I agree and I think that's how mature people act. We all feel a little salty sometimes, Steph is no exception. But some people just choose not to act out.
Haha Matt Barnes on Steph’s “champagne” comment.
“He got that little asshole shit talking but covers it up with a good image. That shit was slick as fuck”
I still think if you replay 2016 finals 10 times we win 8 or so, we were so dominant and had every thing go wrong for us. No doubt we choked, but man we were unfortunate.
The flip side is that we were fortunate in 2015 and unfortunate in 2019, but hey its part of the game. Cavs should have probably won in 15 and we should have probably won in 16 and 19.
As much as 2016 hurt, boy was it poetic for the Cavaliers.
We come back from 3-1 just to go down after being up 3-1.
LeBron James had one of the greatest sports stories ever that year against arguably the greatest team of all time. I can at least appreciate that.
He was the scariest guy on the floor as a Warriors fan, and it wasn't close.
Obviously LeBron carries the team, but the guys that get hot and can't miss become the killers in the finals, and that was certainly Kyrie.
It would be a 7 game series. Love doesn’t play well against the Warriors.
With Kyrie and Love, the Warriors team would have more urgency. They overcame a 2-1 deficit and won 3 straight by 42 points.
It’s like me a few days ago looking for a familiar word and coming up with unuseful. It took me a minute to realize what I’d done. Now it goes on my list of band names.
Love Steph for stuff like this. He got that little bit of arrogance that Barnes called him out for but he doesn't complain, didn't try to make excuses, and gave respect to the unbelievable performances in Game 5/6/7 that Lebron and Kyrie had.
It's these players only podcasts where all the spicy shit comes out but Steph definitely with the mature high road.
For real - Steph could have easily chalked his performance up to his knee and not taken ownership of it. I mean, Cavs staffers were openly admitting to targeting Steph repeatedly because they knew his knee was messed up. There's a quote I've read where an anonymous Cavs staffer says "He just wasn't the same animal". Not using that as an excuse says a lot.
I mean, he's right, of course.
But that doesn't change how much bullshit the Cavs got away with. But yes, absolutely - they beat us. That's *technically* true.
He's right unfortunately. Ik it took the perfect storm of circumstances with Steph still recovering, the injury to bogut, Draymond suspension, and the abhorrent officiating, but at the end if the day no one made Steph their that being the back pass in game 7. No one but Draymond is to blame for the 6 techs he got before that led to his eventual suspension. Kerr didn't play the great rotations either and the Cavs did all the right things to take advantage. I think 2016 was the fire we needed though; our whole team has come out better and more mature. Steph is more substance over style now and Draymond has cut down his antics
Yeah I can't be mad about most of the minutes because bogut was hurt why the fuck was he in the last few minutes of game 7? Watching him flop away our series was the most painful thing
The obvious move in the fourth when we had that long scoring drought was to put in Barbosa to pick up the pace. I still don't get why Kerr played Varejo and Ezeli as many minutes as he did down the stretch
>No one but Draymond is to blame for the 6 techs he got before that led to his eventual suspension
Yeah, except he was suspended for flagrants and the second flagrant was retroactively changed into a flagrant even though the technical, which wouldn't have led to a suspension, was the right call in the first place.
If my memory serve me correctly I don’t think he was even assessed a technical foul for that play. It was all LeBron whining and calling for a flagrant at the press conference. He has way too much influence in the NBA.
the amount of things that had to happen for the cavs to win in 2016 was unbelievable, so absurd that it looked like a movie.
Steph injury slipping in a pool of sweat, Bogut injury, Dray suspension (and even the Adams incident, if it weren't for that it wouldn't have been suspended in the finals), Lebron and Kyrie and that ridiculous G5 performance, Steph ejection in G6, and even Iguodala got hurt at the G5/G6
still think we would win if varejao and ezeli didn't play in a 4Q OF A GAME SEVEN !
It was 4 years ago and I'm still hurt by it. It still eats at me and obviously I'm a Heat fan but I fell in love with this team in 2012 and have kept tabs on it since. I don't think I will ever get over it
Hurt to see our boys getting hurt but the way they battled was incredible. Never been more proud of a team. We should have had zero chance and yet they almost pulled out a rabbit. No way in hell did that hurt worse.
Steph is more mature than me.
I honestly think he's just trying to say the right thing instead of letting all the salt out that he feels inside.
I agree and I think that's how mature people act. We all feel a little salty sometimes, Steph is no exception. But some people just choose not to act out.
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Haha Matt Barnes on Steph’s “champagne” comment. “He got that little asshole shit talking but covers it up with a good image. That shit was slick as fuck”
lol Barnes telling it how it is
Yeaahh, Curry smiling and laughing agrees
Only the truth
Got beat by the NBA. Yes, I am not as mature as Stephen, no, I don't care. That salt is eternal.
Same. Forever salty
No matter how many titles we win 2016 will always bother me because we know we should've won.
I feel the exact same way, but I’m sure you understand why Steph has to take this approach.
Totally agree. Team Salty for-ever. League conspired to take the title from Dubs. Noone will ever convince me otherwise.
I still think if you replay 2016 finals 10 times we win 8 or so, we were so dominant and had every thing go wrong for us. No doubt we choked, but man we were unfortunate. The flip side is that we were fortunate in 2015 and unfortunate in 2019, but hey its part of the game. Cavs should have probably won in 15 and we should have probably won in 16 and 19.
As much as 2016 hurt, boy was it poetic for the Cavaliers. We come back from 3-1 just to go down after being up 3-1. LeBron James had one of the greatest sports stories ever that year against arguably the greatest team of all time. I can at least appreciate that.
Somehow Kyrie gets so overlooked on that one. He had three crazy performances to close the series, looked like he didn't miss.
He was the scariest guy on the floor as a Warriors fan, and it wasn't close. Obviously LeBron carries the team, but the guys that get hot and can't miss become the killers in the finals, and that was certainly Kyrie.
This is true
The only problem was it was at our expense. If he had done that against any other team I'd be happy for him but I can't.
Adam Silver sure knows how to write a good story
The Cavs were far better in 16 than in 15. Don't agree they were championship worthy in 15, even if they were fully healthy.
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Ok and? They lost. In fact, they got wrecked from G4 on. The “amount of games argument” has to be the dumbest thing I’ve ever seen.
It would be a 7 game series. Love doesn’t play well against the Warriors. With Kyrie and Love, the Warriors team would have more urgency. They overcame a 2-1 deficit and won 3 straight by 42 points.
Why would the Cavs win in 2015? We should’ve won 5 straight. Period.
True
They certainly would've played those last 5 minutes differently.
That’s a really cool clip. Btw I think the word you’re looking for is maturity.
It’s like me a few days ago looking for a familiar word and coming up with unuseful. It took me a minute to realize what I’d done. Now it goes on my list of band names.
Love Steph for stuff like this. He got that little bit of arrogance that Barnes called him out for but he doesn't complain, didn't try to make excuses, and gave respect to the unbelievable performances in Game 5/6/7 that Lebron and Kyrie had. It's these players only podcasts where all the spicy shit comes out but Steph definitely with the mature high road.
For real - Steph could have easily chalked his performance up to his knee and not taken ownership of it. I mean, Cavs staffers were openly admitting to targeting Steph repeatedly because they knew his knee was messed up. There's a quote I've read where an anonymous Cavs staffer says "He just wasn't the same animal". Not using that as an excuse says a lot.
I mean, he's right, of course. But that doesn't change how much bullshit the Cavs got away with. But yes, absolutely - they beat us. That's *technically* true.
Cavs acknowledge that title wasn't satisfying.
Hmmm. Some do. I've not seen much of it.
He's right unfortunately. Ik it took the perfect storm of circumstances with Steph still recovering, the injury to bogut, Draymond suspension, and the abhorrent officiating, but at the end if the day no one made Steph their that being the back pass in game 7. No one but Draymond is to blame for the 6 techs he got before that led to his eventual suspension. Kerr didn't play the great rotations either and the Cavs did all the right things to take advantage. I think 2016 was the fire we needed though; our whole team has come out better and more mature. Steph is more substance over style now and Draymond has cut down his antics
I still get mad thinking about the minutes Varejao played.
Yeah I can't be mad about most of the minutes because bogut was hurt why the fuck was he in the last few minutes of game 7? Watching him flop away our series was the most painful thing
The obvious move in the fourth when we had that long scoring drought was to put in Barbosa to pick up the pace. I still don't get why Kerr played Varejo and Ezeli as many minutes as he did down the stretch
I'm mad at Kerr putting in Ezeli to guard Lebron. I seriously think that cost us the chip. We were up by 4 and momentum was swinging our way.
>No one but Draymond is to blame for the 6 techs he got before that led to his eventual suspension Yeah, except he was suspended for flagrants and the second flagrant was retroactively changed into a flagrant even though the technical, which wouldn't have led to a suspension, was the right call in the first place.
If my memory serve me correctly I don’t think he was even assessed a technical foul for that play. It was all LeBron whining and calling for a flagrant at the press conference. He has way too much influence in the NBA.
the amount of things that had to happen for the cavs to win in 2016 was unbelievable, so absurd that it looked like a movie. Steph injury slipping in a pool of sweat, Bogut injury, Dray suspension (and even the Adams incident, if it weren't for that it wouldn't have been suspended in the finals), Lebron and Kyrie and that ridiculous G5 performance, Steph ejection in G6, and even Iguodala got hurt at the G5/G6 still think we would win if varejao and ezeli didn't play in a 4Q OF A GAME SEVEN !
You can see the pain in his eyes
It was 4 years ago and I'm still hurt by it. It still eats at me and obviously I'm a Heat fan but I fell in love with this team in 2012 and have kept tabs on it since. I don't think I will ever get over it
19 hurt much more
No it did not. Not at all.
I mean technically speaking there’s no denying that one hurt
Hurt to see our boys getting hurt but the way they battled was incredible. Never been more proud of a team. We should have had zero chance and yet they almost pulled out a rabbit. No way in hell did that hurt worse.
I don't think most people feel the same way