good stuffhttp://espn.go.com/espn/feature/story/_/id/15521430/nba-finals-preview
― Spottie, Tuesday, 31 May 2016 21:51 (seven years ago) link
took dubs in 5
― Clay, Tuesday, 31 May 2016 22:02 (seven years ago) link
cavs took two last time. this time they have kyrie and klove back. I'd say they can scrape together two wins again this time. dubs in 6.
― a little too mature to be cute (Aimless), Tuesday, 31 May 2016 22:22 (seven years ago) link
Cavs in six.
― Mr. Snrub, Tuesday, 31 May 2016 22:25 (seven years ago) link
dubs in 4
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 31 May 2016 22:25 (seven years ago) link
dubs in 7
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Tuesday, 31 May 2016 22:26 (seven years ago) link
dubs in 3
― 龜, Tuesday, 31 May 2016 22:27 (seven years ago) link
bcz they all moonwalk through their 4th win?
― a little too mature to be cute (Aimless), Tuesday, 31 May 2016 22:29 (seven years ago) link
dubs in 6 (quarters)
― pacific distances (sciatica), Tuesday, 31 May 2016 22:31 (seven years ago) link
cavs have a real shot this time, it'll be a lot more fun
― Nhex, Tuesday, 31 May 2016 22:37 (seven years ago) link
― a little too mature to be cute (Aimless), Tuesday, May 31, 2016 3:22 PM (5 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
i like the dubs chances more vs a healthy cavs roster that features a Klove and Irving tied up in pick n roll hell all night. if love isnt hitting shots i don't imagine he see the floor much in crunch time. idk I'm way less nervous about this series than i was about the okc one.
― Spottie, Tuesday, 31 May 2016 22:38 (seven years ago) link
could be some sweet shootouts tho
― Spottie, Tuesday, 31 May 2016 22:39 (seven years ago) link
don't forget that delly still knows how to tackle, slap, elbow and head butt opposing players. and draymond is living on borrowed time.
― a little too mature to be cute (Aimless), Tuesday, 31 May 2016 22:46 (seven years ago) link
dubs in 6
― balls, Tuesday, 31 May 2016 23:20 (seven years ago) link
don't forget draymo still knows how to kick key players in the nuts
― marcos, Tuesday, 31 May 2016 23:21 (seven years ago) link
dubs in 5
― k3vin k., Tuesday, 31 May 2016 23:23 (seven years ago) link
thats what i picked too. think cavs get game 3
― Spottie, Tuesday, 31 May 2016 23:34 (seven years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Wednesday, 1 June 2016 00:01 (seven years ago) link
cavs are definitely the underdogs but i wouldn't underestimate the potency of lebron in the finals, he dragged that shitty injured team through 2 and almost 3 wins last year. not saying cavs will win this but it won't be a dubs sweep and won't be over in 5 games imo.
-healthy kyrie & klove could make a major difference this time around, but if they are off it might not really matter. i feel like when those dudes are on and that team is really working the cavs are very scary. they have so many off nights though.-dubs are looking weaker than they have all year, they made it through sure but would anyone say these playoffs went the way most expected for gsw, based on the season they had? portland series went to 5, okc took it to 7. cavs are prob about equal to okc and definitely better than portland. curry still put up big numbers in some games but he has clearly not been himself in these playoffs, he's taken a beating. draymo's not himself either, and he's been doing some dumb sloppy shit and other bullshit that could get him ejected
― marcos, Wednesday, 1 June 2016 00:49 (seven years ago) link
Toss-up between GSW in 6 and GSW in 6
― Neanderthal, Wednesday, 1 June 2016 01:30 (seven years ago) link
Bold stance.
― Jenny Ondioleeene (Leee), Wednesday, 1 June 2016 02:08 (seven years ago) link
i like spottie's idea that despite kyrie and love's added offense, it ends up being a net negative to the cavs because of what they lose on defense
― 龜, Wednesday, 1 June 2016 02:39 (seven years ago) link
kyrie in particular seems like a liability vs gsw
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 1 June 2016 02:40 (seven years ago) link
you cant hide kyrie on d, esp against the death lineup
― 6 god none the richer (m bison), Wednesday, 1 June 2016 02:46 (seven years ago) link
yeah i'm glad golden state won and loved the brutal manner in which they did so but i was kind of looking forward to seeing kyrie guard russ
― balls, Wednesday, 1 June 2016 03:03 (seven years ago) link
Agreed on warriors in 6
― i believe that (s)he is sincere (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 1 June 2016 03:16 (seven years ago) link
one thing i remember from game 1 of last years finals was how great kyrie looked on D. he was really locked in like id never seen before. i remember thinking that could be a problem if he could keep that up for a whole game/series, but then he blew his knee up.
― Spottie, Wednesday, 1 June 2016 03:24 (seven years ago) link
Went with Warriors in 6 cos Warriors in 6 is just not as believable as Warriors in 6
― Neanderthal, Wednesday, 1 June 2016 03:33 (seven years ago) link
game 6 is at cleveland fwiw
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Wednesday, 1 June 2016 03:36 (seven years ago) link
dubs had a pretty good road record iirc
― a little too mature to be cute (Aimless), Wednesday, 1 June 2016 03:38 (seven years ago) link
Yea well I'd vote GSW in 7 if it were an option
― Neanderthal, Wednesday, 1 June 2016 03:57 (seven years ago) link
Nah, I think it'll be the Warriors in 6.
― Jenny Ondioleeene (Leee), Wednesday, 1 June 2016 04:01 (seven years ago) link
this is a hilarious idea, needs to happen imo
chuck @cbyers3 May 30Dubs gotta have kelhani sing the national anthem for game 1 just to shake Kyrie
― Spottie, Wednesday, 1 June 2016 04:12 (seven years ago) link
hahaha
― k3vin k., Wednesday, 1 June 2016 04:28 (seven years ago) link
ooooof cruel xp
warriors in 6, but with more close games than last year
― if young slothrop don't trust ya i'm gon' rhyme ya (slothroprhymes), Wednesday, 1 June 2016 13:56 (seven years ago) link
varejao in 6
― am0n, Wednesday, 1 June 2016 14:18 (seven years ago) link
good stuff in herehttp://hardwoodparoxysm.com/2016/06/01/nba-finals-preview-golden-state-warriors-cleveland-cavaliers-champions-lebron-james-steph-curry/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter
― Spottie, Wednesday, 1 June 2016 17:14 (seven years ago) link
hope this goes 7, rooting for Warriors. The way they pulled it out last series forced my hand here, and tho I respect Lebron, I still find it hard to root for him.
― Dominique, Wednesday, 1 June 2016 18:27 (seven years ago) link
torn, normally rooting for warriors but would also like to see Cavs win tooalso want to see it go 7 but guessing Cleveland will lose out an extra game before 6
― Nhex, Wednesday, 1 June 2016 18:50 (seven years ago) link
narrative of lebron ending 52-year championship drought in his hometown > narrative of warriors winning another championship for bay area billionaires (though i'd be happy for spottie and other bay area ilxors)
― marcos, Wednesday, 1 June 2016 18:56 (seven years ago) link
intrigue of cleveland's historic championship drought continuing >
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 1 June 2016 18:58 (seven years ago) link
haha i know it is intriguing
― marcos, Wednesday, 1 June 2016 19:01 (seven years ago) link
i woulda been going for the cavs had the thunder advanced. I'm into the narrative of the warriors silencing the doubters (again) that continue to doubt despite the evidence in front of their face by stamping a historic season.
― Spottie, Wednesday, 1 June 2016 19:09 (seven years ago) link
narrative of warriors winning another championship for bay area billionaires (though i'd be happy for spottie and other bay area ilxors)
― marcos, Wednesday, June 1, 2016 2:56 PM (16 minutes ago) Bookmark
it's pretty gross how this narrative of GSW's fans has eclipsed their historical fanbase
― 龜, Wednesday, 1 June 2016 19:13 (seven years ago) link
it is gross
― Spottie, Wednesday, 1 June 2016 19:14 (seven years ago) link
gonna be even more gross when they move from Oakland
fwiw i'll take bay area billionaires over a loan shark that uses comic sans
― balls, Wednesday, 1 June 2016 19:22 (seven years ago) link
yeah the funny thing about the joe lacob hate is that clay bennett and dan gilbert are roughly 1 million times worse for humanity than him
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 1 June 2016 19:37 (seven years ago) link
― 龜, Wednesday, June 1, 2016 12:13 PM (23 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
^^^^ seriously, ppl who complain about warriors fans are like a million times worse than whatever dot-com fairweather boogyman they invoke.
― lute bro (brimstead), Wednesday, 1 June 2016 19:39 (seven years ago) link
lol
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 22 June 2016 20:19 (seven years ago) link
I have some FB friends from ca that are/were being super snippy and butthurt about things and at 'cleveland fans' for winning without 'class' etc. I've had to remind them that that the dubs basically just stunted on the whole league for a year showing everyone up, partying at oracle, not looking at shots go in etc etc and we deserve whatever verbal lashings we get.
― moistest hoist (Spottie), Wednesday, 22 June 2016 20:24 (seven years ago) link
MPQ brings people together.
― thrusted pelvis-first back (ulysses), Wednesday, 22 June 2016 20:26 (seven years ago) link
in that sense that it is the opposite of love tearing us apart, maybe
― Nhex, Wednesday, 22 June 2016 20:28 (seven years ago) link
Poly or Leee might could speak to the general pop's psyche.
People are pretty bummed, obviously, but then again https://weather.com/weather/5day/l/94605:4:US
Plenty of whining about the refs / Draymond's suspension / Bogut getting taken out, of course.
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Wednesday, 22 June 2016 20:33 (seven years ago) link
it was 121 degrees on Sunday here :/
― moistest hoist (Spottie), Wednesday, 22 June 2016 20:33 (seven years ago) link
But it's a dry heat!
― Interpretive Jigglypuffery (Leee), Wednesday, 22 June 2016 20:34 (seven years ago) link
jfc
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 22 June 2016 20:35 (seven years ago) link
that works only up to 108 degrees. 121 is just not right xp
― moistest hoist (Spottie), Wednesday, 22 June 2016 20:35 (seven years ago) link
liked LeBron's speech
record setting temps in the Southwest are bizarre
lord the gane 7 replay is on now, I never saw the 2nd half :-o
― brownie, Wednesday, 22 June 2016 20:56 (seven years ago) link
gane = game
btw guys i am this board's oldest JR smith fan
09 playoffs thread
― 龜, Wednesday, 22 June 2016 21:48 (seven years ago) link
dyao out!
― brownie, Wednesday, 22 June 2016 21:56 (seven years ago) link
i remember early in my tenure here I said something naughty about JR and dayo rebuked me.
― moistest hoist (Spottie), Wednesday, 22 June 2016 21:57 (seven years ago) link
lol https://twitter.com/world_wide_wob/status/745658647729045504
― marcos, Wednesday, 22 June 2016 22:07 (seven years ago) link
i hope JR doesnt put a shirt on again until the opening night of next season, then just throws the jersey on real quick as he's walking onto the court before tipoff
― moistest hoist (Spottie), Wednesday, 22 June 2016 22:09 (seven years ago) link
fans shouting "one more year" to r jeff http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nba-ball-dont-lie/richard-jefferson-might-have-just-unretired-at-the-cavs--parade-211851512.html
― marcos, Wednesday, 22 June 2016 22:56 (seven years ago) link
i still can't believe he contributed. makes me mad actually. he was so bad five years ago on the warriors
― moistest hoist (Spottie), Wednesday, 22 June 2016 23:02 (seven years ago) link
i admit i'm kinda happy for him, since he made it to the finals twice with the Nets and finally got the ring now
― Nhex, Wednesday, 22 June 2016 23:09 (seven years ago) link
"made it to the finals"
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 22 June 2016 23:10 (seven years ago) link
i liked that team *shrug*
― Nhex, Wednesday, 22 June 2016 23:10 (seven years ago) link
uhhh they were the pits
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 22 June 2016 23:19 (seven years ago) link
so much weird dude energy
RJ seems like a pretty chill person I like him
― marcos, Wednesday, 22 June 2016 23:19 (seven years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/LyOLWuq.jpg
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 22 June 2016 23:21 (seven years ago) link
lmao
― 龜, Wednesday, 22 June 2016 23:24 (seven years ago) link
haha
― moistest hoist (Spottie), Wednesday, 22 June 2016 23:26 (seven years ago) link
― moullet, Wednesday, 22 June 2016 23:45 (seven years ago) link
shot of klay day after the finals, clearly
― Nhex, Thursday, 23 June 2016 02:13 (seven years ago) link
― Interpretive Jigglypuffery (Leee), Thursday, 23 June 2016 03:23 (seven years ago) link
^^ The first time I've laughed since game 7, tbh.
https://twitter.com/DimeMag/status/745687043611725824
― micah, Thursday, 23 June 2016 07:01 (seven years ago) link
lots of amazing moments in this series "that block" obv and kyrie's 3 at the end but really i think those few minutes at the end of g6 that included lebron's block on curry, trash talking him and then curry fouling out almost immediately after were my favorite
― marcos, Thursday, 23 June 2016 20:05 (seven years ago) link
ive watched those clips like 30 times
i will never re-watch another second of that series.
― moistest hoist (Spottie), Thursday, 23 June 2016 20:11 (seven years ago) link
^^^^
― brimstead, Thursday, 23 June 2016 20:12 (seven years ago) link
spottie = 2013 memarcos = 2014 melagoon = 2027 me
― 6 god none the richer (m bison), Thursday, 23 June 2016 20:18 (seven years ago) link
ha
― moistest hoist (Spottie), Thursday, 23 June 2016 20:29 (seven years ago) link
JR still no shirt, this is greathttps://twitter.com/bustedcoverage/status/746051198743019521
― moistest hoist (Spottie), Thursday, 23 June 2016 20:30 (seven years ago) link
thinking this is prob a lifelong dream he promised himself if he won a ring
― lag∞n, Thursday, 23 June 2016 20:34 (seven years ago) link
haaaa
― marcos, Thursday, 23 June 2016 20:39 (seven years ago) link
Ok jr's shirtless rampage has won me over, I yield
― gis for westbrook shark jump (agent hibachi), Thursday, 23 June 2016 22:38 (seven years ago) link
http://www.mercurynews.com/warriors/ci_30053935/steve-kerr-decries-insanity-gun-violence-calls-background
Kerr otm
― marcos, Saturday, 25 June 2016 00:01 (seven years ago) link
good on him
― Nhex, Saturday, 25 June 2016 02:36 (seven years ago) link
Kerr seems like such a good dude. And bob Myers too
― moistest hoist (Spottie), Saturday, 25 June 2016 03:20 (seven years ago) link
Good to hear that from Kerr; balances out Lacob a little bit.
― Interpretive Jigglypuffery (Leee), Saturday, 25 June 2016 06:07 (seven years ago) link
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/27/us/politics/cleveland-cavaliers-join-obamas-to-do-list-he-loves-this-part-of-the-job.html
As he issued his invitation to Mr. Lue, Mr. Obama made clear that he, too, had firm notions of decorum.“Tell J.R. and everybody to put on a shirt, though,” Mr. Obama said. J.R. Smith, a Cavaliers guard, was photographed bare-chested for days after the victory. “He can’t just be wandering around without a shirt for, like, the whole week.”
― thrusted pelvis-first back (ulysses), Monday, 27 June 2016 17:57 (seven years ago) link
if he shows up at the white house shirtless i will lay down my life at at the altar of JR
― moistest hoist (Spottie), Monday, 27 June 2016 18:01 (seven years ago) link
yeah, though i am deeply displeased by the warrior's loss, JR's hijinx have been the one bright spot
― thrusted pelvis-first back (ulysses), Monday, 27 June 2016 18:02 (seven years ago) link
otm xp
― lag∞n, Monday, 27 June 2016 18:26 (seven years ago) link