****Official 2017 NBA Playoffs Thread****

[KC_Connection]

The real season begins.

Round 1:

EAST:

#8 Bulls @ #1 Celtics
#7 Pacers @ #2 Cavs
#6 Bucks @ #3 Raptors
#5 Hawks @ #4 Wizards

WEST:
#8 Blazers @ #1 Warriors
#7 Grizzlies @ #2 Spurs
#6 Thunder @ #3 Rockets
#5 Jazz @ #4 Clippers

[KC_Connection]

Originally Posted by kPhobia

once again - LeBron didn't originate the 'super team' concept - if anyone originated it in the LeBron era, it was the Celtics with KG, Pierce and Allen.

Duh.

God you're dumb.

Remember when Pierce was demanding a trade out of Boston unless they added another superstar around him. Remember when Kobe did the same before the Gasol trade.

LeBron started it, though. He started it all!

[Hammock Parties]

Originally Posted by KC_Connection

The Warriors essentially finished them off in the 3rd in each one.

While LeBron just let it happen.

Pretty sad.

[Hootie]

through 28 minutes, LeBron was 10-14 with like 25 points, 12 assists, 9 boards, 2 blocks and a steal and the Cavs were STILL LOSING by like 10

no one can stop this Warriors team in the history of the NBA - and no one can even get close to them

Remember, the Warriors wouldn't even trade Thompson for Love back in the day and we all thought it was INSANE

The Warriors have 4 superstars and they are 4 superstar team basketball players that all do things well that directly correlate with one another - the team is a god damn juggernaut

The Cavs have the best player in the world who excels at everything and makes everyone around him better - but his two stars are very one dimensional stars who only do certain things well - much like Carmelo.

I honestly think that if you flipped Kyrie for Draymond - LeBron, Draymond and Love would at least get this to a game 6

[KC_Connection]

Originally Posted by Hammock Parties

He looked exhausted last night.

No kidding. He had to drive to the basket 18 times in the 1st half to even keep the game competitive and got hit repeatedly on those drives (for only two foul calls). Of course he couldn't keep that up. What happened was totally expecting.

[Hootie]

Originally Posted by KC_Connection

Remember when Pierce was demanding a trade out of Boston unless they added another superstar around him. Remember when Kobe did the same before the Gasol trade.

LeBron started it, though. He started it all!

It's fascinating.

[Hammock Parties]

Originally Posted by KC_Connection

No kidding. He had to drive to the basket 18 times in the 1st half to even keep the game competitive and got hit repeatedly on those drives (for only two foul calls). Of course he couldn't keep that up. What happened was totally expecting.

Too bad his offensive game is so limited.

He's just not aging well.

I think we've seen the last of LeBron James, NBA Champion.

[KC_Connection]

Originally Posted by Hammock Parties

While LeBron just let it happen.

Pretty sad.

Very sad!

[Hootie]

Both games, I can tell you when LeBron knew it was over ...

when LeBron tries to answer an avalanche with a 30 foot prayer 3 ... the game is over. That's not what he does.

But there is no stopping this team. 29-1 in their last 30. 14-0 in the playoffs. They're too good, too deep, and their superstars all make sense together.

It's a ****ing shame. Again, the Warriors would be SMART to tank 2 of these games. Make it 4-2. It would be MUCH LESS tarnished. 16-0 and everyone is going to look back at this as a big ol' ***********

2017*

The year Durant cheated his way to a title.

[Hootie]

his game isn't aging well!

ahahahahaha

I know he's trolling, and I know he doesn't believe this - but people like BigCatDaddy do, and it hurts my brain.

[Hammock Parties]

Originally Posted by KC_Connection

Remember when Pierce was demanding a trade out of Boston unless they added another superstar around him. Remember when Kobe did the same before the Gasol trade.

How the **** is this akin to willfully abandoning your teammates and colluding with two other superstars?

Jesus Christ the revisionist history from LeBromos is awful.

[BigCatDaddy]

Originally Posted by KC_Connection

Bingo. Anybody who watched both games and is being honest with themselves knows why LeBron didn't bother to exert himself in the 4th in each one. The Warriors essentially finished them off in the 3rd in each one.

Agreed. They mentally broke him.

[KC_Connection]

Originally Posted by Hammock Parties

Too bad his offensive game is so limited.

He's just not aging well.

I think we've seen the last of LeBron James, NBC Champion.

Remember the NBA on NBC?

[Hootie]

Yes, LeBron was mentally broke in both games. I agree. Who wouldn't be? Dude is the best player in the world and there is NOTHING he can do. I'd break, too.

[Hammock Parties]

Originally Posted by kPhobia

Yes, LeBron was mentally broke in both games. I agree. Who wouldn't be? Dude is the best player in the world and there is NOTHING he can do. I'd break, too.

Not surprising. He's a frontrunner.

When things don't go his way he's more liable to quit than do something epic to reverse the course of the game.

[Hootie]

Originally Posted by Hammock Parties

How the **** is this akin to willfully abandoning your teammates and colluding with two other superstars?

Jesus Christ the revisionist history from LeBromos is awful.

I hated the decision, too. I hated it. Awful.

Was the same ****ing thing as Garnett and Allen going to Boston, though.

BOTH were 100% different than Durant joining a 73 win team who had been to two straight titles that also kept their core 3 superstars.

DISGUSTING

**** Kevin Durant.