FireChan Posted June 8, 2015 Share Posted June 8, 2015 Jordan likely would have been counted out in the 1995 Finals against the Rockets, but he couldn't get there. 6-0. It's not silly, it's just factually correct. The fact that they had two of the top 50 players all time is why they never saw a Finals elimination game. Jordan was obviously better, but without Pippen, I seriously doubt that would have been the case. Before Pippen, Jordan was 1-9 in the playoffs, with no winning seasons. My point is, Jordan wasn't even as good as the mythical figure he's become in many people's eyes. He was/is the best ever. I personally think LeBron is better, but I recognize I'm in the minority there. To your point about the depth of talent, it's hard for me to believe that with a much larger pool of talent to pull from now, there is less depth. I just think that lower tier players are better than ever, so it's harder for the good players to separate themselves. I will admit, fundamentals are much worse now because most everyone relies on athleticism over technique. 6-0. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LB3 Posted June 8, 2015 Share Posted June 8, 2015 6-0. 6-0. Cute. Weak, but cute. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FireChan Posted June 8, 2015 Share Posted June 8, 2015 (edited) Cute. Weak, but cute.Remember when you said Jordan had Pippen, conveniently forgetting Lebron went 2-2 in the Finals with Bosh and Wade? 6-0! Who has Lebron competed with to get the the Finals every year? A Paul George with one good year? A Carmelo Anthony led Knicks disaster? D Rose who hadn't played a game the 3 years before this season? Compared to Jordan's competition? Edited June 8, 2015 by FireChan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maury Ballstein Posted June 8, 2015 Share Posted June 8, 2015 Delladova Dagger! Some rando on twitter calls him Jesse Pinkman. Hilarious Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoloinOhio Posted June 8, 2015 Author Share Posted June 8, 2015 :\ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
truth on hold Posted June 8, 2015 Share Posted June 8, 2015 carbon copy of game 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoloinOhio Posted June 8, 2015 Author Share Posted June 8, 2015 At least LeBron drove to the basket this time. Where is Mozgov? Why can't LeBron get any calls? #cleveland Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
truth on hold Posted June 8, 2015 Share Posted June 8, 2015 walt coleman officiating? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CowgirlsFan Posted June 8, 2015 Share Posted June 8, 2015 walt coleman officiating?[/size] LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
truth on hold Posted June 8, 2015 Share Posted June 8, 2015 matt the mercilous Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LB3 Posted June 8, 2015 Share Posted June 8, 2015 Wow! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
truth on hold Posted June 8, 2015 Share Posted June 8, 2015 Im afraid the injury to Irving has caused Cavs to release Lebron "Kraken" James Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoloinOhio Posted June 8, 2015 Author Share Posted June 8, 2015 Wow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deranged Rhino Posted June 8, 2015 Share Posted June 8, 2015 What a game. Looking forward to Game 3. Lebron did it all tonight and Curry laid an egg. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miyagi-Do Karate Posted June 8, 2015 Share Posted June 8, 2015 Gutsy won by cleveland. By the way, even if the Cavs win it all, I have to think blatt is gone. Lebron doesn't even acknowledge the guy's presence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffOrange Posted June 8, 2015 Share Posted June 8, 2015 Remember when you said Jordan had Pippen, conveniently forgetting Lebron went 2-2 in the Finals with Bosh and Wade? 6-0! Who has Lebron competed with to get the the Finals every year? A Paul George with one good year? A Carmelo Anthony led Knicks disaster? D Rose who hadn't played a game the 3 years before this season? Compared to Jordan's competition? I'm as nostalgic as the next guy with the NBC music and everything but the way you guys romanticize the '90s is hilarious. Take a look at the '92 Knicks roster before going on about how incredible the competition was. walt coleman officiating? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dpberr Posted June 8, 2015 Share Posted June 8, 2015 Gutsy won by cleveland. By the way, even if the Cavs win it all, I have to think blatt is gone. Lebron doesn't even acknowledge the guy's presence. +1. I think it was a bad idea for both Cleveland and Blatt to assume 1) the jump to the NBA would be workable and 2) double down on trying to coach a LeBron James who's on a mission to prove that moving on from Miami wasn't a mistake, along with "personalities" like J.R. Smith and Shumpert. I think a big shortcoming of his IMO was the inability to work Kevin Love into *any* offense whatsoever. Kept banging away at trying to make him a Stretch 4 which he never was. I see Van Gundy or Jackson there next year regardless of the Finals outcome. I don't think Thibodeau or a D'Antoni would be a good fit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maury Ballstein Posted June 8, 2015 Share Posted June 8, 2015 I'm as nostalgic as the next guy with the NBC music and everything but the way you guys romanticize the '90s is hilarious. Take a look at the '92 Knicks roster before going on about how incredible the competition was. Wrong. The east is a joke now. 90's teams had balls and would rough you up for driving the lane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricojes Posted June 8, 2015 Share Posted June 8, 2015 (edited) At least LeBron drove to the basket this time. Where is Mozgov? Why can't LeBron get any calls? #cleveland I was thinking about that as well. When Kobe Bryant was in his prime, he won games at the free throw line and he was a great clutch free throw shooter. He would get calls when fouled, questionable calls, and non foul calls. Of course he would work the refs all game long to set up for that final drive call. It was actaully pretty disgusting to watch, because you knew it was going to happen. It must just be LJ's size, he's a big dude and doesn't get the reach in calls because he fights through them. There is no other reason he can get hacked and not get calls, the refs really did all they could to screw C-Town, fortunately for them, GS couldn't hit the clutch shots. Edited June 8, 2015 by ricojes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoloinOhio Posted June 10, 2015 Author Share Posted June 10, 2015 Urban Meyer is at the game and is sitting next to Chris Christie. Championship? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Poojer Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 LeBron needs to stop whining about lack of calls and play both ends of the court Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoloinOhio Posted June 10, 2015 Author Share Posted June 10, 2015 Delly's defense has really affected Curry in this series. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoloinOhio Posted June 10, 2015 Author Share Posted June 10, 2015 Good year for Ohio teams down two star players. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LB3 Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 Delly!! Let's go Cavs! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deranged Rhino Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 There goes my prediction. Another good game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoloinOhio Posted June 10, 2015 Author Share Posted June 10, 2015 (edited) What a series so far! Sometimes I think the Warriors get too cute. Like Curry's no look pass that he threw away in the final 2 minutes. Wasted possession. Edited June 10, 2015 by YoloinOhio Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Poojer Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 if you want to see some funny one liners on delly...check out @dellyfact, fun stuff out there "The fact that the Cavs are 2-1 up on the Warriors is absolutely crazy when you look at the cast Dellavedova has to work with." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoloinOhio Posted June 10, 2015 Author Share Posted June 10, 2015 if you want to see some funny one liners on delly...check out @dellyfact, fun stuff out there "The fact that the Cavs are 2-1 up on the Warriors is absolutely crazy when you look at the cast Dellavedova has to work with." A year ago, if you tell me the biggest heroes of the state are Cardale Jones and Matthew Dellavedova.... straight craziness in sports! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricojes Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 (edited) A year ago, if you tell me the biggest heroes of the state are Cardale Jones and Matthew Dellavedova.... straight craziness in sports! When you add LeBron to that list, anything is possible. He's just that good... Edited June 10, 2015 by ricojes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Poojer Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 not to take anything from Delly, but if Cavs had Love and Kyrie, I think this series would be 3-0 cleveland and none of the games would have been close. Granted the landscape has changed so much, who knows if the intact starters for the cavs could have caused so much trouble for the Splash Brothers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LB3 Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 not to take anything from Delly, but if Cavs had Love and Kyrie, I think this series would be 3-0 cleveland and none of the games would have been close. Granted the landscape has changed so much, who knows if the intact starters for the cavs could have caused so much trouble for the Splash Brothers I think their defense would be worse with Love in there. Thompson has been able to switch on the pick and rolls and check every position on the court with some success. Love would be struggling with that. The Cavs would be scoring a lot more though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffOrange Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 LeBron needs to stop whining about lack of calls and play both ends of the court not to take anything from Delly, but if Cavs had Love and Kyrie, I think this series would be 3-0 cleveland and none of the games would have been close. Granted the landscape has changed so much, who knows if the intact starters for the cavs could have caused so much trouble for the Splash Brothers GS whines about more calls than anyone this side of the Spanish national team. I don't think they'd have lost Game 2 at home if they lost Game 1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Poojer Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 i try to watch games with an ubiased eye when it comes to calls(even syracuse and buffalo games), i've never shaken my head so much at some of the calls and non-calls in this series, in a lot of cases the replays back up the calls or non-calls, but there seem to be an inordinate amount of simply missed calls in this series, on both sides. this is the highest level of the sport and missed calls or mistakes are inexcusable...i think both teams have a right to whine a bit, but ya still gotta finish the play. GS whines about more calls than anyone this side of the Spanish national team. I don't think they'd have lost Game 2 at home if they lost Game 1. how freaking cool is this?? https://vine.co/v/eOive7ulIpV Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffOrange Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 (edited) Of course there's been missed calls both ways. I just mean if Stephon Gilmore is going to be livid over a PI call you'd want it to be a legit awful call, or else he loses credibility right? The look of disbelief on Green/Thompson for every foul --> smash cut to replay of them clutching or grabbing a dude's jersey...Jesus it's embarrassing. There ought to be more fouls - these are like '80s Big East games. I don't really have a rooting interest. First finals in a while the thought of neither team winning makes me wanna barf. I wonder if others feeling the same is why the ratings are so good. Edited June 10, 2015 by BuffOrange Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FireChan Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 Of course there's been missed calls both ways. I just mean if Stephon Gilmore is going to be livid over a PI call you'd want it to be a legit awful call, or else he loses credibility right? The look of disbelief on Green/Thompson for every foul --> smash cut to replay of them clutching or grabbing a dude's jersey...Jesus it's embarrassing. There ought to be more fouls - these are like '80s Big East games. I don't really have a rooting interest. First finals in a while the thought of neither team winning makes me wanna barf. I wonder if others feeling the same is why the ratings are so good. That's every player. Remember when Bron sat on the ground for a possession and a half whining for a call last round? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Poojer Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 almost did it last night too.... That's every player. Remember when Bron sat on the ground for a possession and a half whining for a call last round? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deranged Rhino Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalo Barbarian Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 not a big James fan but really rooting for Cleveland as they are like our brother city and hope there sports championship draught ends. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffOrange Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 That's every player. Remember when Bron sat on the ground for a possession and a half whining for a call last round? Yah well, even if that was the same thing as what I'm talking about, LBJ gets plenty of crap for that. GS players not so much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
truth on hold Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 i try to watch games with an ubiased eye when it comes to calls(even syracuse and buffalo games), i've never shaken my head so much at some of the calls and non-calls in this series, in a lot of cases the replays back up the calls or non-calls, but there seem to be an inordinate amount of simply missed calls in this series, on both sides. this is the highest level of the sport and missed calls or mistakes are inexcusable...i think both teams have a right to whine a bit, but ya still gotta finish the play. how freaking cool is this?? https://vine.co/v/eOive7ulIpV When was the last time travelling or palming was called ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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