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Infobox

In the infobox, the west team is automatically set in bold and above the east team. Do we know of a way to adjust this? Infinite mission (talk) 06:37, 21 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

This has been fixed. Johnny Au _{(talk/contributions)} 01:29, 27 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

New, trimmer Infobox

Moved to Wikipedia talk:WikiProject National Basketball Association § Finals infobox

– More centralized location.—Bagumba (talk) 12:21, 11 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I made an edit to replace the infobox with one that to me seems to only include pertinent information, appropriate for an infobox. I'd like to get some opinions. Infinite mission (talk) 03:43, 11 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

About Game 6's half-time performance

According to billboard.com, G-Eazy showed up at Game 6's half-time performance, should we put this on Game 6's session? -- BrandNew Jim Zhang (talk) 12:20, 14 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I'd say it's WP:UNDUE, unlike the Super Bowl halftime.—Bagumba (talk) 15:46, 14 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed. The Super Bowl is a single game usually held at a neutral site, while the NBA Finals have a minimum of four games and a maximum of seven games. Johnny Au _{(talk/contributions)} 00:31, 8 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Nationality

I note that Roster entries under the From heading usually name the U.S. college a player attended. I wonder if that heading should be renamed or at least clarified. If a non-U.S. player didn't attend a U.S. college, the player's nation of birth is listed. But if a non-U.S. player did attend a U.S. college, that becomes the entry, suggesting that the player is U.S.-born. For example, the Raptor Chris Boucher says he's "from" Oregon, while in fact he was born in St. Lucia in the Caribbean and is a Canadian citizen, with his home in Montreal. Whatcha think? Will-o-the-west (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 18:53, 14 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

i think it's less a matter of where they're "from", it's who their alma maters are. since the NBA drafts from US schools specifically, no one rly cares if someone is from germany or estonia BEFORE COLLEGE.

the only players listed like that are those who didn't go to US schools. i have no problem in changing them to "UStockholm" or "Nairobi Tech" or w/e, but again, maybe it's b/c such places aren't relevent to the DRAFTING process?

that said, NHL lists everyone by "birthplace", and doesn't even MENTION their colleges! a little consistency WOULD be nice.... 173.9.95.217 (talk) 22:13, 17 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

To be fair, most NHL players have never attended an American college. Johnny Au _{(talk/contributions)} 00:24, 1 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Will-o-the-west: Listing by college is fairly common in the US for NBA and NFL listings. Perhaps it's something in the spirit of MOS:TIES to follow.—Bagumba (talk) 13:33, 2 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Fair enough. Johnny Au _{(talk/contributions)} 02:26, 13 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

i still find it annoying. 2 sports by alma mater, and 2 sports by birthplace? kinda weird.

and yeah, if we're going by alma mater, someone needs to track down the few foreign colleges involved. just putting a city implies to me the person didn't attend ANY college. which is generally not the case. 173.13.68.229 (talk) 17:47, 25 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

AFAIK, college sports is predominantly a US phenomena. Top-level athletes in other countries play professionally earlier.—Bagumba (talk) 10:29, 1 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Sentence removed

Today, I removed a sentence from the Game 6 section that read, "Kawhi Leonard then decided to leave Toronto to sign with the Los Angeles Clippers." This implies that Kawhi decided then-and-there to move on, which is not true. He certainly did leave for the Clippers, but it was not until weeks later that he signed with them. PK T(alk) 20:47, 23 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]