MorisUkunRasik
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yup. Would make no sense to extend for Dwight or Bynum.
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2012 NBA Offseason |OT2| Lakers Fans Despise Freedom.
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ItWasMeantToBe19
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The Smart GM of the year gives one of the worst defending centers in the NBA $44 million because of three playoff games, makes sense.
I think it's premature to do that. But if the guy keeps it up then it is indeed a great move. If you aren't LA or a super team you have to take calculated risks. Even if you are a smart GM
It makes most sense to wait until free agency and re-sign with whatever team they are on because then they could get the absolute most.
You weren't kidding.
Fuck that idiot. What a blind hater.
Edit: I didn't even get to his footnote.
LeBron is not competing with Michael Jordan after one fucking title, you dipshit Bostonian hack.
Syphon Filter
Member
you jealous?
Future PhaZe
Member
It's offensive.
In a lockout year where everyone and their mothers was injured as well.
Not at all. I support a team with a great history, and though Kobe's peak has come and gone, it provided us with basketball highlights that King Crab will almost certainly never match.
You have to be a hater of the highest degree to discount a player ceiling that includes an 81 point game, a month of scoring 40, and four 50 point games in a row.
I think it's retarded as fuck to imply that LeBron is somehow better than Kobe now off of one playoff run when the dude has been criticized and laughed at for the last 8 years..
But LeBron did just have one of the most ridiculous postseasons ever. Wade was playing like shit, Bosh missed half the playoffs. His only consistent help was Battier..
He had one bad game I think and that was the "gud jab, gud affert" game.
But LeBron did just have one of the most ridiculous postseasons ever. Wade was playing like shit, Bosh missed half the playoffs. His only consistent help was Battier..
He had one bad game I think and that was the "gud jab, gud affert" game.
iamshadowlark
Banned
Man, you really say the most hyperbolic shit on here.
Dude was tied for the top BPG this postseason and second in the regular season. He also was a top ten rebounder in the post season. Denver was a top 5 defense in the Postseason.
I'm not calling him the best but the shit you say is...........is...just stupid
Boombloxer
Member
Old schtick is old.
He even brought out the "bu-bu-but the 40's and 50's titles don't count" bullshit. And implied that OKC's/Seattle's ring doesn't cout either. Salty already, and I met my quota of dumb for this month by reading that.
iamshadowlark
Banned
He also had an insane finals run against a full healthy OKC team. Thats beside the point though. You act like Lebron going off in the playoffs is new or something. Dude has had some absolutely insane runs.
marathonfool
Member
Raging Spaniard
If they are Dutch, upright and breathing they are more racist than your favorite player
You want an avatar with a non shitty aspect ratio?
ClovingWestbrook
Banned
No. This was the first time he played great when it actually mattered. This was his first year of playoff domination. It was his 9th year in the league. It was way past time.
We're still talking about this?
Even though the entire article is about how Dolan is a clown and he's the reason Lin is gone, people are still finding ways to spin it and blame Melo.
Everyone knows Melo is a diva, and no one gives a shit about JR Smith, dude needs to go back to jail.
iamshadowlark
Banned
Yeah that 39 ppg, 8 apg, 8 rpg , at 49% was so subpar in 09. And now you gone tell me about that scrubby ass HoF 60+ supporting cast he had right? Please, you can only carry dead-weight so far.
Colonel Nasty
Member
Saw Batman at midnight. After sleeping on it, all I can think of is "meh". It's the worst of the three. I'm not saying its a bad movie or even as bad as any other third comic book films, but it was kind of a letdown. Maybe because I had just watched the Dark Knight a few hours earlier but nothing gave me that feeling of being blown away like TDK did. If I went into it anymore I'd get into spoiler territory so ill leave it there. Also, I'm kind of suprised at the lowballing of the midnight numbers. It was easily the most packed I've seen my theater for midnight.
Exactly what I posted in the official thread.
Exactly what I posted in the official thread.
Future PhaZe
Member
Oh there's no doubt he's a great player but he could at least win a chip in a full 82 game season before we start discussing Jordan comparisons...goddam.
I can't believe people are actually discounting LBJ's title because it was as shortened season. I'm certain these same people would discount KD's title had he won it.
MorisUkunRasik
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Basketballtalk said:
Bust it is then.
iamshadowlark
Banned
If anything the season makes it harder. Dude has logged a fuck ton of minutes this year.
Future PhaZe
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I'm not discounting anything. But if you're going to compare him to all time greats then it is a fact that has substance.
iamshadowlark
Banned
Dude has been grinding his whole career at a FB HOF pace. A ring is literally the only thing he didn't have.
It has 0 substance. It doesn't even make sense. What is supposed to happen in those games that weren't played? What am I not understanding?
ClovingWestbrook
Banned
How did he do when it mattered most? Same in 2010 and 2011. This is the first time that he showed up when it mattered most.
Future PhaZe
Member
Yeah but Dwight, Shump, B-Diddy, Rose...it can be argued that the lockout season aided in injuries to players that made the Heats path considerably easier than it would have been.
Props to LeBron for being an ironman and surviving where others failed, but this chip doesn't have the impact that a full 82 game season ring would.
It's not really going to matter in any discussions that aren't comparisons to Jordan/Kobe, but it exists.
Syphon Filter
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lebron was a beast in 09 too. the showing up part is overblown, he was the only one doing anything.
Future PhaZe
Member
Is it that hard for you to understand the difference between a full season and a lockout season in terms of impacts on teams and their preparation?
Damages to training camp and pre-season preparation, no summer league for rooks, injuries abound, lets not front like this was a typical season.
These things have substance no matter how much you want to act like it doesn't.
iamshadowlark
Banned
Man GTFO here with that shit. Read this carefully.
http://www.hoopstradamus.com/2012/0...f-lebron-james-no-narratives-just-basketball/
To say that Lebron hasn't shown up in the playoffs is nothing more than the bullshit narrative that you seem to subscribe to jubilantly. Not to say that he hasn't choked before(like every player hasn't did it or something) but to cherry pick those and act like the shine hasn't happened before is biased bullshit.
Like do you want to see what your boy Kobe's stats look like in pressure situations or ???
madmaxx350
Member
I remember in an interview yesterday were Jim Buss said that Howard's negotiation are way quieter than people believe. It seems pretty Obvious that Orlando is trolling the league.
iamshadowlark
Banned
You post this retarded ass elementary school sidebar drivel and accuse me of "shitting up the thread".
"Maybe you should fall the fuck back"
"Clown Shoes"
ClovingWestbrook
Banned
The difference with Kobe is even when he wasn't shooting well, he was still mentally IN THE GAME. Think game 7 vs Boston. Stats don't tell the whole story. Just because LeBron had a triple double doesn't mean he was engaged. This was the first year that LeBron was engaged through the entire playoffs. That is the difference, and the point.
Future PhaZe
Member
The first time EviLore banned Best-Gaf I thought it was a sick joke but I'm starting to understand why. Guys are getting real personal and visceral up in here lately. Lets cool it down.
The truth is often times simple.
You spent a good amount of time making an ass of yourself yesterday... actually arguing that Dwight was trash and that you wouldn't want him on your team. That in itself is enough to prove that you are not a sensible man once you've decided to take a certain position. You even claimed he was skating by on his physical attributes, yet here you are a day later defending McGee... the epitome of getting by on physical attributes. I just find it extremely funny how you came to his defense like you're Capt. Save-A-Hoe.
You spent a good amount of time making an ass of yourself yesterday... actually arguing that Dwight was trash and that you wouldn't want him on your team. That in itself is enough to prove that you are not a sensible man once you've decided to take a certain position. You even claimed he was skating by on his physical attributes, yet here you are a day later defending McGee... the epitome of getting by on physical attributes. I just find it extremely funny how you came to his defense like you're Capt. Save-A-Hoe.
darkside31337
Tomodachi wa Mahou
Yeah, it is hard for me to understand.
For one, what hurdles did other teams face that the Heat did not that gave the Heat such an edge? The only injury that really made an impact this playoff season was the Rose injury and, I guess, the Bosh injury. I'd still have put money on the Heat beating the Bulls, and the Thunder were at full strength when they got worked over by LBJ. I believe Dwight just quit.
iamshadowlark
Banned
Yeah because in 06, in a series up 3-1 Kobe didn't quit on his team to prove some sort of bitchmade ass point by scoring one fucking point in a half during a blow out loss. He was engaged the whole time playing hot potato with the ball.
No really wtf is your point again?
Red Blaster
Member
You can point to one person as being the root of it all
ClovingWestbrook
Banned
And Kobe was called out for it and will be until Kingdom Come. Just as LeBron shouldn't be let off the hook for CONTINUALLY not showing up. But as others have said, you defend McGee but say Dwight Howard isn't as good as DWade/Bosh. So yea.
The Frankman
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Rose Garden?
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