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If he wasn't an injury prone player I would give him a pass

But dudes who are always banged up find a way to get hurt

Just how it is

If dude has pulled someone else arm like that he probably wouldn't have even been hurt like that :lol:



I never understood why people play shooters like that

Who cares if they drive by you at least you are running them off the line

how many times have we seen teams whole scheme get gummed up by simply running shooters off the line

They letting klay get away with a pedestrian playoff series by watching curry go off

its kinda funny in a perverse kind of way
 
I'm just hoping nobody else on Cleveland or Golden State gets hurt...

I can't remember a play-offs with more injuries.
 
Kyrie just needs to sit it out until the finals.
Cavs eatin bbq yard bird for the next two games.

i think he's trying to stay loose


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how many times have we seen teams whole scheme get gummed up by simply running shooters off the line

They letting klay get away with a pedestrian playoff series by watching curry go off

its kinda funny in a perverse kind of way

Right

Make somebody else beat you or make steph beat you off the dribble

Can't allow all these open threes

If he drives and kicks that's fine

Make someone else knock shots down

Klay, Green, Barnes, whoever

Can't just let Curry roast you with 5+ threes a game
 
Some info about Kevin Love disappearing act...
Ain't worried about the part of them thinking he's leaving...




Insiders Expect Kevin Love To Leave Cavaliers In Free Agency
MAY 23, 2015 3:18 PM


Kevin Love is out for the season following shoulder surgery and is expected to become a free agent this summer.

Love had an uneven first season with the Cleveland Cavaliers.

"Every executive I talk to, every agent I talk to, every quasi insider, every girlfriend's cousin's sister's boyfriend all says this guy is out of there," said Brian Windhorst during a podcast with Zach Lowe.

"I hear the same thing from everybody," said Lowe. "From everyone that is two or three or four steps removed. I don't quite believe all of that."

"I agree," replied Windhorst.

"Part of what's going on there is the Lakers' boogeyman," said Lowe. "They don't just say he's out of there, they say 'He's going to the Lakers.' That has much to do with the fear people have of the Lakers as it does with Kevin Love."

"I can't get a read on Kevin," said Windhorst. "His personality is a little bit different than many players I've covered. He has at every turn even gone out of his way to make statements about how he intends to remain in Cleveland."

Windhorst has also mentioned that Love has seemed distant from the Cavaliers post-surgery, attending just one game. Love is unable to fly yet following the surgery.
 
Gave away Andrew Wiggins for nothing. Should've traded a 1st and Anthony Bennett for that CAC. I'm not trading Wiggins for a player who may or may not want to sign with me.

That's like that stupid shit the Mavs did with Rondo but shit atleast all we did was give up Brandon Wright and all the Laker gave up was Bynum hurt ass for Dwight. You gave up the future of the NBA? That shit gonna go down as one of the worst trades of all time. I would say Pau Gasol for Kwame but shit atleast Marc Gasol was a throw-in and shit ended up actually benefiting the Grizz.
 
Gave away Andrew Wiggins for nothing. Should've traded a 1st and Anthony Bennett for that CAC. I'm not trading Wiggins for a player who may or may not want to sign with me.

That's like that stupid shit the Mavs did with Rondo but shit atleast all we did was give up Brandon Wright and all the Laker gave up was Bynum hurt ass for Dwight. You gave up the future of the NBA? That shit gonna go down as one of the worst trades of all time. I would say Pau Gasol for Kwame but shit atleast Marc Gasol was a throw-in and shit ended up actually benefiting the Grizz.

Yeah it was dumb and as you see they didn't even need Love

Having Wiggins is nothing but a plus not only now but for the future of the team
 
Gave away Andrew Wiggins for nothing. Should've traded a 1st and Anthony Bennett for that CAC. I'm not trading Wiggins for a player who may or may not want to sign with me.

That's like that stupid shit the Mavs did with Rondo but shit atleast all we did was give up Brandon Wright and all the Laker gave up was Bynum hurt ass for Dwight. You gave up the future of the NBA? That shit gonna go down as one of the worst trades of all time. I would say Pau Gasol for Kwame but shit atleast Marc Gasol was a throw-in and shit ended up actually benefiting the Grizz.

Yeah it was dumb and as you see they didn't even need Love

Having Wiggins is nothing but a plus not only now but for the future of the team

Wiggins backing up Bron off the bench or putting him at the 2 would have caught wreck I'm Cleveland.. Smh

Cavs gonna regret that trade for a long fuckin time especially if they don't win a chip with Bron on board :smh:
 
Wiggins backing up Bron off the bench or putting him at the 2 would have caught wreck I'm Cleveland.. Smh

Cavs gonna regret that trade for a long fuckin time especially if they don't win a chip with Bron on board :smh:

Man the only thing these fuckers in Cleveland care about is getting Lebron back...

Wiggins probably gonna be great, I hope he does...if the Cavs wasn't so gun hole about winning this year, they could've kept Andrew then signed Love this off season...
 
Wiggins backing up Bron off the bench or putting him at the 2 would have caught wreck I'm Cleveland.. Smh

Cavs gonna regret that trade for a long fuckin time especially if they don't win a chip with Bron on board :smh:

Man the only thing these fuckers in Cleveland care about is getting Lebron back...

Wiggins probably gonna be great, I hope he does...if the Cavs wasn't so gun hole about winning this year, they could've kept Andrew then signed Love this off season...

Lebron forced them to do it

This is why players play, coaches coach, and GMs GM
 
Lebron forced them to do it

This is why players play, coaches coach, and GMs GM

GM Inkosi mortgaged Clevelands future to win NOW. Makes you wonder if he feels pressed to get it done soon since he himself hasnt commited long term to the franchise. I still say he deserves Exec Of The Year Award for taking Cavs from 1st pick in the lottery to the NBA Finals. He's doing what other star players turned execs like Jordan, Bird, Isiah, McHale, etc have been tryna do the last 20 years.
 
GM Inkosi mortgaged Clevelands future to win NOW. Makes you wonder if he feels pressed to get it done soon since he himself hasnt commited long term to the franchise. I still say he deserves Exec Of The Year Award for taking Cavs from 1st pick in the lottery to the NBA Finals. He's doing what other star players turned execs like Jordan, Bird, Isiah, McHale, etc have been tryna do the last 20 years.

If he wins with this team it's his best work yet

Just saying they are doing this without Kevin Love

Just shows they probably didn't need him

Thompson was already on the team and is a former top 5 pick in his own right
 
Even if Love were to leave the Cavs....they can use that salary to do some things man..


but still why would love leave Cleveland to go to the Lakers......
 
If he wins with this team it's his best work yet

Just saying they are doing this without Kevin Love

Just shows they probably didn't need him

Thompson was already on the team and is a former top 5 pick in his own right

They just wanted another name to have a "BIG 3".......Bron gonna have his troubles in the near future with teams like the Warriors out there playing with 7 to 8 athletes and got Draymon Green and Harrison Barnes playing the 5 and 4 spot and you trying to compete with slow ass Kevin Love.

Wiggins backing up Bron off the bench or putting him at the 2 would have caught wreck I'm Cleveland.. Smh

Cavs gonna regret that trade for a long fuckin time especially if they don't win a chip with Bron on board :smh:

I honestly thought that was why Bron went to Cleveland. I thought he was looking at it he had a few 20 year olds in Kyrie and Wiggins who had fresh legs and were gonna dominate playing alongside Bron. That Kevin Love shit made no sense to me than and it still doesn't.

Yeah it was dumb and as you see they didn't even need Love

Having Wiggins is nothing but a plus not only now but for the future of the team

Right. Bron doesn't need no player of Love's caliber to contend. You had Wiggins with you and all he was gonna do is grow and make a easy transition from Bron to Wiggins. It was like the Cavs and the NBA felt like it wouldn't be fair or some shit so they trying to share the wealth and sent him to Minnie.

Overtraded for Kevin Love who wanted to be traded away from Minnie. Cats traded them like Minnie had the leverage.

Like you said, they didn't even need frail ass Kevin Love. Especially in the East.

Man the only thing these fuckers in Cleveland care about is getting Lebron back...

Wiggins probably gonna be great, I hope he does...if the Cavs wasn't so gun hole about winning this year, they could've kept Andrew then signed Love this off season...

But the thing is.....even this offseason everyone felt the Cavs were a favorite in the East just with the Lebron acquisition.

Even with Wiggins taking a few rookie bumps.......

Why they were in such a rush to get Love is beyond me.
 
Lebron forced them to do it

This is why players play, coaches coach, and GMs GM

Well to his credit the play been great, coaching been better than average(being new and never worked with David) and the GM moves been amazing at this point...
 
Steve Kerr told them

Listen to me and i will get u rings

He told mike and them this in 96 to keep that 3 peat going.

Hell he used to Knock mike ass out in practice

This a tough CAc

He taught david robinson Tim Duncan, Avery johnson and david Robertson how to win tha championship against the Knicks and nets in 2003

Now he teaching the Warriors a young on the come up team to glory
Man please stfu..

This nigga Lebron playing with 8 top 5 picks
And without him all they did was win the fucking lottery and be underachieving trash. Again, stfu.
 
Golden State shot them out the gym :smh:

Lebron been money on the drives to the rack, but Curry been money from the corner...that shit is amazing...man can you image Curry and JR in the same back court...

Klay is ain't a slouch, but JR is a different type of shooter
 
Lebron been money on the drives to the rack, but Curry been money from the corner...that shit is amazing...man can you image Curry and JR in the same back court...

Klay is ain't a slouch, but JR is a different type of shooter

JR is John Starks, way to inconsistent.. I'd take klay over JR
 
Hawks-Cavaliers Preview

INDEPENDENCE, Ohio (AP) -- Kyrie Irving plopped down on a courtside bench following a brisk workout and two team trainers quickly went to work adjusting straps on his new knee brace.

The Cavaliers, completely in command of the Eastern Conference finals, may soon be closer to full strength.

Irving made some cuts and drives while wearing a brace on his left knee Saturday and the Cavs said the All-Star guard is questionable for Sunday's Game 3 against Atlanta. While Irving remains iffy, he hasn't been ruled out and that's an improvement after he sat out Friday night as Cleveland took a 2-0 lead with a 94-82 win over the hobbled Hawks.

Irving aggravated tendinitis during Game 1, and after visiting renowned surgeon Dr. James Andrews on Friday in Florida, the Cavs rested one of their stars. Cavs coach David Blatt said Irving's status for Sunday will be a medical decision and won't be affected by Cleveland's seeming stranglehold on the series.

"If he's able to play, then he'll play," Blatt said. "He's a big part of the team, and this series is not finished. But if he's not able to play, he won't. That's the determining factor."

Meanwhile, the Hawks lost starter Kyle Korver, their best outside shooter, for the remainder of the postseason with a severely sprained right ankle.

It's another damaging blow to the Hawks, the East's top seed who were soundly outclassed on their home floor by LeBron James and the Cavs. Not having Korver makes things even tougher.

"He's a huge part of our leadership, our fabric, our fiber," coach Mike Budenholzer said about Korver, injured while scrambling for a loose ball in Game 2.

Atlanta has already been diminished by forward DeMarre Carroll's sprained knee. Nicknamed the "Junkyard Dog," he was supposed to be the one to keep James under control. But through two games, the Cleveland superstar has taken the bite out of Carroll and dominated.

James came within one rebound of a triple-double in Game 2, when he once again carried his team the way he has throughout his career. With Kevin Love out for the postseason following shoulder surgery and Irving not himself, it's fallen on James to pick up the slack by rebounding more, handling the ball more, doing more of everything.

And, as is usually the case, he's delivered. James is averaging 30.5 points, 8.5 rebounds and 8.5 assists in the series.

"There's no doubt we have to do a better job defending him, both individually and as a team," Budenholzer said. "We've got to do a better job taking away the passing lanes, a better job arriving on the pass and a better job contesting shots. That's really not any different than what it was coming into the series. But as you see it, experience it, feel it, hopefully we'll get better as the series goes on."

The Hawks are running out of time, and history is not on their side.

James has been up 2-0 in a series 14 times and he has closed out all 14.

Although the Cavs have the Hawks on the ropes, James knows they're dangerous. Cleveland's two road wins have not given James any sense of security.

"We're just as desperate as we were in Game 1 and Game 2," he said.

The Hawks, though, are more distressed.

TALK THE TALK: James was wired with a microphone in Game 2 and was heard telling Irving, "I told you I got your back, G" after Cleveland's win.

James explained what he meant.

"I told him before the game," James said. "`That's why we're a team. That's why it's next man up. And that's what I'm here for and I got your back in whatever decision that you decide to make and know that we're ready for you whenever you decide to come back, whenever you're ready physically and mentally to come back."


MOVING PIECES: Budenholzer said he hasn't decided who will start in place of Korver. One option is Kent Bazemore, who raised some eyebrows after Game 2 when he said, "I still think we're the better team. We just haven't shown it yet."

PEACEMAKER: James urged Cleveland residents to remain calm and channel any anger in a positive way after a judge acquitted a white police office of manslaughter charges following the 2012 shooting deaths of two unarmed blacks.

"Violence is not the answer," he said. "For the city of Cleveland, let's use our excitement or whatever passion that we have for our sport for the game tomorrow night, bring it tomorrow night."

James made similar comments following racially-charged cases in Ferguson, Missouri, and New York. But this one hits close to home, and James believes he and the Cavs can help the healing process.

"It doesn't matter what city it is, something that's going through a city that's very traumatic, traumatizing or anything of that case, I think sports is the biggest healers in helping the city out," he said.
 
Love only ever complained about post touches. That was it. Never bitched about not getting shine, but the media did. Seemed happy as the team was racking up wins, but the media wasn't satisfied. Love this, Love that.

Cavs win without Love, it's they don't need Love. Cavs win without Kyrie, fucking crickets. Media just being media. :smh:
 
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