I think there's a chance the Heat win game 5, but it's pretty conditional.

Lebron needs a triple double, scoring something like 40+ points
Mario Chalmers needs to wander onto court, then somehow realize he's playing basketball
Ray Allen needs to bring his sniper rifle
Dwayne Wade needs to stop moving like a 60 year old
The bad guys from Space Jam have to show up and steal the Spurs' skills

Jerubaal

United States7684 Posts

June 15 2014 16:59 GMT

#547

You forgot. We have dragons.

cLutZ

United States19571 Posts

June 15 2014 17:03 GMT

#548

Nah, the Refs can do it on their own. I believe.

oneofthem

Cayman Islands24199 Posts

June 15 2014 17:21 GMT

#549

the hidden storyline is that the image conscious NBA saw how the Wade "embellishment" saga had public attention, so they couldn't allow le refs to give the heat the following games. they are in a tough spot right now lol

MassHysteria

United States3678 Posts

June 15 2014 18:02 GMT

#550

I wouldn't doubt Lebron, but alot of his answers to questions since the end of the last game have been cringe-worthy.

Plus, it was pretty obvious the ~~game was over~~ Heat were playing defeated by the 2nd quarter in that last one.

edit: I want to see how the Heat come out at the start of the game...then I want to see how they react to the first big Spurs run..

Ru ba

Serbia1812 Posts

June 15 2014 20:35 GMT

#551

On June 16 2014 03:02 MassHysteria wrote:
I wouldn't doubt Lebron, but alot of his answers to questions since the end of the last game have been cringe-worthy.
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every time lebron steps in front of the camera and tries to be serious its cringe worthy,thats nothing new
he's like the lord of cringe

cLutZ

United States19571 Posts

June 15 2014 20:47 GMT

#552

Its almost like the phrase "Basketball IQ" is meaningless.

MassHysteria

United States3678 Posts

June 15 2014 21:47 GMT

#553

Don't know what you guys refer to but not talking about basketball IQ. It's about his mental/emotional state of mind. What he says about himself without really meaning to.

I am overlooking whatever it is you guys refer to besides that.

Jerubaal

United States7684 Posts

June 15 2014 21:49 GMT

#554

I think a lot of it is how the media treats you. Journalists act like Kobe is the best interview in the league when he really just acts like an ass, curses like he's too cool for school and the media members titter like middle school students. He wouldn't act like that if the media didn't encourage him so I can't hold it against Lebron if the media begs him to go Bob Costas every interview.

I don't know what you mean about basketball IQ being meaningless. I think it's fair to say that there are some people who can use their smarts to understand the game, there are people who just have a natural instinct for the game and there are people who might do both. I find this subject interesting because I suspect that most players in sports are mostly in the second category and that includes video games. So people trying to act mentally superior because of their league or mmr amuse me.

zulu_nation8

China26351 Posts

June 15 2014 22:05 GMT

#555

Athletes are also some of the least interesting people in society yet they get interviewed the most. Their answers are always heavily media trained and they get asked the most repetitive and mundane questions. Also anyone who performs or have performed whether as a musician or athlete, etc knows that there's nothing going through in your head when you're in the moment doing stuff, but every time someone makes a game winning shot the first question is always WAT WAS GOING THRU UR HEAD WHEN U MADE DAT SHOT.

MassHysteria

United States3678 Posts

June 15 2014 22:06 GMT

#556

I should have used "uninspiring" instead of "cringe-worthy" in my original post about it I think. It would capture my emotion better.

edit: He just says things like "as one of the leaders on this team I have to figure it out..." or -I forgot what else he said- where it just made me be like just say you are THE leader because that is what you really are. The credit will go to him if he wins, so take the heat right now too. It would be more inspiring instead of him shrugging his shoulders and saying "why not us?" when asked if they can win.

Maybe I am just comparing him to Kobe somewhat. But just not inspiring. And part of what makes LBJ great is that he can get so many more people to be a part of his team that someone like Kobe can. With Kobe, you have to have the same mentality, or be willing to deal with it, etc. But it can also be a knock on him in certain situations IMO. Not saying someone can't find the right formula to balance both traits, but not sure he has.

Jerubaal

United States7684 Posts

June 15 2014 22:11 GMT

#557

On June 16 2014 07:05 zulu_nation8 wrote:
s WAT WAS GOING THRU UR HEAD WHEN U MADE DAT SHOT.

"I was thinking points are good."

cLutZ

United States19571 Posts

June 15 2014 22:15 GMT

#558

On June 16 2014 06:47 MassHysteria wrote:
Don't know what you guys refer to but not talking about basketball IQ. It's about his mental/emotional state of mind. What he says about himself without really meaning to.

I am overlooking whatever it is you guys refer to besides that.

I was mostly just referring to the fact that "basketball IQ" is just a catchall phrase that journalists/talking heads like to use when they can't actually explain why a player did something they think is good. I wrote that because I was salty after watching some NBA tv and hearing that to describe one of LBJ's passes, which had nothing to do with being smart, and everything to do with that he is the only 6'8", 250 LBS man in the world with a 45" vertical and that level of body coordination who also happens to play 50 hours of basketball a week.