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Speaking of aesthetically unpleasant holy **** are the Celtics a terrible watch

Nothing on earth gets my dick softer than the notion of a luka/rie v Celtics title series

I've avoided Eastern Conference basketball all season. And I'm a Bulls fan.

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Today , 06:59 PM

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REDeYeS00

always sloppy

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Never seen it. Always looked gay to me

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Originally Posted by ILOVEPOKER929

You should see it. The music alone makes it an all time classic.

ok
trying not to be a complete homer
but can we all just agree
the greek achilles was an ill lad

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Today , 07:32 PM

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StoppedRainingMen

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Walking Phoenix was ****ing marvelous and I will go to my grave believing him getting best actor for joker (beyond ****ing mediocre) was a makeup call for him getting jobbed out of gladiator and the Johnny cash flick

Crowe sucked

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Today , 07:38 PM

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72off

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gladiator was a good movie, though i agree it seems overrated. and yeah it was pretty gay nttawwt

joker was one of the worst pieces of **** i've ever seen, though some of the acting performances like phoenix were ... committed. i'll give them that. prob papered over what a pile of crap it was

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Just makes it obvious that the easiest way to win an oscar is to either gain or lose a bunch of weight.

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Today , 07:43 PM

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REDeYeS00

always sloppy

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Originally Posted by StoppedRainingMen

you must be joking if you think walking lines of hot summer phoenix asphalt is somehow better than cold rivers of rain

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Today , 07:54 PM

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Onlydo2days

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I really, really, disagree. Over the last couple of years, Boston has cooked the Mavs. Boston's lineup is close to ideal for defending Luka and Kyrie because they have so much length and versatility on the perimeter. That isn't dispositive because Luka and Kyrie can score on anyone. But Boston's offensive depth is a real problem also. The Mavs have no choice but to play Luka and Kyrie forty minutes a game. That means Luka has to defend Jaylen or Tatum almost the entire game and Kyrie has to defend Derrick White or Jrue for most of the game. Luka on a bad knee defending Tatum or Jaylen for an entire game is not going to be pretty. And Kyrie giving up size to Derrick White or Jrue won't be much fun either.

The Mavs obviously will hunt Horford and Staps (if he is available) relentlessly on switches, but I can't see that being enough to get the Mavs over the line.

Agree if KP plays and is KP but if he can't really be that then the Mavs chances start to get much, much better. Celts basically have 0 bench, just random white guys.

Think if Mavs win it'll be similar to how they've won the last 3 games they've played, hang around and pull it out late a few games in this series. Probably win series with a negative PD. Their ability to blow a team out seems pretty low given lack of firepower.

I'd still maintain Minn is a tougher matchup for Celts. How shaky both of those teams can be in late game execution would be something to watch in the finals.