Gabriel R.

@dzstepback3 @KuKhahil Ausar very clearly fouls Allen, pushing his arm before falling. Cry me a river

18th ranked defense, 17th in opponent FTA’s after acquiring Harden, 30.1 FTr to Toronto in R1, has all of a sudden turned into the cleanest defensive team in a three game stretch since 1999, only 20.1 FTr against the most physical team in the NBA

@GLakes_GSports @zawday Ausar fouled Allen first. Cry me a fucking river

@zawday But u do admit if roles were reversed they’d make the call. Thats the problem

If Cavs got that call to win a game he’d be like “That’s unacceptable to have the refs decide a game like that”

@MookieB02198460 @SamQuinnCBS Bennett was little more than a throw in in that trade

@SamQuinnCBS 2 of those "weak picks" they used to trade for K. love, so I'd say they were pretty lucky

Yes, the Cavs were one of the other remarkably lucky teams in history. It's the luckiest stretch any team has ever had in raw terms. It just came in a relatively weak stretch of top picks. Ironically, the one No. 1 pick they missed out on, Anthony Davis, was the best of the run.

@SamQuinnCBS @SherwoodStrauss Cavs were super competitive games 3 through 5.

@SherwoodStrauss I should specify: San Antonio was right there with Cleveland. The 2017 Warriors are, imo, the best team of all time. I think San Antonio probably takes Game 1 and loses the rest of the series not super competitively, just like Cleveland did, except their win was in Game 4.

FWIW I don’t think San Antonio was right there with the Warriors in 2017. Being up 19 in Game 1 isn’t the same as having enough to actually beat that insane roster over 7 games

@r_g_9_2019 @kawhi_ring Curry said he was fine and played great in the WCF. Also was awesome in G4. Just an excuse

@kawhi_ring You play who’s in front of you. Just like in 2016 when curry and other key pieces on the team were injured. Oh well. And even against bron in that series they were one game away

Curry fans have no shame

@mono_golira_ @golden11535 @samosu_ @haruhihiphop Yes, he was a good offensive player. But if you have Curry, KD, Barry and Wilt, you don’t need a facilitator. You need a guy that gives you spacing. The best thing would be to sub out curry early and then have him and draymond run the offense while the other starters rest

prime Dray was A BEAST offensively, he might not have been a great scorer (he dropped 30+ in a finals game 7 tho), but he was by far the best or second best facilitator (depending if you consider Steph’s play-making facilitating) on that roster. He was a big reason why that roster was good offensively his screens and complex set execution was pristine, not to mention is top-tier defense you absolutely want. But then idk he got old and his CTE developed ig cause he been terrible lately. All that to say, put Draymond at that starting spot

the 2017 warriors are deadass better than the theoretical all time teams of like 5 nba franchises

@8krazy8 @golden11535 @samosu_ @haruhihiphop Would still have a good defense having KD and Klay on the perimeter and Wilt inside. And would have the most potent offense ever

@GabrielR_SP @golden11535 @samosu_ @haruhihiphop defense would plummet

@golden11535 @samosu_ @haruhihiphop Probably should have draymons off the bench with klay starting at the 2

@samosu_ @haruhihiphop steph/KD/barry/draymond/wilt with klay as the first guy off the bench? not bad

@CenturyOG @suhbasschin @keerthikau What? The no call on Shead was decisive

@GabrielR_SP @suhbasschin @keerthikau Game 4 where the facts show refs actually favoured the Cavs 😂😂😂

Toronto was outscored by a total of 12 points in 7 games this series.

@TheCavsJack Not sure allen can play at the intensity needed to be good when he’s playing more than low 30s minutes. This happens to some centers, it is what it is

33 minutes with Evan in foul trouble how does Kenny do it man lmao

@SamQuinnCBS They overperformed and Barnes was awesome but this series wasn’t as close as it seemed

Really great showing for the Raptors. Scottie was the best player in the series. CMB is special. Shead and Ja’Kobe rule. Darko’s the right coach. They’re closer than I thought. Go trade for Kawhi again. If they upgrade on the Ingram spot they can compete for the East next year.

@Bblockboy11835 @SamQuinnCBS Jakob’s the league’s worst contract probably. Would have to attach lots of things to get someone to take him

@SamQuinnCBS I say they trade BI for AD in maybe trade potele too

@JoshEberley Their defense would’ve been much worse all series if they had quickley tho

Promise this Raptors team has showed during this series really makes you think. If they traded for a better player than Ingram, if Quickley wasn’t hurt, if they hit on a contributor rather than missing with Dick…

@suhbasschin @keerthikau Lol, no you weren’t. The refs handed you game 4 and the luckiest shot ever gave you game 6 and yet you still lost. Go cry at home

@keerthikau We were still the better team even without two of our core players in the lineup, home court advantage is crucial

@theDisputor @JRManatad_ After the raps got the whistle on game 4. Otherwise it’d be 3-1. Stop crying

@JRManatad_ NBA wasn’t letting Cavs lose that game last night ngl…whistle was crazy

If the NBA goes by its rules, 4-5 Cavaliers should be suspended for Game 6 against Raptors.

@Alejandro02963 @Thabangfcc @FelixRiosSSF @Carlos_adrn How did that profile picture of yours turn out, huh?

@Thabangfcc @FelixRiosSSF @Carlos_adrn Esas 5 seguidas se las inventaron, por algo no sacan pecho, nunca veo a nadie decir que tienen 5 seguidas, solamente las cuentan a sus demás Champions polémicas

- Bayern Múnich y Ajax también tienen tricampeonatos de Champions. - En 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 el Preston North End ganó la liga invicto antes que el Arsenal y en 🇩🇪 lo hicieron 4 equipos antes que el Leverkusen (el Nuremberg lo hizo 3 veces) - Bayern Múnich y PSG también tienen "sextetes". - Lo del Porto y Leicester no son "records", son "hazañas". Los únicos records sin presidentes es el tetracampeonato del City y los 15 goles recibidos del Chelsea. De los dos el más difícil es el segundo pero sin ningún tipo de duda, recibir en promedio un gol cada 244 minutos durante toda una temporada es casi imposible de sostener.

@melodante12548 @SamMonsonNFL IIRC “steals” are much less predictive of sucess than “reaches” are predictive of failure but steals still perform somewhat better than you’d expect based solely on draft position. But would have to recheck that

@SamMonsonNFL How do players fare who fall down the board? Not by 5-10 picks but like....an entire round? 1 and 1/2 rounds? When the whole league passes on a player, it's a good sign that the consensus board was never right to begin with.

OK, let's go through this. Of course there is no master board shared among all 32 teams in which they have all agreed to the ranking of drafted players. If there was, what would be the point of a draft? NFL teams are all operating - to a degree - in the dark when it comes to how other teams rank the draft class. The Consensus Board refers to, effectively, a composite of a variety of publicly available big boards. There are multiple variations of it, due to how many and which big boards are included, but they are all broadly the same. They serve effectively as a 'wisdom of the crowds' big board. Is the 'consensus' element a misnomer? Maybe. But who cares. The point about the consensus board is that people have run various studies on it and what happens when NFL teams deviate from it in a significant way in one direction or the other. And also how it performs vs NFL teams who obviously have more information than Joe Public. The board tends to perform well despite that information shortcoming. The most important takeaway is that the evidence is pretty strong that major reaches relative to the consensus board are bad. The hit rate in the draft across pretty much anything is bad, so all anybody is trying to do with any piece of information is increase the hit rate, move the percentage in your direction. Reaches relative to the consensus board move the percentages in the opposite direction. They make it LESS likely you will draft a good player than if you had just blindly taken a guy expected to go around where your draft pick was. You CAN hit on a reach, but it is statistically less likely. You are, by definition, chasing an outlier or longshot, and that tends not to go well.

@carson_tk OKC cannot be above the Cavs (until they win this year). They either should be at the same tier or Cavs above. Cavs have 5 finals appearences to 2. Also Denver and Cleveland cannot be on the same tier. Cavs can only be behind Warriors, Lakers, Heat and celtics among nba teams

Ranking every professional sports team by how well they've done since 2000

@frenchsoupy @4loc0s @MikeWill_0 17’ Cavs were one of the best teams ever not to win the title. The Warriors were the best team of all time.

@4loc0s @MikeWill_0 Nah 2017 was even cavs were elite af that year

If 2012 is proper so is 2017

@tempfadetj1 @MikeWill_0 No one in their right mind thought cleveland was gonna win

@MikeWill_0 2017 wasn’t proper but there was some hindsight there because a lot of people still thought Cleveland would win beforehand.