NBA Regular Season & Playoffs 2018-19 Thread

kmart6 wrote: »

If the Raptors do manage to win the series the narrative will always be it was only because of the injuries.

Still stand over this from last week, especially with Klay going down too.

Really need to do something for their depth.

Yesssss get in, can't believe toronto are champ, followed them since they were muck not so long ago and thought losing de rozan would hurt them, you win 3 games at the oracle and you deserve to win

A lot of respect between players there, great series, I love sports, you take the good with the bad and appreciate success.
Great for basketball and great for Toronto
A lot of what ifs but Toronto can only beat what’s put in front of them, as amazing as Leonard is, it was a total team performance
Roll on next year

Haven't won the Stanley Cup since 1993, nor the World Series.

But they'll take the NBA!

Unbelievable from Toronto, massively ballsy play giving up their franchise guy for potentially only one year of Kawhi Leonard, and now even if he does leave he brought them a championship.

Toronto's season may inspire some other teams to throw in big offers for AD this summer, even knowing he could leave after one year too.

Kawhi getting FMVP?

He was as effective as Durant was tonight, but I can't see him not getting it.

ThomasFlynn wrote: »

Haven't won the Stanley Cup since 1993, nor the World Series.

But they'll take the NBA!

Stanley since the 60s man. World series in 93

I know since the new lad's been in office NBA teams haven't been visiting him anyway, but would a Canadian team get an invite to the White House or would they go see their Prime Minister?

First champs in history without a top 10 draft pick

Kawhi gets it, shame he didn't bring it in the last two games because if he did niether of these matches would have been close, but overall I'm delighted for him.

ThomasFlynn wrote: »

Bit of nothing comment here but my father was born in Toronto, moved back to Ireland when he was 2.

Died 3 years ago at 58 with Bowel cancer. Followed Toronto at all major North American sports (though mainly hockey), would have been great to have watched this with him. Always feel an affinity when I see Toronto do well.

Never actually been there (or Canada), people appear to have mixed opinions on it, but I'd love to go there to see the street he and my grandparents lived in.

Thats cool man. My old man died of bowel too. You should make a trip to toronto. Most peoples immigration stories are the opposite to your dads. Hopefully he is looking down with a smile on his face tonight

Kopparberg Strawberry and Lime wrote: »

Currently in Toronto, had no idea this was on

The view from my hotel window at the moment

Pretty cool. Nice view you have there. Should go down a join them.

Are Toronto hotels generally expensive btw? Compared to say Manhattan?

Siakam speaking french to a quebec reporter in the presser

kmart6 wrote: »

Still stand over this from last week, especially with Klay going down too.

Really need to do something for their depth.

Yeah its a shame, some people talking that they'll always have an asterix next to their name for this.

Warriors are still arguably the best side in the NBA even without Durant, so to perform they way they did in the first 4 games against GSW deserves a lot of praise and people should be reminded of that.

It was the last 2 games where I know people thought I was harsh for questioning their mental resolve, but they were making very hard work of scenario's they ought to have bossed IMO and seen off a lot more comfortably. Easy to say that I suppose from the sidelines forgetting the Raptors have never won it before. Thankfully FVV stepped up and save them.

We'll never know if Klay had remained fit what would've happened in the latter stages here and game 7, but I think the Raptors are worth a championship over the course of the season. Did the ground work knocking out the number 1 seed having a better record than the GSW. Limped over the line in the end but I think history will be ok to them.

Confirmed that Klay has torn his ACL, out until at least the new year, KD probably out for the whole season, both players going into free agency right now.