has to win 1 of 3 in your place and hold their own home court. The whole post game "well we did what we needed to do and stole one on the road" just seems like some resting on your laurels shit.

5/18/2016 11:42:48 PM

yeah that holds no water against a team that has never lost 2 in a row.

5/18/2016 11:46:12 PM