Around the NBA 9.0 (Playoffs Edition)

[Zo-Zo Ma]

Yo guys

I don't feel like we should be bagging on KD. He didn't have a good game tonight, and neither did WB. Remember how we felt in 2011 when everyone was **** on Lebron? Sure I guess it feels like karma for us, but at the same time I feel like we gotta respect these players. KD isn't a knucklehead, and all the outside talk about him being the next "Superstar" mostly comes from outside sources. (ESPN,RealGM)

This battle back and forth between people every time Lebron or KD have a bad game is so childish. Sure I like jokes and all, but reading the last couple pages just makes our fan base look like pompous dicks. KD is a great player at age 25. these failures will lift him, just like with Lebron

I'm not trying to be a buzzkill. I just think we should respect this guy, no matter how many sensationalist "MR UNRELIABLE" headlines are put out

/rant

Nope. Everyone went through it. He deserves it as well. I respect him as a person, but it doesn't mean im going to shy away from calling his game out.

a vicious cycle of criticism and drama

[Sonny Carson]

Lebron is a beast. 29/7/5 on 56% shooting lol
PER- 31.3, wS/48- .294

YES!

Whats the all time playoff PER?

How close is LeBron from breaking it?

I think he's about to put up some huge #s in Miami.

[Destructor]

Yo guys

I don't feel like we should be bagging on KD. He didn't have a good game tonight, and neither did WB. Remember how we felt in 2011 when everyone was **** on Lebron? Sure I guess it feels like karma for us, but at the same time I feel like we gotta respect these players. KD isn't a knucklehead, and all the outside talk about him being the next "Superstar" mostly comes from outside sources. (ESPN,RealGM)

This battle back and forth between people every time Lebron or KD have a bad game is so childish. Sure I like jokes and all, but reading the last couple pages just makes our fan base look like pompous dicks. KD is a great player at age 25. these failures will lift him, just like with Lebron

I'm not trying to be a buzzkill. I just think we should respect this guy, no matter how many sensationalist "MR UNRELIABLE" headlines are put out

/rant

Nope. Everyone went through it. He deserves it as well. I respect him as a person, but it doesn't mean im going to shy away from calling his game out.

a vicious cycle of criticism and drama

Maybe the internet or sports media isn't for you

[Destructor]

[kyphi]

Yo guys

I don't feel like we should be bagging on KD. He didn't have a good game tonight, and neither did WB. Remember how we felt in 2011 when everyone was **** on Lebron? Sure I guess it feels like karma for us, but at the same time I feel like we gotta respect these players. KD isn't a knucklehead, and all the outside talk about him being the next "Superstar" mostly comes from outside sources. (ESPN,RealGM)

This battle back and forth between people every time Lebron or KD have a bad game is so childish. Sure I like jokes and all, but reading the last couple pages just makes our fan base look like pompous dicks. KD is a great player at age 25. these failures will lift him, just like with Lebron

I'm not trying to be a buzzkill. I just think we should respect this guy, no matter how many sensationalist "MR UNRELIABLE" headlines are put out

/rant

Nope. Everyone went through it. He deserves it as well. I respect him as a person, but it doesn't mean im going to shy away from calling his game out.

a vicious cycle of criticism and drama

it does get tiresome paying so much attention to KD on the Miami Heat board

[Yaphet Kotto]

Hes saying "WAKE UP!"

[Destructor]

Hes saying "WAKE UP!"

Yeah. Reminds me of Wade in the '11 finals.

[xMADEinDADEx]

Lebron is a beast. 29/7/5 on 56% shooting lol
PER- 31.3, wS/48- .294

YES!

Whats the all time playoff PER?

How close is LeBron from breaking it?

I think he's about to put up some huge #s in Miami.

Hakeem. 38.96

Funny though that lebron is second for his performance on 2009 (37.39)

Currently lebrons tied with wilt at 9.

[heatlespeatles]

Hes saying "WAKE UP!"

Kd like foh ninja, pass lol

[heatlespeatles]

Nope. Everyone went through it. He deserves it as well. I respect him as a person, but it doesn't mean im going to shy away from calling his game out.

a vicious cycle of criticism and drama

it does get tiresome paying so much attention to KD on the Miami Heat board

awwwww poor baby

[Phinsoverpats]

How long has this MVP Durant been failing though? How many times does he get a pass??

And im not gonna get into the whole 2011 Lebron/Mavs series. Look at the numbers Bron was putting up in the series before Dallas. Do you really believe he just choked? Or did you not notice the most incredible, brilliant defensive scheme ever created to stop Lebron? Give Dallas some credit for that zone D they came up with, its what won them the series.

We're talking about the best player in the NBA....

scoring 17 points a game.


I dont give a damn how good the defense is. Thats inexcusable. And there are legit reasons for his struggles, "poor spacing, poor coaching, LeBron tired" all VERY LEGIT. But c'mon man....

Idk. Maybe its just me...but ever since that 2011 Finals....I learned to be humble. Because you're right...people forgot all the great series before. Just like people are going to forget how great KD was this season because he's getting owned by the Spurs. thats just the way it is.

Look, if thats the way you feel then we just have to agree to disagree.

I watched and studied every single game of that 2011 series to see exactly "what" happened to Lebron.

I didnt see a great player "choke" all of a sudden.

Most people seem to forget that we were up 2-1 in that series, and a few minutes away from going up 3-1 when we got cocky and acted like the game and the series was over.

Dallas entire game plan was to get the ball out of Lebrons hands and make someone else beat them. And it worked.

Go back and watch the games where Lebron "choked", and youll see exactly what Dallas was doing. Lebron was getting doubled almost every time he touched the ball, sometimes he was tripled and quadruple team, they did whatever it took to make lebron pass out or take an extremely contested jumper.


Is KD being triple and quadruple teamed by the Spurs?

I dont think so.

That was game 2 when the heat were up 16 with 6 mins to go was the game all that happend...the heat were about to go up 2-0, oh and thanks for reminding that the heat are suppose to be trying for a 4peat

[Romerowned]

Hopefully these spurs performances motivate us to stomp all over indy in game 3 and 4.

[xMADEinDADEx]

Lebron is a beast. 29/7/5 on 56% shooting lol
PER- 31.3, wS/48- .294

YES!

Whats the all time playoff PER?

How close is LeBron from breaking it?

I think he's about to put up some huge #s in Miami.

Career tho, lebron (27.54) is third behind Jordan (28.6) and Mikan (28.51)

Doesn't include this postseason PER tho

[Yaphet Kotto]

We're talking about the best player in the NBA....

scoring 17 points a game.


I dont give a damn how good the defense is. Thats inexcusable. And there are legit reasons for his struggles, "poor spacing, poor coaching, LeBron tired" all VERY LEGIT. But c'mon man....

Idk. Maybe its just me...but ever since that 2011 Finals....I learned to be humble. Because you're right...people forgot all the great series before. Just like people are going to forget how great KD was this season because he's getting owned by the Spurs. thats just the way it is.

Look, if thats the way you feel then we just have to agree to disagree.

I watched and studied every single game of that 2011 series to see exactly "what" happened to Lebron.

I didnt see a great player "choke" all of a sudden.

Most people seem to forget that we were up 2-1 in that series, and a few minutes away from going up 3-1 when we got cocky and acted like the game and the series was over.

Dallas entire game plan was to get the ball out of Lebrons hands and make someone else beat them. And it worked.

Go back and watch the games where Lebron "choked", and youll see exactly what Dallas was doing. Lebron was getting doubled almost every time he touched the ball, sometimes he was tripled and quadruple team, they did whatever it took to make lebron pass out or take an extremely contested jumper.


Is KD being triple and quadruple teamed by the Spurs?

I dont think so.

That was game 2 when the heat were up 16 with 6 mins to go was the game all that happend...the heat were about to go up 2-0, oh and thanks for reminding that the heat are suppose to be trying for a 4peat

My bad

I try to forget too.

[Phinsoverpats]

Spurs fans on spurstalk.com got a thread saying "can the spurs beat team USA" and seriously most of the replies are yes I mean they're for real,not sarcastically

[xMADEinDADEx]

Random lebron stats: lebrons shooting a TS% of 66.4%. RIDICULOUS FOR SOMEONE WHO SHOOTS 75% from fts lol wow

[Destructor]

Spurs fans on spurstalk.com got a thread saying "can the spurs beat team USA" and seriously most of the replies are yes I mean they're for real,not sarcastically

Those spurs fans are the worst. I did enjoy reading their threads when they lost last year. They were so devastated, it was **** hilarious. I really want to beat them again just so I can see how upset they get.

[heatlespeatles]

getting past the Pacers and beating the Spurs this year would be HEAVEN!!!!!

[krikor]

I just hope okc extend series a bit, last year we went 7 games with indiana..and spurs had 11 day rest

[cb1]

Our best is still better than their best. We'll beat the Spurs if we see them again.

This. Allowing us to play small is a death sentence to any team. The element of surprise caught us off guard last year. We will be ready for them if we get to the finals

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