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Originally Posted by varys
Are you saying they arent? Or do you just like using old NWP catchphrases so you fit in?Quote:
Originally Posted by Kilgore Trout
You’re questioning my sincerity as a devout CLE Sports Fan?
i have no agenda - however, if “fitting in” was high on my list of priorities - the last thing i’d exhibit is any type of hometown pride after that performance last night.
Imagine how different the narrative would be if JR hadn't fucked up, and if the Cavs had somehow made that last shot (whether it was Lebron or not).
Everyone would be talking about how Lebron is just an unstoppable force, who could beat an All-Star team like the Warriors on their own court, when surrounded by nothing but trash players on his own team.
Instead, this was a soul-crushing blow to the Cavs, and I doubt they can recover. They probably lose this series 4-0 or 4-1. If they won Game 1, they probably would have shocked the Warriors into semi-submission and at least made a good series out of it. Who knows? Maybe Lebron could have pulled off the ultimate miracle and won it all.
one of several Facebook posts parodying life in the 216, over the last few days.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kilgore TroutQuote:
Originally Posted by varys
You’re questioning my sincerity as a devout CLE Sports Fan?
i have no agenda - however, if “fitting in” was high on my list of priorities - the last thing i’d exhibit is any type of hometown pride after that performance last night.
the fact the cavs were like -12.5 underdogs without lebron they are like 23 point dogs and he almost dragged them to finish line is fucking insane we literally get to watch in 1 hour if the possible best player most cerebral most scrutinized has teammates with any fucking heart live on tv im very excited
like 12.5 is when the spurs play the suns regular season its that ridiculous he almost did it
If I was to bet I'd go Cavs +12 and the under along with Warriors 3Q line but this game is throwing me off tonight.
Since I'm not betting lets see if I go 3-0 and facepalm that I didn't or be 0-3 providing that fade material.
Hot take. If Cavs win game 3, which I kind of expect them to eek out, this thing is going 7. Boston had us down 0-2 far more convincingly. I still think we’ll almost certainly lose, but the Cavs are matching up much better than I expected given how poorly we’ve shot.
Igoudala being out hurts the Warriors quite a bit. If he stays out I like your prediction.Quote:
Originally Posted by BCR
If he's back this thing is done in 5 games tops.
When did this whole "Lebron stopper" myth about Iggy become a thing? Because they handed him an MVP award in 2015 because Curry choked? Lebron averaged like 40/15/9 that finals. If that's a stopper then so is whoever is guarding him this year.
cavs are getting swept. that first game loss was soul crushingQuote:
Originally Posted by BCR
Steph plays horrible but Durant picks up the pieces with an amazing game.
This shit is over.
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Man, it was over the second JR ran awayQuote:
Originally Posted by BeerAndPoker
the worst game ever coached. Why?
1- Let Durant go unchecked. The opposite of game 1 letting Steph go unchecked.
2- Take out your 3 most hopeful while they're still hot so they can go cold (JR, Love, Tristan.)
3- completely rookie line up that you gave no reps to all playoffs. chemistry?
4- Playing Kyle Korver at all.
5- LeBron 47ish minutes.
6- ZERO defensive adjustments.
good riddance Ty Lue. Bye Bye Bron - thanks for the memories ❤️
#ClevelandAgainstThemselves
this ho knows her cavs
At 7:49 pm PST I am declaring the Golden State Warriors 2018 NBA Champions
See you in Philly LEEEEEEEEEEBROOOOOONNNNNN
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Originally Posted by Gookieheimowitz
Think he’s almost certainly going to leave, and still think Cleveland has way better shot than Philly. That Philly team really got exposed against Boston, and he isn’t going to a cold weather team with one of the worst shooters in the game in Simmons, and a guy who has had one healthy year. Like why wouldn’t he go to Boston if he wanted to stay in cold weather eastern town? They’re already better than Philly and would add him and Hayward(Kyrie would be shipped) to a squad that is already better than Philly and has more assets and a far better coach.
Still think LA, Houston. Cleveland, SA, and maybe Boston all before Philly. Adding him to Philly still wouldn’t win. Going to Houston or Boston is best chance to win it all.
I still think it’s going to be some Lebron and Kahwi or PG13 to LA eventually situation. Lifestyle with outside shot of winning.
well guess the cavs were done after game 1...
JR should be lucky that LeBron decided to beat the hell outta a whiteboard instead of him...
man how fucking pissed would the nba been if he had shattered his hand on that whiteboard...I mean jesus Christ those ratings would have been so low and might have been at levels that couldn't ever be reached again...
The NBA should've forced the Warriors to bench Stephen Curry and Kevin Durant.
At least then it would've been a competitive NBA finals.
So now we know it takes 13 black guys and 3 white guys to beat LeBron James.
However, every 5 years, some players like Stephen Curry, fuck up and give LeBron a chance.
If the Cavaliers win 15 games next season without LeBron, I would be surprised.
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Boston would be the best fit for LeBron if it’s about winning. would be hilarious to see Ainge trade Kyrie right back to Cleveland, but they have the additional assets to entice Cleveland to do a sign and trade.Quote:
Originally Posted by BCRQuote:
Originally Posted by Gookieheimowitz
Think he’s almost certainly going to leave, and still think Cleveland has way better shot than Philly. That Philly team really got exposed against Boston, and he isn’t going to a cold weather team with one of the worst shooters in the game in Simmons, and a guy who has had one healthy year. Like why wouldn’t he go to Boston if he wanted to stay in cold weather eastern town? They’re already better than Philly and would add him and Hayward(Kyrie would be shipped) to a squad that is already better than Philly and has more assets and a far better coach.
Still think LA, Houston. Cleveland, SA, and maybe Boston all before Philly. Adding him to Philly still wouldn’t win. Going to Houston or Boston is best chance to win it all.
I still think it’s going to be some Lebron and Kahwi or PG13 to LA eventually situation. Lifestyle with outside shot of winning.
Houston I think is option B but I wonder how three guys who need the ball in their hands would mesh together.
I think Lebron and Paul George together in LA would be a better team than a lot of others seem to think.
I think Philly has a much higher chance of signing them than you seem to think, but as a Sixer fan I might actually prefer Paul George.
Both of the scenarios of Lebron going to Boston are hilarious. Most likely it would be Bron opting in with Cle then a trade. Either Kyrie getting shipped off somewhere else (3team trade - cle wont take him back/he wont go), foiled by Lebron again. Heyward getting traded would actually be funnier.....His first shot at free agency, he signs with a good Boston team AND gets to play with his college coach....plays 4 minutes and breaks his leg, then traded to fucking cleveland. haha.Quote:
Originally Posted by blakeBoston would be the best fit for LeBron if it’s about winning. would be hilarious to see Ainge trade Kyrie right back to Cleveland, but they have the additional assets to entice Cleveland to do a sign and trade.Quote:
Originally Posted by BCR
Houston I think is option B but I wonder how three guys who need the ball in their hands would mesh together.
I think Lebron and Paul George together in LA would be a better team than a lot of others seem to think.
I think Philly has a much higher chance of signing them than you seem to think, but as a Sixer fan I might actually prefer Paul George.
This bleacherreport article claims that it's a possibility that Kevin Durant AND Lebron could come to LA, since Durant has an opt-out available.
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2...aign=editorial
I don't see it.
A Lebron/George pairing is far more likely.
And apparently Kawhi Leonard is tired of the Spurs and all the drama, and is demanding a trade.
I know they keep saying LA is a possible landing point for him, but honestly I think Kawhi is broken, and I don't want the Lakers building around him. Last season was just too weird (the Spurs apparently thought so, too), and I could totally see Kawhi never being the same again. He's honestly a big question mark at this point.
At least with Lebron, Durant, and George, you know what you're getting.
LOL @ June Rumors.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dan Druff
Also, the Browns look good this year.
lebron to philly. If I were still betting - I’d put my $ where my mouth is.
No one wants to know where that mouth has been.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kilgore TroutLOL @ June Rumors.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dan Druff
Also, the Browns look good this year.
lebron to philly. If I were still betting - I’d put my $ where my mouth is.
Actually I'm sure a bunch of pervs on here would like to know in graphic details
i thought this was his girlfriend at first
jesus
How old is she?
Maybe just a really good picture of her?
Hard to picture a woman who looks like that having a son of that age.
Yeah she just has an incredible amount of variance in pictures.
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I've seen so many different pics of her where she looks way different.
Sometimes she looks like a typical woman in her 40s, sometimes she looks young and hot.
Maybe it's the makeup.
The distance pic makes her look really good but there is one part where you can clearly see her age with wrinkles.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dan Druff
you guys are ruining this for me.
i would legit take a bullet for embiid
and lebron is now my most hated player and i hope the warriors kill them
Let the madness begin:
PG 4/137 back to OKC...think after the trade from INDY last year you coulda gotten a pretty damn big price of that not happening...
CP3 4/160 back to HOU...
Jokic 5/148 back to DEN...very interested to see how he progresses...
Jordan 1/24 to DAL...
KD 1/30 back to GS with player option for year two making it 2/62...
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Originally Posted by blake
I mean, I’m on record as thinking Philly doesn’t have a prayer, but with all these second options disappearing, if he wants to win, Philly or Boston is pretty much it. I think he’s going to LA for a lifestyle move, but he has to be looking at that roster full of kids who won 35 games, he doesn’t fit with Lonzo at all, and for them to land Kahwi, they would need to essentially empty the clip of every decent player they have and picks, only to not have nearly enough to beat GS. Really interesting day. Paul George shocked me. Went from straight LA or bust to signing for 4 in OKC.
I wouldn’t rule out Philly as a player yet if he has any desire to win. Boston even better, but Philly seems more likely because Boston likely wouldn’t want to move Kyrie, assets, etc for Lebron to sign a 1+1 like he always does.
If he hasn’t already completely decided to go LA even alone, then the Lakers are going to go straight desperation mode and offer SAS everything. They blew off Indy last year thinking George was a lock to come home this year and got burnt.Now, things are going to get very interesting, and Philly sitting there with two stars and the only team with the money to straight up pay him, if he hasn’t already decided, seems to be at least viable.
I think he has decided, but if he goes LA, it’s strictly business and lifestyle, not about winning anymore.
BCR, yeah saw that CP3s last year was gonna be $40M...fuckin' A that might make the puljos deal look good...
there are two guys who I can think of who i'd pay that kinda money to at that age and that would be MJ and LeBron and even as much as I think MJ is the GOAT i'd be skiddish…
was gonna mention something in my post about him being injury prone, know he had the hamstring this year and pretty sure he missed an entire playoffs with LA but couldn't remember the injury...for some reason a broken finger is sticking in my head...
PG is actually a 3+1, but guessing if he really blows they're gonna be stuck eating year 4...saw something with windhorst and his level at exasperation over that contract was LOLworthy...supposedly PG shit the bed by not signing a 2+1 deal because at the end of the 2nd year he'd be a 10 year service guy...not sure what 10 service years does as far as max contracts go, but sounds like he screwed the pooch...another thing windhorst mentioned that he turned down the $200+ from Indiana to basically go to the lakers this summer and he didn't even take a meeting with them...so he basically left $70M on the table to go to OKC over INDY...I mean whatever $70M when you have $130 in the bank isn't life or death, but fuck to leave $70M on the table and not be able to compete for a championship...fuck...
EDIT: basically this PG thing is presti admitting that the absolutely fucked up harden/KD and that he wasn't gonna let another star get away...except now he's in luxury tax hell with no room to improve his team...
final thought...of all the bad deals that will be signed, just think OKC is stuck eating melo's $27M option...
Really shocked about Paul George staying, says a lot about OKC's culture. George to Lakers has felt like a given since last summer; must REALLY have fucked up their plans.Quote:
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Originally Posted by blake
I mean, I’m on record as thinking Philly doesn’t have a prayer, but with all these second options disappearing, if he wants to win, Philly or Boston is pretty much it. I think he’s going to LA for a lifestyle move, but he has to be looking at that roster full of kids who won 35 games, he doesn’t fit with Lonzo at all, and for them to land Kahwi, they would need to essentially empty the clip of every decent player they have and picks, only to not have nearly enough to beat GS. Really interesting day. Paul George shocked me. Went from straight LA or bust to signing for 4 in OKC.
I wouldn’t rule out Philly as a player yet if he has any desire to win. Boston even better, but Philly seems more likely because Boston likely wouldn’t want to move Kyrie, assets, etc for Lebron to sign a 1+1 like he always does.
If he hasn’t already completely decided to go LA even alone, then the Lakers are going to go straight desperation mode and offer SAS everything. They blew off Indy last year thinking George was a lock to come home this year and got burnt.Now, things are going to get very interesting, and Philly sitting there with two stars and the only team with the money to straight up pay him, if he hasn’t already decided, seems to be at least viable.
I think he has decided, but if he goes LA, it’s strictly business and lifestyle, not about winning anymore.
Wonder what Lebron does if the Spurs offload Kawhi somewhere else than LA?
Haven't really read into any of the aftermath, but this must really bolster the Spurs position in terms of Kawhi to LA. Getting him will gut the Lakers of a ton of assets. But they immediately contend if Lebron and a healthy, motivated Kawhi show up.
Durant signing a one and one is interesting, too. That may have been the plan all along but I hadn't even considered anything for him past GSW.
Well, count me as another one who didn't see the George thing coming.
And honestly, that pretty much puts the nail in the coffin for the Lakers beating Golden State.
Lebron/George was their only realistic shot at it. Lebron alone won't be good enough to get LA over the Warriors. Even if they maneuver crazily to somehow land Kawhi, I don't see it happening. As I said before, I don't think Kawhi is ever coming back as the same player. Something weird happened last year. I see the future Kawhi as a combination of moderate effectiveness and repeated injuries. Lord help the team that builds around him.
CP3 for 4/160 is just insane. He's 33 and injury prone. I think the Rockets believe they would have won the Finals this year were it not for Paul's injury. I think they underestimate how clutch the Warriors are when it comes down to it. But the injury was no fluke As Paul continues to age, it will become a familiar sight.
There was talk that nobody wanted to play with Westbrook, but I guess George was willing.
You get LeBron and Kawhi on the same team, i dont really care too much who the supporting cast is....they'd be favorites for the title IMO.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dan Druff
If the Lakers could pull it off, I would love to see LBJ, Kawhi, and Boogie all on the same team next year.
rumor is they’re after cousins too, but would lebron want that?Quote:
Originally Posted by Dan Druff
i think LA too. i don’t think embiid tweets that if he didn’t know lebron was going there.Quote:
Originally Posted by BCRQuote:
Originally Posted by blake
I mean, I’m on record as thinking Philly doesn’t have a prayer, but with all these second options disappearing, if he wants to win, Philly or Boston is pretty much it. I think he’s going to LA for a lifestyle move, but he has to be looking at that roster full of kids who won 35 games, he doesn’t fit with Lonzo at all, and for them to land Kahwi, they would need to essentially empty the clip of every decent player they have and picks, only to not have nearly enough to beat GS. Really interesting day. Paul George shocked me. Went from straight LA or bust to signing for 4 in OKC.
I wouldn’t rule out Philly as a player yet if he has any desire to win. Boston even better, but Philly seems more likely because Boston likely wouldn’t want to move Kyrie, assets, etc for Lebron to sign a 1+1 like he always does.
If he hasn’t already completely decided to go LA even alone, then the Lakers are going to go straight desperation mode and offer SAS everything. They blew off Indy last year thinking George was a lock to come home this year and got burnt.Now, things are going to get very interesting, and Philly sitting there with two stars and the only team with the money to straight up pay him, if he hasn’t already decided, seems to be at least viable.
I think he has decided, but if he goes LA, it’s strictly business and lifestyle, not about winning anymore.
and i hope the lakers just get fucking embarrassed next year
A week ago on some pod or another Simmons said he talked to an agent and that agent told him that George would probably resign with OKC. The bottom line is OKC can offer him 5 years at the max, and other teams only 4, and with his age and injury history most players are going to just take the money, which is very reasonable.
If he is washed up in 4 years, it will be unlikely he makes $30 million the rest of his life combined, so how could he justify not taking the $$ now? Also, the way the NBA works if things aren't working out he can just demand a trade in a year or two anyways.
As far as Lebron goes, Simmons predicted months ago that he was going to come to LA for a simple reason noone is really mentioning. His son is really good at basketball, and like most parents (even if their kids aren't necessarily good at sports), Simmon's said Lebron probably wants to be able to go to his son's games.