Nalod wrote:

CrushAlot wrote:

Nalod wrote:It was great to see the bring in Dahnty Jones for a few minutes. He gives them more on offense than Shump.
Credit shump doing some good work on wearing down Curry.

This. I think it was because RJ had three fouls but Jones time on the court was one of the highlights of the first half for me. I don't how many minutes he can sustain but I would love to see him be a part of their rotation. You can tell he is loved by his teammates by the reactions they were having to his success. Also, I am rooting for the Cavs and I cringe when Shump is on the floor and especially when he touches the ball. I feel like it is just a matter of time before he turns the ball over, commits a foul, takes a bad shot etc.

He gave them energy off the bench. Good athletic kid who can play. He is one of those "on the cusp" type who can't seem to get big money and settle into a system.

Vmart wrote:I don't understand why people are giving so much credit to Cleveland being in game 7 this series has been influenced by outside forces. People seem just happy to see basketball being played but a grave injustice has been done in this series. I'm disgusted by it I'm just shocked that so many aren't. This can happen to our beloved Knicks if and when they are in this situation. Hell the have had their rug pulled out under them many times.

The refing has been poor all around. Love had some bogus foul calls on him that got him in early foul trouble and barley played in the first half of last game. Iggy seems to have tweeked his back so he wasnt able to give Lebron the fits that he normally does. Green got in trouble due to his own history of kicking players in the nuts. He almost got suspended the first time and just barely got off. So its understandable that he would get suspended for a blatant kick to the nuts.l given his history. Kylrie has gotten hot forcing Curry to have to work extremely hard on defense.

There has been a perfect storm of issues that has lead to this outcome. Dont know if we can pin it all on the NBA manipulating the outcome.

Vmart wrote:

newyorknewyork wrote:

Vmart wrote:I don't understand why people are giving so much credit to Cleveland being in game 7 this series has been influenced by outside forces. People seem just happy to see basketball being played but a grave injustice has been done in this series. I'm disgusted by it I'm just shocked that so many aren't. This can happen to our beloved Knicks if and when they are in this situation. Hell the have had their rug pulled out under them many times.

The refing has been poor all around. Love had some bogus foul calls on him that got him in early foul trouble and barley played in the first half of last game. Iggy seems to have tweeked his back so he wasnt able to give Lebron the fits that he normally does. Green got in trouble due to his own history of kicking players in the nuts. He almost got suspended the first time and just barely got off. So its understandable that he would get suspended for a blatant kick to the nuts.l given his history. Kylrie has gotten hot forcing Curry to have to work extremely hard on defense.

There has been a perfect storm of issues that has lead to this outcome. Dont know if we can pin it all on the NBA manipulating the outcome.

How can you not come to the conclusion that this has been manipulated by outside forces. Green get suspended when LeBron instigated. He doesn't get suspended for kicking Adams. Where is the logic here I'm not seeing it at all. If you guys don't question it and are happy to be fed a lie. This is not right when the masses get hoodwinked. they extended this for ratings we now know that refs have a lot of input into the series and can and do manipulate outcomes of games. There is a such thing as a superstar call. What does this tell you guys.

The fact that Green kicked Lebron in the nuts after kicking Adams is y he got suspended. They should have suspended him the first time, but let him off due to giving him the beneifit of the doubt. Or because they wanted to extend the OKC series. But that benefit of the doubt lead to a harsher penalty since Green blatantly kicked Lebron. Which leads to the question. Did he purposely kick Adams as well?. Even if Lebron instigated, Green used excessive force. Either way the league would look bad. As they can't allow a player to continue to kick other players in there testicles and have no repercussions for it.

Rewatch game 6 and tell me how many open jumpers GSW missed in that first half. Or how Iggy could hardly move cuz his back was messed up. Or Bogut missing the rest of the playoffs. Or Curry having trouble guarding Irving. There are ple try of things going on that the NBA has no control over that are a favoring the Cavs.

And GSW still may win.

crzymdups wrote:

NYKBocker wrote:NBA is a copycat league. How many teams are now looking to mimic the Cavs now after this?

Lebron has proven you can't copycat him. I think that's why so many people were excited about the Warriors - because it seemed like a model you could copy. But I don't know if you can easily copy Steph, Klay, and Draymond either.

Though I do wonder how this Finals outcome will influence Free Agency.

I think it means a max deal for Conley, as the importance of defense was once again hammered home.

LeBron is one of a kind but I think teams are now looking for more bigs like Love and Thompson since I think they were the difference that LeBron needed. They will also be looking for a Kyrie Type guard.

Love and Thompson are like the Davis boys, Oak and Mason, Rodman and Salley where they are PFs playing the 4 and 5 together and cleaning up the boards. Except Love can shoot from the perimeter.