2017 NBA FINALS THREAD. PART III

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Spoiler: Finals Picks

 
WARRIORS PICKS

@kdslittlebro  Dubs in 5

@PCH Roadwinder   Dubs in 4

@DarthSka  Dubs in 6

@dland24  Dubs in 4

@kvsm23vs24  Dubs 5

@Antidope  Dubs in 

@OlDirtyReseller  Dubs in 5

@Krazyrodzilla  Dubs in 6...hopefully

@eddiengambino  Dubs in 6

@wHipLAshTw03  Dubs in 7

@GSDOUBLEU  Dubs in 4

@DaNiKeRhiNo  Dubs in 6

@LeaveMeGlazzies  Dubs in 5

@chaose57  Dubs in 5

@ExtRaOrDinaRy SwAg  Dubs in 6

@Dchozn1  Dubs in 6

@Aquatic Barefoot  Dubs in 6

@JJs07  Dubs in 5

@MaxElite  Dubs in 6

@Proshares  Dubs in 6

@vaphenom06  Dubs in 5

@Carver  Dubs in 6

@nickmaz96  Dubs in 5

@Addict4Sneakers  Steph in 6

@703 Hwy  Dubs in 6

@617collector  Dubs in 6

@lakersman3000  Dubs in 6

@Ballinsam23  Dubs in 5

@Drigguh  Dubs in 6

@MoonMan818  Dubs in 5

@TyEvvyOTCU  Dubs in 5

@youngwolf  LeBrawn Jaymes in 4 

@kidkain  Dubs in 5

@Nelson999  Dubs in 6

@mikejs210  Dubs in 6

@Hardens beard  Dubs in 4

@drewsone  Dubs in 6

@Buc Em  Dubs in 5

@tribals  Dubs in 5

@SLP Product  Dubs in 6

@Art Vandelay  Dubs in 6

@NickFolarin  Dubs in 5

@moe200069  Dubs in 4

@pums  Dubs in 6 but f'em anyways

@JsindaA  Dubs in 5

@lilyo06  Dubs in 7

@calibeebee  Dubs in 5

@NerdyMcFlyGuy  Sweeep

@RichDale718  Dubs in 5

@Lyrical92  Dubs in 6

@PJDaBullsfan  Dubs in 6

@bossplaya  Dubs in 5

@Mister Friendly  Dubs in 4

@thapointguy  Dubs in 6

@Goldmember  Dubs in 4

@Mamba2481Dubs in 5

@GInfante Dubs in 4

@HoodrichLaflare  Dubs in 6

@NY Mavurs  Dubs in 5

@THE QBZ  Dubs in 5

@GotHolesInMySocks  Dubs in 6

@a-friend  Dubs in 5

CAVS PICKS

@geno90221  Bron in 6

@Maximus Meridius  Cavs in 7 and anybody who rides with the Dubs 

@SneakerPro  Cavs in 6

@nawghtyhare  Cavs in 6

@ConvertibleBurt  Cavs in 6

@AndOneFlip  Cavs in 7

@Rolaholic  Cavs in 7

@TimidTebow  Cavs in 5

@TroyD  Cavs in 6

@lamekilla  Cavs in 5

@AZwildcats  Cavs in 6

@D StaXX  Cavs in 7

@CashBanks  Cavs in 6

@reazsal  Cavs in 6

@spacedoodoo  Cavs in 7

@DeadsetAce  Cavs in 7

@Abematic  Cavs in 6

@BishopStrongBow  Cavs in 7

@mosdef  Cavs in 6

@Chester McFloppy  Cavs in 6 

@Bennyhinn  Lebbys in 4

@KingFoamNYC  Cavs in 6

@Mark Antony  Cavs in 6

@niceshoes247  Cavs in 6

@King J  Cavs in 6

@beyondmeasure  Cavs in 7

@Peep Game  Cavs in 7

@erupt107th  Cavs in 6

@RBK93  Cavs in 6

@AIR JSARG  Cavs in 6

@WhatsLosinLike  Cavs in  6

@LiCeNseD To BaLL  Cavs in 6

@slysniperwolf  Cavs in 6

@3900stabler  Cavs in 6

@FlyerThanDelta  Cavs in 6

@realnawf281  Cavs in 6

@rawdawg34  Cavs in 7

@SonOfTony  Cavs in 7

@Cfranchise26  Cavs in 6

@Sorkoram  Cavs in 6

@HTG Designs  Cavs in 6

@qtnettles  Cavs in 7

@whywesteppin  Cavs in 5

@ejfreeman2003  Cavs in 6

@Big J 33  Cavs in 7

@IN4hawaii  Cavs in 6

@dhart48  Cavs in 6

@Cassanova Brown  Cavs in 6

BOLD STRATEGISTS  

@An Armada  Cavs in 22

@toine2983  Dubs 3.75

@ShotsRangOut  Cavs in 1 

@franc  Lakers in 5 

I Gotta hedge that bet Picks

@FirstClass  Cavs in 6 or Dubs in 5

@kalikid23  Cavs in 6 or Dubs in 7

  

 

@Mamba MVPDubs in 5

@Freeze  Dubs in 5

@friscostylez  Dubs in 4

 

[geno90221]

Damn they done hit up Bron house in Cali

He gon kill GS now....

Kobe had something to do with this krap

 

[Lovetohate3000]

With Kobe it's different. There's exceptions to every rule
[emoji]128514[/emoji][emoji]128514[/emoji][emoji]128514[/emoji]... Sorry but if someone is a snitch or a b in real life. I can't root for them. Be nearly whatever you want.
Just don't be a snitch or b made .its the hood in me. That's why I got so offended the other day when someone called me a rat..
Call me whatever you want.. Call me a b or a snitch and we going to have problems...
yeah I know I'm a weirdo [emoji]128514[/emoji][emoji]128514[/emoji][emoji]128514[/emoji]

 

[drewsone]

Damn they done hit up Bron house in Cali

He gon kill GS now....

Kobe had something to do with this krap[/quote

LA home.

Kobe sent Metta to do it

 

[Deleted member 107398]

Damn they done hit up Bron house in Cali

He gon kill GS now....

Kobe had something to do with this krap

Damn they done hit up Bron house in Cali

He gon kill GS now....

Kobe had something to do with this krap

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**** bron doing wit a house in cali anyway

Gonna do his *** like Deebo in Friday

 

[trueprada]

 
Playoff ISO stats

LeBron- 89 possessions 1.20PPP 52.1FG% 61EFG%
Kyrie- 87 possessions 1.24PPP 53.2FG% 63.3EFG%
  

 Playoff ISO stats

Steph- 22 possessions 1.14PPP 47.1FG% 55.9EFG%
Durant- 20 possessions .95PPP 47.4FG% 47.4EFG%

 

[kdslittlebro]

KD has lost to a Lebron led team in the finals before. Also:

 

This finals ain't about to change anything

 

[Lovetohate3000]

This the year Kd becomes a champion. After warriors run off that 3 peat and dominate the Nba. Everyone going to love him again except for the thorough never change dudes.
Like I've always hated LeBron. Never changed up. Consistency >flip flopping...


The general consensus will love Kd after he wins a few times. We seen this movie already.

 

[kdslittlebro]

Damn they done hit up Bron house in Cali

He gon kill GS now....

Kobe had something to do with this krap

 

[Based Jesus]

Damn they done hit up Bron house in Cali

He gon kill GS now....

Kobe had something to do with this krap

The house in Brentwood? OJ did it

Spoiler: Warning: Spoiler!

 

[dhart48]

KD has lost to a Lebron led team in the finals before. Also:

 

Nothing's changed since that article

Cavs in 6

 

[niceshoes247]

This the year Kd becomes a champion. After warriors run off that 3 peat and dominate the Nba. Everyone going to love him again. We seen this movie already.

LOL, STICK TO BEING AFATHER...

 

[Quincy McCall]

This the year Kd becomes a champion. After warriors run off that 3 peat and dominate the Nba. Everyone going to love him again. We seen this movie already.

Honestly, not sure if it happens the same as before. I think people might just hate him more

Winning does matter tho, will be interesting to see how much... Especially if no team is ever real competitive against them

 

[Lovetohate3000]

Kyrie the iso King.

 

[Based Jesus]

 

KD has lost to a Lebron led team in the finals before. Also:

 

Nothing's changed since that article

Cavs in 6

He finally won an MVP and then immediately after that went back to being at best, 2nd best 

 

The only place he was definitively number 1 was on the Thunder and then he dipped to the Dubs 

 

 

[firstclass]

Myrie :x :x

 

[jsindaa]

First quarter stats would be only the beginning. I'm pretty sure everyone but you read into that.

gsw is better offensively than they were last year, and still good defensively, but last years team was much better defensively than they are this year

i am not biased nor does this series cloud any judgement of mine. what i say is opinion for the most part, just like you.

however,

when you say silly stuff like "Prior to that Cleveland was getting a mud hole stomped in them like they had pretty much anytime the teams faced each other." thats flat out not true. in fact, when you use facts to make a statement like that, what you should have said was:

since the beginning of the 2014-15 regular season until this day cleveland and gsw have played each other 19 times, gsw is 11-8 against CLE and in the finals where it counts, both teams have 1 finals victory and gsw is 7-6 against CLE. so actually, this make believe mud hole you made up actually doesn't exist at all. (i could actually look up the scoring margins and show you that its not that big of a margin as you suggest) but hey, you do a little research for once.

you and alot of others really need to use google before making statements here. its easy these days. all of the info you need is at your fingertips.

instead, folks choose to make javale mcghee into amare' mutumbo
turn a behind the back pass into the second row into a random occurrence

and gloss over a finals loss when their team is up 3-1 as just something that happened as if it was a kids tee ball game

matter of fact, i'll make it easier for you...

basketball-reference.com has all of the FACTS you need.

I'm glad you said this. Golden State, prior to the four game skid had won 7 games in a row by an average margin of 20+ points. During that skid, they were up 16 in the fourth (Christmas) in one of their losses. Which was a 2 point loss, ending on a very very questionable no call. In all their wins, besides 1 I believe,Golden State has won by double digits. Golden State, especially healthy, has routinely been vastly superior than Cleveland. They got better this year. Please, never tell me to do research until you actually have. Thanks. Bye.

 

[leavemeglazzies]

 
He finally won an MVP and then immediately after that went back to being at best, 2nd best 

 

Dude might be the only MVP in league history who won the MVP for the regular season and then wasn't even the MVP of his own team in the playoffs.

Westbrook was legitimately better than Durant in the 2014 playoffs. And was the more alpha of the two who displayed more will to win.

 

[mrdozo]

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[bronconation24]

Don't see how this won't be the highest rated finals of all time

 

[NickFolarin]

 

 

Kyrie the iso King.

Have you meet Joe Johnson aka Iso Joe 

 

[NickFolarin]

 

First quarter stats would be only the beginning. I'm pretty sure everyone but you read into that.

gsw is better offensively than they were last year, and still good defensively, but last years team was much better defensively than they are this year

i am not biased nor does this series cloud any judgement of mine. what i say is opinion for the most part, just like you.

however,

when you say silly stuff like "Prior to that Cleveland was getting a mud hole stomped in them like they had pretty much anytime the teams faced each other." thats flat out not true. in fact, when you use facts to make a statement like that, what you should have said was:

since the beginning of the 2014-15 regular season until this day cleveland and gsw have played each other 19 times, gsw is 11-8 against CLE and in the finals where it counts, both teams have 1 finals victory and gsw is 7-6 against CLE. so actually, this make believe mud hole you made up actually doesn't exist at all. (i could actually look up the scoring margins and show you that its not that big of a margin as you suggest) but hey, you do a little research for once.

you and alot of others really need to use google before making statements here. its easy these days. all of the info you need is at your fingertips.

instead, folks choose to make javale mcghee into amare' mutumbo
turn a behind the back pass into the second row into a random occurrence

and gloss over a finals loss when their team is up 3-1 as just something that happened as if it was a kids tee ball game

matter of fact, i'll make it easier for you...

basketball-reference.com has all of the FACTS you need.

I'm glad you said this. Golden State, prior to the four game skid had won 7 games in a row by an average margin of 20+ points. During that skid, they were up 16 in the fourth (Christmas) in one of their losses. Which was a 2 point loss, ending on a very very questionable no call. In all their wins, besides 1 I believe,Golden State has won by double digits. Golden State, especially healthy, has routinely been vastly superior than Cleveland. They got better this year. Please, never tell me to do research until you actually have. Thanks. Bye.

Forever relevant 

 

[Nipsey3000]

I'm glad you said this. Golden State, prior to the four game skid had won 7 games in a row by an average margin of 20+ points. During that skid, they were up 16 in the fourth (Christmas) in one of their losses. Which was a 2 point loss, ending on a very very questionable no call. In all their wins, besides 1 I believe,Golden State has won by double digits. Golden State, especially healthy, has routinely been vastly superior than Cleveland. They got better this year. Please, never tell me to do research until you actually have. Thanks. Bye.

Point differential or wins? What's more important.

Bottom line is, if it matters, the Cavs are only 3 games down in head to head matchups over the last 3 years and one game down in the finals. Both teams have a ring. So the narrative that you picked up on from skip bayless or ESPN just doesn't hold up.

What really matters (at least to me) is both teams are 1-1 in the finals.

I could easily say... "the Cavs are dominating gsw, they've won 5 of the last 7 games vs. gsw and have 1 ring to show for their dominance." Its true, but in the end, what does it even matter? Its a useless stat. Just like your point differential and sample size for your bogus dominance claim.

 

[flyerthandelta]

So they just gonna rob Brons house in LA with racial slurs the day before the Finals

 

[trueprada]