2015-2016 NBA Discussion Thread

Never thought LBJ would be the underdog coming into a series. lol

 

if Cleveland trys to copy Golden State and chuck up a bunch of three's Curry and Thompson are gonna go HAM... on them watch.

 

@JayiARTS This is the one series it doesn't surprise me that he is coming into an underdog as. The reason I say that is GSW is one of the greatest teams of all time. I personally don't think they're better than the 96 bulls but that's just my opinion I feel like the bulls bigs would've eaten the GSW bigs. I also feel like pippin and Jordan would've went crazy on the splash bros they were a lot more physical.

 

Damn, was really hoping the Cavs could pull off the upset :/

 

I'm so happy Golden State is gonna deny the city of Cleveland another championship for the 2nd straight year. Man I love Curry he is amazing and the Golden State Warriors bench is unbelievable they are just way to stacked and on top of all that they are very well coached.

 

Curry was awful last night lol. Randy Livingston is the guy that you should be praising about. He had double of what the Cav's bench had in terms of points.

 

Curry is amazing because he played his worst NBA finals performance? He's lucky he has a quality bench, that's for sure.

 

You can't compare them the league was different the rules were different the way calls were made was different... if the two teams played against each other the bulls would foul out because hand checking was legal back then and now it's not... the warriors would shoot free throws for days and the bulls would get away with anything on the offensive end because of how aggressive they would be... it just wouldnt be a fun thing to watch.

 

Spot on, also there is such a influx of talent nowadays compared to the 80's-90's. People forget there wasn't NEAR as many one and dones in college as they are now. Every NBA team is stacked now, a mediocre player in todays standards was a VERY GOOD player back then.

 

Do you think Durant will stay in OCK or go elsewhere?

 

This isn't true at all. The 80's-90's was a skilled era of basketball where scrubs like Westbrook would be eaten alive because their only "skill" is insane athleticism. The defense played was much better, the bigs in that era were out right amazing compared to the crap we have now...really Dwight Howard and Cousins are the best we got? Malone, Jordan, Ewing, Pippen, Stockton, Bird, Magic, Hakeem the Dream, David Robinson, Barkley, Shaq, Clyde, Moses, Isiah, Kareem, Dominique. They were all highly skilled players from the centers to the point guard position. The fact that we praise Kristaps' footwork is a joke within itself and I'm a Knicks fan.

 

As a cavs fan, I hope he stays. If OKC's GM gets their bench some bigger names, they are competing even harder next year. Then again, they just blew a 1-3 lead so I mean..


By the way, the '13 Miami Heat would destroy the Warriors. And, to say that Curry is beast,.. With LeBron on him last game he was worthless. Everyone be preaching about Curry but yall forget LeBron's greatness.

 

I forget it because I haven't seen it for awhile.

 

To each his own I guess.... those tricks you speak of are those the same ones those cute little harlem globe trotters do? The skills back then were different because of what you said their athletic skills, They did what they did back then because they /couldnt/ do the things they do now....Why do you think shaq was so sucessfull? he's relativily short compared to players now....like all things the game evolves if you think larry bird could beat lebron you are insane sir. Jordan was so good back then because he was ahead of his time now the game has caught up with him.

 

I find it funny how people always compare teams from different generations. Players adapt to the generation they are playing in... If GS went back in time and played the Bulls they would probably get destroyed because of the physicality that was allowed back then. If the Bulls played them today the Bulls would probably lose because they wouldn't be as good in an environment that doesn't allow their physicality. I don't think the physicality would affect Curry that much. It is so hard to guard someone with his range because if they did want to get physical, they would have to get so close to the point where the floor is stretched so much. Physicality mostly affected inside post players. Curry is a long range shooter.

 

Shaq would dominate right now just as much as he did in the past..

 

I agree, Shaq would dominate in any era, never seen a guy with such power. He'd man-handle any PF/C right now. I'd say Boogie is the closest thing to him in this era.

 

Which I personally think is really sad. Shaq had moves that I think if Dwight Howard had half the drive of Shaq he would of achieved similar legend status.

 

RIP Cleveland Cavalier's lol... Lebron gonna make a super team with Chris Paul and Carmelo Anthony in the off season hahaha

 

Do they even have a game plan? They look lost out there. It's sad to see LBJ's talents go to waste like this. My head says GS in 5-6 but I'm still rooting for the Cavs in 7.