NBA Finals, Mavs in 6

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all spurs fans are

[Bill_Brasky]

totally obvious the Lakers weren't as good as last year crofl tbh imho

OMG you mean ESPN analysts predicted the Lakers would win?? How shocking!!!

Before you go doubting my abilities, check this quote:

Mavs gonna sweep.

From this thread:
http://spurstalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=178847


me being the only one to predict the sweep, and now me predicting Heat in 5.

[Josepatches_]

Heat in 6. Gut feeling and not much more. Dallas has a distinct size advantage but they won't have the undisputed best player on the floor anymore, unlike the first 3 rounds. Dirk may not even be the undisputed second best player on the floor if he goes a little cold after these incredibly dominant first three rounds and Wade and LeBron both find a way to get theirs.

True

[Cry Havoc]

all spurs fans are

[Ditty]

Damn Mavs fans are all getting trolled by Cry Havoc.

Heat in 5

[badfish22]

Damn Mavs fans are all getting trolled by Cry Havoc.

Thats what this thread looks like from the point of view of a re ?

Miami in 5

considering you picked against the mavs in every series so far your opinion doesn't mean jack (lol OKC in 5)

[crc21209]

Wow....

[Brazil]

Wow....

thats an old classic

[JoeTait75]

Only a Mavs homer would think that the Lakers team this year is equal to the champions of the back to back les.

And why wouldn't any "non-Mavs homer" think that? Because Dallas swept them. Had Dallas beaten them in seven compe ive games everyone would be talking about what a remarkable accomplishment it was beating the back-to-back defending lists.

To downgrade the impressiveness of the Laker sweep because it was a sweep is a hindsight argument. It in effect punishes the Mavericks for their own excellence.

As for the Finals...

Dallas has more good players than Miami. Miami has more great players than Dallas. Who comes out better in that equation?

[Brazil]

And why wouldn't any "non-Mavs homer" think that? Because Dallas swept them. Had Dallas beaten them in seven compe ive games everyone would be talking about what a remarkable accomplishment it was beating the back-to-back defending lists.

To downgrade the impressiveness of the Laker sweep because it was a sweep is a hindsight argument. It in effect punishes the Mavericks for their own excellence.

As for the Finals...

Dallas has more good players than Miami. Miami has more great players than Dallas. Who comes out better in that equation?

well for the moment miami has one great player, wade is playing ty bb so far against chicago

[DAF86]

I'm tired of people saying "Dirk is playing the best ball of his career"... Dirk is ALWAYS like this in the playoffs... except for 2007, which is a fluke.

What Dirk is doing is standard... what the backcourt + Chandler/Marion has done is why this year is different from the 3 years past..

Why should we take your word on this when most of us have seen more or less the same games you did over the years? Plus there're stats that refute your point. Dirk has played great in the past and has had some monster series but he has never played as great and consistently as right now.

[endrity]

Why should we take your word on this when most of us have seen more or less the same games you did over the years? Plus there're stats that refute your point. Dirk has played great in the past and has had some monster series but he has never played as great and consistently as right now.

Just check his Nuggets series from two years ago. They lost quite handily because even a still decent Howard sprained his ankle and the Mavs had no one else to back him up. But Dirk played an unbelievable series, amazing actually, against better defenders than anyone he's faced this year. Yet no one remembers that series.

[Brazil]

i don't remember dirk dominating 3 series like he did this season


On the other news I maybe overestimate miami, they are playing ty bb, not sure mavs will need 6 games

[endrity]

i don't remember dirk dominating 3 series like he did this season


On the other news I maybe overestimate miami, they are playing ty bb, not sure mavs will need 6 games

Well they haven't got a chance to play a lot of 3 series, but not due to his fault.

However, last time they did, in 06, Dirk was so amazingly good that our dear Bill Simmons declared him to be in the pantheon of greats and the most complete forward since Bird.

[DAF86]

Just check his Nuggets series from two years ago. They lost quite handily because even a still decent Howard sprained his ankle and the Mavs had no one else to back him up. But Dirk played an unbelievable series, amazing actually, against better defenders than anyone he's faced this year. Yet no one remembers that series.

Didn't I say he had monster series in the past? I'm just saying he hasn't played so good, so constantly before. His 46 FG% lifetime against 51 FG% now proves this.

[DPG21920]

Brazil trolling

[DAF86]

Well they haven't got a chance to play a lot of 3 series, but not due to his fault.

However, last time they did, in 06, Dirk was so amazingly good that our dear Bill Simmons declared him to be in the pantheon of greats and the most complete forward since Bird.

Sorry, but that's ridiculous. Lebron, Duncan, Garnett, Pippen?

Dirk is a great player, but "complete" isn't the first word that comes to my mind when I think of Nowitzki.

[dirk4mvp]

manu > Dirk

[badfish22]

im sorry, but saying Manus prime> Dirks prime makes you invalid for any Dirk opinions.

[dirk4mvp]

But he really likes Dirk and has said so in the past! It's no surprise the guy is always spearheading these anti Dirk arguments.

[DAF86]

Could be just as good. And fwiw I didn't think Dirk's prime would begin at age 33 tbh, imho.

[DAF86]

But he really likes Dirk and has said so in the past! It's no surprise the guy is always spearheading these anti Dirk arguments.

Do you really think Dirk is the most complete forward since Bird?

[Brazil]

Brazil trolling

I'm not trolling just stating the obvious the mavs are the clear favorites of the finals. The heat is not a bb team, it's a one man show.

I can't imagine the mavs choking twice against Miami.

[Hooks]

The Heat got this in 6, and I don't like either team either.

LA was overrated, POR wasn't a legit contender, OKC would've taken them out in 5-6 games if they weren't so mentally weak and if they didn't have guys like Westbrook trying to do too much. MIA has better defense than all those teams, better scoring, and they've got 2 unstoppable guys as well as a post scorer, plus they're experienced unlike OKC. If Harden was able to tear Terry a new asshole so will Wade. Then you have to factor in the amount of FT's they're going to rack up which will be a load.

IMO Dallas got really lucky this year.

[dirk4mvp]

I'd like to know how you reached that conclusion from what I said. But keep trying to act like this is the first great playoff performance from Dirk. Even the great Bill Simmons, who's never been a Dirk or Dallas fan, realizes how great Dirk's 06 playoff run was.