Let us recap all the teams with no excuses this postseason

[dubeta]

With playoffs around the corner, I though it would be a good idea to revisit the teams with no excuses, just to make sure ISH remembers which teams to keep an eye out for. This basically summarizes the teams that we should hold accountable, and criticize if they fall short of the championship :cheers:

Lets break it down by conference

Western Conference

Sanantonio Spurs

Golden State Warriors

Houston Rockets

LA Clippers

OKC Thunder


Eastern Conference

Atlanta Hawks

Chicago Bulls

Miami Heat



Feel free to comment, make recommendations, or suggestions :cheers:

[Prime_Shaq]

Cavs
Spurs
Warriors

[BigNBAfan]

nah

[Showtime2001]

Cavs.

[Marchesk]

Lebron has no excuses losing to the Spurs a third time.

[Achilleas]

all teams in playoffs has no excuses

champion or bust:milton

[Joyner82reload]

OKC don't have an excuse but they're missing their best and 3rd best players. You take Kyrie and Love off of the Cavs and they certainly have an excuse for not winning it all, just like the Thunder.

[warriorfan]

With playoffs around the corner, I though it would be a good idea to revisit the teams with no excuses, just to make sure ISH remembers which teams to keep an eye out for. This basically summarizes the teams that we should hold accountable, and criticize if they fall short of the championship :cheers:

Lets break it down by conference

Western Conference

Sanantonio Spurs

Golden State Warriors

Houston Rockets

LA Clippers

OKC Thunder


Eastern Conference

Atlanta Hawks

Chicago Bulls

Miami Heat



Feel free to comment, make recommendations, or suggestions :cheers:


I literally can smell your growing fear

[sp6r=underrated]

People overvalue championships in evaluating teams.

A lot of the difference between RS and PS performance is luck rather than any specific flaw in a team being exposed or flipping a switch if things go well.

Seeding is often unfair because of differences in conference strength. 80s Western Teams and 21st Century Eastern Teams have generally had far easier roads to the title. The Clippers (53-26) and Cavs (50-27) serve as an example of how conference strength impacts the odds of winning a title. If the PS began today, the would possibly face Portland, Golden State and San Antonio to make the finals the average SRS of those teams is 7.06. The Cavs face a potential road to the finals of Brooklyn, Chicago and Atlanta who have an average SRS of 1.35. LA will potentially play far harder teams despite having a better RS.

An ATG team can lose in the PS due to a big injury and an inferior team's odds of winning the title can improve dramatically with timely injuries for the opposition.

[NZStreetBaller]

U can only have one team with no excuses.... other wise the other "no excuses" team becomes the perfect excuse idiot.

[I<3NBA]

U can only have one team with no excuses.... other wise the other "no excuses" team becomes the perfect excuse idiot.
this

[YouGotServed]

2 starters out for Houston and their 2nd best player is barely getting back in game shape after being out the whole season with an injury.

"no excuses" :durantunimpressed:

[beastee]

I nominate this thread as dumbest of the week.

It's Cavs.


Everyone else contending has had injuries.

[Akrazotile]

With playoffs around the corner, I though it would be a good idea to revisit the teams with no excuses, just to make sure ISH remembers which teams to keep an eye out for. This basically summarizes the teams that we should hold accountable, and criticize if they fall short of the championship :cheers:

Lets break it down by conference

Western Conference

Sanantonio Spurs

Golden State Warriors

Houston Rockets

LA Clippers

OKC Thunder


Eastern Conference

Atlanta Hawks

Chicago Bulls

Miami Heat



Feel free to comment, make recommendations, or suggestions :cheers:


List looks good.

Objective. Fair. Accurate.

You nailed this one pal. Props. :cheers:

[dubeta]

List looks good.

Objective. Fair. Accurate.

You nailed this one pal. Props. :cheers:

Thanks. :cheers:

[Beastmode88]

Wow 5 teams from the west and only 3 from the east? I expected more excuses for lebron to get to the finals.

[Budadiiii]

Ironically, the only team in the league with no excuses are the Cavs.

Why? They play in the East, they're healthy, and they have multiple players with championship experience and 3 top 15 players.

What's the excuse? LeBron being a perennial choker is the only one I can think of. Other than that, they have none. It truthfully is championship or bust for them. That's in reality and not some autism fantasy land OP lives in.

[Akrazotile]

I nominate this thread as dumbest of the week.

It's Cavs.


Everyone else contending has had injuries.



:biggums:

When has a team with a first year NBA coach ever won a championship?

It is a huge disadvantage.

[BlazerRed]

Troll :sleeping

[SouBeachTalents]

Ironically, the only team in the league with no excuses are the Cavs.

Why? They play in the East, they're healthy, and they have multiple players with championship experience and 3 top 15 players.

What's the excuse? LeBron being a perennial choker is the only one I can think of. Other than that, they have none. It truthfully is championship or bust for them. That's in reality and not some autism fantasy land OP lives in.

I agreed with the rest, but this was bullshit. Marion's barely been on the active roster of late, while Miller's lucky if he gets even 5 minutes of playing time a night. LeBron is the only player who'll see significant minutes that has even played in the Finals

[Akrazotile]

Tbh if Lebron actually leads the Cavs to an insanely improbable championship this season, He instantly goes in the Top 2 alltime GOAT ranking. Only guy left ahead of Him would be Mikan and that spot could be overtaken with a second consecutive title next year.

Bran got the haters so shook it's incredible :applause:

[sportjames23]

With playoffs around the corner, I though it would be a good idea to revisit the teams with no excuses, just to make sure ISH remembers which teams to keep an eye out for. This basically summarizes the teams that we should hold accountable, and criticize if they fall short of the championship :cheers:

Lets break it down by conference

Western Conference

Sanantonio Spurs

Golden State Warriors

Houston Rockets

LA Clippers

OKC Thunder


Eastern Conference

Atlanta Hawks

Chicago Bulls

Miami Heat



Feel free to comment, make recommendations, or suggestions :cheers:


Take the Thunder and Bulls off your list. Everyone else has no excuses.

[beastee]

:biggums:

When has a team with a first year NBA coach ever won a championship?

It is a huge disadvantage.
I thought lebron was their coach? That's what all you stans say when things are going well. When they aren't it's a rookie coach to blame. I thought you were a good poster, but your agenda has you at a huge disadvantage.

[dubeta]

I thought lebron was their coach? That's what all you stans say when things are going well. When they aren't it's a rookie coach to blame. I thought you were a good poster, but your agenda has you at a huge disadvantage.

How the f*ck can a player be the head coach? :hammerhead:

LeBron is the unquestioned leader and main playmaker, BIG DIFFERENCE

[ninephive]

The only true "no excuses" team is the Clippers. If they can't win this year with CP3, Griffin, and Jordan at the top of their game and a championship coach, it's not going to happen. All the other teams have either proven themselves already or still have plenty of time. Not the Clippers.

[KirbyPls]

Lebron has no excuses losing to the Spurs a third time.

From a Wilt stan......:lol

[dubeta]

From a Wilt stan......:lol

To be fair Wilt was more like a circus attraction, passive-entertainment at his time, no one really expected him to win at competitive bball.

Most Wilt-era stans are happy with his 2/6

[Sarcastic]

Tbh if Lebron actually leads the Cavs to an insanely improbable championship this season, He instantly goes in the Top 2 alltime GOAT ranking. Only guy left ahead of Him would be Mikan and that spot could be overtaken with a second consecutive title next year.

Bran got the haters so shook it's incredible :applause:

http://gifrific.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Bill-Hader-Holding-in-Laugh.gif

[SuperPippen]

OP handling his role as ISH's primary Lebron troll with aplomb. :applause:

[TheMan]

Bron fans scared shitless, already in damage control mode:oldlol:

[TheMan]

To say the Thunder, Bulls and Heat have no excuses is pretty idiotic. OKC is without their best player and reigning MVP and also their third best player is out, Chicago doesn't know what they have in their best player and Miami lost their best player to injury early in the season and have been struggling with injuries.

The Hawks and Cavs have no excuses in the East and out West it's GS.

[dubeta]

To say the Thunder, Bulls and Heat have no excuses is pretty idiotic. OKC is without their best player and reigning MVP and also their third best player is out, Chicago doesn't know what they have in their best player and Miami lost their best player to injury early in the season and have been struggling with injuries.

The Hawks and Cavs have no excuses in the East and out West it's GS.

Stop making excuses and live with the championship or bust expectations attached to your team :facepalm

[TheMan]

Stop making excuses and live with the championship or bust expectations attached to your team :facepalm
I would love for us to have that championship or bust expectations bro, but Rose is still trying to get back to his MVP form. He has shown flashes that the athleticism is still there and as long as he doesn't suffer any more major setbacks, (the knee issues he had this season were to be expected) I think next season we'll see him be more consistent and play close to his MVP form.

Having said that, reports coming from the Bulls camp have stated that he has looked really good in practice and Rose has said he isn't feeling any more pain in his knee and is feeling the best he's felt in a long time. If he plays at 80-85% of what he's capable of, then we've got a legit shot at coming out of the East. OTOH, if he struggles, I don't see us beating ATL or CLE.

[Eric Cartman]

Having said that, reports coming from the Bulls camp have stated that he has looked really good in practice and Rose has said he isn't feeling any more pain in kneeand is feeling the best he's felt in a long time. If he plays at 80-85% of what he's capable of, then we've got a legit shot at coming out of the East.

:lol :lol

[keep-itreal]

the only team that should be labeled no excuses is the Cavs.