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PostPosted: Sun Jun 26, 2016 6:58 pm    Post subject:

You know momentum DOESN'T EVEN EXIST in the way you are describing it, right?
You guys realize it took superhuman efforts from the Cavs from LeBron and Kyrie to win that game even without Draymond?
You guys realize the refs called an absolutely HORRIBLE 3pt shot free throw to let the Warriors stay in game 7, right? There were a ton of terrible calls, both ways, throughout the series.

Draymonds leg flailing out on Steven Adams prompted a warning from the NBA. But he clearly does that on a TON of plays- there was a like a fricking 2 minute video of him flailing exremities on drives and rebounds. It's nothing malicious. That's why he wasn't suspended.
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PostPosted: Sun Jun 26, 2016 7:01 pm    Post subject:

Not to mention Bron can't get to the line unless he gets (bleep) hammered. I mean his free throw rate is similar to prime Kobe who didn't drive nearly as much.

Through 6 games, Bron and Kyrie: 149 drives, 62 free throw attempts/Steph and Klay: 69 drives, 55 free throw attempts

Cavs were getting all the calls though
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DaMuleRules wrote:
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Not only did LeBron lead both teams in everything in the Finals while overcoming a 3-1 deficit against a 73 win team without homecourt (all firsts), he led his team in points, boards, dimes, blocks and steals for the entire title playoff run (26, 10, 8, 2.3, 1.3 on 53%, 34% and 66% shooting). He was also the primary defender.

I can't think of a more impactful playoff run by a wing player. Ever. If one exists, enlighten me.


The 73-9 team had his best healthy player cancelled by game five when the refs didn't give him a flagrant foul after review. Silver decided that the best team shouldn't have won in five games , which was the most likely outcome had Draymond played.


As usual James needs all the help he can have ( by referees and when it's not enough by Silver in person) in order to translate his ability to produce stats in winning...


If that were the case (most likely outcome) then GS would have won G6 or G7. But they didn't. Maybe Green will learn to stop taking nut shots.


If the NBA really cared they would've suspended him for the Thunder series but they didn't. They didn't want the Thunder in the Finals.

They were saving it for the Finals.

Steven Adams is (bleep) compared to LeBron James as far as the NBA is concerned. LeBron was also the one who started it(Green shouldn't have reacted)

If the Raptors were in the Finals and Green did this nothing would've happened to him.

That being said they had 3 chances to close out the Cavs and still failed.

I hope for a LeBron free/Warriors free Finals next year.


As for Chuck he just likes being a contrarian. Even though he was actually right about a prediction


The other problem with Dreamshake's theory the game 5 suspension shouldn't have mattered since Green was available for games 6 and 7 blatantly ignores two major points.

One being momentum. It's huge in a series like that and the Warriors were headed home with a 3-1 lead and the Cavs reeling. Losing Green was a blow to all of that.

Secondly, the Warriors lost Bogut in Game 5, which obviously wouldn't have mattered as much if Green had been available and wouldn't be an issue at all if GSW had closed out the series in Game 5. But that's not what happened. The Warriors got Green back for 6 and 7, but were now missing their Center for those critical games.

Here's the whole deal, it's clear that the league elected NOT to suspend Green during the OKC series despite the fact that just about everyone knew there was cause. We can speculate as to WHY they made the decision NOT to suspend him at that point, but the fact remains it was a questionable decision.

Then, in the Cavs series, despite the fact that there was no call made in that Game 4 against Green (who was clearly the victim of "Non-basketball activity" by James) EVEN AFTER it was reviewed in the course of the game, the league decides that there was a Flagrant involved - even though none of the officials though there was EVEN AFTER the video review. As a result, Green was suspended for a critical Game 5 - which benefitted the Cavs tremendously. Again, we can speculate as to why they did, but that's what happened and it was in contrast to the way they handled the OKC series.

It's pretty clear to anyone who is going to look at the facts involved that there was very suspect handling of Green that contradicted itself in two different series, both times working to the favor of the team that needed some good fortune to help their playoff lives.

People can choose to blow that off if they wish, but it is ignoring something that can't be denied.


I agree.Well said.
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PostPosted: Mon Jun 27, 2016 7:44 am    Post subject:

The Warriors blew it. Draymond and Klay Thompson pissed off Lebron after Game 4. It's just like with Shaq. You never wanted to piss him off in his prime.

Shaq was a guy (same with LBJ) that sometimes went through the motions in playoff games. But you wouldn't want to awake a sleeping giant, and that's what they did.

And the "Splash Brothers" stinking up the joint outside of 2 games (Curry's Game 4 and Thompson's Game 5) obviously contributed to this.

They just choked as an organization from top to bottom.
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The Warriors blew it. Draymond and Klay Thompson pissed off Lebron after Game 4. It's just like with Shaq. You never wanted to piss him off in his prime.

Shaq was a guy (same with LBJ) that sometimes went through the motions in playoff games. But you wouldn't want to awake a sleeping giant, and that's what they did.

And the "Splash Brothers" stinking up the joint outside of 2 games (Curry's Game 4 and Thompson's Game 5) obviously contributed to this.

They just choked as an organization from top to bottom.


The smug, cocksure look on Klay's face at that presser will live on in Warriors infamy forever ... unfortunately for him, his errant hubris served as the crucial catalyst for probably the greatest comeback in NBA history. The pathetic irony, of course, is that he had been crying like a salty beach about Mozgov's screen a week or so earlier. And as a Lakers fan from the 1980s, it was disappointing to see his pops back him up. Despite a father's instinct to protect his kid, Mychal (bleep)-up when he went on the air and backstopped that (bleep) move by his kid ...

Unfortunately for the Warriors, Klay's mouth, Ayesha Curry's twitter account, Mychal Thompson's mouth, and Draymond's persistently dirty play ... all of these played roles in the comeback by the Cavaliers.



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The other problem with Dreamshake's theory the game 5 suspension shouldn't have mattered since Green was available for games 6 and 7 blatantly ignores two major points.

One being momentum. It's huge in a series like that and the Warriors were headed home with a 3-1 lead and the Cavs reeling. Losing Green was a blow to all of that.


Momentum sounds good if you don't think about it deeply, but there's no evidence it actually exists in sports for real (in fact some studies about hot shooting streaks have come to the conclusion it doesn't). In the case of shooting streaks, players remember a bunch of shots they made in a row when they were sure they couldn't miss, but they forget other situations where they were just as sure and did miss. Ultimately, the shooting streaks are just a random outcome.

Fans see an outcome and then work backwards to declare how the outcome was the result of some kind of "momentum." In this case, you see that the Cavs won the next two games after Green's suspension, and you attribute that to a lost of momentum, but there really is no way to know if that's true and no way to test it.
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Krispy Kreme wrote:
The Warriors blew it. Draymond and Klay Thompson pissed off Lebron after Game 4. It's just like with Shaq. You never wanted to piss him off in his prime.

Shaq was a guy (same with LBJ) that sometimes went through the motions in playoff games. But you wouldn't want to awake a sleeping giant, and that's what they did.

And the "Splash Brothers" stinking up the joint outside of 2 games (Curry's Game 4 and Thompson's Game 5) obviously contributed to this.

They just choked as an organization from top to bottom.


The smug, cocksure look on Klay's face at that presser will live on in Warriors infamy forever ... unfortunately for him, his errant hubris served as the crucial catalyst for probably the greatest comeback in NBA history. The pathetic irony, of course, is that he had been crying like a salty beach about Mozgov's screen a week or so earlier. And as a Lakers fan from the 1980s, it was disappointing to see his pops back him up. Despite a father's instinct to protect his kid, Mychal (bleep)-up when he went on the air and backstopped that (bleep) move by his kid ...

Unfortunately for the Warriors, Klay's mouth, Ayesha Curry's twitter account, Mychal Thompson's mouth, and Draymond's persistently dirty play ... all of these played roles in the comeback by the Cavaliers.





The constant drone from the peanut gallery may have played a role but I honestly think it's simpler than that. Lebron's 3 was literally non-existent all season and throughout the playoffs. There was a graphic that was put up during one of the Toronto games that Lebron's average make was something outrageous like 1.6 feet. The resurgence of the Cavs against the Warriors coincided at the same time as his shot falling. For a guy like him (much like Westbrook), if that 3 ball is going in, it's pretty much game over. Without his jumper coming back, they would have been starched in 4.
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jonnybravo wrote:
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The Warriors blew it. Draymond and Klay Thompson pissed off Lebron after Game 4. It's just like with Shaq. You never wanted to piss him off in his prime.

Shaq was a guy (same with LBJ) that sometimes went through the motions in playoff games. But you wouldn't want to awake a sleeping giant, and that's what they did.

And the "Splash Brothers" stinking up the joint outside of 2 games (Curry's Game 4 and Thompson's Game 5) obviously contributed to this.

They just choked as an organization from top to bottom.


The smug, cocksure look on Klay's face at that presser will live on in Warriors infamy forever ... unfortunately for him, his errant hubris served as the crucial catalyst for probably the greatest comeback in NBA history. The pathetic irony, of course, is that he had been crying like a salty beach about Mozgov's screen a week or so earlier. And as a Lakers fan from the 1980s, it was disappointing to see his pops back him up. Despite a father's instinct to protect his kid, Mychal (bleep)-up when he went on the air and backstopped that (bleep) move by his kid ...

Unfortunately for the Warriors, Klay's mouth, Ayesha Curry's twitter account, Mychal Thompson's mouth, and Draymond's persistently dirty play ... all of these played roles in the comeback by the Cavaliers.





The constant drone from the peanut gallery may have played a role but I honestly think it's simpler than that. Lebron's 3 was literally non-existent all season and throughout the playoffs. There was a graphic that was put up during one of the Toronto games that Lebron's average make was something outrageous like 1.6 feet. The resurgence of the Cavs against the Warriors coincided at the same time as his shot falling. For a guy like him (much like Westbrook), if that 3 ball is going in, it's pretty much game over. Without his jumper coming back, they would have been starched in 4.


I don't think your thesis conflicts very much with mine, JB ... without the return of LeBron's perimeter game, the Cavaliers had no chance in the series. We certainly agree on that point. But LeBron also logged nearly 30% more FGA in the last three games of the series (vs. his average in Games 1 - 4). So while you're right that LeBron's shots were falling and that this fact played a critical role in the series outcome ... his aggression also increased considerably after Klay's misguided presser and the comments by Mychal and Ayesha. And I believe those slights were an essential part of the comeback, too.
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PostPosted: Mon Jun 27, 2016 9:50 pm    Post subject:

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Has Buss ever folded to a players ultimatum?


He got rid of Westhead after Magic made the demands...does that count?


Not really, coaches are dispensable. Heck ... Phil, Rudy, Phil, Brown, D'Antoni ....


Magic got rid of Paul westhead. True story. He wan't going to play the two guard with Norm Nixon at the point. couple years later Norm Nixon was traded to the clippers and Byron Scott took his place.


Buss was going to fire Westhead 5 gms earlier than he did and was covinced by West and Sharman to give him more time. Corroborated by West. I've got extensive news footage and interviews on the day of that event (Magic, Westhead, West, Chick, Riley, Kareem, Buss), and also the press conference announcing Riley. Westhead was already on the chopping block. It helped Buss make the decision that Magic (and various others on the team, mind you) weren't happy under Westhead's new offense. Buss made a hasty decision right after some ill-fated comments by Magic after a win in Utah. He couldn't even account for why he fired him when questioned and he boofed the passing of the baton to Riley. West got up to state definitively that Pat was the new head coach and that he (West) would sit on the bench as a de facto assistant (or "offensive coach") for about 10 games, which he did.

Magic was technically the PG when he played with Nixon. Same case as it would've been had Magic and Threatt played together. Nixon could play both positions like Threatt. Their duties coincided quite a bit because Nixon had experience as the PG before Magic was drafted. Nixon is a side-issue however. I don't know if you're implying Magic had something to do with Nixon being traded for Scott, but if so, he didn't. They played 4 years together as it was and won 2 championships, very rare feat for a pair of guards with PG skills who started together. Nixon for the 4th pick was a good trade both in terms of return and because they foresaw Norm getting older. They similarly got rid of Wilkes in 85 so Worthy could assume his spot.
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The Lakers drafted Magic after winning a coin flip, being one of two teams with equal chance to get him. How you were able to compare this with what Lebron did is beyond me...


Magic knew LA won the coin flip prior to deciding to leave school and he left because he wanted to play with Kareem. And there is nothing wrong with that. He used his available option to do what was best for him.

Good attempt to redirect though.


It doesn't matter if he knew about it or not.
He was a 20 year old rookie still unproven in the NBA getting drafted by the Lakers. How does that compare with LBJ hooking up with Wade and Bosch, two proven NBA superstars? two totally different scenarios that you somehow are trying to equate...

It was a draft, not free agency. Did you expect the Lakers to draft someone else other than Magic? really? did Magic call up Worthy secretly and told him let's join Kareem on the Lakers? and keep it a sectre for a whole year?


Yeah, that one was a bit iffy by Dreamshake. Sampson went back to college to avoid the prospects of being drafted by the Clippers. Not all examples of players doing things to lead themselves to or avoid a specific team are equal. Wade, Bosh, and Bron colluded to become a trio. Whether that's acceptable or heresy depends on the viewer, but that's different than what a rookie draftee does. Those 3 already had a sense of what they were capable of as professionals.
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PostPosted: Sun Jul 03, 2016 9:40 pm    Post subject:

My top 5 is new generational. I can't put the 80's players and before in my top 5. They might have been tougher in fact the 80's are my border. But before that you are talking less teams and less talent, less ways to improve on talent. Careers last longer, excetera.

My top 5 nba players of all time is

MJ
Lbj
Kobe
Shaq
Duncan

Flat out. With advances in medicine, player size and strength, travel, media scrutiny, various levels of competition on a night to night basis. It is incredible what these players were are able to accomplish is simply amazing.

If I was assembling the most unbeatable team of all time it would be

Magic
MJ
Lebron
Duncan
Shaq

No team ever assemble could beat that squad.

P.S.

Jordan two threepeats is more then Russell's titles. Lebrons six straight finals is also more impressive. Kobe's three peat and then back to back is more. Shaq is the most dominant force of the past 25-30 years. Duncan is the modern day defensive, team player Kareem. His longevity speaks for itself his titles say more.

How many teams did Russell face? How much travel was involved? What was the level of athleticism Wilt was going against on a night to night basis? Kobe's scoring binges hold more weight.

I hate new rules, but love the talent of nba modern royalty.

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Magic is 6 and Kareem is 7th on my list.
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 06, 2016 7:58 pm    Post subject:

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If I was assembling the most unbeatable team of all time it would be

Magic
MJ
Lebron
Duncan
Shaq

No team ever assemble could beat that squad.


I will match it with

Bird
Kobe
Karl Malone
Hakeem
Wilt

Magic is hard to guard with a pure pg like jason kidd although kidd ight serve well. But Bird will be a good match up with Magic. He and Kobe will spread the floor.

Hakeem will be too wild for Duncan offensively. Defensively, he and Wilt will be not bad of a combo either as opposed to Shaq n Duncan.
Karl can hold on against Bron. Posting up agaibnst Bron will be interesting.
Wilt will serve to limit Shaq's power and rebounding. He is ig enough to score and defend.
And of course: dream matchup of prime Kobe and MJ.
Kobe will be the pg, sg and playmaker. Three in one.

In the end, blood will be all over the place.
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The other problem with Dreamshake's theory the game 5 suspension shouldn't have mattered since Green was available for games 6 and 7 blatantly ignores two major points.

One being momentum. It's huge in a series like that and the Warriors were headed home with a 3-1 lead and the Cavs reeling. Losing Green was a blow to all of that.


Momentum sounds good if you don't think about it deeply, but there's no evidence it actually exists in sports for real (in fact some studies about hot shooting streaks have come to the conclusion it doesn't). In the case of shooting streaks, players remember a bunch of shots they made in a row when they were sure they couldn't miss, but they forget other situations where they were just as sure and did miss. Ultimately, the shooting streaks are just a random outcome.

Fans see an outcome and then work backwards to declare how the outcome was the result of some kind of "momentum." In this case, you see that the Cavs won the next two games after Green's suspension, and you attribute that to a lost of momentum, but there really is no way to know if that's true and no way to test it.


Except for the fact that you can literally watch momentum change course and see what's coming BEFORE the result confirms it. Perfect example is the Cubs last run at the WS and Steve Bartman's interference. The Cubs were instantly deflated and it was obvious they were going to lose that game and the game after it.
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DaMuleRules wrote:
The other problem with Dreamshake's theory the game 5 suspension shouldn't have mattered since Green was available for games 6 and 7 blatantly ignores two major points.

One being momentum. It's huge in a series like that and the Warriors were headed home with a 3-1 lead and the Cavs reeling. Losing Green was a blow to all of that.


Momentum sounds good if you don't think about it deeply, but there's no evidence it actually exists in sports for real (in fact some studies about hot shooting streaks have come to the conclusion it doesn't). In the case of shooting streaks, players remember a bunch of shots they made in a row when they were sure they couldn't miss, but they forget other situations where they were just as sure and did miss. Ultimately, the shooting streaks are just a random outcome.

Fans see an outcome and then work backwards to declare how the outcome was the result of some kind of "momentum." In this case, you see that the Cavs won the next two games after Green's suspension, and you attribute that to a lost of momentum, but there really is no way to know if that's true and no way to test it.


Except for the fact that you can literally watch momentum change course and see what's coming BEFORE the result confirms it. Perfect example is the Cubs last run at the WS and Steve Bartman's interference. The Cubs were instantly deflated and it was obvious they were going to lose that game and the game after it.

lol av. momentum is definitely real.
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DaMuleRules wrote:
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DaMuleRules wrote:
The other problem with Dreamshake's theory the game 5 suspension shouldn't have mattered since Green was available for games 6 and 7 blatantly ignores two major points.

One being momentum. It's huge in a series like that and the Warriors were headed home with a 3-1 lead and the Cavs reeling. Losing Green was a blow to all of that.


Momentum sounds good if you don't think about it deeply, but there's no evidence it actually exists in sports for real (in fact some studies about hot shooting streaks have come to the conclusion it doesn't). In the case of shooting streaks, players remember a bunch of shots they made in a row when they were sure they couldn't miss, but they forget other situations where they were just as sure and did miss. Ultimately, the shooting streaks are just a random outcome.

Fans see an outcome and then work backwards to declare how the outcome was the result of some kind of "momentum." In this case, you see that the Cavs won the next two games after Green's suspension, and you attribute that to a lost of momentum, but there really is no way to know if that's true and no way to test it.


Except for the fact that you can literally watch momentum change course and see what's coming BEFORE the result confirms it. Perfect example is the Cubs last run at the WS and Steve Bartman's interference. The Cubs were instantly deflated and it was obvious they were going to lose that game and the game after it.


Look no further than Cavs GM David Griffin confirming this fact. Griffin said that the Cavs players were incredibly dejected that they went down 3-1 and felt that they blew an opportunity. Griffin then said that the news of Draymond's suspension lifted the team's spirits and they felt that there was renewed hope.

The Cavs players resigned themselves to their obvious fate if both teams were fully equipped for a series. A 4-1 Warriors drubbing of the Cavs.
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Look no further than Cavs GM David Griffin confirming this fact. Griffin said that the Cavs players were incredibly dejected that they went down 3-1 and felt that they blew an opportunity. Griffin then said that the news of Draymond's suspension lifted the team's spirits and they felt that there was renewed hope.

The Cavs players resigned themselves to their obvious fate if both teams were fully equipped for a series. A 4-1 Warriors drubbing of the Cavs.



I just want to say how much I am disgusted by the fact that my favorite sport has been ruined by a decision that has nothing to do with sportmanship and competition , and the outcome has been that the best team hasn't won.
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would lebron reach the finals 6 times in a row if he plays in the western conference instead of this weak as** eastern conference

The Eastern Conference champs just beat the Western Conference champs, coming back from a 3-1 deficit to do it. That same WestConf Champs that beat OKC & the Spurs to get there.

That same Eastern Conference team took the Western Conference champs to 6 games last year after having 2 of their best players go out with injuries.

That whole "weak as** East Conf" excuse just got blown out of the water.


Never mind the fact that the Western Conference Champs have to go through a meat grinder to get to the finals and are physically and mentally drained by the process while Lebron coasts through to the ECC.
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tkLAKERS wrote:
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would lebron reach the finals 6 times in a row if he plays in the western conference instead of this weak as** eastern conference

The Eastern Conference champs just beat the Western Conference champs, coming back from a 3-1 deficit to do it. That same WestConf Champs that beat OKC & the Spurs to get there.

That same Eastern Conference team took the Western Conference champs to 6 games last year after having 2 of their best players go out with injuries.

That whole "weak as** East Conf" excuse just got blown out of the water.


Never mind the fact that the Western Conference Champs have to go through a meat grinder to get to the finals and are physically and mentally drained by the process while Lebron coasts through to the ECC.


Clippers without Paul/Griffin and post-Aldridge Blazers = Meat grinder?
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would lebron reach the finals 6 times in a row if he plays in the western conference instead of this weak as** eastern conference

The Eastern Conference champs just beat the Western Conference champs, coming back from a 3-1 deficit to do it. That same WestConf Champs that beat OKC & the Spurs to get there.

That same Eastern Conference team took the Western Conference champs to 6 games last year after having 2 of their best players go out with injuries.

That whole "weak as** East Conf" excuse just got blown out of the water.


Never mind the fact that the Western Conference Champs have to go through a meat grinder to get to the finals and are physically and mentally drained by the process while Lebron coasts through to the ECC.


Clippers without Paul/Griffin and post-Aldridge Blazers = Meat grinder?

I would take post aldridge blazers against raptors, heat or any of eastern playoffs team outside cavaliers. Yes, the western teams had to kill one another while cavs just had their training sessions in the east.
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PostPosted: Sat Jul 09, 2016 10:54 am    Post subject:

Looks like Lebron gonna have to be moved down to #6, to make room for:

IIIINNNNGGGGRRRRAAAAMMMM!!!!

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PostPosted: Fri Jul 15, 2016 11:52 am    Post subject:

LeBron has never even made a clutch play. Not even sniffing my top 5, sorry
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PostPosted: Fri Jul 15, 2016 1:08 pm    Post subject:

Chadley wrote:
LeBron has never even made a clutch play. Not even sniffing my top 5, sorry


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PostPosted: Fri Jul 15, 2016 3:08 pm    Post subject:

vanexelent wrote:
Chadley wrote:
LeBron has never even made a clutch play. Not even sniffing my top 5, sorry




This character / sock puppet better whip together a backstory involving a former career in public safety / law enforcement or he's going to find himself without a pastime before too long. Once the usual suspects sort through this triple false flag business, his lack of purported public safety credentials will come home to roost (sans any courtesies) ...
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PostPosted: Fri Jul 15, 2016 3:10 pm    Post subject:

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vanexelent wrote:
Chadley wrote:
LeBron has never even made a clutch play. Not even sniffing my top 5, sorry




This character / sock puppet better whip together a backstory involving a former career in public safety / law enforcement or he's going to find himself without a pastime before too long. Once the usual suspects sort through this triple false flag business, his lack of purported public safety credentials will come home to roost ...

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