The Swamp

Game of the year tonight in Houston. Iguodala and Thompson are both listed as questionable in the injury report. Even if they both play, I assume Kerr will rely on especially heavy doses of a Curry-Durant two-man game. I’m also curious to see if MDA keeps the rotation super-tight again or if he tries to squeeze more minutes out of the bench playing at home.

A_B wrote: ↑Wed May 23, 2018 9:20 pm I sure can not figure out lues rotations tonight.

He never did, either. Playing Korver substantially less because "his matchup" wasn't playing is colossally stupid.

By making NBA first-team Anthony Davis will likely become the highest paid player in NBA history after next season (5 years, $230M for his super max deal). Right around the time the Pelicans are moving to Las Vegas.

brian wrote: ↑Thu May 24, 2018 1:37 pm By making NBA first-team Anthony Davis will likely become the highest paid player in NBA history after next season (5 years, $230M for his super max deal). Right around the time the Pelicans are moving to Las Vegas.

Fascinated to see if Kawhi ends up joining him in that club

All-NBA Teams have been released and I am not sure which is stupider - Lillard being voted over Giannis for First Team (by a significant margin) or Trevor Ariza getting a fucking third team vote.

DSafetyGuy wrote: ↑Thu May 24, 2018 2:38 pm All-NBA Teams have been released and I am not sure which is stupider - Lillard being voted over Giannis for First Team (by a significant margin) or Trevor Ariza getting a fucking third team vote.

DO they still have two guards, three frontcourt mandates? Because all three teams are that way.

DSafetyGuy wrote: ↑Thu May 24, 2018 2:38 pm All-NBA Teams have been released and I am not sure which is stupider - Lillard being voted over Giannis for First Team (by a significant margin) or Trevor Ariza getting a fucking third team vote.

Was Giannis eligible at guard? I think they pretty strictly adhere to traditional positions for all-NBA so if Giannis was only eligible at forward he needed to beat out LeBron or KD. I would’ve picked him over KD, FWIW. This year’s vote was weird for the guard positions with all the games missed by Curry, Paul, Irving and Butler due to injury.

Joe K wrote: ↑Thu May 24, 2018 2:47 pm

DSafetyGuy wrote: ↑Thu May 24, 2018 2:38 pm All-NBA Teams have been released and I am not sure which is stupider - Lillard being voted over Giannis for First Team (by a significant margin) or Trevor Ariza getting a fucking third team vote.

Was Giannis eligible at guard? I think they pretty strictly adhere to traditional positions for all-NBA so if Giannis was only eligible at forward he needed to beat out LeBron or KD. I would’ve picked him over KD, FWIW. This year’s vote was weird for the guard positions with all the games missed by Curry, Paul, Irving and Butler due to injury.

Lowe talked about this on his podcast at the end of the regular season and I think it's fairly traditional because they talked about where to put people like Giannis and AD

Wish I could hear the media after Game 5. Stephen A. Smith immediately said "Well this is guaranteed to go to Game 7". Fuck him.

Pats fans are going to adopt you.

The NBA wants it to go 15.

mister d wrote: ↑Thu May 24, 2018 11:14 pm Pats fans are going to adopt you.

i swear im developing a complex and i hate it

If the Rockets can get one more, I’m looking forward to the next D’Antoni book: 20 Seconds or More, Win the Turnover and Rebounding Battles, and Whatever You Do Don’t Give up Fastbreak Points.

They’ve sacrificed offense for defense to an extreme degree over the last two games and it’s worked to perfection.

Joe K wrote: ↑Thu May 24, 2018 2:47 pm

DSafetyGuy wrote: ↑Thu May 24, 2018 2:38 pm All-NBA Teams have been released and I am not sure which is stupider - Lillard being voted over Giannis for First Team (by a significant margin) or Trevor Ariza getting a fucking third team vote.

Was Giannis eligible at guard? I think they pretty strictly adhere to traditional positions for all-NBA so if Giannis was only eligible at forward he needed to beat out LeBron or KD. I would’ve picked him over KD, FWIW. This year’s vote was weird for the guard positions with all the games missed by Curry, Paul, Irving and Butler due to injury.

It drives me insane that the NBA still requires the positional fulfillment for the All-NBA teams, especially since it can now factor into contracts. For All-NBA teams, they need to remove the position requirements, as the game evolves over time and this should really show who are the best players. Of the four "centers" who appeared on the three teams, three of them were listed as "center/forward".

I was so annoyed by Ariza's vote, I didn't even realize Dwight Howard also got a third-team vote.

TT2.0 wrote: ↑Fri May 25, 2018 12:52 am i swear im developing a complex and i hate it

TT on fb on May 22, mid-game, when the Warriors went on a run wrote:fuck golden state and everyone who supported them

Yup

Mark Jackson and saying inane shit going into commercial.

Name a more iconic duo.

(And the dude literally said earlier in the game, 2nd quarter or so, "The Cleveland bench is locked in. And Kendrick Perkins is locked in." Perkins is in street clothes. C'mon, man.)

Johnnie wrote: ↑Fri May 25, 2018 9:20 pm Mark Jackson and saying inane shit going into commercial.

Name a more iconic duo.

(And the dude literally said earlier in the game, 2nd quarter or so, "The Cleveland bench is locked in. And Kendrick Perkins is locked in." Perkins is in street clothes. C'mon, man.)

Perkins actually made a killer bench call getting green to rotate that ended up as a block when he said that.

I won’t deny that lebron whines but he gets less foul calls than he should. It’s not Shaq drastic but it’s not harden soft.

Well my vote for player of the game goes to Jeff Green with a nice 14-point showing

Green was great but hill mattered more. And nance was crucial. Cabs should try to move Thompson because nance is same guy. Slightly worse defensively but higher upside.

LeBron is a mutant.

Joe K wrote: ↑Fri May 25, 2018 8:42 am If the Rockets can get one more, I’m looking forward to the next D’Antoni book: 20 Seconds or More, Win the Turnover and Rebounding Battles, and Whatever You Do Don’t Give up Fastbreak Points.

They’ve sacrificed offense for defense to an extreme degree over the last two games and it’s worked to perfection.

That sounds familiar for some reason...

DaveInSeattle wrote: ↑Fri May 25, 2018 11:53 pm LeBron is a mutant.

If he can somehow win Game 7 and then the Finals with this supporting cast (facing a CP3-less Houston team is probably their only shot), they should just rename the city of Cleveland as “Jamestown.”

Of course it's more likely he will lose game 7 and they'll rename it leaveland.

Not the Onion...

Skip Bayless slams LeBron James for chugging water

I can't believe that dude is employed. I really can't.

Johnnie wrote: ↑Sat May 26, 2018 10:31 am I can't believe that dude is employed. I really can't.

And I can't believe such a dick is brothers with Chef Rick Bayless, who is, from all reports, an incredibly chill guy.

Bayless has essentially taken the hate-fueled modus operandi of right-wing talk radio and applied it to sports commentary. And just like Limbaugh, O’Reilly and Hannity, Bayless has made a fortune off his schtick. As dumb as his takes on LeBron are, it’s even worse that both ESPN and Fox Sports have given him the platform and salary they have.

I really believe it’s all an act but it doesn’t make it any less annoying.

I think if it’s an act it’s worse.

Just bet $20 on Houston +800 tonight because why not.

brian wrote: ↑Sat May 26, 2018 5:02 pm Just bet $20 on Houston +800 tonight because why not.

I like that bet. They’ll probably get smoked but Golden State has a bad habit of getting arrogant and complacent. There’s a chance the Warriors will be overconfident with Paul out and the Rockets’ shooters erupt.

I also wonder how much Durant has LBJ's playoff run in the back of his mind, or in the front of his mind maybe. He's not going to win a GOAT-off and he's better off not trying.

Rex wrote: ↑Sat May 26, 2018 6:26 pm I also wonder how much Durant has LBJ's playoff run in the back of his mind, or in the front of his mind maybe. He's not going to win a GOAT-off and he's better off not trying.

That sound kinda nuts to me.

I don't know what the deal is, but almost all the time I personally am watching Harden play, he plays shitty. Should I just not watch, for TT and Giff's sake?

I swear to god I’m gonna watch this game tonight.

Most of it.

Second half at least.

If it’s close.

And I’m not too drunk and fall asleep...