And Lebron didn't give a shit what you thought and neither do KD or myself. Building legacies is for fools.
And Lebron didn't give a shit what you thought and neither do KD or myself. Building legacies is for fools.There's something to be said for building your own legacy and that of your team and city, not fleeing to someone else's. I leveled the same criticism at Lebron when he left Cleveland.
Things have been lopsided in the NBA for a long time. There's never really been true parity like people are claiming there has been. It's just that the top 2 teams right now are on another level, with GS being on even another level. But I mean let's be real. The lakers dominated a decade, the bulls dominated a decade, the Pistons for years, the Celtics for years, etc. People need to stop pretending like the NBA was this big parity filled league before these "super teams" we have today came into play.
Of the game’s 48 minutes, he took a seat for a grand total of two minutes, 24 seconds. Yet in that span of rest, his Cavaliers were outscored 12-0, an enormous margin in a game decided by just five points.
Meanwhile, the Cavs didn’t take advantage while the Warriors’ superstars sat. Warriors coach Steve Kerr, who made a handful of costly rotation choices in last year’s NBA Finals, trotted out lineups without Durant or Stephen Curry on Wednesday. (This is likely the biggest reason why the Warriors have struggled in second quarters this postseason relative to their dominance in the other three periods.) In fact, Kerr did this twice, for a total of five minutes, 34 seconds. Yet Cleveland didn’t create a real gap, only outscoring Golden State by three, 14-11, in that time.
Curry’s unexpected rebounding was critical
When you think about the NBA’s most gritty players, people like Green, Tony Allen and Patrick Beverley might come to mind. Curry? Not so much.
But the 6-foot-3-inch sharpshooter came up big in the trenches Wednesday, logging 13 rebounds, the most for a point guard in the NBA Finals since at least 1984, according to Basketball-Reference.com’s Play Index. Even more impressive: Five of those rebounds were offensive, and the Warriors ended up scoring seven points off those extra chances — a huge boost in a five-point victory.
To put Curry’s rebounding into context, consider that he had more total boards on Wednesday alone than ace rebounder Tristan Thompson — whom the Warriors have neutralized beautifully by getting bodies on him while the ball is in the air — has had in this entire series.
Did you even read what I posted?You say that like:
73-9
15 (potentially 16) - 0
... Are normal occurrences. They're not, when the Lakers 3-peated, they had very tough battles in the West to get to the finals. The Warriors are rolling everyone, it's not even close. How is that enjoyable?
I'm liking it, you aren't? The game last night wasn't a cake walk, it wasn't domination except for the last couple minutes when LJ and KI ran out of gas. If 15-0 has been so damn boring then why are the ratings the best since ~1998? Last night we witnessed a very high level of play, there was plenty of amazement.You say that like:
73-9
15 (potentially 16) - 0
... Are normal occurrences. They're not, when the Lakers 3-peated, they had very tough battles in the West to get to the finals. The Warriors are rolling everyone, it's not even close. How is that enjoyable?
Probably so.Does the broom come out tonight? I think it does.
Probably so.
It would be simply incredible if the Cavs could pull the reverse sweep, topping last year's 3 game comeback. But there is not a chance in hell that will happen.
I was in disbelief when that happened. Did that really happen? I immediately rewound my DVR recording to the -3:00 mark and rewatched it to find out what really happened. On first viewing I didn't really get it. On the rewatch I realized much better -- basically, to a large extent, the Cavs didn't have much left in the tank. Lebron played 46 minutes, Kyrie 44. The Warriors were much fresher.I thought they had the last game, then BOOM, 3 minutes of hahahaha, take that fuckers.
Does anyone say Shaq's legacy is tarnished because he left Orlando?
And Lebron didn't give a shit what you thought and neither do KD or myself. Building legacies is for fools.
for cleveland to win this series, what they have to do is very simple:
take out Durant
You mean like the Warriors did to Leonard?for cleveland to win this series, what they have to do is very simple:
take out Durant
I don't think KD is going to be in a hurry to move on from the Warriors. Where he is he's in a great position to win several championships, where else would he have that? He has great relationships with his fellow players and the coach. Better than he's likely to get anywhere else. He's making great money. He's now in a place that's culturally ultra diverse. He's the new guy now. From now on he'll only be more comfortable there. Why would he want to move on now?
Curry, Green and Thompson likewise have no reason to want to roam. They have a solid core and a team ethos that works for everyone. The owners are terrific, arguably they are the people who got all this rolling once they'd bought the team. Curry was there but he hadn't fully blossomed yet due to his recurrent ankle injuries. He seems to be over that now. I'd say the biggest question at this point is will Steve Kerr get over his condition.