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  • Tequilla
    Tequilla Member Posts: 20,098
    Gladstone said:

    Tequilla predictably slithers out once the Warriors win, arrogantly proclaiming the up-by-six Cavaliers were doomed to lose at half and mocks anyone who thought otherwise as worthy of scorn. He makes Dawgman basketball posters look like Neil deGrasse Tyson.

    Wrong

    I mock Dead Dog on the Road because that’s what I like to do

    I give Haie shit for posting daily updates about a Portland team that got swept in Round 1

    I give you shit because you let your bias of where you live irrationally cloud your judgement on the Warriors. Also, because of your age you are on the cut line for not really ever watching MJ play at the time and because LBJ is the greatest you’ve seen with your eyes you get irrational with anybody that doesn’t agree with your opinion
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  • BleachedAnusDawg
    BleachedAnusDawg Member Posts: 13,141 Standard Supporter
    GS is the flukiest dynasty of all tim. Come at me bro.
    • 2015 Finals - Play a Cavs team that loses Kyrie to injury in game 1 of the Finals, and whose second best player after him is Timofey Mozgov.
    • 2016 Finals - What was supposedly the greatest team of all-time chokes its ass off in a collapse for the ages. Don't give me the Draymond shit excuse. He was there for game 6 and game 7 at home.
    • 2017 WCF - Spurs are stomping on their dicks in game one of the WCF and then Kawhi (best two-way player in the league) gets hurt and GS rolls from there.
    • 2018 playoffs - play the Spurs sans-Kawhi in round one, no Boogie Cousins for NO in the semis, Houston up 3 - 2 in the WCF and Chris Paul goes down and misses the final two games.
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  • dnc
    dnc Member Posts: 56,839
    BleachedAnusDawg said:

    GS is the flukiest dynasty of all tim. Come at me bro.

    • 2015 Finals - Play a Cavs team that loses Kyrie to injury in game 1 of the Finals, and whose second best player after him is Timofey Mozgov.
    • 2016 Finals - What was supposedly the greatest team of all-time chokes its ass off in a collapse for the ages. Don't give me the Draymond shit excuse. He was there for game 6 and game 7 at home.
    • 2017 WCF - Spurs are stomping on their dicks in game one of the WCF and then Kawhi (best two-way player in the league) gets hurt and GS rolls from there.
    • 2018 playoffs - play the Spurs sans-Kawhi in round one, no Boogie Cousins for NO in the semis, Houston up 3 - 2 in the WCF and Chris Paul goes down and misses the final two games.
    LOL
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  • RaceBannon
    RaceBannon Member, Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 113,673 Founders Club
    Winners win
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  • Gladstone
    Gladstone Member Posts: 16,419
    lol dan deleted this later




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  • RoadDawg55
    RoadDawg55 Member Posts: 30,123
    Gladstone said:

    lol dan deleted this later




    Strange and/or bed refs. What happened to the corrupt refs that would have stretched the series out for David Stern?
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  • allpurpleallgold
    allpurpleallgold Member Posts: 8,771
    Game 5 doesn’t swing anything for Durant. Westbrook shot the ball better, had more assists and steals. Durant went 3-10 in the fourth quarter and Westbrook shot 4-8. That’s your big trump card?
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  • PurpleThrobber
    PurpleThrobber Member Posts: 48,005
    allpurpleallgold said:

    Game 5 doesn’t swing anything for Durant. Westbrook shot the ball better, had more assists and steals. Durant went 3-10 in the fourth quarter and Westbrook shot 4-8. That’s your big trump card?

    Westbrook was -14 in Game 5.


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  • allpurpleallgold
    allpurpleallgold Member Posts: 8,771
    PurpleThrobber said:

    allpurpleallgold said:

    Game 5 doesn’t swing anything for Durant. Westbrook shot the ball better, had more assists and steals. Durant went 3-10 in the fourth quarter and Westbrook shot 4-8. That’s your big trump card?

    Westbrook was -14 in Game 5.


    Durant and Westbrook were both negative in all 3 games. Durant was better than Westbrook but we don’t know what lineups each was playing in with the other out.

    Plus minus can be a wonky stat. Dion Waiter for example was plus 7 in game 7 while shooting 2-9. Enes Kanter was +15 in 10 minutes in game 6. Over a whole season +/- is an ok stat but not over 3 games.
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  • backthepack
    backthepack Member Posts: 19,937
    2-2 right now in the real playoffs.
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  • haie
    haie Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 23,654 Founders Club
    Tequilla said:

    Gladstone said:

    Tequilla predictably slithers out once the Warriors win, arrogantly proclaiming the up-by-six Cavaliers were doomed to lose at half and mocks anyone who thought otherwise as worthy of scorn. He makes Dawgman basketball posters look like Neil deGrasse Tyson.

    Wrong

    I mock Dead Dog on the Road because that’s what I like to do

    I give Haie shit for posting daily updates about a Portland team that got swept in Round 1

    I give you shit because you let your bias of where you live irrationally cloud your judgement on the Warriors. Also, because of your age you are on the cut line for not really ever watching MJ play at the time and because LBJ is the greatest you’ve seen with your eyes you get irrational with anybody that doesn’t agree with your opinion
    Yeah but that was a GOOD Pelicans team.
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  • backthepack
    backthepack Member Posts: 19,937
    Caps win in 5.
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  • Gladstone
    Gladstone Member Posts: 16,419
    "According to Chris Mannix of Yahoo Sports, the Celtics are "scared" that Kyrie Irving might leave Boston next summer via free agency.

    Irving, who is currently recovering from knee surgery, can opt out of his contract and become an unrestricted free agent in July of 2019. Mannix believes that Irving landing in New York is a possibility. "I think they're scared," said Mannix on his podcast. "I think they're scared and should be scared to some degree of Kyrie Irving walking in 2019. I know he had a great year, but you know there are people in Cleveland that will tell you that the Knicks should be considered a real threat for Kyrie Irving. Because Kyrie had talked about it, about playing with the Knicks with some players in that Cleveland locker room from what I was told.""

    /tinfoil hat - boston planted that story so they can trade him without reprecussion

    kyrie is getting a max, and a healthy kyrie is worth a max. how healthy is he though? long term the amount of surgery he's had on his legs/knees, i would be really hesitant. if i was boston and could get a good deal, with where the team is at right now, i'd deal him
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  • Tequilla
    Tequilla Member Posts: 20,098
    It wouldn’t shock me if Boston traded Kyrie ... not sure of the logistics but Kyrie to New York, Gasol to Boston, and somehow Boston getting the required pick necessary to get Doncic wouldn’t shock me
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  • dnc
    dnc Member Posts: 56,839
    Tequilla said:

    It wouldn’t shock me if Boston traded Kyrie ... not sure of the logistics but Kyrie to New York, Gasol to Boston, and somehow Boston getting the required pick necessary to get Doncic wouldn’t shock me

    Why do they need Doncic? They already have Heyward, Tatum and Brown.

    What they need is a young rim protector, not a skilled but unathletic wing.
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  • Tequilla
    Tequilla Member Posts: 20,098
    Ayton with Boston would be ideal. I really like the upside to Bagley. I’m not convinced that Jaylen Brown doesn’t become a casualty of upgrading to a big man.

    I’d love to see Boston end up with either Brunson or DiVencenzo with their late first round pick.
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  • Gladstone
    Gladstone Member Posts: 16,419

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  • PurpleThrobber
    PurpleThrobber Member Posts: 48,005
    edited June 2018
    So...about that whole Lebron greater than Jordan nonsense.
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  • UW_Doog_Bot
    UW_Doog_Bot Member Posts: 18,028
    PurpleThrobber said:

    So...about that whole Lebron greater than Jordan nonsense.

    No it's the refs rigging it for a sweep...
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  • BaldwinIV
    BaldwinIV Member Posts: 797
    edited June 2018


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  • HorrifyinglyAlluring
    HorrifyinglyAlluring Member Posts: 102
    LETS HEAR IT #DUBNATION WE'RE GONNA REPEAT!!!! WHAT A HUGE UPSET FOR OUR GRITTY UNDERDOG TEAM WITH THE 2 BEST SHOOTERS ON THE PLANET INCLUDING A UNANIMOUS MVP. OUR 4 ALL STAR STARTERS AND A DPOY HAD TO GRIND ALL SERIES TO BEAT THE CAVS. DEFYING THE ODDS EVERY STEP OF THE WAY!
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  • PurpleThrobber
    PurpleThrobber Member Posts: 48,005
    Superteam...blah blah blah..

    Other than the fact that the two best shooters and the DPOY were originally drafted by the Warriors.

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  • Gladstone
    Gladstone Member Posts: 16,419
    edited June 2018
    https://www.theringer.com/nba/2018/6/8/17440192/lebron-james-boston-celtics-offseason

    "Going to Boston would kill two birds with one stone. LeBron would be in a position to break Bill Russell’s record of 10 consecutive NBA Finals appearances (he is currently at eight between Miami and Cleveland), while simultaneously removing the biggest obstacle in his path. It would be the exact opposite move that Kevin Durant made. Instead of joining a team that eliminated him and had already won a title, LeBron would be partnering with a group of young up-and-comers whom he had beaten almost single-handedly. Nike could sell it as LeBron imparting his wisdom to the next generation of players.

    There would be pushback from fans and the media, but LeBron knows how quickly that can change. He was the most hated athlete in America after The Decision, and no one holds that against him anymore. Even his hometown fans in Cleveland wouldn’t be that mad this time around, since he’s leaving after “winning one for the Land.” American society is a prisoner of the moment. It won’t matter how LeBron’s move to Boston is initially perceived if he ends up beating Golden State, easily the most talented team of all time. It would be great for the NBA as well, since LeBron going up against the Warriors on equal terms would likely create the highest-rated Finals in the past 20 years."
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  • Kaepsknee
    Kaepsknee Member Posts: 14,913
    Douchier elimination game exit, Harden or the Millenial GOAT???
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  • PurpleThrobber
    PurpleThrobber Member Posts: 48,005
    salemcoog said:

    Douchier elimination game exit, Harden or the Millenial GOAT???

    Whynotboth?.gif.
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  • allpurpleallgold
    allpurpleallgold Member Posts: 8,771
    Did the Warriors really just have Steph jack up shots to win the MVP? 12-27 in a 25 point blow out? Lol. Is there anything this team does that isn’t fraudulent?
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  • dnc
    dnc Member Posts: 56,839
    allpurpleallgold said:

    Did the Warriors really just have Steph jack up shots to win the MVP? 12-27 in a 25 point blow out? Lol. Is there anything this team does that isn’t fraudulent?

    Three rings ain’t fraudulent
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  • Gladstone
    Gladstone Member Posts: 16,419
    edited June 2018
    I'd argue every ring is fraudulent. Irving/Love injured 2015 + adding Durant to a 73 win team 2017, 2018 (far and away the #1 bitch move in the history of sports). Win 4 more titles and it won't make a difference. Not impressed <3
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  • dnc
    dnc Member Posts: 56,839
    Gladstone said:

    I'd argue every ring is fraudulent. Irving/Love injured 2015 + adding Durant to a 73 win team 2017, 2018 (far and away the #1 bitch move in the history of sports). Win 4 more titles and it won't make a difference. Not impressed <3 </p>

    Winners win
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