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Indy wrote:

TheOriginalOriginal wrote:

Superbone wrote:

JCSunsfan wrote:Durant's defection to the Warriors has made this entire playoffs much less interesting. Imagine if he was still playing with the Thunder. The battle in the west between Houston, OKC, GS, and San Antonio would be VERY interesting. Now OKC is depleted and GS is the favorite above everyone else.

Totally agree. Durant sucks for his decision which ruined the balance of power.

And for this, I will forever root against him, just like LeBron. If they meet in the finals, I will boo them both, but root harder for Durant to lose, because, screw that guy.

Should his allegiance be to himself or his boss? Where do you stand in your professional life?

It's sports, that's all it is to me. Obviously ones allegiance should always be to ones self (unless there are children involved) but I don't care when it comes to sports. Ruin competitive balance of a sport i love, I will root against you. I do not care if Durant did what he did for himself, I'm not gonna root for him. Same with LeBron.

TheOriginalOriginal wrote:

Indy wrote:

TheOriginalOriginal wrote:

Superbone wrote:

JCSunsfan wrote:Durant's defection to the Warriors has made this entire playoffs much less interesting. Imagine if he was still playing with the Thunder. The battle in the west between Houston, OKC, GS, and San Antonio would be VERY interesting. Now OKC is depleted and GS is the favorite above everyone else.

Totally agree. Durant sucks for his decision which ruined the balance of power.

And for this, I will forever root against him, just like LeBron. If they meet in the finals, I will boo them both, but root harder for Durant to lose, because, screw that guy.

Should his allegiance be to himself or his boss? Where do you stand in your professional life?

It's sports, that's all it is to me. Obviously ones allegiance should always be to ones self (unless there are children involved) but I don't care when it comes to sports. Ruin competitive balance of a sport i love, I will root against you. I do not care if Durant did what he did for himself, I'm not gonna root for him. Same with LeBron.

So you are rooting against not because of the decision he made for himself (which might have been the best one he could make), but because it upset your enjoyment of NBA basketball? If so, I get it.

Yes.

No one asked me, but I don't care what these guys do with their FA decisions unless they are considering the Suns. I don't watch a lot of basketball outside of the Suns, the NBA playoffs, and UofA games.

carey wrote:No one asked me, but I don't care what these guys do with their FA decisions unless they are considering the Suns. I don't watch a lot of basketball outside of the Suns, the NBA playoffs, and UofA games.

Im generally the same, until the post season. I enjoy the do or die of all of it.

Cavs VS Warriors, a huge shocker.

Here's how my predictions have gone so far:

1ST ROUND EAST:
1 Boston beats 8 Chicago in 4 (4-0) (actual: Boston wins 4-2) - correct winner, off by 2 games
2 Cleveland beats 7 Indiana in 5 (4-1) (actual: Cleveland wins 4-0) - correct winner, off by 1 game
3 Toronto beats 6 Milwaukee in 5 (4-1) (actual: Toronto wins 4-2) - correct winner, off by 1 game
4 Washington beats 5 Atlanta in 6 (4-2) (actual: Washington wins 4-2) - correct winner, correct games

1ST ROUND WEST:
1 Golden State beats 8 Portland in 4 (4-0) (actual: Golden State wins 4-0) - correct winner, correct games
2 San Antonio beats 7 Memphis in 6 (4-2) (actual: San Antonio wins 4-2) - correct winner, correct games
3 Houston beats 6 Oklahoma City in 5 (4-1) (actual: Houston wins 4-1) - correct winner, correct games
4 LA Clippers beats 5 Utah in 6 (4-2) (actual: Utah wins 4-3) - wrong winner :'(

How did y'all do?

Every prediction I made for the first round was correct
It's one game late but I'll actually make them for the second round:
- Cleveland over Toronto in 6,
- I'd say Wizards in 7 if Kieff can still play, Celtics in 6 if not,
- Warriors sweep the Jazz, not enough offense for Utah,
- Rockets over Spurs in 7.

PS: Good predictive performance Mori(M)arty.

I picked all the right winners for the first round, not the right number of games. I went Houston over spurs, warriors over jazz, wizards over Celtics, and raptors over Cavs

I predicted all the correct winners. I was off by only 1 game total in the East (Boston/Chicago series) and 1 game total in the West (Houston/OKC).

Picked ATL and LAC over Wizards and Jazz.

Hermen wrote:Every prediction I made for the first round was correct
It's one game late but I'll actually make them for the second round:
- Cleveland over Toronto in 6,
- I'd say Wizards in 7 if Kieff can still play, Celtics in 6 if not,
- Warriors sweep the Jazz, not enough offense for Utah,
- Rockets over Spurs in 7.

PS: Good predictive performance Mori(M)arty.

8/10

Indy wrote:

Hermen wrote:PS: Good predictive performance Mori(M)arty.

8/10

^_^

Second round predictions: (I know the second round has already started but these were my thoughts before the games tipped off, just didn't find the time to post)

Cleveland - Toronto: 4-3 Cleveland
Washington - Boston: 4-3 Washington

San Antonio - Houston: 4-3 Houston
Golden State - Utah: 4-1 Golden State

Not that confident in any of these.

pickle wrote:Second round predictions: (I know the second round has already started but these were my thoughts before the games tipped off, just didn't find the time to post)

Cleveland - Toronto: 4-3 Cleveland
Washington - Boston: 4-3 Washington

San Antonio - Houston: 4-3 Houston
Golden State - Utah: 4-1 Golden State

Not that confident in any of these.

It's risky to predict that Houston will beat Houston.

More seriously, I don't think Toronto has a chance against Cleveland. But we can hope.

O_Gardino wrote:

pickle wrote:Second round predictions: (I know the second round has already started but these were my thoughts before the games tipped off, just didn't find the time to post)

Cleveland - Toronto: 4-3 Cleveland
Washington - Boston: 4-3 Washington

San Antonio - Houston: 4-3 Houston
Golden State - Utah: 4-1 Golden State

Not that confident in any of these.

It's risky to predict that Houston will beat Houston.

More seriously, I don't think Toronto has a chance against Cleveland. But we can hope.

His format was: teamA - teamB: winnerWins-loserWins winningTeam
Houston was just the only winning team not in the teamA position

Hermen wrote:

O_Gardino wrote:

pickle wrote:Second round predictions: (I know the second round has already started but these were my thoughts before the games tipped off, just didn't find the time to post)

Cleveland - Toronto: 4-3 Cleveland
Washington - Boston: 4-3 Washington

San Antonio - Houston: 4-3 Houston
Golden State - Utah: 4-1 Golden State

Not that confident in any of these.

It's risky to predict that Houston will beat Houston.

More seriously, I don't think Toronto has a chance against Cleveland. But we can hope.

His format was: teamA - teamB: winnerWins-loserWins winningTeam
Houston was just the only winning team not in the teamA position

Ah, gottcha. It makes perfect sense; I just scanned and reacted.

To be fair, Houston could totally beat Houston if they get hot with their shooting.

Hermen wrote:

O_Gardino wrote:

pickle wrote:Second round predictions: (I know the second round has already started but these were my thoughts before the games tipped off, just didn't find the time to post)

Cleveland - Toronto: 4-3 Cleveland
Washington - Boston: 4-3 Washington

San Antonio - Houston: 4-3 Houston
Golden State - Utah: 4-1 Golden State

Not that confident in any of these.

It's risky to predict that Houston will beat Houston.

More seriously, I don't think Toronto has a chance against Cleveland. But we can hope.

His format was: teamA - teamB: winnerWins-loserWins winningTeam
Houston was just the only winning team not in the teamA position

You must be a programmer... you summed that up way better than I could have.

Kinda weird that Utah is the only one with a state name, and not the city name...

pickle wrote:

Hermen wrote:

O_Gardino wrote:

pickle wrote:Second round predictions: (I know the second round has already started but these were my thoughts before the games tipped off, just didn't find the time to post)

Cleveland - Toronto: 4-3 Cleveland
Washington - Boston: 4-3 Washington

San Antonio - Houston: 4-3 Houston
Golden State - Utah: 4-1 Golden State

Not that confident in any of these.

It's risky to predict that Houston will beat Houston.

More seriously, I don't think Toronto has a chance against Cleveland. But we can hope.

His format was: teamA - teamB: winnerWins-loserWins winningTeam
Houston was just the only winning team not in the teamA position

You must be a programmer... you summed that up way better than I could have.

Kinda weird that Utah is the only one with a state name, and not the city name...

Around the league, there's also Indiana and Minnesota. Does New York count?