NBA 2015-2016 Season Thread

[Meacon Keaton]

Yeah, Richard Jefferson getting a ring, and perhaps going out on top, is nice too.

[Maxx]

I disagree, fuck Richard Jefferson.

Good for LeBron though, he more than earned this one.

[Mofoticon]

I just knew the Cavs had it in them to beat this Warriors team....this is something I wasn't sure I'd ever see in my life, and I could not be happier than I am right now. Cleveland got a title!

[Meacon Keaton]

David Price, Boston Red Sox pitcher, has apparently come out saying he thinks the NBA is fixed.

I think it was earlier this week Tim Donaghy also said the NBA was fixed and "predicted" a LeBron/Cleveland championship.

[Lint]

34 minutes ago, Meacon¯\_(ツ)_/¯ said:

David Price, Boston Red Sox pitcher, has apparently come out saying he thinks the NBA is fixed.

I think it was earlier this week Tim Donaghy also said the NBA was fixed and "predicted" a LeBron/Cleveland championship.

People have been saying the NBA is rigged for years

[Meacon Keaton]

Yeah. Crazy people!

[Benjamin]

Mainly happy that GSW lost, and that James can finally shove it up his detractors' faces, because holy shit, what a Finals performance. 

[The Buscher]

There's a Mets beat reporter I follow on Twitter who is a Warriors fan.  He's super defensive about people saying the Warriors choked and that this was simply the best player on the planet playing amazingly in the biggest game of his life.

No.  Just no.  Most Warriors fans said the Thunder choked in the Western Conference Finals.  So it's impossible for the Warriors also blowing a 3-1 lead to be considered anything other than a choke, especially coming off the best regular season ever and having game 7 at home.  James deserves a ton of credit for playing his ass off and being able to capitalize, but losing after being up 3-1 is definitely a choke in a sport where it rarely happens.

[gunnar hendershow]

Cavs just outlasted the Warriors. They were worn down by OKC and Cleveland wore them down even more. Curry had enough tape on his knee for a mummy for example. Cavs made the decision to play a very physical style of ball and it worked. It's something you usually see in March Madness where a 10-seed frustrates a 2-seed and its star player. But to do it for a whole series is really hard.

We'll get a lot more 3-1 comebacks in the Finals going forward courtesy of the new 2-2-1-1-1 format, it lends itself to comebacks a lot more.

We'll probably get round 3 between these two teams next year too.

[Alex.]

Saying it now: The 30 for 30 on LeBron leaving cleveland winning, then coming home, losing, and overcoming 3-1 deficit to win it and end the cleveland championship drought is going to be one hell of a 30 for 30.

[gunnar hendershow]

They probably filmed 90% of that already and were just waiting to see whether they'd win a title or if they wouldn't, basically do we get a happy or sad ending. We get a happy ending.

[Monkey D. Lars]

The King is back on his throne. For one season only, it will be KD's throne next year when we win the title.

But LeBron deserves this, Kyrie was epic this finals, totally outplayed Steph. Now everyone saying is that The Warriors didn't choke because LeBron was just too good but hey, all those Warriors fans said we choked against them so, yeah they choked after the best season in history of the NBA. Don't feel sorry for them at all. 

 

 

 

 

Play of the series?

[Noah]

On 12/06/2016 at 04:52, Jasonmufc said:

Really, the Cavs never really stood a chance and everybody knew it.

[Meacon Keaton]

On 5/30/2016 at 23:46, Meacon¯\_(ツ)_/¯ said:

You are a homer.

But I can see Cleveland beating Golden State.

Nobody? 

[JasonM]

5 hours ago, Noah said:

Yup, I was wrong. Warriors fucking broke down epically at the end.

[Mofoticon]

Derrick Rose has been traded to the Knicks for Jose Calderon, Robin Lopez, Jerian Grant and a 2nd rounder.

 

I'm sorry Knicks fans.

[thatshortguy]

Knicks averaged 84 field goal attempts per game last year.  Boston led the league with 89.3.

Rose & Anthony alone will go for about 92.

Edit:  The Atlanta slant is very similar.  Old rumor was Teague being traded to Philly for either Okafor or Noel.  Though that's seemingly cooled, Philly telling Simmons he's their first pick tells me they will deal one of those two.

Of course, talking heads have us doing anything from trading Korver to signing Dirk to letting Horford walk.  Love this time of year.

[Mofoticon]

There are rumors that the Knicks may make a run at Dwight Howard now too with Lopez being gone.

 

I can't imagine more of a trainwreck lineup than Rose-Melo-Dwight together.

[JasonM]

There's not enough bubblewrap on the eastern seaboard to protect that trio

[Tyrone]

Even with all of Rose's injuries and the rampant trade talks I was still so surprised to see it pop up on my Facebook ticker. Wow.