NBA Finals Thread / Around The NBA In The Offseason

Post #1 » by **kingkirk** » Thu Jun 20, 2013 12:24 pm

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7mwuUuQ5Ws[/youtube]

Post #2 » by **kingkirk** » Thu Jun 20, 2013 12:28 pm

Not even my youtube link is working. This surely can't be a sign of things to come...

Hangtime84 · Post #3 » by **Hangtime84** » Thu Jun 20, 2013 12:44 pm

KingCuban wrote:Not even my youtube link is working. This surely can't be a sign of things to come...

Http not https

TheAdmiral · Post #4 » by **TheAdmiral** » Thu Jun 20, 2013 12:46 pm

^ Beat me to it.

LET'S GO SPURS! LET'S GO SPURS!

bentheredengthat · Post #5 » by **bentheredengthat** » Thu Jun 20, 2013 1:06 pm

Hangtime84 wrote:
KingCuban wrote:Not even my youtube link is working. This surely can't be a sign of things to come...

Http not https

No S as in Spurs. AAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!!!!

GeneralNbaFan · Post #6 » by **GeneralNbaFan** » Thu Jun 20, 2013 1:07 pm

Guys I want you to think about it: If Miami win tonight, Lebron will be FMVP ! F*cking finals MVP!
And then all of a sudden his 13years old fans will claim that he has a good series, based on his stats.
Boy this will be a long off season.

Ice the knees · Post #7 » by **Ice the knees** » Thu Jun 20, 2013 1:26 pm

GeneralNbaFan wrote:Guys I want you to think about it: If Miami win tonight, Lebron will be FMVP ! F*cking finals MVP!
And then all of a sudden his 13years old fans will claim that he has a good series, based on his stats.
Boy this will be a long off season.

He did have a good series. It's not about LBJs level of play compared to other players, it's about the level of play fans expect from him.

Any way you slice it, if the Heat win tonight, he alone is the reason the Heat are champions.

27ppg
9rpg
7apg

Those are his numbers in the 3 wins. You can't skew those stats any other way. Those are MVP numbers. If the Heat win game 7 tonight, I would bet he has similar numbers.

Trm3 · Post #8 » by **Trm3** » Thu Jun 20, 2013 1:32 pm

Ice the knees wrote:
GeneralNbaFan wrote:Guys I want you to think about it: If Miami win tonight, Lebron will be FMVP ! F*cking finals MVP!
And then all of a sudden his 13years old fans will claim that he has a good series, based on his stats.
Boy this will be a long off season.

He did have a good series. It's not about LBJs level of play compared to other players, it's about the level of play fans expect from him.

Any way you slice it, if the Heat win tonight, he alone is the reason the Heat are champions.

27ppg
9rpg
7apg

Those are his numbers in the 3 wins. You can't skew those stats any other way. Those are MVP numbers. If the Heat win game 7 tonight, I would bet he has similar numbers.

Plus Nike already said so....so, yeah, the NBA isn't rigged :roll:

BGeezy · Post #9 » by **BGeezy** » Thu Jun 20, 2013 2:00 pm

Yeah you need a big miracle because Scott Foster's reffing tonight.

Its ova Heat are still the champs smh.

Mech Engineer · Post #10 » by **Mech Engineer** » Thu Jun 20, 2013 2:02 pm

If Manu Turnobli can give the Spurs 20 minutes without any turnovers, the Spurs will win this. He is very important because he provides the alternate ball handler they need when Parker is trapped.

Saphir · Post #11 » by **Saphir** » Thu Jun 20, 2013 2:29 pm

Danny Crawford
Scott Foster
Monty McCutchen

Well, Danny Crawford should be able to maintain order. Scott Foster is worrisome though.

(And yeah, the underlying problem the NBA has that people are keyed into ref assignments)

GeneralNbaFan · Post #12 » by **GeneralNbaFan** » Thu Jun 20, 2013 2:37 pm

Ice the knees wrote:
GeneralNbaFan wrote:Guys I want you to think about it: If Miami win tonight, Lebron will be FMVP ! F*cking finals MVP!
And then all of a sudden his 13years old fans will claim that he has a good series, based on his stats.
Boy this will be a long off season.

He did have a good series. It's not about LBJs level of play compared to other players, it's about the level of play fans expect from him.

Any way you slice it, if the Heat win tonight, he alone is the reason the Heat are champions.

27ppg
9rpg
7apg

Those are his numbers in the 3 wins. You can't skew those stats any other way. Those are MVP numbers. If the Heat win game 7 tonight, I would bet he has similar numbers.

Thanks for proving my point. I never saw how ineffective such good stats could look on the floor.
To sum it up: His stats doesnt show his impact, especially his uncluthness!

And btw between game 1 to game 6, Lebron was never the best player on one of the games...
How could he deserve to be FMVP? But I agree he will and he should, because in this series the other were inconsistent. ( Wades game 4 was MVP-like, than his game 6 bad again)

And right now, he should thank Allen, because Lebron gifted nearly the game to the Spurs with his poor shooting and turnover in the last posessions.

This will be the worst FMVP ever! No one deserves it. I think the only one who played consistently good was Kawhi Leonard!

GeneralNbaFan · Post #13 » by **GeneralNbaFan** » Thu Jun 20, 2013 2:39 pm

Mech Engineer wrote:If Manu Turnobli can give the Spurs 20 minutes without any turnovers, the Spurs will win this. He is very important because he provides the alternate ball handler they need when Parker is trapped.

I really cant understand why he is trying ALWAYS to make highlight passes? I know Miamis defense is good, they defend the passing line and thats why you cant play simple passes. But he has to find another way, because turnovers led to fastbreaks. And thats not worth the risk!

League Circles · Post #14 » by **League Circles** » Thu Jun 20, 2013 2:46 pm

I'm kinda mixed on who I want to win.

On one hand, if the Spurs win:

- my hated Miami loses which would be funny, especially to see the post game presser
- Duncan might retire - making the path to a title next year easier
- Miami might panic and make a bad trade
- Miami might panic and make a great trade - which would not be good
- I don't really like the Spurs either and would love to see them done for good, eliminated from being a contender, which is more likely if they lose than win

On the other hand, if Miami wins:
-the team I hate wins
- all of the players I hate win
- at least maybe SAS becomes less of a contender in some way due to the loss - less enemies for the Bulls

I guess I marginally want the Spurs to win, but I definitely don't like either of these teams. The only player I really like on either team is probably Leonard.

League Circles · Post #15 » by **League Circles** » Thu Jun 20, 2013 2:51 pm

This will be somewhat of a legacy game for Manu I think. While I know he's been a great player, I still tend to think of him as one of the most overrated players (by hardcore fans) of a generation. I don't really know what he did internationally before the NBA but to me he's not a HOF player. Kinda really benefited from the drop off of a cliff of the top SG talent after guys like Finley, Stackhouse, JRich, Eddie Jones, TMac, Carter, RIP etc all fell off.

BGeezy · Post #16 » by **BGeezy** » Thu Jun 20, 2013 3:19 pm

Gar Paxdorf wrote:This will be somewhat of a legacy game for Manu I think. While I know he's been a great player, I still tend to think of him as one of the most overrated players (by hardcore fans) of a generation. I don't really know what he did internationally before the NBA but to me he's not a HOF player. Kinda really benefited from the drop off of a cliff of the top SG talent after guys like Finley, Stackhouse, JRich, Eddie Jones, TMac, Carter, RIP etc all fell off.

I think that what sells him in the Hall of Fame since its a Basketball Hall of Fame not NBA HOF.

Air Poohdini · Post #17 » by **Air Poohdini** » Thu Jun 20, 2013 3:31 pm

The Spurs will win, Coach Pop will be pulling out all the tricks tonight.

nitetrain8603 · Post #18 » by **nitetrain8603** » Thu Jun 20, 2013 3:32 pm

I don't see the Spurs winning. Scott Foster is the king of cooking games while Joey Crawford just makes terrible calls all around. I see Heat winning in a blowout. They have all the momentum and new life. Spurs were up by like 5 with 30 seconds left. No way they should've blow that. But they also blew a 13 point lead to Houston a few years back too. Turrible. I already put a few hundred bucks on Miami tonight. If I have to see them win, might as well be able to enjoy some of it.

RoseTheFuture22 · Post #19 » by **RoseTheFuture22** » Thu Jun 20, 2013 3:34 pm

Yea Ginobili's NBA stats probably wouldn't be enough to get him in but when you consider he was a phenomenal international player before that and was the leader of the only olympic team in the last 25 years to beat the USA he has a very good chance

TIKIbull · Post #20 » by **TIKIbull** » Thu Jun 20, 2013 3:40 pm

Gar Paxdorf wrote:- Miami might panic and make a great trade - which would not be good

I always worry about that. They have the pieces, and a great trade can turn into multiple championships.