Comments on: Heat, Mavericks go opposite directions after last year’s finals

By: larryfitzgerald4mvp

larryfitzgerald4mvp — Sat, 05 May 2012 01:34:44 +0000

If the Mavs had kept Chandler, i feel like they’d still be competing for the title. Deron Williams isn’t worth giving up a chance to repeat as champions.

By: dal24la

dal24la — Sat, 05 May 2012 00:55:37 +0000

The Heat have gotten a little better then last year but not much. Depth and chemistry didn’t cost them the title last year, Lebron not showing up to play in the 4th quarter did.

By: therealroman

therealroman — Fri, 04 May 2012 19:11:18 +0000

push them a little = competing. i don’t think anyone expected them to win the series, but at least make the Heat work for it a little bit.
if you look at the way NYK played at the end of the season, they were a pretty decent team. if they stayed healthy, i believe that it would have been harder on Miami to dominate. the situation in new york is super complex, obviously, but after D’Antoni was fired, they showed that they are a decent basketball team. Miami is playing with a level of focus and awesomeness (lebron) that’s gonna be hard to keep up with for any team though

By: passerby23

passerby23 — Fri, 04 May 2012 19:06:22 +0000

I tend to agree that people forget how the Heat were steamrolling teams last year, disposing of the Celtics and dismantling the Bulls who were supposed to give them more of a run until they hit a hot Dallas team. I do think they are a little better simply because Battier gives Lebron and Wade the luxury of not having to defend elite players all the time, which they didn’t have last year.

I like the Spurs to win it all. They have all the ingredients to beat the Heat: a lethal point guard, scoring ability, championship experience, team chemistry, homecourt advantage, depth, long wing defenders. I think the Heat will breeze into the Finals again where the Spurs knock them out in 6.

By: truthhurtstoo

truthhurtstoo — Fri, 04 May 2012 18:24:06 +0000

the mavs were a fluke last year…. the HEAT are the real deal. Sweep the hapless knickerbockers

By: 1972wasalongtimeago

1972wasalongtimeago — Fri, 04 May 2012 18:02:28 +0000

Come on, did anyone really think the Mavs were better than the Heat? They won 4 out of 6 fair and square, but the sun was sure shining brightly on them for those two weeks.

It was a real tough pill to swallow down here. That loss never should have happened. But it did. And nobody made an excuse. Won with class. Lost with class. Which is more than you can say for most NBA fans around the league. Did you hear the Knicks fans last night? Ridiculous.

By: thekingdave

thekingdave — Fri, 04 May 2012 17:48:08 +0000

The Knicks were supposed to push them a little? Really? Says who? Anyone with half a basketball IQ would have been amazed if NYK had squeaked out more than one win. Pretty cool how playing in the Big Apple grossly inflates a teams perception.

By: icewatters

icewatters — Fri, 04 May 2012 17:22:23 +0000

Maybe Jason Terry got a broom tatt on his other arm

By: diabloryno

diabloryno — Fri, 04 May 2012 17:06:40 +0000

No excuse NOT to win it all? I’m pretty sure the Spurs and Thunder fans have a whole lot to say about that.

By: cosmicatomic

cosmicatomic — Fri, 04 May 2012 16:51:29 +0000

The Heat have stayed the same. Everybody wants to act like they’ve turned over a new leaf and LeBron is “having fun again” or whatever, but they were damn good up to the Finals last year as well (12-3 playoff record pre-Finals). That being said, they have quite an easy, easy path back to the Finals and there’s NO excuse for Miami not to win it all this year, especially considering the West teams will be beating each other up while Miami coasts through the East.

As for the Mavs, I think they should have resigned Tyson Chandler and then tried to clear enough room for Deron. Not sure if possible but would have been the best approach if so.

By: explosionsauce

explosionsauce — Fri, 04 May 2012 16:22:11 +0000

Could pass on an opportunity to write about lebron could ya Kurt.

By: patsfanvt

patsfanvt — Fri, 04 May 2012 16:20:26 +0000

cuban knows what he’s doing