So, If The Pacers Do Not Win The East...

[Foster5k]

Do talking heads start questioning Paul George? Will they simply give him a pass, unlike they would do to someone like Lebron.

Also, now that the Pacers seem fairly stacked, if Lebron somehow manages to defeat this juggernaut, will even the biggest Lebron haters finally turn over a new leaf and realize how great Lebron truly is?

[navy]

Do talking heads start questioning Paul George? Will they simply give him a pass, unlike they would do to someone like Lebron.

Also, now that the Pacers seem fairly stacked, if Lebron somehow manages to defeat this juggernaut, will even the biggest Lebron haters finally turn over a new leaf and realize how great Lebron truly is?
Paul George is not on that level.

Durant is the only one who has to win the title this year. Outside of Lebron of course.

[All Net]

huh? Miami are still the favourites till beaten. They are the back to back champions.

Indy just have a great shot to beat them. George is only 23. His best years are ahead of him as are the Pacers. They have a young core.

[KyleKong]

huh? Miami are still the favourites till beaten. They are the back to back champions.

Indy just have a great shot to beat them. George is only 23. His best years are ahead of him as are the Pacers. They have a young core.

This.

[leMVP]

Imagine George reaching the finals within that stacked team.

And compare to Lebron's 2007 trip to the finals.

[PistonsFan#21]

huh? Miami are still the favourites till beaten. They are the back to back champions.

Indy just have a great shot to beat them. George is only 23. His best years are ahead of him as are the Pacers. They have a young core.

Wasn't Lebron James 22 years old when he lead his team to the Finals and lost to a proven and solid Spurs team? im pretty sure he got alot of criticism and hate that year and didnt get no pass for being young.

Paul George's team is way more stacked this year and his road to the finals is even easier (other than Miami)

[oarabbus]

Imagine George reaching the finals within that stacked team.

And compare to Lebron's 2007 trip to the finals.


No one ever said LeBron isn't way, way, way better than PG :confusedshrug:

And if they did they're dumb

[moe94]

People literally argued PG was better than Durant the first few weeks of the season. Where are these clowns now?

[All Net]

Wasn't Lebron James 22 years old when he lead his team to the Finals and lost to a proven and solid Spurs team? im pretty sure he got alot of criticism and hate that year and didnt get no pass for being young.

Paul George's team is way more stacked this year and his road to the finals is even easier (other than Miami)

Only complete idiots hated him for that run. What he did was amazing.

Fact is Alot may fancy Indy to win but until Miami are beaten they are the team to beat.

[ArbitraryWater]

People literally argued PG was better than Durant the first few weeks of the season. Where are these clowns now?

Well KD shot like 46% the first 10 something games so I could totally understand it. George played much better defense and all around game was pretty even with Pacers having a better record.

Of course by now its KD by a landslide.

[JT123]

Let's be honest, no star will ever get the level of criticism Lebron got in 2011. It says a lot about how screwed up this country is when people criticize a guy more for doing a TV special than they do a guy who was accused of rape. :facepalm
Even if you believe Kobe was innocent he still cheated on his wife and embarrassed his daughters. :coleman:

[no pun intended]

People literally argued PG was better than Durant the first few weeks of the season. Where are these clowns now?
People did? I wanna read.

[SexSymbol]

Let's be honest, no star will ever get the level of criticism Lebron got in 2011. It says a lot about how screwed up this country is when people criticize a guy more for doing a TV special than they do a guy who was accused of rape. :facepalm
Even if you believe Kobe was innocent he still cheated on his wife and embarrassed his daughters. :coleman:
Kobe after rape case, and it's not even close in anyway.
He lost sponsors, his coach turned on him because of the case resembling a similar situation with his daughter, his teammates turned on him. Public completely lost it.
Meanwhile, LeBron was still loved by his teammates, coaches, no sponsor fired him, and only the public made fun of him, deservingly so.

[Bandito]

Only complete idiots hated him for that run. What he did was amazing.

Fact is Alot may fancy Indy to win but until Miami are beaten they are the team to beat.
this

[ihoopallday]

Let's be honest, no star will ever get the level of criticism Lebron got in 2011. It says a lot about how screwed up this country is when people criticize a guy more for doing a TV special than they do a guy who was accused of rape. :facepalm
Even if you believe Kobe was innocent he still cheated on his wife and embarrassed his daughters. :coleman:

LeBron did bring a lot of heat onto himself (no pun intended) with all the preseason celebrations and stuff. Especially with his comments after they lost in the finals. However, a lot of people were just hating on him because it was the cool thing to do.

[moe94]

Kobe after rape case, and it's not even close in anyway.
He lost sponsors, his coach turned on him because of the case resembling a similar situation with his daughter, his teammates turned on him. Public completely lost it.
Meanwhile, LeBron was still loved by his teammates, coaches, no sponsor fired him, and only the public made fun of him, deservingly so.

:roll:

[JT123]

LeBron did bring a lot of heat onto himself (no pun intended) with all the preseason celebrations and stuff. Especially with his comments after they lost in the finals. However, a lot of people were just hating on him because it was the cool thing to do.
Shaq did a pre season celebration and guaranteed a title when he came to Miami. I don't remember anyone hating on him. :confusedshrug:
Besides, Lebron was asked a question about winning championships. What was he supposed to say? "Well, if we work really hard and are lucky we might be able to win 1." :rolleyes:

[SexSymbol]

:roll:
Was that a pun? I dunno, i'm obviously not a native speaker of english language, please explain what's so funny

[SexSymbol]

Shaq did a pre season celebration and guaranteed a title when he came to Miami. I don't remember anyone hating on him. :confusedshrug:
Besides, Lebron was asked a question about winning championships. What was he supposed to say? "Well, if we work really hard and are lucky we might be able to win 1." :rolleyes:
Shaq delivered.

[moe94]

Was that a pun? I dunno, i'm obviously not a native speaker of english language, please explain what's so funny

LeBron was heavily criticized and scorned. I'd say it was comparable, at worst.

[Warfan]

Shaq delivered.

And LeBron didn't? Unless you mean when he was with Cleveland but I don't see why people would actually hate a guy for saying he wants win a championship

[poido123]

Nope, George should not get a pass.

Has been playing with this core for years(with a few changes) and the team is stacked and good enough to beat Miami.

There are no excuses.

[Tmuston Beltics]

According to Vegas, Miami and Pacers are pretty much as likely to win it all right now.

[Frozen1]

Paul George is a no one.

He will not receive criticism because no one cares about him.

The guy can't average 25 points and people call him a superstar.

Bullshit overreaction.

[JT123]

And LeBron didn't? Unless you mean when he was with Cleveland but I don't see why people would actually hate a guy for saying he wants win a championship
Exactly. Kobe once said he wanted a ring for each finger on his hand and all anyone ever said was "What a fierce competitor."
Lebron essentially says the same thing and everyone is like "What a diva, he thinks he should be handed eight rings!" :rolleyes:

[ispin69]

Pacers CHOKED last year. No one called them out.

[melih69]

Paul George is a no one.

He will not receive criticism because no one cares about him.

The guy can't average 25 points and people call him a superstar.

Bullshit overreaction.
this. the league was trying to hard to make him the next superstar. ain't gonna happen.

[TMT]

I don't see how the Pacers aren't the favorites at this point as long as they are completely healthy. Yes, Miami is the back-to-back champ and the East goes through them supposedly, but Indy with HCA + not one, but two quality bigs that can expose their biggest flaw is pretty hard not to favor. Not to mention the Pacers are among the elite defensive teams in the league, have guys to matchup with the Heat at every position, and now have the best bench in the league to go along with it.

Another argument could be that Miami after two championship runs is just running on fumes at this point. I know, it's so overused but has some validity to it. :confusedshrug:

[stephanieg]

Implying PG is the most impactful player. I'd be way more worried if Hibbert went down. And when we lose, it's probably because Hibbert fouled out or had one of his 3/12 games.

[Is He Ill]

Nope, George should not get a pass.

Has been playing with this core for years(with a few changes) and the team is stacked and good enough to beat Miami.

There are no excuses.

That's just ridiculous. How the hell can you start questioning Paul George after his first full season as the bona-fide number one guy on his team? He's also improved immensely since last year.

[Lebron23]

Paul George is a no one.

He will not receive criticism because no one cares about him.

The guy can't average 25 points and people call him a superstar.

Bullshit overreaction.

This.

Last year He choked in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference Finals. And No one gave a $hit.

[AintNoSunshine]

Paul George is not on that level.

Durant is the only one who has to win the title this year. Outside of Lebron of course.


Yes.

By the way if Pacers still do not get pass Heat at this point it's simply a failure on the entire team, who would have to choke hard to still lose to the same team with so much upgrades.

[Ancient Legend]

Dat defense:

http://i.imgur.com/OtpS4TQ.gif

[InspiredLebowski]

This is retarded thread. People're acting like the Heat are a 48 win team or something w/o the best player on the planet. You guys are weird.

Cool to have a 23 year old that spurs threads like this though I guess.