Game Thread 2017 NBA Championship - Cavs vs Warriors

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    Yes....Finals in '81. The 82 Rockets team won all of 46 games and was no where near having a 3-1 lead in the WCF.....they were eliminated in the 1st round. Meanwhile, the 76'ers in 1982 were 2nd in their division and 3rd in their conference before making it to the finals....hardly a team that had won 73 games.
     
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    Of course it's not precisely identical. Still, MVP, prior year's finals loser, free agency, super-team, champion. Several significant parallels exist.
     
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    I guess. Philly was just no where near the level of GS the year they lost in the Finals. An aging Dr. J, solid PG in Maurice Cheeks, defensive minded Caldwell Jones at center, defensive minded PF Bobby Jones, Lionel Hollins at SG....only one player on that teams averaged more than 16.5 ppg. No where near a super team.
     
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    If the Blazers had drafted their way to a 73-win team and then added Durant in free agency, this forum would be jubilant, love Durant and have a deep, deep contempt for anyone who dared suggest that the Blazers were "cheating," "making the game boring" and "nothing too impressive because of course a 73-win team adding a superstar should be good."

    We should just admit it's jealousy on this forum, nothing else.
     
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    I do enjoy one person speaking for everyone... :cheers:
     
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    I don't care about how many all stars they have. I don't like them because they are all dick heads.
     
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    Every good mob needs a spokesperson! :cheers:
     
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    I loved the A's dynasties. And they were almost entirely home grown, with the addition of people considered over the hill or misfits.

    You don't speak for me. Give your opinion, please, your right, but it is yours and yours only.
     
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    So you would dislike the Blazers if they had drafted the team the Warriors did and added Durant as a free agent?

    My contention is that people would be singing a different tune if everything the Warriors had experienced were instead being experienced by the Blazers. That's my opinion. I'm not "speaking for" anyone, you can feel free to disagree. And I'll be skeptical.
     
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    Finally Mike Brown has the chance to deliver a championship for the Cavs and LeBron.
     
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    The Big Red Machine.
     
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    The Big Red Machine won two World Series, after losing to the upstart "hairs" from Oakland.
     
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    What are you talking about. You are going to see a series with some of the best players in the game and arguably the best player to ever play it battle it out. Are you a fan of the game of basketball? How could you NOT give a fuck about future hall of famers meeting up in the finals?
     
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    smack talk and sports rivalries tend to go together.....and we have a weird Greg Oden complex so there's that
     
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    but the bad mobs.......
     
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    The bad mobs have a pitchfork-wielding lunatic.

    I think SlyPokerDog handles that.
     
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