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Yeah, I think Elliot will probably end up serving a suspension. Maybe it will be like 4 games, though I honestly wouldn't mind if it were reduced to two. Elliot does do a lot idiotic stuff that is a poor reflection of the league like pulling down the woman's top in public on St Patrick's day. If they want to suspend him for that and finding himself in bad situations like the club fight, then I'd be okay with that. I'm okay with them saying those types of things are conduct detrimental to the league. Maybe that would serve as a wake up call for him to grow up and stop making dumb decisions. I do think that the 6 games is too much given that it was discovered that his ex-girlfriend was lying about at least one of the incidents that she said Elliot abused her. Her own friend said she was got into a fight with another girl outside of a bar and that she tried to concoct a story with the friend to blame Elliot. I believe this is a big reason why he wasn't arrested after she reported being abused. I don't like how the media doesn't present all sides or as much as they can of each side of a story when it comes to issues like this. They usually paint it one way (usually against the player) and I think that's wrong. Tell the whole truth or as much of it as possible so people can get a clearer picture of what's going on. If the girl lied about at least one of the incidents, (Which she did), then they should say she did. They can report that news in a way that is factual and straightforward. just like they can report the incidents that people know Ezekiel is guilty of as factual. They need to tell the truth and stop trying to skewer things/ leave important information out.

Can't entirely trust the accuser either. There is actual evidence, (an affidavit and texts) that she lied about at least one of these incidents where she said Zeke abused her. She got into a fight with another girl and her own friend, said the ex girlfriend wanted her to lie about Elliot abusing her. Everybody has a fishy smell in this ordeal. Elliot reminds me some of Manziel. Innocent or Guilty he does a lot of stupid stuff that hurts him. Even if he's innocent of the DV, he didn't help himself when he pulled down that lady's top at the ST. Patrick's day event and other stupid things he's done.. He keeps playing with fire, and now he may end up being burned by it. Goodell overstepped with the punishment, especially given the evidence about the ex-girlfriend lying. Goodell is still trying to make up for completely botching the Ray Rice situation. Like Jones, but he needs to get better control of his players. You can field an O-line with all of the players from the Cowboys that are being suspended. Elliot needs to appeal and maybe they can get the suspension down to like 4 games. I wouldn't mind if he got like 2, due to the evidence of the girlfriend lying.

Yes, how dare Kurt get his wife of 20 years to introduce him into the Hall of Fame. And good on Jones for getting into the hall of fame. He has had a lot of influence on the NFL since he's been an owner and I think he has done more good than harm. No matter how much some people want to complain about him. Plus, He seems to loved by past and present players and does seem to care and take care of his players. He's probably treats his players better than almost all the owners in the league. And those shoes he had on were nice. Rock those Jerry.

Some Patriots fans are definitely obnoxious. And I think that some of them act as if their team has never won a SuperBowl before.They need to stop whining and enjoy their team winning for the 5th time. They are already supporting the most hated franchise in the NFL, they need to stop making people dislike the team more with some of their behavior. I hope they don't win a SuperBowl again for a long time. And I definitely don't think this year's SuperBowl was the greatest SuperBowl ever. Tom didn't play well throughout much of the game and Atlanta lost that game with poor play calling in the second half. And who really is happy for their Patriots winning again except mostly their fans? I don't think that a lot of casual fans/people who are fans of football in general are happy for them.

I think that Houston may win that division. A lot of people have been critical of Osweiler, but they do have a better record than people realize. For the past few years, people (especially those in the media) have predicted that the Colts would go far (even get to the Superbowl) and Andrew Luck would get MVP. But those things haven’t happened, and I don’t think they will happen this year either. Andrew Luck needs help and until he gets it, I think that the Colts will stay in the same position they have been in. I am glad that Dak doesn’t know what it’s like to play for that disastrous organization known as the Cleveland Browns. Even though they passed over him several times with several picks. I’m glad that Dak, Carson Wentz, and Jared Goff managed to escape from being drafted there. That organization has hurt enough QB’s careers. (Poor Cody Kessler.) I don’t think that you have to be nervous about that dull team that is the Giants. (Even though they have Odell with his on again/off again theatrics). I think that Washington is more dangerous than them, (even though they currently have a slightly worse record). I believe the Eagles could be more dangerous than them, if they had better receivers. But I agree that Seattle is dangerous and are starting to really heat up in this second half of the season. I would like to see them or the Cowboys make it to the Superbowl from the NFC. I don’t care for the Patriots, (would rather see Raiders, Chiefs or Broncos) but if they make it they will deserve to be there and I would still watch the game.

I don’t like this move by Durant. I believe he should have stayed with the Thunder. They were a good enough team to win a championship. This move by just seems…. Hmm.... It actually wouldn’t surprise me if they win less games next season. They will have to adjust to chemistry and deal with sharing the ball, between all of them. What happens to Russell Westbrook now? I wonder if the Thunder will try and get him to do an extension or trade him because they don’t want him to leave next season in free agency. I believe that the Thunder is still a good team even without Durant. Maybe they can get Westbrook to stay and build around him. If they trade him, I hope he goes gets traded to a team that is at least solid and he can help them really contend for a run at a championship. I don't want them to just dump him off on a team that doesn't even have a shot at making the playoffs. He deserves better than that.

The one that tidn't come across as classy was Klay. It looked like he bounced off the court and didn't congratulate the Cavs players. Draymond was the Warrior that actually came off as classy. He came back and congratulated the Cavs players their due and was respectful in his post game comments.. Pretty much. Especially Ayesha. Calling the league rigged was disrespectful and a really bad look.I mean it did she think it was rigged when the Warriors won 73 games and came back from a 3-1 deficit? Did she think it rigged when Steph has been getting endorsements and she landed a cooking show as a result of his association with the league? She's also poked at LeBron and Cavs fans at on Twitter in previous tweets. I think that her comments were distracting and may have taken away from Steph's focus of the game. Either way Steph didn't play that well in this series and bricked several threes in game 7. The best player for the Warriors for game 7 was Draymond and he tried to get them the championship. But they went away from getting him the ball in the second half. That was on Kerr and to a degree Curry, because he was the point guard and should have tried to faciliate things better. The Warriors didn't play as well as they should have and the Cavs played better. LeBron willed that team to win and they did. Congrats to Cleveland. They deserved that win.

There are some things like favorable calls going to the Cavs, but I don't that games are outright being rigged like some people on Twitter are claiming. No doubt the league wanted to stretch this series as long as they could, but the Cavs have been playing better the last couple of games. So the series is tied and it's on to game 7. I don't believe anything will/should happen to Curry. This is his first time getting ejected in his whole career, I believe. I think the league let this go, and I think most people including fans and media, will be fine with this decision. Worst scenario, he might get some type of fine, but I wouldn't be surprised if that didn't even happen. I think most people want to see the best players playing in game seven and don't want to see Curry suspended. If LeBron threw a mouthpiece he wouldn't be suspended, I think that Curry will catch a break on this as well. There were several people who thought Draymond getting suspended was bogus, there will a lot more than that, if Curry is.

I got to give credit where is due, the Cavs have showed up these last two games. I had originally thought that GSW would win this in like 5. The Cavs might actually have a shot now. It could go either way game 7. Barnes needs to sit, K-Love needs to sit and Iman needs to sit next game. They all look like underperforming bench players and Shump actually looks BAD. He has not contributed anything to this series. Don't know why he's not getting criticized more by the media for how badly he's been playing in this series. Ayesha Curry is saying the game is rigged on Twitter lol. Steve Kerr is also salty talking about the officiating. I mean yeah, some of the fouls called were kind of soft, and favorable towards the Cavs. But LeBron showed up and did enough to help the win. I believe they would have won, even without some of the calls. They got a lead and they kept it. Looking forward to game 7. I hope Steph is NOT suspended for throwing the mouthpiece. Let the best players play.

LeBron knew what we was doing when he was basically hinting that he wanted the league to do something about Draymond. As if Draymond's comments were the worst thing ever said on a basketball court. His comments probably weren't even the worst comments said to LeBron by someone in the game. Draymond did put himself at risk when he kept flopping/kicking at/kicking people. But I believe that in this particular situation the league should have let by gones be by gones and just let everyone finish out the series. It's like LeBron/NBA is using this incident to try and buy the Cavs an extra game. Regardless, Cavs are going to lose this series.

I can understand people thinking that Draymond has deserved to be suspended for his various actions this season especially in these playoffs. He has kicked several people, including in the groin area. I think that a lot of this has to do with him excessively flopping/trying to sell a call. I think that this might be more of the case than him being a very dirty player. But I actually don't think that Draymond should have been suspended for this game. Just let him and the rest of the guys play. I don't think that him mouthing off with LeBron, doing some trash talking is really a big deal. It looked like he may have went near LeBron's groin area, BUT LeBron did step over him. In a situation like this, I just think that the official should let things go and let the teams finish up this series. This move by the league to suspend Draymond right now, IMO makes it look like they are catering to LeBron/trying to extend this series.

The Thunder can do it, if they become mentally tougher. They are about the only ones that are capable of beating the Warriors right now. Warriors are a great team and are so very deep. They are the type of team that could win like 5 championships within a decade. (Maybe more frequently than that.). At the very least I could see them winning three or four within the next few years. I don't think that the Cavs don't care, it just they aren't good enough to beat the Warriors. There are people, (many reporters) that were under the assumption that any team with LeBron can automatically win a championship. And we're finding out that isn't the case. LeBron is one of the greatest players in the world, but he can't do it on his own. It feels like that is what he's trying to do right now. This situation also continues to highlight the weak state of the East. Maybe some East teams can snag away a few players from the West like Blake Griffin or even someone like Dwight Howard to help make them more competitive. Kevin Durant needs to stay in Oklahoma, for the time being though. He'd have an easier path to the finals in the East, but there isn't any team in the east that is a better team for him than the Thunder.

If Cavs lose this series, where do they go from here? Especially if they are swept or only win a game. Their team isn’t good enough to beat the Warriors or probably several teams in the West for a championship. Yet, this is the team that LeBron wanted. He got Andrew Wiggins traded, and got Kevin Love to come to Cleveland. He made sure the owner overpaid both Love and Tristian Thompson. He helped facilitate David Blatt’s exit, even though the team was #1 in the East under Blatt. He made all of these moves and his team probably will lose again this year, with a healthier squad than last year’s. I don’t know what this Cavs team can do in the offseason to make this team better. Honestly, I think LeBron should not have jumped ship from Miami as quickly as he did. He went to four straight finals with them and was only one year removed from a championship win, when he decided to go back to Cleveland. I think he should have given Miami at least one more year to make that team better. That squad was better than this Cavs squad.

That is the thing with Westbrook, he probably is always going to a lot of really great things and some things that make you want to yell at the tv screen. I think he does more good than bad, but the rushed shots did hurt the Thunder tonight. Kudos to Adams for his effort and Dion Waters for showing up and trying to get something going. As far as Kevin getting fed up, I think like a few others have mentioned that he might stay with the team. OKC is a pretty good team, they darn near beat the Warriors even with their sloppy play at times. Billy D is cool and made very good adjustments this series. I think Kevin stays. The Grass may not be Greener on the other side. And he will most assuredly be called a ring chaser if he goes and joins up with the Warriors like it’s being speculated that he might. I would also barf if he joined with the Spurs, just no…and joining up with those types of teams could hurt parity in the NBA. K-Love is the one I don't trust too much. Is he going to play Houdini at times in this series, like he has in the before? The Cavs can't afford to have him disappear at all. At least Kyrie with his faults will try and take over to a degree if needed, and can score a bunch of points. K-Love disappears at times and can definitely be a liability on defense. And who else can the team lean on? Streaky JR Smith? Hmm... The Cavs are going to really have to be on their A-game if they want to win the chip against the Warriors. People say they don't want LeBron to lose in another finals, but uh... I don't know. At least he got two rings already, lol. Maybe Cleveland can hope that the Warriors are worn out from this slugfest with the Thunder.

Pretty much. No doubt the Warriors will be favored over the Cavs by a lot of people. Thunder would have favored over them too. Wouldn’t shock me in the least if the Warrior are repeat champions. The Cavs are healthier this year, but Warriors still seem like the the better team. Beat the Cavs in their matchups during regular season. And now they have tons of confidence from winning their grueling series against the Thunder. If the Cavs want to win, people like Kevin Love better show their behinds up. Every player they have is needed to beat the warriors and their flurry of three point shooting. The Warriors are 3 point assassins and can overwhelm a team with that. Bummer that the Thunder lost, at times in this series, it looked they had things under control. But they resulted to doing the things that have hurt them in the past. This is a tough loss for them.