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2012 NBA Playoffs |OT2| OKC VS LA: Black on Black Crime
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ryutaro's mama
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Ugh...garbage time on BEST GAF again I see.
If you don't play organized ball, sure.Basketball is hardly mental, few sports are. Basketball is played off of instincts.
ryutaro's mama
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According to Michael Wilbon, Rony Turiaf won a championship with the Lakers!
To be fair, that's probably his best starting five. Dexter Pittman lollol.
I want to see Lebron at center in Game 5.
I had forgotten about that badass hookshot by Ewing to tie it.
I had forgotten about that badass hookshot by Ewing to tie it.
I can't get over how shameless you are for rocking that Pacers avatar.
Is Knicks-age okay with this?
Basketball is hardly mental, few sports are. Basketball is played off of instincts.
"He's got great basketball instincts" is a mental quality...because its still split second DECISIONS...also, it comes from hours and hours and hours of repitition and experience so that the decisions become automatic, like the differenc between someone who knows the offense and someone new who doesn't.
Also - floor spacing, defensive adjustments, offensive adjustments, timing in your execution, understanding of your teammates tendencies, understanding your opponents tendencies, clock management, possession management, game strategy are all mental and factors commonly discussed as basketball IQ
Will to win, confidence, aggressiveness, giving multiple effort, staying poised, not being rattled, not quitting, competing till the final buzzer sounds are also all mental "intangibles" but real nonetheless.
Much of the laker offensive problem this year is their poor floor spacing...much of San Antonio's brilliant offense this year is their incredible floor spacing...that's just one item on the long list above.
Basketball is almost completely 90% mental. It's why similarly talented players don't compete with similar intensity, or make similarly good decisions, why removing one or two bad "character" or "low iq" guys from a team makes the team much better. I can go on and on but it is what it is.
iamshadowlark
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If you don't play organized ball, sure.
Well even in organized ball.
ryutaro's mama
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I can't get over how shameless you are for rocking that Pacers avatar.
Is Knicks-age okay with this?
We're fine with it.
I'm an honorary member of Knicks-Age since NY is the state that birthed me.
peppermints
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God this Ceelo song is crap.
MiamiWesker
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Here we go guys. It has come down to this... lets go Heat!!!
I can't get over how shameless you are for rocking that Pacers avatar.
Is Knicks-age okay with this?
Don't tell anyone I wore #7 for like 15 years because of Kukoc starting in the early 90s
The Frankman
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I'm kinda looking the other way, but in the offseason management and I are going to have a sitdown talk with h3ro.I can't get over how shameless you are for rocking that Pacers avatar.
Is Knicks-age okay with this?
ryutaro's mama
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Wow. Mike Tirico just billed this as the "most significant game of the season."
Never change, ESPN.
Never change, ESPN.
Justin Timberlake
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Hibbert is gonna channel his inner Duncan
G-Hill is gonna show Bron what it means to be an MVP
Pacers gonna get in dat ass
G-Hill is gonna show Bron what it means to be an MVP
Pacers gonna get in dat ass
Well even in organized ball.
No. Not even then.
What are you basing that off of?
Playing in the Y is not the same thing as even (certain) high level high school basketball leagues.
victreeb3l
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I can't get over how shameless you are for rocking that Pacers avatar.
Is Knicks-age okay with this?
kinda makes me nauseous tbh but whatever.
doesnt matter who wins this series or even the conference, they will get crushed by the spurs. its one of those times where im happy, not when someone wins but when someone loses~
Here we go guys. It has come down to this... lets go Heat!!!
Tom Crean for MVP if Wade goes off
Grover Cleveland
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So much salt in this thread right now.
Heat-Pacers main event starting now.
Heat-Pacers main event starting now.
BruceLeeRoy
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"Not completely healthy" AKA if we F this up I got my excuses all lined up.
ryutaro's mama
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This is so much better than last year when the Bulls fans outnumbered the Pacer fans--in Indy.
kinda makes me nauseous tbh but whatever.
Nauseous? Really? With that kind of extreme childish posturing, I'll bet you were not even born when Reggie killed us
iamshadowlark
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No. Not even then.
What are you basing that off of?
Playing in the Y is not the same thing as even (certain) high level high school basketball leagues.
I've played up to JUCO. What exactly are you referring to ?
People want to think its instinct, but by doing that they ignore the other half of the game completely. Its like saying that soccer is all instinct...What the fuck kind of distinction is it? Instincts are mental anyway, motion repetition is just getting your body ready for what your brain will handle when it matters.
Can you blame pacers fans for leaving after the year they had the best team Ron and scumbag fans ruined their team?This is so much better than last year when the Bulls fans outnumbered the Pacer fans--in Indy.
I've come to the conclusion that heat fans don't know shit about playing team basketball.What the fuck kind of distinction is it? Instincts are mental anyway, motion repetition is just getting your body ready for what your brain will handle when it matters.
ryutaro's mama
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VOGEL IS MY FAVORITE DUDE!
He's like a movie version of a high school coach that is real.
He's like a movie version of a high school coach that is real.
MorisUkunRasik
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Heat gave up already
Same number as Wade, but he gets a pass right? =3
Turiaf has already fucked up 2 possessions =/
Same number as Wade, but he gets a pass right? =3
Okay Knicks fan.I've come to the conclusion that heat fans don't know shit about playing team basketball.
VOGEL IS MY FAVORITE DUDE!
He's like a movie version of a high school coach that is real.
Are his practices a montage set to Ain't No Mountain High Enough?
BruceLeeRoy
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VOGEL IS MY FAVORITE DUDE!
He's like a movie version of a high school coach that is real.
Ha its pretty perfect for Indiana.
The Frankman
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LeBron is intimidated by Hibbert.
EDIT: Amazing, when have you ever seen LeBron afraid to do LeBullRush? That never happens.
EDIT: Amazing, when have you ever seen LeBron afraid to do LeBullRush? That never happens.
9 out of 10 JUCOs are just gassed up rec leagues run for wouldbes/hasbeens and wishtheywouldas.I've played up to JUCO. What exactly are you referring to ?
Red Blaster
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Indiana Magic
Zaraki_Kenpachi
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So many air ball 3s by pacers.
FrenchMovieTheme
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holy smokes pacers coming out hot
and begging for calls like usualLeBron is intimidated by Hibbert.
ryutaro's mama
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Are his practices a montage set to Ain't No Mountain High Enough?
CHAMPIONSHIP PASSING
Bam Bam Baklava
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Indiana is shooting jumpers and airballed twice already and yet up 9-0. That's how bad the Heat are playing right now.
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