The NBA Thread

The Thunder are really showing their inexperience during this series. They keep getting big leads and letting a beaten team climb back in to these games. Tonight they gave Memphis momentum leading in to Game 7; not looking good for OKC.

Zach Randolph is a stud.

Everybody is saying Dallas is gonna win it this year. I want to agree, but they have had so many upsets in the past like 8th place Golden State, losing 4 straight to the Heat in the finals in 2006, and losing to 7th place San Antonio last year.

Yesss! My home team beat the Bulls yesterday! Thank you Lebron James and Chris Bosh... and a little credit to the other players that made it possible. Let's go Heat!

Heck yeaaah!!! The [COLOR="Blue"]Mavs[/COLOR] definitely proved that there game tonight, I seriously [strike]hope[/strike] know that they'll beat the heat and bring the trophy home! xD

I'm excited that this will actually be a series now, but Miami will have the last laugh. Man, did anyone see the [I]flash[/I]back last night? Dwyane Wade played in his '05-'06 Finals MVP form. I don't think I could count all of his dunks one hand.

Just realized this entire series will take place at an American Airlines arena. Money in the back for AA!

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Looks about right.

Not looking good for Miami. I don't think Dirk could be playing any worse offensively right now, and Dallas is [I]still[/I] winning.

That was pretty satisfying.

Congrats [SIZE="5"][COLOR="Blue"]Mavs[/COLOR][/SIZE] on bringing the trophy home and straight up [strike]smoking[/strike] [strike]roasting[/strike] BURNING the Heat!

[QUOTE=Bacchus;251358]I saw Lebron before the game last night and asked him to break a dollar. He only gave me 75 cents in return. I asked him for the rest and he said," I don't have a fourth quarter."[/QUOTE] [url=http://vevmo.com/vbimghost.php?do=displayimg&imgid=10437][img]http://vevmo.com/imagehosting/15504df58965ac268.jpg[/img][/url]

Was Bosh crying at the end?. Was he the one who threw himself on the floor going to the locker room?.

It was so good to see LeBron lose. I was like, "Yes, there is a God!" You know what, I don't feel sorry for him at all since last summer when he made the hour-long announcement special on ESPN, in his home state of Ohio, to tell the world he's going to Miami. And then days later he really ******* it up with D-Wade and Bosh having that party like they already won an NBA championship. They even guaranteed the Heat would win multiple championships; well, I don't see that happening (even next year) because the Bulls will not go away anytime soon. They'll be battling the next few years with D Rose leading the charge. You also have teams like the Knicks, Hawks, 76ers, and Pacers who are on the rise and are looking to take the Heat down. They're all constantly improving, so this could have very well been Miami's best shot to win the NBA finals.

Told my boss today is LeBron day - everyone gets out 12 minutes early.

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[QUOTE=GiggidyGoo90;252065]It was so good to see LeBron lose. I was like, "Yes, there is a God!" You know what, I don't feel sorry for him at all since last summer when he made the hour-long announcement special on ESPN, in his home state of Ohio, to tell the world he's going to Miami. And then days later he really ******* it up with D-Wade and Bosh having that party like they already won an NBA championship. They even guaranteed the Heat would win multiple championships; well, I don't see that happening (even next year) because the Bulls will not go away anytime soon. They'll be battling the next few years with D Rose leading the charge. You also have teams like the Knicks, Hawks, 76ers, and Pacers who are on the rise and are looking to take the Heat down. They're all constantly improving, so this could have very well been Miami's best shot to win the NBA finals.[/QUOTE] Nah, I hate to admit it but Miami is going to be even better in the coming years. Other teams will improve as well but I still see Miami being the leader of the pack. Do you think Miami will still have some of the scrubs on their team next year that they did this year ?? Lol, they won't. Miami will be a beast for a good while IMHO. I mean, Miami did beat the Hawks, Celtics, and Bulls with ease in the Playoffs this year. The only one of those teams that is going to be any kind of threat to Miami next year is Boston IMO (If they don't make anymore ridiculously dumb trades again and stay away from injuries).

[QUOTE=Adrian!!!!!!;252081]Nah, I hate to admit it but Miami is going to be even better in the coming years. Other teams will improve as well but I still see Miami being the leader of the pack. Do you think Miami will still have some of the scrubs on their team next year that they did this year ?? Lol, they won't. Miami will be a beast for a good while IMHO. I mean, Miami did beat the Hawks, Celtics, and Bulls with ease in the Playoffs this year. The only one of those teams that is going to be any kind of threat to Miami next year is Boston IMO (If they don't make anymore ridiculously dumb trades again and stay away from injuries).[/QUOTE] THIS They have a number of their scrubs that are gonna be free agents. They could replace them with better free agents that would want to sign. I heard Dalembert wants to go to Miami. Then again, with this possible lockout looming, it may not be possible.

[QUOTE=Adrian!!!!!!;252081]Nah, I hate to admit it but Miami is going to be even better in the coming years. Other teams will improve as well but I still see Miami being the leader of the pack. Do you think Miami will still have some of the scrubs on their team next year that they did this year ?? Lol, they won't. Miami will be a beast for a good while IMHO. I mean, Miami did beat the Hawks, Celtics, and Bulls with ease in the Playoffs this year. The only one of those teams that is going to be any kind of threat to Miami next year is Boston IMO (If they don't make anymore ridiculously dumb trades again and stay away from injuries).[/QUOTE] Boston? Yeah Right. The Bulls are gonna be in the Heats face for the next couple years, especially if they can get someone to help out D-Rose. But in all honesty the Heat really can't afford anybody else, so those scrubs will be there next season. Also, its not like Lebron, D-Wade , and Bosh are young anymore, by NBA standards they are pretty old. I mean they're not old, they're just not young and teams like the Bulls, Hawks, Knicks, and Pacers all have young talent, especially the Bulls with D-Rose the youngest MVP in league history. Like I said if the Bulls get a reliable Shooting Guard this off-season to make their starting 5 complete and by reliable I mean someone who can score consistantly to take some pressure off of Derrick.

[QUOTE=GiggidyGoo90;252084]Boston? Yeah Right. The Bulls are gonna be in the Heats face for the next couple years, especially if they can get someone to help out D-Rose. But in all honesty the Heat really can't afford anybody else, so those scrubs will be there next season. Also, its not like Lebron, D-Wade , and Bosh are young anymore, by NBA standards they are pretty old. I mean they're not old, they're just not young and teams like the Bulls, Hawks, Knicks, and Pacers all have young talent, especially the Bulls with D-Rose the youngest MVP in league history. Like I said if the Bulls get a reliable Shooting Guard this off-season to make their starting 5 complete and by reliable I mean someone who can score consistantly to take some pressure off of Derrick.[/QUOTE] Your really going to say that Lebron Bosh and Wade are old by Nba standards???? That is insane. The Knicks two stars, Amare and Carmelo are older than Lebron, the Hawks best player Joe Johnson is older than Lebron and Bosh, And the Bulls to biggest free agent pick ups from last year Boozer and Kyle Korver are older than all three of the "big 3". I agree the bulls will be strong competition especially if they get Rose more help but Miami isnt an old team.

[QUOTE=GiggidyGoo90;252084]Boston? Yeah Right. The Bulls are gonna be in the Heats face for the next couple years, especially if they can get someone to help out D-Rose. But in all honesty the Heat really can't afford anybody else, so those scrubs will be there next season. Also, its not like Lebron, D-Wade , and Bosh are young anymore, by NBA standards they are pretty old. I mean they're not old, they're just not young and teams like the Bulls, Hawks, Knicks, and Pacers all have young talent, especially the Bulls with D-Rose the youngest MVP in league history. Like I said if the Bulls get a reliable Shooting Guard this off-season to make their starting 5 complete and by reliable I mean someone who can score consistantly to take some pressure off of Derrick.[/QUOTE] I still think Miami will make two or three upgrades in the offseason, definitely at the Center and PG positions. It's not like Miami is completely broke. Miami is old ?? Lol, I don't know about that. Boston ? Yes they are old, but they may have beaten or came the closest to beating Miami if they didn't trade away Kendrick Perkins or Rondo didn't get injured. Also, if Miami is old ...then Chicago has some old dudes too, by your standards... you might or might not know this but Joakim Noah is the same age as Lebron James, Carlos Boozer will be 30 years old later this year, Kyle Korver is 30, and Keith Bogans is 31. Lebron James is 26, Wade is 28, and Bosh is 27. Also, look at the Dallas Mavericks...they're full of late 20 or early to mid 30 something year olds. I don't think age means anything when it comes to winning Championships or not.

[QUOTE=Lionsfan780;252092]Your really going to say that Lebron Bosh and Wade are old by Nba standards???? That is insane. The Knicks two stars, Amare and Carmelo are older than Lebron, the Hawks best player Joe Johnson is older than Lebron and Bosh, And the Bulls to biggest free agent pick ups from last year Boozer and Kyle Korver are older than all three of the "big 3". I agree the bulls will be strong competition especially if they get Rose more help but Miami isnt an old team.[/QUOTE] In NBA Years they are not so young anymore, Lebron is 26 but he's been in the league for 8 years and plays alot of minutes on an average 90 games a year counting the post season and those miles add up on the body. For D-Wade, he's also been in the league 8 years, he's 29 years old, and he also plays alot of minutes on an average 90 games a year. For Bosh same thing in the league for 8 years, is 27 years old, and plays alot of minutes for 90 games a year. So these guys have logged alot of NBA minutes and those add up on the body so by NBA years they are not so young anymore and Miami is an old team rest of the guys are Haslem, Bibby, Mike Miller, Eddie House, James Jones, Ilgauskas, Dampier, Chalmers and Joel Anthony. But of that group the youngest guys are Chalmers (25) and Anthony (28) the rest are in their 30s and have also logged in extensive NBA Minutes so yeah the Heat are an old team

Obviously this is just me speculating, but I would not be surprised to see Miami A. replace Coach Spo with Pat Riley, and B. Look to Move Chris Bosh.

And on the age thing, Michael Jordan, probably the best basketball player of all time was in his late 20s when he won his first Championship and he was 35 when he won his last Championship.... like I said, age means nothing.