NBA Playoffs 1st Round

Eastern Conference

Cleveland Cavaliers vs Chicago Bulls
Cavs in 5. I dont think this can go more than 5. They cant stop the king

Orlando Magic vs Charlotte Bobcats
Magic in 6. Barkley made a good point about running all their bigmen at Dwight. Put him on the foul line everytime he comes down the floor and make him shoot FTs

Atlanta Hawks vs Milwaukee Bucks
Hawks in 5. No defense without Bogut.

Boston Celtics vs Miami Heat
Heat in 7. Wade's gon' dominate. He prob learned from last year to take it easy during the Regular and turn it on in the playoffs.

Western Conference

Los Angeles Lakers vs Oklahoma City Thunder
Lakers in 7. Easy Buckets... will go insane and the black mamba is injured..

Dallas Mavericks vs San Antonio Spurs
Mavs in 6. Spurs got no firepower. They done!!

Phoenix Suns vs Portland Trailblazers
Suns in 4. These kids got no chance..The pick and roll will kill them. Portlands cant stop all the running and gunning.

Denver Nuggets vs Utah Jazz
Nuggets in 7. Damn this ones tight. If Boozer and AK47 is healthy..you'll never know.
 


mont7071 said:
..and then they wouldn't have Rudy, and probably wouldn't have Lamarcus either. Oden was the right choice at the time, truly talented big men are a lot rarer than sharp-shooting small forwards.
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Durant aint just another sharp shooting small forwards. Hes 6'10 that plays 4 positions. With insane leaping ability, lets not forget about his speed and quick release.
 
mont7071 said:
..and then they wouldn't have Rudy, and probably wouldn't have Lamarcus either.
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And this is a bad thing how? Durant > any two Blazers not named Roy.

Durant was the right choice at the time, once in a generation elite scorers are a lot rarer than injury prone centers.
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Fixed. I wish PTown had taken Durant, I could have much more easily shifted my alliance down I-5 rather than hate the NBA for a season before becoming overcome by Durant's game and demeanor and rooting for the Zombie Sonics anyway.

Blazers take Durant over Oden, they're the #1 seed this year.
 
Don't sleep on Charlotte. If they are healthy, they can compete with Orlando. LB4LB is brilliant at scheming to shut down stars, and he has a large stable of solid big defenders (Mohammed, Ratliff, Chandler, Diop) to give Howard 24 fouls.

@Jackeyy, the Bucks will miss Bogut's scoring and shot blocking, but Kurt Thomas is just as good a defender and rebounder.
 
guerilla said:
@Jackeyy, the Bucks will miss Bogut's scoring and shot blocking, but Kurt Thomas is just as good a defender and rebounder.
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Overrated. If you think about his days in Suns Seattle and OKC. They thought he could be a reliable veteran to come off the bench and provide solid defense and offense. I dont see him as a big factor. Hes a decent rebounder but against superman? It's more like seeing what Jennings can do on the big stage.
 
The Bucks are playing the Hawks. I think Thomas can do a decent job on Horford.

No one can stop Superman (well, except Rasheed Wallace) all you can hope to do is slow him down.
 
guerilla said:
Don't sleep on Charlotte. If they are healthy, they can compete with Orlando. LB4LB is brilliant at scheming to shut down stars, and he has a large stable of solid big defenders (Mohammed, Ratliff, Chandler, Diop) to give Howard 24 fouls.
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Nice analysis but the real weakness in Orlando is who gets the tough buckets late in close games? Howard only shoots 10 times a game and certainly isn't a creator. Letting TurkeyPaste leave is going to come back and haunt them big time in these situations, with him and Rashard on the court together, the could let Hedo create and Rashard spot up. Now, Vince Carter? Please, sharmin soft and a notorious playoff choker.

Charlotte could make a deep run if they can hit some shots but ultimately, the Cav's are coming out of the East.
 
Jackeyy said:
Durant aint just another sharp shooting small forwards. Hes 6'10 that plays 4 positions. With insane leaping ability, lets not forget about his speed and quick release.
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His long arms make his leaping ability seem higher than it is. He finished near the bottom for the overall results in the draft combine athletic tests, where Oden even beat him in vertical jump and sprinting. I think it was DJ Strawberry who finished first, and he's not in the NBA right now.


picture of the night :

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Meh, jitters. Funny thing was, KoMe was just as bad but the announcers were slobbering all over his cock.

Durant's worst game of the year and OKC loses by 8 and is plus 6 after the 1st quarter. On the road. Lakers might get out of this series but they're done.
 
LA and OKC Game 5 today should be fun to watch.

And damn I didn't expect the Mavs and Nuggets to be down 3. It's hard to predict the outcome of the series in the west since most of the teams are really good compared to the east lol.
 
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