maybe this is so obvious as to not need mentioning but i do feel it needs mentioning for ilh posterity: cavs played kyrie 44 mins in his first game back after a knee injury and he injured his knee
― lag∞n, Saturday, 6 June 2015 13:35 (nine years ago) link
its not 100% bad luck
― lag∞n, Saturday, 6 June 2015 13:36 (nine years ago) link
oh for sure, he fell awkwardly on a knee that was already messed up. it's not a given that he would have been as good in the next few games as he was coming off of like a week of rest.
― call all destroyer, Saturday, 6 June 2015 13:54 (nine years ago) link
I've got the Warriors in a bet with a kid in my class. He wins, the class gets a free period to play around on their devices; I win, he has to go a full day without talking.
The rest of the class seems conflicted on whether they want the device time or a day where he doesn't talk.
― clemenza, Saturday, 6 June 2015 14:11 (nine years ago) link
lol
― lag∞n, Saturday, 6 June 2015 14:14 (nine years ago) link
Classic stakes.
― Hydroelectric New Deal Demiurge (B.L.A.M.), Saturday, 6 June 2015 14:20 (nine years ago) link
― lag∞n, Saturday, June 6, 2015 9:35 AM (42 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
it's the finals and he was playing well though, i don't have much of a problem with it
― k3vin k., Saturday, 6 June 2015 14:34 (nine years ago) link
yeha obvs this is for all the marbles but they def took a risk
― lag∞n, Saturday, 6 June 2015 14:57 (nine years ago) link
yeah k3vo otm. they needed to win that specific game very badly, and if kyrie is gonna play in the series then he needed to play.
― J0rdan S., Saturday, 6 June 2015 15:24 (nine years ago) link
he can play w/o playing 44 mins, i mean was that their plan or were they just like fuck it at some point
― lag∞n, Saturday, 6 June 2015 15:27 (nine years ago) link
maybe it was brons decision
― lag∞n, Saturday, 6 June 2015 15:29 (nine years ago) link
they prob could have played more shump-jr-bron-thompson-mozgov lineups but i guess blatt wanted to play pretty small and... dellavedova is not good
― J0rdan S., Saturday, 6 June 2015 15:39 (nine years ago) link
also like, what's the line where it's too many minutes? 40? 38? 35? idk. maybe he just shouldn't have been playing.
― J0rdan S., Saturday, 6 June 2015 15:40 (nine years ago) link
the guy is getting like 45 million over 4 years. they pay him to play in these games if he can play
― k3vin k., Saturday, 6 June 2015 15:44 (nine years ago) link
They gonna pay his next contract when he's washed up from injury at 27?
― tsrobodo, Saturday, 6 June 2015 15:50 (nine years ago) link
if kyrie is washed up from injury at 27 it's not going to be because he played 5 minutes too many in the nba finals at age 23
― J0rdan S., Saturday, 6 June 2015 16:19 (nine years ago) link
― J0rdan S., Saturday, June 6, 2015 11:40 AM (47 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
35
― lag∞n, Saturday, 6 June 2015 16:27 (nine years ago) link
Broken kneecap much better than ligament damage but the tendinitis is troubling
― Spottie, Saturday, 6 June 2015 16:29 (nine years ago) link
tendinitis generally goes away with rest tho can be chronic, broken kneecap shd heal fine, kyrie played 44 mins an is now out of the finals
― lag∞n, Saturday, 6 June 2015 16:31 (nine years ago) link
If only shump made that putback
― Spottie, Saturday, 6 June 2015 16:33 (nine years ago) link
very close
― lag∞n, Saturday, 6 June 2015 16:34 (nine years ago) link
My heart stopped
― Spottie, Saturday, 6 June 2015 16:35 (nine years ago) link
my heart grew a very high top fade
― Mr. Murphy in the wine bar. (Sufjan Grafton), Saturday, 6 June 2015 16:47 (nine years ago) link
― tsrobodo, Saturday, June 6, 2015 11:50 AM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
nope!
― k3vin k., Saturday, 6 June 2015 16:55 (nine years ago) link
Chicago will probably be looking for a point guard by then
― juice college (agent hibachi), Saturday, 6 June 2015 17:32 (nine years ago) link
― k3vin k., Saturday, June 6, 2015 10:34 AM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
I totally agree with both parts of this, I guess if he was cleared there shouldn't really be any restrictions (and it's the finals) and if he's not really right then they prob should have had a strict minutes limit. It was a total non contact deal though so who knows could have happened in minute 1 of game 2, it's not like an rg3 type situation where they obviously murdered him
― juice college (agent hibachi), Saturday, 6 June 2015 17:34 (nine years ago) link
It's strange that Steph curry once almost a sad chronic injury case has his team in position for the ring and it's the other team with the mangled high scoring point guard
― juice college (agent hibachi), Saturday, 6 June 2015 17:36 (nine years ago) link
Kyrie hasn't really been injury free since high school.
― tsrobodo, Saturday, 6 June 2015 18:03 (nine years ago) link
kyrie is made of glass sorry
― 龜, Saturday, 6 June 2015 21:19 (nine years ago) link
― juice college (agent hibachi), Saturday, June 6, 2015 1:36 PM (3 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
and that bron left the head because wade's body broke down only to arrange to play with two superstars with 830 career injuries between them
― J0rdan S., Saturday, 6 June 2015 21:21 (nine years ago) link
the heat*
None of their injuries are chronic or recurring so I can forgive him for assuming they'd catch a break.
― tsrobodo, Saturday, 6 June 2015 21:28 (nine years ago) link
speaking of asterisks how about all the teams who didn't have to face the dubs with bogut last year
― polyphonic, Saturday, 6 June 2015 23:22 (nine years ago) link
^5
― Spottie, Saturday, 6 June 2015 23:32 (nine years ago) link
haha what
― micah, Sunday, 7 June 2015 01:25 (nine years ago) link
There are still people bitching about the travel even with the GIF.
I kinda like the Warriors winning cos it's been 4 damn decades and I think the Cavs will have many more shots...until LeBron joins Ranger Varese
― Hammer Smashed Bagels, Sunday, 7 June 2015 02:33 (nine years ago) link
Def digging these
http://www.sbnation.com/lookit/2015/6/6/8741257/the-milwaukee-bucks-have-new-uniforms-and-they-are-awesome
― Spottie, Sunday, 7 June 2015 04:05 (nine years ago) link
sorry wrong thread
meh
― lag∞n, Sunday, 7 June 2015 07:32 (nine years ago) link
14 years ago today AI made tyronn lue look dumb af, never forget http://uproxx.it/1JwqRwn
― slothroprhymes, Sunday, 7 June 2015 12:51 (nine years ago) link
lol, blatt trying to blame klay for kyrie's injury rather than admitting a minutes limit might have been a good idea http://espn.go.com/nba/playoffs/2015/story/_/id/13024811/cleveland-cavaliers-guard-kyrie-irving-undergoes-surgery-broken-kneecap
― slothroprhymes, Sunday, 7 June 2015 22:07 (nine years ago) link
Blatt added that he believes Irving's persistent tendinitis was not the direct cause of the fractured kneecap.
"You know, that's a doctor's question, but in my opinion, absolutely not," Blatt said. "It has nothing to do with it."
Blatt added that although he is "not a scientist," the activities of humans have "nothing at all to do," with global warming, which is "a hoax."
― Clay, Sunday, 7 June 2015 22:13 (nine years ago) link
uhh klay pretty clearly hammered the side of his knee
― micah, Sunday, 7 June 2015 22:24 (nine years ago) link
question: is pivoting allowed after a jump stop? can't find it outlined specifically in the rules, and everything I read on it suggested "no", which would mean the controversial travel was technically two, possibly three travels in one.
― Hammer Smashed Bagels, Sunday, 7 June 2015 23:04 (nine years ago) link
― micah, Sunday, June 7, 2015 3:24 PM (56 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
not saying klay and irving didn't bump knees, just hate that "i'm not an expert but here's my expert opinion" phrasing
― Clay, Sunday, 7 June 2015 23:22 (nine years ago) link
yea it's just disingenuous of blatt to completely discount how much kyrie was played in game 1 with a dormant injury in his determination of what caused the serious reaggravation of said injury
― slothroprhymes, Sunday, 7 June 2015 23:52 (nine years ago) link
man did they have to have Oakland PD bear the flag tonight
― Hammer Smashed Bagels, Monday, 8 June 2015 00:03 (nine years ago) link
oh jesus christ, Carlos
carlos should shred this out for 12 minutes
― johnny crunch, Monday, 8 June 2015 00:04 (nine years ago) link
that was DOGSHIT
― Hammer Smashed Bagels, Monday, 8 June 2015 00:05 (nine years ago) link