Sage wrote: ur such a dumb fuck osu45804 it baffles me.

were u sitting at the cpu with ur garnett jersey and that celtics hat in the s&e library? lol u were weren tu

jpake1 wrote: You don't see it much anymore. Dwade arguably had no other star on the team when he lead his team. Shaq that year was NOT a star, maybe an all-star, but so are TMac and Iverson this year. Although that team had a lot of very solid vets at the time.

osu45804 wrote: So I guess I'm dumb for believing in my favorite team when we've already beaten the Cavs once this year IN Cleveland!

LTrain23 wrote:

osu45804 wrote: So I guess I'm dumb for believing in my favorite team when we've already beaten the Cavs once this year IN Cleveland!

I'd hardly put any weight into the 1st game of the season when Cleveland was integrating an entirely new line up.

SQ_Crazies wrote: Kobe got to sit on Shaq's lap for 3 of them, then shit down his leg for years until they stacked the team again--LeBron has still never played on a team as loaded as the Laker team they beat last night. But as usual, you're missing the point.

77Legend wrote: Jordan didn't win without Pippen either. Or Paxson, Kerr, Grant, Rodman, Kukoc, Armstrong, and others. Everyone needs help.

Sage wrote: well if cavs fans can have dreams cant i?

actually all we need is a healthy kobe bryant.

just dont cry when we make our moves

WERE WINNING REGARDLESS WE JUST DO CHARITY WORK TO GET PPL RINGS--MUCH LIKE HOW WE RESCUED SHANNON BROWN AND ADAM MORRISON OUT OF THE NBA 3RD WORLD AND BROUGHT THEM TO PROSPERITY!!!!!!!!!!

2quik4u wrote: From Tim Donaghy's Book

this was from page 82.
i knew from the get go that dallas didn't have a chance in the nba finals. people in the nba front office had no love for cuban and the majority of the nba referees had even less. in the 2006 nba finals the mavs won the first two games of the series against the miami heat at home. as the series began shifting back to miami the league office began flooding game 3 and game 4 referees with video plays from games 1 and 2 that the higher ups felt should of been called in favor of miami. the message was predictable and very clear: miami was going to have an advantage in its own building, thus prolonging the series and socking it to mark cuban. with millions of dollars of network revenue on the line, a sweep by the mavs was out of the question. in game 5, the referees handed miami a tremendous advantage by awarding the heat 49 free throws during the contest, compared to just 25 for dallas. in the nba, its tough enough for one teams five palyers to beat another teams five. but when its five against eight, and three of the eight are referees, forget about it-you've got no shot!

jpake1 wrote:

2quik4u wrote: From Tim Donaghy's Book

this was from page 82.
i knew from the get go that dallas didn't have a chance in the nba finals. people in the nba front office had no love for cuban and the majority of the nba referees had even less. in the 2006 nba finals the mavs won the first two games of the series against the miami heat at home. as the series began shifting back to miami the league office began flooding game 3 and game 4 referees with video plays from games 1 and 2 that the higher ups felt should of been called in favor of miami. the message was predictable and very clear: miami was going to have an advantage in its own building, thus prolonging the series and socking it to mark cuban. with millions of dollars of network revenue on the line, a sweep by the mavs was out of the question. in game 5, the referees handed miami a tremendous advantage by awarding the heat 49 free throws during the contest, compared to just 25 for dallas. in the nba, its tough enough for one teams five palyers to beat another teams five. but when its five against eight, and three of the eight are referees, forget about it-you've got no shot!

Tim Donaghy.. you mean that ex NBA ref that went to prison because he proved to be a coward of a person? That same guy that has a book out hoping to make money off of it? I'll surely believe everything that he says. There wasn't a conspiracy, get over it. Many people didn't like how Miami got to the line so much. There is a reason Miami had so many more FT attempts. While Dirk was being slowed down by Haslem and the team was shooting jumpers, DWade was attacking the rim every single play. But sure the NBA tried giving it to the Heat. It had nothing to do with Dallas blowing a 13pt lead with 6mins to go in game 3 and Dirk missing a FT with a 3sec left that would have sent it into OT. It had nothing to do with Dallas scoring 7pts in the 4th in game 4. It had nothing to do with Dirk missing a FT with a second left that would have sent it into OT in game 5.

77Legend wrote: LTrain....I've seen other posters get at you, and now I see why. Hakeem, Horry (best clutch 3 pt shooter), Clyde the Glide Drexler, Sam Cassell, Maxwell and others. Just stop it.

LTrain23 wrote:

77Legend wrote: LTrain....I've seen other posters get at you, and now I see why. Hakeem, Horry (best clutch 3 pt shooter), Clyde the Glide Drexler, Sam Cassell, Maxwell and others. Just stop it.

lol, what other posters get at me?

Also, if you consider any of those guys Hakeem played with superstars, then god help you.

Granted, Clyde was a great player, but in '95 he wasn't his former self...

Also, try and get at me and I'll make you look like an idiot.

77Legend wrote: Did I say they were superstars? I said Jordan needed "Pippen". Who was a 2nd tier superstar back then. But the others I included with the Bulls were key role players. Make me look like an idiot.....on the internet? Lol. Ok. Yes, Hakeem was the superstar, but the others were key to their championships.