2018 NBA FINALS THREAD: WARRIORS WIN 3RD TITLE IN 4 SEASONS

[smedroc]

Fragility gauntlet is hilarious

Bron’s my guy but he tapped out.

He checked out mentally after game 3. You could tell from the pre game presser comments.

If the performance wasn’t bad enough coming out with the cast was the icing on the L cake. Even if you’re hand had just been severed you cannot bring any attention to it AT ALL.

Damn shame he chose to wrap up the season like this

 

[flyerthandelta]

 

[skip4play]

Damn, I never thought Id see one, let alone three. Over 20 years waiting.

 

[a55a5in11]

excuse you?
dan gilbert is the racist who funded donald trump you know the guy who owns the cleveland cavs?

aint no other nba fans rockin maga hats to games.

the racists LOST tonight

LAST I CHECKED TRUMPLAND TOOK THE L

Can’t side with you on this brother, Ohio literally let us down to assist Trump in getting that W.

 

[freeze]

after Windyhorst broke the bron hand news, i was hoping bron would've come in a body cast and went full tyson with the reporters

 

[freeze]

LMAO

son....this reminds me of the time i had to work and I realllllllllllly didnt feel like it that day and waited too late to call off. so i randomly put on this arm sling that came with a halloween costume and went in and told them i dislocated my shoulder right before my shift . I was wild'n. They let me bounce though. Went to my bird crib. Beat.

 

[freeze]

**** is hilarious.

I just bust out laughing for a second time when my dumbass realized fragility rhymes with infinity

where?

 

[aNYone]

where?

Last 3 syllables of each word.

Fragility

Infinity

 

[freeze]

Last 3 syllables of each word.

Fragility

Infinity

you high?

 

[freeze]

Kobe or Jordan would never be upbeat after getting swept in the Finals against a bitter rival.

facts. kobe was mad being up 2-0 in a series.

 

[jumpman cbt2]

Congratulations to the Warriors, though if CP3 would not be hurt in game 5, it probably would be the Rockets to win it.

Despite it was a sweep, the Cavs actually played better than expected.
Remember that this team only started to work out together shortly before the,ASG 2018.
With many losses in the season, I actually thought they would be not going further than round 2 in the playoffs.
So in the end, they still became Vice Champion again this year.
Game 1 and 3 were possible for them to win.
They need to play better team defense, and Lue needs to stop preferring Jordan Clarkson and should have implemented Rodney Hood much more.

 

[freeze]

Kobe quit the 2nd half of Game 7 vs PHX, cool.

Bron quit at least 2 of the 6 games vs the Celtics in 2010.
Bron quit the last 4 games of the 2011 finals.
Bron quit tonight.

I'm missing quite a few, but feel free to add on. We have all been witnesses to the quitness

never forget

 

[atlsfinest]

As much as I didn't like Kevin Durant's move to the Warriors I can't blame him for it and honestly I see more Superstars teaming up in the future.





Look what it's done for Kevin Durant's career. He went from a guy who's a great scorer who can't get it done in the playoffs to in the pantheon of great players and one of the few players with multiple finals MVPs, scoring titles and a league MVP. Now that KD has two finals MVPs, there are lists with just him and Jordan on Going to Warriors has totally changed the way we perceive him even though he's the exact same player he was 2 years ago. Can we really blame him for going to the Warriors?

Another thing is that with the passage of time a lot of context is going to be lost. Those of us watching the game now understand that he went to a 73 win team that eliminated him in the playoffs, etc. but 30 years from now all people are going to see is the Rings and the finals MVPs. As much as it annoys me, I can see people in the future are doing that KD is better than LeBron or other grades because he might have 4 or 5 titles to go along with 4 or 5 finals MVPs.

We (me included) kill players for not winning championships but we (me included) also kill them for doing anything, including Superstars team ups, to win championships.

The sad part is that only a handful of teams in the league can have super star team ups. This is primarily due to locale and financials. Only a handful of teams are generating enough Revenue to sustain going over the cap to have two, three or four stars at once. I see a scenario where the league is even more top-heavy going forward.

 

[Deleted member 37467]

Congrats to the 3 GSW fans who aren't annoying in here.

LBJ is extremely petty for bringing up the hand issue, if it was even an issue at all.

If it's really hurt, he should've just let someone else bring it to light.

Off season should be interesting...

 

[Cashflow]

And he gets a chance to 3Peat next year!

 

[B Sox]

Finals just end and dudes in here are talking about the dumpster fire Lakers and Kobe, who would’ve been the 4th best player in the series. Never change.

 

[niceshoes247]

What I
Miss

 

[had pants]

 

[aNYone]

you high?

Lol nah.

Maybe it’s my accent but those words absolutely rhyme to me.

 

[classic94]

This is like a 90s team gathering all the great players from the era just to beat jordan ewing Barkley Malone Reggie Shaq drexler Hakeem hey lets all get together on one team and destroy jordan warriors trash by default

 

[atlsfinest]

This is like a 90s team gathering all the great players from the era just to beat jordan ewing Barkley Malone Reggie Shaq drexler Hakeem hey lets all get together on one team and destroy jordan warriors trash by default

Can you really not KD though? If he stays in Oklahoma City, or goes to a different team of the Warriors, he's likely a 30,000 points scorer and first-ballot Hall of Famer but he'd be remembered as a player who (likely) never won a championship and choked in the playoffs. He would have been in that Berkeley, Malone category of "yeah, but"

Now that he's gone to the Warriors, he's on a short list with just him Jordan and a few other players as the only players with multiple finals MVPs, League MVPs, and multiple scoring titles.

He went to the Warriors and now he's a "winner" even though he's the exact same player he was two years ago.

 

[classic94]

Can you really not KD though? If he stays in Oklahoma City, or goes to a different team of the Warriors, he's likely a 30,000 points scorer and first-ballot Hall of Famer but he'd be remembered as a player who (likely) never won a championship and choked in the playoffs. He would have been in that Berkeley, Malone category of "yeah, but"

Now that he's gone to the Warriors, he's on a short list with just him Jordan and a few other players as the only players with multiple finals MVPs, League MVPs, and multiple scoring titles.

He went to the Warriors and now he's a "winner" even though he's the exact same player he was two years ago.

A fake winner he needed a cheating team to gain those accomplishments I would respect him more if he stayed with the thunder and never won

 

[BIG LEEMELONE]

I got 100 they don't make the playoffs

Let's have a talk

 

[Vile.in.Va]

This is like a 90s team gathering all the great players from the era just to beat jordan ewing Barkley Malone Reggie Shaq drexler Hakeem hey lets all get together on one team and destroy jordan warriors trash by default

Bro, seriously? The Warriors DRAFTED Klay, Steph, Draymond. They didn't come from other teams as superstars. They didn't come into the league as superstars. Yes, they "gathered" KD. Was Bosch as superstar when the heat got him from Toronto? Yes. Was Lebron? Yes. Stop crying....

 

[atlsfinest]

A fake winner he needed a cheating team to gain those accomplishments I would respect him more if he stayed with the thunder and never won

To be honest, I feel the same way but I understand why Kevin Durant did what he did. We, as fans, crucify players for not winning championships. Literally the first thing that comes to mind for most fans about Barkley and Malone is that they never won championships. KD just didn't want to be in that group so he took an easier route (even the most ardent KD supporters will admit this)