2015 nba finals: golden state warriors of oakland versus the cleveland cavaliers of cleveland

i think it will be interesting to see what the cavs do on defense when the game gets tight. the one thing about the warriors is they don't really have a (comparatively) scary wing weapon unless barnes gets hot for a quarter, so i wonder if we'll see them move lebron around to clamp down on steph or klay at any point

generally tho i don't see how cleveland guards nearly well enough on the perimeter

delladova is maybe the only guy on the roster who has a prayer of even staying in front of steph, i assume we'll be seeing a lot of him

i dont think bron can stay w steph, klay wld be interesting

yeah bron can't stay with steph but he could maybe give him a little trouble if he's really engaged

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Steph Curry will become 1st player NBA history to face each of other 4 members of 1st-team All-NBA in same playoffs.

kinda cool

oh i guess maybe shumpert could check him

in any event kyrie feels kinda like the weak link in this series bcuz i don't see how they hide him on defense

theyve been relying on jr for a lot of offense too and oh boy he will get lit up

both jr and thompson are due for some major regression tbh

Steph Curry will become 1st player NBA history to face each of other 4 members of 1st-team All-NBA in same playoffs.

*to face and defeat

one thing that is interesting about GS's wings is that both iggy and barnes can work with their back to the basket in a pinch so you can't automatically stick a guard on them to neutralize their shooting

yep

dubs ruthless abt exploiting that size mismatch too

Feel like shump can stay with STeph and they'll probably put Bron on him in tight situations

Did anybody else feel like Corey "Gumbo" Brewer did a good job pressuring Steph

gsw 4

cavs in 5

hope you hedged that bet snrub

Warriors in 6

Ezeli really impressed me this series; the last I remembered him (which, granted, was two seasons ago), he was a lumbering, uncoordinated giant, but he looks so much more comfortable now around the basket that all of JVG and MJax's talk about how he could start on a different (read: worse) NBA team didn't sound so implausible anymore.

yeah he was good they needed his size v dwight

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I was hesitant, but I finally voted gsw in 6. The alternative was in 5, but my more conservative side won out. I can't see the Cavs taking the championship, under any circumstances short of the sky falling.

Such as the Splash Bros. getting concussed, and Iguodala's shoulder popping out?

^ otm. a rash of injuries to key gsw players early in series could narrow the gap

hope you hedged that bet snrub

― k3vin k., Thursday, May 28, 2015 3:07 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Nope, no hedge. That's how confident I am! Also I'm about 2000 miles away from Vegas.

u cn do online

bovada has GSW -235!

i would strongly suggest hedging, or betting on individual games

What odds did they give you?

you guys need a betting thread.

I am sorely disappointed that the purity of pro sports is being sullied by talk of betting!

http://grantland.com/the-triangle/are-the-nba-playoffs-boring/

j0rdan give me some diagnostics on how the playoffs are faring under the current conference/division alignments...seriously, how's it goink?

Snrub you gotta hedge bro

take the money!

I remember when Auburn made the national title game a couple years ago and some guy who bet on them at 300-1 at the low point of their season decided not to hedge :0

yeah you gotta hedge, gsw are not gonna only win one game and the cavs are not gonna win sorry :(

j0rdan give me some diagnostics on how the playoffs are faring under the current conference/division alignments...seriously, how's it goink?

― k3vin k., Thursday, May 28, 2015 5:21 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark

i haven't read that article so i dunno what his arguments are but i'm not sure what a 1-16 bracket would have changed. would it have prevented the clippers from choking? the hawks from bottoming out? the rockets from being less uninspiring?

why is everyone hating on the rockets, they were fun

JVG's Ezeli starter stuff is still dumb imo

sure he could start for somebody but so can Alexey Shved

why is everyone hating on the rockets, they were fun

― Matt Armstrong, Thursday, May 28, 2015 7:41 PM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

because theyre hateful

Rockets have to be satisfied with their decisions this year, just unlucky with those injuries. Sucks that the pelicans made the playoffs and worsened that draft pick

i def like the rockets more than most, love the small ball lineup too. dwight had another really solid postseason too.

their good postseason games made me appreciate their style in a way i didn't before for sure, not that it was particularly different but idk it clicked. the bad ones were like...jesus christ

Snrub you really ought to reconsider your prediction.

http://espn.go.com/sportsnation/post/_/id/12964944/lil-b-calls-lebron-james-arrogant-warns-next-based-god-curse

feel like its kinda unfair how hes just cursing pol who r playing his local team they didnt even do anything to him

Pffft stealing his cooking dance without crediting the source is curse-worthy crime.

tbf he stole it from raekwon

whole thing is kinda sad but mostly lol

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THIS JUST IN: Klay Thompson is diagnosed with a concussion and will not return to the court until he is cleared.

My god ariza

also he didn't win an nba championship

his friend could be steph "eddy" curry

i'm sure eddy accomplished a lot in the last two weeks, i mean that's basically my plan for sunday and i'm pretty happy with what i've gotten done.

ugh I'm at work while Oakland is partying and parading. guess i'll just live vicariously through my friends and a live stream

so glad they did this in oakland and not SF

haha marshawn on the bus with draymond

yea that's cool xp

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Rick Barry is at the parade.

JMO but parade's are kind of dumb, I'm glad I'm at work.

Bleh: parades

Bogut shaved and got a cut! looks good

pretty cool they got the old guard. al attles, rick barry, nate thurmond.

really hoping for a RUN TMC bus

haha MC Hammer with the mayor

http://grantland.com/the-triangle/the-champs-are-here-a-guide-to-the-elite-and-unlikely-cast-of-characters-who-defined-the-2014-15-golden-state-warriors/

Didn't think to check Grantland till now, some nice oral history nuggets in there that were new to me too.

draymond trollin' https://vine.co/v/eigmdeLFEKa

lol had a feeling that draymond was kind of dick

hah drymond is drunk af

zach's story was very good

When he agreed last fall to a near-max contract extension, he wanted to sign it right away, even before his agent arrived, team officials recall. His dog, Rocco, was home alone, and Thompson wanted to go play with him. Team executives joke they could have pressed Thompson right then for a discount, because he wanted to see Rocco so badly.

Doggies!

from that nytimes piece on lol curry's mouth guard:

Commentators like to refer to Curry’s “gunslinger mentality.” By this they mean that Curry does not suffer from self-doubt. His team, the Golden State Warriors, is a single win from the N.B.A. championship, and it isn’t hyperbole to say that what happens next largely depends on him. Yet search Curry for even a trace of nervous tension and you will find … well, there is one thing. Curry chews his mouth guard.

uh i don't know he did seem pretty shaken up in games 1-3?

omg klay and draymond were so drunk they really shouldn'ta been interviewed

i want beast mode's hat so bad.

omg this marshawn interview with draymond green's mom is everything

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Andre Iguodala: "We about to go hella HAM. We about to get hella turnt."

/doesnt even drink/

http://www.csnbayarea.com/video_content_type/warriors-parade-marshawn-lynch-draymonds-mom-mary?guid=rrULZVushmpTEhzsOyOO2YRA1Mgn0964

i love when the team is seen partying around town for a week straight after winning

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