Basketball Thread!

[jazzcomp]

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[dirge]

The finals were, from a neutral standpoint something of an anticlimax, but the Spurs put on a clinic. And as a Spurs fan, I'd rather an easy win for the sake of my blood pressure!

The gulf between the East & West seems to be apparent now. Lebron was class but Miami's easy path through the East masked the difference.

Australia just doubled it's NBA rings BTW (and 3/4 are Spurs). Andrew Gaze did more than Austin Daye at least...

[BruiseLee]

Given the journey through the west to get to finals, the finals itself was a bit meh save for the enjoyment of seeing a great basketball team just play the game to perfection.

Now that's all good and done, time to turn attention to the draft.

So with the number one pick, the Cleveland Cavaliers select.....???

[dirge]

I love the fact that the draft is in Brooklyn & neither the Nets or Knicks have any picks this year! Both kinda mortgaged their futures (on The Truth/KG and Melo) & have nothing much to show for it. They could learn a lot from the champs who managed to get where they are and still have 3 picks in this draft.

Word is Cleveland like Embiid. Surely they can't mess up #1 in a loaded draft*. I'm quite interested in where Exum ends up (hoping he doesn't go to Charlotte at #9). On that note hoping that the Knicks don't get Mills. Sure the Spurs fan in me wants him to stay in Texas, but I still don't want him going to that dysfunctional club with their impatient owner who never builds.

*not counting a player who ends up losing career to injury here, just bad pick like Bennett.

[i_amtrunks]

On that note hoping that the Knicks don't get Mills. Sure the Spurs fan in me wants him to stay in Texas, but I still don't want him going to that dysfunctional club with their impatient owner who never builds.

Patty would be better off staying with the Spurs on less money than moving to a larger market, the last thing he needs is to the next Lin style flash in the pan.

I would happily watch any finals series like the 13-14 ones to watch a loaded team like Miami be completely outclassed by a team that does the little things right and defends hard. I like Lebron, but buying championships is not the way to do it.

[jazzcomp]

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