Originally Posted by RememberTwce

A lot of people are saying that but imo Miami got through Boston pretty easily last year. I might be forgetting about some injury on the Celtics but the Heat have only gotten better since then (again, imo).

I'm with you on the OKC thing, I don't think the Spurs will lose.

you must not have paid attention to the regular season... boston took out miami three straight times in april alone

^yea and boston didnt lose last year to miami either. regular season doesnt mean much in the playoffs.

Originally Posted by Silver

^dunno man. rondo will need to do everything since everyone else will be shut down for the most part. celtics fell apart once they traded nate robinson. they had no bench power once he left...but allen does come off the bench but he doesnt have a fire in him like real 6 mens do like nate, harden, ginobili.

not really... avery bradley contributes solid minutes for them and is a GREAT defender... nate wasnt much of a defensive prescence and actually didnt contribute much offensively to the team either during his time with them..he hasnt done much since leaving new york, but seems to be gettin his groove back with gsw

Originally Posted by Silver

^yea and boston didnt lose last year to miami either. regular season doesnt mean much in the playoffs.

ha.. if u say so (they did lose to miami last season tho)

this season's structure is completely different from teh last.. because of that they played 3 times in the last four weeks alone and miami got beat each time

Originally Posted by giftedchick

not really... avery bradley contributes solid minutes for them and is a GREAT defender... nate wasnt much of a defensive prescence and actually didnt contribute much offensively to the team either during his time with them..he hasnt done much since leaving new york, but seems to be gettin his groove back with gsw

defense doesnt matter much when its time for bench to come in. its a fact that nate and baby were their only bench players who could score last year. boston was bad offensively and became much worse with his departure. and he did contribute offensively lmao.

Originally Posted by Silver

defense doesnt matter much when its time for bench to come in. its a fact that nate and baby were their only bench players who could score last year. boston was bad offensively and became much worse with his departure. and he did contribute offensively lmao.

bradley became a starter with his impressive performance... and ray allen now comes off the bench.. so yes their bench is still strong

the two seasons nate spent in boston were the worst seasons of his career ... so they actually werent getting what they paid for.. hence, the trade... youre giving nate too much credit.. im not saying he isnt a solid player.. but not enough to be considered a playoff changing factor

and unless youre d'antoni... defense is important at ALL points during the game

Originally Posted by giftedchick

bradley became a starter with his impressive performance... and ray allen now comes off the bench.. so yes their bench is still strong

the two seasons nate spent in boston were the worst seasons of his career ... so they actually werent getting what they paid for.. hence, the trade... youre giving nate too much credit.. im not saying he isnt a solid player.. but not enough to be considered a playoff changing factor

and unless youre d'antoni... defense is important at ALL points during the game

i know allen comes off the bench. bostons bench is still pretty bad though. allen plays 35+ minutes a game. he doesnt count as a bench player and only players in the first quarter against other benches. and im talking about last season mainly, their bench was pure trash last year. and those were the worst seasons of nates career because he didnt start and had limited minutes. obviously his stats are gonna be lower and he not many bench players are playoff changers....except that he was when they played the lakers especially. it doesnt matter though. boston is overrated. i want them to beat the heat but that wont happen unless someone big from the heat gets hurt.

Guys, the Heat are going to win it. It's a no brainer.

The heat have great individual players but the spurs have a great team.... gonna be a long summer for lebron

i hate how the real finals happens in the west almost every year >_> east has is so god damn easy.

Originally Posted by Silver

i hate how the real finals happens in the west almost every year >_> east has is so god damn easy.

It's because the east has...toronto, washington, charlotte. PLus some others like NJ and Detroit.

Combination of chronic underachievers and bad draft picks. How the hell didn't the 'Cats get top draft pick!?

Originally Posted by drpatel

It's because the east has...toronto, washington, charlotte. PLus some others like NJ and Detroit.

Combination of chronic underachievers and bad draft picks. How the hell didn't the 'Cats get top draft pick!?

those bottom teams arent what i mean. west has those too. its just heat and celtics barely had a challenge to get to where they are and i dont even think either of em deserve to be in the finals over a handful of west teams.

bobcats had a 75% chance of not getting the first pick.

Originally Posted by Silver

those bottom teams arent what i mean. west has those too. its just heat and celtics barely had a challenge to get to where they are and i dont even think either of em deserve to be in the finals over a handful of west teams.

bobcats had a 75% chance of not getting the first pick.

i think u missed the last round... boston had nowhere near a walk in the park trying to get past philly.. seven games of hard fight

care to elaborate?

Originally Posted by Silver

those bottom teams arent what i mean. west has those too. its just heat and celtics barely had a challenge to get to where they are and i dont even think either of em deserve to be in the finals over a handful of west teams.

They way boston been playing they do deserve to be in the final. And also indiana and philly were a solid team you cant say that east is a joke and there's no real challenge

Originally Posted by giftedchick

i think u missed the last round... boston had nowhere near a walk in the park trying to get past philly.. seven games of hard fight

care to elaborate?

because boston isnt good which is why it took them 7 games to beat a team that isnt good.