September 18, 20205 yr 1 minute ago, Llogg said: Watching Boston struggle against this zone like a middle school team has me rethinking my brad Stevens opinion Must have consulted Barnes and Shaka
September 18, 20205 yr Miami might just be the team of destiny this year. They do all the right things down the stretch of games.
September 18, 20205 yr I love this Heat team. They've got to be maddening to play against. They're relentless, they're aggravating on defense, they crash every board, fight for every ball. Nothing comes easy against them ever. And they seem completely in control mentally. Unflappable.If the Clippers had the hustle and mental toughness that the heat did they'd be unstoppable.
September 18, 20205 yr Watching Boston struggle against this zone like a middle school team has me rethinking my brad Stevens opinion I think Stevens has done a great job this series. So has Spoelstra. It's been a dog fight.They do need to answer that zone though. This game the only answer they had was hoping Kemba could shoot them to victory out of iso. And he almost did.Dragic is a more boring, poor man's version of Ginobili. I mean that as a compliment. Really good player.
September 18, 20205 yr Spoelstra is a damn good coach. Definitely top 5 league wise. Yet, I don't hear much about him overall.
September 18, 20205 yr Spoelstra is a damn good coach. Definitely top 5 league wise. Yet, I don't hear much about him overall.Probably because he’s had wade/shaq or the heatles... but he’s orchestrating a masterpiece right now.
September 18, 20205 yr 3 minutes ago, Brothahorn said: Spoelstra is a damn good coach. Definitely top 5 league wise. Yet, I don't hear much about him overall. I said the same thing to my friend the other day. He didn't get any credit for the Lebron days and I think no one really thought much of him since then but this Heat team is damn good. They don't have some superstar stacked team. They play great team ball like the old Spurs teams.
September 18, 20205 yr 7 minutes ago, MNLonghornFUKM said: Probably because he’s had wade/shaq That was a bit before his time, G.
September 18, 20205 yr Boston might be imploding. Or they could be rallying the troops. Let’s see how this plays out
September 18, 20205 yr 31 minutes ago, Jive Turkey said: Boston might be imploding. Or they could be rallying the troops. Let’s see how this plays out Glorious
September 18, 20205 yr 9 minutes ago, MNLonghornFUKM said: Ah was Riley there? My b Spo took over in 2008 which is actually earlier than I thought. I would have guessed his first season was the season before the Heatles but it was the season before that.
September 18, 20205 yr 1 hour ago, Vic Mackey said: I said the same thing to my friend the other day. He didn't get any credit for the Lebron days and I think no one really thought much of him since then Pretty damn sure that you've been leading the charge for years on the "All Spoelstra did was roll the ball out there; he sucks without LeBron" train.
September 18, 20205 yr Pretty sure Marcus Smart may be my least favorite player in the league. You can't act and talk all tough, claim to be some kind of hard-nosed, old school defender, then flop around the court trying to bait the refs for 48 minutes.
September 18, 20205 yr 6 hours ago, aggie08 said: Pretty sure Marcus Smart may be my least favorite player in the league. You can't act and talk all tough, claim to be some kind of hard-nosed, old school defender, then flop around the court trying to bait the refs for 48 minutes. Fucking. This. Wish someone would beat his ass.
September 18, 20205 yr 6 hours ago, aggie08 said: Pretty sure Marcus Smart may be my least favorite player in the league. You can't act and talk all tough, claim to be some kind of hard-nosed, old school defender, then flop around the court trying to bait the refs for 48 minutes. Yeah him and Fuck Kyle Lowry flop constantly and the refs constantly give them calls. Makes it hard not to hate both of them
September 18, 20205 yr 11 hours ago, Jive Turkey said: Boston might be imploding. Or they could be rallying the troops. Let’s see how this plays out Heat out here melting teams down. Destroyed Milwaukee's soul and have them rethinking the entire organization, and have Boston arguing and throwing phones and getting people in trouble their wives. What a bitch move to take the frustration of blowing leads in two straight games out on a guy who didn't even play the games due to injury. Chump af. Maybe Smart should be cussing himself out as he's the 4th worst defender and 4th worst offensive player on his team this series, and his turnover % is higher than his rebound, assist, steal, and block percentages combined. The teams are shooting and scoring at almost identical efficiency. If you want the story of the series so far, this is it. (realized I didn't get the headers on the table, but highlighted is turnovers) The Celtics top 3 guys' having 10 more turnovers than the Heat's top 3 is worth about 12 points in a series with a total combined margin of 8. Also, notice who isn't on the Heat's list despite his usage. Sum sum, Marcus Smart should STFU and work on not giving the ball to the wrong team. Edited September 18, 20205 yr by BradInATX
September 18, 20205 yr 10 hours ago, aggie08 said: Pretty damn sure that you've been leading the charge for years on the "All Spoelstra did was roll the ball out there; he sucks without LeBron" train. He did suck without Lebron until this season. Shrugs. Hence why no one thought anything about him until this year. Hence why I made the statement. I gave him no thought until this year. My previous assessment does not change on him because what he is doing this year when he got Jimmy Butler in here. He's doing great this year with this team. Edited September 18, 20205 yr by Vic Mackey
September 18, 20205 yr 5 minutes ago, Vic Mackey said: He did suck without Lebron until this season. Shrugs. Hence why no one thought anything about him until this year. Hence why I made the statement. I gave him no thought until this year. My previous assessment does not change on him because what he is doing this year when he got Jimmy Butler in here. He's doing great this year with this team. Spoelstra took a team whose five best players were Kelly Olynyk, Josh Richardson, James Johnson, Hassan Whiteside, and Goran Dragic to the playoffs. Nothing else needs to be said about him.
September 18, 20205 yr 1 hour ago, Vic Mackey said: He did suck without Lebron until this season. Shrugs. Hence why no one thought anything about him until this year. Hence why I made the statement. I gave him no thought until this year. My previous assessment does not change on him because what he is doing this year when he got Jimmy Butler in here. He's doing great this year with this team. I mean, that’s just not true.
September 18, 20205 yr Refs today for the DEN/LAL game: Denver @ L.A. Lakers - Scott Foster (#48) Tony Brothers (#25) gotdam good reason to drink tonight.
September 18, 20205 yr Have they been using 2 refs all bubble season? Honestly haven't been paying attention.
September 18, 20205 yr 14 hours ago, Brothahorn said: Spoelstra is a damn good coach. Definitely top 5 league wise. Yet, I don't hear much about him overall. History has told us that if you ain't winning rings, the front office is looking to replace you. Doesn't matter what the roster looks like. Congrats to heat management for sticking with him.
September 18, 20205 yr 6 minutes ago, dingleberryswitzer said: Have they been using 2 refs all bubble season? Still 3. I stopped reading after the first 2. Courtney Kirkland (#61) is the umpire and the alternate is Sean Corbin (#33)
September 18, 20205 yr 1 hour ago, washparkhorn said: Refs today for the DEN/LAL game: Denver @ L.A. Lakers - Scott Foster (#48) Tony Brothers (#25) gotdam good reason to drink tonight. Question: which one is worse? On one hand, Scott Foster holds grudges and plays favorites. On the other, Tony Brothers is the most incompetent ref in the business, but he's an equal opportunity idiot. He's just as likely to fuck you in the ass as he is to hand you the game at crunch time. I honestly think I prefer Foster, because you at least know what you're getting out of him. Having your team play when Brothers is on the court is like having an alcoholic family member -- you just never know what's behind door #2.
September 18, 20205 yr 3 hours ago, Vic Mackey said: He did suck without Lebron until this season. Shrugs. Hence why no one thought anything about him until this year. Hence why I made the statement. I gave him no thought until this year. My previous assessment does not change on him because what he is doing this year when he got Jimmy Butler in here. He's doing great this year with this team. A coach can only do a good job when he has really good players and is competing for the Finals. Got it.
September 18, 20205 yr 19 minutes ago, Mitch Cumsteen said: I honestly think I prefer Foster, because you at least know what you're getting out of him. Having your team play when Brothers is on the court is like having an alcoholic family member -- you just never know what's behind door #2. I loathe Tony Brothers as a ref. Jokic and Lebron at the all-star game (jokic imitating bron's style; bron laughing):
September 19, 20205 yr 5 hours ago, aggie08 said: A coach can only do a good job when he has really good players and is competing for the Finals. Got it. I was a great soccer coach in high school when I had a high D1 player on the team and we went to the playoffs. When she graduated and I had a bunch of scrubs I forgot how to coach completely and we finished bottom of the district. Overnight I went from good coach to bad.
September 19, 20205 yr ...Snoop Dogg obviously was high when he said that because a 5 game Lakers series win would mean the Lakers were up 3-1 at some point and we know that means automatic Nuggets 3 game winning streak.
September 19, 20205 yr Psyched. Hope we get a good series. The Western Conference Finals is about as good as it gets for sports in America.
September 19, 20205 yr 17 minutes ago, BradInATX said: Time for Whisky and basketball. Let's goooo Tequila for me!
September 19, 20205 yr Okay - hear me out. By himself, Webber is a fucking awful color commentator. By himself, Reggie couldn't be more annoying doing color. But TOGETHER they are shockingly listenable. Maybe TNT has figured out the forumla?
September 19, 20205 yr I wonder how many teams would NOT look like that stacked up next to Bron. Lakers Celtics Spurs Bulls?
September 19, 20205 yr Okay - hear me out. By himself, Webber is a fucking awful color commentator. By himself, Reggie couldn't be more annoying doing color. But TOGETHER they are shockingly listenable. Maybe TNT has figured out the forumla?They're alright. Webber is definitely the worst but all the TNT crews are decent to good. Probably the best set of announcing teams around on any network.
September 19, 20205 yr Whoever upthread called Jeremi Grant being the primary LeBron defender, nice call. Mitch maybe?It's a bold strategy, Cotton..
September 19, 20205 yr 2 minutes ago, BradInATX said: 4 minutes ago, ztejas said: Okay - hear me out. By himself, Webber is a fucking awful color commentator. By himself, Reggie couldn't be more annoying doing color. But TOGETHER they are shockingly listenable. Maybe TNT has figured out the forumla? They're alright. Webber is definitely the worst but all the TNT crews are decent to good. Probably the best set of announcing teams around on any network. I think the main issue with Webber and Reggie is that they never shut the fuck up and start spouting straight inanity. When you have both of them there it splits their air time in half so they have to be more selective with what they say.
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