That time of the year again.. (NBA PLAYOFF THREAD)

there needs to be a rule where you cant start camparing a player to jordan until they have at least 3 championships, 3 scoring titles, and 2 league MVPs.

like nicky, there is a lot of jordan hate which is why people are desperate to see someone surpass him. sure, i can agree that what lebron is doing is reminiscent of jordan's performances. but as far as comparison, kobe, shaq and tim duncan are way more qualified. lebron's got some work to do.

but again, lebron is a spectacular player who has the potential to be one of the greats.

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Originally Posted by TrueDciple

Oh yes he's gonna have it and in the worst way, Cavs will rape his bitch ass always whining and complaining about every single call.

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yeah! Boy! Its Over for Detroit! Fuck u Rosco!..Cavs Win the series! ^O^

The Pistons truely dissapointed me in this series, not much else to say. The officiating was accually good tonight which was cool.

I would say "Well get um next year" but who knows who is even gonna be back on the roster. Looks like the Piston era is over in the East.

Just hope the Cav's can somehow defeat The Spurs, ill be rooting for them

^^^^you should keep watchin, it's worth it

yep, the pistons window for championship contention may have closed last night.

they should have never gotten rid of larry brown. the pistons need larry and larry needs the pistons. the arrogent attitude the pistons have of thinking they can flip the switch whenever they want to wouldnt fly with larry. they also wouldve had a much better approach to defense which is what championship pistons basketball has ALWAYS been about.

its like they forgot how to play hardnose D ever since flip came on the scene. im not knocking flip, but i've think we've seen that the offensive minded flip isnt a good fit for a defensive oriented team.

detroit really did dissapoint, i think its the time for them to rebuild. the cavs at the end deserved it i think gibson showed that we really shouldnt call the cavs a one man team. ilgauskas also has a impact on the play.

i dnt expect the cavs to beat the spurs because the spurs i think has the key to beat every team. should be a interesting series though.

^^^^as Flip Saunders took over coaching in Detroit, he said he wants to find the perfect balance of offense and defense - man, you can't say he directed them into the wrong direction, they won 64 games in the 2005-06 season with Flip on the sideline and finished with the best regular season record

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Originally Posted by B O T

they also wouldve had a much better approach to defense which is what championship pistons basketball has ALWAYS been about.

its like they forgot how to play hardnose D ever since flip came on the scene. im not knocking flip, but i've think we've seen that the offensive minded flip isnt a good fit for a defensive oriented team.

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oh man, wrong. first of all they held their opponents to 90.2ppg in 2005-06, it wasn't Flip that had an impact on the D, it was the new handchecking rule + the signing of Big Ben with the Bulls in this season

The Pistons haven't been the same defensive team since Ben Wallace left. He was an All NBA first team defender. The rest of those guys fed off of him. ITs like how the rest of the Cavs feed off of LeBron for offense.

This years Pistons were not a good defensive team. At least not against the Cavs. Cleveland abused them, and Detroit was smaller, weaker and less athletic. What they had was experience, but after last year, the Cavs had it too.

Rasheed should be banned from the nba.:yes:

what they did in regular season doesnt mean anything. the pistons arent a rebuilding team trying to get into the playoffs, they are a legitimate championship contender and when you have a lackluster performance in post season two years in a row, you gotta look at the coach. losing ben indeed plays a factor aswell. they should've never let him go, they should've payed him.

what flip was doing looked good when he first came in and they were destroying teams. but honestly that turned out to be not so beneficial as they thought that they could just outscore teams and forgot how to grind out the close games. in the playoffs you gotta be able to win'em close. that goes beyond the statistics game, thats about being able to get stops when you need them.

the pistons dont seem to have that killer instinct on D anymore, at least not when it matters most.

^^^^ok, I can live with that

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Originally Posted by TrueDciple

Rasheed should be banned from the nba.:yes:

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and you base this on the fact he gets a technical every game. so wat the guy shows a bit pf passion and his one of the few players who would like to win every game.

For detroit i think everyone should take an equal share of the blame. when flip needed billups the most he didnt show up. rip was missing all series, rasheed would get fouled out too early. tayshaun had no offencing game at all.

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Originally Posted by HAN88

and you base this on the fact he gets a technical every game. so wat the guy shows a bit pf passion and his one of the few players who would like to win every game.

For detroit i think everyone should take an equal share of the blame. when flip needed billups the most he didnt show up. rip was missing all series, rasheed would get fouled out too early. tayshaun had no offencing game at all.

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a lil bit of passion?... he's being a dick and showing awful behaviour on the court. Hes unable to control his anger and actions and that my friend gives the nba a very bad image.

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Originally Posted by TrueDciple

a lil bit of passion?... he's being a dick and showing awful behaviour on the court. Hes unable to control his anger and actions and that my friend gives the nba a very bad image.

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dodgy calls by referee's, and stupid decisions by david stern give the nba a bad image. but i dnt know maybe for americans to see a sportsmen act like that is new. i see it all the time so i dnt take much notice of it.

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Originally Posted by HAN88

dodgy calls by referee's, and stupid decisions by david stern give the nba a bad image. but i dnt know maybe for americans to see a sportsmen act like that is new. i see it all the time so i dnt take much notice of it.

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Rasheed established a very bad reputation with Portland, and when you do that, officials watch you more closely. Same thing with Rodman, Artest, etc. Why does this surprise anyone. Its the same thing in life.