^ In the regular season. He’s proven nothing in the post season. As a matter of fact he has a number of no-shows in the post season.
And regarding Jerry Sloan, that was surprising. I guess behind the scenes Deron Williams and him were butting heads all season long. Deron was complaining about his “outdated” offensive strategy all season. And at the end of the game where they lost to the Bulls, Deron was calling his own plays. Basically he lost the trust of his players namely Deron.
I think that after Utah let a lot of their talent go in the offseason and then getting this bullshit from Deron Williams I’m not surprised he called it quits finally.
[quote]scj119 wrote:
Yeah I think Melo’s camp floated this whole Bynum roomer to create leverage with NYK…I’m not buying it. Let’s look at the flip side of this… why the hell would Denver do it? Trade Melo for an injury-plagued young center, when Center is one of the only positions they have a good young player? I mean you’d give up melo to have Nene and Bynum on the same team? Makes no sense.[/quote]
I kinda agree with the Melo trade to LA being somewhat of a bargaining chip but to answer you:
“Why the hell would denver do it? Trade Melo for an Injury-plagued young center?”
Because they dont have another option. Either they trade him for SOMETHING now or he walks and they get Jack and Shit in the off season. If NYK wont make them an offer they want then why not trade for at least something (who they could in turn trade to another team if they wanted to)[/quote]
If I were running the Nuggets, I’d rather take a title run this year and hold out for a possible sign-and-trade this summer (still a very real possibility as they can offer him the most $), rather than spend over $20M a year on two centers.[/quote]
title run? Come on man… thats laughable. Denver probably wont make it out of the first round[/quote]
yeah it’s a 1-in-100 shot, but many teams go 10yrs without even getting close to a 1-in-100 shot this late in the season… you can’t isolate that part of my post from my general reasoning. My point is: I would rather take the COMBINATION of (low odds for title + possible better return if you hold out for sign? after season + possibility of franchise tag or franchise protection from superstars leaving in FA) than trade him for like Wilson Chandler and a 2014 1st. Know what I mean?
Jerry Sloan just resigned after 23 years - mid season[/quote]
Did NOT see that one coming… he just signed a 1-year extension 3 days ago.
For me, that’s a huge knock on D-Will if Sloan’s reason for resigning was a bad relationship. How do you think you know more about bball than someone with Sloan’s track record?
D-Will is a punk and he proved it yesterday when he got outclassed by Derrick Rose. Derrick Rose is a sick sick player. I hope my boi John Wall starts producing like him eventually.
So sad to see Jerry go. I hope he comes back. If it wasn’t for MJ he would have had a ring or two.
It’s about damn time the Lakers win against a quality opponent even if they were a little banged up. I’ll take it. And after the way Bynum played tonight it confirmed in my mind that trade would have not made the Lakers better. I’ll take the risk with his potential injury issues. Size still rules in the NBA.
Aren’t you guys having a hard time picturing Boston beating the Heat in a 7 game series. No matter what I can’t see ANY team beating a Miami team that play’s coherently and with intensity. If Miami has home court throughout the East playoffs I really wouldn’t want to be any other team in the East.
Actually it’s exactly the opposite for me. I have a hard time picturing the Heat beating Boston during a 7 game series. Are you kidding me? They have all the size, experience, etc. Miami’s lack of size, depth and experience playing in the post-season together will be their downfall. Wishful thinking on Miami’s dominance.
As I type this, I still think Miami has a good chance of exacting revenge this Sunday since a lot of their backup bigs are out.
When it comes to post season experience I don’t really see it as one aspect that Miami has to worry about. 2 of 3 the big three have NBA championship experience and I think Bosh will continue to do great outside of the spotlight.
As well as several key members of their bench have played in big playoff games: Eddie House, big Z, and Erick Dampier.
I really haven’t made up my mind on who would win a 7 game series between the Celts and Heat. But I will say this, if they don’t make it past the Celtics THIS year, they will next year.
^ I should restate the Celtics championship experience as an advantage over Miami as a factor. They have deep championship experience playing together as a complete unit for a number of years now. Miami does not collectively have that experience and that does matter. But it still comes down to the Celtics size and defense intensity that will do Miami in.
[quote]Gettnitdone wrote:
Aren’t you guys having a hard time picturing Boston beating the Heat in a 7 game series. No matter what I can’t see ANY team beating a Miami team that play’s coherently and with intensity. If Miami has home court throughout the East playoffs I really wouldn’t want to be any other team in the East.[/quote]
Sooooo…you still feel this way? Even though Miami has lost all three games to Boston this season? I understand the post-season is a different season but it doesn’t bode well for Miami when they couldn’t beat the Celts today with Boston’s injured backup bigs and the supposed hot streak Miami was on. Care to retract this statement?
[quote]Gettnitdone wrote:
Aren’t you guys having a hard time picturing Boston beating the Heat in a 7 game series. No matter what I can’t see ANY team beating a Miami team that play’s coherently and with intensity. If Miami has home court throughout the East playoffs I really wouldn’t want to be any other team in the East.[/quote]
Sooooo…you still feel this way? Even though Miami has lost all three games to Boston this season? I understand the post-season is a different season but it doesn’t bode well for Miami when they couldn’t beat the Celts today with Boston’s injured backup bigs and the supposed hot streak Miami was on. Care to retract this statement?[/quote]
A lil retraction but definitely not significant. It was a close and ugly game and I still in my brain can’t comprehend Boston having the legs to run with a fresh, coherent Miami team in the playoffs.
^Run?!? There is very little “running” in the playoffs. Celtics in 6. I have never been so sure of one team beating another team in the playoffs than I am this year in the Celtics over Miami. Size, defense, and rebounding wins championships. Celtics have the advantage in all three areas and have shown that in all three wins this season. Maybe next year when Miami gets a serviceable center AND the Celtics are a year older. Not this year my friend, not this year.
Boston wins for the third straight time this season, wins the season series, and dominates the Heat in the third quarter despite missing three key players. [u]At this point, no one in their right mind believes Miami has a shot against Boston in an expected Eastern Conference Finals.[/u]
Yeah how many times have I heard that from journalists/writers in any professional sport. My point is anytime you have LeBron James (i.e the best player in the NBA right now) and Dwayne Wade on the same team you’re going to have a chance no matter what. From where it stands now I don’t think the Celtics can win a playoff against Miami. I think Miami will have more motivation and more energy.
[quote]Gettnitdone wrote:
Yeah how many times have I heard that from journalists/writers in any professional sport. My point is anytime you have LeBron James (i.e the best player in the NBA right now) and Dwayne Wade on the same team you’re going to have a chance no matter what. From where it stands now I don’t think the Celtics can win a playoff against Miami. I think Miami will have more motivation and more energy.[/quote]
Because it’s been proven out year after year after year. Dude, how long have you been watching basketball? Seriously? Your coming across like a Lebron fanboy; as long as they have him, magic will happen. LOL.
It’s like you are ignoring the formula that has won teams championships for the last two decades in the league. First, do you agree that the Celtics have the advantage in size, defense and rebounding? And second, if you do, are you seriously saying these factors will not significantly favor the Celtics winning a 7 game series against Miami? And lastly, if you are saying that; which planet have you been watching playoff basketball???
[quote]therajraj wrote:
For the Dwight Haters, look at the new asshole he ripped into the Lakers Defense. [/quote]
Seriously, one game in the regular season and this is your proclamation? Dwight is not that good offensively, doesn’t have that many go-to moves, and has not progressed much from year to year. He had a good game today. That is all. Let’s see him do this for a number of games over a period of time against good defenses before we get all crazy.
What happened to the NBA thread on a Sunday?!? You guyz r losing yo damn minds today…