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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.

considering that the music industry is not approving of google music or amazon cloud music is the biggest obstacle for cars implementing that. Hopefully spotify gets the legalities done soon and becomes partners with google/amazon/apple music.

don't most cars have an aux input now? that seems pretty universal to me

QUOTE (maggsmaggs @ May 6, 2011 -> 06:03 PM) Agreed. We can win this series without Boozer, but no way can we beat the Heat without him (and yes, I am assuming the Heat will win, not far fetched) being closer to full strength. Totally agree.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ May 6, 2011 -> 04:54 PM) I've given up. This team needs to make changes. Staying status Quo after years of consistent slow starts is bulls***. Given who we have leading the division we still have an opportunity at winning this thing, but they are gonna have to play perfect ball and hold people accountable. And yes, if I was running the team, I wouldn't just fire Walker. I'd fire Ozzie as well. Cooper would stay and I'm ok with Cora, etc. Than I'd give Tom Kelly a blank check to come in and run the Sox Amen.

QUOTE (iamshack @ May 4, 2011 -> 10:04 PM) Well, as usual, I disagree with you. The reason Apple is so successful is because they anticipate what the market wants better than any other computer/electronics manufacturer in the marketplace. Their designs are beautiful, functional, incredibly intuitive, practical, and most importantly, backed by a ton of support from third party developers. All of their devices get copied, but it doesn't matter. The other manufacturers just don't seem to get it. They don't come with the intuitive design, they don't have the third party developers on the scale Apple does, and they don't see the forest for the trees. It's isn't that they are incapable of designing a touch screen, it's that they don't realize that it's uncomfortable for a user to use a touchscreen desktop monitor because of the ergonomics of how one is positioned while using a computer, while Apple does. It's that they don't realize that someone would utilize a tablet if you make it outstanding at handling tasks that don't require heavy word processing/typing such as multimedia. Do you really think that Apple is so far ahead of the curve from a technology standpoint that these other companies can't manufacture devices that Apple does? That obviously is not the case; you have copycats hit the market within 6 months to a year with almost every device. Where they are lacking is in imagining how and why the device will become something the use can't live without, and the multitudes of other services and products that can be marketed along with the product, such as iTunes and the App store. in other words, that they own IP on design and if you take that away it's a big deal.

If I'm going to watch an awful team, I at least want them to look good. Kyle Korver at SS. Jon Hamm somewhere. Ron karkovice.

Man this team is awful.

WHAT STEPHEN?

Crawford is one of the worst defensive players i've ever seen. edit: like someone lip synching a hymn they don't actually know but want to seem part of the bigger group, crawford just seems to think if it looks like he's playing defense it's enough to satisfy everyone.