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Re: NBA Thread
Posted: Thu May 03, 2018 10:35 pm
by Monkey_Driven
verb_to_trust wrote: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.
Re: NBA Thread
Posted: Fri May 04, 2018 12:00 am
by 4/5
Man these Raptors fans are shook.
Re: NBA Thread
Posted: Fri May 04, 2018 12:11 am
by verb_to_trust
This is hilarious. The fadeaways LeBron has been hitting are absurd.
Re: NBA Thread
Posted: Fri May 04, 2018 12:27 am
by 4/5
The level of difficulty of these shots has been unbelievable.
Re: NBA Thread
Posted: Fri May 04, 2018 12:45 am
by verb_to_trust
verb_to_trust wrote: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.
Re: NBA Thread
Posted: Fri May 04, 2018 12:56 am
by Coach
Monkey_Driven wrote:4/5 wrote:Coach wrote: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.
Re: NBA Thread
Posted: Fri May 04, 2018 12:57 am
by verb_to_trust
Browns shoes are dope
Re: NBA Thread
Posted: Fri May 04, 2018 1:39 am
by 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.
Re: NBA Thread
Posted: Fri May 04, 2018 1:49 am
by Joesanity
It’s fun to be on the opposite end of watching a great player routinely destroy the team I love.
Re: NBA Thread
Posted: Fri May 04, 2018 3:05 am
by verb_to_trust
Brown should have rode Mconnell to the win instead of putting back in Pouty McBrokeshot
Re: NBA Thread
Posted: Fri May 04, 2018 2:02 pm
by 4/5
Last night was a banner night for Verb predictions.
Re: NBA Thread
Posted: Fri May 04, 2018 2:29 pm
by Monkey_Driven
verb_to_trust wrote: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.
Re: NBA Thread
Posted: Fri May 04, 2018 2:49 pm
by run2death
Did 4/5 really pick Raptors over Cavs? LOL
Re: NBA Thread
Posted: Fri May 04, 2018 2:57 pm
by Monkey_Driven
run2death wrote:Did 4/5 really pick Raptors over Cavs? LOL
He was pretty adamant about it too.
Re: NBA Thread
Posted: Fri May 04, 2018 3:08 pm
by verb_to_trust
run2death wrote:Did 4/5 really pick Raptors over Cavs? LOL
Hey, DeMar DeRozan did finally hit 30% from three this season.
Re: NBA Thread
Posted: Fri May 04, 2018 5:19 pm
by 4/5
Monkey_Driven wrote:run2death wrote: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.
Re: NBA Thread
Posted: Fri May 04, 2018 5:19 pm
by lennytheweedwhacker
if we get a cavs/rockets finals i’m going to kill myself
Re: NBA Thread
Posted: Fri May 04, 2018 5:22 pm
by 4/5
lennytheweedwhacker wrote:if we get a cavs/rockets finals i’m going to kill myself
Don’t worry, it’ll be the Warriors.
Re: NBA Thread
Posted: Fri May 04, 2018 5:24 pm
by lennytheweedwhacker
4/5 wrote:lennytheweedwhacker wrote:if we get a cavs/rockets finals i’m going to kill myself
Don’t worry, it’ll be the Warriors.
whew!
Re: NBA Thread
Posted: Fri May 04, 2018 5:36 pm
by verb_to_trust
I don't think 4/5 is giving me enough credit for believing in Lebron when he wouldn't