2019 NBA Finals Thread, Part 1 | Golden State Warriors vs Toronto Raptors

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This can't be a serious take, please tell me it isn't and that I can laugh at myself for taking the trollbait...

For reference, it's the same user who attacked someone else out of the blue in this way...

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Hands getting hit when players reach for steals literally happens every game. Just because you clip video of it and have an agenda, doesnt mean squat. Thousands of games played for both players, and the NBA is an elite frat where NOONE wants others to get injured.

The fact you reach for that out of sour grapes sports hatred is so sad. It really reflects on you and your mental state, you arr over projecting. To suggest what you are suggesting, I recomment counciling and perhaps not even watching sports.

PizzaSteve, on top of the horrific personal attacks, now you decide to (at best) troll. Whether you are doing this intentionally or not, it's irrelevant. If you continue to make posts that will obviously bring the topic down and ruin the experience for others, you will be suspended from the General Board.

This is not a horrific personal attack.

A poster accused an NBA star of intentionally injuring others and I called him out for it.

If that kind of fan is what this site represents, feel free to impose a penalty for my account and reward the fan who is so caught up in rooting for their team that they accuse opposing players of intentionally harming others, or are so sensitive that they cant compare the process that led to the signing of their (soon to be) rental premier FA star to a process of signing another premier FA star.

If the need to slant to the extreme is what is desired, feel free to perma ban me.

The use of `horrific attack` to describe what i posted just shows how needy this person is to justify their actions. Any worker who attacked a coworker with intent to injure in any work environment, including sports, would be immediately fired with investigation and charges filed. To suggest otherwise is preposterus fan hatred driven drivel.

Yes the kawhi comparison was tongue in cheek. But it is meant to point out the hypocracy of calling a free agent signing with the best team some sort of crime and deserving of years of name calling by fans annoyed he wasnt traded to or signing with their team. If KD signed at Toronto he would be the city hero.

Both of my positions are perfectly reasonable to have. Calling me a troll is a personal attack, BTW. Not that i care.

I’m pretty sure that you know how to read, so, for the second damn time, I suggest you to read my original post once again. Then tell me where the **** I claimed that Draymond intentionally injured Valanciunas.

[Son Goku 25]

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For reference, it's the same user who attacked someone else out of the blue in this way...

Spoiler:

PizzaSteve, on top of the horrific personal attacks, now you decide to (at best) troll. Whether you are doing this intentionally or not, it's irrelevant. If you continue to make posts that will obviously bring the topic down and ruin the experience for others, you will be suspended from the General Board.

This is not a horrific personal attack.

A poster accused an NBA star of intentionally injuring others and I called him out for it.

If that kind of fan is what this site represents, feel free to impose a penalty for my account and reward the fan who is so caught up in rooting for their team that they accuse opposing players of intentionally harming others, or are so sensitive that they cant compare the process that led to the signing of their (soon to be) rental premier FA star to a process of signing another premier FA star.

If the need to slant to the extreme is what is desired, feel free to perma ban me.

The use of `horrific attack` to describe what i posted just shows how needy this person is to justify their actions. Any worker who attacked a coworker with intent to injure in any work environment, including sports, would be immediately fired with investigation and charges filed. To suggest otherwise is preposterus fan hatred driven drivel.

Yes the kawhi comparison was tongue in cheek. But it is meant to point out the hypocracy of calling a free agent signing with the best team some sort of crime and deserving of years of name calling by fans annoyed he wasnt traded to or signing with their team. If KD signed at Toronto he would be the city hero.

Both of my positions are perfectly reasonable to have. Calling me a troll is a personal attack, BTW. Not that i care.

Inb4 that's labeled a horrific reply

Better stop while you're ahead fam

1. clyde21 replied to a poster and claimed that the Valanciunas injury a “freak accident”

2. I replied to him, basically arguing that injuring people because of playing out of control cannot be shrugged off as just an accident. I even said that I didn’t believe Draymond intentionally injured Valanciunas

3. PizzaSteve got my reply completely wrong and told me to stop watching basketball and suggested me to go to therapy, which was way outta line and bizarre honestly

4. He’s still deluding himself into believing that and writing long-ass replies, which is borderline troll behaviour at best

5. Looks like he’s found a supporter in you

6. This is my last post about this, because the whole thing is **** stupid

[My2CentsR]

I've been looking at some of the media day interviews with players, and I keep hoping to hear some gems and slights against the other team -- nothing, lol. Just versions of the same old statements: I'm confident with my abilities, the other team's players are great, this is a special experience. C'mon, a little trash talk would be fun to hear in advance for tomorrow, lol. Too professional.

[SFour]

I've been looking at some of the media day interviews with players, and I keep hoping to hear some gems and slights against the other team -- nothing, lol. Just versions of the same old statements: I'm confident with my abilities, the other team's players are great, this is a special experience. C'mon, a little trash talk would be fun to hear in advance for tomorrow, lol. Too professional.

Raptors players don't talk any trash..so don't expect any drama out of them. There was zero trash talking when Raptors played the Magic, Sixers, and Bucks...mainly because most of these guys are friends with each other off the floor.

[everdiso]

Warriors have had to play Lebron in four finals, now they should fear Kawhi?

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Kawhi at this level with a more well-rounded supporting cast while GSW is also weaker/injured and doesn't have HCA? I'd say.

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None of that supporting cast is better that Irving and Love.

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They never beat Irving and love without KD.

[cjx]

2019 Finals

Game 5 Prediction
Toronto 103, Golden State 100 (Raps lead series 3-2)

King Kawhi the Sensational KLaw: 32 pts, 9 rebs, 6 asts, 3 stls (33.2 ppg, 9.2 rpg, 6.2 apg over 5 gms)
Pascal Siakam: 21 pts, 9 rebs, 2 asts, 1 stl, 2 blks
Kyle Lowry: 16 pts, 4 rebs, 9 asts

Steph Curry: 22 pts, 5 rebs, 4 asts (26.8 ppg, 5.0 rpg, 5.0 apg over 5 gms)
Klay Thompson: 29 pts, 4 rebs, 2 asts, 1 stl
Draymond Green: 12 pts, 8 rebs, 7 asts, 1 stl

[Th3RaptorSwag]

Doesn't matter who wins.

We made the finals, Toronto, the team everyone labelled as trash in recent years

If we beat GS, bow down @Celtics, @Knicks, @76ers fans

[baller16]

Warriors have had to play Lebron in four finals, now they should fear Kawhi?

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Kawhi at this level with a more well-rounded supporting cast while GSW is also weaker/injured and doesn't have HCA? I'd say.

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None of that supporting cast is better that Irving and Love.

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Maybe Kyrie, but Love?? Lol. Siakam alone will probably be a bigger threat than Love ever was in his entire finals career. He was an absolute now show. The difference between our roster and the Cavs is that we have a much more balanced starting lineup and are 10x better defensively than them. Offensively, they are definitely better

[Young Stapler]

Lol it's clear people are dying for game 1 to start! I am one of those people!

[Lunartic]

This is not a horrific personal attack.

A poster accused an NBA star of intentionally injuring others and I called him out for it.

If that kind of fan is what this site represents, feel free to impose a penalty for my account and reward the fan who is so caught up in rooting for their team that they accuse opposing players of intentionally harming others, or are so sensitive that they cant compare the process that led to the signing of their (soon to be) rental premier FA star to a process of signing another premier FA star.

If the need to slant to the extreme is what is desired, feel free to perma ban me.

The use of `horrific attack` to describe what i posted just shows how needy this person is to justify their actions. Any worker who attacked a coworker with intent to injure in any work environment, including sports, would be immediately fired with investigation and charges filed. To suggest otherwise is preposterus fan hatred driven drivel.

Yes the kawhi comparison was tongue in cheek. But it is meant to point out the hypocracy of calling a free agent signing with the best team some sort of crime and deserving of years of name calling by fans annoyed he wasnt traded to or signing with their team. If KD signed at Toronto he would be the city hero.

Both of my positions are perfectly reasonable to have. Calling me a troll is a personal attack, BTW. Not that i care.

Inb4 that's labeled a horrific reply

Better stop while you're ahead fam

1. clyde21 replied to a poster and claimed that the Valanciunas injury a “freak accident”

2. I replied to him, basically arguing that injuring people because of playing out of control cannot be shrugged off as just an accident. I even said that I didn’t believe Draymond intentionally injured Valanciunas

3. PizzaSteve got my reply completely wrong and told me to stop watching basketball and suggested me to go to therapy, which was way outta line and bizarre honestly

4. He’s still deluding himself into believing that and writing long-ass replies, which is borderline troll behaviour at best

5. Looks like he’s found a supporter in you

6. This is my last post about this, because the whole thing is **** stupid

Huh? I'm just making fun of that mod labeling a post that is at worst a troll post as: a horrific personal attack


I actually agree with your argument and I'm rooting for the Raptors to beat Warriors and their bandwagonner fans.

Draymond does not deserve the benefit of the doubt and it's likely he intentionally was trying to aggravate the injury.
Leonard joining the Raptors is not at all comparable to what Durant did.

[HeartBreaking]

Warriors need durant vs toronto

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[NapoleonII]

2019 Finals

Game 5 Prediction
Toronto 103, Golden State 100 (Raps lead series 3-2)

King Kawhi the Sensational KLaw: 32 pts, 9 rebs, 6 asts, 3 stls (33.2 ppg, 9.2 rpg, 6.2 apg over 5 gms)
Pascal Siakam: 21 pts, 9 rebs, 2 asts, 1 stl, 2 blks
Kyle Lowry: 16 pts, 4 rebs, 9 asts

Steph Curry: 22 pts, 5 rebs, 4 asts (26.8 ppg, 5.0 rpg, 5.0 apg over 5 gms)
Klay Thompson: 29 pts, 4 rebs, 2 asts, 1 stl
Draymond Green: 12 pts, 8 rebs, 7 asts, 1 stl

Why do you make all these really specific predictions?

[Red Shoelace]

Doesn't matter who wins.

We made the finals, Toronto, the team everyone labelled as trash in recent years

If we beat GS, bow down @Celtics, @Knicks, @76ers fans

76ers for the most part had very knowledgeable fans this post season when interacting with Raptors. They are cool and I wish them nothing but the best.

Knicks fans are in an eternal state of shambles, never kick a man when they are down. I hope their franchise turns it around.

Celtics fans are in such a state they are primarily cheering for us in the finals. Their mods are easily the worst on this board tho.

I wish all fans of all eastern conference teams great fortune. Except trolls like PizzaSteve and Mindstate that have derailed this GB thread.

[will]

YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAH BOOOYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY

[HeartBreaking]

The best part of being in the finals is that the bucks arent in the finals

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[durden_tyler]

I've been looking at some of the media day interviews with players, and I keep hoping to hear some gems and slights against the other team -- nothing, lol. Just versions of the same old statements: I'm confident with my abilities, the other team's players are great, this is a special experience. C'mon, a little trash talk would be fun to hear in advance for tomorrow, lol. Too professional.

Raptors players don't talk any trash..so don't expect any drama out of them. There was zero trash talking when Raptors played the Magic, Sixers, and Bucks...mainly because most of these guys are friends with each other off the floor.

Oh, that's nice, so basically an exact opposite of their Real GM fanbase

i kid. i kid.

[SappySkunk]

Doesn't matter who wins.

We made the finals, Toronto, the team everyone labelled as trash in recent years

If we beat GS, bow down @Celtics, @Knicks, @76ers fans

Rooting for yall, it was a great series between us.

[DaPessimist]

I thought game 1 was tonight.

[Mister Ze]

I think Siakam will be the 2nd best player for Toronto this series