**NBA FINALS THREAD - RAPTORS DEFY GRAVITY**

[junglejim]

"The Rockets gutted their bench for CP3"

"There's only 1 ball"

"Come all star break, Harden and Paul will be at each other's throats"

"Did you see how Paul reacted to Harden in Drew League, that'll be the same in the playoffs ."

"They don't even have any defenders"

So just like in the NBA thread, I'll add your post as well, and we'll come back to it when late in the season Melo, Ennis, MCW, and a rookie or two will be known as "too much help" in another Harden MVP case.

top 5 center under control for 5 years under market value

also...

The Rockets were 42-3 when Capela, Harden and CP3 played but somehow resigning them was bad move.

 

[kingfoamnyc]

My son wavy might combust in the WCF. Too many lightskin dudes who can ball

 

[dman14]

I mean yeah, they gave Golden State problems too. That shouldn't be shocking.

but ya mentioned rockets as the second best team in the west. i just didn't see it all year

 

[buc em]

 

[moe200069]

Houdini + Harden = best elimination game disappearing act in the business

 

[freeze]

This aged remarkably well

Kobe is a brilliant basketball mind.

 

[Deleted member 170883]

lmao cp3 flopped after klay got the steal.

 

[B Sox]

Career playoff FG%:
Harden - 41.5%
Kobe - 44.8%
Wade - 47.4%
MJ - 48.7%

Efficiency matters. I included those other 3 SGs because they won at least one championship as their team's best player and that's the standard Harden is up against (MJ, Wade in 06, Kobe in 09-10). And yeah Harden gets a ton of free throws but it's not like those others weren't eating from the FT line either

Career Playoff TS%:
Harden- 57.9%
Kobe- 54.1%
Wade- 54.9%
MJ- 56.8%

 

[danikerhino]

To be fair Houston had a better team last year

KD was out for 1 1/2 game, no excuses.

 

[freeze]

James missed a lot of free throws today.

 

[Bert.]

 

[shotsrangout]

KD was out for 1 1/2 game, no excuses.

and? they still had a better team last year. i'm not making excuses. they should of won.

 

[second2nonee]

Harden and CP3 are ******* Malone and Stockton (and I hate those guys). **** my life

 

[ThePeoplesChamp_]

Everybody knew the Rockets were frauds.

 

[Deleted member 170883]

give me 5 mins with ayesha

 

[Lizakers]

This is an A+ post bro. Really good one.

I’m wylin my G. Bey looked fine af I just want a whiff

 

[leavemeglazzies]

This aged remarkably well

Perhaps he can also gives us an expert, in-depth analysis as to why 2 + 2 = 4.

 

[second2nonee]

Keep them coming junglejim

 

[ThePeoplesChamp_]

Harden and CP3 are ****ing Malone and Stockton (and I hate those guys). **** my life

They made to back to back finals though

 

[danikerhino]

Nuggets are talented as hell, but they're still unproven in crunch time, and the Warriors ate their lunch in the regular season. Should be a good series. Truth be told, I wish Portland had Nurkic so we can face that fully loaded and experienced Trail Blazers team.

 

[second2nonee]

They made to back to back finals though

1st ballot HOF that never got past the hump of beating the greatest teams of all time. Bulls and Warriors. Forever labeled chokers.

 

[danikerhino]

and? they still had a better team last year. i'm not making excuses. they should of won.

Last year Warriors had a deeper team too.

 

[VARNELL HILL]

@bballkid11

 

[Deleted member 170883]

Nuggets are talented as hell, but they're still unproven in crunch time, and the Warriors ate their lunch in the regular season. Should be a good series. Truth be told, I wish Portland had Nurkic so we can face that fully loaded and experienced Trail Blazers team.

just need boogie to play against the nuggets. boogie will make jokic his ***** just like the regular season

 

[art vandelay]

Everybody knew the Rockets were frauds.

Everybody except for the rockets. I didn’t think that they were frauds. At least not until the waning moments of game 5.