Kevin Love out for Game 3

[JohnnyMax]

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[HarlemHeat37]

:lol pussy

How the fuck did people watch the 80s and 90s when 25% of the NBA consisted of White American players?:lmao It's virtually the equivalent of inserting WNBA players into today's league..

[K...]

Is his doctor LeBron, who is building the bus to throw love under... ?

I don't know about the concussion protocol but isn't it not his choice?

[Thread]

:lol pussy

How the fuck did people watch the 80s and 90s when 25% of the NBA consisted of White American players?:lmao

Those White American players carried the league & black.

[MultiTroll]

How the fuck did people watch the 80s ..
Here is a white guy against your favorite gay darkies.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1xuRtoyAmY

[Dex]

Is his doctor LeBron, who is building the bus to throw love under... ?

I don't know about the concussion protocol but isn't it not his choice?

It's not. If what Stein is saying is true, Love wants to play but he hasn't been cleared by doctors per the protocol, and he is not allowed to play until he is.



Return-to-Participation Decisions:

Timing of Return-to-Participation Protocol.
A player diagnosed with a concussion should be regularly monitored for 24 hours for the evolution of symptoms, and accordingly the player may not begin the return-to-participation exertion protocol until 24 hours after the time of injury.

Return to Participation Requirements.
A player who had a concussion may not return to participation until:

He is without concussion-related symptoms at rest;
He has been evaluated by a physician;
He has successfully completed the NBA return-to-participation exertion protocol;
A team physician has discussed the return-to-participation process and decision with the Director of the NBA Concussion Program, Dr. Jeffrey Kutcher. Note that the final return-to-participation decision is to be made by the player’s team physician, in order to maximize the consistency of care for the player.



Return-to-Participation Protocol:
The return to participation protocol involves several steps of increasing exertion – from a stationary bike, to jogging, to agility work, to non-contact team drills.
With each step, a player must be symptom free to move to the next step. If a player is not symptom free after a step, he stops until he is symptom free and begins again at the previous step of the protocol (i.e., the last step he passed without any symptoms).
It’s important to note that there is no timeframe to complete the protocol. Each injury and player is different and recovery time can vary in each case.


http://official.nba.com/2015-16-nba-concussion-policy/

[spursistan]

Good news for the Cavs, tbh..

[RsxPiimp]

Good news for the Cavs, tbh..

Yeah really, I think they win tonight's game :lol

[daslicer]

:lol pussy

How the fuck did people watch the 80s and 90s when 25% of the NBA consisted of White American players?:lmao It's virtually the equivalent of inserting WNBA players into today's league..

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Race_and_ethnicity_in_the_NBA

The racial demographics of the league are pretty much the same today compared to what they were back then. Currently the league is composed of 74.4 percent black players and 23.3 percent white players. I know you are going to spin the white players part by saying they are not all White Americans but to me race is race regardless of location.

[lefty]

:lol today's NBA

[MultiTroll]

It's not. If what Stein is saying is true, Love wants to play but he hasn't been cleared by doctors per the protocol, and he is not allowed to play until he is.
Love is a pussy. SpursTalk AltTroll sustains all kinds of injuries and still bellies up to the keyboard and strokes.

[ambchang]

They will have a better chance if it was Irving with the concussion.

[Spurs9]

So your telling me Cavs have a shot?

[Spurs9]

Unleash the Mozgov.

http://cdn.na16.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/timofey-mozgov-93-points.jpg

[Killakobe81]

:lol pussy

How the fuck did people watch the 80s and 90s when 25% of the NBA consisted of White American players?:lmao It's virtually the equivalent of inserting WNBA players into today's league..

A good list of good to great white 80's early 90's players:

Bird
McHale
Ainge
Rambis
Chambers
Walton
Stockton
Sikma
Chambers
Price
Mullin
The Paxson brothers
Brad Davis
Dan Issell
Kiki Vandeweghe

Not the best dunkers you can find ...:lol
But I am taking that squad in a FT/3point shooting contest. Plus some are really good players overall ...

Stop the "reverse racisim" :rollin

[Bynumite]

Damn. Warriors were 2 games away from an asterisk free championship.

[whitemamba]

Anyone else think the Wiggins trade was a bad idea?

[Kawhitstorm]

Unleash the Mozgov.

http://cdn.na16.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/timofey-mozgov-93-points.jpg

Love is going to be the scapegoat for the series if they win Gm 3 w/ Mozgov in the starting lineup.:lol

[Spurs9]

Anyone else think the Wiggins trade was a bad idea?
Yes I've been saying that since the trade happened. Wiggins talent could have been developed further with Lebron mentoring and had more scoring on the floor. Not to mention his upside. You could have gotten the same skillset as Love at a much cheaper price and had a better overall team. Wiggins averaged almost 21 points this season.

[~O~]

Lebron...mentoring? lol

[~O~]

Anyway, Great. Now you all have an excuse. I guess Gol:downspin:den State is fake and a team that was lucky to beat the Cavs because Love was injured.

[The Gemini Method]

Probably would suit the Cavs better w/o Love in the lineup. Well, from a health standpoint it's better to be on the safe side then run the risk of seriously damaging your cranium. Who knows how it goes down. But the narrative isn't going to change. They've whooped a healthy Cavs team. If they stay the course and close it out, it will be well-deserved and you can't put an asterisk by this title like last year's or 99.

[SpursforSix]

The asterisk

[Chris]

Lebron...mentoring? lol

[HarlemHeat37]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Race_and_ethnicity_in_the_NBA

The racial demographics of the league are pretty much the same today compared to what they were back then. Currently the league is composed of 74.4 percent black players and 23.3 percent white players. I know you are going to spin the white players part by saying they are not all White Americans but to me race is race regardless of location.

Um, ya, it makes a huge difference:lol

If there wasn't a significant difference between White Americans vs. International, the former wouldn't have declined from 25% or so to today's 5%(approx)..

The number will continue declining, too..there are still owners that prefer drafting White Americans(Dad Killer, for example) to keep the inventory healthy(as Larry Bird's ugly ass said, the NBA "needs more White American stars"), but the overall number will continue to suffer..

[midnightpulp]

White American players will never develop as effectively as their European counterparts, who start playing pro ball in Europe as early as 16.

Black players can mask their fundamental deficiencies with athleticism, but white players brought up in the AAU and NCAA systems (which aren't the greatest climates in which to learn the nuances of the game. The NCAA used to be when it was assumed a recruit would stay 3 to 4 years) obviously can't.

[HarlemHeat37]

White American players will never develop as effectively as their European counterparts, who start playing pro ball in Europe as early as 16.

Black players can mask their fundamental deficiencies with athleticism, but white players brought up in the AAU and NCAA systems (which aren't the greatest climates in which to learn the nuances of the game. The NCAA used to be when it was assumed a recruit would stay 3 to 4 years) obviously can't.

Pretty much..at least they have Baseball, though, niggas don't fuck with it anymore:lol

[midnightpulp]

Pretty much..at least they have Baseball, though, niggas don't fuck with it anymore:lol

Dominicans, Cubans, and players from the Netherlands Antilles are pretty "nig." :lol

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/91/9f/28/919f288956b918681bd505212ddb8a9f.jpg

Just wish Puig had a higher baseball IQ :cry He's like the JR Smith of baseball.

[HarlemHeat37]

True, but it's a pitcher's league now, and most of the elite is White, no?(I bet on baseball daily, but I don't actually know that much anymore:lol)..

[TheGreatYacht]

Now the LeCockSuckers have an excuse for 2-5 :lmao

[TheGreatYacht]

Unleash the Mozgov.

http://cdn.na16.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/timofey-mozgov-93-points.jpg
Fuck. Hopefully he doesn't see the court. Spurs can get him while he's cheap...

Fans and GM's are huge fans of the moment and can overpay for shitty players like they will with Biyombo smh

[Kawhitstorm]

Love is a really good player, tbh, he would be revered and idolized if he had played in a different era where White Americans thrived..he's a far better player than Kyrie Irving, for example, but the former continues to get a pass because of the aesthetics of his game..

Love = David Lee 2.0
Kyrie = Steve Francis 2.0


They should have immediately traded Irving when Lebron joined the Cavs, as some of us here said at the time..trading Wiggins was a smart move, since he's a trash player that would be a poor fit with Lebron, but they could have received a nice return on Irving..they're in a bad spot now, though, due to signing players like Thompson and Shumpert..

Wiggins reminds me of Jeff Green but Kyrie only became a bad fit when Lue started playing ISO ball which played into the Warriors switches. Otherwise, he was playing off the ball & lighting it up from 3 throughout the playoffs.

[Kawhitstorm]

True, but it's a pitcher's league now, and most of the elite is White, no?(I bet on baseball daily, but I don't actually know that much anymore:lol)..

Baseball has a bunch of Afro Latinos players who aren't exactly Afro Americans

[AlexJones]

True, but it's a pitcher's league now, and most of the elite is White, no?(I bet on baseball daily, but I don't actually know that much anymore:lol)..
White pitchers+Latino sluggers+black outfielders/shortstops is the way to go

[AlexJones]

also troy tulowitzki is MLB's kevin love tbh

[daslicer]

Um, ya, it makes a huge difference:lol

If there wasn't a significant difference between White Americans vs. International, the former wouldn't have declined from 25% or so to today's 5%(approx)..

The number will continue declining, too..there are still owners that prefer drafting White Americans(Dad Killer, for example) to keep the inventory healthy(as Larry Bird's ugly ass said, the NBA "needs more White American stars"), but the overall number will continue to suffer..

The only difference between the two is cultural but physically they are the same. Culturally the Euro whites are more passionate about the game and devoted to playing the game of basketball while White Americans after the 90's stopped having the same type of passion and drive for the game and invested their energy in playing Baseball/Football. Today instead of having Dan Majerle you have a random guy by the name of Danilo Marjonovich whose style of play is the same. Which basically means today competitively the racial balance of the league is the exact same as it was 20 years ago.

[Spurs9]

Fuck. Hopefully he doesn't see the court. Spurs can get him while he's cheap...

Fans and GM's are huge fans of the moment and can overpay for shitty players like they will with Biyombo smh

Good point, didnt think about that. I want him too

[LkrFan]

Baseball has a bunch of Afro Latinos players who aren't exactly Afro Americans

:lmao

[whitemamba]

Dominicans, Cubans, and players from the Netherlands Antilles are pretty "nig." :lol

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/91/9f/28/919f288956b918681bd505212ddb8a9f.jpg

Just wish Puig had a higher baseball IQ :cry He's like the JR Smith of baseball.
damn he's yoked. when will he be suspended tbh?

[spursistan]

Good news for the Cavs, tbh..
:wakeup

Lue should glue his ass to the bench and limit his minutes for the rest of the series..

[TampaDude]

Love is a defensive liability. Bench him. Addition by subtraction.