Re: 2010-2011 NBA Thread

[Formerly Snayke]

LeBron: "we were just too unselfish"

[ELCABALLO45]

Haha Rockets up 15

[ELCABALLO45]

That was a technical foul?

[UMFan83]

LeBron: "we were just too unselfish"

 

for real?

[UMFan83]

The Heat did look out of sorts on offense and looked like they didn't know who should take the shot. It looked exactly like a team that hasn't played together much. Which is a bad sign for the NBA that a team that looked that disjointed was within 3 of the EC Champs in their building with 90 seconds left.

 

It was weird seeing the Heat come out of TOs and have plays drawn up for LeBron and then Wade. It was just alternating between them. The idea that whoever is the hot hand will take the shots down the stretch might actually happen. I'm not trying to overreact to one game but I wonder if Wade is going to be a sideshow in this offense. LeBron looked like LeBron in Cleveland. A lot of isolation a lot of holding the ball. The man obviously needs to completely dominate the ball on offense to be effective. It will be interesting to see how Wade handles it, because he's not a guy that can thrive by having the ball kicked out to him or whatever. Overall they will be fine, but it's extremely interesting to watch the little things in each Heat game.

 

Also, Boston's bench is awesome. One of the best in the NBA.

[DivineBovine]

LeBron: "we were just too unselfish"

 

 

Translation: I'm the man and I'm going to take the team over.

 

It's early, but they have no idea how to play together. If they continue to play badly, though, its going to get ugly with the egos and finger pointing. It's going to be great if that happens.

[Flames24Rulz]

I learned yesterday that I think I'd enjoy seeing Bosh fail more than the other two guys.

[Formerly Snayke]

I'm with UM. Has LeBron ever played a game in his life where the offense didn't run through him? I just don't see how he's going to acclimate to that in one season. He probably will, though. Wade just needs to accept that LeBron is "the guy" and their success will hinge on how well LeBron can create shots.

[UMFan83]

I'm with UM. Has LeBron ever played a game in his life where the offense didn't run through him? I just don't see how he's going to acclimate to that in one season. He probably will, though. Wade just needs to accept that LeBron is "the guy" and their success will hinge on how well LeBron can create shots.

 

Exactly. If Wade can accept being the #2 guy on the team he once led to a championship, then things will work out well. If that happens though, I can't see this marriage working for more than a couple of years. At some point, Wade is going to wonder if his legacy is going to be taking Scottie's title of "best sidekick in NBA history" away from him. He might end up with the same Kobe complex where he's constantly critiqued for "never winning a championship with his team". Now I would agree 2006 was his team but retroactively people will call it a Shaq/Wade title, not a Wade title with Shaq. And remember, he's 28, he's not 25 like LeBron. He has miles on him.

 

Anyways we'll see. They have many more games to play together, but through game 1 the results were slightly alarming.

[Sammy Sofa]

LeBron is going to have to be "the guy" just from the injury time Wade is going to be racking up.

[ConstableRabbit]

How soon before Lebron starts shaving his head?

 

Or before he gets a bigger headband?

[illiniguy]

I'm with UM. Has LeBron ever played a game in his life where the offense didn't run through him? I just don't see how he's going to acclimate to that in one season. He probably will, though. Wade just needs to accept that LeBron is "the guy" and their success will hinge on how well LeBron can create shots.

 

Exactly. If Wade can accept being the #2 guy on the team he once led to a championship, then things will work out well. If that happens though, I can't see this marriage working for more than a couple of years. At some point, Wade is going to wonder if his legacy is going to be taking Scottie's title of "best sidekick in NBA history" away from him. He might end up with the same Kobe complex where he's constantly critiqued for "never winning a championship with his team". Now I would agree 2006 was his team but retroactively people will call it a Shaq/Wade title, not a Wade title with Shaq. And remember, he's 28, he's not 25 like LeBron. He has miles on him.

 

Anyways we'll see. They have many more games to play together, but through game 1 the results were slightly alarming.

LeBron and DWade have been in the league the same ammount of time. They have the same miles on their legs.

[SpongeWorthy]

Plus I don't think people are going to retroactively remember that 2006 title as an equal Wade/Shaq partnership. That was one of the most dominant individual performances in NBA playoff history by Wade that year (with some really absurd officiating).

[Formerly Snayke]

Quicken Loans has the same energy as a funeral home. Jamario Moon just made a nice putback and it got a golf clap.

[JonJayCutler]

Pretty pumped for tomorrow night with the new arena and all, but definitely more pumped for Friday night in what should be the start of a pretty fierce rivalry with the Heat. Assuming the Celtics continue to get older and drop off (weren't they supposed to do this already?), it could be the Magic-Heat show in the East for the forseeable future, with maybe the Bulls sneaking in there eventually.

 

Oh and I love knowing there's about a 95% chance of my team making the playoffs. I have nothing close to that with any other sport.

[hawkeyecub]

Quicken Loans has the same energy as a funeral home. Jamario Moon just made a nice putback and it got a golf clap.

 

As you can imagine, it's the same in New Jersey for this Pistons game.

[Formerly Snayke]

OK, they slightly came alive for a pretty sweet hook shot by J.J. Hickson.

 

Ryan Hollins with a three-point play that brings the crowd to their feet, but mostly because people were surprised Jermaine O'Neal was still playing.

[hawkeyecub]

LeBron has 5 turnovers in the first quarter.

[Formerly Snayke]

Great box out by the Heat. Four guys stand around the basket watching Evan Turner grab an offensive board and put it back in.

[Formerly Snayke]

James Jones is going OFF. Three 3's in the last four minutes. No LeBron on the floor.

[Keener98]

WTF is the deal with the free preview of NBA league pass and only getting the non-HD feed? I go to the HD channel and I get the DirecTV logo wtf

[illiniguy]

Come on Cavs.

[17 Seconds]

the atmosphere in that cleveland building is amazing.

[illiniguy]

I know it's a back to back game and it's just one game in a long season, but I want to be irrational. Suck it LeBron and LeBron is the greatest lovers. All summer we heard how he couldn't be expected win with these no talent bums, who have lost a ton this offseason. And yet they beat Boston and you can't. You are the goat alright. You gave up in the playoffs because it was hard.

[hawkeyecub]

The Pistons led all night but coughed it up as the Nets went on an 11-0 run in the last 2-3 minutes in a game that no one else here but me cares about.