PG: Fake Win? | Cleveland Cavaliers (109) - Oklahoma City Thunder (118)

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Re: PG: Fake Win? | Cleveland Cavaliers (109) - Oklahoma City Thunder (118) 

Post#21 » by Dadouv47 » Fri Feb 10, 2017 1:50 pm

Fake win, fake triple double, fake good bench. It doesn't matter, I will take it :)

The only fake thing I don't want anymore in OKC left last year and is coming back tomorrow...
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Post#22 » by OkcMagic » Fri Feb 10, 2017 3:02 pm

Billy D adjusted nicely without Kanter. I notice more movement with the bench. I thought for sure Joffery would just take kanter spot with the post ups. And roberson isn't a dead waste on offense anymore. I think he was saving this roberson for the playoffs but it's more needed now.

Everything is on presti right now to go out and build a team that better suits westbrook. It's no wonder this team was built with Cupcake in mind. But within the trade deadline, draft, free agency, I better see some changes


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Post#23 » by spearsy23 » Sat Feb 11, 2017 1:54 am

Would anyone be surprised if this Cleveland team didn't make the finals? I know LeBron saves himself for the playoffs, but this year it just doesn't feel like he has that same aura of invincibility.
“If you're getting stops and you're making threes and the other team's not scoring, that's when you're going to see a huge point difference there,” coach Billy Donovan said.
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Post#24 » by bondom34 » Sat Feb 11, 2017 4:46 am

spearsy23 wrote:Would anyone be surprised if this Cleveland team didn't make the finals? I know LeBron saves himself for the playoffs, but this year it just doesn't feel like he has that same aura of invincibility.

I don't see anyone who can challenge barring a big trade. The east doesn't have any other top tier teams (though if Washington did it I'd like it).
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Post#25 » by spearsy23 » Sat Feb 11, 2017 7:08 am

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spearsy23 wrote:Would anyone be surprised if this Cleveland team didn't make the finals? I know LeBron saves himself for the playoffs, but this year it just doesn't feel like he has that same aura of invincibility.

I don't see anyone who can challenge barring a big trade. The east doesn't have any other top tier teams (though if Washington did it I'd like it).

The raps took them to 6 last year. I wouldn't bet against them, but it feels like this year it just isn't inevitable. I'd say they're like 55% likely to make it, and that's not accounting for the fact that LeBron teams usually pick up post ASB, which is to say they're obviously runaway favorites. I'm just not going to be real surprised if they slip. I think the decline had begun.
“If you're getting stops and you're making threes and the other team's not scoring, that's when you're going to see a huge point difference there,” coach Billy Donovan said.
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Post#26 » by Pillendreher » Sat Feb 11, 2017 10:26 am

spearsy23 wrote:Would anyone be surprised if this Cleveland team didn't make the finals? I know LeBron saves himself for the playoffs, but this year it just doesn't feel like he has that same aura of invincibility.


He surely wouldn't bolt again, would he?!
"I don't know of any player that, when the shot goes up, he doesn't want it to go in," Donovan said
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Post#27 » by Dadouv47 » Sat Feb 11, 2017 10:56 am

If some East time like the wizards or the Raptors acquire some player they really need (Ibaka would be a good example), why not. But with their current rosters, no way.

Cavs fans are very worried about their chances to win it all and I'm starting to worry too that they won't be able to beat GSW :(
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Post#28 » by spearsy23 » Sat Feb 11, 2017 11:44 am

Pillendreher wrote:
spearsy23 wrote:Would anyone be surprised if this Cleveland team didn't make the finals? I know LeBron saves himself for the playoffs, but this year it just doesn't feel like he has that same aura of invincibility.


He surely wouldn't bolt again, would he?!

Pretty sure he signed a 2+1 last summer.
“If you're getting stops and you're making threes and the other team's not scoring, that's when you're going to see a huge point difference there,” coach Billy Donovan said.

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