NBA 2016-2017 Season

[The Buscher]

The Knicks will be good.  In 2023.

[Meacon Keaton]

You sure? I'm not. :/ 

[Pooker]

4 hours ago, Busch Strowman said:

The Knicks will be good.  In 2023.

It makes me so happy to see Phil Jackson failing at being a GM. I told people for years that he was just lucky to coach the players he did and that he could never put a winning team together. I only feel bad that he had to drag Jeff Hornacek over there to be his coach. Hornacek has potential to be a great coach and Jackson is gonna ruin him.

[gunnar hendershow]

I mean Jackson's ability as a GM have no bearing on his ability as a coach. The Triangle was a very big deal for 15-20 years, and then people got wise to it and the game passed it by. As a GM he is both out of his element and stuck in the past.

[Pooker]

I guess it's more the people that would compare him to Red Auerbach. Jackson was a very good coach, but he could never build his own team like Auerbach did nor could he take a bad team and turn them good. Jackson's coaching ability is overstated because of the players and teams he coached.

[Your Mom]

I hate the continuation rule when a guy gets fouled behind the 3 point line and throws it up one handed behind his back or some shit. It's just ridiculous. That's not being fouled in the act of shooting that's a guy throwing up a bullshit shot and trying to pretend that's what he was going for all along

[gunnar hendershow]

That's one of the many bullshit NBA rules that encourage guys to draw fouls and/or flop for fouls.

[Monkey D. Lars]

Curry taking a nap. Reallystarting to hate the Guy.

[Maxx]

41 minutes ago, Lars Kuyt said:

Curry taking a nap. Reallystarting to hate the Guy.

Did anyone ask him?  Do we even know the context or are you just jumping on what the internet decided was going on there?  Looked to me like he had a trainer next to him.

[Meacon Keaton]

Even if he was napping, I can't blame the guy for finding this stuff boring too. 

[gunnar hendershow]

This has been a snorefest. Even when it's been close I've known GSW is gonna pull ahead.

[Your Mom]

Well Lebron is down. Who wants to make the 2017-2018 thread?

Huh. Spoke too soon I guess. That fall looked pretty bad though

[The Buscher]

The outcome of this season was determined last July.  I've never seen a season in any sport be this much of a formality.

[The Big Bratwurst]

Cleveland really shit the bed the last two minutes. Why the hell did Kyrie size up Klay and dribble around wasting time for 6-7 seconds when he could've gone for a two for one instantly and get the same shot? Also, LeBron didn't do a good job keeping his hands on the ball and Iggy just stripped the shit easily. When you make dumb mistakes in the last two minutes of the NBA finals you deserve to lose. Add in all the big shots KD was making and yeah, Cleveland's done.

[gunnar hendershow]

Saving grace for next season is that GSW is gonna have a completely new bench. So maybe they won't be as dominant?

They're incredible to watch though. We'll never see anything like this again.

[Pooker]

I wonder where Cleveland goes from here, if they do end up getting swept? Do they trade Love? Irving? Keep the same? Does Lebron join the Warriors?

[Meacon Keaton]

Trade Love and only keep Kyrie and LeBron and figure something else out. 

[JasonM]

7 hours ago, Meacon said:

Trade Love and only keep Kyrie and LeBron and figure something else out. 

Trading Love would be their biggest mistake, imo. He's their #1 defensive player, leading rebounder, and still third best scorer on top of that. He's very much in the position Chris Bosh was in during the Miami Big Three. He keeps the team together defensively from a game to game basis, and still gets flack for not being 'good' offensively. Despite adding 19 a game.

He also pulls the defense out of position for players such as LeBron and Kyrie to do their work in the paint. Without Love, they wouldn't have the space to do anything inside.

I honestly rate Love over Kyrie, especially since Kyrie wants to be regarded as a 'top guard' and can't even get over 6-7 assists per game on average. And you could say that's because of LeBron having so much usage, but that's not an excuse because Kyrie rather iso's the clock away than set people up that needs table-setting.

[The Big Bratwurst]

1 hour ago, Jasonmufc said:

Trading Love would be their biggest mistake, imo. He's their #1 defensive player, leading rebounder, and still third best scorer on top of that. He's very much in the position Chris Bosh was in during the Miami Big Three. He keeps the team together defensively from a game to game basis, and still gets flack for not being 'good' offensively. Despite adding 19 a game.

He also pulls the defense out of position for players such as LeBron and Kyrie to do their work in the paint. Without Love, they wouldn't have the space to do anything inside.

I honestly rate Love over Kyrie, especially since Kyrie wants to be regarded as a 'top guard' and can't even get over 6-7 assists per game on average. And you could say that's because of LeBron having so much usage, but that's not an excuse because Kyrie rather iso's the clock away than set people up that needs table-setting.

Love > Kyrie. He doesn't demand the ball, he plays his role. Plays D, gets boards, scores when needed from wherever it's needed. Kyrie is a bit over rated.

[gunnar hendershow]

The correct answer is find a new bench, ditch J.R. Smith, and trade Tristan Thompson for another scorer. LeBron/Kyrie/Love is a perfectly fine trio but they really need a better SG.

I don't know if anybody makes the moves this offseason though, besides Paul maybe going to SA and Boston getting one of Hayward/Butler/George. The 2018 offseason is a huge one and some guys are definitely gonna form a super team whether it be with the Lakers or somewhere else.