Around the NBA 9.0 (Playoffs Edition)

HEAT111 · Post #501 » by **HEAT111** » Tue May 6, 2014 8:15 pm

I was thinking the same thing. I hope he does return to ESPN and hopefully...NOW

Dupas · Post #502 » by **Dupas** » Tue May 6, 2014 8:20 pm

Vertical Limit wrote:You guys are so ridiculous with the criticism of Spoelstra but I guess the same would have been said about Riley anytime he lost with the showtime Lakers if the internet was invented. Spoelstra is considered by many of his own colleague's a top coach in the NBA and one of the smartest ones. Just because he doesn't play Beasley does not make him a bad coach.

I dont really understand why you are feeding that dude. Hes a troll.

DivineFury · Post #503 » by **DivineFury** » Tue May 6, 2014 8:28 pm

Dupas wrote:
Vertical Limit wrote:You guys are so ridiculous with the criticism of Spoelstra but I guess the same would have been said about Riley anytime he lost with the showtime Lakers if the internet was invented. Spoelstra is considered by many of his own colleague's a top coach in the NBA and one of the smartest ones. Just because he doesn't play Beasley does not make him a bad coach.

I dont really understand why you are feeding that dude. Hes a troll.

Some of it so ridiculous it's hard not to. It's like a guy with a hot girlfriend talking about wishing he was dating a supermodel. Many teams would gratefully take Spo as a coach, including the GSW.

Post #504 » by **KingDavid** » Tue May 6, 2014 8:36 pm

What's this I'm hearing about PG sleeping with Hibbert's girl?

Amorphous Blob · Post #505 » by **Amorphous Blob** » Tue May 6, 2014 8:46 pm

KingDavid wrote:What's this I'm hearing about PG sleeping with Hibbert's girl?

Yeah if I'm hearing it too if that's true then George is a **** scumbag.

Post #506 » by **QUIZ** » Tue May 6, 2014 8:54 pm

wm3 wrote:
qjz123 wrote:So since Mark Jackson was fired does that mean he'll announce games for abc/espn again? He was great at that.

A lot of people on RealGM find him annoying on commentary. I loved Mark Jackson as a play by play guy, especially when he would day "mama there goes that man" for LeBron & D. Wade & "hand down, man down". Mark Jackson was completely unbiased on pbp & i'll listen to him over Hubie Brown & Mike Tirico any day of the week easily

For real it was awesome when Wade would pull off a great play and you would here Jackson's patented "mama there goes that man"

Post #507 » by **IggieCC** » Tue May 6, 2014 8:57 pm

Spo has had LeBron, Wade and Bosh in their relative prime. That's a good start for not missing any playoffs. :wink:

Listen, I am not going to argue over if Spo is the best coach or not for this team with you. I had zero intention of doing so when I used his picture for something (that I don't even remember) in this thread.

I have never participated in or even read Spo bashing threads so I don't know what's been said already (I can guess), but I'm sure it's getting old so I have no intention of beating a dead horse.

I said I like him, I admitted that his team won previous 2 championships, so go after other Sop haters for this discussion because I am not really one of them. 8-)

heat4life wrote:
IggieCC wrote:
Vertical Limit wrote:You guys are so ridiculous with the criticism of Spoelstra but I guess the same would have been said about Riley anytime he lost with the showtime Lakers if the internet was invented. Spoelstra is considered by many of his own colleague's a top coach in the NBA and one of the smartest ones. Just because he doesn't play Beasley does not make him a bad coach.

Hey, for the record, I don't think he is a bad coach. I don't think he is one of the best coaches, though by a long shot. I think he can do a lot lot better with what he has. Give this team to any coach in the league, and I can't think of too many coaches that may do worse. Maybe Scott Brooks. I do actually like Spo as a coach and a person.. I think he is (intentionally or not) hilarious.

That is just a bunch of crap based on pure self-serving speculation. Spo has never missed the playoffs in his career, has been to the NBA finals in the 3 seasons with the Big 3 and won 2 championships. That is a total of 12 playoffs series wins out of 13 (counting this season against Charlotte) since the Big 3. So you are saying that another coach would've won 13 out 13? Really? Why don't I take swing at speculating and say that no other coach could've won 12 out of 13 like Spo. Sounds stupid, right?

Give a man credit where credit is due. Why is it so hard for people to accept that NOBODY is perfect and appreciate the job a person does. The stakes were high for Spo from the beginning and he has responded. What else do you want from the man before stopping with the mockery. It is tiring.

I know some of you want the Heat to go 82-0 every season because we have LeBron. That is just unrealistic. We have great players but basketball is still about competition. Not even Jordan went 82-0 with Phil Jackson.

Post #508 » by **QUIZ** » Tue May 6, 2014 9:02 pm

Hey LeBron thinks Spo is a good coach http://youtu.be/U3FxSLe5L1M?t=37s in the end thats all that really matters.

DivineFury · Post #509 » by **DivineFury** » Tue May 6, 2014 9:09 pm

So kind of started laughing when I noticed the picture Wiretap used on the article about Mark Jackson being fired.

Great picture choice, it's like he is applauding his own firing!

Post #510 » by **IggieCC** » Tue May 6, 2014 9:18 pm

qjz123 wrote:Hey LeBron thinks Spo is a good coach http://youtu.be/U3FxSLe5L1M?t=37s in the end thats all that really matters.

Nah that's just LeBron being a kiss-ass for more playing time. I used to do the exact same thing to my highs school coach 8-)

Never worked for me though :cry:

Sonny Carson · Post #511 » by **Sonny Carson** » Tue May 6, 2014 9:19 pm

Amorphous Blob wrote:
KingDavid wrote:What's this I'm hearing about PG sleeping with Hibbert's girl?

Yeah if I'm hearing it too if that's true then George is a **** scumbag.

I cant believe Heat fans would buy this.

Its all rumor. Eariler they were trying to say it was Lance.

Remember how when LeBron did bad in the finals and people tried to make up the story about Rashard Lewis messing with his girl?

c'mon.

All internet gossip for people to eat up.

Post #512 » by **QUIZ** » Tue May 6, 2014 9:22 pm

IggieCC wrote:
qjz123 wrote:Hey LeBron thinks Spo is a good coach http://youtu.be/U3FxSLe5L1M?t=37s in the end thats all that really matters.

Nah that's just LeBron being a kiss-ass for more playing time. I used to do the exact same thing to my highs school coach
Never worked for me though

Lol come on man don't be mad that LeBron is showing Spo the love. Spo's here to stay for the foreseeable future. LeBron loves him, Wade loves him, Riley loves him. It's just one big Heat family love fest :hug:

Amorphous Blob · Post #513 » by **Amorphous Blob** » Tue May 6, 2014 9:31 pm

Sonny Carson wrote:
Amorphous Blob wrote:
KingDavid wrote:What's this I'm hearing about PG sleeping with Hibbert's girl?

Yeah if I'm hearing it too if that's true then George is a **** scumbag.

I cant believe Heat fans would buy this.

Its all rumor. Eariler they were trying to say it was Lance.

Remember how when LeBron did bad in the finals and people tried to make up the story about Rashard Lewis messing with his girl?

c'mon.

All internet gossip for people to eat up.

I did say if it's true.

heatlespeatles · Post #514 » by **heatlespeatles** » Tue May 6, 2014 9:36 pm

Everybody is sleeping with a teammates mother sister girl wife sidepiece when a team loses lol I can't believe yall believe this garbage

Anyway this series is for wade and Bosh. LeBron will show up. But those two need to play well for us to dominate

Post #515 » by **KingDavid** » Tue May 6, 2014 10:08 pm

Dammt this is twice KD made me sad. Loss in the Finals and now his MVP speech. The way he stuck up for Russ, wow. And his mom. Damn man...

I am a massive KD fan now...Except when he faces us.

Post #516 » by **KingDavid** » Tue May 6, 2014 10:11 pm

And about the whole PG and Hibbert stuff, I just wanted to know what the deal was because it's getting around. If it isn't true, then it isn't true. I don't buy much stock into rumors but if that happened, then it could explain the disarray among them. I hope it isn't true though.

Post #517 » by **IggieCC** » Tue May 6, 2014 10:11 pm

Hey that's fine by me bro. As long as we keep winning, that's all that matters to me. 8-)

qjz123 wrote:
IggieCC wrote:
qjz123 wrote:Hey LeBron thinks Spo is a good coach http://youtu.be/U3FxSLe5L1M?t=37s in the end thats all that really matters.

Nah that's just LeBron being a kiss-ass for more playing time. I used to do the exact same thing to my highs school coach
Never worked for me though

Lol come on man don't be mad that LeBron is showing Spo the love. Spo's here to stay for the foreseeable future. LeBron loves him, Wade loves him, Riley loves him. It's just one big Heat family love fest

Post #518 » by **KingDavid** » Tue May 6, 2014 10:42 pm

I think GSW made a big mistake firing Jackson. Hopefully they can replace him with someone that can still reach out to the younger players on that team. A bit unfair to fire him IMO since their best big man went down.

Vertical Limit · Post #519 » by **Vertical Limit** » Tue May 6, 2014 10:55 pm

The Warriors will be fine, they can plug any cerebral coach and get results with that squad, but he would be inheriting players that Mark developed.

From what it sounds to me is they're looking for a more stricter coach, an authority figure, that will hold the players accountable, hence why SVG is one of the guys on the list. SVG is a great coach but I'm not sure everyone is mature enough for his style. We know Dwight wasn't mature enough for his style despite having his best years under him.

Dupas · Post #520 » by **Dupas** » Tue May 6, 2014 11:16 pm

KingDavid wrote:I think GSW made a big mistake firing Jackson. Hopefully they can replace him with someone that can still reach out to the younger players on that team. A bit unfair to fire him IMO since their best big man went down.

MJ is trash. Hes a good preacher and seems like a player friendly. You need more than that to be a coach tbh.