THE GLAZED DONUT FACE-OFF -- spurs! heat! it's the NBA finals 2014, where little fatasses happen

it is kinda funny how it takes a non injury injury to take him out

some perspective from windhorst

http://espn.go.com/nba/playoffs/2014/story/_/id/11040631/nba-playoffs-lebron-james-hampered-cramps-sweltering-san-antonio

"It was right in my wheelhouse," Ray Allen said.

"I don't care. I'm from Texas, man. We couldn't afford air conditioning in high school," Chris Bosh said.

"It reminded me of the days at Cameron Indoor at Duke before they got AC," Shane Battier said.

"It felt like I was playing in the European Championship. We never have AC in Europe so it didn't bother me at all," Tony Parker said.

lol windhorst playin both sides

pretty sure ray sleeps in hyperbaric chambers and shit he was definitely good

yeah when everyone else looked exhausted he looked totally normal

def made some plays he wouldnt have under normal circumstances

yeah especially that third quarter when the spurs looked really sluggish ray was flying around

i wonder what predisposes people to cramps, i used to get them a lot in my calves before i started running

but its not like i was strategically hydrating or anything

more like strategically dehydrating right folks turn up

wonder if brons massiveness has anything to do w his susceptibility to overheating

yeah it might just be bad luck of the draw, though of course getting cramps in warm arenas is a much better draw then arthritic knees or whatever

yeah considering he seems to be otherwise invulnerable

tho i def feel like weve seen the first signs of his physical decline this year, like sometimes he looks tired

he's still basically unstoppable even from an athletic standpoint on the offensive end but his one-on-one defense slipped this year for sure for whatever reason

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BpbX3yXCAAMJ9vy.jpg

jesus not really appreciating the quality of his seats smh

altho in the last series when he wanted to check lance one on one he could still do it, but this year he's let guys dribble past him on the reg

prob mostly a case of just resting up for the offs

feel like m/l having yr peak athleticism but consciously conserving it is phase one of the decline

yeah for sure

his game has def gotten a lot more crafty will be interesting to see how he ages considering hes been the best athlete in the world his entire life, seems like he knows whats up and is adjusting his game accordingly

and of course his big and strongness isnt going anywhere

everyone says he has one of the highest bball IQs in the game, he'll be fine

his post game and three point shot have gotten better as he's aged, basically two things you need to hold onto as you get older

yup

wonder how the positional balance of playing the 3 or 4 will sort out

wade is shooting 38% from three in the playoffs this year. DARE I DREAM??

lol prob not

yeah def not

in five years how many players will be better than bron age 34

kd
brow
who else

blake, russ if he can stay healthy, steph maybe

harden, demarcus cousins

Fell asleep last night cause of jet lag but just watched the game

Bron outed as somebody who grew up playing in a gym & who never played summer pickup games

welp http://deadspin.com/everything-you-know-about-cramps-is-wrong-and-gatorade-1587102837

The takeaway here, however, is that fatigue seems simply to cause cramps, without regard for hydration or Gatorade's secret sauce or preparation or anything other than your muscle being tired.

uh really? because when i recently had food poisoning and evacuated literally all the fluid in my body i was getting calf cramps while lying down motionless.

im no doctor just a humble deadspin reader but it seems like maybe being poisoned could have something to do with it or is at the very least not ideal conditions for conducting a study

also as with the deadspin piece why the calf muscles and not all the muscles it is a mystery

http://i.imgur.com/Tg79PiR.png

This has gotta be a recent av I don't remember him always looking this obnoxous

great photo good angle nice lighting very satisfying

Would upload again

Ray Allen has the biggest calf to body mass ratio in the league how come he didn't cramp hmmmmm

ray did some weird passive aggressive ocd shit to brons cavs, my working theory

oh shit wait bron used to play for the CAVS its all connected

windhorst has been on sportscenter a lot recently, he was not made for tv

the lighting makes it look like he has some chin stubble when he does not.

you can't put an optical illusion on tv

windhorst has been on sportscenter a lot recently, he was not made for tv
--call all destroyer

yeah this is unfortunate

I am all in for lebron after this bs. I hope he averages 50 over the next and final 4 games.

You must realize that wanting LeBron to win his third championship is a proxy for wanting Wade to win his fourth.

you mean wanting three to win his fourth