Playoffs 2011-12 Thread - Page 3 - Dallas-Mavs.com Forums

bigcat · 05-15-2012, 11:01 PM

i saw this from a rangers board:

Tom Haberstroh ‏
Wade: “They said they wanted to be like Dallas. They celebrated like Dallas.”

chumdawg · 05-15-2012, 11:07 PM

Wow...that's very, very cocky.

Underdog · 05-15-2012, 11:08 PM

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Originally Posted by bigcat

Wade: “They said they wanted to be like Dallas. They celebrated like Dallas.”

EricaLubarsky · 05-15-2012, 11:53 PM

"Heat score<other team score" is very Dallas too

iella · 05-16-2012, 12:43 AM

Interesting times around The Association.

lol heat.

DevinHarriswillstart · 05-16-2012, 09:44 AM

Heat are in trouble without Bosh. How great would it be for Indiana to win this series...oh please, oh please, oh please!

stoble · 05-16-2012, 01:59 PM

While the Mavs Volkswagen is in the shop, I'm gettin' on the Pacer bandwagon baby! Go Pacers!

LonghornDub · 05-16-2012, 02:04 PM

I don't think Wade's comment is a slight to Dallas at all, for the record.

EricaLubarsky · 05-16-2012, 03:36 PM

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Originally Posted by DevinHarriswillstart

Heat are in trouble without Bosh. How great would it be for Indiana to win this series...oh please, oh please, oh please!

My motto this year is "anyone but the Heat" and every year they don't win, I smile as big as Dan Gilbert.

There really is no team I hate more than them.
Wade is a punk.
Wade robbed us of a championship,
LeBron is as big of a bonehead as you can get and
both guys are about the biggest egotists in the league.

And until the Mavs put together their own three-star team this summer, I will always the way they stacked that team by tampering

Kidd Karma · 05-16-2012, 06:59 PM

Ray Allen 12-20 from the stripe in the playoffs, he has officially checked out.

stoble · 05-16-2012, 09:22 PM

the amount of calls harden and the thunder are getting so far is disgusting.

GhostFace · 05-17-2012, 03:54 AM

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Originally Posted by LonghornDub

I don't think Wade's comment is a slight to Dallas at all, for the record.

Interesting, I thought it was a dig at the Mavericks because Vogel also mentioned at the beginning of the series how Indy needs to be like the Mavs when they play the Heat and that story broke. This is why I believe Wade is talking us "celebrating" when we won game 2 in Miami, Indiana did what we did by winning game 2 in Miami. I felt like he is saying, why celebrate after one game like they won the series... like Dallas celebrated after they won game 2 is like they won the series or something and I think we did go on to the win the series.

The thing is... NYK won a game. He didn't say shit to them cause by the time the Knicks won a game they barely had a team left. This a young, hungry, physical as fuck Indiana team that won in Miami. Indy is not going away quietly and Wade feels like they smell blood the way Dallas did after we started gaining confidence.

TL;DR - Fuck Wade and the Miami Heat.

Dirkadirkastan · 05-17-2012, 10:53 AM

Did Indy hit up Club Liv after the game?

DevinHarriswillstart · 05-17-2012, 08:22 PM

Hibbert is starting to look like a max contract.

jleefilled · 05-17-2012, 08:31 PM

Where is chum? The crap is being kicked out of the Heat!

dude1394 · 05-17-2012, 08:33 PM

Lechoke is now starting to choke in the third. Now if you give him a dollar you only get fifty back!

markus1234 · 05-17-2012, 08:40 PM

not 1, not 2.....

DirkFTW · 05-17-2012, 08:43 PM

Fun times!

dude1394 · 05-17-2012, 09:47 PM

I will choke, not one, not two....

Also we need a photoshop of grander/west walking in the tunnel. Granger coughs and says "uh oh, I coughed, I must be going to choke. Then west says..cough cough...I can't breathe!

dude1394 · 05-17-2012, 09:47 PM

David west seems to really help that team.

rabbitproof · 05-17-2012, 10:43 PM

Looks like the Spurs year.. their team looks incredible.

You have the old big three still playing at a high level. The younger homegrown guys (Blair, Neal, Green, Splitter, Leonard) contributing and adding athleticism and defense. Then you have the hungry vet additions (Stephen Jackson, Boris Diaw). All under Pop.

Very scary.

Plus, the field is getting weaker by the day. Boston is looking like the team to beat out East. LAL isn't putting up much of a fight for OKC.

chumdawg · 05-17-2012, 10:58 PM

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Originally Posted by jleefilled

Where is chum? The crap is being kicked out of the Heat!

Sorry I wasn't around to make that call...but thanks for picking me up! It HAD to be said!!

Now if we could just get it said two more times...just two more times, God, that's all I ask.

EricaLubarsky · 05-17-2012, 11:23 PM

Heat are getting beaten like a redheaded stepchild. Wow. Pacers shut down Wade, let LeBron defend himself in the second half and the Heat bigs are terrible without Bosh.

markus1234 · 05-18-2012, 07:15 AM

I still think OKC will make the finals (against IND hopefully).

Melonhead · 05-18-2012, 11:28 AM

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Originally Posted by GermanDunk

F**king Gasol is doing Dirks shot.

Ive seen Kobe do it at least 3 times this year too. Chump

Kidd Karma · 05-18-2012, 11:40 AM

Now there are reports surfacing that Wade has a leg problem.....boo freaking hoo, how many excuses can you use for the DENIAL......again.

Underdog · 05-18-2012, 11:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Kidd Karma

Now there are reports surfacing that Wade has a leg problem.....boo freaking hoo, how many excuses can you use for the DENIAL......again.

He gets a wheelchair for shoulder injuries... What does he get for a bad leg - a stretcher and an EMS helicopter?

DevinHarriswillstart · 05-18-2012, 01:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Underdog

He gets a wheelchair for shoulder injuries... What does he get for a bad leg - a stretcher and an EMS helicopter?

He has the coast guard on speed dial in case a nail breaks.

Dtownsfinest · 05-18-2012, 02:53 PM

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Originally Posted by rabbitproof

Looks like the Spurs year.. their team looks incredible.

You have the old big three still playing at a high level. The younger homegrown guys (Blair, Neal, Green, Splitter, Leonard) contributing and adding athleticism and defense. Then you have the hungry vet additions (Stephen Jackson, Boris Diaw). All under Pop.

Very scary.

Plus, the field is getting weaker by the day. Boston is looking like the team to beat out East. LAL isn't putting up much of a fight for OKC.

Its amazing to me how young the Spurs got overnight. This is one of the best Spurs teams i've seen from them being that they have such a great combination of youth and vets and then you have Duncan playing some of the best basketball he's played in a long time. He looks younger as well.

Kidd Karma · 05-18-2012, 03:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Dtownsfinest

Its amazing to me how young the Spurs got overnight. This is one of the best Spurs teams i've seen from them being that they have such a great combination of youth and vets and then you have Duncan playing some of the best basketball he's played in a long time. He looks younger as well.

One great thing about having a system is you can find pieces to fill roles, Danny Green, Gary Neal off the scrap heap. giving up Hill to get Leonard, pinpointing someone to fill that role. Moving a one dimensional mistake in Jefferson into a multi dimensional Stephen Jackson. Increasing the roles of Blair and Splitter to make up for McDyess. Balanced versatility, if Pop needs a defender, he has Leonard, if he needs a play maker, Jackson. Pop was also dsciplined enough to limit his Big 3 minutes, by going to the well with Splitter, Leonard, Green and Neal when the pressure was on. Experiencing that, goes a long way this time of year.

Dtownsfinest · 05-18-2012, 03:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Kidd Karma

One great thing about having a system is you can find pieces to fill roles, Danny Green, Gary Neal off the scrap heap. giving up Hill to get Leonard, pinpointing someone to fill that role. Moving a one dimensional mistake in Jefferson into a multi dimensional Stephen Jackson. Increasing the roles of Blair and Splitter to make up for McDyess. Balanced versatility, if Pop needs a defender, he has Leonard, if he needs a play maker, Jackson. Pop was also dsciplined enough to limit his Big 3 minutes, by going to the well with Splitter, Leonard, Green and Neal when the pressure was on. Experiencing that, goes a long way this time of year.

All the above is correct. They have a great system. The same system that's been there for years but I think personnel wise this is the best collection of players they've had to fit this system. Usually the Spurs would have to take a vet from another team and have that player get accustom to the Spurs system. Now it seems like guys are born to play the roles they are in with the Spurs. We're suppose to hate the Spurs but i'll always have respect for Popovich and his coaching.

BGMaverick9 · 05-18-2012, 05:22 PM

LA is probably the only team that really could give SA fits. The Spurs are a much better team on offense and it's come somewhat at the expense of their defense. They can be beaten versus a team that can grind and work down low.

Kidd Karma · 05-18-2012, 05:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Dtownsfinest

All the above is correct. They have a great system. The same system that's been there for years but I think personnel wise this is the best collection of players they've had to fit this system. Usually the Spurs would have to take a vet from another team and have that player get accustom to the Spurs system. Now it seems like guys are born to play the roles they are in with the Spurs. We're suppose to hate the Spurs but i'll always have respect for Popovich and his coaching.

They added to a system, they've actually increased offensive tempo to take advantage of Green, Neal and Leonard, going from a pound it inside/defensive team to a more up and down team to match with the youth infusion with Parker's speed. Miami can be really scary if they actually follow the Spurs suit in patching together a team based on a SET system, but it seems there is no system in place and they are just going year to year.

Kidd Karma · 05-18-2012, 05:30 PM

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Originally Posted by BGMaverick9

LA is probably the only team that really could give SA fits. The Spurs are a much better team on offense and it's come somewhat at the expense of their defense. They can be beaten versus a team that can grind and work down low.

Definitely 3 post up options in Kobe, Gasol and Bynum.

b_o_r · 05-18-2012, 07:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Kidd Karma

They added to a system, they've actually increased offensive tempo to take advantage of Green, Neal and Leonard, going from a pound it inside/defensive team to a more up and down team to match with the youth infusion with Parker's speed. Miami can be really scary if they actually follow the Spurs suit in patching together a team based on a SET system, but it seems there is no system in place and they are just going year to year.

It is hard to develop an offensive system around a big 3 when 2 of the 3 players operate in the same manner (ie. Wade/Lebron and Carmelo/Amare). Everyone tried to copy Boston yet they didn't. None of the 3 operate in the same space on the floor. Allen comes off of screens and scores mainly from 16-23 foot range. Pierce is mainly in the 8-16ft range and has added the 3pt shot as he got older. Kevin was 12 ft and in and stretched his jump shot even further to 20ft. It also helped to a have natural PG.

b_o_r · 05-18-2012, 07:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Kidd Karma

They added to a system, they've actually increased offensive tempo to take advantage of Green, Neal and Leonard, going from a pound it inside/defensive team to a more up and down team to match with the youth infusion with Parker's speed. Miami can be really scary if they actually follow the Spurs suit in patching together a team based on a SET system, but it seems there is no system in place and they are just going year to year.

It is hard to develop an offensive system around a big 3 when 2 of the 3 players operate in the same manner (ie. Wade/Lebron and Carmelo/Amare). Everyone tried to copy the Spurs yet only Boston got it right. None of the 3 operate in the same space on the floor. Allen comes off of screens and scores mainly from 16-23 foot range. Pierce is mainly in the 8-16ft range and has added the 3pt shot as he got older. Kevin was 12 ft and in and stretched his jump shot even further to 20ft. It also helped to a have natural PG.

GermanDunk · 05-18-2012, 07:20 PM

14-0 run Celtics

GhostFace · 05-19-2012, 01:37 PM

The Heat canceled practice and media interviews today. This implosion is absolutely glorious and I am enjoying every single minute of it.

Edit: Well, the Pacers are also canceling practice so... I guess both teams need the rest.

However, does not take away from the IMPLOSION. Good times gentlemen, good times in-deed.

DevinHarriswillstart · 05-19-2012, 04:15 PM

Spurs went on a 24-0 run...wow.

dude1394 · 05-20-2012, 12:07 AM

Jeez lechoke is an arrogant prick.
http://espn.go.com/nba/playoffs/2012...t-lebron-james

So the pacers player apologizes for making a choking gesture. Lechoke comments that the pacer player is beneath him, he won't even deem to respond to it. The article compares it to his tiff with stephenson.

All i have to say is "how does my dirk taste" you arrogant little child.