NBA Thread

[Peeps]

someones got some hater-ade in their eyes

[Dr. Van Nostrand]

Indiana will win tonight. Spurs win championship.

The Heat will have a mediocre season next year, not winning again. Lebron will go to Cleveland where the front office will screw everything up and he'll never win another championship. Just my prediction...

What an idiot

[MattA75]

That Kings game was probably the single worst officiated game I've ever seen.

If there was a pro-stars (Miami in this case) conspiracy then why didn't Stern suspend Hibbert? That would pretty much would have gifted Miami the series and it'd have the cover of cracking down on homophobic comments.

because to suspend one team's best and most important player before a game 7 of a Conference Finals who happen to be going against Stern's current binky? He'd have been crucified and it would have tarnished his "legacy"...even Stern isn't THAT stupid

not that it would've mattered anyway...

[4/5]

Why does everyone say 'If Wade isn't injured' like he somehow hasn't been dogshit for quite sometime now? He's looked 'injured' for at least two years now. I don't look at him any different than I do any of Lebron's other lackeys at this point....

Maybe because he was one of only 4 guys in the NBA who averaged 20+ ppg and shot over 50% this season? He was fantastic this year up until about late March and he's been broken since. In fact I'd argue he was the single biggest reason the Heat looked so good during the regular season and that streak specifically. LeBron was obviously otherworldly, but when is he not? Wade, on the other hand FINALLY looked comfortable out there playing alongside LeBron. He was making great decisions, and generally playing better than he has in years. The guy is clearly injured, you can see that he physically cannot do the things that make him great. I wouldn't be surprised if he's more seriously injured than the Heat have let on.

But on the bright side I'm all for anything that means you have to give credit to LeBron.

[Monkey_Driven]

Zach Lowe's preview is up. He does such a great job of highlighting things to watch for...

http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/934 ... nba-finals

[verb_to_trust]

Why does everyone say 'If Wade isn't injured' like he somehow hasn't been dogshit for quite sometime now? He's looked 'injured' for at least two years now. I don't look at him any different than I do any of Lebron's other lackeys at this point....

Maybe because he was one of only 4 guys in the NBA who averaged 20+ ppg and shot over 50% this season? He was fantastic this year up until about late March and he's been broken since. In fact I'd argue he was the single biggest reason the Heat looked so good during the regular season and that streak specifically. LeBron was obviously otherworldly, but when is he not? Wade, on the other hand FINALLY looked comfortable out there playing alongside LeBron. He was making great decisions, and generally playing better than he has in years. The guy is clearly injured, you can see that he physically cannot do the things that make him great. I wouldn't be surprised if he's more seriously injured than the Heat have let on.

But on the bright side I'm all for anything that means you have to give credit to LeBron.

Maybe what I see has more to do with what I have been noticing at the end of the last few seasons during playoff time, when it seems like the Wade is injured argument gets trotted out the most and i'm paying pretty close attention to Miami. I do somewhat recall his stellar play during the streak now that you mention it. What would you put the odds we ever see that player again? I think its a coin flip.

[4/5]

Maybe what I see has more to do with what I have been noticing at the end of the last few seasons during playoff time, when it seems like the Wade is injured argument gets trotted out the most and i'm paying pretty close attention to Miami. I do somewhat recall his stellar play during the streak now that you mention it. What would you put the odds we ever see that player again? I think its a coin flip.

I think we'll see him like that again, but I'm not so sure we'll see that in the playoffs ever again. You're right that he's always banged up come playoff time. I think if he hopes to be an impact player for another 4-5 seasons he needs to get a consistent jump shot ASAP. After his surgery/rest this summer I really hope he gets into the gym and shoots and shoots and shoots. We've seen that LeBron has been willing to dedicate himself in the offseason to improve his game, but really haven't seen the same from Wade. I hope he realizes that his game needs to evolve or he's not going to be considered a great player for much longer.

[4/5]

There's a part of me (the optimistic part) that thinks after being so effectively contained by Pacers the Heat's 3 point shooters will feel wide open with any sort of space and have a couple really big games. I love that the Spurs aren't a great rebounding team, seeing as that's probably Miami's most explicit weakness. On the other hand, they don't turn the ball over and are one of the few teams I think passes the ball well enough to potentially carve up Miami's pressure defense.

I hope Miami comes out in attack mode like in game 7 and takes the ball to the rim over and over until they get Duncan in foul trouble. I don't care if he blocks 5 in a row, keep attacking. You challenge the bigs enough they will get whistled for fouls.

[Scott]

This is getting close!

[verb_to_trust]

I think we are going to be able to tell a lot about how this series will go based on how the Spurs look tonight. We pretty much know what we are going to get from the Heat (Lebron). If the Spurs look rested, fresh and display the sound decision making they are known for then game on. If not, Heat in 5.

[4/5]

I think we are going to be able to tell a lot about how this series will go based on how the Spurs look tonight. We pretty much know what we are going to get from the Heat (Lebron). If the Spurs look rested, fresh and display the sound decision making they are known for then game on. If not, Heat in 5.

I dunno. The Spurs can drop game 1 and it's not that big a deal. This game is a much bigger deal for the Heat I think.

[verb_to_trust]

The Heat look pretty comfortable tonight.

[Scott]

If DWade shows up for 3 games, the Heat can win this thing...

And why does CB insist on shooting 3's instead of just rebounding? I realize he occasionally hits one, but damn....

[verb_to_trust]

If DWade shows up for 3 games, the Heat can win this thing...

And why does CB insist on shooting 3's instead of just rebounding? I realize he occasionally hits one, but damn....

The Ru Paul of big men hasn't averaged 10 boards a game since he was a Craptor. His 6.8 boards per game this season is a particularly feminine average....

[verb_to_trust]

Stupid play by Danny Green

[EJ]

This has been a great game since the tip off. But LBJ should be asserting himself more. Still kiccking it out to Bosh at the end of the game?

[Harry Lime]

haha. schooled by a frenchy!

[nyquillyn]

The stupid fucking half-time analysts saying the Spurs shouldn't run with the Heat haven't been watching the Spurs this postseason.

[Scott]

I put this loss on Bosh and Spolestra....

[verb_to_trust]

If I'm Miami i'm pretty worried that if I can't beat a 9 days off Spurs team.....I can't beat the Spurs.