NBA Finals

[surveyor]

Good counter but you proved my point that LeBron is the most valuable. Jordan had a much better cast than LeBron has this year. Pippen, Grant, Paxson, Rodman. Pippen was a multi year All Star. Who has James got? Exactly! The Cavs messed up big time by tading Wiggins but had not Love and Kyrie got hurt then this would be a different series.

That would require viewing the MVP in a Cleveland vacuum and giving zero consideration to Golden State. The NBA Finals MVP is simply that - the MVP taking both teams into consideration. Iguodola won the award and it could have also gone to Curry.

[TrueblueCATfan]

No Game 7...say it isn't so

[Joneslab]

The most amazing thing about Iguodala was how putrid he was at the free throw line but seemingly never missed a three.

Mozgov might have been a difference maker in Game 5 but he came out very bad and didn't seem mentally into the game. Then both teams went (very) small. Really Cleveland played pretty well in Game 5. They just badly needed that other scorer throughout this entire series.

Golden State has brought back the time-tested tradition of shooting the basketball. They played with no center, they relied on jumpshooters, and they sort of turned the old adage that having a big man is essential on its head. The way they played late in games was kind of the opposite of what UK will do under Cal. Instead of getting conservative and ditching jumpshots in favor of methodical clock-milking, they sort of became more jumpshot-oriented, and it was dagger after dagger. Hope Cal was taking notes.

[George]

The most amazing thing about Iguodala was how putrid he was at the free throw line but seemingly never missed a three.

Mozgov might have been a difference maker in Game 5 but he came out very bad and didn't seem mentally into the game. Then both teams went (very) small. Really Cleveland played pretty well in Game 5. They just badly needed that other scorer throughout this entire series.

Golden State has brought back the time-tested tradition of shooting the basketball. They played with no center, they relied on jumpshooters, and they sort of turned the old adage that having a big man is essential on its head. The way they played late in games was kind of the opposite of what UK will do under Cal. Instead of getting conservative and ditching jumpshots in favor of methodical clock-milking, they sort of became more jumpshot-oriented, and it was dagger after dagger. Hope Cal was taking notes.

Doesn't matter if the team doesn't have shooters. We'll have two? Three?

[Joneslab]

Doesn't matter if the team doesn't have shooters. We'll have two? Three?

You only need a couple. Most college teams are only going to have one or two guys who are consistent from outside.

Kentucky's obviously never had anybody like Curry obviously. When you have someone like that "bad shot" is kind of a relative term. But Cal's had enough shooters to be at least formidable. Last year's team definitely had guys who could keep the other team honest. I think it's an issue of methodology more than personnel. When the game gets late Cal tries to over-coach; NBA coaches a lot of times step back in the clutch.

The ironic thing is that Cal is always seen as this "just roll the balls out" kind of guy. And generally he is very hands-off. But he scripts the last few minutes of close games a lot. It's helped him some (2014, Brandon Knight), but it seems to've hurt him more often.