**NBA FINALS THREAD - RAPTORS DEFY GRAVITY**

Who Will Win it All?

  • Warriors

    Votes: 86 53.4%
  • Bucks

    Votes: 27 16.8%
  • Raptors

    Votes: 9 5.6%
  • Nuggets

    Votes: 2 1.2%
  • Rockets

    Votes: 13 8.1%
  • Sixers

    Votes: 5 3.1%
  • Celtics

    Votes: 6 3.7%
  • Clippers

    Votes: 5 3.1%
  • Other West Team

    Votes: 6 3.7%
  • Other East Team

    Votes: 2 1.2%

  • Total voters
    161
  • Poll closed .
I really think bucks are going to win this series but I'm hoping the raptors take it. Would love to see kawhi win a title. I don't care Bout giannis..
 
The Warriors NEED both KD and Steph that’s why it’s a team

You need kd’s trump iso card

You need steph’s PnR gravity down the stretch

You need them both. That’s why it’s a team. Without either, the road to a championship is harder. KD’s the better player but in this context it really is irrelevant

I truly think though that **** would get so tricky if you replaced THIS version of Draymond with some other 4 man. A lot of what they do defensively works because of insanely good Dray is at defense and rebounding, and kicking out guys ahead of time, being able to play center almost full time when necessary and it NOT being a mismatch...Draymond man
 
No one else finds the notion that we are defending a team with curry, Thompson, green and iggy needing Durant to be hilarious :lol:

Those 4 on their own should be able to win a 7 game series if they even play remotely decent. They lost in 2016 and lost 2 games in 2015 because the beige god curry turned into light skin voshon Lenard two years straight.

Can the bucks raptors start already none of this discussion is new or enlightening

We gonna start talking about if Bron is top 3 all time next right? :lol: this ****ing forum
No one is talking about Lebron, no one has been talking about Lebron you're the only one trying to give that ***** *** dude light since the end of the season and no moreso that the chef is cooking.

Your precious leader is falling by the minute.
 
KD averaged 35/8/5 on 56% shooting in the 2017 finals.

30/6/3 on 46% shooting in the Rockets series last year.

Where exactly are they replacing that production?
 
KD averaged 35/8/5 on 56% shooting in the 2017 finals.

30/6/3 on 46% shooting in the Rockets series last year.

Where exactly are they replacing that production?

It’s the other end too, Harden was having his way with every non KD defender for most of this year’s series

He’s truly a trump card.

My argument is that they NEED KD for sure to win, but they do need Steph too. Need them both I think. And Draymond. Without either of those 3, with the way the league is set up now, the rockets or bucks could get them.
 
KD averaged 35/8/5 on 56% shooting in the 2017 finals.

30/6/3 on 46% shooting in the Rockets series last year.

Where exactly are they replacing that production?

He didn’t play well in the rockets series last season tho. The production just gets shifted. The series changed when they put the ball in Steph’s hands....went away from KD ISO’s and slipped the screens, moved the ball.

You forgot Kerr pulling KD aside....the rockets do a great job at switching and baiting KD to iso mismatches.



Then this happened.


 
That Cavs team offensively in 2017 was all time good. They probably don’t beat them without KD.

They probably don’t get by the Rockets either. You have to figure that without KD probably aren’t the 1 seed this year.

The Rockets got every thing they wanted this year:

A 3 game series in which if they won game 5 would have had home court

Injured KD

A injured, no rhythm Steph

Healthy Chris Paul

and guess what? They still lost, in SIX.

What are we doing here?!?
 
The Rockets got every thing they wanted this year:

A 3 game series in which if they won game 5 would have had home court

Injured KD

A injured, no rhythm Steph

Healthy Chris Paul

and guess what? They still lost, in SIX.

What are we doing here?!?


K
 
Ya dudes are something ****ing else.

Steph and crew were the ones that eliminated KD and made him join them.

Ya really want to take credit away from SC, Klay and Dray.

They can ****ing play team ball and ultimately that wins the games.

But keep bringing all these ****ing stats and era and rbi and slugging. LoL

**** all that.
 
The Rockets got every thing they wanted this year:

A 3 game series in which if they won game 5 would have had home court

Injured KD

A injured, no rhythm Steph

Healthy Chris Paul

and guess what? They still lost, in SIX.

What are we doing here?!?

They were supposed to lose. 4 all stars
 
Here’s the reality people aren’t fully grasping.

The league has caught up to the warriors. The margin for error is slim as it’s ever been for them. Kevin Durant increases that margin for error, allows them to play a different way if need be, and they’re the favorites with him playing.

Without him playing, they’re still the slight favorites. For these reasons:

-Chemistry
-Coaching
-Experience
-They have the best player going forward in every series in Steph
-They have the best defender going forward in every series in draymond
-They have Klay who can catch fire at any moment
-They’ve done it before


That’s the reality right now. And that’s how this **** is going to play out.
 
hope kd doesn’t come back this postseason. want to see how long this fairytale goes for the warriors.
Wtf are you even saying. So theyhavent won chips prior to KD?

Yes KD ultimately makes them lock, but let's not act like they cant win without KD. They still have a chance.
 
***** that was 2016 it’s 2019 now the league is A LOT different wtf lol

**** looking mighty familiar, in the most critical moments, the last few games...

Fools were throwing dirt over the grave the moment KD went down. Declared it as fact they won't win the series without him, had that Barkley energy.

Goalposts and all that got completely shifted afterwards.
 
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