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    Quote Originally Posted by thewupk View Post
    1st Quarter done and as expected no defense
    Finals are going to be a bore this year.

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    Quote Originally Posted by thethe View Post
    Finals are going to be a bore this year.
    League will impose their will sooner than later. officials will take it over for the cavs again.

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    Cavs thought they had a win

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    So this was the epic matchup that everyone in the NBA said was must see TV? Yeah. Stanley Cup Finals is so much more compelling.
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    Lebron simply doesn't have enough help out there. Kyrie won that series last year and he nearly won this game tonight. He is absolutely amazing at finishing at the rack. He makes some incredible shots all the time. Don't remember a player who was so skilled at finishing.

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    A finals sweep is great for the nba.....
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    Quote Originally Posted by thethe View Post
    A finals sweep is great for the nba.....
    If you don't like it don't watch. - KD

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    Quote Originally Posted by thewupk View Post
    If you don't like it don't watch. - KD
    I don't like KD, but he's 100% correct with that statement.

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    The Bulls' front-office is so ****ing incompetent.
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    Quote Originally Posted by jpx7 View Post
    The Bulls' front-office is so ****ing incompetent.
    Didn't get as much for Butler as what I would have thought, but it makes sense to go into rebuild mode now. LeBron has maybe 3-4 more years of greatness left in him and the Warriors likely will be dismantled by then - with a couple of high picks in the next few years, the Bulls could be one of the better teams by then.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bj1133 View Post
    Didn't get as much for Butler as what I would have thought, but it makes sense to go into rebuild mode now. LeBron has maybe 3-4 more years of greatness left in him and the Warriors likely will be dismantled by then - with a couple of high picks in the next few years, the Bulls could be one of the better teams by then.
    The rebuild makes a ton of sense—I wanted them to pursue it last year (either around Butler or by a total punt). The return for Butler (not to mention that they're rebuilding a year later than they should have) is what demonstrates their incompetence.
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    NBA should be a lot more interesting in 2017-2018, with several teams cashing-in or -out on a given direction. Minnesota and Houston should be very interesting to watch (I'll temporary be a fan of the former, while the Bulls wallow and go fallow for a few seasons), while teams like the Clippers, Bulls, and (potentially) Pacers should be very bad, opening up space for some ascension from bubble teams in their divisions (I'm looking for Milwaukee to win a decent amount more in the Central).
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    Quote Originally Posted by jpx7 View Post
    NBA should be a lot more interesting in 2017-2018, with several teams cashing-in or -out on a given direction. Minnesota and Houston should be very interesting to watch (I'll temporary be a fan of the former, while the Bulls wallow and go fallow for a few seasons), while teams like the Clippers, Bulls, and (potentially) Pacers should be very bad, opening up space for some ascension from bubble teams in their divisions (I'm looking for Milwaukee to win a decent amount more in the Central).
    I'm really excited to watch CP3/Harden together. Not that it will matter much against GSW, but that team is going to be crazy good offensively.

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    Quote Originally Posted by chop2chip View Post
    I'm really excited to watch CP3/Harden together. Not that it will matter much against GSW, but that team is going to be crazy good offensively.
    If they can swing a deal for Paul George, they might just be able to challenge the Warriors. I'd love to see the Bulls have Houston pay them to take Ryan Anderson's contract, to facilitate that whole operation, but I fear the Bulls' FO is too incompetent for that.
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    Pairing CP3 and Harden is a risk, but I think it's one that needs to be taken. Would have been a nice place for the Knicks to pawn off Carmelo, if the coach was anyone but D'Antoni.

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    Quote Originally Posted by acesfull86 View Post
    Pairing CP3 and Harden is a risk, but I think it's one that needs to be taken. Would have been a nice place for the Knicks to pawn off Carmelo, if the coach was anyone but D'Antoni.
    It's looking like Anthony is either staying put or participating in a pay-cut to bring his talents to Cleveland.
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    This movement in the NBA for stars to play together is just awful.

    JPX, I actually like the deal for the Bulls. Lavine has an absurd ceiling. I could see him becoming a 28+PPG scorer with excellent shooting numbesr from all areas on the floor.
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    Quote Originally Posted by thethe View Post
    This movement in the NBA for stars to play together is just awful.

    JPX, I actually like the deal for the Bulls. Lavine has an absurd ceiling. I could see him becoming a 28+PPG scorer with excellent shooting numbesr from all areas on the floor.
    In 2016, it would've been a nice deal for the Bulls; in 2017, I hate it.

    LaVine's a better shooter from range the Rose ever was, but the parallels of a young, athleticism-dependent, emerging-star guard felled by ACL tear are not encouraging. Dunn is a defensive monster, but otherwise terrible—and old, for a player with one season in the league—on a team that really needs a scoring PG (or needs to dump Hoiberg). And not receiving any additional or future picks back—they essentially just traded up, from 16 to 7, to draft a non-star rotation player—for a consensus top-10 two-way NBA talent is just garbage, even considering they need to be garbage for a few years to really rebuild. The cherry on top is that they sold their second-rounder to GSW, and in the aftermath essentially admitted that (a) they don't understand NBA roster rules and (b) did both a terrible and shockingly-cursory job scouting the draft. The front office is in omnishambles, and I have no faith the Bulls will successfully execute a rebuild until John Paxson and Gar Forman are kicked to the curb—which probably won't happen in Jerry Reinsdorf's lifetime.
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