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awful

Lowe predix dubs in 6
http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/19500294/zach-lowe-2017-nba-finals-preview-prediction-golden-state-warriors-vs-cleveland-cavaliers

despite the predicition lowe's piece has me amped up for a good series

yeah well balanced hope its good

how do you all think mike brown will fare v. lue? does it matter?

it doesnt matter too much, kerr is heavily involved. where brown may actually be a difference is hes already said he will fall back to basic PnR and mismatch ball when necessary (when things get bogged down), something kerr has shown reluctance to do.

http://www.tmz.com/2017/05/31/lebron-james-home-vandalized-with-n-word-graffiti-hate-crime/

ugh

― 龜, Wednesday, May 31, 2017 12:15 PM (two hours ago

:( :( :( :( :(

http://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/columnists/full/lowe_zach.png&w=160&h=160&scale=crop

seriously what is wrong with his hair

it's trying to escape his head

LeBron James is the best player. Kevin Love is playing perhaps the best basketball of his Cleveland tenure, and when he produces like this, the talent gap between Cleveland's Big Three and Golden State's three best players -- Stephen Curry, Kevin Durant, Draymond Green -- isn't insurmountable.

another one on our side in the great debate

lol

i can't begrudge him for the hair line, most of us have/will have thinning hair, it's the asymmetry that is bad, that part on his left side sticks out a little too much. but whatever he is very good at writing/speaking about basketball

re kerr

Mike Brown says Steve Kerr hasn't yet told him whether he's coaching Game 1

— Tim Kawakami (@timkawakami) May 31, 2017

lowe does the come-over is my main issue. balding/thinning happens no biggy. if he is gonna go full wild hair then he should just really go for it. it cant seem to decide.

also i've been trying to think of who kevin love reminds me of for so long and it just occured to me that it is pryzbelewski from the wire!

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/0d/The_Wire_Prez.jpg

lol yea i can kinda see it

Hopefully Klay swings the pendulum back

Klay Thompson is averaging 14.4 PPG, a .455 eFG%, and an 8.4 PER in the playoffs, all career lows https://t.co/qrWKqI9jq0 pic.twitter.com/0hpxl3oNJ8

— Basketball Reference (@bball_ref) May 31, 2017

LeBron James responds to racial slur sprayed on front gate of his LA home with strong statement on race issues in America pic.twitter.com/CjUvCXixGB

— Anthony Slater (@anthonyVslater) May 31, 2017

I know we make fun of messy drama lebron but he's been a real dude about anything that matters his entire career

I totally missed the poll but dubs in 7 and if bron pulls off a win I think he moves into undisputed co-goat status at least

Btw on one of the pods I think it was Lowe and windhorst discussing something about the Celtics and other non cavs east teams that could make moves and mentioned that the east is "wide open"

I totally knew what they meant but then I remembered a lebron team has won the east and gone to the finals SEVEN straight years so uh it's really not wide open oops

some day lebron will lose

perhaps

perhaps not?

apt
https://fansided.com/2017/05/31/lebron-james-nostalgia-future-inevitable/

on a pod yesterday dave mcmenamin said he thought lebron was only going to play 3 or 4 more years. he didn't offer any particulars but sounded more sure than someone who was just speculating.

honestly when you think about it these guys have ridiculous work ethic and drive. none of these guys need to lift a finger for the rest of their lives and about 2-3 generations of their families will be filthy rich. if i were lebron i'm not sure what playing past 35 would really do for me

i think he shd play longer

unless he quits to make a series of buddy comedies w peyton manning

no reason to stop when you're still a top 10 player

i think part of the theory was that lebron wouldn't want to turn himself into a role player

he cld def be more than a roleplayer into his l8 30s

i wanna see ol man james just parked in the post all day

#TheJump Distant Replay: 18 years ago today, Sean Elliott graced us with the Memorial Day Miracle. pic.twitter.com/Hf1fslaa8o

— NBA on ESPN (@ESPNNBA) June 1, 2017

that spurs court design takes me back

found lagoon's secret twitter account https://twitter.com/StephKlayKevin/with_replies

please cease doxxing me immediately

his only non-bball follow being minecraft is a nice touch

these guys have ridiculous work ethic and drive. none of these guys need to lift a finger for the rest of their lives

this is the thing that i think most ppl miss -- especially with black players, of course. being a world-class athlete requires psychotic drive and commitment. manny ramirez has this rep of being completely half-assed but no one (except for maybe tony gwynn) worked harder at video/bp/preparation. the training that top tennis players do, with the diets and the oxygen chambers, is ridiculous

there are lots of dudes like lavar ball who think that if the breaks had gone differently they could have been players. and yeah some guys got by on height or being lefty or whatever, but the superstars are just insanely competitive, and they will not quit until they're forced to

oh hey the finals starts tomorrow my dudes

today the nba finals is available for viewing

I know we make fun of messy drama lebron but he's been a real dude about anything that matters his entire career

― gis for westbrook shark jump (agent hibachi), Wednesday, May 31, 2017 5:49 PM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

agree

ive always thought lebron the guy seems like a good guy

def

kinda weird hes so widely loathed

ppl want their athletes to be kobe, are fd in the head

seems like it started with jordan, or maybe it just seems that way because of my age

prob comes down to some deeply held cultural beliefs abt strength and heroes that are really just toxic and nonsensical

racism too

theres always that