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NBA Playoffs 2019: End of Lebrongelion | OT | Cus Crisis (Space Jam 2 Now Hiring, Apply Inside!)
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I'm just calling it what is. If we reverse the roles, either of those 2 guys there would be memes already on twitter blasting them. He had 41 in 40 shots the previous game as well, which would be an L vs any legit contender.
They didn't even win the championship that year. They were not even the best team that season let alone in the history the NBA. Number of wins doesn't mean dick if you don't get the ring.
I hate these best lists.
Most people here didn't see any basketball before the 90s. There have been a lot of great teams through the years. Even an old like me doesn't have a memory of basketball before 1983.
Regarding the Warriors, I agree you can't be considered the best team of the season when you lose in the Finals (making the Cavs the best team that year), but their ability to win 73 games was special and that is the record until proven otherwise.
Dont get me wrong the 73 game season is special. I don't think we will see that eclipsed for quite a while, but I am just saying that it doesn't make them the best team of all time.
Trying to call a team who didn't even get the ring the best team ever is just stupid in my opinion.
Scientifcally the best team of all time was the 94-95 Lakers and the best player of all time was Cedric Ceballos, who most of you don't know this but averaged 20 points a game despite only playing 2 quarters. If he had played the usual 4 they would have gone undefeated.
You can definitely argue with it (see Kyrie and many other millions of people) but you can't win that argument.
I think Steph is immune to this too, because (if KD is out there) KD would get the blame. If KD isn't there, then he still wouldn't get blamed much.
Lebron, KD, Harden, Westbrook would get destroyed.
You miss those before after playoff meme that Steph had in those rough stretch where he shooting like 30% for like 7 game in a row?
If the Bucks win against the Warriors, they are the best team of all time and Giannis immediately surpasses Lebron.
On one hand, Bud has some precedent for creating regular-season juggernauts that weren't quite as good as their win total. On the other hand, this Bucks team has probably gotten a little underrated all season compared to just how good they've been. They won 60 games while somehow still underperforming their point differential.
He got clowned, sure, but nowhere near the level as those other guys. Maybe that's just my perception, but the Curry defense force seems a lot more adamant than the Harden/Lebron/KD defense force. Heck, people are quick to explain it away with a potential injury.
That 4th Quarter was Vegan Raptor. They fed on nothing but air.
Lol Skip is really something when it comes to his Kawhi hate. Referring to him as No. 2. Yikes
Edit: He said he turned Kawhi in to a sympathetic figure. Lol
Edit: He said he turned Kawhi in to a sympathetic figure. Lol
He wasn't even called a top 5 player and people saying there would be no dynasty without KD. what rock have you been living under?
There were memes going on after game 3 until he won game 5. He's 28-1 in the last 29 games without KD and many analysists say he's clearly inferior and holding KD down during Clippers and Rockets series.
Yup I had to turn it away from Undisputed. If I watched that any longer I would of ended up rooting for Kawhi.
I mean they were best team of all time until the last game of the season... lol
Shame, the Bucks will be the second best team ever that didn't win a ring.
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Selective reading. In their defense though, they are just regurgitating what the 'influencers' in the media are feeding them. Last week I just had enough with this non-evidence based nonsense and will continue to argue that he is in the conversation for best player in the world and has been the last 4-5 years. He doesn't fit the traditional (read that as "OLD") optics for that title so doesn't get the respect he deserves. One of the below articles mentions that Westfraud and Harden MVP seasons were almost a backlash reaction to his supremacy the two before. Damn it we want our mvps and 'bests' to be someone sitting their with an intense, angry scowl on they face dribbling a divot into the floor before launching or charging toward the basket. Rack those counting stats.
Nice article in the Atlantic a couple days ago.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/a...ephen-curry-revolutionized-basketball/589396/
Another by the New Yorker
https://www.newyorker.com/sports/sporting-scene/the-partly-obscured-brilliance-of-stephen-curry
Max Kellerman out here put up number of how bad Kobe's and KD's umbers were in 4th quarter playoff games at time in defese of Kawhi. Damn he was prepared.
There's an argument that 71-72 bucks were the greatest team not to chip.
Hot take: it will be a great finals, and any of the three teams can win.
But the Warriors probably will, on sheer experience if nothing else.
But the Warriors probably will, on sheer experience if nothing else.
Damn JC, can't you let this Bucks team have something?! Fine then, the 2nd best Bucks team to have not won a ring.
veeps continues to see the truth the media and talking heads won't tell you
that was the second of three years back to back to back where kareem went 30+ ppg with 16 rebounds and they weren't tracking blocks then but you gotta figure it's at least 3 per game
the man is the goat, is the general gist
If Lebron doesn't beat them, Draymond doesn't cry in the parking lot and ask KD to play with Steph because they need him. Back to Lebron. Or we can trace it all the way back to Stern when he rigged that lottery so Cleveland would win it and pick Lebron, then rigged three more after the King left so they could get him back.
He averaged 34 points 18 rebounds and 5 assists in that series they lost to the lakers. Gotta be mad about that
If Metta World Peace never sneaks up on Kobe in the shower the Perkins' Celtics teams have a 2nd ring
I know this is twenty years late, but Middleton goes into god mode every time he plays against the Celtics. He can be inconsistent normally, but never against the Celtics. Shit is bananas.
I'm not convinced either east team wins more than a game against the Warriors. Especially the way Klay, Steph, and especially Draymond look right now.
I have a hunch that whatever teams wins the ECF will be 'clicking' by the time they get to the finals. And either team would be quite a wake up call after easily disposing of the Blazers. Also, Milwaukee would have home court.
If KD is healthy and both teams are operating at max capacity then we know who will win. But we haven't yet begun the "Warriors sweep Blazers without KD, but he returns for the finals and the 'flow' is off" Storyline. Which I am very much here for.
No but I'm a casual NBA fan that only pays attention during the playoffs so you can probably ignore it. Dude just seems bad whenever I've watched him (granted, not much).
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