Around the NBA (non-Wolves talk)

[Monster]

This is where Houston's slavish devotion to the 3-pointer gets them in some trouble. They pass up easier open looks for harder, contested looks.

I agree but they have missed some very good looks though lately.

[Q12543 [enjin:6621299]]

Wow, Golden State just crushing the souls of Houston this half. The Rockets might be known for taking a bunch of 3's because of the analytics, but the Warriors actually have the better shooters - probably three of the best ever. Quality trumps quantity.

[Lipoli390]

This is where Houston's slavish devotion to the 3-pointer gets them in some trouble. They pass up easier open looks for harder, contested looks.

I agree but they have missed some very good looks though lately.

More than anything, this is where Houston misses Chris Paul.

[Monster]

Pork and Lip, I'm assuming you guys have watched "You Don't Know Bo", one of ESPN's 30 for 30 shows? That digs pretty deep into Bo Jackson the athlete and the person. Good stuff.

Ted Williams, while he's well before my time, stands out to me because he wasn't just great at baseball. He became world class at three very different endeavors: Baseball, fighter jet pilot, and fly fishing.

I haven't seen it, Q. Thanks for mentioning it. I'm going to find and watching it soon. I like what Pork said -- watching Bo, we might have been watching the greatest athlete to ever walk the earth. I feel deprived that he was robbed of his incredible physical gifts so soon.

I have seen it and it's my favorite 30 for 30. It's a must watch.

I was fortunate enough to watch Bo live a couple times in KC. He had at least one ridiculous catch robbing a HR from someone. Since the Royals were the local team here in NEbraska and my Uncle is a big baseball fan I watched quite a bit of Royals games on TV and saw highlights. He was an amazing player.

One of my favorite athletes of my lifetime was Dominic Hasek. He was such a unique player and he may have not been the best goalie of his generation he had a heck of a run and there was some amazing goalies during that time. I didn't watch a ton of hockey (my uncle is also a hockey guy so I watched some) but he was also pretty amazing.

[Monster]

Lebrons played in every game this season and played all 48 minutes in last nights game. That team has needed him for every single second of all of that. 15 seasons in the league and he's still the true definition of an MVP. It's really incredible.

Michael Jordan
Barry Sanders
Barry Bonds
Magic Johnson
Lebron James
BoJackson

My short list of players I'll look back on and be thankful I was able to watch play in my lifetime

Lebron won that series with one teammate averaging over 10ppg (Love 12.5 and he basically only played 5 games).

That's a very good short list. I personally would have Larry Bird on mine.

I would add Tiger Woods as well.

Yes, I'd add Larry Bird and Tiger Woods to my list as well. Call me a homer, but I'd also add Kirby Puckett. He was such a clutch player and played with such great joy. I'd also add Steph Curry to my list. He can take over a game as much as Jordan or LeBron, but he does it in a different a unique way. - Reggie Miller but also a PG playmaker with a dribble penetration game. Sometimes, Curry's driving layups are as impressive as his phenomenal 3-pointers. Otherwise, I can't argue with the Pork's list.

Of all these guys, it's hard to identify the most impressive of all. Maybe it's Bo Jackson. His star didn't burn long because of a freak hip injury, but it sure burned bright. And it shined in two very different sports, something that distinguishes him from everyone else on the list. I can't say what blew me away more - some of his incredible runs from scrimmage or his unbelievable diving catches in the outfield. As for the top of my list in any one sport, it's probably MJ. But I'm almost as thankful I had the chance to see Barry Sanders. It was more fun to watch than any other running back I've ever seen. His quickness and the way he would use it to make people miss.

Saunders is probably the most fun guy to watch for me also.

When it comes to Puckett I think sometimes homerism can work both ways especially back then when we didn't have the feedback via the internet that we have now. Sometimes we just saw him play and didn't know how other saw him I can tell you a few people I talked to in college that were not Twins fans actually would bring up Puckett and say how great he was etc. I think the same thing happened at some points of Adrian Peterson's career also but I never really gravitated to him for some reason. It was a long time ago but I really enjoyed watching Walter Payton.

[Monster]

This is where Houston's slavish devotion to the 3-pointer gets them in some trouble. They pass up easier open looks for harder, contested looks.

I agree but they have missed some very good looks though lately.

More than anything, this is where Houston misses Chris Paul.

Yeah if he actually would have hit some of those 32,556 threes they took and missed. Lol But seriously the Rockets made this a game without arguably the best all around player against GS even without Iggy is a pretty good team (GS depth has been kinda shaky though) the effort by the Rockets has absolutely been there. If Eric Gordon and or Ariza hits a couple 3's in that 3rd and early in the 4th quarter this game's outcome would have been even more interesting. Just rewind back to less than 12 months ago when the idea was nobody could even have a chance at GS. Houston made a heck of a run.

[Coolbreeze44]

I'm happy the Warriors style prevailed. But this proves that Warrior team is not in a class by themselves as many have suggested.

[Coolbreeze44]

Love Steph Curry. Oh what could have been.

[kekgeek]

Love Steph Curry. Oh what could have been.

That will be the great mystery, would Steph Curry be Steph Curry if he was drafted by the Wolves

[kekgeek]

Going to be a super interesting offseason for the rockets.

Paul/ ariza/Capela all free agents.

Do they want to pay max bucks to a aging productive superstar who once again got hurt in the playoffs.

Ariza will get paid somewhere, a great glue guy. But can they afford him.

Capela was awesome this year and is young and is a key reason they got homecourt this offseason. But do they want to pay a guy huge bucks when he is not optimal against the warriors. But is amazing against the rest of the NBA.

With all this said they were 1 game away from the finals with one of their superstars out hurt.

Still super interesting offseason.