Around the NBA Thread: 2015-16 (2.0)

Post #1981 » by **Froob** » Sat Jun 11, 2016 3:54 am

Cleveland would be so boned if LeBron left with their cap situation. I can't see him leaving tho.

Post #1982 » by **Parliament10** » Sat Jun 11, 2016 3:55 am

Cleveland Cavaliers, down 3-1, in the Series.

Next Game: at Golden State.

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyFyAqLtHq8[/youtube]

ConstableGeneva · Post #1983 » by **ConstableGeneva** » Sat Jun 11, 2016 3:58 am

I'll buy a pair if they replaced the Crying Jordan with this instead:

soxfan2003 · Post #1984 » by **soxfan2003** » Sat Jun 11, 2016 4:05 am

At the time, I thought it was Lebron trying to get Green kicked out of game 5 which would be a savvy move worthy of the Bill Laimbeer/Dennis Rodman award.

DK-All Day · Post #1985 » by **DK-All Day** » Sat Jun 11, 2016 4:32 am

I'm enjoying every second of LeBron's decline.

Writebloc · Post #1986 » by **Writebloc** » Sat Jun 11, 2016 4:33 am

You know, maybe Lebron should leave Cleveland and come to Boston? At least the Celtics beat the Warriors in Oakland.

Post #1987 » by **165bows** » Sat Jun 11, 2016 4:54 am

So if the series ends Monday does it became straight up rumorville for a week and a half?

ConstableGeneva · Post #1988 » by **ConstableGeneva** » Sat Jun 11, 2016 5:09 am

165bows wrote:So if the series ends Monday does it became straight up rumorville for a week and a half?

Busiest offseason in recent memory? So many playoff/fringe playoff teams won't be satisfied with their current rosters while previously tanking teams are going to make moves to improve. Then there are the treadmill teams with aging/injured stars who need to think about which new direction to take.

Hopefully offseason action's gonna be 10,000 times more entertaining than these entire playoffs.

Marvel · Post #1989 » by **Marvel** » Sat Jun 11, 2016 5:40 am

CrowderKeg wrote:
165bows wrote:So if the series ends Monday does it became straight up rumorville for a week and a half?

Busiest offseason in recent memory? So many playoff/fringe playoff teams won't be satisfied with their current rosters while previously tanking teams are going to make moves to improve. Then there are the treadmill teams with aging/injured stars who need to think about which new direction to take.

Hopefully offseason action's gonna be 10,000 times more entertaining than these entire playoffs.

Which was really spoiled by injuries. NBA needs to figure **** out if this goes on any longer like reducing 82 down to 62 or something.

jcappy · Post #1990 » by **jcappy** » Sat Jun 11, 2016 5:45 am

soxfan2003 wrote:At the time, I thought it was Lebron trying to get Green kicked out of game 5 which would be a savvy move worthy of the Bill Laimbeer/Dennis Rodman award.

God this game seemed poorly reffed. Throughout the game obvious fouls not called. It was like cops driving right by street muggings. Lebron grabbing/tackling Seth on the inbound which forced GS to call their last timeout, was outrageous... and Lebron the nerve to challenge Curry's complaint. But more generally it seemed like whenever someone went inside it was football all the way--without a whistle.

jcappy · Post #1991 » by **jcappy** » Sat Jun 11, 2016 5:49 am

Marvel wrote:
CrowderKeg wrote:
165bows wrote:So if the series ends Monday does it became straight up rumorville for a week and a half?

Busiest offseason in recent memory? So many playoff/fringe playoff teams won't be satisfied with their current rosters while previously tanking teams are going to make moves to improve. Then there are the treadmill teams with aging/injured stars who need to think about which new direction to take.

Hopefully offseason action's gonna be 10,000 times more entertaining than these entire playoffs.

Which was really spoiled by injuries. NBA needs to figure **** out if this goes on any longer like reducing 82 down to 62 or something.

Right on! 82 down to 62--and change the draft order so that no team should ever be motivated to lose ever again. Except for grandfathering, this would be so easy to do. then no more waste games.

Yunsen · Post #1992 » by **Yunsen** » Sat Jun 11, 2016 7:12 am

I don't get why they don't schedule back-to-back game at one place instead of separating them throughout the season to save travel time. Like why not have us play back-to-back games at Miami just so we don't have to travel back down there later in the season.

CeltsfanSinceBirth · Post #1993 » by **CeltsfanSinceBirth** » Sat Jun 11, 2016 11:59 am

Writebloc wrote:You know, maybe Lebron should leave Cleveland and come to Boston? At least the Celtics beat the Warriors in Oakland.

Might as well. Celtics are way better than the Cavs without LeBron. They're a 6th seed at best without James, and that's being generous.

CelticsLV · Post #1994 » by **CelticsLV** » Sat Jun 11, 2016 12:59 pm

CeltsfanSinceBirth wrote:
Writebloc wrote:You know, maybe Lebron should leave Cleveland and come to Boston? At least the Celtics beat the Warriors in Oakland.

Might as well. Celtics are way better than the Cavs without LeBron. They're a 6th seed at best without James, and that's being generous.

He'll get Stevens fired. Dude is just like Rondo. He refuses to play in the flow of the game and has his own idea of how to run offense. Lue is telling to play uptemo with ball movement but they do exact opposite. And the cause of it is LeBron. He receives the ball and pounds it. One of the worst possible players for Brad's offense.

The_Ghost_of_JB · Post #1995 » by **The_Ghost_of_JB** » Sat Jun 11, 2016 2:02 pm

I thought the cavs would put up more of a fight to be honest especially with Love and Irving healthy. Series is probably over as I don't see the them winning on Monday.

Between personal and caps space I don't the cavs will do much. It's not like they won't be in the finals again next year, and the year after that, and the year after that. At some point they will win one.

Curmudgeon · Post #1996 » by **Curmudgeon** » Sat Jun 11, 2016 2:09 pm

After next year they will be highly vulnerable IMHO. LeBron isn't getting any younger.
The fat lady is tuning up her pipes in Oakland.

Post #1997 » by **Darth Celtic** » Sat Jun 11, 2016 4:21 pm

not sure we want lebron to leave. If he does i'm sure the cavs will win the lotto 5 years in a row "pure luck", not rigged or anything.

Edug27 · Post #1998 » by **Edug27** » Sat Jun 11, 2016 4:47 pm

Crazy to think that Barnes may be the highest paid player on the Warriors next season.

truth18 · Post #1999 » by **truth18** » Sat Jun 11, 2016 5:02 pm

jcappy wrote:
soxfan2003 wrote:At the time, I thought it was Lebron trying to get Green kicked out of game 5 which would be a savvy move worthy of the Bill Laimbeer/Dennis Rodman award.

God this game seemed poorly reffed. Throughout the game obvious fouls not called. It was like cops driving right by street muggings. Lebron grabbing/tackling Seth on the inbound which forced GS to call their last timeout, was outrageous... and Lebron the nerve to challenge Curry's complaint. But more generally it seemed like whenever someone went inside it was football all the way--without a whistle.

Lots of ignored three second violations as well, both ways, but particularly egregious on the Warriors side.

Writebloc · Post #2000 » by **Writebloc** » Sat Jun 11, 2016 5:07 pm

CelticsLV wrote:
CeltsfanSinceBirth wrote:
Writebloc wrote:You know, maybe Lebron should leave Cleveland and come to Boston? At least the Celtics beat the Warriors in Oakland.

Might as well. Celtics are way better than the Cavs without LeBron. They're a 6th seed at best without James, and that's being generous.

He'll get Stevens fired. Dude is just like Rondo. He refuses to play in the flow of the game and has his own idea of how to run offense. Lue is telling to play uptemo with ball movement but they do exact opposite. And the cause of it is LeBron. He receives the ball and pounds it. One of the worst possible players for Brad's offense.

Yeah, I guess I should have written this in green font since I'm a confirmed Lebron hater. Lebron only went back to Cleveland since he knew he would run the show. As we all are "witnessing" he should stick to being a player, but he doesn't know how since he's so busy trying to be a mogul.