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05-30-2018 , 03:13 PM
I guess Kerr gets no credit for creating an atmosphere that actually attracts a player like Durant either?

I'm not even saying Kerr is GOAT coach or anything.

But at the end of the day you are held to the results you have. And he can't be faulted for that.
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05-30-2018 , 03:19 PM
I literally just gave him credit for creating a positive culture.

73 wins and having max capspace because steph signed a lowball extension because he was snapping his ankles every 30 minutes also helps a lot too.
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05-30-2018 , 03:33 PM
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Originally Posted by kidcolin
Stim no offense but you're a dummy, no offense. They don't adjust in the 3rd, they just actually run their stuff and try a little bit. They're bored. They're the most talented collection of talent the league has ever seen.

Kerr isn't a bad coach. He's OK. Not awful, not great. He replaced an all-time bad coach who was completely oblivious to what talent he actually had, as well as completely oblivious to the fact that the talent he had wasn't suitable for '90s era basketball. He also luckboxed a couple of aspects of his new team:
1. David Lee was hurt to start the year, forcing him to play Draymond, who turned out to be sick.
2. Steph Curry started lifting weights and stopped snapping his ankle every 10 games.

It appears he did help with cultural stuff, so credit him for that. On top of being a dummy, Jackson also was complete poison in the culture department so fixing that was important.

In game he's pretty bad but not awful. He gets big picture stuff like staggering his stars and never having all bench units. But his bench rotations often don't make a ton of sense and he plays awful dudes for the sake of it. I mean, isn't this series a pretty decent indication that Kerr isn't a great coach? How does a 73 win team almost lose to Scott Brooks? How does a 73 win team blow a 3-1 lead and not win a title? How does that same team +KD face 2 elimination games versus the Rox? Why'd it take one of the worst shooting games in NBA history to make the Finals? If Kerr's non-in-game stuff is so sick (culture, prep, etc), why can't he get 2 MVPs and 2 All NBAers to just mop the deck vs anybody?

Kerr is also an embarrassment of a human being which lead to his father faking an assassination so he could get away from the rotten little weasel and live a peaceful life wandering along the north african coast. His chronic backpain is caused by a guilty conscious.
Incredible.
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05-30-2018 , 03:39 PM
I freely admit I'm not that knowledgeable about basketball, I only got back into it recently after a 10 year hiatus because my friends love it and decided I'd watch some games with them.

That said as an outside observer who doesn't have a lot invested it is extremely clear many peoples rational thought is poisoned by extreme bias and salt.
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05-30-2018 , 03:41 PM
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Originally Posted by SteveSax
Incredible.
Seriously. Kerr is a pretty solid human, constantly out there standing up for social injustices, always standing up for his players, is never mean or angry, and is out there having a good time. Hell he stands up for players not on his team on the regular.

Yet you post stuff like that Kid. The salt has poisoned your brain.
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05-30-2018 , 03:43 PM
just a prank, bro

Last edited by kidcolin; 05-30-2018 at 03:44 PM. Reason: which is also what Kerr's dad will say if he ever gets discovered
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05-30-2018 , 05:01 PM
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just a prank, bro


THIS POST MAY HAVE JUST SNAPPED CURRY'S ANKLES.
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05-30-2018 , 05:22 PM
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How does a 73 win team almost lose to Scott Brooks?

Agree with most of what you’re saying, but Donovan was already at the helm that year.


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Originally Posted by StimAbuser
None of them struck me as arrogant. Just very confident and having fun out there, there's a big difference. If you're getting triggered by a shimmy in a basketball game then you're being silly.

Isn’t very confident more or less a euphemism for arrogant? If only it was just one shimmy

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I guess Kerr gets no credit for creating an atmosphere that actually attracts a player like Durant either?

Don’t want to sound like a cynic, but I’m pretty sure it was the idea of endless free rings that got him to sign that contract.



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05-30-2018 , 05:25 PM
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In game he's pretty bad but not awful. He gets big picture stuff like staggering his stars and never having all bench units. But his bench rotations often don't make a ton of sense and he plays awful dudes for the sake of it.
So, anyways, who are the best coaches at in-game stuff and player rotations?
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05-30-2018 , 05:41 PM
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Isn’t very confident more or less a euphemism for arrogant? If only it was just one shimmy

No, not even close lol. You think confident people are arrogant? Who hurt you?

Seriously the Warriors are always chill on the court, when CP3 shimmied on Curry when the warriors were losing, he laughed and loved it. They never take things personal and take it as well as they dish it.

I'd bet the house you guys absolutely loved it when Lebron stared down curry and talked **** after blocking his shot. There are probably hundreds of these examples that you guys loved but when the warriors do it you get triggered lol.
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05-30-2018 , 06:31 PM
Making jokes about Kerr's Dad is not cool. It will never be okay.
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05-30-2018 , 07:52 PM
Oh, I see Harden's fitness is being called into question by his peers.
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05-30-2018 , 08:02 PM
Festus Ezeli game 7

/kerr
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05-30-2018 , 09:06 PM
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I freely admit I'm not that knowledgeable about basketball, I only got back into it recently after a 10 year hiatus because my friends love it and decided I'd watch some games with them.

That said as an outside observer who doesn't have a lot invested it is extremely clear many peoples rational thought is poisoned by extreme bias and salt.
So you quit the NBA for 10 years you come back and join the fanbase of the most dominant team ever? Or did you just re-join the Warriors fanbase now that they're great.
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05-30-2018 , 09:42 PM
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So you quit the NBA for 10 years you come back and join the fanbase of the most dominant team ever? Or did you just re-join the Warriors fanbase now that they're great.
As I said before I quit for 10 years but came back because my friends are huge NBA fans and they talked me into watching it again. I found Curry/Klay super fun to watch go off on teams so yes I jumped on their bandwagon. I did start watching in 2016 when they lost to bron, and tbh I'd prefer KD to go away and they get someone who can defend well and pass well just so I can keep watching curry/klay go off, don't really care that much if they win the championship.

More of a curry/klay fan and like Kerr a lot because of his stances on social injustice and trump and seems cool. And they all look like they're having a blast out there which I dig.
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05-30-2018 , 09:52 PM
I will say in like 99% of my sports fandom life I've rooted for the underdogs usually. Was a cowboys fan while I was into football way after their championships lol, most of my favorite MMA fighters don't have great results.

So I do get how annoying bandwagoners are especially when they don't know the recent history of the sport. And I get hating the warriors 100%. I just don't get calling them evil and making fun of Kerrs dad and just being insanely whiney.
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05-30-2018 , 09:53 PM
nothing not to love about the woyas
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05-30-2018 , 09:55 PM
Evil is pretty simple, they almost have ruined the NBA. They have one of most annoying players in the nba in Dray. They have a despicable due to KD who jumped to an already nasty team and likely ruined his previous team which was the #2 contender. Like they were insanely good before the moves but now they are a shoe-in for being elite.

I don't have as much beef with Kerr or Thompson or Curry. I don't blame KD for jumping, I just blame him for jumping to a really dominant team.
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05-30-2018 , 10:30 PM
Yeah KD sucks. I'm on board with that. Not even for the switch but he's just whiney, and his alt account stuff, and always being butt hurt when people make jokes.

I can't really blame him for going to GS though. This story plus getting to live in the bay area sums it up for me.

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West didn’t have to be that guy when he played in San Antonio, either. But this is different. The cohesion on the Warriors isn’t a product of conformity as much as it is of freedom. And that amazes him when he thinks about it.

The players-only meeting is a staple of locker rooms in distress. But West said the Warriors don’t have the kind of problems that warrant such meetings. They have only had one since he’s been a Warrior. It came after they won the 2017 NBA Finals. They met in the locker room to settle one major issue: where would they celebrate winning the championship? They settled on Aria in Las Vegas.

No fights. No players who can’t stand each other. Nobody trying to get the coach fired.

How did they pull this off? A few reasons kept surfacing as members of the franchise were prodded for answers. It’s the collection of players they have. It’s Kerr’s management style and the environment he’s created. It’s Curry’s example that sets the bar. It’s Green keeping his finger on the pulse and staying in his teammates’ ears. It’s the newness of having Durant, still fresh enough to break the monotony. It’s veterans like Andre Iguodala, Shaun Livingston and Zaza Pachulia setting a standard of professionalism.

“We’ve got good guys. Nobody’s tripping. A very ego-less group,” West said. “In this environment, you can’t be mad. I’ve had to tell the young guys, ‘Y’all need to talk to some other people, ask guys what it’s like in other environments because this is not normal. You mu’****ers better be thankful to God.’ Shiiiit. For a coach to, even when you’re young, sort of give you the freedom to be yourself and develop your own identity — as opposed to saying, ‘This is who the **** you gone be.’ I told that to all of them. Damian Jones, Pat (McCaw), whoever else the **** in here who’s young. Those of us who’s been to other places — Andre, Shaun, myself — we know this isn’t normal. Even Nick Young. He’s been saying all year, ‘I’ve never seen nothing like this in my life.’ A lot of it is the environment we have here.”
Can't really hold signing KD against the warriors. lol hey guys lets not sign the 2nd best player even though we have the opportunity because it wouldn't be fair! Not a team in the league would do that, don't be silly.
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05-30-2018 , 10:33 PM
Nba stupidly allowed it when they jacked up the cap in one offseason else it would have been impossible for any contending team to do it since most are near the cap. I don’t blame KD for signing since it helps his legacy and I don’t blame gsw for recruiting him but for the league as a whole it’s really lame.
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05-30-2018 , 10:34 PM
I don't hold signing him against GS obviously. Also, Bogut was dead, Barnes had to get paid huge. Paying Barnes 25mill to keep that team together would've really sucked. They would've begun to comeback to the pack a bit if they didn't get KD IMO (as in being 1 of the best teams in the NBA and no longer the consensus fav best team that is a big fav over the others)

I probably would've liked Cleveland over them again in '17 if that happened. And OKC with Dipo for Ibaka trade and re-signing KD would've been a contender as well.

But what does comeoff as pretty beta to me is how Curry has basically let it become KD's team. He was coming off 1 of the best seasons ever, people were starting to talk about him as a megastar and now it is the consensus opinion that KD is just better than him. Like he just traded in his legacy being ultra-elite for very good and seems totally fine with it.

That's why I could kinda see him gunning hard for MVP in this finals. He might not be cool with KD getting both finals MVP's. He's probably a good bet at +150.
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05-30-2018 , 10:35 PM
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Nba stupidly allowed it when they jacked up the cap in one offseason else it would have been impossible for any contending team to do it since most are near the cap. I don’t blame KD for signing since it helps his legacy and I don’t blame gsw for recruiting him but for the league as a whole it’s really lame.
So if your team signed him you'd be lambasting them as evil? Lol.
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05-30-2018 , 10:40 PM
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Nba stupidly allowed it when they jacked up the cap in one offseason else it would have been impossible for any contending team to do it since most are near the cap. I don’t blame KD for signing since it helps his legacy and I don’t blame gsw for recruiting him but for the league as a whole it’s really lame.
From my understanding it was the players union, lead by CP3, which caused that.

Onlydo2days - Currys lack of ego is what allowed this team to be so great. lol at calling that beta.
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05-30-2018 , 10:48 PM
Agree on that, but he did sacrifice some legacy, I'd think we can all agree on that.

Mitch Richmond called them "KD's warriors" when handing him the trophy. That was pretty jarring to me.
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05-30-2018 , 11:01 PM
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Originally Posted by Onlydo2days
Agree on that, but he did sacrifice some legacy, I'd think we can all agree on that.

Mitch Richmond called them "KD's warriors" when handing him the trophy. That was pretty jarring to me.
Didn't hear that part. As he handed KD the trophy he said "Congratulations to the Golden State Warriors and Kevin Durant"

https://streamable.com/hir8e
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