Red Mosquito

It would be nice to have a game tonight. It has been too long.

History shows LeBron is unbeatable after a certain amount of rest. The more time off the better. Plus Steph and Klay are light skinned and after the whole house spray painting thing well....uh oh.

verb_to_trust wrote:History shows LeBron is unbeatable after a certain amount of rest. The more time off the better. Plus Steph and Klay are light skinned and after the whole house spray painting thing well....uh oh.

History also shows LeBron usually loses Game 1 of the Finals. Facts can be fun!

Warriors 4-1 in a largely noncompetitive series.

Warriors in 6, but I'm not feeling too strongly about it. I'm thinking Durant has a strong series if he's not guarded by LeBron.

There's two days of rest between every game except games 3 and 4 so that should help LeBron at least.

Monkey_Driven wrote:Warriors in 6, but I'm not feeling too strongly about it. I'm thinking Durant has a strong series if he's not guarded by LeBron.

If you're not feeling strongly about your pick, what's more likely to you: Warriors in 7 or Warriors in 5?

If it's close tonight I'll tune in. I'm not going to sit through three different barf inducing warrior narratives if it's a blowout. (Curry redemption, hero Kerr and see, Durant made the right choice!)

This series will be competitive.

I feel like the Warriors will win, but I can't bet against LeBron.

If the Warriors win everyone will just shrug and move on. They played nobody to get here and stacked their team with pussy Durant just to make double sure they could get it done. The competitive balance problem the NBA has is not going to allow these douchebags the glory they desire.

LeBron on the other hand can elevate his legacy in a huge way if he can find a way to take the series.

I agree with Kevin Love, why is everyone treating the Cavs like they are such tremendous underdogs? They are the defending champs. Durant surely makes the Warriors better, but it's not like this Cavs team isn't stocked with stars and veteran role players either.

Monkey_Driven wrote:I agree with Kevin Love, why is everyone treating the Cavs like they are such tremendous underdogs? They are the defending champs. Durant surely makes the Warriors better, but it's not like this Cavs team isn't stocked with stars and veteran role players either.

Stop it

Monkey_Driven wrote:I agree with Kevin Love, why is everyone treating the Cavs like they are such tremendous underdogs? They are the defending champs. Durant surely makes the Warriors better, but it's not like this Cavs team isn't stocked with stars and veteran role players either.

Kevin Love has to say that because the Cavs better believe that they're going to win. But any outside observer can see that there's a substantial talent disparity between these two teams. And the Cavs are not good defensively. The Cavs are rightly underdogs. It will take an otherworldy series from LeBron and company to take the Warriors down.

4/5 wrote:

Monkey_Driven wrote:I agree with Kevin Love, why is everyone treating the Cavs like they are such tremendous underdogs? They are the defending champs. Durant surely makes the Warriors better, but it's not like this Cavs team isn't stocked with stars and veteran role players either.

Kevin Love has to say that because the Cavs better believe that they're going to win. But any outside observer can see that there's a substantial talent disparity between these two teams. And the Cavs are not good defensively. The Cavs are rightly underdogs. It will take an otherworldy series from LeBron and company to take the Warriors down.

Would anybody be shocked if this goes 6 or 7 games though?

Btw, LeBron is totally capable of such an otherworldly performance. I believe in that guy and have often said the line about not betting against LeBron. If I sit here and focus on LeBron's singular greatness and how stellar he's been in these playoffs and that he's playing like somebody who simply can not be denied, I start to think maybe the Cavs have a chance.

But the Warriors are just too good, too talented, too deep, too much everything for me to believe that they will lose 4 times in 7 games.

Monkey_Driven wrote:

4/5 wrote:

Monkey_Driven wrote:I agree with Kevin Love, why is everyone treating the Cavs like they are such tremendous underdogs? They are the defending champs. Durant surely makes the Warriors better, but it's not like this Cavs team isn't stocked with stars and veteran role players either.

Kevin Love has to say that because the Cavs better believe that they're going to win. But any outside observer can see that there's a substantial talent disparity between these two teams. And the Cavs are not good defensively. The Cavs are rightly underdogs. It will take an otherworldy series from LeBron and company to take the Warriors down.

Would anybody be shocked if this goes 6 or 7 games though?

Shocked? No. I have this in 5, so 6 can't be that much of a shock I suppose. I don't know if I'd go as far as to say "shocked" if it went 7, but I'd be stunned if the Cavs won.

I've heard enough pro-LeBron stuff today that I'm willing to delude myself into saying the Cavs have a 15% chance to win, up from 10% a couple of hours ago.

Fuck the Warriors

verb_to_trust wrote:Fuck the Warriors

This is a hot take from you. Care to expand?