No basketball till October :(

[friscostylez]

i think Mike Conley is still the most underrated player in L

 

[moneylicious]

Klay putting them clamps on Earl. No way he's gonna shoot the way he's been shooting this post season.

 

[Jokegeta]

Iggy gettin' a chip', never thought I'd see the day 

Yea right! LOL

 

[nelson999]

i think Mike Conley is still the most underrated player in L

Everyone always says this though, so probably not

 

[comptonprince]

 
Klay putting them clamps on Earl. No way he's gonna shoot the way he's been shooting this post season.

 

[freeze]

 
Klay putting them clamps on Earl. No way he's gonna shoot the way he's been shooting this post season.

he dont wanna pull that in oakland. son would've eem make it to the plane.

 

[bhzmafia14]

Everyone always says this though, so probably not

The fact that people still don't think he's the 2nd best player on his own team means he probably is.

 

[Clyde Frog]

just looked at the finals schedule and totally forgot they ditched the 2-3-2 format. Sweet.

 

[bhzmafia14]

 

[elpablo21]

Spoiler: Finals Picks

Originally Posted by Elpablo21  

WARRIORS PICKS

Updated. 

Dubs 5 gang runnin' deep

 

[omariwestafari]

I have so many different aspects to my game, I'm like a watered down lebron. I'm hyper athletic. I play d, I rebound, I pass. But my mind is like kobe. Scoring is my first love. I'm a greater shooter and slasher. I'm a mashup of all the players I like in different aspects.

Bruh im just like lebron
I manage thengame good and be giving ppl the ball in all the right spots

And if they need me to i can take over

 

[nelson999]

 

Spoiler: Finals Picks

Originally Posted by Elpablo21  

WARRIORS PICKS

Updated. 

Dubs 5 gang runnin' deep

if they win the chip in 5 in front of the home crowd 

 

[nelson999]

I have so many different aspects to my game, I'm like a watered down lebron. I'm hyper athletic. I play d, I rebound, I pass. But my mind is like kobe. Scoring is my first love. I'm a greater shooter and slasher. I'm a mashup of all the players I like in different aspects.

Sounds like you could for sure make the Knicks

 

[nycknicks105]

Warriors in 7

 

[moneylicious]

 

 

 
Klay putting them clamps on Earl. No way he's gonna shoot the way he's been shooting this post season.

he dont wanna pull that in oakland. son would've eem make it to the plane.

these dudes just need a reason...

 

[carver]

 

[jc619er]

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Looking at this it seems like Cavs gotta just steal one on the road.

 

[freeze]

i have a feeling bron is gonna choke this series away.

 

[jpzx]

Kevin Love should avoid long-term Cavaliers commitment — for now

Daniel Leroux, Sporting News @DannyLeroux

After years of speculation, the NBA will finally find out what Kevin Love truly wants. The third contract marks the first time most NBA players get to exert true self-determination. The third contract is when LeBron James headed to Miami and when Kobe Bryant returned to the Lakers after flirting with the Clippers.

So as Love watches the Cavaliers play in the NBA Finals without him, sidelined by a shoulder injury that ended his season, he also may be considering what comes next month. Love can and likely will opt out of the last year of his contract, hitting unrestricted free agency for the first time in his career. And while he told reporters that he plans to be with the Cavaliers for Game 1 next season, his long-term future may not be so cut and dry.

What makes the third contract so compelling for top players is that there are no wrong answers. Someone can choose the chance to win championships, a desirable place to live, more money or some combination of the three. While most will not get everything they hoped for, the choice itself illuminates a player’s priorities and goals.

This summer’s circumstances make it even more challenging for Love. Since the National Basketball Players Association rejected the owners’ proposal to “smooth” in money from the league’s new TV and media deal, the NBA salary cap will see a significant spike next summer. That puts a lot of money at stake for 2015’s star free agents, who are limited because of maximum salary constraints.

For Love, that means waiting a year to sign a long-term contract could mean about $6.2 million more in the first year of the deal, and that disparity would grow each season.

As such, Love needs to decide when to sign his long-term deal before choosing where he would like to be. The NBA’s soft salary cap makes it easier for franchises to retain their players, but they must have been a part of that team (or on the same contract, which can be traded like Love was) for a few seasons to reap that benefit. Love deciding he wants to be somewhere other than Cleveland and also would prefer to wait until 2016 to take his long-term deal should be less of an issue this season than in others because even teams who use their cap space this summer should have plenty next offseason. The Lakers, for example, should have the flexibility to bring Love in this summer and then retain him on a longer contract next summer even without the benefit of Bird rights, should that be what he wants.

FREE AGENCY: 9 players who cashed in big in the playoffs

Love and the other elite free agents interested in waiting until 2016 to secure their big contracts have an unusual trick they can use to their advantage this summer. Article VII, Section 8 of the collective bargaining agreement allows for players who sign one-year contracts (excluding option years) who will have Early Bird or full Bird rights at the end of that contract the ability to veto any trade during that season.

That means players such as Love and All-Star power forward counterpart LaMarcus Aldridge could sign 1+1 deals (one year plus a player option) with their current teams without any fear of being traded somewhere they would not want to sign the following summer. That de facto no-trade clause also gives this group of players some additional leverage should they decide they want to opt out and leave in 2016. Since something would be better than nothing, Love could approach the Cavs during the 2015-16 season and try to accelerate his future plans should they be somewhere other than Cleveland.

The “something is better than nothing” logic should speak strongly to the Cavs because they will not have cap flexibility to replace Love. Even with LeBron James, Kyrie Irving, Anderson Varejao and Timofey Mozgov on the roster and Tristan Thompson’s cap hold on the books, Cleveland functionally would have zero cap space this summer. The only gain the Cavaliers would make if Love left in free agency is through a sign-and-trade anyway.

This reality coupled with a desire to be in the 2016 free agent pool regardless of where he wants to play should lead Cleveland and Love to a contract for one season plus a player option. That arrangement keeps the Cavs the favorites in the Eastern Conference for another season and maximizes Love’s financial opportunities while letting him control his own destiny the following summer. Waiting also gives Love another season on a quality team and the time to gain a much better idea of the direction and surrounding talent for all of the franchises that interest him long-term. Why suffer through a losing season with the Lakers or Knicks when he can keep his options open while making exactly the same salary playing on a winner with James and Kyrie Irving?

Unless Love feels that he needs to secure a long-term contract before next season and that he would prefer to be somewhere other than Cleveland for it, signing a one year contract with a player option with the Cavs makes the most sense.

 

[trynafeelmink]

So Bron is shooting 17% from three.... in the lower 40's from the midrange, and 39% from around the free throw area... but 65% at the basket where the warriors are ranked #1 in the postseason at defending...

Which Tells me they have to RELY on J.R giving them an efficient 20 ppg .... Warriors in 5

 

[trynafeelmink]

i have a feeling bron is gonna choke this series away.

I honestly don't think he's gonna "Choke" he's just not gonna be dominant and this team around him simply isn't good enough IMO to beat the Warriors. ESPECIALLY their bench... Dudes really think Delladova is going to be a spark plug.

I also read something about the Warriors inexperience in the Finals. Outside of Lebron & James Jones... nobody who actually gets playing time has been there before.. Hell this is Kyrie's first time in the playoffs, going against the league MVP, coming off an injury plagued series. Thompsons first year in the playoffs, Shump i believe made it once, Mogsov i believe made it once.

The chances of the Cavs shrinking are much higher than the chances of the Warriors shrinking IMO.

And something that has to be said about CLE this postseason is how many times they have given up double digit leads vs some very mediocre Offenses... That is a sign of laziness and not being focused... that is a VERY bad sign going up against GS.

 

[everysingletime]

That's a very good point. You can't be giving up double digit leads to the Dubs at any point. You can do that against the east, yes.

 

[a-friend]

 
Got dumped today. 9 months just like that 

Sorry needed to rant to my S&T brethrens. Sigh

Aw man I'm sorry to hear this boss.

I send you godspeed to the feelings passing, quickly.

Keep your head up G

 

[a-friend]

Dudes be like "GSW has the MVP, COY runner up,  best record in the league, and better uniforms, GSW in 5"

 

[moneylicious]

this Lebby goin be byke.