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2014-2015 NBA thread v. buy / cry your way to a championship

so... I hope I'm wrong?

Iggy did have a good game. finally Kerr did something, man. he was getting out-coached

wonder if Brian Windhorst jerked it to that vine of LBJ's dick??
 
Small ball made the difference. It took Mozgov out, who was effective at guarding the rim. On the other side, Bogut wasn't really a factor so it was addition by subtraction.

Everybody counted out the Cavs though, and considering their injuries it's really impressive that it's tied in the first place.
 
They say games 2 and 5 are the most important in a 7 game series. Cavs won game 2... And if they win game 5 tonight? We'll see what happens

I know I was horribly wrong on my last prediction but Cavs put up one of the worst shooting performances in finals history in game 4. I expect them to shoot the ball much better tonight.

I won't predict 50 pts for Lebron but I'll say 40 pts and flirts with a triple double. Something like 43 pts, 13 Rebs, 9 ast
 
GS pulled away late in the fourth. Ahh, I wanted the Cavs to win too. I'm just biased because GS is an in-state rival against my home team, and it was like a bad omen when Kobe tore his Achilles against them in a regular season game (I know, it isn't GS's fault). It was Mr. Pringle's fault, if anything.

LeBron is pretty cool and the Cavs are the underdogs too. Now it's 3-2!! And your numbers were close, lol.
 
Yaa, what an ending. GS found their groove, and their line up, so there wasn't much the Cavs could do. If they had Love and Irving healthy, they most likely would've matched their firepower playing small ball.

Both teams are relatively young. It'll be interesting to see how the rest of the league's teams react to them. Congrats to GS, with Steph Curry leading the way. Same to LeBron, who did what an extremely few are capable of under the circumstances, and there should be no shame in this loss.

Now for the long wait until next season. I hope Kobe gets back to top form asap for his potentially last season. :)
 
Iguodala and Harrison Barnes are pretty much going to be focused 100% on playing defense on LeBron im telling you LeBron isnt going to win this series for the cavs and if he doesnt then nobody will

Thompson got a concussion but he has a lot of time to recover and its still basketball we're talking about here, I can't see him missing his first trip to the finals

Bogut is an underrated center. former #1 overall pick iirc.

LeBron is still the best player in the league, but if you go player-by-player it is hard to make an argument for the Cavs to win outside of "well LeBron will carry them to victory"

except that doesnt always happen. Chris Bosh was a huge part of why Miami won those two rings. Kevin Love = Chris Bosh

and he's not playing, that's the only thing we know for sure

remember, the Heat made the finals and lost to Dallas in Lebron's first year. I think he'll win in Cleveland eventually, just not this year

could have saved everyone the trouble of watching tbh. even if Kyrie doesnt get hurt I think the warriors still win. remember when there was a Kevin Love / Klay Thompson trade floating about? probably a good call

axl you spent an entire page cupping the balls of some aussie douche who causes more injuries than baskets and goes on to score, wait for it.... 1 point in the clincher. 1 point!

I wasnt going to rub that in but seriously fuck Delevedova and fuck lebron's statline. 30-whatever ppg and he took like 34 shots to get that. dominique wilkins statline bro.

damn it feels good to be right
 
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Lebron has nothing to hang his head about. Congrats to GS but I think Cleveland would have won going away if they had either Love or Kyrie available.
 
idk, I'd say there's 4 legit contenders on each side, with one out of each conference that would need a lot to go right either matchup or injury-wise in order to win it all

id put it like this (in a particular order) MIA, OKC, GS, IND, SA, CHI, BKY, HOU

basically the most favored odds at this point, although I think Golden State are underrated since they got exactly what they needed in Iguodala but only if he lets Curry and Thompson take the jump shots and actually drives to the basket to get to the foul line and get the other team's probably superior big men into possible foul trouble. Other than that, just finish a fast break every once and a while and play good defense against the other teams best player (probably going to be a SF if they make it to either the Conf finals or championship). When he sticks to what he does best, he's one of the best SF in the game to be honest, but what he does best just isn't enough to carry a team to greatness as the main focal point. I'd trust the Warriors at 18/1 over the Rockets at 10/1 any day of the week to be honest.

Houston really is such a wild card though. While I think Dwight Howard will be able to play well enough with James Harden to be championship material, it is solely reliant upon him actually reaching his full potential and showing some kind of proof that his maturity and work ethic finally grew alongside his naturally freakish physical stature and ability to churn out double-doubles that would probably average about 6-8 points more per game if he had anything remotely close to an acceptable free-throw percentage. I like Lin as a point guard, but I just don't know if he's going to be a huge factor in such a top-heavy league at PG. The rest of their team is pretty uninspiring as well, although I think Asik is an underrated asset just for his ability to play defense and rebound when Dwight comes out and be almost as effective. It all comes down to Dwight though, and his ability to learn things from the collection of former professional big men trying to teach them to him. And while that could be a match made in heaven, when has Dwight Howard learned to do anything that would require being professional? Picking and choosing when you do and don't want to try is the ultimate unprofessional move you can make. He might still be one of the best big men in the league, but only because his bone structure is not going to shrink any time soon and the baskets aren't being raised either. If he had even half of the winning desire that Shaq, or Tim Duncan, or even KG has, he would be considered one of the best players in the league period, at all positions. When your dissatisfaction with losing has less of an affect on you than your elation at winning, you will never be a great player.

so TLDR, it's still too early to tell who is the favorites because injuries and trades affect the NBA moreso than any other major sport IMO, but only because it is the most individualistic one
he is still one of the most athletic players in terms of size/explosiveness ratio in the league by far (even at his age), and one of the best defenders as well. I don't see Steph Curry or Klay Thompson ever being nearly as good at either of those two things as Iguodala, but they are already better shooters than he ever would be. Not to mention, he is both one of the best fast break distributors as well as finishers in the league. When he gets to be running full steam and catch people backpedaling, you want the ball in his hands so they have to get to the paint (or get out of the paint to avoid incoming poster). This lets either Curry or Thompson run behind and either get a wide open 3 or at the very least someone like David Lee will have a chance at a mid range jumper after a quick pass or two due to the trailing defenders looking to defend a wide open three. Iguodala is a great passer when he gets to dictate who is going to be open alongside him by drawing defenders towards him. It's when the defenders know he isnt driving the net they give him space and he falls in love with his mediocre mid-range or three point shot. The fact that he can grab a defensive rebound and make all that happen in less than 5-7 seconds is how you score easy baskets in games, and easy baskets are the most taken for granted thing in basketball. Like when CJ Watson (your boy mike) missed that wide open layup against the Bulls in the first round last year, that was a huge turning point in the game, which the bulls probably should not have won. You don't realize how much a guy like Iguodala does until he's not in the game, trust me, it happened to every person who has more than a casual interest in the 76ers. But they needed to rebuild anyway, and it's a shame he wasn't around for the 2001 team, because he would have been a perfect fit for them too. That's the thing, there's no place he isn't a perfect fit for because there's nothing he can't do reasonably well, if not downright amazingly for his position. Except be that guy. But when you don't ask him to be, he's a very desirable asset

I don't want to compare him to Scottie Pippen because I think Pippen has a much better body of work, but if Iguodala had a Jordan to play alongside of he would have been Scottie 2.0 basically

I remember when the warriors got Iguodala. I was just sitting in my car and thought, damn, theyre gonna be pretty good

http://www.bluelight.org/vb/threads...ers-flippity-floppity?p=11763313#post11763313

sorry axl but you know I had to rub that in from calling it well over a year ago

draft's coming up though. I have a feeling this is going to be one of the best draft classes in recent history
 
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Warrrrrrrrriors! Congrats on them. Steph Curry is freaking awesome & fun to watch.

And Andre being series MVP, good for him. What a difference a new city makes for his career now.
 
and you guys know I dont like rubbing stuff in, actually I love doing that. I seent this out of Iguodala, I SEENT IT

I remember draft day yelling "IGUODALA IGUODALA" and thinking him and Allen Iverson would be a great combination and they were but AI gets traded yada yada rest is history

disregard the buzzer beater first play, pretty sure that was the only one of his career in a game that meant nothing

 
Lol Iguodala is the worst NBA Finals MVP ever

He shot more uncontested shots than anyone else in the series by far. He was guarded by Timofey Mozgov most of the time

I felt bad for him cause they were literally letting him take wide open shots because he couldn't hit them. They even started intentionally fouling him because he was shooting so bad. He missed 9 free throws in a row in game 5 lol

Anybody who actually watched the series is wondering how he got mvp when he was like 5th best player of the series

Lebron
Curry
Green
Mozgov
Iguodala
 
I saw like 4-5 Iguodala jerseys out yesterday and only 1 was the black early 2000 away uniform, those were the best

Ok, Lebron scored over 30 ppg, he also took about 35 shots a game. that was the difference. the bad shots lebron took that couldnt let one man carry a depleted team to a championship because he was guarded by a guy who could keep him under 40ppg. thats what the warriors needed the most, someone to keep lwbron in check.

if curry isnt on fire, klay is and vice versa. we're talkin about VALUE here though. and iguodala is the most valuable asset

and yeah, it does feel good to have called that almost 2 years ago thank you waiter
 
oh my god fuck the lakers I wanted D'Angelo Russell hella bad

I guess Jahlil is aight though. I do like Jahlil Beats so fuck it let's do it
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nerlens and embiid bring the defense, okafor brings the offense. tony wroten at the helm, jerami grant or Covington at SF, if they can find a solid Shooting guard, this team is gonna be really fun to watch


MEGA FRONTCOURT 2015-2016 sixers whoooooooo


 
theyre gonna be good in the eastern conference dude youre actually quite wrong.

They just need a knockdown 3 point shooter. if they pick Joe Young from Oregon I might cry

and I like Jahlil, he reminds me of Zach Randolph on offense.

the sixers were bad because they wanted to bad, not because they dont have any talent on their rosterat team you

I dont even remember what team you root for. I just know youre on Trey Burke's dick. how'd he turn out? hope he can learn Mandarin
 
Holy shit the Sixers should take Joe Young

He's right there and they have like 4 other 2nd rounders

Please god, if you can do me one favor, just let thr Sixers get Joe Young.

I'd sucker punch a kid with leukemia for this to happen
 
this is the biggest moment of my week, you guys dont understand

the sixers need a SG who can hit 3s. Joseph Young is on the board

Im about to have a stroke

omg if they didnt have another pick after minnesota id probably have just thrown my laptop across the room
 
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