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2017-18 NBA (Playoffs): A gasping, wheezing thread begs message board poster arguing how Jordan never lost a Finals to just let it die in peace (4 Viewers)

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thecatch said:
The idea that his wife ran the accounts sounds plausible. Unfortunately for him I don’t think that helps his case for continued employment at all. 
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The account tweeting when Bryan would have been unavailable to tweet really means squat and might have even been done purposely from time to time.  Burner accounts are sometimes run by someone other than the person feeding the info (and maybe that's what you meant).  Who better then Italian speaking wifey sitting at home?  A local radio personality here already got outed (allegedly) for that since this new broke and it was happening over 5 years ago.  The "egg" account ripped on his competitors, people he worked with, people on his actual show, etc.  

 
modogg said:
the NBA Gods are evil... why could this not be Danny Ainge and the Celtics!!!!!!!!!
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It is the NBA's new way of handling tanking. Once a team start to get good they will find a clever way to destroy that team. 

It is a good thing the 76ers only tanked for like 5ish years. I don't even want to try to imagine what will happen if the Magic ever get good. 

 
Frostillicus said:
Love playing Game 1.  Whether that's good or bad for the Cavs, who can say?
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I wanted to see them run game 1 without him.  Oh well.

Also, a voice of the Warriors was on the radio here today and mentioned that Nance has given the Warriors some trouble in the past.  They were discussing how the Warriors and Cavs have not played since the trades.  He didn't really elaborate, just said something about his athleticism.  Can't say I've watched much Warriors-Lakers basketball, and certainly would not have paid close attention to Nance, but where was this guy going with that?  Maybe he was just trying to say something positive lol.  

 
msudaisy26 said:
It is the NBA's new way of handling tanking. Once a team start to get good they will find a clever way to destroy that team. 

It is a good thing the 76ers only tanked for like 5ish years. I don't even want to try to imagine what will happen if the Magic ever get good. 
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considering the nba forced the colangelos on the sixers, doesn't really make sense.  silver should fine himself

 
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encaitar said:
I've never understood this sentiment.  LeBron went for 35/13/8 in 2015 when Iggy won the FMVP.

He went for 30/11/9 in 2016 when they won.

He went for 33/12/10 last year when people were implying that Durant had passed him as the best player on the planet.  No one has slowed him down on the Warriors in any of their series.  Sure Iggy might be the guy who gets the bulk of the responsibility of facing him, but he's not slowing him down.  Maybe him guarding LeBron gives Durant more wind for the offensive end, but that's a different narrative than saying he's limiting LeBron.
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lol.  Average p/r/a is the most amazing way to convince someone they are wrong.

 
Bobcat10 said:
I wanted to see them run game 1 without him.  Oh well.

Also, a voice of the Warriors was on the radio here today and mentioned that Nance has given the Warriors some trouble in the past.  They were discussing how the Warriors and Cavs have not played since the trades.  He didn't really elaborate, just said something about his athleticism.  Can't say I've watched much Warriors-Lakers basketball, and certainly would not have paid close attention to Nance, but where was this guy going with that?  Maybe he was just trying to say something positive lol.  
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A few different directions he could have been going, but if the Cavs are going to keep pace they need to prevent runs from happening or kill them quickly if they do.  A guy like Nance has the ability to disrupt, but only if he buys into such a role without taking it too far and Lue actually deploys him properly.  I'd love to see him throw him out there in quarter 2 or 3 if we have fouls to give and just tell him to harass the hell out of one of their scorer's and get offensive rebounds.  If you get 2 or 3 fouls (he will) then so be it.  Just don't let them develop any flow.

 
MAC_32 said:
A few different directions he could have been going, but if the Cavs are going to keep pace they need to prevent runs from happening or kill them quickly if they do.  A guy like Nance has the ability to disrupt, but only if he buys into such a role without taking it too far and Lue actually deploys him properly.  I'd love to see him throw him out there in quarter 2 or 3 if we have fouls to give and just tell him to harass the hell out of one of their scorer's and get offensive rebounds.  If you get 2 or 3 fouls (he will) then so be it.  Just don't let them develop any flow.
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I understand how he could help the Cavs and it also came to mind that he sometimes tries to overplay his role.  The right Nance can be a positive in this series.  I was more curious as to the particulars of how he gave the Warriors trouble while on the Lakers.  Take Green out of his element, etc.  Our B.A. experts have been lurking, I'm sure they'll chime in, although this isn't controversial, so maybe not.  

 
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msudaisy26 said:
It is the NBA's new way of handling tanking. Once a team start to get good they will find a clever way to destroy that team. 

It is a good thing the 76ers only tanked for like 5ish years. I don't even want to try to imagine what will happen if the Magic ever get good. 
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Pretty sure the Magic aren’t actually tanking. 

 
Golden State is a great team but they are also very lucky team.  In 2015 Love and Irving go down and GS scraps by for the 4-2 win if Cavs don't have injuries GS may not have won.

In 2016 despite losing the finals gets motivation to get better seeing they may not be able to win another championship bring in Durant so even when losing they get lucky.

2018 Down 3-2 to Houston they luck out with Chris Paul getting injured.

 
Dez said:
Golden State is a great team but they are also very lucky team.  In 2015 Love and Irving go down and GS scraps by for the 4-2 win if Cavs don't have injuries GS may not have won.

In 2016 despite losing the finals gets motivation to get better seeing they may not be able to win another championship bring in Durant so even when losing they get lucky.

2018 Down 3-2 to Houston they luck out with Chris Paul getting injured.
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You know what? I don't think your name is actually Dez.

 
Dez said:
Golden State is a great team but they are also very lucky team.  In 2015 Love and Irving go down and GS scraps by for the 4-2 win if Cavs don't have injuries GS may not have won.

In 2016 despite losing the finals gets motivation to get better seeing they may not be able to win another championship bring in Durant so even when losing they get lucky.

2018 Down 3-2 to Houston they luck out with Chris Paul getting injured.
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They are also lucky they don't have to live in Ohio.

 
Hey @Dez What are the odds that the Cavaliers would get three #1 and two #4 picks in four drafts and then LeBron miraculously decides to come back to win one for Cleveland?  Can you imagine if your front office wasn't trash?

 
msudaisy26 said:
I don't think any of the #### is fresh in Ohio.
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Ok. I guess I don’t get it. I’m sure it’s really funny though.  :thumbup:

edit: I should have went with what I really wanted to reply with. But I’m better than that. Enjoy the game tonight.

 
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Bobcat10 said:
Casey talking to the Stones. Perfect fit if you ask me. Deeee-troit Basketball!
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Not sure why Casey would take it. We are a complete #### show right now, seriously the Pistons have to be one of the worst 3 jobs in basketball right now and I would rank them the worst. I only think Hornets and Magic would be in the running with them and at least they have picks this year and players other teams would want.

 
Dez said:
Golden State is a great team but they are also very lucky team.  In 2015 Love and Irving go down and GS scraps by for the 4-2 win if Cavs don't have injuries GS may not have won.

In 2016 despite losing the finals gets motivation to get better seeing they may not be able to win another championship bring in Durant so even when losing they get lucky.

2018 Down 3-2 to Houston they luck out with Chris Paul getting injured.
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Yep.  Pure luck.  They were also lucky to be up 3-1 in 2016, and lucky to have a series-changing Draymond Green suspension.   Similarly lucky to have Iggy get hurt this year while up 2-1 and having reclaimed home court advantage.  Luck all around.  

 
Bobcat10 said:
I wanted to see them run game 1 without him.  Oh well.

Also, a voice of the Warriors was on the radio here today and mentioned that Nance has given the Warriors some trouble in the past.  They were discussing how the Warriors and Cavs have not played since the trades.  He didn't really elaborate, just said something about his athleticism.  Can't say I've watched much Warriors-Lakers basketball, and certainly would not have paid close attention to Nance, but where was this guy going with that?  Maybe he was just trying to say something positive lol.  
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Maybe he meant Nance Sr.

 
msudaisy26 said:
Exactly, they forced him on the 76ers. They knew he would ruin them. 
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i got to think the 6ers or somebody makes an announcement tomorrow. My money would be on Colangelo resigning. at least i hope so. But i also hope that the internet and everyone can ensure that the NBA is tied into this too and that it becomes common knowledge how the NBA's interference left us with a bigger mess.

i will say i haven't enjoyed this as much as everybody else has (because if this effects a free agent signing here i'll poop on Colangelo's yard), but one good thing that has come out of this is that we get to see the good in the internet. SO much crap comes out of it, but this was good as everyone enjoyed the jokes going around Tuesday night (everyone except Colangelo). none were over the top snarky or malicious, just collective joking around. then immediately as the Sixers state they will do their own investigation, you have Sixers websites and fans all collectively pulling information together and by the end of Wednesday you have a good picture of what was occurring (crossingbroad.com went into full investigator mode). but for a few days, it is nice to see people enjoying things together and working together.  

 
Dedfin said:
how did the nba force colangelo on the 6ers? I didn't follow that. Tia
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Roughly:

-nba owners did not like sixers tanking.

-silver heeded the concerns and inserted himself into the situation to potentially get the sixers to change course.

- he reached out to Jerry Colangelo (or colangelo expressed interest) to become new sixers gm/prez.

-silver presents this to sixers ownership and “forces” the to push Hinkie out.

-Jerry installs his idiot son as gm, who then cOmpletely spazzes out and ruins the sixers and everything good in the world.

or so the theory goes...

 
modogg said:
i got to think the 6ers or somebody makes an announcement tomorrow. My money would be on Colangelo resigning. at least i hope so. But i also hope that the internet and everyone can ensure that the NBA is tied into this too and that it becomes common knowledge how the NBA's interference left us with a bigger mess.

i will say i haven't enjoyed this as much as everybody else has (because if this effects a free agent signing here i'll poop on Colangelo's yard), but one good thing that has come out of this is that we get to see the good in the internet. SO much crap comes out of it, but this was good as everyone enjoyed the jokes going around Tuesday night (everyone except Colangelo). none were over the top snarky or malicious, just collective joking around. then immediately as the Sixers state they will do their own investigation, you have Sixers websites and fans all collectively pulling information together and by the end of Wednesday you have a good picture of what was occurring (crossingbroad.com went into full investigator mode). but for a few days, it is nice to see people enjoying things together and working together.  
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Now that is some fresh ####!

 
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