He's a bonehead, but he's our bonehead.

TripleThreat wrote:

GustavBahler wrote:Watching Game 1 Man I hope LeBron doesnt go to Philly. Would add a few more years to his effectiveness. That and Boston would be trouble.

Klutch Sports is based in Southern California. Not a huge secret around the league or sports in general, LBJ wants to be an icon/mogul ( i.e. the way Jay Z developed Roc Nation) and do representation for not just the mass of the NBA, but other sports and other interests.

By extension, Nike wants his visibility raised in LA, he is the tip of the spear in recruiting new basketball clients for Nike. The true litmus for any representation is not when superstars get paid ( because they always get paid) but how you can get fringe guys paid. The stupid deal for Tristan Thompson was bad for the Cavs and bad for actually winning, but good for Klutch Sports. If you can get a mediocre guy big money and even a Nike endorsement deal, then you can be seen to do that for anyone. We all saw how the Roc Nation brand got Robinson Cano and got him a mega deal with the Mariners. Cano is a good player, but he's not a player worth that much. But getting that much establishes that Roc Nation can do that for you. If Mike Trout or Bryce Harper get massive contracts, so what? How hard is it for an agent to get that for you if you are a Mike Trout? A Steph Curry? A Tom Brady?

It's hard to see LBJ going anywhere but to the Lakers.

He is the biggest star on the basketball planet, if not all of it.
In Cleveland. Why does Los Angeles even matter? He gonna sell more shoes being in LA?
Durant was a mega star in OKC. Might be less so now in GSW.
He will go Hollywood one day with movie production company but that been going on for a while.
I understand and agree with some but where he plays is not that significant.

Marv wrote:JR Smith says he is putting the last game behind him and just focusing on tonight’s game, Game 3.

LOL

Vmart wrote:

GustavBahler wrote:Cavs playing like they still cant believe they lost Game 1 the way they did. Body language sucks. If the Cavs lose, I will be very surprised if they dont pick Young or Sexton. They desperately need a shot of adrenaline.

The Cavs are simply out classed. One team is a well oiled machine the other is a make shift of parts. There is a difference when everyone looks for a teammate to pass to, as opposed to one looking for teammates to pass to. How many open looks did Draymond give up just to pass.

he better give it up. man is a born bricklayer.

durant bails out steph yet again. most pampered overrated star in the league imo. would have zero titles without iguodala and durant.

and how big a favor did lue do rodney hood last night? now he goes into rfa with people remembering this game instead of the one where he refused to play.

Nalod wrote:

Marv wrote:

Vmart wrote:

GustavBahler wrote:Cavs playing like they still cant believe they lost Game 1 the way they did. Body language sucks. If the Cavs lose, I will be very surprised if they dont pick Young or Sexton. They desperately need a shot of adrenaline.

The Cavs are simply out classed. One team is a well oiled machine the other is a make shift of parts. There is a difference when everyone looks for a teammate to pass to, as opposed to one looking for teammates to pass to. How many open looks did Draymond give up just to pass.

he better give it up. man is a born bricklayer.

durant bails out steph yet again. most pampered overrated star in the league imo. would have zero titles without iguodala and durant.

and how big a favor did lue do rodney hood last night? now he goes into rfa with people remembering this game instead of the one where he refused to play.

Two time MVP Steph Curry does have a chip without Durant. Iggy has been part of that team for some time and was one of the vets that helped mold the youngin's.
Durant inclusion was awful for the rest of the league.
Cav's got hosed in game one and Lebron, like wilt can carry a team far but often enough there is a cruel reality the Cav's call GSW. Wilt had the Celtics.
Knicks had the Bulls.
Before we get all too sad take solace that Lakers and Jerry west were like 1-8 in his 9 trips to the finals. They were 1-3 vs. the knicks.
Celtics messed Lakers up bad in that Era.
GSW are a very good team!!!

Too young to have seen Wilt but I like that comparison

Marv wrote:

Nalod wrote:

Marv wrote:

Vmart wrote:

GustavBahler wrote:Cavs playing like they still cant believe they lost Game 1 the way they did. Body language sucks. If the Cavs lose, I will be very surprised if they dont pick Young or Sexton. They desperately need a shot of adrenaline.

The Cavs are simply out classed. One team is a well oiled machine the other is a make shift of parts. There is a difference when everyone looks for a teammate to pass to, as opposed to one looking for teammates to pass to. How many open looks did Draymond give up just to pass.

he better give it up. man is a born bricklayer.

durant bails out steph yet again. most pampered overrated star in the league imo. would have zero titles without iguodala and durant.

and how big a favor did lue do rodney hood last night? now he goes into rfa with people remembering this game instead of the one where he refused to play.

Two time MVP Steph Curry does have a chip without Durant. Iggy has been part of that team for some time and was one of the vets that helped mold the youngin's.
Durant inclusion was awful for the rest of the league.
Cav's got hosed in game one and Lebron, like wilt can carry a team far but often enough there is a cruel reality the Cav's call GSW. Wilt had the Celtics.
Knicks had the Bulls.
Before we get all too sad take solace that Lakers and Jerry west were like 1-8 in his 9 trips to the finals. They were 1-3 vs. the knicks.
Celtics messed Lakers up bad in that Era.
GSW are a very good team!!!

imo curry was getting owned that series by of all people delladova. iggy totally bailed him out and was the key to the series win. in fact as i recall he was the finals mvp.

He was. Iggy rose.

curry in 6 games shot 44%, 26ppg, 6 assists and 1.8 steals.

Marv wrote:

Nalod wrote:

Marv wrote:

Nalod wrote:

Marv wrote:

Vmart wrote:

GustavBahler wrote:Cavs playing like they still cant believe they lost Game 1 the way they did. Body language sucks. If the Cavs lose, I will be very surprised if they dont pick Young or Sexton. They desperately need a shot of adrenaline.

The Cavs are simply out classed. One team is a well oiled machine the other is a make shift of parts. There is a difference when everyone looks for a teammate to pass to, as opposed to one looking for teammates to pass to. How many open looks did Draymond give up just to pass.

he better give it up. man is a born bricklayer.

durant bails out steph yet again. most pampered overrated star in the league imo. would have zero titles without iguodala and durant.

and how big a favor did lue do rodney hood last night? now he goes into rfa with people remembering this game instead of the one where he refused to play.

Two time MVP Steph Curry does have a chip without Durant. Iggy has been part of that team for some time and was one of the vets that helped mold the youngin's.
Durant inclusion was awful for the rest of the league.
Cav's got hosed in game one and Lebron, like wilt can carry a team far but often enough there is a cruel reality the Cav's call GSW. Wilt had the Celtics.
Knicks had the Bulls.
Before we get all too sad take solace that Lakers and Jerry west were like 1-8 in his 9 trips to the finals. They were 1-3 vs. the knicks.
Celtics messed Lakers up bad in that Era.
GSW are a very good team!!!

imo curry was getting owned that series by of all people delladova. iggy totally bailed him out and was the key to the series win. in fact as i recall he was the finals mvp.

He was. Iggy rose.

curry in 6 games shot 44%, 26ppg, 6 assists and 1.8 steals.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fancy-stats/wp/2015/06/10/matthew-dellavedova-is-shutting-down-the-warriors-and-lifting-the-cavs/?utm_term=.746a9c3082f1

Matthew Dellavedova is shutting down the Warriors and lifting the Cavs
By Neil Greenberg June 10, 2015 Email the author

Cleveland Cavaliers guard Matthew Dellavedova goes for a loose ball with Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)

The Golden State Warriors won 67 games during the regular season and rolled into the NBA Finals as the favorite. Their victory in Game 1 against the Cleveland Cavaliers made it seem like their dream of becoming NBA champions would turn into a reality – until Matthew Dellavedova turned it into a nightmare.

In Game 2, Dellavedova was tasked with stopping the league’s reigning MVP in Stephen Curry, who shot 5 for 23 from the field and 2 for 15 from behind the three-point line.
Steph Curry, Game 2 of 2015 NBA Finals
Steph Curry, Game 2 of 2015 NBA Finals

Dellavedova denied Curry the ball off screens and contested shots all night.

Curry saw 16 of his 23 shots that night have a defender within four feet (very tight or tight coverage) and made just three of them. In Game 1, only 10 of his 20 shots were with a defender that close by. In Game 3, 13 of Curry’s shots were closely guarded although he made eight of them.

Overall, the Warriors are scoring 92.8 points per 100 possessions with Dellavedova on the court and 109.7 when he is on the bench. That disparity is even worse for Curry.

But Dellavedova is chipping in on offense, too. The undrafted Australian scored 20 points on Tuesday night — his highest scoring game of the season — to become just the second player to score 20 or more in a Finals game without recording any 20-point games in the previous regular season or first three rounds of the playoffs (Mike Miller, 2012). Dellavedova was so exhausted after the game he needed an IV and was taken to a local hospital in an ambulance for further treatment after he experienced severe cramps.

“He plays as hard as he can every day,” Cavaliers Coach David Blatt said. “He plays right. He’s not afraid. He plays courageously. And everybody on his team has his back. It’s not an issue of confidence. He is going to give you whatever he has.”

Though James is a shoo-in to win Finals MVP, should the Cavs win the title, Dellavedova has done enough to put himself in the conversation for the award. According to Michael Beuoy’s “kitchen sink” win probability added model, which quantifies the win probability contributions for every box score stat we can measure and attribute at the player level, only LeBron James has had more of an impact during the Finals. But no player has been more productive in the clutch, defined here as the last five minutes of a game in which the point differential is five or less.

Lower-seeded teams like Cleveland who take a 2-1 series lead in the Finals have gone on to win the championship 75 percent of the time, so the outlook for Golden State is dim.

“I’m telling you that right now,” Klay Thompson said, “if we get our offense back, which we will, we’re going to win this series.”

Not if Dellavedova keeps giving everything he has.
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I get it. Then there were 3 more games. GSW won the series.
I rooted then and now for Cavs.

BigRedDog wrote:

Nalod wrote:

Marv wrote:

Vmart wrote:

GustavBahler wrote:Cavs playing like they still cant believe they lost Game 1 the way they did. Body language sucks. If the Cavs lose, I will be very surprised if they dont pick Young or Sexton. They desperately need a shot of adrenaline.

The Cavs are simply out classed. One team is a well oiled machine the other is a make shift of parts. There is a difference when everyone looks for a teammate to pass to, as opposed to one looking for teammates to pass to. How many open looks did Draymond give up just to pass.

he better give it up. man is a born bricklayer.

durant bails out steph yet again. most pampered overrated star in the league imo. would have zero titles without iguodala and durant.

and how big a favor did lue do rodney hood last night? now he goes into rfa with people remembering this game instead of the one where he refused to play.

Two time MVP Steph Curry does have a chip without Durant. Iggy has been part of that team for some time and was one of the vets that helped mold the youngin's.
Durant inclusion was awful for the rest of the league.
Cav's got hosed in game one and Lebron, like wilt can carry a team far but often enough there is a cruel reality the Cav's call GSW. Wilt had the Celtics.
Knicks had the Bulls.
Before we get all too sad take solace that Lakers and Jerry west were like 1-8 in his 9 trips to the finals. They were 1-3 vs. the knicks.
Celtics messed Lakers up bad in that Era.
GSW are a very good team!!!

1-3 vs Knicks? Knicks won 69, 72 and lost to them in 71. Am I missing a final?

No, your correct. 1-2. Technically the years were 69-70, 71-72, 72-73. Records will say Won 1970, 1973, Lost 1972.

Vmart wrote:

Marv wrote:

Nalod wrote:

Marv wrote:

Vmart wrote:

GustavBahler wrote:Cavs playing like they still cant believe they lost Game 1 the way they did. Body language sucks. If the Cavs lose, I will be very surprised if they dont pick Young or Sexton. They desperately need a shot of adrenaline.

The Cavs are simply out classed. One team is a well oiled machine the other is a make shift of parts. There is a difference when everyone looks for a teammate to pass to, as opposed to one looking for teammates to pass to. How many open looks did Draymond give up just to pass.

he better give it up. man is a born bricklayer.

durant bails out steph yet again. most pampered overrated star in the league imo. would have zero titles without iguodala and durant.

and how big a favor did lue do rodney hood last night? now he goes into rfa with people remembering this game instead of the one where he refused to play.

Two time MVP Steph Curry does have a chip without Durant. Iggy has been part of that team for some time and was one of the vets that helped mold the youngin's.
Durant inclusion was awful for the rest of the league.
Cav's got hosed in game one and Lebron, like wilt can carry a team far but often enough there is a cruel reality the Cav's call GSW. Wilt had the Celtics.
Knicks had the Bulls.
Before we get all too sad take solace that Lakers and Jerry west were like 1-8 in his 9 trips to the finals. They were 1-3 vs. the knicks.
Celtics messed Lakers up bad in that Era.
GSW are a very good team!!!

imo curry was getting owned that series by of all people delladova. iggy totally bailed him out and was the key to the series win. in fact as i recall he was the finals mvp.

Curry was battling injuries all that series. If the league didn’t bushwhack GSW your looking at 4 in a row. The league gave LeBron a token championship as a thank you.

what do you see as the league's bushwhack?