Around the NBA 9.0 (Playoffs Edition)

ReturnofFlash · Post #2101 » by **ReturnofFlash** » Thu May 22, 2014 3:27 am

Good lord the spurs...This will definitely be our toughest opponent yet, everyone on their team is healthy and we are too. Going to be a great series...hopefully in our favor. I just pray to god CB plays good or our chances will be slim.

Post #2102 » by **IggieCC** » Thu May 22, 2014 3:27 am

MisterHibachi · Post #2103 » by **MisterHibachi** » Thu May 22, 2014 3:29 am

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

RJM · Post #2104 » by **RJM** » Thu May 22, 2014 3:30 am

Romerowned · Post #2105 » by **Romerowned** » Thu May 22, 2014 3:30 am

KD only played 29 minutes before getting pulled. 15 points. Wow.

NBA82 · Post #2106 » by **NBA82** » Thu May 22, 2014 3:31 am

Pop is incredible but don't underestimate the Spurs' talent. Parker can't be stopped off the dribble, Duncan is the perfect big man, and Ginobili can do anything you need on offense. He pairs that with an elite role player like Kawhi and the 5th guy doesn't matter. When a Danny Green goes off, they're absolutely unstoppable.

The best way to play them is to just stay at home on everyone and force Parker to beat you off the dribble time and time again. But he can.

Amorphous Blob · Post #2107 » by **Amorphous Blob** » Thu May 22, 2014 3:32 am

It won't come down on KD just yet especially with Ibaka missing time but it's getting there.

JcRoSsOvVeR · Post #2108 » by **JcRoSsOvVeR** » Thu May 22, 2014 3:32 am

Brooks is a scrub coach worst D and O sets i have ever seen, imo pacers is much more difficult than these spurs
I still believe what miami can do in crucial moments wich is theyre D is exeptional

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NorrisColeWorld · Post #2109 » by **NorrisColeWorld** » Thu May 22, 2014 3:32 am

So from last year the Spurs lost Gary Neal but gained Belineli and Patty Mills. We lost Mike Miller and gained Beasley, Oden and a healthier Wade. We'll see what happens if it comes to that.

Romerowned · Post #2110 » by **Romerowned** » Thu May 22, 2014 3:32 am

Miami4Life wrote:Good lord the spurs...This will definitely be our toughest opponent yet, everyone on their team is healthy and we are too. Going to be a great series...hopefully in our favor. I just pray to god CB plays good or our chances will be slim.

Everyone is gonna have to go off for a million points while playing god like defense if we want to have a chance.

Vertical Limit · Post #2111 » by **Vertical Limit** » Thu May 22, 2014 3:33 am

Never seen MVP get blown out like that in a playoff game. *shrugs*

Yaphet Kotto · Post #2112 » by **Yaphet Kotto** » Thu May 22, 2014 3:34 am

R.C. Buford was named 2014 Executive of the Year and the San Antonio Spurs are again in the Western Conference Finals.
The Spurs have done a masterful job of rebuilding the team on the fly even as Tim Duncan, Manu Ginobili and Tony Parker get deeper into their thirties.
“We have a specific list of deal-breakers that are non-negotiable,’’ Buford said. “If players want New York or LA, they’re not going to come here. … If someone’s more interested in winning scoring titles, this probably isn’t the place for them."

When the New York Knicks hired Phil Jackson, many in the NBA wondered why they wouldn't make that type of offer for someone like Buford.
“He believes he’s got the greatest job in the league and works with the greatest people,’’ the source said. “Why would he want to leave that?’’

Via Marc Berman/New York Post

Such an intelligently run organization. They are like a machine.

GetMoney · Post #2113 » by **GetMoney** » Thu May 22, 2014 3:34 am

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

Because you say so

Post #2114 » by **IggieCC** » Thu May 22, 2014 3:36 am

NorrisColeWorld wrote:So from last year the Spurs lost Gary Neal but gained Belineli and Patty Mills. We lost Mike Miller and gained Beasley, Oden and a healthier Wade. We'll see what happens if it comes to that.

The gain we gained from gaining Beasley and Oden is currently at whopping zero.

So technically, we lost Mike Miller and gained a healthier Wade, and we shall see 8-)

Post #2115 » by **QUIZ** » Thu May 22, 2014 3:36 am

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

You tell em!

BoshtimusPrime · Post #2116 » by **BoshtimusPrime** » Thu May 22, 2014 3:37 am

I remember feeling kind of bad for Duncan and the Spurs last year thinking it was their last serious title run. :lol:

**** empathy. Lets send them to retirement with another loss.

Romerowned · Post #2117 » by **Romerowned** » Thu May 22, 2014 3:38 am

Green, Leonard, Splitter, and Diaw are playing better than last year.

Destructor · Post #2118 » by **Destructor** » Thu May 22, 2014 3:40 am

BoshtimusPrime wrote:I remember feeling kind of bad for Duncan and the Spurs last year thinking it was their last serious title run.

**** empathy. Lets send them to retirement with another loss.

HAHA I'm telling you they will win one before they retire :lol:

Let's **** get a three peat first and then they can have whatever they want

Vertical Limit · Post #2119 » by **Vertical Limit** » Thu May 22, 2014 3:42 am

OKC is soft as hell.

Even with Ibaka they be down 0-2, they didn't stand a chance but the least you can do is force the Spurs into a physical game. You got 6 fouls to use, start playing more physical. They're finessing your asses out the court and you're just letting them dance around you.

Yaphet Kotto · Post #2120 » by **Yaphet Kotto** » Thu May 22, 2014 3:45 am

Romerowned wrote:KD only played 29 minutes before getting pulled. 15 points. Wow.

Pathetic. Another undeserved MVP going to another manufactured "superstar". Shades of D Rose winning that MVP. I think we all know who the MVP of this league was, is, and will be until he declines with age.

And see, you just know the media darling, Golden Boy will get no blame for any of this from the media, the narrative will be "Ibaka was hurt".

Was Lebron afforded the same luxury? When Bosh went down, if we had lost to the Pacers in 2012, would they have cut Lebron slack for not having a key player in Bosh?? **** no, hed get all the blame.

But the thing is, if that ever even happens to Lebron "a player going down", he doesnt give up and score 15 pts and say "oh well im not gonna win without Bosh", naw, he puts up an ungodly performance and wills the team to victory with his partner in crime (wade/westbrook for Durant), and moves on.

Man up niqqa.