2013-2014 NBA Thread - IND @ WAS and OKC @ LAC on ESPN

[finallyfamous]

Isn't the finals format different this year?

Used to be 2-3-2.

Now it's 2-2-1-1-1

 

[imlive365]

If Miami gets to the finals I just don't think the spurs will take them to 7 again. I mean is dany green really gonna shot like that again because he was a huge reason for two of those wins at home. Him and Gary Neil had game of there lives. Just don't see somebody doing that again.

 

[Cashflow]

Whose legacy would take the biggest hit by losing their second NBA Final? Timmy? Slim Reaper?

I think Timmy would get the least heat

 

[hymen man]

Damn, no Ibaka. Thunder cannot catch a break in the Playoffs.. feel for them, everyone needs to show up for them to have a chance. Looking bleak as hell.. hope they can still persevere.

 

[MVP]

If Miami gets to the finals I just don't think the spurs will take them to 7 again. I mean is dany green really gonna shot like that again because he was a huge reason for two of those wins at home. Him and Gary Neil had game of there lives. Just don't see somebody doing that again.

Heat aren't as good as last year. Splitter is better, Kawhi is better, Tony is still somewhat hobbled, but Patty Mills has emerged as a instant weapon and hopefully Manu doesn't go full ****** again. I think the Spurs handle them easy 6 games max of it comes to that.

Not to mention the Heat haven't been playing anywhere near the defense they played last year. The Spurs will get a lot of those same open looks.

 

[imlive365]

Heat aren't as good as last year. Splitter is better, Kawhi is better, Tony is still somewhat hobbled, and hopefully Manu doesn't go full ****** again. I think the Spurs handle them easy 6 games max of it comes to that.

And if wade plays healthy and dosent have to have his knees drained and get treatment 24 hours a day for them it won't matter.

 

[finallyfamous]

Whose legacy would take the biggest hit by losing their second NBA Final? Timmy? Slim Reaper?

I think Timmy would get the least heat

Durant for sure.

Timmy has 4 rings, man.

I will say that it would be very hard to not knock the Spurs if they lost to Miami two years in a row.

Still say Durant because he'd be 0-2 against Bron in the finals.

 

[a-friend]

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So Spurs will be fishing on May 30th?

 

[MVP]

And if wade plays healthy and dosent have to have his knees drained and get treatment 24 hours a day for them it won't matter.

That's a big if, he hasn't played consistently great in a series in 3 years. Hes been vintage Wade once in the entire playoffs so far.

 

[finallyfamous]

Thunder in 5, eh?

 

[a-friend]

Thunder in 5, eh?

Yep

 

[big j 33]

In light of the Ibaka injury, we should all read and consider Simmons' article from a few days ago

What If This Is OKC’s Last Shot?

 

[shoecollector75]

Gonna be awesome to see Adams and westbrook rustle tony's and timmy's jimmies

It wouldn't surprise me if the clips tested the market for cp3. Honestly think he's a bad influence on blake

THIS!  Do you even realize CP3 is the best true point guard in the NBA.

 

[certifiedflyboi23]

CP3 is a bad influence on Quake?



How do you guys did this?

 

[carltonjunior]

OKC has to come out guns BLAZING and Westbrook has to be focused unlike ever before, it's a winnable series but everything has to go right.

 

[a-friend]

Ibakas loss is being over analyzed. I'd have to say KD and Russ together will outweigh Pops superior coaching. I just learned this in the Clippers series when Docs coaching couldn't overshadow Brooks' because at the end of the day, the Thunder has 2/5 Greatest players on earth. Boom!

 

[addict4sneakers]

you're underestimating serge's importance. OKC can still win, but its going to be tough w/o serge's rim protection and ability to make open jumpers

 

[dmbrhs]

Right. But 3 pages and 90 posts later of picking a new city, someone finally brings this up. Whoever would be dumb enough to move an "LA" Clippers team, probably wouldn't get to buy them at any amount

Who'd be dumb enough to move a team from the 13th largest market to the 43rd largest market? Oh wait.

Anyway, even Steve Ballmer is now expressing interest in ANY NBA team, and said he wouldn't move the Clippers (if he bought them) because it'd be "cost destructive". Which is a no-brainer, of course.

 

[datznasty]

Probably someone from the 43rd largest market who has no reason to give any damns about the 13th largest market's tears

 

[dmbrhs]

Man, did you watch the game last night. He had no choice. We bad talk the man but damn, I think he'll figure out how to sub someone in for Ibaka. Don't you?

Having "no choice" and playing out one game vs. having to game plan an entire series because your third best guy is out are two different things.

 

[dmbrhs]

Probably someone from the 43rd largest market who has no reason to give any damns about the 13th largest market's tears

I was being sarcastic. This dude is getting annoying.

 

[datznasty]

Beyond.

 

[nelson999]

If Miami gets to the finals I just don't think the spurs will take them to 7 again.

You are correct. Spurs will end it in 5 this time, maybe 6

 

[a-friend]

Right. But 3 pages and 90 posts later of picking a new city, someone finally brings this up. Whoever would be dumb enough to move an "LA" Clippers team, probably wouldn't get to buy them at any amount

Who'd be dumb enough to move a team from the 13th largest market to the 43rd largest market? Oh wait.

Anyway, even Steve Ballmer is now expressing interest in ANY NBA team, and said he wouldn't move the Clippers (if he bought them) because it'd be "cost destructive". Which is a no-brainer, of course.

Good point. Apples to Oranges though man. Not my fault Oklahoma got that oil money and can afford to move a team here, and sustain a profit. Must be luck. Them billionaires keep getting lucky.

 

[dmbrhs]

Good point. Apples to Oranges though man. Not my fault Oklahoma got that oil money and can afford to move a team here, and sustain a profit. Must be luck. Them billionaires keep getting lucky.

WTFAU?