Post Up: Don’t Look Down

Dirk is gonna feast on Bosh, but unfortunately it will be Heat in 6. Bulls-Heat outcome isn’t the least bit shocking to anyone who wasn’t delusional. Rose is a great young player but it was str8 crazy to think in a 7 game series he was good enough to lead a one-man show over DWade, LBJ, and Bosh. Dirk has a much better chance with his vets than Rose had w/ Noah and the dude whose bark is 10x his bite.

I’d like to see Caron suit up, even for one minute of game action. He was a big part of the Mavs early season success, and he had short run when he broke into the League with Miami. I’m sure it’s got to be extra painful to sit out the finals when he gets to go against his original NBA team. I feel bad for the dude.

Tuffjuice must play, even if just as a symbolic gesture. I mean he’s been working out hard, but only if his knee can handle a few mins. Myung is so right.

I mean, everyone knows LeBron is my man but I’m having doubts. Dallas has Kidd, Marion, Dirk, Terry, Peja. All marquee players. I don’t know man, I’m just hoping Miami eek out somehow, and that’s a long shot.

T-Money….root for the Mavs. Please.

Man, oh man.
It’s sad to say, but when the Bulls had that double digit lead in the fourth, I was nowhere near thinking it was going to game six.
Instead my mindset was “let’s see how they F it up this time.”
I gotta give a tremendous amount of credit to the Heat though. Players stepped up and made huge plays.
And their defense?
As someone who enjoys watching great defense as much, if not more than, great offense, I gotta say Miami’s defense in this series was a thing of beauty.
But so was Chicago’s. They just couldn’t get it done offensively.
Now that Chicago’s out, I wouldn’t mind seeing either team, Dallas or Miami, win a title.
But I’m picking the Heat.
Lots of people are saying if the Heat win this year, they’ll win the next 4 or 5.
I don’t believe that. The Thunder, my Bulls, and other teams will be right there every year.
Hopefully.
Bulls had a great season, better than anyone expected. I can’t be mad that they made it this far and lost to a team that was built to win now.
@Eboy – appreciate the shout-out. Now that my team’s gone fishing I can turn off the hate and enjoy the Heat.

I thought this series was going to be Heat in 6, then had some doubts because of the big Bulls win in game 1, but after game 2 I could not see the Bulls winning. The Bulls need to get… I don’t know, someone who does something, not Boozer, he’s just dead weight. Also someone who is an offensive upgrade over Bogans, which is not saying much. With these two little tweaks, and with Rose being able to trust other scorers in his team, then the Bulls are good to go for another great season. As for the Heat, congrats, but I still hate the current roster

Guys who need to show up bigtime for Dallas:
Peja (two bad games against OKC)
Terry (his shot selection is atrocious, his end of qtr fouls are just stoooopid, his D is lacking)
Chandler (he needs to finish around the rim like he did vs Bynum)
Carlisle (please don’t waste Marion on chasing Bron around when you have Brewer glued to the Bench. He ignited your Game 1 comebsck against the Kobettes, damnit. Give the man some minutes)

As if this morning couldn’t be worse for bulls fans, scottie gotta go and say something like this-
Scottie Pippen: “Michael Jordan is probably the greatest scorer to ever play in the game, but I may go as far to say LeBron James is probably the greatest player to ever play the game”.

Wow, the “Dirk is soft crowd” sure hasn’t been paying attention this postseason especially.
Hopeless.

LBJ is no MJ!
But, I will say this, and I’ve said it before.
This is the season LeBron became the best player currently playing in the NBA.
Sorry, Kobe.

bulls fans: explain to me why noah is untouchable and yet wasn’t on the floor at the end of the biggest game of the season? the bulls finished the game with thomas-gibson. wow.

It was definitely arguable before.
But not now.
LeBron is now officially > Kobe.
As for their body of work over their careers, though, Kobe’s still trumps LeBron’s easily.

Rigo your 10:40 comment is what I have been saying to myself lately too. Your 100% right.

Dallas shoutout, American Airlins shoutout and shameless and corny tagline for the mavericks and American Airlines Center. “When the AA/C is on, the Heat goes down.” That’s terribly good, right?

Yeah, that 10:25 comment from T-Money was from me. Not sure why it showed up as T-Money.

Eboy: miami’s lack of a post presence is finally going to catch up with them. dallas is very solid thru their whole lineup, and their bench. haywood and chandler are the 2 biggest guys on the court, can help protect basket and get boards. however, dallas doesnt really have anyone that can guard dwade or bron 1 on 1. marion maybe, but thats about it. but miami has noone who can guard dirk. also, i think dallas moves the ball incredibly good and they somehow continue to get wide open threes all game. miami does a good job of closing out, but dallas has too many weapons

I’m sure they’re terrified.

did someone hear what ric bucher said on the radio yesterday. HIGH-LA-RIOUS. a few highlights: -rose is a better offensive player AND defensive player than lebron. -rose’s supporting cast now is weaker than bron’s was in cleveland. -rose made good decisions down the stretch in this series, it’s just that his teammates kept failing him. -based on what he saw vs miami, he’s more convinced than ever that rose is the best playe in the nba. -stats don’t matter. dan lebatard, who’s usually very witty and sarcastic, was silent, didn’t know what to say and wasn’t sure if bucher was serious.

This year was THE YEAR to take advantage of miami’s shortcomings. It was THE YEAR to capitalise on the fact that miami had NO TRUE CENTER and NO TRUE PG. now you are going to give an “incomplete” team a chance to win a title when they aren’t even the full team we will see next year. they have the MID LEVEL EXCEPTION next year… If they get nene or samuel dalembert a REAL CENTER and implement a REAL OFFENSE that maximizes the roleplayer’s strengths well… let me put it lightly… they will be unbeatable. No matter what the bulls do… even if the bulls get a scoring SG. If the heat can beat the bulls without a true center, mike bibby (who btw in “per” was the worst player in nba playoff history entering the series) and without a true offensive system then what do you think is going to happen when they IMPLEMENT 2 of those 3 things in the offseason? Chicago fans… yall should know this deal already. Give talent an offensive system where they can get easy buckets and a servicable big man that’s good at defense and well… u have a dynasty. deal with it or just take a 4 yr break from the nba.

*for everyone else.

btw to the idiot rick bucher that says rose has a less of a supporting cast than lebron did in cleveland… The bulls were in EVERY GAME v. the heat this entire series. Rose was horrible from games 3-5 yet they had a chance to win all 3. When lebron had a bad game v. the celtics last yr… it was BLOWOUT. in fact, the cavs were blown out in games 4 and 5 with lebron playing subpar. When rose played subpar the bulls were still in every single game. Rose avg 23ppg on 35% shooting this series facing the kind of defense that lebron faced last yr. lebron avg 26ppg on 45% shooting last yr and his team lost badly. im sorry… id take the bulls support over the 09-10 cavs support ANY DAY.

The MJ Bulls NEVER had a post presence….besides from Mike in the 2nd threepeat.

Eboy i made an error there but u know what i mean. If this team can compete like this without being “complete” they will be damn near unbeatable when they fill that hole @ center & implement an offense that isn’t almost completely iso oriented.

One of the former Sacramento Kings perenial losers will get a ring and the other one will be tormented forever. These finals are about Bibby vs Stojakovic. Lol