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SmooshCHN:
He lost his Dad hence the absence.

Sorry his father was just sick, he did not die

Djreloaded:
Game 6 Klay

Dude is on the last year of his contract

The nba off-season will be good, a lot of teams will have to retool. at least 6 teams have the core to challenge for a title next season and just need to fill out their high end role players.

iLoveYouToo:
Warriors should traded Draymond Green, man is a problem to himself and that team. That Jordan Poole incident was the ultimate red flag

He has a player option, if he declines it he becomes an UFA. It's just funny reading through the tread and seeing people talking about trading Green. There is a chance Draymond just played his last game for GSW

Baba don old

haykinzz:
Where I fit stream Gsw v lakers abeg

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Lebron offense still works in spurts

steady986:
What did my boy Schroder do to deserve that second technical?

The refs made a mistake IMHO. But it's what it is

larride:
The boy just Dey amaze me everytime he steps on the floor.

He his a poster boy of why the 2-way contacts were expanded in the new CBA

O just saw Poole take a 3rd foul that a rookie should not even attempt and you are talking about faking, give me a break

PS: Did you see his 4th one

steady986:
Shebi we're watching all the fouls on shooters now, after the game now someone will come and ask why Lakers shot too many FTs.

I sometimes think that some people don't even bother to watch the games and just look up the box scores to create narratives. Wondering why the Lakers in this match-up get more FTs is like wondering why Shaq in his prime always got FTs, if you watch the games it will be self evident.

etidy:
On this free throw issue. I have a simple take:

Its the playoffs, let' the players man up.

We are here to watch hardcore physical defence and sublime skill based offense in the playoffs.

Off course I don't support borderline murdering or injuring your opponent but we are not here to watch freethrow fest either. The refs should swallow the whistle and let these men play.

Something is either a foul or not, there is no manning up. You can play physical defense without fouling, the idea that ignoring clear fouls make a great game is seriously bad because that leaves a game open to manipulation. We all can remember Lakers vs Kings how the Refs handed the series to Shaq and Kobe, because they were selectively choosing when not to call a foul a foul.

Steady981:
They have the best starting 5 in the league

Denver is an example of what happens when competent people are in charge, they were patient and gradually built a core that fit their best player to a tee.

KD is no longer a top 3 player, and if what I am seeing this playoffs continues next season, he might no longer be the best player on his own team

One of Jokic or Booker will go home after this series after putting up historic individual performances. 2 years down the line some idiots will include this series loss as an example of them choking

donlittle25:
Brunson. Always hitting big shot man. Cuban, You do this one o

Cuban played stupid games and got the results

Blueelf:
I'll take Seth Curry over that fraud Jordan Poole anytime any day

We don't need another all star guard or big. Just a reliable one that knows his role and plays to instructions

I thought some GSW fans wanted to trade Klay and elevate Poole to the 2nd option.

If AD was Nigerian I will say he has gone to one baba and made a deal to only play great on odd numbered games, the performance gap between odd and even numbered games is just too much

Nick nurse to the Bucks, they need a top level x and o's coach down there

A40:
That might go down as the worst contract in league history. If the Warriors are smart this offseason they will package him for any half decent big they can get.

He will never have Steph's IQ or feel for the game. He's just a guy that can get hot once every 3 games but his floor is unacceptable for a $30m+ guy. They should jump out while there's still time

Some people here was saying Poole was a 2nd option at the beginning of this season if I remember correctly

birdman:
Many players have tried to copy Lebron, try to be a player/GM and recruit other stars to play with. Only Durant has been disciplined enough to play his part, and no other player has been succesful in getting a ring from it.

Kawhi is a huge flop imo. I cant tell if he is actually injured, or is just really selfish. Im thinking its the latter, because I noticed PG3 too now claimed he was injured and missed the playoffs. The old PG3 would play on one leg come playoff time!

Other players could start doing the same - if you are load managing one guy, what about me? Why should I get injured, risk my career while the highest paid cat on the team does nothing.

So you know that PG13 used to play with one leg, but now that he did not play instead of thinking that his injury is way worse than what he usually plays through, your assumption is that he decided not to play.
As for Kawhi information that was leaked boils down to, his knees are gone, he has an issue on par with what ended Brandon Roy career, yes he is trying to save himself for the playoffs like he did in Toronto, but anyone who knows about any health stuff that is classified as deneragative, know it gets worse over time not better.

PS: The only way I will blame Kawhi is, if he confirmed that his knees are this bad before he signed that extension.

Roland17:
@A40 did you see the Garcia v Tank fight. I am not even sure why it was marketed like it would be close because I knew Garcia was all mouth. Man was dropped in Round 2 and waved the white flag by kneeling in the 7th after suffering serious body shots who was just looking to punish him.

Also, your boy Cujedo is on the cards for next month…

Agree with every thing, Tank is a monster, he and inoue, both have power that is way stronger than their size.
Also big props to both guys for making the fight, we have seen too many toothless boxers in recent times protect their zero loss like it is a dragons hoard.

steady986:
I'm borrowing the words of some of our analysts here . Maybe that was reaching. But my point is, when you really expect him to have a foothold on a game, he defers. I'm not mad though. Age is catching up on him.

Okay now I get what you are saying. I have also noticed that deferring stuff too. I just take it as Ham telling him that is the way the Lakers has to play, because the Lakers are top 2 or 3 in pace and we all know Lebron prefers playing at a slower pace.

Is it me or is Westbrook somehow playing well enough that you can excuse any of his inevitable mistakes. The dude might end up getting good money in FA if one GM, thinks he can do what he his doing now for a whole season.

steady986:
And for LeBron, it's safe to say he's old. He doesn't impact the game as he used to. He scores points but more often than not you can't really feel the impact of those points. The efficiency has gone down mostly because he's taking too many threes. The IQ is there and the mind is willing but the body is letting him down. Look at the open dunk he missed today. He's also missing layups. For us to have any chance in this series or the rest of the playoffs, AD has to be our best player. You could see in game 2 that just a little more production on the offensive end and we could have won that game.

How can points not have impact. Everyone knows Lebron can't control a game the way he used to say 5 yrs ago, but to say 25pts on very good efficiency more often than not does not have any impact is reaching.
There're very few winning teams in history where what Lebron is doing right now would not make him at the very least the 2nd best player on said team.

PS: Even in his prime Lebron missed dunks, every single player in history has missed dunks, and layups.

A40:
I've never been one of those that believed Kawhi load managed just to load manage.

He plays too many minutes in big games to be given that label.

I think he's just managing what's left of his prime but his knees are just not cooperating. Like I said I realistically can see him retiring in the next couple of years

Agreed, now I know why he quickly signed that extension without any hullabaloo. That was his last big payday

A40:
Kawhi mehn damn. Something tells me he has debilitating knee condition. I can easily see a scenario where he retires before 35

According to Broussard, he was told by insiders that Kawhi isn't missing games when he can play. His knees are gone IMHO, the sad truth is that some people don't just have the body to survive the wear and tear of top level athletics pursuit.

steady986:
Kawhi out for Game 3. Load management in the mud.

Anyone who thinks Kawhi's issue is about load management is just shooting breeze. That dudes knee is gone, he in all probability has the same issues Brandon Roy has. Every single time it's always the knee, nothing else, something is fishy there

All this anonymous nba player quotes, might lead to increased animosity amongst teams, and I am loving it .

Skrrrrrrr:
Kerr is also part of the problem.
He has chosen not to increase stephs minutes. Curry is the only superstar that plays under 40 mins. The warriors are +14 with steph on the floor and -25 with him off, the game is basically lost when steph sits. Increase his damn minutes.
The second unit did not turn up during the regular season, they would not turn up during the playoffs.

With the way GSW plays, Steph has to be in like perpetual motion. This creates few chances for him to take plays off and rest while on the court. Kerr has no choice but to rest him during the game.

A40:
Mark Cuban I hope you're watching. These are the guys you get to play around Luka and you allow Kyrie walk

Caruso, Reaves are the two of the reasons I love that the nba expanded the 2-way contracts to 3 slots in the new CBA. These are the type of guys teams can get if their development program is doing its job. The Heat are also one of those teams that, do well with those contracts

steady986:
This was the analysis of my Lakers kn this group just a few days ago. Now yall want to twist the narrative. Ko le werk

People like to move goalposts instead of admitting that they are wrong, it's just a human thing.
For me personally, some of these playoffs matchups are wonky, that is why I have not made any predictions and will just enjoy the games. For instance GSW vs Kings, yes GSW has the experience but their away form this season has been atrocious, as for the Kings, they have been bad defensively all season and good on the offensive side of the ball, but their coach is a defensive guy with championship experience, which has to count for something, so that match-up is just somehow