So the GM's of the NBA picked the

[HoopLife]

Cavs to win the title yet nikkas still dikk riding random teams to beat them

Cavs can play a quadrilateral of line ups that can match up with anyone in the league yet nikkas are underrating them for no reason other than hate

Cleveland Cavaliers favored to win NBA title in general manager survey

The annual NBA.com general managers' survey revealed a fresh round of perceived disrespect toward the defending champion Golden State Warriors.

The GMs picked the Cleveland Cavaliers to win the title this season, as 53.8 percent of the votes were cast in their favor, according to the survey results released Tuesday.




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What was more surprising, however, was the Warriors got just 17.9 percent of the votes, putting them behind theSan Antonio Spurs, who got 25 percent.

It was the lowest percentage for a defending champion in the 13-year history of the survey, according to NBA.com.

 

[Buckeye Fever]

No Kyrie

No Love

Still went 6.

Barring injuries, Cavs will be the World Champions

 

[WOAHMYGOODNESS]

I think most people expect lebron but whats wrong with parity
Lebron kobe shaq and tim duncan have been in the last 15 finals and only in about 3 of those finals the team without those guys won the title

 

[42 Monks]

I've never seen the word 'quadrilateral' used like that before

 

[Loose]

The disrespect the Warriors is ridiculous, they should not be under the spurs

 

[FaTaL]

cavs will be interesting, depends how they get through the season

you dont wanna depend on injury prone dudes

 

[CSquare43]

No Kyrie

No Love

Still went 6.

Barring injuries, Cavs will be the World Champions

With Kyrie and Love in the lineup, the Cavs defensive rating drops.....they were a worse team (from a defensive standpoint) with that lineup and that's not likely to change this year unless Coach Bron has been teaching/preaching the importance of defense to them....

from redditor u/gordontrue:

The Cavs most common lineup during the regular season was Irving, JR, LeBron, Love, & Mozgov. They had a defensive rating of 96.8 [1] .

The current lineup of Delly, Shump, LeBron, Tristan & Mozgov didn't play in the regular season... but their defensive rating in the playoffs is 82.7

 

[SchoolboyC]

With Kyrie and Love in the lineup, the Cavs defensive rating drops.....they were a worse team (from a defensive standpoint) with that lineup and that's not likely to change this year unless Coach Bron has been teaching/preaching the importance of defense to them....

from redditor u/gordontrue:

A 96.8 defensive rating is still great and I'm fairly sure that the lineup with Kyrie & Love performed a lot better offensively than the one without them

 

[Ain't That Something]

They ain't even making it out the East, the Heat coming for that ass

 

[tremonthustler1]

I'd rather be underrated with a ring than win the preseason "The Knicks is takin it this year" award and then not do shyt

 

[JP_614]

They ain't even making it out the East, the Heat coming for that ass

We gonna see yall look good on paper

 

[threattonature]

A 96.8 defensive rating is still great and I'm fairly sure that the lineup with Kyrie & Love performed a lot better offensively than the one without them

The point is you can't just use the Cavs Finals team and say "well if that lineup could take Warriors to 6 this lineup will win it all". It's basically two completely different teams with completely different styles to we have no clue how they would've played against the Warriors. Hell the sped up pace and more wide open offense with Kyrie and Love would've had the Warriors playing way more comfortable and looking more like the Warriors as we. I could see a 6-7 game series either way.

 

[letti cook]

Bron running round with nikkas that get hurt annually and a ass coach..2-4 in the finals.. getting injections in his back from carrying nikkas.Its understandable to be a lilbout the Cavs winning it all, especially the way teams out west done re-upped.

 

[Gotright]

Doesn't Vegas got them as the favorite? Who is theses people u speak of

 

[AlbertPullhoez]

San Antonio gonna destroy these nikkas in the Finals