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  • oregonblitzkrieg
    oregonblitzkrieg Member Posts: 15,288
    edited March 2014
    Pacers and Rockets, are those teams still as fucking boring as they were back in the Michael Jordan era? I always loved watching a Reggie Miller and Hakeem Olajuwon snooze fest. They're up there with Detlef Schrempf, Clyde Drexler and Charles Oakley. Barkley and Jordan were true entertainers.
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  • RoadDawg55
    RoadDawg55 Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 30,605 Swaye's Wigwam
    edited March 2014
    oregonblitzkrieg said:

    Pacers and Rockets, are those teams still as fucking boring as they were back in the Michael Jordan era? I always loved watching a Reggie Miller and Hakeem Olajuwon snooze fest. They're up there with Detlef Schrempf, Clyde Drexler and Charles Oakley. Barkley and Jordan were true entertainers.

    You must not be a basketball fan. Hakeem might be my favorite center of all time to watch. Just you mentioning him made me pull up some YouTube highlights. I already loved the Sonics, but the two years he won the title are a fond memory of when I first started following the NBA. I went in the backyard and did a shitty version of the "Dream Shake" when he destroyed David Robinson in the playoffs.

    Reggie Miller is a part of one of the most entertaining game that plays on NBA classic. I will agree that the Pacers were kind of boring with the Davis bros and Rik Smits, but I enjoyed Reggie Miller. He was clutch.


    I agree with you about Jordan and Barkey (wiw), but the Bulls were kind of boring during their second three peat. They were a great defensive team that grinded it out in the halfcourt. The late 90's/early 2000's were boring years for the NBA. The Bulls-Jazz finals were a dreckfest and the only reason they get pumped up is because of the flu game and Jordan hitting the shot over Russell. Only one team scored over 100 points in 12 games. Surprisingly, that was the Jazz in 1997.

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  • Tequilla
    Tequilla Member Posts: 20,270
    The best thing right now about the NBA (outside of a bumper crop of talent that the league hasn't had since the mid 80s to early 90s) is that coaches have realized that playing a slow down and grind it out game in the half court results in unsuccessful offensive play as defensive game planning has gotten so good that it's difficult to score in the half court if you run your sets. The embracing of playing an up and down game again combined with so many great young point guards is great for the game.
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  • dnc
    dnc Member Posts: 56,855
    Tequilla said:

    The best thing right now about the NBA (outside of a bumper crop of talent that the league hasn't had since the mid 80s to early 90s) is that coaches have realized that playing a slow down and grind it out game in the half court results in unsuccessful offensive play as defensive game planning has gotten so good that it's difficult to score in the half court if you run your sets. The embracing of playing an up and down game again combined with so many great young point guards is great for the game.

    "They don't play defense in the NBA"

    Sincerely, every SpadoFS moron who hasn't watched an NBA game in 20 years.

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  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 11,453
    With the east being so weak it plays right into the Heat's hands to 3-peat.

    They can rest Wade and even minimize Lebron's minutes by his standards the first two rounds. They really only need Wade to be Wade for a 14 game stretch is all and he'll be tanned, rested and ready going into the ECF vs the Pacers.

    Out west? Houston and the Clippers are nice but it's still coming down to Spurs-OKC don't out think this one.

    Spurs have the coaching and depth advantage while OKC has the two best players on the court.

    I still like the Heat to win the Finals as Lebron is still the best player in the game. I also think this is the Heat's deepest team they've had as for the first time in the big 3 era they are actually a plus when Lebron isn't on the court(+4) while in years past they were a -5 showing the roster depth has improved.

    Michael Beasley was a sneaky good pick up in the offseason as he is a 4 who can actually score and isn't a liability like when they had to go with Haslem/Anthony the previous three years.
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  • allpurpleallgold
    allpurpleallgold Member Posts: 8,771
    Michael Beasley? You're joking right? So in the playoffs, the Eastern Conference Finals and NBA Finals you trust Michael Beasley to be on the floor? Good luck with that.
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  • RoadDawg55
    RoadDawg55 Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 30,605 Swaye's Wigwam
    edited March 2014
    allpurpleallgold said:

    Michael Beasley? You're joking right? So in the playoffs, the Eastern Conference Finals and NBA Finals you trust Michael Beasley to be on the floor? Good luck with that.

    I think he was a good pick up. He's certainly a dumbass and an incredibly flawed player who can't do anything but score. He's not a guy you can rely on, but he is capable of coming off the bench and having a big game to help win a game. If he fucks up in his first minute or two of playing time, yank him right away, but he's a great guy to have if Battier goes ice cold like last year or another rotation player gets hurt/fucks up.

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  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 11,453
    allpurpleallgold said:

    Michael Beasley? You're joking right? So in the playoffs, the Eastern Conference Finals and NBA Finals you trust Michael Beasley to be on the floor? Good luck with that.

    Pressing badly.

    Beasley won't be counted on at all.

    However, he's another bench option for them who is capable of carrying a game. LBJ was great last year vs the Pacers but Haslem in game 3 and 5 was huge.

    So was Miller in game 7.
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