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Entropy, just stop, please. I'm honestly tired of your needless vitriol here.

It's certainly not "needless" and neither is it vitriol. Maybe you should stop making jokes first...

I wasn't joking. The Heat and Spurs have a ton of respect for one another.

Actually yeah, it was a very classy finish tonight. Ease back for a bit, Entropy.

I'm really happy for Kawhi Leonard.

The Spurs win and Kawhi Leonard earns the Finals MVP on Father's Day. Oh God, the feels.

Also, what a story for the Spurs. From being defeated seconds away from victory to winning it with a minimal chance of failing.

edited 15th Jun '14 9:23:21 PM by Tundrabolt

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPaH44ISY20

Enough said.

Also reminds me of Jordan winning the chip on Father's Day in 1996.

*starts cutting onions*

I miss when you could make an identical video about the Pistons...

The soundtrack to the Bad Boy Pistons' gameplay clip would probably be "Hit 'Em High" from Space Jam

And of course the 04 Pistons would be Goin' to Work.

Hit Em High was a great song, though.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Trd4EBFU7RA

Need insulin.

They both assisted each other. Team effort, top to bottom!

Dammit...

*starts chopping onions again*

edited 16th Jun '14 4:09:34 PM by Nitramy

A cheat can be honest once in a while, that doesn't mean he no longer cheats. A liar can be "classy" once in a while, but that doesn't mean he no longer lies.

When you ask Tim Duncan about winning it, of course he'll be honest, sincere, emotional to you, the "good side" of him if you will. But that doesn't mean he'll suddenly be "honest" when he gets called for a foul, and simply say, "why yes ref, I did foul him, I admit that."

Or Wade would flop, and the ref calls it, so he goes to the ref that called the foul and say, "didn't you see that I just flopped there?"

they're all classy to each other, no bad blood between them, AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW.

edited 16th Jun '14 8:02:09 PM by entropy13

Sounds like you need some sodium control there

That said: AWWWW YISSS

Redemption for the team that let it slip away. A team passing its torch to yet another young talent with promise. The world learning that a team can be far, far greater than the sum of its parts, and the old adage about the heart of a champion still rings true.

let's not forget that in the third, Patty Mills got on fire like he was on NBA Jam

Speaking of which, I do hope other coaches copy the way Pop had been managing minutes (cough-Thibodeau-cough)

edited 19th Jun '14 8:58:42 PM by Nitramy

Well this was fast.

DAMN NINJAS CUTTING ONIONS

So how'd your favorite team do in the draft?

No picks but Fair and Mc Crea are with the Mavs' Summer League squad. The former was even projected to be a first-rounder, the latter "could be" a 2nd rounder; both went undrafted.

Bulls seem to have traded two middle of the first round pics for one slightly better middle of the first round pick, so...?

Pistons had none in the first round. Also, they have let go of Chauncey Billups as a player. Here's hoping he gets a good coaching position soon.

I would literally laugh out of my seat if the Lakers gave Billups a coaching job.

Why the Lakers? Fuck the Lakers. I'd rather he coached for one of my teams.

Man... if a staff had Billups and Rip coaching guards, and Sheed coaching bigs...

edited 1st Jul '14 9:38:23 AM by wanderlustwarrior

I know, that's why.

The amount of hatred the Internet would generate if LeBron signs with the Lakers would power several city blocks for a decade.

This thread may be quiet, but better that than the flood of posts about the same player.

Believe me, when something critical in free agency happens, it will be felt from here.