NBA Playoffs thread

[mase123987]

Pacers baby! Beat the Heat!

 

[sinime]

Spurs, being from San Antonio, know how to handle "Heat", so yeah, go Pacers! Lets make the finals interesting!

 

[scottcraft]

Pacers baby! Beat the Heat!

It should be a great series!

 

[scottcraft]

Spurs, being from San Antonio, know how to handle "Heat", so yeah, go Pacers! Lets make the finals interesting!

The Sours need to put all of their attention on the Grizzlies. They might not make the finals because the Grizzlies are very good.

 

[scottcraft]

So after game one my prediction isn't looking too smart!

 

[FinancialP]

So after game one my prediction isn't looking too smart!

we always blow the first two games. Don't count the Grizz out until game 4.

 

[scottcraft]

we always blow the first two games. Don't count the Grizz out until game 4.

I just figured the first would be closer. Hopefully it's a good series.

 

[fatclue_98]

Well, Frank Vogel done PO'd LeBron. Expect a statement game from the Heat.

 

[Dr_8820]

Native Clevelander here...go ANYBODY but the Akron dude!

 

[scottcraft]

Native Clevelander here...go ANYBODY but the Akron dude!

So if LeBron wanted to sign with the Cavs after next season to play with Kylie you wouldn't be in favor of that?

 

[fatclue_98]

So if LeBron wanted to sign with the Cavs after next season to play with Kylie you wouldn't be in favor of that?

I doubt LeBron would want to go anywhere if he wins a title this year and even next year. But if he does, he needs to know that we here in the 305 don't get worked up with hired guns. Shaq came and helped us win a title in'06 and when he left it was like "don't let the door hit you where the Good Lord split you". Pudge Rodriguez helped my Marlins win a title in '03 and left afterward as well. LeBron won't face the same backlash as he did in Cleveland because frankly, we have enough transplants here already.

 

[scottcraft]

I doubt LeBron would want to go anywhere if he wins a title this year and even next year. But if he does, he needs to know that we here in the 305 don't get worked up with hired guns. Shaq came and helped us win a title in'06 and when he left it was like "don't let the door hit you where the Good Lord split you". Pudge Rodriguez helped my Marlins win a title in '03 and left afterward as well. LeBron won't face the same backlash as he did in Cleveland because frankly, we have enough transplants here already.

I don't know what LeBron will do, but if anyone from around Cleveland wouldn't take him back I think they are crazy. I agree he handled leaving poorly, but that's all he did wrong. Pat Riley and the Heat are a first class organization that knows how to put a team together and I don't know if Dan Gilbert can do it.

 

[Laura Knotek]

I don't know what LeBron will do, but if anyone from around Cleveland wouldn't take him back I think they are crazy. I agree he handled leaving poorly, but that's all he did wrong. Pat Riley and the Heat are a first class organization that knows how to put a team together and I don't know if Dan Gilbert can do it.

That makes sense, though.

However, I don't think the owners matter as much as the GMs. Pat Riley is called "team president", but he could be considered to be de facto GM. He certainly has more credentials than Chris Grant. Chris Grant never even played or coached in the NBA, much less won multiple titles playing and coaching.

I don't see whether it matters if the owner runs a cruise ship company or a bank. Neither would know more or less about basketball, but that doesn't matter as much as having a GM who knows basketball.

 

[Dr_8820]

So if LeBron wanted to sign with the Cavs after next season to play with Kylie you wouldn't be in favor of that?

It's not going to happen! The
Akron guy burnt a very high bridge, of course the Cavs owner didn't do himself any favors. It sounds good in sports talk, but Lebron doesn't care if the people in Cleveland like him or not, he'll quickly tell you that he's from Akron.

 

[scottcraft]

That makes sense, though.

However, I don't think the owners matter as much as the GMs. Pat Riley is called "team president", but he could be considered to be de facto GM. He certainly has more credentials than Chris Grant. Chris Grant never even played or coached in the NBA, much less won multiple titles playing and coaching.

I don't see whether it matters if the owner runs a cruise ship company or a bank. Neither would know more or less about basketball, but that doesn't matter as much as having a GM who knows basketball.

I agree that the gm is really more important. I think the Cavs are going in the right direction, especially if Kyrie can stay healthy. I know when LeBron was there Danny Ferry pretty much proved he couldn't build a team around LeBron.

 

[scottcraft]

It's not going to happen! The
Akron guy burnt a very high bridge, of course the Cavs owner didn't do himself any favors. It sounds good in sports talk, but Lebron doesn't care if the people in Cleveland like him or not, he'll quickly tell you that he's from Akron.

Agree that bridges were burnt both ways. However adding LeBron to that team would make them a playoff team right off the bat and maybe a title contender. Of course the only reason I could see him leaving Miami is because Dwayne Wade seems to be hurt every postseason and he isn't getting younger.

 

[fatclue_98]

That makes sense, though.

However, I don't think the owners matter as much as the GMs. Pat Riley is called "team president", but he could be considered to be de facto GM. He certainly has more credentials than Chris Grant. Chris Grant never even played or coached in the NBA, much less won multiple titles playing and coaching.

I don't see whether it matters if the owner runs a cruise ship company or a bank. Neither would know more or less about basketball, but that doesn't matter as much as having a GM who knows basketball.

You make a poignant point regarding cruise ships. Most people don't even know Micky Arison (Carnival Cruise Lines) owns the Heat. He hires the right people to do the job and gets out of the way, like a smart CEO should. Dan Gilbert, Dan Snyder, Jerry Jones, etc. should look to the south and see how a first-rate organization is run. But look away from the Marlins, that's the epitome of an ownership cluster***k. Would Cleveland be interested in Jeffrey Loria and Mini Me (David Samson)? Y'all can have him for free with a one way ticket paid for by the citizens of Miami with no tax money.

 

[FinancialP]

Its quiet in here gentlemen.

No thoughts on the Heat Pacers game?

 

[Laura Knotek]

Its quiet in here gentlemen.

No thoughts on the Heat Pacers game?

I think it's going to be another really close game. I don't expect any blowouts, and I also think there's a good chance it'll go 7 games.

 

[FinancialP]

I doubt it'll go 7. That'll shock the world.

The Heat played a bad game and the Pacers got everything they wanted and still lost. That's got to hurt team moral.

I don't expect any blowouts either tho.