The Second season is the best season!
My usual horse came up lame this year, so I am not sure who I am rooting for.
I know more who I am rooting AGAINST…
NBA playoffs
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I hope Dallas wins. This is probably Dirks last shot.
I remember being a Mavericks fan back when they had Rolando Blackman, Dantley, Tarpley, Mark Aguirre, and Derrick Harper back in 1986’ish that was a great team too. I remember somebody got hurt and the team was not the same in the playoffs.
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@ABWorsham:
Dirk went wild last night. My concerns are can Dallas keep that scoring pace up in the series? And can Dallas slow Kevin Durant down? They can not stop him, just limit him to 25 points.
It should be a great series. I see Dallas winning, history is with Dallas- veteran teams usally beat teams new to the playoffs.
The Spurs-Grizzlies series was not that long ago.
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@ABWorsham:
Dirk went wild last night. My concerns are can Dallas keep that scoring pace up in the series? And can Dallas slow Kevin Durant down? They can not stop him, just limit him to 25 points.
It should be a great series. I see Dallas winning, history is with Dallas- veteran teams usally beat teams new to the playoffs.
The Spurs-Grizzlies series was not that long ago.
First round and conference championship is two dirrent atmospheres.
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Mavs… Best comeback of the decade? :)
GG
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See i told you people Miami.
I predict Miami wins game 1 and 2. Dallas wins 3, Miami wins game 4 and 5 or loses game 5 and wins game 6.
Lebron MVP of finals
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@Imperious:
See i told you people Miami.
I predict Miami wins game 1 and 2. Dallas wins 3, Miami wins game 4 and 5 or loses game 5 and wins game 6.
Lebron MVP of finals
If Dallas can get production from Marion this series will be very close.
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Well Lebron and Novitzki …wash on stats
Dallas has Dampier and other Centers by committee vs. Bosh… Miami wins that.
Then Dallas has two guards to run the floor: Barea and the old man Jason Kidd… vs. Wade wins that
The scrubs that fill out the team, id give an edge to Dallas, but Haslem was part of the 2006 team and he has experience.
So Miami has better starters, but Dallas has better bench. If they keep the big 3 on the floor for extended minutes and their is no need to ‘save their strength’ for another series, i feel Miami has the overall edge
Dallas has a better coach. I’m not a fan of Miami’s coach because he has some strange substitution patterns, like leaving Bosh alone for long stretches with the scrubs, when he really needs 2 out of 3 of the stars on the floor at all times.
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@Imperious:
Dallas has Dampier and other Centers by committee vs. Bosh… Miami wins that.
Mavs got rid of Dampier and replaced him with Tyson Chandler and Brendon Haywood.
Had I a hundred dollars to bet on the series winner I would pick Miami. But this Dallas team has surprised me this year. They will play with the knowledge that their last chance is now. The ghost of 2006 can get buried.
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Dampier is playing for Heat.
GG
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This is turning into a great Finals.
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The winner of game 5 should go on to win it.
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@Imperious:
The winner of game 5 should go on to win it.
Completely agree with you.
Dallas can not win two in Miami.
Miami may collapse with internal strife if they go down 3-2.
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Dallas can win this series!
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yes its theirs to lose.
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@Imperious:
yes its theirs to lose.
Or…… (omitting flame bait comment here).
GG
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I am glad for Dirk, Kidd, and company. That started off as a great series, like the NHL, and then the Heat just fell apart. Well, maybe not the entire team, but I will not mention any names. It’s funny that Jason Terry backed his ego up in that last game.
Also, that’s what you get for being childish and not backing up your trash talk (not intended for Bosh as I think he’s pretty stand-upish guy even though he looks like a freak when his mouth is open).
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Looking back, it was Wade’s celebration in front of the Mavs bench that caused the beginning of trouble for the Heat.
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I think a larger problem exists…
Labron James has a competitive spirit and undeclared wants to be the goto closer and first option for Miami, which supplants Wade from this role. Wade is only interested in winning, while James wants to do it with style and gusto. Bosh is just playing within the system as designed by his coach. James does not listen to any coaches and just does what he wants, he has a one man army where he wants to just make plays based on his natural skills.
Labron is a better player than Wade, while Wade has greater leadership qualities that you would want for a team, so Wade is basically the best they got. The issue is in the finals Labron was always double teamed or triple teamed and avoided driving for points, and gave up the ball every time this happened… Instead he should have put his body to get some hard fouls since he is a good freethrow % like Dirk.
Also, they saw that Bosh was more efficient scorer when James was double teamed. Bosh should have gotten alot more touches, if James was going to not take those hard fouls…
However, Bosh is not the type of player that would try to cause problems on teams accepting his role as the third option. This is a worst mistake. The big three need to operate in such a way where a different guy is the “Alpha player” each game depending on the opponents defensive preparations.
I think James wanted to be a primary guy to close EVERY GAME and didn’t like how Wade won that third game by being the closer. James stopped scoring after that game and essentially sabotaged the team in some petty way of showing " Hey Wade could not close these games, so next time that my job"
When James has the ball within 8 feet of the basket he should more often than not drive for a foul and stop the double team tactic. He is one of few players who can force his will on the game.
Also, the coach is not very good. Alot of times Wade and James are both sitting on the bench. They must play 2 of the main guys at all times, and all 3 to close out half and 4th.
The role players are not the best fit for this team, the center position is a joke, they need a new player…get rid of Z. They need a small guard ( like NASH) to run around and dish the ball. The center position is basically by committee, where the forwards are all grabbing rebounds, because they don’t have a real center…
I am very confident they will return to the finals next year, but they need like 3 new players, before the 2012 season starts they will have only 7 players with no contract issues, luckily all the players with contracts ending are the riffraff players… Z, Howard, etc…
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@Imperious:
I think a larger problem exists…
Labron James has a competitive spirit and undeclared wants to be the goto closer and first option for Miami, which supplants Wade from this role. Wade is only interested in winning, while James wants to do it with style and gusto. Bosh is just playing within the system as designed by his coach. James does not listen to any coaches and just does what he wants, he has a one man army where he wants to just make plays based on his natural skills.
Labron is a better player than Wade, while Wade has greater leadership qualities that you would want for a team, so Wade is basically the best they got. The issue is in the finals Labron was always double teamed or triple teamed and avoided driving for points, and gave up the ball every time this happened… Instead he should have put his body to get some hard fouls since he is a good freethrow % like Dirk.
Also, they saw that Bosh was more efficient scorer when James was double teamed. Bosh should have gotten alot more touches, if James was going to not take those hard fouls…
However, Bosh is not the type of player that would try to cause problems on teams accepting his role as the third option. This is a worst mistake. The big three need to operate in such a way where a different guy is the “Alpha player” each game depending on the opponents defensive preparations.
I think James wanted to be a primary guy to close EVERY GAME and didn’t like how Wade won that third game by being the closer. James stopped scoring after that game and essentially sabotaged the team in some petty way of showing " Hey Wade could not close these games, so next time that my job"
When James has the ball within 8 feet of the basket he should more often than not drive for a foul and stop the double team tactic. He is one of few players who can force his will on the game.
Also, the coach is not very good. Alot of times Wade and James are both sitting on the bench. They must play 2 of the main guys at all times, and all 3 to close out half and 4th.
The role players are not the best fit for this team, the center position is a joke, they need a new player…get rid of Z. They need a small guard ( like NASH) to run around and dish the ball. The center position is basically by committee, where the forwards are all grabbing rebounds, because they don’t have a real center…
I am very confident they will return to the finals next year, but they need like 3 new players, before the 2012 season starts they will have only 7 players with no contract issues, luckily all the players with contracts ending are the riffraff players… Z, Howard, etc…
So the Dallas Mavericks is an ineffective team that has absolutely no skill set to beat Miami? I’m not discounting Lebron’s ego, I believe that was a deciding factor to push Dallas closer to success, but in the end I still believe it was going to be a best of 7 series with either side having a chance to win.
GG
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It was Miami’s series to lose. They ( mostly Labron) didn’t perform how they played in any other series. Dallas is lucky to get past the lakers, which had their own collapse because Gasol and Bynum was fatigued after playing so many games and so many extra games ( nearly another full season in the last 3 years due to playoffs, plus Gasol played for his country in international competition)
Dallas could have been scrapped by Portland. I think they were down in that series at some point too. IN the west id say OKC and Lakers should get stronger as they still have room to make changes. Dallas is kinda tapped out: the talent they got works best if they make no changes because everybody knows their role. lakers will make a big trade and shake up the team and make improvements, they seldom keep the same team if it does not bring a trophy.
OKC needs one more scorer to get over the hump.
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