NBA Playoffs 2012 Discussion Thread

[CameronCrazy06]

I wanted to say the 76ers aren't going to be playing the Heat, but my gut honestly tells me they're gonna beat the Celtics.

Either way ET is a bust. *Waits for cheato*

:skip:

 

[elcheato]

Underused

 

[cruzg24]

Dwayne Wade was amazing, that dude put the team on his back. Great players play great on the road.

 

[jonathanlambert33]

What a dick

 

[elcheato]

It was probably better for the children's health that he ignored them. He could have drop kicked them instead.

 

[.infamous]

What a dick

I don't see the problem with it. You just lost, you're super pissed probably, I wouldn't want to high five anyone

 

[BwareDWare94]

The Heat were the better team in the end, but one thing absolutely frustrates me about the NBA game. Superstar power means everything.

The Heat have a putrid supporting cast. And I mean putrid. Battier looks nothing like Houston or Memphis Battier. Mike Miller has been injured so often that I don't care anymore. Spoelstra doesn't even play James Jones half the time, and real bigs dispose of Joel Anthony. Seriously, everybody was on Roy Hibbert's junk all series, but I wasn't that impressed. He's 7'2 and can't consistently score in the post after 3-4 years in the league already. That's absurd. Also, after game 3, he wasn't dominating the boards anymore. Dude just disappeared, practically.

David West is a great player, but he shouldn't have to keep his teammates in check all series. He looked like an adult babysitting a bunch of kids out there, and it affected his game.

Danny Granger is one of my favorite players, but hopefully after this series he'll just play the damn game without all the talk from now on. Let guys like LeBron and Wade get upset over common NBA fouls and just laugh. Laugh, dude. You don't need to get in their faces.

Paul George's ceiling isn't even in sight for him. This kid is good.

George Hill gets better by the year, and if he can develop a consistent jumper and 3, we might be looking at the first or second seed in the East next year.

Indiana's good, and they're built to eventually beat teams like Miami, but they need to hang on to their core and find a better bench, because they're clearly weaker the instant Hansbrough, Barbosa, Amundson, or Collison take the floor. They need a real sixth man. Keep Hansbrough and Collison because they're developing, and Amundson is a fine hustle guy, but Barbosa is just too poor of a defender to have on the floor in crucial moments.

Now, back to the Heat. My hatred for LeBron has absolutely disappeared. This is the best player since Jordan, the best player in the league hands down, and he's dropped the constant complaining on the court of last year, and he just talks basketball in interviews. He's also come to terms with his mistake in the Decision. Can't help but appreciate the gift to basketball that this guy is. On the other hand, Dwyane Wade needs to drop the entitlement that you can see in him on the court and in interviews and then maybe, just maybe, it won't make me hate basketball if Miami wins the Finals. Just sayin'.

 

[jonathanlambert33]

Harry and Lloyd?

 

[CameronCrazy06]

FWIW, Paul George looked terrible this series... I wasn't impressed at all.

 

[Elite]

FWIW, Paul George looked terrible this series... I wasn't impressed at all.

While I agree, it's not unusual to see the opposing team's SGs/SFs struggle against Miami for obvious reasons.

 

[CameronCrazy06]

ESPN's Top 10 Postseason MVPs:

#10 - Joel Anthony

He has the worst hands I've ever seen from an NBA post player on offense. But there's no getting around his impact in the Heat's series against the Pacers. It wasn't his shot-blocking that made such a difference but his activity on defense overall. Showing on ball screens, helping on dribble penetration with his long arms, making plays above the rim and adding just enough catch-and-finish baskets in the paint off feeds from Wade and LeBron to make Indiana pay for leaving him open as often as it did.

Anthony is nowhere close to the player Chris Bosh is, but Indiana now knows it needed to account for him more than it did.

*jaw drops*

 

[Elite]

Had to go to the article to make sure that was serious, wtf....

That's nuts, Joel Anthony is gonna be demanding a raise now <_<

 

[RipCity32]

FWIW, Paul George looked terrible this series... I wasn't impressed at all.

I feel like I'm the only one on SI who doesn't have a giant man crush on him.

 

[ZigZag]

I don't see the problem with it. You just lost, you're super pissed probably, I wouldn't want to high five anyone

The clip is actually from halftime, when they're up 53-51

 

[cruzg24]

I dont get it with all this Batman bullcrap in the NBA. You never hear that in football, baseball, or hockey. Its like analysts view basketball as less of a team sport.

I wouldnt give a shit if I was Batman or Robin if I was a great player playing with another great player. All I would care about is the championships.

 

[elcheato]

Chris Broussard - "I hope I'm wrong, Spurs."

ESPN sure doesn't care about hiding certain biases.

 

[Mexi]

i just want lebron to get a ring

 

[elcheato]

I dont

 

[Mexi]

or the spurs

 

[cruzg24]

i just want lebron to get a ring

Me too, hes a really good guy at the end of the day.