benjipwns
Banned
He's failed on the biggest stage! Career destroyed forever! We trusted him and he betrayed us!
Until he drops 45 in game five, and LeBron is the biggest choker ever again.
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2012 NBA Finals |OT| Good Job, Good Effort
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darkside31337
Tomodachi wa Mahou
Because its a lot easier to point blame at the stars then pointing it at god damn bums like Kendrick Perkins.
iamshadowlark
Banned
You know how many times LBJ has had way better games and still gotten slain? Shit is stupid but its fairly stupid and I won't pity KD for it.
Looking at this makes me rage:
Fisher: 22 mins.
Perkins: 18 mins.
Collison: 17 mins.
I mean... What the fuck? Especially when Westbrook plays 45 minutes. Did Brooks forget that Harden plays his best next to Collison, or how Collison contributed in the first quarter?
There's no excuse for how Harden has played, but Brooks has completely lost all the goodwill he gained from me after the San Antonio series.
Fisher: 22 mins.
Perkins: 18 mins.
Collison: 17 mins.
I mean... What the fuck? Especially when Westbrook plays 45 minutes. Did Brooks forget that Harden plays his best next to Collison, or how Collison contributed in the first quarter?
There's no excuse for how Harden has played, but Brooks has completely lost all the goodwill he gained from me after the San Antonio series.
benjipwns
Banned
Wait wait wait wait, are you contending that teams are not simply their best player? You'll never take Magic's job with that kind of thought process.
iamshadowlark
Banned
It looked like cramps to me. I doubt that he would cover anything up.
benjipwns
Banned
Is it just me or does Mario Chalmers just have the kind of face you want to punch? The John Starks face.
Absofuckinglutely.
I can't stand it whenever he hits a wide open 3 and he starts throwing up gang signs like he's hot shit.
iamshadowlark
Banned
I've had leg cramps lock me to the floor, one time causing me to drop a barbell(only like 20 pounds though). I also cramp after I do most abdominal exercises if I try to stand up to quickly. They are not a joke.
LegendofJoe
Member
Chalmers steps his game up when he's playing to win a championship. He did it at Kansas, he did it last year against Dallas, and he did it last night. I expect him to play well again tomorrow night. The question is if anyone other than Durant and Westbrook can do it for OKC.
Forceatowulf
G***n S**n*bi
Durant has gone bitch because he isn't taking over like he should. So he has good stats, and? Fucking and?? Who cares. We criticize leBron for empty stats all the time. He can do better than what he's putting out right now is the problem.
I mean shit, I've seen waaaaay too many plays of 'Bron putting the fear of god in him on defense. 'Bron's a good defender, better than most (it helps that he can foul with impunity of course) but he ain't Scotty Pippen, man. Durant should be giving it to him more often than he does. And he just hasn't been from what I've seen.
Also Scott Brooks is a dumbass. Why is he putting Harden on LeBron so often? I don't even...
I mean shit, I've seen waaaaay too many plays of 'Bron putting the fear of god in him on defense. 'Bron's a good defender, better than most (it helps that he can foul with impunity of course) but he ain't Scotty Pippen, man. Durant should be giving it to him more often than he does. And he just hasn't been from what I've seen.
Also Scott Brooks is a dumbass. Why is he putting Harden on LeBron so often? I don't even...
That's basically what the series has come down to.
If Harden plays like he has the rest of the season, it's probably 3-1 the other way around.
I can't really be mad at Miami, the guy has just missed lots of open shots.
Forceatowulf
G***n S**n*bi
Fuck the uniforms. They still need to change the name.
darkside31337
Tomodachi wa Mahou
Did you see Durant try to guard him last night? The refs are in his head. He's literally scared to do shit on defense now because he's scared to pick up fouls. It's ridiculous.
iamshadowlark
Banned
Yeah no. Durant was still doing dumb shit to pick up fouls. JVG called him out a couple times.
Forceatowulf
G***n S**n*bi
I'm finding it kind of hard to sympathize with Durant of all people when it comes to preferential treatment by the refs...
Very hard as a matter of fact. Even if it is true.
Very hard as a matter of fact. Even if it is true.
LegendofJoe
Member
I wonder how much guarding Lebron is effecting his offensive game.
And with regards to criticizing Durant for not taking over games, I get that. But it's not like he hasn't had streteches in this series where he asserts himself and dominates, we just didn't see much of that last night. Lebron gets that criticism all the time so it's fair.
jordan0386
Member
Charlotte Air or bust!
jordan0386
Member
People didnt expect 16pt 4th qtrs to be the norm, did they?
great opening for First Take - ornery looking SAS and Bayless asked if SAS was throwing a gang sign at him.
Bayless for those who can't bear watching this -
Lebron's been under no pressure these finals, so he hasn't proved anything.
Contradicts himself the next minute by saying Lebron's been under constant pressure these playoffs.
Referees feel 'sorry' for LeBron and is giving him every call to gift him the championship.
SAS is genuinely pissed at Bayless this morning. No smiles, no jokes. They must've had a horrible preshow meeting - even the 'moderator' is calling him out.
Bayless for those who can't bear watching this -
Lebron's been under no pressure these finals, so he hasn't proved anything.
Contradicts himself the next minute by saying Lebron's been under constant pressure these playoffs.
Referees feel 'sorry' for LeBron and is giving him every call to gift him the championship.
SAS is genuinely pissed at Bayless this morning. No smiles, no jokes. They must've had a horrible preshow meeting - even the 'moderator' is calling him out.
He can. He has a rugged post game and when he's on a roll he just destroys people.
LegendofJoe
Member
I'd be cool with the Charlotte Hornet Killers as well, or the more kid friendly Charlotte Exterminators.
There have been so many completely ridiculous fouls called, things that are not fouls 99% of the time.
As others have said, much of the blame has to fall to Harden. And he needs to flop a lot less.
This part's definitely true after seeing the finals and the rest of the playoffs. I don't know if it's feeling sorry or the fix is in or whatever, but he's definitely getting the majority of calls and no calls.
That being said I'm not going to refuse to give any credit to him like Skip is.
iamshadowlark
Banned
The lengths people will go, LOL. At this point i think skip is just staging it. He picked miami to win anyway, i guess he's just salty wade wasn't batman.
Lebron had zero free throws up until midway through the third quarter.
SunhiLegend
Member
Just finished watching the game. 1 more game Miami, 1 more.
It's not trolling, but your backseat modding is appreciated!
iamshadowlark
Banned
Honestly Puddles probably wasn't trolling either but whatever. You are entitled to a opinion, no matter how ridiculious it is.
He wasn't trying to score much. He had like 10-15 points for most of the game.
Bayless is performance art. He's playing a role. Stop taking his rants seriously and you can at least sit back and enjoy the mental gymnastics he hurdles through to justify the salary ESPN pays him to be a dick (between $500k-1,000K/year. seriously.)
Durant is the only one able to regularly make jump shots with ease over Lebron. He disappeared near the end but otherwise he's played pretty well.
Scotty am disappoint
Just finished watching the game. 1 more game Miami, 1 more.
Scotty am disappoint
jordan0386
Member
He doesnt get paid enough. First Take will probably do 7 million viewers If Tebow starts this fall.
Vire
Member
Love the new avatar.
I really enjoy Bayless. You don't have to agree with someone all the time to enjoy their views on things.
Fair enough. I don't know what he said but it's pretty rare to get banned on NBA GAF for that kinda stuff. I wish him a speedy recovery!
BruceLeeRoy
Banned
I can't believe how Salty I was last night over this bolllshit.
Screw you Thunder, screw Durant(Disappeared in the 4th like Casper. Durant ever winning a title if he just defers to other team mates like this when they need him to step up and control the flow.), and screw Fisher(There should be a clause in his contract fin ing him 1million every time he attempts a layup).
I have to say though James hitting that three with his giraffe legs going into shock moments before was pretty amazing.
After Heat get their rings my new argument is going to have to de-evolve into just making fun of the avg Heat fans BBIQ. Basically what I would do to Walton every off-season.
Screw you Thunder, screw Durant(Disappeared in the 4th like Casper. Durant ever winning a title if he just defers to other team mates like this when they need him to step up and control the flow.), and screw Fisher(There should be a clause in his contract fin ing him 1million every time he attempts a layup).
I have to say though James hitting that three with his giraffe legs going into shock moments before was pretty amazing.
After Heat get their rings my new argument is going to have to de-evolve into just making fun of the avg Heat fans BBIQ. Basically what I would do to Walton every off-season.