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TorturedBlazerFan said:
I understand why people feel that way, but I think Lebron has a better chance to beat Houston or GS (Not that either team have a great shot).
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Probably. And, if the cavs make it than cool. Not too horribly invested. As long Houston loses I'd be happy.
 
KingSpeed said:
Are Kyrie and Hayward really their two best players? I'd rather have Tatum and Brown and Horford.
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Kyrie is about as good as Dame. Kyrie is definitely better than those guys. C'mon now.
 
Again this series has gone as I predicted after game one. I hope I am wrong in game 7, but I will not bet against LBJ in game 7. Not when Boston relies on a rookie in clutch situations.
 
Pinwheel1 said:
Again this series has gone as I predicted after game one. I hope I am wrong in game 7, but I will not bet against LBJ in game 7. Not when Boston relies on a rookie in clutch situations.
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Tatum isn't a normal rookie..
 
It's funny how people say they're not gonna bet against LeBron even though this is his worst team since he first left Cleveland.. meanwhile people have consistently bet against Boston and been proven wrong.
 
BonesJones said:
It's funny how people say they're not gonna bet against LeBron even though this is his worst team since he first left Cleveland.. meanwhile people have consistently bet against Boston and been proven wrong.
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Are you referring to my post? Because I have said Boston would win every home game and lose every road game to this point. So I have not been proven wrong yet...... not in this series.

It is just this game 7 where I have said they better not count on their home court giving them the advantage. Most people I have discussed it with think I am wrong. I hope I am wrong and could very well be, but my gut says the Cavs in a close one.
 
BonesJones said:
It's funny how people say they're not gonna bet against LeBron even though this is his worst team since he first left Cleveland.. meanwhile people have consistently bet against Boston and been proven wrong.
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I actually picked Boston in 6. But that was before I realized they weren’t going to show up on the road.
So it’s not like I don’t respect what Boston has done this year, I just think while it’s not impossible that Lebron loses, I believe he’s going to be awesome and he really just needs either one other guy to have a “good” game or a few of them to be average.
 
TorturedBlazerFan said:
I actually picked Boston in 6. But that was before I realized they weren’t going to show up on the road.
So it’s not like I don’t respect what Boston has done this year, I just think while it’s not impossible that Lebron loses, I believe he’s going to be awesome and he really just needs either one other guy to have a “good” game or a few of them to be average.
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I have more respect for Boston than for all other three teams left in the playoffs combined. To get this deep in the playoffs without two of their stars, with a 7-8 man rotation, with such adversity, is very impressive. When Hayward broke his leg at the beginning of the season. I counted them out, but they have played an amazing brand of basketball. I hope the Blazers are watching. The Celtics are the team the Blazers should take note of, not the raptors.
 
Chris Craig said:
I have more respect for Boston than for all other three teams left in the playoffs combined. To get this deep in the playoffs without two of their stars, with a 7-8 man rotation, with such adversity, is very impressive. When Hayward broke his leg at the beginning of the season. I counted them out, but they have played an amazing brand of basketball. I hope the Blazers are watching. The Celtics are the team the Blazers should take note of, not the raptors.
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Speaking of Hayward..... down here working our last track event before they tear this historic facility down. 99 years.......
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HCP said:
Speaking of Hayward..... down here working our last track event before they tear this historic facility down. 99 years.......
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You are working the Pre? Awesome event with world class talent. I will be working with one of the contractors building the new stadium and a couple of the other buildings. Expect an awesome new stadium.
 
dviss1 said:
I don't. I don't understand LeBron haters at all.
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I wouldn’t say I’m a Lebron fan, for one he’s not a Blazer and I am a Blazer fan. I’ve never hated Lebron but his career arc has been fun to see. Young Lebron was just an amazing Athlete, he was a good basketball player, but I think a lot of people looked at him and thought well if I had hit the Genetic lottery I could do what he does. As Lebron has aged and matured though he’s mixed that incredible athleticism with constantly becoming a better and better basketball player.
I think for a lot “average people” early in his career we were all a little jealous. Some people haven’t let that go, he’s currently the smartest player in the game in terms of understanding what’s going on around him and exploiting matchups, and he is still if not the best athlete in the NBA (Anthony Davis is catching up) he’s up there. His shooting, passing, ability to play different styles has all gotten better.
I admire him as a basketball player more and more.

If he joins the Lakers, I’m gonna cheer for them to lose every game, cause that’s what I do.
 
Chris Craig said:
I have more respect for Boston than for all other three teams left in the playoffs combined. To get this deep in the playoffs without two of their stars, with a 7-8 man rotation, with such adversity, is very impressive. When Hayward broke his leg at the beginning of the season. I counted them out, but they have played an amazing brand of basketball. I hope the Blazers are watching. The Celtics are the team the Blazers should take note of, not the raptors.
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We don't even know if Hayward fits with this team. Would they be better with him taking Brown and Tatum's minutes? And maybe they're better defensively without Kyrie. They played a lot of their season without either. So it's not like they were the Rockets and then lost Paul and Harden. Boston had a winning identity without their "stars."
 
KingSpeed said:
We don't even know if Hayward fits with this team. Would they be better with him taking Brown and Tatum's minutes? And maybe they're better defensively without Kyrie. They played a lot of their season without either. So it's not like they were the Rockets and then lost Paul and Harden. Boston had a winning identity without their "stars."
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Lol. You're overthinking this. They're stars. Stars make teams better. Some people think certain guys are stars, but they aren't, because they don't actually make their team better, like Melo. Kyrie amd Hayward do.
 
BonesJones said:
Lol. You're overthinking this. They're stars. Stars make teams better. Some people think certain guys are stars, but they aren't, because they don't actually make their team better, like Melo. Kyrie amd Hayward do.
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Irving and Hayward are very good players, but the Cavs were terrible until LeBron came back and even the Jazz only made the playoffs 2 of the 7 years Hayward was at Utah. In comparison Lillard has made the playoffs all but one year and McCollum has made the playoffs every year.
 
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