You guys realize that tonights outcome was the equivalent of a touchback right?

Series doesn't start to someone loses at home. I didn't bet on the Heat so I'm more worried about OKC figuring out how to beat Dallas and get to the finals. But lets be serious here guys. About 5 things happened tonight that are not happening again in this series.

Is Noah really going to average 8 off. rebs a game? If so lets put him in the Hall right now.

Are the Bulls going to shoot 50% from 3? Noone does that

Are the Bulls really going to beat Miami to every lose ball throughout the series? Lets not forget who the best 2 athletes in the Nba are.

Is Bosh going to avg 30?

Are Lebron and Dwade going to avg a combined 33?

This game told us nothing about Chicago.

The Heat played awful. Lets not take anything away from Chicago but at the same time lets not all start blowing each other yet either. That was 10 guys dialed in and that was a thing of beauty. But it was pretty much just the opening kickoff being kicked out of the stadium. Impressive but not very meaningful in the grand scheme.

My take on a possible 72 wins in Miami

IMO, Wade and James are a bizarro version of Pippen/Jordan. As a tandem they are probably going to be as productive as MJ and Pip but neither is as good as MJ, but both are probably better than Pip.

What people forget is that Rodman was the perfect fit for that team. He wasn't necessary for them to win a chip but no other player in the league could have played the Rodman role so well that the team would win 72 games. The closest we've seen since to a player like that was Big Ben.

However, what people fail to realize is how bad the teams are these three have played on. They will each improve just by the nature of the beast. Throw in a top 5 garbage man in the league(Haslem), and a top 5 three point marksman(Miller) and this team could end up being historic. Emphasis on could.

As far as Lebron goes, I think people need to realize that he is not a guard. He is a huge fool who is capable of doing guard things but he is not a guard. He hasn't had a chance to win because he has yet to play along championship level guards. No great big man has ever won without playing alongside a championship level guard. So, lets all stop pretending that Lebron is a guard and reserve judgement for what he does this season and the next 4 or 5 that follow. I can't give him that excuse anymore.

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At the end of the day rings talk

Everyone saying that Lebron legacy will be tarnished is forgetting how quickly we all forget. Jordan was pegged as a scorer who would never win a title. We all forget, and I'm pretty sure some of us said it(I'm too young to have said it but it might have been me). Kobe was one more championshipless year away from being a joke. You wouldn't know it from listening to his fanboys. The Celtics were supposed to be a 45 win team after they added Allen and Garnett. Now we all saw there championship potential coming. It goes on and on.

If Miami wins championships people are going to respect the ring. If they win 70 games people who said they could never win a title will be saying I told you.

Revisionist historians get ready to do your thing.

why the dunk contest sucks

Because all these fuckers make so much money now.

Back in the day the risk of Michael Jordan losing the dunk contest was less than the opportunity cost of not going after the extra publicity/notoriety/credibility.

Now Lebron James has already made more money than Jordan did during his first 10 years in the L.

FWIW, I wouldn't get involved in this contest if I was a top player either.

Lebron vs. Durant????

Come on fellas,

1. Lebron is doing things that havent been done since Jordan was in the game.  His avgs 29, 8, 7 career in the playoffs.

2.  Lebron shoots 55% gets 8 rebs and 7 ast,
    Durant shoots 52, gets 7 rebs and 2 ast<--------
   Lebron avgs 27.2 pts per 36 mins
   Durant 26.8 pts per 36 mins

Kevin Durant does nothing as well as Lebron inthe major categories.
He bests him in 3pt pct and ft pct if you want to hang your hat on something.

3. For anyone bringing up Kobe....come on man...has done nothing in his career without another all-star. Nothing!

Go on 82 games and look up clutch stats. Lebron shoots 55%(42% from 3). The only category Kobe beats Lebron in is shots attempted. And Lebron kills him in assists.