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NBA Finals MVP
This poll is closed.
LeBron James 18 17.48%
Stephen Curry 27 26.21%
J.R. Smith 8 7.77%
Klay Thompson 2 1.94%
Goku 48 46.60%
Total: 103 votes
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Crazy Ted
Jul 29, 2003

It's time:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwwY9y6O3hw



We have two seemingly unlikely NBA finalists this year - at least unlikely when you consider how things stood at the end of last season. The Golden State Warriors are in their first NBA Finals in 40 years, having jettisoned Mark Jackson and hired...Steve Kerr??? Well, that worked beautifully and the Warriors were unquestionably the best team in the NBA this season. Cleveland went into the summer and hired David Blatt, who was supposed to be an assistant to Kerr, to bring Andrew Wiggins into the NBA and fit into a team led by Kyrie Irving. Then LeBron James decided to come home and we all poo poo our pants. The Cavs then traded Wiggins and things for Kevin Love, and while the Cavs' season has been much rockier than the Warriors' season, here they are.

Of course, with The Finals, you have angles for every loving thing:

Do the Warriors have enough EXPERIENCE YOU NEED THAT EXPERIENCE
Will LeBron average a 40/10/10 and singlehandedly win it
Will Steph Curry nail 126 threes
Will Andrew Bogut and Timofey Mozgov pull weapons on each other at some point
Will Mark Jackson be a source of derision because it turns out he really was a poo poo coach with a persecution complex
Can TNT have the finals already
If not can we at least give them to NBC so we can hear Roundball Rock
Will we see good JR Smith or bad JR Smith
Will David Blatt spend entire games looking confuzzled
Will Steve Kerr be a salty dick like he was at times during the regular season
Do the Cleveland fans know that they're destined to lose
Does Klay Thompson know that he can't turn the O'Brien Trophy into a bong
Does either Steph Curry or Klay Thompson know how dumb those goatees look

I'm sure there are many others, but I don't want to have all of the fun.

As always, the help is here:



























The Warriors are...what...97-3 at home this year? So, yeah, gonna have to pick the Warriors in game one. But I'm sure LeBron James will try his damnedest to keep it close and put up some kind of hilarious statline. Meanwhile, Kevin Love will look on from the bench with a sadface.

As mentioned, tipoff shortly after 8:00 EST on ABC. Yes there's a pregame but do you really want to listen to that poo poo? I'd rather watch a Skip Bayless sex tape. More importantly AFTER NINE WEEKS OFF IT'S GODDAMN TIME FOR THE GODDAMN FINALS.

Want some reading material ahead of time?

http://dunksdontlie.tumblr.com/post/120697425704/the-2015-nba-finals-tip-off-thursday-at-9-p-m-et
http://stats.nba.com/finals/2015-game-1-preview.html?ls=iref:nbahpt13a
http://www.nba.com/playoffs/2015/finals/index.html?ls=iref:nbahpt3a
http://www.nba.com/2015/news/featur...ls=iref:nbahpts
http://www.nba.com/2015/news/06/02/warriors-thompson-cleared-for-game-1.ap/index.html?ls=iref:nbahpts
http://www.nba.com/2015/news/06/02/warriors-plan-on-stopping-lebron.ap/index.html?ls=iref:nbahpts
http://www.nba.com/2015/news/featur...ls=iref:nbahpts
http://www.nba.com/2015/news/06/03/mark-jackson-to-call-finals.ap/index.html?ls=iref:nbahpts
http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nba-b...-143532685.html
http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nba-b...-194743094.html
http://sports.yahoo.com/news/mission--impossible--warriors--approach-to-containing-lebron-james-021224656.html
http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nba-ball-dont-lie/does-lebron-james-need-to-win-this-nba-finals-for-his-legacy-205706526.html

This ought to be more than enough to tide you over in the two hours or so before pregame. Have fun.

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kalensc
Sep 10, 2003

Only Trust Your Respirator, kupo!
Art/Quote by: Rubby
The best GDT returns.

rare Magic card l00k
Jan 3, 2011


Finals GDTs are back, and :lol: at that Mozgov.

Great job as usual.

Hot Diggity!
Apr 3, 2010

SKELITON_BRINGING_U_ON.GIF
WOOOOO finals!!

Metapod
Mar 18, 2012

kalensc posted:

The best GDT returns.

PantsFreeZone
May 31, 2013

by Nyc_Tattoo

kalensc posted:

The best GDT returns.

NickRoweFillea
Sep 27, 2012

doin thangs
voted 5, simply wonderful, op. lets go BASKETBAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAL

The Glumslinger
Sep 24, 2008

Coach Nagy, you want me to throw to WHAT side of the field?


Hair Elf

kalensc posted:

The best GDT returns.



Also, this is apparently the first finals game in Oracle, during the 1975 finals, it was booked for the ice show, so the Warriors had to play in the Cow Palace

NickRoweFillea
Sep 27, 2012

doin thangs
Anthony Davis is gonna whip donkey kong's rear end

PantsFreeZone
May 31, 2013

by Nyc_Tattoo
I just want to say up front and from the very depths of my heart: gently caress Cleveland.

Grozz Nuy
Feb 21, 2008

Welcome to Moonside.

Wecomel to Soonmide.

Moonwel ot cosidme.
My body is not ready

NickRoweFillea
Sep 27, 2012

doin thangs
Also JR Smith taking a selfie at the press conference and putting it on instagram, and people were upset with riley curry? get REAL

3 DONG HORSE
May 22, 2008

I'd like to thank Satan for everything he's done for this organization

Awesome OP, as always!

Crazy Ted
Jul 29, 2003

Grozz Nuy posted:

My body is not ready
The body is always ready. It is the mind that is not ready.

Crazy Ted
Jul 29, 2003

Seriously Steph Curry I'm watching you in shootaround and you look like you did a Dirty Sanchez on your own face

Hot Diggity!
Apr 3, 2010

SKELITON_BRINGING_U_ON.GIF
cavs bitch

Crazy Ted
Jul 29, 2003

TubeStank posted:

cavs bitch


Any sympatheticism I may have had for Golden State just disappeared.

3 DONG HORSE
May 22, 2008

I'd like to thank Satan for everything he's done for this organization

TubeStank posted:

cavs bitch



uh NSFW that please

Niwrad
Jul 1, 2008

EvanTH
Apr 24, 2004

i like to express my inner pain by being really boring on the phone
or just when i'm kickin it
that's me though
i'm kind of oddddddd

TubeStank posted:

cavs bitch



i'm excited

i'm ready for this game

someone just followed me on twitter who's posted about 50 pictures of bolts of cloth in an indonesian warehouse in an hour, no comments

i can't wait

guy fieri is rooting for the wrong team

sba
Jul 9, 2001

bae
Guy "The American Dream" Fieri

Vertical Lime
Dec 11, 2004

Hello friends

Nice to have a final without any obviously evil teams for once

R.D. Mangles
Jan 10, 2004


The fuckin' Warriors dude was also Sully in Commando and then for some reason tried to continue to act.

e: aahahahaha Mozgov's eyes, I love these

3 DONG HORSE
May 22, 2008

I'd like to thank Satan for everything he's done for this organization

sba posted:

Guy "The American Dream" Fieri

When America's enemies close their eyes, they see Guy Fieri.

NickRoweFillea
Sep 27, 2012

doin thangs

That is an unbelievably villainous look and I dig it

PantsFreeZone
May 31, 2013

by Nyc_Tattoo

TubeStank posted:

cavs bitch



Look at that beautiful man.

Also, you all know you watch Triple D. You know it.

Ghost of Reagan Past
Oct 7, 2003

rock and roll fun
On the one hand, LeBron James is a joy to watch and the Warriors eliminated God's true team, the Rockets.

On the other, :swoon: Steve Kerr :swoon:.

Let's go seven games.

Ramadu
Aug 25, 2004

2015 NFL MVP


Yesssss my favorite GDT thank you based Crazy Ted never leave us

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KICa2fHvn7A

Lets go awesome games

3 DONG HORSE
May 22, 2008

I'd like to thank Satan for everything he's done for this organization

Ghost of Reagan Past posted:

On the one hand, LeBron James is a joy to watch and the Warriors eliminated God's true team, the Rockets.

On the other, :swoon: Steve Kerr :swoon:.

Let's go seven games.

If the Rockets are God's team, then that explains why he's such an angry, malevolent god

Mean Baby
May 28, 2005

Can someone explain Steve Kerr's salty actions this season? Just curious.

Ross
May 25, 2001

German Moses
Haha I missed these 16-bit intros, excellent work :D

big boi
Jun 11, 2007

We love you Crazy Ted

R.D. Mangles
Jan 10, 2004


Actually, LeBron James can go gently caress himself

EvanTH
Apr 24, 2004

i like to express my inner pain by being really boring on the phone
or just when i'm kickin it
that's me though
i'm kind of oddddddd

Ghost of Reagan Past posted:

Let's go seven games.

ya

all victories for the away team let's go

R.D. Mangles
Jan 10, 2004


the only remotely acceptable Cav is JR Smith

Shimrra Jamaane
Aug 10, 2007

Obscure to all except those well-versed in Yuuzhan Vong lore.
Go the Cleveland Jameses

The Glumslinger
Sep 24, 2008

Coach Nagy, you want me to throw to WHAT side of the field?


Hair Elf
I'm gonna miss most of this game :(

Chinatown
Sep 11, 2001

by Fluffdaddy
Fun Shoe
This city of Cleveland is about to be brutally reminded that they are Cleveland.

Carlosologist
Oct 13, 2013

Revelry in the Dark

I'm looking forward to Mark Jackson being salty about the Warriors winning without him, hope it goes seven

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3 DONG HORSE
May 22, 2008

I'd like to thank Satan for everything he's done for this organization

The Glumslinger posted:

I'm gonna miss most of this game :(

Think of it as not having to listen to Mark Jackson for 3 whole hours

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