NBA 2018-2019

[OttoinGrotto]

So what's up with the dude under the one basket that looked like he had Lego hair and Spock's eyebrows?

 

[NateW]

Mark Jackson is turrible

 

[OrangeDW]

Ibaka...cmon. Could see from the first dribble that it wasn’t happening.

 

[NateW]

You could tell by the sound it made that was all ball

 

[OttoinGrotto]

I'm kind of excited to see Boogie playing in the Finals.

 

[Ghost]

Kind of a fun article about Curry playing ball in Toronto (didn't see it posted):

The true story of Steph Curry’s championship season ... at a Toronto middle school

 

[Ghost]

Did Siakam just throw that in from behind his head? You can't defend that! lol

 

[bpo57]

Cousins looks fat and outta shape. Keep playin' him.

 

[Melancer46]

Did Siakam just throw that in from behind his head? You can't defend that! lol

Seems like he’s had multiple shots tonight that he pretty much made by accident. One of those nights where he can do no wrong. I picked the Warriors to win the series but this is easily the toughest team they’ve faced during their entire run and obviously they have lost to a very inferior team in Cleveland and that was a stronger Warriors team. Toronto should not have been the huge underdogs that Vegas had them listed at.

 

[CanadianSU]

The Toronto raptors have the GSW frustrated folks!

 

[longislandcuse]

This Raptors defense is phenomenal.

Marc Gasol looking like he might be big in this series. Difference maker out there with the intangibles.

 

[OrangeDW]

Let him go Gasol. Don’t give him a free point. Giving me Kevin Love flashbacks there.

 

[longislandcuse]

Well... looks like the Warriors actually need KD in this series. The Toronto defense is filthy. Gasol has the ability to play a big role, Green got his shot back and Golden State has no one that can matchup with Siakham (without Durant).

All this with Kawhi being relatively quiet.

 

[CanadianSU]

wArRioRs In 4 EvEn WiThoUt KD

 

[OttoinGrotto]

Toronto having home court in these Finals could prove to be a pretty critical advantage. Those fans really... fan... the flame.

 

[cuseattle]

Is anyone here rooting for Golden State? Without money involved..

 

[NineOneSeven]

I completely forgot toronto had home court

 

[NineOneSeven]

Is anyone here rooting for Golden State? Without money involved..

me

 

[cuseattle]

me

I'm sure you have your reasons.

Go Rapts!!!

 

[HOFCeluck]

BOO!!!

LOL i forgot we had legit Raptors fans posting here.

 

[Cusefan0307]

I was rooting for Toronto, but now that I see the Nunes Magician guys pulling for them I may have to change my mind.

 

[HOFCeluck]

BTW i one hundred percent believe that Lakers story.

1. Parts of it have been verifified (LOL @Kobe having lunch with zombie Heath Ledger)

2. No one is going to put their name to bashing Erv if they want to work in the NBA.

3. Of course it’s true. That franchise is a nepotistic shtshow.

 

[Alsacs]

I was rooting for Toronto, but now that I see the Nunes Magician guys pulling for them I may have to change my mind.

Those guys are literally the worst. I wish twitter would stop retweeting them into my timeline because one of my friends follows them. Keeley wasn’t that bad the guy who has replaced is a bad knockoff of Barstool sports. The new guy isn’t Dave Portnoy no matter how hard he tries.

 

[Newhouser]

Yeah I dont see him having the quickness, but Mase was real underrated. I think he's kind of like a mid 90s version of Draymond really. When Nelson took over the Knicks I remember he wanted to run the offense through him a lot

I agree not quick enough and his hands on approach would have him fouled out in about 6 trips down the floor. Mason was a great player when he accepted his limitations - when he started thinking that he was a scorer it was not a good move.

 

[Horn88]

Early Rodman is another good one, but I think Pippen is the answer.

But the size comparison to Malone really just underscores how impossible it is to defend Lebron; Malone was renowned for being like super jacked and a physical beast, how do you guard that guy when he has the quickness and vision that Lebron does (did?)

As a Knicks fan, I'll throw out Anthony Mason. Underrated defender. Still wouldn't have a chance, don't get me wrong

On the flip side, I think it would be fun to see some of these past great defensive players/teams get to defend with today's rules.

A Rodman/Scottie/Jordan/Harper/Kukoc line up that could play the trapping, switch everything roaming off the ball defense as opposed to the more strict man-to-man rules could have been really dangerous and a lot of fun.