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This Eastern Conference is just somehow. I knew I made the right call watching Penguins and Capitals instead

SIRcumalot:
No be the burden of every superstar be that?
Na Harden everybody dey curse,nobody remember the time him give Eric Gordon ball and the guy dribble ball hit mills for leg for OT.
Never forget say WB don earn this hero ball rep since him days with Durant.

WB don win this MVP so me don rest.

m not even a Westbrook fan. I have always leaned towards Harden. However let it be established that Harden is working with more! The anti-Westbrook crew can bring up wins and seeds and if that is the case we might as well give the award to Kawhi.

I have panned Westbrook in the past even using his style of play justifying KD's exit when people were calling him snake, pointed out his 40 shot game as a terrible performance from a PG. However I won't see black and call it white. How can Adams get killed by a ninja 12 years his senior and people still dey blame Westbrook? Oladipo shooting less than 25% in an elimination game and Westbrook still gets blamed. He sits and leads to turn to deficits and people still blame Westbrook. Kilodeee

Where Roland17? You think say na Golden State?

Issa shutout for the Pens. And customer daada collect him usual raba

#PensIn7

Donlittle:
9 turnovers but he aint choke. Im schleep though

Its not even about choking to a team missing two of its best players. Anybody can do that plus the series isn't over.

The pitiful aspect was ninjas blaming Westbrook for the incompetence of his teammates. Even with stats showing OKC were a D-League team whenever Westbrook sat while Harden was being carried.
We were told Westbrook was the reason Victor Oladipo shot 4/17 in an elimination game amongst other megedefegede too numerous to mention.

Abeg let me root for my Pens. While I mess with this Maya tutorial

Roland17:
In my opinion, i would keep Casey, it is not his fault his stars do not show up because they deficient in many aspects of the game that matter in the post season.

A change of culture would imply a change in the method of player recruitment especially free agents, change in how they play, and the change also means DeMar has to improve numerous aspects of his game. He is wayyyyy to predictable and has the heart of a worm on the court.

For a player his size, length, and with such wing span, he should be a better defender on the ball, especially 1v1. Also, 15 foot jump shots are never gong to make you great especially when you are the primary scorer for your team. He has to develop 3 point shooting, and stronger drive to the rim. A career defining summer workout awaits him, players like Kawahi, Harden, A. Bradley, M. Gasol are testimonies to how develop new skills either on offense or defense.

If they decide to keep DeMar, they would have to surround him with shooters/ scorers. Lowry wants to win a ring, and he has his eyes set on western conference because Lebron would continue to dominate the East. The Spurs, Pelicans, Rockets, Mavs (depending on what Cuban wants to do next season).

But don't you think the coach is also to blame for such a sharp drop in offense. Even Mark Jackson didn't do this badly in Golden State

They don't have a lot of cap room to play with unless they let Ibaka walk and find a mugu to dump Carroll on top. The amount of talent required to topple the Cavs is not readily available anyway so IMO they are stuck between tanking and the purgatory of being a good team but not a great one. Don't forget they lost their pick to get Ibaka. This is the issue with these desperado trades.

I don't even know if Demar can change his game in the 9th inning. If a perimeter guy doesn't know that he ought to have a 3pt game in today's NBA then I don't know. The positive with him is his durability and consistency.

sapiosexual1:
Lol, no Sir, Harden experienced what Westbrook has been experiencing all year. Faced with a better drilled team and your back is against the wall, the team leader would see more of the ball as the onus would be on him to bail his team out.
I believe we can easily agree that as of this season, the Rockets are the 4th best team in the NBA, in contrast to OkC who relatively played through the wire all season.

We were hearing Tales by Moonlight and Ted Cruzesque speeches about system (from an adjudged one trick pony coach) and other verbose megedefegede when we told chale Houston were simply the stronger team in the previous series.

Houston's bench have done their part against the weaker OKC. Its Harden's turn. Let's se if he turns to his teammates or tries to be the hero

Roland17:
I just dey sit down dey look dem. The ninja accounted for over 9 TO, hugged the ball all game.. infact make i just dey look.

Leave anti-Westbrook crew let them be yarning megedefegede. They would see black and call it white but we can see what is going on ojukoroju

birdman:
Mental adjustments. Masai kinda said it without saying it. Which is why i think derozan is in danger. These kind of words should never be thought by your go to guy, much less spoken in public.

Hard to say it but derozan goes soft when the game gets hard. How do you teach that level of heart

DeRozan na accidental superstar, I bet he didn't dream he would ever be in a situation where getting to a conference semi and being swept would be considered a failure. This is someone who in his 9th year in the league has refused to get a 3pt jumper. Let's be honest sha, nobody expected they would get to this point after they traded Rudy Gay so the team gan is sort of an accident.

Who would you propose they trade for DeRozan? You know Lowry is also a UFA

SIRcumalot:
why you wan crucify the guy for one uncharacteristic moment ?

SIRcumalot:
why you wan crucify the guy for one uncharacteristic moment ?

Gbagbe. Most really good players tend to take the matter in the hands in the 4th. I'm saying a lot of players do what Westbrook was blamed for and unlike last year when they had K.D this year there was no one in the OKC roster with even a quarter of Westbrook's playoff experience. If those younger boys choked. Na still Westbrook for take the blame.

This was a game the Rockets ought to have won but Harden did a Westbrook

Harden did the exact thing anti-Westbrook folk accuse Westbrook of doing.

LoJ:
If a GM thinks with that mindset, he is not fit to be a GM. if an athlete compete with that mindset, he deserves not to considered so.

It could be equally said that no team will defeat GSW except perhaps the CAVS (I insist on perhaps, as I strongly doubt it, though Im Cavnation) so why compete or make adjustments?

LoJ:
If a GM thinks with that mindset, he is not fit to be a GM. if an athlete compete with that mindset, he deserves not to considered so.

It could be equally said that no team will defeat GSW except perhaps the CAVS (I insist on perhaps, as I strongly doubt it, though Im Cavnation) so why compete or make adjustments?

I'm speaking from an analyst standpoint. And even sef Demar DeRozan an actual athlete said it. Him sef don gba kamu say with Lebron they have no hope

All I'm saying is what adjustment do you think they can make to beat the Cavs next year with a healthy Lebron. If you know please share

I am actually watching hockey because of how predictable some of these games can be

Lol the Spurs literally stole this game. Gotta hope Kawhi is ok.

That block on Harden man! He really hurt them with the T.Os too

I predict a blowout Rockets win in Game 6 sha

Donlittle:
GINOBIIIIIIIIILLLLLLLLLLLLIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII

Someone said Harden needs to donate his beard to Ginobili's bald spot for that block

birdman:
Going to be a huge shakeup in toronto this offseason. I think Masai is going to tear apart Colangelo's (former gm) team. Talking about culture reset and excuses when gm starts talking about style of play you know coach is a goner.

I wont be surprised if ibaka even derozan is gone. Im also impressed with how this "young" nigerian articulates himself


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1GSmNbvQ2o

Coulda sworn that dude was Kenyan. Serious goals men

Letting Casey go might be an option. The drop in offense from regular season to playoffs is grotesque. Unless they want to tank no point moving DeRozan IMO. Letting Ibaka walk and finding a way to dump Carroll is their best shot. Whatever they do they are not beating the Cavs next year bar a Lebron injury so no point overreacting

Roland17:
LMAOOO. The choke job is in. Barry Trotz's decision to demote Ovechkin to the 3rd line has paid off thus far, this was the same change i wanted Joel Quenneville to make to the Blackhawks line.

5-2 final score. Game 7 in the nations capital.

I don't know if the move was genius or out of sheer desperation. Truth be told Ovechkin has been a non-factor, guys like Backstrom, Kuznetsov had played a lot better regardless. The cracks were there but most of we Penguins fans took it for granted. Too many shots were being conceded. They have taken over 60 shots more and the brilliance of Fleury is why the scoreline looks close.

Have to start much better in Game 7. We got away with it against the Jackets starting not just slowly but terribly. Its evident that won't fly this time

Roland17:
@A40

Update: it's 5-0 Caps..

They want to do a Golden State 2.0 so bad. Worst performance since Sullivan became coach. Can't even shoot the damn puck

Golden State shining the brooms. K.D your Fada! Your actual Father! The day I go under with you is when you know say you go score 17pts in one quarter.

raumdeuter:
All those Nacho, Vazquez Casemiro Asensio were either from Castilla or bought for cheap. What I dont want is spending over 20M on a player who wont make a difference, We need difference makers immediately and not all those who shine in Bremen and Benfica will make it at Bayern. Buying 3 potentials for 25-30m is 75M-90M but one sure reliable will go for 70M.

You suppose know that once you get into Mourinhos dog house its a long way back from there. If Man Utd should make he CL I expect 2 more attacking signing maybe Griezzman and Mbappe pushing Martial further down the line

The main grouse I have with Carlo was Kimmich, That was terrible to accomodate Alonso

Exactly. The more reason we need to play the ones we paid good money for more often. Even Willy Sagnol said our squad was a little too old. Plus the difference makers in a squad no go pass 1 or 2 in the market so its essential we go for any young talent that can improve our squad. Look at Thiago, Isco is another example of a player who didn't hit the ground running immediately.

Coman, Kimmich, Renato. These guys are barely 20. They would never be the finished article at that age. I think fans also need to understand that

I doubt Man U would be able to get Mbappe and Griezmann in one window, plus Zlatan's future is in limbo. Stranger things have happened but I don't see Martial going that cheaply. Even Di Maria at 27 went for £45m

afrodoc2:
No need to fear, you guys will buy Ousmane Dembele in 2 years time.

Hahaha that's a good one

Nenê out

raumdeuter:
Gnabry will just be a Bundesliga level player, I am always thinking of the type of players we can get that will make us stand shoulder to shoulder or close to the Madrid and barca of these world and guys like Gnabry and Brandt at this moment don't look like it

I dont mind getting an Alexis and only squeeze 3yrs out of him, In 3yrs time, we evaluate the market and buy only players ready to lift us immediately. Griezzman will be a great addition but he will cost much more than Alexis, Second reason, Griezzman plays better as a shadow striker, So are we going to force him to play on the wings or we change tactics?

Personally, I won't mind Martial if we can get him for under 30M, I will trust him more than Gnabry

Na so Madrid dey take win CL every year. If you see an exceptional talent before anyone chook eye please buy otherwise just buy ready made, ready to deliver players

Renato Sanches bought for 35M. 20M more would have got a top level player ready to add instant quality

With young players will they get enough play time at Bayern to make a difference?

All the young punt we made, very few made it. Shaqiri, Petersen, Rode. Coman and Renato are still under review. We still have to rely on Robbery

For me buy a player ready to add instant value or just buy cheapey under 10M youngin.

The real difference makers are very few in the market. We are still going to have to gamble on youth from time to time since our academy has dried up and stopped producing talent. Müller is the last Bavarian left, though Alaba and Hummels are also products

It is good you mentioned Madrid. This same Madrid are the ones making playing time for Nacho, Asensio, Vazquez, Casemiro. Zidane is rotating and Ronaldo has been rested their last 4 away games. So you have to wonder why are the likes of Kimmich and Renato (Senior Intls) not getting more mins? This was the same mistake Carlo made at Madrid

Tbh I'd take Sanchez over Griezmann cos of his versatility. I strongly doubt Martial would be sold and if he was he would never go that cheap.

Nothing wrong with going for exceptional talent but we need to deliberately reduce the overall age of the squad.

Donlittle:
@A40 derozan needs to do two things this summer, improve his outside shooting, and learn how to facilitate.

He actually dropped 8 dimes yesterday. That 3pt shooting is still where the trouble is at. He is not even attempting it. Which means he is not working on it. But simple Maths suggests he is playing himself if he is serious about winning

raumdeuter:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2017/05/06/fresh-fear-arsenal-bayern-munich-prepare-launch-55m-bid-alexis/

£55m is a lot of money! It all boils down to if Costa is leaving and how much we make off of him to cover such huge outlay. But the more I look at it the more it looks like a move we might need to make. Though older is a much more versatile fix than Griezmann.

What's your position on Gnabry? He has had a solid year for Bremen and might be one to look at in a season or two. I'm very biased to guys on the wings who won't just create but score Goals

afrodoc2:
A40 Canelo and Golovkin is on for September. Meanwhile Chavez Jnr is a wimp.

This year is a Boxing lover's wet dream. Ward x Kovalev 2. Next month

Chavez Jr is just a waste of height. GGG would beat him with one hand

birdman:
Toronto front office gotta be seeing red right now. After loading up all season.

I think its mental for the raptors particularly derozan and lowry. Even the bucks, a young team fresh to the playoffs embarassed them. One of those two or both has to go. Neither can be the go to guy on a team. I think both are content with being the next best man. Liwry should just beg for forgiveness and come back to houston

Raptors are a victim of their own success. Even with Lowry getting a W vs the Cavs would have been a miracle. Watching Lowry in his early days I never and I bet few people ever saw him becoming an All-star. Its better they keep both. Who else can they get? What DeRozan needs to do work on his 3pt shooting. If Marc Gasol a 7ft ninja can do it then DeRozan has no fuqin excuse. They also need to find a way to offload Demare Carroll. That guy is the biggest scam in basketball. Get a quality big if they don't trust Valanciunas and upgrade their bench

birdman:
True that. But IT is different. In my books he is more intense than westbrook, definitely better skills too. With that attitude they are guaranteed to have some really close games. Close games can go either way

Cavs go sweep Boston for playoff setting. Boston no get the firepower to compete.

Wizards ought to be 3-1 up by now if they weren't such a mentally fragile team. If you want an ECF Final that won't end in a sweep the Wizards are still the better alternative

To be frank those calls on Green were bogus.

Tonight shows why Golden State went for KD. Klay and Steph have been atrocious! Very important to have a good mid range guy when Utah are charging down the 3pt line, hell they just made a block!

The Warriors bench have been a bit poor. I remember the good old days when Iggy was one of the game's elite slashers. Now its pretty much settling for jumpers

This is child abuse. Lebron just bullying these guys straight up. I'm speechless fam! Lol I thought they brought Demare Carroll and P.J Tucker to help. Useless on defense and offense.

This is the sharpest and most efficient I've seen Lebron since 2013.

Lol I rocked the Kobe 2's way way way better than that rainboot.

Lebron wan kill these Raptors sha.

To their credit they are putting up a fight even sans Lowry. DeRozan took my insults personal appaz

Who is gassing that Lavar Ball kid? E never even enter league and wants to start selling rainboot for $500

Roland17:
Aburo,

You no see as Bradley Beal flop when Horford screen am? the flying no be here. Marcus smart alone accounted for 8 of 16 turnovers. This is a very physical series and far from over, and for some weird reason we come out very slow against the Wizards, we plunge into double digit deficits in the first half. The tin tire me.

Na Smart been start the Flopalympics, even the move that got Oubre ejected Olynyk did some flopping. You guys have the mental edge but its always harder to come from behind on the road. Roleplayers like Bogdanovic, Porter e.t.c become factors