Honestly, imo I think he's ready.... he seems different ever since going to GS.
Like he embraces the critics and being called the "bad guy/coward/cupcake"
I think he ready, and looking forward to it.
Gonna be great series!
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Honestly, imo I think he's ready.... he seems different ever since going to GS.
Like he embraces the critics and being called the "bad guy/coward/cupcake"
I think he ready, and looking forward to it.
Gonna be great series!
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This is the luxury GSW has. They don't need Dray on the offenseive end. Every single bead of sweat dedicated to guarding LeBron and yet you still have killers on the offensive end, despite Dray.
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KD has already faced Lebron in the Finals in 2012 and averaged 30.6 PPG .548 FG%
http://www.basketball-reference.com/playoffs/2012-nba-finals-heat-vs-thunder.html
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Fat shaming smh
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Irrelevant other than illustrating KD's greatness, which, at that point, I can see the argument, but different circumstances yields its own results.
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That finals will always haunt to people with an extreme dislike for LeBron. For everyone else, it's just a finals that he lost, followed by two that he won, followed but 2 more that he lost, followed by another he won. It really doesn't matter to people that are sensible.
Also, what shoes were those IT has on last game?
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hurry up and sweep this team already
just tryna see the elite teams go at it
just tryna see the elite teams go at it
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You're absolutely right. Which is why the key for GSW is always going to be Klay and the role players.This is the luxury GSW has. They don't need Dray on the offenseive end. Every single bead of sweat dedicated to guarding LeBron and yet you still have killers on the offensive end, despite Dray.
But on the same token, Lebron has the ultimate edge - his presence allows everyone else on the team to play at a level they otherwise wouldn't reach without him. He is the ultimate LEADER and ALPHA.
Which means, unheralded guys like Smith, Shump, Thompson, Korver, Frye will turn into extremely productive players at moments of the game when GSW is taking them for granted. I've seen it happen time and time again during the Finals.
James Posey, Nate Robinson, PJ Brown, Rick Fox, Derek Fisher, Ron Harper, Randy Brown, Jud Buechler, Cedric Maxwell, Otis Thorpe, Robert Horry, Antoine Walker, Danny Green, Sam Cassell, Deshawn Stevenson, JJ Barea, Mike Miller, Kurt Rambis, Mychal Thompson, Bobby Jones, Luc Longley, Luke Walton, Trevor Ariza, Shannon Brown, Mario Chalmers. The list goes on and on.
Can McCaw, McGee, West, Livingston, Pachulia do it? As great as Curry, KD, Klay, and Dray are, in the Finals all of the matchups and details begin to matter. Those 4 players ain't gonna do it all by themselves.
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This is the luxury GSW has. They don't need Dray on the offenseive end. Every single bead of sweat dedicated to guarding LeBron and yet you still have killers on the offensive end, despite Dray.
You're absolutely right. Which is why the key for GSW is always going to be Klay and the role players.
But on the same token, Lebron has the ultimate edge - his presence allows everyone else on the team to play at a level they otherwise wouldn't reach without him. It's that "God-like" level only a few have ever reached.
Which means, unheralded guys like Smith, Shump, Thompson, Korver, Frye will turn into extremely productive players at moments of the game when GSW is taking them for granted. I've seen it happen time and time again during the Finals.
James Posey, Nate Robinson, PJ Brown, Rick Fox, Derek Fisher, Ron Harper, Randy Brown, Jud Buechler, Cedric Maxwell, Otis Thorpe, Robert Horry, Antoine Walker, Danny Green, Sam Cassell, Deshawn Stevenson, JJ Barea, Mike Miller, Kurt Rambis, Mychal Thompson, Bobby Jones, Luc Longley, Luke Walton, Trevor Ariza, Shannon Brown, Mario Chalmers. The list goes on and on.
Can McCaw, McGee, West, Livingston, Pachulia do it? As great as Curry, KD, Klay, and Dray are, in the Finals all of the matchups and details begin to matter. Those 4 players ain't gonna do it all by themselves.
One thing is for sure; Kevin Love needs to man the **** up and play every game like he did in game 3 against Indiana.
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Lebron going brazy on the east really has ppl gassed.
The cavs still are bad defensively, still don't have kyrie irving rolling, K Love may not even be able to play against the warriors, as a whole the cavs aren't even as good as they were last year, LBJ is just a whole lot better but like I said, if your plan to beat GSW is LBJ going wild and playing 48 min a night...
issa sweep
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whiplashtw03
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Issa sweep? Put money on it.
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I'll put money down with ANYONE HERE who thinks GSW gonna sweep the Cavs, barring any major injury to any superstar player.
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Off topic, but why is Bron's finals failures held against him and not magic?
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They are. It's why he's not on MJ's level either. But at the very least he's won more than he's lost there. Never heard of Tragic Magic?
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impossible cavs have a deep bench. This will be closer than ppl think.
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I'll pass
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Golden State also has the revenge factor from ruining their 73 Win Season last year.
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Warriors in 5 They got to much firepower
They got to much firepower 
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At least you apply your terrible logic to Magic too.
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