NBA: No one is watching the 2015 NBA Conference Finals

[The Gemini Method]

I will watch to see LeBron vs. Curry and see if James can carry the corpses of KLove and Kyrie Irving to a chip. Also see if Iguodala and Steve Kerr can win a le for the starved Golden State fans and in memory of Malcolm Kerr.

[The Gemini Method]

I'm glad. I enjoy seeing Media denied. It killed them last nite on that telecast to see Atlanta burn. Yes, Media wants Cleveland, but, they want 'em 4-3, not a skunker.

I enjoy seeing Cowherd cook the books when the numbers run against him.

Can't stand Cowherd these days.

[100%duncan]

Thank god the Bulls are out. Woulda been more boring.

[Thread]

I will watch to see LeBron vs. Curry and see if James can carry the corpses of KLove and Kyrie Irving to a chip. Also see if Iguodala and Steve Kerr can win a le for the starved Golden State fans and in memory of Malcolm Kerr.

Smith, Moz & the Shump carried him in Game 1. It'd only be fair.

[RD2191]

I know i'm not.

[DMC]

I never got the troll about ratings. This is a game of compe ion, who ing cares who else watches it? It's not a popularity contest.

[Strange Love]

I only watched like 2 full playoff games this year. After Spurs got bounced I never tuned into these playoffs again. No idea what's going on.

[Kool Bob Love]

I never got the troll about ratings. This is a game of compe ion, who ing cares who else watches it? It's not a popularity contest.

This post is better than the one before.

[Caltex2]

Just look at some of the murderers' rows that the Showtime Lakers had to go through:

1983-84: Kings (38-44), Mavs (43-39), Suns (41-41)
1984-85: Suns (36-46), Blazers (42-40), Nuggets (52-30, but played absolutely no defense even by '80s standards)
1985-86: Spurs (35-47), Mavs (44-38), Rockets (51-31; first time they played anything close to a legit team in years and they lost in 5)
1986-87: Nuggets (37-45), Warriors (42-40), Sonics (39-43) - easily the most pathetic road to a le in the history of the NBA, probably even in the history of sports
1987-88: Got to play a Spurs team that was 20 games under .500 in the first round

"But, but, LeBron deserves an asterisk because the East is so weak!"

You pointed out that they lost to a legit Rockets team in '86, heck the only other time they didn't go to the Finals in the 80's was when they LOST to a 40-42 Rockets team in 1981. That team had Moses Malone on them but come on, that should have been easy work. To be fair to the Showtime Lakers though, NBA teams were deeper back then before a slew of 6 expansion teams came into the league in 7 years, including 4 at the end of the 80's.

It's pretty ty, but if Lebron beats what is looking like a historically great Warriors team (who aren't having much trouble in the Western Conference), that's a ironclad legit le. Much like the Showtime Lakers. They feasted on garbage teams in the West, but still had to face some great teams in the Finals.

LOL, that remains to be seen. It's not as if the Warriors blew out the Rockets in either game. They defended the homecourt, which is what you're supposed to do.

What upsets? All but one or two series went chalk.

The series may have gone chalk aside from the 4-5 (which is a toss up anyways and doesn't really count) but some of those series were at least toss ups in their own right while the Rockets over Clippers was a legit upset.

I didn't even know NBA games were still being played.

Happens when none of the Lakers, Heat, Thunder, Celtics or Spurs are still playing. I joked how the NBA was going to redo the final four to bring in at least two of those. Nobody left has won a le in at least 20 years, one in 40 and one in nearly 60 years.

[DAF86]

He's the 3rd most dominant player since the 1990s (Jordan & Gretzky).

But nearly every single interview I've seen from the other Soccer Greats, when the question arises of "Who is the best player you played against/with", Zidane is always one of if not the first name mentioned. He played a different position than Messi so his goal total is much lower. But Zidane has every Trophy and with multiple Clubs. Messi hasn't won the World Cup and he's won Champions League on the heels of the Greatest Spanish Generation. Furthermore Messi hasn't won the Champions League since 2010-2011. So defeating Juventus in the Final would go farther than many people are willing to admit.

We'll see how Messi's next 5 seasons go (injuries?) but I put him below Zidane and (if he wins the Final this season) even with Brazilian Ronaldo. Messi has the Club les and Ronaldo has the World Cup les. Both on historic teams

Zidane

Comparing Zidane to Messi is like comparing Isiah Thomas to Michael Jordan. It's pretty much established by all respectable football minds that the top 5 players of all-time are Messi, Maradona, Pele, Distefano and Cruyff.

[Infinite_limit]

Zidane

Comparing Zidane to Messi is like comparing Isiah Thomas to Michael Jordan. It's pretty much established by all respectable football minds that the top 5 players of all-time are Messi, Maradona, Pele, Distefano and Cruyff.

You just posted a bunch of Forwards

I bet you think Mario Gomez is better than Pirlo huh

[DAF86]

You just posted a bunch of Forwards

I bet you think Mario Gomez is better than Pirlo huh

I posted the undisputed best player of each era, tbh.

Maradona and Cruyff forwards?

None of those 5 players are pure strikers. Maradona and Cruyff were midfielders. Distefano is known as the "all-around" player, Pele was the original number 10 and Messi is playing the same position Zidane played on Real Madrid but on the other side of the pitch (Zidane played on the left wing and Messi plays on the right). Messi breaks goals and assists record every single season, nobody has ever seen anything like it.

[BatManu20]

Game 2 of the WCF was exciting for the last 5 min or so, but overall, nobody really cares about the Conference Finals. Need to just fast forward to the Cavs - Warriors series, tbh.

[DAF86]

Spurs not being in the mix really hit the ratings, tbh.

[jeebus]

Playoffs are nowhere near as good as last year's; also the Cavs/Warriors series will be about as exciting as Cavs/Spurs 8 years ago. This is why the NBA is bringing up Kirby and his retirement talk, because there's nothing else of note happening.

[Caltex2]

Yeah, San Antonio's market is such a major loss.

That said, the Spurs are a bigger name than the Rockets despite being in a market at least 3 times smaller so .

[apalisoc_9]

He's the 3rd most dominant player since the 1990s (Jordan & Gretzky).

But nearly every single interview I've seen from the other Soccer Greats, when the question arises of "Who is the best player you played against/with", Zidane is always one of if not the first name mentioned. He played a different position than Messi so his goal total is much lower. But Zidane has every Trophy and with multiple Clubs. Messi hasn't won the World Cup and he's won Champions League on the heels of the Greatest Spanish Generation. Furthermore Messi hasn't won the Champions League since 2010-2011. So defeating Juventus in the Final would go farther than many people are willing to admit.

We'll see how Messi's next 5 seasons go (injuries?) but I put him below Zidane and (if he wins the Final this season) even with Brazilian Ronaldo. Messi has the Club les and Ronaldo has the World Cup les. Both on historic teams

so you think a browniee is the greatest player of all time..Man must suck for whities..

[apalisoc_9]

GSW is probably the most popular team in the U.S, but I don't think GSW is as popular as San Antonio internationally.

[Nathan89]

The league needs to go to a best 16 team playoff to minimize the possibility of a good team going out early. I've watched less than a full game since to the Spurs got knocked out. Spurs were the only team with a chance against GSW.

[LnGrrrR]

User's name references the cap on his stupidity.

[davethedope]

The league also needs to stop showing games on Saturday night at 9pm. Wtf kind of stupid scheduling is that?

[ChumpDumper]

Who the has cable in 2015?

If you ain't streaming shows, sports, or movies in 4k off yourself.

How do you stream NBA games in 4K?

[Ginobilly]

That's your opinion

The reason no one is watching because the compe ion is a joke for the Cavs and Warriors. No close games with any drama, Lebron/Cavs always getting the benefit of calls, etc, BORING!!! You'll gets know every time the Spurs play in the playoffs and finals they always provide the NBA with entertaining close games and series.

[ffadicted]

Terrible matchups, boring storylines, injured teams... there's nothing to be interested about. The only good series entire playoff was clippers spurs

[SPM]

OP is right though....... haven't watched a second of these Conference Finals. No intrigue in either series tbh