I vote that we dedicate each of the next 3 pages to a different GSW player.

I’ll start. Draymond Green is so cool and nice.

[Edited on June 7, 2018 at 2:59 PM. Reason : A]

6/7/2018 2:58:59 PM

and no players that have a name that begins with the letter ‘L’

6/7/2018 3:00:18 PM

So Kevin _ooney's career is probably over. If you can't make it as a switching big man with the Warriors, then there are no roles left for you in the league.

6/7/2018 3:05:35 PM

Good job, good effort guys.

6/7/2018 4:25:58 PM

I'm late but

Curry is probably the best shooter on the the planet, and is a plus facilitator

Durant is the best pure scorer on the planet and has turned into a good/great defender

Lebron is, what, the next best scorer on the planet? A top 5 facilitator, a great rebounder, runs the offense on every possession, a good defender, and the best player on the planet.

6/7/2018 4:43:08 PM

dammit. i was saving Curry talk for page 19 and Durant for page 20. and we were trying to avoid talking about the greatest player of this generation.

6/7/2018 4:50:33 PM

Lol sorry

Let's talk James Harden instead since it hurt so much to go one post without mentioning my favorite player.

6/7/2018 5:04:31 PM

Lebron is a pass-first player, and he's going to be the all time scoring leader

Also, Bill Russell won 8 straight titles and Wilt is 2-4 in the Finals, but Wilt is better

[Edited on June 7, 2018 at 5:05 PM. Reason : .]

6/7/2018 5:05:29 PM

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"Lebron is a pass-first player, and he's going to be the all time scoring leader"

that's because he passes to himself off the backboard

6/7/2018 5:26:31 PM

basketball historians side with Russell over Wilt

from what I’ve read, Wilt was the Westbrook of his day. an athletic freak who chased stats.

[Edited on June 7, 2018 at 5:27 PM. Reason : .]

6/7/2018 5:27:00 PM

from what I've read, Wilt always outplayed Russell head to head. Russell was just on a loaded team.

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"basketball historians side with Russell over Wilt"

plenty of them say Wilt was the greatest ever. Russell gets the nod from "championships are the only thing that matters" people

I've only seen them on ESPN Classic, NBA TV, etc so I'm obviously no expert. But when they played each other, Wilt would pretty much always have the better game

Russell had (3) 30 point, 30 rebound games. Wilt had 128.

https://tinyurl.com/yb8z9fk2

[Edited on June 7, 2018 at 5:42 PM. Reason : .]

6/7/2018 5:38:07 PM

I highly recommend the Book of Basketball if you haven’t already read it

there’s a whole chapter on Wilt v. Russell

it’s also not fair to compare their offensive numbers, as Russell wasn’t an offense-first player

6/7/2018 5:56:50 PM

So he wasn't as good an offensive player as wilt.

6/7/2018 6:32:44 PM

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" Not fair to compare their offensive numbers,"

Lol

6/8/2018 1:32:44 AM

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"it’s also not fair to compare their offensive numbers, as Russell wasn’t an offense-first player "

As long as he was really good at one thing, then you can say he was versatile.

6/8/2018 10:43:33 AM

This one tough

After Googling, it seems that Wilt was a Warrior at one point in time, so that's good. But if he played like Westbrook, that's bad.

After going to the library and reading several books, it seems that Bill Russell won a lot more championships than Wilt, which is good. But his last name is the same first name as Westbrook's, so that's bad.

In the end, neither was as good as Lebron, who is better than Jordan, so let's all just agree that basketball is a sport of many contrasts.

6/8/2018 3:37:07 PM

^ that's some quality nonsense!

I'm bored so I'm going to try to predict tonight's game.
GSW: 116
CLE: 104
Bron: 45 pts, 12 ast, 11 reb, 2 stl, 2 blk
Curry: 29 pts, 6 ast, 7 reb, 6-13 from 3
KD: 31 pts, 5 ast, 9 reb
Draymond: 1 technical
MVP: Lebron

6/8/2018 8:35:52 PM

^I disagree. I think those players will not have those exact statlines. Let's see who is right.

6/8/2018 9:00:44 PM

I don't think LeBron will win MVP if they get swept. Lose in 7? Absolutely.

6/8/2018 9:31:31 PM

I don't think fouling out is going to help LeBron's Finals MVP campaign.

6/8/2018 10:55:50 PM

^^He’s the best player on the planet, so he’s entitled to it, no?

[Edited on June 8, 2018 at 11:03 PM. Reason : 1 title for The Land]

6/8/2018 10:58:33 PM

Poor Curry. Balling out in game 4, but that MVP is either going to Lebron or KD

6/8/2018 11:19:38 PM

Oh boy, do I have egg on my face. I honestly thought the world’s greatest player would actually show up in an elimination game with heart and effort. Silly me, I know nothing about NBA basketball. Maybe jbrick and TGL can explain what happened.

6/8/2018 11:32:13 PM

LeBron is the king (of being a sore loser.)

6/8/2018 11:32:19 PM

Lebron needed 35 to pass jordan in scoring in playoffs?

6/8/2018 11:35:09 PM

Which jersies would some certain posters who shall remain nameless prefer Lebron to wear next season, and subsequently chase? Those 6ers ones are dope, but man, a Lakers jersey??

6/8/2018 11:45:18 PM

DaBron is about to get meme'd up

6/8/2018 11:52:39 PM

no state income tax in Texas

6/8/2018 11:53:15 PM

Sure, but Texas has some archaic laws regarding submissive/receptive anal sex and gobbling down on a dick.

[Edited on June 9, 2018 at 12:00 AM. Reason : Lol at autocorrect: rape scene]

6/8/2018 11:59:52 PM

what does that have to do with signing with Houston or San Antonio?

6/9/2018 12:07:51 AM

I'm happy to see any additional memes involving LeBron's angry double arm chop over and over and over and over.

6/9/2018 12:12:13 AM

I can’t believe KD won that MVP. What an overrated, ring chasing, snake.

I mean according to Windhorst, Lebron has been ravaged by injuries, so WTF. Give it to the GOAT already!

[Edited on June 9, 2018 at 12:18 AM. Reason : .]

6/9/2018 12:14:31 AM

Strawmen are getting pretty deep ITT

6/9/2018 12:34:34 AM

I just want some expert analysis from people who've stayed up since past their bedtimes when they were eight watching the NBA, or read actual books about NBA basketball to explain this whole thing to me. Is it possible to be a bandwagon fan of a player?

[Edited on June 9, 2018 at 12:41 AM. Reason : tequila!]

6/9/2018 12:41:02 AM

Kimmel is about to test some 'Dubs fans to see who are the real fans and who are the UJustWaits

6/9/2018 12:57:06 AM

Aww Trree, there's plenty of fair weather fans out here. I mean the weather really is great, so you can't really blame us. Now that basketball season is over, I'm glad I can focus on the A's being over .500 and Jimmy G as a franchise QB for the 9ers.

6/9/2018 1:09:44 AM

ujw seems like a super fun guy!

6/9/2018 6:03:07 AM

LeBron is the king (of lame excuses.)

http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/23739593/lebron-james-cleveland-cavaliers-played-significant-hand-injury

6/9/2018 7:17:19 AM

Hand injury makes sense. He probably had his three worst shooting games after Game 1. He also seemed extremely reluctant to shoot anything outside of 15 feet.

So if they won Game 1...it not only would have made it a much more interesting series, but Lebron also wouldn't have injured his hand.

Who knows....

6/9/2018 8:25:27 AM

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"ujw seems like a super fun guy! "

I want to apologize to BridgetSPK when I jumped all over her a couple years ago for posting a lot in Sports Talk. She actually wasn't that bad and was somewhat competent in her discussion. In the last few pages UJustWait makes her look like fucking Linda Cohn.

6/9/2018 8:55:03 AM

^^I'm not saying he didn't hurt his hand punching a wall, but it's pretty lame to hide it and then suddenly show up to the post game press conference after getting embarrassed in a 4 game sweep in a cast and then claim it's not why they lost. Shit like this is why I don't enjoy LeBron. He is a phenomenal basketball player, but he's a diva who loves drama.

Also, he definitely broke it because his buddy JR Smith is a goddamn idiot, not because of the block/charge call.

6/9/2018 9:54:25 AM

Who are some of the non-diva NBA players that you like?

6/9/2018 10:23:49 AM

My favorite NBA player of all time is Peja Drobnjak.

6/9/2018 10:32:22 AM

Everything I'm seeing on social media today is about how Lebron isn't as good as Jordan, and NOT about how great the Warriors are. must really grind UJustWait's gears for the narrative to still be about Lebron.

6/9/2018 10:39:11 AM

Ok, so in my drunken stupor fueled by the euphoria of another victory last night, I regret posting some of the things I did. Now that I’m sober, I’d just like to focus on facts and truth. Lebron James won ONE title for Cleveland in 11 seasons. He’s won 3 out of 9 Finals appearances, and lost 3 out of the past four to the same damn team that was deliberately designed to stop him. The argument and discussion about whether he’s the GOAT/King should be over, as far as I’m concerned. None of you people can ever convince me of your beliefs about him, based on what I have witnessed. But he’s still a lot of people's favorite player, and he’s given so many people joy over his entire career, so good for him and his fans. This season has been a fun and wild ride, and I’m looking forward to another crazy off-season. I hope he goes to the Lakers so the Ws have a better rival to compete with than the Cavs, which is an abysmal franchise that needs to be put out of its misery.

6/9/2018 12:43:16 PM

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"9 Finals appearances"

is it better to go 3-0 with only 3 Finals appearances or 3-6 with 9 Finals appearances?

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"Lebron James won ONE title for Cleveland in 11 seasons."

fuck out of here with this, you entitled bandwagoner

[Edited on June 9, 2018 at 12:58 PM. Reason : .]

6/9/2018 12:55:08 PM

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"but it's pretty lame to hide it"

If you tell the other team you broke your hand...they're going to lay off you completely and beg you too shoot.

Not giving validity to his injury, just saying that it is completely legit not to disclose that while you still have games to play.

And please...don't feed E-Man/Ujustwait. If we ignore him...he might go away.

[Edited on June 9, 2018 at 12:59 PM. Reason : .]

6/9/2018 12:58:54 PM

I, unlike Lebron, am not going anywhere. Again, which jersies are you both looking forward to wearing?

6/9/2018 1:03:08 PM

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"I'm not saying he didn't hurt his hand punching a wall, but it's pretty lame to hide it and then suddenly show up to the post game press conference after getting embarrassed in a 4 game sweep in a cast and then claim it's not why they lost. Shit like this is why I don't enjoy LeBron. He is a phenomenal basketball player, but he's a diva who loves drama."

I definitely see the argument for it seeming lame. By the same token...if he comes out after game 1 or before game 2 and claims a hand injury I feel like you’re still gonna hear plenty of “oh here come the excuses for losing yet another finals”.

I also just remembered the arguing a few pages back about if Draymond really poked James in the eye or if he was flopping - and then LeBron played the rest of the series with a fucked up looking eye lol.

[Edited on June 9, 2018 at 1:23 PM. Reason : S]

6/9/2018 1:16:41 PM

Given the way he acted after game 3 in his pressers, it was pretty obvious he knew it was over. I coukd laugh at the fact that he broke his own damn hand for being an idiot, but I won’t. In the end, the better team won, and years from now, few people will remember/care. They’ll just remember the Ws swept the Cavs and that KD was the best player in the series.

6/9/2018 1:23:23 PM