Exclusive Official Around the NBA FINALS - 2015 Edition, Cavs vs Warriors

[Strenuus]

This series was over when the cavs went up 2-1. So boring, so predictable.

 

[Tunchi]

Kingspeed was wrong again lol

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

I have one Cavs jersey, a DeJuan Wagner.

The Warriors are on the list of teams I would probably never buy a jersey for unless it was absolutely spectacular (basically Sarunus Marcilonus). Other teams on that shit list are Rockets, Thunder, Sonics and Lakers. The Mavs are borderline there as well.

 

[jlprk]

Kingspeed was wrong again lol

KingSpeed's a good guy, just a tad dominated by the California media.

With Cleveland missing 2 of its top 3, the games shouldn't have been this close. These were not exactly 2 of the best-coached Finals teams ever. Kerr and Blatt didn't impress me.

 

[crandc]

LeBron did leave it all on the court but he could not carry the team to a championship.

The Warriors are good but also incredibly lucky. Every team they played had at least one key player either unavailable at all or playing so injured as to be ineffective.

Mark Jackson was a mediocre coach. And he divided his team.

In related news,

http://www.mercurynews.com/samesexmarriage/ci_28322398/warriors-president-named-grand-marshal-san-franciscos-gay

Warriors president Rick Welts has been named Grand Marshall of Pride Parade.

Why do team always hold victory parades in the middle of workdays?

 

[Rastapopoulos]

Will Golden State repeat? Obviously they'll re-sign Green (he's restricted, so they can match anything) and they don't have any other key FAs do they? Is Barnes a FA? I don't think he counts as "key" though. So the key factors are: can they stay healthy again? Curry used to have ankle problems but it sounds like they fixed that, so Bogut is probably the key issue. His major injury may be butt-hurt-ness. Iggy getting finals MVP is the perfect salve to being asked to come off the bench.

Whatever happens they should be outright faves to make it to the Western finals. The interesting thing there will be if OKC can be healthy. Now THAT would be a series. Westbrook vs. Curry alone would be worth the price of admission.

(I said Iggy was the Warriors MVP all along [which is not the same thing as saying he should win MVP, but I guess the voters were too chicken to give it to LeBron] but it is funny that the guy he was getting all the praise for guarding put up video game numbers. And while Curry didn't score like expected, he was the reason every other Warrior was getting easy looks: if MVP voting went by "guy the other team was most terrified of" then Curry wins it going away. But then, on the other hand again, he didn't have to defend anyone, because he wasn't on LeBron and nobody else on the Cavs could score.)

 

[illmatic99]

(I said Iggy was the Warriors MVP all along [which is not the same thing as saying he should win MVP, but I guess the voters were too chicken to give it to LeBron] but it is funny that the guy he was getting all the praise for guarding put up video game numbers. And while Curry didn't score like expected, he was the reason every other Warrior was getting easy looks: if MVP voting went by "guy the other team was most terrified of" then Curry wins it going away. But then, on the other hand again, he didn't have to defend anyone, because he wasn't on LeBron and nobody else on the Cavs could score.)

Totally agree with you on Steph's importance. 11 voters decided the MVP. 7 went for Iggy, 4 for LBJ, 0 for Steph.

I woulda gone 1.Bron, 2.Steph, 3.Iggy.

 

[blue9]

I only watched three of the games, but I thought Iggy was getting WAY too much credit. In the games I saw he took a ton of bad shots that weren't in the flow of the offense. There's no way he was more important to their wins than Steph was.

 

[illmatic99]

https://usatthebiglead.files.wordpress.com/2015/06/chrm1whusaagd-g.jpg

 

[Strenuus]

Damn the guy from Akron even voted for Iggy. lol.

 

[Pinwheel1]

Iguadala stepped up in the last 3 games. No doubt without him doing so.....they may have lost.

But lets face it, Cleveland left him wide open in order to shut down Steph and Klay. I think Steph was the MVP. But Iggy was certainly a deserving option.

Those who voted for LeBron were foolish IMO. Yes he was the best player on the floor, but when you only win 2 games, (and lose 3 straight) your "Valuableness" is diminished IMO. Maybe if it would have gone 7.......but I don't buy into the philosophy of giving the award to a player whose team lost.

We all know LeBron is the best overall player on the planet. (well most of us do anyway) But that is not what this particular award should be about.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

Jeff VG went with LeBron... but Hubie went with Iggy.

I think part of the reason Iggy got all the love was that the turning point for the series was inserting him in the starting lineup.

LVP, on the other hand: JR Smith by a landslide.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

 

[Wizard Mentor]

James also shot just 30 percent on shots contested by Iguodala. When contested by anyone else, James shot 42 percent.

Moreover, when Iguodala was in the game, James shot 38 percent from the field and the Cavaliers were minus-55. When he sat, James shot 44 percent and the Cavs were plus-30.

http://espn.go.com/nba/playoffs/201...andre-iguodala-game-finds-acceptance-warriors