Official 2016 NBA Playoffs Thread: Conference Finals: Warriors / Thunder | Cavs / Raptors

Who is going to win the NBA Championship?

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JPZx said:
 
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Channing Frye seriously needs to start over him. Like even if he is 100% healthy from that injury when he stepped on the ref's foot, he needs to start on the bench the next game. Hopefully he'll get the message that he can't suck so hard like he has the last two games with all the money he's getting paid. Bricking open shots is one thing, but doing so without making it up on the defensive end and having Biyombo sodomize you on the boards all the livelong night is another.

The Cavs defense has been terrible. Lowry and DeRozan have struggled against the Celtics and the Heat, but the Cavs defense has them lookin like regular season Curry and Klay out there. Props to Raptors for fighting back. A Thunder-Raptors finals with a healthy Valenciunas would be interesting.
 
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Antidope said:
Well when you never get the ball in your spots and have been demoted to standing I the corner waiting for threes...
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My boy a Cavs fan and all he wanna do is blame Love.

Its really not his fault.

I know he regrets signing that contract.
 
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KingKoopa said:
Antidope said:
Well when you never get the ball in your spots and have been demoted to standing I the corner waiting for threes...
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My boy a Cavs fan and all he wanna do is blame Love.

Its really not his fault.

I know he regrets signing that contract.
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It's low hanging fruit man. People want to conveniently ignore that Kevin Love spent his entire career working on the left block then the guy who was still the best player in the league at the time decided that he didn't want to play anywhere else but the low block and forced Kevin Love to play a game he was never suited to play.

A $110MM scapegoat. That's what Kevin Love is.
 
KingKoopa said:
My boy a Cavs fan and all he wanna do is blame Love.

Its really not his fault.

I know he regrets signing that contract.
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Love is an easy target from last year with him and Bron not really clicking, but to me the guy who is kind of getting off light is TT. That dude is horrible, he doesn't seem hungry anymore, he got his money and was like "I'm good". If he's going to be a non factor like he has been might as well bring Anthony Bennett back next season.
 
Why 27 Is the NBA’s Magic Number
May 23, 2016 By Ben Cohen

It’s increasingly a rule that the age of 27 is when basketball players are ready to win titles on teams built around them​

View media item 2042981Oklahoma City Thunder players Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook celebrate against the Golden State Warriors in the first half of their NBA Western Conference Finals Game Three victory.

Twenty-seven is an eerie age for musicians. There are so many rock icons who died right before their 28th birthdays—even an abbreviated list includes Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Kurt Cobain, Amy Winehouse and Jim Morrison—there’s even a name for them. They are The 27 Club.

It turns out 27 is a special age in the NBA, too, except in the opposite way. This is the age when basketball players break through.

It doesn’t matter how old they were when they entered the NBA or how long they have been playing professional basketball by the time they turn 27. It’s increasingly a rule of the NBA that the age of 27 is when stars are finally ready to win titles on teams built around them. That’s how old Isiah Thomas was in 1989, Michael Jordan was in 1991 and LeBron James was in 2012. That was even the age of Stephen Curry last year.

View media item 2042982Stephen Curry was 27 when he won his first NBA title last year.

This year’s NBA playoffs have two more players who would add themselves to The 27 Club with their first championships. They are Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook, and they happen to play for the same team.

The Oklahoma City Thunder made the NBA Finals in 2012, but one of the reasons they didn’t win that year was because Durant and Westbrook were only 23, and trophies are wishful thinking for players who are that young. One of the obvious exceptions was Kobe Bryant, who was 21 at the time of his first title, but there was someone else on the Los Angeles Lakers named Shaquille O’Neal. He had recently celebrated his 28th birthday.

Now, for the first time in what feels like forever, the Golden State Warriors aren’t an inevitability to repeat as NBA champions. They’re down 2-1 to the Thunder before Game 4 of the Western Conference finals on Tuesday, and even worse, they’re up against a team with Durant and Westbrook, who were born months apart and are hitting their primes at the same exact time.
 
Art Vandelay said:
Love is an easy target from last year with him and Bron not really clicking, but to me the guy who is kind of getting off light is TT. That dude is horrible, he doesn't seem hungry anymore, he got his money and was like "I'm good". If he's going to be a non factor like he has been might as well bring Anthony Bennett back next season.
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One billion percent this.

I'm watching this series and I'm like where is TT? How much did he sign for again? Dude is a non-factor and a complete joke so far in this series. :smh:
 
Rafabio said:
Why 27 Is the NBA’s Magic Number
May 23, 2016 By Ben Cohen

It’s increasingly a rule that the age of 27 is when basketball players are ready to win titles on teams built around them​

View media item 2042981Oklahoma City Thunder players Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook celebrate against the Golden State Warriors in the first half of their NBA Western Conference Finals Game Three victory.

Twenty-seven is an eerie age for musicians. There are so many rock icons who died right before their 28th birthdays—even an abbreviated list includes Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Kurt Cobain, Amy Winehouse and Jim Morrison—there’s even a name for them. They are The 27 Club.

It turns out 27 is a special age in the NBA, too, except in the opposite way. This is the age when basketball players break through.

It doesn’t matter how old they were when they entered the NBA or how long they have been playing professional basketball by the time they turn 27. It’s increasingly a rule of the NBA that the age of 27 is when stars are finally ready to win titles on teams built around them. That’s how old Isiah Thomas was in 1989, Michael Jordan was in 1991 and LeBron James was in 2012. That was even the age of Stephen Curry last year.

View media item 2042982Stephen Curry was 27 when he won his first NBA title last year.

This year’s NBA playoffs have two more players who would add themselves to The 27 Club with their first championships. They are Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook, and they happen to play for the same team.

The Oklahoma City Thunder made the NBA Finals in 2012, but one of the reasons they didn’t win that year was because Durant and Westbrook were only 23, and trophies are wishful thinking for players who are that young. One of the obvious exceptions was Kobe Bryant, who was 21 at the time of his first title, but there was someone else on the Los Angeles Lakers named Shaquille O’Neal. He had recently celebrated his 28th birthday.

Now, for the first time in what feels like forever, the Golden State Warriors aren’t an inevitability to repeat as NBA champions. They’re down 2-1 to the Thunder before Game 4 of the Western Conference finals on Tuesday, and even worse, they’re up against a team with Durant and Westbrook, who were born months apart and are hitting their primes at the same exact time.
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DeRozan 26 and Lowry is 30

Biyombo is ???

Welp.
 
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a-friend said:
Context.
Shoeking knows.

You didn't say role players win and lose games for you. You didn't even say role players were important. You didn't even say bench players were important.

You said and I quote verbatim, "the depth of your bench is even more important than your Stars, every team has Stars"

For one, the "depth" of the bench CAN be valuable, but when teams are running 7-8 players, it doesn't really matter how DEEP your bench is.

Specifically in OKC's case where they have 2 Superstars.
And since you and I's conversation was speaking directly to the OKC/GSW series, again BS

You are wrong, again, all over the place.
But keep signing up for these classes kid, and I will keep educating you.

Take this L and wash ya face B
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That's NOT what I said but go on.

Edit: if I knew how to multi quote on mobile...
 
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One shouldn't just look at starts and blame Love. He's done done everything asked of him and that's included a completely different approach to his offensive role.

He doesn't even get those rhythm shots from the block
 
While Toronto is 9 times out of 10 not about to beat the Cavs again

Imagine how crazy a Raptors/OKC Finals would be
 
JsindaA said:
Uh, because the thunder have a huge drop off after Russ and Kevin....And golden state does not. They have players on the bench that would start for OKC. Like, most series are won by depth...not necessarily the stars.
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Where is that verbatim quote again? @a-friend
 
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