Tony Parker to have MRI tomorrow

 

might miss game 4

That would be par for the course with the Heat's luck.

lol. hold up. So the argument for all these months has been half the 90's vs today? I always thought the argument was the entire decade. whatever.

You are so full of s***. It'd be sad if it weren't hilarious!

That would be par for the course with the Heat's luck.

Doesn't sound quite as bad here:

Parker said he couldn't remember any specific play on which he injured himself, but the "weird feeling" got progressively worse in the third quarter and he decided to come out of the game.

 

"We'll see," Parker said. "We'll get an MRI tomorrow, and hopefully it's nothing big and it's just a hamstring that got tight on me."

 

Asked whether he thought he'd be able to play in Game 4, Parker said he really wouldn't know until the results of the MRI came back.

You are so full of s***. It'd be sad if it weren't hilarious!

 

Hilarious is that short-bus Conor Gillaspie thread you created. Good stuff there.

Hilarious is that short-bus Conor Gillaspie thread you created. Good stuff there.

Sigh. You're too old to use a term like "short bus".

 

Also, Pale Hose Talk is ridiculous. They are grasping at straws. Someone had to bring a little reality to that forum.

Sigh. You're too old to use a term like "short bus".

 

Also, Pale Hose Talk is ridiculous. They are grasping at straws. Someone had to bring a little reality to that forum.

Fuel for the fire on LeBron. His career finals PPG, FG%, 3pt% and TO/G rates are all the worst in the NBA final rounds when compared to any of the other playoff rounds averages or regular season averages.

Fuel for the fire on LeBron. His career finals PPG, FG%, 3pt% and TO/G rates are all the worst in the NBA final rounds when compared to any of the other playoff rounds averages or regular season averages.

 

I know the best are supposed to step up and dominate and whatever, but to some degree, this makes sense. I mean, he's playing the best team in the Western Conference which, for the most part, is usually the best or second best team in the league at that current moment. They know how to win. He should struggle to some extent.

I know the best are supposed to step up and dominate and whatever, but to some degree, this makes sense. I mean, he's playing the best team in the Western Conference which, for the most part, is usually the best or second best team in the league at that current moment. They know how to win. He should struggle to some extent.

 

If the finals numbers I am getting are right, Jordan averaged 3 more PPG, shot 18 percentage points worse from the field, shot 40 percentage points better from 3, and averages .3 less TO/G in the NBA finals.

If the finals numbers I am getting are right, Jordan averaged 3 more PPG, shot 18 percentage points worse from the field, shot 40 percentage points better from 3, and averages .3 less TO/G in the NBA finals.

 

I agree with 2k5 (no, for real). If you're going to be compared to MJ, you can't lay eggs in multiple finals. 2007 was fine. He was like 23 and the Spurs were the much better team. I assumed '11 was a fluke (still could be) after what he did last year.

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It kind of reminds me of David Robinson at his peak, though with him it was the entire post-season. He was a monster in the regular season, arguably the best center in the league. For the most part, he just wasn't the same in the playoffs though. For three straight years during his peak, he shot 46.5%, 41.1% and 44.6% from the floor (about 30 games total). Hakeem was the exact opposite, which is probably why he's remembered more favorably.

More like 89-ish (towards the end of Celtics/Lakers) to 97 or so (before all your superstars drafted in the mid-80's like Hakeem, Barkley, Ewing, Robinson, ect started to retire/see a drastic drop in production). The late 80's/early 90's drafts kinda sucked and KG started the high schooler wave in 95.

 

I would make a similar distinction around 2007 when you had the first two super teams and the guys from the stronger 2003 and on drafts started hitting their peaks. That "dividing line" is a lot messier though because a bunch of people drafted in the 90's (KG, Kobe, Duncan, Dirk, Pierce to name a few) are still going strong. League quality is definitely higher than early 2000's though, so there's a distinction somewhere.

Those were the same arguments I was making. I was talking same era as you Zoom.

But honestly, even if LeBron plays well, would that have mattered last night? You ain't beatin' anybody that goes 16/32 from 3. People need to stop obsessing over LeBron and give it up to the Spurs for one of the all-time spectacular finals performances.

Mike Miller is 8 of his last 9 from 3. He's also 12 of his last 16. And, of his last 23 shots from the field, 21 of them have come from 3.

The Nets have the paramaters of a three-year offer in place for Jason Kidd to become their next head coach, a source told the New York Post.

Strained hammy for Tony Parker. He will be extremely limited if he does play.

Strained hammy for Tony Parker. He will be extremely limited if he does play.

Did they give a grade?

Did they give a grade?

"No tear or defect" - which must mean Grade 1.

The best part of a potential Heat Finals loss, beyond my own personal satisfaction, is it should definitively put to rest the GOAT talk. We'll have to wait for the next phenom.

The best part of a potential Heat Finals loss, beyond my own personal satisfaction, is it should definitively put to rest the GOAT talk. We'll have to wait for the next phenom.

Wiggins?

 

And it should, but it probably won't. Everyone thought the abomination of the 2011 Finals would have put to rest the GOAT talks because that was a bigger failure than Jordan ever even came close to. If they lose this year, but come back and win next year I'm sure there will be people right back at it.

"LeBron is shooting 52/211 (24.6%) outside the restricted area through 18 career NBA Finals games"

 

Yeah, right up there with Jordan

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Spoelstra leaning towards starting LeBron at center tonight.

Spoelstra leaning towards starting LeBron at center tonight.

We got an "I'll be ready to go" out of Parker.

We got an "I'll be ready to go" out of Parker.

Tonight's game should make for some great theater.

How great is it to be the team that faces the Heat in the finals. No matter who you are 90% of the world is rooting for you.