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

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anyone else think all the pressure is on the pacers? They got the first seed, home court, if the lose they have no excuses.

It's always going to be on the heat. So many people want miami to lose. They have the best player in the world and the pacers have been so inconsistent.
 
Ibaka injury is brutal for OKC but when you have the best player in the series you always have at minimum a punchers chance. And when you add RW to that you make this thing 50/50.

I expect them to take it another level like when bosh got hurt a few years ago, I'll never forget what wade and bron did to the pacers in that game 4

OKC in 6
 
anyone else think all the pressure is on the pacers? They got the first seed, home court, if the lose they have no excuses.

The pressure is on the team that almost everybody is giving no chance to win this series after playing mediocre to bad the entire second half of the season... Oh ok. Last time I checked the Heat are the 2 time defending champs with the best player in the world still in their squad.
 
The thing with the Heat is, Lebron is so dominant as a player that no matter who he plays with it'll always look like "He needs more help."

He's so ball dominant, he can literally do it all on offense, that it would be ridiculous to not play through him. This is where Barkley , and the rest of the world look and say "Lebron needs more help" when in actuality he doesn't. It just appears that way because he can, and does do everything. The fact that he has players like D Wade and Bosh only needing to chip in marginally (By Marginally I mean relative to their talents) speaks volumes about just how good Miami is.

Well said

He's the reason they gotta play small so he can have two knockdown shooters one swing pass away from a wide open 3 on the floor at all times.

Wade and Bosh deserve more credit because they're two franchise players who barely touch the basketball, can't be an easy adjustment.
 
Alot of the posts in here make it seem like you guys have no idea what's going on 
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It's not so much the age it's just the fact that KDs deal is up in 2016 and Russ in 2017. And we've seen how cheap Presti is, Reggie Jax has to get paid as well. They at best have a 2 year Window to get a title before everyone else's ambitions and pressure's take their toll.
 
@MySportsLegion: Lance Stephenson on DWade: I think his knee is kind of messed up so I got to be extra aggressive and…make his knee flare up."
******* idiot.

Now Wade is gonna be extra aggressive with those HGH shots too *****. You did it to yourself.
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I don't have any confidence in the Pacers reverting back to normal in this series. It's more than a prolonged slump and they are frontrunners as well.

I'd love to be wrong though.
It's not so much the age it's just the fact that KDs deal is up in 2016 and Russ in 2017. And we've seen how cheap Presti is, Reggie Jax has to get paid as well. They at best have a 2 year Window to get a title before everyone else's ambitions and pressure's take their toll.
The cheapness comes from the owner...not the GM.
 
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you guys and your infatuation with mike beasely. dude has been a career bust. rashard at least spaces the floor
 
In terms of pressure it goes:

1. Heat
2. Thunder
3. Spurs
4. Pacers

Pressure switches to Durant over Bron IMO if they meet in the finals because Durant can't go 0-2 against Bron in the finals.
 
It's not so much the age it's just the fact that KDs deal is up in 2016 and Russ in 2017. And we've seen how cheap Presti is, Reggie Jax has to get paid as well. They at best have a 2 year Window to get a title before everyone else's ambitions and pressure's take their toll.
How is Presti cheap though?

I guarantee you there are only 4 or 5 teams with a higher salary per year than Thunder.

Nets

Heat

Lakers

Clippers(maybe) 

Bulls

Knicks

All HUGE market teams. I'm guessing here but I just know that KD got a near Max contract. Only gave up Max to LEAVE room. Westbrook signed the same way. Ibaka signed the same way. Where is this cheap talk coming from
 
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