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The funny thing is same thing can be said about okc. They take horrible shots too just not as frequent from deep
Hopefully we get close games from here on out
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Hopefully we get close games from here on out
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very dope. thanks for posting.
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All very good questions.
IMO, if we do see a Dubs/Cavs rematch it'll be a very different look, but a similar outcome.
Having Klay on Kyrie would be interesting, but I don't see how he'd have enough energy to stay on Klay or Curry on the defensive side. LeBron would have to stick Curry and hope it turns out to be another Derrick Rose ECF matchup.
Having Love on the floor against Iggy, Barnes or Green is a disaster waiting to happen. The guy isn't going to improve on defense over night. He's been an awful defender throughout his career. He's not changing that anytime soon
The Warriors B team even matches up well against the Cavs B team. Very little mismatches out there, favoring Cleveland.
Basically,
If I were to explain it in fuller detail,
it'd look exactly like what you've just written there
Like, the best "avoid-disaster" scenarios involve putting LeBron on one of the wings, maaaaybe Steph I guess, but just thinking of that being the starting point for trying mitigate all the potential disaster matchup scenarios is a grave sign for Cleveland in a potential series if we get there.
I mean, whatever that would cost LeBron on the offensive end may be significant, at the very least it would matter if it's not overly significant when or if we see what it actually looks like.
You know to even keep up with Klay/Steph, and then, beyond that providing resistance and who knows maybe even further - effectively inhibiting their success to where it was a good idea volunteer or enter into such a mismatch w/o being prompted to do so (though the personnel prompts them to do so) are three stages of outcomes that would affect the entire outcome of a series depending on how up to that challenge Lebron would be.
He'll need to prove the endurance to maintain a matchup like that over long stretches/over 3-4 quarters, etc., and to do so they'd probably roll him out against Draymond and a variety of different defensive assignments throughout to keep him down on the block sometimes where he can regain himself if the ball's elsewhere, aka semi-resting until Draymond has the ball or help D is needed when a Warrior player drives to the basket ... and an optimistic Cavs fan would hope that that that voluntary decision (best decision imo, due to the circumstances w/ Love and Kyrie) MIGHT be able to produce results that, in enough important situations with favorable outcomes, could help contribute toward the end goal rather than just treading water/maintaining competitiveness as its effect. Because you are losing something obviously when you commit to that, but what you'd be losing would be greater if you forced Love/Kyrie into uncomfortable situations opposed to forcing Lebron into an uncomfortable situation.
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Actual basketball talk?!
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thanks for posting i literally hated him before reading about what he does for charity.
OAN: What is going on? The 2 best teams losing. This is madness lol.
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I'll be sick the whole summer if GSW loose tonight.
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What if they're tight though?
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If that gets them a win so be it. They were too chill the entire run in that 2nd and 3rd quarter. Gotta tighten up
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cavs would get creamed if they match up against the warriors this year. Their defense is porous and their scoring has been fool's gold. And if they assume that they would try and have a shoot out with 2 of the greatest shooters to ever touch the hardwood, they'd be brought back down to earth very fast. The defensive flaws with kyrie/love/jr on the floor will be exascerbated, and then when they switch to their defensive lineup with delly and shump, their offense will lack. The dubs would be a matchup nightmare for them. Thunder looking like they'll offer much of the same problem, except body wise their defense, at least against the cavs wont be as effective as gsw's would be. They dont really have the players to beat up lebron with. Russ would get caught on the pnr with kyrie.
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The best bet for the Cavs would be to put Bron on Green and Love on Barnes. Not worried about Myrie Guarding Curry.
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Dubs just has to go to the hole a little more if they're not hitting their shots. When they keep missing those 3s it's fast break city for OKC
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You should be Myrie is BBQ chicken.
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Kyrie can't guard Curry 
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No he can't and you'll start to laugh trying to think about who he could guard if not Curry. Because it starts to get absurd quickly if you run through the names.
GSW would beat TOR in 4 or 5. It truly would be competitive for like 15 percent of the entire time we'd spend watching it over the course of a series. Lowry's swings may not have the upward swings he's exhibited after the bad, volatile swings if it's a GSW backcourt opposed to a CLE backcourt.
GSW would beat TOR in 4 or 5. It truly would be competitive for like 15 percent of the entire time we'd spend watching it over the course of a series. Lowry's swings may not have the upward swings he's exhibited after the bad, volatile swings if it's a GSW backcourt opposed to a CLE backcourt.
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Did a decent Job in GM 1 last yearKyrie can't guard Curry
Edit: I'd rather him play curry than "hide" on Klay because he'll still get lit up
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Cavs lose in 5 vs GS.
Cavs lose in 6 vs OKC.
Cavs lose in 6 vs OKC.
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Who cares if Kyrie can't guard Curry.
1. Nobody can guard Curry
2. Nobody can guard Curry
3. Nobody can gurad Curry
1. Nobody can guard Curry
2. Nobody can guard Curry
3. Nobody can gurad Curry
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In what world?
And how do you expect JR to stay in front of Klay as he run around pin downs and screens? The Cavs need to be pray to every God imaginable that the Thunder upset the Dubs.
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Did a decent Job in GM 1 last yearKyrie can't guard Curry
sample size too small to think it would be consistent though. and curry is better than he was then. kyrie is the same. steph can guard him though. just like cory joseph is.
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Joseph has done a decent job on Kyrie, but a porous one on Delly in Pick and Roll situations
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