First Kyrie, now Kiwi goes down, GS LUCKIEST team ever??

[Gil Scott-Heroin]

Predicting Harden would suck in the playoffs was like predicting that the sun would come up tomorrow. I'd been saying that since the season started.


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I've been saying it for the last 4-5 seasons. Regardless of how easy it was for you to see, it wasn't for others. I've basically made "hard" predictions on his play for years now. Out of all the people you could accuse of not sticking to a prediction/projection, I'm certainly not one of them.

Nah, I have 43 threads if you include ones outside the sports subforum: http://www.thecoli.com/search/7448713/

Looks like you got another "noncommittal" prediction wrong.


Sports threads:

1. Setting the record straight on Jameis crab legs
2. Kobe taking threes at a Steph rate
3. Bullshyt claims about Black people not using sport analytics
4. Have a hard time seeing Cavs winning Game 7 - Lebron and others
5. Simmon's prediction about the "Lebron Lebron's" - Lebron
6. Lebron for 2017 MVP - Lebron
7. Golden State player rankings in 2017 GM survey
8. Youth football causes brain damage
9. JR Smith presidential endorsement
10. NBA MVP race - Lebron and others
11. Wiggins vs. Pelicans - worst game ever
12. Lebron most powerful active player - Lebron
13. MMA fighter gets knocked out
14. Cousins and the Pelicans
15. Wilt Chamberlain's offense and the 1960s
16. Orlando's lottery picks (troll thread)
17. Worst defensive backcourt in the NBA
18. Blazer's Perfect Quarter
19. Westbrook triple-doubles
20. Urban legend about Pres. Clinton and the Arkansas game
21. 2016 Spurs-Thunder game 1 most misleading game ever
22. Art Barr's multiyear ongoing rant
23. Who is going to show out in elimination games?

Kobe taking threes at a Steph rate - clearly a thread made to fuel your LeBron vs Kobe agenda.
Have a hard time seeing Cavs winning Game 7 - Lebron and others
Simmon's prediction about the "Lebron Lebron's" - Lebron
Lebron for 2017 MVP - Lebron
NBA MVP race - Lebron and others
Lebron most powerful active player - Lebron
Westbrook triple-doubles - clearly a thread based around the MVP, and the legitimacy over the TD all directing back to LeBron
Art Barr's multiyear ongoing rant - this was partly about LeBron if I remember correctly
Who is going to show out in elimination games? - obviously about LeBron, I even made a post in this thread talking about it.
Wiggins vs. Pelicans - worst game ever - obviously about LeBron

I can't open the link, but there's a few more where I suspect LeBron has something to do with it ( Golden State player rankings in 2017 GM survey, Bullshyt claims about Black people not using sport analytics, JR Smith presidential endorsement).

There's 10 out of 23 sports thread that are about LeBron (maybe more), that's at least 43% of your threads in the sports subforum made with LeBron in mind. It's safe to say a good majority of the threads you make are about LeBron.

 

[Gil Scott-Heroin]

It's quite the opposite of ballsy when you realize that all he was doing was setting up an excuse for himself to go ghost when the Warriors lost, which he ended up doing anyway after the finals

If I wanted to set up an excuse for myself to go ghost if the Warriors lost, I would've extended it to the Finals as well. Except I didn't. I only did it for that series. And no I didn't go ghost after the Finals, I was still here posting after the Finals and well into FA. I was still posting when Durant signed with GS. Why must you keep on pushing this bullshyt?

 

[Professor Emeritus]

Kobe taking threes at a Steph rate - clearly a thread made to fuel your LeBron vs Kobe agenda.

I'm a PORTLAND TRAILBLAZER FAN. You think I haven't been dealing with the Lakers as our biggest rivals since the 1980s? I was talking shyt about Kobe for half a decade before I knew who the Lebron was. You seriously say I can't have an opinion about Kobe without really talking about Lebron?

The ONLY thing in that post is me pointing out that Kobe had been shooting like 15 threes a game over the last three games. How does that fuel a LeBron vs. Kobe agenda? What does that have to do about Lebron at all, except in your own mind?

Westbrook triple-doubles - clearly a thread based around the MVP, and the legitimacy over the TD all directing back to LeBron

Oh, get over that. I HATE the way Westbrook stat-pads. I hate anyone who plays the game wrong. I have receipts on having an issue with the way Westbrook plays going back two years, when he wasn't a serious MVP candidate at all. I made a well-researched, factual post about why Westbrook's statistics aren't all they're cracked up to be, but apparently I can't talk about Westbrook at all without secretly talking about Lebron?

Who is going to show out in elimination games? - obviously about LeBron, I even made a post in this thread talking about it.

There is literally one line of Lebron's stats buried in a list of nine players and with none of the text referring to Lebron at all. Yeah, comparisons between what the Lebron and the best were doing and what the players do now was part of it, Lebron's crazy elimination game numbers were part of it, but saying it was "centered on Lebron" is ridiculous.

Wiggins vs. Pelicans - worst game ever - obviously about LeBron

Wait, how was that about Lebron? Wiggins went 2-19 with 0 rebounds, 0 assists, 0 steals, 0 blocks....against the Pelicans. It was close to being the worst stat line anyone had ever posted. What does that have to do with Lebron?

I can't open the link, but there's a few more where I suspect LeBron has something to do with it ( Golden State player rankings in 2017 GM survey, Bullshyt claims about Black people not using sport analytics, JR Smith presidential endorsement).

JR Smith switches endorsement for president - jokes thread about JR endorsing Hilary because he had previously been endorsing himself for president

Black people not using sports analytics - respond to Michael Wilborn's claiming black people don't care about analytics. Nothing to do with Lebron at all.

Golden State player rankings - pointing out one measure of how insanely stacked GS is this year


So I can't write anything at all about Kobe, Westbrook, Wiggins, Golden State, elimination games, sports analytics, or JR Smith without it secretly being about Lebron.

Already knocked out over half of your claims...you're down to 6 for 23 and trying to claim that's a majority.

 

[Gil Scott-Heroin]

You can be such a fukking tunnel-visioned dumbass. I'm a PORTLAND TRAILBLAZER FAN. You think I haven't been dealing with the Lakers as our biggest rivals since the 1980s? I was talking shyt about Kobe for half a decade before I knew who the fukk Lebron was. You seriously say I can't have an opinion about Kobe without really talking about Lebron?

But again, you made that thread when you know LeBron, I don't see how that is relevant. I don't doubt you were dealing with Lakers fans prior to LeBron, I just think you used that thread to put your foot on the necks of Kobe stans - which again ties back to LeBron, when you're arguing 3-pt percentage (which I've seen you do multiple times). I'm willing to give you the benefit of the doubt on these if you come up with a plausible explanation. This isn't it. And by the way, I'm not saying I'm right, I'm just posting on how I'm interpreting it. Just by judging on how much you post about LeBron.

Oh, get over that bullshyt. I HATE the way Westbrook stat-pads. I hate anyone who plays the game wrong. I have receipts on having an issue with the way Westbrook plays going back two years, when he wasn't a serious fukking MVP candidate at all. I made a well-researched, factual post about why Westbrook's statistics aren't all they're cracked up to be, but apparently I can't talk about Westbrook at all without secretly talking about Lebron?

I don't doubt you had issues with his play in the past, except you centered it around his triple doubles. I sense that stems from LeBron never averaging a triple double (and people saying throughout the season that LeBron never did it). I remember you arguing with posters even before you made that thread about how Westbrook gets his stats compared to LeBron. I don't think it was the entire reason you made the thread, but it most certainly was an influence.

There is literally one line of Lebron's stats buried in a list of nine players and with none of the text referring to Lebron at all. Yeah, comparisons between what the Lebron and the best were doing and what the players do now was part of it, Lebron's crazy elimination game numbers were part of it, but saying it was "centered on Lebron" is ridiculous.

So you admit a layer of the thread was based on LeBron? Now you see my point on why I think a lot of your threads are about LeBron, more than you're letting on.

Wait, how da fukk was that about Lebron? Wiggins went 2-19 with 0 rebounds, 0 assists, 0 steals, 0 blocks....against the fukking Pelicans. It was close to being the worst stat line anyone had ever posted. What the hell does that have to do with Lebron?

Do I need to point out the obvious? LeGM and all that, and the backlash that he received for 'trading him'. That thread is your way of telling the board LeBron made the right decision. Why haven't you made a thread about any other player in his class, or any player from any other class in recent times? It just so happened to be the player which was traded from the Cavs.....

JR Smith switches endorsement for president - jokes thread about JR endorsing Hilary because he had previously been endorsing himself for president

Black people not using sports analytics - respond to Michael Wilborn's bullshyt claiming black people don't care about analytics. Nothing to do with Lebron at all.

Golden State player rankings - pointing out one measure of how insanely stacked GS is this year

The analytics one isn't. You mention LeBron immediately (you're replying to someone) after you post that J.R. thread about who LeBron would want him to vote for, but nah I don't think that has anything to do with him. You definitely had LeBron in mind when making that player rankings list thread. Oh, most definitely.

So I can't write anything at all about Kobe, Westbrook, Wiggins, Golden State, elimination games, sports analytics, or JR Smith without it secretly being about Lebron.

With your history and how all those are strangely connected to LeBron and your arguments on this board about him. No.

Only if you are as fukk-all useless at math as you are at logic.

Last time I checked 10 of 23 is 43%.

 

[Professor Emeritus]

Just to keep a running tally:

1. GSH claimed most of the threads I posted were "centered" on Lebron: conclusively proven wrong, no apology.

2. GSH claimed that my list of threads I had started included non-sports threads: conclusively proven wrong, no apology.

3. GSH now claims that maybe about half of my threads are in some vague way tangentially related to Lebron, only by admitting that he assumes anything I say about Kobe, Westbrook, Wiggins, Golden State, elimination games, sports analytics, or JR Smith, no matter how unrelated to Lebron, must secretly be about Lebron.

But again, you made that thread when you know LeBron, I don't see how that is relevant. I don't doubt you were dealing with Lakers fans prior to LeBron, I just think you used that thread to put your foot on the necks of Kobe stans - which again ties back to LeBron, when you're arguing 3-pt percentage (which I've seen you do multiple times). I'm willing to give you the benefit of the doubt on these if you come up with a plausible explanation. This isn't it. And by the way, I'm not saying I'm right, I'm just posting on how I'm interpreting it. Just by judging on how much you post about LeBron.

The only times 3pt volume has come up when arguing with Kobe stans it has been to argue that Lebron's volume is just as high as Kobe's. This doesn't help that argument in any way whatsoever. It has nothing to do with Lebron.

You know that I'm a consistent supporter of modern basketball and the constant evolution of the game. Though I haven't made it a separate thread, I've made long, research-based posts supporting just how good Steph is at threes and praised his shooting repeatedly. You'e seen me over and over praise the shooting of today's players and defend the modern NBA from the idiots who say that they take too many threes, pointing out that that only shows either that the earlier generations couldn't shoot at that pace, or were stupid to chose something strategically inferior. A lot of the reactionaries are Kobe stans. It was fun to make a thread that points out to them that even Kobe had taken up shooting threes at a ridiculous pace....and then Kobe catches the intentional stray for doing it despite missing so fukking many of them too.

I don't doubt you had issues with his play in the past, except you centered it around his triple doubles. I sense that stems from LeBron never averaging a triple double (and people saying throughout the season that LeBron never did it). I remember you arguing with posters even before you made that thread about how Westbrook gets his stats compared to LeBron. I don't think it was the entire reason you made the thread, but it most certainly was an influence.

I started coaching when Lebron was young enough to have been on my team, I've hated guys who seek out their own stats forever. I also like when a conclusive argument can be shown through statistical and video evidence. My massive Westbrook thread was no more about Lebron than my massive Wilt thread or my massive Trump thread - the argument was too comprehensive and conclusive not to make.

Kawhi is far more of a rival to Lebron than Westbrook is or ever will be. Yet when the Cavs had their losing streak and the MVP was clearly out of reach for Lebron, I was still rooting with everything that they give it to Kawhi over Westbrook. Hell, in desperation I was hoping they'd give it to Harden's flopping, no-defense-playing ass, and I despise Harden's game. I just don't want anyone to ever, ever be encouraged to do the shyt that Westbrook did this year. Play defense. Make good decisions with the ball. Don't chuck when you're inefficient. Don't chase your own stats. Westbrook's quest made basketball worse.

So you admit a layer of the thread was based on LeBron? Now you see my point on why I think a lot of your threads are about LeBron, more than you're letting on.

I openly and honestly admit when Lebron had something to do with the thread, and that proves that I'm not being honest elsewhere?

Do I need to point out the obvious? LeGM and all that, and the backlash that he received for 'trading him'. That thread is your way of telling the board LeBron made the right decision. Why haven't you made a thread about any other player in his class, or any player from any other class in recent times? It just so happened to be the player which was traded from the Cavs.....

Why is my only MMA thread about Joe Harding? Wiggins drew attention to himself with one of the worst stat lines ever.

If you look, I have never said that Lebron's decision about trading Wiggins has anything to do with how good Wiggins is. Lebron can't see the future, so what Wiggins does or doesn't do has nothing to do with that. Trading Wiggins was the thing to do because Lebron had a window and an established star, not a teenage rookie, fit in that window. And you take the established star over the unproven rookie every fukking time. I think Love was the wrong choice (Lebron was chasing shooting/rebounding/outlets and ignoring that defense should have been a huge priority), though I don't really know who was available.

Not that there's hardly anyone I care about in that draft class anyway. Besides Wiggins, the only guy I'd even dream of starting a thread about would be Giannis.

With your history and how all those are strangely connected to LeBron and your arguments on this board about him. No.

Last time I checked 10 of 23 is 43%.

Which is not "majority" anywhere I'm aware of.

 

[Gil Scott-Heroin]

Just to keep a running tally:

1. GSH claimed most of the threads I posted were "centered" on Lebron: conclusively proven wrong, no apology.

I did say -

"The majority of the threads you make (and posts) are centered around LeBron." Again, I was talking about your posts too, but obviously you like to overlook my overall point (point = that you post mostly about LeBron) just to single out something you can can take as a layup to boost your own scoring - you're a LeBron stan in more ways than one. When I say the majority of your threads are centered around LeBron, I don't mean you're pounding LeBron's name overtly through the thread title or opening piece. I mean it all comes back to him. You only start getting forceful (like our most recent discussions), when you're challenged. And here's the thing, you've put your profile on private, therefore I can't see EXACTLY the amount of threads you made - I simply said "majority" because I was estimating. 43% of your sports threads most certainly isn't that far off of being the majority.

Why don't we go over all your posts and see if the "majority" of them aren't about LeBron? I bet that's closer to the truth. But again, I'm only estimating.

2. GSH claimed that my list of threads I had started included non-sports threads: conclusively proven wrong, no apology.

You sure are one manipulating piece of work. You said and I quote, "I've made 23 threads on this site."; site meaning the entire site does it not - that includes every part of the site? You never said or even insinuated as much that it was on this side of the board/the sports subforum. I replied by saying, "Link all the threads you made. Because I suspect you're also including threads you made outside of the sports subforum. " Aren't I correct in thinking that when you said "23 threads on this site", how was I NOT suppose to take that as you meaning 23 threads over the entire site?

You then had the nerve to say - "Nah, I have 43 threads if you include ones outside the sports subforum: http://www.thecoli.com/search/7448713/" After you specifically said you made "23 threads on this site". The site is the entire site, the site doesn't just mean the sports subforum. You were wrong, and you lied about it. And then you have the nerve to ask for an apology?

See, this is your problem you're far too busy trying to trip up others to get them to admit mistakes that you trip yourself up. Never change @The Dankster, never change.

3. GSH now claims that maybe about half of my threads are in some vague way tangentially related to Lebron, only by admitting that he assumes anything I say about Kobe, Westbrook, Wiggins, Golden State, elimination games, sports analytics, or JR Smith, no matter how unrelated to Lebron, must secretly be about Lebron.

Don't add the sports analytics or JR Smith threads to that lot, I've already acknowledged they didn't have anything to do with LeBron. It's because I can read you like a book, I know how much you stamp LeBron's name under the surface when you post.

I openly and honestly admit when Lebron had something to do with the thread, and that proves that I'm not being honest elsewhere?

How can you not openly admit a thread is about LeBron, if it you know, has LeBron's name in the fukkin' title. The others you admitted to are directly linked to LeBron's achievements (MVP race and Finals Game 7). But it goes well beyond that, from how I see things anyway.