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Doctor Rivers
02-24-2013, 11:56 AM
http://espn.go.com/nba/truehoop/miamiheat/story/_/id/8979684/nba-miami-heat-10-game-win-streak-keyed-dwyane-wade


We've shown that we're a good team and when it's go time, when it's time to put it all on the line, we feel we're the best team out there. When we're playing at our best, we're the best team in the league.

:confusedshrug: :confusedshrug:

Budadiiii
02-24-2013, 12:01 PM
The Thunder will be 2013 champs. Bookmark this. The Heat will choke in the Finals ala 2011. Durant FMVP.

goldenryan
02-24-2013, 12:03 PM
Anything can happen. The heat only need one of the big three to come down with an injury then 4 or 5 other teams have a chance.

ripthekik
02-24-2013, 12:05 PM
lebron should just give up now. he wont climb the ranks no matter how much more rings he wins with this stacked team.

lilgodfather1
02-24-2013, 12:11 PM
lebron should just give up now. he wont climb the ranks no matter how much more rings he wins with this stacked team.
2 FMVP + 4 MVP >>>>>>> 2 FMVP + 1 (undeserved) MVP (seriously CP3 was screwed) /thread.

lebeast666
02-24-2013, 12:13 PM
lebron should just give up now. he wont climb the ranks no matter how much more rings he wins with this stacked team.

passing your boy on the all time this year. 4 MVPs 2 FMVPs 2 rings

jrong
02-24-2013, 12:15 PM
I do kind of feel this way, and it has part of me hoping they lose. The Heat's combination of talent at the top of the roster is almost unprecedented.

In 2011, Wade was widely considered a top 3 player. So two of the world's top three players decided to join forces, and they added a top 15 player for good measure. Then they used that talent mass as a magnet to attract a championship cast, with many of the players playing for discounts in order to chase rings.

It kind of doesn't seem right, actually.

Budadiiii
02-24-2013, 12:21 PM
2 FMVP + 4 MVP >>>>>>> 2 FMVP + 1 (undeserved) MVP (seriously CP3 was screwed) /thread.
5 > .5 though :D

lilgodfather1
02-24-2013, 12:34 PM
5 > .5 though :D
If LeBron's ring counts for .5, then Kobes first 3 count as .2 because he played on stacked teams, AND he wasn't the best player.

2.6 rings.

Detroit
02-24-2013, 12:41 PM
The only team in the league that can cause them problems are the Indiana Pacers. Other than the Pacers, I don't think there's another team that can stop them.

red1
02-24-2013, 12:43 PM
lebron should just give up now. he wont climb the ranks no matter how much more rings he wins with this stacked team.
u hurt?

ripthekik
02-24-2013, 12:43 PM
If LeBron's ring counts for .5, then Kobes first 3 count as .2 because he played on stacked teams, AND he wasn't the best player.

2.6 rings.
what stacked, other than shaq?
:confusedshrug:

anyway, no matter how you add it, still more than 0.5 :roll: :roll:

talkingconch
02-24-2013, 12:48 PM
If LeBron's ring counts for .5, then Kobes first 3 count as .2 because he played on stacked teams, AND he wasn't the best player.

2.6 rings.
what a retard :roll: :roll:

HiphopRelated
02-24-2013, 01:02 PM
I do kind of feel this way, and it has part of me hoping they lose. The Heat's combination of talent at the top of the roster is almost unprecedented.

In 2011, Wade was widely considered a top 3 player. So two of the world's top three players decided to join forces, and they added a top 15 player for good measure. Then they used that talent mass as a magnet to attract a championship cast, with many of the players playing for discounts in order to chase rings.

It kind of doesn't seem right, actually.
GTFOH

It's our time to shine

Lakers and Celtics had the 80s, Bulls had the 90s, this is our era...hope they lose? You must be out of your damn mind

Stuckey
02-24-2013, 01:06 PM
league is boring now

mostly because Dwight Howard has no balls

SCdac
02-24-2013, 01:11 PM
"nobody can beat them"? that's what people thought about this team...

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Hkd23vhqe74/TfWDP87EfQI/AAAAAAAAAr8/hODFzpHRN-Q/s1600/mavs.jpg

Look, I'm a part of the "Heat have by far the best chance to win" club too

Mr. Incredible
02-24-2013, 01:13 PM
:FeelsGoodMan:

IGOTGAME
02-24-2013, 01:13 PM
Anything but a title is a huge disappointment. They have by far the best team. It really isn't close.

PJR
02-24-2013, 01:14 PM
Spurs can beat us. Outside of that, don't see it.

2010splash
02-24-2013, 01:16 PM
Might as well.

CP3MVP
02-24-2013, 01:19 PM
2013 is an odd year. The Spurs will probably win it.

99, 03, 05, 07, 13

SilkkTheShocker
02-24-2013, 01:21 PM
Spurs aren't beating Miami. I could see them losing to the Lakers if they get the 8th seed.

HEAT111
02-24-2013, 01:29 PM
[QUOTE=SCdac]"nobody can beat them"? that's what people thought about this team...

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Hkd23vhqe74/TfWDP87EfQI/AAAAAAAAAr8/hODFzpHRN-Q/s1600/mavs.jpg

Look, I'm a part of the "Heat have by far the best chance to win" club too

CP3MVP
02-24-2013, 01:31 PM
The only way they can lose, if a team beats them now after they have already won one.

Huh?

You're saying SCdac is being ignorant for saying anything can happen and it's not a guarantee that Miami wins?

Nero Tulip
02-24-2013, 01:33 PM
The Spurs are just better. Miami could win but it's not likely.

SilkkTheShocker
02-24-2013, 01:35 PM
The 2011 Heat and 2013 Heat are totally different. The 2013 has an actual bench, improved LeBron, and an actual offensive system. The 2011 Heat was just Lebron and Wade taking turns going off. And they had no bench at all. Not to mention Mike Bibby starting at PG. There isn't a team in the league that can beat them 4x times in a 7 game series. Sorry if im not totally sold on the Spurs. But they need to shed the regular season team label they have had the last few seasons.

Ne 1
02-24-2013, 01:36 PM
2 FMVP + 4 MVP >>>>>>> 2 FMVP

5 rings by an MVP winner > 1 ring by an MVP winner.

Kobe was deserving of MVP in 2006 when he didn't win it and was well deserving of it in 2008 as well despite what you say.

Besides number of MVPs isn't really all that significant since it's a media driven award. I think of MVP winners of more like a club... if you're truly great, you'll more than likely get at least 1 MVP but it's not really about how many you win. Not to mention the media tends to boycott those whom they don't like very much after that first MVP, or absolutely wait until the last second to give them one...and they will hand it out multiple times to people they just like personally i.e. Steve Nash or will award it to whoever the best "story of the year" is i.e. Allen Iverson. Shaq, Kobe and Hakeem all only have 1 MVP but have multiple rings which is part of why they're considered to be top 10 players in NBA history, while Moses Malone isn't despite having 3 MVPs he only has 1 ring. Being an MVP winner + number of rings is what get's you recognition.

So while being an MVP is important, number of rings by MVP winners is the standard of which most are judged, not the other way around. Otherwise Moses's 3 MVPs, 1 title would be top 10 all time and he would be ranked ahead of Hakeem, Kobe, Shaq and on par with Magic and Bird. But he's not. In all number of MVPs is just pretty much a popularity vote. If the media doesn't like you, good luck winning more than 1. But there is nothing the media can do to stop an MVP winner from winning multiple championships.

SilkkTheShocker
02-24-2013, 01:39 PM
The Spurs are just better. Miami could win but it's not likely.

Its very likely that Miami would win. The Spurs window closed when Duncan left his prime.

SilkkTheShocker
02-24-2013, 01:40 PM
5 rings by an MVP winner > 1 ring by an MVP winner.

Kobe was deserving of MVP in 2006 when he didn't win it and was well deserving of it in 2008 as well despite what you say.

Besides number of MVPs isn't really all that significant since it's a media driven award. I think of MVP winners of more like a club... if you're truly great, you'll more than likely get at least 1 MVP but it's not really about how many you win. Not to mention the media tends to boycott those whom they don't like very much after that first MVP, or absolutely wait until the last second to give them one...and they will hand it out multiple times to people they just like personally i.e. Steve Nash or will award it to whoever the best "story of the year" is i.e. Allen Iverson. Shaq, Kobe and Hakeem all only have 1 MVP but have multiple rings which is part of why they're considered to be top 10 players in NBA history, while Moses Malone isn't despite having 3 MVPs he only has 1 ring. Being an MVP winner + number of rings is what get's you recognition.

So while being an MVP is important, number of rings by MVP winners is the standard of which most are judged, not the other way around. Otherwise Moses's 3 MVPs, 1 title would be top 10 all time and he would be ranked ahead of Hakeem, Kobe, Shaq and on par with Magic and Bird. But he's not. In all number of MVPs is just pretty much a popularity vote. If the media doesn't like you, good luck winning more than 1. But there is nothing the media can do to stop an MVP winner from winning multiple championships.


7th seed. They give Kobe the MVP in 2006, than they have to change the whole criteria for handing out the award.

wagexslave
02-24-2013, 01:43 PM
"Super Teams" ruin the league.

I like parity.

HiphopRelated
02-24-2013, 01:47 PM
"Super Teams" ruin the league.

I like parity.
You like something that has never existed, so wrong league

Ne 1
02-24-2013, 01:48 PM
he wasn't the best player.


Yeah, the consensus during those years was that Shaq was the best player in the NBA, but if you try using that to discredit Kobe then you also have to remember that the consensus was that Kobe was the second best player in the league starting around the 2001 playoffs. The gap was much larger in 2000, but Kobe was still a top 10 player in the league and the best shooting guard in the league. Kobe's performances and level of play during the 2001 and 2002 playoffs was better than some championship team's first option which is why you can't just judge rings as "first option rings" or "second option rings" without context. Sorry but labeling Kobe's rings in 2001 and 2002 as "not the best player on his team" doesn't do his level of play justice and is diminishing what he actually was ... it was far more a two headed monster in LA in 2001/2002 than it was just Shaq, and his little side-kick Robin aka Kobe Bryant like Kobe haters like to believe.

Clifton
02-24-2013, 01:48 PM
The Heat's combination of talent at the top of the roster is almost unprecedented.
Hardly. The 00s Lakers had 2 top 5 players; the 90s Bulls had two top 5 players; the 80s Lakers had two top 5 players (plus a number one pick and HOFer tacked on to that) and the 80s Celtics had three top "something" players (top ten? fifteen? I'm not sure how Parish and McHale ranked at that point).

The Heat meanwhile have the best player, another player toward the bottom of the top 8, and another player toward the bottom of the top 20. They have no center and no point guard. Ray Allen has been about as good and no better than any other starter-ish 2 guard would have been and Rashard Lewis doesn't play. Shane Battier and Joel are offensive nonfactors (in fact liabilities except for Battier's wide open 3s, which he manages to make fewer than 40% of) and they're one of the worst rebounding and interior defensive teams in the league.

Their two best players are the same player and neither of them are very effective outside of fifteen feet. Their third best player is 7 feet tall and is not very effective *inside* of fifteen feet.

I used to think the Heat were too stacked, that the Lakers were, that the 08 Celtics were... but they're really not. That just play great team basketball and have great roleplayers and a couple great stars. How can we ask that our top teams be made any differently? We've proven time and time again you can't just stack a ton of great players and win a title (remember Hakeem + Chuck + Pip? How about Howard + Bryant + Gasol + Nash?). You have to have a team, and your top players are only one part of that dynamic. (And, as the 04 Pistons proved, a totally unnecessary one.)

Derka
02-24-2013, 01:49 PM
Yes. Everybody should give up, especially because ESPN says so and they're always right.

Mr. Jabbar
02-24-2013, 01:54 PM
If the refs dont favor the heat i can see at least 7 teams beating them.

SilkkTheShocker
02-24-2013, 01:58 PM
"Super Teams" ruin the league.

I like parity.


The NBA hasn't had parity in awhile. From 99 until 2010 it mostly Spurs and Lakers taking turns winning titles. The 90s belonged to the Bulls.

Clifton
02-24-2013, 01:59 PM
If the refs dont favor the heat i can see at least 7 teams beating them.
I too am struck by how *beatable* the Heat actually are.

They're like the Spurs. The Spurs have the best record in the L come playoff time every year it seems. Yet nobody actually favors them over the Thunder. The Heat are beating up on today's weak league by getting a lot of fastbreaks and Lebron never has to take any shots outside of the paint and it all looks so easy... but guess what... a 7 game series with the Pacers is not going to be that easy. This is not a team that has consistently responded well to challenges. They did often enough last year to get the title, beating an old and battered Celtics team barely in 7 games, and an inexperienced Thunder team whose core was all under 24. (And that series could have gone a lot differently too if not for a fairly egregious no-call.) The Heat can lose to anyone good.

I think they'll just pull out another title, but it won't be a breeze. No way.

SilkkTheShocker
02-24-2013, 02:07 PM
I too am struck by how *beatable* the Heat actually are.

They're like the Spurs. The Spurs have the best record in the L come playoff time every year it seems. Yet nobody actually favors them over the Thunder. The Heat are beating up on today's weak league by getting a lot of fastbreaks and Lebron never has to take any shots outside of the paint and it all looks so easy... but guess what... a 7 game series with the Pacers is not going to be that easy. This is not a team that has consistently responded well to challenges. They did often enough last year to get the title, beating an old and battered Celtics team barely in 7 games, and an inexperienced Thunder team whose core was all under 24. (And that series could have gone a lot differently too if not for a fairly egregious no-call.) The Heat can lose to anyone good.

I think they'll just pull out another title, but it won't be a breeze. No way.

Nice job coming off as a biased little b.itch. You do know the Thunder played in the WCF the season before, right? And the Heat were missing Bosh for most of the Celtics series. Not to mention Wade had knee injury the whole playoffs. And using the refs to defend OKC is a joke. Durant gets the most love from the refs out of any superstar in the league

Ne 1
02-24-2013, 02:16 PM
7th seed. They give Kobe the MVP in 2006, than they have to change the whole criteria for handing out the award.

Well if you don't think leading your team with a lineup of Smush Parker, Luke Walton, Lamar Odom and Kwame Brown to the playoffs with 45 wins (0-2 in the games without him) in the most stacked conference in NBA history while putting up 36/5/5/2 on 56 TS% 45 FG% isn't deserving of MVP then I don't know what to tell you.

LoneyROY7
02-24-2013, 02:19 PM
Will bump when the Clippers win the championship.

Ne 1
02-24-2013, 02:22 PM
Hardly. The 00s Lakers had 2 top 5 players; the 90s Bulls had two top 5 players; the 80s Lakers had two top 5 players (plus a number one pick and HOFer tacked on to that) and the 80s Celtics had three top "something" players (top ten? fifteen? I'm not sure how Parish and McHale ranked at that point).

The Heat meanwhile have the best player, another player toward the bottom of the top 8, and another player toward the bottom of the top 20. They have no center and no point guard. Ray Allen has been about as good and no better than any other starter-ish 2 guard would have been and Rashard Lewis doesn't play. Shane Battier and Joel are offensive nonfactors (in fact liabilities except for Battier's wide open 3s, which he manages to make fewer than 40% of) and they're one of the worst rebounding and interior defensive teams in the league.

Their two best players are the same player and neither of them are very effective outside of fifteen feet. Their third best player is 7 feet tall and is not very effective *inside* of fifteen feet.

I used to think the Heat were too stacked, that the Lakers were, that the 08 Celtics were... but they're really not. That just play great team basketball and have great roleplayers and a couple great stars. How can we ask that our top teams be made any differently? We've proven time and time again you can't just stack a ton of great players and win a title (remember Hakeem + Chuck + Pip? How about Howard + Bryant + Gasol + Nash?). You have to have a team, and your top players are only one part of that dynamic. (And, as the 04 Pistons proved, a totally unnecessary one.)

Relative to league average, LeBron might have the best offensive supporting cast in history.

Top 2 SG/Top 6-7 player in Wade.
Top 5 PF/Top 15 player in Bosh.

And a ridiculous amount of excellent shooters to space the floor for him:
Ray Allen (4.0 3PA/42%)
Chalmers (3.4 3PA/40%)
Battier (4.5 3PA/41%)
Lewis (2.1 3PA/42%)
Miller (3.8 3PA/39%)

Absolutely insane. If you were going to create the perfect offensive supporting cast for a perimeter superstar, this would be it.

They're easily one of the most talented team ever.

They have two superstars who are both already top five at their position of all-time along with another franchisee caliber player/borderline HOFer.

Wade is a top 25 - 30 guy of all-time. And they have a perennial elite PF who is top five at his position standing within the league.

SilkkTheShocker
02-24-2013, 02:23 PM
Well if you don't think leading your team with a lineup of Smush Parker, Luke Walton, Lamar Odom and Kwame Brown to the playoffs with 45 wins (0-2 in the games without him) in the most stacked conference in NBA history while putting up 36/5/5/2 on 56 TS% 45 FG% isn't deserving of MVP then I don't know what to tell you.


7th seed.

Jolokia
02-24-2013, 02:44 PM
*subject to health and match up

If the finals came down to either the Grizzlies, Spurs, or maybe the Lakers vs the Heat, I'd be somewhat worried for Miami. Those are the only teams I can see taking 3 of 7 and 4 if they have their best game of the entire year. I don't see anyone of those going past the Thunder though.......well, possibly the Spurs...they will miss Harden vs Ginobili.

I can't see OKC or the Clips beating the Heat yet. Maybe next year.

jrong
02-24-2013, 03:29 PM
Hardly. The 00s Lakers had 2 top 5 players; the 90s Bulls had two top 5 players; the 80s Lakers had two top 5 players (plus a number one pick and HOFer tacked on to that) and the 80s Celtics had three top "something" players (top ten? fifteen? I'm not sure how Parish and McHale ranked at that point).

The Heat meanwhile have the best player, another player toward the bottom of the top 8, and another player toward the bottom of the top 20. They have no center and no point guard. Ray Allen has been about as good and no better than any other starter-ish 2 guard would have been and Rashard Lewis doesn't play. Shane Battier and Joel are offensive nonfactors (in fact liabilities except for Battier's wide open 3s, which he manages to make fewer than 40% of) and they're one of the worst rebounding and interior defensive teams in the league.

Their two best players are the same player and neither of them are very effective outside of fifteen feet. Their third best player is 7 feet tall and is not very effective *inside* of fifteen feet.

I used to think the Heat were too stacked, that the Lakers were, that the 08 Celtics were... but they're really not. That just play great team basketball and have great roleplayers and a couple great stars. How can we ask that our top teams be made any differently? We've proven time and time again you can't just stack a ton of great players and win a title (remember Hakeem + Chuck + Pip? How about Howard + Bryant + Gasol + Nash?). You have to have a team, and your top players are only one part of that dynamic. (And, as the 04 Pistons proved, a totally unnecessary one.)

How they were assembled matters. This team was not built through the draft or trades or even the normal process of free agency.

This was a case where the top three players in a free agent bonanza year were guilty of collusion. And for two of them, it was tantamount to if, in the 80s, two out of three among Jordan/Johnson/Bird had decided to team up, because the Heat inarguably had two of the best three players in the world when they formed.

k0kakw0rld
02-24-2013, 03:38 PM
I too am struck by how *beatable* the Heat actually are.

They're like the Spurs. The Spurs have the best record in the L come playoff time every year it seems. Yet nobody actually favors them over the Thunder. The Heat are beating up on today's weak league by getting a lot of fastbreaks and Lebron never has to take any shots outside of the paint and it all looks so easy... but guess what... a 7 game series with the Pacers is not going to be that easy. This is not a team that has consistently responded well to challenges. They did often enough last year to get the title, beating an old and battered Celtics team barely in 7 games, and an inexperienced Thunder team whose core was all under 24. (And that series could have gone a lot differently too if not for a fairly egregious no-call.) The Heat can lose to anyone good.

I think they'll just pull out another title, but it won't be a breeze. No way.

:wtf:

EnoughSaid
02-24-2013, 03:39 PM
In 2011, everything went wrong for Miami and everything fell into place for Dallas. Dallas was just ON FIRE, and everyone on the team was hitting shots. Barea, Stevenson, Peja. Everybody. Not something you saw in the regular season. Not to mention Chandler becoming a defensive force and Dirk having one of the greatest series of his life.

With Miami, everything kind of went wrong. That meltdown in game 2 was just brutal. It made me angry, and then upset too. 15 points up and you lose?! Then you had LeBron CHOKE. Completely shy away. Wade was excellent, and they were a couple of plays from going up 3-1 in game 4. If LeBron played a little better, Miami would be going for a three-peat right now and Wade would be with 3 Championships and 2 FMVP's.

2010splash
02-24-2013, 03:45 PM
How they were assembled matters. This team was not built through the draft or trades or even the normal process of free agency.

This was a case where the top three players in a free agent bonanza year were guilty of collusion. And for two of them, it was tantamount to if, in the 80s, two out of three among Jordan/Johnson/Bird had decided to team up, because the Heat inarguably had two of the best three players in the world when they formed.
It would basically be like Jordan teaming up with one of Bird/Magic and McHale.

Relative to his competition, Wade was as good as either Magic or Bird (don't interpret this the wrong way anyone... all it means is that he was a consensus top 2-3 player in 2010).

And Bosh has become hilariously underrated now. Dude was in discussion for best PF in 2010 (certainly no worse than top 3, with only Gasol and Dirk being on his level).

Ne 1
02-24-2013, 03:51 PM
7th seed.

Would have been a top 3 seed in the Leastern Conference.

Ne 1
02-24-2013, 03:52 PM
How they were assembled matters. This team was not built through the draft or trades or even the normal process of free agency.

This was a case where the top three players in a free agent bonanza year were guilty of collusion. And for two of them, it was tantamount to if, in the 80s, two out of three among Jordan/Johnson/Bird had decided to team up, because the Heat inarguably had two of the best three players in the world when they formed.

This. The difference is that the dynasty Celtics, Lakers and Bulls great teams (as well as every other great teams) were all built through the draft and-or luring in veteran players through free agency.

What we have with the Heat is 3 superstar players who are all in their prime that colluded to come together on the same team.

LBJ 23
02-24-2013, 04:20 PM
Heat too stacked?

Look at OKC last Year. Durant top 2 player. Westbrook top 10 player and probably 3-4 best pg in the league. Harden last year was best 6th man in the league although this year we see what kind of potential he actually has. This year Harden is easily top 10 player and don't tell me he improved soooo much from last year. Lets go on, Ibaka best shotblocker in the league and this year he improved his jumper a LOT. So he doesn't give you just defense but also offense.

Yet Miami is too stacked and Lebron is the one who has too much help? :lol

LBJ 23
02-24-2013, 04:38 PM
What we have with the Heat is 3 superstar players who are all in their prime that colluded to come together on the same team.


And every single superstar of the 3 you mentioned gave 7 years to a franchise he was drafted by. And only Miami from 05 and on was able to put contender pieces around Wade. From 08 and on even Wade was in the same situation as Lebron and Bosh were throughout their entire careers, teams they were drafted by couldn't make a true contender for several years. It's not like Lebron or Bosh left their teams after 2 or 3 years when things weren't going their way. They both gave 7 years to their franchises.

And people saying that stacked Lakers teams, Celtics,..were made through drafts. Why do you think it is so important how the team was made? Is NBA some kind of moral, honest business? No.... At the end of the day what matters, when saying one team is too stacked, is what can those 15 players do on the court. And certainly not how the team was assembled.

TheCorporation
02-24-2013, 06:50 PM
u hurt?

:lol

Lebron23
02-24-2013, 06:53 PM
passing your boy on the all time this year. 4 MVPs 2 FMVPs 2 rings


/End Thread.

24r2
02-24-2013, 09:01 PM
Pacers, Knicks and Boston on East alone

Lebron23
02-24-2013, 11:03 PM
Another win


Another day at the office.

Borderlands
02-26-2013, 10:29 PM
Rants about Miami::::::::::::

Miami is not a soft team whereas their closest competitor the Thunder are. When I mean soft I mean that their style of play is soft. Kevin Martin is a shooter. Durant cant post up Lebron. Westbrook is legit but he wont be able to get to the rim and draw fouls on Miami's defense. Miami has a hard style of playing. They cut and slash like crazy with crazy athleticism from Wade and Lebron. they both get to the free throw line often. 3 point shooters that don't shoot too much but just enough to be effective.

The next closest team imo are the clippers. But I don't think they have the athleticism to contend with Wade and James. And again, the Heat are just a tougher team.

SpecialQue
02-26-2013, 10:31 PM
http://espn.go.com/nba/truehoop/miamiheat/story/_/id/8979684/nba-miami-heat-10-game-win-streak-keyed-dwyane-wade



:confusedshrug: :confusedshrug:

This isn't how basketball works. It may seem like a pain in the ass, but they're going to need to play some playoff games and win the finals before they get their rings.

Borderlands
02-26-2013, 10:50 PM
Originally Posted by Doctor Rivers

http://espn.go.com/nba/truehoop/miam...ed-dwyane-wade




Doug Collins says that if a team in the East had two bigs they can pound them inside a little bit. A team that fits that description is Chicago with Noah and Boozer and Taj Gibson. If only DRose can comeback.

Mr. Incredible
02-27-2013, 12:20 AM
Doug Collins says that if a team in the East had two bigs they can pound them inside a little bit. A team that fits that description is Chicago with Noah and Boozer and Taj Gibson. If only DRose can comeback.
Heat in 5.

Borderlands
02-27-2013, 01:06 AM
I doubt Chicago will beat Miami since we'll never know what kind of player Rose will be post-injury.

Reggie Rose did come up with a good point I guess when he said that Chicago didn't make any moves to contend for a championship.

We'll see. Knicks have a great front court and Iman Shumpert who might be guarding Wade shall they meet in the playoffs.

Kingwillball
02-27-2013, 01:21 AM
Pacers in the East can win one maybe 2.. Knicks might get one In the West depends who they Play but knowone is winning more than 2 games because Miami is hands down the best team in the league.

LikeABosh
02-27-2013, 01:25 AM
Heat are just out making statements. Prepare your asshole rest of the NBA. Either lube up and bend over or get the **** outa the way

The Choken One
03-17-2013, 08:30 PM
Summary of this thread: Kobe > LeBron

agreed.

gengiskhan
03-17-2013, 09:03 PM
MIA is poor at rebounding.

I wanna see MIA vs SAS match up in NBA Finals with Parker's healthy ankle.

Spurs are gonna surprise lot of people. MIA is cake walking right now.

I remember 1992 Bulls cake walking through NBA season with 67-15 record & suddenly NYK showed up. If it wasnt for MJ's steller performance. 1992 NYK almost upsetted them.

I think MIA coming into NBA finals will NOT be BATTLE TESTED in Eastern Conf. the way NYK & IND falling apart like a deck of cards.

SAS on the other hand will be BATTLE TESTED by OKC & MEM or DEN whoever!

If SAS push MIA to 7th game, LOOK OUT.

Everyone is sleeping on Popovic, duncan & parker

MIA is in for a surprise.

Doctor Rivers
03-18-2013, 05:56 AM
MIA is poor at rebounding.

I wanna see MIA vs SAS match up in NBA Finals with Parker's healthy ankle.

Spurs are gonna surprise lot of people. MIA is cake walking right now.

I remember 1992 Bulls cake walking through NBA season with 67-15 record & suddenly NYK showed up. If it wasnt for MJ's steller performance. 1992 NYK almost upsetted them.

I think MIA coming into NBA finals will NOT be BATTLE TESTED in Eastern Conf. the way NYK & IND falling apart like a deck of cards.

SAS on the other hand will be BATTLE TESTED by OKC & MEM or DEN whoever!

If SAS push MIA to 7th game, LOOK OUT.

Everyone is sleeping on Popovic, duncan & parker

MIA is in for a surprise.

:lol

They have their own MJ in LeBron