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If you didn't know by now I don't give a fuck about no badge... None of that shit affects me in the least wit cacs cops

Why you got your blood pressure all up Bruh?!?! Calm down, relax, you care about the damn badge Nigga!!

It's all good though, but, I apologize for upsetting you tonight! I don't want no gun welding hyper-sensitive ass constantly threatening Niggas Dude running around on his shift waving his gun at people for dumb shit...
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Why you got your blood pressure all up Bruh?!?! Calm down, relax, you care about the damn badge Nigga!!

It's all good though, but, I apologize for upsetting you tonight! I don't want no gun welding hyper-sensitive ass constantly threatening Niggas Dude running around on his shift waving his gun at people for dumb shit...
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Nigga did u watch that game? That's why I'm hotter than fish grease these faggits like clock work go away from the hot hand which was Beasley and effectively lose a 20 pt lead

Then Eric Spolstra lookin like a dear in headlights
 
Nigga did u watch that game? That's why I'm hotter than fish grease these faggits like clock work go away from the hot hand which was Beasley and effectively lose a 20 pt lead

Then Eric Spolstra lookin like a dear in headlights

Dude you know I like fucking with you man! You do know who my team is right! :confused:

No horse in this race, just bullshitting! But yeah, I watched the game, and frankly it's obvious LBJ and crew carried that Dean Cane looking ass clown for 4 years, because he can't coach for shit!!

Big question, why the fuck did Beasley sit on the damn bench the whole second half really, after he basically carried them in the first half?

Stupid shit like that is why his dumb ass should be fired! :smh:

Plus my issue with Wade at this point is, if he's not scoring he ain't worth a damn to the team! 4-20?!?! Get some assist or some shit, he's definitely gonna handicap them going forward because he's not going to get any better or healthier and that bread is sitting on the Cap. Him and Bosh :smh:
 
Niggas was talking mad shit about deng getting picked up

Talking a top 3 seed


Nigga please

Heat beyond ass

Back to the Eddie jones days U go faggit

And Tom Cisco see u in may
 
Celtics-Cavaliers Preview
CLEVELAND (AP) -- Five years ago, LeBron James left the floor after Game 5 against Boston in disgrace. There were boos from the home fans, even some whispers he'd quit on the Cavaliers.

On Sunday, in his first playoff game for Cleveland since 2010, James will take his first step toward an NBA championship -- toward the one that could top them all.

James and the Cavaliers open the playoffs against the Celtics, a team he knows well and the one that abruptly ended his first stay in Cleveland. Shortly before his exit to Miami in the summer of '10, the Cavs were beaten in six games by the Celtics, and that series loss, perhaps as much as any other, scarred James.

"It stuck with me a lot," he said after Friday's practice.

This opening-round matchup appears to be a mismatch for James and the Cavs, who righted themselves after a 19-20 start and are expected to easily dispatch the up-and-coming Celtics. In James, Kyrie Irving and Kevin Love, Cleveland has an updated version of the "Big 3," while Boston traded star guard Rajon Rondo and finished two games under .500.

The oddsmakers have tabbed the Cavs co-favorites to win the title, but James knows well that there are no guarantees.

"Everyone's 0-0 when you get to this point, so our whole game plan right now is giving ourselves a chance to win the game," said James, who has never lost a first-round series.

Since that defeat by Boston in 2010, James has won two titles in Miami, and he's now hoping to quench a 51-year championship drought in a tortured city that didn't take long to re-embrace him.

Cleveland and Boston split the season series, with the Celtics winning twice last week -- games in which Cavs coach David Blatt rested starters to be fresh for the postseason.

The only time both teams were at close to full strength was March 3, when the Cavs demolished the Celtics 110-79.

Boston guard Evan Turner knows for the Celtics to have any chance, James must be slowed.

"You try to make it uncomfortable for him, make him work (defensively), contest his shots," Turner said. "I know he's going to get calls, and I know he's going to make a lot of great plays."

There are some other sub-plots to the Celtics-Cavs series:

SMOOTH TRANSITION: Celtics coach Brad Stevens knows his way around the NCAA Tournament, but this is his first dance with the big boys. In 2010 and 2011, he guided Butler to consecutive NCAA title games. He took over the Celtics last season, when they went 25-57 while rebuilding.

PLAYOFF ROOKIES: Irving will make his playoff debut, a game he has dreamed of since childhood.

"This probably will be the biggest game I've played in," said Irving, who in his fourth season has developed into one of the game's elite point guards.

Irving said James has given him some pointers about what to expect in the playoffs, with "preparation" the biggest piece of advice.

Love, too, is a playoff rookie after six seasons in Minnesota. After some early resistance, he's willingly sacrificed personal stats for team goals.

"You can shoot 0 for 35. As long as you win, that's all that matters," Love said.

BIG DIFFERENCE: Boston's trade with Phoenix for 5-foot-9 guard Isaiah Thomas on Feb. 19 changed the season. The Celtics were 20-31 before the deal, 20-11 afterward. Thomas sat out 10 of those games, but Boston was 14-7 when he played, and he led them with 19 points per game.

GREAT EXPECTATIONS: Since James and Love came to town, Cleveland has been tagged as the team to beat. Blatt has spent the season trying to manage the hype.

"It's not sensible and it's not correct to put the cart before the horse," said Blatt, another playoff first-timer. "We've got a lot of tough basketball ahead of us to get anywhere. That's why I think it's a little unfair for people to start claiming that we should do this and do that.

"We haven't done anything as a team yet at this stage."

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AP Sports Writer Howard Ulman in Boston contributed to this report.
 
Welp... I guess all this talk about Love and Uncle Drew not being ready for the playoffs was a bunch of bullshit!! They both look REAL ready to me, and if they play close to this level in these playoffs, ain't nobody fucking with the Cavs... :yes:
 
Welp... I guess all this talk about Love and Uncle Drew not being ready for the playoffs was a bunch of bullshit!! They both look REAL ready to me, and if they play close to this level in these playoffs, ain't nobody fucking with the Cavs... :yes:

The Cavs are a really flawed team. They are playing the Cavs and should make easy work of them. The Bulls with a healthy Rose may be a tough task for them
 
The Cavs are a really flawed team. They are playing the Cavs and should make easy work of them. The Bulls with a healthy Rose may be a tough task for them

At the end of the day, ever team is flawed. There are no complete teams in the playoffs... even the Bulls, which understanding the point of your post, a HEALTHY Rose, which is one of their main flaws, they are brittle.

If the Cavs play their game, I won't go against them no matter which team they are playing honestly.

I do see them having issues with the Hawks and the Bulls though. but I favor them over both teams...
 
The Cavs are a really flawed team. They are playing the Cavs and should make easy work of them. The Bulls with a healthy Rose may be a tough task for them

The Cavs can score so many points at a burst that it puts pressure on a team like the Bulls to match them.. As long as they are getting rebounds, asking a team like the Chicago to match up with them will be asking for a lot..
Another thing the Cavs can make mistakes and still beat the best teams by 15 pts while to beat them you damn near have to play a perfect game.
 
At the end of the day, ever team is flawed. There are no complete teams in the playoffs... even the Bulls, which understanding the point of your post, a HEALTHY Rose, which is one of their main flaws, they are brittle.

If the Cavs play their game, I won't go against them no matter which team they are playing honestly.

I do see them having issues with the Hawks and the Bulls though. but I favor them over both teams...

The Cavs are flawed and a deep team will be their kryptonite the same way it was for Miami. Miami only loss to teams that were with many role players such as the Mavs and Spurs team.

To me the Hawks and Warriors will give Cavs all kinds of problems
 
The Cavs can score so many points at a burst that it puts pressure on a team like the Bulls to match them.. As long as they are getting rebounds, asking a team like the Chicago to match up with them will be asking for a lot..
Another thing the Cavs can make mistakes and still beat the best teams by 15 pts while to beat them you damn near have to play a perfect game.

They are flawed just like the Heat team. The Cavs scoring will come from two players. Lebron and Kyrie. Depending on JR Smith and Shump to score is wishful thinking. Hawks and Warriors will give them a hard time. Deep teams will hurt the Cavs the same way they hurt the Heat
 
They are flawed just like the Heat team. The Cavs scoring will come from two players. Lebron and Kyrie. Depending on JR Smith and Shump to score is wishful thinking. Hawks and Warriors will give them a hard time. Deep teams will hurt the Cavs the same way they hurt the Heat

The Heat teams that won, were the teams that were able to spread the floor with the three, the two times they lost was when they didn't have the outside shooters... Plus this team has one thing the Heat team never had, that is rebounders...
So if the Heat was able to win playing that style, I see no reason why the Cavs shouldn't
 
Every team has flaws....even the current Spurs that you guys love to guzzle so much

The Cavs have been one of the better teams on BOTH sides of the ball since January....have run through the Western conference opposition they have faced.

They have as good a chance as any at the chip.

You guys keep falling for the bulls every year and I dont remotely understand why... what has chicago done to deserve the reverence that people give them

I just dont fucking get it
 
The Heat teams that won, were the teams that were able to spread the floor with the three, the two times they lost was when they didn't have the outside shooters... Plus this team has one thing the Heat team never had, that is rebounders...
So if the Heat was able to win playing that style, I see no reason why the Cavs shouldn't

You think it was a coincidence that the Hawks smacked the Cavs? The Hawks are a deep team. After the big three the talent level on the Cavs drops off significantly. The same way it did with the Heat.

The Heat won until they played a deep team. The Mavs and Spurs were very deep.
 
You think it was a coincidence that the Hawks smacked the Cavs? The Hawks are a deep team. After the big three the talent level on the Cavs drops off significantly. The same way it did with the Heat.

The Heat won until they played a deep team. The Mavs and Spurs where very deep.

The heat losing had nothing to do with depth

The guys that normally performed, Bosh, Wade,Rio didnt perform

If those guys had even had a normal series it would have been different

Its also why I think Miami has problems going forward. You cant count on Wade to be healthy late in the playoffs again....that ship has sailed
 
You think it was a coincidence that the Hawks smacked the Cavs? The Hawks are a deep team. After the big three the talent level on the Cavs drops off significantly. The same way it did with the Heat.

The Heat won until they played a deep team. The Mavs and Spurs where very deep.

The Hawks beat them on a off day.. Its similar to how the Bulls used to always beat the Heat during the regular season, only to smoke their asses in the playoffs..
During that Hawk game, the Cavs played exactly the way they did during every loss they had, that is no energy poor outside shooting and poor defense.. If they were to play that way today, the Celtics would have beaten them also.. But with good teams you can't count on them to play poorly during the playoffs, the key is trying to beat them when they are playing on all cylinders..
 
The heat losing had nothing to do with depth

The guys that normally performed, Bosh, Wade,Rio didnt perform

If those guys had even had a normal series it would have been different

Its also why I think Miami has problems going forward. You cant count on Wade to be healthy late in the playoffs again....that ship has sailed

Heat lost because we lacked depth and when we faced teams that were deep it hurt us. Having 3 max players means the rest of your team consist of basically trash. When you face a deep team that can neutralize your star players you are now in trouble.
 
The Hawks beat them on a off day.. Its similar to how the Bulls used to always beat the Heat during the regular season, only to smoke their asses in the playoffs..
During that Hawk game, the Cavs played exactly the way they did during every loss they had, that is no energy poor outside shooting and poor defense.. If they were to play that way today, the Celtics would have beaten them also.. But with good teams you can't count on them to play poorly during the playoffs, the key is trying to beat them when they are playing on all cylinders..

The Heat beat the bulls in the playoffs because the Bulls could not score.

The Mavs had 8 players would could score

The Spurs had 8 Players who could score

The Hawks have 8 players who can score

The Cavs got carved up each time the played Atlanta. The reason is because they are deep and the Cavs are not.
 
Heat lost because we lacked depth and when we faced teams that were deep it hurt us. Having 3 max players means the rest of your team consist of basically trash. When you face a deep team that can neutralize your star players you are now in trouble.

Or, just maybe, the Spurs were a better TEAM. The Heat rolled through the EC with no problems. Fairly rested by the time they played the Spurs. You can point and say what the Heat didn't do, but imo, it's more what the Spurs did to them. James, Wade and Bosh were who they were last year and the year before when they won it against the Spurs. The only difference between the Spurs teams was the replacement of Neal to Mills.
 
Heat lost because we lacked depth and when we faced teams that were deep it hurt us. Having 3 max players means the rest of your team consist of basically trash. When you face a deep team that can neutralize your star players you are now in trouble.

the rest of those guys were not trash

they just had the worst series of the playoffs in the finals

Spo should have sat Rio in every game that series......

He refused to play Beasely who could have given some offensive spark

He could have sat Wade more minutes in that series because the Spurs never even took him serious from three point land....and this was while having Ray Allen there....

The main problem was that the scrambling defensive system which overprioritized protecting the paint and giving up wide open three after wide open three bit them in the ass

Blitzing the ball handler was a disastrous tactic that slowly crept up on them....especially since they were anemic rebounders
 
Heat lost because we lacked depth and when we faced teams that were deep it hurt us. Having 3 max players means the rest of your team consist of basically trash. When you face a deep team that can neutralize your star players you are now in trouble.

The Heat didn't have outside shooters either, other than Ray, and he was old... With out the shooters the Spurs was able to pack the paint, collapsing on LeBron and Wade there... Plus they were the worst rebounding team and in order to off set that, they would out hustle teams to beat them... The problem is that when they tried that shit with Spurs they lost their legs with fatigue causing them to grow old real quick..
With the Cavs they are much younger, a better rebounding team and a much better outside shooting team who is able to open lanes better..With the Heat if LeBron didn't score 32 or more , they usually lost, with the Cavs he is able to score 20 in a blow away..
 
Or, just maybe, the Spurs were a better TEAM. The Heat rolled through the EC with no problems. Fairly rested by the time they played the Spurs. You can point and say what the Heat didn't do, but imo, it's more what the Spurs did to them. James, Wade and Bosh were who they were last year and the year before when they won it against the Spurs. The only difference between the Spurs teams was the replacement of Neal to Mills.

What do you mean maybe? The Spurs were the better team. Learning from Miami's issues I would never want 3 max players again. With 3 max players you can hero ball your way to 60 wins pretty easily but will always face challenges when a team can go 8 deep.

3 max players leaves you with no depth and will have to depend on guys who are not good to produce. The Mavs and the Spurs series is a perfect example of what happens when those role players can't.
 
What do you mean maybe? The Spurs were the better team. Learning from Miami's issues I would never want 3 max players again. With 3 max players you can hero ball your way to 60 wins pretty easily but will always face challenges when a team can go 8 deep.

3 max players leaves you with no depth and will have to depend on guys who are not good to produce. The Mavs and the Spurs series is a perfect example of what happens when those role players can't.

The Cavs are not a 3 player team, Thompson is very big so does Mozgov, Shumpert and JR Smith.. Your stars make your roll players better but the proper role players can turn your stars into superstars..
 
What do you mean maybe? The Spurs were the better team. Learning from Miami's issues I would never want 3 max players again. With 3 max players you can hero ball your way to 60 wins pretty easily but will always face challenges when a team can go 8 deep.

3 max players leaves you with no depth and will have to depend on guys who are not good to produce. The Mavs and the Spurs series is a perfect example of what happens when those role players can't.

I agree. 3 max players are not needed in today's league.
 
I will say this, a good role players effectiveness is not always translated into stats and numbers and will stand by my statement that the roll players are what has made the Cavs a championship level team..
If you can't get this, then it really explains your lack of knowledge towards the game.
 
The fact that there are 2 pages of Heat discussion in a CAVS thread proves where all of the Heat fans went this season, and why there were only 12 post in the Heat reload thread!! :lol:
 
Seriously RoadRage:lol:

Tristan is the leading reserve rebounder off the bench in the NBA.

Unless rebounds suddenly dont matter

JR came to cleveland and has canned well over 100 threes while not even playing for them the whole season....unless an outside threat suddenly doesnt matter

Mozgov has allowed them to play a much sturdier defensive scheme where they dont have to hedge pick and rolls as aggressively

Shumpert and JR have given them size on the wing which lets them defend opposing ball handlers more effectively

Having three stars doesnt limit you...as long as you find complimentary pieces....which are always available if the scouting staff is willing to put in the work
 
The fact that there are 2 pages of Heat discussion in a CAVS thread proves where all of the Heat fans went this season, and why there were only 12 post in the Heat reload thread!! :lol:

It was just not meant to be for the Heat this season. Injuries simply killed us. I enjoyed watching the young guys develop this year with Shabazz, TJ, Whiteside and Enis. I am cautiously happy we did not make the playoff but that will depend on where we fall within the lottery.

Our pick is top 10 protected but anything after the 10th pick we lose that pick to your 76ers.

Dragic
Wade
Deng
Bosh
Whiteside
McRob
Beasley

Is a solid 7 man rotation. With Wade having about 3 years left hopefully we can draft someone who will replace his production
 
Tristan is the leading reserve rebounder off the bench in the NBA.

Unless rebounds suddenly dont matter

JR came to cleveland and has canned well over 100 threes while not even playing for them the whole season....unless an outside threat suddenly doesnt matter

Mozgov has allowed them to play a much sturdier defensive scheme where they dont have to hedge pick and rolls as aggressively

Shumpert and JR have given them size on the wing which lets them defend opposing ball handlers more effectively

Having three stars doesnt limit you...as long as you find complimentary pieces....which are always available if the scouting staff is willing to put in the work

Dude don't listen to facts or reason, all you have to do is go back in this thread and check out his crazy ass predictions that all went wrong, to understand he is not that big into reality.
 
It was just not meant to be for the Heat this season. Injuries simply killed us. I enjoyed watching the young guys develop this year with Shabazz, TJ, Whiteside and Enis. I am cautiously happy we did not make the playoff but that will depend on where we fall within the lottery.

Our pick is top 10 protected but anything after the 10th pick we lose that pick to your 76ers.

Dragic
Wade
Deng
Bosh
Whiteside
McRob
Beasley

Is a solid 7 man rotation. With Wade having about 3 years left hopefully we can draft someone who will replace his production


First the Heat have to get a reserve two guard...Wade is going to miss at least 20 games a year going forward

In fact I think Bosh may start missing games as well

Rio may or may not get traded after his contract is up....who knows

Deng was a mistake......health wise and production wise
 
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