**NBA FINALS THREAD - RAPTORS DEFY GRAVITY**

[trynafeelmink]

No KD, No Klay. If Steph drags this team to a win in Game 3 without those two guys, that would be impressive.* I’ve long thought Klay (and KD after he joined) were a huge and underrated part of Steph’s success because you can’t help off them. If those guys don’t play you should be able to double/trap Steph all game long. The same way other great offensive players are guarded in the postseason.

Me thinks Draymond will be the best warrior on the court again, though.

ummm so what exactly have defenders been doing off of Draymond/ Iggy/ Livingston all these years.

 

[freeze]

fact of the matter is when you get injured trying to embelish a foul call, the karma is too ironic not to notice.... sucks that he got hurt , but don't really feel bad when he flops on any hint of contact.

Karma not real tho. That make believe

 

[Mike dunleavy]

So why did KD fly to Toronto?

 

[freeze]

So why did KD fly to Toronto?

Poutine good af.

 

[had pants]

 

[freeze]

Curry jumping on the court one of the funniest things I've seen in a minute. No damns given to the raptors on that. Bron levels of disrespect.

 

[charlie parker]

harden isnt flopping on drives.

 

[Mike dunleavy]

Kawhi bought a house in Toronto

 

[freeze]

Kawhi bought a house in Toronto

So wild. Just yesterday CBS reported kawhi still expected to leave in FA.

Guess he's staying then.

 

[ThePeoplesChamp_]

Dubs stans really believe the Splash bros. are getting hit all the time lolol...they acting homie...its what they do.

Have to keep moving them goal posts

The video clearly shows him getting bumped in mid air

 

[ThePeoplesChamp_]

So why did KD fly to Toronto?

Support for his teammates and the Doctor travels with the team.

 

[DadNboujee]

Smh. Vegas has kawhi going to golden state before the lakers.

 

[monstar]

Uh yes i hoop and i have coordination and i know that falling into a split is b**** stuff. Klay and the nba is KNOWN for sneaky stuff, you're acting like cats don't exaggerate.

Bra when you get bumped from the side and you are actually a jumpshooter (not a set shooter) your legs are going out because you are worried about coming down with them underneath you. I promise if Zaza bumps Kawhi from the side instead of sliding underneath him he would do the same thing.

The fact you had to include coordination in your description is not a good sign.

 

[MVP]

harden isnt flopping on drives. hes just drawing the foul being crafty. no idea why people hate that he uses the rules to his advantage. unless u want to advocate that they change the rules (which im ok with... league is a LITTLE bit too soft. too much complaining to the refs on every play, too much ticky tack fouls... too many superstar exceptions)

imo the entire dwyane wade-esque jump into your defender on a shot = foul thing needs to go. but until they change the rules, its fair play.

Lol Harden absolutely plays for contact instead of trying to make the shot.

 

[Kinfolk]

Y'all not seriously out here saying she asked to be disrespected.

Oh my bad.

When she made those comments about not getting enough attention, she wanted those respectful unsolicited DM's that strangers send on social media, right?

 

[moe200069]

harden isnt flopping on drives. hes just drawing the foul being crafty. no idea why people hate that he uses the rules to his advantage. unless u want to advocate that they change the rules (which im ok with... league is a LITTLE bit too soft. too much complaining to the refs on every play, too much ticky tack fouls... too many superstar exceptions)

imo the entire dwyane wade-esque jump into your defender on a shot = foul thing needs to go. but until they change the rules, its fair play.

harden puts the refs in a bind, damned if they do damned if they dont. he initiates a lot of contact and drives into a defender’s body to draw fouls. he exaggerates contact and it looks like he’s not even making a real attempt at making a shot. i go back and forth about it. On one end, it’s gamesmanship, within the rules of the game and smart as hell. On the other end no one likes watching games dictated by FTs.

 

[rolaholic]

Could just be a savvy investor with the Toronto real estate market booming rn...

 

[lawdog1]

So wild. Just yesterday CBS reported kawhi still expected to leave in FA.

Guess he's staying then.

Maybe not. A lot of these NBA dudes have houses in multiple spots. Kiwi could just keep the place in T-Dot as an investment property, if he decides to leave. The timing is definitely interesting though.

 

[hand2handking]

he still gon leave and troll toronto

 

[sohi 23]

 

[youngwolf]

Poutine good af.

It's not.

 

[dland24]

harden isnt flopping on drives. hes just drawing the foul being crafty. no idea why people hate that he uses the rules to his advantage. unless u want to advocate that they change the rules (which im ok with... league is a LITTLE bit too soft. too much complaining to the refs on every play, too much ticky tack fouls... too many superstar exceptions)

imo the entire dwyane wade-esque jump into your defender on a shot = foul thing needs to go. but until they change the rules, its fair play.

LMFAOOOOO

 

[dland24]

I was told in this thread the Warriors arent good on defense though.

 

[MVP]

I was told in this thread the Warriors arent good on defense though.

Could be more of a function of him getting hurt and not having any lift on his shot but sure. Their defense was awful in game 1 and for a half in game 2 as well.

 

[tay1]

Could be more of a function of him getting hurt and not having any lift on his shot but sure. Their defense was awful in game 1 and for a half in game 2 as well.

They've been playing well on Kawhi.