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Makes them even more great! They not suppose to do what they do! But they do it all the time and every night! No matter who is guarding them. Shit is amazing to watch!



Agreed. The uphill battle cements / cemented their all-time status along the way.


"No matter who is guarding them" is a great point too ... when you think about all the different match-ups and assignments they face. The speed and physicality of the game.
 
People like to talk about small market teams and people not watching the finals cause of it..well let’s see who is considered a small market team
Grizzlies
Pelicans
Okc
Bucks
Jazz
Spurs
Pacers
Blazers
Hornets
Kings
Cavs
Magic
Nuggets
Heat
Wolves

Spurs had 5 chips
Heat has 3
Cavs have 1


When heat played the spurs multiple times in the finals did people complain about them being small market teams? When the Cavs won did people complain about them being a small market squad.. when the heat won 3 times any complaints? Did people have a problem when the magic faced the rockets decades ago? When okc faced the heat?.. it obviously ain’t about small markets cause 9 chips were won by 3 teams in a 16 yr span from small markets teams and nobody complained
 
People like to talk about small market teams and people not watching the finals cause of it..well let’s see who is considered a small market team
Grizzlies
Pelicans
Okc
Bucks
Jazz
Spurs
Pacers
Blazers
Hornets
Kings
Cavs
Magic
Nuggets
Heat
Wolves

Spurs had 5 chips
Heat has 3
Cavs have 1


When heat played the spurs multiple times in the finals did people complain about them being small market teams? When the Cavs won did people complain about them being a small market squad.. when the heat won 3 times any complaints? Did people have a problem when the magic faced the rockets decades ago? When okc faced the heat?.. it obviously ain’t about small markets cause 9 chips were won by 3 teams in a 16 yr span from small markets teams and nobody complained
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People like to talk about small market teams and people not watching the finals cause of it..well let’s see who is considered a small market team
Grizzlies
Pelicans
Okc
Bucks
Jazz
Spurs
Pacers
Blazers
Hornets
Kings
Cavs
Magic
Nuggets
Heat
Wolves

Spurs had 5 chips
Heat has 3
Cavs have 1


When heat played the spurs multiple times in the finals did people complain about them being small market teams? When the Cavs won did people complain about them being a small market squad.. when the heat won 3 times any complaints? Did people have a problem when the magic faced the rockets decades ago? When okc faced the heat?.. it obviously ain’t about small markets cause 9 chips were won by 3 teams in a 16 yr span from small markets teams and nobody complained
When a team has a global superstar and an All Time Great on the team "Lebron", that silences the small market talk.

As I spoke about yesterday, it's not just about the market. It's about if people want to watch a player or teams play basketball.

No matter where they're from. Larger cities will have larger support because well, they're larger.
Mute Finals numbers from previous years show who people like to watch, and who they don't.

 


It's always interesting to hear players talk about Thibs versus the media

All the players understand

and Theo said the same thing I was saying all playoffs, why are your starters still in the game down 20 with three and four minutes left so they still end up playing 40+ minutes in blow outs. The Warriors and Steve Kerr pull the plug when they know they don't have it, and they have Steph fucking Curry.
 
When a team has a global superstar and an All Time Great on the team "Lebron", that silences the small market talk.

As I spoke about yesterday, it's not just about the market. It's about if people want to watch a player or teams play basketball.

No matter where they're from. Larger cities will have larger support because well, they're larger.
Mute Finals numbers from previous years show who people like to watch, and who they don't.

Absolutely right! Some of the spurs finals were the least watch finals. Obviously people watched Miami and Cavs was because of LBJ; I mean @tallblacknyc has to know this; small markets have issues in every major sport including football; the main issue is their owners though….
 
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