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2011 NBA Playoffs (pg. 78)
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| srussell0018 |
| quote: | Originally posted by Trancealot
My favorite team is Orlando!! They end up playing bad due to team drama.
I like both teams but like I said earlier I did choose Miami in 5 and that is not happeneing now. I now which is too late and should of known earlier when Lebron gets this deep in the playoffs he is in deep and will be too late by this time Sunday unless he plays like he did against the pistons back in 04. The problem with that is that was only the conference championships. Now the Finals. Dirk did F' up the 1st time but he did not forget and now he did his part instead of shiining in the media like you know who and def has the team to back it up this time with J.J :p He is 2011 version of mugsey boggs. I wonder if he stats match up gotta his basketball reference.com to check that out! |
ing bandwagon piece of sheep I HATE YOU! :mad: |
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| Trancealot |
| quote: | Originally posted by srussell0018
There's really only one way to interpret them. It's not like I was running around screaming "Omg guys I love the Heat they're the best team ever in the history of the NBA!!!" I just said I hoped they would win (because of Lebron), and that I thought they had a good chance to do so. You're twisting everything around to suggest that I loved the Heat as a team previously (I didn't), and that I think Lebron is a bad basketball player now because he's performing poorly (I don't). As I've pointed out numerous times, and which you repeatedly fail to process, is that my reasoning for thinking Lebron doesn't deserve to win is 100% due to his apparent lack of mental toughness, not because he's playing poorly.
I thought that Dallas was going to win this series before it started, so your "hating the Heat and Lebron because Lebron is playing badly" argument has deflated quite a bit.
You're also ignoring how I've supported Dirk throughout the playoffs. As I said before, I don't have a favorite team, so I can support whoever the I want. If I like Dirk's style of play, I can want the Mavs to win. If I think Lebron cracks under pressure, I can not want him to win. Who the are you to be the almighty judge of what constitutes someone being on a bandwagon anyways? You act like I committed some crime against humanity because I stopped thinking one player deserved a championship. |
Both teams deserve to be in the finals by going thru some tough competition. Only thing I hate is now one team is crumbling before our eyes. You can't always have a great series. It's all about the W and thats it. You can't pull that off then go home. This will be lebron's second time and might* now be his last. Dirk just can't choke like he did the 1st time. Right now he learned his lesson.
*Will not be his last!! He will make it 2-3 more times before he retires but with a ring?? Does not look good. |
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| srussell0018 |
| I agree. It now seems as if Miami does need to invest in some better role players if they want to win it all. The burden of every game can't fall on 1 or 2 players, but it has been for them especially in this series. Either Wade or Lebron is having to have a monster game, or come up clutch in the 4th quarter for them to win, and while Wade has had a great series, it hasn't been enough. I think what they really need is a better center. Their best center right now is 6'9. That's just not going to cut it against a team with three 7 footers. |
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| LAdazeNYnights |
| quote: | Originally posted by srussell0018
You're also ignoring how I've supported Dirk throughout the playoffs. As I said before, I don't have a favorite team, so I can support whoever the I want. If I like Dirk's style of play, I can want the Mavs to win. If I think Lebron cracks under pressure, I can not want him to win. Who the are you to be the almighty judge of what constitutes someone being on a bandwagon anyways? You act like I committed some crime against humanity because I stopped thinking one player deserved a championship. |
:haha: :haha: :haha: :haha: let's be perfectly honest man - your 'dallas in 3' comment was 100% sarcastic at the time. |
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| srussell0018 |
Obviously it was sarcastic because you can't win a series in 3 games.
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I've been finding many reasons to not want Miami win in the past couple days as well. I don't think any "real" sports fan would want to see a team win with players who act so classless and cocky, and then go out and get beat.
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| ziptnf |
Some of you guys are acting like the series is already over. Stephen, what sports have you played in your life? And I mean regularly, as in, being on a team. Have you ever been subjected to pressure in a serious game environment? I'm curious as to what exactly you know about mental toughness.
I won't say that there shouldn't have been more to give in games 4 and 5 for the Heat, but any fat mother****** can sit on their ass and bitch about how a team isn't being mentally tough or "falling asleep" at crunch time. Sometimes the other team hits shots that they wouldn't have earlier. I mean, let's be real here, Dallas won game 5 because they shot the lights out, not because Miami lacked toughness.
And @EarnYourKeep, if it weren't for Lebron, Miami would have been out against the Celtics. Just keep that in mind. |
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| srussell0018 |
| quote: | Originally posted by ziptnf
Stephen, what sports have you played in your life? And I mean regularly, as in, being on a team. Have you ever been subjected to pressure in a serious game environment? I'm curious as to what exactly you know about mental toughness.
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Scar from Tommy John surgery:
So you can go yourself with your little backhanded assumption that I've never played organized sports. I played a position that requires a hell of a lot more mental toughness than a basketball player.
I played hurling for fun in Ireland, but when my family moved here in 2004, I played a year of baseball in high school before going to uni, as I've always enjoyed baseball, but never had the chance to play before. I was a pitcher, where you're essentially in control of the whole game yourself, and where the difference of inches on the location of every pitch can be the difference between a strikeout and a home run, or a win and a loss. So kindly stick your previous post up your ass nice and deep.
| quote: | | Dallas won game 5 because they shot the lights out, not because Miami lacked toughness. |
You conveniently left out the word "mental." I'm assuming that you conveniently did so to conveniently avoid the fact that Lebron had 2 points in the 4th quarter, and missed multiple huge shots in the 4th that could have led to a comeback. How convenient. |
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| ziptnf |
| quote: | Originally posted by srussell0018
So you can go yourself with your little backhanded assumption that I've never played organized sports. I played a position that requires a hell of a lot more mental toughness than a basketball player.
I played hurling for fun in Ireland, but when my family moved here in 2004, I played a year of baseball in high school before going to uni, as I've always enjoyed baseball, but never had the chance to play before. I was a pitcher, where you're essentially in control of the whole game yourself, and where the difference of inches on the location of every pitch can be the difference between a strikeout and a home run, or a win and a loss. So kindly stick your previous post up your ass nice and deep. |
| quote: | Originally posted by srussell0018
Also, u mad. |
Where on earth did I imply that you didn't play sports? I just asked you what you know about it, because it seems like you're not giving credit to the pressure these players are under. Your main point is "Lebron isn't clutch enough, therefore I can't cheer for him." Pull that enormous tree branch from your ass, I didn't mean offense by my question on what sports you've played. I know first hand how much pressure there can be on a situation where a bad swim can mean certain death for the chances of winning for your team. Especially in dual meets.
| quote: | | You conveniently left out the word "mental." I'm assuming that you conveniently did so to conveniently avoid the fact that Lebron had 2 points in the 4th quarter, and missed multiple huge shots in the 4th that could have led to a comeback. How convenient. |
I conveniently did not leave out mental toughness. Players miss shots. Lebron and the rest of the Heat missed shots. Dallas didn't. Sometimes that is because of poor decision making on offense, not mental toughness.
This argument is incredibly tiresome, and I'm tired of bickering over it. So let's review the facts:
You were in full support of the Heat and wanted them to win until the playoffs ( :conf: ) in which you decided to switch your support to Dallas presumably after Game 2 when the Heat collapsed so hard. I considered your sudden switch to be the result of bandwagoning. You are insisting it isn't. I'm losing interest in this argument rapidly, because we keep hashing over the same points.
Now let's go get some lemonade and talk about Jesus, shall we? |
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| srussell0018 |
| quote: | Originally posted by ziptnf
Stephen, what sports have you played in your life? And I mean regularly, as in, being on a team. Have you ever been subjected to pressure in a serious game environment? I'm curious as to what exactly you know about mental toughness.
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You're trying to say that this comment wasn't even the slightest bit sarcastically implying that I didn't know anything about mental toughness, because I've never been subjected to pressure in a serious game environment?
I don't see what's so bad about admonishing poor play, while admiring good play. If you play like , you don't deserve to win.
So how do you feel about Jesus? I used to like him, but then I changed my mind :p |
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| ziptnf |
| quote: | Originally posted by srussell0018
You're trying to say that this comment wasn't even the slightest bit sarcastically implying that I didn't know anything about mental toughness, because I've never been subjected to pressure in a serious game environment? |
I had no idea if you had ever played a sport, so that's why I asked. Nowhere in that statement did I imply that you had no idea what it was like in pressure situations in a game. From your previous comments, you seemed to dismiss what was at stake here, and how sometimes even great players can crack under pressure.
| quote: | | So how do you feel about Jesus? I used to like him, but then I changed my mind :p |
I've never cared for him. :p |
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| The17sss |
| quote: | Originally posted by Miss Pie
srussell is not only the best bullter, but also the best backpedaller. Amazing. |
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I'm hoping that the Heat win it this year. I've liked Lebron since he came into the league, and I always thought it sucked that he was stuck in Cleveland for so long. |
| quote: | Originally posted by srussell0018
Seeing how he has played in the finals this year, I don't think he deserves to win. |
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TBH, I'd like to see Lebron win one, but other than that I just hope the Celtics or Lakers don't win. |
| quote: | Originally posted by srussell0018
Dirk handles pressure. Dirk thrives on pressure. Dirk deserves to win this year, not Lebron. |
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I'm not a Mavericks fan, I just like Dirk, so I hope the Mavericks win. |
| quote: | Originally posted by srussell0018
Also how the does placing a bet on Dallas make me a Mavericks fan or say that I'm jumping on the bandwagon? You make bets on who you think is going to win, not who you want to win. |
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| srussell0018 |
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| quote: | Originally posted by srussell0018
Also how the does placing a bet on Dallas make me a Mavericks fan or say that I'm jumping on the bandwagon? You make bets on who you think is going to win, not who you want to win. They happen to coincide in this instance, but you're an idiot if you think that betting on a team makes you a fan of them. |
Selective quoting is selective. |
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