Who Will Win the NBA Finals?

[David Stern]

Heat/Suns/Cavs/Lakers

[ambchang]

if you cant sense sarcasm, then dont respond to my posts. the guy said the spurs lost the series on one play. thats not true at all. the spurs lost the series because the mavericks won 4 games out of a 7 game series. they outplayed the spurs, plain and simple. you cant take back what was already done. whats done is done. the mavericks won. he shouldnt keep making stupid excuses for why the spurs lost. if i wanted to actually use a lame excuse, i could use the Parker grab. but the fact is, they did not lose that game because of a no-call. they lost because they didnt execute when they needed to.

Why would be the onus be on me to sense your "sarcasm"? Who made you the authority to say who can and cannot respond to your post on a public forum? If you cannot make yourself clear, then don't expect people to "sense" what you want to say, I am not a psychic.
And if I were a betting man, I would have thought that a person with the handle Supergirl is a she, not a he. It's not important point, I just felt like I would like to know who I am sarcastic to when I make sarcastic statements.
And now that you have explained what you originally meant, I understand, no need to go around and order and instruct me when to and when not to post.

and Brent Barry didnt fit into the system much because he was never a good fit to begin with. they needed a pure shooter. hes a solid shooter, but is too old, and far too inconsistent for what they needed.

Brent Barry was as solid as a 3 point shooter with the Sonics before he joined the Spurs. He averaged over 10 points a game, shooting 45%, 50% and 83% from 3pt range, FG, and the line. If that is not a good shooter, I don't know what is.
He was around 33 yo when he joined? That was in no way "too old" in NBA terms.

so what if the spurs had injuries? my point is that the mavs did too. therefore, your whole injury arguement is completely pointless. maybe if the Mavs were healthy all season, they too could have done better. they could have won 65 games and gotten HCA over the spurs. who knows? the fact is, they didnt. injuries are part of the game. the best teams can battle through little injuries. but injuries cannot be used as an excuse in any way.

That is my point, it happened, and with the track history of the Spurs, I expect the major players to be healthy this season. What is wrong with that?

and yea, i did say that statement. but you obviously proved that you are too ignorant to understand simple sarcasm.

Why is it my ignorance to misunderstand your subpar communication skills? You expect me to sense tone of voice through typed words?

Come on - had the refs simply called it when Parker clearly and blatantly grabbed Dirk's jersey, the series could have been over much sooner. either way, im not going to get into detail any more about the officiating since spurs fans refuse to think that the spurs EVER get away with any calls, and that the mavs get away with more calls than any team in the history of the NBA. ill just say this... there were bad calls both ways, for and against both teams. but it came down to execution, and the mavs executed better than the spurs did..

Explain to me how a person can easily sense that sarcasm was in it?
And Mr. emotional police, I can just as easily claim that you are idiotic beyond believe to expect people to sense what you feel through the web, but I am not going to, because that would be ignorant.

i already explained why i think they would win the series in 5. i never said they would dominate or anything. i think it will be 5 hard-fought games. but i think the mavericks have more playmakers, a better team, and will have HCA. they beat the spurs this past season when no one thought they could. now, they proved they can beat them, gained valuable playoff experience, a great hunger to prove that they can get back and win a le finally, and have improved their team in several ways, while the spurs have not improved their team. they have only gotten older.

Beating a team in 5 games IS dominance. I cannot understand how winning 80% of the games in a playoff series is not dominance. I have statistically shown that a team beating another team in 5 games have an immense edge over them, using last year's playoffs.

And what's with the Spurs are old thing?
The Mavs Roster:
Maurice Ager - 22, Greg Buckner - 30, Austin Croshere - 31, Erick Dampier - 31, DeSagana Diop - 24, Devean Geroge - 29, Devin Harris - 23, Josh Howard - 26, Anthony Johnson - 32, Dirk Nowitzki - 28, Jerry Stackhouse - 32, Jason Terry - 29, Average age - 28.1

The Spurs Roster:
Brent Barry - 35, Matt Bonner - 26, Bruce Bowen - 35, Jackie Butler - 21, Tim Duncan - 30, Fancisco Elson - 30, Michael Finley - 33, Manu Ginobili - 29, Robert Horry - 36, Tony Parker - 24, Beno Udrih - 24, Jacque Vaughn - 31, Average age 29.5

I wouldn't call a difference of 1.4 to be THAT significant now, would you?