Does everyone else agree the real finals is the Wcf?

RaptorPride · Post #41 » by **RaptorPride** » Thu Sep 10, 2020 7:43 am

The east has defence and coaching to help balance the star power of the west

TheBoi10 · Post #42 » by **TheBoi10** » Thu Sep 10, 2020 7:44 am

Lakers aren't that good

GSP · Post #43 » by **GSP** » Thu Sep 10, 2020 7:56 am

TheBoi10 wrote:Lakers aren't that good

Trolling? They have the 2 best players of the playoffs and their defense is just as good as Boston/Toronto if not better

Theyre honestly on their own tier and should win the title fairly easily which is what i was saying pre playoffs. Only question is Clips who have some matchup advantages but the recent h2hs showed Lebron can easily guard Kawhi

GSP · Post #44 » by **GSP** » Thu Sep 10, 2020 7:57 am

RaptorPride wrote:The east has defence and coaching to help balance the star power of the west

Lakers defense is just as good as any in the East if not better

Vogel is one of the best defensive coaches. Ad, Lebron, Caruso, Danny, Kcp, Rondo, Dwight. Kuz and Kief can gave good defensive games

The scores in the West are higher but there is no offense in the East as good as Portland or Houston so thats skewed

Ryoga Hibiki · Post #45 » by **Ryoga Hibiki** » Thu Sep 10, 2020 8:03 am

The West teams haven't been impressive at all.
Literally anything can happen.

GSP · Post #46 » by **GSP** » Thu Sep 10, 2020 8:07 am

Ryoga Hibiki wrote:The West teams haven't been impressive at all.
Literally anything can happen.

How havent the Lakers been impressive?

They have the 2 best playoff performers on the same team and locked down a top 3 offense in Portland and are on the verge of doing it to top 5 offense Houston

Lakers defense is just as good as any in the East. And they have 2 players that are vastly better than any player in the East and playing like the best playoff duo since 01 Kobe/Shaq

Sidthekid87 · Post #47 » by **Sidthekid87** » Thu Sep 10, 2020 8:56 am

How can y'all possibly be watching the Celtics and Raptors going to absolute war and think "hmm these teams look like easy outs" it's so confusing to me.

GSP · Post #48 » by **GSP** » Thu Sep 10, 2020 9:05 am

Sidthekid87 wrote:How can y'all possibly be watching the Celtics and Raptors going to absolute war and think "hmm these teams look like easy outs" it's so confusing to me.

Okc/Houston went to war too

that doesnt mean anything as far as winning a title. No one is saying they wont put up resistance but theyre not winning a title. Theyre the typical 'fight hard and make them work for it' team with a clear ceiling since they dont have a top tier player like the La teams do

Playoff P · Post #49 » by **Playoff P** » Thu Sep 10, 2020 9:07 am

I feel this is where PG will make his mark and show his playoff dominance and what he is made of

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GSP · Post #50 » by **GSP** » Thu Sep 10, 2020 9:09 am

Playoff P wrote:I feel this is where PG will make his mark and show his playoff dominance and what he is made of

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Paul George and playoff dominance shouldnt be in the same sentence unless Joe Ingles is involved

Ryoga Hibiki · Post #51 » by **Ryoga Hibiki** » Thu Sep 10, 2020 9:11 am

GSP wrote:
Ryoga Hibiki wrote:The West teams haven't been impressive at all.
Literally anything can happen.

How havent the Lakers been impressive?

They have the 2 best playoff performers on the same team and locked down a top 3 offense in Portland and are on the verge of doing it to top 5 offense Houston

Lakers defense is just as good as any in the East. And they have 2 players that are vastly better than any player in the East and playing like the best playoff duo since 01 Kobe/Shaq

That's a team with limited shooting, no depth, serious issues on half court offence.
I would consider the Celtics favorites, for instance, assuming a good Hayward back.

GSP · Post #52 » by **GSP** » Thu Sep 10, 2020 9:14 am

Ryoga Hibiki wrote:
GSP wrote:
Ryoga Hibiki wrote:The West teams haven't been impressive at all.
Literally anything can happen.

How havent the Lakers been impressive?

They have the 2 best playoff performers on the same team and locked down a top 3 offense in Portland and are on the verge of doing it to top 5 offense Houston

Lakers defense is just as good as any in the East. And they have 2 players that are vastly better than any player in the East and playing like the best playoff duo since 01 Kobe/Shaq

That's a team with limited shooting, no depth, serious issues on half court offence.
I would consider the Celtics favorites, for instance, assuming a good Hayward back.

Lakers depth woes are vastly overestimated

They have random role players stepping up all the time. It was Caruso, Kcp, Danny, even Javale at random points against Portland. Kuz, Rondo and even Markieff against Houston.

As for halfcourt offense they have Lebron James and Anthony Davis the 2 best players of the playoffs so far. Miami is the only team that really executes great regardless in the halfcourt every other team has issues there

Gordon isnt coming back. He has a grade 3 sprain

evilpimp972 · Post #53 » by **evilpimp972** » Thu Sep 10, 2020 9:20 am

Lol at thinking Lebron / Kawhi / AD / PG wont be the best duel you can think of
Smh, the mental gymnastic here
I agree that coaching is better on the east, but they also have less talent.
How many times that coaching wins a ring? 2004 pistons? 2014 Spurs? Thats all lmao

GSP · Post #54 » by **GSP** » Thu Sep 10, 2020 9:49 am

evilpimp972 wrote:Lol at thinking Lebron / Kawhi / AD / PG wont be the best duel you can think of
Smh, the mental gymnastic here
I agree that coaching is better on the east, but they also have less talent.
How many times that coaching wins a ring? 2004 pistons? 2014 Spurs? Thats all lmao

Yeah pretty much
Coaching matters in the Nba but mostly for regular season. In the playoffs coaching impact is lowered significantly. It's not like the Nfl

Optms · Post #55 » by **Optms** » Thu Sep 10, 2020 9:52 am

Ryoga Hibiki wrote:The West teams haven't been impressive at all.
Literally anything can happen.

Aside from Lakers losing game 1 of every series they have flat out destroyed their opponents. Denver was as impressive as anyone vs the Nuggets. Dallas likely have taken the Clippers to 7 and possibly win if healthy. And the Clippers themselves have shown to be a level above anyone in the East when everything is clicking.

Meanwhile the top 2 teams in the East : Bucks lose in the second round and the Raptors need 7 games just to beat the Celtics, and they themselves are probably getting bounced in the second round. That leaves Miami and the Celtics. Two teams no one gave a shot to come out of the East.

But yeah, the West is the unimpressive conference. Laughable. East has been exposed. Not the West's fault the two favorites of the East turned out to be paper tigers.

Hell, put Houston and Denver in the East I guarantee you one of those teams makes the ECF.

rapluva · Post #56 » by **rapluva** » Thu Sep 10, 2020 10:04 am

mademan wrote:I have zero faith in a team led by Tatum Lowry or Butler to beat Lebron or kawhi

Why the hate bro... As a Raptor fan.. if we do somehow make it to the finals..yes miracles do happen..see last year as an example..

Then my friend..Raptor fans have seen the movie with LeBron before..and I can guarantee you they are not afraid of the Lakers...and I would say the same about the Clippers..except we have also seen the movie with Kawhi in it.. and he is the only dude that is scary for the Raps.

rapluva · Post #57 » by **rapluva** » Thu Sep 10, 2020 10:10 am

GSP wrote:
TheBoi10 wrote:Lakers aren't that good

Trolling? They have the 2 best players of the playoffs and their defense is just as good as Boston/Toronto if not better

Theyre honestly on their own tier and should win the title fairly easily which is what i was saying pre playoffs. Only question is Clips who have some matchup advantages but the recent h2hs showed Lebron can easily guard Kawhi

Lol Raptors got Kawhi..cuz he is the LeBron stopper.. no way the Lakers will beat the Raptors.. I don't know what it is..but some players are jinx players..not doubting their talent..but I think some players will never win a championship..guys like the Morris twins..jinx.. one of them is out and I think the other will be a jinx for their team and lose it all for their team..
Chris Paul..I don't think he will ever win a championship..the dude is so good as a player..Carmelo Anthony is another...

I can say this..watching the fire power that Boston has..along with their defence..it will be a tough tough series to see them lose four games easy.

Miami is well coached with a Butler..

Lockdown504090 · Post #58 » by **Lockdown504090** » Thu Sep 10, 2020 10:11 am

The raptors are struggling with the size of brown and Tatum, two children in comparison to lebron and Kawhi. The Celtics can’t score inside against washed up raptor forwards. The heat just played two competitive games with the no Giannis bucks. The only reason an east team wins games is because an LA Team doesn’t take them seriously. Too much experience, too much firepower on both ends and too much high end talent.

Joao Saraiva · Post #59 » by **Joao Saraiva** » Thu Sep 10, 2020 10:42 am

I've seen too much NBA to know that the East can win it all. The real finals is the finals until proven otherwise.

Side beard · Post #60 » by **Side beard** » Thu Sep 10, 2020 10:59 am

Every year same **** question. Do you guys get bored of it?