Nba 2014

[okatty35]

Pacers turned out to be offensive joke. As grantland said.....a broke clock is right twice a series.

I think spurs will close out thunder. 2 great players can't beat a really good team over 7 games. Thunder have too many one way players....Perkins, thabo, collison, etc. Love to watch em play though.

 

[Beco]

Pacers turned out to be offensive joke. As grantland said.....a broke clock is right twice a series.

I think spurs will close out thunder. 2 great players can't beat a really good team over 7 games. Thunder have too many one way players....Perkins, thabo, collison, etc. Love to watch em play though.

Happy to see them go. Now Heat face a real team from the West....can they do it?

 

[JuanVato]

oh yeah

Woo hoo Spurs win.

 

[Beco]

Woo hoo Spurs win.

tough to pick Final....

 

[okatty35]

tough to pick Final....

Heat. In 6. If Parker is not full speed spurs have no chance.

 

[Beco]

Heat. In 6. If Parker is not full speed spurs have no chance.

I wouldnt say that, Spur appear to be deep this time around. They just keep coming.

I root for Miami, mainly because I like the city. But Miami revolves around Wade, if he is healthy and on, they have a chance to win. Te supporting cast needs to hit some shots....or its just Lebron holding up the team. Thats his greatness, he got Cleveland to the Finals.....

 

[loveupskirt]

I want the Spurs to win a close series. I dislike the bought, paid-for, assembled and talented team in Miami, but enough already! This version of the Spurs embodies everything that is team basketball! Even if Parker is not 100%, I like their chances. LeBron and Wade will come ready. Everyone else on that team, you never know what you'll get! Go Spurs! Then retire Tim Duncan, while you still have knees and can walk!

 

[Beco]

I want the Spurs to win a close series. I dislike the bought, paid-for, assembled and talented team in Miami, but enough already! This version of the Spurs embodies everything that is team basketball! Even if Parker is not 100%, I like their chances. LeBron and Wade will come ready. Everyone else on that team, you never know what you'll get! Go Spurs! Then retire Tim Duncan, while you still have knees and can walk!

See, I applaud the creativity of Pat Riley of how he assembled this team and how successful it has become. But I dont see the difference between drafting players and obtaining free agents vs convicing the game's best player to come to Miami and a good player in Bosh?

To me, its the same same process only the idiot Lebron had to make a TV show out of it, which is what chaps people's asses...

 

[okatty35]

I want the Spurs to win a close series. I dislike the bought, paid-for, assembled and talented team in Miami, but enough already! This version of the Spurs embodies everything that is team basketball! Even if Parker is not 100%, I like their chances. LeBron and Wade will come ready. Everyone else on that team, you never know what you'll get! Go Spurs! Then retire Tim Duncan, while you still have knees and can walk!

I'll cheer for spurs but don't think that's how it will go. Parker is about the only real way spurs can exploit heat with any kind of mismatch. Unless you want to consider Pop in a coaching advantage. Not enough. Heat gets another title.

 

[Wrong Element]

I understand why people would pick the Heat, but I think folks saw how Miami rolled through the Eastern Conference and lost sight of just how pathetic that conference is.

The Spurs had a tough first round matchup with Dallas that went 7 games -- but Dallas would have been the third seed in the East.

The Spurs then dismantled Portland, which won the same number of games as Miami, with a harder schedule.

OKC beat the Clippers, clearly a much better team than anyone in the East other than Miami.

Bottom line is the Spurs have been tested for weeks now, and the Heat haven't been. The same would have applied had the Thunder won the series instead.

 

[Beco]

I understand why people would pick the Heat, but I think folks saw how Miami rolled through the Eastern Conference and lost sight of just how pathetic that conference is.

The Spurs had a tough first round matchup with Dallas that went 7 games -- but Dallas would have been the third seed in the East.

The Spurs then dismantled Portland, which won the same number of games as Miami, with a harder schedule.

OKC beat the Clippers, clearly a much better team than anyone in the East other than Miami.

Bottom line is the Spurs have been tested for weeks now, and the Heat haven't been. The same would have applied had the Thunder won the series instead.

Thats what I think....too easy for them.

 

[okatty35]

I understand why people would pick the Heat, but I think folks saw how Miami rolled through the Eastern Conference and lost sight of just how pathetic that conference is.

The Spurs had a tough first round matchup with Dallas that went 7 games -- but Dallas would have been the third seed in the East.

The Spurs then dismantled Portland, which won the same number of games as Miami, with a harder schedule.

OKC beat the Clippers, clearly a much better team than anyone in the East other than Miami.

Bottom line is the Spurs have been tested for weeks now, and the Heat haven't been. The same would have applied had the Thunder won the series instead.

Agree that they were not tested and cake walked thru East. They will go from playing a Pacers team that runs elementary school offense to Spurs who run an MBA level offense (I stole that from ESPN ..ha). Hopefully it is a good series. Will be hard to match last year!

 

[okatty35]

predictions please

Finals tomorrow night.....pick em!

Heat in 6

 

[okatty35]

Huge game tonight. Heat need to bounce back. They have not lost two straight playoff games in forever.

 

[Wrong Element]

Huge game tonight. Heat need to bounce back. They have not lost two straight playoff games in forever.

Welcome to forever.

It's kind of amazing: the Spurs have won 4 titles and have had plenty of other good-to-great teams that didn't win rings -- and I've followed every one of them since I was an 11 year kid in HemisFair Arena -- but this may be their best team ever, even though all of "the Big Three" are now past their primes. I'm not sure how that's possible.

If the Spurs had just hit their normal free throws on Sunday, this would be a 4-game sweep. But even at 3-1, I'm not sure any defending champion has ever been taken apart like this on their home floor in the finals.

I'm just a little happy. But I've seen waaaaaay too much to get cocky now. See: last June.

 

[ms_ann_thrope]

And no one has come back from 3-1. How old is Duncan anyway? 53?

 

[loveupskirt]

Even though coming back at this point would be a first, I ain't writing off the Heat just yet or getting cocky about it. Still, this Spurs team is a marvel and a testament to "Team" ball! Disproves some myths about how many stars a team needs to win it all. Don't recall ever seeing a more balanced and unselfish group on a court together. The 90's Bulls and the Lakers and Celtics of the 80's were great teams, but I believe this Spurs team could hold their own against any team ever! I think they'll wrap it up in 5!

 

[SgtSpiderMan]

Welcome to forever.

It's kind of amazing: the Spurs have won 4 titles and have had plenty of other good-to-great teams that didn't win rings -- and I've followed every one of them since I was an 11 year kid in HemisFair Arena -- but this may be their best team ever, even though all of "the Big Three" are now past their primes. I'm not sure how that's possible.

If the Spurs had just hit their normal free throws on Sunday, this would be a 4-game sweep. But even at 3-1, I'm not sure any defending champion has ever been taken apart like this on their home floor in the finals.

I'm just a little happy. But I've seen waaaaaay too much to get cocky now. See: last June.

It doesn't look like Tony Parker is past his prime.

 

[bluegypsy]

Heat. In 6. If Parker is not full speed spurs have no chance.

I'll cheer for spurs but don't think that's how it will go. Parker is about the only real way spurs can exploit heat with any kind of mismatch. Unless you want to consider Pop in a coaching advantage. Not enough. Heat gets another title.

Finals tomorrow night.....pick em!

Heat in 6

Huge game tonight. Heat need to bounce back. They have not lost two straight playoff games in forever.

Care to reconsider?

 

[loveupskirt]

I must say what I have seen from S.A. since they demolished my team (Blazers) makes me feel much better about where we are among the leagues elite! Even if Miami were to come back, S.A. beat up the Thunder pretty good and are very close to a title right now! The Blazers didn't do much worse than the next two opponents that the Spurs faced!

 

[Beco]

It doesn't look like Tony Parker is past his prime.

Nope.....turn off the heat, baby. They be done!

 

[doctor_insanus]

I'm still pissed about Duncan sitting on the bench at the end of Game 6 last year. An ass-kicking in this year's Finals would help ease the sting.

 

[okatty35]

Care to reconsider?

YEP. I do! I watched Spurs up close in the OKC series and felt like Thunder was inept. I now think they may have been 2nd best team in the league and Spurs are just in their own universe right now. Miami has thrived on D to an extent in their back to back run and the Spurs are making them look silly. Chasing the ball and a pass behind the entire time. Add that to the fact Heat PG situation is horrendous. Chalmers has been AWFUL. Coles is no answer.

Spurs favored by 6 in game 5 which is the largest Heat underdog margin in the Lebron era for Heat. Now watch them bouce back..haha

 

[okatty35]

I must say what I have seen from S.A. since they demolished my team (Blazers) makes me feel much better about where we are among the leagues elite! Even if Miami were to come back, S.A. beat up the Thunder pretty good and are very close to a title right now! The Blazers didn't do much worse than the next two opponents that the Spurs faced!

Thunder played them closer than the Blazers. but then Dallas took them to 7 games so maybe they trump them all!! ha

 

[loveupskirt]

Thunder played them closer than the Blazers. but then Dallas took them to 7 games so maybe they trump them all!! ha

Forgot about Dallas! Still think the Thunder, Blazers, or Heat could take Dallas in a series. I think the Spurs were just tuning up a bit and refining their latest tweaks against the Mav's! Still, the Spurs are on a phenomenal run no matter how you stack it. Clicking on all cylinders may be cliche' but it fits here.