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2010-11 NBA Thread

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Miami always plays even-up with the other team in the first half. The Heat's goal is to wear the other team down with superior athleticism and defense. When the second half rolls around, other teams just can't keep up any more. It's a brilliant strategy.

As for the finals, I still think it will be Lakers-Heat.

The Celtics and the Spurs are the only others with a legit chance. All the other teams having great regular seasons have reputations for blowing it in the playoffs when they play teams with sound fundamentals and defense like the 4 I mentioned.

The reason I am picking the Heat and Lakers over the Spurs and Celtics is age. These teams teeth are only getting longer, and since they are busting their ass in the regular season I don't know if they will have anything left come Eastern/Western Conference final time.
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agree with everything you said.

except it will be celtics lakers again, spurs are playing scary good tho while the lakers are just kind of troting along. last year was pretty much the same which kind of pushes one to not read too far into it. I think LA went into the playoffs on a pretty large losing streak last year?

the thing about the spurs is they play great team ball. LA has a hard time against that style of play, but in the end the spurs defence wont be enough to stop the lakers in 7 games

the reason im picking boston over miami is boston hasnt shown any reason why its still not at a championship level and miami hasnt shown that it can beat boston. also I think miami struggles against supremely defensive minded teams like boston. if you can take just one of the big three out it makes it really hard for them to win, and as we know bostons D frustrates lebron, I also think KG frustrates bosh

time will tell. all I know is this has been a great season, cant wait for the playoffs
 
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The reason I am picking the Heat and Lakers over the Spurs and Celtics is age. These teams teeth are only getting longer, and since they are busting their ass in the regular season I don't know if they will have anything left come Eastern/Western Conference final time.
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u sound biased. the lakers are old too. lakers have also "busted their ass" this year more than the other teams u mentioned. theyve been forced to run pau in the ground and will have to fight the spurs/mavs doggedly for a top 2 seed.

a stark contrast from the beginning of the year where everyone just expected LA to roll through the season and coast to top seed.

another thing i should note from the NY-MIA game: a game before the knicks were slicing up Boston's great D, getting quality looks at will. the next night they couldn't contend in the 2nd half v the Heat's suffocating D, and JOEL ANTHONY was shutting down amare.

the heat have had some of the best D in the NBA all year. niggas need to stop sleeping.

Stoudemire’s streak of nine consecutive 30-point games came to an end, primarily because of Heat center Joel Anthony. When guarded by Anthony, Stoudemire was 3-for-12 from the field, including 0-8 with 2 points after the 4:26 mark of the second quarter. When he wasn’t being defended by Anthony, Stoudemire went 8-for-16 from the floor.
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it was also a good test of the hot-hand theory. for those not in the know, it says that the "hot-hand theory" -- that players who make 2-3 shots in a row have a better chance on connecting on their following shots. but the problem, as amare showed, is that players get cocky and start taking lower-qualit shots. amare thought he was superman and kept taking too many 18-20 footers just because he was "feeling" it.

“I was actually more worried about Boston,” says Houston. “I don’t think [the Heat] have an answer for Amare.”

el oh el

btw don't look now but Kyle Lowry is tearing it up for the rockets. 15/8 w/ 3 steals and 2 3s per game this month for the rockets.
 
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I'm trying to be unbiased as best I can. I'm a Heat fan. The Lakers can die in a fire for all I care, I'm just guessing they will make the finals and lose to the Heat. Totally unbiased, of course ;)
 
so hyped off this deal

the current NBA's situation is so fascinating to me because it seems to closely parallel the situation we have here as a country

i think this deal signals the first call to arms:

ALL BETS ARE OFF

look at it! we had our first deal so early in the season!

i think both the owners and players know there's gonna be a lockout. could be a very long one; however much pride for the owners to swallow.

so now teams like OKC have to say, okay, are we preparing pre-CBA or post? for the now or the present?

and that's what's so interesting, because at this moment in time you could argue either way for OKC. save assets and target '11? or bust that nut for '11 and hopefully the next year RIGHT after?

i think they'll go for '11 (edit: nah they wont, they're from the spurs organization. too smart and calculated.) which means we as fans have the best NBA season of all-time to look forward to.

which is another BIG W for the players as far as PR goes, cuz the owners will look stupid locking out after a season as good as this
 
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The Magic and Suns have agreed to a trade that will send Vince Carter, Marcin Gortat, Mickael Pietrus, and a 2011 first-round pick to Phoenix, in exchange for Jason Richardson, Hedo Turkoglu, and Earl Clark.

what the hell? how did the suns get so much stuff?

they got carter (short-term asset), gortat (short- and long-term asset), pietrus (short-term asset) and a late 2011 first-rounder (asset)

they gave

richardson (short-term asset), turkoglu (short-term and long-term liability) and earl clark (liability)

they didn't even lose any leverage! now the suns can still make the playoffs OR sell nash off to the highest bidder

can anyone say bynum for nash?
 
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for real, the magic were willing to give A TON to pheonix for basically just hedo and richardson. I gotta say though richardson is fucking clutch

maybe they're are hoping hedo has been whats missing (only went downhill after trading him), or maybe theyre thinking because they got Gilbert Arenas on offence they could let go of a little more and not have to worry about it.

one thing is for sure, both pheonix and orlando got a lot more interesting to watch.
I think this trade is going to improve both teams once the players adjust.

for record tho, the magic are realllyyy gunna miss gortat, hope howard can stay out of foul trouble.
 
I want to kidnap melo and hold him for ransom and make him stay with the nuggets



anybody saying otherwise should die in a fire

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C'mon Clips, hang in there.




Lol @ LeBron blatantly fouling Hinrich on that last play.. Refs swallowed their whistles.

Oh well Wiz played like a bunch of D-Leaguers, they made some really stupid decisions down the stretch.



Congrats to the Heat though, they beat an 8-16 team without its 2 best players by 1 point.

Contenders, IMO.
 
i think yao ming will stay with the rockets

gonna be really interesting how they build that team around him tho. my question: do they now flip scola?

his value is at his highest. uber efficient scoring PF, tons of experience, etc. on the back-end of the deal he'll be terrible, so now's the time to flip him.

he doesn't fit in with you long-term cuz you can't play yao and scola together.

so:

pg - lowry
sg: kevmart (i think the rockets like him too much to give him up, he's too valuable and they'll work around his flaws unless a great, not good, deal comes their way)
sf: work in progress. they know this but the good news is all they need is a defensive stopper / 3-point shooter. lowry/kmart/yao do the rest
pf: ??? this is where it gets hard, no one wants to trade big for big. who u gonna trade scola for?
c: ming / quality depth. go the SA route cuz yao is your duncan.

the trick is the rockets have the management capabilities to get superb value from their fringe assets (2nd round picks, late 1st, FA draft pickups, etc). and they have all the role-players in place. but they need a star!

what star PF is available? and they need defense more than offense!

it's tough but once they get the right piece, look out

it all depends on how much confidence they have in jordan hill. if he's the real deal, they don't need nobody. if he's not, well. chances are he's a solid rotational piece, but u still need the big kahuna
 
Wow, Rose had a chance to tie it with 2 free throws. Made the first, but then Baron started talking mad shit, looks like he got into his head a bit. His 2nd one was wayyyy short.

2 game winning streak! :D
 
Joe Johnson 09-10 (age 28 )

pts: 21.3
FG: .458%
FGA: 18.2

FTA: 3.5
FT: 818%

3pa: 4.6
3p: .369%

Asts: 4.9
Rebs: 4.6
stls: 1.1
blks: 0.1
TOs: 1.9

MP: 38.0
Games: 76



Michael Jordan 02-03 (age 39/40):
pts: 20.0
FG: .445%
FGA 18.6

FTA: 4.0
FT: .821%

3pa: 0.7
3p: .291

Asts: 3.8
Rebs: 6.1
Stls: 1.5
Blks: 0.5
TOs: 2.1

MP: 37.0
Games: 82, 67 he started
 
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