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New thread for the off-season.

Continue where you left off in the other thread.
 
#1,300 ·
Re: Westbrook's Magical Triple D's

@AryaDark @Legit BOSS @Notorious @Headliner @CALΔMITY @Joel

All that need be said about this game is that :klay WENT FOR 60!!! AND HE SAT FOR THE WHOLE FOURTH QUARTER!!!

:mark: :mark: :mark:

40 in the FIRST HALF!!!!!

:mark: :mark: :mark:

Hitting that perfect three-pointer to reach 60 points... :banderas

:klay :klay :klay

Got to :high5 :klay as he walked back to the locker room following his postgame interviews! :woo :woo :woo

"Hey, man!" he said to me!!!! :woo :woo :woo :woo :woo

What a game! What an experience! ROARACLE WILL NEVER BE THE SAME... AGAIN!!!! :mark: :mark: :mark:

Going in, I had my eyes on the Kevin DURANT/Paul George matchup at small forward, but on this night it was :klay who stole the show! :woo :woo :woo :woo :woo :woo :woo :woo :woo :woo

:klay :klay :klay :klay :klay :klay :klay :klay :klay :klay Multiply those :klay faces by 6 and you get the number of points this one man scored on this chilly December night in the East Bay! :mark: :mark: :mark: :mark: :mark: :mark: :mark: :mark: :mark: :mark:

WARRIORS
 
#2,659 ·
Re: Cleveland vs Golden State

@AryaDark @CALΔMITY @Cleavage @Donnie @Joel @Legit BOSS

Leaving the analysis and STATS to this article, which covers "seven crazy stats from Game 1" exceedingly well: http://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nba...me-1-victory/ar-BBBNH27?li=BBmkt5R&ocid=ientp

As Legit BOSS said, this was effectively the :curry and :kd3 Show, with supporting defensive assistance by the likes of :dray and :klay! :woo :woo

A few thoughts and observations from being at the game:

Warriors fans, Warriors ushers, Warriors ticket-scanners, Warriors cheerleaders, Oracle Arena security guards, Oracle Arena janitors, Warriors Bay Area media personnel, Warriors radio broadcasters, Warriors YouTube video-making obsessives, the Warriors coaching staff and the Warriors themselves... Everyone was palpably hungry to see the Warriors unleash hell on the Cleveland Cavaliers. Watching that back-and-forth Legit BOSS posted which I only just now, the first couple of minutes of Shannon Sharpe attempting to inhabit the point-of-view of the Golden State Warriors was on point. For the likes of Curry, Green, Klay Thompson, et. al., last year's Finals was a sacrilegious embarrassment, a nightmarish, Twilight Zone-ending-worthy turning of the table following the 73 regular season wins amassed. Lots of Warriors fans take it for granted that if Curry were 100% the Dubs, even with a suspended Green in Game 5, would have won the Finals. That's just how it is. As far as I'm concerned there are no excuses, ultimately. Kyrie Irving and Kevin Love were out two years ago? Too bad. Curry was hobbled and Green was missing due to the suspension for Game 5? Tough. Nobody will remember any of that years from now if they even recall it today.

The point is, though, for this Warriors organization, what Sharpe was saying there before he went off the deep end is illustriously accurate and indelible upon the countenances of Warriors players. This team does not just want to defeat the Cleveland Cavaliers, they want to do what Durant did time and time again in Game 1, metaphorically ram it down their throats. What's funny is that the Warriors are always going to have detractors and people who nitpick this or that: guaranteed, if they were to sweep Cleveland in the Finals, a number of people would point to the myriad injuries endured by teams the Warriors confronted throughout this year's playoff run, most crucially the Kawhi Leonard injury that left the San Antonio Spurs fairly easy prey to the Warriors for the remainder of the Western Conference Finals.

I would no more want to erase the Warriors' bitterness than I would want to drain their competitiveness. Particularly as one may enhance the other at times such as these. I'm still ebullient over the first championship the Warriors brought home to the Bay Area so anything else is just piling on--not that I'm against piling on. :mark: Anyway, there was pent-up energy in every possession, every hardscrabble confrontation between LeBron and IGGY (refs were quite astute in not calling a foul there)! Everything drew waves of visceral emotion from the fans and it was met and accepted and digested by the WARRIORS players themselves and it was phenomenal! :woo :woo

I just can't envision everyone but LeBron and Kyrie Irving simply being nonexistent for the remainder of the series. The Warriors' defensive schemes and transitional offense were just too overpowering for the Cavs, who are an aging team. It helped that the refs, after the craziness of the first quarter with LeBron getting to the line repeatedly early on, rarely called fouls. Stoppage in play is massively beneficial to the older, slower, more methodical Cavs, and a largely whistle-free game behooves the Dubs. The only place where the Warriors underperformed considerably was in the realm of shooting. Thompson is playing as well defensively as he ever has but as noted beforehand here, his shooting needs to pick up, particularly once this series moves to Cleveland. The Warriors missed what felt like a couple dozen layups and bunnies in the first half. :lol It wasn't that many but it just shows that it could have been worse to some extent for the Cavs. At the same time, I can't see the rest of the Cavs roster being so thoroughly ineffectual going forward.

It's just one game. Aye, there's the rub!

But only 4 turnovers! Only 4 turnovers! :sodone

:woo WARRIORS :woo WARRIORS :woo WARRIORS :woo :kd3 :woo :curry :woo :dray :woo :klay :woo IGGY :woo LIVINGSTON :woo ZAZA :woo ALL HAIL JAAAAAVAAAAALE MCGEEEEEEEEE!!! :woo MCADOO!!!!!! WOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!! :woo CLARK :woo MCCAAAAAWWWW :woo DAVID "BEST IN THE" WEST :woo BARNES :woo

Every Cav was a "-" and every WARRIOR was a "+"! :woo :woo :woo

:woo WARRIORS :woo
 
#1,152 ·
Re: Has KD got his ring yet?

@AryaDark @Legit BOSS @The Absolute @CALΔMITY @DA @Drago @L-DOPA @Notorious @seabs @Tony

:woo :woo :woo

Was at last night's phenomenal New Orleans Pelicans-Golden State WARRIORS game! :mark: :mark: :mark:

Need some sleep but it was fantastic! :mark: :mark: :mark:

And HISTORIC!!! :mark: :mark: :mark:

:curry :curry2 :curry3 :chefcurry

:chefcurry with 13... That's right... 13 three-pointers, for a NEEEEEWWWWW (/Howard Finkel voice) NBA record for a single game! :mark: :mark: :mark: :bow



:lmao

:sodone

:woo :woo :curry :chefcurry :curry2 :curry3 :woo :woo

:woo :woo WARRIORS :woo :woo
 
#1,156 ·
Re: Has KD got his ring yet?

@AryaDark @Legit BOSS @The Absolute @CALΔMITY @DA @Drago @L-DOPA @Notorious @seabs @Tony

:woo :woo :woo

Was at last night's phenomenal New Orleans Pelicans-Golden State WARRIORS game! :mark: :mark: :mark:

Need some sleep but it was fantastic! :mark: :mark: :mark:

And HISTORIC!!! :mark: :mark: :mark:

:curry :curry2 :curry3 :chefcurry

:chefcurry with 13... That's right... 13 three-pointers, for a NEEEEEWWWWW (/Howard Finkel voice) NBA record for a single game! :mark: :mark: :mark: :bow



:lmao

:sodone

:woo :woo :curry :chefcurry :curry2 :curry3 :woo :woo

:woo :woo WARRIORS :woo :woo
I was out so I missed the game. My regrets...
However I did hear about how he failed in his 3 pointers before which was a damn shame to hear. I heard about his comeback with the Pelicans game this morning on the radio. Fantastic news. :chefcurry is back
 
#584 ·
Re: NBA Free Agency & Off Season Thread

I don't think it'll happen but if Wade went to the Cavs I saw someone say the NBA would basically become La Liga :lol

Warriors = Barcelona
Cavs = Real Madrid
Spurs = Atletico
Rest of NBA = Rest of La Liga

:penaldo2
 
#780 ·
Re: NBA Free Agency & Off Season Thread

Good. Glad he retired. FUCK THIS GUY. FUCK THE SPURS.

MAVS

I should've bandwagoned to the Spurs to be stax. Not sure why I didn't. All those TITLES. I blame Jason Kidd for why I remained a Dallas fan. He was fun to watch and his interviews brought lulz because he's so dumb or is a comic genius. Then DIRK was drafted and since I'm a racist, I was definitely not going anywhere. Then I stopped caring for a few years and BAM...MAVS WIN A TITLE.

Seeing one MAVS title > all those Spurs titles imo

All this to say fuck you Tim Duncan and your Hall of Fame career.
 
#838 · (Edited)
Re: NBA Free Agency & Off Season Thread

"No, no, no life? Why should a dog, a horse, a rat have life/And thou no breath at all?"

He was the player to amass the NBA's first official quadruple-double, with the Chicago Bulls. My father has always considered him among the more underrated of the NBA's legends, as he battled against the likes of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Walt Bellamy, Wilt Chamberlain, Bill Russell, Wes Unseld, Bob Lanier and many others. My dad's occasionally spoken of the herculean effort en route to 42 rebounds against the Detroit Pistons in the 1964-'65 season (only WILT and RUSSELL had games in which they produced more rebounds in NBA history). A seven-time NBA All-Star, Nate "the Great" Thurmond averaged precisely 15.0 points and 15.0 rebounds per game for his entire; 17.4 points and 16.9 rebounds per game with the WARRIORS! As the local sports news reporter noted moments ago, Abdul-Jabbar referred to Thurmond as the greatest, most tenacious defender he ever faced.

He was at Warriors games as often as I was, living in San Francisco and dispensing sage advice to many young Warriors players at practices, which he also attended with great frequency.

Met him in November 2009 and it was an honor to shake his hand. Bumping into him again in February 2014, found myself uncharacteristically asking for an autograph, just for my dad. A kinder soul you could not find.

RIP, Nate "the Great"...

 
#844 ·
Re: NBA Free Agency & Off Season Thread

Looks like the Celtics are out of the running for Blake Griffin. Serious questions still regarding his health and if he returned too soon from his injury, plus the whole idea of sucker punching a team employee half his size as well. At the same time, I know Ainge doesn't want to break up what they have now but he might have to if this is the year he wants to put Boston in contention for the East.

"No, no, no life? Why should a dog, a horse, a rat have life/And thou no breath at all?"

He was the player to amass the NBA's first official quadruple-double, with the Chicago Bulls. My father has always considered him among the more underrated of the NBA's legends, as he battled against the likes of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Walt Bellamy, Wilt Chamberlain, Bill Russell, Wes Unseld, Bob Lanier and many others. My dad's occasionally spoken of the herculean effort en route to 42 rebounds against the Detroit Pistons in the 1964-'65 season (only WILT and RUSSELL had games in which they produced more rebounds in NBA history). A seven-time NBA All-Star, Nate "the Great" Thurmond averaged precisely 15.0 points and 15.0 rebounds per game for his entire; 17.4 points and 16.9 rebounds per game with the WARRIORS! As the local sports news reporter noted moments ago, Abdul-Jabbar referred to Thurmond as the greatest, most tenacious defender he ever faced.

He was at Warriors games as often as I was, living in San Francisco and dispensing sage advice to many young Warriors players at practices, which he also attended with great frequency.

Met him in November 2009 and it was an honor to shake his hand. Bumping into him again in February 2014, found myself uncharacteristically asking for an autograph, just for my dad. A kinder soul you could not find.

RIP, Nate "the Great"...
Great player, one of the best never to win a title. The sad irony is that when he was in the parade last year when the Warriors won the title he had been traded to the Bulls during the '74-75 offseason. Then, they won the championship that next season.



Clippers weren't really mentioned, though the Rockets were strongly considered. No one remembers? They were one of the favorites for the top seed in the west last summer.
There was some mention of the Clippers, provided everyone stayed healthy. Not as much run as Houston, the Spurs, and the Warriors obviously got, but there were still some rumblings.
 
#2,850 ·
What makes you say this? He's already received an enormous amount of credit, from both fans and media.

The only unfair thing in the series is the amount of blame Lebron gets compared to his teammates, but that's what happens when you chase the ghost of the GOAT.
 
#35 ·
Re: THE BOYHOOD DREAM HAS COME TRUE FOR LEBRON JAMES

I don't think it's at all stupid to suggest Kyrie outplayed Curry massively in this series, even until the end as he made that massive 3 over him. Teams have always designed their defenses to stop the opposing team's best player. Perhaps Curry should have tried scoring in other ways that didn't involve picks to prevent the traps.


Although there was no trap necessary when Kevin Love put the clamps on him either. :kobe3
 
#504 ·
Re: NBA Free Agency & Off Season Thread

Guess it comes down whether wanting to be a perennial loser with nothing to show but "respect" at the end, or do you want to be a part of one of the historic teams in basketball and maximise your chances having something physical to show at the end of your career.

I guess if you pick the latter, people will say your win is tainted, but hey, people always prefer the lovable loser than the serial winner.

Do I think it's a shame that he left OKC? Sure. Would I love Westbrook to go on a tear and knock out GSW in the Play Offs? Sure. Do I blame Durant for making this decision? Not one bit. Would people be this upset if it was their team assembling this monster starting line up? Nope.
 
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