..LA's up 3-1, looking to close out game 5 in the Mamba Jersey.

I'm pretty sure that counts as bulletin board material, so it won't be a surprise to see Miami bring the heat (corny pun intended lol).

1. More. Win.


*skatin' the rings of saturn*


..and miles to go before i sleep...

it's not the same without the fans.

I'm not saying it's a * win but it's not the same for me and the finals made that clear.

A lot of people feel that way.

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Zoom hug next week sometime?

I ask cause you apparently know these things.

Don’t worry, I’ll wait. (C) Katt

A Vector is a straight line or line segment. It has both magnitude and direction.
A Vector has no age. It is a mathematical property.

I want this to end tonight.

Let’s go.

were discussing a Laker win tonight as if it was a foregone conclusion. I'm sure Riles has been pumping that shit in their practices and probably into their rooms the last 2 days. Those dudes have heart.

I'm sure we can handle business tonight but it will not be a cakewalk, these dudes will not lay down.

Like the Heat were written off after Game 1.

Game 2 they were better.

Game 3, they beasted.

Game 4 was closer than it probably should have been...and now we're thinking they're just going to lay down?

I believe in this team and I do think the cerebral nature of Bron/AD/Rondo will pick them apart tonight but it's faaaaaaar from a done deal.

Whew did y'all sound cocky a week ago.

BOTH TEAMS PLAYED HARD!!!!


G'NITE. ***POOF***

Full stop.

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But do enjoy your bubble championship tonight.

A lot of people feel that way.

>A lot of people feel that way.

But glad you caught the fact that the dude talks Trump-esque as well.

He'll have set a new benchmark/standard for individual achievement, rewriting record after record with anomalous performance year-after-year. To do it with three different franchises (particularly when he's taking bottom-barrel lottery teams and turning them into champions) would yet another unprecedented feat.

Never before has a singular player essentially been a traveling dynasty on his own merits, competing in NBA Finals for a decade straight, regardless of what team he's on - and winning 4 in total (with one title at the beginning of the decade and capping one off at the very end of the decade).

To do this in the modern era is bananas - it'll never be done again.

Only that he has successfully quit one team, and gathered another mvp caliber player , to win a championship with another team 3 times.

So out of 10 appearances that’s 4 rings, for 40 percent, which is a losing percentage. And while jumping from team to team , all of his peers won a championship against him.

Dirk, Duncan, Kawhi, Curry, KD. They all beat him on a championship level.

Mike beat Magic
Mike beat Malone and Stockton
Mike beat Kemp and Payton
Mike beat Clyde Drexler
Mike beat Barkley.


He still and will forever be chasing that ghost in Chicago.

So do continue to ride in the back of his tour bus with your pom poms and majorette baton.....male groupie

Lakers gave away their future and are slow AF. Teams will be running circles around them.

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they on back of the tour bus.

quit acting like MJ didn't have one of the best all around players in history with him and for the last 3-peat had arguably 2 of the best defenders in NBA history.

ok carry on ...



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And Pippen was drafted!

Jordan didn’t go to team to team recruiting Mofos. Picking dudes or joining dudes from other teams. Jordan and the GM didn’t get along ...He had to play with whatever management brought in.

Know what’s going on before you take a shot.

there's no denying it anymore


time to sit back as a basketball fan and appreciate that I got to watch this

to "just kidding: he's the GOAT" reallll quick.

Looootta people suddenly changing their tune on LeBron. It's beautiful to watch.


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to Los Angeles.

Your frequent flyer miles must be through the motherfocking roof.

weirdly enough i think i like this team more than any of the 5 kobe titles which is something i never imagined at the start of the season.

i always knew & felt we'd win this year. but i didn't expect to enjoy watching these guys so much considering many of them were the opps at one point (bron, dwight, rondo), guys i just didnt really know beyond their court work (AD, Morris), or they just played so unreliably night to night in previous years (kcp, javale, kuzma).

what a story. we close the book tonight.

The Lakers are the only western conference franchise to win an NBA Championship in a US Presidential Election year, and every time the Lakers won in an election year the Republican candidate won the presidency.

Go Heat?

Lakers and Biden both winning in landslides, motherfuck everybody else.

with the Mamba jersey on is gonna create tonight, makes me grin.

Jimmy had leverage, and was about to flip him off his base.

Howard was about to get his little thick ass tossed up.

>Jimmy had leverage, and was about to flip him off his base.
>
>Howard was about to get his little thick ass tossed up.

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None of these guys are old enough to have ever had some Barkleys, and it shows.

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Nah you’re right. I was just mad and hot taking. All those weird ass colors on everybody’s feet are something else though.

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I think this being a 4 point game is a big W for the Lakers given everything.

Let’s fucking go.

If they are "good" in the second half and Jimmy doesn't shrink, the Heat have a decent shot.

>I think this being a 4 point game is a big W for the Lakers
>given everything.
>

Jimmy still yoked on his ass!

That’s all

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the only word I want to see on Danny Green's chest is VOTE

having Kuzma on my team.

in just the third quarter alone.

tf?

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And then he can do this

Obviously it’s a credit to Spo and this staff too

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Bron, AD, and KCP. Everybody else has been shit. Pure shit.

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down 11, trying to will this out.

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Especially as the game gets intense in the stretch

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Jimmy Jesus and Kang are putting on a show for the ages.
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Tired ass Jimmy got to the hole and just threw up some BS. Bad call.

Miami got a lot of whistles tonight.

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My God.

Heat gonna lose eventually but the pandemic entertainment value is high. Great stuff all around.

I know where I’ll be Sunday

Until the next major ouchie

Jack Kent Cooke with the balloons in the rafters in 69

REMIX.

Don't Cry Shucky-Duckies.....told you it was possible. See y'all Sunday.

Put fucking Dion in! He wouldn’t hoed up like KCP on that airball that AD saved, Green bricking a wide open jumper, or Morris hot potatoeing the ball into the 3rd row. SMH.

jump

AD was right there he just got moved off the block like normal and didn’t jump for the ball

Lakers fucking suck

40pt triple double
30 point triple double.

Lakers were up 2-0 against a depleted ass squad!

Mofos are choking

You trying to Eddie Mush this shit

I’ve been here since the beginning.

40pt triple double
30 point triple double.

Lakers were up 2-0 against a depleted ass squad!

Mofos are choking

AD looks hobbled as fuck.

This is going to be hard. And all credit to the Heat.

This is a real ass squad. It ain't supposed to be easy.

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Talking about a MF goat....he on a neutral court. No fans. Got another MVP caliber player
This was supposed to be a close out game.

Man if y’all didn’t get this wack ass nigga up outta here

and Bron was getting served. Y’all talked about clippers choking being up 3-1.
Y’all were up 2-0 against a depleted heat squad, and one man is killing yall.

One dude.

Don’t want to hear it.

You are the worst poster on the board.

Cause I’m giving you a taste of your own medicine.

When the clippers lost y’all posted bashing post after bashing post.

Shoe on the other foot... Now you’re mad.

congrats.

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You were talking about all this greatness tonight ...culmination

One man is killing y’all. And your man can’t even stop him.

Jimmy has never done this before against any other team...dude as a player doesn’t even look to score.

But he dropped two classic ass triple doubles on y’all arses ...

Who found the perfect home for his skillset and demeanor, is having a banner year, and is showing up big, in big moments, in a big stage.

It's as though he had an excellent year, improved on that during the playoffs, and improved even more during the finals.

You were talking mad crap when the clippers got murked after being up 3-1.

This was a close out game with the mamba jerseys ....and your team choked.

Bron couldn’t stop Jimmy , a dude who doesn’t even look to score. Y’all talked that crap about Kawhi on Murray.

It seems nothing has changed

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Dumb ass jersey change. Now that they wasted another game on their own hype maybe they’ll learn.

AD is hurt. That’s fucking bad.

Butler was so exhausted in the end. I thought the lakers were about to run away with it in the 4th.

2 more wins?

https://twitter.com/jadande/status/1314779277695610882?s=21

Teach the babies that it’s okay to take a goddamn dribble in for 20 footers sometimes too

One man did that, with three rookies, 1 star player out, and 1 Star player playing with an injured neck.

Mofos talking about Bron was going to pass the Goat tonight ...
The debate was going to be compelling?

I’ve seen jimmy play his whole Fucking career and he never did this to anyone or
any team.

Tell your mans to get some defense in his life!

imagine if MJ was allowed to drive to the basket the way these dudes are today? Dwight took a hard swipe, not a hit, a swipe at Jimmy and people were talking about he should be ejected. It’s just a different game in a different time.

Those across era comparisons are just so tough though.

I have no doubt Magic would be hitting 2+ 3’s a game now on a good percentage. He was 90% from the line and starting to shoot and make 3’s when his career got cut short.

Hell, Hakeem would probably be hitting 3s now, and switching onto and locking guards on the pick and roll.

If Shaq played in the 60s, he probably would’ve averaged 50 and 25. Maybe 60 and 30??!
It’s just really hard to compare the GOAT of one era to the GOAT of another. The game changes too much.

So defensively he couldn't just blow by and jump over everyone.

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>So defensively he couldn't just blow by and jump over
>everyone.

They literally changed the rules in 2004 so guys like that could be on the floor because the NBA was becoming too dominated by black athletes. So they changed the rules and gave Nash those two bogus MVP’s.

Bron balled.

>Bron balled.

He did, so did Jimmy.

Last night I was watching Jimmy do all these weak ass drives and thinking why doesn’t Vogel have Morris hammer him one time but you can’t do that in today’s nba. Bron plays through some contact but not like he would have in the 90’s/early 2000’s. Then you got AD big bitch ass out hanging around the 3pt line.

You paid a price for going to the basket back then there were no easy layups.

And like I understand it’s a different every but people need to keep that in mind when they start making comparisons and looking at some the records that are being broken.

I bet MJ is sitting home laughing at these games like he laughed when they asked him if Gary Payton could defend him in ‘96.

One of the main reasons MJ’s go to shot because the turnaround jump was because you couldn’t get to the basket like that with being hammered. The Pistons taught him that, Jordan Rules.

Bron is a 6’9” linebacker. I’m reasonably certain he could survive a foul from Kurt Rambis.

Jalen Rose basically said the same thing in his show

Jae Crowder guards Bron. His only instructions..."try and keep him under 40".


Vogel has shown he can make good adjustments between games, but he is going against Spo, who not only preps his teams well, but will tinker with things when he needs to in game. The Heat are a lot like Houston but their 'rim runner' is a 6' 10" point center, and they have shooters that are not going to shoot you out the game because the coach doesn't just throw his cards on the table and say beat me....he has pieces that he will move in and out of the lineup based on performance. So in that respect, the Heat pose some significant problems for the Lakers. The primary problem for the Heat will be scoring at the rim against the Lakers is going to be hard AF because you have four huge shot blockers. They are going to have to live with mid range shots and threes most of the time....the layup lines they ran against the C's are gone.


The Heat are going to do two things- they are going to press on offense similar to Houston, and they are going to be physical, as Spo is a disciple of Pat Riley. Bron of course, is immune to the physicality, but its going to affect everyone else on the Lakers. This allowed the Heat to beat the Celtics because they were then able to control the boards. Vogel can counter this by starting Dwight, but then how is Dwight going to respond the physical nature of the game. Can he keep his head and stay out of foul trouble? For the sake of this argument, I say no. JaVale has been pushed to the second team, and I don't think Vogel would immediately swap him out...so Dwight will have to be smart. Spo has Olynyk and Meyers Leonard to march out against him to further push him out of his game.

BAM vs. AD- this is the most compelling match up of the series. We have two mobile, skilled big men that can get their own shots and defend. AD of course, is a scorer deluxe- a seven footer that can attack off the dribble and can shoot over everyone....except now he's matched up with a guy who can beat him to spots and interrupt his rhythm. So what does he do? Will he then post Bam and shoot over him (and get fouled repeatedly by various heat players)...Then on defense,
AD can certainly shut down Bam the scoring machine. All those overpowering drives that Bam got on Theis are a thing of the past...so Bam in this series is more the facilitator. In that role, I think Spo is going to try and have Bam pull AD away from the basket. That leaves Bron having to be the rim protector against a team of finishers. Dragic, Herro, Butler and Bam....all great finishers. Vogel has to solve that...


Butler - he will show his whole game this series. The HEAT are not really a Super team, so odds are, this might be dudes only shot, and I think he has some perspective around this as he has played in multiple cities, so he's going to leave it all on the floor.


The Zone - Spo will use it judiciously to stop Laker momentum, and I think if it is used sparingly, it will be effective and can determine the outcome of a couple of games.


HEALTH- this is the final variable. These men have balled out for three months in a compressed schedule that while they haven't had to deal with jet lag and such, they have been in isolation, under pressure to stay isolated to keep from getting sick, playing under a microscope that freed them up in certain ways on the court but comes down to these next two weeks. The Heat are YOUNG, and I think this helps them....battle tested but young. The Lakers are a veteran squad and their most important pieces have a lot of games and minutes under their belt (Bron over 1500 games!). Bron I think is the best conditioned of the bunch and really at this point beyond any superlatives we can heap upon him...but he runs ball with a bunch of mortals. Extraordinary...but mortal. Can they stay healthy and focused and respond to the challenge from this young, nothing to lose bunch of mercenaries? I say that is going to be hard for them at this point, and the Heat, they are too young to know any better than what Pat Riley and Spo have drilled into their heads about the mystique of South Beach.



I think we get a classic series, with the Heat improbably winning in 7.

cuz niggas sure nuff clowned you for it.

But if they do pull it off, I might have walk up in this mickey fickey with a cape, top hat and cane.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ke5eSys09g


Now my shit looks all prophetic but it was plain as day for me.


Spo made the adjustment on AD.....Butler? All world.


Danny Green? Still trash.


KCP has shown his value though- he has stepped the fuck up.


But AD limping. If AD is limping next game, we are tied.


Now everyone is saying the Lakers are trash except for Bron and AD. Bullshit. This team can ball when they are clicking. But is Vogel man enough to play Dion Waiters? Dion Waiters plays some real minutes, Lakers close it out. They need that don't give a fuck, shutdown corner mentality from someone besides Bron.

And we know the HEAT as a squad, has this. So here we are.

Miami wins and is super confident. The Lakers need BOTH of their stars to meet his intensity and it’s a wrap.

Bron vs out-of-his-mind Jimmy is a toss up. It comes down to which role players knock down shots.

but he needs his supporting cast to be more consistent tho.

Honestly, he's gained my respect this series. He's not afraid to take the shot and he is making the little plays too.

on the espn site and app (i think a cable provider login is required tho).

Live or full replays.

I’ve doomscrolled enough. That hurt, but we’ve still got 2 damn chances to close this team out. Green should have hit the shot and Kieff shouldn’t have pulled a JR but there were just so many other boneheaded plays. AD gets a day to rest, and while I don’t think we get another Bron game like that, I also don’t think we get another Jimmy game like that either.

Lakers in 6.

for missing match winning shots. It's not that common for the shot to go down and folks only remember the ones that do. And what about all the missed shots and turnovers throughout the game?

People need to chill.

Lakers fans in particular wanna kill these players when things don’t go their way. Green didn’t hit the shot. It hurts but oh well. Still up 3-2 in the damn finals with 2 chances to close it out. When the Lakers were down 3-2 against Boston in 2010, we had to win 2 games at Staples for a title and we all said if they don’t do it they never deserved the title. Same applies here. Miami is amazing...let em beat you 3 in a row and you never deserved it to begin with.

I’m a Tar Heel fan I love this dude to the death already, but he has earned allllllllll of this. You figure law of averages he’s bound to fall into a good game at some point

And it’s not like he’s sort of open. This dude got half the court worth of space on a lot of these bricks he’s putting up. He on his Harrison Barnes 2016 Finals shit

the catch wasn't good. he fumbled. should've passed it to kcp in the corner and there was no one near him.

I could've accepted a miss by kcp instead of a that bad shot by green.

https://twitter.com/JoeCee76/status/1314899484078477312?s=20

Not the tweet you posted in particularly. Just the dog piling.


Maybe I’m being a snowflake though

It was just one missed shot.

If he was playing to par, he wouldn’t be catching much shit for missing that shot. It’s that he’s been terrible all playoffs.

But obviously idiots are going way over the line. They did the same thing with Steve Blake years ago. People are stupid.

apparently, his wife got death threats.

I don’t care how much money they make or how great their lives are. They’re people. We can talk shit on here, or wherever, but when people start going at athletes in a way they can see it? It’s wrong.

Kieff made the bigger blunder anyway. You live with that miss.

>https://twitter.com/JoeCee76/status/1314899484078477312?s=20

He deserves jokes and getting cooked. No one deserves death threats over a missed jumpshot. There was a time where this wasn’t a rebel yell or a hot take. Or at least no one would argue for the death threats. Maybe there’s always been idiots around us but they didn’t have a means to announce themselves to so many of us at once? Loser mfers.

As for me, I cussed like crazy when I saw Green go into the game for the possession. From watching the bubble, I have developed a disdain for dude. Stats be damned, he’s currently a catch and shoot shooter who can’t seem to shoot. And I was sick of looking at him miss wide open shots badly. So when it was clear that he was gonna get the Paxon 93 shot gifted to him, I stood up to see the result. The pass wasn’t perfect but still! Would he finally make one? Would this be how the Heat get laid to rest after a ridiculous effort to survive? I guess the fuck not! The rest of the foolishness didn’t even matter to me after that miss. Well, Green spotting up and wanting another shot right after that pissed me off even worse.

Then my wife got the gift of me telestrating how open Danny Green was. He wasn’t nba open. He wasn’t LA Fitness pickup game with typical lazy layman defense open. He was shooting in the driveway by yourself with no wind or major distractions open. Yeah yeah, Iggy but c’mon. I was besides myself cuz I hate seeing a guy miss his moment like that. Hopefully he bounces back and gets a chance to make a few buckets at least.

he was in the Finals with Toronto last year but he was basically benched for FVV for the same reasons. It’s weird shooters don’t usually fall off like that but maybe he has something else going on.

As for the jokes people went way harder on JR in 2018 although he’s probably built a lil different than DG.

https://www.sbnation.com/nba/2020/9/28/21459757/dion-waiters-nba-championship-ring-played-for-both-miami-heat-lakers

Dion Waiters is getting a ring, regardless of who wins the NBA Finals
This is the dream.

By James Dator

It’s impossible to guarantee any player a ring. Finals series’ are brutal. Games can be unexpected. Even the safest pick can sometimes surprise you. Simply put: You can never know for sure who is going to win. Unless it’s Dion Waiters in 2020.

Waiters will be getting an NBA Championship ring, regardless of who actually wins the series. Circumstance has brought him to this moment, and it’s the best scenario for a player. Waiters signed a contract with the Lakers on March 6 and has been with the team in the bubble. He started the season with (you guessed it) the Miami Heat.

So, in the eyes of the league he was a part of both the Heat and Lakers this season, thereby guaranteeing him a ring no matter what. There’s also a chance he could get double-paid as well. Every NBA player who is a part of the playoffs earns a portion of a stipend pool set aside as a reward for making the postseason. Part of this money is set aside for ancillary team staff, and players who are no longer with the team. The idea being that integral people to a team’s success could still be rewarded, even if business shipped them somewhere else.


Now, it’s uncertain Heat players will vote to give Waiters part of this pool — but there is a possibility. I choose to believe they will, just because it’s so much better that way. The idea that Waiters could earn a ring no matter what, and get paid by both teams in the NBA Finals is the kind of dream we should all get behind.

Sure, as a kid you might have imagined hitting the winning shot in Game 7 to bring your team a title, but for my money there is nothing better than putting yourself in a position to win a ring no matter what, and get paid by both teams. Winning by default is the true sign of greatness. If I was an NBA player I’d try to find a way to play for every team, at least once in my career, just to hedge my bets and get a ring.

In fact, this is my open plea to the National Basketball Association: I would like a 2021 NBA Championship ring. I don’t think this is asking for much. Here’s my proposal:

Each team signs me to a 1 day, $1 contract. We can get this all over with during training camp.
Just cut me for conduct detrimental to the team or some other excuse. Signing a writer to a contract is detrimental to the team in its own right, so you have a built in excuse.
After I receive my NBA championship ring from whichever team wins the title next year, I’ll make a $1,000 donation to a charity of the winning team’s choice.
Everyone wins! Especially me.

Washed my anatomy. Put on some garments. Did a few errands.
Got back to the abode around noonish.

Now it’s time to check on lakers nation....poor, poor lakers nation.

Catching them Ls like an Ali jab.

..No indication regarding how much time he'll be limited to on the court.

Butler has clearly shown that he can carry the weight consistently as an elite option in this league. Inspiring play is contagious.

AD says he's ready to go. Bron is out of blood. Wouldn't be surprised to see him lead all categories in this game.

1. More. Win.

*skatin' the rings of saturn*


..and miles to go before i sleep...

the rim you have to punish them inside, that’s what AD should be doing. Mark Jackson said it’s disrespectful to defend all all-time great PF with some of these Heat lineups

got damn. cmon guys!!

Why force dragic into you’re lineup, a player who isn’t healthy, and clearly can’t move as normal.

Nunn was great for you in the last game, so was that lineup, why experiment with what works?

I agree

no one thinks Olynck is as good a player as Bam...but he shoots from range. As long as AD doesn’t have to come out of the paint and follow his man, Miami driving lanes are gonna be nonexistent.

the basket

AD, Kentavious Caldwell-PIPE and Caruso HELPIN!

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..LA's in rhythm, aggressive on defense, and rebounding @ both ends of the court.

Bron & Rondo directing traffic AND getting to the cup. KCP playing do-it-all. AD blocking shots and putting on a clinic.

ONE. MORE. WIN.


*skatin' the rings of saturn*


..and miles to go before i sleep...

I figured the Heat would be gassed after Game 5.

But the Lakers defense and especially the offense. KCP on his 2016 JR right now, coming through. Let's see how they open the half. More offensive involvement from AD.

Lakers win, and if LEBRON DON'T GET THAT MVP I'M GONNA BE MAD.

Bad coaching from Spo, and still no Olynk.

Magic Bronson out here shining.

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Bam’s a nice player he was an all star this year but if Anthony motherfucking Davis is a “top 5” player he should dominate whether Bam is in the game or not

From Dwight's redemption to the legend of Playoff Rondo; the emergence of Caruso & KCP as bonafide championship-level role players; AD taking a monstrous step-forward as one of the greatest two-way players of all time; Bron & Brow winning a title in their very first year together; and Magic Bronson with the #RevengeSeason doing what very few thought he could do in year 17: win yet another title while *still* being the greatest player in the game.

And you can tell these cats are still hungry, even right now. Rob gonna pick off a nice free agent or two and they will be right back to defend the throne.

But for now? The job is done. Kobe. Kang. Legendary, historic, one-of-a-kind 'chip.

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at the start of this i said i couldnt imagine what a team would have to do to beat those 2 4/7 times.

its just too overpowering. too much all court coverage on both ends

and now we know what works with these 2 and we'll be better next year after we recruit based on that intel

lets get it.

https://meet.jit.si/JointPeaksReplaceWest

I'm here for you


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O_E: "Acts like an asshole and posts with imperial disdain"




"I ORBITs the solar system, listenin..."

(C)Keith Murray, "

IT COUNT!!!!!!!

he aint perfect, and i wish he'd adjust in-game instead of game to game. but he's damn fucking good.

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This one's for Kobe and Gianna!

..Bron, AD, Rondo, & co. got it done with an intense emphasis on the same formula that they started with: defense.

Forcing turnovers, blocks, rebounding on both ends of the court. That's the type of actively you need to close out a dangerously talented young opponent in the Miami Heat.

106-93, and the score doesn't tell the real story. At one point, it got ugly. (GUILE © Dr claw)

Bron did exactly what I said he would: He led the team in damn-near every category. He attacked @ both ends of the court, keeping pressure on Miami. Anchored by a collective effort in the paint, the bench stepped up and showed out. Rondo continued pacing the game like a savvy vet. Davis showing off the full arsenal. KCP & Caruso playing with confidence.

Bron notches another Finals MVP with an impressive triple double performance (28/14/10).

Mamba, they made it. Respect due.

17.


*skatin' the rings of saturn*


..and miles to go before i sleep...

One of the first things I realized when I moved to LA seven years ago was how knowledgable and die hard Lakers fans are. Don't let the shots of celebs at Staples fool you, Lakers fans (the ones from LA) are great fucking fans. They deserve this. The city deserves it too. In contrast to say, Miami circa 2010, LA is an elite elite elite sports city. More people than not truly give a shit here. And they support/follow through the good and the bad.

Shout out to LeBron, AD and the supporting cast as well. Also shout out to the Lakers org. Buss and Pelinka seem like good people. Can't say the same for most front offices. All the props are deserved across the board.

And most importantly, RIP Kobe.

Fuck the fans. Who knows what the league will look like moving forward but I thoroughly enjoyed every game.

And I hope an incredible Documentary is made about the whole experience.

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nothing about NBA in the Bubble felt like it was taken for granted. SO many classic moments in these playoffs.

>nothing about NBA in the Bubble felt like it was taken for
>granted. SO many classic moments in these playoffs.

Uncut hoops, no filler. And you have some folks talking about it's not the same without fans. *smh*

>Uncut hoops, no filler. And you have some folks talking about
>it's not the same without fans. *smh*
>

but if I had to choose, i'd rather see the game with fans.

Is better with no fans??

I still have hopes of returning to semi-normalcy.

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Energy, atmosphere, audio, camera angles.. everything.
Drinks on me whenever I run into Silver

Rondo and Dwight were on teams that got Bron out of the playoffs

LeBron's Team sent Vogel's 90's R&B Pacers home

Danny Green's team got booted out of the Finals by LeBron's Team, then Danny's Team sent him back to Cleveland

While in Cleveland, LeBron got Dion outta there, to make room for JR.

This year: Rondo, Dwight, Vogel, Danny, Dion, and JR all have one more ring than they had before. Thanks to King "KLANG" James.

4 titles, 3 different franchises, 4 Finals MVPs
(btw, Steph has 0 Finals MVPs and now one less ring.)

Congrats Lakers.

Congrats LeBron. 17 seasons in, back to the Finals, won the championship as the undisputed most valuable player, put on performances for the ages. Reminder Cheese Eyes was on the Wizards at this point in his career.

Rare is it that I go up for a team that's not mine, but this year, last year, 2011, and the last 2 Kobe titles were exceptions. Maybe '04 Pistons. This is a better version of that Laker team that tried to beat that team.

As for the Heat:

Missed the playoffs last year.
Added Jimmy Butler, two dope rookies.
Made some necessary personnel adjustments.
Humbled so many teams in the East.
Made it to the FInals, and took a series that looked like it might be a blowout or sweep and made it interesting.

Nothing but respect for them. Even Jae Crowder's floppin' ass.

I want to see Django 'nem go up against the Warriors.

Everyone loves a redemption story!

Think about the moment Kawhi and PG were announced to the Clippers - and how they dragged that decision out to try and prevent the Lakers from getting meaningful free agents. By that time - most of the prime free agents were gone - and the Lakers scrambled (brilliantly) to piece together the team on the fly.

But in the end it didn't matter - Bron was just too great - AD proved to be the greatest teammate Bron ever played with -- and this is already a duo worthy of all-time consideration.

From Kawhi claiming he's the new king to L.A. almost everyone picking the clippers to win the 'chip - to Lakers getting 17 in year 17.

With Kobe, Covid, and the historic legacy of this championship - it's right up there with '16 Cleveland in terms of history and one-of-a-kind novelty.
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>- it's right up there with '16 Cleveland in terms of history
>and one-of-a-kind novelty.

No reason to be sad, brad

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"I ORBITs the solar system, listenin..."

(C)Keith Murray, "

>With Kobe, Covid, and the historic legacy of this championship
>- it's right up there with '16 Cleveland in terms of history
>and one-of-a-kind novelty.

without those things, this is just "Title #4 out of N while on The Establishment Basketball Team".
but with those things, man.

The Kobe aspect especially.
Watching LeBron in these finals was like getting 2018 Finals Game 1 LeBron for multiple games. Both game 5 and 6, especially.

I wanted that LeFuckYou 3 to go in at the end so badly, LMAO

This is the strongest I've ever felt watching a title that no team I was rooting for being contender.

in the grand scheme of things it probably isn't an all-time ring, but it's an all-time story for the league. you couldn't make it crazier if you scripted it from July 2019-now

yall know i have never been crazy over Lebron. i have always maintained that if Lebron is the GOAT like his stans thought (prematurely) then it will bear out at the end of his career. he's ours now, and i ride for anybody that rides w/ us, but there was still a bit of a side-eye. an expectation of "you better win because you don't want to be the guy that didn't win for us" (a lot of folks lying if they act like they didnt feel like this)

and then to see Kobe's Viking funeral, and to find out after in the days/weeks after how close him and Bron were. i cried in a way that night that I haven't in my adult life. and then for the first time ever I wanted him to win a game in a deep, emotional way. of course we fucking lost because Dame also got the Mamba mentality in him. when everyone else was afraid to take on the challenge, the pressure of the Purple and Gold, Bron stood up for it. to where when we get to a Game 5 against the Nuggets, and Bron is just lighting it up at every level, I'm on my couch and all over the place like it's Kobe closing out the Nuggets in 2009

I’m spoiled as a fan.

But man. This is a cathartic ass title. People questioning us. Kobe’s death. The uncertainty in the trade - which I was part of mostly because of the Dwight debacle. Dwight Howard. Rajon Rondo. The meme team shit. The shutdown. The bubble. This horrid year.

This is what I needed.

This is a win amongst wins.

I’m happy as shit and also I’m going on vacation tomorrow so I’m stoked I don’t have to watch another game up in Yosemite.

I’ve taken my lumps on LeBron and I’ve learned a lot as a basketball fan over the years. I’ve KNOWN he’s top 3 - Now that he’s on my team? Man. It’s...special.

I love this fucking team. I love the memes. I love the blunders. I love Frank Vogel. I love how Game 5 made me INSANE. I love enjoying greatness now that I’m older and wiser and know the real. This team is amazing and I’m thrilled to be a fan.

What a year.

No asterisk. If you disagree...I don’t care.

2020 has been shit.

This is cathartic.

Now if Trump loses...this year sucks less.

>2020 has been shit.
>
>This is cathartic.
>
>Now if Trump loses...this year sucks less.

I’m sitting on my patio smoking a cigar sipping white Hennessy right now, but I’m going to vote tomorrow...

- 6 championships
- 6 finals MVPs
- two 3 peats
- 0 losses to his peers.
- 1 squad

Congrats on your title, but your mans is still on galaxy level. There is only one universe.

Maybe next year he can go to his fourth team - recruit another great - to get some more rings.

You think this is an asterisk. It’s not.
You think Jimmy was Jordan-esque. He wasn’t.
You think you can dunk on any of us. You can’t.
You’re a weird dude who literally said you look better than someone you haven’t met.
You posted weird shit all year. Lakers won

You mad. I’m happy.

Shut up and stop posting cause we’re gonna gloat til 2021.

Go grab 22oz of water, some Chamomile, prune juice....lay down

Breathe

Relax




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"I ORBITs the solar system, listenin..."

(C)Keith Murray, "

>Congrats on your title, but your mans is still on galaxy
>level. There is only one universe.

I'm sad that Kobe's not aroud to give commentary. We'd have seen him and Gigi on the sidelines for this series.

Etc.

That loss still feels unreal, and heavy.

And then there's the combination of social unrest and COVID.

I don't get the Lakers fans who still hate Lebron, not when he signed, not yesterday, and certainly not today, if the are any of those left.

But Brawn lead like the man among men that he is.

Through Kobe's death.

As a vocal and visible leader in the face of social unrest, political gaslighting, and a gbal pandemic.

And then, on the court, in his 17th season as a player, playing at an absurd level for an NBA player, let alone as one playihis 17th season, and 9th finals series on a decade.

We're incredibly fortunate that he chose this team and this city, at this time.

I'm someone who was good with letting the kids cook, and building from that. Shit, I'm stil salty that BI is gone. I still love Lonzo, and I'm mad he's not here too.

That's not because I don't recognize the obvious immmediate and immense upgrade to Brawn and Brow. It's because I liked the idea that I would get to watch them grow, stumble, fall, and, hopefully, at least one of them would develop along with the team around them into a champion.

The same way I got to watch Kobe's entire career from start to finish. Good, bad, ugly, and all parts in between. That's what it is to be a fan of a team.

This title is different, for a multitude of reasons. I followed these players, but didn't have any emotional connection to them.

Shit, I still love The Machine (Vujecic) and Jordan Farmar as much as I love Fish and Lamar and Pau. Because I'm a Lakers fan, and I got to go through the ups and downs with them. Shit I still have a special place for Lou Williams, because of one absolutely absurd game he had during a shit Lakers season.

Because I'm a Lakers fan, and I went through those ups and downs with him, as that fan.

I had no real attachment to Brawn, Brow, Vogel, Rondo, Dwight, etc before they got here.

But I have that now, even if we hadn't won this title, because I got to go through one of the craziest seasons ever, in the midst of a truly bizarre time for the entire worldin a. season where I watched a player that I had an immediate personal attachment to from the moment he was drafted.

I'm glad Kuz, Alex, and KCP are all here to enjoy this win though. KCP drives me crazy and I've always seen him as the Lebron Tax, but he put his foot into this title. He stamped his place within the Lakers legacy with this series.

But Lebron is the perfect man to hold this mantle, to be the face of this team and this town. He's the leader we desperately needed, and the timing coulhave been better.

Lebron said that Lakers fans don't care about your resume. We care about what you do when you get here.

He's right.

And he did so much more than we had any right to expect, let alone ask or demand. This means much more than just another title, and he's earned that seatin the pantheon of Lakers legends- as a Laker.

I can't immediately think of one, anyway. I was born in '88, so anybody from '80s or '90s (or, of course, before) that people could mention are just words in a book or academic paper for me. The 2000s had issues but they were issues that athletes were (I guess?) uniquely not suited to speak on.


But what that man had to represent for his sport, provide for his People, sacrifice for his art, endure to be where he is at his age and his mileage, express to his country from his platform...


I honestly feel pretty grateful to have got to witness it. That Jimmy Butler provided for a single summer an awesome compliment to LeBron's symbol of mental strength, physical fitness, emotional perseverance and situational levity was true icing on the cake.


I hope people recognize this NBA bubble for what it was, because for me personally it did a lot to lift me out of an increasingly dark place. I'm going to miss these guys while they're out of the public eye in ways I haven't had to consider before.


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Congrats to the NBA for a thoroughly entertaining Bubble.

Congrats to Jimmy, Spo and the Heat. No reason to hang y'all heads. Y'all gave us everything you had - RESPECT.

Other than that the bubble was insanely fun to watch and in the End the Lakers were too much for the Heat. Think Spo shoulda pulled Dragic for Nunn to try and mount a comeback. Dragic definitely did not look right. Congrats to Bron, and during all the circumstances during this year no organization or player deserves it more.

Well played Miami. Next season will be amazing.

https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2861956-lebron-james-explains-washed-king-tweet-after-lakers-win-vs-heat

put some respeck on his name

forward to those matchups, Bron vs Kawhi, Kieff vs Marcus, AD vs ?

DeMar DeRozan says LeBron James once reminded a Raptors player how to run one of Toronto's plays

https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/demar-derozan-says-lebron-james-once-reminded-a-raptors-player-how-to-run-one-of-torontos-plays/

DeMar DeRozan says LeBron James once reminded a Raptors player how to run one of Toronto's plays
The incident happened during the Eastern Conference finals in 2016
Jack Maloney

By Jack Maloney
Oct 8, 2020 at 6:58 pm ET

LeBron James is one of the best basketball players of all-time in large part due to his natural physical abilities and incredible work ethic. But it's his IQ and complete and total understanding of the game which really sets him apart.

He's always a step ahead of his opponents, on both sides of the ball, and a recent story from DeMar DeRozan emphasizes his genius. DeRozan joined JJ Redick and Tommy Alter on their podcast, "The Old Man & The Three" on Thursday, and shared an incredible moment from the 2016 Eastern Conference finals when DeRozan was playing for the Raptors, and LeBron was on the Cavaliers.

At one point during a game, DeRozan said that one of his teammates forgot the play the Raptors were running, so LeBron just told him what to do.

"It's definitely different. I remember for years I always caught so much flack, us being the better team or whatever it was in the Eastern Conference finals, and people not realizing it's tough to get past this mother-----. I don't care who you are. To see him come to the West and do the same thing is a testament to his greatness, and his IQ to the game. In '16 when we went to the Eastern Conference finals, we won Games 3 and 4, and it was like a whole nother mindset clicked for him in those next two games, where it was like 'it's closeout.'"

"I remember -- I don't know if I even told nobody other than my close circle -- I remember, it was a play we was trying to run and one of our teammates forgot the play, and 'Bron told him the play. Like it was some crazy s---. We calling a play and he was like, 'what?' And Bron told him what our play was. It just shows you how locked in this dude be when it comes to winning time. You see it on both ends man, both ends. That's just a testament to who he is, why he's been to 10 Finals, why he's on the verge of getting his fourth ring, everything. It's crazy."

Just unbelievable. Of all the stories about LeBron's basketball IQ throughout the years, this one is right up there at the top. It's one thing to remember the game plan and scouting report, but LeBron was so locked in he had the Raptors' entire playbook down as well, and to the point that he could rattle it off in the middle of a game.

The Raptors ended up losing that ECF matchup 4-2, and then were also eliminated from the playoffs by LeBron and Co. in each of the next two seasons. And no wonder. It's hard to beat a better team when they know your plays better than you do.

In terms of the bigger picture, though, it's another reminder of LeBron's greatness, and just how difficult it is to beat him in the postseason. When he says things like, "I have no weakness," as he did earlier this month, it's hard to argue when you hear tales like this.

I contributed...
https://clutchpoints.com/lakers-news-la-fans-destroy-cavs-championship-merchandise-record-12-hours/

*skatin' the rings of saturn*


..and miles to go before i sleep...

https://apple.news/A2WNO-s1LRFmiW0wfZJeqBg

That was either Rondo or JR...LOL

https://twitter.com/SportsCenter/status/1318651709833490434/photo/1