ECF: | (1) Cleveland Cavaliers vs (2) Toronto Raptors | CLE 2-1

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Series Predictions

Cavaliers in 4
172
24%
Cavaliers in 5
150
21%
Cavaliers in 6
80
11%
Cavaliers in 7
12
2%
Raptors in 4
107
15%
Raptors in 5
6
1%
Raptors in 6
59
8%
Raptors in 7
124
17%
 
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Re: ECF: | (1) Cleveland Cavaliers vs (2) Toronto Raptors 

Post#861 » by NinjaBro » Wed May 18, 2016 1:48 am

It's actually less embarrassing to let the Cavs keep shooting open 3 than this.
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Re: ECF: | (1) Cleveland Cavaliers vs (2) Toronto Raptors 

Post#862 » by infinite11285 » Wed May 18, 2016 1:48 am

Well, those Raptors fans DID want the Cavs...

And here we are....
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Re: ECF: | (1) Cleveland Cavaliers vs (2) Toronto Raptors 

Post#863 » by Bertrob » Wed May 18, 2016 1:49 am

r3demption wrote:Are the raps the worst team to make a conference finals?


I mean if we only go back a few years the '14 Pacers were pretty bad
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Re: ECF: | (1) Cleveland Cavaliers vs (2) Toronto Raptors 

Post#864 » by JDR720 » Wed May 18, 2016 1:49 am

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Re: ECF: | (1) Cleveland Cavaliers vs (2) Toronto Raptors 

Post#865 » by RaptorNews » Wed May 18, 2016 1:49 am

Eagle4 wrote:
SalamiNCheez wrote:
KDS91 wrote:So uh...

Cleveland is pretty good.

Toronto... not so much.


I guess that would make the Heat trash then

We have the luxury of saying we missed our 2nd and 3rd best player, what about the Raps? Jv,Maybe he'll reduce the 22pt deficit to 15 instead when he returns in game 3-4. :lol:


The Raps are in the conference finals and have a top 10 pick in the draft. I take that over a team on vacation whose best player might need to medically retire *shrug*
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Re: ECF: | (1) Cleveland Cavaliers vs (2) Toronto Raptors 

Post#866 » by nikster » Wed May 18, 2016 1:49 am

mrblunt wrote:Raptors will blow it up after this series. No way they can beat the Cavs with their current team.

I hate this mentality. After the best season in franchise history we're supposed to give up on the next 5 years because of lebron?....and we're supposed to give this up for a slight chance to have a better team, when realistically after a blow up we would be lucky to make it to the conference finals in 10 years
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Re: ECF: | (1) Cleveland Cavaliers vs (2) Toronto Raptors 

Post#867 » by NinjaBro » Wed May 18, 2016 1:50 am

yoyoboy wrote:Love how this thread consists of everyone tearing down the Raptors instead of giving credit to the Cavs. It's so hard for people to admit that the Cavs mighty actually be a good team...


Lots of salty Pistons,Heat, Hornets and Hawks fans in this thread :lol:
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Re: ECF: | (1) Cleveland Cavaliers vs (2) Toronto Raptors 

Post#868 » by Tim_Hardawayy » Wed May 18, 2016 1:50 am

infinite11285 wrote:
mrblunt wrote:Raptors will blow it up after this series. No way they can beat the Cavs with their current team.


Nonsense

They'll definitely retool their frontcourt and their bench. That 1st round pick won't be too shabby either, whether they use it or use it as a trade piece. You don't blow up a team after their best year in franchise history.

So you would re-sign Derozan to a max?
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Re: ECF: | (1) Cleveland Cavaliers vs (2) Toronto Raptors 

Post#869 » by tundraknight » Wed May 18, 2016 1:50 am

JDR720 wrote:


Irving has to be one of the best ball handlers in the NBA.
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Re: ECF: | (1) Cleveland Cavaliers vs (2) Toronto Raptors 

Post#870 » by JN » Wed May 18, 2016 1:50 am

Real GM Fact #2 - Hassan Whiteside would dominate and break Lebron James in half.
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Re: ECF: | (1) Cleveland Cavaliers vs (2) Toronto Raptors 

Post#871 » by Tim_Hardawayy » Wed May 18, 2016 1:50 am

NinjaBro wrote:
yoyoboy wrote:Love how this thread consists of everyone tearing down the Raptors instead of giving credit to the Cavs. It's so hard for people to admit that the Cavs mighty actually be a good team...


Lots of salty Pistons,Heat, Hornets, Hawks and Raptors fans in this thread :lol:

ftfy

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Re: ECF: | (1) Cleveland Cavaliers vs (2) Toronto Raptors 

Post#872 » by Inevitable » Wed May 18, 2016 1:51 am

Bourne85 wrote:
Inevitable wrote:
Bourne85 wrote::lol:

What a joke of a series.

Your teams on vacation buddy :lol:


And the Raps aren't? Sure looks like it

Yet here we are while you are watching my favourite team instead of yours. 8-)
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Re: ECF: | (1) Cleveland Cavaliers vs (2) Toronto Raptors 

Post#873 » by gino_giode » Wed May 18, 2016 1:51 am

Hey Cavs fans, let's not get ahead of ourselves. The Thunder came back from a 14 pt half time deficit last night. They have 2 all stars, Raps have 2 all stars. The comeback is on.
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Re: ECF: | (1) Cleveland Cavaliers vs (2) Toronto Raptors 

Post#874 » by NinjaBro » Wed May 18, 2016 1:52 am

Tim_Hardawayy wrote:
NinjaBro wrote:
yoyoboy wrote:Love how this thread consists of everyone tearing down the Raptors instead of giving credit to the Cavs. It's so hard for people to admit that the Cavs mighty actually be a good team...


Lots of salty Pistons,Heat, Hornets, Hawks and Raptors fans in this thread :lol:

ftfy

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Why would Raptor fans be salty? we've already conceded that Cavs were better than us pre series.
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Re: ECF: | (1) Cleveland Cavaliers vs (2) Toronto Raptors 

Post#875 » by Eagle4 » Wed May 18, 2016 1:52 am

jigga_man wrote:
Eagle4 wrote:
SalamiNCheez wrote:
I guess that would make the Heat trash then

We have the luxury of saying we missed our 2nd and 3rd best player, what about the Raps? Maybe he'll reduce the 22pt deficit to 15 instead when he returns in game 3-4. :lol:


Bosh was clearly your best player and the Heat still took that series to 7 games despite not having homecourt advantage

Honestly you can argue between Bosh,Whiteside, Wade as 1a,1b,1c in terms of OVERALL impact. However yes, a lot of Heat fans weren't that bummed long after game 7, they all knew it was basically a match to see who gets slaughtered in the ECF without Bosh and Hassan.
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Re: ECF: | (1) Cleveland Cavaliers vs (2) Toronto Raptors 

Post#876 » by Vee-Rex » Wed May 18, 2016 1:52 am

Cavs are known to get complacent and give up big leads. I'll never feel safe until the clock hits 0.
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Re: ECF: | (1) Cleveland Cavaliers vs (2) Toronto Raptors 

Post#877 » by gsw408 » Wed May 18, 2016 1:52 am

cavs gonna sweep their way to the finals
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Re: ECF: | (1) Cleveland Cavaliers vs (2) Toronto Raptors 

Post#878 » by Birdie » Wed May 18, 2016 1:52 am

yoyoboy wrote:Love how this thread consists of everyone tearing down the Raptors instead of giving credit to the Cavs. It's so hard for people to admit that the Cavs mighty actually be a good team...


A product of all the trolling that was going on in that MIA vs TOR thread. I couldn't even bring myself to hangout in there it was so toxic about nonsense.

TOR isn't a bad team. Like CLE got no respect this year, along with everybody else not named SAS or GSW, TOR still finished with Top 5 NBA record. That's what funny when people say stupid things like "is this the worst team in ECF"...which would've been said of MIA/CHA/IND had any of them advanced. The trolls are never happy and just need to be angry internet keyboard gangstas. Sad.
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Re: ECF: | (1) Cleveland Cavaliers vs (2) Toronto Raptors 

Post#879 » by whysoserious » Wed May 18, 2016 1:52 am

Looks like there's a ton of Heat fans (not all) that have no interest in talking about the series or games and just want to take shots at the Raps after getting taken out.

All Raps fans in here should just ignore their posts, stop replying or quoting them.
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Re: ECF: | (1) Cleveland Cavaliers vs (2) Toronto Raptors 

Post#880 » by infinite11285 » Wed May 18, 2016 1:53 am

Tim_Hardawayy wrote:
infinite11285 wrote:
mrblunt wrote:Raptors will blow it up after this series. No way they can beat the Cavs with their current team.


Nonsense

They'll definitely retool their frontcourt and their bench. That 1st round pick won't be too shabby either, whether they use it or use it as a trade piece. You don't blow up a team after their best year in franchise history.

So you would re-sign Derozan to a max?


Personally, I wouldn't but he's going to get the max from someone. You said they will blow it up, though. lol

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