Event 2018 NBA Finals, Warriors vs Cavaliers.

[LeeRC]

This is why KD going to the Warriors basically broke the NBA.

Yeah, if KD wasn't such a pussy, there would be 5-6 teams competing for gold. OKC, HOU, SAS, CLE, BOS, and GSW. Meanwhile, TOR, NOP, MIN, PHI, and POR would be a piece away from joining in.

How's that for parity and golden age basketball?

Anyway, the way the Warriors have played shows me that they're not as invincible as people think. It's not easy to do but you can beat them if you construct a team that is on par with the 08 Celtics (which this year's Rocket's were very much near that level).

Unfortunately, the only way for Portland to do this would be to tank for a year or two and hope they get a stud to keep or trade for a disgruntled star. Letting Napier and Ed Davis go, trading Aminu and/or Harkless to competing teams for their pick, and resigning Nurk would be the way to do this as this team is almost Phoenix Suns level bad without its roleplayers.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

https://www.sbnation.com/nba/2018/6...s-drama-lmfao-i-actually-blogged-this-at-1-am

 

[handiman]

So "writers" like Canzano" don't try to stir things up? Only the talking heads on the radio do that? These days that is the only thing the media does is try to stir things up. That has been my point the whole time.

I hope for the sake of other NBA cities, Canzano is not the norm. Everyone here ignores him, so I'm not sure he can exert much pressure.

 

[Blazinaway]

so sick of the Warriors

 

[santeesioux]

Didn't watch a minute of the game, but it appears once again that we made a mistake in not drafting Durant. Curses.

He would have ended up leaving here like he did the Blunder anyway and we would have pulled a LaMarcus and not traded him for anything.

 

[dviss1]

Has LeBron ever been swept? I don't think so.

LeBron n'em got swept by SAS in his first finals when he drug that team to the finals kicking and screaming.

 

[dviss1]

I honestly don’t even really care about next season. It’s gonna be LeBron vs Warriors Episode V: LeBron Strikes Back

Meanwhile the team I care about is gonna be mediocre again.

You're trippin. We're going to the WCF next season...

Whatchutalkinbout??

 

[dviss1]

some jabs at donkey

SAVAGE!

 

[TorturedBlazerFan]

SAVAGE!

Oh my that’s awesome. The NBA has to tone down some of the whining / yelling at refs imo, seeing guys complain literally every play is getting so old...

 

[dviss1]

Oh my that’s awesome. The NBA has to tone down some of the whining / yelling at refs imo, seeing guys complain literally every play is getting so old...

They literally curse at the referee.

The DONKEY gets pissed at a call, yells, curses, and swings his arm in disgust, HITS Ken Mauer, DRAWS BLOOD, No tech....

If you even MAKE CONTACT with an official it's a tech.

 

[TorturedBlazerFan]

They literally curse at the referee.

The DONKEY gets pissed at a call, yells, curses, and swings his arm in disgust, HITS Ken Mauer, DRAWS BLOOD, No tech....

If you even MAKE CONTACT with an official it's a tech.

The amount of disrespect spewed at the refs is just crazy. Draymond s probably the worst currently but there are a lot of players who seem to lose their mind every play...
I couldn’t be a ref, Draymond would only play like 5 minutes per game...

 

[Chris Craig]

They literally curse at the referee.

The DONKEY gets pissed at a call, yells, curses, and swings his arm in disgust, HITS Ken Mauer, DRAWS BLOOD, No tech....

If you even MAKE CONTACT with an official it's a tech.

Yeah I remember that. I couldn't believe there was no tech. Anybody else...more proof the NBA is fixed

 

[Boob-No-More]

So, who said it?

"“We’d be up 3-0 if Kyrie was still here. I have no doubt. Do you?”"

Cavs veteran player: 'We'd be up 3-0' on the Warriors if Kyrie Irving 'was still here'

Of course, it would have been more accurate to say: We'd be up 3-0 on the Warriors if Kyrie was still here and healthy.

BNM

 

[FlyinSouth]

Ouch this will leave a mark! Lebron's Sorry Portland Quote in NBA Finals regarding KD. Damn that's some shade ill have to go honk twice!

 

[TorturedBlazerFan]

Ouch this will leave a mark! Lebron's Sorry Portland Quote in NBA Finals regarding KD. Damn that's some shade ill have to go honk twice!

I laughed, I cried...

 

[Orion Bailey]

I laughed, I cried...

I had a drink and took a bath.

Then a new day dawned.

 

[calvin natt]

Yeah, not buying that. Many people thought, early in the process at least, Durant was going home to Washington. No one would have given him grief over that. The only team aside from Golden State that would have resulted in the mass "coattail" criticism is Cleveland.

Peyton Manning said it best: "The US Women's Gymnastics team was so dominant, Kevin Durant told me backstage he wants to join that team next year."

Cool
I just said he’s competitive and not relaxing, and that if he showed up in Portland everyone would love him. Period.

 

[handiman]

Cool
I just said he’s competitive and not relaxing, and that if he showed up in Portland everyone would love him. Period.

Except that's not all you said. "So this is not about leaving a team or joining a great team. It’s about you and your team."

 

[calvin natt]

Except that's not all you said. "So this is not about leaving a team or joining a great team. It’s about you and your team."

In other words, if he left his team and joined YOUR team you’d all be A-OK with it.

 

[dviss1]

Yeah I remember that. I couldn't believe there was no tech. Anybody else...more proof the NBA is fixed

I've searched everywhere for that video. It's like it got scrubbed from the internet.

If ANYONE can find it, please post it.

 

[calvin natt]

People are anti Durant because he left a shit hole place with a teammate who sucks to play with, on a team that traded James Harden, to go to the Bay Area and win titles for a better organization. In every other real world job or career decision this is a no brainer. And if it was your team he came to, it would be great.

 

[dviss1]

Here it is:

NO TECH....

This is the long and short reason of why I'd never even attempt to be an NBA official.

 

[Orion Bailey]

Here it is:

NO TECH....

This is the long and short reason of why I'd never even attempt to be an NBA official.

He didn't even turn to see if the official was okay. What a slimy ass punk....

 

[dviss1]

People are anti Durant because he got his ass WHOOPED by the bullies and then went and joined them.

FTFY

 

[Hobbesarable]

He didn't even turn to see if the official was okay. What a slimy ass punk....

The NBA obviously need to protect their refs better than that. Most of all, they need to give their fans a quality product. IMO, watching instances like that just damages their image.

 

[Boob-No-More]

The NBA obviously need to protect their refs better than that. Most of all, they need to give their fans a quality product. IMO, watching instances like that just damages their image.

Thanks to shit like this and assholes like Draymond Green, every day the NBA becomes more and more like the WWE. Not punishing him for his outrageous, unsportsmanlike conduct seems almost intentional to create an anti-hero for fans of other teams to root against. He has become the NBA equivalent of a WWE "heel".

BNM

 

[handiman]

In other words, if he left his team and joined YOUR team you’d all be A-OK with it.

Apparently, I need to bold the first half of the quote... "So this is not about leaving a team or joining a great team. It’s about you and your team."

 

[BBert]

some jabs at donkey

That is an amazingly great quote.

 

[BlazerDuckSeahawkFan94]

You're trippin. We're going to the WCF next season...

Whatchutalkinbout??

Pass that blunt, D.

 

[dviss1]

Pass that blunt, D.

Be careful. It's one of these. Got me thinkin' LeBron's coming too!