2016 NBA | FINALS | No Thunder, but forecasts still predict lukewarm reign

From the same gossip Twitter who broke the D'Angelo Russel video


https://twitter.com/Fameolous/status/739607797831073796

@stephenasmith @RealSkipBayless I heard Kevin Durant tell James Harden last night he wants to play with him again. Remeber I told you first

LeBron trying to extend they career by avoiding post play with bigs--so he can lose finals for years to come.

By DY_nasty Go To Postold quote but whatever. get downloaded brehs

mmmm damn that's vulgar. how long ago was that?

By xnipx Go To PostFrom the same gossip Twitter who broke the D'Angelo Russel video


https://twitter.com/Fameolous/status/739607797831073796

:O

What's costs a team more points:

Russ being WNB or harden's D?

By xnipx Go To PostFrom the same gossip Twitter who broke the D'Angelo Russel video


https://twitter.com/Fameolous/status/739607797831073796

Does Durant secretly have some severe masochistic and co-dependent issues or something?

Westbrook just learned to sort of be an actual facilitator and the value of committing to getting his teammates involved regularly and Durant possibly wants to jump that relationship for the one guy who may have actually surpassed Westbrook in the selfish fuck ball category.

By xnipx Go To PostFrom the same gossip Twitter who broke the D'Angelo Russel video


https://twitter.com/Fameolous/status/739607797831073796

Durant is going to drag that bearded goat to LA with him? gross.

I want Westbrook completely unleashed. See if he can become a more savage 2009 Wade.

nope, doesn't have the handle or the touch around the rim.

he would average a triple double

By P-SY Go To Postnope, doesn't have the handle or the touch around the rim.

Westbrook doesn't have the handle?

By blackace Go To PostWestbrook doesn't have the handle?

not saying he doesn't have a good handle, just not as good as wade's

By P-SY Go To Postnot saying he doesn't have a good handle, just not as good as wade's

think that's up to debate... it's not a clear cut thing imo...

i thought i laughed about everything already but then i remembered that Cleveland still pays Mike Brown for one more season.

Westbrook handles better than Wade for sure. Running end to end his change of direction is crazy.

By xnipx Go To PostFrom the same gossip Twitter who broke the D'Angelo Russel video

https://twitter.com/Fameolous/status/739607797831073796

As I said earlier: James coming back to OKC as a FA is more likely than KD going to Houston.

wonder if the knicks would be desperate enough to trade for love---Lopez and D Trilliams for Love might not be too bad for both teams

By charsace Go To PostWestbrook handles better than Wade for sure. Running end to end his change of direction is crazy.

Wade has better lateral handles imo..

By blackace Go To PostWade has better lateral handles imo..

Yeah. Wades change of direction and euro step is nuts.

By giririsss Go To PostYeah. Wades change of direction and euro step is nuts.

but Westbrook's handle at full-speed is impressive

fucking hell this is a bad finals isnt it, I dont know man, this isnt lebron fault at all but I can see why alot of the negativity gets thrown his way.

and peak wade has nicer handles than westbrook although rus is obviously quicker.

I think wade at his peak, did some of the most buttery crossovers I've seen.

AI if we talking about crossovers...


but Westbrook handle is top notch at top speed....

By Dark PhaZe Go To Postwonder if the knicks would be desperate enough to trade for love—Lopez and D Trilliams for Love might not be too bad for both teams

Would not do it. Love doesn't help fix our backcourt. We have Melo and KP. The front line is not the Knicks problem.

Steve Francis had a crazy cross over in his prime. He would get people to leave their feet with his cross often.

Melo and Love? rofl

By blackace Go To PostMelo and Love? rofl

i mean the spacing would be god tier with zingis and love on the perimeter though giving melo room to work

then you just focus on defense for the backcourt and thats good enough for the east imo

Melo is washed

By Dipro Go To Posti thought i laughed about everything already but then i remembered that Cleveland still pays Mike Brown for one more season.

lebron should be the 45th POTUS. creating jobs for everyone, truly a leader we need

By Kidjr Go To Postfucking hell this is a bad finals isnt it, I dont know man, this isnt lebron fault at all but I can see why alot of the negativity gets thrown his way.

he handpicked each and every single player on that roster, how is it not his fault?

By Rob Go To Posthe handpicked each and every single player on that roster, how is it not his fault? being a GM isn't easy

picked the coach too and made gilbert spend 180 million on salary.

ThompsonScribe: Stephen Curry pulls out of 2016 Olympics in Brazil. He may not be alone

http://blogs.mercurynews.com/thompson/2016/06/06/warriors-stephen-curry-olympics-brazil-may-not-alone/

Looks like steph dropped out of the olympics this summer because of his knee, though through the article it is stated that the zika virus was not the reason he isn't going; i feel that definitely was also taken into consideration. a lot of athletes, rightfully so, will be double thinking the olympics if they have any chance of getting the zika virus and transferring it to their potential children

i sure as hell wouldn't go especially if i already had a gold medal.

By Dipro Go To Posti sure as hell wouldn't go especially if i already had a gold medal.

he doesn't have one yet. he may decide to go in 2020 (tokyo i believe), who knows lol

By Rob Go To Posthe handpicked each and every single player on that roster, how is it not his fault?

Common thats Tomi Lahren levels of ignorance. Love had a season where he averaged 26 point per game before cavs, Kyrie everyone thought was going to be nice, like hows this ALL lebrons fault lol.

i really dont understand why the olympics even matter. Its for players like Barkley/Malone/Durant/CP3 who can't win a ring but need some participation award

also im like 99% positive Harden plays zero defense because of this https://cdn1.lockerdome.com/uploads/4733576254074130_7fe374aa1e0f6882e51356739d3e831ce0f1e264401c2ae5d84db12c5445057f_large

I know this is old but goddammit if this isn't what I feel like I'm watching during these finals:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtvXVP2YApg

By Rob Go To Posti really dont understand why the olympics even matter. Its for players like Barkley/Malone/Durant/CP3 who can't win a ring but need some participation award

Kobe loved playing in the Olympics.

By Rob Go To Posti really dont understand why the olympics even matter. Its for players like Barkley/Malone/Durant/CP3 who can't win a ring but need some participation award

also im like 99% positive Harden plays zero defense because of this https://cdn1.lockerdome.com/uploads/4733576254074130_7fe374aa1e0f6882e51356739d3e831ce0f1e264401c2ae5d84db12c5445057f_large

Its good for your worldwide brand to be in the olympics. Thats why

Aren't all the athletes basically just fucking too?

Who's been talking shit about lebron since way back?

Do you want a cookie or something?

By Rob Go To Posti really dont understand why the olympics even matter. Its for players like Barkley/Malone/Durant/CP3 who can't win a ring but need some participation award

as someone else said, it's about merchandising worldwide mang.

"who wants a gold medal anyway" .. seems silly to me.

Gold medals are cool. They carry even more weight now that the rest of the world provides much stiffer competition.

i guess i find it hard to give a shit when the second best country is spain and all their good players are 50 years old like Pau and Ibaka

gold medal is cool when you have real competition

By Fenderputty Go To PostAren't all the athletes basically just fucking too?

prolifically.

By Rob Go To Posti guess i find it hard to give a shit when the second best country is spain and all their good players are 50 years old like Pau and Ibaka

gold medal is cool when you have real competition

Representing your country is kinda cool too. Just saying.

By The Frankman Go To PostRepresenting your country is kinda cool too. Just saying.

Put On

A few days ago I said if Cleveland plays the same defense they'll lose by 30 this game. The made a slight adjustment by leaving Green more open but it was largely the same defense...and they lost by 30.

I'm sorry, but this Cabs team is so fucking over-matched.

Kyrie and Love are not two way players and it shows. Maybe now people will appreciate what Bosh meant to those Miami squads. When Kyrie and Love were added to Lebron 2 years ago people were arguing they could be the best of all time. LOL.

Are they even a top 5 team this season? I know this matchup is really awful for them, but they just don't look so good. The East is trash. They may steal game 3 but this series is done, IMO.

They have no adjustments they can make to win the series. If they bench Love/Kyrie, the result is just last year. And they'll never do that, anyway.

And Lebron isn't playing well, either. He needs to play a lot better for them to even have a chance at winning one game!

What an awful playoffs, overall. Thank god for OKC and Portland...

the finals are so uninteresting that my timeline is filled with olympics updates

And these Olympics are going to be so uninteresting because everyone is pulling out.