Hoosierfan2017

It's just a personal preference of mine. Staredowns seem cool to me. I like when a dude dunks on someone or blocks him and then stares him down for a few seconds. A lot of the over the top celebrations and dances seem goofy to me. Idk, I like it more when guys play "angry" than when they seem carefree and happy and such. Like, I like it better when LeBron has that 2012 Celtics game 6 look in his eyes than when he's messing around and goofing off during games. Back during his first stint in Cleveland he and the Cavs would goof around a lot. They would do a bunch of goofy stuff during pregame, during introductions, and all that. I didn't like it. I like it when players are stone-faced and have that strictly business, assassin vibe to them. I don't really like Kawhi Leonard but I like his on-court demeanor.

There's nothing bad with celebrating but imo there's times where it's cool and times when it's unnecessary. I like when a player hits a big shot towards the end of a game and celebrates, but doing it constantly throughout a game grows old. It's not cool or special if it's always happening. To me the coolest celebration is a stare down after a big play.

He threw his mouth guard into the stands last year in game 6 because his team was losing.

The answer is yes. Just because I'm a LeBron fan doesn't mean I automatically agree with everything he says or does.

Lol and I wouldn't expect them to. All I said was that the only thing I dislike about Curry is the constant celebrating.

That's fine. I don't mind some emotion, but the constant celebrating annoys me. Every made shot is cause for celebration. It annoys me when IU players do it too. I like to see a little humility from players and the Warriors don't show much at all. They act like they've never been there before.

The frequency matters. Steph does it after almost every play. If LeBron did his push down celebration after every dunk then you'd have a point. Steph probably does a celebration dance when he snags a front row parking spot at the grocery store.

A lot of people seem to like Curry because he looks "normal". He isn't freakishly tall, he isn't freakishly athletic, he just looks like a regular dude. Hes relatable to the average person. They're all like "see, you don't have to be super tall or athletic to make it to the NBA, hard work will take you far!" When you see guys like LeBron, Durant, Westbrook, etc. it's like "okay these guys are freaks of nature." The only thing I hate about Steph Curry is the way he celebrates after literally everything he does on the court. His little kicks during game 1 were absurd. It just seems goofy and unnecessary to me and makes it hard to watch.

If you had the choice between trading him for Love and letting him walk would you pick the latter? I see the argument for going for the rebuild if/when he walks. I can't see a team trading a top draft pick for a one year rental of him. Maybe Boston, but he wouldn't put them above Golden State so they're better off continuing their process. Trading for Love wouldn't be their best option but the Pacers management makes some questionable decisions so it's worth the shot if you're Cleveland.

Lol hey he's under contract until 2020 and can put up 20+ and 12 as a first option. Him and Turner would be a solid frontcourt. Might as well get something of value for George before he leaves.

I don't disagree with that lol. I lose basically all impartialness (I think that's a word) when it comes to LeBron.

Where are you seeing that? Nothing recent from what I can tell.

Personally I don't think Crean is an Ohio State caliber coach. I know football is their fans' primary concern, but even with that I can't see them being satisfied with Crean's inconsistency.

Again, he wasn't suspended for that play. He was suspended because he was over the flagrant foul limit. Any player that goes over the limit gets a 1 game suspension. They didn't pull the rule out of their butts just to help LeBron. It's not Lebron's fault that Draymond Green lacks emotional control. Everyone in the NBA knows Green has a bad temper. Have you ever played a sport at the high school level or above? When you know a player on the other team has a short fuse and can't control his emotions you attack him. You trash talk him and you get physical with him. You try pissing him off so he loses it. That's true across all sports. If you want to get mad at someone get mad at Draymond for losing his temper.

Who else would even be on the market? It's so late to be making a coaching change.

Thompson's really valuable against a lot of the eastern conference teams, but you just can't afford to play guys that can't score against a team with Golden State's firepower. Big guys that can shoot are so valuable these days I forget who all was out there, but I remember there was one point last night where both teams were playing 5 perimeter players. With teams shooting more and more 3s I think we're gonna see that playmaking small forward surrounded by shooters continue. A lot of guys in that mold are just starting to hit their primes. Throw the Greek Freak in that mix too.

Trade him in the offseason for Jimmy Butler or Paul George. He's great against 28 of the teams but not Golden State. He's played well in the Finals but he lacks the length or athleticism that is needed against Golden State. Durant is 7' foot with tremendous length and they have him guarding Love at times. He can't put it on the deck and score. I would try trading Thompson too. His offensive deficiencies make him unplayable in the Finals.

It all depends on Lagow imo. If he hasn't made significant improvements from last year then we'll be fortunate to get to 6-6. If he's much better, or if another qb steps up then I could see 7-8 wins.

Draymond got suspended because he was over the flagrant foul limit for the playoffs. It wasn't Lebron's fault that Draymond couldnt stop himself from touching other guys' junk last playoffs. http://www.nba.com/2016/news/features/steve_aschburner/06/12/draymond-green-suspension-could-spark-changes-in-point-system/

I'm glad you brought that up. 26.4/8.6/8.7 54.8% 25.3/8.3/4.8 53.7% Which numbers are better?

Nothing that I say will change your opinion so there was no point in responding to it. You believe what you believe and that's fine. I think you're completely wrong, and I'm sure you think I am too.

Enjoy this last year with George before he goes to LA.

You really are clueless lmao. Kobe hit his prime after Shaq left. Even with Shaq he still averaged 30 ppg. He played 12 years with the Lakers after Shaq left. He averaged more than 30 in 2 of those seasons. He put up 2 of his 4 highest ppg WITH Shaq. What stats were you wanting me to look at again?

The media's pushing the "Durant's better than LeBron" narrative so hard now. Like no. Durant's team went 18-4 without him this year. That's a 67 win pace. They won 73 games without him last year. He's putting up good numbers on the most stacked team in modern NBA history. He doesn't have to work hard for his points because there are 3 other all-NBA players on the court with him that they have to worry about too. He's a cog in their machine. The workload between him and LeBron isn't even close. . Durant's a great player and if he was doing this against LeBron with OKC, or really any team other than Golden State then there'd be an argument, but he's not.Lebron's gonna average a 30 point triple double on 50%+ shooting and the narrative after the finals will be "he'll never be better than Jordan" and he's "washed" as a superstar.

Curry double dribbled on the play where he "shook" LeBron.