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Re: NBA 2018 Playoffs Thread
« Reply #1515 on: May 01, 2018, 08:14:10 PM »

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Quote from: Moranis on May 01, 2018, 08:11:22 PM
Lue is so bad. Thompson has a great game and they play a team with a big traditional center and a tall PF and he decides to start Love at center, LeBron, and 3 guards.
He really is a hilariously bad coach
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Re: NBA 2018 Playoffs Thread
« Reply #1516 on: May 01, 2018, 08:18:50 PM »

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Quote from: gouki88 on May 01, 2018, 08:14:10 PM
Quote from: Moranis on May 01, 2018, 08:11:22 PM
Lue is so bad. Thompson has a great game and they play a team with a big traditional center and a tall PF and he decides to start Love at center, LeBron, and 3 guards.
He really is a hilariously bad coach

Yeah, I was just about to ask as to why they'd change the lineup, especially with only a day between Game 7 and the start of this series. I missed the first few minutes, but was Cleveland out of sync, offensively, at the outset?
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« Reply #1517 on: May 01, 2018, 08:22:41 PM »

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Quote from: Moranis on May 01, 2018, 08:11:22 PM
Lue is so bad. Thompson has a great game and they play a team with a big traditional center and a tall PF and he decides to start Love at center, LeBron, and 3 guards.

I think the strategy there is to hopefully pull Valanciunas out of the paint by forcing to defend Love on the perimeter.

The obvious downside there is Love has to defend Valanciunas on the other end, and I don't think will go well for the Cavs.
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« Reply #1518 on: May 01, 2018, 08:25:35 PM »

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You can really see how the Cavs defense has come together tonight..... ???
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Re: NBA 2018 Playoffs Thread
« Reply #1519 on: May 01, 2018, 08:31:38 PM »

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I wonder who the Cavs try to trade Love for. Hopefully they get a better return then they did for Irving lol.
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Re: NBA 2018 Playoffs Thread
« Reply #1520 on: May 01, 2018, 08:32:03 PM »

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Lebron sits out and the Cavaliers look horrible. Like really, really bad.

Kevin Love just fought super hard for a rebound against two guys and then missed a bunny right at the rim.

Still baffles me how Indiana didn't take advantage in Game 7 when Lebron sat for like 3 minutes (and they kept Oladipo on the bench smh)

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Re: NBA 2018 Playoffs Thread
« Reply #1521 on: May 01, 2018, 08:32:32 PM »

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Quote from: Vox_Populi on May 01, 2018, 08:31:38 PM
I wonder who the Cavs try to trade Love for. Hopefully they get a better return then they did for Irving lol.

Love + BKN Pick for Leonard?

Love for Carmelo straight up lol?

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Re: NBA 2018 Playoffs Thread
« Reply #1522 on: May 01, 2018, 08:33:09 PM »

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Quote from: KGs Knee on May 01, 2018, 08:22:41 PM
Quote from: Moranis on May 01, 2018, 08:11:22 PM
Lue is so bad. Thompson has a great game and they play a team with a big traditional center and a tall PF and he decides to start Love at center, LeBron, and 3 guards.

I think the strategy there is to hopefully pull Valanciunas out of the paint by forcing to defend Love on the perimeter.

The obvious downside there is Love has to defend Valanciunas on the other end, and I don't think will go well for the Cavs.
If a) Love had been hitting his shots and b) they were going to him this would be a decent plan. However neither of those have been the case for the whole playoffs. Lue’s insistence on doing so is very weird
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Re: NBA 2018 Playoffs Thread
« Reply #1523 on: May 01, 2018, 08:46:46 PM »

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When did Kevin Love devolve into this below avg player?
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« Reply #1524 on: May 01, 2018, 08:50:56 PM »

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Quote from: ChillyWilly on May 01, 2018, 08:46:46 PM
When did Kevin Love devolve into this below avg player?

It's amazing how terrible he looks around the rim.  His confidence has been shaken since coming back from injury.
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« Reply #1525 on: May 01, 2018, 08:54:05 PM »

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HA! Here comes the refs. Lebron shoves Van Fleet and somehow Van Fleet gets a technical...  ::)
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« Reply #1526 on: May 01, 2018, 08:55:11 PM »

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Re: NBA 2018 Playoffs Thread
« Reply #1527 on: May 01, 2018, 08:56:43 PM »

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Jeff green is and was such a lazy player in Boston
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Re: NBA 2018 Playoffs Thread
« Reply #1528 on: May 01, 2018, 08:57:38 PM »

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Quote from: ChillyWilly on May 01, 2018, 08:46:46 PM
When did Kevin Love devolve into this below avg player?

When he came to Cleveland and is afraid of Lebron James.
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Re: NBA 2018 Playoffs Thread
« Reply #1529 on: May 01, 2018, 09:04:34 PM »

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As much as I want to see the Cavs, Lebron in particular, fail in the second round, how funny would it be to see these vaunted Raptors choke once again? Lol
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