Timmy84 said:

OnlyNDaUsa said:

i was pulling for Boston too.. but mostly becasue I rather the Mavs not play Miami if they both reach the finals/

It's gonna happen anyway... when I read about Dallas whupping L.A. and same with Miami beating Boston, I was like "watch, they're definitely going to be in the Finals, no question!"

U guys are sleeping on Rose and the Bulls.

Graycap23 said:

Timmy84 said:

It's gonna happen anyway... when I read about Dallas whupping L.A. and same with Miami beating Boston, I was like "watch, they're definitely going to be in the Finals, no question!"

U guys are sleeping on Rose and the Bulls.

I'm actually rooting Chicago in a way. I remember going for them when they went against Boston a couple years ago.

I'm a Celtic hater, but I give them credit. Unlike the girly-man Lakers, Celtics fought like men.

I thought the behavior by the Heat players at the end was ridiculous. They don't give rings for winning the second round, fellas.

uPtoWnNY said:

I'm a Celtic hater, but I give them credit. Unlike the girly-man Lakers, Celtics fought like men.

I thought the behavior by the Heat players at the end was ridiculous. They don't give rings for winning the second round, fellas.

Boston always played like it's their last game... gotta admire them boys for that.

Miami has been known to be cocky.

uPtoWnNY said:

I'm a Celtic hater, but I give them credit. Unlike the girly-man Lakers, Celtics fought like men.

I thought the behavior by the Heat players at the end was ridiculous. They don't give rings for winning the second round, fellas.

Just curious, do you hate the C's because you're a New Yorker and we just HAVE to hate each other's teams regardless or is there more to it than that?

Because I don't hate the Knicks at all, not that they've been good for a long time which might make it easier <-- (Not a razz) but even when they were good with Ewing/Starks/Oakley etc... I found myself rooting for them over the Bulls.

Timmy84 said:

Boston always played like it's their last game... gotta admire them boys for that.

Miami has been known to be cocky.

Totally agreed, which made it much tougher to see them lose. Between the trade of Perk and the injuries, we just didn't have enough man power to continue to fight on.

What's your dream scenario for the final?

Mine is definitely Dallas-Chicago.

Fenwick said:

Timmy84 said:

Boston always played like it's their last game... gotta admire them boys for that.

Miami has been known to be cocky.

Totally agreed, which made it much tougher to see them lose. Between the trade of Perk and the injuries, we just didn't have enough man power to continue to fight on.

What's your dream scenario for the final?

Mine is definitely Dallas-Chicago.

To be honest, that's exactly what I hope would happen but I'm thinking Miami might destroy that dream but who knows? Dallas apparently got tough competition with Oklahoma so we'll see what happens.

Timmy84 said:

To be honest, that's exactly what I hope would happen but I'm thinking Miami might destroy that dream but who knows? Dallas apparently got tough competition with Oklahoma so we'll see what happens.

Cool!!!

Well Miami's the only team left I am avidly rooting against, so as long as they don't win, it will all be good. Here's to hoping!!!!

Fenwick said:

Timmy84 said:

To be honest, that's exactly what I hope would happen but I'm thinking Miami might destroy that dream but who knows? Dallas apparently got tough competition with Oklahoma so we'll see what happens.

Cool!!!

Well Miami's the only team left I am avidly rooting against, so as long as they don't win, it will all be good. Here's to hoping!!!!

Word.

Fenwick said:

LittleBLUECorvette said:

When Charles joined those Rockets, dude was fat and past his prime (same for the team he was joining Hakem and Drexler.) They were in their mid-30 in like their 13th seasons.

Malone and Payton were also in like their last seasons (Malone his last and GP the next season was in Miami I think.)

The Celtic situation is similar to the Rockets big three, all aging veterans way past their prime, but togethr can still put up a good fight. None of those Celtics were top tem players when the joined together, they had all missed the playoffs the previous season, or hell seasons. In the meantime, Bron's teams had the best records in the league the past two seasons on his way to multiple MVP awards.

I had no problem with Bron leaving, I think he just took the easy way out joining Miami.

The other big difference here is that the Celtics front office traded picks and prospects away to land Ray Allen and Garnett. These weren't dudes talking together behind the scenes about wanting to form a supergroup once their contracts expired.

At the end of the day, if this is what Lebron wanted, so be it. I personally think it taints anything he accomplishes in a major way. But I'm also quite sure he couldn't give two lumps about what I think.....

Or others for that matter.

When he wins championships, there isn't going to be an asterisk in the books saying

he played with D Wade. Garnett, Allen, and Pierce probably didn't talk about playing

together before hand but Allen joined first and Garnett initially didn't want to come to

Boston. I'm quite sure Allen and Pierce convinced Garnett to change his mind so they

can collectively come together and win a title and it worked and all of these guys were

All Stars. The only difference is LeBron and DWade were more celebrated all stars.

I don't see how the hell anyone can say LeBron winning a title with DWade is tainted.

It just doesn't make any sense to me.

DWade would be fishing now if it weren't for LeBron joining Miami.

[Edited 5/12/11 16:03pm]

uPtoWnNY said:

I'm a Celtic hater, but I give them credit. Unlike the girly-man Lakers, Celtics fought like men.

I thought the behavior by the Heat players at the end was ridiculous. They don't give rings for winning the second round, fellas.

You gotta admit Uptown the Celtics do the same after winning big games.

Kevin Garnett is almost like the Ray Lewis of basketball. KG has a long list

of classlessness going back to his days with the TWolves. Tim Duncan knows

all about it.

phunkdaddy said:

Fenwick said:

The other big difference here is that the Celtics front office traded picks and prospects away to land Ray Allen and Garnett. These weren't dudes talking together behind the scenes about wanting to form a supergroup once their contracts expired.

At the end of the day, if this is what Lebron wanted, so be it. I personally think it taints anything he accomplishes in a major way. But I'm also quite sure he couldn't give two lumps about what I think.....

Or others for that matter.

When he wins championships, there isn't going to be an asterisk in the books saying

he played with D Wade. Garnett, Allen, and Pierce probably didn't talk about playing

together before hand but Allen joined first and Garnett initially didn't want to come to

Boston. I'm quite sure Allen and Pierce convinced Garnett to change his mind so they

can collectively come together and win a title and it worked and all of these guys were

All Stars. The only difference is LeBron and DWade were more celebrated all stars.

I don't see how the hell anyone can say LeBron winning a title with DWade is tainted.

It just doesn't make any sense to me.

DWade would be fishing now if it weren't for LeBron joining Miami.

[Edited 5/12/11 16:03pm]

This whole "it's the WAY that he left" BS baffles me. I'm sorry I thought the goal was to play with players that give you the best chance to win.

SCNDLS said:

phunkdaddy said:

Or others for that matter.

When he wins championships, there isn't going to be an asterisk in the books saying

he played with D Wade. Garnett, Allen, and Pierce probably didn't talk about playing

together before hand but Allen joined first and Garnett initially didn't want to come to

Boston. I'm quite sure Allen and Pierce convinced Garnett to change his mind so they

can collectively come together and win a title and it worked and all of these guys were

All Stars. The only difference is LeBron and DWade were more celebrated all stars.

I don't see how the hell anyone can say LeBron winning a title with DWade is tainted.

It just doesn't make any sense to me.

DWade would be fishing now if it weren't for LeBron joining Miami.

[Edited 5/12/11 16:03pm]

This whole "it's the WAY that he left" BS baffles me. I'm sorry I thought the goal was to play with players that give you the best chance to win.

Actually, I don't think it's about the way he left; a lot of the hate is the way he went about announcing what team he was going to. He could have just kept quiet and saved his announcement that he was signing with the Heat a day before the team would normally schedule a press conference announcing the signing. Instead, he suckered ESPN and the Boys and Girls Club of Cleveland into holding an hour-long infomercial announcing his decision. The Heat is getting all the hate right now for what LeBron did, but had he signed with the Bulls or the Knicks, those teams would be equally as hated.

I figured as long as LeBron was going through the trouble of having a hour-long infomerical announcing which team he was going to, he may as well have gone all out and had Lady GaGa and Justin Bieber on as musical guests.

728huey said:

SCNDLS said:

This whole "it's the WAY that he left" BS baffles me. I'm sorry I thought the goal was to play with players that give you the best chance to win.

Actually, I don't think it's about the way he left; a lot of the hate is the way he went about announcing what team he was going to. He could have just kept quiet and saved his announcement that he was signing with the Heat a day before the team would normally schedule a press conference announcing the signing. Instead, he suckered ESPN and the Boys and Girls Club of Cleveland into holding an hour-long infomercial announcing his decision. The Heat is getting all the hate right now for what LeBron did, but had he signed with the Bulls or the Knicks, those teams would be equally as hated.

I figured as long as LeBron was going through the trouble of having a hour-long infomerical announcing which team he was going to, he may as well have gone all out and had Lady GaGa and Justin Bieber on as musical guests.

That's what I'm referring to. My point is what difference does it make how he announched? In today's world of excessive hype, Cribs and reality shows this shit seemed like a good idea to some publicist and obviously to ESPN who aired that shit. People are naive if they think Lebron came up with and executed that concept all on his own. I guarantee you it was some dude in a suit who was seeing dollar signs at the prospect of exploiting the situation and he was just a pawn in the game and got all the negative press. All the criticism is silly to me cuz ultimately this is a business and ratings and hype are central to promoting his brand AND the league.

Fenwick said:

Just curious, do you hate the C's because you're a New Yorker and we just HAVE to hate each other's teams regardless or is there more to it than that?

I go back 40 years with the Knicks, and the Celtics have always been a thorn in our side. I respect their winning tradition(Bill Russell's one of my sports heroes), but I have no love for that franchise at all. They're a long-time division rival who've stuck it to my guys too many times, whether it was Havlicek/White/Cowens, Bird/Parrish/McHale, or Pierce/Garnett/Allen. During the Bird years, those mfers used to come to MSG, kick the Knicks ass, and laugh about it. I'll always root against Boston, no matter who they play(even if it's another rival like Chicago or Miami). I feel the same way about Dallas and Philly in football.

728huey said:

Actually, I don't think it's about the way he left; a lot of the hate is the way he went about announcing what team he was going to. He could have just kept quiet and saved his announcement that he was signing with the Heat a day before the team would normally schedule a press conference announcing the signing. Instead, he suckered ESPN and the Boys and Girls Club of Cleveland into holding an hour-long infomercial announcing his decision.

Exactly. There was no need for that three-ring circus. It was lame. But Dan Gilbert's behavior was uncalled for. Lebron gave him seven years, resurrected a dead franchise and made him millions. I wish Lebron would have stayed and built something in Cleveland, but he did what every American has the right to do.

You know what's really lame? These annoying Knick fans who curse Lebron for rejecting NY. For two years, they begged him to come here, now they hate his guts. Assholes.

SCNDLS said:

728huey said:

Actually, I don't think it's about the way he left; a lot of the hate is the way he went about announcing what team he was going to. He could have just kept quiet and saved his announcement that he was signing with the Heat a day before the team would normally schedule a press conference announcing the signing. Instead, he suckered ESPN and the Boys and Girls Club of Cleveland into holding an hour-long infomercial announcing his decision. The Heat is getting all the hate right now for what LeBron did, but had he signed with the Bulls or the Knicks, those teams would be equally as hated.

I figured as long as LeBron was going through the trouble of having a hour-long infomerical announcing which team he was going to, he may as well have gone all out and had Lady GaGa and Justin Bieber on as musical guests.

That's what I'm referring to. My point is what difference does it make how he announched? In today's world of excessive hype, Cribs and reality shows this shit seemed like a good idea to some publicist and obviously to ESPN who aired that shit. People are naive if they think Lebron came up with and executed that concept all on his own. I guarantee you it was some dude in a suit who was seeing dollar signs at the prospect of exploiting the situation and he was just a pawn in the game and got all the negative press. All the criticism is silly to me cuz ultimately this is a business and ratings and hype are central to promoting his brand AND the league.

The truth

LEt's go Bulls, take out these punk ass Miami Skeet.

I see the Heat hate is still going strong...

babynoz said:

I see the Heat hate is still going strong...

Remember, that I said when the shit jumped off that I hoped they made it to the Finals to shut everybody up. But now I gotta hope they go down at the hands of my Mavs.

SCNDLS said:

babynoz said:

I see the Heat hate is still going strong...

Remember, that I said when the shit jumped off that I hoped they made it to the Finals to shut everybody up. But now I gotta hope they go down at the hands of my Mavs.

I sure do and they ain't shut up yet. Now they wanna hate on dudes conduct after the game...it was a touching display for us Heat fans.

If we get to Dallas it's on!

Chicago 93 Atlanta 73

Chicago wins the series 3-2.

Now the big series begins:

Eastern Conference Finals, Game 1

Sunday May 15, 2011, 8:00 pm EST (TNT)

Miami Heat vs. Chicago Bulls

[Edited 5/12/11 20:19pm]

babynoz said:

SCNDLS said:

Remember, that I said when the shit jumped off that I hoped they made it to the Finals to shut everybody up. But now I gotta hope they go down at the hands of my Mavs.

I sure do and they ain't shut up yet. Now they wanna hate on dudes conduct after the game...it was a touching display for us Heat fans.

If we get to Dallas it's on!

I've BEEN saying it's gonna be a rematch of 2006 but Dirk's on a whole other level this season.

(SCNDLS clears throat) BTW, let the record show . . .

http://prince.org/msg/100...?&pg=2

http://prince.org/msg/100...?&pg=1

728huey said:

Chicago 93 Atlanta 73

Chicago wins the series 3-2.

Now the big series begins:

Eastern Conference Finals, Game 1

Sunday May 15, 2011, 8:00 pm EST (TNT)

Miami Heat vs. Chicago Bulls

[Edited 5/12/11 20:19pm]

Bulls in 6.

babynoz said:

SCNDLS said:

Remember, that I said when the shit jumped off that I hoped they made it to the Finals to shut everybody up. But now I gotta hope they go down at the hands of my Mavs.

I sure do and they ain't shut up yet. Now they wanna hate on dudes conduct after the game...it was a touching display for us Heat fans.

If we get to Dallas it's on!

You'd think they won the championship the way they were carrying on. Judging from Pat the Rat's face, I don't think he was thrilled either.

Heat vs. Bulls - two teams that have history with the Knicks. So I'm hoping the Thunder take it all.

uPtoWnNY said:

babynoz said:

I sure do and they ain't shut up yet. Now they wanna hate on dudes conduct after the game...it was a touching display for us Heat fans.

If we get to Dallas it's on!

You'd think they won the championship the way they were carrying on. Judging from Pat the Rat's face, I don't think he was thrilled either.

Heat vs. Bulls - two teams that have history with the Knicks. So I'm hoping the Thunder take it all.

Anyone but the Heat. I's like to see Jason Kidd and Dirk get rings, they are gettin up there in age.

uPtoWnNY said:

babynoz said:

I sure do and they ain't shut up yet. Now they wanna hate on dudes conduct after the game...it was a touching display for us Heat fans.

If we get to Dallas it's on!

You'd think they won the championship the way they were carrying on. Judging from Pat the Rat's face, I don't think he was thrilled either.

Heat vs. Bulls - two teams that have history with the Knicks. So I'm hoping the Thunder take it all.

Is it any different than this one?

http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news;_ylt=Artb5Kuk5ntLvgXtXZxkrQ.8vLYF?slug=jy-ludden_thunder_beat_grizzlies_game5_051211

LittleBLUECorvette said:

uPtoWnNY said:

You'd think they won the championship the way they were carrying on. Judging from Pat the Rat's face, I don't think he was thrilled either.

Heat vs. Bulls - two teams that have history with the Knicks. So I'm hoping the Thunder take it all.

Anyone but the Heat. I's like to see Jason Kidd and Dirk get rings, they are gettin up there in age.

Bulls in 7, baby!

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LittleBLUECorvette said:

uPtoWnNY said:

You'd think they won the championship the way they were carrying on. Judging from Pat the Rat's face, I don't think he was thrilled either.

Heat vs. Bulls - two teams that have history with the Knicks. So I'm hoping the Thunder take it all.

Anyone but the Heat. I's like to see Jason Kidd and Dirk get rings, they are gettin up there in age.