I was gonna come in here and gloat about how my hometown Spurs just bent the Warriors over the scorer's table and ran train on them (Kawhi and Green were first in line), but then I read this, and.... You sure you wanna stand by your statement?
Haven't NBA fans learned to not gloat over the outcome of 1 game yet? The Spurs played great, Kawhi was fantastic, but the Spurs are really tough at home and GS has never played well there. They've lost 13 fucking games all year, I think Puffman is perfectly fine in his gloating. The Warriors are on pace for the best record in 15 years. They also lost to the Nuggets, Jazz, and Lakers by double digits this year. None of those losses make them a bad team or should give any of their fans cause for major concern. The Spurs are super hot right now...but they are also not gonna have home court advantage in any round in the playoffs unless upsets happen.
Whoa there fun police. Let him come in here and gloat. So when they meet in the playoffs and Steph Curry makes Tony Parker look like a 89 year old geriatric living in Florida, there can be some more conversation. At the same time, I will never, ever feel comfortable with the Spurs while they still have their core and Pop. That man is Darth Vader, the Spurs run on the souls of unborn wookies.
Parker is a game manager at this point. He has lost a step (or several), but he still has the smarts and now has a 3-ball. Kawhi or Green will be on Curry, not Parker. The traditional "core" of Parker-Manu-Duncan is functionally just Duncan at this point. Manu is an injury or a turnover waiting to happen, and Parker is the afore-mentioned game manager. What makes the Spurs tick now is more Kawhi, Green, and Duncan. Throw in some Splitter, Diaw, Parker and bench depth for seasoning.
I'm just going to quietly enjoy the Bulls coming back from a 19 point deficit and winning by 10 or so. Derrick Rose is back and its none of this tentative bullshit. I really like our team, just wish Dunleavy would play like that every night. I didn't even know who that fucking guy was, he was all over aggressively making plays.
Pretty entertaining article from Andrew Sharp: http://grantland.com/the-triangle/the-nbanfl-crossover-who-is-the-aaron-rodgers-of-basketball/ Several of those comparisons are just absolutely spot-on, others not so much. I'm trying to figure out who the Kevin Love of the NFL is.
Someone like Chris Johnson? Put up huge numbers on a bad team and just didn't fit on a better team (though the Jets aren't as good as the Cavs comparatively)?
This is a really nice article to read as a Bulls fan. "Bulls easing Derrick Rose back into the fold..." and the results have been wonderful. And can we talk about Pau Gasol? That man does work. I love this shit.
Warriors finish with 67 wins, only the 10th NBA team in history to finish with at least that many wins. The Warriors also won 39 out of 41 home games this year, so the home court advantage looks good. They say that 8th seeds have a chance, but not for the Pelicans if there are no injuries on the Warriors. The boasting begins.
I trust everyone has taken note on how the Warriors just showed how to treat a number 8 seed when you are the number 1 seed. Yep that was a four game sweep and time to rest up for the West semi finals. Anthony Davis of the Pelicons is the real deal though. Man, I wish I could build a team around that talent.
Anthony Davis and the Pelicans deserve a lot of credit. They never stopped fighting, and the Warriors pulled a miracle to come back and beat them in game 3. The Hawks looked pitiful yesterday, but Brooklyn's defense was excellent. I still think that the Hawks will win the series, but I don't see them getting past the Cavaliers in the conference finals. As good a shooter as Ashton Kutcher is, I hate having to rely on him being able to sink his shots consistently in big games. And this is probably the most predictable first round in recent memory. The only series that was hard to predict a winner from was the one that nobody cares about (Washington/Toronto). But if the Clippers can bounce back today then that series will get interesting.
The Bulls need to quit dicking around and bury the Bucks tonight. They need whatever time off they can get. We need the actual Derrick Rose to come back and play. All this talk about Thibs being gone at the end of this season is fucking upsetting. He's the best coach we've had since Phil, not perfect, but still. Having this team fall through the cracks in the upcoming season would be hurtful. Anyway, let's just focus on this season. Kelly Olynyk took out Kevin Love for two weeks. Not sure the Bulls can write a big enough check.
Watching the Raptors play against Washington for the last 4 games was the most embarrassing display of basketball I have ever seen. I am a casual fan at best, but they're a Toronto team and I will always cheer for them, but Jesus Christ Kyle Lowry; you are supposed to be a star??!?! 3 fouls and then you get T'd up inside 10 minutes...in the FIRST quarter? SMH bro.
That Bulls game last night was pretty damn sad. I was expecting more out of them, at least to close out this series to get some rest. Rose is a turnover machine, it's like he's a rookie all over again. Butler can't carry everything. Holy fuck, I'm not a Paul Pierce fan, even though his nickname is dope, but this article is the fucking shit. http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/12690080/washington-wizards-paul-pierce-speaks-truth
How about that Spurs Clippers series? Just goes to show how hard to repeat. On the other hand the Warriors are one up on Memphis and I am two up on this IPA.
Felt really bad watching Z Bo try to guard Draymond Green. Mismatch nightmare like you read about. Curry is an absolute savage. I love watching the Warriors so much
Derrick Rose and Jimmy Butler just took LeBron's and Kyrie's cookies. Just took them. Went into their house and were like "GIMME DEEZ!" That wasn't some bullshit last minute win either, that was a suppression choke-out. Shit was fan-fucking-tastic.
My thoughts on the last game was that we really fucking missed Pau Gasol. The Bulls missed so many shots within 3 feet of the basket and I really can't attribute that to incredible defense of the Cavs. The Bulls also didn't make sure to constantly attack Kyrie when he was on the floor. I get Tony Snell isn't a beast, but you can't let Kyrie hide on him. Bad Bulls fans want to bitch about the calls. It wasn't consistent, but there were bad calls and make-up calls. Blatt almost not getting called for a tech isn't even a discussion point, the first paragraph is what lost that game. The as soon as Lebron got that ball, it was going in. Not after all the Derrick Rose shit, and everything on social media was that shot not going in.