You can't be serious..
This statement is just plain wrong. They lost to the Magic because of the match-up problems that they encountered, not by a "couple bad breaks". And what "short series" are you referring to?
Teams don't get "unlucky" for an entire series. I can see this statement being justified if they got a terrible call that directly effected the outcome of the game, but that never happened. The truth is the Magic dominated them during the regular season, and they did it during the playoff's. What caused that? Match-up problems!
Not even close. The team chemistry may have been there with this past year's squad, but they didn't have the right players. If they had the right players, they would not have had the match-up problems that they did with the Magic and Dwight Howard (hence, why they went and got Shaq - at least until they can grab a better, younger free agent center in 2010).
You don't happen to live in Cleveland, do you?
If they were the best team in the league, they would have won the Championship, not been bounced in the ECF.
This statement is just plain wrong. They lost to the Magic because of the match-up problems that they encountered, not by a "couple bad breaks". And what "short series" are you referring to?
Teams don't get "unlucky" for an entire series. I can see this statement being justified if they got a terrible call that directly effected the outcome of the game, but that never happened. The truth is the Magic dominated them during the regular season, and they did it during the playoff's. What caused that? Match-up problems!
Not even close. The team chemistry may have been there with this past year's squad, but they didn't have the right players. If they had the right players, they would not have had the match-up problems that they did with the Magic and Dwight Howard (hence, why they went and got Shaq - at least until they can grab a better, younger free agent center in 2010).
You don't happen to live in Cleveland, do you?
You believe that the best team always wins the championship? Pretty naive...
Well you have your opinion, and I have mine. The Cavs lost two games by a combined total of 3 points. That is the definition of unlucky breaks. One shot falls differently in either or both of those games and the series is entirely different. You don't remake your team when you lose like that. "Short Series:" just what it sounds like. 7 games is not enough to determine which team is better. Not advocating that they should go to 21 game series or anything, but to suggest that whichever team won a 7 game series is undoubtedly the better team is asinine. Luck plays a HUGE factor when you're only looking for 4 wins. And luck went against Cleveland.
Laughable. It only takes one game to swing an entire series, and the Cavs got unlucky breaks in 2. That's plenty to have a determinate effect on the outcome.
Again, you have your opinion, I have mine.
No, I don't.You don't happen to live in Cleveland, do you?
The Cavs loss went beyond a couple bad breaks.. they have been owned by Orlando whether the regular season or postseason the last few years. Anyone who watched their regular season games last year wouldnt have been shocked that they lost the series even with homecourt, as Orlando provided several matchup problems that destroyed the Cavs. Even if they had drawn the Celtics which would have been a more favorable matchup with KG out, there is no saying they were the best team last year.. they played the Lakers at home on primetime TV in the regular season and lost, so who is to say they would have still won the Finals?
Cavs were not the best team last year. They got there ass spanked twice by LA. Gasol and Odom would have destroyed cavs in the paint like they did in both games last year.
My prediction:
Lakers will sign Odom...
Ariza will either stay in LA or Lakers will sign Artest. Artest would rather play for LA. Better market, LBJ and Shaq might leave after a year, same salary + he is tight with Kobe and Odom.
I think he is staying over Odom's house right now.
My prediction:
Lakers will sign Odom...
Ariza will either stay in LA or Lakers will sign Artest. Artest would rather play for LA. Better market, LBJ and Shaq might leave after a year, same salary + he is tight with Kobe and Odom.
I think he is staying over Odom's house right now.
