THE 2017 NBA 'OFFS™

even two years ago when his supporting cast was like delly and 5 guys over the age of 36 it seemed like he was going to beat the warriors! at least for like 3.5 games

and i hope he does i am praying for/to him

but the warriors have kevin durant this year

also the cavs cant play D

if LeBron wins again i'll buy a pair of Lonzo Ball's kicks

jordan otm

if lebron wins again i will start referring to everyone i meet as "lebron"

lebron has been in the past six finals and has won three of those finals

this analysis seems incomplete

lol

if LeBron wins again i'll call everyone LeBron and ask everyone to call me David Blatt

what ever happened to blatt btw i haven't thought of him in months

seeing durant curse out the jazz mascot for no reason reminded me of bron's first year in miami when he was embracing the villain role all year and then basically had a mental breakdown in the finals vs the mavs

i tend to agree w/ "durant makes the warriors practically unbeatable" but if steph is shaky in the finals again and klay kinda disappears, we'll see how KD reacts to this specific sort of pressure being put on his shoulders

[injury caveat here] cavs prob have a better chance of getting swept or missing the finals than winning

even two years ago when his supporting cast was like delly and 5 guys over the age of 36 it seemed like he was going to beat the warriors! at least for like 3.5 games

― J0rdan S., Thursday, May 11, 2017 1:14 PM (five minutes ago)

haha i made some good money on this series and tbh i was never worried. last year was different tho as steph was clearly not right and the cavs were healthier

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just asked my friend who places bets with a bookie and he says warriors have been hovering at -400 to win the finals for a while, which i still think is way too steep. i might look at it if it doesn't move for the finals tho

haha that dude was like fuck the nba im going back where im appreciated xp

that said at this point anything >80% is preposterous imo, literally anything can happen. there's 2 rounds left to play. steph could get hurt. etc

i'd give lebron like a 25% shot at minimum in any series

pretty much this

I'm seeing Warriors -300 on my book which scans as about right to me

[injury caveat here] cavs prob have a better chance of getting swept or missing the finals than winning

― lag∞n, Thursday, May 11, 2017 1:20 PM (one minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i predict cavs beating celtics in 4

don't really see cavs missing the finals

nah theyll take a game prob

im gonna exit this conversation cause its going to make me root for the warriors so ill be right and i dont want to

looking forward to the Wizards/Rockets finals

anyway imo ppl are underrating this warriors team cause they kinda coasted through the regular season, which tbh was prob a mistake considering they had to incorporate a new star, but their talent level is just insane, if thin

there's a 0% chance of the cavs not making the fianls

anyway imo ppl are underrating this warriors team cause they kinda coasted through the regular season, which tbh was prob a mistake considering they had to incorporate a new star, but their talent level is just insane, if thin

― lag∞n, Thursday, May 11, 2017 1:26 PM (sixteen seconds ago) Bookmark

in his new JVG pod, lowe was talking about how everyone thought initially that they had this huge hole at C, but javale, zaza and west have been legitimately good for them

it's such a good situation for our javale

its not hard to be good when playing w the rest of those guys, like javale and zaz arent actually good theyre just always wide open, and it doesnt even matter cause if theyre in a close game they can just play the death lineup

2 recent mvp winners, prob the dpoy, one of the best shooters, and a former allstar who still has a lil gas left, and theyre all at least good defenders, all except klay are very good passers, theyre unselfish and so forth

things of that nature

they def all look better than they would on a normal team, javale was basically out of the league. but they also are able to utilize his specific skill set (jumping extremely high) the best

its not hard to be good when playing w the rest of those guys, like javale and zaz arent actually good theyre just always wide open, and it doesnt even matter cause if theyre in a close game they can just play the death lineup

― lag∞n, Thursday, May 11, 2017 1:30 PM (five minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

this was basically exactly what jvg said. elite talent makes these role players look better than they are.

warriors took it to the final minutes of game 7 last year with no durant and injured curry, they're overwhelming favorites this year imo

yup also the cavs are worse

+dray missed a game cause of one weird thing

dray is playing cleaner this year at least in the games ive watched

warriors are obv favorites but they were last year too, it was supposed to be a cake walk they were a 73-9 team

their best player was injured and their best defender missed a game

+they added an mvp caliber player this year

dray is playing cleaner this year at least in the games ive watched

― ciderpress, Thursday, May 11, 2017 1:46 PM (seven minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yeah id be surprised if he does anything this year to come close to a suspension, that whole scenario has got to make u reflect

Xp plus they weren't out for revenge/redemption

Dubs haven't even started their actual playoff rotations yet.

crazy neither them or the cavs have lost a game yet

not losing games is a good strat

more teams shd look into it

it is crazy, more so w the cavs since they kinda sputtered into the offs. there really is no way to account for 'lebron tries harder'

the raptors laying down at the altar of lebron was hilarious. what wusses.

at least the pacers had some gd pride