At what point do Cavs players start giving up on this series?
- Thread starter Art Vandelay
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I bumped this thread for you...
How is this June 2007 article still 100% accurate about how much tougher the Golden State Warriors schedule was?
Now, the hypothetical team schedule (let’s use the Warriors) is slightly different but much better for travel, television broadcasts, fans attending road games and development of regular season rivalries.
Currently, the Warriors play each Eastern Conference team twice (home and away). They would continue to do exactly the same thing under this suggested format. Ten Eastern Conference teams would result in 20 regular season games for the Warriors.
Currently, the Warriors play teams such as San Antonio, Dallas, Houston and Memphis four times (sometimes three). That is the same number of times they play the Sacramento Kings, Lakers and Clippers, which should be their divisional and geographic rivals. This makes no sense from a travel perspective and the time zone change doesn’t work well for television broadcasts either. Create a Central Conference and play each of the 10 Central teams twice, which would add 20 more regular season games.
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However, the Eastern/ Western Conference format, selecting eight teams from each conference just absolutely fails in identifying the best 16 teams in the NBA. Over the past eight years, the Western record vs. Eastern teams is as follows:
Season West Record Vs. East
2006-07 257-193
2005-06 252-198
2004-05 256-194
2003-04 266-154
2002-03 250-170
2001-02 232-188
2000-01 259-161
1999-2000 227-193
2006-07 257-193
2005-06 252-198
2004-05 256-194
2003-04 266-154
2002-03 250-170
2001-02 232-188
2000-01 259-161
1999-2000 227-193
That totals for a 1,999-1,451 record for the Western Conference, a .579 winning percentage. Additionally, the Western Champion has won the NBA Championship 7 of the past 9 years, with many of the series not very competitive. This is not a cycle or a trend that is going to change any time soon (particularly with this year’s lottery results). During the 2006-07 regular season, five of the best six records in the NBA belonged to the West. The entire starting five of the First Team All-NBA were all Western Conference players. At the All-Star Break, the five best records in the league were in the West. This had NEVER happened in NBA history. In fact, no conference had ever had the top four records in the league at the All-Star Break.
This is all despite the fact that Eastern teams play 52 games against lesser competition and only 30 games against the West. While I don’t advocate relying on computer rankings, the Sagarin rankings (using won-loss record and strength of schedule) essentially show that 10 of the top 16 teams in the NBA are from the Western Conference. With Miami and Detroit aging, the Eastern Conference is heading for an even larger decline and it's likely that 12 of the best 16 teams in the league reside out West.
The point is not to eliminate Eastern teams from the playoffs, but rather identify the best 16 teams in the league and seed them accordingly in a 16-team bracket to best determine the true NBA champion. The current format is the equivalent of Western teams being required to run a marathon while teams from the East are running a 100-yard dash to win a title.
Props^
Bump!
I was wrong. LeBron earned his place alongside players like MJ and Kobe tonight.
When did LeBron ever get put out of the 1st round of the playoffs until the team's front office brought the hall of famers in to save the day?
OP will make a similar thread next Finals.
LeBron has more Finals MVPs than his idol Kobe.
LeBron has more Finals MVPs than his idol Kobe.
Good on you for keeping it honest.
So does this mean you won't be making any more Lebron legacy questioning threads in any future finals?
Wait...How many Kobe got?
2. But only deserved 1. He came up smedium in 2010. Shouldve went to Pau Gasol.
Kobe scored 40 once in the Finals. Bron dropped 41 in back to back games this Finals.
Aw damn. I thought he had more than that. lol
FAIL
after they win game 7
He's KING JAMES!!!!!!!
Kobe has got more rings, fuck an MVP. End of the day those rings are more important. Kobe is still 5 up, 2 down compared to LeBrons 3 up 4 down. I'm a Cavaliers fan but truth is truth. If he wins two more chips he'll be on Kobe and Jordan level, not until then
Well I guess jordan and kobe need 5&6 more to be on bill russell level
That response wouldn't have been worthless if you made it while the Cavs were down.
Perhaps
This was an exciting play by Iverson in the Finals.
No you aren't a Cavs fan talking this bullshit.
Yeah, well it's not an absolute science. Championships have a lot of different factors, because Kevin Love and Kyrie were healthy last year would the outcome have been different? Nobody knows. Still, LeBron took an L for the series. If Steph Curry Hadnot of hurt his knee and Ankle this series would it have turned out differently? Again nobody knows
man I told bills and BeatdownRecords I wasnt posting about basketball until the finals was over
but I see we had a whole bunch of bullshit being spewed on this forum
just a whole bunch of non-stop L's
gonna be fun summer bumping these blowhards........
but I see we had a whole bunch of bullshit being spewed on this forum
just a whole bunch of non-stop L's
gonna be fun summer bumping these blowhards........
Peace,
The thread was dumb even when Cleveland was down 0-2. Why the fuck would any team give up during the Finals?
And some dummy even suggested that Lebron should retire. There are some idiots on this board.
The thread was dumb even when Cleveland was down 0-2. Why the fuck would any team give up during the Finals?
And some dummy even suggested that Lebron should retire. There are some idiots on this board.
Toronto got destroyed the 1st two games then won at home twice hopefully Cleveland does the same....not a fan but something about Golden State rubs me the wrong way..I don't like them... it's like the geeks beating the popular kids... it just don't seem right
So these were the only ones that knew better?
Interesting indeed @Mask
Perhaps? Not as worthless as the OP's thread.
The OP, like the rest of the stans, are literally sick that they hitched their wagon to the losing horse and resort to any type of lie to push up their player while downplaying LeBron's greatness.
It is really sad at this point that the stans are even talking because their commentary is about as insightful as a Trump discussion on poverty or racism.
The OP, like the rest of the stans, are literally sick that they hitched their wagon to the losing horse and resort to any type of lie to push up their player while downplaying LeBron's greatness.
It is really sad at this point that the stans are even talking because their commentary is about as insightful as a Trump discussion on poverty or racism.
you gotdamn right you were wrong, you jumpin to conclusions summabytch...
you better eat yo words like a plate of buffalo wings and french fries...
lol just jokes.
after cleveland was down three one, I was like..
fuckin clevland sucks.... LOL
I was like how the fuck they gonna lose in fuckin cleveland......
I was like another year of these golden state lemonheads and their
job stealing coach....
But Im feeling much better now.....lol
Their feelings have been hurt for years
They had to put down Jordan to prop up their man
They have been putting down Bron for years
They aren't even true basketball fans
No you aren't a Cavs fan talking this bullshit.
He was throwin Bron under the bus everytime they lost but now is happy to bask in him bringing a chip to his city.
He's one of the Cavs fans that burned his jersey when he left.
Sounds like WHORE SINISTER.
Dude claims to be this diehard Laker fan but hops on all the Laker rivals bandwagons when they play "BRONZE". When i seen him caking for the Spurs a few years ago I knew what time it was, another bitter Kobe stan.
Just like some of the passive agressive Jordan dickriders ALWAYS pull for whoever plays Bron in the Finals. Dallas, OKC, San Anton, Golden State.
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