Game Thread 2017 NBA Championship - Cavs vs Warriors

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  1. KingSpeed

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    Seriously, what an accomplishment after all those years of playoff disappointments and blowing a playoff lead against the Warriors, he FINALLY overcomes all obstacles by joining the Warriors! What a story! Hope it doesn't happen. Go Cavs.
     
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  2. RipCityDSCPL

    RipCityDSCPL Could be worse, at least it's not Lonzo.

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    Who gives a fuck.
     
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  3. PtldPlatypus

    PtldPlatypus Let's go Baby Blazers! Staff Member Global Moderator Moderator

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    People who like to see a great game played by amazing athletes at its highest level.

    Seriously--people want to denigrate this series and the league in general because we all knew it was coming, the regular season was pointless, the playoffs were just coronations in each conference, Lebron's not Jordan, Durant's a mercenary, Thompson's overrated (either one), Green's dirty, etc... None of that erases the fact that these two teams are playing basketball at a caliber that is arguably unmatched this millennium.
    • Steph and Kyrie's ball-handling.
    • Steph, Klay, and Durant, against Korver, Smith, and Love's long-range bombing
    • Lebron and Durant's all-around amazingness
    • Green's defensive mastery
    • Love's rebounding and outlet passing
    • Golden State's dizzying ball movement
    • Other points of intrigue I'm sure I've missed
    Let your hatred of either/both of these teams--or the inevitability of the league this season--cloud your perspective if you want, that's your prerogative. But if you simply love basketball, this finals series is sure to be a beautiful display of it. I'm definitely looking forward to it.
     
    PtldPlatypus, May 26, 2017
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    A team that won 73 games added the 2nd best player in the league. Sure they are great...they better be. There is no competition. They may be great but if you put so many great players on one team it really isn't good basketball because it eliminates competition. Great competition makes for great basketball. Otherwise, it's just a skills exhibition....boring.
     
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    PtldPlatypus Let's go Baby Blazers! Staff Member Global Moderator Moderator

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    And that's of course assuming that they have no competition, which is completely unfair to the defending champions who are playing better this year than they were last year.
     
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    As stated before, one series does not save a season. A great 1% does not mask a crappy 99%. Garbage car with a great paint job....not interested.
     
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  7. PtldPlatypus

    PtldPlatypus Let's go Baby Blazers! Staff Member Global Moderator Moderator

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    Not trying to justify the season. I'm looking at this series as a stand-alone. And in those terms, I fully expect 6-7 games of excellent basketball.
     
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    It should be a great series and I'll be watching. No way will I watch that miserable game known as hockey. I'll watch the Beavs in the CWS though.
     
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    It only knows binary, so it can only process one thing at a time.
     
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    RipCityDSCPL Could be worse, at least it's not Lonzo.

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    Thanks for covering the 'who' part. Want to take a crack at the 'gives', 'a' and/or 'fuck' part now?
     
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    That's extra impressive because he started on a genuinely shitty team. I guess Jordan joined a Bulls team that wasn't so great, but LeBron has TWICE joined a Cavs team that was in the basement.
     
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    Here's hoping for some Draymond crotch-kicking action!
     
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    We have to wait a week? I was hoping the finals would start Sunday.
     
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  14. Chris Craig

    Chris Craig (Blazersland) I'm Your Huckleberry Staff Member Global Moderator Moderator

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    Cavs in 6 or 7
     
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    Honestly, is it really good for the NBA to have the same two teams (regardless of our personal feelings about them, which is another story)? I was not following NBA during the 80s when the Lakers and Celtics seemed to be in the Finals every year. I know some people said Larry Bird and Magic Johnson brought out the best in one another. But was it really good overall to keep seeing the same two teams? Thoughts?
     
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    As individual teams, there were there a lot but they only played each other 3 times in that decade. What made it much more interesting is that during that stretch, the Rockets, 76'ers and Pistons were also very good. The difference is, you don't Moses Malone, Ralph Sampson or Isaiah Thomas leaving their team and going to play for the Lakers or Celtics.
     
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  17. bodyman5000 and 1

    bodyman5000 and 1 Lions, Tigers, Me, Bears

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    I'm not interested in a car like that but a lot of people can do mechanical work and have no clue how to do a good paint job.

    Go to a car show and you'll see thousands of dollars spent on engines and wheels and stuff sitting in a wavy car with a Maaco paint job.

    This is why the rat rod (patina) trend started. The pro rat rod people will never admit it.

    Also...

    I've sat through shitty movies that had great endings and it salvaged the movie to a degree.
     
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  18. BigGameDamian

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    Your talking about Nashville and Pittsburgh? The Stanley cup Finals?
     
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    We did, in fact, have the Rockets, who had been in the finals in '81, lose '82 MVP Moses Malone in free agency to the 76ers, who had been in the finals in '82, to form a superteam in '82-'83.

    But we can go ahead and continue to pretend that Durant's move to the Warriors was unprecedented...
     
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  20. BBert

    BBert Weasels Ripped My Flesh

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    Hear! Hear!

    :cheers:
     
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