Don't engage the trolls man. People forget that we beat the best of the east 2 years ago, and had to deal w Bosh getting hurt.
He's not going back to that clownass organization.
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2013 NBA Playoffs |OT| Lakers started from the bottom, and they still there
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Black Mamba
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As someone who doesn't want Miami to win (since i hate Wade and Ray), you cannot give an asterisk for injuries. This happens all the time. KG hurt in '09, Bynum in '08, Malone in '04, Duncan and Ginobili the last few years, Cassell in '04, etc etc.
Injuries are an unfortunate but accepted part of the game. Asterisks only count for lockouts.
Injuries are an unfortunate but accepted part of the game. Asterisks only count for lockouts.
MorisUkunRasik
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No, but if they did I'd be willing to count it as a real title. That's a lot of hard work. Not for Bosh tho, that's just a weekend.
Dominican Power
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Y'all still getting swept though.
you still never mentioned who "prince" is
unless you're talking about tayshaun being a non factor
Black Mamba
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Yes, it was a jab at how bad Tayshaun has been.
too much eslim
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I can't wait until the Knicks shock the world this season.
Ninja Scooter
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Lakers won a title in 2000 when Duncan tore his knee in round 1. People need to stop the stupid Heat hate. If you want to dig you can probably find injuries that affected every playoff since the beginning of time.
CherryWoodFuton
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By shock you mean getting backdoor swept by Boston?
Real recognize real.
Its not shocking that its the fans of teams that never win that are throwing salt and asterisks. Its cool, I don't mind a salt shower if we get a chip.
Sean May getting hurt changed everything
TRU. 16-0 baby.
same, just found out about it, i thought he was just a little shook from it but not injured. One espn write-up made it sound like OKC didn't know he was injured either, just skipping a day of practice. I doubt the Thunder were going to beat the Heat , i still want to see a Clippers/Heat playoffs just for something different this year than watching the Heat destroy the thunder again.
CherryWoodFuton
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Smh
That's not saying much
Black Mamba
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careful with the "when."
One torn Lebron ACL away from a potential Memphis-Indiana Finals classic.
So the Lakers in 2000 didn't got an asterisk too, as Ninja pointed out? Or 2009?
Ninja Scooter
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Somebody should go ahead and make a list of all the teams in NBA history who have lost their 2nd best player to injury during the playoffs and went on to win the title.
East 2 years ago had the MVP and Bawston with their Big 3.
Nope. Getting fitted for dat trifecta. KA KAWWW. WE ARE THE CHAMPIONSSS.
CherryWoodFuton
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Fuckball championships do not want
Rockets
Black Mamba
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Somebody should go ahead and make a list of all the teams in NBA history who have lost their 2nd best player to injury during the playoffs and went on to win the title.
I don't think you could lose your 3rd best player, either. I don't think it's happened.
No one's saying Miami ain't the best team in the league. They are. But the gauntlet's every other champion has had to go through doesn't compare to the Miami heat chips.
What Dirk went through in 2011 was harder than the last 3 years of Miami Heat Playoff Basketball combined.
LA beat Spurs 4 years out of 5 from 2000-2004. And it ain't just one person this year. It's Rose, Kobe, YNB, Rondo, Amare, Granger. The first or second most dangerous player on 6 teams. 4 of which are in the East.
The only way to even the playing field would be if Wade went down. in 09 LA played a healthy Nuggets, Jazz, and Orlando team. Rockets were the lone exception.
too much eslim
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The west and Miami would like that. Unfortunately for those people it is not happening.
yeah but that MVP was one of the worst MVPs ever so...
MorisUkunRasik
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2014 NBA Season |OT| Mavericks Attempt To Defend Their Title
Ninja Scooter
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Hearing Jalen Rose try and defend Rudy Gay on Simmons' podcast is hilarious. He's such an idiot.
myth building right there
But he beat Kobe doe.
MorisUkunRasik
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One day Miami will win an actual championship....maybe
Future PhaZe
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Is there evidence that LeBron ever hated Mike Brown tho?
Spo doesn't seem much different than Mike to be honest. He just has a ridiculous amount of talent to work with.
Spo doesn't seem much different than Mike to be honest. He just has a ridiculous amount of talent to work with.
Not only the coach. Why would he want to go back to that organization run by Dan Gilbert? Who basically comic-sansed himself out of any chance of bringing Lebron back.
C'mon son. Healthy LA, Healthy OKC, Healthy Miami. Miami played a healthy Chicago once in 3 years, A healthy Boston once in 3 years, and a healthy Indiana once in 3 years.
How you comparing the runs?
Edit: And Dallas beat all 3 of those teams giving up home court advantage. No comparison.
darkside31337
Tomodachi wa Mahou
Dallas swept the shit out of LA, OKC clearly wasn't ready to make the jump (They were a team that beat the younger Grizz and an annual choke in the Nuggets), and Miami was in their first year
The Lakers fucking sucked in the playoffs then and they still do so to act like LAL and OKC was hard ass competition is false. Miami would have equally smacked the shit out of those teams that same year
Dallas played well in the finals and deserved to beat Miami, but let's not act like they went through Goliath round after round. lol did you forget that miami was down in a lot of their series over the past two years
I'm not even quite sure what the fuck we are really arguing, all I'm saying is that you can't suddenly act like Miami hasn't had to play shit when in their first year they were 50/50 underdogs or so to Boston AND chicago. then they had to deal with bosh for a lot of last year
Don't do this to yourself man.
Assuming Lebron would freeze up in the Finals against them. no Miami wouldn't. Fisher could guard 2011 Finals Lebron.
Yea, Miami was down when they played a healthy Boston team, a healthy Chicago team, and a healthy Indiana team. But like I said, they only played a healthy Chicago team once...and a Chicago team much like your definition of OKC "Clearly wasn't ready"
They played a healthy Boston team last year, and got to 7 games. And a healthy Indiana team last year, and had a serious danger of losing.
Now imagine Rose doesn't miss 2 playoffs. Granger doesn't miss 2 playoffs. Rondo doesn't miss 1 playoff series and break his elbow in another.
All you're saying is backing up my point. The teams Miami struggled with, they only had to play once in 3 years due to injuries. Asterisk. Title.