NBA Season 2016/17
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LBJ on a mission. Big first half and sweet dunk to boot.
High scoring from both sides. I think Cavs better start playing better D, I'd back the Warriors at home in a shootout against the Cavs
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Bloody good game to watch today. If the Cavs want to turn this into a run-and-gun series then they will be lucky to win a game.
They can hang with the Warriors for 3 quarters at that pace, but not 4. Their bench is non-existant, which doesn't help.
If they slow the pace of the game, then they can compete. But barring a massive cold streak from Curry AND Durant AND Thompson... I can't see them winning. But I said that last year.
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@barbarian said in NBA Season 2016/17:
Bloody good game to watch today. If the Cavs want to turn this into a run-and-gun series then they will be lucky to win a game.
They can hang with the Warriors for 3 quarters at that pace, but not 4. Their bench is non-existant, which doesn't help.
If they slow the pace of the game, then they can compete. But barring a massive cold streak from Curry AND Durant AND Thompson... I can't see them winning. But I said that last year.
Except they didn't have KD. He is in otherworldly form at the moment
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Lebron looked gassed after half time and started shooting jumpers and stopped going to the hole. Kyrie was playing ISO ball. JR and Shump stunk the house out. Love toiled hard. Bench not enough.
GSW tightened their D and cut the TOs a bit and everyone did their job. Steph huge from the FT line. Great to see Klay starting to hit.
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There is a salary cap, but the penalty for exceeding is a 'luxury tax'. Essentially you jus have to pay a prohibitive sum of money, which some teams choose to do.
That said, I'm not sure if Golden State actually exceed the cap. Steph Curry is on a ridiculously cheap deal (which he signed years ago), and I think Draymond is similar. And past the 'big four' they barely pay a dime - a lot of rookies and vets on cheap deals.
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@barbarian said in NBA Season 2016/17:
There is a salary cap, but the penalty for exceeding is a 'luxury tax'. Essentially you jus have to pay a prohibitive sum of money, which some teams choose to do.
That said, I'm not sure if Golden State actually exceed the cap. Steph Curry is on a ridiculously cheap deal (which he signed years ago), and I think Draymond is similar. And past the 'big four' they barely pay a dime - a lot of rookies and vets on cheap deals.
They will have a hard time keeping the band together with their big four coming up for new contracts in the next 2 years
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GS have the 8th highest salary bill in the league. Durant's on a fair whack, but it falls away quickly to Thompson and then Green. Curry is on measly money (well, by NBA standards).
The Cavs are #1, mainly due to LBJ's giant salary, but then both Love and Irving are on more than Thompson. Then 5 other guys from $5m-$15M
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These GS guys seem pretty unselfish and focussed on team greatness. Steph and Klay are sons of NBA player dads and may have a different attitude to money and winning. I think Steph is up next, it remains to be seen if he takes less money to try and entice Klay and Draymond to stay or whether they move on to get a bumper contract elsewhere
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@mariner4life said in NBA Season 2016/17:
GS have the 8th highest salary bill in the league. Durant's on a fair whack, but it falls away quickly to Thompson and then Green. Curry is on measly money (well, by NBA standards).
The Cavs are #1, mainly due to LBJ's giant salary, but then both Love and Irving are on more than Thompson. Then 5 other guys from $5m-$15M
JR Smith is on close to $13m and both Shump and Frye are on $8m+. Derrick Williams who only plays garbage time is on $5m
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@barbarian said in NBA Season 2016/17:
That was a ridiculous game today. Warriors scored 118 and lost by a margin. Everything Cavs touched turned to gold, it was brilliant to watch.
I doubt they can do it again... but it would be amazing if they did.
They maxxed out today and it was GS that was cold from 3 point land
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All those FTs in the 1st quarter really got them that amazing lead. Both sides shot well and credit to Cavs for hitting the big shot when GSW made a mini run.
This game did show that both LBJ and Kyrie need massive games to beat this Warriors team. It can't be 30 points only. Kyrie needs to be in the 40s.
Some of the foul calls and non-calls were interesting.
Warriors will be looking forward to being at home.
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@ACT-Crusader The Draymond Green ejection that wasn't was bizarre. He didn't deserve the second tech and it felt like the refs agreed. But rather than rescind it on court they made up that story
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Yeah that was strange. Funny I thought Shump held Green's arm and should've been called for a foul, but then Green did his normal bodily flay.
Collision of the night was LBJ and JR.
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@Bovidae said in NBA Season 2016/17:
@canefan said in NBA Season 2016/17:
Green is a needly guy but I noticed LBJ kicked Iguodala in the manzone and no one said a thing
I bet Steven Adams smiled.
Or grimaced?
