2016 NBA Playoffs Thread: Post-Joey Crawford Edition

[BNC]

I'm not sure what Lue will do about it (I imagine nothing), but Tristan is unplayable in this series. He is not getting any offensive boards and his defense hasn't exactly been on point either. He's just wasting space on offense.

Maybe he'll be useful when Jonas comes back?

 

[bosoxlover12]

I'm not sure what Lue will do about it (I imagine nothing), but Tristan is unplayable in this series. He is not getting any offensive boards and his defense hasn't exactly been on point either. He's just wasting space on offense.

they need to just play love and frye at center. sure they are defensive liabilities, but you let biyombo try to score always. and then basically use love/frye as a wing offensively, rather than a big. either biyombo will follow, allowing for lebron to drive fairly easily with no real stop help, or you have the big men shoot open 3s. That's gotta be the gameplan, imo. biyombo is affecting the game too much for someone with no offensive game

 

[elcheato]

Not sure if Casey is going to use him given how well they are playing.

I wonder if Lue would be desperate enough to try Mozgov. Raptors are finishing at the rim easily, and he is the only guy on the roster who can actually alter a shot at the rim, but he has been so bad all year it would be incredibly risky.

 

[BNC]

Dwayne Casey taking a page out of Spo's book I see
 
https://twitter.com/CauldronICYMI/status/734946451223158784

 

[BwareDWare94]

As bad as he is at directing an offense late in the game, you have to give Dwane Casey some credit for making between game adjustments. The Raptors just have a way of figuring out their opponents and adjusting to them. Now, Cleveland will shoot better eventually, but Toronto is really defending well.

Toronto has such a great roster. Obviously, they'll lose Biyombo because you can't overpay a guy who can't score, but goddamn. They've got guys ready to step in regardless of the situation. 

 

[Mexi]

Glad we have a series

 

[Paulius]

Dude not to be disrespectful but your excuse making is next level, it's extraordinary. Now the Cavs didn't have guys capable of moving the ball on offense, couldn't be trusted to dribble and pass, so they resorted to standing still and holding the ball the entire offensive possession? Are we talking about middle school basketball or the NBA? What's next? The reason the offense was stagnant and nobody moved was because they weren't trusted to run because of the high probability of tripping over their own feet? I was going to talk about how 2 of the Cavs top 3 most used lineups in that series featured four ball handlers but I'm not going to waste my time.

Bncs an idiot when i comes to lebron. Dont waste your time

 

[Paulius]

Lets get a bron takeover
Havent had one in a while

1 shot in the last 5 minutes lol. Dude gives up in games that are must wins. Just like last year vs warriors when they were up 2-1 and played game 4 in cleveland. Got all passive at the wrong time

 

[Paulius]

I don't understand what now? If you're right then how come no writer or NBA analyst at the time was criticizing Cle for their lack of ball movement? The Cavs couldn't have executed like that so what makes you think that it would have even been effective? Spurs won in part because they were lights out from 3, this Cavs team was far from that
 
The game in which James shot the least, game 4, they lost by 21 and the team went 6-29 on uncontested looks

Everyone wrote about the insane lebrons usage rate. Everyone was saying how him playing hero ball is ruining the rhythm of others bc they just stand around.....so then comes games 4, where the cavs are up 2-1 and this game basically could be a close out if lebron does his thing, but no he stays back and lets others shoot in this game for some reason when the entire series he got them all cold af. If they win that game theyre up 3-1, then he shoulda taken a break in game 5 if he was so tired, but u know he doesnt have the will that most great players do so u cant ask him much. 38% thoo

 

[Paulius]

cc always has said if Kobe went to college he'd play for coach k. But he was never going to college and play at duke, like Durant was never going to go to Boston...

Hes not a true fan then if he thinks he woulda gone to duke. That rumor was a while ago. He said it in his own documentary that he woulda gone to unc to team up with vince carter so he could practice everyday against the best sg in the nation at that time to get bettee

 

[Paulius]

kobe has said he would have played at duke if he ever thought of going to college

Nah. Unc

 

[Paulius]

I don't see how OKC will beat Cleveland in the finals. The Cavs are on a mission right now. I don't think lebron will allow Cleveland to suffer yet again.

Lol if anything, okc is on a mission. Okc winning it all if they beat warriors

 

[Paulius]

Kyle Lowry is definitely the worst pg in the playoffs by far

Dont pretend like he wasnt completely useless for 15 out the 18 games theyve played or however many

 

[Paulius]

@bnc lol "greatest team ever" huh

You better pray for both series

 

[jonathanlambert33]

Who had OKC/TOR in the Finals?

 

[Rios15]

Nobody but I wouldn't jump the gun too far unless we get that road win. 2 wins against the Cavs is still pretty impressive considering what they've done all playoffs

 

[elcheato]

It's literally a guarantee the Raptors make the world series

 

[BwareDWare94]

Did ANYBODY on the planet have that series going 2-2?

 

[Hurricane Season]

I didn't have Cleveland losing a single game in the postseason.
 
They don't deserve a title now.

 

[CameronCrazy06]

Did ANYBODY on the planet have that series going 2-2?

It doesn't matter unless they win in Cleveland