The Official NBA Finals Thread: Game 7 - Cleveland Cavaliers are your 2016 NBA Champions

[Armada]

This man FF really gonna have us refreshing that new post page like we trying to cop some shoes on release date off of NDC 

 

[antidope]

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2016/jun/20/lebron-james-cleveland-cavaliers-nba-title-goat

Some good points raised in this article that have been touched on here before in regards to LeBron. Nothing new or revolutionary but still enjoyed the read

 

[bishopstrongbow]

Just my 2 cents:
Jordan > Lebron...but bron got time

Draymon plays in game 5 its over
Steph, Draymon and Barnes had 3s in game 7 late that were good clean looks that if they would have made 1 of them they could have won
Bron put up rediculous numbers but the biggest play of the finals was Kyrie hitting that 3. I don't now why that isn't getting more attention for just a casual pull up 3 with the score tied. That was ice water.

Congrats to Bron and cleveland though. At the end of the day live by the 3 die by the 3 and not having any big man underneath...every possession it seemed like Cleveland was getting an offensive rebound. (Tristan a beast)

Cleveland deserved it well played

This.. But I felt Brons Block was a monumental play and saved their chances. 

I wish that dunk would have went down at the end. 

 

[dmxfury]

I think I missed your comment about the kids...In my opinion Bron's family seems more humble

Family....yes


But it was just about how the girls acted at the podium. It was a very 'I've never dealt with toddler life' type comment


That block :x


Dude was flying

 

[datznasty]

Kyrie hit the shot, so did Kerr, so did Paxson, so did Horry, so did Kenny Smif. Doesn't take away that Bron lead the finals in literally every stat, never been done before in the playoffs period much less the finals. Just goes to prove no superstar does it alone and that's why the Cavaliers won a championship and not just LeBron, but I still feel like LeBron was fmvp and only haters would suggest otherwise. Big shot by Kyrie no doubt though, onions! JR running Iggy down and turning that into a double pump layup instead of a dunk set him up too and shouldn't be overlooked. Everyone contributes

 

[WASHED KING]

Kyrie hit the shot, so did Kerr, so did Paxson, so did Horry, so did Kenny Smif. Doesn't take away that Bron lead the finals in literally every stat, never been done before in the playoffs period much less the finals. Just goes to prove no superstar does it alone and that's why the Cavaliers won a championship and not just LeBron, but I still feel like LeBron was fmvp and only haters would suggest otherwise. Big shot by Kyrie no doubt though, onions! JR running Iggy down and turning that into a double pump layup instead of a dunk set him up too and shouldn't be overlooked. Everyone contributes

Thank you, see this what an answer from an educated basketball fan looks like..only casual fans and Lebron haters are the ones trying to negate his FMVP

 

[Mamba4life]

Kyrie hit the shot, so did Kerr, so did Paxson, so did Horry, so did Kenny Smif. Doesn't take away that Bron lead the finals in literally every stat, never been done before in the playoffs period much less the finals. Just goes to prove no superstar does it alone and that's why the Cavaliers won a championship and not just LeBron, but I still feel like LeBron was fmvp and only haters would suggest otherwise. Big shot by Kyrie no doubt though, onions! JR running Iggy down and turning that into a double pump layup instead of a dunk set him up too and shouldn't be overlooked. Everyone contributes

You literally beat me by seconds. I was going to type that everyone referencing Kyrie and trying to detract from Lebron, needs to reference Paxson and Kerr when speaking of Jordan.

 

[bishopstrongbow]

Kyrie hit the shot, so did Kerr, so did Paxson, so did Horry, so did Kenny Smif. Doesn't take away that Bron lead the finals in literally every stat, never been done before in the playoffs period much less the finals. Just goes to prove no superstar does it alone and that's why the Cavaliers won a championship and not just LeBron, but I still feel like LeBron was fmvp and only haters would suggest otherwise. Big shot by Kyrie no doubt though, onions! JR running Iggy down and turning that into a double pump layup instead of a dunk set him up too and shouldn't be overlooked. Everyone contributes

Facts.

 

[antidope]

One more hour @FinallyFamous

I have a meeting at 11, but I will be watching.

 

[mr s j king]

If the Cavs didn't blow game 4 this series would have been over in 6.
Winning back to back championships ain't easy.
Folden State found that out the hard way.

 

[flyerthandelta]

The LeBron Block and The Kyrie shot #NeverForget

 

[WASHED KING]

Skip got a man bout to cry over here man.

 

[WASHED KING]

The way I can't stand Kobe is the same way I can't stand Skip...I love to hate them. But the NBA and First Take isn't going to be the same without them.

 

[mr s j king]

You literally beat me by seconds. I was going to type that everyone referencing Kyrie and trying to detract from Lebron, needs to reference Paxson and Kerr when speaking of Jordan.

And reference Robert Horry when speaking of Shaq and Kobe.
And reference Derek Fisher when speaking of Shaq and Kobe.
And reference Robert Horry again when speaking of Tim Duncan.

 

[the collector]

Yeah I'll miss Skip. He's entertained me for years.

 

[DCAllAfrican]

Kyrie hit the shot, so did Kerr, so did Paxson, so did Horry, so did Kenny Smif. Doesn't take away that Bron lead the finals in literally every stat, never been done before in the playoffs period much less the finals. Just goes to prove no superstar does it alone and that's why the Cavaliers won a championship and not just LeBron, but I still feel like LeBron was fmvp and only haters would suggest otherwise. Big shot by Kyrie no doubt though, onions! JR running Iggy down and turning that into a double pump layup instead of a dunk set him up too and shouldn't be overlooked. Everyone contributes

Reputated

 

[datznasty]

You literally beat me by seconds. I was going to type that everyone referencing Kyrie and trying to detract from Lebron, needs to reference Paxson and Kerr when speaking of Jordan.

And reference Robert Horry when speaking of Shaq and Kobe.
And reference Derek Fisher when speaking of Shaq and Kobe.
And reference Robert Horry again when speaking of Tim Duncan.

And reference Robert Horry when speaking of Hakeem Olajuwon. All these so called superstars stayed just riding Horry's coattails. Kerr too, went out there and got MJ a title and got Duncan and the Spurs one like a decade later.

BTW, are people finally ready to put the "true point guard" stuff to rest? Nobody plays that way anymore, being able to score sets up your ability to pass. Steph averaged more to's than assists, probably lost them te series with his porous attempts to pass really. Kyrie never passes, has had 0 assist games in which LeBron and Kevin Love played as his teammates and I think only 1 double digit assist game all season, regular and playoffs combined.

The only kind of "pure point guard" guys can't score and are somewhat of a detriment to their team (Rubio/Rondo) unless you surround them with 4 HOF'ers to pass to

 

[Air Pope]

Kyrie hit the shot, so did Kerr, so did Paxson, so did Horry, so did Kenny Smif. Doesn't take away that Bron lead the finals in literally every stat, never been done before in the playoffs period much less the finals. Just goes to prove no superstar does it alone and that's why the Cavaliers won a championship and not just LeBron, but I still feel like LeBron was fmvp and only haters would suggest otherwise. Big shot by Kyrie no doubt though, onions! JR running Iggy down and turning that into a double pump layup instead of a dunk set him up too and shouldn't be overlooked. Everyone contributes

Thank you sir. The reaching to discredit Lebron is really sad.

 

[trynafeelmink]

You literally beat me by seconds. I was going to type that everyone referencing Kyrie and trying to detract from Lebron, needs to reference Paxson and Kerr when speaking of Jordan.

Paxson & Kerr weren't putting together strings of 30 point games, or controlling the offense for large periods either. The finals MVP should go to Lebron but let's not act like Kyrie was some role player. He straight up took the MVP 1 on 1 and knocked down the three to end the game in Game 7.

 

[Air Pope]

Yeah I'll miss Skip. He's entertained me for years.

He spewing A-1 salt & hate right now. SAS pole surfing as usual.

 

[WASHED KING]

He spewing A-1 salt & hate right now. SAS pole surfing as usual.

Hes know for the Lebron hate...from him its ok I expect no less. I wouldn't want him to go out any other way.

 

[kdawg]

1 game from 2-peating

C'mon man. Repeating. No such thing as a 2-peat!

 

[casper90403]

so what's Skip going to do at Fox Sports? Continue to say more outlandish comments just to get a rise out of people?

 

[kingfoamnyc]

We really comparing Kyries finals performance(s) to Kerr and Paxson dudes will say ANYTHING to shine a brighter light on their King

 

[everysingletime]

This manifesto is not going to live up to the hype. Yall playing yourselves.