Series Thread: NBA Finals: Los Angeles Lakers vs. Miami Heat

[DJ]

Full day of playoff barfball (as a legendary Hoop poster used to call it) on the slate......I love working from home.

 

[Black Adam]

Gonna be interesting to see what, if any, other moves are made. I read earlier that the only untouchable on the Clippers roster is Kawhi.

We'll never get to hear it because he'll never talk, but it would be really interesting to hear what Kawhi's thoughts are on all of this. Clearly this was not what he envisioned when he decided to directly challenge Lebron and the Lakers by going to the Clips.

I wonder how untouchable he'll consider himself if he doesn't like the way things go this off-season.

I agree with what @tlance posted that PG probably really hurt his trade value.

yeah you won't getting a huge return for Pandemic Paul now...

 

[trojanfan12]

Full day of playoff barfball (as a legendary Hoop poster used to call it) on the slate......I love working from home.

You're working from home too? I'm liking it waaaaay more than I thought I would.

 

[Black Adam]

Full day of playoff barfball (as a legendary Hoop poster used to call it) on the slate......I love working from home.

meh, too many distractions. office was MUCH better in my case...

 

[DJ]

You're working from home too? I'm liking it waaaaay more than I thought I would.

Ever since I got here with a minor hiccup in between for a few months.....

 

[trojanfan12]

yeah you won't getting a huge return for Pandemic Paul now...

Yeah, he still has value, but I think he's shown himself to be a 3rd option on a contender rather than the 2nd option that most of us, myself included, thought he was.

 

[DJ]

meh, too many distractions. office was MUCH better in my case...

Office was?

HAVE YOU FINALLY CASHED IN THE 401K AND RETIRED, CL?

 

[DJ]

Yeah, he still has value, but I think he's shown himself to be a 3rd option on a contender rather than the 2nd option that most of us, myself included, thought he was.

Maybe the Clippers trade PG, pieces and a 1st back to OKC for CP3?

LOL.

 

[Black Adam]

Office was?

HAVE YOU FINALLY CASHED IN THE 401K AND RETIRED, CL?

was actually referring to my decision to NOT work from home. lol, DO try not shovelling on the dirt yet...

 

[DJ]

*Stirs the cauldron*

 

[trojanfan12]

Maybe the Clippers trade PG, pieces and a 1st back to OKC for CP3?

LOL.

I'd imagine that the phone call would go a little something like this:

Clippers: Hey, we'd like to see about trading Paul George back to you for...

Thunder: click

 

[DJ]

Hmmmmmmmmm.......my last bet is the Indians vs Yanks winner......

 

[trojanfan12]

meh, too many distractions. office was MUCH better in my case...

Yeah, the toughest part for me is my breaks and lunch. I try to get things done during those times so I don't have to do them on the weekend. I get up for a 15 minute break and go outside to water the plants, then I'll start checking the progress of the tomatoes and watermelons, etc.

Or on my lunch break, I'll mow the lawn, etc.

I was a few minutes late getting back a few times when I first started working from home. lol

 

[Heatles84]

Gonna be interesting to see what, if any, other moves are made. I read earlier that the only untouchable on the Clippers roster is Kawhi.

We'll never get to hear it because he'll never talk, but it would be really interesting to hear what Kawhi's thoughts are on all of this. Clearly this was not what he envisioned when he decided to directly challenge Lebron and the Lakers by going to the Clips.

I wonder how untouchable he'll consider himself if he doesn't like the way things go this off-season.

I agree with what @tlance posted that PG probably really hurt his trade value.

I don't see the Clips making major changes - basically they're stuck with Kawhi and PG. They're not going to get full value for PG given his playoff struggles that are well documented, and a majority of teams realize this.

 

[trojanfan12]

I don't see the Clips making major changes - basically they're stuck with Kawhi and PG. They're not going to get full value for PG given his playoff struggles that are well documented, and a majority of teams realize this.

Yeah, they'll likely try, but the most they're likely to accomplish is replacing a couple of role players.

 

[trojanfan12]

This can't be good if you're a Clippers fan:

'Montrezl Harrell is a double agent': Kawhi Leonard's trainer mocks Clippers' star; wanted Lakers' Dwight Howard instead

Clint Park, Kawhi Leonard's personal trainer, called Montrezl Harrell a 'double agent' in a tweet yesterday. He also called Paul George's basketball IQ 'questionable'.

thesportsrush.com

 

[bksballer89]

Yeah, the tweet was a little over the top. I don't think a lot of folks were saying that the Lakers would lose any of those series, but they were saying that they would be tougher than they actually ended up being and that each of those teams could push the Lakers to 6 or 7 games.

As for the path being easier because they got the Nuggets instead of the Clippers...the Clippers didn't get there, so they clearly weren't good enough.

Interestingly, the Lakers and Heat took the same number of games (15) to get to the finals. Both are 12-3 in the playoffs so far.

Clearly the best 2 teams in the league

 

[bksballer89]

This can't be good if you're a Clippers fan:

'Montrezl Harrell is a double agent': Kawhi Leonard's trainer mocks Clippers' star; wanted Lakers' Dwight Howard instead

Clint Park, Kawhi Leonard's personal trainer, called Montrezl Harrell a 'double agent' in a tweet yesterday. He also called Paul George's basketball IQ 'questionable'.

thesportsrush.com

Fucking disaster. Have to think Trez wont consider coming back after this

 

[trojanfan12]

Fucking disaster. Have to think Trez wont consider coming back after this

Really starts to make me wonder about Kawhi.

First it was Uncle Dennis in San Antonio and Toronto.

Now it's his trainer.

Sooner or later, you have to start wondering if these folks are acting on Kawhi's "orders".

 

[Black Adam]

Fucking disaster. Have to think Trez wont consider coming back after this

ooooohhhhh, that's not good...