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What Curry is doing in inhuman. If he continues this through the finals, I'd argue that he's had the single greatest shooting season in history, on the planet. Just unreal, and it's gotta be devastatingly demoralizing to defenders when you play great D on him and flicks up a 3 and you're thinking, "no way," and there's not even rim involved.
The Rockets picked a hell of a time to lay an egg.
 
TasteofUConn said:
What Curry is doing in inhuman. If he continues this through the finals, I'd argue that he's had the single greatest shooting season in history, on the planet. Just unreal, and it's gotta be devastatingly demoralizing to defenders when you play great D on him and flicks up a 3 and you're thinking, "no way," and there's not even rim involved.
The Rockets picked a hell of a time to lay an egg.
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I imagine a fully keyed in LeBron might, might be able to slow him. But the Warriors not only have other options, but also the energy James would expend guarding Curry would probably hinder his offense. It is exhausting to guard Curry when he's playing like this.

And here's the thing, LeBron, for all his brilliance, is having a down postseason! His TS% is 49.6%, below his career 57.2%; PER 23.8, below career 27.4; Free Throw rate is .296, below career .468.

His rebound rate, assist rate, and usage are up, but he needs help. He's so good, that even when he's not playing with healthy teammates he'll take his team to the Finals; but he's also lucky injuries have decimated the Bulls and Hawks, and injuries paired with Randy Wittman have kept the Wizards from reaching their potential.

 
tzznandrew said:
I imagine a fully keyed in LeBron might, might be able to slow him. But the Warriors not only have other options, but also the energy James would expend guarding Curry would probably hinder his offense. It is exhausting to guard Curry when he's playing like this.

And here's the thing, LeBron, for all his brilliance, is having a down postseason! His TS% is 49.6%, below his career 57.2%; PER 23.8, below career 27.4; Free Throw rate is .296, below career .468.

His rebound rate, assist rate, and usage are up, but he needs help. He's so good, that even when he's not playing with healthy teammates he'll take his team to the Finals; but he's also lucky injuries have decimated the Bulls and Hawks, and injuries paired with Randy Wittman have kept the Wizards from reaching their potential.

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Actually LeBron putting up less eye-popping numbers (for him) makes me more convinced of how great he is. He always makes the right play for his team and has elevated a mediocre team to greatness. LeBron leads the league in hockey assists.
 
Dogdeacon said:
Actually LeBron putting up less eye-popping numbers (for him) makes me more convinced of how great he is. He always makes the right play for his team and has elevated a mediocre team to greatness. LeBron leads the league in hockey assists.
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Totally agree. He's ridiculously good.
 
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CallMeBruce said:
Is it? It certainly seems to meet the Flagrant II criteria.
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My biggest problem is how are the refs not noticing what Dellavadova is doing, the guy is clutching and grabbing all throughout the playoffs and diving into peoples knees. Horford is a gentleman and Taj Gibson has a good reputation around the league, there is a reason they have lost their cool with this reckless idiot, flying into everyone's lower bodies.
 
CallMeBruce said:
Is it? It certainly seems to meet the Flagrant II criteria.
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Maybe by the letter-of-the-law it was a flagrant two - I don't know - but to me the threshold should be relaxed a bit in the playoffs, especially given the incident wasn't especially violent. I just didn't see a whole lot there to merit throwing their best player out of the game and determining the series.
 
superjohn said:
Dellavadova is a little punk, can't stand him.
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6' white guy who is the shortest and least athletic guy on the court every time he gets out there, but he manages to positively help his team every time he plays? And was undrafted? Love it. If he was on UConn, we'd all adore him.
 
superjohn said:
My biggest problem is how are the refs not noticing what Dellavadova is doing, the guy is clutching and grabbing all throughout the playoffs and diving into peoples knees. Horford is a gentleman and Taj Gibson has a good reputation around the league, there is a reason they have lost their cool with this reckless idiot, flying into everyone's lower bodies.
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He definitely didn't dive into Horford's knees.
 
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TasteofUConn said:
6' white guy who is the shortest and least athletic guy on the court every time he gets out there, but he manages to positively help his team every time he plays? And was undrafted? Love it. If he was on UConn, we'd all adore him.
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Sorry but I hate that kind of behavior even more than Shane Battier flopping. It's right up there with undercutting guys when they go up for a dunk, it's dirty and dangerous. I would be embarrassed if we had a player who played that way. I really could care less what his skin color is or that he's Australian.
 
How the hell does Scott watch that ball go out? Grab that ball. Don't rely on the refs.
 
Lebron with 37, 18 and 13 and played clutch D on Teague. I don't think Atlanta was aggressive enough at the end of regulation, a lot of teams do too much of it worry more about running clock then executing, I've seen Uconn do it too.
 
The guy got fouled and he fell back into someone else whom he didn't even know was there and he "dove into his knees?"? Please, Horford overreacted and deserved to get tossed period.
 
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superjohn said:
http://forums.realgm.com/boards/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=1389232 Did you watch the Bulls series or the other games in this series? It sure looked to me like Dellavadova was doing the same sort of thing again and Horford lost his cool.
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You want to argue the Gibson play or the Korver play, you can, but he definitely did not dive into Horford. They were fighting over a rebound, and Dellavedova tripped over a guy on the ground. He made minimal contact with Horford's legs, and Horford overreacted, violently, and deserved to be ejected.
 
mauconnfan said:
The guy got fouled and he fell back into someone else whom he didn't even know was there and he "dove into his knees?"? Please, Horford overreacted and deserved to get tossed period.
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Good post. People are reaching with this because they want to hate the guy. With the Gibson play, he scissor locked his foot - hardly an attempt to injure, but clearly should have been a foul. With Corver, he dove for the ball and tried to put his body in between Corver and the ball, to protect the ball. Worked. Was going for ball and no intent to injure or a foul. With this last one, he was falling backwards. If he went after the guy's knee falling blindly backwards, then he's the Michelangelo of cheap shots.
 
Go watch that play with an objective perspective. Horford pulled him to the ground and then attempted to elbow his head. Show anyone where he did anything chippy at all or initiated anything? He didn't fall into Horford, Horford yanked him to the ground. Horford should be suspended a game too.



superjohn said:
Sorry but I hate that kind of behavior even more than Shane Battier flopping. It's right up there with undercutting guys when they go up for a dunk, it's dirty and dangerous. I would be embarrassed if we had a player who played that way. I really could care less what his skin color is or that he's Australian.
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Some pretty illustrious names on this list, and one I wish I never saw again.
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mauconnfan said:
The guy got fouled and he fell back into someone else whom he didn't even know was there and he "dove into his knees?"? Please, Horford overreacted and deserved to get tossed period.
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"One time is happenstance, two times is circumstance, three times is enemy action"
-Ian Fleming (I think in Dr No)
 
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Dogdeacon said:
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"One time is happenstance, two times is circumstance, three times is enemy action"
-Ian Fleming (I think in Dr No)
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I haven't even seen the others everyone speaks of and don't need to. I saw this one last night and there was zero intent on the kids part.

Funny Chris Paul can kick people in the nuts but this little hustling white guy is a villian to people?:rolleyes:
 
mauconnfan said:
I haven't even seen the others everyone speaks of and don't need to. I saw this one last night and there was zero intent on the kids part.

Funny Chris Paul can kick people in the nuts but this little hustling white guy is a villian to people?:rolleyes:
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You're the second guy to bring up his race, do you really think people think the guy is a dirty player because he's white? Chris Paul and Dwyane Wade are dirty players because they made dirty plays on the court, not because they are black.
 
superjohn said:
You're the second guy to bring up his race, do you really think people think the guy is a dirty player because he's white? Chris Paul and Dwyane Wade are dirty players because they made dirty plays on the court, not because they are black.
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But they didn't get hammered around like this kid now did they? It was okay because they are so good I guess, my bad. Certainly not saying it's the sole reason but you would be naive to believe it doesn't have a little do with it.
 
mauconnfan said:
But they didn't get hammered around like this kid now did they? It was okay because they are so good I guess, my bad. Certainly not saying it's the sole reason but you would be naive to believe it doesn't have a little do with it.
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Most people never heard of him before 2 weeks ago, you are hearing about him now because two players have been ejected on plays involving him and another player is out for the playoffs because of him.
 
superjohn said:
Most people never heard of him before 2 weeks ago, you are hearing about him now because two players have been ejected on plays involving him and another player is out for the playoffs because of him.
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yeah that's the only reason superjohn, he obviously can't play in this league. :rolleyes:
 
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