Spurs in 6

[peteee]

If Spurs win, you post a youtube video reading a prepared statement by me. Wearing either (1) nothing but an adult diaper, or (2) wearing an Aladdin outfit complete with turban.

Let me know what I have to do if the Mavs win.

If the Mavs lose, you change your le to "I AM GHAZIS ".

[Ghazi]

Tayshaun Prince as a rookie averaged 10 minutes a game in regular season and it got upped to 25 minutes in playoffs under Carlisle.

Just saying

The great Carlisle knows what he's doing .

[peteee]

okay Mr. "Kidd for Harris was a bad move"

said Senor "Butler/Haywood are the saviours"

[Findog]

okay Mr. "Kidd for Harris was a bad move"

Okay Mr. "Baron Davis and Chris Kaman together are what this team needs"

[Findog]

Tayshaun Prince as a rookie averaged 10 minutes a game in regular season and it got upped to 25 minutes in playoffs under Carlisle.

Just saying

The great Carlisle knows what he's doing .

Carlisle's a great in-game coach. I hope Roddy gets 15-20 mpg in the playoffs. We shall see. Not playing him 35 mpg all season long means he'll have fresh legs for the playoffs. Carlisle is many things, but stupid is not one of them.

[peteee]

Tayshaun Prince as a rookie averaged 10 minutes a game in regular season and it got upped to 25 minutes in playoffs under Carlisle.

Just saying

The great Carlisle knows what he's doing .

As great as Carlisle is, he still only knows one thing named "experience wins playoffs" and you know how he will use Roddy, or how dumbly he will abandon him next to Carroll to make it more rigorous.

[peteee]

Carlisle's a great in-game coach. I hope Roddy gets 15-20 mpg in the playoffs. We shall see. Not playing him 35 mpg all season long means he'll have fresh legs for the playoffs. Carlisle is many things, but stupid is not one of them.

Stupid isn't one of them, it's all of them.

[peteee]

Are you makin a bet with me or not?

See all these Mavs fans have the balls to talk about my prediction, but then when the time comes to show some actual faith in the Mavericks, all I get is a bunch of "well this is just such an evenly matched series, it really could go either way" crap.

Either locate your balls and bet on the Mavericks, or shut the up about me picking the Spurs.

You're picking a team that hasn't beat the Mavs in a playoff series since a time so old that you can't even remember it.

[nkdlunch]

Mavs in no less than 6

[Ghazi]

Oh hi Mono

I'm not saying the Mavs will absolutely win, I'm just saying your reasons for why they win are irrational and subtle shots @ the great Dirk Nowitzki

Mavs mentality has been strong for quite some time now. Howard being traded was an immediate upgrade to the overall mental toughness and basketball IQ of the team .

Mavs might lose because they are a mid range jump shooting team, have somewhat slow wing players... have trouble defending PG's/PF's... because Ginobili might continue his tear.. etc etc, but not because they fold when punched in the mouth

[Ghazi]

mono i would take a bet but not one requiring me dressing up on youtube. too much effort and too embarrassing

Mavs in ing 7!

[Findog]

Yeah, the last thing this team needs is an athletic guard and a big man with a post game

A ing loser and a big man with a history of foot problems when he was on the trading block.

If you want Kaman, you have to take POS Baron Davis and his contract too.

[peteee]

i don't want to go all Generic Unoriginal Spur Fan here, but...



yeah, that ing loser.

beating a lump of soft pussies isn't something to flaunt IMHO.

[Findog]

i don't want to go all Generic Unoriginal Spur Fan here, but...



yeah, that ing loser.

He should be a perennial top 10 player and win a playoff series more than once every 5 or 6 years. He's a ing loser. That's not sour grapes, they beat us fair and square and he was great in that series. But I want no part of him for 5 years and $65 million.

[monosylab1k]

He should be a perennial top 10 player and win a playoff series more than once every 5 or 6 years. He's a ing loser. That's not sour grapes, they beat us fair and square and he was great in that series. But I want no part of him for 5 years and $65 million.

completely irrelevant. Money isn't an issue with Cuban, and I think giving Shawn Marion such a ridiculous contract makes it even more plain that Cuban will do whatever it takes to make his team happy for the next 2 years, and after that we all know the window is closed so who cares what kind of bad contracts the team has.

[Findog]

Are you makin a bet with me or not?

See all these Mavs fans have the balls to talk about my prediction, but then when the time comes to show some actual faith in the Mavericks, all I get is a bunch of "well this is just such an evenly matched series, it really could go either way" crap.

Either locate your balls and bet on the Mavericks, or shut the up about me picking the Spurs.

It's not your Spurs prediction, it's your pejorative "Mavs are a bunch of soft pussies who will fold" schtick when they're not afraid of the Spurs and always play hard against them. If the Spurs win, and there's a good chance they will, it will be because they're just better than Dallas.

Your original post in this thread didn't talk about how Ginobili is healthy and playing his best ball of the season, or how the Mavs wings might have trouble containing dribble penetration by Parker or Hill, how Duncan is healthy and will become a bigger focal point than he is in the regular season. It was an ESPN Colin Cowherd take imo. I expect better from you.

[Findog]

completely irrelevant. Money isn't an issue with Cuban, and I think giving Shawn Marion such a ridiculous contract makes it even more plain that Cuban will do whatever it takes to make his team happy for the next 2 years, and after that we all know the window is closed so who cares what kind of bad contracts the team has.

You know though that Marion and Kidd want to win - Marion after finally getting a dose of basketball reality in Miami and Toronto, Kidd because time is running short in his career and he wants to win a le. Unlike B-Diddy, there's no chance of them showing up fat and out of shape to training camp after getting their big contract. He's a loser. For one month in May of 2007, he was incredible, but that's about it.

[dirk4mvp]

I forgot it's almost the playoffs. Gotta start waking up earlier and skipping school to keep up, tbh.

[jack sommerset]

Do you watch basketball?

Manu Ginobili didn't play in that series.

/yourstupidpoint

[peteee]

He should be a perennial top 10 player and win a playoff series more than once every 5 or 6 years. He's a ing loser. That's not sour grapes, they beat us fair and square and he was great in that series. But I want no part of him for 5 years and $65 million.

not being a top and winning once every 5-6 years equals being a ing loser? what a hemiplegic viewpoint.

[monosylab1k]

It's not your Spurs prediction, it's your pejorative "Mavs are a bunch of soft pussies who will fold" schtick when they're not afraid of the Spurs and always play hard against them. If the Spurs win, and there's a good chance they will, it will be because they're just better than Dallas.

I didn't call them soft pussies. I even remarked that this season they've displayed a toughness never before seen.

I called them jumpshooting frontrunners, which is spot on tbh. When everything is peachy keen and the guys can laugh and have fun and tell in jokes, things go smoothly. But once things go smoothly, then they get lazy and start slacking off. When they slack off, they might pull out a few close wins, but eventually it catches up to them and things start going badly. And when things go badly, suddenly everybody's shoulders slump, everybody acts like their dog just died, and Jason Terry starts thinking 40 foot jumpers are a viable option.

And round and round we go. Correct me where I'm wrong.

[Findog]

I didn't call them soft pussies. I even remarked that this season they've displayed a toughness never before seen.

I called them jumpshooting frontrunners, which is spot on tbh.

What's the difference really? "Jumpshooting frontrunner" sounds like a synonym for "soft pussy." They imply the same characteristics.

And round and round we go. Correct me where I'm wrong

They get out to big leads (their best PD is in the 1st Q) because their starting five is an excellent five-man unit. They have trouble maintaining leads because of iffy bench production (Terry's streakiness) and the fact that they're an old team with a lot of guys that are 30+. I suspect that a big reason why their PD doesn't match their W-L record is because they get out-quicked by younger and fresher legs in the second halves of games. Fatigue won't be as much of a factor in the playoffs because there are no B2Bs. They also win damn near close to 70% of games decided by 5 or less - that's Kidd's leadership and bball IQ, the two-man game with Dirk and Terry consistently creating good looks in half-court sets during crunch-time, and Carlisle being a good in-game micromanager.

[monosylab1k]

What's the difference really? "Jumpshooting frontrunner" sounds like a synonym for "soft pussy." They imply the same characteristics.




They get out to big leads (their best PD is in the 1st Q) because their starting five is an excellent five-man unit. They have trouble maintaining leads because of iffy bench production (Terry's streakiness) and the fact that they're an old team with a lot of guys that are 30+. I suspect that a big reason why their PD doesn't match their W-L record is because they get out-quicked by younger and fresher legs in the second halves of games. Fatigue won't be as much of a factor in the playoffs because there are no B2Bs. They also win damn near close to 70% of games decided by 5 or less - that's Kidd's leadership and bball IQ, the two-man game with Dirk and Terry consistently creating good looks in half-court sets during crunch-time, and Carlisle being a good in-game micromanager.

Well the first time San Antone goes on a 14-2 run which includes 3 JJ Barea turnovers, 4 Jason Terry three pointer bricks with 22 seconds on the shot clock, Parker/Ginobili getting to the rim at will, and Dirk just watching it all happen (okay, maybe he takes some action and shoots a fadeaway over George Hill), I'll think of you.

[Findog]

Well the first time San Antone goes on a 14-2 run which includes 3 JJ Barea turnovers, 4 Jason Terry three pointer bricks with 22 seconds on the shot clock, Parker/Ginobili getting to the rim at will, and Dirk just watching it all happen (okay, maybe he takes some action and shoots a fadeaway over George Hill), I'll think of you.

Okay

[EmptyMan]