Official 2017-2018 NBA Playoffs thread!

[Al Bundy]

We'll see if the Warriors recover from the end of the season stretch of stinkers.

[dirk digler]

Cavs up by 28 and Lebron comes back in after sitting for a minute. Lue is an idiot

[KC_Connection]

Originally Posted by dirk digler

Wow Demar ejected with a flagrant 2

Too bad he didn't get himself suspended in the Wizards series.

[KC_Connection]

Originally Posted by O.city

Or if lebron went to Boston

He's not going to Boston as long as Kyrie is there.

[RunKC]

Originally Posted by staylor26

They could’ve easily won the East without Lebron in the picture. Wade and Bosh would’ve been the best duo in the conference.

Besides, now you are changing the argument. What you and RunKC are saying is MJ’s teams were vastly surperior. That’s clearly not the case.

The Eastern conference was a giant cuck fest back then. Still not that great but it was much worse.

[ChiefsCountry]

Western Conference sucked ass in the 80s, nobody mentions that when the Lakers won it 8 of the 10 years.

[TomBarndtsTwin]

Originally Posted by KC_Connection

Needs to add to his numbers so the MJ backers can't say he only went for a 25 point triple double tonight.

Good thing.

He needs those numbers since his legacy of winning doesn’t stack up to Jordan’s.

[KC_Connection]

Originally Posted by TomBarndtsTwin

Good thing.

He needs those numbers since his legacy of winning doesn’t stack up to Jordan’s.

Shouldn't Bill Russell be considered the GOAT if winning titles is the only thing that matters?

[dirk digler]

Can’t we just all take a break from the MJ vs Lebron debate? I don’t want Arrow to show up to kill this thread with his stupid Kobe takes

[TomBarndtsTwin]

Originally Posted by KC_Connection

Shouldn't Bill Russell be considered the GOAT if winning titles is the only thing that matters?

If we are going that route, then let’s throw Sam Jones into the discussion . . . . .

[mcaj22]

The next series will be even easier for Lebron he's going to sweep the Boston Role Players in blowout fashion.

LeCoach won't make the same mistake the stupid Sixers did leaving their lumbering forwards in for 3 games trying to guard Rozier. LeCoach will stick George Hill on Rozier making Rozier useless like Hill did DeRozan and Lebron will put a body on Tatum and tire him out to the point where it will be exhausting way more energy to get that 20 points a game. He will make the Celtics try and win with Marcus Morris long 2 point jumpers and Stevens will waste all his timeouts to try and stop him from taking them.

[KC_Connection]

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[wasi]

Go Pacers, happy to see they took Lebron to 7. Much better than T.O.

[UChieffyBugger]

Originally Posted by O.city

Trying to think about what’s gonna have to happen to beat the warriors as constructed going forward.

If the Celtics could swing an Anthony Davis that would be interesting. I don’t think lebron in Philly does much unless embiid takes the next step.

Lebron in Houston maybe but I dunno bout that either.

Excuse me? Are you serious?

[Amnorix]

Originally Posted by KC_Connection

Shouldn't Bill Russell be considered the GOAT if winning titles is the only thing that matters?

The guy that Wilt Chamberlain himself said was the greatest player ever? Nah, why discuss him at all? Not like he won 14 championships in 15 years to become the winningest team sport athlete in any team sport ever or anything.

(2 NCAA Championships, 1 Olympic Gold, and 11 championships in 13 years with the Celtics)

I will also point out that pretty much the entire team changed over during the course of Russell's Celtics career. I think KC Jones may have played his entire career with Russell, but he'd be the only one. Much like Tom Brady, you can change the cast of characters around him, and he elevated everyone and brought winning and championships home through his own excellence and focus on winning.

But hey, different era, none of us watched him play, and his offensive stats don't excite anyone, so I understand -- forgetaboutit.

[Amnorix]

One last point, because I'm a huge Russell fan (can you tell?):

The 1961-62 NBA season was an amazing one. Young Wilt Chamberlain AVERAGED 50.4 points per game that year, and had one game where he scored 100 points -- the first and last time that ever happened. Oscar Robertson AVERAGED a triple double for the entire season, which nobody ever did again until Westbrook a couple years ago.

Who won the player-voted MVP award that year?

William Fenton Russell.