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Re: The NBA Begins by steady986(m): 5:09am On May 10, 2023
Skrrrrrrr:


Lol. Draymond has cost the warriors more titles than he has helped them win.
2015 was Steph and Iguodala, 2016 and 2017 was steph and Durant, last year was Steph and wiggins( they won last year inspite of Draymond?
Kerr had to take him off the starting lineup at a point. The one finals they lost, they lost because of him. Draymond would be drinking Tea in shanghai If he wasn't a warrior.

And Steph and Klay are to blame for your game 4 loss that would essentially cost you the title. Nobody is innocent if we want to nitpick
Re: The NBA Begins by donlittle25: 5:14am On May 10, 2023
I know you are hesitant about seeing if they can get to the final, but I just don't see what AD does against him. Guy is versatile. AD doesn't have the legs/body to stay in front of him.

A40:
The odds long sha but this will be fun
Re: The NBA Begins by Skrrrrrrr: 5:26am On May 10, 2023
steady986:


And Steph and Klay are to blame for your game 4 loss that would essentially cost you the title. Nobody is innocent if we want to nitpick

Ogbeni...
If anyone on the warriors Roster has been half as good as steph has been in this series, it would have been over by now......
He gave the warriors 4 rings. He can do whatever he likes... That a bad play from him, automatically results in a loss is telling enough.....
Re: The NBA Begins by A40(m): 5:34am On May 10, 2023
donlittle25:
I know you are hesitant about seeing if they can get to the final, but I just don't see what AD does against him. Guy is versatile. AD doesn't have the legs/body to stay in front of him.

Lol. Bro AD is a problem oh. The irony is now he's more of a defensive threat than offensive sef. His offense might fluctuate but you see that defense na Constant K.

What I want to see is if the Nuggets will give Thomas Bryant some playing time as well especially if Jokic has foul trouble. Because unlike the Warriors the Nuggets at least have bigs that should not get entirely overrun by the Lakers.
Re: The NBA Begins by steady986(m): 6:03am On May 10, 2023
Skrrrrrrr:


Ogbeni...
If anyone on the warriors Roster has been half as good as steph has been in this series, it would have been over by now......
He gave the warriors 4 rings. He can do whatever he likes... That a bad play from him, automatically results in a loss is telling enough.....

He's been good on offense but terrible on defense. Every team wants to switch on to him. If you watched game 4 yesterday you'd know that was what the Lakers were doing. But should we fault him?
Re: The NBA Begins by steady986(m): 6:58am On May 10, 2023
This is not a good stat for the best shooter in the game. Or is it about mentality as they say?

Re: The NBA Begins by Skrrrrrrr: 8:16am On May 10, 2023
Very useless stat.
1. You don't need to come from behind if you are always leading.
2. The shot that gives you the lead is invariably a very small proportion of the shots taken to come from behind in the first place.
So if a team is losing by 15 points and their best player chops it down to 14, scoring 10 points and one guy takes a shot that gives them the lead, you'd give the new guy credit abi?

Jordans name is not there for a reason.
Nonsense stat.

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Re: The NBA Begins by Blueelf: 9:42am On May 10, 2023
steady986:


And Steph and Klay are to blame for your game 4 loss that would essentially cost you the title. Nobody is innocent if we want to nitpick

Exactly my brother
Re: The NBA Begins by Blueelf: 9:43am On May 10, 2023
I am pitying warriors fans still thinking that Klay thmopson will come back to this pre-injuries form sometime later

Lollll..news flash for you guys, he isn't doing so. Klay don go, he can never be half as good as he was again

GSW has two options; continue with this outdated splash bros team or just trade for actually good players that don't play hero ball

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Re: The NBA Begins by Blueelf: 9:48am On May 10, 2023
Skrrrrrrr:
Meet, I'm a genuine Durant Hater right now...
Nothing would give me greater joy than watching that fraud get bounced by the Nuggets.
Let his fans explain why he hasn't been to any finals after all the super teams he formed since he left the warriors...

loll

GSW still needed him to win those 2 rings

Imagine steph scoring single digit in a game in the finals

And you're wondering why he never won finals MVP

KD was the main reason the warriors won those rings

Remove KD and watch Lebron eat y'all alive

A non-sentimental Warriors fan said so

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Re: The NBA Begins by Skrrrrrrr: 11:11am On May 10, 2023
Blueelf:


loll

GSW still needed him to win those 2 rings

Imagine steph scoring single digit in a game in the finals

And you're wondering why he never won finals MVP

KD was the main reason the warriors won those rings

Remove KD and watch Lebron eat y'all alive
A non-sentimental Warriors fan said so

Curry was FMVP last season, should also have won in 2015. There is also a strong argument for one of the Durant mvps.
Make Durant reach finals without Curry first.
Re: The NBA Begins by steady986(m): 11:11am On May 10, 2023
Skrrrrrrr:
Very useless stat.
1. You don't need to come from behind if you are always leading.
2. The shot that gives you the lead is invariably a very small proportion of the shots taken to come from behind in the first place.
So if a team is losing by 15 points and their best player chops it down to 14, scoring 10 points and one guy takes a shot that gives them the lead, you'd give the new guy credit abi?

Jordans name is not there for a reason.
Nonsense stat.

Bros, you read the graphic well so? cheesy
Re: The NBA Begins by darkelf: 12:15pm On May 10, 2023
A40:
Naah you would be shocked it's phony Lakers Bronsexuals that would be triggered. As a fan there's nothing wrong in being bullish and defiant about your team's chances even though you know they would likely lose. That's the fun of fandom.

What's pitiful is when you lack conviction and choose cowardice the entire time then when your team wins you want to troll the guy that despite his beef for your player, predicted you would win anyway while you were too much poosie to do so

What's even funny is the series is going exactly as I called it. The Lakers are winning games without Bron even being the best player in Laker uniform. Will these weasels give me credit? Noooo. They would rather throw subs like heauxs

Truly, Lebron is kpt even at his best

Imagine it was 2016 lebron?

Man...the massacre that would've been
Re: The NBA Begins by birdman(m): 2:03pm On May 10, 2023
steady986:


The way you people talk shiit about Dray's game is shocking sometimes. I can understand the non GS fans like you but I get infuriated when I hear it coming from the GS fans themselves. It just shows they are ungrateful. Draymond has been a central figure for this team for a decade. Yes he might not be this usefull on another team, but you see him in that GS team? I'll repeat myself, GS would have only 2 championships if he wasn't on that team. I don't know whether you guys trash him because he doesn't score 25 a night like Steph and Klay, or because he doesn't shoot 35 footers and do the flashy crossovers. Who do you think has been slowing AD down in this series? What happened to Looney in game one? The poor lad lost his starting spot after that game even though he is their best rebounder. If GS are wise they should trade Klay before they even think of Draymond. And I suspect that's what they'll do. You can get a Klay replacement easily in this league. But you can't get another player to do what Dray has been doing for GS in the past 10 years.

Are you not the stats guy? Go check draymonds record with curry injured and klay out. Then come back and apologize in shame grin

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Re: The NBA Begins by birdman(m): 2:07pm On May 10, 2023
Roland17:
A bunch of lazy and entitled idiots who from the start of the season think they will just stroll to the finals. You fools better get this series back to TD Garden for game 7. Mazzulla sounding humble during the post game is even disgusting to my ears.

Too harsh. This was a one off bad game. Those were wide open shots tatum was missing. I think game 6 will be better
Re: The NBA Begins by A40(m): 2:46pm On May 10, 2023
darkelf:


Truly, Lebron is kpt even at his best

Imagine it was 2016 lebron?

Man...the massacre that would've been
He doesn't even have to be. There's 3 guys that can carry the load. AD in Game 1, Game 3 was D-Lo and then Lonnie Walker with a huge 4th. There's a reason he can go through full quarter without taking shots because he knows teammates will keep the game in range
Re: The NBA Begins by Roland17(m): 3:14pm On May 10, 2023
birdman:


Too harsh. This was a one off bad game. Those were wide open shots tatum was missing. I think game 6 will be better

Harsh you said? Harsh and the series is tied with the Sixers having a good chance of ending our playoff run in game 6! The Celtics are not in the playoffs to get better, that crap is taken care of in the regular season. We made the Atlanta series tougher than it should be and here we are again, in a situation we looked lethargic from the get go. There is absolutely no reason why this series should be tied considering how we lost games 1 and 4. Tatum needs to figure out how to come out aggressive and look for high percentage shots because he has been slow and it affects the rhythm of the offense. People want to remind me that the Celtics were in a similar situation and I tell them it is not the same team and mentality. This team feels fragile and poorly coached with no discipline because we are making the same mistakes in our losses.

DON'T EVEN GET ME STARTED ON THAT BUM OF A COACH CALLED MAZZULLA
Re: The NBA Begins by steady986(m): 3:41pm On May 10, 2023
birdman:


Are you not the stats guy? Go check draymonds record with curry injured and klay out. Then come back and apologize in shame grin

Bros you don't seem to get the point. Even LeBron has a poor record without AD. The tree cannot stand without it's root. Dray is not built to carry a team. Never has. Never will. But as a key piece in that GS system, there's no one better at that. And we haven’t seen Curry lead this team without Draymond either. They have been successful together.
Re: The NBA Begins by A40(m): 3:49pm On May 10, 2023
Celtics only have themselves to blame. Allowed one or two internal foki foki to ruin on court success. grin

I doubt Udoka loses to an Embiid less Sixers team. There really should have been no excuses to lose that Game 1

It's also pretty clear this Mazzulla nothing really consign am with defense. I don't really see much Horford and Timelord on the court together. So while you're scoring the other team is also scoring. It usually works till it doesn't

Anyway they say the closeout game is the hardest.
Re: The NBA Begins by Skrrrrrrr: 4:00pm On May 10, 2023
steady986:


Bros you don't seem to get the point. Even LeBron has a poor record without AD. The tree cannot stand without it's root. Dray is not built to carry a team. Never has. Never will. But as a key piece in that GS system, there's no one better at that. And we haven’t seen Curry lead this team without Draymond either. They have been successful together.

There is actually a stat for the warriors with steph and no draymond. I'm sure you know where to look.
Draymond was terrible in the finals just last season.
Re: The NBA Begins by birdman(m): 4:00pm On May 10, 2023
steady986:


Bros you don't seem to get the point. Even LeBron has a poor record without AD. The tree cannot stand without it's root. Dray is not built to carry a team. Never has. Never will. But as a key piece in that GS system, there's no one better at that. And we haven’t seen Curry lead this team without Draymond either. They have been successful together.

If this was all you said, no one would argue with you. But you made it sound like its a big 3 down in warriors land, when we clearly know it is not.
Re: The NBA Begins by steady986(m): 4:34pm On May 10, 2023
Skrrrrrrr:


There is actually a stat for the warriors with steph and no draymond. I'm sure you know where to look.
Draymond was terrible in the finals just last season.

Bros. I'm talking of a full season or something like that. Then we can judge. Don't forget a bulk of that time was with KD as well.
Re: The NBA Begins by birdman(m): 4:36pm On May 10, 2023
steady986:


Bros. I'm talking of a full season or something like that. Then we can judge. Don't forget a bulk of that time was with KD as well.

Heres the full season ratings for PFs in 2023 season

http://www.espn.com/nba/hollinger/statistics/_/position/pf

Can you find your buddy's name? No? Because its on page 2! At #56! On a team with Curry/Klay/Poole where all the heavy lifting has been done already.

Even Rui Hachimura and Zeke Nnaji rank higher grin grin grin

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Re: The NBA Begins by steady986(m): 4:36pm On May 10, 2023
birdman:


If this was all you said, no one would argue with you. But you made it sound like its a big 3 down in warriors land, when we clearly know it is not.

But this is what I've been emphasising right from time. They only work well together. Steph might be more valuable as one who can carry a team without the other but there's no major success to show for it.
Re: The NBA Begins by Steady981: 5:14pm On May 10, 2023
Na who report me for my main account? cheesy I know who I dey suspect sha
Re: The NBA Begins by Android17: 5:29pm On May 10, 2023
Warriors in 7. Don't forget folks.
Re: The NBA Begins by darkelf: 7:13pm On May 10, 2023
A40:
He doesn't even have to be. There's 3 guys that can carry the load. AD in Game 1, Game 3 was D-Lo and then Lonnie Walker with a huge 4th. There's a reason he can go through full quarter without taking shots because he knows teammates will keep the game in range

We are saying the same thing

Imagine if lebron decided to go full throttle

Loll

Abeg, season is over for GSW

Let them start strategizing on good trades to make

And Lebron is getting his 5th chip....

Then hopefully, he retires...Best to do so when you're on top
Re: The NBA Begins by darkelf: 7:16pm On May 10, 2023
Android17:
Warriors in 7. Don't forget folks.

Lolll

Whatever make you sleep at night

Pele oo

If we're being honest, na for us to go plan for next season with trades for actual igs..even the guards shouldn't be under 6'6
Re: The NBA Begins by Android17: 7:18pm On May 10, 2023
darkelf:


Lolll

Whatever make you sleep at night

Pele oo

If we're being honest, na for us to go plan for next season with trades for actual igs..even the guards shouldn't be under 6'6
Who are you again?
Re: The NBA Begins by Ragnall: 7:23pm On May 10, 2023
1% chance 99% faith. Warriors in 7
Re: The NBA Begins by Honlucas: 7:24pm On May 10, 2023
Android17:
Warriors in 7. Don't forget folks.


Change Ur dealer

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