Rasheed says NBA "wanted" Cavs, LeBron in Finals

[JamStone]

Being pissed off is not crying. What you define as throwing a tantrum have been instances where Rasheed wanted to fight officials for making bad calls. Kids throwing tantrums aren't trying to fight. Kids throwing tantrums stay put and jump up and down and cry. Rasheed wants to fight someone when he's getting technical fouls called on him. He's pissed off.

Kirilenko actually physically cried and whined about not being involved in the offense. Marion cried about not getting enough appreciation. Barry Bonds whined about comments by Bob Costas and other members of the media. Bonds has silent tantrums and avoids the media and places his son in front of him so the media can't ask him questions.

Rasheed is defiant. He has a temper. That's not child like behavior. That's pissed off behavior. Arguing with officials is something the majority of players do, even LeBron James. The fact that Rasheed is more animated about it and has a temper when he does it simply means that. It doesn't equate to crying.

Again, he's obnoxious. He's a loudmouth. He can be an asshole. He's not much of a crybaby.

[Spawn]

Did the league stop being real around 2004 Sheed?

[Spawn]

The league hasn't been the same since.

[Obstructed_View]

no they are just idiots,but if stern was to fix any playoff finals it would be against the mavs...do you really think he would want to give the trophy to mark cuban.Maybe sheed is on to something he tried to tell us there was something up with tim donaghy but nobody listened to him and he was right

But if Dirk hits those free throws the Mavs win the game. If Howard doesn't take that timeout the Mavs can inbound the ball from half court. Those were big plays; certainly bigger than any calls by the refs. If the refs were trying to get the Heat past the Mavs they wouldn't even have put Dirk on the line in the position to win the game in the first place.

[lrrr]

Just cause Sheed happened to be right about one ref... Sheesh, if you use a machine gun to shoot at a bottle, chances are one of the bullets is going to hit its mark!