NBA Finals Prediction

[leftwinger]

Hey, I just repeated exactly what Steven A Smith said before game 3. And for the record, they're making fun of him this morning. He was wrong about NY and Denver.

I like Steven A. Always have. Yeah that is probably where I heard what you posted. On Sirius CH#81 7AM-8AM drive time show.

Nothing is over. Both NY and MINN have 2 of 3 at home? correct? Both Series tied 2-2? INDY is young.

OKC is young. DAL has more experienced players and it is showing up. OKC has more flash and shooters but.....

 

[sealybobo]

I like Steven A. Always have. Yeah that is probably where I heard what you posted. On Sirius CH#81 7AM-8AM drive time show.

Nothing is over. Both NY and MINN have 2 of 3 at home? correct? Both Series tied 2-2? INDY is young.

OKC is young. DAL has more experienced players and it is showing up. OKC has more flash and shooters but.....

Here's how I "feel"

Boston is going to win their series
NY is too beat up. Indy advances
Denver wins in 7
It seems like OKC and Timberwolves are too young. They need to get beat this year, learn their lessons, improve where they are not good, get better role players.

This is what I love about all the greats. Kobe, Lebron, Jordan all worked on their games. Wherever they were weak. Tatum seems to be a guy who wants to master every shot, move, etc. A student of the game.

 

[odanny]

Jokich is the best big man I have ever seen in my 40 years of watching the NBA. What he is doing to the reigning Defensive Player of the Year (Rudy Gobert) is just embarrassing. As a 7 footer his shooting and passing game is better than half of the starting point guards in the NBA.

 

[sealybobo]

Ah....I see the Black-backed seal is listening to Skip Bayless and the boys. got it//

No I have always thought this way since the days the Bad Boys got whipped by the Lakers and Boston. We were told to be a great team you have to first get beat up by great teams before you become great.

So if this is true, Boston is going to win and Minnesota will win it all next year.

 

[sealybobo]

Jokich is the best big man I have ever seen in my 40 years of watching the NBA. What he is doing to the reigning Defensive Player of the Year (Rudy Gobert) is just embarrassing. As a 7 footer his shooting and passing game is better than half of the starting point guards in the NBA.

Not in game 6 or 7.

“I agree,” Malone said. “So let me tell you why we’re getting our asses kicked. You’re not taking care of the ball. You’re not rebounding the ball. We’re playing with no physicality and no toughness.”

Minnesota defeated the Nuggets 115-70 Thursday night. The Timberwolves were able to do that as Malone told his team at halftime because they were tougher than the Nuggets. The Wolves outplayed, outrebounded and defended better.

For three consecutive games, the Nuggets were the team taking the fight to the Wolves. At the end of Game 5, the Timberwolves had slumped shoulders and bad body language. At the buzzer, Karl-Anthony Towns limped off the floor and into the locker room. Timberwolves star Anthony Edwards said that Denver star Nikola Jokić, who turned in a historic Game 5, deserved his flowers.

Now, after the incredible high of Game 5, when Jokic reached the stratosphere, the Nuggets are going to have to rebound from playing one of the worst playoff games in NBA history. Just how historic? Thursday marked the Nuggets’ fewest points in a playoff game. No defending champion has ever lost by more points in a playoff game.

 

[sealybobo]

Jokich is the best big man I have ever seen in my 40 years of watching the NBA. What he is doing to the reigning Defensive Player of the Year (Rudy Gobert) is just embarrassing. As a 7 footer his shooting and passing game is better than half of the starting point guards in the NBA.

Game 5

The top-line numbers will tell you quickly that it was one of the great masterpieces in recent playoff annals; he finished with 40 points, 13 assists and nary a turnover and did it while shooting 15 of 22 from the field and 8 of 9 from the line. Doing this against the league’s No. 1 defense, while matched up against four-time NBA Defensive Player of the Year Rudy Gobert, made it even more impressive, not to mention Jokić doing it in one of the highest-stakes games of the season.

Game 7 34 points, 19 rebounds, 7 assists and 1 block.

 

[sealybobo]

Ah, I forgot about the Heat. Good point.

No defending champion has made it past the second round since 2019​

 

[sealybobo]

WRONG: not even the right team in the correct league.


INDY could play BOS. OKC (if they get by DAL) would play (DEN/MINN).

You fire of so many posts (attempting to dazzle the board with your brilliance) at least 10% of them are ridiculous or factually incorrect. Slow down, clown. LW Marxist hack full time and racist sports bigmouth on the side.

One night in the NCAA tournament I said every top team would get upset. I believe I was right 6 of 8 games. No one would have made that bet and thought they'd win. I got lucky.

Read my original post. Nothing I said was right. LOL. But I've seen the "experts" on TV get it wrong too. Are you smarter? Okay, who's gonna win the NBA championship this year? Were you the one who said Boston? After seeing what I've seen, I wouldn't bet against them. Who knows? Until they match up and play each other and actually put the ball in the hole more times than the other team, we shall see.

I'm still not counting Timberwolves out but it doesn't look good. Minnesota got offended when reporters told them they have to lose this year before they can win next year. They insisted they've lost enough and it's their time. We shall see. Let's see how they respond to that loss to Dallas. Dallas looks really good.

What if it's Dallas vs Boston. Can Boston handle Kyree and Luca? It would be interesting to see.

Will Indiana win their home games? Please, predict so I can see if you are

ridiculous or factually incorrect.

 

[sealybobo]

Give Boston the trophy already.

They were talking about how Boston needs to win a championship. Nothing else will do. They got a really good duo Jalen Brunson and Tatum. Can you imagine them two vs Kyree?

I wonder how great Anthony Edwards is? Or will be? I see great things for him but then I saw great things for Michael Porter Jr and Aaron Gordon. I wonder if they'll ever make it back.

Kyree and Luca seem to be jelling.

Maybe Lillard and Giannis will figure it out next year. That seems like a team could make it back.

I love it that the NBA doesn't seem to be designed to have dynasties. Too many other good teams. Too hard to keep a great team together. And even if you do, other teams get better. Your role players suddenly become more valuable on the free market.

Boston doesn't seem big enough to win it all. But neither does Dallas.

I'm scared that the Timberwolves could become a dynasty. If they can figure it out and win it all this year and be even better next year. But they seem up and down. Poised and talented to win it all, but the basketball gods may say they need to hurt first before they can feel the joy of winning it all.

 

[sealybobo]

I like Steven A. Always have. Yeah that is probably where I heard what you posted. On Sirius CH#81 7AM-8AM drive time show.

Nothing is over. Both NY and MINN have 2 of 3 at home? correct? Both Series tied 2-2? INDY is young.

OKC is young. DAL has more experienced players and it is showing up. OKC has more flash and shooters but.....

Who’s gonna win Dallas or Boston? Should be a great series.

 

[22lcidw]

No I have always thought this way since the days the Bad Boys got whipped by the Lakers and Boston. We were told to be a great team you have to first get beat up by great teams before you become great.

So if this is true, Boston is going to win and Minnesota will win it all next year.

Pro basketball is not that complicated. It wasn't the Pistons becoming great as much as the Lakers and Celtics and other sin decline. At least the Pistons took advantage of it.

 

[sealybobo]

Pro basketball is not that complicated. It wasn't the Pistons becoming great as much as the Lakers and Celtics and other sin decline. At least the Pistons took advantage of it.

Bullshit. Joe D, HOFer. Isaiah, HOF'er. Dennis Rodman, HOF. Bill Lambier. James Edwards. Vinny Johnson. Mark Aquirre, Dantley, Rick Mahorn, so just like Boston has 2 great shooters, we had more. And we had more bigs and we played better defense. We kept teams under 80 points bitch!

Do you know how many teams have ever won back to back championships? Do you know how hard it is to do? We should have won more. Remember that one year Bird got lucky as hell and we blew it in the last seconds of the eastern conference finals? That's what they mean when they say first you have to lose before you learn how to win. We retired Bird and Magic.

Not like the Rockets. CLEARLY they only won back to back because Michael took a break.

Only the Lakers, Celtics, Pistons, Bulls, Rockets, Golden State and Miami Heat know what it's like to win back to back.

We were built to beat the Celtics and Lakers.

 

[leftwinger]

They were talking about how Boston needs to win a championship. Nothing else will do. They got a really good duo Jalen Brunson and Tatum. Can you imagine them two vs Kyree?

I wonder how great Anthony Edwards is? Or will be? I see great things for him but then I saw great things for Michael Porter Jr and Aaron Gordon. I wonder if they'll ever make it back.

Kyree and Luca seem to be jelling.

Maybe Lillard and Giannis will figure it out next year. That seems like a team could make it back.

I love it that the NBA doesn't seem to be designed to have dynasties. Too many other good teams. Too hard to keep a great team together. And even if you do, other teams get better. Your role players suddenly become more valuable on the free market.

Boston doesn't seem big enough to win it all. But neither does Dallas.

I'm scared that the Timberwolves could become a dynasty. If they can figure it out and win it all this year and be even better next year. But they seem up and down. Poised and talented to win it all, but the basketball gods may say they need to hurt first before they can feel the joy of winning it all.

Gafford, Washington, Lively…..

 

[leftwinger]

Who’s gonna win Dallas or Boston? Should be a great series.

I like the way DAL is playing. They could do it. Then BOS will start with the “but Porsingious” talk. BOS is good too but maybe DAL can stop one of either Tatum or Brown and outscore the rest?

 

[sealybobo]

I like the way DAL is playing. They could do it. Then BOS will start with the “but Porsingious” talk. BOS is good too but maybe DAL can stop one of either Tatum or Brown and outscore the rest?

I'm rooting for Dallas but have no dog in this fight. I'll be happy for either team when they win. Either Tatum and Brown will achieve their ultimate goal or Luca will. Kyree already has a ring so it's not as important to him other than winning one without Lebron.

That will make Lebron's win in Cleveland less impressive if Kyree can win without him.

 

[leftwinger]

I'm rooting for Dallas but have no dog in this fight. I'll be happy for either team when they win. Either Tatum and Brown will achieve their ultimate goal or Luca will. Kyree already has a ring so it's not as important to him other than winning one without Lebron.

That will make Lebron's win in Cleveland less impressive if Kyree can win without him.

Kyree made the late 3-pt shot to give CLEVE the win for “LeBron”. Without that, they lose. LeBron was missing late in the game. From my memories….

 

[sealybobo]

Kyree made the late 3-pt shot to give CLEVE the win for “LeBron”. Without that, they lose. LeBron was missing late in the game. From my memories….

As usual.

I can't stand arguing with people who say Lebron is better than Jordan. I don't think Lebron is better than Tatum, Kyree, Brown or any other player who wants the ball in their hands at the end of the game. Or a guy who takes over when the rest of his team is struggling. Lebron just doesn't seem capable or interested in doing that. Either his team is firing on all cylinders or he loses. He will do his part but no more.

Am I wrong?