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[ClovingWestbrook]

I still can't get over that gif of Blake flopping WHILE DUNKING ON SOMEONE. That is levels of bitchassness we've never seen before.

Scoot, you joinin us in June for LA NBA Age meetup?

 

[Ninja Scooter]

Scoot, you joinin us in June for LA NBA Age meetup?

I might be out of town that weekend for Vegas but I'll keep you posted. It's the 5th right?

 

[ClovingWestbrook]

I might be out of town that weekend for Vegas but I'll keep you posted. It's the 5th right?

6/6-9. Havent settled on a day yet.

 

[giri]

Well yeah giri.

Dwight makes a lot of sense for every team.

But regardless, I think Kevin Love is the future of this league as long as the Wolves don't fuck it up. Hes an absurd talent, and hes only getting better.

He's good enough that he would improve places, but make sense, like, a lot of sense? naw.

Dallas and Dirk is the only other place that makes a lot of sense for Dwight.

 

[Mr. Luchador]

wow.

 

[aznpxdd]

6/6-9. Havent settled on a day yet.

When are we actually going to come up with a solid date?

Get the date down first, then see who can attend then talk location.

(Can only make 6/6 & 6/7, gonna be in Vegas for EDC for the weekend)

 

[ClovingWestbrook]

When are we actually going to come up with a solid date?

Get the date down first, then see who can attend then talk location.

(Can only make 6/6 & 6/7, gonna be in Vegas for EDC for the weekend)

Thursday the 7th. Boom. Done.

 

[Nori Chan]

fuck edc clown I'll be in Wisconsin doing god knows what

 

[aznpxdd]

Thursday the 7th. Boom. Done.

Are we gonna need a separate thread for this (or something else), I'm pretty sure the meet talk will get lost in this thread.

 

[J2 Cool]

Last playoffs injuries played this much a role in? Heat are so fucked. CP3 seems a little banged up also, but I can't imagine it would make much of a difference if he was 100%.

 

[SamuraiX-]

If the Pacers beat the Heat, then I'll take my talents to the NHL thread.

I hear the hockey world championship is going on right now.

 

[bluemax]

Griffin had 20 points. As long as your big man is scoring, rebounding doesn't matter. More would have been nice but because he was getting nonstop buckets it was fine.

Blake having only 1 double digit rebound game in the playoffs is beyond shameful.

 

[pilonv1]

Why is DY so salty about the Pacers winning?

 

[J2 Cool]

Blake having only 1 double digit rebound game in the playoffs is beyond shameful.

His rookie year stats made him look like the second coming of Barkley. He can't even enter the conversation of being a worthy #2, until he can grab 10+ in the postseason though.

 

[Ninja Scooter]

Griffin had 20 points. As long as your big man is scoring, rebounding doesn't matter. More would have been nice but because he was getting nonstop buckets it was fine.

 

[pilonv1]

Woj laying the boot in as expected

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/nba--as-heat--other-super-teams-show-cracks--spurs-still-rolling.html

SAN ANTONIO – As Tim Duncan left the interview podium inside Quicken Loans Arena five years ago and started his walk down a corridor, LeBron James emerged on his way to deliver an NBA Finals concession speech. Duncan hugged James, and told him the NBA would soon belong to him. Duncan was grateful to have secured a fourth championship before the Cleveland Cavaliers star gobbled them for himself.

In these five years, the world has changed, and James started a movement that transformed the NBA: The pursuit of super teams. The Miami Heat, the New York Knicks and even these Los Angeles Clippers shredded their infrastructures and constructed themselves with starry, top-heavy rosters. This was the big-market championship blueprint that hustled the sport into a work stoppage, that left the two powerbrokers courtside here on Thursday night – NBA commissioner David Stern and Spurs owner Peter Holt – pushing to make that model obsolete in the post-lockout league.

Only, the Heat are undoing themselves in these playoffs. Perhaps it is the burden of those max contracts meeting the monumental expectations for victory. Suddenly, the Heat are threatening to fall apart in the Eastern Conference playoffs. Chris Bosh is down, Dwyane Wade is struggling and James is left with a burden that he never truly wanted. The Heat have little infrastructure to sustain the loss of Bosh.

 

[Blablurn]

poor lebron i hope miami is still alble to come back somehow.

 

[giri]

Why is DY so salty about the Pacers winning?

He's not salty about them winning. But their horrible basketball that gets them the win.

It's not even like the Spurs teams that were boring to watch, but played amazingly good defense.

The pacers are just an ugly team to watch that play ugly basketball and use that to disrupt the other teams rhythm entirely.

 

[pilonv1]

He's not salty about them winning. But their horrible basketball that gets them the win.

It's not even like the Spurs teams that were boring to watch, but played amazingly good defense.

The pacers are just an ugly team to watch that play ugly basketball and use that to disrupt the other teams rhythm entirely.

Not the Pacers fault the Heat are a broken team who can't take advantage of it.

 

[aznpxdd]

Why do people keep insisting Clippers are a "super team"? They have one legit superstar and that's it......

 

[Pkaz01]

Why do people keep insisting Clippers are a "super team"? They have one legit superstar and that's it......

people consider the knicks a super team.. whats so super about them?

 

[giri]

Why do people keep insisting Clippers are a "super team"? They have one legit superstar and that's it......

i wouldn't say blake is a super star.

 

[aznpxdd]

people consider the knicks a super team.. whats so super about them?

13 straight playoff losses. That record ain't easy to achieve.

i wouldn't say blake is a super star.

 

[pilonv1]

i wouldn't say blake is a super star.

That's not the correct way to spell Eric Bledsoe

 

[RobotChant]

Woj laying the boot in as expected

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/nba--as-heat--other-super-teams-show-cracks--spurs-still-rolling.html

I like Woj, but it was the Celtics that started the super teams with the big three. I'm not sure what Woj is trying to point out. That scouting is important and you should just accept you have less talent and hope your one star can pull it out? If you have less talent you should do whatever you can to bring in better players. The Spurs don't lack star power, they just lack market share. The Clippers shouldn't be seen as anything but an injured young team being taken apart by a more experienced team. There is nothing more to it.

The spurs fell apart last year. It's all Jefferson's fault, though.

 

[DY_nasty]

Not the Pacers fault the Heat are a broken team who can't take advantage of it.

No one takes advantage of it. Not even the Pacers.

 

[CherryWoodFuton]

Woke up and my gf turned on ESPN. What a bitch Blow it up Riley it's over

Spoiler

Heat in 6

 

[ph33nix]

Sustainable? RT @ESPNStatsInfo: Heat are 3-19 on unguarded, catch-and-shoot jumpers this series. Battier, Miller, Jones are a combined 0-7.

Fire them all.

 

[CherryWoodFuton]

Fire them all.

I dont understand this shit. We improved our bench (at least that's what I thought) from last year yet we're def way more inept offensively. I mean I don't expect Chalmers to outscore fucking Wade all the time right?!!!??

 

[ItWasMeantToBe19]

So, I guess I was right about Bosh being too important for the Heat's offense, eh?

Or maybe Miami's 4-10 players are much worse than you argued.

 

[ph33nix]

LeBron and Wade played bad yesterday and Wade's been pretty bad this series, but I never thought that Miller, Haslem, and Battier would all be so worthless all season long and so soon

I mean we expect very little from Joel Anthony but he has made more of an impact than either of those 3. Shit, at this point we should just throw Eddy Curry and Terrel Harris out there

The depressing thing.....every single one of these fuckers is locked into a long term deal. Right down to the scrubs.

 

[teruterubozu]

I thought Eddie House gave them some spark off the bench last year. Whatever happened to that dude?

 

[ItWasMeantToBe19]

LeBron and Wade played bad yesterday and Wade's been pretty bad this series, but I never thought that Miller, Haslem, and Battier would all be so worthless all season long and so soon

Outside of Haslem, those guys have been pretty bad for a while though.

 

[pilonv1]

Miller was worthless last year, why did you think he'd contribute this year?

 

[SoulPlaya]

Holy crap, ESPN is acting as if the Heat have been eliminated, lol.

 

[Shadow780]

If LBJ isn't a giant douche, he would have so many sympathy points right now.

It's a little sad.

 

[ph33nix]

Holy crap, ESPN is acting as if the Heat have been eliminated, lol.

We're pretty much done

But if there's anything to hope for...after 3 games in the finals...it felt like we were up 3-0 not up 2-1...but that didn't matter

 

[Ninja Scooter]

Holy crap, ESPN is acting as if the Heat have been eliminated, lol.

lol in the middle of an NFL segment with Chris Carter they stopped and asked him what was wrong with the Heat.

 

[Malleymal]

Holy crap, ESPN is acting as if the Heat have been eliminated, lol.

Seriously I don't know how Espn can basically make up news and push that shit as fact.. They are talking about Pat Riley basically is trading dwayne wade after the series and bosh and they basically justify it by saying "Stephen A's sources". That is some horrible reporting.

 

[tc farks]

Go on Pacers, wreck the entire Miami Heat franchise. You know you want to.

 

[Ninjimbo]

I thought Eddie House gave them some spark off the bench last year. Whatever happened to that dude?

Terrell Harris impressed the team during training camp so they cut House. It was to get younger and develop Harris over the next couple of seasons.

 

[SamuraiX-]

Wow the Clippers and Spurs play Game 3 and Game 4 on back-to-back nights?

Even the Playoff scheduling is fucked. I have a feeling we'll see at least a couple more major injuries before a champion is crowned this season.

Edit: Wow, Lakers and Thunder have to do the same as well.

 

[pilonv1]

Wow the Clippers and Spurs play Game 3 and Game 4 on back-to-back nights?

Even the Playoff scheduling is fucked. I have a feeling we'll see at least a couple more major injuries before a champion is crowned this season.

The series goes Sat/Sun/Tues/Fri/Sun. Back to back and then 3 days off is crazy. Sat/Mon/Wed/Fri/Sun would be better.

 

[PhatSaqs]

Go on Pacers, wreck the entire Miami Heat franchise. You know you want to.

Fingers crossed.

 

[Diprosalic]

Edit: Wow, Lakers and Thunder have to do the same as well.

those two LA home games sure suck a lot harder when they are b2b.

 

[Grover Cleveland]

Steven A: "Something is wrong with Wade, it may be personal, I don't know"

LOL.

Isn't that the same shit he brought out when Lebron was bricking shot after shot in the fourth quarters of the Finals last year?

those two LA home games sure suck a lot harder when they are b2b.

Yep, the Lakers HAVE to win tonight if they have any pretensions of winning this series. Because they aren't going to win the second leg of a back to back tomorrow.

 

[CherryWoodFuton]

So disappointed in Wade...my fave Heat player

 

[cuevas. PhD.]

So disappointed in Wade...my fave Heat player

Oh man, I just finished reading the last few pages because I missed it last might and man, oh man.

:jnc @ Miami

 

[BatiGOOOOOOL]

People rag on the Pacers style of basketball, but the shittiest basketball I've seen played during these playoffs from the remiaining teams is easily Miami. I admit it, I rarely watched them during the regular season, but during these playoffs it has been awful, just plain ugly. The way they run their offense is completely discombobulated. And Lebron... don't get me started, what an overrated POS. He is just a stat machine, what the hell does he do to make his teammates better? Because I see nothing. It's pretty much the same player from the 2007 Finals against the Spurs.

They really put on display all the crap I don't like about the NBA.

 

[Ninjimbo]

Wade is probably hurt. His jumper was short and Spoelstra and even Wade alluded to as much. He'll try to bounce back in Game 4 and that's about all I can hope for.