NBA Playoffs 2016-17 G/V: The Playoffs Are A Band Metaphor Now

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tanglewood1420: Oct 28, 2010; The importance of this mission cannot be overemphasized

Zogo posted:

code:

Player		Consecutive Finals Appearances	Years
Bill Russell	10				1957-1966
Sam Jones	9				1958-1966
Tom Heinsohn	9				1957-1965
Frank Ramsey	8				1957-1964
K.C. Jones	8				1959-1966
Bob Cousy	7				1957-1963
James Jones     7                               2011-2017
LeBron James	7				2011-2017

# ? May 26, 2017 23:51

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# ? May 14, 2024 03:30

zoux: Apr 28, 2006

Post your Warriors hatespirations yall

https://twitter.com/SamHustis/status/868229122513813504

# ? May 27, 2017 00:01

Cool Buff Man: Jul 30, 2006; bitch

zoux posted:

Post your Warriors hatespirations yall

https://twitter.com/SamHustis/status/868229122513813504

Goddamnit

# ? May 27, 2017 00:10

Dejan Bimble: Mar 24, 2008; we're all black friends; Plaster Town Cop

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# ? May 27, 2017 00:13

R.D. Mangles: Jan 10, 2004

who do you all think is going to win the nba finals championship

# ? May 27, 2017 00:23

Kibner: Oct 21, 2008; Acguy Supremacy

R.D. Mangles posted:

who do you all think is going to win the nba finals championship

The casuals

# ? May 27, 2017 00:24

Dutchy: Jul 8, 2010

I believe those lil scrappers from the bay are gonna pull it off

# ? May 27, 2017 00:25

Away all Goats: Jul 5, 2005; Goose's rebellion

R.D. Mangles posted:

who do you all think is going to win the nba finals championship

The guy taking the hardest road. But I want nothing more than to be wrong about this.

Away all Goats fucked around with this message at 00:35 on May 27, 2017

# ? May 27, 2017 00:33

zoux: Apr 28, 2006

R.D. Mangles posted:

who do you all think is going to win the nba finals championship

Always expect the worst outcome. We definitely used up our "cool sports outcome" mojo last year so it's all Warriors, Yankees and Pats championships from here on out.

And uh Penguins I guess? I don't know about hockey team.s

# ? May 27, 2017 00:36

Ghost Dog: Aug 17, 2016

Away all Goats posted:

The guy taking the hardest road. But I want nothing more than to be wrong about this.

why dont you want lebron to win smh

# ? May 27, 2017 00:40

zelah: Dec 1, 2004; Diabetes, you are not invited to my pizza party.

Normally I want nothing but the worst for Lebron and the state of Ohio, but gently caress KD and gently caress the warriors

# ? May 27, 2017 00:44

Sharparoni: Jan 11, 2004; THE MOST EXCITING MASCOT IN THE LAST 4000 YEARS OF COLLEGE SPORTS

R.D. Mangles posted:

who do you all think is going to win the nba finals championship

Whoever SAS picks against

https://twitter.com/LeKingJames23/status/867940091557277696

# ? May 27, 2017 00:57

Away all Goats: Jul 5, 2005; Goose's rebellion

Sharparoni posted:

Whoever SAS picks against

https://twitter.com/LeKingJames23/status/867940091557277696

He picked Cavs this year iirc.

# ? May 27, 2017 01:08

DeimosRising: Oct 17, 2005; �Hola SEA!

Zogo posted:

code:
Player		Consecutive Finals Appearances	Years
Bill Russell	10				1957-1966
Sam Jones	9				1958-1966
Tom Heinsohn	9				1957-1965
Frank Ramsey	8				1957-1964
K.C. Jones	8				1959-1966
Bob Cousy	7				1957-1963
LeBron James	7				2011-2017
Sounds plausible.

The 2001 Lakers won it all doing that.

2011 had the Heat, Mavericks and Lakers. I'm not seeing any other serious ones.

By the end of the season I understand that your system (accurately I think) rules out Boston, Orlando, Chicago (not sure why), SAS, and Denver, but those were all good teams that with slightly different breaks could have been in contention by the end. Orlando panicked and got worse mid season, Boston was in the finals the year before and took Miami to 7 the next year so clearly they weren't worlds away, Spurs had a Manu injury round one against the Grizzlies iirc, and so on. Slightly breaks and those teams are positioned to contend. This year from preseason on there were really only three teams in striking distance.

# ? May 27, 2017 01:11

Artic Puma: Jun 22, 2007; Chef Curry with the pot, boy!

My dad is flying out from Oakland for games 3 & 4 and I am driving up from DC to go to game 4 with him. I'm so hype y'all!!

EvanTH posted:

Net neutrality stuff is so annoyingly named I always have to look up which side is which. I guess that's deliberate tho', like Right To Work is anti-labor, Concerned Citizens For Fire Safety is the asbestos manufacturers, The American Petroleum Institute is an association of multinational oil producers, etc.

I don't get why you would lump net neutrality in with these others. The internet being neutral seems like what you would want and being pro net neutrality is the good side!

Artic Puma fucked around with this message at 01:20 on May 27, 2017

# ? May 27, 2017 01:18

Noctone: Oct 25, 2005; XO til we overdose..

Sharparoni posted:

Whoever SAS picks against

https://twitter.com/LeKingJames23/status/867940091557277696

as loth as i am to give SAS any leeway, to be fair he probably would've been right about the 2015 finals if kyrie hadn't gotten injured in the first game. lebron still almost pulled that series off essentially all on his own

# ? May 27, 2017 01:47

DeimosRising: Oct 17, 2005; �Hola SEA!

Noctone posted:

as loth as i am to give SAS any leeway, to be fair he probably would've been right about the 2015 finals if kyrie hadn't gotten injured in the first game. lebron still almost pulled that series off essentially all on his own

Warriors won by 8, 21, 13, and 8. Lost by 2 and 5. It wasn't very close. Irving certainly improves the offense, and by more than he hurts the defense, but I don't think he swings the series tbh. With Irving and Love I bet the Cavs win though.

# ? May 27, 2017 02:00

Dejan Bimble: Mar 24, 2008; we're all black friends; Plaster Town Cop

Cleveland is going to lose, but it feels like the Warriors are in a race against time, because they really need Igoudala and he gets older every year

# ? May 27, 2017 02:11

Metapod: Mar 18, 2012

guys i'm looking at the nets roster.... its so dire

# ? May 27, 2017 02:22

Cool Buff Man: Jul 30, 2006; bitch

Metapod posted:

guys i'm looking at the nets roster.... its so dire

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QpZMQEWf66g

# ? May 27, 2017 02:24

RaySmuckles: Oct 14, 2009; Grimey Drawer

Kibner posted:

The casuals

lmao

# ? May 27, 2017 02:28

Dejan Bimble: Mar 24, 2008; we're all black friends; Plaster Town Cop

Metapod posted:

guys i'm looking at the nets roster.... its so dire

Speaking of dire teams, the Philadelphia 7Tsixers have the number 36, 39, 46 50 picks

# ? May 27, 2017 02:34

TildeATH: Oct 21, 2010; by Lowtax

Kibner posted:

The casuals

Can confirm, these finals are going to own, bro.

# ? May 27, 2017 02:36

Redgrendel2001: Sep 1, 2006; you literally think a person saying their NBA team of choice being better than the fucking 76ers is a 'schtick'

a literal thing you think.

Dejan Bimble posted:

Speaking of dire teams, the Philadelphia 7Tsixers have the number 36, 39, 46 50 picks

They also own every Knicks second rounder for the next half decade.

# ? May 27, 2017 02:41

Libertine: Jun 21, 2004; When I die, I hope they say I made the eSports industry a better place than I made millions of dollars.

I think the Warriors will brutally win this series and put a touching capstone on this really effortless playoff season.

# ? May 27, 2017 02:44

DeimosRising: Oct 17, 2005; �Hola SEA!

The most important thing is that KD and Steph not win Finals MVP. Preferably they sell out to stop them and they look like chumps and the narrative is Draymond and Klay or even Iggy again had to save them from being weak scrub chokers

# ? May 27, 2017 02:56

Spring Break My Heart: Feb 15, 2012

DeimosRising posted:

The most important thing is that KD and Steph not win Finals MVP. Preferably they sell out to stop them and they look like chumps and the narrative is Draymond and Klay or even Iggy again had to save them from being weak scrub chokers

Dray is by far the least likable of the group.

# ? May 27, 2017 02:59

Kibner: Oct 21, 2008; Acguy Supremacy

TildeATH posted:

Can confirm, these finals are going to own, bro.

Fine with me! I like having more people watch my favorite sport.

# ? May 27, 2017 03:02

Shear Modulus: Jun 9, 2010

DeimosRising posted:

The most important thing is that KD and Steph not win Finals MVP. Preferably they sell out to stop them and they look like chumps and the narrative is Draymond and Klay or even Iggy again had to save them from being weak scrub chokers

even if the warriors win lebron should get mvp to make up for the 2015 one he should have won

# ? May 27, 2017 03:03

WhyteRyce: Dec 30, 2001

I loved the "well Iggy guarded LeBron the best therefore..." defense of his MVP

# ? May 27, 2017 03:04

DeimosRising: Oct 17, 2005; �Hola SEA!

Spring Break My Heart posted:

Dray is by far the least likable of the group.

Perhaps but that's not why it would be funny. It's just important that the core of the Warriors remains the Two Betas

I want a series that engenders "is javale McGee the MVP??!" Takes a la Danny green in 2013

# ? May 27, 2017 03:08

Tae: Oct 24, 2010; Hello? Can you hear me? ...Perhaps if I shout? AAAAAAAAAH!

JR Smith should take Curry on a car ride before the game

# ? May 27, 2017 03:11

Rick: Feb 23, 2004; When I was 17, my father was so stupid, I didn't want to be seen with him in public. When I was 24, I was amazed at how much the old man had learned in just 7 years.

R.D. Mangles posted:

who do you all think is going to win the nba finals championship

Michael Jordan has a war plane so whoever he backs, probably Lebron unless this is some sort of screw job to win Curry's loyalty by firebombing Cleveland.

# ? May 27, 2017 03:12

zoux: Apr 28, 2006

Metapod posted:

guys i'm looking at the nets roster.... its so dire

Thanks a lot Kevin Durant

# ? May 27, 2017 03:16

Sandeep: Mar 27, 2002; I should be working on Summoner 3 instead of engaging in political discussions

WhyteRyce posted:

I loved the "well Iggy guarded LeBron the best therefore..." defense of his MVP

Hey now, he limited LeBron to 36/13/9!

# ? May 27, 2017 03:50

WhyteRyce: Dec 30, 2001

He made this guy who had like 100% USG shoot under 40%!!!!!

# ? May 27, 2017 04:20

Carlosologist: Oct 13, 2013; Revelry in the Dark

This was a fun piece directly from Jon Bois's playbook

http://www.sbnation.com/nba/2017/5/26/15688344/lebron-james-playoffs-any-nba-team-2k-simulation

# ? May 27, 2017 04:34

Dejan Bimble: Mar 24, 2008; we're all black friends; Plaster Town Cop

I think he had a big chasedown block or something like that and kept making important defensive plays to start the transition, when their motion offense had stalled and wasn't producing points. It seems like 100 years ago.

Fingers crossed, at least we get to see full health Warriors vs full health Cavaliers and not the injury stuff of the last two.

# ? May 27, 2017 04:47

verbal enema: May 23, 2009; onlymarfans.com

And then all the starters for both teams get hurt and it's BENCH VS BENCH

# ? May 27, 2017 04:48

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# ? May 14, 2024 03:30

Shear Modulus: Jun 9, 2010

i will be shocked if pachulia or draymond don't injure anyone

# ? May 27, 2017 04:53

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