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[2017 NBA Finals] Golden State Warriors vs. Cleveland Cavaliers

Discussion in 'NBA Dish' started by Sajan, May 12, 2017.

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Who will win?

Poll closed May 31, 2017.

  1. GSW 4-0

    9 vote(s)
    7.6%

  2. GSW 4-1

    16 vote(s)
    13.4%

  3. GSW 4-2

    29 vote(s)
    24.4%

  4. GSW 4-3

    12 vote(s)
    10.1%

  5. CLE 4-0

    4 vote(s)
    3.4%

  6. CLE 4-1

    1 vote(s)
    0.8%

  7. CLE 4-2

    29 vote(s)
    24.4%

  8. CLE 4-3

    19 vote(s)
    16.0%
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  1. Carl Herrera

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    #1741 Carl Herrera, Jun 12, 2017
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  2. CometsWin

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    Easily.
     
    #1742 CometsWin, Jun 12, 2017
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    Yo
    You'd be amazing too if you had another MVP and 3 other all stars on the floor as well.
     
    #1743 htownrox1, Jun 12, 2017
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    Think about what happens to the durant lead cavs when he has to rest for 6-7 minutes every game instead of 2 cause he's not superhuman (aside from them being WAY worse cause he's not even close to James)
     
    #1744 astrosrule, Jun 12, 2017
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    technically speaking, LeBron is probably subtracting himself from his super teams and if he does that then he is right. not the fact for kd.
     
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    Yup, this cavs team is like a 6 or 7 seed without him, and those miami teams as we saw before and after him weren't much better
     
    #1746 astrosrule, Jun 12, 2017
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    LOL That dumb ass Nick Wright. Somehow got a national show.

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  8. don grahamleone

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    In LeBron's defense, there were 3 all-stars on his team and terrible depth. Mario Chalmers was one of their better players that they depended on as well as Udonis Haslem. The only true weakness that Golden State has is at center. They're deep, they start 4 allstars and they have an okay center.

    GSW didn't need Durant to win a title. They got really close last year without him against the same team. The only thing Golden State needed was a clean bill of health. Everything went right for them this year (within reason).
     
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    Agreed. I was happier for the Penguins repeating. And I don't even follow hockey that much. You are right on the money- embarrassment for the NBA.
     
    #1749 dandorotik, Jun 13, 2017
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    In all honesty what Lebron did was different. He left to build something. Durant got smashed by a team and joined them. IDK if you ever play pickup ball but when that happens you want to run it back and get the W, not join them.
     
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    Rockets are a Starting Power Forward away from contending for a title. . . .

    Rocket River
     
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    How is it again more embarrassing than when previous teams such as Bulls, Lakers, Heat were dominating the league???
    I just don't get this. (Unless you think those teams' dominance was equally "embarrasing".)

    Warriors went to three finals and won 2/3. Their core is aging. They MIGHT win 1 or 2 more at most if the keep the core together before they age out. Let's say the win the next two and win 3 out of 4. That's just one more title than Lakers and Heat and still 2 short of the Bulls since the 90s.
     
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    Not 5, not 6, not 7...
     
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    "My motivation is this ghost I'm chasing." -- LeBron James
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    It's time to head west, partner. Mankind progress from east to west.
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    KC, this is why we're friends. You get me.
     
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    I'm getting tired of people's defense for KD as "didn't Lebron do the same thing?" Not just on here, but I read it all over the place.
    1. LeBron didn't join a team that was already favored to win the championship.
    2. LeBron didn't join a team that just barely beat him the season before.
    3. The Heat (or Cavs) were great teams, but I consider the Warrior's "super team" on another level. If Lebron wasn't on the Cavs, we would be debating if they'd even get past the first round. If KD wasn't on the Warriors, we would be debating if they would have still won it all. Big difference.
    Great job on winning your championship KD. Now try to show some guts and win one on "your team".
     
    #1760 dream_team, Jun 13, 2017
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