2017 NBA FINALS THREAD. PART III

[LebronHasMoreFinalsMVPs]

curry is gonna shoot 20%. Needs to happen for the culture.

 

[sohi 23]

Kerr has bad rotations, trusts his bench way too much & doesn't run the death lineup as much as he should.

Playing Ezeli in the 4th last year during game 7 was so incompetent and a huge factor as to why they didn't win that game. I hope Kerr blames himself for that loss, but given he's still doing the same **** in games 3 & 4, I doubt it.

 

[Maximus Meridius]

To this point, who's career would you rather have?

Bosh or Melo?

Melo.

It's like Kevin Mchale career vs Dominque Wilkins. You'd rather be Nique career wise.

Shoutout to Nique too. Another Baltimore scoring legend [emoji]10024[/emoji]

Nique is greater but I would take McHale's all day. McHale wasn't some Robert Horry. He got rings and he's looked at as one of the best PF's ever.

 

[hardens beard]

Kerr has this weird fascination with playing random dudes on the bench. No way in hell I'd play 2nd round rookie important minutes in the finals

 

[hardens beard]

Acting like Mchale wasn't scoring 25 a night

 

[freeze]

i will say Mike Brown played a tighter lineup. None of those others guys got minutes. And they were cooking teams. bu again, 1st 3 games of this series, everything was gucci. i'm not gonna flip flop on kerr now. They'll figure it out tonight and all will be right with the world.




3 of 8 coming.

 

[Olympus]

Kerr has this weird fascination with playing random dudes on the bench. No way in hell I'd play 2nd round rookie important minutes in the finals

Probably because he was a bench player?

I just watched post-game coverage of the '97 finals and they asked Jordan about Kerr's shot and how earlier in the series he had missed a clutch shot and his wife said he had his face in his pillow the entire night, just mad at himself. Then he got a second chance to redeem himself and he did.

So maybe he has a thing for letting bench players have a chance to shine?

 

[darthfett]

I personally thought shaun Livingston and David west was getting waaaaay to much bench minutes game 4

 

[LebronHasMoreFinalsMVPs]

I personally thought shaun Livingston and David west was getting waaaaay to much bench minutes game 4

crazy how livingston has literally one shot that always goes in.

 

[bballkid11]

crazy how livingston has literally one shot that always goes in.

Crazy how when he shoots it and misses I double take it....Like WHAT.

 

[darthfett]

crazy how livingston has literally one shot that always goes in.

Haven't really seen it in these playoffs .. we will make those when it doesn't matter ... other than game 1 last year he's been trash

 

[1smartalec]

crazy how livingston has literally one shot that always goes in.

that kick/shooting form though

 

[captaintuxable]

Every time Shaun shoots, I'm expecting a miss.

 

[Based Jesus]

Kerr has this weird fascination with playing random dudes on the bench. No way in hell I'd play 2nd round rookie important minutes in the finals

Dude benches KD and Steph at the same time while McCaw gets his valuable minutes 

 

[LebronHasMoreFinalsMVPs]

that kick/shooting form though

he will fadeaway with no one on him.

 

[hardens beard]

Crazy how when he shoots it and misses I double take it....Like WHAT.

Me and the homies say the same thing[emoji]128514[/emoji]

 

[moe200069]

first kyrie > scottie pippen and now melo has had a sad career.

sometimes i wish my reading comprehension was poor so that i wouldn't be able to understand the stuff i come across on NT

 

[SadBoi]

We need the refs to make every questionable call on the Warriors for the culture. Please let them fix it, please.

I want to see a fair game.

 

[Proposition Joe]

Why does David west get minutes?

 

[darthfett]

I think warriors blow them out of the water tonight ...

Refs will be so scared to make a mistake that they will let them play and can't stop the momentum of the warriors like they did game 4

 

[darthfett]

Why does David west get minutes?

He had old photos of Steve Kerr and a mistress

 

[captaintuxable]

David West has been solid. Great passer and that midrange ain't too shabby.

 

[moe200069]

Kerr has this weird fascination with playing random dudes on the bench. No way in hell I'd play 2nd round rookie important minutes in the finals

Probably because he was a bench player?

I just watched post-game coverage of the '97 finals and they asked Jordan about Kerr's shot and how earlier in the series he had missed a clutch shot and his wife said he had his face in his pillow the entire night, just mad at himself. Then he got a second chance to redeem himself and he did.

So maybe he has a thing for letting bench players have a chance to shine?

this.

i got a chance to see Kerr speak at a local college event and someone asked him about his rotations and why he's so insistent on getting "rotation guys in." kerr mentioned that his role off the bench as a player impacts a lot of his coaching philosophy and that to this point, having dudes on the bench play consistently throughout the season means that they're ready to step in during the playoffs, and not just during the end of blowout games. he also mentioned some other stuff about making sure everyone is incorporated into the team and has an opportunity to shine.

i see his point and you see how it works. while i find that **** frustrating at times, you can see the confidence he has in dudes like iggy, mccaw, shaun, dwest, and ian clark; and for the most part, it's paid off.

for the sake of tonite, i need kerr to fall more in love with javale and keep zaza on a tight leash. zaza has been really disappointing in the finals, seems like the moment is too big for him. it reminds me of how bogut ran out of gas in 2015 by the time the finals came around.

 

[junglejim]

 
David West has been solid. Great passer and that midrange ain't too shabby.

I dunno, I feel like every time he comes into the game he instantly picks up fouls because he doesnt know how to not murder people on the block.

My only other problem with playing more bench players (and not to sound conspiracy theoryish) is the tendency to allow starters to play more aggressively than bench players.  It always seems when these bench players play significant minutes they get hammered with foul calls because in the grand scheme of things they dont really mean much to the game.

 

[moe200069]

Why does David west get minutes?

because zaza pachulia is a scary ***, slow-footed trick who has no concept of how to block out or not commit dumb fouls