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I'm only scared if there's a double standard in foul calls.

yeah, the last minute confirms everything i've said. and Miami once again does some douchebag drives at the end. This league can f*** itself if they are gonna parade these douchebags around as champions.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ May 12, 2011 -> 02:27 AM) Come on celtics pretend you have some pride Yeah, well it's hard to make a run or maintain a lead when any time the heat are close to the basket the refs are ready to blow the whistle, but when paul drives and gets the same contact they swallow it. This reminds me why I had trouble getting back in to the NBA.

I would love if the bulls got the calls that the big three get. They smell the basket and get a foul called.

some pretty awful turnovers from the celts.

The private sector (GAP) endorsed common, shouldn't that be good enough for republicans?

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ May 11, 2011 -> 07:42 PM) That's always been Bosh's game. He's a face-up/slasher that can shoot. Kinda like Dirk without the 3-point range. I'll fully concede that Bosh seems to be a dumbass. But he's a great player. I knew before the season that he was going to have the most difficult adjustment out of the three. And he's had a fine year. right, but i don't think he's a great player for the heat, or paired up with lebron.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ May 11, 2011 -> 08:36 PM) Then you're selling the Heat short, IMO. LeBron is the best player in basketball. Wade is arguably the second best. Chris Bosh is a top 3 player at his position. They're all young and in their primes. There's no reason to think they won't be a major force for years to come. Look at this year. They 'only' won 58 games and yet they were looked at as big underachievers. Yet when you take away the 9-8 start and that 5-game losing streak in March, they've been utterly dominant. They're doing this simply on talent. You can tell they're much more comfortable playing together than they were 5 months ago. And the more time that goes by, the better the chemistry will be. And you have to figure they'll be able to strengthen their supporting cast going forward. I thought they did a pretty good job this year. No way to know Mike Miller was going to fall off a cliff and that Haslem would miss 60 games. Dirk is 2nd best right now.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ May 11, 2011 -> 08:30 PM) I agree with the premise here. 'Bron is basically injury proof. Bosh hasn't had a legitimate injury to this point in his career that I can remember. Wade has obviously had a ton of injury issues. I just don't consider Bosh anything major at this point. He's good on a team where nobody can make their own shot, but on a team with a lebron and wade, having a PF who just wants to take jumpshots is frivelous. A team of Lebron + Bosh is one I don't think would win a title. I mean, I'd definitely consider OKC from hereon to be superior to that.

QUOTE (ZoomSlowik @ May 11, 2011 -> 08:24 PM) Bosh is better than any #3 scorer that the Lakers had, and the biggest difference between Horry and Fisher and guys like Bibby, Jones, Chalmers and Miller is that they haven't had dozens of opportunities in their career to make an impact on a playoff game. Maybe they hit some key shots, maybe they don't. Obviously you need that to win titles. But a couple of made jumpers at the right times doesn't suddenly turn those guys into stars. They also aren't idiots like chalmers and taking shots away from the playmakers. They were good role players that played very hard on D. But one thing, I like the equation of a dominant center+shooting guard/sf over dominant SG/SF. Of course, Lebron could learn to play with his back to the basket at some point.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ May 11, 2011 -> 08:12 PM) So, if 1/2 the season next year is missing, that's a big boost to the Heat. Ha, very true. I didn't think about that.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ May 11, 2011 -> 07:47 PM) I never tried to make an actual comparison between these Heat and the 90's Bulls. Just that they're going to be in the way of teams with championship aspirations for years to come, like the 90's Bulls were for the Knicks, Heat, Cavs, Jazz, etc. I am not confident that Wade will be able to last consecutive seasons from hereon without a really serious injury.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ May 11, 2011 -> 07:25 PM) That stat is still crazy. Wade carried a team on his back down 0-2 to an NBA title. Wade played amazing in that series and this is going to sound petty, but that was among the most controversial games (game 3) in NBA history.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ May 11, 2011 -> 05:49 PM) the Heat's offense got a lot better when Bibby replaced Chalmers as their starting PG. chalmers was even worse, but that doesn't prove anything.

Bibby is terrible. He may be the worst PG in the league.

BUt all that means it will be all the more disappointing if the heat win. Unless dwade gets injured, they are going to dominate the playoffs every year.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ May 11, 2011 -> 05:20 PM) The Blazers and Kings had bench mobs in the early 2000s. The Lakers had Shaq and Kobe. The end. Again, not saying the Bulls can't win. But I don't see either bench playing a huge role in the upcoming series. The surrounding cast to the lakers during shaq and kobe was >>>>>>>>>>>> to the heat's surrounding cast.

QUOTE (DukeNukeEm @ May 11, 2011 -> 05:17 PM) Mags, I really think the Horford-Noah matchup is tough for us. Those two guys have a ton of familiarity with each other's games from UF and it takes away from Noah's effectiveness. I've been trying to formulate that in my head, but I think it goes beyond this specific horford matchup. But yeah, I do think Noah is in a mindgame with him that Noah is losing.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ May 11, 2011 -> 05:08 PM) i think the Bulls have played in the playoffs like they have all season long. Nothing has been easy, there were very few blowouts, and many times it came down to Rose shouldering the load in the 4th quarter. Why did we all expect a domination switch to flip on in the playoffs? They play their best when they play together, as it has been all season long. The games they have lost, the team stood around and waited for Rose to do something. Three bench players, Asik Gibson and Brewer, were the main reasons. The bench mob I don't think people saw how good Asik was in the 4th. He was covering an incredible amount of ground on defense. From top of the key to baseline three back inside. It was fantastic.

If Noah does go into foul trouble, Asik and Thomas available is a big advantage we have.

I do think we play better against better teams, though. Nonetheless, Noah has to get his confidence back. Dude is playing like garbage.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ May 11, 2011 -> 03:36 PM) Which is good and bad. Taj is a much better defender than Boozer. But he's a much lesser threat to score the ball. This is what I mean by the matchup problems the Heat create. You have a similar problem at the 2-guard. You got one guy who's a great shooter and bad defender. Another guy who's a good defender and not much of a scorer. This obviously hasn't been an issue to this point. But it more than likely will be next series. I don't understand what you are saying. Noah was on bosh. I think the heat will be difficult as all hell, that said i think we play a lot better when we rely on out-energy-ing the other team, like we have to vs. great teams.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ May 11, 2011 -> 03:03 PM) I'd expect Noah and Taj to get most of Bosh. yes. This is what happens.

QUOTE (Harry Chappas @ May 10, 2011 -> 09:31 PM) and they are 3-4. hahaha

QUOTE (bigruss22 @ May 10, 2011 -> 08:49 PM) That's another thing I don't get, if someone downloads an album, or buys the CD, don't they have legal rights to listen to that music for free from and source they may have? Whether it's a computer, mp3 player, cd player, whatever, they should be able to play that for free after purchasing it. Im not sure on the details but I believe a coworker was saying the music industry is or is trying to charge an extra fee for those hosting music on a cloud client. I believe it's due to the fact that you could share access to that storage to anyone and they consider that a form of piracy.