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No, I don't. But, I'm beat right down to the socks. Just worn to a nub.
Night, wrecky, fellows.
he didn't play the injury card, they played injured teams. You know it, and i know it, facts are facts.
No, I don't. But, I'm beat right down to the socks. Just worn to a nub.
Night, wrecky, fellows.
Only pussies and assholes make predictions; this Blatt is some piece of work
"If Kobe plays...."
Aldridge is not a league changing star like LeBron ...if he went to phx LA or NY they still wasn't winning anytime soon. Because he went to a legit squad like the Spurs is why the league is changed by himself he doesn't move the needle much ...
pretty much on pointWhat respect do the golden state gots deserve? beating the monty williams coached pelicans and then three straight teams with devastating injuries to their point guards and then dropping 2.5 games in the finals where a white aussie scrub and james jones played 30+ a game??
and which ass team in the east besides Cleveland is worth a ? Atlanta who lost their best 3&D guy and is gonna rely on 35 year old korver to catch lightning in a bottle again? washington losing pierce who was the only reason they didn't get swept in round 2? Chicago with that gimpy wannabe gangster chucking them out of games? Wade can probably drag the heat to a 3 seed before his legs fall off again, maybe. East is basically LeBron's punching bag the next five years whose games won't distract him from his GM duties.
Asterisk year
Nobody won last year IMO
There is no reigning champ at the moment
That being said. Cavs are definitely favorites. Mainly due to the week East. They are a 1000/1 favorite to win the East.
It was a miracle last year that Kyrie their best player was out in the finals. They woulda easily won. This year I don't think a second miracle happens. They are favorites bybfar
I'll just bet they didn't.
I'll just bet there isn't.
It doesn't seem that way because LJ changes what team gets media attention by a large margin. He evens gets multiple of hits on google compared to small market teams; its ridiculous. The overwhelming media effect is that LeBron is the only player that could change a team after he leaves. Lets not forget that Miami was completely unhealthy that season through Wade and Bosh. They could easily have made it to the playoffs without him granted Bosh and Wade are all-stars. Wade doesn't ever get credit for of course as well. People continuously question Bosh's sexual preferences. That's how much Bosh gets disrespected. We could say the same for Tim Duncan throughout these forums.
Its all psychological conditioning to me. Nothing more. You get fed too much of it that you start believing it, e.g., religion, cults, etc.
Its just more of a circus when LeBron leaves a team...and he's only left two teams.
Also, New York and Los Angeles are awful from building from scratch and contract negotiations. Of course they wouldn't get anything done. They don't even have solid coaching let alone a supporting cast. What if Kevin Durant, James Harden, Stephen Curry.
What happened to Orlando after Dwight left. A huge black hole open up in the paint. What about Denver? Gone to without Melo. What about When Ray Allen and Rashard Lewis left Seattle. Boston with their core immediately went into a rebuild.
Lamarcus Aldrige was a major factor for Portland which is a team that casual fans outside of Portland ignore. , casual or bandwagon fans probably don't even know who he is. He makes San Antonio better by a major margin but of course San Antonio also another team that's boring, old, and doesn't attract major free agents.
You and I know that losing Aldrige makes Portland even worse.
Matthews, Batum, Arron Afflalo, and Lopez are also gone. Lamarcus Aldrige, was second in win shares on that team. They picked up Aminu, Henderson, Vonleh, and Davis etc. Still going to be worse. They only have Lillard left on the team around semi average role players. Four fifths of their entire core has gone after being around for nearly half a decade.
Short version as you said that whole team changed ... so of course they (blazers) will be worse. even when Lebron left he was not the only change to the Heat. I think Lebron gets way to much credit in some circles but what he did last year was amazing Aldridge could NEVER come close to that ... but the culmination of Aldridge going to the Spurs plus Green taking less than market, Tim doing the same ditto Manu and now West that is why the Spurs are probably the faves in the West over the defending champs, OKC etc. Aldridge by himself wouldnt do that imho.
All i know isSpurs better win there is no excuse and I dont want to hear that Tony Parker is fat bull . All the they gave the Lakers for not ringing with Nash and Dwight this team is much deeper and much better. I dont give a who Cavs sign this better be a coronation. anything else is a failure no matter how many regular season games they win ...
I'll give you that. Lamarcus Aldrige doesn't have the overall skills to lead a team single-handedly to an NBA finals let alone two wins there.
I agree that it would be a failure if the Spurs don't win this year. However, I wouldn't see as an utter failure because the Spurs don't stop winning and hasn't stopped winning for nearly 72 percent of my lifespan. Winning as I mean...dominating the regular season and making it to the playoffs.
I'm not worried about San Antonio in the least.
Pearls, son ...
Yeah that took some crystal ball level right there to predict the Cavs would come out of the East instead of the Wizards.
Yeah but your team got swept, rusty beat down style, by a team that was backdoor swept by a team that got destroyed in the Finals by a team we destroyed in the Finals.
You had 128m dollar payroll and couldn't win a ing playoff game. Not one.
congrats on the reading comprehension failure.
Most of my prediction rounded in the fact Worriers got lucky by having Kylye injured
What has changed to make you right? Cavs were in the Finals last year. They'll probably be there this year. The rest remains to be seen. You act like something has changed that you predicted.congrats on the reading comprehension failure.
Most of my prediction rounded in the fact Worriers got lucky by having Kylye injured
Rereading this thread, the Warriors showed that didn't get mother ing lucky this year. They dominated the Cavs in the regular season.....and the spurs..and thunder...and trailblazers..and heat...and whatever other teams exist in the nba.
Brokes records not meant to be broken. They defied all the bull in this thread.
It was truly a historic season. Congrats bro
The cavs will win it all. Easily. This year.
So you bumped a prediction that the Cavs will make the ECF and it's somehow an indication you're clairvoyant? If they win the Finals, bump it then.
Will do.
This was a pre bump
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