NBA Season Part 2: Life In The Orlando Bubble

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  1. AussieLaker87

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    Only my humble opinion, but I do not think Riley hates LeBron. But he is competitive as hell and would love to beat Bron in the Finals.

    If Riley holds grudges, I think Rich Paul would probably be the one.
     
    AussieLaker87, Sep 18, 2020
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    Riley doesn't hate Lebron to the best of my knowledge. He felt hurt for a bit after he left, but I remember reading he now understands why Lebron did what he did.

    But as far as the C Bags. If I have zero foreknowledge of what will happen, then I want Boston to lose. But the most satisfying scenario would be Lakers beating Boston to tie them in all time titles.
     
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    Yeah but it would have been nice to face the C bag and destroy them.
     
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    Mia is for real, elite D and shooting everywhere
     
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    I am not scared of any of the teams left, but I think Miami is the toughest one standing and most difficult matchup. It would make for a good finals if that's what shakes out.
     
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    Yeah. They have a big man inside that can play defense nd make things hard on AD, and they have Butler on the wing that can at least annoy Lebron. But they have no answer for the Bald Eagle.
     
    Savory Griddles, Sep 18, 2020
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    i haven't watched enough of them, but there's got to be a way to make them pay for playing robinson and dragic both large minutes. neither can move his feet very well at all. would hope lebron would find them endlessly.
     
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    Hate was too strong of a word, but despite Riley’s comments about LeBron making the right choice, I still believe it would bring him joy to beat LeBron especially in the Finals. On the other hand LeBron also said I hurt him when Riley told him he was ruining his career by leaving Miami, so there’d be motivation on both sides.
     
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    they dont play robinson late gm, its dragic n herro but only saving grace is thats ALL Robinson does is shoot 3's, you cant run him off the 3pt line either cause he'll just pump fake you out and re-stablish himself for a 3. You basically cant let him catch and shoot at all just dog him all the way
     
    Khmrp, Sep 18, 2020
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    Miami is good and disciplined. Thay will have a lot of $ soon i think. Like 2 max contracts worth. Scary what Riley can come up with.
     
    Kenzo, Sep 18, 2020
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    Yikes!!
     
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    1 max, theyll have to extend Bam next yr and if they wanna keep their cap space theyll have to let go Dragic and Crowder who are both looking to get paid unless riley gives em 1 yr big contract deal with under table agreements he'll pay them long term after 21' season
     
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    riley is the king of getting away with shady dealings. i remember when udonis haslem, in his prime and having never made the big money, turned down larger offers from other teams to stay there, and everybody was just like, of course. like this is what normally happens.
     
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    God bless him though. I still love Riles.
     
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    we shouldn't have let him go elsewhere. i know we had jerry west, but we had a ton of cash, should have brought him back before he went to miami as an executive. he took our brand there, dammit.
     
    abeer3, Sep 19, 2020
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    Yup, it was evident with the jersey number font when I saw them the first time in those days.
     
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    Miami is Denver in the East. If they win the East, cool, but the moment they face the Lakers, they are toast.

    C Bags win Game 4, and things will swing in their favor. They need to win the East, lakers have to best them for 17. I want 17 off their scum bag a****.
     
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    he had nothing left to accomplish with the lakers and had pretty much overstayed his welcome as HC
     
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    Riley was indeed burned out of L.A. and wanted a new start. He came to Buss about the Miami offer. The latter encouraged him to take it.
     
    gcclaker, Sep 19, 2020
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    The players have all said that they were burned out with his practices. Said he beat the crap out of them. As much as they loved him, they wanted him out.
     
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