Kyrie Irving on crutches reported

Yeah, but they didn't win anything. I don't think that counts as carrying them.

Let me start off by saying I am a fan of neither of these teams, however, I would not count the Nets out in this series. With Harden saying he is "close" to returning, that could mean game 5 or even game 6. I certainly believe the Nets can steal game 5 with only Durant of the big 3 playing. Then game 6 get Harden back? Just saying 

The only thing Brooklyn will have going for it, if Harden and/or Irving don’t play, is that all the pressure will be on the Bucks, who are now favored to win the series. Pressure can do funny things to people. 

agree BB. 

Lebron has won nothing as a solo act. He’s a team hopper for a reason, always follows the path of least resistance.

Quit on Cavs to join a super team in Miami. Wade and LeBron were 1st team all NBA. Chris Bosh was 2nd team all NBA. They had 3 top 10 players on the same team Bogus ass titles.

Then after getting washed out of the Finals in record fashion by the Spurs. NextTown Bron quit again and joined younger all stars in Kyrie Irving and Kevin Love. He managed to win 1 title and go 1-8 vs the Durant Warriors.

He then quit on the Cavs again. NextTown Bron jumped ship to LA and colluded with his agent / best friend to bring Anthony Davis to LA. Before Davis got to La. Lakers and Bron were in the lottery. Davis gets hurt and Bettis gets washed out in the first round.

Bettis is trash brah

and we know for damned sure that bucks are not renowned for dealing well with pressure/expectations...much easier to throw everything at it when you can play free and feel that you are being counted out anyway..this opens up as a golden opportunity for them now,an "easier" path to the finals than they might ever expect otherwise.

It’s time for coach Bud to start pacing his starters again. No need to extend themselves now. 30 minutes for the freak should be enough to get it done. 

@ActionMagnet

 Nets still enough to WIN do NOT believe all the BS

@StumpTownStu

Are you nuts? Lebron carried a YMCA team of no-names to the NBA Finals...as a young kid

Yes, he lost...but it in no way diminishes that insane accomplishment. 

Not even MJ was able to do that. In fact, without MJ, the Bulls won 55 games and went to the ECF...

When Lebron left CLE, they instantly became a perennial lottery team

When he returned...they went to multiple Finals...so please get a clue...

dude,i mostly LOVE your takes..always funny and informative and accurate 9 times out of 10...but this is absurd.

name a player IN THE HISTORY OF NBA BASKETBALL that HAS won anything as a solo act...

i'll wait.

anyone who has ever won had the exact same fuggin formula that lebron followed..great top 10 all-star level talent and/or very high level,capable role players....bird had mchale,parish,dennis johnson,magic had kareem,worthy,michael cooper,jordan had pippen,rodman,kukoc...durant had curry,klay,draymond etc etc etc..and if it wasnt 2 or more superstars then it was solid B+level talent up and down the roster like 2004 pistons and 2011 mavs.

newsflash!!!!...no average/weak teams are winning a championship in pro sports ever,and NOBODY ever wins it "alone" or carrying just boobie gibson,larry hughes,sasha pavlovic and matty dellavadova.

its wild how emotionally triggered people are about lebron and how all objectivity completely flies out the window when assessing him due to the idea that he just isnt a real likeable guy....i mean,i agree he isnt in my opinion.he irritates the shyte outta me..but that dont mean im gonna apply an entirely new set of standards to him than to everyone else that ever played.

Fact, one guy NEVER wins the Ring.

Bullets had unseld, Hayes, Dandridge.

Supersonic had Sigma, gus Williams, Dennis Johnson

Magic, Kareem,  worthy

Parish , McHale, Bird

Isiah, Laimbeer , Rodman, 

Hakeem, Cassell, Clyde, Horry

Duncan, Robinson, 

LeBron, Love, Kyrie

LeBron, Wade, Bosh

Steph, Kay, Drayton

Steph, Klay/Dray, KD

LeBron, AD, RONDO/Kuma

Wade, Shaq 

Dirk, Jason Terry and a ham sandwich

Kobe, Shaq, Pau Gasol

Jordan, Pippen,Pippin,

You need 3 big time players and 9-10 re players to win a damn ring...

This year, that's left

Utah has gobert, Mitchell, and Conley if healthy.

Paul, Booker, Crowder/Ayton

Trae, Collins, Capella, 

Kd, Harden, Kyrie- all a risk

Giannis, Holiday, Middleton

Embiid, Simmons, Harris

PG, Kawaii, and a bag of sandwiches

I'm rooting for Phoenix

 With Harden saying he is "close" to returning, that could mean game 5 or even game 6. I certainly believe the Nets can steal game 5 with only Durant of the big 3 playing. Then game 6 get Harden back? Just saying 

@702underdog

I agree. If Harden comes back Game 5 or 6, it aint over

2007 NBA Finals?  Where they lost to my Spurs.  Not sure how he did you could say the East was weak but the East has always been weak

Get a clue? Get Lebron's cack out of your mouth. The conversation was about carrying a team to a championship. Not to the playoffs. Not to the finals and losing. I swear, Lebron dick riders are always in such a rush to throw Lebron into every conversation that they ignore the context of everything being said. And frankly that YMCA team was built that way to placate him. Let's surround this kid with a bunch of 3 and D guys so that this kid can be the focus. And he did get them to the finals, which was a great accomplishment, but they didn't win. And that's what we were talking about. Could KD carry a team to a championship.

@StumpTownStu

 The game vs Detroit when the refs called a flagrant 2 against McDyess and he scored the last 40+ points for a Cleveland team that got the   beat out of them by the Spurs in the NBA finals. Even Collins said it was a bogus call. That game was fixed.

 series is over. Bye bye big 3. I'm loving it. 

They will have to bring back Harden a little earlier than they would have liked to now Because of Kyrie. I do believe Harden will be out there in game 5!!

@ActionMagnet

u aren’t mentioning who lebron faced when he joined up with the big three in miami, faced a tough ass celtics team with their own big 3 , faced okc with three future allstars (kd westbrook harden) faced spurs with championship pedigree , faced dallas with dirk and a great supporting cast

goes to cavs and faces STACKED GSW team 

cmon man give the guy some credit 

Nobody has mentioned the return of Jeff Green, he is very capable of putting up 20+ and is a good defender. This series is still up in the air and I definitely wouldn't count out the Nets just yet