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One thing that you can't control is you never know. You never know. You want to put yourself in the position where you feel that it's the best opportunity. But saying I can hate one guy next year or saying the guy I hate will lose a year after, those are things that you don't know until you go out there and actually start hating.
But you have to put yourself in the right position to be able to hate and also accomplish the goals that you set out for.
In this Finals, this is very tough, in this Finals I'm going to take my hate out on LeBron and root for Golden State.
That was the conclusion I woke up with this morning.
I'd like to see the city of Cleveland get their championship on some sport, but I can't in good conscience root for a guy (no matter his opponent) as egomaniacal and two-faced as Lebron James. Until he stops trying to dictate the entire system of every organization he's in, I'll always be a Lebron hater...which is too bad, because I really want to like a guy with his skills.
I'd agree.
I'd love to see Cleveland get their championship... as long as it's the Indians or Browns.
I'd like to see the city of Cleveland get their championship on some sport, but I can't in good conscience root for a guy (no matter his opponent) as egomaniacal and two-faced as Lebron James. Until he stops trying to dictate the entire system of every organization he's in, I'll always be a Lebron hater...which is too bad, because I really want to like a guy with his skills.
I hate it when people volunteer their own money to pay for hundreds of inner city kids to go to college too.
87 wins(actually 88 wins considering first round best of 5)
13 losses
.870 win percentage
2016 Warriors:
85 wins
14 losses
.859 win percentage
If Warriors sweep Cavs they would be 89-14 which is a .864 win percentage. If they lose only two games it would be .848. .900 win percentage > any possible outcome for Warriors.
This is just numbers though - Warriors vs Thunder was enough to settle the 96 Bulls debate in most people's minds. '96 Bulls never sniffed a 3-1 playoff deficit...hell the Bulls never trailed 3-1 in the playoffs from 1989-1998...a friggin decade.
In the mind of a Jordan stan, yes, it is intact. All of the major news outlets like ESPN have officially declared the Bulls' record to be broken.
One is a stan for recognizing that an NBA season encomposes more than the regular season? I mean really, does 72 wins vs 73 wins really tell us the whole story? It's a difference of 1 game. Sure....that 1 win is enough to stir up ESPN and amaze casual fans, but so what? 72 wins and never trailing in the playoffs speaks more to dominance of an NBA season.
This is just numbers though - Warriors vs Thunder was enough to settle the 96 Bulls debate in most people's minds. '96 Bulls never sniffed a 3-1 playoff deficit...hell the Bulls never trailed 3-1 in the playoffs from 1989-1998...a friggin decade.
Pretty much.
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Originally Posted by eddiehaskell
One is a stan for recognizing that an NBA season encomposes more than the regular season? I mean really, does 72 wins vs 73 wins really tell us the whole story? It's a difference of 1 game. Sure....that 1 win is enough to stir up ESPN and amaze casual fans, but so what? 72 wins and never trailing in the playoffs speaks more to dominance of an NBA season.
Yep... the debate is over as far as I'm concerned... not even a GS sweep would be enough to bring it up again.
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Originally Posted by BajanYankee
In the mind of a Jordan stan, yes, it is intact. All of the major news outlets like ESPN have officially declared the Bulls' record to be broken.
Yeah ESPN will hump this leg for a while and then move on to the next... either way, numbers don't lie... and .870 will always be greater than .864 (assuming GS sweeps the Cavs LOL)...
Did the Bulls go through a team that knocked off and took it to a 67 win team?
It will be the greatest season ever if they can complete it. Whether the finals go 4 games or 7.
Haha "the team GSW faced played better competition" argument. That wasn't the first time a good Spurs team was upset...'11 Spurs won 61 games and and lost 2-4 in the first round. 2012 Spurs were up 2-0 on Thunder and lost 4-2.
The '96 Bulls beat a 60 win Magic team 4-0 and the 64 win Sonics 4-2. The Warriors beat 55 win Thunder 4-3 and will face 57 win Cavs. In one series the Warriors already lost more games than the Bulls did to two 60+ win teams.
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