NBA FINALS 2019 |——| WARRIORS -vs- RAPTORS |——| USA -vs- CANADA

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Kyle Lowry's reaction to his first trip to the NBA Finals is priceless pic.twitter.com/OWI2r3MS11

— Chris Montano (@gswchris) May 26, 2019

Never forget that Drake has a Steph and KD’s Numbers tatted on his arm. #GIFTED #SNIPE

😈😈😈 pic.twitter.com/K8sHz3OFKX

— TheWarriorsTalk (@TheWarriorsTalk) May 26, 2019

another major subplot: will Pat Mccaw get revenge on the warriors?

I’m actually happy for the raps, glad they finally made it.

But I hope they lose and I hope drake gets sick and can’t come to any of the games

hm how do I root for the raptors but also for America and against drake it’s something of a quandary

i don’t really care who wins. just hoping for a 6 or 7 game series with a couple close ones.

i consider any raptors boosterism on this board by non-canadians to be treason and a personal betrayal punishable by mean yellow cards and thread banning depending on the severity

I think golden state wins in 5 either way, but I’ll root for the raptors if KD plays

I think golden state wins in 5 either way, but I’ll root for the raptors if KD plays

ive got dubs in 6. split in TO, win all the games at oracle.

I have GSW in 6, too, just because I'm the cautious type. Could go down in 5 or even 4. They won't need KD for this one, if Dray plays like he did against the Blazers. The Dubs team defense is underrated.

raps defense has been great too obv gs is favored but this cld be a slog aka type of series dubs dont want

p much raps beat bucks via great transition D which is also helpful vs dubs, weve seen how ordinary they cn be in the halfcourt

the scenario in which the raps win is their D continuing at its current level and kawhi being great which is also current level

(and no further cowardice by important raptors)

wildcard is kd coming back and being bad

Or trying too hard to make Boogie happen.

You: tough loss for the Raptors tonight but they can come back and win this in 5.

Me: RAPTORS IN 4 💪💪💪💪

— MARK LITTLE VERY GOOD (@markmarklittle) April 13, 2019

Danny green traditionally does well on curry. And he’s shooting like 10% so this could be an ascend to the mean type of series for him. Their defense can def slow down their attack.

Shots fired

Im an idiot. Ofc they took the first shot. This was WILDLY predictable pic.twitter.com/EIUS6EQ71x

— sam esfandiari (@samesfandiari) May 26, 2019

lmao

hahahah

per my wife: "do you think drake even knows who they are?"

theres no way in FUCK he doesnt know who they are, hes 33 years old and corny as hell

he shd tell them to eat the eggs

F drake, mopey robot

GS in 6, unless KD comes back, in which case Raptors in 7

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kind of conflicted with this:

-general dislike all behemoth sports teams which the warriors are
-find their moving arena to sf and all the tech money involved gross
-generally root for canadian teams over teams from the US

otoh:

-warrriors are much better and are going to win
-drake

also:

-kawhi is a snake
-kawhi's uncle is a snake
-drake rhymes with snake

it will be kind of funny if the dubs win this one, move to sf, and then the dynasty immediately falls apart.

bay area is funny its balkanized like theres no where else that has teams in bordering cities in the same metro area, like brooklyn has the nets now but no one really gives a shit abt the distinction and its all part of nyc, and ppl really didnt care when the nets were in north jersey, but in the bay theres a real cross bay thing w all the attendant cultural dynamics and so forth

also its funny that ppl care where basketball and baseball teams specifically play but no one cares where football teams do , 49rs are in santa clara giants and jets dont even play in the same state as the city they supposedly represent

patriots play in the most random lil mass town that was chosen cause its not that far from a bunch of bigger population centers

also being named golden state in a state that has 3 other nba teams is pretty funny, shd change the name to the bay warriors imo

theres also the san jose sharks, wild

on the one hand i respect oaklands claim to the warriors and all the race-class dynamics that inform it but on the other its normal to have the sports team play in the central city of a metro area, and also its sad that the once bohemian city of san francisco is now synonymous with intolerable rich nerds

it's weird to think that san francisco used to be a sort of normal city when now it's like global capitalism has thrown all of its money into a dump truck and dumped it right there. it's sort of inevitable that the warriors would move but still kind of sad.

nah it’s just funny as lagoon says

Kevin Durant is out for Game 1 of the NBA Finals

— Marc Stein (@TheSteinLine) May 27, 2019

Guys, I talked to Transformer and turns out the games are cancelled:

The winner of the NBA Finals will be named on Saturday evening.

The NBA's commissioner will choose the winner in an event scheduled to be held at The Q in Las Vegas.

I'll root for Toronto. Hope Kawhi is healthy. GS without KD is a likeable team. I hope KD doesn't play, and then goes to the Knicks next year.

I picked GS in 6

Toronto is a lot more likable without the dude who fucked over the spurs

If the warriors win I hope KD doesn’t play.
If the raps win I hope KD does play.

Yes I’m a bitter, bitter man.

People really hate KD

heroes need villains

i do not hate future spur kevin durant

lol

kd will be fine again when he is on the knicks, the only franchise with a fanbase desperate enough to rehabilitate his image

yeah steph didnt shoot well last night for sure. but dont forget he shot three full court heaves at the end of quarters so he doesnt care about his shooting %'s. im more confused by kerr not putting the ball in his hands and just letting him go to work. he had ZERO iso plays in the 4th and only a couple PNRs.

he was below 50% FG each game of Finals, that's about all I can criticize. thought he actually played good D at a few key moments in various games.

raps were swarming him and the dubs didnt have scorers to make them pay

him and dray def made some bad decisions but thats what happens when youre over matched, which of course leads to exhaustion which compounds things

otm

im proud of everyone on that team man. boogie showed a lot of ~grit~ he got us to the edge steph just didnt make the last shot

https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/26971803/decimated-warriors-already-unfinished-business
this klay/kd thing has me bummed today more than anything. (roughly) a year w out those two is just lame.

that they stayed in the game after klay went down is a testament to their ability to hold things together w duct tape really, felt like they shdnt have been in the game all night tbh but they were

if you need a friend I'm a Bulls fan and I can offer some advice based on twenty years of experience.

Only one player in NBA history had more triple-doubles in a single postseason than Draymond Green's six this year. Wilt Chamberlain.

Klay and Kevin should start a podcast

draymonds whole playoff run was awesome. if its just he and steph and some dudes next year he'll have to be like that night in and night out... which just ups his risk of injury too

Snapped Bros xp

if you need a friend I'm a Bulls fan and I can offer some advice based on twenty years of experience.

― omar little, Friday, June 14, 2019 10:24 AM (five minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

lol thx altho ive been a warriors fan long enough to be able to really appreciate this run. im just happy every year my team makes the playoffs tbqh

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yup pretty much

raps were swarming him and the dubs didnt have scorers to make them pay

truth. even his primary defender was v good to elite. he's a phenomenal offensive player. lotta ppl get a lil thrill at criticizing him, same as they do w Bron, Kobe, MJ etc.

yeah it comes with the territory for the goats

steph is so cute tho its rude hes just a lil guy

Curry is the least weird energy guy of all the GOATs afaict

i mean i love MJ forever but he is *strange*

kobe and mj are straight sociopaths, steph and bron seem pretty chill all things considered, and of course kobe has no business being in this conversation

Bird seems v normal and chill, tho don't know if he's at GOAT level in everyone's book

I think Olajuwan falls in line with Curry in terms of non-weird GOAT energy.

lebro is pretty normal yeah but hes had some weird energy moments for sure. steph is just an every day dude for the most part.

steph is just beautiful to watch. even tho i was standing for canada, best part was watching him

do they measure players' distance traveled? i would be interested to see how much more ground he covers in a game/season than an average player

i kind of ended up on the bandwagon after all with this series so last night was very fun for me. as sad as it is for gsw fans with with those big injuries i can't help but think that this was probably it for the raptors, they'll lose leonard and end up being a team that makes the playoffs but isn't a real contender (not the worse thing in the world, of course)

also, thinking in glass-half-full terms: they had one shot and they took it, and that doesn't go away

seems like a bargain that every non-spoiled fanbase would take in a heartbeat

kawhi is prob the only star in the league i cld see taking off after winning a ring, like he wldnt even think it was weird, but u gotta think the raps have a good shot at retaining him, they just won it all!

idk i think Kawhi can leave Toronto a hero with no hard feelings which will make it somewhat easier, the fanbase knew going into this season that he was likely to bolt and this is just the best-case scenario for them and also for him. I think if the Raps lost this series and then he left it would be so much harder on them (and a bit harder on him).

I don’t care if Kawhi goes to LA, I’d rather keep him if possible but really as long as Ujiri is at the helm that’s what matters.

Duncan also is a goat and while his energy may be weird it’s in a positive and endearing way.

https://thumbs.gfycat.com/IgnorantIdenticalColt-size_restricted.gif

would totally chill w Duncan and idk check out an OMD tribute band while drinking Asti Spumanti on a dock or something

^is what I would say if I was a contestant on the dating game w him I guess

im sure hed appreciate u taking the time to understand him

Major respect to Masai for shoving that cop out of his way.

otm

wow didnt know lagoon was at the game last night

wanting dray to get ejected because he has a bad personality is people power actually

This sums up how much of a nightmare the parade (which ended with a shooting) was today:

http://torontosun.com/sports/basketball/nba/toronto-raptors/simmons-parade-was-a-disaster-on-many-levels

We brought the whole school down to the gym to watch it this morning, but because nothing was happening forever, the kids understandably got noisier and noisier, until everyone headed back to their own classes to watch. By mid-afternoon, the players were still making their way to Nathan Phillips Square.

dude - the sun?! we're better than this.

what a cluster fuck tho, seriously. on the bright side i got to leave work early because so much of downtown was fucked.

The Sun's terrible except for sports, where they tend to cover stuff much more in depth (for years, pre-internet, they were the only place you could get detailed baseball stats). I thought Simmons captured yesterday pretty well.

why is he so happy Brett Hull wasn't there? Huh?

There were 2 million people in the streets. The shooting was despicable but it was an isolated incident. Yes, it was hot and slow, but that all was forgotten once the buses crawled past and the crowd exploded in cheers. The feeling of community was intense; everyone decked in Raptors merch like it was the uniform in a communist country. It was thrilling; many workplaces (like mine) were empty most of the day, everyone watching from somewhere, and the good vibes lasted all afternoon. And fuck the Sun. They're probably bitter their boy was booed by 65K at Nathan Phillips and snubbed by Masai on the parade route.

nice

I wouldn't pin that on the Sun (again, I know the many problems with the Sun). I'm sure everyone experienced yesterday differently, and if you were there, I'm glad you had a great time. Watching on TV, though, they seemed quite unprepared for the crowd, the whole thing seemed interminable, and the shooting was the final negative, not the first.