Miami 81-1. Really....67-15 (though I hope it's worse than that).

God, I hate them! I really hope they don't break the Bulls' record of 72-10. I hope to hell somehow they flop. If they do go to the Finals you can bet I'm rooting for the West, which is something I seldom do.

As for the Bulls, I'm going with 52-30 which will be good enough to place them 1st in the Central.

Erick Spoelstra will be fired.

 

LeBron complained the other night about not getting enough minutes...in a preseason game.

Erick Spoelstra will be fired.

 

LeBron complained the other night about not getting enough minutes...in a preseason game.

 

i think thats the plan all along.. find any excuse to fire Spoelstra to get Pat Riley in that Head Coach's position.

Erick Spoelstra will be fired.

 

LeBron complained the other night about not getting enough minutes...in a preseason game.

He really is a moron.

i think thats the plan all along.. find any excuse to fire Spoelstra to get Pat Riley in that Head Coach's position.

I think we called that back on July 8th.

i think thats the plan all along.. find any excuse to fire Spoelstra to get Pat Riley in that Head Coach's position.

 

Is this the same loyalty Wade was saying the bulls didn't have?

 

 

i just dont understand what the holdup is. If Riley wanted to coach this monster he created, why not take it from the get go

Miami will win 66 games (could win more but the injury prone Wade has injury issues for the season) and will cruise to the championship but lose to the Lakers in 7. (Kobe continues to repair his image immenely) If Riley takes over though, Heat will win the title in 7.

 

Bulls win 51 games, trade for a shooter around the deadline (say.. Rudy) and lose to the Heat in 5 games in the ECF.

Heat win 73, sweep the lakers in the finals and become the last NBA champs ever, seeing as the 2011-2012 season will end prematurely due to the end of the world as we know it.

I think we called that back on July 8th.

 

I find it hard to believe that Riley could resist the temptation to be the coach of the best team in NBA history. So, yeah, I think Spoelstra has a very good chance of hitting the bricks. And you can count my vote for the Heat winning 73 games and then resting people...and then winning the championship in 5 games over the Lakers.

 

Oh, and the Bull win 45 games, Bucks take the Central. Neither Rose nor Noah are all-stars this season (though both are good players).

And the only reason they win 73 is that once they're to 73 they start resting people.

 

exactly.. you know they will be gunning for that 73

Oh, and the Bull win 45 games, Bucks take the Central. Neither Rose nor Noah are all-stars this season (though both are good players).

Who is going to be a better point guard in the East? Isn't it literally Rondo V. Rose until Wall steps in?

Who is going to be a better point guard in the East? Isn't it literally Rondo V. Rose until Wall steps in?

 

Yes, I don't see how Rose isn't an All-Star. He'll be the best PG in the East once Rondo loses his now 4 Hall of Famers.

 

The Celtics are going to hit what Jerry Krause thought the Bulls would become soon.

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Who is going to be a better point guard in the East? Isn't it literally Rondo V. Rose until Wall steps in?

 

But the All-Star team is voted based on G, F, and C. Rose no doubt is up there as a top guard, but voting will go the way it usually does which hurts his chances.

But the All-Star team is voted based on G, F, and C. Rose no doubt is up there as a top guard, but voting will go the way it usually does which hurts his chances.

 

Even if he wasn't voted in (We do have to remember he has the 4th highest jersey sales in the NBA), the coaches wouldn't go without a PG.

 

Its if Yi gets voted in, then the NBA has a problem.

the fans vote the starting guards, who would they vote for? wade and joe johnson? nah dont think JJ is as popular and fun to watch as Rose. Rose would definitely get voted in.

the fans vote the starting guards, who would they vote for? wade and joe johnson? nah dont think JJ is as popular and fun to watch as Rose. Rose would definitely get voted in.

Rondo.

No chance in hell the Heat get to 72 let alone 70. That being said, they're still the best team in the league and beat the Lakers in 6 in the finals.

 

Bulls make it to the eastern conference finals but lose to those assholes.

No chance in hell the Heat get to 72 let alone 70. That being said, they're still the best team in the league and beat the Lakers in 6 in the finals.

 

Bulls make it to the eastern conference finals but lose to those assholes.

 

And how exactly is there no chance in hell that happens when Lebron by himself in Cleveland was good enough for 60 win teams?

 

If they really want 73, itll be done..

And how exactly is there no chance in hell that happens when Lebron by himself in Cleveland was good enough for 60 win teams?

 

If they really want 73, itll be done..

There are 3 easy answers to that. If you don't think they'll get to 73, you think it's because one of them will get hurt or exhausted because of excessive minutes, you think that there will be a serious chemistry clash (to the point that Riles steps in to bail the team out in the 2nd half), or you think that they're going to get crushed by any team that has a legitimate big man because they have no one who can slow down a Howard or a Gasol on the inside.

 

I think they're 73 barring freak injuries, but there are legit points on the other side.

73 wins is insane. 72-10 will stand forever dammit!

There are 3 easy answers to that. If you don't think they'll get to 73, you think it's because one of them will get hurt or exhausted because of excessive minutes, you think that there will be a serious chemistry clash (to the point that Riles steps in to bail the team out in the 2nd half), or you think that they're going to get crushed by any team that has a legitimate big man because they have no one who can slow down a Howard or a Gasol on the inside.

 

I think they're 73 barring freak injuries, but there are legit points on the other side.

 

I think they will as well, but it has to be in the first two years together. Wade is brittle. Also, that's when they'll have the most motivation because people hate them so much now. So with that said, as you stated, a good big man will cause them fits and they're going to be exhausted if they go for 73. I disagree with Howard though because offensively, he's still pretty much a joke after working with several big men. A guy like Boozer who can easily backdown Bosh will cause them problems. Gasol will too. Heck, the whole Celtics frontline will upset them. Throw Blake Griffin in there too who will eat Bosh alive.

Rondo.

 

 

rose in his second year got more votes than rondo did, and if we are talking about pure popularity, rose wins hands down. and i also do think that rose will separate from rondo and officially becomes the best pg in the east this season.

Bulls win 54, Heat win 75 games en route to the NBA title.

Bulls win 50 games after a bit of a slow start, take a weak (but tight) Central Division crown over a mid to high 40's win team 90 miles to the north, lose in round 2.

 

Heat win 67 games, but lose to Boston in the ECF

 

Thunder lose to Lakers in the WCF.

 

In a true last hurrah for both teams, LA beats Boston in the NBA Finals and Kobe gets his 6th and final ring. This however could go haywire with both of these teams being old, and if neither makes The Finals, it wouldn't shock me at all. And if such plays out, the 2011 Finals may look like the ones I anticipate in 2012....and thus:

 

VERY early prediction: Thunder vs. Heat in 2012 NBA finals, and it goes 7 games. The Heat machine will be at peak level in year 2 IMO (Dwyane Wade is going to fall apart physically a lot earlier than most people seem to realize, probably by year 3 or 4), but the Thunder are just going to be such a force by June of 2012.

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