2018-2019 NBA Thread

Araxen said:

The huge change I felt was Nick Nurse calling that timeout during the Raptors run in the forth. It totally killed their momentum.

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Yeah...1st bad coaching decision he's made all series.

If the Raptors lose the series, 100% chance Nick Nurse is fired for that timeout.

Nurse is inexperienced. Its just sad that reared its ugly head at such a critical point for Raptors fans.

Fuck Drake though, if the Warriors end up winning this series Drake will never show his face at an NBA game as gain.

If the Raptors win Drake will literally take some credit for the chip and be all over social media talking shit and be back stronger than ever next season.

So I kind of dont want the Raptors to get it done because Drake is such a faggot.

I'm trying to figure out why the drama over the crowd's reaction to the KD injury. Am i blind or wtf?

Toronto is a hockey town. From the videos that i've seen, the crowd roared up when KD got up, which is what we do for hockey players after they get up from an apparent injury.

Not sure why it was so obvious that they were mocking KD. Not to mention the fact that the crowd was already loud due to the previous play at the other end by Ibaka.

Origin said:

I'm trying to figure out why the drama over the crowd's reaction to the KD injury. Am i blind or wtf?

Toronto is a hockey town. From the videos that i've seen, the crowd roared up when KD got up, which is what we do for hockey players after they get up from an apparent injury.

Not sure why it was so obvious that they were mocking KD. Not to mention the fact that the crowd was already loud due to the previous play at the other end by Ibaka.

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Don't lie to us you blood hungry, maple syrup producing, Canuck!

Honestly, the way I saw it the crowd cheered because their odds of winning a championship increased quite a bit. They weren't cheering KD's injury.

The crowd was waving as he walked off the court. The announcer and the players had to tell the fans to shut up.

The real outrage here is that Toronto fans are trying to re-write reality before our very eyes. You cheered an injury, it's okay. Utah and Boston fans are occasionally racist. Welcome to the scumbag fans club.

Araxen said:

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That's actually a reasonable position. And he's not wrong about not leaving it up to the player.

Jozu said:

Nurse is inexperienced. Its just sad that reared its ugly head at such a critical point for Raptors fans.

Fuck Drake though, if the Warriors end up winning this series Drake will never show his face at an NBA game as gain.

If the Raptors win Drake will literally take some credit for the chip and be all over social media talking shit and be back stronger than ever next season.

So I kind of dont want the Raptors to get it done because Drake is such a faggot.

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Yeah, Im kind of hoping the Raptors lose now. Which is sad, because I like parity more than dynasties. How are you going to be a "super fan" of one team, and literally have TWO tattoo's of players on another team. Its especially ironic that those two teams are playing each other in the finals.

That crowd was cheering for Durant's injury. Dudes were waving while he was on floor. Players on Toronto had to admonish them before they fake changed their tune. I can't really blame them, because it drastically increases their chances of winning. Karma and Drake's curse just might come back to bite them now.

I thought KD was done for the season and they were just lying about his injury until this game. Was definitely wrong about that, mostly. Turns out he should have actually been done for the season.

Araxen said:

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Bob Myers already accepted responsibility. Said the organization thought they performed their due diligence but they were obviously wrong. Sucks because KD looked like his normal self in that first quarter.

He really didnt though. He was walking into his shots, wasnt reacting too well on defense, and was already receiving treatment 12 minutes in. He brought the ball up a couple times, but he NEVER made a drive to the rim. He was obviously limited.

And this injury is going to be very serious. There is going to be a GIF of his achilles exploding every time someone else blows theirs. Didnt look good AT ALL. It looked like someone shot him in the calf/achilles area when it blew. For an injury that serious to take place, in the same area as his nagging calf injury, he definitely wasnt right and it ended up being the wrong decision.

Durant should have refused to play. Now he's fucked and GSW doesn't owe him shit. Fuck them.

Rude said:

Durant should have refused to play. Now he's fucked and GSW doesn't owe him shit. Fuck them.

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That's not how players work. They're always going to choose to play. It's on the doctors and the team to shut them down.

Seriously. If I was KD and I thought we could lose the series that game, I would have played too.

Rude said:

Durant should have refused to play. Now he's fucked and GSW doesn't owe him shit. Fuck them.

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Durant was definitely the one that wanted to play.

Sterling said:

That's not how players work. They're always going to choose to play. It's on the doctors and the team to shut them down.

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You're right, I forgot that Leonard had an all-star season before the Spurs traded him.

You pointed out the only exception.