Finals: [1] Golden State Warriors vs [2] Cleveland Cavaliers Official Series Thread

[DAF86]

i said he made a coulle passes lol
you still ignoring what the staryers have done ...

What have the starters done? Cavs have only 4 guys that aren't playing like complete shit, and you are here trying to sell the idea that Lebron is getting all this help. Get the fuck out with that shit. :lol

[baseline bum]

Lue should have pulled LeBron in the last minute of the quarter to give him a rest.

[spurraider21]

korver's been choking hard this series...
jr smith though :wow

[benefactor]

JR picked the right game to have a JR game

[raybies]

cavs really need one unlikely "hero" to step up and bring them over the hump. LeBron is gassed, Kyrie is banged up

[LkrFan]

LeHype looks like he's running out of HGH :lol

[UNT Eagles 2016]

So many squandered opportunities for the Cavs with Durbeta out... Williams really needs to hit that 3 or ride the pine

[spurraider21]

Lue should have pulled LeBron in the last minute of the quarter to give him a rest.
when he tried giving him a cute bit of rest in game 1 i think warriors outscored them by 11 in 2 minutes

[Killakobe81]

i guess jr isnt balling?! huh CN?

[Clipper Nation]

What have the starters done? Cavs have only 4 guys playing semidecently, and you are here trying to sell the idea that Lebron is getting all this help. Get the fuck out with that shit. :lol

:lol Protip for Killa: next time you want to push the anti-LeBron agenda, be more subtle about it and make sure it at least somewhat relates to what's happening in the game.

[SuperCam]

Killa Kyrie +9 :wow

[lefty]

:lmao


Best description put of this nigga's whole act..I never felt his shit was genuine going back to his Hornets days..

Me too and I called his fake toughness during the Hornets Spurs 08 series but everybody on Spurmstalk disagreed with me

[unleashbaynes]

Jr gon' jr

[UNT Eagles 2016]

cavs really need one unlikely "hero" to step up and bring them over the hump. LeBron is gassed, Kyrie is banged up

JR Smith 5/5

Kevin Lust is a playoff choker

Tristan Thompson is having a Tristan Thompson game but he's very limited

Maybe Shumpert? Where is he.

[spurraider21]

LeHype looks like he's running out of HGH :lol
why you still goin with that name... you dont think 3 rings means he's more than just hype?

[raybies]

Lue should have pulled LeBron in the last minute of the quarter to give him a rest.
warriors would have gone on like a 10 - 0 run tbh

[Clipper Nation]

why you still goin with that name... you dont think 3 rings means he's more than just hype?

English is his second language, tbh, I don't think he's figured out what the word "hype" means yet :lol

[SuperCam]

there is no room for domestic whites in this level of the game. i wanted to believe but it's mulatto or bust at minimum...

[UNT Eagles 2016]

Deron Williams should be shot

Wide.fucking.open.

[unleashbaynes]

i guess jr isnt balling?! huh CN?

He's literally the only one :lol

[UNT Eagles 2016]

there is no room for domestic whites in this level of the game. i wanted to believe but it's mulatto or bust at minimum...
Blasphemy. Mike Miller would have made that one and more.

[baseline bum]

when he tried giving him a cute bit of rest in game 1 i think warriors outscored them by 11 in 2 minutes

Better to give him a minute of game time in the third plus the break and a couple of possessions in the fourth than have him play the whole quarter when he's already looking almost out of gas. The Dubs are going to pull away bigtime when Lue has to pull him with about 8 minutes left.

[SpurOutofTownFan]

Rest? That's what July, August, and September are for. Especially since it's an odd year (no summer ball).

sure, it would be nice - but in game 3 they both were gassed out completely by the end of q4

[Killakobe81]

What have the starters done? Cavs have only 4 guys that aren't playing like complete shit, and you are here trying to sell the idea that Lebron is getting all this help. Get the fuck out with that shit. :lol

lol stop it ...

Thompson has 15
Kyrie about 25
jr smith 19

they have helped plenty enough for LeBron to close this out

[LkrFan]

why you still goin with that name... you dont think 3 rings means he's more than just hype?

He colluded for the first two. Battier shot out of his mind in 2012 to bail him out. Ray Ray bailed him out in 2013. Curry was 55% in last year's matchup. Let's see if he can win this year and maybe I'll stop calling him LeHype. Maybe.

[Clipper Nation]

He's literally the only one :lol

And if JR Smith is your only teammate playing well in a Finals game, chances are, you're screwed :lol

[baseline bum]

Now it's turning into worst case. James gets no rest and he's already fucking up. Lue should have bought him some time at the end of the third.

[Clipper Nation]

Now it's turning into worst case. James gets no rest and he's already fucking up. Lue should have bought him some time at the end of the third.

:lol They would be down 30 right now and the ropes would already be getting set up around the court.

[baseline bum]

Dubs are taking this game by at least 15 and it's Lue's fault

[spurraider21]

He colluded for the first two. Battier shot out of his mind in 2012 to bail him out. Ray Ray bailed him out in 2013. Curry was 55% in last year's matchup. Let's see if he can win this year and maybe I'll stop calling him LeHype. Maybe.how did lebron himself perform in 2012, 2013, and 2016? everybody had help somewhere along the way

[unleashbaynes]

Probably game.

[UNT Eagles 2016]

Why does this have to be so boring? Every time it gets down to 3 or 4 or 5 they just HAVE to make a fluke 3 every single fucking time down... So damn anticlimatic

[TheGreatYacht]

Season on the line and you have 2 white Americans and D-Washed on the court.

[AlexJones]

Cleveland would've won this serise outright without Kevin Durant

[unleashbaynes]

He colluded for the first two. Battier shot out of his mind in 2012 to bail him out. Ray Ray bailed him out in 2013. Curry was 55% in last year's matchup. Let's see if he can win this year and maybe I'll stop calling him LeHype. Maybe.

You don't ever get to make fun of spurfan for saying anything about the Kings series or the Gasol trade after this load of horse shit.

[Killakobe81]

Now it's turning into worst case. James gets no rest and he's already fucking up. Lue should have bought him some time at the end of the third.

agreed impossible to expect even a metahuman like LeBron not to get a rest ...glad Lue woke up ...

[raybies]

i hate this

[unleashbaynes]

Cleveland would've won this serise outright without Kevin Durant

They wouldn't have been playing the Warriors. They would have been playing the Thunder.

[baseline bum]

:lol They would be down 30 right now and the ropes would already be getting set up around the court.

He could have easily bought him a minute there at the end of the third without killing the team since those last couple of possessions are played at a slow pace. Then try to steal a couple of possessions in the fourth. Now Lue was forced to pull James at a critical point with 9 minutes left during a GSW run. It's disaster because James probably won't be back until the 7:00 mark now while GS is hot.

[LkrFan]

You don't ever get to make fun of spurfan for saying anything about the Kings series or the Gasol trade after this load of horse shit.

:lol

[MultiTroll]

WarrorRef. :lol

This was decided a long time ago.

[SpurOutofTownFan]

Now it's turning into worst case. James gets no rest and he's already fucking up. Lue should have bought him some time at the end of the third.

he was needed on the 3rd to get close enough in pts for the 4th. Unfortunately the Cavs are always seemingly playing with 4 players instead of 5 at all times.

[DAF86]

lol stop it ...

Thompson has 15
Kyrie about 25
jr smith 19

they have helped plenty enough for LeBron to close this out

Well, with Lebron there's your 4 guys. Since when NBA teams can win games without even 5 guys playing well? Specially against the fucking Golden State Warriors. :lol

Stop being such a transparent agenda having faggot, tbh. This shit isn't on Lebron, he played great, he just happens to have a much better team in front.

[HarlemHeat37]

Warriors would still be up 15+ if Kerr brought in Iguodala earlier, tbh..

[Mitch]

agreed imposdibld to expect even a metahuman like LeBron not to get a rest ...

Sounds like you had too many servesas with my hombre, Speedy Gonzales ( LkrFan )

[Killakobe81]

He could have easily bought him a minute there at the end of the third without killing the team since those last couple of possessions are played at a slow pace. Then try to steal a couple of possessions in the fourth. Now Lue was forced to pull James at a critical point with 9 minutes left during a GSW run. It's disaster because James probably won't be back until the 7:00 mark now while GS is hot.

luckily the game still within reach

[LkrFan]

i hate this

:)

[SpurOutofTownFan]

GS's bench: guysssss... let's wait and seee... they will be tired... I'm sure of it... then we will throw the gay squad onto them and win the game

[SpurOutofTownFan]

lol korver.. you will be redeemed if you can score 3-4 more of those

[LkrFan]

Cavs got two white dudes out there T:lol by Lue :lmao

[SpurOutofTownFan]

LBJ out of gas

[baseline bum]

agreed impossible to expect even a metahuman like LeBron not to get a rest ...glad Lue woke up ...

I can't believe Lue didn't pull him when he missed that rebound. Thanks to his stubbornness he got four minutes of gassed and worthless LeBron. Now he's going to get 8:30 minuntes of gassed LeBron. You pull him for that minute, add in the quarter break, and try to hold on for two minutes then call a timeout and you have 10 minutes of fresh LeBron to try to steal the game. What a colossal fuckup from Lue. I can't imagine Blatt would have been that stupid.

[UNT Eagles 2016]

Booooooooooooooooooooooooooooring!!!

[HarlemHeat37]

Iguodala would be Cleveland's 3rd most valuable player, tbh:lol

[davemaniscool]

Lebron's gassed

[UNT Eagles 2016]

lol korver.. you will be redeemed if you can score 3-4 more of those

and actually play defense. Cavs have given up more dunks than the dunk contest tonight

[unleashbaynes]

Lebron gave it everything. Dubs just too much.

What a cheap title, tbh.

[Clipper Nation]

LeBron has nothing left in the tank. Absolutely pathetic series by the rest of his so-called "superteam."

[baseline bum]

And Lue just keeps fucking up worse. 30 second break for James, so now he gets a gassed LeBron for the rest of the game. Doesn't matter, GSW will have put the game in the refrigerator by the 5:00 mark now.

[LkrFan]

LBJ out of steroid

Shooting fadeaways vs Klay? LeBrick! :lol

[HarlemHeat37]

Lebron may be finished, tbh..

He should get on the phone and shop Love immediately following the game, tbh..Boston would give up all their assets to get a Love-Hayward duo..

[Killakobe81]

Well, with Lebron there's your 4 guys. Since when NBA teams can win games without even 5 guys playing well? Specially against the fucking Golden State Warriors. :lol

Stop being such a transparent agenda having faggot, tbh. This shit isn't on Lebron, he played great, he just happens to be a much better team in front.

who is blaming LEBron? he is averaging a triple double in the Finals?!
You know you losing the battle when when you call a married man with 3 kids a faggot.
i have no issue with Bron but acting like he has no help is horse shit ...
i agree State is better ...a lot better 1-12 ...tbh
How many 40 pt games did Pippen score for Jordan in the Finals btw?!

[baseline bum]

LeBron has nothing left in the tank. Absolutely pathetic series by the rest of his so-called "superteam."

Lue really fucked him. LeBron could have stolen this game if his shithead coach was paying attention.

[spurraider21]

those whip passes from curry are awesome

[Clipper Nation]

who is blaming LEBron? he is averaging a triple double in the Finals?!

Just wait. It's coming. Not only on here, but all over the Internet and the media.

[SuperCam]

kkkorver getting the long black dick of durbeta all game

[TheCultOfPersonality]

Durant is a monster.

[Killakobe81]

And Lue just keeps fucking up worse. 30 second break for James, so now he gets a gassed LeBron for the rest of the game. Doesn't matter, GSW will have put the game in the refrigerator by the 5:00 mark now.

one of the best arguments for LeBron over Jordan (dont agree fully) was made by Isiah ...
LeBron is a basketball genius but he didnt have a college coach like Jordan or play for Pjax.
he has carried every coach some of them rookies ...
btw he has 33 points tonight

[LkrFan]

http://www.basketballghana.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/d-ba.jpg

:lmao

[HarlemHeat37]

Draymond is so nice, tbh..how many points has he generated from sealing his man?

Imagine Aldridge trying to do that dirty work:lmao

[ViceCity86]

Mark Jacko shitting on Harrison Barnes. :lol

[UNT Eagles 2016]

Mark Jackson needs to be ended. What a fucking pea brain.

[SpurOutofTownFan]

Lebron may be finished, tbh..

He should get on the phone and shop Love immediately following the game, tbh..Boston would give up all their assets to get a Love-Hayward duo..

I have to agree with you. You can see he's tired because those shots should be falling right now. Doesn't have any more legs. And they need to shop Love - he completely choked tonight - he can kiss Charles

[LkrFan]

LeBron has nothing left in the tank. Absolutely pathetic series by the rest of his so-called "superteam."

:cry. :lmao :cry

[Killakobe81]

Just wait. It's coming. Not only on here, but all over the Internet and the media.

they may give Russ the mvp for the same thing LeBron doing it in the Finals
he has a case for mvp but if he loses he has no chance ...

[TheCultOfPersonality]

Kevin Love couldn't guard Steph Curry this year.

[Mitch]

Dubs wrapping this shit up right about now :lol

[rasuo214]

Trash on offense and defense.

[spurraider21]

:lmao

[baseline bum]

OK, so in the refrigerator at the 4:00 mark instead of the 5:00 mark. :lol

[ViceCity86]

Kyle Korver :lol

[DAF86]

who is blaming LEBron? he is averaging a triple double in the Finals?!
You know you losing the battle when when you call a married man with 3 kids a faggot.
i have no issue with Bron but acting like he has no help is horse shit ...
i agree State is better ...a lot better 1-12 ...tbh
How many 40 pt games did Pippen score for Jordan in the Finals btw?!

You are the most passive agressive folk on this forum son. "Lebron is so great that if he doesn't win the entire thing on his own it's his fault". That's your modus operandi here, we all know it, tbh. :lol

P/S: Are you now going to pretend like Irving is a better player than Pippen? :lol

[baseline bum]

I can't believe LeBron is going to get blamed for this loss.

[UNT Eagles 2016]

At this point it has to be Lebron to the rim every time, any other option is losing if they want a chance

[TheCultOfPersonality]

The Jell-O is already jiggling.

[Clipper Nation]

I can't believe LeBron is going to get blamed for this loss.

:lol We all know he's going to. 90% of the fans of this sport are knuckle-dragging simpletons who get their opinions from First Take.

[HarlemHeat37]

Durant and Curry on the same team:lol rather than being surrounded by limited role players like Derek Fisher, Horry, Fox, etc, they have Klay, Draymond and Iguodala..ridiculous.

[Ghazi]

Cavs problem is their defense. 22nd ranked defense in 16-17 going up against a historic offense. How can you win NBA Finals allowing over 120 ppg? and :lol Clipper Nation

[LkrFan]

http://cdn.inquisitr.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Golden-State-Warriors-Kevin-Durant-5-Reasons-Why-GSW-Wont-Win-NBA-Title-Even-After-Adding-KD.jpg

:wow

[UNT Eagles 2016]

they may give Russ the mvp for the same thing LeBron doing it in the Finals
he has a case for mvp but if he loses he has no chance ...
Westchimp "led" his team to a low seed and a quick 1st round exit. No chance in hell.

It's between Harden and Kawhi, but if you take playoffs into account, how in the world do you NOT give it to Kawhi considering how the WCF played out?

[ViceCity86]

:)

Wow. You're smiling instead of laughing Tonto.

[ElNono]

I'm in SoCal right now, 2 blocks away from Staples, disgusted seeing all these Lakerfans bandwagon the Dubs, tbh

[DAF86]

Give JR the MVP.

[davemaniscool]

not that it matters at this point but I think Thompson defends Bron better than Igoudala

[TheCultOfPersonality]

I can't believe LeBron is going to get blamed for this loss.

I'm not blaming him. This is has more to do with Golden State. They're just way too talented.

[LkrFan]

Wow. You're smiling instead of laughing Tonto.

:lol

[Killakobe81]

You are the most passive agressive folk on this forum son. "Lebron is great that if he doesn't win the entire thing on his own it's his fault". That's your modus operandi here, we all know it, tbh. :lol

P/S: Are you now going to pretend like Irving is a better player than Pippen? :lol

im not blaming him for anything he has 37 ...
where i have blamed him? Stop acting like a child ...
never said Kyrie was better i just asked how many 40 pt games did Pippen have in the Finals?
lebron had help just not enough ...
as someone said if Durant didnt get added LeBron wins this
only critique is he shouldnt have trusted Kyrie when game 3 was in doubt ...
james tonight is going out driving which he should always do late ...

[LkrFan]

LeHype out there padding stats :lol

[spurraider21]

the curry-green pick and roll has been unstoppable all series. led to so many dunks for iggy and durant

[SpurOutofTownFan]

its over now

[Mitch]

That should be it

[SpurOutofTownFan]

the ring of infamy - put an asterisk on it

[Killakobe81]

you cannot blame LeBron a triple double and 39 in the closeout ...on the road?!

make it 41

[DAF86]

Congrats Lakerfans, don't get too wasted celebrating.

[UNT Eagles 2016]

lebron got 41

[Killakobe81]

great sportsmanship by LeBron and his crew ...

[raybies]

Spurs in 6 for 6 f this

[SpurOutofTownFan]

the biggest choker in NBA history (KD) goes to an already stacked team to win a ring - something you would see from a star who's old and who has never won

[rasuo214]

Kyrie was pretty bad in the 4th. It was basically JR and Lebron vs the Warriors at the end.

[SpurOutofTownFan]

Kyrie was pretty bad in the 4th. It was basically JR and Lebron vs the Warriors at the end.

think Kyrie was hurt

[LkrFan]

Heeeeeeeeeee's baaaaaaaaack: http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-8YzSZvfCyck/TZKbQIQ7v2I/AAAAAAAACs4/CSQ8Y2yQfBY/s1600/leclown-james%2Bgot%2Bclowned%2Bby%2Bthe%2BCavs%2BPiKaHsSo %2BLebron.jpg

:rollin :lmao :rollin

[raybies]

kyrie gets a pass, he was banged up

[SpurOutofTownFan]

after watching this nothing should stop the Spurs to build a super team - gloves have come off

[raybies]

CP3 time to squad up.

[UNT Eagles 2016]

think Kyrie was hurt

wa wahhhh

[Clipper Nation]

This is the cheapest and most contrived "championship" ever. What a farce. Thank god this season is over.

[raybies]

guess durants heart really was in the right place

[UNT Eagles 2016]

Congrats Lakerfans, don't get too wasted celebrating.

Better if they do get too wasted and drive all over LA and crash and die

[rasuo214]

think Kyrie was hurt

Should have passed the ball instead of wasting possessions going 1 on 1.

[UNT Eagles 2016]

This is the cheapest and most contrived "championship" ever. What a farce. Thank god this season is over.

Agreed 100%. This is likely my last NBA game I'll ever watch.

At least the NFL has parity instead of superteams.

[rasuo214]

I'm in SoCal right now, 2 blocks away from Staples, disgusted seeing all these Lakerfans bandwagon the Dubs, tbh

Watch out for the celebratory riots.

[DarrinS]

NBA is a bit of a joke right now

[HarlemHeat37]

Man, I love the Warriors, tbh..if only we still had mods, I'd ask to change my team:lol

[DAF86]

Man, I love the Warriors, tbh..if only we still had mods, I'd ask to change my team:lol

You can do it yourself, tbh. At least that used to be the case.

[raybies]

Man, I love the Warriors, tbh..if only we still had mods, I'd ask to change my team:lol
true... warriors gonna be in the finals every year for like the next 5 years.. might as well convert and share the glory

[Barfunk]

Fucking Zaza

[raybies]

highest level my ass

[UNT Eagles 2016]

someone cue the roofies for HH

[HarlemHeat37]

true... warriors gonna be in the finals every year for like the next 5 years.. might as well convert and share the glory

It won't be the same, tbh..I've been betting on the NBA for 13 years and I've never even come close to the amount of money I've won the past 3 years on GS, particularly during this playoff run:lol my girl probably would have left me if they lost this series, tbh..

There will be less value, going forward..they were only -240 to win this series, which was ridiculous, since they're on an entirely different level than this limited Cavs team..they'll be too expensive to bet on next season, though, unfortunately..it was a nice run..

[raybies]

klay gets left out lol

[LkrFan]

Fucking Zaza

MVPachulia :lol

[Barfunk]

MVPachulia :lol
Lol yea pretty much

[raybies]

mvpazulia

[raybies]

good grief Doris give it a rest

[LakerHater]

http://i57.tinypic.com/jjoj1s.jpg

[David Stern]

true... warriors gonna be in the finals every year for like the next 5 years.. might as well convert and share the glory

Impossible. Steph will already be 30 next season. Iggy will be 33. Livingston 32, Durant 29. They'll get 1 more strong run out of this core and that'll be that. This was their ultimate peak season. It gets much much tougher next year. That retarded line of "the next 5 years" was used when the Lakers repeated at 15-1 and they rang once more after that with the same core. That 2001 Laker team also had a much better run never trailing by more than 14 points, going unbeaten on the road, and having a dominant big man.

Hell, the Warriors still even showed signs of mortality during this 16-1 run when they couldn't have played any better.

[LkrFan]

http://i57.tinypic.com/jjoj1s.jpg

Damn I thought you were a Laker Hater :lol

[Killakobe81]

Impossible. Steph will already be 30 next season. Iggy will be 33. Livingston 32, Durant 29. They'll get 1 more strong run out of this core and that'll be that. This was their ultimate peak season. It gets much much tougher next year. That retarded line of "the next 5 years" was used when the Lakers repeated at 15-1 and they rang once more after that with the same core. That 2001 Laker team also had a much better run never trailing by more than 14 points, going unbeaten on the road, and having a dominant big man.

Hell, the Warriors still even showed signs of mortality during this 16-1 run when they couldn't have played any better.
yup i think this team gets 4 rings at max one more is very doable.
3 peats are so hard to complete.

[LakerHater]

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[LakerHater]

Damn I thought you were a Laker Hater :lol

Lakers suck, it's too easy

[Killakobe81]

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lol hater ...funny though

[David Stern]

yup i think thisxteam gets 4 rings max one more very doable.

They won't get 4. They will only get 1 more and that will have to be next season. It's all downhill from here for them.

[-21-]

They won't get 4. They will only get 1 more and that will have to be next season. It's all downhill from here for them.

I'd take your word for it if you were Adam Silver tbh.

[TDMVPDPOY]

steph is 30, but his game doesn't rely on speed or athletic shit..as long he can still dribble a ball and shoot those 3s, he could play past 36yr old just doing what traditional pgs are meant to do...

[Killakobe81]

They won't get 4. They will only get 1 more and that will have to be next season. It's all downhill from here for them.

i said max i think one more is most likely ...also even making 4 straight Finals is tough unless you are LeBron

[LakerHater]

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[AlexJones]

It won't be the same, tbh..I've been betting on the NBA for 13 years and I've never even come close to the amount of money I've won the past 3 years on GS, particularly during this playoff run:lol my girl probably would have left me if they lost this series, tbh..

There will be less value, going forward..they were only -240 to win this series, which was ridiculous, since they're on an entirely different level than this limited Cavs team..they'll be too expensive to bet on next season, though, unfortunately..it was a nice run..

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I'd bet at -150 and sprinkle a little on the Spurs at 15/1 (that's a ridiculous number)

[-21-]

Draymond pretty much admitted he was fine with last year's loss because they got KD as a result. :lmao

[AlexJones]

true... warriors gonna be in the finals every year for like the next 5 years.. might as well convert and share the glory

Mods please let us change our teams to GSW
Deuce Kori Ellis timvp

[LakerHater]

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Thank Christ. One game short, but, I'm grateful.

When James gets beat it's because [he's tired & sick & alone.]
When Kobe gets beat [he's total shit.]

Kobe: 5

James: 3

[Ghazi]

Lebron was a monster this series. Averaging 34/12/10 is insane.

He didn't have any defining moments or big time shots, but its hard to do that with the 22nd ranked defense in the 16-17 season up against possibly the best offense of all time.

It's as if the stats never imprint the game when you're allowing 122 PPG

[LakerHater]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DCLHTbaV0AAbmRT.jpg

[lefty]

^
Thanks I'm gonna get nightmares

[JohnnyMax]

http://i65.tinypic.com/jkvb0p.jpg

[AlexJones]

It's almost weird looking back at how Golden State managed to win a title and go 73-9 without Durant and with Harrison Barnes as their 3rd scorer :lmao

Speaks to the legend Steph Curry..

[King Emmanuel]

:lmao this sport

[spursistan]

As hollow and empty of Championship as they come.. Winning by sheer overwhelming and accumulated talent-- with zero adversity and injuries to opponents -- has even diluted whatever redemption narrative they set out to tell throughout the season.

This is just way too dull even though the Cavs could have extended it more..

[spursistan]

Man, I love the Warriors, tbh..if only we still had mods, I'd ask to change my team:lol
:lmao..

Sorry to say it; but you come across as a truly pathetic gloryhunter..More so since I remember you saying you would stop being a Spurs fan if they signed Durant (Welcome to San Antonio, KD thread). That's how much you hated him..And now you latch onto the team that got him and ruined the league..:rollin


Could be my last month as a Spurs fan
TD 21 (http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/member.php?u=17781)..you need to stop getting worked up and "emotional" with HH when discussing GSW as if he were in our camp: he has finally come out..Everything he says is from the vantage point of a newly-minted Warrior fan. Damn, who knew? :lol..

[SpurOutofTownFan]

As hollow and empty of Championship as they come.. Winning by sheer overwhelming and accumulated talent-- with zero adversity and injuries to opponents -- has even diluted whatever redemption narrative they set out to tell throughout the season.

This is just way too dull even though the Cavs could have extended it more..

As entertaining series go, the only game that was truly entertaining was game 4 and not due to Cavs winning. It was the only true competitive game. This is what you get.

[SpurOutofTownFan]

Impossible. Steph will already be 30 next season. Iggy will be 33. Livingston 32, Durant 29. They'll get 1 more strong run out of this core and that'll be that. This was their ultimate peak season. It gets much much tougher next year. That retarded line of "the next 5 years" was used when the Lakers repeated at 15-1 and they rang once more after that with the same core. That 2001 Laker team also had a much better run never trailing by more than 14 points, going unbeaten on the road, and having a dominant big man.

Hell, the Warriors still even showed signs of mortality during this 16-1 run when they couldn't have played any better.

It will be fun to watch GS trying to keep up with this and destroying their salary structure in the process to become absolute garbage in 3 years time

[Venti Quattro]

Impossible. Steph will already be 30 next season. Iggy will be 33. Livingston 32, Durant 29. They'll get 1 more strong run out of this core and that'll be that. This was their ultimate peak season. It gets much much tougher next year. That retarded line of "the next 5 years" was used when the Lakers repeated at 15-1 and they rang once more after that with the same core. That 2001 Laker team also had a much better run never trailing by more than 14 points, going unbeaten on the road, and having a dominant big man.

Hell, the Warriors still even showed signs of mortality during this 16-1 run when they couldn't have played any better.

They have a window of 3 years if they don't fuck up with who they surround their quadcore lineup. Steph would be 33, Durant would be 32, Klay and Draymond would be 30 by then. I find it hard that they would suddenly fall off a cliff by that age. They'll still be elite. Decisions have to made with Iggy and Livingston. They shouldn't hold on to them for too long. Thank them for being a part of a wonderful run, but they shouldn't keep them in Golden State in longer contracts. However, if it comes to a decision on who to keep, I'd keep Iggy more than Livingston.

They shouldn't hold on to ring chasers as well. If they find better replacements for West, Pachulia and McGee, they should go after those replacements. No one's gonna help them through trades so they're gonna have to do it through smart drafting and treading free agency carefully.

[Killakobe81]

They have a window of 3 years if they don't fuck up with who they surround their quadcore lineup. Steph would be 33, Durant would be 32, Klay and Draymond would be 30 by then. I find it hard that they would suddenly fall off a cliff by that age. They'll still be elite. Decisions have to made with Iggy and Livingston. They shouldn't hold on to them for too long. Thank them for being a part of a wonderful run, but they shouldn't keep them in Golden State in longer contracts. However, if it comes to a decision on who to keep, I'd keep Iggy more than Livingston.

They shouldn't hold on to ring chasers as well. If they find better replacements for West, Pachulia and McGee, they should go after those replacements. No one's gonna help them through trades so they're gonna have to do it through smart drafting and treading free agency carefully.

a big help for them ...though i hope they dont is developing McCaw ...
longevity can come if they can find cheap in house replacements for the guys you mentioned.

[HarlemHeat37]

:lmao..

Sorry to say it; but you come across as a truly pathetic gloryhunter..More so since I remember you saying you would stop being a Spurs fan if they signed Durant (Welcome to San Antonio, KD thread). That's how much you hated him..And now you latch onto the team that got him and ruined the league..:rollin


TD 21 (http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/member.php?u=17781)..you need to stop getting worked up and "emotional" with HH when discussing GSW as if he were in our camp: he has finally come out..Everything he says is from the vantage point of a newly-minted Warrior fan. Damn, who knew? :lol..

Glory hunter? I don't get pride from athletes I'll never meet or care about winning titles, bro:lol

I've made so much money due to this Warriors team, it would be impossible not to cheer for them, human nature..

[Venti Quattro]

This super team shit is ruining the game... Highest ratings in years :lol

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[Ice009]

This super team shit is ruining the game... Highest ratings in years :lol

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What a joke. One of the most average finals games I've seen in a while and it's the highest rated, ever?

[Clipper Nation]

Will be interesting to see the ratings next year when even Warriors/Cavs Part 4 won't be enough to get people hyped.

[The Gemini Method]

Congrats to the Warriors. As a Laker fan, we're like at least a few more years away from making the playoffs. But on to football season.

[TD 21]

:lmao At this hollow "championship" and all other ones that will follow until they at least have someone capable of making them earn it. What's worse, was Kerr and West desperately trying to sell the notion that this was "difficult". Durant and West aren't real champions and I'm not even sure the initial core is.

They didn't have to beat a single elite team in '15 to win it and have looked unnerved and vulnerable at the slightest bit of adversity the previous 2 years. As much as the Cavaliers needed a bunch of breaks to beat them in '16, they were fortunate to survive the Thunder in the first place.

Now, we'll never know and to me that taints all of their "legacies", especially Curry's.



TD 21 (http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/member.php?u=17781)..you need to stop getting worked up and "emotional" with HH when discussing GSW as if he were in our camp: he has finally come out..Everything he says is from the vantage point of a newly-minted Warrior fan. Damn, who knew? :lol..

I don't get "worked up" and "emotional"; it's a message board and even outside of it, I don't care to the extent I did pre '14. I was pissed for maybe a half hour after game 1 of the WCF because of the Leonard injury, but that's about it.

Calling him out for being a contrarian, insecure, front running and a troll, had nothing to do with that though.

[spursistan]

Glory hunter? I don't get pride from athletes I'll never meet or care about winning titles, bro


I've made so much money due to this Warriors team, it would be impossible not to cheer for them, human nature..

I get that fandom dies down with age. But the Spurs haven't slipped into total irrelevance that you would turn you into an enthusiastic cheerleader--Lakerfan style-- of their main conference rival. Embarrassing, after all those years, and even if your bank account tells you otherwise.

If it's not glory-hunting, it is a bandwagon leap of epic proportions in its ludicrousness.

Go get you a Warriorworld account, tbh..


:lmao At this hollow "championship" and all other ones that will follow until they at least have someone capable of making them earn it. What's worse, was Kerr and West desperately trying to sell the notion that this was "difficult". Durant and West aren't real champions and I'm not even sure the initial core is.

They didn't have to beat a single elite team in '15 to win it and have looked unnerved and vulnerable at the slightest bit of adversity the previous 2 years. As much as the Cavaliers needed a bunch of breaks to beat them in '16, they were fortunate to survive the Thunder in the first place.

Now, we'll never know and to me that taints all of their "legacies", especially Curry's.




I don't get "worked up" and "emotional"; it's a message board and even outside of it, I don't care to the extent I did pre '14. I was pissed for maybe a half hour after game 1 of the WCF because of the Leonard injury, but that's about it.

Calling him out for being a contrarian, insecure, front running and a troll, had nothing to do with that though.

All I'm saying is that it's just pointless to argue over Warriors with HH since he's officially adopted them as his favorite team and stopped to pretend otherwise..Guess it is "no shame l̶o̶s̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶t̶o̶ rooting for the Warriors" at their apex to win everything under the sun, instead. :lol

[UZER]

This super team shit is ruining the game... Highest ratings in years :lol

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That what happens when you have such a big LA market as a fan base.

[daslicer]

What a joke. One of the most average finals games I've seen in a while and it's the highest rated, ever?

It's the highest rated playoff game outside of game 7 in the history of ABC but not the highest rated playoff game ever(NON-Game 7). Anyways it doesn't surprise me why the ratings were so high. You have a lot of GS bandwagon fans in the whole entire state of California and you have a bunch of people who believed this series would be close due to what happened last year. I knew a lot of idiots who believed even after game 3 that the Cavs could comeback and win the series based off of them coming back from 3-1 last year. If these teams meet up again next year I don't think they will get ratings that are that high. They will still get above average ratings due to the California market.

[David Stern]

It's almost weird looking back at how Golden State managed to win a title and go 73-9 without Durant and with Harrison Barnes as their 3rd scorer :lmao

Speaks to the legend Steph Curry..

You mean sidekick? Curry doesn't dominante like an alpha when the Finals arrive, and he failed miserably as an alpha last June especially in game 7. He isn't a legend. He's Kevin Durant's sidekick.

[unleashbaynes]

What a joke. One of the most average finals games I've seen in a while and it's the highest rated, ever?

No surprise, tbh....two teams involving players that people either love or hate, no question it's not bad for the NBA.

Nobody wants to tune in and see a team of nobodies win it.

[David Stern]

They have a window of 3 years if they don't fuck up with who they surround their quadcore lineup. Steph would be 33, Durant would be 32, Klay and Draymond would be 30 by then. I find it hard that they would suddenly fall off a cliff by that age. They'll still be elite. Decisions have to made with Iggy and Livingston. They shouldn't hold on to them for too long. Thank them for being a part of a wonderful run, but they shouldn't keep them in Golden State in longer contracts. However, if it comes to a decision on who to keep, I'd keep Iggy more than Livingston.

They shouldn't hold on to ring chasers as well. If they find better replacements for West, Pachulia and McGee, they should go after those replacements. No one's gonna help them through trades so they're gonna have to do it through smart drafting and treading free agency carefully.

They won't be together much longer. 3 more years is the most it'll be then they'll split. Happens with every superteam. They get together, win 1-2 rings, then breakup.

[UNT Eagles 2016]

They have a window of 3 years if they don't fuck up with who they surround their quadcore lineup. Steph would be 33, Durant would be 32, Klay and Draymond would be 30 by then. I find it hard that they would suddenly fall off a cliff by that age. They'll still be elite. Decisions have to made with Iggy and Livingston. They shouldn't hold on to them for too long. Thank them for being a part of a wonderful run, but they shouldn't keep them in Golden State in longer contracts. However, if it comes to a decision on who to keep, I'd keep Iggy more than Livingston.

They shouldn't hold on to ring chasers as well. If they find better replacements for West, Pachulia and McGee, they should go after those replacements. No one's gonna help them through trades so they're gonna have to do it through smart drafting and treading free agency carefully.
This isn't the NFL. Rookies don't do shit in the NBA. Not even Lebron or Kobe did shit as a rookie. Or MJ.

[TDMVPDPOY]

lekang avgs a triple double, havnt checked his efficiency, but when his team needed scoring to negate the gsw run:
- he was either sitting on the bench cucked
- he was deferring to bricklayers
- wasting possessions allowing irving to continue with the iso circus shot bricks, as he stands on the perimeter viewing
- if ur scoring at a high efficiency, why aren't you chucking more shots up?

all of the above he does that shit every game

[LkrFan]

What a joke. One of the most average finals games I've seen in a while and it's the highest rated, ever?

Any non-Spur game will be highly rated tbh :lol

[LkrFan]

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[Fabbs]

What a joke. One of the most average finals games I've seen in a while and it's the highest rated, ever?
As noted above, largest rating for ABC, the Caitlyn Station.

pt barnum
and
California has a large population of plastic.
Laker Phan + bandwagon Warriorette Phan = millions.

[Venti Quattro]

This isn't the NFL. Rookies don't do shit in the NBA. Not even Lebron or Kobe did shit as a rookie. Or MJ.

For you to be rooting for a team that has produced outstanding rookies, I thought you would believe in this more. I think they'll find one or two usable pieces in the draft. Case in point, Ian Clark and Patrick McCaw have turned out well for them so far.

[UNT Eagles 2016]

For you to be rooting for a team that has produced outstanding rookies, I thought you would believe in this more. I think they'll find one or two usable pieces in the draft. Case in point, Ian Clark and Patrick McCaw have turned out well for them so far.

Parker, Ginobili were unplayable in the playoffs in clutch situations as rookies. Leonard was the weak link out of TD/Manu/TP/Jackson/Leonard late game lineups in '12. Duncan was good as a rookie but D-Rob was still clinging to alpha status at the time.

Now NFL, on the other hand... Dak, Zeke were obviously instant impact.

[LkrFan]

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San Antonio Cav Fans, no doubt! :lmao

[Ice009]

Parker, Ginobili were unplayable in the playoffs in clutch situations as rookies. Leonard was the weak link out of TD/Manu/TP/Jackson/Leonard late game lineups in '12. Duncan was good as a rookie but D-Rob was still clinging to alpha status at the time.

Now NFL, on the other hand... Dak, Zeke were obviously instant impact.

What are you on about? Tim Duncan was superior to Dak and Zeke as a rookies (that's two players and it was a combo deal for Dallas). TD was a top 10 player in the NBA and the Spurs' go to guy in the playoffs.

Parker was also very good in his first ever playoffs and although Manu wasn't an overall top 3 player on the team, he came up clutch helping us win a Championship in his first year.

[UNT Eagles 2016]

What are you on about? Tim Duncan was superior to Dak and Zeke as a rookies (that's two players and it was a combo deal for Dallas). TD was a top 10 player in the NBA and the Spurs' go to guy in the playoffs.

Parker was also very good in his first ever playoffs and although Manu wasn't an overall top 3 player on the team, he came up clutch helping us win a Championship in his first year.
Parker shriveled up like crazy against the Lakers in '02. Very green and often unplayable, got lost on offense when they packed the paint and a huge liability on defense.

Manu had a couple plays in the '03 playoffs but he was definitely a bench player that year and down on the rotation all year. Mainly because that was such a deep team with all those vets.

[daslicer]

Parker shriveled up like crazy against the Lakers in '02. Very green and often unplayable, got lost on offense when they packed the paint and a huge liability on defense.

Manu had a couple plays in the '03 playoffs but he was definitely a bench player that year and down on the rotation all year. Mainly because that was such a deep team with all those vets.

That wasn't the reason why he was down in the rotation for most of the year. Manu suffered a major ankle injury during the World Championships of Basketball in '02. It caused him to miss a lot of training camp and when he comeback it still wasn't hundred percent. The ankle limited his playing time for most of the year until he fully recovered.

[UNT Eagles 2016]

That wasn't the reason why he was down in the rotation for most of the year. Manu suffered a major ankle injury during the World Championships of Basketball in '02. It caused him to miss a lot of training camp and when he comeback it still wasn't hundred percent. The ankle limited his playing time for most of the year until he fully recovered.
He re-injured it once in early November 2002 and again a week or two before all-star weekend. But let's not forget that one of his best games of that regular season was the very first game in October 2002 in LA when we beat the Lakers for the first time out of many (8 total) that year. The next 2-3 months were pretty bad for him, though. A lot of zero point games with less than 10 minutes of playing time.

[daslicer]

He re-injured it once in early November 2002 and again a week or two before all-star weekend. But let's not forget that one of his best games of that regular season was the very first game in October 2002 in LA when we beat the Lakers for the first time out of many (8 total) that year. The next 2-3 months were pretty bad for him, though. A lot of zero point games with less than 10 minutes of playing time.

I remember his first game very well. I remember Tim played horrible in that game but the Spurs still won the game due to Speedy,Malik, and Drob playing really well along with Manu. There was one point of the game where Manu had made some amazing hustle plays that it got Kobe's attention. After one of the plays Kobe ended up asking Bruce who is this guy. Steve Smith had a groin injury in that game which paved the way for Jax to get minutes. Had that injury not happened Jax does not eventually become a starter.

[UNT Eagles 2016]

I remember his first game very well. I remember Tim played horrible in that game but the Spurs still won the game due to Speedy,Malik, and Drob playing really well along with Manu. There was one point of the game where Manu had made some amazing hustle plays that it got Kobe's attention. After one of the plays Kobe ended up asking Bruce who is this guy. Steve Smith had a groin injury in that game which paved the way for Jax to get minutes. Had that injury not happened Jax does not eventually become a starter.

Yep, Tim was trash because he was in foul trouble. That one gave me hope that maybe we had a better supporting cast than we'd had in years.

Of course, the Spurs really limped out of the gates that year and for stretches in Nov, Dec, Jan it was looking like the Spurs were worse than the last year, middle of the playoff standings first or second round playoff fodder, and D-Rob was going to retire on a mediocre, uninspiring note.

Boy was I wrong.

[LkrFan]

This is some straight BS:

Check out benGolliver's Tweet:

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LeRefs kept KD from sweeping the Kang :lmao

[LkrFan]

KD causing LeStress before the series even started:

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:lmao