*ruins the nba*

No he didn't. Parity isn't native to sports. It's made up bullshit to drive sales. If you want parity more than real competition then you don't actually like sports, you like the made up fairy tale kind

>>76341545
but that's not LeBeta...

FPBP

>>76341661
This. The weak should fear the strong. That's what makes America such a powerful and hated nation.

>people are mad someone took a better job, in a better area, where they have a better opportunity to be an business owner on the side

>>76341766
This LeBron did tge exact same shit with Miami and basically with Cleveland. Wentbback once they had a number 1 pick and enough cap space for Love

The NBA has been shit since they started shilling Jordan.

Why are foreignfags so wrong about parity? Is it because divegrass and relegation broke their brains?

>>76342239
they're right though

>>76341766
They're mad about the product being shit. The NBA needs to contract 10 teams if it wants to be interesting. Multiple super teams are compelling, one is not.

>>76342299
Yeah that is true, but hard to fault GS much. They drafted most of their talent.

>>76341766
He lost a shit ton of money and doesn't live on a top tier place, that's not a better job at all. He literally lost the opportunity to have a legacy.= by leaving to the GSW.

>>76341545
t. communist

>>76341984
KD's team can win a championship without him

Miami and the Cavs wouldn't be SHIT without LeBron

that's the difference

>>76343021
Bay area is fucking amazing if you got the money to compete for property...Keep your stupid ass opinion in your own nigger ass, wrong side of the equator country.

I also love how you can criticize the bay area as if Brazil is some amazing place to live in. You literally are forbidden from swimming in the water and have neighborhoods ran by cartels.

>>76341984
>miami and cleveland set the record for number of victories without lebron

may have found a hole in your theory

>>76343065
No, lebron manufactured a team that would have beat the warriors this year. Without KD, this is a series the warriors lose in 6.

Why is Lebron allowed to manufacture his championships and NOBODY is allowed to get in his way? His team is absolutely fucking STACKED...Highest payroll in the history of the NBA. Multiple #1 picks. Is the rest of the NBA supposed to get out of the way so Lebron can secure his 7th fake, manufactured championship? KD is supposed to wait until LeBron is done manipulating the NBA so he might get a chance at his ring???

FUCK LEBRON JAMES.

>>76341545
>close games

Do you really expect Golden State Cucks to come out on top in the clutch? lmao. LeGod and Clutchrie got this.

>>76343190
>waaahhh waaaahhh LeBron can't have a good team with overpayed roleplayers facing an equally talented team because I DONT WANT LEBRON TO WIN!!!!111!!!!1! HE NEEDS TO GO UP AGAINST A WAY BETTER TEAM THAN HIS EVERY YEAR!!!!!!!!!! A TEAM THAT WON 73 GAMES PLUS KEVIN DURANT!!!

fuck off

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>>76343126
>Bay area is fucking amazing
>if
Any place is amazing if you got the money, even Brazil, so shut the fuck up you're the one who does not know shit here, that's not an argument to move there.
But who cares, the bitch will still be remembered as the guy with * on his ring anyway.

What about lenigger? Same shit.

>>76343371
Lenigger didnt join the fucking Big 3 Celtics after he choked a 3-1 lead against them. That is essentially what Durant did.

>>76341766
>take the easy way out
>complain when people give you shit for it
wew lad

>>76341545
Agreed.
>inb4 HURRRRRR LEBRON DID IT FIRST HURRRRRRRR

>>76341729
EXCEPT WHEN LIBS ARE IN CHARGE.

>>76343529
He did do it first
But that still doesn't make it OK for KD to do it.

>>76344281

The pre-Lebron Heat are in no way comparable to the most-regular-season-wins-of-all-time-pre-Durant Warriors

>>76343065
>thinking Lebron wouldn't have went to an even better team than the Heat if he had the chance

KD did the same exact shit Lebron did. The only difference is KD had a better option. They both had the same goal. Go to a team that will win championships.

>>76343190
haha holy shit this guy is so mad

>>76341545

Fuck im seriously considering buying tickets for when warriors come to town next year just so i can heckle this massive faggot

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>>76341729
So you'll pay for the wall?

>>76344609
Wade's knees were already destroyed and Chris Bosh?

The warriors have literally been to the finals the last two years. Look what happened when Lebron left Cleveland and Miami. I mean don't listen to me though, just look at the stat differences between the two teams before KD vs Lebron joined them. The warriors were already one of the best teams of all time WITHOUT KD. This isn't true for Cavs or Heat without Lebron

American sports are filled with a bunch of money grubbing nomads

>>76341702

Exactly. LaBoner started the trend in Miami now he gets to taste his own medicine.

>>76344609
>have 3-1 lead
>choke like a bitch
>go to team that beat you
>lebron did the same thing.

Sorry sweetie Lebron didn't go the celtics.

His Only redeeming factor is cucking curry out of his finals MVP

>>76341545
i was waiting for these, no need to wait till the game is out of hand to post 'em my man. (hint: cavs never had a chance against the greatest playoff team ever)

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>>76341545
Is Kevin Durant the Nintendo of the NBA?

>>76344466
That's irrelevant because Lebron would have went to them even if they were. Lebron doesn't want parity or competition any more than KD does. He was happy as hell during the decision and said they were gonna win like 4 championships. He wants it to be as easy as possible.

>>76343356
The real bay area is the triangle forming from San Francisco to Oakland to San Jose and back to SF

Everywhere else is irrelevant

>>76344046
When Democrats are in charge the U.S. is feared and respected like a firm but fair parent. When conservatives are in charge the U.S. is feared and respected like a wild, retarded Chimpanzee that could rip your nuts off at any time.

>>76341545
You have to understand LeBron made this shit happen when he took his """talents""" to south beach. That was even worse because all 3 players took a pay cut in free agency to make the team. KD is the only one taking a pay cut here.

>>76344774
>started

it's really weird how obsessed people are that they strain like this to keep talking shit about Lebron. Lebron's heat weren't even the first "superteam" in their own conference at the time

>>76344609
but did he go to a better team? pretty sure he didn't
pretty sure both the Cavs and the Heat aren't shit without LeBron

meanhile KD could sit on the bench the whole fucking year and Golden State would still be contending for a championship, KD wanted to get free rings without having ANY competition, LeBron still had to face great teams like the Spurs or the Warriors in close series, KD might just go 16-0 in the playoffs because even if he or Curry or Klay or Draymond play like shit they'd have to have like 3 of their top players struggling at once to lose a series

>>76344835
Fuck off nintoddler.

>>76344936
so that's a yes

>>76344786
>Lebron didn't go to the Celtics

No shit but I'm 100% sure he would have if he could have. You make it seem like Lebron cares about parity and didn't go to the most stacked team he possibly could. If he had a better option out there he would have taken it. He wants whatever team he is on to be the clear favorites to win the finals every year. That's why he was crying about his teams lack of talent mid-season.

>>76344790
you know nu-ba will crown co-mvps. cringe

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>>76341545
>parity
summer sure came early

>>76344845
>That's irrelevant

The Warriors being a record setting team and being a win away from the finals is literally the only reason why everyone hates them adding Durant, you fucking blabbering autist

>>76343356
lmao, you were just to poor to live in the hills

Analytics and the TV deal ruined the NBA

what a fucking pussy. what he did is ten times worse then what lebron did in 2010

its just going to be never ending warriors vs cavs finals for the next 5 years

>>76341545
*becomes greatest basketball player of all time in the process*

HAHAHHAHAHHAHYAHAHHAHAHHAA

JUST KILLYOURSELF OP

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>LeBron has a triple double
>Draymond Green is basically out for most of the game due to foul trouble
>still get BTFO

I don't think this semen slurping sport is for me

>>76344929
>but did he go to a better team?

Doesnt matter to me because they wanted the same thing. KD had the better opportunity so he ended up on the better team. You know as well as I do that if Lebron had a better option, no matter how stacked the team was, he would have joined in a second.

>>76345000
>if if if

LeBron would be crucified for joining the Celtics but now that KD did pretty much just that it doesn't matter because LeBron COULD have done it?
you faggots really gotta stop with this obsessive irrational hatred for LeBron

>>76344695
savage

>tfw if the Thunder had stayed in Seattle they never would've let the Harden-Durant-Westbrook combo break up

I hate Seattle but wouldn't the NBA have been better off if they had stayed put?

>>76341545
Blame lecuck, if he didnt start this building super star teams meme he would still be in okc. So you should be hating on the dude who chokes on dick in the finals.

Lebron forming a 3-man team in Miami =/= KD joining a 73-9 team

>>76345066
Yea and if Lebron could have joined a team just as stacked he would have in a second you fucking imbecile. When he joined the Heat every single person who watched the NBA was convinced that team was unstoppable. Keep crying

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>>76345000
>if
>if
>if

all you got is "if" faggot. he didn't he went to the heat an Objectively shittier team than the current Warriors.

>Lebron went to a team with players he liked.
>KD went to his rival that was kicking in thunder teammates in the balls.

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>>76341545
stay mad

>B-BUT LEBRON DID IT TOO!!!
this is not an argument you drones

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>>76345210
if LeBron wouldn't have embarassed Golden State after they were up 3-1 he would still be in OKC

they were the ones who BEGGED him to sign with them all summer

>>76341545

>lebrick goes to miami

>bosh goes to nba

fuck bosh for screwing the raptors over too

this is karma

Lebrons case is much worse you autists are fucking insane if you think kds move to gs is worse than lebron creating 2 super star teams.

>>76345195
LeGoat already destroyed their combo

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Blame Lil B

>curses KD
>KD's team always manage to fail
>is forced to join his team so that the curse can be lifted

>>76345293
Ummm yes it is. Explain why its not you bozo?

>>76345330
Lil B just gets a copy of the script beforehand so he can stay relevant

>>76345308
as a Raptie fan i can't blame Bosh

he spent 8 fucking years in Toronto with shit teams because the front office couldn't surround him with talent (just like LeBron), meanwhile OKC managed to surround KD with great teammates since the start yet he still bounced and joined their rival

>>76345309
lebron was not proven yet until he joined the heat. Warriors actually won a title together before KD. KD just gave up

>>76345347
Tu quoque logical fallacy, you stupid fuck.

>>76345309
What are you stupid? GSW was on the verge of repeating as champions if not for green being a total fucking idiot, and then Kevin Durant, a top 3 player in the NBA joins that team.

>>76345390
>the front office couldn't surround him with talent (just like LeBron)
>he actually believes this
kek
KEK
K E K

>>76345442
Calm down you sperging autist.

>>76345174
>COULD have done it

No you idiot he 100% WOULD have done it. He was already fucking crying halfway through the season about how his team isn't good enough. The team that easily made it to the Finals is not good enough for him. That tells you that he doesn't give a fucking shit about parity or competition any more than KD does. That tells me that if Lebron had the chance to join the most stacked team in the NBA he would. I'm not gonna crucify KD for what he did when I know that a player BETTER than him would have done the same exact thing. Both players left the team they were on to join super teams that were favorites to win the championship. Just because KD did it better doesn't him a bad guy.

>>76345486

fuck you cuck faggot eat shit and fall into a wood chipper

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LeBron joined a mediocre at best team with one superstar and brought another allstar (not superstar) with him. This would be like if KD joined the Pelicans with AD and Boogie. Not a fucking 73-9 team that he just choked to and won the title with the same core just beforehand.

>>76344892
They were the first assembled out of Free Agency with players in their primes instead of trades or players past their primes.

>>76345515
Say that again after taking your pills

>>76345463
what were the best players LeBron had in Cleveland? Mo Williams, Larry Hughes, Ilgauskas and 38 year old Shaq? wow fucking G R E A T talent

>>76345507
>Just because KD did it better doesn't him a bad guy
>but it makes LeBron a bad guy tho

>>76345546

I don't take pills, fucktard, I am strong enough in real life to fight of disease and not be a tranny faggot dick taker like you. Do the world a favor and set yourself on fire and fall off an overpass during rushhour. fucking homo cocksucking nigger faggot piece of donkey sperm packed into a pile of skunk shit

>>76345536
who cares how they were assembled?

>>76345522
So what you're saying is KD beat LeBitch at his own game.

>>76345263
>KD had to hate a team because they beat him in the playoffs

Lol shut the fuck up. I'm happy KD is smarter than the stupid fucking media and other morons pushing that bullshit. Technically since the Cavs and Heat are both in the Eastern Conference by definition they were rivals too. Stay butthurt while I laugh when KD wins Finals MVP

>>76341545
The NBA has never been about parity, ever. When will this meme stop?

>>76345605

more like LeCuck amirite? He literally let his teammates gangbang his mom while he cried and masturbated to it

>>76345566
>but it makes Lebron a bad guy tho

You said that not me

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>>76345507
>WOULD

wow we got ourselves a fucking mind reader over here.

>>76345463
when was the last time a big-time FA went TO Toronto?

If you want "parity" you're a commie.

>>76345507
>knows he has to go up against the most stacked team of All-Time
>realizes what he has now is not enough to beat team especially when the Cavs COLLAPSE whenever he goes on the bench
>asks for a fucking old ass washed up BACK UP PG
>somehow this is outrageous

>>76345635
don't try to flip it now, you know you have the same retarded double standard against LeBron everyone else does

>>76345546

>LeEdgy Fuckwad: The Post

Just end it all you autistic child molester

>>76341545
His ring will be so hallow. Like turning down the difficultly on a video game just to win. It means nothing.

>>76341545
Team sport. Cavs should've built a better team.

>>76341545
What actually ruined the sports were the greedy niggers not wanting a smooth cap increase

The only reason this could happen is the stupid fucking cap hike. Well probably not, KD would probably accept a vet min

Think Durant joins Golden State if they won last year?

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>>76341545
ANGRY LITTLE FAGGOT CLEVELAND BANDWAGON "FAN" SPOTTED LMFAO

U MAD CUZ THEM DUBS STYLIN ON YA FUCKIN FAGGOT ASS YOU ANGRY PUNK BITCH

LMFAO

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FRIENDLY REMINDER THAT LEBETA LET HIS TEAMMATES TAG TEAM HIS MOM WHILE HE JERKED OFF TO LOLI PORN AND GOT HIS ASS POUNDED BY DWAYNE WADE IN THE CORNER

>>76345463
men the pre 2010 cavs put shit around lebron. absolute shit.

>>76345390
I feel so bad for bosh. these heat teams would have done so much more with bosh. They would have made at least one ECF. And been in the playoffs each of the last three years

>>76345730
yea. its the style of play that is the most attractive.

>>76345730
KD threw the Thunder-Warriors series. He was already on their team.

>>76345645
>mind-reader

Lol are you serious? Lebron was just bitching mid season that his team needs MORE talent. The team that walked to walked to the finals easy as shit needs MORE talent according to Lebron. Why? Because they weren't the clear favorites to win the championship. You don't need to be a mind-reader to see that Lebron wants to be on the most stacked team in the NBA

Lebron started this whole super team bullshit, did it twice, and now Lebron fans are mad someone did it better.

>>76345260
>he would have in a second you fucking imbecile
It doesn't fucking matter if he "would have." He didn't.

>>76345700
I'm not flipping anything fool. I was defending KD's actions by pointing out that Lebron, a player better than him, attempted to do the same thing when he joined the Heat and Cavs.

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>keep lebrons super team from winning another chip
seems like hes saving the NBA

>>76345775
>wants

fuck off you have no clue what Lebron wants you little autist.

>>76341545
we are all ignoring the fact that this happens in divegrass literally every single year

>>76345785
>one makes a team that competes in close series against other great teams
>the other joins an already great team that can now just have a cakewalk to a ring and go 16-0 every year until they get old

totally the same thing

>>76345785
LeBron didn't join a 73 win team. It's not even close to the same thing

>>76343190
>Without KD, this is a series the warriors lose in 6.
This is a bitter pill to swallow

>>76345825
he never joined a team even close to the quality of this current warriors team desu

>>76345861
Yeah, and nobody likes that garbage.

Kevin durant is gaining more exposure since playing on team with a much bigger market. people are realizing his immense talent. okc is a shit place to play

>>76345825
Fucking sick of this false equivalency. It's not even close to the same thing.

>Cuckland dominate the east
>Highest payroll in the league
>w-w-w-we c-cant compete against the Warriors!
Lol

>>76345700
>knows he has to go against the most stacked team of all time

Yea and if he wants better players that must mean HE wants the most stacked team of all time. There's a lot more players and teams in the NBA. It's funny that he's the one crying about his teams lack of talent considering he made it to the Finals easy as shit.

>>76345744
>>76345849
this feels like a samefag

>>76345684
You're right. You know what why don't we just have Lebron and Westbrook go to Goldenstate too since knowing exactly what's going to happen each season is so exciting. There's a reason why football manages to stay exciting each season while niggerhoop remains a trash WWE-tier "sport"

Don't worry, Silver won't let this series get away from the Cavs. Magnets in the rim.

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How salty do you think Russell is? Stuck in backwoods shithole scoring 50 and still losing while KD wins the title

>>76345931
Somebody is a salty faggot.

>>76343190
Take LeBron away from the Cavs, they make a lower playoff seed and lose in the 2nd round or MAYBE, they're lucky, lose in the ECF.

Take Durant away from the GSW, and GSW can still easily contend for a championship.

Highest payroll != most talented team.

>>76345970
>Can't rebut anon's argument
>Call him a faggot and accuse him of being mad
At least half of all 4chan content in a nutshell

>>76345969
Honestly I feel kinda bad for him, even though he's a dick. First Harden left him, then Durant. Feels bad man.

>>76345990
Another salty faggot detected.

>>76345931
>deflatriotswinlol
>exciting
Fuck outta here with your kike-tier sport.

>>76345981
This. NFL teams with more cap space actually perform better, for another example.

>>76345917
if he wants better players that means he wants to be AS GOOD as the most stacked team off all time so he can really have a shot at competing against them

also you're braindead if you don't think other former contenders are trying to make their rosters better to compete against Golden State

remember how the Spurs are looking into getting Chris Paul in free agency? how many people are whining about it? who have you heard say "THE SPURS JUST WANT THE MOST STACKED TEAM OF ALL TIME!!!!!!"? nobody, because everyone will find a way to hate on ANYTHING LeBron does no matter what it is
even when he build a school and donated 87 million dollars for kids to go to college i still saw faggots having something to say about it, it's crazy

>>76345390
OKC fucked up by trading Harden for a bunch of "assets" to save a few bucks in luxury tax and not getting a coach that could stop Westbrook from shooting 50 times a game.

>>76346017
Pot, kettle. Stay mad, bitchboi.

>>76345994
tfw teams keep taking the other guys and not you

>>76346039
Scott Brooks was extremely lucky to be coach at the right time. And his work with the Wiz is mostly due to John Wall.

>>76345897
If aren't a moron you wouldn't look at just the outcome. You would also look at the intention. Both players had the same exact endgame. To play on the most stacked team in the NBA. Once you understand that it's much easier to understand why you should blame Lebron and KD for the state of the NBA equally. If you blame KD but not Lebron you are a Lebron dick rider. If you blame Lebron but not KD you are a mindless Lebron hater.

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>>76345969
>backwoods shithole
I'd rather be in OKC than the Gay Area with a bunch of SJW cucks

>>76346081
The "intention" does not fucking matter. The fact remains that Durant joined a team that could have won a title without him. LeBron did not. End of story.

>>76345174
LeBron was criticized for join the Heat. Wade and Bosh were the top 2 in the East and LeBron himself specifically said that it would less the load of his shoulders.

Another thing is that Durant took a much deeper cut than LeBron did although the Warrior would be paying less than the Cavs if they gave Durant the full max.

Plus LeBron ditched the Heat as soon as the Cavs were willing to build a superteam. The only fuck up the Cavs FO did is let LeBron meddle again and sign Shump for a ridiculous deal.

>>76346081
2 guys decide to shoot up a school. One kills 20 students and teachers. The other is a bad shot and doesn't hit anyone. By your logic they're equally to blame for the tragedy.

>>76341545

What exactly is wrong with seeing Golden State destroy LeBeta?

>>76346086
Literally no chance of the comeback happening this year. I'm sorry, senpai. Curry is fine and Durant is better.

>>76346077
>the Wizards thought that they could win Durant by hiring Scott 'Fuck it, just do an ISO' Brooks

>>76346031
>bringing up some shit about Lebron donating money

Yea I'm done with you. Nobody is talking about that stupid shit and the fact that you are bringing it up tells me that you are some sort of big time Lebron defender. Even IF I was a Lebron hater like you think I'am you are no better because you mindlessly defend him as much as the haters mindlessly bash him.

>>76346086
Difference now is you have to face Kevin Durant instead of Harrison Barnes who shot UNDER 10% DURING THE LAST 2 GAMES OF THE FINALS.

This series is done in 4.

>>76346081
People did blame LeBron. And it doesn't make you a moron to notice vast differences in extremity of similar moves... Quite the opposite, actually

>>76344847
>San Jose

Kill yourself

>>76346157
>it's ok to bring a gun to a school and try to shoot people as long as you just so happen to miss them

You think your logic is somehow better?
Besides doesn't the accomplice to a crime usually face the same charges?

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WAHHHHHHHH IT'S TOO HARD TO WIN A CHAMPIONSHIP WHYYYYYYYYYYY ISN'T IT EASIER

>>76346021
>5 rings in over a 15 year span
>while having the unquestionable GOAT QB and one of the best coaches

If anything you're helping to further prove my point.

>>76345970
The only thing I'm salty about is that Football season hasn't started again. Basketball just has so little depth compared to Football that its just ridiculously easy to know that GSW was going to at the very least make the finals again with a team that stacked.

>>76346242
What do you have against Smash Mouth?

>the NBA will be like this until Curry's ankles finally give in

why do people keep blaming adam silver? how is the commissioner responsible for this

>>76346277
a 73 win team getting a top 3 player so they can cruise to 16-0 in the playoffs with a margin of +20 sounds pretty easy to me

>>76346308
not their fault LeGM chose to give Thompson and Smith retarded contracts and let Delly go

>>76341545
>Lebron fags whining about someone ruining the NBA

This is how everyone else felt when Lebron joined Miami. Sucks doesn't it?

>>76346330
>Thompson and Smith have combined for 11 (eleven) points through two games
wew

>this time of year every other year when Lebron casuals realize he isn't the GOAT like ESPN says

>>76346335
Why are you assuming we weren't also complaining then? Why would you assume it's an army of LeBron fans?

>>76346354
fuck, it's worse than I thought. Combine that with Lebron posting an average 29 points, it just isn't good enough. Will Lebron ever have a 50 point playoff game?

>>76346330
if they didnt resign thompson and smith they would still be at the cap anyway.

they went over the cap to sign both of them.

You can resign existing players over the cap but not new players.

its not like they could have durant if they didnt give thompson 80mil lol

>>76346330
>Delly

>>76345522
Bosh was a 20/10 guy and one of the top 15 players in the league when he went to Miami.
How the fuck wasn't prime Wade, Lebron and Bosh not a super team?

>throw in fucking Ray Allen on the bench


Amazing to see Lebron fags keep trying to downplay him running off to Miami.

>>76346168

>literally the same shit you cucks said last year

just wait sempai

>>76343126
You sound like you don't travel much. Bay Area is literally the most overrated place in the US.

>>76346153
no shit he was criticized for joining the Heat, you still hear about it fucking 6 years later, but can you imagine what it would have been like if he joined the Celtics instead?

and LeBron left the Heat because Wade and Bosh were clearly washed up, one more season and i don't even know if you could call them a superteam anymore, so LeBron went and joined younger players to keep having a team able to compete for a championship for as long as possible

>>76346183
i'm bringing up that to show you that literally NO MATTER WHAT HE DOES he still gets hate, just like you're somehow making it seem like he's asking to have the most stacked team of all time because he got a fucking 32 year old washed up bench player

>>76341545
it's bad enough where my local sports radio goes on how it doesn't matter what the team does personnel wise since nobody else is winning the finals for the next few years anyway.

Shumpert and J.R. Smith are useless.

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>my face when game 1 was already the lowest rated game 1 out of the GSW-CLE trilogy
>my face when the ratings are about to plummet
>the city of the NBA

>>76346522
It's why, when the CBA was renewed, they made sure teams could really, really pay to keep their superstars. Might be too little, too late for PG13 and the Pacers though.

>>76346559
>It's why, when the CBA was renewed, they made sure teams could really, really pay to keep their superstars. Might be too little, too late for PG13 and the Pacers though.
the problem is the CBA will break up the Cavs and pretty much every other team before it affects the Warriors. the core of the warrior (minus durant) were all drafted by the warriors. They can pay them without penalty. The CBA is going to prevent another super team from challenging the Warriors, as no other team will be able to afford (under the CBA) the FAs necessary to stop them (with or without durant).

>>76346522
Doesn't matter, bitch ass niggas like KD will break the league even if they try to incentivize loyalty (which they shouldn't even have to do anyway, niggas should be ride or die)

>>76343190
Oh man, you're insistent on posting this everywhere, aren't you?

>>76346522
hahaha, post a source. I can't wait for all the fucking E!SPN pundits to tell all the fans that this superteam bullshit isn't ruining the NBA.

>>76346399
No bro. That was the analysts, including cuck Nate Silver who has yet to make a correct prediction.

/tv/ here. Fill me in on the situation. And stop posting on my board

>>76346739
This, I need a quick rundown

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>>76346771

>>76346664
Warriors rape train will run its course. Certain teams are in position if everything turns out right (Bucks, 76ers, TWolves, maybe Suns). But then it's up to the owners to WANT to pay the luxury tax once all those draftees want their money.

>>76346739
>>76346771
>2nd best player in the league joins arguably the best team of all time
>now has a cakewalk to a championship for at least the next 5 years
>no point in watching the nba anymore

that's pretty much it

>>76346815
The TWolves have potential. They're a young team and can build upon that youth.

>>76345174
thisx1000. based france putting these fags in place

>mfw stars realize you need 3-4 stars to be a championship team
>mfw stars realize the championship means nothing when you need to basically form Team USA to get it
>mfw the league becomes 2 teams of tryhards who chase brass rings and the rest of the league becomes woke to the meaningless of it and goes back to chasing money

>>76346771
last year the warriors set a record by going 73-9.

then durant who is a top 3 player in the league joins them.

they now have the greatest superteam ever created, will go 16-0 in the playoffs with an average margin of victory of +20 points, all unbelievable unbreakable records.

makes watching pointless for the next 5+ years

It really doesn't matter, when KD wins he'll just be a Curry/Klay/Green babby and then he'll truly be like every other NBA Champion.

>>76346833
They've been that for decades.

>>76346833
Thibs needs to work on his rotations and coaching (it is inconceivable for a team to remain dogshit on defense all year round and to be completely inept in the 3rd quarter every. single. game.) Lavine probably shouldn't start and not ever share the floor with Rubio. Kris Dunn needs to improve. They need a modern PF as well.

>>76344845
>would have
source? prove it

>>76345981
Then they spent the money wrong. This has nothing to do with KD.

>Cavs only have one good player
We don't need a bunch of good players! All we need is LeBron and it's an easy ring against GSW!
>Down 0-2
It's not fair! They have too many good players!

>>76345730
Nah. It's hearsay, but he said he would only join if he saw a weakness in the team, which was that they didn't have much to go on if the shot wasn't falling.

>>76346522
http://espnmediazone.com/us/press-releases/2017/06/golden-state-cleveland-trilogy-continues-deliver-best-nba-finals-ratings-ever-abc/

>>76346081
>Both players had the same exact endgame. To play on the most stacked team in the NBA.
LeBron would've gone straight to LA or Dallas by that logic.

>>76346161
Start thinking outside of your obsession with one man and start thinking about the other 28 teams in the league.

>>76347037
>LeBron would've gone straight to LA or Dallas by that logic

LeBum doesn't want to actually compete, that's why he steered clear of the West.

>>76345599
everybody? there's a difference between building a team through trades and draft picks and building a team through super stars just assembling like a manufactured boy band.

>>76344761
The only difference is that the Warriors added a piece in KD while the rest of the team was drafted/developed by GS.

Lebron colluded with Chris Bosh to create a superteam in a cool city.

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>super teams are unfair

>>76346031
>donated 87 million dollars for kids to go to college

I call bullshit. Promising money != actually donating it

>>76347018
>Last two game 1s featuring GS/Cleveland was higher
>Unique Streaming viewers up 54% from last year to 1.5m, total minutes streamed up 43% to 79,860,000 minutes

saved everybody a click

>>76346522
>>76346728
>>76347018
>>76347278
Literally (literally) btfo

>>76345597
You're embarrassing yourself pal

>>76345730
he said he wouldn't have

>>76345626
This guy gets it. The sport is structured in such a way that makes parity difficult

>>76347270
Where did you see "promise"?

>>76347390
I didn't see that, I'm assuming it. Please prove me wrong

>>76347268
literally a super gimped team compared to kobe, CP3. Dwight has consistently proven to be a cancer on every he's played for since leaving orlando.

>>76347403
I can't. He won't start the donations until 2021.

>>76347220
why? that's bullshit. there are rules, there is a cap, and any form of teambuilding within those rules is just as legitimate as any other. Its irrational to create your own standards for teambuilding.

>>76347479
This. Any team can and is allowed to do the same thing and they'd be absolutely retarded to not go for it given the opportunity.

>>76341545
Ay dis nigga literally if you can't beat em, join em'd lmao

>>76343126
I live in the bay and you're categorically and objectively wrong. The bay is absolute garbage.

8/10 girls move here and come out as 5s.

>>76347517
You're a jilted cunt. Don't project your failings in life onto 8 million other people you fucking shitheel.

>>76346855
>makes watching pointless for the next 5+ years

not really, just makes watching for the rest of this year pointless

>>76347268
>50 year old Nash
>Trashman Cancer
>Post-prime Kobe
>Le second banana man
>Artest

Don't know why I got so excited about this team looking back on it

>>76345195
harden wouldnt have been as good if he had stayed

>>76346833
The T-Wolves are the Bucks but doing everything wrong and doing it wrong for much longer.

>>76347544
>I can project my delusions but you cant!

Honestly just fall into the sea already.

>>76345929
cleveland shit bag spotted.

you look like an angry little fucking faggot bitch kid. LMFAO.

>>76341729
If GS didn't go through a 7 game rumble with OKC and deal with LePussy and Vegas Durant never would have left. If sportsbook kept it's dirty fingers out of it last year and let em play GS would have won and Durant would have stayed put. Then free agency would have ran to OKC after what they put GS thru last year and possibly be playing Cavs rn.

>>76346990
>Then they spent the money wrong.

Yes anon, very good! That is indeed the exact point the person you just condescendingly replied to made.

>>76347645
because up until that year they all played well individually. then nash finally broke down and everything else eventually went to shit.

>>76347500
not any form of teambuilding. Lebron's legacy is literally trying to be a GM of the team and when he doesn't get what he wants, he's going to bail on said team.

>>76345862
So you're saying Durant did it better.

>>76345703
You're a ufcking idiot lmao. He's going to dominate LBJ and win FMVP. It's going to mean something whether you like it or not. Maybe it'll be looked down in the future as the point where LBJ was no longer considered the best player in the league and passed the torch to Durant and Curry

>>76347268
fucking nash's eyes

>>76349804
Lebron's legacy wont change unless he scores fifteen points or less. Right now, he's scoring at his career average so things are going as expected.

>>76349842
no wonder he was babby stockton

All the people saying LeBron did it first are retarded.

It would be the same if LeBron went to the Celtics and even then the bitch move KD pulled would have been worst.

>getting mad because he freed himself from having to play in oklahoma

>>76353945
LeBron joining the Celtics wasn't an option. Neither were any of the other hypotheticals about past players that get mentioned. You have absolutely no idea whether those players would've done it if the freak set of circumstances the KD to GSW move required were applicable.

>>76341661
>he likes watching globetrotters play against high school kids

>>76343021
>top tier place
>Oklahoma
LOL
>Brazil
Figures.

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>>76341545
> Stop Chris Paul from going to the Lakers
> Would have let Kobr take less of a load
> Kobr wouldn't have almost died and been able to carry in the playoffs
> Basketball Reasons

....
2016
....
> Durant goes to an already stacked team
> Sure.png.exe
> We want to build a new arena anyhow. Better get new hype out there.

>>76341661
THIS! IF YOU ONLY CARE ABOUT PARITY YOU DON'T LIKE THE SPORT YOU ONLY LIKE WINNING

>>76360399
t. Has never been to OKC

>>76347517
>>76343126
I also live in the Bay. it fucking sucks out here. Only reason I'm staying is because this area has the most jobs for my field. The rent sucks, the culture sucks, the people are mainly rich sheltered nobodies or internationals from Asia. It gets pretty boring.

Also fuck the Warriors

salary cap sure is working well

>>76361267
That's because you're a miserable person. That's on you.

>>76361305
What's good about this area? Please tell me?

>>76360438
the NBA owned the Hornets franchise at the time, that's the only reason they could block they trade, they can't do anything in this situation

i think they didn't want the Hornets to turn into complete shit because nobody would give a shit about the team anymore and they'd lose money

>>76361355
Castro street