Hibbert on Heat 3-Peat: 'Nah, We're Going to Stop That'

[heat4life]

People acting like its a sure thing either of us get to the ECF. Bulls always give us trouble, always... If we face them, they could finally figure it out. They play us better without Rose.
Also seeing Brooklyn in the first round wouldn't exactly be a great thing for us either. Its another team that just gives us a tough time.

I understand being concerned but this is the worse Bulls squad in the last few years

Yes they give us trouble but only in the regular season. They always have some fluke win in the mix in the playoffs.

We beat the Bulls when we had our worse squad in 2011, and their best with Rose. Last year it looked bad in the first game but once we take them seriously, they win 4 in a row. I think we can sweep the Bulls this time around if we meet because they are just so undermanned, you cannot last against the Heat like that. If Wade is healthy it's a definite sweep.

Brooklyn though will give ya fits. I can see them shifting into another gear because if their vets and they came together to beat the Heat and have had their eyes on us. Their eyes are going to light up because this is what they have been waiting for since October. I'm glad they traded Terry btw, he is the type to go off on us lol

I always had the opinion that the league over-rates both D. Rose and the Bulls when he is healthy. IMO, the Bulls are more Noah than Rose. Without Noah, the Bulls are not much of the defensive force. Noah is the core of their defense because of the way he can chase from the 3pt line to the paint. You can put any perimeter player around Noah and the Bulls will be ok. Boozer is not a good defender but Noah makes him look respectable. Same with Taj who is more of an athletic freak that shines next to Noah.

Noah is the reason why the Bulls are in every game; he makes their defense. Coach Thibs knows this. IMO, Rose is a very good star player who can score and create. He makes the Bulls a very good playoff team when paired with Noah but I just don't think they have enough with just those two. They've always needed a 3rd scorer to pair with Noah and Rose. They never had it. This is why IMO the Bulls were always over-rated.

Miami can play as good defensively as the Bulls and Pacers. The difference? Bulls could never match the Heat's offensive output. Neither could Indiana. We'll see this season if the Pacers really got that boost on their bench to overcome the Heat offensively.

[mh_3]

I don't think overreacting to this quote is taking the quote out of context, I simply believe it's - well - overreaction.

"...we're going to stop that" sounds to me like a guarantee. What isn't warranted is the overreaction to the quote, simply because a player should have that mindset when playing against the champs, no?

Anyways, to the above poster who said it's not a sure fire ECF matchup, I don't know about that. If both teams are relatively healthy, I don't see (eliminating any bias on the side of the Heat) how any of the bottom 6 teams can win more than a game or two against IND/MIA, much less 4.

[ndnow]

I don't think it's just this quote, the pacer's have been talking trash for a few years now. This quote obviously is pretty standard and expected, I'd be shocked if he said otherwise.

[goating]

You can't stop LeBron. You can stop yor pubic.

[RexBoyWonder]

You can't stop LeBron. You can stop yor pubic.

I swear none of this ballboy's posts make any sense, not one of them.

[Axel]

I can't wait to see Oden neutralize this overgrown child.

[xMADEinDADEx]

Didnt we beat them without Bosh, then didnt we beat them last year with a one leg Wade? Was not all the hype this year was that they have Granger and now they traded him for Evans who is not the threat that Granger was suppose to be. If we manage to stay healthy no team beating us in the playoffs. But there has to be a story line. The Pacers have played their hearts out this year, and we giving players PTO and vacation days in the first half of the year and we a game or two behind the Pacers.

Yup. With an injured wade and injured Haslem.

We were seriously depleted and then game 7 we had enough of their bs

[theFRANCHISE]

all the moves these two teams made

IND: Byum, Turner

MIA: Beasley, Oden

none of them have even played in the ECF so far and its 3-1

[xMADEinDADEx]

Lol bump

[dr3am]

Damn good bump

[Heat3]

[heatlespeatles]

lmao

[Jaxon]

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[RexBoyWonder]

It's not over yet. Hold your mocking.

[Destructor]

It's not over yet. Hold your mocking.

Soon.

[ThereIsNoSpork]

"They're talking about three-peating. Nah, we're going to stop that."