Im Calling It From NOW! June 2011 NBA Finals Will be

Spanish_Laker · Post #81 » by **Spanish_Laker** » Tue Nov 16, 2010 12:07 am

¿Spurs? They will get swept again, this time by a rising team (OKC or Utah)

ahonui06 · Post #82 » by **ahonui06** » Tue Nov 16, 2010 12:23 am

nonemus wrote:The NBA is too predictable. That's why the Heat won the finals in 2006.

It's also why Boston lost to the Cavs.

No one saw the Wade slurpfest coming in the 2006 Finals for Games 5 and 6.

Um, Boston always beats the Cavs in the playoffs. This year's regular season game was a fluke, nothing more.

Donald Kaufman · Post #83 » by **Donald Kaufman** » Tue Nov 16, 2010 12:45 am

Spurs beating whoever.

nonemus · Post #84 » by **nonemus** » Tue Nov 16, 2010 12:47 am

Donald Kaufman wrote:Spurs beating whoever.

no way they get past the raptors. lmfao. take your homer glasses of pls...

Donald Kaufman · Post #85 » by **Donald Kaufman** » Tue Nov 16, 2010 1:21 am

nonemus wrote:no way they get past the raptors. lmfao. take your homer glasses of pls...

Not a Spurs fan. I just acknowledge greatness where I see it. And I see it in San Antone.

nonemus · Post #86 » by **nonemus** » Tue Nov 16, 2010 1:30 am

Donald Kaufman wrote:
nonemus wrote:no way they get past the raptors. lmfao. take your homer glasses of pls...

Not a Spurs fan. I just acknowledge greatness where I see it. And I see it in San Antone.

I was being sarcastic :p

Donald Kaufman · Post #87 » by **Donald Kaufman** » Tue Nov 16, 2010 1:33 am

nonemus wrote:I was being sarcastic :p

Hey, me too!

:thumbsup:

DEEP3CL · Post #88 » by **DEEP3CL** » Tue Nov 16, 2010 1:44 am

Very astute prediction.

Magz50 · Post #89 » by **Magz50** » Tue Nov 16, 2010 1:50 am

I concur.

TiMVP · Post #90 » by **TiMVP** » Tue Nov 16, 2010 1:52 am

nonemus wrote:
TiMVP wrote:
jman3134 wrote:I do not know if the Spurs can remain consistent enough over the course of the season to secure home court advantage in the western conference finals. Also, I wonder if their aging team can really compete against the Lakers. The Celts could very well make it.

For some reason, I am partial towards Utah upsetting the Lakers if it is going to happen at all. However, this is based on a limited sample size of games.

Utah will never beat LA because Deron Williams turns into a little bitch against them when things aren't going great. Utah could've beat LA at least once in a series, but the Jazz keep giving up. No confidence unless things are really going their way.

The past games of the Jazz against the Hawks/Bobcats/Heat/Magic disagree with you.

Neither of those teams are the Lakers, a team that's beaten them over and over that they're afraid of.

boomheadshot · Post #91 » by **boomheadshot** » Tue Nov 16, 2010 1:53 am

Hawks/Hornets

Donald Kaufman · Post #92 » by **Donald Kaufman** » Tue Nov 16, 2010 2:05 am

Spanish_Laker wrote:¿Spurs? They will get swept again, this time by a rising team (OKC or Utah)

The Thunder? :lol:

Nah, not this season. We're healthy, and when that happens, it's on.

andre316 · Post #93 » by **andre316** » Tue Nov 16, 2010 2:25 am

Grizfan6969 wrote:Boston's defense/experience + Miami's lack of length/post scoring/depth = Boston on top.

Miami has plenty of length, what they lack is bulk.

Also, their defense has shown the ability to be elite, and is still among the best in the league despite their recent slip-ups (which have also seen their offense clicking a bit better).

It doesn't help that they don't play to their strengths, i.e. they play at a sluggish pace and run too many iso plays, despite the luxury of having both LeBron and Wade.

Blackmun wrote:
nonemus wrote:Both of the Boston games, MIA played like utter crap, yet the game was still very much within their reach within the last minutes. It would be foolish to write off MIA as a failure and having no potential to win the championship 10 games into the season.

Interesting perspective from a recent bandwagoner.

And no, the 2nd game wasn't close. Sure, the scoreboard ended up close, but Boston controlled the game from minute 1 through minute 48. That's not a close game, no matter what the numbers say at the end of it.

Miami did a great job keeping Boston out of the paint. They lost by 5 in a game where Ray Allen shot 7 of 9 from three.

Still a loss, but the lesson wasn't "Boston beat up Miami inside", it was "Boston exposed Miami's sloppy, over-rotating defense with perimeter sharpshooting".

bc legends wrote:
TheHeatWarrior wrote:how can you blame them for expecting that?(The Heat winnin the 'ship)

I mean **** Pau Gasol fell into the Lakers lap, KG and ray ray fell into the celtics laps.... If theres another Lakers Celtcis Finals its gonna be sooooooo boring.

It would be much more interesting than watching a healthy Lakers roster dismantle the Heat in 6 games or less; then again, that wouldn't be so bad.

If the Heat make it to the Finals, that means they ran the gauntlet of Celtics-Magic (or maybe Celtics-Bulls). No way they fold that easily so deep into a postseason that has tested their fundamental weaknesses.

If they get "dismantled" in the playoffs, it happens in the conference semis or ECF.

LascelleL · Post #94 » by **LascelleL** » Mon Jan 3, 2011 5:41 am

We are in 2011 now, instead of creating another thread I thought about just posting in this one. Is this still a farfetched idea?

Donald Kaufman · Post #95 » by **Donald Kaufman** » Mon Jan 3, 2011 5:43 am

Spurs-Celtics.

34_fifty · Post #96 » by **34_fifty** » Mon Jan 3, 2011 5:51 am

hard to tell now, not as clear cut as before tho.

DEEP3CL · Post #97 » by **DEEP3CL** » Mon Jan 3, 2011 5:54 am

LascelleL wrote:We are in 2011 now, instead of creating another thread I thought about just posting in this one. Is this still a farfetched idea?

Ah yeah it is.

justinandimcool · Post #98 » by **justinandimcool** » Mon Jan 3, 2011 6:00 am

Farfetched would be something like Grizzlies/Nets.

Spurs/Celtics is probably the third or fourth most likely matchup behind Lakers/Heat and Lakers/Celtics (and that's just giving the Lakers credit by being champs, they look awful right now).

I'm praying we see this series. Shaq/KG vs Duncan, Manu vs Pierce, TP vs Rondo. Celts have an advantage with Perkins and Ray but the Spurs are slightly deeper.

SolidSnake008 · Post #99 » by **SolidSnake008** » Mon Jan 3, 2011 6:02 am

It's just like Barkley said the other day that things are not so clear cut....There isn't really 1 team that is playing head and shoulders above other comparable teams(if that makes any sense) maybe the Spurs

Prince12 · Post #100 » by **Prince12** » Mon Jan 3, 2011 6:35 am

DEEP3CL wrote:
LascelleL wrote:We are in 2011 now, instead of creating another thread I thought about just posting in this one. Is this still a farfetched idea?
Ah yeah it is.

Ah no its not..