2014-2015 NBA Discussion Thread

dammit so close to a comeback by the bulls

 

At least we showed up on that GSW game.

 

Once again I'm going to remind everyone Cav's are not winning any Championship this season they are far far away from a contender...

The most likely team to come out of the East into the Finals will be the Bulls they are built for the Playoffs and are very scary everyday Rose becomes better and better

 

Why are you so salty? They can beat any team in the east in a 7 game series with the current roster they have. The bulls are known to choke in the playoffs. The hawks and wizards are the biggest threats to the cavs. I'm not sure if they would win a championship this year either, and that's because of teams in the west.

 

I'm not salty I just don't like Lebron he's a very selfish person his 2009 Cav's were amazing but he abandoned that and went to chase a championship... When his loyalty was tested he showed his true colors. (And he singed like a 2 year deal with 1 year opt option lol) So he might pull that shit again.

I'm going by what's on paper Irving is not a true point guard and his 0 playoff experience doesn't help, Love is good but again 0 playoff experience. Lebron can't do what he did in 2009 there are four other teams with way more continuity and chemistry and Lebron is not in his 20's anymore...

The first year coach in the NBA doesn't help either...

The way it's shaking up right now Cav's will be lucky to end up with the 4th spot in the East which will match them up with Chicago because ain't no way in hell Toronto is losing the Atlantic Division... Wizards won't lose that many games in a row and Atlanta pretty much locked for a top 3 spot.

 

You kidding me...? Amazing? You might want to re-evaluate yourself.

Also, when LeBron left, they went like 15~/60~ . They were GOD awful without him.

 

So lets say you've been working at a job for 6 years, and another job offer comes up that increases your salary along with better scenery. Would you decline that offer to stay loyal to your job? If you do, you're an idiot. It's the same concept here. There is nothing wrong with trying to chase a championship. He's can't leave Cleveland after returning, he sealed his fate there.

Russel Westbrook, Damien Lillard, Derrick Rose aren't true point guards either, but why does that matter? Lebron can carry a team on his back and take them to the finals, he's already done it with a worse Cleveland team. His basketball IQ is much greater than the 2007 version of himself. First year coach? He went to the finals his first year in Miami with a brand new coach. Kyrie is a better player than Wade in 2010, and Kevin Love is better than Bosh even with pitiful defense. The current Cleveland team can defend and rebound, and those were Lebron's inconsistencies while in Miami.

Cleveland can most definitely obtain a spot in the 2nd or 3rd seed.

 

No way it's not happening and Irving is not better then 2010 Wade no way in hell he is... Don't forget this Cav's team doesn't have Ray Allen to bale them out that was the case with Heat a lot of times... Bosh and Wade were way better then Love and Irving I don't know where you get your information from Wade had a championship to his name before Lebron even came and Bosh had made the play-offs twice before coming to Heat... Both knew what it took to win in the playoffs.

Raptors match very well against Wizards I don't think Wizards are winning a seven game series against Raptors...

Raptors also match very well against Atlanta season series is 2-1 Raptors...

Cav's and Bulls are staying in the 4 and 5 match up unless one of the teams loses on purpose to dodge that shit and I'm pretty sure that will happen.

Raptors are averaging 110 points a game again now Derzoan is back they are playing just as well as they did in the start of the season again... I don't see them falling down unless an injury happens again.

Cav's team from 2009 was maybe not better but the Eastern conference in general was a lot crappier...

This Eastern Conference is a lot stronger 4 teams this season in the East can hit the 50 win margin one team might even hit the 60+ barrier...

I'm sticking by my opinion we'll see how things shake up.

 

In the NBA there's a thing called "Tanking" when you lose on purpose to get draft picks...

It's one of the biggest flaws in the league but if you lose enough the chances of your team getting a number 1 pick is higher... Clubs generally do this when they go to re-building mode and when a team loses it's best player they generally are re-building.

 

When LeBron turns it up, it's over it seems. I'd be surprised if they got knocked out before the NBA Finals.

 

You're telling me that team could make playoffs...? They were GOD awful. They weren't purposely tanking. They were just that bad. They have some guys on that team that are capable of playoffs, but that was 5-6 years ago. Not even close.

 

Cavs are on fire. Brian scared out of his britches!!

 

What a cav fan. Golden state Warriors are gonna win bruh

 

Worse, I'm a Celtics fan lmao. Freaking horrible.

 

I'm not scared lol when the Cav's win 20 in a row and Raptors lose 5 in a row I'll be scared.

 

Rockets going to destroy the bulls tonight (I hope)

 

I need the NBA playoffs/NHL playoffs to start.

The sports period after the SB is the WORST.

 

Ayy brian

http://m.bleacherreport.com/article...g-east-elite-and-other-thursday-nba-takeaways

Raptors losing to the brooklyn nets? Lmao.

It's clear the only threat to the cavs in the east are the hawks.

 

It took like what 10 trades for them to finally get going...

Again I do not see this Cav's team playing like super-stars in the Playoffs no experience Lebron can't carry...

Cav's right now have peaked they can't get any better then they are right now and never will the entire team score in double digits... Irving and Love hog the ball to much and J.R Smith I feel is a rotten tomato to have on your team when things go south.

Atlanta Hawks and Raptors even Chicago are so deep 7-8 players can all score double figures and they have playoff experience plus better chemistry... Raps, Bull, Hawks will get better going into the playoffs don't think Cav's will.

 

Thank god Cleveland lost we don't need another team going on some 20 game win streak...

Atlanta seems legit don't know if they can do this shit in the playoffs though I would really like Toronto to play Atlanta in the second round but that won't happen.

I'm calling this shit right now...

Second round East

Atlanta vs Washington

Toronto vs Cleveland or Chicago

100% this will happen if Toronto can stay 2nd that home court will really help who ever they face but I hope it's Cleveland

The West is unpredictable Golden State will make the second round but after that every other series could go to game 7