****The Official 2013-14 NBA Thread****

I have seen the Spurs for the last 18 years. Their "dominance" is exaggerated.

and again..maybe they can win the lottery twice...again.

 

Just as an example Boik..the Spurs have the most playoff wins in the last 10 years. Heat is second. They were 1 win apart going into the NBA Finals this year.

We always exaggerate, and extol the virtues of the latest champion..especially when they beat a team we "hate".

 

I'm not saying their aren't great. I'm saying during their entire era of greatness they have won some titles, but have always been overshadowed by an even better team for the most part.

 

Houston's ability to recruit Melo will hinge on NY cooperation IMO...

 

Yes. IMO it is exaggerated. Their last ten years are not as good as the Heat's last 10 years and the Heat is midway through their run. They are at the end of theirs.

So if they are so great, how great will the Heat be at the end of this decade?

 

Does anyone else still get a raging boner watching The Godfather's presser on loop?

 

You'd rather have the 5, but you're not understanding. The Spurs book has already been written. The Heat's book has just started. How many rings did Pop have in his first 7 years as coach? 1. How many does Spo have? 2. How many rings did Duncan have in his first 4 years in SA? 1. How many does LeBron have? 2. They got those rings in a 15 year period. No one is discounting what the Spurs have done. He said they're irrelevant to the Heat, and in the big picture they are.

 

I don't. I have no idea what Melo is gonna do, but if he opts out..there are at least 4 teams (Chicago is not one of them BTW) that are serious suitors.

 

Nobody knows who the hell the 80's Lakers beat in the WC playoffs Boik.

Jordan beat a bunch of weak WC champions except for that one Phoenix team.

This happens in all sports.

 

Dear god now its his supporting cast? What happened to cramps and those damn Refs? Make up your mind.

 

Did anyone here ever say Lebron didn't play great or that those around him didn't let him down?

Is it because they suck? Nope. However they didn't play well at all games 3-4 and couldn't buy a bucket game 5.

 

If Melo bolts, I hope it is too the Clippers. Boiks second fav team.

 

Any team would win more if they didn't have to play better teams. In the enf that is what it comes down to IMO.

 

The fact that you win a title means you likely beat 4 inferior teams in the playoffs.

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We sound like John Madden.

 

Well at the end of the day, you gotta score more points than the other team; that's the key to winning.

 

Well the team that scores the most points usually wins the game. So I agree 100%.

 

My all time favorite Madden line...

"He got knocked out of the B-whole and stuffed it into the A-whole."

 

I'll leave this to the Mods, but since we're in NBA silly season, I think we should have a thread dedicated to Heat hating, rank LBJ speculation and pure crockery.

And I'll make the first contribution: I present to you all Jason Whitlock, Idiot.

http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/11108354/jason-whitlock-lebron-james-do

 

Whitlock is comedy gold.

 

The guy is a notorious race-troll of a hack. The what-ifs are hilarious though.

And if my aunt had a *****, it would probably be bigger than Whitlock's.

 

So the article pretty much comes down to "Man if the Heat didn't win those two titles we would be laughing pretty hard right about now"

 

Just pointed out how the excuses changed over the course of the series

Game one was a giant Spurs cramp conspiracy

Game two was The Heat are the bestest! We cant be beat!!!! omg cant wait to win it next year to!

Game three was wtf Refs!!!

Game four was miracle comeback!!

Game 5 was omg we dont have anyone but Lebron!

Sad...

 

To be fair each game was its own entity with valid reasons. I'm past being overly emotional about it and can say now:

We very well could have gone up 2-0 if not for cramps. Don't think it was a cinspiracy but it did change the game and who knows how that turns out.

Game two we played Heat basketball and won, looked like a great series.

Game three I didn't like the officiating but it probably only would have changed their margin of victory.

Game four we crapped the bed, still say the Spurs played good but not great basketball and if we came out with intensity we shoulf have won.

Game five we let off the gas and never pushed doen on it again.

 

Still no credit to the Spurs... /facepalm

 

What does it matter that Alex won't give the spurs any credit?

 

I picked the Spurs in 5 or 6 publically..got it broadcasted to millions..and let me repeat it in case you didnt hear it the first time..

**** the Spurs.

 

No boston...no clippers...missing one...

 

It shows the complete arrogance of the Miami Heat fans. You guys were 28 seconds from becoming 1 better then the Buffalo Bills. Congrats?

 

You can at least go back and read all of the posts in the thread, if you think that's even a fair representation of all Heat fans.

 

Sorry that should have been some and not the.

 

Uh, yeah, congrats because we won back to back championships. I love this notion that because a series was close or could have gone either way that the result no longer counts.

By that logic the Spurs are stuck on 4 legitimate championships because they almost lost to the Pistons in a Game 7 at home.

 

Not sure how you got that from what I said unless you have an agenda against me personally but whatever. That was a pretty fair analysis.

I conceded that we could have either won or lost game one even without the cramps and that we were outplayed game three by a mile, that the Spurs played good basketball game four and we played like crap (we did, do you disagree?) and that we went terribly cold game five after a hot start (can you disagree with that?).

Do you want me to get on my knees and lick ***? Would that be good enough for you?


Also I'm sorry but the way I played sports was always "It's on me" and that it never matters what your opponent does, its on you to be better than that. If I wasn't I always put myself down more than the opponent on a pedestal. That is how I personally got better, and its translated some into my fanhood. It doesn't mean I dont think the Spurs deserved to win.