Kyrie: For first time in career, I have a guy that can close besides myself
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G-Zeus
G-Zeus Chrystler...the brehsident
Out of thin air...first game of next season will be lakers vs brooklyn lol
The_Third_Man
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I thought Kyrie was giving up everything for social justice reform
I love how the last time Bron was in the playoffs, 3 of the 4 guys you mentioned had to team together just to barely beat him in Game 1 of the Finals.
LeBron, KD, and Klay got hurt last year so does Kawhi's ring not count either?
If they had pulled off the PG13 trade I think they would have pulled the trigger on a Kyrie trade too. They were trying to land Jimmy and Bledsoe with Kyrie and the pick.This nikka has lost it. Good thing the Cavs didn’t pull the trigger on that Paul George trade back in 17. Kyrie and PG woulda turned that squad into the psychiatric ward
Bledsoe
Butler
PG13
LeBron
TT
Would have been the purest switch-everything lineup ever. Just absolute hell-raising on the defensive end.
murksiderock
Superstar
As if there isn't enough pressure on Brooklyn already, this dude continues to throw wood on the fire...
Look, I don't believe the Nets will roll thru The East, but they are gonna start the year as the overwhelming favorites on that side. This comment sounds eerily similar to Paul George's preseason comments about he and Kawhi together last year, about how he didnt know what teams were gonna do with two guys of their caliber and a team of dogs the Clippers had...
Brooklyn is gonna have to contend with a still-hungry Butler and ever improving Miami; hopefully a rejuvenated Giannis and hungry Bucks; a Boston team that is still young and should still improve; Doc's rejuvenated 76ers; and a Raptors team that will be itching to validate themselves as contenders. Better tread humbly, these "closer" comments can come back to bite him...
Brooklyn will be among the favorites abd a healthy Durant and Kyrie could possibly win it, but they are about to have some seriously stiff competition and this dummy fanning the flames...
Look, I don't believe the Nets will roll thru The East, but they are gonna start the year as the overwhelming favorites on that side. This comment sounds eerily similar to Paul George's preseason comments about he and Kawhi together last year, about how he didnt know what teams were gonna do with two guys of their caliber and a team of dogs the Clippers had...
Brooklyn is gonna have to contend with a still-hungry Butler and ever improving Miami; hopefully a rejuvenated Giannis and hungry Bucks; a Boston team that is still young and should still improve; Doc's rejuvenated 76ers; and a Raptors team that will be itching to validate themselves as contenders. Better tread humbly, these "closer" comments can come back to bite him...
Brooklyn will be among the favorites abd a healthy Durant and Kyrie could possibly win it, but they are about to have some seriously stiff competition and this dummy fanning the flames...
Bill Duke looks fresh outta '87 with that curl and jacket.
nikka look like he moving big crack
He did direct Deep Cover.
Damn, I real live ain’t know that. Breh was deeper in the game than I thought
So the fact that LBJ had 40 clutch points in 2015 doesn't show that he can score in the clutch just fine?at this bullshyt
If you minus 2015, it becomes 36 points by Bron to 30 points by Kyrie. So something is off with those “stats”. Most of Bron’s 40 clutch points probably came from the Finals where Kyrie was injured. What’s the game by game breakdown on those stats
I ain't gonna look up every damn game, but here are the ones that both LBJ and Kyrie played in where the games finished within 5 points and were clutch late:
2017:
Indiana Game 1: Kyrie 1-4 for 2 points and a turnover
LBJ 1-3 for 3 points. LeBron's free throw with 1:17 left ended up being the margin in a 1-point win
Indiana Game 3: Kyrie was on the bench for the whole 4th quarter.
LBJ 2-5 for 7 points. Team won by 5 after being down 1 with 5 minutes left
Indiana Game 4: Kyrie 0-4 for 0 points and a turnover
LBJ 1-4 for 4 points. LeBron's 3pt with 1:08 left gave the Cavs the lead
Boston Game 3: Kyrie 2-3 for 4 points. Tied the game with 11 seconds left but lost on an AB buzzer-beater.
LBJ 0-2 for 0 points and a turnover.
Golden State Game 3: Kyrie 0-3 for 0 points
LBJ 0-3 for 2 points.
2016:
Detroit Game 4: Kyrie 1-4 for 3 points. His 3pt with 48 seconds left put them up 4.
LBJ 1-2 for 2 points and a turnover
Atlanta Game 4: Kyrie 1-1 for 2 points
LBJ 3-8 for 6 points and a turnover. Hit go-ahead with 1:16 and sealed it with 39 seconds left in 1-point win.
Golden State Game 7: Kyrie 1-3 for 3 points. Hit go-ahead 3pt with 1:01 left.
LBJ 1-5 for 4 points. Scored 8 of Cleveland's final 11 points along with "The Block".
2015:
Chicago Game 3: Kyrie 0-2 with a turnover.
LBJ 2-3 for 6 points. Assist to JR tied it with 10 second left but D-Rose won it on a buzzer-beater.
Chicago Game 4: Kyrie 0-0, no points.
LBJ 2-5 for 6 points (all in last 1:42) and 2 turnovers. Hit game-winning jumper at the buzzer.
Chicago Game 5: Kyrie 0-1 for 4 points.
LBJ 0-2 for 3 points.
Golden State Game 1: Kyrie 0-1 for 0 points.
LBJ 1-4 for 3 points.
Both of them on those
fg% late. I think Bron's works out to 30% and Kyrie 26%. But I guess that's what happens in postseason clutch against tough defensive squads. 
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That spacing tho
Every drive Bron makes
It definitely wouldn't have been an offense anything like what the Cavs ended up playing in 2018, but it would have brutalized opponents.
They would have played something closer to what Bron/Wade/Bosh were doing at their best in Miami. LBJ/Butler/Bledsoe all taking turns driving or iso on their man while the other 4 guys on the floor are diving into the lane, making backdoor cuts, movement all over. TT in there crashing the offensive boards like crazy and everyone else is a fighter too so you're having to defend them multiple possessions in a row frequently. Their spacing wouldn't be great but they would have just beat the fukk out of teams on both ends, there would be zero chance to rest, zero chances to hide.
Like the baby Lakers showed that would have been the ideal team to beat the Warriors too. A bunch of ballhandlers who can all beat their man on one end and be long-armed switch-everything defenders on the other end. Would have given them fits.