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Post by Deleted on May 17, 2018 1:25:07 GMT -5
LeQueen avoided the question about being concerned over being down 2 games to Beantown. Says he'll go home to his kids and see his Mom (unless naughty boy Delonte West has her tied to her bed-post again). Looking like he could really care less whether Cleveland prevails or not. Get ready for some MAJOR hometown calls against the C's people. Actually, I don't have much beef with the refs these two games. Seems like NBA has decided that a 4-0 beatdown of the Cavs at the hands of the Western Conference team will not make for a compelling narrative. I think that the up and coming Celts ("imagine, minus their two all-stars"), the Smash Brothers (J&J), Brad Stevens and the Celtics nation will make much more compelling finals.
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Post by elvissurfs on May 17, 2018 9:00:17 GMT -5
Golden State got roughed up pretty bad last night...
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Post by Deleted on May 17, 2018 15:26:36 GMT -5
Yes. They became complacent after winning Game 1.
This will be a fun series. I still think that the Warriors pull it out. The teams are taking to beating up Curry. Interesting strategy.
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Post by Admin on May 17, 2018 21:06:21 GMT -5
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Post by Admin on May 17, 2018 22:39:57 GMT -5
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Post by Admin on May 18, 2018 1:23:56 GMT -5
... Questions Heading Into the Second Phase of the Conference Finals
Is there anyone else on the Cavs bench with a pulse? Th[is is one of] the questions we’ll be pondering as we wait for the weekend. By Danny Chau
Getty Images/Ringer illustration
Who Can LeBron Trust?
Short answer: himself. Long answer: … no one? By the end of Game 2, it became abundantly clear that these Cavaliers are not built to create mismatches against these Celtics. The average age of Cleveland’s top six players in minutes played this postseason is 32. For Boston, it’s 24. The age disparity has cast a light on the future of the East: This series isn’t a one-on-one between father and son in the front yard, it’s more like a virulent teen crushing a nonagenarian at Fortnite. The Cavs’ young deadline acquisitions have been all but exiled from the series, despite theoretically offering at least some semblance of the skills the Cavs would need to turn this series around. Jordan Clarkson’s court sense was confiscated in Toronto by border services; Larry Nance Jr.’s intangibles have been swallowed whole by a Celtics squad conditioned to hunt for Tommy points; Rodney Hood is a sad ghost. They’ve all played into LeBron’s confirmation biases: The King needs running mates who have been there before. But it’s created a conundrum for a team whose vets have all lost a step while under the cover of LeBron’s individual dominance. It’s a sobering reality that highlights just how much of an aberration James is. The Cavs and LeBron aren’t themselves when their enthusiasm is drained. I have one humble suggestion: RUN THIS BACK. If James and Tyronn Lue can’t trust their pack of 25-year-olds, it’s hard to imagine them having a change of heart for a 23-year-old. But with so much on the line and so few answers in the status quo, it might be time to see what the Turk can do. The Celtics force you to match their multitude of high-energy 3-and-D swingmen. At 6-foot-8, Cedi Osman has ample size at the wing and can even moonlight as a 4 if the team is hoping to give small ball another look. I’ve long thought of Osman as a Turkish Corey Brewer; the Cavs might want to investigate whether Osman is similarly capable of spearheading miracles. It’s probably wishful thinking, but stranger things have happened under Lue’s watch. Trust Cedi. What the Hell Are These Celtics?Al Horford, 31, has been Boston’s best player while running a daycare: Its second-best player is 21, and its third-best player is 20. Marcus Smart, 24, is having some monumentally bad shooting performances, but has never been more beloved by the fan base. Aron Baynes made four 3-pointers in his entire career prior to these playoffs and now he’s 10-for-20 in the past 14 games. Boston’s biggest challenge in the postseason thus far has been a Bucks team so poorly managed you could make an argument they didn’t deserve to make the playoffs. The Celtics have been growing exponentially before our eyes. I don’t know if we’ll be able to make sense of it all until the postseason is over. www.theringer.com/nba/2018/5/17/17363476/conference-finals-questions-lebron-klay
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Post by elvissurfs on May 18, 2018 9:10:03 GMT -5
great video...when the action is slowed down and explained, wow, LeBron was slacking on D something fierce...gotta love Smart and his X factor...
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Post by elvissurfs on May 18, 2018 9:17:44 GMT -5
Lot of talk about Lebron going to Philly...cant see it, what is Simmons supposed to do while Lebron is hogging the ball?...And why the heck would Lebron move his wife and kids there?...Don't see Leonard leaving the West Coast, probably goes to the Lakers, so they wont need Lebron...so Lebron stays one more year in Cleveland, tries to get another one of his buddies to come help him out...
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