NBA Finals 2017: Warriors vs Cavs

[JCSunsfan]

Yawn. I used to be interested in the Warriors until they took a 73 win team and added a ringer. No more drama. No more interest.

At least LeBron is being humbled.

[Indy]

Yawn. I used to be interested in the Warriors until they took a 73 win team and added a ringer. No more drama. No more interest.

At least LeBron is being humbled.

LeBron wasn't humbled when he got beat by the Spurs (including a sweep)? Or even his first year in Miami?

[Nodack]

As much as I hate these two teams being in the Finals three years ina row and the lack or parody, I still enjoy watching good basketball. Last nights game was fun to watch. The rent a ringer Durant has definitely been the difference maker. It looked like the Cavs were going to have a chance early. They came out with guns blazing and took a lead but, couldn't keep up that pace for 48 minutes. Lebron decided to take over and they couldn't stop him in the first half. I think he got tired in the second half and the Cavs tank went empty.

[JCSunsfan]

Time for a hard cap in the NBA. The Lux tax rewards teams that break it, and very poor teams.

[Mori Chu]

I really hope the Cavs win Game 3 just to add the slightest bit of interest to this series (and this Playoffs as a whole). Yawn.

[O_Gardino]

I hope the Cavs get swept. I would love to see a team that coasted through the regular season get slammed when they finally face a good team in the payoffs. More than that, I get tired of hearing how good these eastern conference teams are, when it seems obvious to me that the Cavs are the only solid playoff team in the whole conference. Boston would have been 7th in the west, and Toronto might have beaten out Portland, I guess.

[ShelC]

Agreed. I hate that they turn it on and off, their guys take games off to "save themselves". Yea, saved themselves to get swept in the finals.

[Indy]

A finals sweep sucks for everyone. Nobody wants to see that, except Warriors fans. Although I guess it would be a very unique event to see a team go perfect in the playoffs.

[In2ition]

If Durant continues on this team in the future, which is considered a certainty, it will be incredibly difficult for anyone to dethrone them in the foreseeable future. I've said it before, you will need a team of two way players at every position that are versatile enough to switch defensively, smart enough to cover each other and rotate correctly, with everyone being above average shooters, above average passers and ball movement, efficient scorers, and the difference that might get you over the top is having a dominate front court post players that can overpower the opposition(although this seems like an outdated model and might interfere with the rest of the game plan).

It should be fun to watch teams(hopefully the Suns) create and build a team like this.

[iLLmatic]

It would be hilarious if he signed with GS. It wouldn't surprise me in the least neither.

[carey]

Apparently someone was smoking pot in the Cavs locker room after game 2. ESPN didn't run with it nor did any of the major networks but it was an ESPN reporter that said it on his personal twitter feed.

http://www.wkyc.com/sports/nba/cavalier ... /446045665

[Flagrant Fowl]

Apparently someone was smoking pot in the Cavs locker room after game 2. ESPN didn't run with it nor did any of the major networks but it was an ESPN reporter that said it on his personal twitter feed.

http://www.wkyc.com/sports/nba/cavalier ... /446045665

My money would be on an arena employee or media member. And I doubt they would've smoked in the locker room itself, but rather the reporter picked up the smell lingering on someone's clothes.

A funny story, but really a non issue for me. I'm somewhat surprised ESPN didn't pick it up because this is the exact type of BS they'd try to get 3 days of programing (inane debate) out of.

[Ring_Wanted]

Apparently someone was smoking pot in the Cavs locker room after game 2. ESPN didn't run with it nor did any of the major networks but it was an ESPN reporter that said it on his personal twitter feed.

http://www.wkyc.com/sports/nba/cavalier ... /446045665

My money would be on an arena employee or media member. And I doubt they would've smoked in the locker room itself, but rather the reporter picked up the smell lingering on someone's clothes.

A funny story, but really a non issue for me. I'm somewhat surprised ESPN didn't pick it up because this is the exact type of BS they'd try to get 3 days of programing (inane debate) out of.

JR Smith? Btw, he's been trash so far. SG and bench have done nothing for Cleveland in two games.

[Flagrant Fowl]

I didn't say it was impossible, and I assume that way more players use marijuana than those who don't in the NBA.

Just seems like an unnecessarily dumb thing for a player to do at that moment. So, yeah, I guess JR Smith has a history of that kind of thing.

[Mori Chu]

Why is it a dumb thing to do? Plenty of people smoke marijuana, and it is legal in several states. Would you think it was dumb if a player had a beer after a game? Or ate a hamburger?

[Cap]

Why is it a dumb thing to do?

Because it's a violation of their contract.

[Indy]

Why is it a dumb thing to do?

Because it's a violation of their contract.

This.

[Superbone]

I think when this season is done, the narrative of the Durant going to GSW will shift a bit. It will be that Durant went to a 73 win team and was clearly the best player on that team. It's hard to see how winning and being clearly the best player on a great team will be worse for his legacy than struggling to win while sharing the Best Player role on an average team. People are starting to forget that they are mad at him for moving, and by the end of his career it won't hurt his legacy at all.

Wow, I don't see that at all. I could have told you he'd be the best player on that stacked team before the season started. If you can't beat 'em, join 'em. Maybe after the Warriors win this finals, LeBron should join them for next season. They could compete for best player on the team while they win 77 games and sweep the playoffs. That would be fun.

[Nodack]

Lol

[carey]

I don't really care about Durant joining the Ws. It was a once in a lifetime thing that happened because of a strange cap spike and the player's union's greediness to have the money right away instead of over the course of a few seasons. The CBA has already been amended so something like this will never happen again. It also doesn't worry me because the Suns are so far away from competing and the Ws are plain fun to watch when they aren't acting like prima donnas.