****OFFICIAL 2012 NBA PLAYOFFS THREAD****

[dirk digler]

Great sports weekend with the draft and now the NBA Playoffs starting today

First Round Matchups Today:

76ers vs Bulls
Knicks vs Heat
Magic vs Pacers
Mavs vs Thunder

Sunday:

Jazz vs Spurs
Celtics vs Hawks
Clippers vs Grizzlies
Nuggets vs Lakers

[notorious]

Yep, a 4-1 series is going to really help the NBA. ****ing idiot.

[PGM]

Originally Posted by BIG_DADDY

If you don't know the the fix was in by now I don't know what to tell you. The only thing worse than the fix is the blatant promotion of LeBron by the league and media. I have never in my life seen anything like it. What pisses me off is wasting my time watching this series. This whole season has been a joke from the lock out to Stern keeping Paul out of LA to the lottery and now this in the finals. David Stern is now officially the Vince McMahon of professional sports. All I can do as a previous fan is pull my league pass today and not show up when Showtime comes here locally.

I guess your precious Fakers titles don't count either since it's rigged. Or does it only happen when a team you despise is winning?

[notorious]

Originally Posted by PGM

I guess your precious Fakers titles don't count either since it's rigged. Or does it only happen when a team you despise is winning?

This.


The Lakers were gifted their last title against Boston by some horrific calls. Lakers fans have NO ground to stand on when it comes to getting benefits.


It's like a Steelers fan saying they got ****ed in any game they have played the last 25 years.

[SNR]

The illuminati are behind all of this. I've never been more sure of it than anything in my life.

Also, the NBA refs have been replaced by reptilian aliens. The proof is in the pudding. Look at Kevin Durant's fouls. Why is he all of a sudden in foul trouble?

I'll tell you why. Reptilian. Aliens.

[dirk digler]

Originally Posted by chiefzilla1501

You spent all that time convincing me that teams win championships and now you're suggwsting that lebron got to the championships completely on his own.
Interesting. No, it was not a stellar cast. But they were an elite defensive team. Eric snow, lebron and Hughes were some of the best defenders at their positions. Z was a very solid scorer. They were a very good disciplined hustle team. Their defense was much better than miamis, which says a lot because Miamis defense is very good.

They were so good they got swept

[ChiefsCountry]

Originally Posted by DaKCMan AP

What a poorly written article full of grammatical errors and based upon a premise only a moron would support.

Traverse City, Michigan is where the major sports talk is out of.

[ChiefsCountry]

Originally Posted by dirk digler

They were so good they got swept

By the ****ing Spurs of all teams at that.

[chiefzilla1501]

H

Originally Posted by Urc Burry

Lebron is the biggest ego in all of professional sports? Jesus, people are ****ing idiots. Lebron is a good guy stuck in a bad boy image.

I would call him an annoyiing spoiled brat and attention whore who has moatly good intentions but no social awareness. I don't think he has any awareness to underatand how his words and actions might be perceived by others.

[JASONSAUTO]

Originally Posted by chiefzilla1501

H

I would call him an annoyiing spoiled brat and attention whore who has moatly good intentions but no social awareness. I don't think he has any awareness to underatand how his words and actions might be perceived by others.

but all that would have been forgiven had he just signed with the cavs...


acting like a little bitch. you are.

[chiefzilla1501]

Originally Posted by JASONSAUTO

but all that would have been forgiven had he just signed with the cavs...


acting like a little bitch. you are.

If he left on better terms, Cleveland would have been upset. But they'd be over it by now.

And like I said, I don't care about Orlando. But I despise Dwight howard more tham lebron. This isnt just about sour grapes. This is a fan that despises the me first mentality that affects your ability tto function as a teammate. And yes, there is a huge difference between swagger and putting yourself above your team and winning.

[KC_Connection]

Originally Posted by BIG_DADDY

If you don't know the the fix was in by now I don't know what to tell you. The only thing worse than the fix is the blatant promotion of LeBron by the league and media. I have never in my life seen anything like it. What pisses me off is wasting my time watching this series. This whole season has been a joke from the lock out to Stern keeping Paul out of LA to the lottery and now this in the finals. David Stern is now officially the Vince McMahon of professional sports. All I can do as a previous fan is pull my league pass today and not show up when Showtime comes here locally.

And this is what I was talking about before last game. The LeBron haters have switched their focus from calling LeBron a choker to the even more ridiculous narrative that the NBA is rigged/helping LeBron (which it apparently wasn't able to do last finals). Just such weak shit.

It's also ironic that a Lakers fan is actually complaining about a team getting the benefit of refereeing calls.

[Branden Albert's Huge Balls]

The only one helping Lebron is Mario Chalmers.

If Mario had shown up last year, the Heat would have beaten Dallas.

[NewChief]

Originally Posted by Urc Burry

Lebron is the biggest ego in all of professional sports? Jesus, people are ****ing idiots. Lebron is a good guy stuck in a bad boy image.

Once again: I don't follow the NBA at all. Like, I was dimly aware of the Lebron to MIA thing when it happened, but I didn't get all in an uproar. My biggest exposure to Lebron has been in the last few weeks as I've watched him interviewed after games. Maybe I just see him differently because I don't know his past, but he seems businesslike and down to earth in his interviews.

[chiefzilla1501]

Originally Posted by KC_Connection

And this is what I was talking about before last game. The LeBron haters have switched their focus from calling LeBron a choker to the even more ridiculous narrative that the NBA is rigged/helping LeBron (which it apparently wasn't able to do last finals). Just such weak shit.

It's also ironic that a Lakers fan is actually complaining about a team getting the benefit of refereeing calls.

Well, I think the officiating has been brutally bad, and it disgusts me when bad officiating takes good players like Durant out of the game. Either let them all play, or beat up on both sides.

That being said, the reason the Heat are winning is because OKC is not playing well, because LeBron is playing very well, and the Heat supporting cast is playing their best basketball in 2 years. Bad officiating isn't losing OKC games.

[okcchief]

I do believe the Heat are getting more bump type calls than the Thunder when going to the basket. Westbrook drove to the rim many times last night where I felt like LeBron, Wade, Kobe and others get the call. I don't think I'm being biased either because I've seen neutral media parties state the same. I don't think it's rigged but more of a seniority thing that's gone on in the NBA as long as I can remember. I also know that's not the reason the Thunder are down 3~1. Miami is making plays to win games and OKC isn't.

They aren't making excuses. I'm not making excuses. I still believe they can win the series. If they don't Miami is a deserving champion and we'll. Be back.