NBA Thread

[4/5]

That bench is absurdly deep.

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Livingston is like the anti curry. I dont think I've ever seen him shoot past 15 feet.

[Monkey_Driven]

Livingston is like the anti curry. I dont think I've ever seen him shoot past 15 feet.

Livingston is such great story. I'm glad he stuck with a team that fits his strengths.

[verb_to_trust]

Yeah if he were a starter somewhere the lack of spacing would expose him but on the warriors you could argue he's the best sixth man in the NBA.

[Monkey_Driven]

Yeah if he were a starter somewhere the lack of spacing would expose him but on the warriors you could argue he's the best sixth man in the NBA.

He certainly is a great change of pace guard against a lot of lineups. Guys get so used to guarding the perimeter they have problems getting posted up.

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He's from Peoria

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Also, Igoudala is from Springfield. He used to have a shitty tat on his arm of the Capitol building.

[Monkey_Driven]

Also, Igoudala is from Springfield. He used to have a shitty tat on his arm of the Capitol building.

I was really close to driving through part of Illinois today. That would have been pretty cool, right?

[Bammer]

Sports are weird. Last week I was a Dubs fan. Now I say go Cavs.


Anyone but OKC...

I was listening to the Ringer NBA Podcast yesterday, and they were discussing the possibility of Durant leaving OKC.

One of the guys posited that if he does and Westbrook follows, the franchise itself could be in danger.

Wouldn't it be a crazy, awesome redemption story if the Thunder turned back in to the Sonics?

I'd love to hear more discussion on this potential, or maybe it was just one guy talking crazy.

It would be awesome but doubt it will happen. You never know though. The Vancouver Grizzlies didn't last too long. Fans in OKC seem to love them now but if they lost Durant and Westbrook that team would have hard time pulling free agents and would need some serious luck in the draft to bounce back. Hard to say either way. I miss the Sonics so it is a little hard to not have a little wishful thinking.

Say if this happened or just an expansion team...would Seattle be first in line or does the league still think a team in Vegas is realistic?

That would be cool but man, what a bittersweet thing it would be to get the exact same team back without those two players. The best part though would be if Nick Collisom was still on the roster.

I have been to OKC. It fucking sucks. Any free agent choosing to go there is out of their damn mind.

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Also, Igoudala is from Springfield. He used to have a shitty tat on his arm of the Capitol building.

I was really close to driving through part of Illinois today. That would have been pretty cool, right?

No. This state is a joke. I plan on moving asap.

[Monkey_Driven]

Also, Igoudala is from Springfield. He used to have a shitty tat on his arm of the Capitol building.

I was really close to driving through part of Illinois today. That would have been pretty cool, right?

No. This state is a joke. I plan on moving asap.

To where?

[verb_to_trust]

Iowa

[Electromatic]

Guess on number of gratuitous nut shots in this series?

Between Delly and Green.....maybe 35?

Delly has one role, smallest goon in the league. I'll give him credit, he's pretty adept at injuring someone by the end of a series.

[veddar10]

The Cavs have some things they can feel good about but you have to give serious props to the Warriors bench last night. The next game will probably be a more typical output from the Warriors roster and those guys probably won't be able to replicate that when it moves to Cleveland. Lebron was unstoppable when he was going to the basket and needs to do that any chance he gets. Love also looks like he is ready which is great to see. If they are able to maintain the defensive intensity on Curry and Thompson and come up with a better way to offset that bench lineup that got them last night game 2 should be a nail biter. Warriors recovery off of turnovers was outstanding. It seemed like the Cavs weren't able to convert on any of the turnovers especially in the first half.

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JR Smith needs to drive to the arena next time

[Joesanity]

Encouraged by the defense on Curry and Thompson.

There's no way Livingston and Barbosa can do that again, right? Right??

Bench needs to step up and Lue needs to figure out these rotations. Starters looked like they were running on empty near the end.

Too many turnovers and missed shots in the paint.

[Electromatic]

Encouraged by the defense on Curry and Thompson.

There's no way Livingston and Barbosa can do that again, right? Right??

Bench needs to step up and Lue needs to figure out these rotations. Starters looked like they were running on empty near the end.

Too many turnovers and missed shots in the paint.

The Cavs will be ok. It's early yet. They'll play better in the next one. This is going to be a long series.

[verb_to_trust]

I thought GirlsName Thompson looked fine in the paint. Was active and getting some offensive boards. Love and Lebron need to go inside more imo

The cavs need to beast them on the glass and get buckets inside to win. If they try and play the warriors game they will lose.

[Monkey_Driven]

Every series has one or two fluky games. Last night was one of them.

[4/5]

Every series has one or two fluky games. Last night was one of them.

Yeah, but when you're up against 73-9 and their two offensive megastars combine for basically nothing it feels like one of those games that you HAVE to win.