NBA Thread: Playoff Time!

**FreeXBird** · Joined: 24 Mar 2007 Posts: 2485

2 people don't win a series

**muna** · Joined: 04 Jun 2007 Posts: 2929 Location: South Florida

GO HEAT

I am one of the biggest heat fans you will find. I have had season tickets for the last 5 years and been watching almost every game for longer. I have gone to every home playoff game since 2005 including the NBA finals in 2006 and I couldn't be happier. Chris Bosh, Dwayne Wade, and LeBron James from the best trio I have seen in sports ever. I see a championship in my team's future.

By the way, Dan Gilbert's letter has cause me to hate the Cavs more than any other team. I feel sorry for the fans, but I want Dan Gilbert to be proven wrong. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03jB11SLdnc

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**BrianBAM19** · Posted: Sat Jul 10, 2010 4:46 am Post subject:

Speaking of the Lakers, Derek Fisher is now going to visit with Pat Riley tomorrow to visit the Heat. They also signed Mike Miller(or at least came to some agreement), but I don't see how they could make a deal for Fisher. Apparently James and Bosh agreed to 6 year, $110.1 million deals, and Wade signed a 6 year, $107.6 deal. That seems to be about $5 million more cap space for them than if they all signed max contracts. Miller's a solid 3 point shooter and decent defender, and if they get Fisher too...then I would be very worried.

EDIT: I know they traded away Michael Beasley, clearing up some $5 million in cap space, but that space seems to have all gone towards signing Miller. So that should leave the Heat with about...$8.5 million in cap space, I think($6.5 million left from non-max contracts by the big 3, plus a $2 million cap raise). If they do get Fisher, then they REEEEEEEALLY won't have any bench lol.
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**tschubauer** · Joined: 20 Jul 2007 Posts: 305 Location: V-Town, USA

2 people don't win a series. 2 people plus role players and accessory pieces win a series (kobe+gasol+a ton of role players, etc... duncan+tony parker... u get the picture. and washed up antawn jamison added after the fact, or a ninety year old shaq doesn't count as a solid number two. jordan had pippen, kobe had shaq in his prime and gasol. lebron had...mo williams.

**FreeXBird** · Joined: 24 Mar 2007 Posts: 2485

**THABEAST721** · Joined: 26 Dec 2007 Posts: 2000

The Heat shouldn't be talking to Fisher. They need a solid big man who can stop Dwight Howard under the basket. Even though Bosh is good, he is half Howard's size, and he would just dunk on them all day. Unless these three are just way too good and dominate everything ever, which could happen, they will have some serious trouble with the Magic without a true big man.
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**82erkle** · Joined: 23 Oct 2007 Posts: 7727 Location: UW-Eau Claire

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**FreeXBird** · Joined: 24 Mar 2007 Posts: 2485

**googleimage** · Joined: 23 Aug 2007 Posts: 1229

The problem isn't that a team is getting stacked - the problem is that team-stacking kills the competitive balance of the NBA. Basketball is the only sport where 3 top notch players can go to the same team, and their opponents will no longer stand a chance. In other sports, you still get the feeling that anything can happen on any given night.

Even the Yankees, Phillies and Red Sox lose 40% of their games. Same goes for the Pittsburgh Penguins, Chicago Blackhawks, and Detroit Red Wings - hell, the Wings looked like they might not even make the playoffs for a while this year. Barring injury, chances are there are going to be more than a few games against Miami where the opposing team may as well not have shown up.
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