Lawful Metal Posted May 7, 2018 Share Posted May 7, 2018 9 minutes ago, Niners Fan in CT said: The thing is... eventually it's going to happen. We've seen 3-1 comebacks a lot I see no reason why 3-0 can't happen and this is the perfect series for it. Stevens is ridiculous but Philly is the more talented team and if they find a way to get rolling they could possibly rip off a few wins against this depleted roster. https://twitter.com/clutchfans/status/993316976423469056 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niners Fan in CT Posted May 8, 2018 Share Posted May 8, 2018 What LeBron is doing to the Raptors tonight is not nice Wow the Raptors couldn't have been more embarrassed in a series. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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sabremike Posted May 8, 2018 Share Posted May 8, 2018 Give me a game 6 on Friday, that's all I ask (a 7pm start time would also be nice) #TrustTheProcess Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jrag Posted May 8, 2018 Share Posted May 8, 2018 Brett Brown has had a tough series. It took him til game 3 to cut out all that JJ and Belly guarding Tatum nonsense. Hard to believe he didn't call a timeout when that huge lead was evaporating in game 2. I wish they would run more pick-and-rolls with Simmons. He scored on one in Game 3 and I think it was the only time I remember seeing a Simmons/Embiid pick and roll. Glad they played well tonight and good on TJ earning those minutes. I'll give Brown credit on that one. Good adjustment starting him tonight. He played way better against Rozier than I expected and it was nice seeing Simmons off the ball for stretches. Simmons makes some REALLY dumb plays. He threw a full court pass up 10 with 4 minutes left tonight and I thought Brett Brown's head was going to explode. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sabremike Posted May 8, 2018 Share Posted May 8, 2018 21 minutes ago, Jrag said: Brett Brown has had a tough series. It took him til game 3 to cut out all that JJ and Belly guarding Tatum nonsense. Hard to believe he didn't call a timeout when that huge lead was evaporating in game 2. I wish they would run more pick-and-rolls with Simmons. He scored on one in Game 3 and I think it was the only time I remember seeing a Simmons/Embiid pick and roll. Glad they played well tonight and good on TJ earning those minutes. I'll give Brown credit on that one. Good adjustment starting him tonight. He played way better against Rozier than I expected and it was nice seeing Simmons off the ball for stretches. Simmons makes some REALLY dumb plays. He threw a full court pass up 10 with 4 minutes left tonight and I thought Brett Brown's head was going to explode. I swear when he did that I exclaimed "What the fuck is he doing???". That was like the most low basketball IQ play I can recall seeing in a game this season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serious Darius Bagfelt Posted May 8, 2018 Share Posted May 8, 2018 Way to go Raptors. If basketball didn't totally fucking suck I would be really angry right now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted May 8, 2018 Share Posted May 8, 2018 16 hours ago, Lawful Metal said: Dude, back then anything short of Aggravated Assault with a Deadly Weapon was allowed on defense. There were entire gameplans where the idea was if you beat up Jordan enough he’ll pass the ball. About that: there's literally never been a player who was built better to thrive against hand checks and "Jordan rules" than LeBron. Both would be great in any era ever, but taking the exact skill set each has/had, LeBron would adjust to Jordan's era a lot easier than vice versa. Isos against the old illegal defense rules when he's already bigger, stronger, quicker and faster than literally everybody? Jordan would be great today, of course, but he would either have to improve his outside shooting a lot or he'd be basically bigger Westbrook. Which isn't really an insult, Westbrook is one of the best players in the NBA and a first ballot Hall of Fame guy. And even if you are 100% convinced Jordan's peak is superior to LeBron's, you have to look at the fact that Jordan only played 15 seasons (2 of them greatly abridged) and this is already year 15 for LeBron and he's way the fuck better than Washington MJ (and younger obviously) he's gonna end up playing 5-7 more years than Jordan, and at least three or four more years of being a truly great player. This is his 10th trip to the conference finals in the last twelve years ffs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawful Metal Posted May 8, 2018 Share Posted May 8, 2018 5 hours ago, Brian Fowler said: Which isn't really an insult, Westbrook is one of the best players in the NBA and a first ballot Hall of Fame guy. You take that back! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawful Metal Posted May 8, 2018 Share Posted May 8, 2018 Westbrook as a first ballot hall of famer is a joke. Just off the top of my head are a few current players I’d put ahead of Westbrook right now: LeBron Harden Durant Kawhi Curry Dame Anthony Davis Donovan Mitchell Derozan Kyrie Giannis Oladipo prove me wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaedmc Posted May 8, 2018 Share Posted May 8, 2018 11 minutes ago, Lawful Metal said: prove me wrong. No. You need help. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawful Metal Posted May 8, 2018 Share Posted May 8, 2018 5 minutes ago, jaedmc said: No. You need help. So you’d take Westbrook over LeBron? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niners Fan in CT Posted May 8, 2018 Share Posted May 8, 2018 The one thing that's being discounted in the mental game. I don't care how big and strong LeBron is, he has had mental breakdowns in his prime years. MJ never did. Once MJ won, he never lost again outside of Orlando when he first got back. It's not a knock on LeBron to lose to the Warriors this year or even last. But the Orlando '09, Boston '10, Dallas '11 was a terrible stretch for him and '14 San Antonio was very ugly as well. LeBron and his teams were favored in all of those series. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niners Fan in CT Posted May 8, 2018 Share Posted May 8, 2018 12 hours ago, Brian Fowler said: This is his 10th trip to the conference finals in the last twelve years ffs. East has never been worse. Orlando, New York, Miami and Indiana were all way better teams than Toronto, Washington, depleted Boston, Chicago with injured D-Rose, etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niners Fan in CT Posted May 8, 2018 Share Posted May 8, 2018 50 minutes ago, Lawful Metal said: So you’d take Westbrook over LeBron? You listed about ten guys I'd take Westbrook over but LeBron wasn't one of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawful Metal Posted May 8, 2018 Share Posted May 8, 2018 1 minute ago, Niners Fan in CT said: You listed about ten guys I'd take Westbrook over but LeBron wasn't one of them. That’s crazy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niners Fan in CT Posted May 8, 2018 Share Posted May 8, 2018 1 minute ago, Lawful Metal said: That’s crazy What's crazy about it? Start with the guards you listed. Dame, Oladipo and Demar are all chuckers just like many claim Westbrook to be except Westbrook has a much better all around offensive game than any of them and when Westbrook's shots aren't falling he's still impacting the game by setting up his teammates and flying over defenders for offensive rebounds. When Westbrook has a triple double the team wins like 80% of the time. Contrary to popular belief, it's better for the team when Westbrook is doing everything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_MJ_ Posted May 9, 2018 Share Posted May 9, 2018 19 hours ago, Serious Darius Bagfelt said: If basketball didn't totally fucking suck I would be really angry right now Yeah, Canada always has Olympic hockey! Oh yeah... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawful Metal Posted May 9, 2018 Share Posted May 9, 2018 Chris Paul is a motherfucking Houston Rocket! And he’s going to the Western Conference Finals for the very first time!! Add CP3 to the list! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_MJ_ Posted May 9, 2018 Share Posted May 9, 2018 This is it, Houston. Finish the job. The West is top heavy; no doubt. Some combo of the Warriors plus the Spurs/Thunder/Rockets (although I saw them as the Raptors of the west before this breakout year) have been viable championship contenders. However, I think the overall "toughness" of the conference is a bit overblown especially the fringe playoff teams. Golden State has barely faced any adversity in the first two rounds of last year's and this year playoffs to the point peoplepeven needs to comeback until the Conference Finals. The only playoff game the Warriors lost last year was against an Eastern Conference tream, and it's been some combo of Warriors vs. Spurs/Thunder before Durant left/Rockets in the Western Conference finals. No western conference besmirchments have followed though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolfan in NYC Posted May 9, 2018 Author Share Posted May 9, 2018 What a dick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sabremike Posted May 9, 2018 Share Posted May 9, 2018 I REALLY want that game 6 so you may as well bet all your money on the Celtics tonight because my luck is total shit. Fuck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sabremike Posted May 9, 2018 Share Posted May 9, 2018 In a related note I just looked up why Meek Mill went to prison. Drug possession (using a substance of his own volition doing no harm to anyone else but some moralistic turd says he can't) and carrying an unlicensed gun (exercising a right that our founding fathers thought was so important they put it in writing). After reading that I think the people who sent him away are the ones who really belong in fucking prison. Come on Sixers, win this shit for Meek!!!!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kuetsar Posted May 9, 2018 Share Posted May 9, 2018 Comments like that are why threads are closed. . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted May 9, 2018 Share Posted May 9, 2018 This is what this thread is right now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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