This is wrong. Rodman came for the second set of the three-peat. He was not present during the first 3. That was the Jordan, Pippen, BJ Armstrong, Horace Grant, and shitty center team led by Bill Cartright.
NBA 2016-17 Season Thread - Knicks in 6
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This is wrong. Rodman came for the second set of the three-peat. He was not present during the first 3. That was the Jordan, Pippen, BJ Armstrong, Horace Grant, and shitty center team led by Bill Cartright.
DickTrickle
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Uh, the Heat didn't go to the playoffs the season after Lebron left. Bosh missed the last half of the season. It's so weird that you completely just ignore/forget a team when your favorite player leaves.
Gaige
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I knew someone would misunderstand my meaning. I was comparing the second Bulls three-peat team to LeBron's current Cavs.
I understand the first Bulls 3 peat team had Grant instead of Rodman but the point remains. Jordan never played a Finals with his other big teammates injured.
Gaige
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Ah, for some reason I thought they did. Well the fact they didn't just makes my point even better haha.
Ameraves
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Every discussion with Gaige is tiresome.
He always wonders about the hate Lebron gets, and it really is quite simple. The guy bolted to Miami when things got too hard in Cleveland, and was an absolute douche about how he did it as well. He cries like a little bitch ALL the time, whether it be in game for not getting calls or to the press about wanting a better team. If Lebron had stuck it out in Cleveland originally, quit his bitching all the time, and showed the slightest bit of humility, he would have all the respect in the world.
And nobody shows Gaige any respect because he is literally the only person that I know of on the planet who does not root for a team, but roots for one player. It is the gayest shit I have ever heard.
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Alex
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The Rockets-Spurs series might end up being the most competitive of any matchup.
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Angelwatch
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Yeah we were getting killed the first half and looked like garbage. But the second half has been all Cavs.
Lebron is a flopper but he's not as bad as he used to be. He was terrible with the flops during his first run with the Cavs and then with Miami.
Lebron is a flopper but he's not as bad as he used to be. He was terrible with the flops during his first run with the Cavs and then with Miami.
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Ameraves
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This is the stupidest excuse, and you always come back to this same one. There is literally no excuse for flopping the way he does. I mean at this point many of the NBA players do it, but Lebron excels at it. A guy his size and strength should be able avoid to go flying across the court at the slightest touch.
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Gaige
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Truthfully, a guy his size can shrug off almost any of the contact he gets, sometimes including getting wrapped up. Simply due to his much bigger physique, strength and size. Which is why if he doesn't exaggerate contact he wouldn't get calls because he'd finish anyway. Does he take it too far sometimes? Sure. Is he as bad as Harden? Nah.
Sebudai
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I disagree. He's second on the all-time scoring list. Granted he was being fed the ball by the best passer ever and the lack of a championship is very disappointing, but still.
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No I get all that and I'm not suggesting he's not a Hall of Famer or whatever. But people often say he's the best PF ever or maybe 2nd after Duncan. I think Garnett and Barkley are better and probably Dirk also. It's the same shit that comes up when people talk about Favre for the NFL.
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Harden didn't get another of his flops and it looks good seeing the Spurs win without Harden getting the same old bullshit calls that keep him in the conversation. I think the NBA probably cleans up a lot of that shit next year. It makes the games almost unwatchable. It's like watching a game of horse but the guys don't have to go anywhere but the FT line.
No matter where you look in 80s and 90s BB, you don't see the loaded teams of today. Rodman was a defensive and rebound phenom but the guy could barely score. If you had two great scorers then? You were in great shape. Today, the top teams have at least 3. Look at OKC. Two of the most talented players to ever play couldn't do it except when they had Harden and still fell a bit short. That's ridiculous.
No matter where you look in 80s and 90s BB, you don't see the loaded teams of today. Rodman was a defensive and rebound phenom but the guy could barely score. If you had two great scorers then? You were in great shape. Today, the top teams have at least 3. Look at OKC. Two of the most talented players to ever play couldn't do it except when they had Harden and still fell a bit short. That's ridiculous.
Alex
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Spurs worry me considerably more than the Rockets. Dubs perimeter defense is the best in the league and that counteracts one of Houston's greatest strength. Ignoring the vast defensive margin between the two teams. Warriors always struggle against elite defensive teams.
LOL. Should be 1 and 5.
Injuries are not a reason to say he should have won a finals. They happen, and most of the all-time greats may have missed out on title chances due to them. But its fucking stupid to say if Irving and Love were healthy that they would have won. Who knows. Irving played most of game 1. It was a great game, but the Warriors won. Love is not a good player to put out there in a matchup vs. us and doesn't scare me at all, I don't see him moving the needle on a series like that. His absence might have frankly helped them by allowing them to put more defensive minded guys out there that could ugly the series up.
Lebron was amazing in games 5-7 last year, but his move to actually try to get his competition suspended and the NBA giving in when Lebron instigated everything on the play, will forever be gay as fuck. The NBA only did it to extend the series and pander to their biggest star. Nothing in that situation warranted a suspension, and techs in earlier rounds should not affect the outcome of the finals.
Of course the silver lining is Durant going to the Dubs is a direct result of that decision. So in bitching out to win a title he otherwise wouldn't have, Lebron put in motion events that may really make that his last title.
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