NBA 2015/16 thread
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<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="Rancid Schnitzel" data-cid="583122" data-time="1464312223"><p>Yep. They're brilliant.<br><br>
Haven't seen that one, but have seen about 5-6 others about basketball. I'll look out for it. The one about the guy who was picked ahead of Jordan (Sam Bowie) is also great. Fark they're all really good.</p></blockquote>
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I like all the bball ones. In order my favourites are: <br><br>- Benji Wilson<br>
- Fab Five<br>
- guru of go (Hank Gathers story)<br>
- Spike vs Reggie<br>
- Bad Boys (Pistons)<br>
- Survive and Advance (Jimmy V/NC State)<br>
- I hate Christian Laettner
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Two basketball 30 for 30 documentaries not mentioned yet are:<br><br>
Without Bias (the story of Len Bias)<br>
Once Brothers (the Vlade Divac and Drazen Petrovic story)</p></blockquote>I forgot those. The Bias one is ok but the Divac one is excellent -
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Have been smashing some excellent ESPN basketball docos recently. One of them is about Christian Laettner. That shot he made has got to be one of the most incredible things you could see in sports. Astonishing:<br><br><a class="bbc_url" href="
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"I Hate Christian Laettner"<br><br>
Watched that about week ago. Enjoyed immensely.<br><br>
I always remember (and only knew) Laettner as the only amateur in the Dream Team (interesing he beat out Shaq for that role). So have been meaning to watch that for a while.<br><br>
Quite a fluffybunny with the way he hazed his team mates.<br><br>
But i found it difficult not to like him for his play in the doco.<br><br>
Amusing the passion from the haters was still raw. Especially given the "stomp" was pretty much a non-event.<br><br>
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<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="Bovidae" data-cid="583453" data-time="1464406902"><p>Two basketball 30 for 30 documentaries not mentioned yet are:<br><br>
Without Bias (the story of Len Bias)<br>
Once Brothers (the Vlade Divac and Drazen Petrovic story)</p></blockquote>
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<p>WOW what an amazing comeback. Just when you think they are down, the splash brothers come up big!!</p>
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<p>That is why they are the champions. But they still have to get it done in Game 7... what a match up. OKC the better team for 3.5 quarters but it wasn't enough, and they should have put GSW away far earlier in that game when they had the chance.</p>
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<p>KD fucked his team today. That is all......also Curry is not the best player on his team.....that really is all..<br><br>
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<p>With five minutes to go OKC were in great position, just needed a bit more composure down the stretch. They didn't get the bench impact this game, and Russ drifted in and out of the game.</p>
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<p>KD wasn't at his best but they still should have closed it out.</p>
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<p>Curry wasn't at his best either, but the really good teams can do that. If the star has an off night, someone else steps up. Klay was incredible.</p>
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Though I actually thought watching Curry tonight was a bit like watching Tiger Woods in his prime. Tiger would sometimes have these off rounds, where it just wasn't going right for him, but would somehow stay in contention and be two shots back with five holes to go. And then his sheer force of will just took over, and the putts started to drop.</p>
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<p>It was the same with Curry tonight. All over the place, but when the Championship minutes came around, he was nailing everything.</p> -
<p>If they don't win the series this will damage the Thunder psychologically. Still, whatever doesn't kill you yada yada yada. Most of the other great teams went through this although OKC might argue they already have when they lost the finals a few years back, albeit with a different roster</p>
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<p>Gutted. I am actually genuinely disappointed. I am not sure why I care so much about a bunch of American millionaires.</p>
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<p>Fuck!</p>
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<p>GSW are a bunch of fluffybunnies.</p> -
<p>I just watched "Believeland" a 30 for 30 doco about the Cleveland curse. No pro sports championship since 1964, multiple times they looked on the verge of breaking the curse only to suffer terrible luck, or they made poor decisions that ended in tears. If OKC can't win it, as much as I don't really like LBJ, I'm happy for the Cavs to win it to put the sports fans of Cleveland out of their misery. They certainly will appreciate it more than anyone else</p>
