2012-2013 NBA Season Thread

[SecretAgentMan]

But what about the almighty Black Mamba!

He has an achilles and has been slain. He would've been the best, but the injury has killed the poor fellow.

[Mt. Crushmore]

Game 7 was about as good follow up to game 6 as possible.

[BALTIMOREFLACCO]

This team couldn't happen to a worse fan base too. No offense Miami Hurricane lol 

[berad]

How about the league vetoes the LeBron to Miami trade like they vetoed CP3 to LAL?

Wasn't a trade, players chose to play together because they knew they would put up a lot of wins.

Other players can do it, too, if they're willing to sacrifice

[JO_75]

Lol. The players chose to play together, hell a few guys took paycuts to make it happen it's not like the heat had more money than any other team, they didn't buy a championship.

 

Yeah but this is what I was talking about when I said their salary cap system is horrible. The Heat shouldn't have been able to sign all three. They should have been forced to go, who do we keep, who do we let go, like it is in the NFL. You shouldn't be able to buy all the players you want. You have to make sacrifices like NFL teams do when they let players go for younger players. In the NBA, it's like playing Madden where you can keep everyone with no issue what so ever.

[SecretAgentMan]

How about the league vetoes the LeBron to Miami trade like they vetoed CP3 to LAL?

The league is rigged I tell you.

 

Watch, some how, some way, Dwight Howard leaves in FA and takes his talents to south beach.

Making the Miami Heat the most dominant team of all time.

[Ed_Reed20]

WOOO!!!!

 

Back-to-back baby!!!

 

Much credit to the Spurs, especially Duncan and Leonard for their Game 7 efforts.

 

So happy for Wade and LeBron was ridiculously clutch. Battier, Allen, Chalmers, Birdman, even Bosh defensively. Champions!!!

[SecretAgentMan]

This team couldn't happen to a worse fan base too. No offense Miami Hurricane lol 

MH is

 

of the Heat fans I've ever met....

 

He's not a bandwagoner

[The Oakland Cathedral]

Wade is not the best SG, and Bosh is not the best PF. LeBron on the other hand I agree on of course.

Just curious but who do you put above Wade so matter of factly?

[JO_75]

Wasn't a trade, players chose to play together because they knew they would put up a lot of wins.

Other players can do it, too, if they're willing to sacrifice

 

So if Joe told Kruger, Ellerbe and others who left to take one year contracts to stay and win another title you think that would have made a difference and changed their minds?

[BALTIMOREFLACCO]

The worst part of this whole thing is Ray Allen getting another ring.

[Ed_Reed20]

Yeah but this is what I was talking about when I said their salary cap system is horrible. The Heat shouldn't have been able to sign all three. They should have been forced to go, who do we keep, who do we let go, like it is in the NFL. You shouldn't be able to buy all the players you want. You have to make sacrifices like NFL teams do when they let players go for younger players. In the NBA, it's like playing Madden where you can keep everyone with no issue what so ever.

 

:lol:

 

Complaining about how an entire sport is structured simply because you don't like the winners. Pathetic. 

[The Oakland Cathedral]

Yeah but this is what I was talking about when I said their salary cap system is horrible. The Heat shouldn't have been able to sign all three. They should have been forced to go, who do we keep, who do we let go, like it is in the NFL. You shouldn't be able to buy all the players you want. You have to make sacrifices like NFL teams do when they let players go for younger players. In the NBA, it's like playing Madden where you can keep everyone with no issue what so ever.

They gave up like all their draft picks for 5 years in the Lebron trade I would say that's a sacrifice.

[The Oakland Cathedral]

So if Joe told Kruger, Ellerbe and others who left to take one year contracts to stay and win another title you think that would have made a difference and changed their minds?

No because none of those players are championship guaranteeing superstars lol.

[hawkprey]

Like it or not, if someone new won the championship every year it'd get boring. Dynasties make sports interesting.

[The Oakland Cathedral]

Wasn't a trade, players chose to play together because they knew they would put up a lot of wins.

Other players can do it, too, if they're willing to sacrifice

LeBron was a sign and trade actually. Heat lost a bunch of draft picks.

[BALTIMOREFLACCO]

Like it or not, if someone new won the championship every year it'd get boring. Dynasties make sports interesting.

 

Not so sure I agree

[Sizzlebshu]

Wasn't a trade, players chose to play together because they knew they would put up a lot of wins.

Other players can do it, too, if they're willing to sacrifice

It was a sign and trade. Also your post does nothing to refute the point that the league stepped into to directly influence a potential superstar team with Paul Kobe and likely Howard but chose not too with LeBron. 

[JO_75]

In other news, Dan Snyder once again is loss in words figuring out how Micky Arison was able to buy two straight championships in the NBA while all of his free agent spending didn't buy a single Super Bowl. Snyder is in the wrong sport, if he wants to buy a championship go buy a NBA team where you can buy a championship, two apparently.

[berad]

So if Joe told Kruger, Ellerbe and others who left to take one year contracts to stay and win another title you think that would have made a difference and changed their minds?

No they all wanted to get paid and they did. The Heat players made their money or were content with it and knew that if they got together they would be very successful.

I know people are always hoping athletes take less money to make a better team but it rarely happens. The Heat did it and now everyone is in an uproar?

[Mt. Crushmore]

WOOO!!!!

 

Back-to-back baby!!!

 

Much credit to the Spurs, especially Duncan and Leonard for their Game 7 efforts.

 

So happy for Wade and LeBron was ridiculously clutch. Battier, Allen, Chalmers, Birdman, even Bosh defensively. Champions!!!

 

Now you are in the right thread :)

[hawkprey]

Not so sure I agree

Would you rather have the Spurs beat the Heat or the Pacers?

 

And don't even act like it's the Pacers. Sure, the outcome might've been better (Spurs win), but for the overall fanbase, everyone likes watching the dynasty because they want to see them go down.

[JO_75]

No because none of those players are championship guaranteeing superstars lol.

 

As Berad said it was a matter of sacrifice. If Joe said, everyone stay on one-year contracts to help us win another Super Bowl, you think that would have changed their minds? As others brought up, they wanted to play together so according to that logic, if Joe said, Hey Kruger, Ellerbe, Reed take all one-year contracts so we can win another super bowl, they would still be Ravens right now.

[Geving]

Just curious but who do you put above Wade so matter of factly?

Kobe, James Harden and Steph Curry this season. Can't bank on Kobe being better next season of course, but Wade is breaking down too. But Harden and Curry will only widen the gap.

[1/28/01]

This is such a joke.

Three hall of famers in their prime join together to win cheap championships. Tons of solid role players including Benedict Allen joining in to make the whole thing hell for the rest of the league lol.

Bosh is far from a HOF'er

[BALTIMOREFLACCO]

I've never seen such a string of great coaches looking terrible.

 

Doc Rivers was absolutely horrendous against NY.

 

George Karl getting dominated by a second year coach (albeit a very good one).

 

Frank Vogel blew the ECF.

 

Popovich down the stretch in both these last two games was awful. 

[berad]

It was a sign and trade. Also your post does nothing to refute the point that the league stepped into to directly influence a potential superstar team with Paul Kobe and likely Howard but chose not too with LeBron.

Well the league owned the Hornets at the time, it wasn't an independent franchise like the Heat. The NBA had final say on all the management decisions. They probably felt like they were being under-compensated. Guess that's the price you pay with a broke franchise

[BALTIMOREFLACCO]

Bosh is far from a HOF'er

 

Definitely not far from one at this point. An 8x All star and 2x champion at age 29 

[ratedr]

What a fantastic sports year this has been for me lol. I love it. Ravens and Heat. Are you listening O's?

[Sizzlebshu]

Well the league owned the Hornets at the time, it wasn't an independent franchise like the Heat. The NBA had final say on all the management decisions. They probably felt like they were being under-compensated. Guess that's the price you pay with a broke franchise

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