HAHA Miami

[mrklean]

Thunder vs bulls thats what i wanna see

[Scott M]

I'm going to enjoy rooting for the Bulls. After LeBron snubbed them I still thought they were the challengers with Boston. Teams should beat individuals. Chicago has the defense, depth, and cohesiveness to win the east. As for the Finals we'll see.

[greebs]

I don't pay a whole lot of attention to nba until playoffs and still don't watch a bunch but do pay attention to the scores. I just don't understand the hatred for Lebron. Of course he could have made less of a spectacle out of his move to a new team but I can't say I blame him in moving to a different team and coach where he felt he had his best chance of winning a title. I can certainly understand why people would hate a Tiger Woods for example, much more than Lebron.

[PierBridge]

Valid points Greebs but I still hate him!....

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Chicago has the defense, depth, and cohesiveness to win the east.

I'll add coaching into the mix too. Tom Thibodeau is in an incredible coach, he and his staff clearly have the edge there IMO.

I use to play hoops occasionally against Mussleman, Thibodeau and other wolves employee's at the 98th street racket club when that was the Wolves practice facility the first year or two they were in the league. They used play in the pic-up game when they had some extra time on there hands...Mussleman as you know was one competitive SOB and hated to lose more than anybody, even in a pick-up basketball game against fledgling players like myself... He got so mad one time he went and got Tony Campell and made him play...

[Scott M]

Looks like the home cooking is going to be really important in the East series. Great first game for Chi-town.

[EBass]

HEAT looked alot better last night. The Bulls made it to the rim plenty of times, but couldn't finish. I look for the Bulls to bounce back but it's going to be a close score.

[mrklean]

be nice to see this go 7 games

[EBass]

Dang Bulls!

HEAT vs MAVS? - Go MAVS! I do like OKC though

[mrklean]

im still pulling of OKC

[EBass]

I do like OKC and would be happy for them, but Dirk/Kidd are running outa time while Durant and Westbrook are young pups still.

[Scott M]

Well, with the Bulls on the brink it might be time to root for Dallas.

[paceman]

Pretty good game last night. I think a heat mav final will be really good entertainment. I like both teams so should be fun to watch but first they have to close out the bulls and thunder.

[mrklean]

i wanna see lebron win a title just so we dont have to hear him not winning one yet

[ozzie]

wasn't it Miami that came back, down 3-0 or 3-1 or something like that, and broke the hearts of the Mavs the last time they got to the Finals?

[PierBridge]

I think so.

what a night-mare Rick Jame's or Mark Cuban one of them is getting a ring...

[paceman]

Wow what a finish last night! I thought the game was over when the bulls were up by 14 with 4 minutes left but then the big 3 went crazy. Almost felt sorry for the bulls. Should be a great finals. Hopefully it goes 7 games.

[mrklean]

should be a great finals my guess Heat in 6

[Scott M]

Wow, what a finish by Dallas. Whole new series. They really needed that.

[paceman]

Wow is right. This series is gonna be great. Advantage now goes to Dallas.

[Flash]

Nice defense by Bosh!!!!

[paceman]

Nice basket by Bosh!

[greebs]

yep. lebron looks like he enjoys playing on a team that has some talent where he doesn't have to do it all himself. makes him all the more dangerous. I know he's not well liked but given how poor cleveland was this year it makes you appreciate how much he did for that team when he played with them and made them a contender.

[ozzie]

I still can't figure out why people not from Cleveland hate Lebron? He did his "decision" show that wasn't the greatest way of letting down the fans of Cleveland but he did raise money for a good cause in the process. The guy is a stud on the court and you don't hear a bad thing about him off the court.....he will go down as one of the greatest all around b-ball players ever!!

[PierBridge]

Same reason Magic Johnson, Charles Barkley and a whole slew of other people not associated with the Cavilers hated on him. It was just a classless way to do it. Plain and simple!

The guy Rocks, to bad he had to take the cheap fake way about it like Garnett to win one but I don't blame them for that. Garnet had to he wasn't good enough to win a championship and Obviously Lebron was/is and would have.

Cause Smause!

[PierBridge]

2-2 works for me at this point!

Go Mavs~~~~

[Mike_Top]

when the going gets tough...........lebron hides in the corner. just a sad fact.

he's not a mentally tough competitor. The most talented (not the best, just the most raw talent) player in the world CAN NOT only score 8 points in the first 3 quarters and then hide the entire 4th quarter and expect to win.

Just for the record, 2 of his 8 game 4 points came on free throws on a play where he blatantly faked a foul when he never got touched. Jordan would NEVER do that.

That's why people don't like him.

[greebs]

tonight will tell us a lot about his mental toughness. one thing to keep in mind is he never said he was the next jordan.

[Mike_Top]

greebs he didn't have to explicitly say he was the next jordan. As a side note Kobe has always hated that people called him the next Jordan, and I even don't like comparing guys to a legend that nobody will ever live up to.

But he assumed the role by being the most athletically gifted player to ever play, signing mega-million dollar contracts and endorsement deals, airing "the decision"...face it you're only paid that much to win championships. Jordan did it. Kobe's done it. Lebron? we'll see...

[ted4887]

Kobe had Shaq, Jordan had Pippen. Up until now Lebron has had.... Illgauskas? Gotta give the guy a chance. No superstar can do it by himself. Really, other than "The Decision", which was stupid, has Lebron EVER done anything to make you not like him?

[Mike_Top]

Kobe won in 2009 and 2010 w/o shaq, and Rodman was a bigger factor in '97 and '98 than pippen was.. my point being that every superstar who ever won has had quality teammates. You're right, those cleveland teams didn't have the supporting cast.

And yes, lebron has done many other things besides "the decision" to make me not respect him as a true competitor. Just watch the video: