Which Surprise Team Will Beak Into the Elite 5?

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Which team can break into the Elite 5?

Portland
54
32%
Denver
29
17%
Chicago
15
9%
Toronto
17
10%
Dallas
24
14%
Phoenix
16
9%
New Orleans
4
2%
Washington
12
7%
 
Total votes: 171

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Re: Which Surprise Team Will Beak Into the Elite 5? 

Post#61 » by The Sludge » Mon Oct 19, 2009 11:45 pm

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thaAteam wrote:u just sound dumber and dumber every time u talk, your breath must stink from all that sht u flush out. please tell me what the hell lebron has ever done.... please? help me understand? and as far as wade goes, he was clutch in one finals game? hasnt his team been booted out in the 1st round every yr since, including not making the playoffs? hsnt kobe had a couple 1st round outs and a no playoffs at all in the last few yrs? didnt lebron get swept in the finals? dirk has been in the playoffs 10 straight yrs and never got swept? just because he isnt flashy and doesnt talk sht doesnt mean he aint an assassin, and dont let me even get started on that boston team.... whos there assassin, kg? how long did it take him to get out the 1st round? or paul pierce, a guy that was on a team a few yrs ago that lost like 25 straight? and what about orl.... there best player cant even touch the ball the last five minutes cuz he cant make free throws. of the big 5... the only player on any team with a better assassin tag then dirk is kobe and duncan, nobody from clev, orl, or boston even qualify. dallas has just as good a chance to compete for a title as the old ass celtics, the choke jobs with their sissy coach, or a cleveland team who got rocked in the playoffs last yr. oh, and those three teams just so happen to have some of the worst coaches in the playoffs
Please........don't mention dumb, try mixing in some spaces in this garbage you call a paragraph.......oh wait you don't even know what that is.

Second I not a LeBron fan, you clearly miss the concept of a better player being used as an example. He's better than Dirk period, his playoff resume may not be great but hell Dirk's isn't either.So on that note they've both sucked.......there happy now?

Third I don't even give a damn on the OP's list of team thinking of trying to crack the Big 5, simply put none are good enough as of this moment period. My Lakers are there and thus far have owned Dallas and Dirk, so I'm done arguing this point and this subject.

It's plainly obvious you're a Dirk fan......other wise I see no reason for someone to argue vigorously for him. Oh yeah Kobe has only missed the playoffs only once in his career, and not this garbage you wrote trying to prove a point.

"hsnt kobe had a couple 1st round outs and a no playoffs at all in the last few yrs?"


The word "few" insinuates more than one, oh but I'm the one you're calling dumb ahh yeah ok.

He said in the last few years, that's happened to Kobe. He didn't say that's happened to Kobe a few times.
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Re: Which Surprise Team Will Beak Into the Elite 5? 

Post#62 » by qotsa » Thu Apr 15, 2010 4:40 am

bump.
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Re: Which Surprise Team Will Beak Into the Elite 5? 

Post#63 » by Puertorique » Thu Apr 15, 2010 5:32 am

Denver and Dallas both stepped up to the plate in this one.
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Re: Which Surprise Team Will Beak Into the Elite 5? 

Post#64 » by NCHeels2008 » Thu Apr 15, 2010 5:42 am

Boston and San Antonio really need to step up in the playoffs to justify this thread
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Re: Which Surprise Team Will Beak Into the Elite 5? 

Post#65 » by Mad Balla 15 » Thu Apr 15, 2010 6:12 am

Wow, Atlanta wasn't even an option in the poll
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Post#66 » by rsavaj » Thu Apr 15, 2010 6:21 am

PHX finished with the 5th best record in the league!
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Post#67 » by LarsV8 » Thu Apr 15, 2010 6:34 am

No love for Houston?!
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Re: Which Surprise Team Will Beak Into the Elite 5? 

Post#68 » by RIPskaterdude » Thu Apr 15, 2010 7:11 am

More votes for Toronto than the Suns :o
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Re: Which Surprise Team Will Beak Into the Elite 5? 

Post#69 » by Cthulhu » Thu Apr 15, 2010 7:12 am

DEEP3CL wrote:
Baseline Runner wrote:
DEEP3CL wrote:It's a reason none of the teams you listed are in the Elite 5 to begin with.........none of them have assassins.



Dirk's not an assassin? Since when? Roy, Arenas, Paul and Melo say hello too.
No he isn't, I say that because if Lebron or Kobe or Vince had to get a bucket, they're going to the basket with force. Dirk will just settle for his weak fadeaway J or a low percentage 3. Saw him do that too many times, not impressed.

You mentioned some good guys but here's the difference, the Big 5 have players at positions like PF, SG and C that are clearly better than the positions of the listed teams. It's more than just those teams in the Big 5 having elite players. None of the listed teams benches are better than the Big 5's, and last but not least the coaching isn't nowhere near as good as the Big 5's. Mike Brown is probably the weakest but he's a disciple of Popovich, so that gives him equity.



Hmm...funny, when Dirk "had" to get a bucket this year in the clutch, he shot a higher fg%, 3pt%, ft% than any of those guys... and was 2nd in the NBA in 4th quarter PPG. But then again, that's the kind of idiocy I've come to expect from your posts. At least you're consistent.
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Re: Which Surprise Team Will Beak Into the Elite 5? 

Post#70 » by Cthulhu » Thu Apr 15, 2010 7:16 am

lmao @ Deep3CL. This thread is comedic gold.
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Re: Which Surprise Team Will Beak Into the Elite 5? 

Post#71 » by King Of Wang » Thu Apr 15, 2010 8:00 am

wtf is washington, chicago n toronto doin here?? :-?
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Post#72 » by Jimmy Recard » Fri Apr 16, 2010 1:15 am

Chicago + Bosh = Drool
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Re: Which Surprise Team Will Beak Into the Elite 5? 

Post#73 » by Wade2k6 » Fri Apr 16, 2010 1:20 am

King Of Wang wrote:wtf is washington, chicago n toronto doin here?? :-?

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