Am I the only one that sees it?

[clydepepper]

...and Steve Kerr is a better coach than he is too.


One thing I notice was that when Curry had the ball, all his teammates were in motion, whereas when LeBron had the ball, they were all spectators...which, if he's going to function as the coach, he has to take the blame for. Granted there were some times when Michael's teammates stopped and gawked but not to the extent the Cavs did.

They give LeBron a lot of credit for being such a good sport at the end, but I still remember his first finals loss, where he walked off the court without even acknowledging the Spurs.

These finals were another example of a 'Bill Russell' versus a 'Wilt Chamberlain' - the better TEAM won.

IMHO, the better teams have more players involved - Golden State led the league in Assists.

That's the last thing I have to say about the basketball season - it is now over...and out!

[vintagetoppsguy]

The thing that really bothered me were the Cavs fans - how they were out celebrating in the streets on opening day as if they had already won a championship - like some kind of victory parade. It was the middle of the afternoon. Don't those people work? Then I remember a huge banner of James being unveiled on the side of a building. The whole thing was quite ridiculous.

Hey Cavs fans, how about next time waiting until your team wins a championship before you celebrate?

[TUM301]

Watched most of the championship series and came away with a few thoughts but the main one was that James,almost seemed relieved it a strange sort of way when Irving went down. Now he really had an excuse to lose the series and nobody, especially his distractors, could blame him. Some of his post gamers, among them, "I`d rather not make the playoffs than lose" had me doing a double take. Today`s modern day athlete maybe ? Anyway still a super talented player but outside, for now anyways, my top 5 all timers. IMO, top 5, Russell-Jordan-Magic-Duncan-Bird. 2`nd 5, Wilt-Kareem-Kobe-Maravich-James. Bye the way, the "Stan Muse" as in most underated player of all time of hoops, "Hondo",John Havlichek.

[freakhappy]

Originally Posted by vintagetoppsguy

The thing that really bothered me were the Cavs fans - how they were out celebrating in the streets on opening day as if they had already won a championship - like some kind of victory parade. It was the middle of the afternoon. Don't those people work? Then I remember a huge banner of James being unveiled on the side of a building. The whole thing was quite ridiculous.

Hey Cavs fans, how about next time waiting until your team wins a championship before you celebrate?

With all due respect, David, I think you have to put yourself as a Cavs fan to understand why their fans reacted this way. LeBron has been the best player in the league for a while now and when he chose to leave, it ripped the heart out of many fans in the city of Cleveland. One huge reason is because they instantly became one of the worst teams by losing LeBron. I'm sure you remember how a lot of them reacted when he left. Burning jerseys, throwing all kinds of hatred his way...they were devastated as they knew what their inevitable fate would hold. So when he decided to come back home, what did they do? Yeah, they remember how great it was to have such a special player and also to contend every year and possibly earn a title soon. So an opening day celebration was merited IMO...a championship doesn't have to occur in order for a city to celebrate. Of course that is their goal...to win, but their team will be special for at least a few more years and that is something to be excited for, especially when you have been losing as much as Cleveland has.

Don't get me wrong, David...I understand what you are saying. It's pretty standard to hold such a celebration after you win a championship, but a lot of teams have opening day celebrations...pretty common actually. I didn't see Cleveland's celebration, so I'm guessing they could have got overexcited

[chaddurbin]

wow just discovered this thread, thanks for the friday night laugh fellas. white hot nba finals take from a prewar baseball card forum...who would've thunk it?

[gnaz01]

Me too!! Just check out this and enough said!!!

http://youtu.be/c7q6gHW9fo0