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

Hope tonight's game is exciting. Here's a link yall might enjoy to kill some time.

[h=1]Udonis Haslem Breaks Down His 'Rules' for Guarding Players in the Post[/h]

 

Awesome.

UD is easily one of the best post defenders of the last 10 years.

 

3rd quarter's been fun

 

[video=youtube;_0td9yMMVWY]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0td9yMMVWY[/video]

 

Rule #1: "'Thuggery'"
Rule #2: "Keep Pimp-hand strong at all times"
Rule #3: "Do not ever back down"

 

Gotta love UD breaking down his rules for guarding the post, then following it with the utter nullification of that overrated asshat Hibbert. Big-for-nothing clown.

 

So great

 

I loved that by the end of the game Lebron wasn't trying to get around Hibbert, he was going right into him.

 

BTW, the playoff picture in the east with 3 games to go, currently stands as:

1- Miami
2- Indiana - 1/2
3- Chicago - 7
4-Toronto - 8
5- Brooklyn - 11
6- Washington -13
7- Charlotte - 14
8- Atlanta - 18

NY - 20

I fully expect this standing to be the final one, with the possible exception of Charlotte and Washington flipping positions. If these standings remain, Pacers are in deep doodoo. First round will not be easy for them with either Charlotte or Washington. If they escape though, they wont be beating the Bulls.
Brooklyn is also not facing a sure thing vs Toronto.

 

I think Toronto would be favored over the Nets. The Raps are a pretty good young athletic team and play very well on the road.

 

i hope the season ends with this order. nets have had close games with the raptors (2-2) season but have generally outplayed them except for one game. better matchup for us than the bulls. bulls vs bullets (**** the politically correct wizards) should be interesting now that nene is back. washington might surprise if nene is anywhere near his old form. charlotte has a chance if the pacers continue their nosedive and miami should have no probloems vs atlanta

 

Inconsistent , need to stay ahead of pacers

 

I'll take a credential.

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With Miami's loss too Atlanta, you are technically correct.

 

We obviously did it on purpose.

 

So when Indiana wins this next game and Miami wins the last 2 of theirs, the record will be the same.

Who is the #1 seed?

 

Pacers have the tie breaker.

 

Heat threw away the top seed with that embarrassing showing vs the Hawks. Serves them right. This "I play well only when I feel like it" attitude finally burned them in the ***.

They still won't need top seed to beat the Pacers, but now they've made their road a little harder.

 

In reality, the road to the ECF just got much easier with Toronto's win and Chicago's loss.

If things stay the same Heat will play Charlotte, then the winner of Toronto/Wizards.

The Pacers will have to play Chicago or Brooklyn.

Not that I'm scared of either of those teams but Chicago will beat you up. If the flipside of needing to win 1 game in Indiana is Toronto or Washington in the 2nd round, I'll take that trade

 

What's the fun in that?

I wanted:

Knicks in first round.
BK in 2nd.
Pacers in ECF's.

Now we get crap opponents and the Pacers might not make it out of round 2.

 

The only team I really want is the Pacers.

Could care less about Brooklyn and the old Celtics, and Chicago is simply thugball which isn't fun.

But the Pacers, I want to beat in Game 5, in Indy.

And for the Finals, if I could truly have my druthers, I'd want the rubber match with Dallas, to finally put Dirk and Cuban away for good. But that's not going to happen and SAS scares the poop out of me, even though they have never made it to back to back Finals in the Pop/Duncan era and I find it hard to believe they will do it now.

 

http://basketball.realgm.com/wiretap/232901/Heat-Turned-Down-Evan-Turner-For-Haslem-Offer-From-76ers

So glad Riley didn't pull the trigger on UD for Turner.

 

wow, what a team, Heat won't beat the Pacers with this crap

 

even if they made in to the finals, they won't beat the Spurs

 

Boo the coward wagon. I wanted Chicago.

 

Yes. If they sit Lebron James and Chris Bosh while Putting a 20 Minute Restriction on Dwyane Wade, they will not beat the Pacers.

 

If they made it to the Finals while sitting Lebron James and Chris Bosh while Putting a 20 Minute Restriction on Dwyane Wade, I would make the Spurs a solid favorite.

 

I wanted Chicago and BK at the same time.

 

I would prefer an easy run to the finals than going 4-3 in every series. We need the legs to go against SAS. Playing 3 years of playoffs + finals in a row is taking its toll.

 

I guess losing to Atlanta they decided to take it easy. Sure go for it,

 

Clearly the heat lost so as to avoid brooklyn in round 2. Its so obvious

 

riiiiiight.

Technically...since BK lost MORE..Didn't BK lose to avoid Miami? Fact: Had you overtaken Toronto (you didn't, like I told you wouldn't) you would play us in the 2nd rd.

Either way, Guess who is the favorite to make the Finals again out of the east as per MGM Syndicated?

 

Anything to avoid seeing this abomination...

 

You were in first seed. We had to lose to get number1 in rd 2. That's when you faked us out and tanked. Well played sir, well played

 

I have no comeback. Damn you

 

Thought you were gonna win the Division? Toronto is tough.

 

definitely. Fun team to watch. Just waitinmg for their players to hit free agency

 

Canadian Taxes suck.

You Know what sucks almost as much?

New York Taxes.

I will take Amir Johnson with a side of Kyle Lowry....and then win two more ships.

 

Aren't Cleveland and Toronto the Heat farm teams anyway?

 

Yep!