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Western Conference Finals 2016: Golden State Warriors vs Oklahoma City Thunder

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05-23-2016 , 08:20 AM

#1301

mullen

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Originally Posted by Synchronic

You seemed to avoid the unbalanced team issue and shovel out a bunch of malarkey. They are unbalanced. They are sick good at the most volatile and explosive aspect of the game, with grave deficits elsewhere. For that to translate into championships (plural) is exceedingly rare in sports, but the nature of the 3-point shot in basketball makes it possible. Maybe it's the new wave of the game. I know this, there is going to be a wave of Curry imitators. Can't remember what they're O/U was this year ... somebody says it will be about the same next year but I can't remember.

Last year : #2 offense, #1 defense, #1 net rating
This year: #1 offense, #5 defense, #2 net rating

Guess what. They are sick good at everything. Yeah they have Steph so they're the best at bombing 3s, that doesn't make them bad at other things.

If you seriously think a 67 win championship season followed by a 73 win season is founded on a gimmick then it's pretty much just lol you. Spurs have been the sickest gimmick in the NBA for 15+ years now. Only challenged by the LeBron gimmick Heat years and the early 2000s Lakers gimmick.

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05-23-2016 , 08:44 AM

#1302

florentinopeces

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Lebron and Duncan are not as overrated as Curry or Kobe, but the league isn't what it used to be, outside of Durant and Westbrook, who are real men from an older era.

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05-23-2016 , 09:29 AM

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JayTeeMe

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Thread almost has me switching to cheering for Golden State.

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05-23-2016 , 09:42 AM

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Caldarooni

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Better cheer why you still have the chance then

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05-23-2016 , 09:42 AM

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CallYouWin

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Originally Posted by florentinopeces

Lebron and Duncan are not as overrated as Curry or Kobe, but the league isn't what it used to be, outside of Durant and Westbrook, who are real men from an older era.

Durant is as soft as they come gtfo. He defers to a guy that wears girl clothes half of the time....

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05-23-2016 , 09:44 AM

#1306

Kneel B4 Zod

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Warriors were just bored for Game 3, that's all

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05-23-2016 , 09:48 AM

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Caldarooni

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Originally Posted by Moneyball16

After every game its just slightly different versions of the same trolls. Today its these idiots, yesterday it was the Lebron haters just brewing hate for a month to finally be able to **** on him, before its been the LOL Canada/Lowry and then people talking about how big of a fraud whichever one of the OKC stars played worse happens to be when they lose a game. No concept of some teams just having a bad day or shots not going in. No team even seems to win. It just seems to turn into a basketball team happened to win because they played a team of frauds or at least a team whos best player is a loser.

Also different thread, but dont forget that Pop went from ~best coach in all of sports to senile old man in a month.

Trolls are out of control

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05-23-2016 , 09:53 AM

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Victor

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Lol synchronic. Unbalanced malarkey.

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05-23-2016 , 09:54 AM

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THAY3R

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Originally Posted by ALLTheCookies

Scott Foster told Draymond he didn't think it was intentional. They would have tossed him if it was.

lol Scott Foster, 10 years and a new commish later and he's still deciding the pivotal moments in basketball

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NBA referee Tim Donaghy made repeated phone calls to a second referee at the same time he provided inside information to professional gamblers during the course of the 2006-2007 season, according to court documents and phone records obtained by FOXNews.com.

The records show Donaghy placed 134 calls to referee Scott Foster — more than the 126 calls Donaghy made to his bookie — between October 2006 and April 2007, the period during which he has confessed to either betting on games or passing on game information to gamblers. The majority of the phone calls lasted no more than two minutes and occurred prior to and after games Donaghy officiated and on which he admits wagering.

With the exception of 150 calls Donaghy placed to Thomas Martino, to whom he says he provided “picks” to win games and who was the middleman between the disgraced referee and a bookie named James Battista, the ex-ref phoned no one more than he called Foster. During this period, the most calls Donaghy made to any other referee were 13.

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Originally Posted by JayTeeMe

Thread almost has me switching to cheering for Golden State.

Naw man that's some crazy talk though I feel you

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05-23-2016 , 10:30 AM

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I am rooting against the Warriors, but denying their greatness as a gimmick is ridiculous. The evidence is quite clear that they are a fantastic team. Very good defense, the best offense, and a great team in transition. I think GW is probably still a favorite for the rest of the series. They won't be if Draymond Green is suspended one game.

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05-23-2016 , 10:30 AM

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cannabusto

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Originally Posted by ALLTheCookies

If it was an accident shouldn't it be rescinded? Because, like, it was unintentional?

"Hey, I was trying to block the shot! I didn't mean to hit his arm!!! How could you call a foul there??"

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05-23-2016 , 10:41 AM

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Double Eagle

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If the nutshot was on purpose then a one game suspension is way too light.

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05-23-2016 , 10:42 AM

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Seadood228

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The only thing worse than the Woya fans coming out of the woodwork and claiming they will win every game by 50 are the trolls coming out to say GSW is overrated.

The Warriors are a sick, terrifying team. OKC just seems like a bad matchup for them, especially considering GSW seems to have health issues. And it's glorious.

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05-23-2016 , 10:43 AM

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cannabusto

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Originally Posted by Enrique

Absolutely. Except, I wouldn't be surprised if they were the smallest of favorites even with Dray out for Game 4.

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05-23-2016 , 10:55 AM

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Palo

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Wow at this posting.

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05-23-2016 , 11:00 AM

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Originally Posted by Baltimore Jones

Kerr looked like he may have been in physical pain in the press conference as opposed to just "shook". Is he still dealing with back pain?

The latest Lowe post podcast discussed Kerr's health a bit. Sounds like he is still in a lot of pain.

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05-23-2016 , 11:07 AM

#1317

Tien

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Steph has to come out game 4 and drop 40+.

Game 4 might be the best game imo, either OKC smashes Golden State again, or Steph drops 40+ and melts OKC.

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05-23-2016 , 11:09 AM

#1318

seattlelou

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Nate put up a pod last night that is a pretty good listen.

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05-23-2016 , 11:17 AM

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Tien

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Draymond might be screwed here.

It was reckless and not a basketball play, I don't see how they can let him loose.

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05-23-2016 , 11:25 AM

#1320

Tien

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Originally Posted by mjw0586

I think the bottom line is that Steph isn't quite right. If you go back and watch his shots closely, there's definitely some hesitancy when he's landing.

Nobody is 100% healthy at this point. The guy just had a 2 week vacation in the playoffs.

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05-23-2016 , 11:32 AM

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Cinarocket

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Steph seems fine to me, he's shooting his playoff career average from 3 since he came back from the injury

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05-23-2016 , 11:35 AM

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Caldarooni

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Steph definitely isn't top 3 shook warriors

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05-23-2016 , 11:47 AM

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Fallen Hero

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quick reminder that this happened:
Wade suspended for low blow

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05-23-2016 , 11:50 AM

#1324

Cinarocket

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Originally Posted by Fallen Hero

quick reminder that this happened:
Wade suspended for low blow

As Graymond Screen would say : natural follow-through

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05-23-2016 , 11:53 AM

#1325

Baltimore Jones

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Originally Posted by Seadood228

The 7 million in the Bay Area are the only ones that thinks it's inadvertent, just check the thread. Think about the physics, there really isn't a way he does that as a "flail". He intentionally kicked his leg up, whether or not it was intentional to kick him real hard in the balls is what's up for interpretation. take off your homer glasses.

I will come into contact with hundreds of these 7 million today and can guarantee you that the vast majority will have absolutely no clue about the kick and would perhaps vaguely recognize Draymond Green's name.

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Originally Posted by Moneyball16

I was the sole voice of reason about the Spurs experiencing variance. Even when people accept that variance is a thing, it still feels like they don't *really* believe it cost a team a series. There was a bballinsider video about Spurs vs OKC, and it would be a completely different video if OKC hadn't airballed a few threes (because they turned into assists at the rim).

That said, seems like Donovan and OKC may be severely undervalued.

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