On October 28 2013 08:04 AppleSauce123 wrote: Apparently someone made a post on Reddit where the complete rankings of Grantland's NBA preview were revealed in a graphic, with Miami being at No.2 and Chicago No.1. Wonder if that'll be the case, and if so, how they are going to justify it. Either case, can't wait for Jalen and Bill to talk about how good Lebron is for 25 minutes.
I was already gearing up my preemptive indignation for Simmons discrediting the Spurs, calling them too old while not mentioning the Heat's age once. The Bulls thing seems really weird. It's generally weird to leapfrog a team up like that because you are essentially saying a team whose ceiling you haven't seen in two years is going to beat 3 very good teams. Saying the Pacers will be able to beat the Heat is one thing; saying the Bulls will beat the Pacers, the Heat and the Spurs (or whoever beats them) is a much bigger stretch.
I defended (defended is a strong word)- commiserated with the Thunder when they traded Harden. The problem is that they didn't do anywhere near enough to replace him. They should have replaced their dollar with 5 quarters and they replaced it with 75 cents.
If you assume the east goes Bulls>Heat>Pacers regular season (aka) 2012, then the the Heat will have to face the Pacers + Bulls, which is like playing Alabama and LSU in consecutive weeks in 2012.
Wouldn't LSU be like the Knicks. :p
I guess I'm just saying those are some big ifs and a lot has happened since 2012.
if he justifies it by saying it's more a regular-season ranking I could see it, as the Bulls area good regular season team, historically Thibs hasn't really rested players at the end of the season and the Heat do. I could also see Simmons saying something about how 3-peating is hard, the Heat have played a lot of basketball for the past 3 years, don't know if they have the drive to do it again, and I'd think it's mostly BS.
Or he could be really high on Rose, thinks Wade is too old to be good anymore (or too injured), thinks Butler can actually shut down Lebron over a series, and the Bulls have Noah/Gibson/Boozer for enough size to dominate rebounding. I'd say it's a bit of a stretch then.
On October 28 2013 08:04 AppleSauce123 wrote: Apparently someone made a post on Reddit where the complete rankings of Grantland's NBA preview were revealed in a graphic, with Miami being at No.2 and Chicago No.1. Wonder if that'll be the case, and if so, how they are going to justify it. Either case, can't wait for Jalen and Bill to talk about how good Lebron is for 25 minutes.
I was already gearing up my preemptive indignation for Simmons discrediting the Spurs, calling them too old while not mentioning the Heat's age once. The Bulls thing seems really weird. It's generally weird to leapfrog a team up like that because you are essentially saying a team whose ceiling you haven't seen in two years is going to beat 3 very good teams. Saying the Pacers will be able to beat the Heat is one thing; saying the Bulls will beat the Pacers, the Heat and the Spurs (or whoever beats them) is a much bigger stretch.
I defended (defended is a strong word)- commiserated with the Thunder when they traded Harden. The problem is that they didn't do anywhere near enough to replace him. They should have replaced their dollar with 5 quarters and they replaced it with 75 cents.
If you assume the east goes Bulls>Heat>Pacers regular season (aka) 2012, then the the Heat will have to face the Pacers + Bulls, which is like playing Alabama and LSU in consecutive weeks in 2012.
Wouldn't LSU be like the Knicks. :p
I guess I'm just saying those are some big ifs and a lot has happened since 2012.
Nah, the 2012 championship game was LSU vs. Alabama (It happened in 2012 at least, it was the 2011 season). What I was trying to convey is that you will never be sorer playing basketball than those Back to Back series in the modern NBA.
Also, its Simmons, we know he doesn't care about Regular Season, but if he DID (big if) pick Bulls #1, its for the classic ESPN controversy machine.
The bulls still have issues offensively. Dunleavy should help off the bench or even starting but in a league where three point shooting is so valuable I don't see much reliable range in the bulls. They need a Danny green type at the two.
I was thinking about my earlier post of an injured Wade hypothetical, are the Heat minus Wade still the consensus favorites in the league? With how close the Spurs came to beating them (and Parker was injured too, no?) I'd think that that crown almost might go to the Bulls or Pacers instead.
Camby was injured and projected to be out at least a month if not several, so no point in keeping him on the Rockets roster when they can just resign him if they need him later after he recovers. Reports are that he is going to stick with the team to help coach until then. In other news, Dwight took a finger to the eye in practice and left, but is expected to be able to practice tomorrow.
yo why cant i open the fucking stream on nba tv? it always sends me to some subscription page,can someone give me a link?its supposed to be free till the 5th right?
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