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Re: The NBA Begins by KNIGHTBlaed(m): 5:21am On May 31, 2022 |
Blueelf: Oga Resturant Analyst, show us the post where you confidently tell us say GSW will be back in the finals this year. Quote anybody (Even Draymond) wey talk with confidence say GSW go dey here this year. Enjoy the moment like everyone else baba, no be only you dey enjoy wetin we dey see. Everyone predicted GSW will be good this season, no body confidently say GSW go enter final and be this good. GSW had no reason to have the worst record 2 seasons ago, but we all know why e be so. Why you come dey yarn like say we no know the potential wey the team carry? Why you come make am sound like everybody na bad belle? Na wha you o. I no know why una dey do like this sef. 1 Like |
Re: The NBA Begins by Blueelf: 10:31am On May 31, 2022 |
KNIGHTBlaed: Beer parlor Analyst spotted Carpenter |
Re: The NBA Begins by KNIGHTBlaed(m): 1:25pm On May 31, 2022 |
Blueelf: Baba Sule!! Resturant Analyst, well done. Na you know pass. Everyone just dey observe as you dey yeye yourself here. Just so you know, I don't analyze nothing here. I only watch the beautiful game and come to read the take of other people here, and so far thumbs up to Roland, A40, Birdman, Steady and everyone for their takes, analysis and banters. I enjoy reading the thread everyday, people sabi ball here. But as e must be, na you sabi pass, na you know beer palour analyst and capenters, well done. Please quote the post where you predicted GSW will be in the finals this season. Just show us and I will never disrespect you again, but if you cannot do that, my brother just go siddon one place look for YoYo Bitters take refresh yourself. Your oversabi too much, no be only you dey enjoy ball. I watch more of boxing and analyze better there, but I can still show you my last post here where I predicted GSW will do a quick one on the Mavs. But you wey dey see future, abeg just show us something. Na so una go dey do, calm down una no go gree. 4 Likes |
Re: The NBA Begins by Blueelf: 1:45pm On May 31, 2022 |
KNIGHTBlaed: An essay just because of 2 lines E pain am 1 Like |
Re: The NBA Begins by benji93: 8:56pm On May 31, 2022 |
Honestly, I am looking forward to seeing that great defensive Boston Celtics team that everyone keeps harping about. This series could end quicker than many think. Stephen Curry better stand out in this one. What we need is a monster performance and an emphatic win in the first game, get Marcus Smart running into multiple screens, and let's see how the defensive player of the year holds up. Try to limit loose-ball situations, reducing the possibility of accidental injuries(there'll very likely be a lot of hustling in this one). Throw this young team into confusion, Ime resorts to sending double teams, then we end it in 6. . Some say there's no weak link in the impenetrable Boston defense. What do you say Curry and company? what do you say? |
Re: The NBA Begins by etidy: 9:18pm On May 31, 2022 |
This Boston team has played the Brooklyn Nets, Bucks and heats and have not lost a back to back game in this playoffs. Abeg dead the idea of this series ending quick. That defense is legit benji93: 2 Likes |
Re: The NBA Begins by birdman(m): 11:26pm On May 31, 2022 |
benji93: The Celtic defense is vulnerable to superstars getting hot, yes. But in every series, they have managed to overcome that, even if it meant a game 7. Outside of Curry, Im not sold on anyone on the warriors being able to get hot and help win a game. Which means if they can calm Curry to 25pts or less, they stand a good chance in any game. The Celtics strength is not just the defense, its being able to adjust game to game while sticking to the script. Udoka as a coach is the real deal. 1 Like |
Re: The NBA Begins by birdman(m): 11:30pm On May 31, 2022 |
etidy: Indeed. Superstars getting hot will win you one or two games in a series. But excellent team play tends to win out the longer the series goes on. The wahala is, the Warriors have superstar Curry that can go off and win you one or two games, AND they also play well as a team. So this series will not be easy for the celtics. They could lose 0-4, or it could go to game 7. Any analyst that is telling you they know who will win this series is lying. Simple. |
Re: The NBA Begins by benji93: 11:43pm On May 31, 2022 |
But you trust more than one person on the Celtics to get hot and help win a game? . Very interesting. I suppose the Warriors aren't able to adjust game to game(Interesting). I mean they clearly breezed through the West, no adjustments necessary, apart from ending the Series at home after losing by 50. Not that far-fetched. . I would like to see how the Celtics don't get breezed away too. I certainly hope Kerr won't be sleeping through this series. birdman: |
Re: The NBA Begins by benji93: 11:47pm On May 31, 2022 |
This year has been unpredictable for the most part, moreso the finals. The bolded is a fair point though. birdman: |
Re: The NBA Begins by birdman(m): 12:04am On Jun 01, 2022 |
benji93: Only Tatum, maybe imo. I alluded to warriors being a good team, so obviously they make good adjustments as well. In short, unless Curry can go hot 3 or 4 games out of 7, celtics have a shot to play good team bball and at least win their 2 home games. From there, things happen. But make no mistake, celtics are the underdog. Outside of Lebron and Kawhi led teams, no one has really stopped these warriors. |
Re: The NBA Begins by Khanben: 12:48am On Jun 01, 2022 |
birdman: Both teams IMHO have a good mixture of scoring. For teams that are a 1-2 punch combo like the Celtics and GSW, and who also play good to great defense, winning will boil down to how much scoring they have in the squad. On offense, both teams need 3 of the others on their team to average double figures 4x in the same game. For the Celtics, they need 3 out of AL, Smart, Robert, Grant, White and Pritchard to score in the double figures 4x in the series, and it can happenin any combination. As for GSW, they also need 3 out of Poole, Draymond, Wiggins, Looney, Kuminga, GP2. On the defensive end, how well the Celtics switch to limit open looks for the snipers in GSW and take advantage of their length in terms of getting rebounds especially offensive boards. On the other hand, can the GSW zone continue to cause the same issues that it has done since the beginning of the playoffs and whenever they go man, ensure that the limit the switches to Steph and Poole. PS : Both teams are prone to having huge TOs games, whichever reduces their bad TOs nights to just 1 or 2 will also matter for this series. 1 Like |
Re: The NBA Begins by donlittle25: 1:31am On Jun 01, 2022 |
It's a sweep. This I have seen. Which team go do the sweeping Sha I never see o 1 Like |
Re: The NBA Begins by birdman(m): 2:52am On Jun 01, 2022 |
Khanben: Excellent analysis. I would ask for roland17s comments, but I hear the brother dey bar beach with candle, incense and very black soap |
Re: The NBA Begins by donlittle25: 1:25pm On Jun 01, 2022 |
Kevin Durant is on Twitter defending his golden state championships |
Re: The NBA Begins by birdman(m): 2:29pm On Jun 01, 2022 |
donlittle25: Without him, Lebron would have beaten the warriors for one more ring. But, hey, he chose to go to an already very good team. Lay on your bed, Durant |
Re: The NBA Begins by donlittle25: 2:31pm On Jun 01, 2022 |
birdman:someone can say this about lebron with those Miami championships. But you saw lebron attitude during those times, I won, deal with it. Why is it so hard for this nigga? like bro, stop arguing with niggas that earn $50 per hour on twitter. 1 Like |
Re: The NBA Begins by Khanben: 3:39pm On Jun 01, 2022 |
donlittle25: IMHO, I think he enjoys the back and forth on Twitter, just like Embiid likes trolling. |
Re: The NBA Begins by Hohenheim(m): 4:18pm On Jun 01, 2022 |
Celtics in 5 you saw it here first |
Re: The NBA Begins by birdman(m): 4:46pm On Jun 01, 2022 |
donlittle25: Lebron went to an ok team with another superstar (Wade) and a very good role player (Bosh). Without Lebron, Celtics/Pistons would have come out of ECF instead of Heat. And year 1 they still lost to a more complete Mavs team, showing they had to go back to drawing board. That pain allows Lebron to feel like he put in blood sweat and tears. Durant went to arguably the best team in the league, with the best scoring duo in NBA history. A team that bounced him the previous year. And he left without telling his partner in crime. Advice that you do not take when young, you will eat of it when you are old. Thats why he's fighting on twitter. That move, and the way the move was done was not kosher. It allowed Durant to jumpshoot his way to an easy ring, they flogged Cavs like small boy. And the older Durant now knows, it wasnt as sweet as it should be. It cant be as sweet as Giannis winning with the Bucks. Lai lai. 1 Like |
Re: The NBA Begins by A40(m): 4:54pm On Jun 01, 2022 |
I've never understood the trolling of KD joining the Warriors. Troll the Warriors and Steph for recruiting him instead. One would think Steph, Klay and Draymond didn't fly to Durant's house to convince him to join them. Like he just showed up to their facility and begged to join them. Didn't they recruit him? Was he the only free agent available? |
Re: The NBA Begins by benji93: 5:01pm On Jun 01, 2022 |
We troll him for joining and when he leaves, we troll him again. Things you see in sports. A40: |
Re: The NBA Begins by Roland17(m): 5:06pm On Jun 01, 2022 |
donlittle25: Make una leave my boy for me abeg! I am never going to get tired of saying it and defending him because he is who he is. Despite their best efforts to distract him, he stayed the course during the post season and did not going into Twitter war with anyone. I said after game 4 that he was going to have enough time in his hands now to go at his haters on Twitter. They know he is quite sensitive and he has not denied being sensitive and emotional. Make una leave am for me like that, it is what he enjoys. I have never seen a superstar engage the NBA fans like he does. |
Re: The NBA Begins by A40(m): 5:08pm On Jun 01, 2022 |
birdman:Lebron fans trying to justify 3 top draft picks forming in their prime will never not be funny to me. Who never fvck up hands in the air? No hands Alaye was the competitive balance of the league altered or not? Lebron went from 1 Finals appearance in 7 years to 4 straight Finals. Because he formed a super team! Chris Bosh was not a role player. He was a franchise player that led his team twice to the post season. He was a 22-9 guy. Add that to a Wade who Finals MVP and scoring champ that had led his team to multiple deep runs in the playoffs Can Draymond and Klay Thompson lead a team to the playoffs? Even Steph we saw him with just Draymond and they couldn't make the playoffs birdman:Durant simply took one step further what Lebron started. Also a key detail butthurt fans keep leaving out. The Warriors recruited him. He didn't ask to join them. They begged him to come. Durant's fvck up is being too sensitive to people's criticism instead of embracing the villain role. Also his babysitting of divas like Kyrie made them lose the chance to finish with a higher seed and go further in the playoffs. People forget the Nets were #1 seed before KD got injured Whatever any hater wants to say they are not a dynasty without him. And if they lose to Boston again then it would beg the question. Are they really that team without him? 1 Like |
Re: The NBA Begins by A40(m): 5:11pm On Jun 01, 2022 |
benji93:Na Bronsexuals still dey cry till now oh. Like say he did an Osaze and pulled up to their facility unprovoked. Like the entire GSW brass didn't fly from Oakland to the Hamptons to beg him to join them. If you dey work for Toyota. If Elon Musk call you come offer you stocks and better payment deal you no go port? |
Re: The NBA Begins by Roland17(m): 5:14pm On Jun 01, 2022 |
A40: Add Andre Iggy to that list of recruiters. This right here and it annoys me that people and mainstream media intentionally leave out the fact that they all sought him. The chase for KD intensified immediately after the Warriors choked a 3-1 lead to lose game 7. After the Game 7 loss, Dray called his GM from the freaking parking lot about getting KD! I mean come on...If that is not even insulting on Curry and Klay then I don't know what is. After he got off the call with Meyers, he called KD before they got themselves together to visit with him at his hotel and sold the idea to him. |
Re: The NBA Begins by Blueelf: 6:39pm On Jun 01, 2022 |
birdman: Baba dey hope say nobody go hot apart from curry E go shock you |
Re: The NBA Begins by Blueelf: 6:40pm On Jun 01, 2022 |
Roland17: Oga stop making noise. This issue is forgone Let your hatred for GSW and Curry let you see road..... |
Re: The NBA Begins by Blueelf: 6:41pm On Jun 01, 2022 |
A40: Another hater spotted This one is a bronsexual in disguise |
Re: The NBA Begins by A40(m): 7:08pm On Jun 01, 2022 |
Blueelf:Me Bronsexual? Who is going to tell him? |
Re: The NBA Begins by A40(m): 7:13pm On Jun 01, 2022 |
Roland17:People wey dey craze. The man came from a devastating injury that potentially shortened his career. Shredded his Achilles and people are still yarnin dust. Even Warriors fans. I won't say KD has been innocent in all of this too with his passive aggressive nonsense but people need to stop pretending like the Warriors didn't need KD to be an undeniable dynasty They could have gone for absolutely anyone else but they aggressively pursued Kevin. All of this is lost in their poor attempt at shithousery. He got there and was the star of the team. No amount of long talk will erase that |
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