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khans2k5 wrote:

BloopOracle wrote:wow the Bucks are beating down the Raptors 50-20 right now, Lowry and Derozen with another spectacular choke job, looks like our chances at Ibaka or Tucker are going up!

I'd be happy to take Lowry off their hands if they want to blow it up. Lots of good PG's in this draft and we have a high pick. How about it Masai?

Lowry has a player option for next year for 12 million so obviously he is opting out.

PorkChop wrote:Lebrons supporting cast just needs to keep games close going in to the 4th quarter. If they do so Lebron will take it from there, he's transforming himself much like Jordan did in his early 30s, he can take over games at will and while Jordan had an array of shots that couldn't be guarded Lebron has learned to use his size to get to the basket more efficiently and with relative ease. He's physically imposing much in the same way Shaq was.
If Korver or Smith get hot in the finals It opens so many easy lanes for Lebron to surgically pick apart the defense. If their making shots the Cavs will take care of business I believe

Agreed. Smith, Korver, and Chandler are key because they will need to fight fire with fire when they come up against Golden State and that means multiple guys that can hit 3's.

Q12543 wrote:

PorkChop wrote:Lebrons supporting cast just needs to keep games close going in to the 4th quarter. If they do so Lebron will take it from there, he's transforming himself much like Jordan did in his early 30s, he can take over games at will and while Jordan had an array of shots that couldn't be guarded Lebron has learned to use his size to get to the basket more efficiently and with relative ease. He's physically imposing much in the same way Shaq was.
If Korver or Smith get hot in the finals It opens so many easy lanes for Lebron to surgically pick apart the defense. If their making shots the Cavs will take care of business I believe

Agreed. Smith, Korver, and Chandler are key because they will need to fight fire with fire when they come up against Golden State and that means multiple guys that can hit 3's.

The Cavs real issue is whether they can play any defense. The last game against Pacers proved they can't and they can. GS probably won't be missing bunnies and wide open jumpers in the 2nd half of games for important lengthy stretches like the Pacers did.

monsterpile wrote:

Q12543 wrote:

PorkChop wrote:Lebrons supporting cast just needs to keep games close going in to the 4th quarter. If they do so Lebron will take it from there, he's transforming himself much like Jordan did in his early 30s, he can take over games at will and while Jordan had an array of shots that couldn't be guarded Lebron has learned to use his size to get to the basket more efficiently and with relative ease. He's physically imposing much in the same way Shaq was.
If Korver or Smith get hot in the finals It opens so many easy lanes for Lebron to surgically pick apart the defense. If their making shots the Cavs will take care of business I believe

Agreed. Smith, Korver, and Chandler are key because they will need to fight fire with fire when they come up against Golden State and that means multiple guys that can hit 3's.

The Cavs real issue is whether they can play any defense. The last game against Pacers proved they can't and they can. GS probably won't be missing bunnies and wide open jumpers in the 2nd half of games for important lengthy stretches like the Pacers did.

Agreed, which is why I think their offense needs to be peaking by the Finals.

monsterpile wrote:

khans2k5 wrote:

BloopOracle wrote:wow the Bucks are beating down the Raptors 50-20 right now, Lowry and Derozen with another spectacular choke job, looks like our chances at Ibaka or Tucker are going up!

I'd be happy to take Lowry off their hands if they want to blow it up. Lots of good PG's in this draft and we have a high pick. How about it Masai?

Lowry has a player option for next year for 12 million so obviously he is opting out.

Extensions seemed to be fixed in the new CBA so we could trade and extend him and not have to worry about him hitting free agency.

khans2k5 wrote:

monsterpile wrote:

khans2k5 wrote:

BloopOracle wrote:wow the Bucks are beating down the Raptors 50-20 right now, Lowry and Derozen with another spectacular choke job, looks like our chances at Ibaka or Tucker are going up!

I'd be happy to take Lowry off their hands if they want to blow it up. Lots of good PG's in this draft and we have a high pick. How about it Masai?

Lowry has a player option for next year for 12 million so obviously he is opting out.

Extensions seemed to be fixed in the new CBA so we could trade and extend him and not have to worry about him hitting free agency.

Ok I get what you are thinking that makes sense.

Some fun games tonight. I just finished watching CP3 take over at the end of a game. He also had one play where he mugged Hayward for an entire possession and there was no call. Utah didn't score enough that was the issue. Favors doesn't move all that well if he has to play extended time at PF.

OKC won Westbrook got other guys involved and they stepped up.

Boston gets back on track the Bulls PGs Grant and MCW combined for 9 points 3 assists and 5 fouls. I saw some fans say Rondo has played through some worse injuries he may need to come back sooner rather than later. I didn't see much of that game.

If you are interested in watching some of these games and you don't have cable or whatever I found the best way to watch these games is google "NBA streams" and click on the Reddit thread. Then just go to the thread for the game you want to watch. I end up having better luck with the streams playing on my iPhone which is a negative in some ways but it also means I can do more around the house while watching a game. Just being able to watch any of these games when they are on is pretty sweet. I don't feel guilty about it either since I paid for my regular season Wolves games and I paid for a month of Sling TV. I don't think the poor NBA and networks will go hungry anytime soon. Lol

Another season ending injury for the Clippers in the playoffs. Wow. Rinse and repeat. That franchise really is cursed.

thedoper wrote:Another season ending injury for the Clippers in the playoffs. Wow. Rinse and repeat. That franchise really is cursed.

Griffin is such a pansy.

I couldn't help but laugh when I saw "Griffin out the remainder of the playoffs with a hurt toe." They should let him walk.

TheFuture wrote:

thedoper wrote:Another season ending injury for the Clippers in the playoffs. Wow. Rinse and repeat. That franchise really is cursed.

Griffin is such a pansy.

I couldn't help but laugh when I saw "Griffin out the remainder of the playoffs with a hurt toe." They should let him walk.

He's a strange talent. He can be physically dominant but his body seems to give out. Like Stoudamire and McDyess a bit. I never liked how much he dives for someone so big. He also mixes up a lot of chippy play. All that being said I think I'd still like him if he was our 4, although I'd be worried about price and injury risk.