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welp, it looks like loyalty is for losers. I'm very upset that Lebron James is gonna get his first ring that he doesn't deserve. he could have helped his other Cavalier teammates to improve their performance while he was there but no, he decided to take the easy way out.

Don't forget he had help from the referees.

Also, Olympic scenario? Lebron and Wade act like punks and get their arms broken and knees blown out by some angry Europeans.

edited 21st Jun '12 8:43:21 PM by Nitramy

Neither goony beard-men nor rainbow-haired she-twinks will stand in the way of my dreams!

So Bosh played with my emotions, and gets away with it by being the most liked of the Big 3 and wins a championship.

my profile pic says it all.

welp, It's over. Leshithead James gets his first ring and the city of Cleveland is gonna throw a shit fit at Dan Gilbert.

Based Leclutch. The king is crowned with a ring on his finger

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It was eight-on-five, not five-on-five, so don't let all that hot air pop your head.

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A Heat fan in Pennsylvania.

hmm...

Now this gets me to thinking, if the Spurs had won the WCF, would they have beaten the Heat?

Neither goony beard-men nor rainbow-haired she-twinks will stand in the way of my dreams!

I felt bad for Durant. It's hard to look at that, really.

I mean, dammit.

edited 21st Jun '12 9:40:02 PM by Serocco

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Although he was somewhat a non-factor in the Finals at some point, he did his best.

And even with the luxury tax, the Thunder should be in competition next year.

Well, I try not to be too vocal of a hater, but I'm not gonna let Heat fans gloat without retaliation. So, as the thread maker, I'm going to have the mods lock this thread.

Just kidding. Seriously though, I wrote off this season a while ago, now to look forward to the next one, when the Bulls will win their 7th.

It's still really bad to wish injury on someone, even if you don't like them. You look much worse by comparison, for one.

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Sure, and let's say Rondo getting his arm broken last year was a convenient accident.

There's always next season for karma to rear up and pay that back. With interest.

Neither goony beard-men nor rainbow-haired she-twinks will stand in the way of my dreams!

I'm a Heat fan, and I'm not gloating. I wanted Le Bron to het his, and now I'm rooting for Durant to get his, versus Le Bron again.

I've put up with you before, but I've had it. Can somebody please get a mod to get him to calm down?

You know Seattle is ecstatic about this.

edited 21st Jun '12 10:13:52 PM by Serocco

In RWBY, every girl is Best Girl.

Can't Stern just up and move the Kings to Seattle already? Will solve an astronomical amount of problems (California has four teams, moving one wouldn't be that bad).

And I'll just bide my time until the universe unfolds as it should, so I'll stay silent about that for now.

edited 21st Jun '12 11:22:18 PM by Nitramy

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The worst-case scenario just happened. F**k.

In order of decreasing "worst-ness", if these teams won the championship:

1. Miami Cheat
2. Oklahoma City Blunder
3. San Antonio Spurts
4. Los Angeles Fakers
5. Los Angeles Flippers
6. Boston Septics
7. Denver Thuggets
8. New York Bricks
9. Memphis Teddy Bears

=======(this line means that they've passed the threshold of needing such kind of nicknames)

10. Orlando Magic
11. Indiana Pacers
12. Utah Jazz
13. Atlanta Hawks
14. Chicago Bulls
15. Philadelphia 76ers
16. Dallas Mavericks

So once the matchups for the Conference Finals were decided, I was assured of a worst-case, at worst, obviously, and a worse-case, at "best."

edited 22nd Jun '12 5:55:51 AM by entropy13

I'm reading this because it's interesting. I think. Whiskey, Tango, Foxtrot, over.

Wow, discussion in this page somehow manages to be worse than /sp/. I think Le Bron had a great postseason and role players in Miami( Battier, Chalmers and Miller in game 5) really helped the big three. They deserved, like Mavericks did last year, or Lakers in 2010. Claiming Miami cheat doesn't really matter because every sport competition or game involves a referee is rigged according to the fans, so does every draft. I think next year will be more competitive and fun considering Thunder and Clippers squad will mature and Rose will hopefully return from his injury. Spurs will be back if they can resign their free agents(Green, Diaw, Neal, Blair)

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But Duncan and co. will be even older.

It's been years, and Carmelo doesn't even play for them anymore, but "Denver Thuggets" remains one of my favorite detractor nicknames.

Was that a GAC original?

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"Goofballs" sounds better for Denver, because they have JaVale McGee on their roster.

And I am sick of the bandwagoners back here cheering for the (C)Heat just because their "coach" is half-Filipino. Nauseating.

edited 22nd Jun '12 10:54:53 AM by Nitramy

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That's bullshit. Nobody likes him solely because of that. Hell, he's The Scrappy to practically everyone.

In RWBY, every girl is Best Girl.

Come over here then, and tell us if it's "bullshit", ok?

I'm reading this because it's interesting. I think. Whiskey, Tango, Foxtrot, over.

Had the Heat lost, damn near everyone would be calling for Spoelstra to be fired. He isn't exactly well liked, by the average fan (not that the non-bandwagoners like anyone on the heat anyway) or even by some of his team (you just know that Wade/Spoelstra thing isn't over).

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Actually, they do. Some even hold back their hate for Lebron and Wade just because they go all "Pinoy pride!" over Spolestra's ethnicity.

Anyway, the good thing about OKC losing is that Westbrook won't be wearing Bjork's swan suit to a press conference anytime soon.

edited 22nd Jun '12 9:49:41 PM by Nitramy

Neither goony beard-men nor rainbow-haired she-twinks will stand in the way of my dreams!

Well rumor has it that the Raptors and not the Heat are frontrunners for Nash.

So maybe we'll be a 7th seed instead of an 8th seed next year

What I do want the Raptors to do is maybe free up some cap space, keep their better-performing guys, trade for / get a few veteran free agents and hopefully win enough games for a playoff spot.

Oh, and get Scalabrine.

Neither goony beard-men nor rainbow-haired she-twinks will stand in the way of my dreams!

You wish you could get our White Mamba.

I really hope Deng doesn't get traded. I like him, and I think if we're healthy we (the Bulls) can win the championship next year.

As for the other "we", I hope my Pistons continue their surprising turnaround from the middle of the season and make it back into playoff contention. It still feels kind of odd Joe Dumars might be safe for now. Nothing against the guy, but he hasn't made a good move in a while. There have been some stinkers, and the last move that has seemed great even in hindsight was right before the '04 trade deadline.

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