Hoops

NBA Finals: Warriors vs Cavs

So who wins if the teams do a straight up trade of Love for KD? I think that would make for a much more interesting Finals but I think the Cavs take it out.

If the league adjusted their salary cap, it destroys Cleveland and Portland before anyone else.

This is unfortunately what happens when the fans and media in general place so much emphasis on winning rings, and that's the be all and end all.

I also think a lot of it comes down to the actual culture of the Warriors, which I think was the main grab for Durant over anything else, they have fun playing the game the right way, and you can see that in their body language.

Cavs blew it. Was their last shot.

Viewership is up, but they might not get more than 4 games. Wonder if the league might look to adjust their salary cap rules as a result?

Cavs should have won. They blew it, we all know GSW are good enough to take a half chance like that. What a disaster that last minute and a half was.

Yeah thought if the Cavs could steal a game it would be this one. Did Green punch anyone in the nuts? Otherwise it's brooms

Was a great game until the last 3 mins, when the Cavs failed to score.

K Love and Kyrie (who otherwise played a good game) went 1-14 from three (7%).

Klay, KD and Curry went 15-27 (56%).

Possibly the three best volume shooters on the same team. So much fire power, so hard to contain.

I figured the Cavs would probably be able to "steal" one at home to avoid a sweep.
They sure messed that up! Get the brooms out :/

ZzzzzzzzZZZzzZZZzz

*yawn*

Agree. Green gets away with more than others. Lance Stephenson no 2.

Ugh this blows. The whole season has been inevitable for almost a whole year now which made it really hard to get into. I don't have any problem with KD having the right to do what he does, but the decision has killed the leagues showcase as a spectacle. If the best team can destroy the team who are clearly head and shoulders above the other 28, what is the point? Its like being one of the teams that isnt Barca or Real Madrid in la liga.

And how much leeway does Draymond Green get with the refs. He could be teched up after every call, while others where he blatantly yells and continues to carry on and nothing. I love the guy but a tech is a tech.

KD to GSW is a whole new level compared to those names above. MVP and All-Star goes to a team with three other All-Stars already and an MVP. Ridiculous.

lol

Let's not write the Cavs off just yet.
Maybe after game 3 we can do that....but I hope not.

Good point anon.

LBJ, Wade and Bosh shouldn't be sneezed at as far as teaming up talents in their prime. If anything, this Dubs team is showing that MIA trio underachieved.

Also, did you guys hear during the game that Jeff Van Gundy called Durant and Curry perhaps the best duo in the history of the game?

What do you think?

Personally I had Bryce Cotton and Casey Prather just above, but it is a good discussion :P

It's not as if Lebron went to South Beach just for the weather. Sheesh!

In his prime and joining another MVP, DPOY and one of the 3&D wings in their prime.

Most of the times you hear legendary names joining up, they're past their best.

KD to GSW is a whole new level compared to those names above. MVP and All-Star goes to a team with three other All-Stars already and an MVP. Ridiculous.

boring boring boring!

KD the ultimate glory hunter, his legacy.

"unprecedented and warrants comments of ring chasing."

How is it unprecedented? Kevin Garnett, Karl Malone, Charles Barkley, Clyde Drexler, Dennis Rodman etc It started happening many years ago.

There is talk of Chris Paul joining the Spurs. I think this would be the best chance of any team beating the Warriors.

Triple doubles by players from opposing teams. Only second time ever in the NBA playoffs:

According to Elias Sports Bureau, this was just the second time in NBA playoff history that two players recorded triple-doubles in the same game. The only other occurrence was in 1970 when Milwaukee’s Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and New York’s Walt Frazier both did so in a 1970 Eastern Division finals game.

still think kd move to gsw was poor form given okc were challenging the year before. unprecedented and warrants comments of ring chasing. would he have gone to them if they were say 6th last year for hypotheticals sake. prob no. yes they are the best at them moment and last 2years looked that way but cavs took them out. yes they will likely be the title holders for many years. if kd stayed at okc or moved to another team there may have meant more challenges and a more exciting season and an exciting future for NBA but the only excitement this season was the progress reports on westbrooks record breaking and thomas's brooklyn. rest of it was drawn out and mundane and obvious result of a gsw sweep will be done very soon and all anyone will remember is westbrook and thomas because people want something new and surprising not what is expected. boring.

Cavs could have the all star east team and still find it hard to compete with the Warriors. Can't see anyone coming near them for a long time.

Let's not forget that GSW won the first 2 games easily last year and still lost. Obviously this is a far better team with KD. And hopefully no series ending injuries or suspensions to anyone takes place like it did last year. But let's jump ahead and assume GSW take out the title as easily as their performance in game one suggests - and play a hypothetical game.

Who would the Cavs have to recruit to be able to compete with the Warriors next season? Let's say they swapped Love for Khawi Leonard. Now would that tip the balance in favour of the Cavs? Probably, but that's never going to happen. So are there any realistic possibilities out there for the Cavs to recruit to get close to the Warriors - Melo maybe?

How about some posters telling us Steve Kerr can't coach, just living on the legacy left by Mark Jackson aka Bevo.
And don't forget Golden State won a title before Durant arrived.

The irony of complaining about Golden State buying a title.. when Cleveland have the highest payroll in the league and spend $21 million more than the Warriors.

Buying a title with a former opponent superstar and MVP.

Barring any serious injuries, I'm predicting Warriors in 5. Covfefe will try to adjust and probably get 1 in Cleveland but quite obvious Durant and the Warriors core from last season would be extra determined to try and sweep.

Durant was so aggressive in game 1 its looking ominous and if the series degenerate into a tough slug-fest, Zaza gave them that nastiness that went missing when Bogut got injured last year.

Whatever. Buying a title with a former opponent superstar and MVP. Cavs or other teams could do the same if they spent the dollars and had players leave and join their nemesis team. Say what you like about LeBron, he moves to help players and teams become better for it.

GSW are on another level frankly and I when people ask me why I think they'll win, I can summarise it quite neatly with "they simply have too much firepower". Granted the Cavs can win, but the point being that it will take a number of Durant, Curry, Klay and Green (probably 3 of them) to be really off their game.

The finals don't really excite me too much - quite predictable and we're made to fall in love with the idea of a team of Curry, Durant, Klay, Green etc. winning the title.

AKA - incredible. Had to go check to make sure!

Warriors: 4 turnovers tied single-game NBA Finals low (2005 Pistons, 2013 Spurs).

Warriors with 31 assists and only 4 turn-overs compared to the Cavs with 15 assists and 20 turnovers! There's the game right there. You can't give these Dubs that many extra shots and expect to be close.

Not sure about the sweep, LeBron will probably pull one game out of his but. Bet when Curry and Durant go for 30+ and double figure assists, as they look like doing today, then they don't lose

Warriors sweep. Plus Warriors sweep for the next couple of years. They are on an upper echelon to every other team in the league.

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