**NBA FINALS THREAD - RAPTORS DEFY GRAVITY**

[storm2006]

I kind of want Denver to make the WCF purely for da epic WWF style rant x GIF x WSHH rapper combo post that @wavycrocket would drop. Plus the fact that eem if they got eliminated, he would have bragging rights to rustle y’alls jimmies all summer

 

[papichino]

Warriors Rockets Game 1...i’m putting my $$ on the Rockets today man...pray for me

Might do the same with the plus but game starts at 3:30 am here so will prob pass

 

[Maximus Meridius]

Nikola Jokic, 2019 playoffs:

• 23 years old
• 23/12/9 on 49/33/88
• 31 PER
• 57 TS%
• 8.8 OBPM, 4.5 DBPM
• 1.0 VORP
• Series W
• Didn't get sonned

Russell Westbrook, 2019 playoffs:

• 30 years old
• 23/9/11 on 36/32/89
• 16 PER
• 47 TS%
• -0.3 OBPM, 2.4 DBPM
• 0.2 VORP
• Series L
• Got sonned

Their performances aren't even comparable.

He shot 34% last night and 0-4 from 3. Real Westbrook like.

 

[trynafeelmink]

Man i hate this half stepping that Dudes be on in here, wanna prematurely place people in convos... but then have a Separate criteria for them when things go wrong.

If Jokic is just a fat slow 24 yr old who extremely talented then yes what himn & the Nuggets beating the Spurs in 7 is impressive. However if this is top 10 in the league dominant Center who is revolutionizing the Position, then it's really nothing more than a great player doing what he's supposed to do against an inferior team. Dudes love grading people on a scale.

If ya'll want someone to be solely judged on their age & experience stop throwing them in convos with the best in the league & then lowering expectations because their young.

 

[DCAllAfrican]

@B Sox
BIG LEEMELONE

25 mins before the betting window closes

 

[addict4sneakers]

But Jokic is indeed one of the best players in the league.

We joke around calling him fat and slow but he is.

Not sure why only MLGA doesn’t get this.

 

[jab step]

Laker fans are the only ones hating on Denver and it's because Murray dribbled around Lonzo. What other reason is there to hate on Denver? They're way ahead of schedule.

Then turn around and say the game has gotten soft.

Sidenote, I wonder why the Spurs didn't ask for Siakam in that deal? Or did they?

 

[onthesceneclean]

Jokic just needs to hit the treadmill

 

[Vincent Van Goat]

Which 22-24 year olds were first options on title winning teams. Not judging players based on age is foolish

 

[jumpman91023]

Oh, and Denver’s plan to let Houston fall to 4th was 3D chess

But majority of NT was playing checkers at the time

 

[pmatic]

Laker fans are the only ones hating on Denver and it's because Murray dribbled around Lonzo. What other reason is there to hate on Denver? They're way ahead of schedule.

Then turn around and say the game has gotten soft.

Sidenote, I wonder why the Spurs didn't ask for Siakam in that deal? Or did they?

Don't think the Raptors were giving up Siakam as Kawhi only had a year left, but I would have at least of held firm for OG.

 

[HIM]

Oh, and Denver’s plan to let Houston fall to 4th was 3D chess

But majority of NT was playing checkers at the time

@Peep Game will never forgive them for that

 

[ballinsam23]

I said this a couple years ago, but the Nuggets remind me lot of the 2000 era Kings.

 

[DCAllAfrican]

I said this a couple years ago, but the Nuggets remind me lot of the 2000 era Kings.

Explain?

Not disagreeing just interested in reasoning.

And which Kings, Bibby or Chocolate?

 

[hand2handking]

sit steph and klay

 

[HIM]

We gotta have a dialogue regarding Steph faking injuries year after year. It’s disgusting

 

[ballinsam23]

Explain?

Not disagreeing just interested in reasoning.

And which Kings, Bibby or Chocolate?

Bibby, Webber, Christie, Peja, Vlade days.

Their style of play. The personnel they have now skillset is sort of similar too with the passing and inside and out game.

 

[storm2006]

I said this a couple years ago, but the Nuggets remind me lot of the 2000 era Kings.

Remember the time the Kings brass had the hotel room service poison Kobe’s cheeseburger the night before Game 6 of the Western Conference Finals? This wasn’t talked enough about then or in retrospect as it regards that team. Cowbells weren’t working so they resorted to food poisoning through espionage

I’ll admit though, that’s a hard move and folks are too soft to try and pull a stunt like that in this era.

 

[flyerthandelta]

My Body is ready today best playoff matches and then GOT

 

[HIM]

Embiid went 1/8 against Gasol. I've never seen someone push Embiid off the block like this. Got manhandled

 

[flyerthandelta]

sit steph and klay

What if they go down 0-2

 

[papichino]

What time is tip off Mil homecourt no where ready

 

[BIG LEEMELONE]

So we just ignoring that GS and HOU are on a different tier than everyone else in the West?

You're twerking . Went from regular season record to different tiers

Lee, you gon be sick if Denver makes the conference finals so I’ll leave it be

Shouldn't they just tank the 2nd round to avoid facing golden state? 3D chess

 

[BIG LEEMELONE]

Embiid went 1/8 against Gasol. I've never seen someone push Embiid off the block like this. Got manhandled

Man am I tripping or were Philly fans saying embiid always dominated gasol? I'm legit confused and not even trolling right now . I just took their word for it

 

[storm2006]

We gotta have a dialogue regarding Steph faking injuries year after year. It’s disgusting

I know you’re trolling but ima take the bait because it’s Sunday and someone needs to do the Lord’s work. In the past five years he’s played 80, 79, 79, 51, 69 regular season games, respectively. In that same time period he’s played 21, 18, 17, 15 and 6 (to-date) playoff games.

This is a man who was criticized and (ultimately to his his team’s benefit) given a lowball extension because of his chronic injury history. This isn’t like Dragonball Z where a ***** can go into the hyperbolic chamber and is magically Gucci. Y’all criticized him for his injuries throughout his career now anytime he’s injured, he’s faking it because he doesn’t want the smoke or criticism? Folks are just flipping the script to make their narrative more plausible.