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Yeah Melbourne has been pretty rubbish the last few weeks but still getting to 14-16 during the day so not a lot to complain about. Shithouse for anything outdoor though as it has been raining heaps.

Quote from: adarqui on June 17, 2016, 12:48:43 pm

if Lebron/CLE pulls this off, can't wait to see how lebron-haters spin this one.. maybe they'll diminish it by saying Draymond got suspended, or call it rigged etc. I'd like to see some of them come around though.

Agreed.  Much more interesting to see the reaction if CLE wins.  Also I think could be good for warriors dynasty future to take a loss in year 2 to make them hungrier.  Also, great story for CLE obviously...

My interest in seeing GSW win is mostly because I want to see GSW with AND lebron get finals MVP.  Unless he has an absolute terrible game he is by and away the finals MVP.  Partially because golden state is such a complete squad that there MVP is not clear at all...  But also cause he is just balling... The MVP should not have to come from the winning team and it would be nice to see Lebron become the first player since Jerry West to get it...

One more thing about Lebron and humility...  Part of the reason he is so humble is because he has lost!  That's one thing that's so cool about his character arc... The Jordan (sorta kobe too) story is just amazing individual player on bad team that couldn't get past good teams (celtics, pistons).  Improved.  Got better teammates.  Won pretty much every year their team was a realistic contender...  Lebron is interesting because he has had to be humbled so many times and deal with it...

Even his prediction for game 7 that he just wants to give his all to the team and be satisfied with the result (win or lose)   I mean isn't that what we want to teach kids?  I am paraphrasing but he essentially said his goal is that of course he wants to win but he will be happy and accepting as long as he gives his his 100% to his team.... I saw people ripping him for saying this along the lines of "a real winner would never be happy with a loss and would only accept winning and be angry and hateful if they lose".  What kind of message is this?  A message that everyone who isn't the best should feel like a failure?  Seriously?  What more can you do than your best and congratulate and celebrate the winner whether it is you or not? 

I truly believe that MJ was one of the worst things for sports culture of all time... And I hate saying that because I grew up with him as a sports idol... But he really sent the message that to be the best you have to essentially be a mean person and so competitive that you are a sore loser... Sports is a game after all... If it's making us worse people it's not worth it...

This might be so feel good it makes the other puke... but man... Curry and Klay are so awesome and Lebron is as well that you kinda wish they could both win...  Like I wish NBA was like Track and Field and there were levels of meets and more than one "finals" per year... I like seeing the legacy of Usain Bolt at the olympics but I wouldn't mind seeing Justin Gatlin take a few crowns from him in diamond league or world champs... Or even in Rio...   I hate that come Sunday sports culture will be discussing either "Lebron is a failure, Kevin Love sucks" narrative OR "what's wrong with the Warriors, steph curry is so soft" narrative...  They are both amazing, only one can win, let's enjoy game 7...

Great points. I feel that a lot of people can't separate the on court and off court personalities. You need to be aggressive, imposing and never take a backwards step on the field. Off the field that's a different thing altogether. I'm sure there are examples but I can't remember an on court humble NBA player ever. Lebron isn't. Curry certainly isn't. Jordan nope. Johnson nope. Malone nope. Kobe nope. All the top guys are fierce on court. In fact I'd love to hear the name of 1 top NBA player in the last 30 years who was humble on court.

I'm a massive fan of pretty much all involved in the whole finals series this year. There's been some guys I didn't know much about as I hadn't watched much NBA recently. Having said that the more and more I watch GSW and with the amazing players they have I think they need a loss too. Look at Klay leaving early. Massive sign of disrespect. I think it would do their team some good to learn how to lose well just like Lebron has done in the past. You don't need to like it but you need to be able to accept it.

As far as the spin goes it's really interesting. When OKC won a game I don't remember this same reaction. When CLE wins it's rigged or Lebron flopped or something else happened. But just like Kerr said CLE completely outplayed them. 

Lebron bullying curry for. He's tiny. Pick on someone your own size! I'm for dubs in game 7, don't care for Lebron's lack of humility lol.

C'mon man what lack of humility? He's playing mind games with Steph and he's winning. What about Steph acting like a spoilt child when he picked up the 6th foul. Literally spat the dummy and it hit a fan in the front row.

Game 7 baby!!! Cannot wait.

Lebron with 40+ again.

So many questions going into game 7. Iguodala healthy or not? Kyrie's toe healthy or not. He sat a fair amount of the 4th. Can Lebron put up another performance like that and bring it home?

Tristan Thompson = beast though. Just dominated.

Unbelievable first quarter 

47 minutes to go    not that I'm counting or anything

Also, got a nice compliment from a few guys watching the game last night. They asked me who I played for and were assuming I still played a representative level and that I was only in my mid 20's. Was pretty awesome to hear and can't wait to hear what they say after I've been on Toddday's program for a while.