Official 2015-2016 NBA Thread

[brucebanner]

Lavine and Gordon

[Teknix]

Originally posted by bruceod
Lavine and Gordon

That dunk contest was WILD!! Every event was down to the wire it was an amazing allstar Saturday!! But I gotta say that Gordon was robbed. The sitting mid air, under both legs dunk was something to walk about for the next decade.

[JVR1]

Without a doubt Gordon was robbed.. I literally fell off the couch freaking out on that dunk..!

[rage2]

That was the most ridiculous dunk completion in forever.

[max_boost]

It was great. Mightily impressed!

[Manhattan]

Lebron's reaction

[sexualbanana]

The last time GSW beat the Cavs by 30+, Blatt got fired. Watch your back, Lue!

[brucebanner]

I was actually thinking the Cavs were taking the title this year. I have a hard time going against LeBron but man, GSW as a team are rolling, like they have been all season.

Brandon Jennings believes LeBron will leave Cleveland in the off-season, has stated so twice now.

[taemo]

Pretty disappointed so far by the Cavs, all their players needs to step up if they want to win.
I'm still hoping GSW will not win and beat the Bulls record but so far they're on a roll.
OKC seemed to have been a tougher challenge and could have actually won if they didn't choke on the last 2 games.

[Manhattan]

If OKC made the finals, Cavs would've had home court advantage and a much better matchup. But it didn't happen because of the Lil B/Durant and Supersonics curse.

[403ep3]

Wow, I thought this series would've been closer..

Dubs in 5? I wanted OKC to win

[sexualbanana]

I think OKC has a phenomenal defense and they would've been their competitive edge. OKC has so much length and athleticism that they can switch onto anyone, and that's what posed a lot of problems for GSW. When OKC goes small, they go small with guys with 7' wingspans (Durant, Ibaka, Adams, Kanter) and that would be very difficult for CLE's smallball forwards to shoot against.

Where CLE would have an opportunity (aside from having Lebron) is OKC's inability to close out games (and in GSW's case, the series). Similar to how TOR had trouble closing out quarters in the ECF.

[Manhattan]

Big part of the problem is how weak the East is. You wind up playing in the finals after sweeping thru Detroit and ATL (hardly playoff-worthy). Toronto series wasn't too competitive either. You run into a wall when you actually play a great team. Reminds me of the late 90s/early '00 when the real championship was played in the WCF and the finals was almost a formality.

[sexualbanana]

Originally posted by Manhattan
Reminds me of the late 90s/early '00 when the real championship was played in the WCF and the finals was almost a formality.

The 90's were mostly owned by the East (Bulls and Pistons) and the 00's were mostly the West (Spurs and Lakers)

[max_boost]

Where would Bron go?

Yes the East is weak as fuk. Chris Bosh is a hall of famer because he played in the East. 11X All Star.

[Disoblige]

Lebron leave? Haha, I bet he wouldn't do it again.
Could you imagine how much hate he will receive?

[max_boost]

Trade Kevin Love? Bring in Bismak? Bring in Carmelo? haha

[brucebanner]

LeBron and the Cavs did it. Back from 3-1 and won everything. Fantastic game 7, couldn't of been any better.

[lilmira]

Good series, the better team won.

[bball2]

Great game from Kyrie and LeBron.

Huge warriors fan, such a disappointment with how bad some of the players were. Draymond was the only one out there tonight who seemed to want it more than the Cavs. I think Barnes should've gotten the finals MVP from Cleveland for how badly he played this series.