Pacers' David West: "Nobody's Afraid Of Us"

[greg4012]

The quote is in the Heat's message board

You make a claim, get asked for evidence, and you tell the other person to go and find it. And this is like the 5th time you've made this claim. Strong trolling.

He's either a master troll, or actually crazy (to put it kindly). He has constantly said absurd things pumping up the pacers and degrading the HEAT.

My favorite though is when he speaks about players like LeBron "putting on muscles" in the playoffs to be stronger. His rationale for why the Pacers will be fine is that Hibbert will "put on muscles" in the playoffs like LeBron, so no one will be able to stop him.

He's pretty entertaining to follow once you know not to take him seriously.

[aol4532]

The quote is in the Heat's message board

You make a claim, get asked for evidence, and you tell the other person to go and find it. And this is like the 5th time you've made this claim. Strong trolling.

I'm not going to go though every thread on the Heat board just to find the quote, not my fault if you don't follow your team. It's kind of ironic that I know more about the Heat than some of the Heat fans themselves(for example, Wade having to take out his meniscus.)

[druggas]

HCA is overrated in the playoffs.

Fact is, Indy just isn't good enough to beat Miami in a 7 game series they way they look now

Game 7 is won by the home team 80% of the time.

[greg4012]

The quote is in the Heat's message board

You make a claim, get asked for evidence, and you tell the other person to go and find it. And this is like the 5th time you've made this claim. Strong trolling.

I'm not going to go though every thread on the Heat board just to find the quote, not my fault if you don't follow your team. It's kind of ironic that I know more about the Heat than some of the Heat fans themselves(for example, Wade having to take out his meniscus.)

Are you aware that was eleven years ago, right?

[aol4532]

Yes, and it's been accentuated with the latest surgery

[PaulieWal]

The quote is in the Heat's message board

You make a claim, get asked for evidence, and you tell the other person to go and find it. And this is like the 5th time you've made this claim. Strong trolling.

I'm not going to go though every thread on the Heat board just to find the quote, not my fault if you don't follow your team. It's kind of ironic that I know more about the Heat than some of the Heat fans themselves(for example, Wade having to take out his meniscus.)

At this point I have no clue where you are getting your arguments from. Most Heat fans and even casual fans probably do know that he had to take out his meniscus. That was a huge talking point after this injury last year and it was widely discussed why for that very reason the 'Kobe Germany Treatment' wasn't an option for him.

If Wade did make a statement saying what you are saying, then find the news source/article. You are making completely baseless statements and then deferring by saying, "Oh, go find them on the Heat board". The Heat board is not a news source. Please find us the actual interview where he said that. Even if he did say that, that's irrelevant as he continues to sit out games and all Pacers made public statements about HCA. Would you like me to give you the links to those interviews?

[greg4012]

Yes, and it's been accentuated with the latest surgery

Last surgery he had on his knee was in 2012. He has had other procedures done. But, you're operating on half truths to fit them into your narrative.

Whatever you need to do to cope, I guess...

[aol4532]

No, I don't want the links to those quotes. What's the point anyway? It seems like Heat fans just want to win every little details and thumbing up each other as if it matters.

[PaulieWal]

No, I don't want the links to those quotes. What's the point anyway? It seems like Heat fans just want to win every little details and thumbing up each other as if it matters.

You don't want to link to those quotes because they don't exist. Sorry, you have been exposed . It's okay though, you had a good run.

[aol4532]

No, I don't want the links to those quotes. What's the point anyway? It seems like Heat fans just want to win every little details and thumbing up each other as if it matters.

You don't want to link to those quotes because they don't exist. Sorry, you have been exposed . It's okay though, you had a good run.

You want to make a bet?

[PaulieWal]

No, I don't want the links to those quotes. What's the point anyway? It seems like Heat fans just want to win every little details and thumbing up each other as if it matters.

You don't want to link to those quotes because they don't exist. Sorry, you have been exposed . It's okay though, you had a good run.

You want to make a bet?

Please link to the quote you are talking about or simply stop saying that Wade said that. I would extend you the courtesy of providing you evidence for something I was claiming, yet you want to continue debating this without providing any evidence.

[Deus]

Indy is fine. They're coasting and they can afford to do it since they play in such a terrible conference. They will be 2nd seed and will not have HCA against Miami. But I think they can beat them in 7.

[MisterHibachi]

I'm sorry, but the pacers team we have seen over the past 1-2 months is not good enough to knock the heat off. It's pretty telling that at this point in the season both teams have the same amount of losses even though one of them is treating the regular season like the playoffs and the other is treating it like a glorified pre-season. Obviously things can change, but I don't think the pacers can get over the hump this year

Miami treating it like a preseason, is that why they're playing a guy with no meniscus, and Wade himself quoting that they want to win every game, to try to get HC?

Quote? The heat constantly say that they don't care about the standings and just want to get better every game. Their primary goal is to be healthy and playing their best basketball at the end of the season. It's the Pacers who have been quoted again and again that their goal is the 1st seed and that HCA is important to them.

To the thread though, the Pacers just don't have championship level offense. They may beat the Heat, because their team offense goes through the roof against their small FC, but they'd lose comfortably to any team out West that can match their size. They wouldn't be able to keep up, offensively, with the Thunder or Spurs.

The quote he's talking about is pretty much Wade saying that they want to win every game. Which is what every player in the league would say and should say. None of them are gonna admit to coasting obviously.

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[PaulieWal]

Miami treating it like a preseason, is that why they're playing a guy with no meniscus, and Wade himself quoting that they want to win every game, to try to get HC?

Quote? The heat constantly say that they don't care about the standings and just want to get better every game. Their primary goal is to be healthy and playing their best basketball at the end of the season. It's the Pacers who have been quoted again and again that their goal is the 1st seed and that HCA is important to them.

To the thread though, the Pacers just don't have championship level offense. They may beat the Heat, because their team offense goes through the roof against their small FC, but they'd lose comfortably to any team out West that can match their size. They wouldn't be able to keep up, offensively, with the Thunder or Spurs.

The quote he's talking about is pretty much Wade saying that they want to win every game. Which is what every player in the league would say and should say. None of them are gonna admit to coasting obviously.

So it was a generic quote? And that translates to Wade saying we want HCA when he didn't explicitly say that? On the other hand, the Pacers have given multiple explicit quotes/interviews saying that they want HCA for "game 7 on their floor". They even claimed that they would have won last year if game 7 was in Indiana.

[greg4012]

Quote? The heat constantly say that they don't care about the standings and just want to get better every game. Their primary goal is to be healthy and playing their best basketball at the end of the season. It's the Pacers who have been quoted again and again that their goal is the 1st seed and that HCA is important to them.

To the thread though, the Pacers just don't have championship level offense. They may beat the Heat, because their team offense goes through the roof against their small FC, but they'd lose comfortably to any team out West that can match their size. They wouldn't be able to keep up, offensively, with the Thunder or Spurs.

The quote he's talking about is pretty much Wade saying that they want to win every game. Which is what every player in the league would say and should say. None of them are gonna admit to coasting obviously.

So it was a generic quote? And that translates to Wade saying we want HCA when he didn't explicitly say that? On the other hand, the Pacers have given multiple explicit quotes/interviews saying that they want HCA for "game 7 on their floor". They even claimed that they would have won last year if game 7 was in Indiana.

He reeks of desperation

[G35]

I don't know what's wrong with wanting homecourt advantage...and if the Pacers don't get it, they don't get it. It is what it is, they will have to deal with it. You don't always get what you want but you have to at least try.

Would you say you don't want a ring because you might now win one? Goals are motivators.....

[rayofsunshine]

Bynum has infected them.

[PaulieWal]

I don't know what's wrong with wanting homecourt advantage...and if the Pacers don't get it, they don't get it. It is what it is, they will have to deal with it. You don't always get what you want but you have to at least try.

Would you say you don't want a ring because you might now win one? Goals are motivators.....

There's nothing wrong with wanting HCA. I said yesterday in the GT, a young and hungry team like Indy should want HCA over Miami. But they went very public with it and have been extremely vocal about how they want HCA, that's the only goal of their RS, and then saying that we would have won last year if game 7 was on our floor. In that context, I can't help but think that when you are giving interviews left, right, and center that you want HCA and you start ECF in Miami, that's got to impact you negatively. How can it not? I don't mean to go Skip Baylessian on this but the psychological component would be huge when you have told yourself that game 7 in Indiana and we win and then you play that game 7 in Miami. I think Barkley got it right a couple of week ago on Inside The NBA when he said they are focusing too much on it.

[Makavalli]

they gassing out after pushing so hard for Homecourt now pacers fans trying to say there coasting? west is the most important player on that team if something happens to him its over

[Shuttlesworth34]

[quote="Makavalli"]they gassing out after pushing so hard for Homecourt now pacers fans trying to say there coasting? west is the most important player on that team if something happens to him its over[/quote]
It's very convenient that the pacers decided to coast the rest of the way as soon as they were caught by the heat.