Posted on 05/31/2019 8:23:21 AM PDT by EdnaMode
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On any given night, with Curry, Durant, and Thompson on the floor, any of them might emerge as the lead scorer. The loss of Durant is crucial and the Warriors have to perform perfectly the rest of the way. Tough to do of course, but the away games make it brutal.
Have not followed the NBA since the 1960s. Sorry but I will not be Brainwashed by the Filthy Heathen Liberals.
I don’t really watch nba, but I hate seth curry, f’een half breed racist against his own half white ancestors. I won’t watch but I’ll root for the Raptors.
Who cares, men being paid untold millios of dollars to run up and down the court with a ball. Like I said: “Who cares!”
What is ‘the 6’?
I see the Raptors play in Scotiabank Arena
Last finals I watched was 2007 with Mavs vs. whoever. I liked Mavs’ Dirk and Suns’ Steve Nash in the contentious semis. Classy players. Now ALL thugs. Lost interest.
If the writer had called the Raptors a Canadian team, I’d have no problem with that - I realize they play half their games in Canada, and as a positive description, that’s completely legitimate. But the author preferred a negative characterization, despite the fact that in the most fundamental sense a “team” is a collection of players, and those players are largely from the US.
And yeah, somebody could describe the Bruins or the Blues as non-Canadian teams, but why use a negative characterization, especially when everyone realizes just about every NHL team is mostly made up of Canadians? Actually since the Original Six were 2/3rd’s located in the States, it might be easier to justify the Canadian / non-Canadian designation in that case, but I’d still argue the negative terminology would tend to minimize the fundamental Canadian contribution to the sport.
because the building was sold out and thousands were standing outside watching it on big screen at $5.00 bucks as head.There were no ‘empty seats.” your inference was totally bogus misleading fake news about Toronto’s support of their team.
Now that is an obscure piece of useless information. ie trivia
What is wrong with you? On my TV screen was empty seats and the game was on. It's not 'news', fake or otherwise, and it's not impugning "Toronto's support of their team."
You have a strange chip on your shoulder about Canada and I doubt anyone really cares about the fans' devotion. It's unimportant.
I thought some people might not know.
The 6 is a nickname Drake has applied to the city of Toronto and many here embrace it. It either refers to the last digit in the original area code for the city 416 or the 6 former municipalities that amalgamated into the current city.
Toronto Maple Leafs, longtime NHL team last won Stanley Cup shortly before Sgt Pepper was released
Now this is gonna sound pretty weird but when I glanced at that headline, I saw "Historic win for tomato farmers".........I know, I know, that was weird.
Audience down in the US but through the roof in Canada so there is that to compensate.
I checked the makeup of the Raptors roster. 11 Americans and 1 each from Canada, Cameroon, Congo, England and Spain. Of the Americans all are black except Jeremy Lin. The others are also black except Marc Gasol.
Funny thing is Curry and his fellow Warriors are staying at the St. Regis hotel in downtown Toronto for the Finals. That was formerly the Trump hotel. Trump curse anyone? :)
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