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[fatlever]

I'm really happy for Brendan Haywood. Love seeing that dude on TV. We're going to be seeing a lot of him in the future. I've been telling you guys this for years, since his first days in Charlotte. He's fantastic on radio and TV talking hoops. Dude is a hoops junkie and he's as eloquent as you'll find. He's at least one UNC athlete who didnt mail it in while on campus.

what happened?

I've kind of spent the last few days in Latvia's borderland near Russian camping and drinking.

Haywood was doing radio here in Charlotte while he was here and he was fantastic. Earlier this year I saw him TV during the NCAA tournament on some of the side channels covering the games. A few weeks ago I saw him on NBATV (I think) doing some post playoff game analysis and I was thinking, great for him, he's getting some NBA related airtime. They after game 4 he was on Sportscenter as the only NBA analyst talking finals for a solid 20 minutes. That's quite a big jump in such a short time. He looked like he had been doing it all his life.

[steady]

I just wanna see Draymond Green's reaction when the Warriors win tonight and Silver awards him the MVP trophy in absentia. Hopefully ABC gets a camera into whatever random bar he'll be watching from.

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Apparently, Draymond Green can enter the arena once the game is over. Crazy rules.

What I can't quite believe is LeBron's comment that he didnt know that Draymond was one flagrant away from getting suspended a game. Everyone who was more than a passing NBA fan knew that. LeBron just bugs me.

[fatlever]

I just wanna see Draymond Green's reaction when the Warriors win tonight and Silver awards him the MVP trophy in absentia. Hopefully ABC gets a camera into whatever random bar he'll be watching from.

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Apparently, Draymond Green can enter the arena once the game is over. Crazy rules.

What I can't quite believe is LeBron's comment that he didnt know that Draymond was one flagrant away from getting suspended a game. Everyone who was more than a passing NBA fan knew that. LeBron just bugs me.

I think the Warriors will lose tonight fairly easily w/out Green. This series is going to 7. I hope I a wrong.

[Flip Murray]

I just wanna see Draymond Green's reaction when the Warriors win tonight and Silver awards him the MVP trophy in absentia. Hopefully ABC gets a camera into whatever random bar he'll be watching from.

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Apparently, Draymond Green can enter the arena once the game is over. Crazy rules.

What I can't quite believe is LeBron's comment that he didnt know that Draymond was one flagrant away from getting suspended a game. Everyone who was more than a passing NBA fan knew that. LeBron just bugs me.

For real. I don't know why Lebron didn't just say he knew. Draymond is the idiot here. He's the one out of control multiple times this playoffs. As far as i'm concerned he put himself into a position on the brink where he absolutely cannot retaliate, Lebron knew what he was doing and it was a smart play. Is no different than trying to get into somebody's head that you know has some mental issues on the court. Lebron didn't make excessive physical contact.

[Flip Murray]

I just wanna see Draymond Green's reaction when the Warriors win tonight and Silver awards him the MVP trophy in absentia. Hopefully ABC gets a camera into whatever random bar he'll be watching from.

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Apparently, Draymond Green can enter the arena once the game is over. Crazy rules.

What I can't quite believe is LeBron's comment that he didnt know that Draymond was one flagrant away from getting suspended a game. Everyone who was more than a passing NBA fan knew that. LeBron just bugs me.

I think the Warriors will lose tonight fairly easily w/out Green. This series is going to 7. I hope I a wrong.

I hope the warriors lose in the most spectacular way possible just because that will probably result in the most people getting their panties in an uproar. I'm for chaos theory at this point

[PG13]

I can't stand LeBron the drama queen's passive-aggressiveness. I hope GSW will win tonight without Green, making the Cavs look even worse. It will totally backfire on LBJ's agenda to get Green suspended lol...

[jtsmith]

Hope GSW wins so LeBron can whine some more.

[BatumtheGlue]

Apparently, Draymond Green can enter the arena once the game is over. Crazy rules.

What I can't quite believe is LeBron's comment that he didnt know that Draymond was one flagrant away from getting suspended a game. Everyone who was more than a passing NBA fan knew that. LeBron just bugs me.

I think the Warriors will lose tonight fairly easily w/out Green. This series is going to 7. I hope I a wrong.

I hope the warriors lose in the most spectacular way possible just because that will probably result in the most people getting their panties in an uproar. I'm for chaos theory at this point

Amen brother. I really want to see Draymond Green crying face meme.

[Braggins]

Kyrie is fun to watch when he plays like a man possessed. I hope he gets serious about taking his game to the next level and works on his defense and team offense all summer.

Lebron is still pretty solidly the best player in the world as far as I'm concerned.

[Flip Murray]

Kyrie is fun to watch when he plays like a man possessed. I hope he gets serious about taking his game to the next level and works on his defense and team offense all summer.

Lebron is still pretty solidly the best player in the world as far as I'm concerned.

I'm so glad Cleveland dropped the hammer on GS. At least for tonight

[-Ian-]

I want to see a Game 7.

[BatumtheGlue]

I want to see a Game 7.

Silver wants to see a game 7 and makes sure the Warriors win it

[fatlever]

tonight was too predictable. Warriors just not very good defensively w/out Green, at least not vs the Cavs.

Barnes is a joke. Every time he has a chance to step up and show people he is more than just a guy who can stand in the corner he completely craps his pants.

[Eoghan]

The Warriors don't look nearly as scary without Green and Bogut to provide countless moving screens. At least for a game anyway.

[fatlever]

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hmmmm....???

Curry
Westbrook
Paul
Lillard
Lowry
Kyrie
Conley
Wall
Kemba
Teague
Thomas
Jackson
Bledsoe (even with his injury issues)

That's 13 that I wouldn't think twice about taking over Rose right now.

Then you have the two pass first, can't shoot guys Rubio and Rondo, who could be better depending on what you want from your PG.

A few combo guards like Knight, McCollum and Oladipo that are arguable depending on a lose definition of PG

Young guys with upside like Schroeder, Russell and Payton might be more valuable by as soon as next year.

Then what about this group of guys - Parker, Dragic, Hill, Lin - arguments could probably be made for each of those guys, depending on your view of Rose's health and how much you value those 4.

I'd have Rose no higher than 14 and possibly as low as 26. Obviously, one good healthy year from Rose where he also learns to reinvent his game could change everything and push him back into the top 10, but that's a big "if".

[JDR720]

at least 25 if you count young potential guys too.

[PG13]

Anyone else think LeBron is a jerk from the way he treats K Love? I'm not a Love fan but how could a leader treat his teammates like he does?

[fatlever]

Anyone else think LeBron is a jerk from the way he treats K Love? I'm not a Love fan but how could a leader treat his teammates like he does?

Lebron's treatment of Love is only reason #87 why he is a jerk.

[yosemiteben]

Reminder that Boston has 8 draft picks in the 2016 draft - 3, 16, 23, 31, 35, 45, 51, 58

[Mystical Apples]

Reminder that Boston has 8 draft picks in the 2016 draft - 3, 16, 23, 31, 35, 45, 51, 58

Better known as an army of Euro stashes. Or in some package with Crowder and/or Bradley for Blake, Love, Gallo, or Butler.