2016-2017 Playoff Discussion

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  1. Daloyalfan18-Brandon

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    I don't want a stressful finals, please let the Warriors beat down the Cavs 4-0. Even if they go up 3-0 I'll still be nervous. I would need Spurs/Hou to steal two games to keep the Laker 15-1 record,
     
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    Exsqueeze me?!?!?!?!
     
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    This right here.
     
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    Cheap teams are gonna be cheap teams.
     
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    did manu get "fouled" on more 3 pt attempts than any other team?

    and again, blowing apart non-existent conspiracy theories is a waste of everyone's time.

    btw, i couldn't exactly follow the above, but it seems you're trying to prove he got calls after he got minutes, which could easily support the very conspiracy theories that you're so impressively (and needlessly) tearing down.

    well, i'd rather be with the vast majority in most cases. i don't think you're playing galileo here. saying harden doesn't get extremely and uniquely special treatment is flat-earth-ish. it requires similar suspension and misapplication of reason.

    not really. nba officials aren't very good. this limb is sturdy and has been for a long time.

    i honestly have no idea what you were trying to say here, either. that popovich once lost in the second round, thus isn't a great coach? or that resting players led to said second round loss? you're all over the place, man. none of it makes sense.

    other players get them, but not to the same degree. and it matters more to his game. lebron is still super effective when he doesn't get to the line. curry, durant, leonard. going back to kobe, magic, jordan. none of these people ever got the brand harden has, and for good reason. it's ironic that you chose ginobili, who sort of had that brand as well in his prime. not like harden, who has elevated (?) it to an art form, but similar trickery.


    wait--are you james harden? this might make sense. for which actions are you taking personal responsibility?

    perhaps in the mentally ill. my feelings about who's at fault for james harden in no way impact my personal life. i'm not blaming nba officials for the leak in my basement.

    here's a sports philosophy that shapes my harden-related sports opinion (see, it's relevant):

    harden cheats. he practically admits to cheating. nba officials sanction it, so it's not technically cheating. but if you were playing basketball for fun with your friends, and a guy drove into you, grabbed your arm, chucked the ball at the rim, and demanded fts, you might very well kick his a**. why should i be happy about paying to watch that, then? it's not basketball; it's ref-baiting. it's really not even "sport" per se.
     
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    Resting players has made no more impact that teams that don't. In fact, he had more success when he didn't. But yes, with all the talent and development and that's far from a scrub coach, yes, should have more success. At least on back to back and embarrassing 1st and 2nd round losses. The two things can be the true; his resting players is a flawed practice and he is a bit overrated as a coach.

    Also, I don't why you're fixated on the 3pt thing. A garbage foul is a garbage foul. So he probably does that most 2 times a game. So if those are inside the line we're talking about a 2 point difference. And btw, he doesn't get them all the time so every time he tries and fails he takes points off.
     
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    Maybe not sweep but I'd think the Bulls would have won that series.
     
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    I don't understand why Lou Williams isn't in the game...
     
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    Houston lost that cause for some odd reason, lou Williams didn't get playing time in the end...
     
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    That was an epic choke by James Harden, has to be up there with the best chokes of all time!

    :Shaqlaughing 2:
     
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    lucky for him, parker went down and now leonard may be hurt? if leonard's compromised at all, houston will walk over SA the next two games. well, run over.
     
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    Pau with the Vietnam flashbacks
     
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    I remember in 2011 when Bynum ran up the court screaming at Gasol and then Phil hit him in the chest. he was done as a Laker at that very moment. Too bad he didn't leave for another 3 years.

     
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    His numbers have been turrrible this series.
     
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    Bynum was balling that series, but in the end, he's remembered for getting tossed in the blowout loss.
     
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    What did he tweak? Only saw the last few minutes of regulation and overtime. He was already out but I see he played 38 minutes.
     

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