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  • SidVish
    2010,13,15,16 CHAMPS!
    • Apr 2003
    • 11743

    #1576
    Re: Eastern Conference Playoffs Discussion Thread 1st Round

    I don't agree with that at all. The Mavs won the championship last year. I'm not sure how losing to the Sixers makes any Bulls fan feel better about anything because Dallas got swept. In fact I'd be much more content with getting swept if my team had won the championship the year before. No silver lining here.
    "You got it man. I don't watch hockey." SidVish
    "I thought LeBron James was just going to be another addition to help me score."
    Ricky Davis
    "The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits." Albert Einstein

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    • BlueNGold
      Hall Of Fame
      • Aug 2009
      • 21817

      #1577
      Re: Eastern Conference Playoffs Discussion Thread 1st Round

      Rajon Rondo looming as threat to Heat's title run

      BOSTON – One year later, the Miami Heat’s most troublesome threat in the Eastern Conference has never been so determined to deliver LeBron James and Dwyane Wade the cruelest of losses. Privately, Rajon Rondo has never stopped thinking about redemption. Three hundred sixty-five days ago, Rondo lay on his back, the pain shooting out of a dislocated elbow, and listened to Kevin Garnett screaming to him on the Boston Garden floor, “Breathe! … Breathe!” His elbow was out, the season was shot.

      What everyone witnessed – the doctor jamming that left elbow back into its socket and Rondo turning a six-week regular-season injury into a six-minute playoff detour -– goes down into Celtics lore. Celtics general manager Danny Ainge called it the most amazing thing he’d ever witnessed with an athlete. Coach Doc Rivers called it “beyond courageous.” Rondo returned in that Game 3, beat the Heat with one arm and, yet, ultimately, had to be forced to sit out the night the Celtics were eliminated.

      One year later on Sunday night, outside his Boston Garden office, Rivers was asked: Do you still wonder what would’ve happened had Rondo never gone down in the Miami series?

      “Yeah, I do,” Rivers told Yahoo! Sports.
      Originally posted by bradtxmale
      I like 6 inches. Its not too thin and not too thick. You get the support your body needs.



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      • SidVish
        2010,13,15,16 CHAMPS!
        • Apr 2003
        • 11743

        #1578
        Re: Eastern Conference Playoffs Discussion Thread 1st Round

        That was truly incredible. I couldn't believe he actually played with one arm.

        This is moot unless the Celtics can get past the Hawks and Sixers.
        "You got it man. I don't watch hockey." SidVish
        "I thought LeBron James was just going to be another addition to help me score."
        Ricky Davis
        "The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits." Albert Einstein

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        • ehh
          Hall Of Fame
          • Mar 2003
          • 28962

          #1579
          Re: Eastern Conference Playoffs Discussion Thread 1st Round

          Originally posted by King_B_Mack
          So how much does Miami win by on Wednesday? Cause I totally expect New York to get smashed in Miami after they got they're one win in.
          I can't wait to see the officiating now that Baby Bron is back home. The refs did a total 180 on him in the two games in NY. Now he'll get every single touch call again and shoot 30 FT's tomorrow in the clincher. Can't wait to get annoyed as hell watching it!
          "You make your name in the regular season, and your fame in the postseason." - Clyde Frazier

          "Beware of geeks bearing formulas." - Warren Buffet

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          • videobastard
            MVP
            • Aug 2004
            • 3388

            #1580
            Re: Eastern Conference Playoffs Discussion Thread 1st Round

            The biggest threat to the heat not winning a title is spoelstra. He is showing similiar patterns of last year. You can get away with that imcompetence in the early rounds but against the spurs, thunder, and maybe even the celtics you cant afford to just give away games.

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            • The 24th Letter
              ERA
              • Oct 2007
              • 39373

              #1581
              Nah, Spo can do no wrong apparantly....lol

              The Celtics will be a huge hurdle though...they look focused...

              The Heat are a bad matchup with pretty much anyone that is thought to come out of the West as well...

              They have more to worry about than their coach, but he's certainly apart of it...

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              • airjoca
                Pro
                • Sep 2006
                • 643

                #1582
                Re: Eastern Conference Playoffs Discussion Thread 1st Round

                Originally posted by King_B_Mack
                Spend some money? What money? We don't have the cap space to 'spend some money.' Anybody we get is going to be half dead unless they're willing to take a massive paycut.
                Cap Space? We need to amnesty the Soft Screamer.

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                • videobastard
                  MVP
                  • Aug 2004
                  • 3388

                  #1583
                  Re: Eastern Conference Playoffs Discussion Thread 1st Round

                  Originally posted by The 24th Letter
                  Nah, Spo can do no wrong apparantly....lol

                  The Celtics will be a huge hurdle though...they look focused...

                  The Heat are a bad matchup with pretty much anyone that is thought to come out of the West as well...

                  They have more to worry about than their coach, but he's certainly apart of it...
                  Its not an issue of he can do know wrong. He continues to do the same wrong things lol The heat in matchups with anyone look favored but its the heat beating themselves that is more of a concern. This leads back to spo in not making the proper adjustments.

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                  • RedSceptile
                    MVP
                    • Jun 2011
                    • 3680

                    #1584
                    Re: Eastern Conference Playoffs Discussion Thread 1st Round

                    Originally posted by airjoca
                    Cap Space? We need to amnesty the Soft Screamer.
                    You really think Jerry Reindsorf would be all for amnestying Boozer? Really?

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                    • airjoca
                      Pro
                      • Sep 2006
                      • 643

                      #1585
                      Re: Eastern Conference Playoffs Discussion Thread 1st Round

                      Originally posted by RedSceptile
                      You really think Jerry Reindsorf would be all for amnestying Boozer? Really?
                      He should do what's best for his team, in terms of Sports gain, not financial gain.

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                      • The 24th Letter
                        ERA
                        • Oct 2007
                        • 39373

                        #1586
                        Yeah, I was agreeing with you vb...

                        My first sentence was sarcasm...because a lot of times when this is said its viewed as a "built in excuse for MIA to lose" or that its simply piling in the guy....he's just not the right coach for the talent he has IMO...

                        EDIT: This is my first time reading this, but it's pretty telling



                        Smh
                        Last edited by The 24th Letter; 05-07-2012, 09:31 AM.

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                        • ProfessaPackMan
                          Bamma
                          • Mar 2008
                          • 63852

                          #1587
                          Re: Eastern Conference Playoffs Discussion Thread 1st Round

                          Originally posted by Moses Shuttlesworth
                          Pack, you don't need to tell anyone to stop being some way. I apologize if it doesn't conform to your definition of quality OS posting.

                          Relax homie.
                          Huh? I wasn't doing that at all my man.

                          But hey, if you want to believe that Pierce is the most underrated player of this generation because he doesn't get enough love from the fans then go ahead. You'd be wrong but you can believe that if you want lol
                          Last edited by ProfessaPackMan; 05-07-2012, 09:52 AM. Reason: Missed the sarcasm suprisingly lol
                          #RespectTheCulture

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                          • King_B_Mack
                            All Star
                            • Jan 2009
                            • 24450

                            #1588
                            Re: Eastern Conference Playoffs Discussion Thread 1st Round

                            Originally posted by airjoca
                            He should do what's best for his team, in terms of Sports gain, not financial gain.
                            Doing what's best for the team isn't committing yourself to paying Boozer his salary to go play for another team. Even with Boozer gone, the Bulls are still in luxury tax territory and it doesn't make sense to be over the cap paying those penalties and paying Boozer's *** to stink up the joint for some other team.

                            Since people are so intent on the solution for the Bulls, let's get a whole solution and not a partial. Once Boozer is gone, you plan on moving Taj to the starting position. Cool. Who you signing to back him up? Cause if you plan on just picking up any old 4 out there, you might as well keep Boozer cause it's the same problem just a different guy starting.

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                            • authentic
                              All Star
                              • Jul 2009
                              • 5812

                              #1589
                              Re: Eastern Conference Playoffs Discussion Thread 1st Round

                              Originally posted by King_B_Mack
                              Doing what's best for the team isn't committing yourself to paying Boozer his salary to go play for another team. Even with Boozer gone, the Bulls are still in luxury tax territory and it doesn't make sense to be over the cap paying those penalties and paying Boozer's *** to stink up the joint for some other team.

                              Since people are so intent on the solution for the Bulls, let's get a whole solution and not a partial. Once Boozer is gone, you plan on moving Taj to the starting position. Cool. Who you signing to back him up? Cause if you plan on just picking up any old 4 out there, you might as well keep Boozer cause it's the same problem just a different guy starting.
                              You wouldn't know who they might be planning on bringing in at PF...

                              He was the other person drafted with Jimmy Butler last year. Ring any bells? Ok, go to google.
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                              • King_B_Mack
                                All Star
                                • Jan 2009
                                • 24450

                                #1590
                                Re: Eastern Conference Playoffs Discussion Thread 1st Round

                                I'm fully aware of Mirotic, but I didn't think anybody was insane enough to think it's cool to drop Boozer, pay his salary and depend on a overseas guy to play heavy minutes as backup 4.

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