2017 NBA FINALS THREAD. PART III

[hardens beard]

Smh at people thinking the 90's are Better than an era where 6 or 7 people on the court can pull up from 5 feet behind the 3 point line with ease.

There were a few players in the 90's who could do this

 

[antidope]

 

 

They were -11 in the last 3:08 of Game 3 WITH him on the for and ultimately that's why they're getting gentleman's swept on Monday.

Thats small minded thinking. Everyone wants to harp on the impact of Durant and ignore the sheer inability of the Cavs to function without their best player. That is an entire series of deficiency rather than your small sample size of three minutes.

 

[Proposition Joe]

There were a few players in the 90's who could do this

They weren't all on the court at the same time

 

[whiplashtw03]

 

the LeBron backboard dunk was great, especially since he dunked it over Tristan:

The presence of mind to do this is off the charts. Easily one of the best plays he's ever made.

@nickmaz96  That Stat is WILD 

What Lebron did isn't something new. Yes, its impressive but there are others that are just as, if not, more impressive. The only difference is, Lebron did it in the Finals.

 

[gentrification]

Remember when Bob Cousy was considered an elite ball handler because he could dribble in a circle?

Basketball is better now than its ever been

That's what they keep me telling me

 

[Lovetohate3000]

Kobe has done it a few times. Not during the finals but it's still a dope as play regardless

 

[hardens beard]

They weren't all on the court at the same time

Whenever Phoenix and Houston played they were

 

[antidope]

 

 

the LeBron backboard dunk was great, especially since he dunked it over Tristan:

The presence of mind to do this is off the charts. Easily one of the best plays he's ever made.

@nickmaz96  That Stat is WILD 

What Lebron did isn't something new. Yes, its impressive but there are others that are just as, if not, more impressive. The only difference is, Lebron did it in the Finals.

And for all the guys that did it, its also one of the best plays they've ever made.... So yeah.

 

[darthfett]

What Lebron did isn't something new. Yes, its impressive but there are others that are just as, if not, more impressive. The only difference is, Lebron did it in the Finals.

That's an asg b this the NBA finals

 

[hardens beard]

80's ball >90's ball

 

[P C H]

 
The presence of mind to do this is off the charts. Easily one of the best plays he's ever made.

@nickmaz96  That Stat is WILD 

What's wild about it TO ME, is that the Warriors are a fantastic defensive team, arguably one of the greatest.

And they really have no answer for LBJ. That's always impressive to me when you can go up against a historically great team, and are just incredible. This is the 2nd straight finals now where he's just been flat out incredible.

 

[whywesteppin]

McGrady

he was alley-ooping off the backboard and pulling up from 35' way before LeBron and KD were doing it.

 

[drewsone]

I got so hype when Bron did that

In a Finals game down 3-0 to the best shooting team and offensively talented team probably ever

Was wild

 

[P C H]

They were -11 in the last 3:08 of Game 3 WITH him on the for and ultimately that's why they're getting gentleman's swept on Monday.

Fam.

3 min and 8 seconds

By this logic, you could make an argument that the game was lost when they gave up the lead in game 3 when LBJ sat, by that sample size.

 

[Clyde Frog]

70's ball > 80's ball

 

[MVP]

Thats small minded thinking. Everyone wants to harp on the impact of Durant and ignore the sheer inability of the Cavs to function without their best player. That is an entire series of deficiency rather than your small sample size of three minutes.

Nobody is ignoring anything. I was pointing out a fact. When you're ENTIRE offense is built around one guy to score ans create of course they're going to be worse without him in the game. I was championing the entire OKC-HOU series. But that being said it doesn't change the fact that the last 3:08 while Bron was actually out there was the critical juncture of this series.

 

[hardens beard]

70's ball > 80's ball

Hell no. That's was the worse the league has ever been.

 

[P C H]

I don't think ANYONE watching last night's game thought what LBJ did was "New" or groundbreaking

the context of it, the risk-taking aspect of it, the player doing it, etc. is what made that play special

 

[P C H]

I legit am rooting for the cavs to win game 5

 

[MVP]

80s & 90s were the best. The 3 top players of all time were there and at their primes including 6 of the top 10 ever.

 

[darthfett]

Can Lebron jump from the free throw line and dunk?

Easily.. he would probably do it before the line since mjs foot was all up on it

 

[dipsetgeneral]

Honestly, if LeBron and the Cavs come back to force a game 7 and WIN and do the impossible. LeBron is on the same level as Michael even with 4 rings. We can't really argue it...

 

[delete1234]

Honestly, if LeBron and the Cavs come back to force a game 7 and WIN and do the impossible. The NBA is on the same level as The WWE . We can't really argue it...

 

[whywesteppin]

the NBA got themselves in a pickle with last year's finals. now they have to try to one-up it with an 0-3 comeback. next year they're going to need to introduce miraculous recovery from life-threatening injuries. by 2020 we'll have magic and shortly thereafter they'll introduce dragons.

 

[SadBoi]

This just goes to show that the greatest 23 to ever play the game is the one currently still playing.