**2014 Official NBA Playoffs Thread**

[-King-]

Round 1:

EAST:

#8 Hawks @ #1 Pacers
#7 Bobcats @ #2 Heat
#6 Nets @ #3 Raptors
#5 Wizards @ #4 Bulls

WEST:
#8 Mavericks @ #1 Spurs
#7 Grizzlies @ #2 Thunder
#6 Warriors @ #3 Clippers
#5 Blazers @ #4 Rockets

[notorious]

Originally Posted by KC_Connection

Not quite. He can't jump or move anything like he used to. He's in a massive decline.

Exactly, he needs to get calls to be productive.

I think the refs finally figured out that he isn't worth a shit any more and stopped blowing the whistle for him.

[kcxiv]

Originally Posted by KC native

Hey **** you guys and your LBJ vs. Jordan discussion.

The Spurs dynasty just won another championship.

they arent really a dynasty just a really good team that won some chips here and there!

The big D gets thrown around to much 3 in a row or more then you can call it that.

[chiefzilla1501]

Originally Posted by KC_Connection

Marino played with a team that gave him no help. Brady has had a ton. It is a critical difference between them.

Oh good god, fine. Montana and Brady would have been chumps on Marino's Dolphins team. Marino would have won eleventy billion super bowls with the Patriots because all he needed was help. Big Ben and Eli Manning only won Super Bowls because of help.

You seem to think there's this magic equation where you put great players on great teams and *click* everything works. You don't know if Marino had 4th quarter magic. You don't know if he'd show up in big games. You don't even know if he'd fit the system. And there are tons of players who elevate the play of their teams. Sometimes they're average in the beginning but nails late in games.

Claiming Marino would have won Super Bowls in New England is absolutely bonkers. You have no idea. I have no idea. How can you be so damn confident about something you can't possibly know?

[KC_Connection]

Originally Posted by chiefzilla1501

Oh good god, fine. Montana and Brady would have been chumps on Marino's Dolphins team. Marino would have won eleventy billion super bowls with the Patriots because all he needed was help. Big Ben and Eli Manning only won Super Bowls because of help.

You seem to think there's this magic equation where you put great players on great teams and *click* everything works. You don't know if Marino had 4th quarter magic. You don't know if he'd show up in big games. You don't even know if he'd fit the system.

Claiming Marino would have won Super Bowls in New England is absolutely bonkers. You have no idea. I have no idea. How can you be so damn confident about something you can't possibly know?

Straw men. Straw men everywhere.

[Just Passin' By]

Originally Posted by KC_Connection

Brady fan?

2007 Brady gives Patriots the lead with 2:45 to go
2011 Brady has Patriots in lead, makes pass that would be easy first down and likely game ender, ball is dropped by Welker. That's followed up by a Branch drop.


Saying he hasn't won a SB is one thing. Throwing out that bullshit about not being clutch is another.

[KC native]

Originally Posted by Fruit Ninja

they arent really a dynasty just a really good team that won some chips here and there!

The big D gets thrown around to much 3 in a row or more then you can call it that.

lakers fan is lakers fan.

99, 03, 05,07, & 14 and making the playoffs every year is a dynasty.

[kcxiv]

Originally Posted by KC native

lakers fan is lakers fan.

99, 03, 05,07, & 14 and making the playoffs every year is a dynasty.

nope, thats a really good team. Not a dynasty! thats nonsense! If we wanna go through there, then the Lakers been a Dynasty since i was born then! They been to the finals something like 14 times in my 37 years on this earth thats like once ever 3 years and some change.

[KC_Connection]

You're right, though, there is no "truth"to such hypotheticals, just as there's no real "truth" in comparing players from different eras. It's all subjective.

[Boondocksaint]

Originally Posted by Fruit Ninja

they arent really a dynasty just a really good team that won some chips here and there!

The big D gets thrown around to much 3 in a row or more then you can call it that.

Um 14 straight years of 50 wins or more and 5 nba titles is a dynasty dude

[kcxiv]

Originally Posted by KC_Connection

You're right, though, there is no "truth"to such hypotheticals, just as there's no real "truth" in comparing players from different eras. It's all subjective.

That and what teams you played for and what conference you played for and the level of opposition. It can all be twisted up to whatever you want it to be.

[Rudy tossed tigger's salad]

Originally Posted by KC native

lakers fan is lakers fan.

99, 03, 05,07, & 14 and making the playoffs every year is a dynasty.

No successful title defense = no dynasty

[KC_Connection]

Originally Posted by Just Passin' By

2007 Brady gives Patriots the lead with 2:45 to go
2011 Brady has Patriots in lead, makes pass that would be easy first down and likely game ender, ball is dropped by Welker. That's followed up by a Branch drop.


Saying he hasn't won a SB is one thing. Throwing out that bullshit about not being clutch is another.

When I said hasn't "delivered in the clutch," I just meant he hadn't won his team a SB since 2004 for one reason or another. Not that he's failed under pressure or anything.

[KC native]

Originally Posted by Fruit Ninja

nope, thats a really good team. Not a dynasty! thats nonsense! If we wanna go through there, then the Lakers been a Dynasty since i was born then! They been to the finals something like 14 times in my 37 years on this earth thats like once ever 3 years and some change.

Clearly San Antonio is a large market team that can retool every 3 years like the Lakers.

[ChiefsCountry]

Spurs aren't what you think of as a dynasty in true sense. Just a really damn good consistent franchise.

[KC native]

Originally Posted by Rudy lost the toss

No successful title defense = no dynasty

Enjoying all the honking?