Nba 2010-2011

Heat looked so much better than the Celtics. Wade was fantastic in the first half & then James took over in the second half, it's almost unfair as if they manage to stop one player they still have to contend with another.

Boston really miss their size but I don't think that will make much difference as the Heat went small & were too quick for the Celtics. One fastbreak in the 3rd quarter summed the game up, Rondo was left on the floor as James dunked the ball with no defender near him willing to take the hard-foul.
 
Cannot fecking believe Lakers have lost the first two games at home. Absolutely shocking performance on both ends of the floor. I hate it when people compare Kobe to Jordan. He is no where even close to Jordan. He is a selfish brat, is what he is!
 
very nice win for the Mavs. big on the D tonight. i used to be a koby hater but not any more. he's an all time great. can't deny that. GO MAVS!
 
what was it 0-15 from three point land. Lakers need to step it up in Dallas for sure. We can still win this but Pau needs to play at an all star level.
 
Lakers are going out of the playoffs, Artest probably suspended for the next game & did Bynum call out Kobe by saying 'we have trust issues'?
 
Desert Eagle said:
what was it 0-15 from three point land. Lakers need to step it up in Dallas for sure. We can still win this but Pau needs to play at an all star level.
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0-2 down, both in home court. The Lakers have the least chance of all 8 teams to advance.. I didn't see that coming..
 
crappycraperson said:
Lakers won't comeback from this. I think Miami are gonna win it this year.
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I'll never watch the NBA again once Miami starts winning titles. To see LeQuit and Posh preening and all is just too much.


adexkola said:
Still expect the Mavs to bottle this (sorry gary)
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If there was a club that could bottle a 2-0 lead going home...

I grew up 45 mins of Dallas and have seen choke jobs far too often from the local sports clubs.
 
adexkola said:
Still expect the Mavs to bottle this (sorry gary)
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MrMarcello said:
I'll never watch the NBA again once Miami starts winning titles. To see LeQuit and Posh preening and all is just too much.




If there was a club that could bottle a 2-0 lead going home...

I grew up 45 mins of Dallas and have seen choke jobs far too often from the local sports clubs.
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oh hell...i'm right there with you guys. i don't trust them anymore than i could cover dirk, but...they've already done better this year than the last few years. they're a work in progress. they're much better on the defensive side of the ball and that's always been their downfall. chandler has changed defensive culture here. if they can knock the lakers out it will be a very good season even if they get knocked out in the next round. that said if they can get past the lakers i think they have a good chance to make some real noise. they handled teams in the east this year and had, i think, the best road record in the nba or close to it. it comes down to defense. if they lose to LA i'll be disappointed but if they get by them they'll be gambling with the house's money as far as i'm concerned.
 
Artest banned for game 3. Deserved it too...absolutely no reason for his flagrant in game 2, and it could be the death blow for the Lakers.

It would be a real shame, despite how they are playing atm, I think they stand the best chance of stopping the Heat in the finals.

Oh well....
 
BTV_is_neutral said:
Artest banned for game 3. Deserved it too...absolutely no reason for his flagrant in game 2, and it could be the death blow for the Lakers.

It would be a real shame, despite how they are playing atm, I think they stand the best chance of stopping the Heat in the finals.

Oh well....
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Miami heat has an AWFUL record against Dallas. (except for the crazy 2006 finals)
 
Danny1982 said:
Miami heat has an AWFUL record against Dallas. (except for the crazy 2006 finals)
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Don't think you can really include the Heat's previous years with this one's. The team underwent a pretty significant transformation last offseason. That said, yes, the Heat were 0-2 against the Mavs this year, but if we're just going by that record, they were 0-3 against the Bulls.
 
Like Excal says...pre Lebron Heat, and the team now, have nothing in common. The same for regular season records. Obviously teams can gain confidence from them...but despite the difference Chandler has made defensively, I don't think the Mavs can stop the Heat.

Dirk and Terry vs Lebron and Wade...that's not a contest.
 
It's true that you can't judge based on the regular season results, but I don't know. I just feel the Lakers are done (not now by the way, since the start of the season). You don't see the hunger in them anymore. Besides, Miami swept the Lakers 2-0 this season (home AND away). I think Boston, Chicago, Dallas and Miami all want the title more than the Lakers, and that makes a world of a difference in the playoffs. I can see Bryant having one more GRRRRREAT game this year, but I don't think it will be enough to carry them all the way for their third.
 
BTV_is_neutral said:
Dirk and Terry
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Am I the only one who thought
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What difference does it make.....Dallas making it to the finals is just going to be 2006 all over again, even more so if NBA lovechild Lebron is there as well as Wade, Dallas didn't choke in 06, and they wouldn't choke in that match up either. It'd just get handed to Heat with like 50 FTs a game.

So saying that, OKC-Bulls if you want the best non-fraud series plz. They'd have no idea which way to throw the game too since both Durant and Rose are studs for the NBA, so they'll just let it be.
 
Zen said:
What difference does it make.....Dallas making it to the finals is just going to be 2006 all over again, even more so if NBA lovechild Lebron is there as well as Wade, Dallas didn't choke in 06, and they wouldn't choke in that match up either. It'd just get handed to Heat with like 50 FTs a game.

So saying that, OKC-Bulls if you want the best non-fraud series plz. They'd have no idea which way to throw the game too since both Durant and Rose are studs for the NBA, so they'll just let it be.
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Durant attempted more free throws than James or Wade during the regular season, and watching Miami in the playoffs this season, James and Wade get denied many foul calls.
 
Zen said:
So saying that, OKC-Bulls if you want the best non-fraud series plz. They'd have no idea which way to throw the game too since both Durant and Rose are studs for the NBA, so they'll just let it be.
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Chicago Metro Area population: ~9.5 million
Oklahoma City Metro Area Population: ~1.25 million
 
Miami had had it easy so far with the matchups. Knicks can't/don't play defense and Boston has no size. Chicago, OKC, Dallas, LAL and Memphis can post big bodies to keep Miami out of the paint. Boston fecked themselves trading Perkins and putting their eggs in the O'Neal basket.
 
Rose shows why he's the MVP, huge game from him. Bull's played well, their coach was clever in taking timeouts whenever the Hawks built any momentum.

Lakers must win game 3.
 
smh at people trying deny how dumb a final with Heat or Lakers without the other would be ruined because of the refs. The last 3 the NBA has tried as hard as possible to make sure the Lakers win and have succeeded twice. They also ruined 2006 by practically handing Heat the title.

OKC-Bulls is as neutral as you are going to get, because you have 2 young superstars and they won't know who to favour, or well Heat-Lakers for opposite reasons.
 
Who the feck is guarding Dirk, back to back open 3 shots. For a big man he has a great range of shooting.

What is it with these fans all wearing the same coloured t-shirts? Same thing happened in the OKC & Miami games, looks shit imo.
 
Lakers choked games 1 and 3, totally in control until late in the fourth of both, something you rarely see from this club. Figure a house cleaning will be in order this summer.
 
ha_rooney said:
Who the feck is guarding Dirk, back to back open 3 shots. For a big man he has a great range of shooting.

What is it with these fans all wearing the same coloured t-shirts? Same thing happened in the OKC & Miami games, looks shit imo.
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I remember that possession too. But even in general, I don't think there is anyone in the NBA today who can guard him one on one. Even Charles Barkley said he is un-guardable.
 
adexkola said:
True that.

What the feck is up with the Lakers?
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They're old...Pau is a pussy, Kobe still thinks he is 28, but he isn't and they needed Artest not to have a meltdown, and he had one at the worst time possible, leaving them short for game 3.

I'm glad, I know Kobe will never ever have the legacy of Jordan, but nevertheless I don't him to have 7 rings, so with his window closing very very quickly, I'm pretty happy right now :D
 
feck off LA, Phil does not deserve to go out like this - pathetic.

Gasol has been terrible all playoffs, offensively he's struggled & defensively he's been bullied. Kobe doesn't look himself, he's been forced to do more than is necessary due to Gasol's ineffectiveness & the bench again offered very little in terms of points. In all fairness, some of the shots Dirk made were :drool:

Bynum's the only one who has performed at a reasonable standard but he's probably off to Orlando with Howard coming to LA. Lakers also need a new PG. I expect a fair few changes to be made in the off-season.
 
Hopefully the Lakers go back to how it was in the mid 90's now. F them and their horrible bandwagon fans, and their horrible NBA favours. If a hard cap were ever to come in play, they'd be done for, but since the NBA loves them, they won't do it.

Not that I don't like their players mind you, just what comes being that kind of team in America(the Yankees and Cowboys have get that type of shit too.)
 
Lakers aren't the only club with bandwagon fans. Try Boston, Chicago, Miami, San Antonio, the list goes on.

A hard cap will do in all the top clubs, especially Miami.
 
None of those others come CLOSE to Lakers and you know it. Spurs as a bandwagon was a joke right? That team doesn't get 1/1000th of the respect it truly deserves from general fans.

Theres like a $20m+ cap difference between Heat and Lakers/Mavs/Magic/Celtics....so that "especially" part is pretty wrong too. They'd be one of the least effected 'big' teams by a hard cap really. Since their game plan is completely built around the big 3 and then the rest will just be a revolving door and eventually players chasing a ring(i.e Nash) will go for mega cheap.
 
Miami are among the bottom ten in term of wages. I don't think the hard cap will affect them that much.. In fact I think forcing the hard cap right now will be like handing them the championship for several years to come.
 
Bottom ten in a league where 90% of the clubs exceed the "cap" and with much more money committed to the Big Three will only push them higher in the coming years. They spent 65m on salaries this year and that's with a bucket full of low salaried players. Miami-Heat Salaries | Miami-Heat Player Salaries | 2010 2011 Miami-Heat Salary

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The "cap" is 58m for 2010-11 and will may likely drop in the next CBA (as will the max salaries). Miami has three max players under long-term contracts, combining for $47.5m in 2011-12 (if there is a season). If the cap is slashed by 10-20%, or a hard cap is imposed, they're screwed. As are about 2/3 of the clubs in the league. Dallas and LAL would be crippled as would Boston, NY, Miami, Orlando, etc. Even the Spurs, Jazz, and quite a few more would be well over a hard cap as of today.

As for the Spurs, they had hardly any fans outside SA until within the last ten years. Now there are Spurs fans all around the nation. Not on the grand scale like LAL, Boston and Chicago, clubs with decades of success and/or great players. Sounds like someone is simply a Lakers hater which renders the opinion quite biased.

Just wait and see how many Heat fans there will be within the next two years. I've already met a few that follow the Heat simply because they're LeBron fans. True fan support that. It's akin to the Jordan/Bulls affiliation.
 
They can't really 'drop' the cap because loads of teams have too high salaries already committed, hell if it's a hard cap at $55m, then Kobe alone will more than half of that come a few years with his $30m.

Actual salaries won't be included if they implement it now, it'll be current cap hits, so Lebron/Bosh/Wade would account for about $45m rather than near $60m in 5 years, like Kobe/Pau/Bynum would account for $55m instead of the $70m they'll take in 3 years or whatever. Then new contracts from 11/12 onwards will have to oblige to new rules. Rules from 2015 onwards should be similar to NHL rules, say $50m with a max of 20% committed to just one player.



Obviously there are Heat bandwagoners, thats a given, but its Miami, and they won't be taken seriously, because everyone knows they'll be gone once the Big 3 are done. Whereas LAL and Yankees(and Utd fans too unfortunately) will always get annoyingly awful bandwagon fans with no clue. The Spurs might have bandwagon fans, but they are bandwagoning a damn fine organisation, and they mostly understand the sport in a neutral perspective(but considering they are like 20th most supported team and one of the least popular boards on RealGM, yeah not a bandwagon team). Now the Knicks, I'm dreading that bandwagon over the next few years, especially if they get Paul, probably be worst than LAL, since at least Lakers got mah man Jack....whereas Spike is a douche.
 
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