Midstate01;1453696 wrote:Was a fun game. That one game was more exciting then the entire last series. That shot from parker was ridiculously lucky, but huge. Spurs def have a bigtime chance to win it. Lbj wasn't aggressive at all tonight.

Pick6;1453699 wrote:Eh.. what are the great moves LA has made recently? Hiring Mike Brown over Brian Shaw againt Kobe's wishes? Firing Brown after a 1-4 start this season? Hiring D'Antoni over Phil Jackson (lol)? All that they gave up to rent Howard for one season? They Lakers gave the Cavs a second first rounder this year to rent Ramon fucking Sessions for half a season. Im pretty sure they Lakers dont have a first round pick until 2019. The absolute only way the Lakers have any chance in the foreseeable future after Kobe is by getting lucky in FA.

IMO, and im sure a lot of Lakers fans feel similar, the future doesnt look very bright at the moment for LA.

So, yeah, Im no wizard and cant predict the future spot on, but it doesnt mean I cant make an prediction based on recent events.

Classyposter58;1453701 wrote:San Antonio is a better team. I love what Simmons said there, Miami looked like they lost their identity. Didn't play a PG the last 5 minutes and Lebron couldn't guard Parker because of how good he is without the ball. I mean Miami almost lost to a well disciplined, complete Indiana team that couldn't hold a possession. SA doesn't turn the ball over and so Miami couldn't kill em with fastbreaks off turnovers all game. IMO Miami played great, Lebron had a heck of a game, but the Heat have so many holes I have a hard time seeing them win this series. Can't rebound the ball, soft inside, do not shoot as well as the Spurs do

Pick6;1453704 wrote:Disagree. He had the triple double and 18 rebounds or whatever and all, but he didnt fill his role on offense which is being aggressive and take it to the paint, which is what the Heat need him to do to win.

Classyposter58;1453706 wrote:You high man? He only had 5 shots tonight from outside the paint

Classyposter58;1453706 wrote:You high man? He only had 5 shots tonight from outside the paint

Pick6;1453699 wrote:Eh.. what are the great moves LA has made recently? Hiring Mike Brown over Brian Shaw againt Kobe's wishes? Firing Brown after a 1-4 start this season? Hiring D'Antoni over Phil Jackson (lol)? All that they gave up to rent Howard for one season? They Lakers gave the Cavs a second first rounder this year to rent Ramon fucking Sessions for half a season. Im pretty sure they Lakers dont have a first round pick until 2019.The absolute only way the Lakers have any chance in the foreseeable future after Kobe is by getting lucky in FA.

IMO, and im sure a lot of Lakers fans feel similar, the future doesnt look very bright at the moment for LA.

So, yeah, Im no wizard and cant predict the future spot on, but it doesnt mean I cant make an prediction based on recent events.

Commander of Awesome;1453713 wrote:Prob not, just another example of pick6 talking with his mouth full.

sportswizuhrd;1453724 wrote:Google "Ted Stepien rule".

Pick6;1453743 wrote:Good one. You got me.:thumbup:

Care to add anything of value to the discussion?

Ironman92;1453948 wrote:
Pop is about 3 notched above Spol....

lhslep134;1453951 wrote:Only if Pop is 3 notches above everyone else as well. Spo is a top 5 coach in the NBA.

Laley23;1453953 wrote:I disagree with that.

Pop
Doc
Karl (if he still counts)

Then I would say Vogel, Thibs, Carlisle and a few others I am forgetting would be ahead.

Spo is getting better. He is leaps and bounds better than he was when the Big 3 all came to Miami. But he is still really raw in a lot of areas, imo. Took him forever to make adjustments to Indiana and it almost cost them the series. He wouldnt be able to do what these other guys do without LeBron.

Midstate01;1453961 wrote:So his team wins over vogels pacers 2 years in a row. Including down 2-1 and in a game 7 and yet he didnt make adjustments and isnt a better coach. Umm ok?

lhslep134;1453951 wrote:Only if Pop is 3 notches above everyone else as well. Spo is a top 5 coach in the NBA.

Laley23;1453965 wrote:I said he took forever

lhslep134;1453984 wrote:Yeah a guy who gets 24 1st place votes for coach of the year clearly isn't top 5... (NOT SAYING COACH OF THE YEAR VOTES ARE DISPOSITIVE PROOF OF A COACH'S ABILITY)

http://hangtime.blogs.nba.com/2013/03/29/spoelstras-share-of-miamis-success-easier-to-see-than-quantify/

I disagree with anyone here who says he's not top 5. Also, I'm not surprised, considering most of you guys couldn't see before the year that Harden was top 25. Some of you guys have some good basketball knowledge but a lot of you speak out of your ass.

I'll continue to discuss basketball on here but it's becoming harder and harder. I'm not even that knowledgeable, but I can recognize unintelligent analysis.

Sorry for the pompous and douchey post, but it's frustrating to just get shot down without a solid counter sometimes.

lhslep134;1453989 wrote:If you consider Game 3 forever, then yeah, he took forever :rolleyes:

I think Vogel is top 5 as well. I have Vogel, Pops, Spo, Doc, Thibs (no order after Pops #1).