# NBA Season 2015 - 2016 **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [September 30, 2015, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-season-2015-2016/733077 "2015-09-30T20:37:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 19
**Author:** ![storyteller0910](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecae2f/32.png) [@storyteller0910](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/storyteller0910)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2016, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-season-2015-2016/733077/362 "2016-06-20T02:39:51Z")
Holy fucking shitballs ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2016, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-season-2015-2016/733077/363 "2016-06-20T02:42:51Z")
I don’t even know how you can hate LeBron. He just accomplished his life goal, that he worked so hard for, and just wept on the floor. ---
**Author:** ![Laggard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9de053/32.png) [@Laggard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laggard)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2016, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-season-2015-2016/733077/364 "2016-06-20T02:44:04Z")
I guess this ends the debate about this being the greatest season by a team ever. Really hated to see it end this way. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_jeffrey_lebowski/32/215_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Jeffrey_Lebowski)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2016, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-season-2015-2016/733077/365 "2016-06-20T02:44:05Z")
Nice. I really hope that this finally silences LeBron’s critics, if for just a while. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2016, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-season-2015-2016/733077/366 "2016-06-20T02:46:14Z")
Did I imagine that or did the Warriors not score for the last 4 minutes? ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2016, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-season-2015-2016/733077/367 "2016-06-20T02:47:10Z")
For sure the last three at least. ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2016, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-season-2015-2016/733077/368 "2016-06-20T02:47:35Z")
It was 89-89 for the last 27 minutes by my count. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_stainless_steel_rat/32/5727_2.png) [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stainless_Steel_Rat)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2016, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-season-2015-2016/733077/369 "2016-06-20T02:48:54Z")
CLEVELAND ROCKS!!! CLEVELAND ROCKS!!! Be nice, I am old enough to remember the last championship that city had (1964 Browns) and how John Elway broke our hearts and how the Atlanta Braves won in the last inning. So a bit of…enthusiam…is understandable. ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2016, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-season-2015-2016/733077/370 "2016-06-20T02:50:38Z")
The telecast should’ve had more shots of Cleveland celebrating. They shut down the whole city, everywhere was packed like times square with people watching together. ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2016, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-season-2015-2016/733077/371 "2016-06-20T02:55:14Z")
Curry and Thompson both disappointed. Green played his heart out though. I wonder if Lebron leaves now that he accomplished his goal. ---
**Author:** ![Laggard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9de053/32.png) [@Laggard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laggard)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2016, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-season-2015-2016/733077/372 "2016-06-20T02:55:26Z")
Besides, Cleveland is sposed to remain a loser city. It’s the natural order. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2016, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-season-2015-2016/733077/373 "2016-06-20T03:07:49Z")
> [@storyteller0910](#): > > Holy fucking shitballs That’s putting it mildly. ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2016, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-season-2015-2016/733077/374 "2016-06-20T03:13:00Z")
If this was a sports movie, people would think it was laying it on too thick. The championship-starved, mocked city with its passionate fans with nothing but disappointment. The near-homeless home kid who grows up working his ass off. That team wins the lottery and drafts the hometown kid. He struggles his whole career to carry bad players to a championship but fails over and over again. But now he’s down 3-1 against the winningest team in NBA history, lead by some millionaire kids who had professional basketball coaching since they were kids, a situation no one has ever come back from… against a team that was 39-2 at home… and he has to win 3 straight games with two of them in their home… And he does so through pure force of will, edging them out in game 7. If that was the plot of Mighty Ducks 3, we’d roll our eyes and say “come on”, but it just happened in real life. ---
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2016, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-season-2015-2016/733077/375 "2016-06-20T03:13:20Z")
> [@Laggard](#): > > I guess this ends the debate about this being the greatest season by a team ever. > > Really hated to see it end this way. Really, that debate was settled well before now. Even if GS had won, they clearly didn’t truly have the best season ever. The playoffs are what distinguishes the men from the boys, and while the Warriors have been a very good team, they’re not among the elite of all time. In fact the OKC Thunder probably should have defeated the Warriors. The Bulls had the inside physical game, and they could play the perimeter. And the 2014 Spurs were clearly superior to the Warriors this year and last. No disrespect to the Warriors, who are an amazingly good perimeter shooting team. But the law of averages catches up to you eventually, and the Warriors don’t win the high-percentage game. ---
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2016, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-season-2015-2016/733077/376 "2016-06-20T03:15:29Z")
> [@DigitalC](#): > > Curry and Thompson both disappointed. Green played his heart out though. I wonder if Lebron leaves now that he accomplished his goal. Was surprised that Curry and Thompson didn’t hit more shots from outside. They hit wild shots against OKC, but I guess the law of averages are what they are. THe Warriors have in some ways played above their talent. They hit insane shots with amazing frequency. But at the end of the day, insane shots are insane shots. Low percentage shots. The Cavs were better at establishing the high-percentage game. ---
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2016, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-season-2015-2016/733077/377 "2016-06-20T03:20:25Z")
> [@SenorBeef](#): > > I don’t even know how you can hate LeBron. He just accomplished his life goal, that he worked so hard for, and just wept on the floor. I get that people were ticked at ‘The Decision’ but as I said at the time, LeBron was a 27-year-old kid. He was guilty of putting himself in a bad situation, appearing to give his home town the finger. He wasn’t doing any of that; he was just excited to play with a winner alongside D-Wade and for Pat Riley. Even so, he had to earn it there and he was a gritty guy in those Miami years. That he came back to Cleveland after his hometown fans and even his former owner trashed him says a LOT about the King. He has a short memory. He cares about his hometown. He is a competitor. He saw Cleveland as unfinished business and wanted to win a title for his town. In a town that stomached Ernest Byner, Jose Mesa, and tolerated Johnny Football’s bullshit, I can’t imagine that anyone can’t appreciate what James has done for this team and this city. ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2016, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-season-2015-2016/733077/378 "2016-06-20T03:23:56Z")
I’m watching a live stream from one of the Cleveland news channels. The streets are still packed in and people are still dancing and yelling. None of that retarded “let’s riot and burn down the place” shittiness, just an outpouring of joy. ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2016, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-season-2015-2016/733077/379 "2016-06-20T03:35:39Z")
Watched the last quarter of game 7, my total NBA watching this year. It was well worth it. Happy for James, happy for Cleveland, but that’s enough b-ball for me this year. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2016, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-season-2015-2016/733077/380 "2016-06-20T03:36:55Z")
Congratulations to LeBron and the city of Cleveland. Now, King James, you are free to finish your career as a Laker. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2016, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-season-2015-2016/733077/381 "2016-06-20T03:39:30Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > Congratulations to LeBron and the city of Cleveland. > > Now, King James, you are free to finish your career as a Laker. 😉 Imagine, James and Durant as Lakers. And then I awakened from my dream. ☹ Mitch Kupchak is a fucking moron. And so are the Buss heirs. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-season-2015-2016/733077.md?page=18) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-season-2015-2016/733077.md?page=20)