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NBA Finals: Spurs vs. Heat

Who gunna win this ****?

  • Spurs

    Votes: 28 73.7%

  • Heat

    Votes: 10 26.3%
  • Total voters
    38
bovice said:
Man, I feel so bad. These types of teams are so rare. Everyone knew their role, everyone liked one another, the chemistry was great, and they rarely ran iso plays. They reminded me of the 02/03 Kings, I loved that team.

Kawhi missed a free throw to essentially win game 6. I hope it doesn't haunt him for the rest of his career. Judging by his game 7 performance, it won't, but you have to feel terrible for the guy. Will he ever get a chance to play in the finals again?

Watching Duncan get mad at himself after missing that shot to tie it up gave me so many feels. I wanted him to have it so bad.
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Losing game 6 was a team effort as well. I think the most glaring mistake was Ginobili trying to draw a foul, up 3 (IIRC), with time on the shot clock, while time is running down on the game clock, in an elimination game of the NBA finals. Refs don't want to decide the game anymore than anyone else does and he should know better. Cumulatively, Ginobili was just terrible. Shot his own team in the face repeatedly.
 
How comparable is this to the jazz/bulls?

The bulls had the best player in basketball and great perimeter shooting

Yet the jazz had a nice team and advantage inside but were fairly stuff when it came to playmakers.

The spurs got a tons of mileage out of 2nd rounders/d league guys. Ultimately, the heat's talent and playmaking ability prevailed.

The jazz got a ton of mileage from Bruss, Shandon Anderson, Eisley, keefe, etc...
 
The Thriller said:
How comparable is this to the jazz/bulls?

The bulls had the best player in basketball and great perimeter shooting

Yet the jazz had a nice team and advantage inside but were fairly stuff when it came to playmakers.

The spurs got a tons of mileage out of 2nd rounders/d league guys. Ultimately, the heat's talent and playmaking ability prevailed.

The jazz got a ton of mileage from Bruss, Shandon Anderson, Eisley, keefe, etc...
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I'll give you that.

For every 2004 Pistons, there's 10 Lakers/Bulls/Heat stacked-deck juggernaut teams.
 
Congrats to LeBron and the Heat.

Kudos to the Spurs.

This series was everything I was hoping for. Probably the best series I've ever seen, and I enjoyed every second of it. May we see another one this good sometime soon.
 
NUMBERICA said:
It's beside the point to me. What they and Bosh did was poison the culture of the NBA and I can't route for their success on that point alone. The Jazz have no chance if every team's franchise player just gives up and bounces to LA, NY, Miami, Chicago, or Boston.
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They aren't all built like that. What about OKC?

Its possible to built a great team in any city. Most players just want to win. Its all about timing. You have to get your own big two or three at the same time and give them reason to stay. Its not impossible. Just harder. Its the way the Jazz do things that might stop them. This offseason will say a lot about whether or not they see how to do it.


LBJ and Wade are great examples for young kids. They play team ball. They are exceptional at it too. Them teaming up together doesn't hurt the league. The players that will follow them will be a lot better than the Starbury and Iverson generation that followed Jordan. The league is in good hands.

Jazz just have to play their hand correctly. Thats all.
 
spycam1 said:
Congrats to LeBron and the Heat.

Kudos to the Spurs.

This series was everything I was hoping for. Probably the best series I've ever seen, and I enjoyed every second of it. May we see another one this good sometime soon.
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I went from hating the heat, to accepting them. All they're doing is what's best for them. Congrats to them, they fought hard all the way.


I do think they're in trouble next year though... Wade won't last much longer.
 
Hotttnickkk said:
I went from hating the spurs, to accepting them. All they're doing is what's best for them. Congrats to them, they fought hard all the way.


I do think they're in trouble next year though... Wade won't last much longer.
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Just checking. Did you mean Heat?
 
spycam1 said:
lol...

But yeah, Wade is aging fast. I wonder what LeBron will do next year if they win another ring, but it's clear he won't be able to win a fourth with Wade...
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back to Cleveland I reckon.. unless Wade signs on for 2 more years. Then it'll get real akward. Fast.
 
NUMBERICA said:
Losing game 6 was a team effort as well. I think the most glaring mistake was Ginobili trying to draw a foul, up 3 (IIRC), with time on the shot clock, while time is running down on the game clock, in an elimination game of the NBA finals. Refs don't want to decide the game anymore than anyone else does and he should know better. Cumulatively, Ginobili was just terrible. Shot his own team in the face repeatedly.
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I agree, it is a team effort and no one will blame Kawhi for it, but put yourself in Kawhi's shoes. Looking back, wouldn't you be kicking yourself? It'd take me a while to forget it...
 
bovice said:
I agree, it is a team effort and no one will blame Kawhi for it, but put yourself in Kawhi's shoes. Looking back, wouldn't you be kicking yourself? It'd take me a while to forget it...
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I think almost everyone on the spurs is kicking themselves.

Green missed all his 3 pt attempts in game 6 and missed an easy warm up tip in towards the end of regulation.

Everyone talks about kawhi's missed ft... What about Manu's? Manu must feel horrible about this series.

Duncan has got to wonder what happened in that second half when it looked like he was going for 40-50 pts? Duncan has got to wonder how he missed that chippy against Battier.

Parker must be wondering too, if only he could have done this or that better.

Pops must be second guessing himself too. Not only for taking Duncan out in game 6 but also for trusting so much in Manu. Manu ultimately let him down. I know if I were pop... I'd be wondering if I should have used more Blair or given some burn to T-Mac. Despite not playing much ball over the past 2 years, I have a hard time believing that T-Mac could have been any worse than Manu or Green the past 2 games. If anything, maybe the memories of the old T-Mac allow him to serve as a decoy and create opportunities for others?

Jazz fans have been through brutal game 7s before and disappointing Finals. It's rough. I hope this wasn't the last of Duncan. I love watching him play.

For the jazz, we have an insane amount of work to do. This team needs a completely revamped roster and a new head coach.
 
^^^

First of all, usually a rebuild takes 8 years. The jazz are wayyy ahead of schedule on that. Ty is fine, he just needs to grow with the team.
 
Hack said:
How can anyone not love D Wade and Lebron. Both those guys are some cool *** dudes.

They are great Ambassadors of the game and great role models .

Dead serious.
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....Wade is a Chicago boy, my home town.....and he's tattooless! The later makes him a fine role model and example for the league!
 
Kudos to both teams. It was sad to see either team lose. However, in the end the Heat made the plays when needed. When you lose you always say "what if", however in reality not one player or play loses a championship. I never understood how Malone got so much more criticism for losing when there were plenty of other guys to point the finger out. In the end someone has to lose and losing sucks so the team that loses will always say what if.

I thought the Spurs showed their class in losing. I hope that some day the Jazz can raise a championship banner and do it with class. What the playoffs show us is how difficult it is to win a championship. THe Jazz have an opportunity to build the foundation of a championship in the next two years and if they do it right I believe someday they can win one. THey need at least 3 of the 4 core guys to be starters to all-star players. They need to find reliable bench players who are willing/able to play their roles and then they need some luck to get that superstar type player who is going to take over the game when it counts. Every team needed a little luck and great planning/decision making from their organization to build a championship team.

Spurs - Tanked got Duncan, Jazz passed on Parker, and Jazz lost coin toss to Spurs so they picked Gino before the Jazz could.
Heat - cleared cap in order to get Lebron and Bosh. Lucky Lebron choose Miami
Lakers - Kobe refusal to play in Charlotte and Shaq going their in FA.

Jazz have some young and talented players now they need the organization to make big and hopefully right decision in the draft and in free agency. They need Ty to develop as a coach and for the young guys to grow up and become the players we think they can become. Most important the Jazz need some luck to get a top 5 guy in next years draft and even better the top pick. The next few years should be fun watching the Jazz. I am already excited for the draft and summer league.
 
By the way, one of my associates said he watched about 10 minutes of last nights game.....and had to turn it off! Couldn't stand looking at a close up of a guy who was the product of sex with a Parrot!
 
Hotttnickkk said:
back to Cleveland I reckon.. unless Wade signs on for 2 more years. Then it'll get real akward. Fast.
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Back to Cleveland? I think that is the absolute very last place he'd go, and that's even if the NBA creates an expansion team in Siberia.

It was a bitter break-up.
 
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