2015-16 NBA Thread (feat. the Wives)

In other crotch-attack news, LeBron will pay Dahntay Jones' one-game fine -- all $80.17 of it.

LeBron will cover Jones' $80 fine for groin punch

The fine is 1/110 of the salary, but since Jones signed on the final day of the season his salary was $8,800.

 

The Warriors have tried every combination Steve Kerr can think of, and they cannot stop the Thunder.

 

OKC - Toronto here we come.

 

Correction: "Turn Klay Thompson into Larry Bird" was a good idea by Kerr.

He has the Warriors' last 19 points. They've cut 13 off the halftime deficit.

 

And in the fourth, Thunder returns to form. They been more aggressive on both ends of the floor and taken the Warriors out of their game, save for the one spurt by Curry in Game 2.

 

Wasn't Westbrook another one Devil thought should be traded?

 

It's crazy how badly the Warriors are getting their asses kicked in this series. Curry pretty clearly isn't himself -- he's practically disappearing on the court -- and nobody is stepping up to fill any of that void, apart from Klay's run in the 3rd tonight.

And holy shit, does OKC look good. I watched them occasionally during the regular season, and they've look dramatically better in the Spurs and Warriors series than they were then.

Warriors are certainly capable of running off three straight to take the series, but I've seen nothing from them to suggest they actually will.

 

...And, I've now seen my first "Boy, the networks are gonna freak if it's a Oklahoma City - Toronto final!" tweet.

Why do people care about those things? I don't give a single shit about the ratings potential of any series, and I work in TV.

 

They are capable, but they haven't done it against a team playing the way the Thunder are.

I wonder if it's a hockey-like situation for Curry, with the Warriors not disclosing how hurt he may be. And while I was a supporter of making a run at 73, I'm having second thoughts now.

 

I see you and raise a San Jose-Tampa Bay Stanley Cup final. It's thr freaking championship!

 

That's so dumb.

Yeah, they're losing to a 55-win team that has two of the top five players in the league. Of course it's because they played too hard a month ago!

 

Curry got hurt in the playoffs, not the regular season. Sitting him in the regular season wasn't going to change that.
And, as LTL noted, they're facing a very good, very talented, very experienced team that is absolutely white hot right now. That has as much to do with why they're getting their asses kicked as any issues they're having on their own end.