NBA Thread

[washing machine]

They should have a mini BIG3 tournament while we wait.

[Joesanity]

Boston in 7.

Stevens will outcoach Lue and Love will be neutralized to the point where not even LeBron will be able to overcome the lack of offensive support.

[Electromatic]

Cleveland in 6.

Stevens is good for 2 wins.

[verb_to_trust]

Boston in 7.

Stevens will outcoach Lue and Love will be neutralized to the point where not even LeBron will be able to overcome the lack of offensive support.

LeBron is the coach. He got just as many coach of the year votes as Stevens too.

[4/5]

Boston in 7.

Stevens will outcoach Lue and Love will be neutralized to the point where not even LeBron will be able to overcome the lack of offensive support.

I can absolutely see this happening. But....I'm not picking against LeBron in the East again. And I definitely am not picking against him in a game 7.

But the Celtics should be able to turn Love back into the Round 1 version. Toronto tried to guard him with either a big or a smaller guy. Love would get open shots against the big and take DeRozan and others to the basket and was unstoppable. Boston won't let that happen. Most of their defense can switch onto anybody so I highly doubt the Cavs offense will look anything like it did in against Toronto. And the Cavs were still awful defensively. The Celtics are the much better team with the better coach so it will take a superhuman performance from LeBron for the Cavs to win this series.

[Electromatic]

Average Al is not beating Lebron James.

[Monkey_Driven]

Average Al is not beating Lebron James.

Horford has been incredible in these playoffs so far.

[4/5]

Average Al is not beating Lebron James.

Horford has been incredible in these playoffs so far.

Yeah he has. This team is stacked right now as is.

[bada]

Al can be on my team anytime.

[verb_to_trust]

People are way overrating the Celtics.

[Monkey_Driven]

People are way overrating the Celtics.

I feel like the public opinion on their potential has shifted so much in the past month it is hard to keep track of whether they are underrated, properly rated, or overrated.

[bada]

The national media has them losing in 5 maybe 6 with no chance of winning. Doesn't seem like an overrating to me.

[bada]

Of course the national media doesn't actually watch the games but they know big names and someone told them Brad is god so they do repeat that.

[Monkey_Driven]

Of course the national media doesn't actually watch the games but they know big names and someone told them Brad is god so they do repeat that.

Depends on the national media you are referring to. I would say most basketball writers either attend the games or watch them at this point in the season. Talking heads, maybe not so much, but why do people even listed to them?

[verb_to_trust]

The national media has them losing in 5 maybe 6 with no chance of winning. Doesn't seem like an overrating to me.

Check the white males from New England demographic though

[bada]

The national media has them losing in 5 maybe 6 with no chance of winning. Doesn't seem like an overrating to me.

Check the white males from New England demographic though

I'm willing to admit the fans of the team might dare to think they could win.

[verb_to_trust]

The national media has them losing in 5 maybe 6 with no chance of winning. Doesn't seem like an overrating to me.

Check the white males from New England demographic though

I'm willing to admit the fans of the team might dare to think they could win.

Even the gingers under 5 foot 9?

[Joesanity]

People are way overrating the Celtics.

Personally, I'm waiting for the other shoe to drop on the Cavs.

I've seen enough mediocre and lackluster play from them this season that a sweep of a team they perpetually own isn't going to change my mind.

[Monkey_Driven]

People are way overrating the Celtics.

Personally, I'm waiting for the other shoe to drop on the Cavs.

I've seen enough mediocre and lackluster play from them this season that a sweep of a team they perpetually own isn't going to change my mind.

I'm sort of with you. Not sure if the Love/Korver chemistry will last with a different matchup. The Celtics are a very solid defensive team.

[Electromatic]

Average Al is not beating Lebron James.

Horford has been incredible in these playoffs so far.

Yeah, and he was on that Hawks team that won 60 before getting swept by Cleveland too.