NBA Thread

[Monkey_Driven]

Anybody listened to the latest Bill Simmons pod? Fat fuck Windhorst was on and talked LeBron for over an hour straight. It was so creepy.

Just finished it.

[4/5]

Man these Raptors fans are shook.

[verb_to_trust]

This is hilarious. The fadeaways LeBron has been hitting are absurd.

[4/5]

The level of difficulty of these shots has been unbelievable.

[verb_to_trust]

The Raptors are supposedly deep and that is a strength but being deep in the playoffs isn't as important as having guys who can make the tough clutch shots. DeRozan is good but his 'improved' three point shooting isn't enough. I don't believe in Lowry either.

[Coach]

With your three best players out, you are playing with house money.

So I came in here to post this anyway, but since you said it it's even more appropriate.

Are we really sure that the Celtics are playing without their two best players? Like, really sure? Maybe Kyrie and Hayward are at the moment, but I do know that if I were Boston I'd think long and hard about trading Kyrie and Hayward in deal for a guy like Kawhi instead of Tatum or Brown. I think people are simultaneously overrating Kyrie and still viewing Tatum and Brown as guys with potential you package with picks to trade for a star because that's how those guys/picks have been viewed for years (before they were even picked), so people have held on to that mindset.

No way they trade Tatum.

Agreed

I think Tatum and Brown are younger and have more value but I'd still say Kyrie and Hayward are their two best players...we will know for sure next year.

[verb_to_trust]

Browns shoes are dope

[verb_to_trust]

Whenever a home Celtics game gets boring like this I play a fun variation of where's Waldo where I try and spot black people in the crowd.

[Joesanity]

It’s fun to be on the opposite end of watching a great player routinely destroy the team I love.

[verb_to_trust]

Brown should have rode Mconnell to the win instead of putting back in Pouty McBrokeshot

[4/5]

Last night was a banner night for Verb predictions.

[Monkey_Driven]

Whenever a home Celtics game gets boring like this I play a fun variation of where's Waldo where I try and spot black people in the crowd.

I do that for kU games and anything involving Iowa as well. You cannot count the family section behind the bench.

[run2death]

Did 4/5 really pick Raptors over Cavs? LOL

[Monkey_Driven]

Did 4/5 really pick Raptors over Cavs? LOL

He was pretty adamant about it too.

[verb_to_trust]

Did 4/5 really pick Raptors over Cavs? LOL

Hey, DeMar DeRozan did finally hit 30% from three this season.

[4/5]

Did 4/5 really pick Raptors over Cavs? LOL

He was pretty adamant about it too.

Well that’s not true. I said Raptors in 5, but if the Raptors didn’t win quickly/easily it’d be Cavs in 6/7.

It looks like I’m completely wrong right now, but hey. It happens. The Raptors were easily the best team in the East this year and the Cavs just came off the statistically worst playoff victory since 1984. The only argument for the Cavs was “Raptors gonna Raptor” and that looks true right about now but I don’t think it was crazy to think that a top 5 defensive team would be able to withstand a LeBron statistical assault while shutting down everybody else, not to mention that they should be able to score at will against the putrid Cavs defense.

[lennytheweedwhacker]

if we get a cavs/rockets finals i’m going to kill myself

[4/5]

if we get a cavs/rockets finals i’m going to kill myself

Don’t worry, it’ll be the Warriors.

[lennytheweedwhacker]

if we get a cavs/rockets finals i’m going to kill myself

Don’t worry, it’ll be the Warriors.

whew!

[verb_to_trust]

I don't think 4/5 is giving me enough credit for believing in Lebron when he wouldn't