2014-2015 NBA Discussion Thread

LeBron and the Cavs got swept in 07 against the Spurs... Aren't you a Cleveland fan? You should've known about that.

Pretty sure there were other series his teams lost by 2 games... Maybe against the Magic back in like 08 or 09?

He's the best in the business though. No doubt. I don't really care who wins this series. I just want a good one, so I'm glad the Cavs won tonight.

Both teams and their fans have suffered enough. Wouldn't mind either team winning.

 

I didn't see your post prior to last night's game, though I said (maybe 2 pages back) that if the Cavs had been healthy they would win in 5.

And no, I didn't think the Cavs would've won last night. Honestly, with all of the injuries the Cavs have on their starting lineup, it's pretty incredible that they've made it this far and continue to play this well. David Blatt deserves a ton of credit (that he will never get).

If they win it all though... wow. That's really all I would be able to say. It'll be interesting to see what adjustments Kerr makes. Though if Delly keeps locking down "the MVP" I don't know what he can do.

 

You can't be serious.

The only one that's going to "shut down" Curry's shot is Stephen Curry.

Not some short clumsy white kid.

 

No. I mean he's a jump-shooter. As I typed it.

Players take jumpshots. He relies on it as it's 80% of his offense...


Christ I swear you're new to this. Age-old terminology.

 

Actually he was part of the problem they gave up the lead.

He was 4 of 21 after the 3rd quarter...

He was awful in the final 2 mins. (just like in game 1) and nonexistent in OT (just like in game 1)....

When your star player vanishes.... yeah, you can say he's the reason they lost the lead.


He also started turning the ball over in this time too. Melting down, completely.

 

Delly is one of the Cavs' better defensive players. He also shut down D.Rose in Game 6 against the Bulls. He's short, so he isn't that good against much taller folks (like Klay Thompson), but against PGs he's solid.

Of course, you know absolutely nothing about the team, so I guess I shouldn't expect you to know that.


As for LeBron losing the lead, DW is right. LeBron dribbled the ball off of his foot and then ran three or five really bad ISO plays where he never passed the ball and didn't make the shots. He always does that if we're in the lead and the clock is winding down, and it's always excruciatingly annoying.

 

Delly is awful. D Rose isn't hard to shut down anymore, he's awful too. High volume shooter, nothing more.

Watching LeBron is really hard to do these days. No question he's lost a step. What I dislike most about his game is he relies on the referees to be dominant. That's why he looks for so many calls, and complains so much. The NBA gives him calls he would only get, and excuses him from the rules of basketball as far as defending goes, he literally never fouls out yet he's the most physical player in the NBA. Doesn't add up.

He went 2-12 in 4th quarter and overtime. He's yet to make a legit field goal in 10 minutes of overtime play for the world championship. Anyone who thinks he had some legendary game is tricking themselves. He shot 31% from the field, 70% from free throw in the 4th and OT, did nothing to put the game away when they were up 11 with 3 minutes left and choked that lead away. He put up video game numbers because he played 50 minutes and no one else on Cleveland can.

Steph Curry and Klay thompson playing bad basketball won this game for Cleveland, not LeBron or Delly (lol).

 

Agree about LeBron though. Dude is just frustrating to watch.

But even the commentators were pointing out during the game that Delly was guarding Curry well.