/nba/ - Raptors Up 3-1

Holy shit how can Ujiri a total stranger have more insight on Kawhi's personality and motives to base a business decision on the board man and make it pay off big time than Popovich who raised Kawhi and Danny from pups? How can Kawhi's coach of 7 years not have calmed him down enough to stop him from bolting and work out a satisfactory arrangement, yet Ujiri in one season show San Antonio, the model franchise, how they should've done it? Explain yourselves spics

Nah, but Lowry definitely does

/r/ing that pic of wade with a devious smile, usually titled "smug kobe".

Has there ever been a player as good as Steph Curry that shrunk as consistently in big moments as he does?

Its clear that it's going to be Kawhi but Lowry second choice for sure.

>sixers were the only team to give the raptors a fight
what the hell?

>Ayo, my ring, though..

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>the raptors can't beat 2 teams that each have 4 all stars and the league mvp
>kawhi wants to leave the NBA champs to play with an annual lottery team whose best player is some ex raptors bench scrub on a team who is an afterthought in its own city
>the biggest moment in Clippers history was a recorded phone call of their owner shitting on

I know you are a tourist but san antonio won 5 rings so that still puts them above the baby raptors. Kawhi mostly left because he couldn't trust the medical team, he even showed affection for pop after a game earlier this year, it wasn't pop

Celtics Larry Bird, Kevin McHale, and Robert Parish
Celtics Ray Allen, Kevin Garnett, and Paul Pierce
Spurs Tim Duncan, Manu Ginóbili, and Tony Parker
Heatles LeBron James, Dwyane Wade, and Chris Bosh
Warriors Steph, Klay, Draymond
Showtime Lakers Magic Johnson, Kareem, James Worthy
Lakers Shaq, Kobe, Derrick Fisher

1. Lakers (shaq, kobe, fisher)
2. Lakers (magic, Kareem, worthy)
3. Heatles
4. 80's Celtics
5. Raptors (Siakam, Lowry, Kawhi)
6. Spurs
7. 2009 Celtics
8. Larriers (only won 1 chip without durant due to injuries)

BOARD MAN BOARD MAN I’M A BOARD MAN

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Dubs don't have KD and they sacrificed their depth to sign him in the first place.

this is why he is the next jordan, literally goes to shit franchises and brings rings home instead of joining super teams to do it

Joel Embiid is made of glass yet he still played until the very end.

Durant has been out for weeks and no peep from him, likely saving himself for max dollars.

Based kendrick. He's also based when he goes on talk shows

Why does everyone hate Lowry except Raptor fans?

I think he’s one of the most hated players in the NBA, like same level as Draymond and Harden.

Enjoy it while it last leafs, you might have taken down the golden gate bridge, but you won't take down the Brooklyn Bridge next year. The Netties are coming!

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>2019 Raptors better than Big 3 Spurs
Wtf? TD/Manu/TP would murk these Warriors without KD.

sixers are the 2nd best team in the league and co-champions. Jimmy Butler is co-finals MVP along with Kawhi.

Is he *really* that good then?

>(shaq, kobe, fisher)
one of these things is not like the other

How does it feel knowing Ujiri buried your franchise by trading the worst playoff performer in the league for the best? Spurs won't win a single series until DeFrozen leaves

Where the FUCK are Jordan, Pippen and Rodman?????

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sixters and bucks both weren't full of manlets who could stop siakam and ibaka

raptors unironically have a good perimeter defense but suck on the inside against big men who can rebound

Heatles will always be GOAT

Durant has a torn achilles

Wut. Jordan was on one franchise where he won a ring and it was the one he was drafted by. Of course they were shit they picked 2nd in the draft. That statement makes no sense.

So the medical team is more powerful than Pop that Pop couldnt get rid of them to keep a generational franchise talent from leaving? Why is when SA succeeds Pop reaps the credit first, yet when it fucks up Pop turns into a hapless victim who is nowhere near responsible, according to you?

just fapped to hentai and now I feel bad I hope God isn't too disappointed in me

Why is nobody pointing out, Bogut literally pushing Siakam down when he gets the ball after Lowry gets blocked?

He literally pushes him on the ground IN FRONT OF THE REF with the ball in his hand. Shit like that can fuck up the momentum of the game and the warriors at that point were slowly fighting back into the game

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You'll be fine if you say something nice about Toronto right now

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>I want the Warriors to lose the 2019 NBA Finals!

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He’s a manlet. Manlets don’t get sympathies from the people

Philly loves Toronto :)

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For a big city, the fact that you keep the pungent odor non-existent is fascinating. Especially with New York in the same general climate. How do you do it?

It could always be worse, at least it wasnt furry porn.

Quick question. Which is worse to enjoy furry porn or tranny porn?

Congrats to the rapties. I'm glad for Canada and Kawhi
>kawhi took down both the heatles and GSW in the same decade
Man is so underrated. Easily top 2 player this decade but goes under the radar because he doesn't have a loud personality.

ay there it is. thanks bud. my all time favorite reaction image

Thanks for giving us a real series unlike the rest of these scrubs

Fuck this bitch. I hope he gets reinjured and never wins a ring

I don't. He's a good PG. He's just a short fat black guy that tends to brick a lot of shots so he's easy to shit on.

How about reviewing the elbow with van vleet losing a tooth and shooting out blood and calling that a no foul

Medical team probably colludes with the higher up in the organization to squeeze as much value out of the players no matter the cost.

We pipe it all to Ryerson U and Cabbagetown. Don't go down there on a hot day senpai. The City's greenspaces and constant wind effect probably help too.

it has to be Kawhi. It's kind of crazy that the Raps were pretty close to including Siakam in the kawhi/derozan trade tho. looking back now, it'd be hard to argue who won that trade (depending on what Kawhi does)

>6'1
>short

seething manlets

Duncan gets a lot of respect, a lot of times over Kobr and he was a quiet dude. Still unreal he left the spurs because it seems like he fit so perfectly

Hey man, at least it wasn't Houston

When I first saw the rapties uni I thought they were the Hawks

You know what I mean fampai

In the belly of the beast right now
Wish me luck

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he's not hated at all. wtf you talking about? to be fair he was garbage against the 76ers tho

>Winners
Kawhi
Canada
YOUR rapties :)
KD
RBL
Parity

>Neutral
Klay
Laker fans
Silver

>Losers
curry
boogie
draymond
derozan
lebrick

Sixers get Kyrie and they are 2020 champs.

They have 0 guards that can shoot.

should i go downtown and hit up a pub on monday lads

or should i just stay home and shitpost

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Parker and Ginobili drove him out. It's a shame it had to happen, Kawhi gave his all to that franchise and the veterans shit talk him and his injury. That had to rub him the wrong way.

>fap to shota
>i'm literally not gay

Anyone else know this feel?

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add spurs fans to your neutral pls

I'm being serious asking that, by the way.

>drake just posted this on instagram
OH NONONONONOOO
instagram.com/p/Bybv1NCFoyT/?hl=en

Why go to Toronto and get stabbed by a pajeet or chink

Not safe desu, stay home

I'm going downtown. I can mobile shitpost if I really need my fix.

The real finals will be in the East this year. Sixers almost best the rapties

Man this general was unbearable with Harry running amok. Thank God he crawled back into his hole.

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Kyrie is a 6-31 guy

add pellies to winners

Can you believe this team damn near missed the entire finals because the only team that challenged them was detroit?

One bad fuck up play could have possibly destroyed this whole team in the offseason

Drake has a KD and Curry tattoo, I don't see how he can talk shit when he has another man on his arm

He's not talking shit about them though.

really it was a win-win

Kawhi was done in San Antonio so they basically flipped danny green for an all-star and a first-rounder

>Golden "We the West" Warriors

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This is the funniest part about all of this, "nobody else called me" my ass, it's karma bitch.

Also, if KD goes to New York, RIP his career. 2-2 in the finals and spends the last of his primes years on a dead team, just lol

cringe

>real warriors in the 6

>has 2 tattooed on his arm

What'd Ginobli do? I know Parker talked "shit" about his injury, but that was a sound byte taken out of context. You should read the whole quote. Not that it matters now, and I wouldnt blame Kawhi for bouncing because of it, but I hope in time the rest of the story comes out. I feel like there has to be more of it. Not even a spurs fan, I just followed it closely because I thought Kawhi was a once-in-a-decade player and the spurs never have drama. Off the court at least

ok but thats directed at the team as a whole and not curry directly or kd who wont even be a warrior in a week

>jordan, kobe... westbrick
who's next, dennis smith jr?

Kevin Durant should come to my team the Cleveland Cavaliers

And I'm being serious when I say, if you see a tall green pipe looking thing sticking out of the sidewalk, avoid the fuck out of it.

>Cold blooded animal
>Misting breath
Magic shit.

>2-2 in the finals
based retarded nigga

he's shit talking the warriors when he has a song going "chef curry", and was a bandwagon fan for a long time.

He's not coming to my Knickies so he can go to you guys i guess

I can't believe this is actually happening. I've been shitposting about my raptors for years.

Hard work pays off bros....just stick with it.

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I think the Spurs had an agenda against him because he wanted a second opinion. The Spurs have a strict expectation of discipline, most of the time it works, but in this case it was insulting to Kawhi.

based

furry. Fucking trannies isn't gay, but fucking animals is just weird

>drake was setting up the drake curse on the warriors for years
holy shit it all makes sense now

Never looked at it that way. It makes sense. When I "looking back on it now" I meant if the Raptors included Siakam, but the point you made makes it seem like the spurs would've won that deal if Siakam was replaced with Pascal? or whatever

>tfw shitposting and defending rapties after game 2 bucks loss
I really believed even then

This is the weirdest playoffs I can ever remember:

>Celtics fans and the media delusional to the death about their beloved Boston sports
>The biggest troll on earth Embiid crying like a 9 year old girl
>Kawhi's miracle shot and the picture that captured it
>Warriors lose Durant to injury and the Rockets couldn't capitalize
>Everybody nutrides the Warriors as they sweep the rest of the Western playoffs, looking like prime 2016 Warriors
>horrible storylines about Curry being top ten all-time and Durant being a fraud
>people still talked about where Kawhi is heading next as he is winning the league
>No consistency in the finals, multiple key injuries
>Curry's wife goes full Madonna
>The entire Greek Freak narrative/saga
>Adam SIlver is Jeweyer than ever

There's something strange going on in the NBA. It think that faggot AIDS riddled Magic is behind all of this. His sickness has caused a rift in the league.

>only thing that can break the Drake curse is the Drake curse

>this literally coulda been my celties right now if not for Kyrie.
Well Kyrie, I hope you're happy, enjoy the nets you FUCKING DICKHEAD

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wow that's fucking rude to pajeets and chinks. they don't stab people

500 000k shove

Should Durant come back? I mean if he is healthy enough. If he brings the Warriors back he will have a legacy, if he comes back and injures himself worse he'll look like a good guy, and if he comes back but they lose anyways it is Curry's fault and not his.

He's probably not fit to play though.

Confess to the lord

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tell that to brampton and mississauga and toronto

What's insane about all of this is that when Kawhi closes this out on Monday and gets his FMVP, he still won't be a popular player a la KD/Curry. The man is this generation's Duncan.

How the hell do they pull off that signing? Do they just tell both Tobias and Jimmy to beat it?

>Embiid, Simmons, Kyrie

If the Sixers still had their warchest of assets I'd be behind the potential of this team. As it stands, they are a second seed at best. Third seed if Kawhi stays.

Who needs Kawhi when you have Jaylen Anthony?

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Kawhi is handled by his uncle and Lebron is gonna get him out of town.

He already bailed on the Spurs and Pop, the best coach in the NBA.

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

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in ontario everyone stabs everyone

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA YO 24/7 YOU STILL HERE????????????? I THOUGHT YOU FINALLY TOOK A BREAK LMAOOOOOOOOOOOO

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ayy das me in the derozan jersey

That makes a lot of sense. I've read through a lot of theories but I hadn't seen this one. My only other question is, if they knew what kawhi could be, and agreed he was the future of the franchise, why not back off a bit? Maybe they didn't know it would annoy him enough to demand a trade?

We had a nip sushi chef stab one of his coworkers to death a few years ago

KD has no reason to come back.
>comes back
>warriors win and he solidifies his legacy
>but if warriors lose it hurts his legacy
vs
>doesn't come back
>warriors lose and solidifies his legacy/impact on gsw (likely)
>warriors win and tarnishes his legacy (unlikely, and not as damaging as coming back and losing because it's already established that the warriors were a 73 win team)
this isn't even mentioning injuries.

Nah, he's looking for a payday.

A 2nd seed just won the 2019 NBA Finals

Giannis status?

Its so weird, its like in game 1 and or 2 Lowry and Kawhi will play kind of bad but in the process seem to just download the data on how the opposing team theyre playing plays and then simply just goes out there and plays basketball better than them.

real talk

danny ainge is a fucking retard for throwing rookies under the bus as trade chips

Who's more autistic, Duncan or Kawhi?

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If Ben Simmons could shoot, Sixers are the NBA champs.

I said this last week during game 2. Warriors may have won, but they pulled out everything to facilitate that 18-0 run in the 3rd quarter. Raptors gathered data and it's been game over ever since.

The Celtics dynasty died when Hayward took an arrow to the ankle. Celtics fans didn't quite understand that through their delusion they didn't see that all-star Hayward was the lynchpin to all of this. The curse of Isaiah and the Mormons bit them good.

Imagine being a Bucks Sixers or Celtics fan right now.

real talk my raptor traded DeRozan, Potlel and a pick for a chip

you all doubted it but it is happening

Am I the only rich North Toronto boi itt?

I watched the video again, how the fuck do you get injured like that?

The Spurs are prideful and have a lot of faith in their medical staff. The Spurs are run strictly from top-down, and they don't make many exceptions. Yeah they should have been more lenient on Kawhi, but that would set a precedent against what has been working for them for literally decades.

If the Sixers keep Covington, Saric and Shamet they are easily champions.

possible*

but you could've traded your future after this for irrelevancy for a decade too. not trolling, would it be worth it to you?

They're chanting "Fuck Steph Curry" now kek

Lads, anyone else want the Raptors to win one for Marc? Always the best Gasol brother and is a european who wasn't a pussy in an age when almost all of them were.

Can the raptors keep all the guys for next year

I think that's the same leg that he aggravated last year and even during his OKC days. Turns out being built like a twig may not be ideal of a 7 foot dude whose game is built on agility and jumping.

I went to school in Kingston does that count?

>Muh 3peat

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It's a huge morale boost for the league. Now owners will see the value of signing these rogue NBA players. It's going to make the league more competitive, especially now that the draft is no longer a safety valve for garbage teams. Zion playing on a team with talent is exactly what the NBA needed too.

>dynasty
>haven't won a single title, nor a trip to the Finals
Their young players reaching the ECF gave them a false delusion and it destroyed team chemistry when Kyrie and Gordon came back.

The manlet, Horford and Hayward weren't getting past Lebum, Love and Kyrie.

I think Durant is way too injured to be considered for coming back. Like people are underplaying his injury and it might not be until the preseason until he is 100%.

>leefs

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Whi needs 3 more rings to reach Tim's autismal hyperfocused magic level. I'm confident he'll get there. Whi is on the phone rite now with Tim as you read this, both of them are just listening to each other barely breathing. Nothing needs be said on how to close out a series. They both already know.

The only interesting storyline from the Raptors is Drake's trollling. Everybody else involved with the team, including Kawhi, is disposable to the story.

does kobe have a hoop earring in? please tell me no. if not this nigga is a weirdo and clearly wants to suck jordans dick

>user falsely points out that he is the black man in the photo with the derozan jersey to bait for n-word (You)s

DeRozan, Potlel and a pick was not our future
and they were definitely worth a chip

Nick Nurse ran a high school defensive scheme on the Warriors in the NBA Finals and Kerr had no counter lmao

Warriors in 7.

Keep doubting, retards.

If Durant comes back now and the Warriors somehow win his legend will go through the roof. There has to be something very wrong with his leg.

Isn't kawhi tied for most 30+ point games in a playoff run now

What's been working for them for literally decades is expectational talent, and the organization is too autistic to understand that very fucking basic tenet of basketball

Tobias really was fucking trash that series

Nurse dabbing on Kerr

This might hurt them for literally decades too. The Spurs already have trouble attracting free agents, the only ones that come to mind are LMA and Gay maybe?, where the top down staff will be retired sooner than kawhi. I'd argue that kawhi could pull in free agents whereas a Pop-less Derozan fronted Spurs team is destined to become lottery in the next few years.

>Shitser delusion
cry it out

he cant run that when klay is on the floor

Cope.

Robinson and Duncan are the only examples of expectational talent they've had. Everything else has been drafted and taught

>counting on the leafs to save the nba
was there anyone who predicted this when the season started?

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if they lose this series curry never needs to be mentioned in the top 10 ever unless its for shooting 3s.

Kyle Lowry is making him look ignorant on how you are supposed to play a point guard

Yeah I did
Been predicting it for the past 5-6 seasons too

people get mad when players ascend the ranks via raw hustle instead of innate talent

WHERE'S THAT "WARRIORS IN 5" THEN "WARRIORS IN 6" COWARD? PULL UP YOU BITCH ASS NIGGA.

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Sleeping on Larry legend. The man was the best player in the league for a solid 6 years.

curry has always been a chucker, just really good at it.

Once again Curry is being exposed on the defensive end. His D has been God awful in this series. He wasn't even trying to guard anyone late in the last game.

I really wonder how the east would have played out if LeBron was still there. Lebron/Milwaukee or Lebron/Rapties would have been real kino.

The only man who can save the Warriors.

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Right here, nigger. KD is coming back for game 5 and the rapties have no chance.
If there is any team to never doubt it's the one with 2 of the greatest shooters of all time.

The series isn't over, dumbfuck.

Lebron v Kawhi pt 3 would have been a fun ECF

I dont understand why now of all times guarding curry makes the entire team fall apart

every other team has tried this and someone else goes off, but literally the entire team is ass now

>KD hurts himself carrying Curry
fug

The raptors got exceptionally better with green, gasol, and kawhi. I think kawhi alone wouldve been enough angainst the cavs

the raptors are the best all-around defense in YEARS

Have the Warriors ran a Curry/Green PnR at all this series? Their half court offense has been embarrassing. Like worse than the fucking Knicks embarrassing

Also the Raptors deserve more props. Without KD they're just as talented if not moreso than the memes

Newfag here who literally never played attention to basketball until last week. Can someone give me a rundown on how the Raptors got gud? Growing up they were always a joke team.

Why can’t Curry compete in the Finals? This was his chance after getting cucked by Iggy for FMVP. Unironically, why can’t he hang?

The Sixers actually had size over the Raptors with everyone in their starting lineup besides JJ are 6'8" or taller, that and Brett Brown was unironically a better coach than Nurse in that series

>The 76ers might have to max Harris of all people due to MUH SUNK COST

Isn't it a bad idea?

>Imagine talking so much shit thinking that sweeping an offensively challenged Pacers team was a meaningful accomplishment

The fact that the largest margin of victory was 10 when the Leltics scored only 84 points should've been a huge red flag.

They do. They trap curry and leave literally one other than Klay open.

>Like people are underplaying his injury
Pretty sure he tore his Achilles and they keep it 'secret' in order not to plummet his market value. Everyone knows once the Achilles is fucked, a player will never be the same. It's a death sentence.

it wouldn't surprise me if duncan doesn't care for kawhi desu

He's a mental midget who has been shielded with exceptional teammates. Not even with decent teammates can he execute. LeBron would make this more competitive with GSW's current roster sans durant.

Saw that too bro. Even the refs couldn’t stop the raptors tonight

LOL with or without a crippled KD you're not winning 3 in a row. Stay delusional. I know your bitch ass is gonna disappear after Raps win the chip too. Might as well say Warriors in 8 if you stick around.

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Kinda hard to win 8 in a row, kids

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That the Warriors have faced, maybe. Raptors weren’t better than the Bucks defense this year.

>he tore his Achilles
He's been seen walking though. So either he/coaching staff are really retarded, or it's something else.

they traded for kawhi lenonard

of the greatest shooters of all time
>>scored 27 and 28 points each
>>still lost

kek

GOAT
Ultimate team player shit

Bro's, there was a moment in that game when kerr called for a TO and the board in one of the assistant coaches hands looked like the map to the blair watch's cabin with random squiggly lines.

Nigga this ain't a multiple choice test, this an essay bitch.

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all high functioning superspergs feel an innate kinship for one another

Dumped a shitbag for the best player in the league

Should the Warriors just rest their starters for next season? I'm not kidding at all, Curry looks dead and Klay might reaggravate his injury. Almost everyone else is dead too.

Have the rapties won 4 yet?
Has there been a team in recent memory that has been came back from 3-1?
Fucking SEETHE raptard, if you think this series is over you are retard.

Since Vince Carter was on that through the legs, arm in the hoop shit

they made fun of us for load management
eat shit forever losers

The trades for Kawhi and Gasol put them over the top. Also got rid of their meme coach

Lord knows Cousins is never gonna be the same player. Wonder how Durant will bounce back but I don't think it was his achilles

Raptors defense is 04 Pistons and 2014 Spurs tier

the raptors aren't chokers like gsw

FUCK THE WARRIORS LMAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

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You can walk slowly with a torn Achilles without people noticing, especially with pain medication. Realistically speaking it doesn't have to be torn but can be partially ripped and require surgery. Either way, he has something very significant which could potentially fuck up his career long term. Why else would he not play in literally the most important time of his career?

>I don't think it was his achilles
Most people speculated after seeing that tape rewind. He showed all the mannerisms of a typical Achilles injury.

kyle lowry could benchpress 3x more than the mart sharters that call him fat lmmao

>the 2 best teams in the NBA are the Raptors and the Bucks, both from the EC
How does it feel?

>Has there been a team in recent memory that has been came back from 3-1?
Yeah not GSW lmao

>Fucking SEETHE raptard, if you think this series is over you are retard
I'm literally laughing and in a great mood. It seems like you're the one that keeps crying, changing his predictions and will continue to cry hahahahaha

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>signed for $5m
>no ring
>no big contract
>does nothing but get exposed as injury prone even more
S I D E S

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Canada should build kawhi a statue even if he leaves

if i'm the rapties would you win it in 5 and celebrate at home or win in 6 and spoil the last game at oracle?

Not when it was like 10 teams in the entire league.

>Raptors weren’t better than the Bucks defense this year.

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Sixers are better than MiLLLLwaukee

>93265679
he won 8 in a row in a league with only 8 teams and only maybe 5 good players between them. That's not even as impressive as Lebron winning the east 8 in a row

The Raptors just underperformed in that series and made them look better than they are, Sixers are still #4 in the NBA though, so 3 of the 4 best teams are from the east.

PhiLLLLadeLLLLphia

>ends up back in Sacramento next season

I would forfeit and hand GS another charity chip fully knowing i own GS' soul. I'd smile the whole time and say see you next year.

reddit downvoted me every time I pointed out how retarded he was for not taking as much money as possible when he could

>hurrr this was a smart move. He gets a ring and a chance to recover!

LMFAO you idiots have NO business sense

Bucks fans talking shit when they lost 4 in a row to choke away a Finals berth.

no he would take away from embiid too much by heroballing, all sixers need to win the hip is get harris and Butler back (both likely), have 2 bench guys that arent a liability (likely) and for simmons to grow a set of pills and start shooting the ball so he can contribute without runnning the offense (unlikely 2bh)

tell me how's it feel sitting up there
feeling so high but too far away to hold me
you know i'm the one who put you up there
name in the sky does it ever get lonely thinking you could live without me?

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>needed everybody but lebron to be hurt to win their first ring
>blew a 3-1 lead
>needed to sign arguably the best player in the league to win the next 2
are the Larriors the most overrated "dynasty" in the history of the nba?

philadelpha didn't lose 4 in a row you retard

Do the warriors have a chance

This shit is looking spooky.

Looney literally set a screen for Curry and Curry somehow crossed Looney up, his own damn teammate and no looked passed the ball to Kawhi.

I never considered them a dynasty.

Warriors.

In.

Seven.

They did 2001 xD

lost one with the thunder, won two with the warriors, about to lose one with the warriors
sure you're not the retard here?

gives his all to his team, isn't a drama queen fag, better passer, way better defender, isn't made of paper
my friends made fun of me earlier this year when i said i'd take lowry over kyrie any day of the week. who's laughing now?

they just need to keep butler and then grow the balls to trade Simmons for an actual point guard and they'd be chip favorites

so he's 2-4 fucking retard

this is not true. I've had two (actual) spergs in classes before and they get territorial

Yes. The 2000-2002 Lakers are far superior. Let alone the 90s bulls. 80s Celtics are better too

Yes.
If not for oppent injuries, they would legit have one title.

That's no way the Kings will take him back especially with how fast they play now with Fox et al and Boogie is way too slow for that

The amount of coping from them was hilarious, if Bud still hasn't reflected on his flaws in coaching he will probably continue to get his shit slapped in the playoffs

2-2 i.e. 2 wins - 2 losses
2/4 means 2 wins out of 4 attempts
moron

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That was the last year Milwaukee got out the first round before this year lmao

>people were claiming this team could beat Jordan's Bulls in a 7 game series

No chance in hell.

he's been in 4 finals and only won 2, so he's 2-4. i hear the same people say lebron is 3-9, so it's only right the same math is applied to kd.

but are they of the high functioning supersperg variety? nigga you aint in MIT

That would be 2/4.
Two of four.

Not 2-4.
Two and four.

>American eduy

Simmons with a midrange/floater game and 1 three a night is an MVP candidate. 25/8/7 easy. Stupid to trade him on this contract before his max. This year will probably reveal whether he will become a great player or just a regular allstar.

Who said that and where do they live. I just wanna talk

The orlando magic put up more of a fight than the warriors.

the west is dogshit

this must be your first time on the sports board or watching sports in general so first off let me welcome you :)
secondly if two numbers are seperated by a dash like so: X-Y the X corresponds to wins and the Y corresponds to losses
hope you enjoy your stay :):):)

Not MIT but grad school. Pretty dern high functioning spergs mane

Thanks to the game threads I've been edging to ebony porn for the past 5 hours. How can I get a black engineer girlfriend like this (NSFW)

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He is 2-2, or 2/4. Not 2-4. Toronto is up 3-1, not 3-4.

>arguing over semantics
okay faggot. you know what i meant.

You heard many analyst saying this stupid shit last year and some this year. Basically saying this was the greatest team of all time. They aren't even top 10.

you literally just used the punctuation wrong, no need to get so defensive about it
just retake 5th grade and you'll be fine

It's not our job to solve your riddles.

it's not a riddle if you werent such a brainlet. wow i used a hypen instead of a forward slash, holy shit if this is considered a riddle than maybe your the retard?

I can't stop laughing. He will guaranteed play like shit next game too, with all this on his mind.

you don't reach finishing school while still retaining adolescent level territoriality, which is what you were describing, the thesis panel alone would trigger your autisma

And this is why Curry is not the greatest shooter of all time. You think if Ray Allen didn't have as much as a lethal partner for him like Curry has in Klay he wouldn't put up dumb numbers and more 3pt attempts?

He had to work on his all around game because the era he played in evrybody else was shit at shooting 3's, so therefore he alone just spamming 3s would not get you anywhere and win games.

This is further evident where Curry will put up dumb numbers if he's alone but still lose the game. Chuck to an extent was right, you can't win shooting jumpers. It only works if you have a roster where everyone is at least average at shooting 3s

hes played 0 minutes in these finals ya simp

she probably doesnt even like sex

there's rumors we're going to trade demar away making this whole trade useless. we've still made the playoffs with just LMA and a bunch of role players in the west, but im scared bros

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*You're. As in "You're a retard" not "Your house is very cozy."

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curry is the greatest shooter ever, that's not even up for debate

if they won would he get a ring?

youtube.com/watch?v=uRDeYIf48YU
>videos that immediately stopped ageing well

Yeah, too bad he ain't gonne have a jumpshot. Also Steven Adams with 3 point shot, good passing and double speed would be MVP.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHA

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I'm going to stay up for game 5 because I want to see Drayboon's mulatto-gang chimp out and cry.

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OH NO NO NO NO NO

They lose this series and it completely destroys any credibility they had for their past finals wins.

>"Dynasty"
>Gifts Cleveland and Canada a ring in basketball

you cant teach good speed or passing nous though. That's why I said this year will tell how good he will become. All he has to do is realise that his shit needs work and to get on it. He's too naturally talented to trade away at this stage when it's uncertain. As I said end of 2020 should be obvious what his ceiling is

>you now realize this would have been a sweep if the warriors didn't pull a 18-0 run out their ass

this boomer would get stomped out in today's nba

>TORONTO IS A CITY OF CHAMPIONS ONCE AGAIN

BASED

meant for

Curry has been awful.

>As I said end of 2020 should be obvious what his ceiling is
Cut him some more slack. Giannis only just made the jump this year, Harden didn't make the jump until a few years after leaving OKC. I'm pretty sure most players need at least 5 years to get up to speed with the NBA.

Win it in 7 in toronto and get Derozan back to lift it with Kyle

casual here, how SEETHING is Skip right now?

my man has gotten outplayed by every point guard in every finals.

how are you the goat getting outplayed by manlet vanvleet and a man who's first profession is kangaroo hunting with boomerangs in dellevadova?

Why 7 when you can win in 5 though? I can see them winning in 6 for memes tho
>6ix meme
>spoil last ever game in oracle

who cares derozan is shit, its tough but you just gotta accept our time is done

Yes. 3 for 5 with no 3-peat isn't even that good. Them setting the record for most wins in a season, but losing in the finals, shows the state that the NBA was in for the past few years, but luckily teams are finally exiting their rebuild phase. Curry will never be relevant again once Klay, KD, and Green leave next year.

he's killing himself as soon as the raptors win

they already spoiled the last 2 games at oracle, win it at home and give nothing to chance
plus BTFOing this fraud "dynasty" in fucking 5 makes it all the more legendarily based

>The Golden State Warriors may have played their final game at Oracle Arena Friday and Kevin Durant's chapter in the Bay Area might also be finished as well.

>"Durant just isn't ready," ESPN's Brian Windhorst said postgame on Sportscenter. "His body is not ready. The trainers don't believe it, he doesn't believe it.

>"He tried to do some stuff at practice yesterday. It didn't work. It was frustration all around I'm sure from Kevin about it."

>The Warriors superstar hasn't practiced since suffering a calf strain in Game 5 of the Western Conference semifinals against the Houston Rockets.

>Head coach Steve Kerr has remained hopeful about Durant's health throughout the entire series but is now reportedly growing pessimistic regarding the chances of his return.

>"Steve Kerr was really clipped about it," Windhorst said. "And he basically said today, 'I'm not going to give you any more updates on Durant. I'm just going to tell you whether he's playing or not.' He's frustrated about it too."

>Durant was leading all postseason scorers with 34.2 points per game on 51.3 percent shooting before his injury.

>He's expected to opt-out of his $31.5-million player-option at season's end to become a unrestricted free agent.

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REST IN PISS MEMEIORS

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Factual actual delusion desu

They've already spoiled the last game there. Now they can come home and do a victory lap.

Warriors lost a ton of depth to get KD. And with KD out, it shows.

I'd love to see KD back just for the drama but he's done. And even if he was healthy he's gonna pull a Kawhi and sit out.

>, 'I'm not going to give you any more updates on Durant. I'm just going to tell you whether he's playing or not.' He's frustrated about it too."
>literally throwing gameplan 4d chess to the wind
wew even he has thrown in the towel

>3 for 5 with no 3-peat isn't even that good
mid 2000's spurs went 3 for 5, we gonna pretend they arent an all time great team?
its the circumstances surrounding those wins that makes the warriors' run not as impressive

Even if Durant doesn't come back, how much pressure will Toronto feel if they lose game 5?

Fair enough. I mean more like its not good enough for some Warriors fans to be calling them the greatest team of all time, without any second thought or consideration of other teams.

has any other "dynasty" in league history been as fraudulent and injury-based as this warriors team?
>kevin love injury
>kawhi injury
>chris paul injury
>nurkic injury
50/60s celtics dynasty was a meme because they just absorbed all the talent in the league because of no cap space or contract maxes, but i don't think ANY dynasty relies so heavily on their opponents being injured as these faggots do.

You can tell he's on suicide watch when he starts to take random shots at LeBron

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0% chance to lose

refs already will guarantee it cause NBA wants to market the game in Canada, and everyone in the US outside the bay hates the Warriors.

why the fuck does Faggot Bayless despise Kawhi so much? he's the most autistic and based guy in the league, he's incredibly likeable. wtf old man

still not as much as the warriors will be feeling down 3-2 with kd nowhere in sight

maybe you're right. i just have never seen the spurs be a non-playoff team since i was aware what was going on. At least im also a cowboys fan so im able to deal with it

its like the warriors have no idea how to play basketball

draymond green is out there trying to chuck lobs to an 80yr old iggy on a peg leg

he left the spurs
that's literally it

Holy shit you’re retarded

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Uh it's his celebrity persona?

literally none, unless gsw magically figured them out and held them to under 50 points

He is salty over the whole thing because the Spurs are "his team" and saw the whole saga as a betrayal

there's very few teams who could boast an ~18 year run of being serious title contenders every year, every franchise goes through ups and downs

>flag
of course

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He's probably still taller than most people on this board

disagree

he sat out while faking an injury for the Spurs, Vince Carter did the same shit and i'll never forgive him for doing that for a trade.

He said rank the teams that the previous poster listed, dumbass

without a doubt the greatest post season for a single player ive ever seen.

I'm going to thoroughly enjoy watching these garbage meme-chucking lightskin niggers get exposed here at home for the losers they are

how long have you been following the league?

yes

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2 months.

>tfw Zion
>tfw bitch ass AD is going to go to some shitty team like the Knicks or Lakers and be part of some shitty rebuild and never get a ring
>tfw Boogie Cousins turned down 2yr/40m, the most generous offer he received because he's a bitch, and now won't even get the ez ring he joined the warriors for (and only 5mil)
>tfw in addition to this, Boogie the bitch, after shittalking the Pelicans, is going to get fucked in free agency as no one is going to pay him anywhere near the amount of money he wants since he's injury prone and didn't even do much in his "prove it" season

God things are just going to well right now as a Pelicans fan. I don't expect the team to improve immediately, but its nice to have hope for the future and see the team grow with a player like Zion at the helm, and the possibility of getting another top 4 pick from the Knicks or LA makes me feel great about the future. The icing on the cake is that AD is doomed to be on some shitty NY or LA team that won't ever amount to anything while Lebron keeps aging, while at the same time Boogie is getting completely cucked.

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how can you disagree?

first season on a new team, leads team to first finals, is a win away from their first ever title in franchise history, possibly wouldn't even made it if not for one of the craziest shots in playoffs history

thanks optimistic user. I just don't see the lineage left behind to be anywhere on par. i think becky is dope, since the rest of the league, understandably gutted the staff, but pop will always be involved i feel

i'm not disagreeing, i wanted to see if you've seen amazing postseason performances (jordan 96, shaq 00-02, iverson 01, lebron 07/16, etc) or if you're more of a newcomer. would color your statement earlier in a new light if that were the case

They almost got past the Nuggets, be proud.

because of the whole spurs thing and him forcing a trade all while never talking about it or making his intentions known to the public. He didn't handle it perfectly, but it was for the best in the end.

Honestly though, these players forcing teams to trade them is kinda pissing me off, players should play out the contracts they sign and not fucking complain and bitch anytime their team isn't doing so well, and instead put that energy into you know, improving the team.

Good. Fuck that chink. Unironically the only poster on /sp I actually fucking hate desu

the NFL is worse

Didn't LeVeon bell sit out the entire season because of his impending free agency? Also it was magnified because a xecuck player was in the exact same situation and played and ended up getting injured. You can't blame them though.

Yeah, it's bad in both leagues though, but it's higher profile in the NBA as far as the players requesting trades goes.

When Kawhi wins, I'm putting him in the Top 10 All-Time. Bye Kobe.

yeah bell did. fucking cunt, i drafted him first overall. if he didn't fucking do that i would've made the playoffs. still won the consolation ladder though

Nurse >>>>>>> Casey

yes, and he's going to earn less than he would have been earning with the stillers had he just played the season. it's pathetic.

Kawhi is David. He may not have won as many chips as his contemporaries but the ones he did win were against behemoths.

He was the 2015 finals MVP. Iguodala was given it as a meme. If the Warriors win this one Curry will be the finals MVP.

If Pascal was included the Raptors wouldn't be here, I imagine the Spurs wanted Anunoby instead of Poeltl anyway since he's quite a bit younger and showed more potential up to that point, DeRozan+Anunoby would've been fine

Earl Thomas, yea.

Skip Bayless is not a real person, it's a TV persona created to attract leadership and create ad revenue.

Speaking on NFL, GSW reminds me of the xecucks. A bunch of meme gimmicks that ended up getting exposed and blown up as fast as it came.

muh gravity
fuck him and the whole choke ass team
durant was the only real one the entire time

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I would bust the fattest nut in her

Instead of Pascal* and settled for Poeltl in the end

lmfao

>he did win were against behemoths
Only the Heat. GSW are frauds.

Nope. And they've shit the bed way too many times in the playoffs to be respected historically as well. Once KD fucks off they'll always be known as >le fraudulent memechucking refball team, and that'll be that.

>Marc Gasol is about to win a ring
>Kyle Lowry is about to win a ring
>Kawhi Leonard is about to cement himself as the best player in the league.
>Kawhi will have ended two dynasties.
>Gasols will be the first brothers to ever share rings.
>Toronto will be first Cancuck team to win and nobody is even mad because of how much everyone fucking hates California.
lol

KINO

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Based Pellies bro

>smug pelican

>circulates nudes
>doesnt like sex
lmaoing @ur lif e

That was his intention originally. He wanted to use his own doctors because the team doctors had repeatedly told him to play through injuries even though he wasn't healed and it kept getting worse. Pop also refused to rest him. Then the FO started talking shit and Tony Parker went to the media about how he wasn't really injured and KL said fuck yall I'm out.

The Spurs couldn't have handled that situation worse.

According to a Spurstalk insider, a few people in the front office insulted Kawhi years ago.

people actually were trying to make a case draymond green is a hall of famer

>If Pascal was included the Raptors wouldn't be here

I'm assuming you mean Siakam

>I imagine the Spurs wanted Anunoby instead of Poeltl anyway

No they wanted Siakam, and settled on Poeltl. I'm dumb and used Pascal instead of Poeltl

>send 3 people at whoever has the ball

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There's so many narratives in here
>kawhi/green avenging the spurs after 2017
>kawhi avenging himself after 2017
>lowry avenging toronto/demar
>gasol avenging the grizzlies
>toronto avenging themselves after years of being in lebron's shadow
>ibaka avenging OKC

holy fuck im so dumb sorry

Windhorst said he's been on the court and trying to practice but he and the medical staff both know he isn't ready and won't be ready by the end of this series which is only hours away at this point.

That's rough. Reminds me of when Isaiah (Rip) lost his tooth.

Also, fuck Danny Ainge

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Any American Raptors fans? Since 2011 here.

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If Draymond were on most other teams he'd likely be a player that comes off the bench for a defensive spark

>Spurstalk insider

that's literally like saying according "according to sports board 4hcan insider"

They lost Harrison Barnes and literally nothing else. KD was able to go to GSW because the salary cap increase from the new CBA went into effect all at once like the players wanted instead of over time like the owners wanted. KD was able to sign with GSW and all it cost them was the inability to resign Harrison fucking Barnes.

Bayless is a huge Texas/Oklahoma sports fag. He's in tight with the movers and shakers in all of those circles in the sports world. He's literally their mouth piece.

aint nothing but a /g/ thing

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>center play is dead!
>Gasol and Ibaka are really key the Raptors sucess on both ends of the floor
>Cousins plays well in one game and that's the only one the Warriros win
Why did you lie to me sports media?

My nigga

you think skip is a mouthpiece for the spurs?

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They didn't lose depth, they just got older. Unless you're saying Leandro Barbosa, Marreese Speights, Ezeli, Ian Clark, an Injured Bogut, and Varejao were worth anything.

They picked 3rd, newfag

God I hate that bandwagoning pothead child sacrifice illuminati prick

I don't talk to people that don't follow sports.

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those are my favorite players

KD should sit out. Less than 100% and risk worsening injury when the odds show that the Raptors will win the series anyway. The downside is greater than the upside at this point.

>Line for game 4
GS -5.0
>Line for game 5
TOR - 3.5

barbosa speights and clark could at least make wide open shots
current warriors team has 2 players that can do that, curry and klay

Have sex
(smoke weed)

Desu Kerr is a fraud. Barbosa was really good in 2016 and he stopped playing him, he also gave way too many minutes to Ezeli in game 6 and 7, not to mentioning keeping Barnes when he was cold all series. And literally the last play of game 7 was for Speights.

I believe the president and (one of the) vice-president NBA players association negotiating for that CBA are no other than CP3 and Lebron

>Wants to get a bigger bag immediately
>Ends up giving a chance for GSW to acquire Durant in free agency and they got cucked out of winning a chip (more chips for Lebron's case)

It's pure pottery, and the fact that Curry was on such a cheap contract before he got the Supermax because of his glass ankles was pretty much a perfect storm

mouthpiece =/= spokesman

>They lost Harrison Barnes and literally nothing else
see

What about giving minutes to VAREJAO

Eh, it doesn't really matter since nobody respects their rings. In the end everybody is getting paid more at the cost of a few filler seasons.

They ended up picking up Javale Mcgee, David West, Matt Barnes, and Nick Young. It evened out in the end. But this year their bench is exceptionally trash.

what does this stupid +/- shit even mean? i'm not a degenerate gambler

Absolutely retarded post my man. Kobe is possibly the biggest media-driven meme of all time. The top 2 in this list are the Spurs and 80s Celtics on every front

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The fact that is on the lower part of my list to the point that I forgot it just shows how bad Kerr's rotations were. Not to discredit the Cavs though they played out of their minds.

Demarcus Cousins legitimately looks like he couldn't jump over a credit card.

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gs -5 means they're expected to win by 5

>Kawhi and Danny about to bring Ibaka a ring, a feat Durant, Harden and Westbrook combined could not accomplish.
Could there be any louder signal to ring-chasing vets to flock to Toronto? 80 year old Vince Carter already sniffing around the periphery lmao

Those players are all dogshit who fucking cares. Harrison Barnes was a starter.

I just realized that we can finally look forward to an NBA season where the Warriors aren't automatic favorites to win it all since Durants probably leaving

I PUSH MY FINGERS INTO MY EYES

I think he is really hurt but he doesn't want to hurt any market value. Another ring with the Warriors means nothing.

We’re in the good timeline.

This is it. This is the good timeline.

see

The Pelicans didn't offer Cousins 20 million a year, no way.

I know, but the circumstances that gave birth of this "superteam" will pretty much never happen again because the players got a bit too greedy.

Will he though? IFF the Raptors manage to close out the series w/o Durant he might just stay in GSW because "they need him" and GSW can offer him long-term security, why would he want to leave for potentially worse situations?

I didn't say he was a spokesman you fucking lemon I said he was a mouthpiece.

No chance KD stays in GSW. Draymond talked that shit saying they could win without him and literally told him to leave, well now he gets to leave with a shiteating grin while GSW is in shambles.

When I'm an old man speaking about the NBA, i'll mention lebron, i'll mention Duncan, i'll mention Dirk, I'll mention Kawhi. Then I'll also mention the warriors

both me

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people were saying the same thing after kawhi bounced lebron from the heat, and another dynasty appeared instantly. That's just how the NBA works, one dynasty falls and another 1 or 2 take its place. Who's ready for 5 years of 76ers vs. Lakers?

based, hes been great on all the talk shows recently like colin cowherds show. everyones aagainst raptors its sad

Isn't it funny how some rings mean more than others? The Mavs 2011 rings mean nothing since LeBron and the Heat gifted them, the 2006 heat rings mean nothing since the refs gifted them, the 2003 spurs rings mean nothing since the NBA just happened to be there when Duncan went super saiyan. The Last rings that mattered were the 2013 and 2014 ones. I'd argue that the Pistons earned their in 2004 too.

Everyone is becoming woke and understanding quality>quantity. 2016 bron and 2011 dirk are the most valuable rings in sports history, while GSW's falls at the bottom. Things are becoming as it should be.

it's good that your opinion doesn't matter because its retarded

Is there a more punchable face?

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Joining the Warriors is inarguably the worst thing KD could have done. His legacy is permanently tarnished. If he stayed in OKC he'd be playing for a team that is better than GSW would be right now with him and he wouldn't be thought of as a gigantic bitch. Everyone hates him. Fans hate him. Other players don't respect him. His own teammates think he's a bitch. His current FO makes jokes about him wanting a max deal. His own coaches only wanted him to get him out of the way. I kind of feel bad for the dude. I know for a fact from sources that he was enraged at his agent for 'letting him make this decision' and that he wouldn't have signed with GSW if he'd known the blowback was going to reach the levels it did.

No matter what he does he will also be thought of as a bitch. He will ALWAYS be thought of as soft.

Wait I only read the first part of your post and you said 2011 ring means nothing? Fuck off retard.

I'll mention kobe, shaq, AI, Garnet, duncan, lebron, and maybe kawhi and of course talk about how oldfags used to jerk off Jordan and Magic. Don't think I'll even talk about the warriors

Yes but in one of those posts you're right and in the other one you're wrong so all you highlighting your own posts does is make you look fucking stupid.

kawahi left because

>Spurs wanted resign Kawhi with a discount
>Spurs medical staff said he was okay to play despite kawhi feeling injured
>he gets a 2nd opinion, they say he shouldnt play
>Tony gets injured, palys and get fucked and traded to another team, kawhi realizes he doesnt want that to happen to him too
>Kawhi felt disrespected because he wasnt getting the "Star" treatment some all stars got

>the 2003 spurs rings mean nothing since the NBA just happened to be there when Duncan went super saiyan
can you explain why this means nothing

i just like to play devil's advocate and direct the flow of the thread.

They are legit. They knew about Kawhi wanting out before anyone in the media talked about it.

>The Mavs ring means nothing
unironically kill yourself. Jason Terry, JJ Barea, Chandler, Haywood, and above all Dirk played out of their minds that entire postseason.

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>I know for a fact from sources that he was enraged at his agent for 'letting him make this decision'

That's on Durant for being a fucking idiot and not have a single bit of self-awareness especially with his "The Hardest Road" bullshit. IFF he legit joins the Knicks and he couldn't drag that team out of the gutter he'll probably get destroyed beyond recognition. Speaking of which are that actual betting odds on where he'll end up in free agency?

it's hilarious that the Raptors won a title before the Leafs

Are you running that by me for confirmation? That is indeed the correct narrative. Only took two fucking years and a Canadian franchise showing the model franchise how to get it done to get the true word out. Is that you Masai? No wait youre still in Oakland.

Curry and Klay with a deep bench could take the raptors and they would be more easier to root for.

>Dinosaurs
>cold blooded
Leaf education.

thats unsurprising tho, journalists wont speak about rumors unless it has merit.

He was just so fucking good that it was inevitable. There were no trials and tribulations, no drama, just basketball and another bean in the jar.

The 2004 Pistons have the most valuable rings of this millennium.

dinosaurs are reptiles

You're not directing anything. Literally the only person talking to you is me and its to call you a fucking imbecile. Which you are. Acting like signing KD crippled the Warrior's depth when the won TWO STRAIGHT FUCKING TITLES after it isn't just wrong, it's anti intellectual.

came back to /nba/ for the first time seriously in awhile. Craptors go from one of the most disliked annoying franchises in the leaue to being shilled constantly...wtf happened?

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>my bobcats

Holy kek

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GSW

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thats completely unfair. he didn't have a powerhouse of a team, he just went off

they only won 2 titles because depth is a meme. when the playoffs arrive most teams only run 7-8 deep.

Can someone with shop skills do one with a snake wearing a raptors jersey? It would be fantastic to make this golden state fag I know seethe hard

Zaza Pachulia happened

That's just recency bias. Wait a decade or two and no one is going to care about the quality of opposition, just the number of titles.

Everyone in his ear was telling him to leave OKC. "Go get that endorsement money! West coast! Get a ring!"

If he'd joined any other team I don't think the blowback would be as bad because he could've at least framed it as a loss of confidence in the Thunder which would be debatable. Joining the Warriors after you just choked away a 3-1 lead to them is literally the softest move in the NBA history.

Lebron could never have won in CLE the first time around and everyone knows it. He left to join his friends so he could beat his enemies.

KD had THE best team in the NBA and abandoned it all after choking so he could go join his enemies and beat his friends. There will never be another move like that. Ever. KD literally ensured we will never see another bitch move like that again.

There's like a million durant wearing raptors jerseys pictures on google

steph curry is brandon jennings with better teammates
klay thompson asks his dad to get him girls
andre iguadala is an uppity faggot who chokes in every important game
drayboon made his career out of playing 3 vs 2 and is actually worse than jamychal green
cousins is the most negative player in the league since farewell kobe
shaun livingston shouldve gotten amputated
quinn cook see you in lithuania next year
steve kerr is worse than byron scott and should be glued to the dynamite thats gonna bring down the oracle
their owners are trash and the whole city is full of shit
welcome back to 17-65 seasons, how you like your team jack dorsey, kill yourself

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Nah, this generation is becoming more educated. With the advent of social media, nobody will forget that the Warriors won against injured opposition.

The real question is what means less, the 2017 or 2018 ring? The 2012 is pretty worthless too. I like 2007's value but I'm might be the only bone. 2008 was purely manufactured but 2010 wasn't bad. 2002 never happened as far as I'm concerned.

The most valuable rings of my basketball watching lifetime are 2011, 2001, 2016, 2004, and 2014. If the Warriors pulled off beating Toronto without Durant then 2019 would be their first valuable ring.

>softest in history

"the decision" says hello

glad Dirk fucked LeBitch and Wade/Bosh by himself

FUCK the warriors.

has there ever been a more stacked team to lose this much ?

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2018 by far is the worst. LeBron had teammates that couldn't hit a free throw in a critical moment of the game, and another teammate who immediately after didn't even know the fucking score of the game in the NBA Finals. At least 2017 Cavs were the highest offensive-rated playoff team of all time. They literally would have swept if not for KD.

I can tell you're that faggot that keeps trying to "direct the flow of the thread" and I am literally only responding to tell you that you're a faggot.

>Lebron could never have won in CLE the first time around and everyone knows it. He left to join his friends so he could beat his enemies.
>KD had THE best team in the NBA and abandoned it all after choking so he could go join his enemies and beat his friends

Nice try. I bet it's you.

Is Kevin's back for the next game?

>not rating lowry
it's like if mcnabb got a ring

Lebron abandoned his hometown to go to south beach.

Both are snakes.

Is 2018 the softest ring of the decade? Toronto's ring is going to be pretty soft too.

This is easily a top 3 worst timeline
>fucking CANADA wins
>KD vindicated in eyes of the masses
>rejoins the warriors and they dominate the league for another two years
>fucking CANADA wins
>Curry and Kerr exposed but keep winning anyway
>Kawhi stays in Tornonto, where it becomes quickly apparent that the franchise is a dead end and his talent is wasted
>fucking CANADA wins

At least we get the “dynasty killer” narrative, which is cool I guess

>literally depending on lechoke in order to win

It's Kevin's calf

I'm a Coilers fan, but I can't help but root for the rapetors!
I hate Toronto. Their sports shoved down our throats my entire life time.
This is kinda cool to watch.

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>parity
You have no idea what this win means

Blame the Cavs FO for being so fucking useless back then, imagine the best help they could get Lebron was a geriatric Shaq

If it was Kawhi vs KD straight up it would be legit

but no one will remember the injuries, no one remembers kyrie being injured, etc.

Kawhi really just played 41 minutes at Oracle being hounded by Andre Iguodala, Draymond Green and Klay Thompson and never turned it over once.

first lithuanian to win a championship
not sabonis
not marciulionis
not ilgauskas
not kleiza or jasikevicius
this is the way

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Based as fuck

>Brandon Jennings with better teammates
Made me laugh/10

>by himself
Go back to watching your Canadian teams in the NHL playof- oh wait.

i didnt like kawhi until now. i rated him as a top 3 player in the league but didnt like his passive aggressive attitude that he showed in san antonio. now im really rooting for the guy. fuck the memeriors and their memechuckball antics, i hope they never enjoy success again

Reminder that the second best player on the Mavericks didn't even play in that series.

>Jeremy Lin is about to win a ring

Durant had a wrap on the lower part of his leg today, beneath his calf. He fucked up his Achilles.

Dirk was the Mavs, and he beat the big 3 basically by himself.

It's not over yet

3-1 is doable for GSW even without Durant.

If Durant is back, 3-1 is basically the minimum the Raptors need to even have a shot

mfw the fucking craptors are going to win a title before your pacies...please help us Yea Forums...will diagenlo russel and victor be enough to get us over the hump?

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>Be from Montreal
>mfw I get to see Raptors winning the championship before Habs winning the stanley cup

Honestly I can't explain what state of mind I'm in now

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People 15 years from now will forget it but not now. 15 years from now half the population will think Durant was on the Warriors in 2015.

extremely based

Night losers

no it's over

klay had like 30 and they still lost, curry is shook, and they have no 3rd option to score.

KD is dead/not playing even if he is healthy. free agent, remember?

they birds, you dummy

cut it out you fucking leaf
its over
raptors have been better in every quarter except for 3rd in game 2
durant would be harrison barnes at best if he were to come back and he wont

Pic related is fucking great, just finished it and I wholeheartedly recommend it. Great doc that provides pretty good insight into Artest both as a player and a person.

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I saw the COilers win the cup when I was four. |Saw the Habs win when I was 7.

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Is uniqlo worth checking out in Toronto or is just another H&M?

>Nah, this generation is becoming more educated

Linsanity bros ww@

you seen that 30 for 30 docu on divac and petrovic?

Perk and Serg are still best bros I guess.

At least when it comes to sports. I know, it's sad where our priorities are.

why is everyone acting like the series is over?

golden state has come back from worse odds than this before. you're acting like no team has ever come back from down 3-1 in the finals.

Nah, I'll get around it soon. Been on my to do list for a while now.

>Game 5
>Raps win 122-84
>Draymond, with tears running down his face picks up his phone once he gets into the team bus

Who does he call this time?

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My rapties are too solid. Board man gets paid.

happened once and they are the ones who lost

LeBron ran away to Wade and Bosh, two of the best players in the league. When they weren't good enough anymore, he went to Kyrie and had Kevin Love as a third option. Why is LeBron the only one who can get away with this? He did the same shit KD did, twice! I feel like I'm taking crazy pills!

Not even Silver can save GSW. Unless there's actual magnets in the rim, GSW can't make a shot to save their life.

Because he didn't join the team that beat him, he made his own.

eh they look mentally defeated. If I were golden state I would watch some youtube clips of all the teams that ever came back from down 3-1 in the finals for inspiration.

>argos win
>soccer club wins
>rapetors win
It;s only a matter of time for the leafs to win.
Oh wait, once ST Louis wins the |Stanley Cup, the leaves have the longest cup drought in the league. hahahahahahahahahaha

No snowtire fucker, that was what made that team so special. You had a bunch of career role players (Haywood, Chandler, Barea, Terry) all playing out of their minds. Jason Terry got a tattoo on his arm that said "2011 NBA Champions" and then averaged 20 points that postseason as a 6th man. You don't know what the fuck you're talking about. Dirk has been in the league over 20 years and only sniffed two finals and both times it was because of the team around him. His best season ever his team lost to an eight seed in the first round.

trump
asks to nuke canada

teams are 1-33 when attempting to overcome that lead, and the one time it happened it took the literal GOAT to do it. Also
>curry isn't gonna do shit
>Klay still not 100%
>kd is ded
>it was the warriors who choked that 3-1 lead

What amaze me there's people out there still puts him on a fucking pedestal after pulling this kind of shit

No way. The pace has been too hard on Steph and Klay and they're not getting scoring from anyone else.

This.

Trading punches right off the bat against a banged-up Dubs works very well tonight. Nick Nurse may try again.

it is amazing how the raptors are up 3-1 over the warriors in the finals and there is niggas up in this thread talking about lebron

>thinking the Raptors can throw a 3-1 lead with Kawhi on the roster
cope more

They would literally be worse with Durant. You don't just miss an entire month of basketball and come back to your old form overnight. You have to actually be playing consistently.

They're talking about KD Lebron stan. Don't worry, Lebron will never, EVER, get another ring.

That was such bullshit. How about game 2 when the Raps were fouling the shit out of Curry to stop the clock and the ref let the play go on and then Iguodala buried that 3. These refs have been pulling bullshit calls all series and always in the Warriors favor. Hell, Curry throws himself into players and gets a foul called for him.

>why is everyone acting like the series is over?
Toronto played an absolutely horrific half of basketball and they ended up winning by like 15. That wasn't a normal defeat, it was a moral defeat. The Raptors have dominated the series save for an 18-0 run in the 3rd quarter in game 2. Without that this series would have been a clean sweep.

I am going to go off of the past 4 games of basketball I've watched. Sure, maybe the Warriors can win but it is highly unlikely.

bcause bosh and love where shit or at least looked like shit because of the way they needed to play to facilitate lebron.

plus bron was the definite best player in those teams by far. durant's level is higher, but not that higher than klay and steph. especially steph. also, the supporting cast in gsw is far better than any lebron teams, maybe only in comparison with that year they had 40 year old ray allen to bail them out

that nigga literally replied to me talking about lebron

My rapties :)
What part of Toronto are you from? For me it's Los Angeles.

Guys I'm just wondering would Raptors even give a shit about visiting the Ottawa parliament since all of the players are from states? I would literally laugh if the white house invites them

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me too, kawhi to lakers

Speights had Livingston levels of importance for their bench unit. Ian Clark is also better than Cook

What did he even do this season I didn't follow much

If digies Lakers dont make Playoffs next year either

>kicks leg out like a faggot trying to get a foul call
>blows his whole asshole out in the process and costs team to lose whole series
ya just hate to see this type of thing happen, jim

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>blanking out irrelevant noise is passive-aggressive
>staying true to what matters to you and your family while not even recognizing the entitlement of media and rubberneckers to be in on every bit of gossip is passive-aggressive
fucking twitter millennials really think the only way to stand up for yourself is to be gibbering faggot 24/7. everything must be addressed, everything needs a response.

>Kawhi
>passive aggressive
What the fuck are you on about?

Computer, what is the percent chance kawhi sticks with my rapties

I find it funny how Embiid, Giannis, Thompson all tried to flex on the Raptors and act tough with their post-shot celebrations only to get humbled in return. They probably cringe at themselves for doing that shit after taking the L.

>he'll have one ring more than Harden, Chokebrick, CP3 and the rest of the pack

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I'm lost here it doesn't make sense for him to leave after winning the championship

LIKE SOULJA I THOUGHT I TOLD YA
FIERI
I'M IN THE KITCHEN
I'M A MAGICIAN

What's going to be the new play style of the NBA after memechucking gets defeated?

rapties win and we all getting gfs now lads

WHAT FUCKING TIMELINE IS THIS?

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Higher than joining THE irrelevant team that is the Clippers

>There are people legit thinks that the bitch of LA sports can buy their way into relevancy with empty hype

Ballmer should've moved the team back to San Diego, then Kawhi might have given it a consideration

user, the chances of Kawhi staying with Toronto are very probable.

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bully ball, hard screens and hand checking

niggas in florida saying the police got ynw melly on camera laughing about killing his friends while their dead bodies were in the back laid out

he dead. if hes found guilty its been confirmed death penalty

Very good, prepare my blacked playlist, we have a long night ahead

Will my rapties finally get a Christmas game next year?

>camera laughing about killing his friends while their dead bodies were in the back laid out
i don't even know this guy but damn, it really be your own friends
>despite

He's clearly talking about Siakam's jungle lookin ass. Serge looks like a fashion model

Yes finals rematch is Christmas staple. The only thing that can stop if it Kawhi leaves and the Raptors gonna look like shit after FA.

>Oh, hey Lebron, sup with Finals? Oh you are not in it this year? Damn, I guess that's what happens when you play in West.
>At least nobody went East and had a better season than anything you've ever done or proved how easy it is to sweep lEastern fodder like I used to with Ty Lawson's Denver or Steve Francis Houston. Oh Kawhi did? Man that's rough.
>How's my boy Pelinka treating you?Everything smooth as silk? You're getting statue right next to mine, your legacy here is going to be great, he'll make SURE of it!
>Anyway, I gotta go to this illuminati convention, have fun filming Mike's sloppy secon... I mean Space Jam 2 with your homeboys. Mamba out!

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I just realized he has more rings than Carmelo Anthony and Derrick Rose lmao

if kawhi bolts they probably won't even play opening day lol

if kawhi stays and most of their core stays intact then they'll get a christmas game vs. the lakers

That would make Giannis and Lebron even better.

dude was strange. he's in interviews talking about how guns get him off and recited a kurt cobain interview word for word.

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...

This is the only plastic Korean bitch I would fuck

They offered 18 million a year

Fuck off with this dumbass argument. He created a playoff team, KD ran away like a pussy to the team that cucked him out of the finals. It would be like if Lebron went to the Spurs after they beat the Cavs

It’s interesting. Kawhi has been the overall MVP of the playoffs. He’s the one that ended Philly with that 3 bounce shot. He’s the one that completely shut down the Greek Freak. All while hobbled. For this series, this game 4 was his big one but man Lowry has been real good all series long and Siakim’s debut game was special man. The kid put up the kind of stat only Jordan and AI put up.

I think it’ll still go to Kawhi short of him prolapsing in game 5 or something

>Bosh
>a career 20 and 10 guy
>who lead his team to multiple 50 win seasons
>shit

Typical Lebron fanboy response. They always try to downplay the help he has. Bosh is a future Hall of Famer.