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Official 2013 NBA Thread vers. flippity floppity

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That would be awesome. I know it's early days yet but it would be a great opportunity for the 76ers if they can get past Boston, which I have decent confidence in them doing
 
if the Indiana Pacers win the East, I would be shitting brix with joy. not because I'm a fan of the Pacers particularly, but it would be the most entertaining outcome for a fan not invested in any teams out here. of course I think the Pacers would get housed in the Finals by a team like the OKC Thunder, it would be great to just see as a fan...

plus, Reggie Miller was a great antagonist back in the day

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it'd be great to see anyone but the heat or celtics win the east. I agree though, I think the west has it wrapped up this year, spurs or OKC would wipe the floor with 3/4 remaining east teams, and would in my books take Miami down
 
I think that the two Best Teams in the West equal the two Best Teams in the East. however, Chicago's Finals hopes were squashed with Derrick Rose's injury and I'm thinking Miami doesn't adjust well to losing Chris Bosh for the season... but these two teams are scary good when all their pieces are at 100 percent, and prophetically enough, both teams have been plagued by injury all season long... despite the advantage of this short NBA season
 
axl blaze said:
if the Indiana Pacers win the East, I would be shitting brix with joy. not because I'm a fan of the Pacers particularly, but it would be the most entertaining outcome for a fan not invested in any teams out here. of course I think the Pacers would get housed in the Finals by a team like the OKC Thunder, it would be great to just see as a fan...

plus, Reggie Miller was a great antagonist back in the day

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As a Knicks fan I'm sure you can imagine the hatred that I had for Reggie Miller when I was growing up. I can respect him a lot more, now that I am older and he is retired. The people in the background of that picture are hilarious though. Do you know if that was from his 8 points in 9 seconds vs the Knicks? I'm not sure if I mentioned it in this thread already but the ESPN documentary Winning Time: Reggie Miller vs the NY Knicks was a great documentary that brought back a lot of memories from back when I was a real basketball fan.
 
Yeh Miami simply can't win a title with Lebron and Wade alone, when the rest of their team might as well not be there. Two men, no matter how good they are, will not win the final against the opposition they'll have to face.
 
yeah the Sixers played horrible last night. Taking too many jump shots. Gotta go at KG and try to get him in foul trouble more.
 
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Yeh Miami simply can't win a title with Lebron and Wade alone, when the rest of their team might as well not be there. Two men, no matter how good they are, will not win the final against the opposition they'll have to face.
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It hasn't been the bench, it's been Wade. I suppose you are over the hill at 30 if you sacrifice your body on every play 82 games a year for 9 seasons. Dude can't string two good games together in a series. Him getting gimpy is the real reason The Heat lost to the Mavs last year, and it is costing us against a decent Pacers team this year. Without Bosh, LeBron's cast is worse than it was in Cleveland, ever. If Wade were still Wade this would be a different team. The bench isn't nearly as bad as they get credit for, and a lot of it is simply due to an overreliance on the streakiness of three-point specialists like Jones (awful season), Miller (awful season), and Battier (god-awful-season).

The thing is, Wade is the glue that holds this team together, so it isn't like we can just trade him while he still has value. If we lose him, we lose LeBron and Bosh. Heat are totally fucked, Wade should retire.
 
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It hasn't been the bench, it's been Wade. I suppose you are over the hill at 30 if you sacrifice your body on every play 82 games a year for 9 seasons. Dude can't string two good games together in a series. Him getting gimpy is the real reason The Heat lost to the Mavs last year, and it is costing us against a decent Pacers team this year. Without Bosh, LeBron's cast is worse than it was in Cleveland, ever. If Wade were still Wade this would be a different team. The bench isn't nearly as bad as they get credit for, and a lot of it is simply due to an overreliance on the streakiness of three-point specialists like Jones (awful season), Miller (awful season), and Battier (god-awful-season).

The thing is, Wade is the glue that holds this team together, so it isn't like we can just trade him while he still has value. If we lose him, we lose LeBron and Bosh. Heat are totally fucked, Wade should retire.
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I don't know. This compressed season has taken out a lot of people with injuries. I mean, it is a valid point. Wade has been throwing himself around for years. He has a championship for it but it's definitely taken its toll on him.

In my opinion, if the Heat lose this series it will be all about Bosh. And not because they lost him, but because they signed him in the first place.
 
Heat role players need to do more. Not even a lot more, just enough to make it look like they shouldnt be in the WNBA

I remember back around the trade deadline when the Celtics were rumored to be shopping their guys around there was a rumor that there would be a trade of Paul Pierce for Andre Iguodala straight up.

Not even sure how to feel about that trade thats a sticky situation
 
i'm a celtics fan but after watching this game, as well as game 1 and 2, the celtics have NO chance of winning the championship. a championship team doesn't let their opponent come out of a hole like that. i predict they win the series then pacers in 4 or 5 next round.
 
treezy z said:
i'm a celtics fan but after watching this game, as well as game 1 and 2, the celtics have NO chance of winning the championship. a championship team doesn't let their opponent come out of a hole like that. i predict they win the series then pacers in 4 or 5 next round.
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Up 17 or 18 in the 3rd then it looked like they aged about 15 years in 2 minutes. What a crappy display of effort (except for Pierce) and Ray Allen isnt hitting anything. A conference finals appearance is the best they can hope for and that is even in doubt right now. I cant even get mad because I dont want to waste my time about it.

Go Thunder, get out that opening hole!
 
I feel that the officiating in the playoffs has been 100% pure bs. The phantom calls and Harden, the lack of 3 second calls on Indiana, etc. etc. etc.

I've watched so many games this season and it has really struck me how the nature of the game has suddenly changed in the playoffs. All it takes is the refs to protect the bigs of a team and put the other team's bigs into foul trouble and the game is over.

Or simply not call fouls on the defenders when a team attacks the rim and you punish them for trying the take the game into the lane - force them to move to jump shots and then the defenders take all the rebounds.

Granted its only the 3rd playoffs I've ever watched but it seems to me as being rigged.
 
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