PadWarrior
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Haha please put Kevin Love on him for long stretches.
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NBA Finals 2017 |OT| Same As It Ever Was
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silver.tongue
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Either GS in 5, or CLE in 7.
I really dont know where to put my money.
I really dont know where to put my money.
Bold predictions:
-this is going 7 games
-lebron is dropping 60 in one game
god damn I haven't been this hype for a finals in a long time. just two fucking juggernauts going at it.
I'm taking the Warriors too but pretty much everyone said the same thing last year too
if anyone can work miracles, it's lebron.
-this is going 7 games
-lebron is dropping 60 in one game
god damn I haven't been this hype for a finals in a long time. just two fucking juggernauts going at it.
I'm taking the Warriors too but pretty much everyone said the same thing last year too
if anyone can work miracles, it's lebron.
Raylan Targaryen
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LeBron to drop 101 in Game 7
Uno Venova
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I'll really hate watching a player like Durant win like this but yeah Dubs in 6.
Gully State
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Get outta here with that SSJ neckbeard. Slim Reaper coming for 'em.
Talk about stealing souls right there.
DontBeThatGuy
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Listen, I'm just hoping the Cavs put up a fight.
PadWarrior
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http://www.sbnation.com/nba/2017/5/...s-any-nba-team-2k-simulation?__prclt=BvwtB29j
Thunder
Record: 63-19
Improvement: +16
Playoffs: Beat Raptors in the finals in five
Reaction: This is the strangest simulation. First, Oklahoma City was really absurdly good, tying Chicago for the second-highest regular season record achieved by this simulation. Second, Russell Westbrook averaged a triple-double. Third, James also averaged 10-plus assists, his highest of any simulation, with a final line of 23 points, 9.5 rebounds, and 10.5 assists.
We cant tell you how the Thunder possibly could have one player average a triple-double and the other one come with 0.5 rebounds of it, but we swear to you it happened. Were still shook.
Warriors
Record: 68-14
Improvement: +1
Playoffs: LOST to Raptors in finals in seven
Reaction: From an early age, my parents taught me the dangers of gluttony. Yours might have done the same thing. If you overeat, even if the foods really good, you might feel bad. Its the only explanation I have for this.
We took Ian Clark, replaced him with James, and simultaneously made perhaps the best team weve ever seen better while removing its greatest challenger. The Warriors were so good, they brought Kevin Durant off the bench!
And they lost in the finals to Toronto.
Thunder
Record: 63-19
Improvement: +16
Playoffs: Beat Raptors in the finals in five
Reaction: This is the strangest simulation. First, Oklahoma City was really absurdly good, tying Chicago for the second-highest regular season record achieved by this simulation. Second, Russell Westbrook averaged a triple-double. Third, James also averaged 10-plus assists, his highest of any simulation, with a final line of 23 points, 9.5 rebounds, and 10.5 assists.
We cant tell you how the Thunder possibly could have one player average a triple-double and the other one come with 0.5 rebounds of it, but we swear to you it happened. Were still shook.
Warriors
Record: 68-14
Improvement: +1
Playoffs: LOST to Raptors in finals in seven
Reaction: From an early age, my parents taught me the dangers of gluttony. Yours might have done the same thing. If you overeat, even if the foods really good, you might feel bad. Its the only explanation I have for this.
We took Ian Clark, replaced him with James, and simultaneously made perhaps the best team weve ever seen better while removing its greatest challenger. The Warriors were so good, they brought Kevin Durant off the bench!
And they lost in the finals to Toronto.
Actually taking LeBron off Durant is sort of smart: encourages the offense to flow through him instead of Curry. Then you have LeBron off ball help with drives and rebounds unless the warriors run high pick and rolls with Draymond.
Not a bad plan, although I think ultimately LeBron will guard Durant when it counts most.
Not a bad plan, although I think ultimately LeBron will guard Durant when it counts most.
I really don't understand why people don't think this will be a close series.
It's not like GSW have even had a slight challenge in the playoffs aside from one half before SA's star player got injured.
friskykillface
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Had Max Barnes hit any of those wide ass open shots in game 5-7 the Warriors would have won
You replaced Barnes with KD
Welp
Jazz were like a Cavs lite tbh
Kanter is a shitty Thompson
ISO Joe x 🐐 Hayward are a garbage LeBron
Diaw > Love
Kyrie can't be replicated on that team
Jazz world order
You replaced Barnes with KD
Welp
Jazz were like a Cavs lite tbh
Kanter is a shitty Thompson
ISO Joe x 🐐 Hayward are a garbage LeBron
Diaw > Love
Kyrie can't be replicated on that team
Jazz world order
PaleFolklore
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I want the Cavs to win. I don't care how many games. I'm not even a big sports guy but my old man is a die hard Cleveland sports fan and it would mean a lot to him to see them win another championship.
Shamrock7r
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Get outta here with that SSJ neckbeard. Slim Reaper coming for 'em.
Maybe the Cavs got the Deathly Hallows?
LeBron: Unbeatable Wand - Ok alright not unbeatable but damn near indestructible.
Love: Philosophers Stone - Just about came back to life this past series shooting lights out.
Kyrie: Invisibility Cloak - Quick with it Uncle Drew. Now you see him now you don't.
Bam Bam Baklava
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Some of you casually saying Cavs in 7 don't seem to understand how difficult it is to win game 7s on the road and how few times it happens. Cavs doing it twice would be a very low-probability event.
They get challenged by elite defensive teams, the Cavs are a middling defensive team.
They get challenged by elite defensive teams, the Cavs are a middling defensive team.
Elegant Weapon
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Ya'll know what it is, We were underdogs last year too
Bam Bam Baklava
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Win or lose, I don't plan on wasting much time after the games are all over. The exception being insane events like when Durant joined the Warriors.
PadWarrior
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Aziz @agent_7s
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LBJ will be on Iggy or Dray and play floater daring those two to make 3s. Same plan as they had against Harrison Barnes
Beres Griffiths @beresg
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They play 8 quarters of basketball so far this season and Cleveland only won one quarter.
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LBJ will be on Iggy or Dray and play floater daring those two to make 3s. Same plan as they had against Harrison Barnes
Beres Griffiths @beresg
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They play 8 quarters of basketball so far this season and Cleveland only won one quarter.
Cav's did beat them this year and held them to 30% shooting. Cav's should look at how San Antonio played in the start game 1. Boards, defense, fast breaks. If Tristan does his thing inside and Korver/JR get hot any thing is possible with the big 3 putting in work.
Bam Bam Baklava
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Can't wait to see Love, Irving, and JR Smith try and defend Durant, Curry, and Klay.
Cav's did beat them this year and held them to 30% shooting.
They were up double digits in the 4th and were dominating the entire game...they basically screwed themselves in the 4th quarter.
PadWarrior
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Yea this is gonna be ugly.
Touche just saying it's not impossible.
you were pretty vocal leading up to and including some of the finals last year
then cleveland won and
Bam Bam Baklava
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you were pretty vocal leading up to and including some of the finals last year
then cleveland won and
I think some of you have confirmation bias going on or something. Look back every year I've been around. The pattern is consistent.
Royce McCutcheon
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Golden State is food, but LeBron is better than any individual on that team, so he can easily take some games if needed. Cavs in 6
maybe so, I don't know
it was probably just more egregious because of all the lebron shit talking you did before disappearing
Byakuya769
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Kanter... Jazz??? Bruh.
If you actually meant Gober.. saying he's a shitty Thompson might be even more wrong.
XiaNaphryz
LATIN, MATRIPEDICABUS, DO YOU SPEAK IT
NBA hot takes are by far the worst of any sports thread on GAF.
NFL games are over in the first quarter according to GAF. I remember Brady was washed up by week 4 of two seasons ago.
FootyGAF ain't what it used to be.
Mix Master
Member
The cavs being underdogs is actually good for LeBron. The NBA is due for another meltdown like the 2011 heat
friskykillface
Banned
McGee will get torched if he has to guard Fyre
Might as well start him against Thompson
Might as well start him against Thompson
KD will feast on anyone on the Cavs except LeBron and even then he'll being doing some heavy snacking.
NBA hottakes are skip bayless level this time of the year
People who got into basketball during the heatles or recent warriors run for the first time talking bout basketball like they were watching since stockon played is funny
CherryWoodFuton
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If they choke again with Kevin fucking Durant on the team then GSW needs to be contracted for the good of the league
Even still GSW in 5
I think LeBron has been an underdog in his all finals appearances except for 2.
SyenceLabb
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Keep the hot takes coming, fellas.
PadWarrior
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Thunder and mavs series? Where he mocked a sick Dirk?
I don't think you know what underdogs means.
After the King gets swept..he is gonna take Melo and together they take their talents to the Los Angeles Clippers just to get swept by the Warriors next year in the first round.
PadWarrior
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I misread that this what happens when you post after a long day of work lol
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