Heat-Bulls For a Trip to the Finals. Who You Got?
Chicago 93, Atlanta 73: This one was over by the end of the first quarter thanks to two seemingly pissed-off starters who were benched in game 5: Carlos Boozer and Joakim Noah. Their indifferent defense and appalling offense got them benched for the fourth quarter Tuesday, but both came out invigorated, with Boozer providing the offense (playoff-best 23 points), and Noah playing stifling defense (three blocks), and the Hawks never got going offensively.
I wouldn’t say Atlanta collapsed – it was more about the Bulls finally playing a complete defensive game (the Hawks shot 36 percent, including just 1-of-11 from deep). Jamal Crawford struggled (2-for-10), so did Al Horford (2-for-10), and Jeff Teague turned into a pumpkin early, then injured his wrist in the second quarter, and was never a factor. But the Hawks are a capable center away from getting back here next season.
Miami visits Chicago Sunday night (8 pm) for game one of the Eastern Conference Finals. I won’t bore you with silly matchup breakdowns (I’ll save those for the comments section), but I like the Bulls because of a) matchups, b) Derrick Rose (19 points on 14 shots last night; 12 assists), c) coaching. Things to consider – the Heat struggle defending point guards (Rose averaged 29 ppg on 44% shooting in three games vs. Miami in the regular season), Boozer and Noah are a more formidable tandem than Anthony and Bosh (gosh I hope they play like they did in game six), and if Miami tries Wade on Rose, how much will that hurt Dwyane at the offensive end?
Will Miami throw some zone at the Bulls, like it did Philly?
If the Bulls go small – LeBron at power forward – how will the Bulls counter?
Will Kyle Korver return to being a factor after a pretty weak Atlanta series because he was such a defensive liability?
Remember when everyone was jocking LeBron last June … except Derrick Rose?
Bulls in seven.
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May 13th, 2011 at 10:32 AM
DAAA Bulls
May 13th, 2011 at 10:34 AM
Heat.
/Team anyone but the Bulls.
May 13th, 2011 at 10:34 AM
Bulls 7
May 13th, 2011 at 10:36 AM
Brain: Heat in 6.
Heart: Bulls in 7.
Balls: Bulls in 5.
May 13th, 2011 at 10:36 AM
Heat.Bulls./Team anyone but the
BullsHeat.Fixed
May 13th, 2011 at 10:37 AM
Sports Science is crazy.
May 13th, 2011 at 10:38 AM
Al Horford is pretty good…
May 13th, 2011 at 10:39 AM
I hate rooting for a Chicago team. Oh well, fuck the Heat.
May 13th, 2011 at 10:39 AM
Heat in 6 so we can watch LeBron choke in the finals.
May 13th, 2011 at 10:40 AM
more like broken. Fuck Da Bulls.
May 13th, 2011 at 10:41 AM
Miami has the two best players in series. Heat in 5.
May 13th, 2011 at 10:41 AM
Heat will sweep, or 5 at the most.
May 13th, 2011 at 10:41 AM
I like the way you think. Would be awesome to watch DWade and Lebron fall flat on their face during the finals.
May 13th, 2011 at 10:41 AM
First complete game though. I like that in the recap. There were contributions all over the floor and Carlos Boozer had his best game of the postseason last night. Stout defense up and down the lineup as well. Hawks deserve credit for staying with the Bulls and taking one game at the United Center. Jeff Teague was great in this series for them.
As for the ECF, it’s all about Thibs. He has to draw up the gameplan and Rose even said in his postgame comments that he’s excited to see what Thibs draws up. I have no prediction whatsoever other than it will be a very entertaining series. All I know is that I’m…
/Team Super Friends
May 13th, 2011 at 10:41 AM
Heat in 7 to the Finals
/Go Mavs
May 13th, 2011 at 10:42 AM
Care to wager?
May 13th, 2011 at 10:44 AM
JHS you need to take lessons from Vladdy. I even found myself rooting for the Wings last night, it was strange.
May 13th, 2011 at 10:44 AM
But he should be at PF, not at C.
May 13th, 2011 at 10:44 AM
Bulls in 6. Rose teabags Wade and LeFraud.
May 13th, 2011 at 10:44 AM
I wonder what another Mavs/Heat final would look like. Would the refs overcompensate because of the backlash from the last series? Or would they not care and let Wade and Lebron get ridiculous calls? That could be entertaing.
May 13th, 2011 at 10:45 AM
So, by transitive properties, you think that the Sixers without homecourt advantage are better than the Bulls with homecourt advantage.
Why?
May 13th, 2011 at 10:45 AM
Heat in 5. Heat in 6 against Mavs.
May 13th, 2011 at 10:45 AM
With internet randoms? No. With my book? Heavily.
May 13th, 2011 at 10:45 AM
Nice timing for Booz to rip off a good game. I say Bulls in 6. The matchups work fairly well for the Bulls. To make my prediction interesting, Bulls win 6th game by over 13 points.
May 13th, 2011 at 10:47 AM
FML if the Mavs and Heat are in the finals. I dislike Cuban and LeBrat equally.
May 13th, 2011 at 10:47 AM
I like that you are using your brain this early in the morning, but cmon, you know damn well that your “transitive property” exercise makes no sense.
May 13th, 2011 at 10:48 AM
Heat brooms them.
May 13th, 2011 at 10:49 AM
He would be beastly playing next to D-Howard.
May 13th, 2011 at 10:49 AM
Just think that a prediction of the Heat sweeping is… well, it’s silly. I don’t know who is going to win the series, but if I could bet at a book that it goes more than 5 games, I certainly would.
May 13th, 2011 at 10:49 AM
This is my thinking as well, if anything it means Korver can play real minutes again since there are no defensive matchups that will keep him nailed to the bench…I’m still thinking Heat in 6 since it should be a series played in the 80s and their guys are better at getting desperation scores at the end of the shot clock but the Bulls shouldn’t be dominated
Boozer’s return to life could sway things in their favor though, highly encouraged by his play this series
May 13th, 2011 at 10:50 AM
Bulls in 5. They certainly have enough to beat a two-man team.
May 13th, 2011 at 10:51 AM
But the Hawks are a capable center away from getting back here next season.
Al Horford is pretty good…
But he should be at PF, not at C.
Agreed. And I don’t see why Atlanta isn’t a player for Howard. He’s from Atlanta. He’d stay in the East. And he’d own that town.
May 13th, 2011 at 10:52 AM
They are a two and half men team at least.
May 13th, 2011 at 10:53 AM
OT for Call of Duty fans
http://www.joystiq.com/2011/05/13/modern-warfare-3-leak/
/OT
May 13th, 2011 at 10:53 AM
They are a two and half men team at least.
So is LeBron Ashton Kutcher? Or Charlie Sheen?
May 13th, 2011 at 10:53 AM
Wha….?
This is a favorable matchup for the Bulls. I don’t know why everyone is getting worked up about the Heat beating the an old, worn-down, and dinged-up Celtics team that easily could have won the last two games of that series.
May 13th, 2011 at 10:54 AM
i would be happy with a massive collapse by the heat
May 13th, 2011 at 10:54 AM
This. They should do everything they can to make this happen.
May 13th, 2011 at 10:54 AM
probably the heat. fucking barf.
May 13th, 2011 at 10:55 AM
I was rooting for the Hawks last year against Sharks and Flyers. Seriously, fuck the Sharks.
But for hoops, I can never root for Lakers, Bulls or Celts. I mean fuck the Heat, but fuck those other guys more.
May 13th, 2011 at 10:55 AM
How does it make no sense? The only explanation is that you think the Sixers are better than the Bulls.
I have no idea how this series will play out. The Heat are playing really well and should be favored for the series, but the Bulls do match up well. The Bulls really need to win Game 1, can’t come out flat like the last two series. Sadly a lot of this one could depend on the refs and how they call contact in the lane for both sides. If LeBron and Wade get every call, the Bulls are fucked.
May 13th, 2011 at 10:56 AM
What? He is Jake.
May 13th, 2011 at 10:56 AM
I’ve got Blake Griffin looking like Tyus Thomas.
/Go Bulls!
//#MANCRUSH
May 13th, 2011 at 10:56 AM
Story of his series other than a fluky Game 1…the Hawks have talented players but it seems like they’re never all playing well in the same game
May 13th, 2011 at 10:56 AM
This. They should do everything they can to make this happen.
I haven’t looked into it.. but I don’t see how they can afford him after giving Joe Johnson the ungodly amount they gave him.
May 13th, 2011 at 10:57 AM
Heat in 6.
May 13th, 2011 at 10:57 AM
Matchups work well for the Bulls, but this series will need to be a half-court game for the most part for the Bulls to win. If they turn the ball over early in the shot clock and give the Heat transition opportunities they’ll get run out of the gym. Force them to play a half-court game.
The Heat don’t play well in the half-court. This right here pretty much sums up their playcalling.
May 13th, 2011 at 10:57 AM
Hawks need to move on from Josh Smith.
May 13th, 2011 at 10:57 AM
Who’ really going to score consistently for the Bulls besides Rose? He’s not going to be able to carry them on his own against this Heat team.
May 13th, 2011 at 10:58 AM
The only positive if the Bull lose is to witness Sad Wilbon. But he’ll just get right back on his knees and blow LePhony anyway.
May 13th, 2011 at 10:59 AM
Exactly.
May 13th, 2011 at 10:59 AM
Because the Hawks have dedicated millions to that roster? They don’t have any money for a few years. And get this.
THE MAGIC AREN’T TRADING DWIGHT UNLESS HE DEMANDS IT.
And he’s not going to.
May 13th, 2011 at 11:00 AM
Personal attack!
May 13th, 2011 at 11:00 AM
We should all just hope the Western conference wins.
May 13th, 2011 at 11:00 AM
The only positive if the Bull lose is to witness Sad Wilbon. But he’ll just get right back on his knees and blow LePhony anyway.
I was no fan of Wilbon before these playoffs started… but after he said “Sometimes Rose’s job is to throw up bad shots so that his teammates can get the rebounds and get the put-backs… and that’s what makes Rose so great” I lost any sliver of respect I had for him. I’m not kidding.. he actually said that.
May 13th, 2011 at 11:01 AM
Balls: Bulls in 5.
balls: HEAT in 5
/went there
May 13th, 2011 at 11:01 AM
The Bulls have the advantage inside. Noah/Osik and Boozer/Gibson are much better than Anthony and Bosh. Z and Dampier will remain glued to the bench b/c they can’t match up.
Rose will own Chalmers, which means he’ll be checked a lot by Wade and James. That frees up Korver, who’s gonna have to knock down threes to take this to seven, and Deng.
All of that, and I still think Heat in seven. It’s pretty simple: James and Wade.
May 13th, 2011 at 11:01 AM
They just need to trade Smith. Maybe they can work something out with Golden state.
May 13th, 2011 at 11:01 AM
Carlos Boozer, Taj Gibson, Joakim Noah and Kurt Thomas. The Heat have no answer in the paint when bigs play well. Look at the only game Boston won. Garnett had something like 32 and 20.
Getting contributions from Luol Deng will be of help. Bogans and Korver spotting up for 3s will be necessary.
May 13th, 2011 at 11:02 AM
Now is Omer Asik’s time to shine
May 13th, 2011 at 11:02 AM
Jamal Crawford struggled (2-for-10)
Will be on BUlls next year
May 13th, 2011 at 11:02 AM
The fact that you typed those words makes me seriously question your intelligence. I mean, Mavs swept Lakers and lost 2 to the Blazers, but if anybody thinks the Blazers would have beat the Lakers in a series, than they need to be banned from watching the NBA. How many games the 76ers managed to win against the Heat is irrelevant for measuring how they stack up against the Bulls, regardless of how many games the Bulls win vs. the Heat. If that needs to be explained to you, then I feel sorry for you.
And SC, Diesel, and the rest of BullsNation…financial interests aside, I’d be pulling for you, I despise the Heat and have no problem with the Bulls. Makes it even harder to acknowledge that the Heat are going to win this series rather easily…and likely will have the help of the officials to do so. I cringe at how few calls Rose will get in this series.
May 13th, 2011 at 11:02 AM
I don’t know about that… Dwight’s already on the record saying the people in Orlando hate him. That’s never something you want to hear from your star player.
May 13th, 2011 at 11:03 AM
Lebron and Wade can just take turns driving the lane and getting them in foul trouble.
May 13th, 2011 at 11:03 AM
Even if they trade Smith they won’t be able to give Howard a max deal in 2012.
May 13th, 2011 at 11:03 AM
Lovin.
May 13th, 2011 at 11:03 AM
Jesus H. Christ. He never said that Wilbon.
May 13th, 2011 at 11:04 AM
Instead of looking forward we should all be spending today being thankful that Zaza Pachulia is no longer in our lives
May 13th, 2011 at 11:04 AM
The Bulls have 30 fouls to give between Asik, Gibson, Noah, Thomas and Boozer.
May 13th, 2011 at 11:05 AM
I haven’t looked into it.. but I don’t see how they can afford him after giving Joe Johnson the ungodly amount they gave him.
Johnson makes as much as Dwight does now. Don’t ask me why. They do get Jamal Crawford’s contract off the books this year BUT, after this postseason, what are the chances they re-sign him for big money?
The bigger problem is, who do they trade away to make Orlando happy? Kirk Hinrich’s $9 mil? Josh Smith (not that ATL would trade Smith)?
May 13th, 2011 at 11:05 AM
Correct call.
The Hawks problem is too much isolation and jump shots. Trading the most nefarious miscreant will alleviate this problem.
May 13th, 2011 at 11:05 AM
Oh I did not know thats what you were referring to. They are not getting Howard thats for sure.
May 13th, 2011 at 11:05 AM
why has nobody broken down the silly matchups in here yet?
May 13th, 2011 at 11:06 AM
So? Foul trouble won’t be the issue, but FT disparity will.
May 13th, 2011 at 11:06 AM
Love this. I will feel so sad for you in about 8 mos.
May 13th, 2011 at 11:06 AM
Probably not the smartest way to look at it.
/+60 heat points
May 13th, 2011 at 11:06 AM
Heat in 5
May 13th, 2011 at 11:06 AM
Wonder if PlayStation Network will be back up by then…
May 13th, 2011 at 11:07 AM
When they move the ball like they did in Game 4 and parts of Game 5 you just shake your head at how much better they could be
May 13th, 2011 at 11:07 AM
Those bitches need to at least get netflix back running. I think I may have to bust out the 360 and try to repair the rrod.
May 13th, 2011 at 11:07 AM
He should demand that they fire Gilbert Arenas. Sucks that a guy like D-Ho had to play with a piece of shit like that.
May 13th, 2011 at 11:08 AM
Listen dingleshit, quit masturbating and thinking your the fat version of some movie character and read my lips.
THE. ORLANDO. MAGIC. ARE. NOT. TRADING. DWIGHT. HOWARD.
He might jet town via free agency, but he’s not asking to leave, therefore we’re not trading him.
May 13th, 2011 at 11:09 AM
They were obviously a slightly better coached team this year, but they are still lacking in that department.
May 13th, 2011 at 11:09 AM
The Assassination of Gilbert Arenas by the Coward Trey Flynn.
May 13th, 2011 at 11:10 AM
Because the Hawks have dedicated millions to that roster? They don’t have any money for a few years. And get this.
No kidding. $16 mil on Johnson. $11 mil on Crawford. $9 mil on Kirk Hinrich.
THE MAGIC AREN’T TRADING DWIGHT UNLESS HE DEMANDS IT.
And he’s not going to.
Awww, come on! You got to know better than that. Did you not see LeBron rip out Cleveland’s heart Fatality-style? Or Carmelo bitch and pout until Denver turned on him?
I’m not saying Dwight is anything like them but that’s s.o.p. for NBA mega-stars.
May 13th, 2011 at 11:10 AM
One is a career 74% FT shooter. The other is a 77% shooter. Honestly, I’m fine with fouling. Send them to the deck every single time they come into the lane. Play this Heat team like the Pistons played the Bulls in ’89 and ’90. And-1s are a problem. Giving up two FT shots I’m OK with. Obviously not in excess though.
The Bulls bigs can play defense in the paint without fouling. I just don’t want them giving up any easy buckets. Clean, hard fouls every time 3 or 6 comes barreling down the lane.
May 13th, 2011 at 11:10 AM
i know you’ll bristle, but it might be a good thing to trade him and get SOMETHING in return. getting bynum and some cap space might actually be worth it in the long run for the magic.
May 13th, 2011 at 11:10 AM
moderation?
May 13th, 2011 at 11:11 AM
Do you think the Magic will trade Dwight Howard?
May 13th, 2011 at 11:11 AM
It doesn’t need to be explained, thank you. Your logic is flawed that’s all. If you think the Bulls don’t match up well against the Heat as a team (not just James/Wade vs Rose) then I feel sorry for you.
I can appreciate your second paragraph though, money goes over all rooting interest when your team isn’t around. I already made the point about the refs and it is slightly terrifying to think of all the calls those two cockbags will get.
May 13th, 2011 at 11:11 AM
I’m hearing next Tuesday.
/more than likely not true
//wants to play Portal 2 online co-op
May 13th, 2011 at 11:11 AM
By the way, last night was how you’re supposed to celebrate winning a second round series in six games. Looking at you Heat.
May 13th, 2011 at 11:11 AM
i know you’ll bristle, but it might be a good thing to trade him and get SOMETHING in return. getting bynum and some cap space might actually be worth it in the long run for the magic.
/this was moderated
May 13th, 2011 at 11:12 AM
Just keep hitting ok/submit, you’ll get a couple errors but eventually it does work.
I’m confused as to how any team “matches up well” against LeBron and Wade.
May 13th, 2011 at 11:12 AM
It’s because no one wants to read you speaking ill of the great Jo Noah
May 13th, 2011 at 11:12 AM
Five, six, same thing.
May 13th, 2011 at 11:13 AM
Read above.
May 13th, 2011 at 11:13 AM
He should demand that they fire Gilbert Arenas. Sucks that a guy like D-Ho had to play with a piece of shit like that.
That trade has got to be amongst the dumbest ever. They got rid of a bad contract by taking on a worse contract. That Agent Zero deal will be an anchor that weighs them down in free agency.
May 13th, 2011 at 11:13 AM
I dunno, they were able to beat an Atlanta team which allegedly had better players so maybe we will witness another miracle
May 13th, 2011 at 11:14 AM
Mavs with home court required 6 games to beat the Blazers.
Mavs without home court swept the Lakers.
In summary, Lakers were not even a playoff caliber team!
/transitive property’d
May 13th, 2011 at 11:15 AM
i know you’ll bristle, but it might be a good thing to trade him and get SOMETHING in return. getting bynum and some cap space might actually be worth it in the long run for the magic.
/this was moderated
Apparently it’s better to watch him leave for nothing and get stuck with Arenas and Hedo’s deals. Oh well.
May 13th, 2011 at 11:15 AM
Because basketball is played with five players on the floor and not just two.
May 13th, 2011 at 11:15 AM
Where is Jersey to spew anti-Bulls bile all over the place?
May 13th, 2011 at 11:15 AM
Does OKC close it out tonight?
May 13th, 2011 at 11:15 AM
If he demands a trade, I agree! But he won’t. He’s not demanding a trade. I would be completely turned off by the cowardice of the Magic if they traded him like Utah did with Williams.
I’ve been a victim of the biggest free agency departure in history (LeBron was big, but Shaq, he was good for 4 rings). I’ll be upset and roll with it.
If we trade him because we’re scared of losing him? I’ll be more than upset…
May 13th, 2011 at 11:16 AM
Who’s uglier – Noah or Bosh?
May 13th, 2011 at 11:16 AM
noah because his character and personality are just as ugly as his physical appearance.
May 13th, 2011 at 11:17 AM
Rodman is 50 today. Christ.
May 13th, 2011 at 11:17 AM
Zaza is uglier
May 13th, 2011 at 11:18 AM
It took Shaq 4 years to win that first ring, and then he won just 3 with the Lakers.
Lebron is going to win 1 in his first year. Could very easily go down as “worst/biggest free agent departure ever.”
May 13th, 2011 at 11:18 AM
Not really.
May 13th, 2011 at 11:18 AM
Sam Cassell.
May 13th, 2011 at 11:18 AM
Kobe won the last two titles by himself.
/cursed’d
May 13th, 2011 at 11:18 AM
Beyond how old that makes us feel let’s take a moment to appreciate that Dennis Rodman even made it to 50…wouldn’t have guessed that 15 years ago
May 13th, 2011 at 11:19 AM
LOL. Settle down tough guy.
So you think the Magic let him walk and get nothing, vs eventually trading him? You’re even dumber than I already thought you were. He doesn’t have to come out and demand a trade, he just won’t sign an extension.
Jesus, you’re a lawyer? I weep for out justice system. No wonder it’s in shambles.
May 13th, 2011 at 11:19 AM
/fuck both the Bulls and Heat
//Team Bestern Conference
May 13th, 2011 at 11:20 AM
Worms are tough to kill.
May 13th, 2011 at 11:20 AM
This is why I hate LeBron James. Declarative statements before anything has ever been accomplished. LeBron James is the most decorated athlete in the history of sports without having actually won anything.
May 13th, 2011 at 11:20 AM
Who is Rose guarding this series?
May 13th, 2011 at 11:20 AM
All of this.
May 13th, 2011 at 11:21 AM
He looks like Rocky after taking a beating.
Did you have the under?
May 13th, 2011 at 11:22 AM
Joakim Noah > Spencer Dick
May 13th, 2011 at 11:22 AM
LeBron also spent 7 years in Cleveland, where the last two years were mired in disappointment, and he went to place where he’s pair with two other All-Stars.
Shaq left a very good Magic team after 4 years, one that could have done some serious damage in the late 90s, to go to a Lakers team with Eddie Jones and Nick Van Exel.
Sorry man. Orlando was burned pretty bad.
May 13th, 2011 at 11:22 AM
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand I just found out I’m going to Game One.
/FUCKING SPARKLERS
May 13th, 2011 at 11:22 AM
If it’s anything like the previous two series, he’s gonna make Chalmers look like Oscar Robertson.
May 13th, 2011 at 11:22 AM
you cut me deep.
May 13th, 2011 at 11:23 AM
mired in disappointment? i don’t think you know what “mired” means.
May 13th, 2011 at 11:23 AM
very homertastic!
May 13th, 2011 at 11:24 AM
It hasn’t been real enough yet.
May 13th, 2011 at 11:25 AM
Trey: 7 years, sure, but the first two he was a 19-20 year old kid learning the game. If he came into the league at Shaq’s age, he would have dominated from Jump.
That said, both teams each made 1 Finals, and both were swept.
May 13th, 2011 at 11:25 AM
treigh is funnah. didn’t the magic win 45 games the next year?
/looks at Cleveland’s record.
May 13th, 2011 at 11:26 AM
Magic won a game. Your sample size was not correctly calculated.
May 13th, 2011 at 11:27 AM
Yeah, I’m the dumb one…sign a small extension that pays 17-18 mil or a year, or wait a summer to sign a max deal that could give hum Arenas type money…
One top of that, he’d be the first NBA player to ever do that since the 4-3-6/7 agreement in 1998.
He may go somewhere, he may not, but nothing has convinced me he’s 100% gone, and he’s not demanding a trade ala Carmelo.
You can think I’m retarded all you want, but it’s called being a fan dumb fuck. You don’t trade a guy who will probably go down as a top 5 center when all is said and done because you’re scared. Back to masturbating with ya.
May 13th, 2011 at 11:27 AM
Whoops. Thought you were talking about 2009, not Shaq getting bounced by the Rockets. Dammit.
May 13th, 2011 at 11:28 AM
Swept
May 13th, 2011 at 11:29 AM
I always giggle when Hernia calls Spencer “Spencer Dick.”
May 13th, 2011 at 11:30 AM
Thanks to Penny and Horace.
My point was, Shaq jumped from a good ship, one that would have won some rings to go to an average at best, LA squad. LeBron had some issues about the stort term health of the franchise. And if Dwight jets for the same reason? It will be nowhere near Shaq’s level either.
May 13th, 2011 at 11:30 AM
Ballin’ has to be the post where people get the meanest. Personal attackathon! This is why hockey’s better, Canadians are so friendly.
May 13th, 2011 at 11:33 AM
Pipe down, toots.
May 13th, 2011 at 11:34 AM
Does OKC close it out tonight?
They should, but I don’t know that I don’t want this to go to 7 games. This series has been the best so far.
And I’m in the same boat as Trey because I don’t want the Hornets to trade away Chris Paul. But I also recognize that the team has little in the way of leverage to force him to stay. And what’s worse: he’s friends with LeBron and has Maverick Carter repping him.
May 13th, 2011 at 11:35 AM
Don’t you think he jumped from Orlando to LA because Michael Jordan was still in the Eastern Conference?
May 13th, 2011 at 11:37 AM
Hell no. He left for LA the first chance he could. Had nothing to do with Jordan or his supporting cast. He wanted to be in LA, so he went to LA.
May 13th, 2011 at 11:38 AM
I think he heard Randy Newman on the radio one morning and made his decision.
May 13th, 2011 at 11:39 AM
Fixed.
I ‘m not certain he leaves either, but it sure doesn’t appear to be all peaches and cream in Orlando. At some point, he will decide whether or not he wants to stay, and it will not be because of money. Once he makes up his mind, you’ll know it because he will not agree to another deal. He doesn’t have to come out and demand a trade.
At that point, Orlando has no choice, just like Denver. When it comes down to it, it’s not about being scared it’s about getting something back for him once you know he is leaving.
/what is it with you and masturbation?
//back to mesothelioma cases and police brutality cases with you.
May 13th, 2011 at 11:42 AM
needed a ‘know what I mean.’
May 13th, 2011 at 11:43 AM
This may all be a moot point after the lockout, because Stern and the owners are not going to allow the Superteam stuff to continue. They will either have a franchise tag of some kind, or hogtie the teams with a stricter/lower salary cap or some combination of things. Right now players have all the power because they have shown they can be patient and wait for their contract to be up to go where they want. Owners don’t like not having the pimp hand.
May 13th, 2011 at 11:44 AM
dang it.
May 13th, 2011 at 11:46 AM
What part don’t you get about Carmelo Anthony coming out and telling Denver to trade him, because he wasn’t going to resign?
And where do you get it’s not all peaches and cream? Because he popped off about our paper? Simply based on this year’s performance? We’ve gone to the Finals and Eastern Finals the previous two years…By the same token he’s said on Twitter that he wants to stay in Orlando. That doesn’t get reported though, because it’s not as fun whne you’re playing the speculation game.
You don’t trade someone out of fear. No. Sorry. The Nuggest wouldn’t have traded Carmelo under those circumstances. The Jazz? They’re fucking cowards, which is why that organization will always been mediocre.
The Magic won’t know he’s leaving until he signs a 6 year (or whatever the next CBA covers) max deal with another franchise. Same shoe as the Cavs.
And yeah, it won’t be about money because their is a cap on how much you can make a player. It hasn’t been about money for these max guys since 1998.
But good analysis.
May 13th, 2011 at 11:52 AM
Forget it. You see and hear what you want, and your reading comprehension is lacking to say the least. Good luck Tab.
May 13th, 2011 at 11:54 AM
The Jazz are a mediocre organization? What does that make the Magic?
May 13th, 2011 at 11:54 AM
one could say that it’s quite TENSE around these parts.
/veal
May 13th, 2011 at 11:57 AM
Magic need to get rid of the Master of Panic. His sky is falling routine is old.
The players cant win, people bitch if they dont commit and dare become a free agent, they bitch if the player tells them he’s not coming back anyway.
May 13th, 2011 at 12:04 PM
Yes, the CBA needs to be totally revamped for the 15 or so players that have this type of power.
May 13th, 2011 at 1:10 PM
The 15 or so players with that kind of power can totally skew how the NBA moves forward. You’ll have 5 teams that can win the title, and 27 others with no chance and half filled arenas. It’s not even a question that it will happen, sorry if you disagree.
May 13th, 2011 at 2:14 PM
Funny how everyone says that the Heat is comprised of 2.5 players. Here’s a comparison with the Champion 92-93 Bulls:
Jordan 32.6 ppg 6.7 rb 5.5 ass Wade 26.2 7.6 5.0
Pippen 18.8 ppg 7.7 rb 6.3 ass Lebron 26.1 9.4 4.9
Grant 13.2 ppg 9.5 Bosh 16.3 9.6
Armstrong 12.3 ppg 4.0 ass Chalmers 6.4 2.1
Cartwright 5.6 ppg 3.7 rb .2 blocks Anthony 4.2 5.7 1.6 blocks
As you can see, Wade compares favorably to MJ, Lebron destroys Pippen, Bosh outscores and outrebounds Grant. Chalmer’s numbers are deceiving since they also play Bibby a great deal at the point. As for Anthony vs Cartwright, the numbers compare favorably with Anthony outrebounding Cartwright and having a much higher blocks per game. Not to mention that these are regular season stats and Anthony has really come on in the Playoffs.
As for the bench. Paxon had 4.2 points, Perdue 4.7, and King 5.4. The Heat has Mike Miller (5.6 ppg), James Jones (5.9 ppg), and now Udonis Haslem.
May 13th, 2011 at 2:39 PM
Vincent Vega is kind of an asshole, which is funny considering how wrong he is most of the time.
May 13th, 2011 at 2:40 PM
Umm, what? 6 more points per game is a decent margin.
May 13th, 2011 at 3:32 PM
Fuck off ya prick. Tell me how I’m wrong or go fly a fucking kite. You’re boring.
May 13th, 2011 at 5:47 PM
There was “zero chance” Lakers would be swept after being down 0-2. Bynum will undoubdedtly have a better career than Yao, and anyone who believes otherwise is dumb. LOL.
And yeah, you absolutely know for a fact that Dwight is forcing a trade. (Actually, you don’t have the slightest fuckin clue, just like the rest of us. Get off your own dick for one second.)
May 13th, 2011 at 6:12 PM
I wholly endorse the message of LLWX. Vincent Vega is a mouthbreathing Laker fan (suppose that’s redundant) and top-tier douchebag.