Steve9347 Posted June 12, 2013 Author Share Posted June 12, 2013 QUOTE (buhbuhburrrrlz @ Jun 11, 2013 -> 11:36 PM) Tony Parker to have MRI tomorrow might miss game 4 That would be par for the course with the Heat's luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve9347 Posted June 12, 2013 Author Share Posted June 12, 2013 QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Jun 11, 2013 -> 11:10 PM) lol. hold up. So the argument for all these months has been half the 90's vs today? I always thought the argument was the entire decade. whatever. You are so full of s***. It'd be sad if it weren't hilarious! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted June 12, 2013 Share Posted June 12, 2013 QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Jun 12, 2013 -> 09:01 AM) That would be par for the course with the Heat's luck. Doesn't sound quite as bad here: Parker said he couldn't remember any specific play on which he injured himself, but the "weird feeling" got progressively worse in the third quarter and he decided to come out of the game. "We'll see," Parker said. "We'll get an MRI tomorrow, and hopefully it's nothing big and it's just a hamstring that got tight on me." Asked whether he thought he'd be able to play in Game 4, Parker said he really wouldn't know until the results of the MRI came back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordan4life_2007 Posted June 12, 2013 Share Posted June 12, 2013 QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Jun 12, 2013 -> 08:04 AM) You are so full of s***. It'd be sad if it weren't hilarious! Hilarious is that short-bus Conor Gillaspie thread you created. Good stuff there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve9347 Posted June 12, 2013 Author Share Posted June 12, 2013 QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Jun 12, 2013 -> 08:41 AM) Hilarious is that short-bus Conor Gillaspie thread you created. Good stuff there. Sigh. You're too old to use a term like "short bus". Also, Pale Hose Talk is ridiculous. They are grasping at straws. Someone had to bring a little reality to that forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted June 12, 2013 Share Posted June 12, 2013 QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Jun 12, 2013 -> 09:58 AM) Sigh. You're too old to use a term like "short bus". Also, Pale Hose Talk is ridiculous. They are grasping at straws. Someone had to bring a little reality to that forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted June 12, 2013 Share Posted June 12, 2013 Fuel for the fire on LeBron. His career finals PPG, FG%, 3pt% and TO/G rates are all the worst in the NBA final rounds when compared to any of the other playoff rounds averages or regular season averages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
witesoxfan Posted June 12, 2013 Share Posted June 12, 2013 QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jun 12, 2013 -> 09:07 AM) Fuel for the fire on LeBron. His career finals PPG, FG%, 3pt% and TO/G rates are all the worst in the NBA final rounds when compared to any of the other playoff rounds averages or regular season averages. I know the best are supposed to step up and dominate and whatever, but to some degree, this makes sense. I mean, he's playing the best team in the Western Conference which, for the most part, is usually the best or second best team in the league at that current moment. They know how to win. He should struggle to some extent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted June 12, 2013 Share Posted June 12, 2013 QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Jun 12, 2013 -> 09:10 AM) I know the best are supposed to step up and dominate and whatever, but to some degree, this makes sense. I mean, he's playing the best team in the Western Conference which, for the most part, is usually the best or second best team in the league at that current moment. They know how to win. He should struggle to some extent. If the finals numbers I am getting are right, Jordan averaged 3 more PPG, shot 18 percentage points worse from the field, shot 40 percentage points better from 3, and averages .3 less TO/G in the NBA finals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordan4life_2007 Posted June 12, 2013 Share Posted June 12, 2013 (edited) QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jun 12, 2013 -> 09:16 AM) If the finals numbers I am getting are right, Jordan averaged 3 more PPG, shot 18 percentage points worse from the field, shot 40 percentage points better from 3, and averages .3 less TO/G in the NBA finals. I agree with 2k5 (no, for real). If you're going to be compared to MJ, you can't lay eggs in multiple finals. 2007 was fine. He was like 23 and the Spurs were the much better team. I assumed '11 was a fluke (still could be) after what he did last year. Edited June 12, 2013 by Jordan4life Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZoomSlowik Posted June 12, 2013 Share Posted June 12, 2013 It kind of reminds me of David Robinson at his peak, though with him it was the entire post-season. He was a monster in the regular season, arguably the best center in the league. For the most part, he just wasn't the same in the playoffs though. For three straight years during his peak, he shot 46.5%, 41.1% and 44.6% from the floor (about 30 games total). Hakeem was the exact opposite, which is probably why he's remembered more favorably. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chisoxfn Posted June 12, 2013 Share Posted June 12, 2013 QUOTE (ZoomSlowik @ Jun 11, 2013 -> 09:34 PM) More like 89-ish (towards the end of Celtics/Lakers) to 97 or so (before all your superstars drafted in the mid-80's like Hakeem, Barkley, Ewing, Robinson, ect started to retire/see a drastic drop in production). The late 80's/early 90's drafts kinda sucked and KG started the high schooler wave in 95. I would make a similar distinction around 2007 when you had the first two super teams and the guys from the stronger 2003 and on drafts started hitting their peaks. That "dividing line" is a lot messier though because a bunch of people drafted in the 90's (KG, Kobe, Duncan, Dirk, Pierce to name a few) are still going strong. League quality is definitely higher than early 2000's though, so there's a distinction somewhere. Those were the same arguments I was making. I was talking same era as you Zoom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordan4life_2007 Posted June 12, 2013 Share Posted June 12, 2013 But honestly, even if LeBron plays well, would that have mattered last night? You ain't beatin' anybody that goes 16/32 from 3. People need to stop obsessing over LeBron and give it up to the Spurs for one of the all-time spectacular finals performances. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
witesoxfan Posted June 12, 2013 Share Posted June 12, 2013 Mike Miller is 8 of his last 9 from 3. He's also 12 of his last 16. And, of his last 23 shots from the field, 21 of them have come from 3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve9347 Posted June 12, 2013 Author Share Posted June 12, 2013 The Nets have the paramaters of a three-year offer in place for Jason Kidd to become their next head coach, a source told the New York Post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve9347 Posted June 12, 2013 Author Share Posted June 12, 2013 Strained hammy for Tony Parker. He will be extremely limited if he does play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted June 12, 2013 Share Posted June 12, 2013 QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Jun 12, 2013 -> 01:35 PM) Strained hammy for Tony Parker. He will be extremely limited if he does play. Did they give a grade? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve9347 Posted June 12, 2013 Author Share Posted June 12, 2013 QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jun 12, 2013 -> 12:41 PM) Did they give a grade? "No tear or defect" - which must mean Grade 1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Posted June 12, 2013 Share Posted June 12, 2013 The best part of a potential Heat Finals loss, beyond my own personal satisfaction, is it should definitively put to rest the GOAT talk. We'll have to wait for the next phenom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boogua Posted June 12, 2013 Share Posted June 12, 2013 QUOTE (Jake @ Jun 12, 2013 -> 01:06 PM) The best part of a potential Heat Finals loss, beyond my own personal satisfaction, is it should definitively put to rest the GOAT talk. We'll have to wait for the next phenom. Wiggins? And it should, but it probably won't. Everyone thought the abomination of the 2011 Finals would have put to rest the GOAT talks because that was a bigger failure than Jordan ever even came close to. If they lose this year, but come back and win next year I'm sure there will be people right back at it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MexSoxFan#1 Posted June 12, 2013 Share Posted June 12, 2013 (edited) "LeBron is shooting 52/211 (24.6%) outside the restricted area through 18 career NBA Finals games" Yeah, right up there with Jordan Edited June 12, 2013 by MexSoxFan#1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve9347 Posted June 13, 2013 Author Share Posted June 13, 2013 Spoelstra leaning towards starting LeBron at center tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted June 13, 2013 Share Posted June 13, 2013 QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Jun 13, 2013 -> 04:14 PM) Spoelstra leaning towards starting LeBron at center tonight. We got an "I'll be ready to go" out of Parker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve9347 Posted June 13, 2013 Author Share Posted June 13, 2013 QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jun 13, 2013 -> 03:16 PM) We got an "I'll be ready to go" out of Parker. Tonight's game should make for some great theater. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RockRaines Posted June 13, 2013 Share Posted June 13, 2013 How great is it to be the team that faces the Heat in the finals. No matter who you are 90% of the world is rooting for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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