Kyrie straight trash this series

6/4/2017 8:53:28 PM

fun half

6/4/2017 9:16:11 PM

^^ his last shot to end the half was crazy

People in Bangkok also love the Ws. I guess it's an Asian thing.

6/4/2017 9:24:21 PM

Unfortunately for the cavs that's about all he has done

6/4/2017 9:55:14 PM

I don't know if these Warriors can be beaten

there are lots of things that can happen that would make them beatable, just not when they are at or near the level they've been playing at

there's just nothing more Lebron can do

6/4/2017 10:05:28 PM

if Cam Newton ever laid on the sideline with a towel over his head like Steph Curry just did, the internet would explode

6/4/2017 10:13:55 PM

Only thing the warriors had to do to beat lebron is add the second best player in the league

6/4/2017 10:25:10 PM

and have a healthy Curry

6/4/2017 10:30:03 PM

James Michael McAdoo is so bad

6/4/2017 10:36:09 PM

without the green suspension they win in 5

6/4/2017 10:53:01 PM

The Warriors defense was fun to watch tonight.

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"if Cam Newton ever laid on the sideline with a towel over his head like Steph Curry just did, the internet would explode"

I was thinking the same thing.

6/4/2017 11:13:18 PM

mom said she would make pizza rolls if we take a nap

6/4/2017 11:50:18 PM

Cavs can only hope for a devastating Durant or Curry injury at this point, because a Draymond suspension for game 5 isn't going to bail them out this time.

As crazy as it sounds, a Warriors sweep doesn't seem all that far fetched. If they win game 3 in Cleveland, I might actually put some money on it.

6/5/2017 12:47:32 AM

Draymond cost the Ws game 5 last year. And game 6, and game 7, too!

6/5/2017 1:53:09 AM

Durant ruined the nba for the next five years. You cant really count any of these titles towards curry or durants legacy either. Plus it screws lebron so now morons can still claim jordan was better.

Really ruined what would have been another great couple of playofg matches and i think okc would have broken through a few of these years

Im actively rooting for him to get injured badly right after they sign him to a long term deal this offseason

[Edited on June 6, 2017 at 12:48 AM. Reason : A]

6/6/2017 12:47:37 AM

If you're going to blame Durant, you have to blame Lebron for going to Miami.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGXLamDrX7M

6/6/2017 12:54:52 AM

Rob Parker is a joke

6/6/2017 12:55:58 AM

Quote :

"Durant ruined the nba for the next five years. You cant really count any of these titles towards curry or durants legacy either. Plus it screws lebron so now morons can still claim jordan was better. Really ruined what would have been another great couple of playofg matches and i think okc would have broken through a few of these years Im actively rooting for him to get injured badly right after they sign him to a long term deal this offseason"

Let's not get crazy now. Call me a Warriors casual/bandwagon/fair weather fan all you want, but in my lifetime (born in '84) it's been Lakers, Bulls, Lakers, Spurs-ish (99, 03, 05, 07, 14) and a Celts/Mavs ship, mini Miami 'dynasty' (06, 12, 123) and the most recents Dubs/Cavs trilogy. Durant hasn't 'ruined' the NBA anymore than LeBron, Kobe, or Jordan did.

Unless you've been a diehard fan of 5-7 teams, the NBA has been a yawnfest for the vast majority of people. Say what you want about Baseball, but it's had a far greater diversity of winners of the past 30+ years, along with the NHL.

[Edited on June 6, 2017 at 8:15 AM. Reason : .]

6/6/2017 8:13:06 AM

Quote :

"Durant ruined the nba for the next five years. You cant really count any of these titles towards curry or durants legacy either. Plus it screws lebron so now morons can still claim jordan was better. Really ruined what would have been another great couple of playofg matches and i think okc would have broken through a few of these years Im actively rooting for him to get injured badly right after they sign him to a long term deal this offseason "

False. The salary cap spike that made it possible for the best regular season team in NBA history to pick up a top 5 player without losing anything. THAT ruined the NBA for the next five years--assuming the warriors can manage to hang on to their core.

6/6/2017 8:36:36 AM

Quote :

"Plus it screws lebron so now morons can still claim jordan was better."

The only person who screwed LeBron was LeBron. LeBron the GM should have recruited players who could actually play some damn defense instead of Kevin Love and JR Smith to pair with himself and Kyrie Irving. The Cavaliers couldn't defend a team of grandmothers.

Superteams are not a new thing, they've been around as long as the NBA has existed. Durant didn't ruin shit.

6/6/2017 8:52:38 AM

Between 1984-2005, only 6 different franchises won NBA titles. SIX. Six teams in 22 seasons. I fail to see how Durant and the Warriors have ruined the NBA by potentially winning 3/4 over a 5/6 year period.

IMO, the Warriors aren't the problem - they would've had a VERY competitive series against the Spurs had Kawhi and Parker not gone down. The West still has good teams, although clearly if Durant had stayed at OKC there'd be more parity in the West.

The problem is the East. This playoffs sucked because neither team had any challengers along the way. In the West you could argue that it's because of the aforementioned injuries to the Spurs. But in the East, there are no excuses. There are no other competitive teams outside of Cleveland, and this has been the problem the past 7 years - the East has been Lebron and nothing else. This fact has made the NBA playoff bracket only interesting on one side, and all the traditional rivalries have disappeared for the time being. The NBA needs teams like the Bulls/Knicks/Sixers etc to get competitive again, as it stands now the largest NBA fan bases all have shit teams, majority of them being in the East. I remember loving the Bulls/Knicks series, the Pacers/Knicks, Heat/Knicks, Celtics/Pistons - all inter-conference playoff matchups that were intense, competitive and fun to watch. Half the playoff bracket doesn't have those anymore.

6/6/2017 9:43:16 AM

Durant hasn't ruined the NBA more than Lebron has.
You have to give the Warriors management a lot of credit. Things could change when Curry gets a new contract, but I think they'll keep the super team together. I'll admit I'm biased against Lebron, but I'm glad that a western conf team made it possible for him not to walk to championships.
There does need to be more parity for smaller market teams. Hopefully a Lebron/Love/Kyrie feud can open the door for some up and comers in the east.

2013-2014

	                       PPG
1. Kevin Durant, OKC	 32.0
2. Carmelo Anthony, NY 27.4
3. LeBron James, MIA	 27.1
4. Kevin Love, MIN	 26.1
5. James Harden, HOU	 25.4

6/6/2017 11:26:06 AM

Just not a good comparison.

MAYBE a good comparison would be [hypothetically] the Miami Heat adding Paul George to their team after they lost to the Mavericks the first year Lebron was there. But that doesn't even work because Wade was on the decline and the Heat still weren't head and shoulders the best team in the league at the time (Spurs, Thunder, and Mavs were probably on the same level). The Warriors just set the mark for the best record ever, have two of the best shooters in history who haven't even reached their peak, and then they added one of the top 5 shooters in the league who is easily a top 3 player (could argue he is the best).

You can say that Lebron "did it first" (which is stupid...because the Celtics did the same thing a few years earlier)...but the Warriors took it to whole other level. They were already the best team in the league...they just took it to invincibility.

[Edited on June 6, 2017 at 11:58 AM. Reason : .]

6/6/2017 11:58:24 AM

the Warriors were able to sign Durant because of insanely good management through the draft and smart contracts

6/6/2017 12:51:32 PM

Real talk there was so many factors that lead to KD signing with GSW I'm surprised that someone hasn't written an article or made a comprehensive list. Off the top of my head:

1. Curry had to have weak ankles for his second contract to be below max
2. Green had to turn into a do-everything defender and dynamic playmaker from an random early 2nd round draft pick
3. KD never won it all in OKC and was paired with RWB, a dude whose playstyle didn't mesh well with KD
4. Barnes had to turn down a 4 year/$64 million deal to be eligible for FA last summer
5. OKC had to blow the 3-1 lead, then GSW had to blow their 3-1 lead. KD doesn't leave OKC if they make the finals and doesn't join GSW if they win the championship.
6. Cap had to spike so GSW could sign KD without trading away one of Thompson, Green, Iggy, or Curry.

Eh the Celtics traded away half their roster for Garnett and Allen, not really the same as Lebron and Bosh signing with the Heat.

I feel for those of you that think this is boring and I understand where you're coming from, but I'm loving it so far. Granted I was the kind of kid to play NBA Live on easy and see how may points I could score so maybe I'm not the best judge, but I can't get over how easy GSW make it look.

6/6/2017 2:16:25 PM

^Don't forget the smart/lucky decision not to trade Klay for Love a few years back.

It will be interesting to see if they can talk draymond and steph into taking less than max contracts in the coming years to keep the core together.

6/6/2017 2:43:08 PM

It IS Lebron's fault. He's such a good player, that the 2nd best player in the league had to join one of the best teams of all time, since that's the only way they could beat Lebron.

6/6/2017 2:54:31 PM

SIMILAR things happened before but never before had the player who was clearly the best leave to join other superstars during his prime. Lebron's move was monumental. Most noteworthy comparisons were late-career players and never the guy who was above and beyond the greatest.

Durant wasn't the greatest but never before had an elite MVP type star leave a contender in his prime to join the all-time winningest team. Lebron laid the foundation to make this shit possible.


Lebron James was Sputnik and the GSW are Apollo.

6/6/2017 5:45:42 PM

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"since that's the only way they could beat Lebron. "

Um, are you forgetting 2015? Or are you one of those people who don't count the Ws first championship because Kyrie and Love were hurt, while ignoring injuries/suspensions in 2016 and saying it was all Lebron.

The Ws were capable of beating Lebron before, but now they have the chance to humiliate him.

6/6/2017 9:11:41 PM

humiliate him or his team?

because he's been insanely great against the Warriors for 2 Finals and the first two games of these Finals

6/6/2017 9:22:40 PM

2015?? Where Lebron took the Warriors to 6 games with Dellevadova as his right hand man? Okay..

6/6/2017 9:45:35 PM

Hey, don't forget about Timofey Mozgov.

6/6/2017 9:55:51 PM

7 turnovers in game one was insanely great?

I must be Michael goddamn Jordan then.

6/6/2017 10:57:06 PM

I would say getting swept in the Finals would be extremely humiliating for Lebron if it were to happen. And no, I'm not saying a sweep is imminent- it's only been two games.

The goal post moving ITT is pretty ridiculous, even for TWW

6/6/2017 11:06:21 PM

^^ kind of weird for you to be posting on a message board, Mike

it'd be extremely humiliating if he got swept before the Finals

not if he got swept by one of the greatest teams of all time

[Edited on June 6, 2017 at 11:18 PM. Reason : .]

6/6/2017 11:15:52 PM

why would the lakers even want to draft ball? There is much better talent at the number 2 spot.

[Edited on June 7, 2017 at 4:49 PM. Reason : hg]

6/7/2017 4:49:35 PM

Bron Bron with 15 points and the cavaliers still down by 7

6/7/2017 9:45:02 PM

this should be a shooting foul. especially if curry gets his half-court continuation.

6/7/2017 9:45:18 PM

These refs are gonna cause a fight. Letting things get real chippy.

6/7/2017 9:50:56 PM

Goddamn NBA call some travels. Korver took four steps before he dunked.

6/7/2017 10:00:37 PM

Lebron has missed a ton of layups this game

6/7/2017 11:33:53 PM

Refs trying their hardest to foul out the Warriors.

6/7/2017 11:34:12 PM

Damn, 9-0 run

[Edited on June 7, 2017 at 11:47 PM. Reason : Make that 11-0]

6/7/2017 11:45:41 PM

LMFAO Kyrie is a dumbass. Dribbled out the clock instead of going 2 for 1. And then LeBron didn't bother picking up Durant. LOLOLOL

6/7/2017 11:45:41 PM

LOLOLOL

6/7/2017 11:48:16 PM

yeah that was a huge mental mistake by Kyrie, wasn't great settling for a jumper either

6/7/2017 11:49:22 PM

LOLebron

6/7/2017 11:51:10 PM

Man I really hate this golden state team. I know it's weird but they are just not that fun to watch to me. Them not losing a game in the playoffs is not interesting to me. They got lucky that the salary cap went up right as kd was looking to sign.

Where the real Oakland fans at? All I see are these silicon valley dbags.

6/7/2017 11:53:07 PM

So you hate unselfish teams who are excellent on both ends of the floor? OK.

6/7/2017 11:56:04 PM

Looks like a sweep. I mean they could pull out game 4 just so Golden State gets to close at home but it's over. Durant is the only hungry player in the series without a title (other than role players like Korver) so his talent and motivation is too much. I'm sure people will act like subbing in Jordan for Lebron on this Cavs team would somehow change the outcome of the series.

6/7/2017 11:57:21 PM