OT: NBA Finals Thread

[Formula 21]

Any dead people in Miami yet?

[Beerman]

Figured it would end this way. Spurs didn't have it tonight and Denny Green was completely invisible. Only guys that showed up were Khawi and Duncan. Shame. I hate the heat.

[Mister Hoarse]

Any dead people in Miami yet?

Has Aaron Hernandez gone home?

formerly Field 17 Row 11 Seat 1

[Jaywa]

It's a shame Lebron went to the Heat in the fashion he did. Even though Wade and Bosh are/were all-stars, they aren't nearly the supporting cast they were three years ago. Lebron is simply the best and most dominant player of his generation. He would have been winning championships on his own, with any cast, had he been patient. Any legend he does create will be tarnished by this I think. It's so unfortunate because what we're watching with Lebron right now is some of the best basketball an individual has ever played.

[theTruthofCourse]

Figured it would end this way. Spurs didn't have it tonight and Denny Green was completely invisible. Only guys that showed up were Khawi and Duncan. Shame. I hate the heat.

Khawi has a bright future. I don't know if he'll ever be a superstar but a good number 2? Absolutely.

[theTruthofCourse]

It's a shame Lebron went to the Heat in the fashion he did. Even though Wade and Bosh are/were all-stars, they aren't nearly the supporting cast they were three years ago. Lebron is simply the best and most dominant player of his generation. He would have been winning championships on his own, with any cast, had he been patient. Any legend he does create will be tarnished by this I think. It's so unfortunate because what we're watching with Lebron right now is some of the best basketball an individual has ever played.

Go back to those Cleveland team, look at the rosters they were beyond mediocre LeBron did will them to the Finals once and they got CRUSHED by the Spurs. Cleveland wasn't drafting well and NOBODY wanted to play for them. I WISH he could have found success in Cleveland but it's doubtful it would have happened. You can't tarnish his legacy he took Game 7 by the throat and made it his, this year and last(against the Celtics) and soundly beat the Thunder.

[Coachmarkos]

LeBron is simply amazing. You don't have to like him. But I think he takes way too much crap.

Sit back and enjoy one of the greatest ever. He's tremendous.

Congrats to the Spurs on a great season, great playoff run, and I'm very impressed with Kawhi, he's a great young player.

[Jaywa]

Go back to those Cleveland team, look at the rosters they were beyond mediocre LeBron did will them to the Finals once and they got CRUSHED by the Spurs. Cleveland wasn't drafting well and NOBODY wanted to play for them. I WISH he could have found success in Cleveland but it's doubtful it would have happened. You can't tarnish his legacy he took Game 7 by the throat and made it his, this year and last(against the Celtics) and soundly beat the Thunder.

That's what I'm saying though. Lebron now is miles ahead if the Lebron that got smoked in the Cavs/Spurs finals. He was still developing. Had he just waited, shown confidence in himself, and been patient, he would be carrying teams to championships regardless of cast. But because Lebron's titles thus far have been assisted by noteworthy names such as Wade and Bosh, regardless of how bad they sucked this playoff run, I think Lebron will still be shy of legendary players.

I totally agree, he has excelled and demonstrated without a shadow of a doubt he is head and shoulders above every other NBA player right now. This game 7 may be his best clutch performance, up there with the 45/15 game against Boston a year or two ago. But, people are gonna peg him with that asterisk of winning titles with a pre-constructed super team instead of on his own, which he just demonstrated he is capable of now, just not five years ago.

I hope he sheds these names at some point and proves it.

[6025]

LeBron is the best in the game right now, no freaking doubt about it. You just knew he was going to take over at the end and he did. Hats off to him, that whole free agent spectacle he created leaving Cleveland is so far in the rear view mirror now, that will not be remembered but his talent sure will be. And he is just starting to really hit his stride.

[oneinchpunch]

that whole free agent spectacle he created leaving Cleveland is so far in the rear view mirror now, that will not be remembered but his talent sure will be. And he is just starting to really hit his stride.

Yet everybody still remembers it and still brings it up. It always seems to come back to that somehow. Whether its people saying its still a shame the way he handled it or people saying its time to move past that mess.

It's too bad but I think it will always come up.

[Bolt-O]

Its tough to cheer for the Heat, because the odds are so stacked in their favor with LeBron. Nothing wrong with him, he's a good citizen, and representative for the game, and a fantastic player that you want to have, but its hard for me to put him into the category of the icons of the game...why, I don't know. But he did take over when it counted in the last two games. Maybe I'm getting to where I'm telling kids to get off my lawn.

[Formula 21]

Cleveland picks first in the draft this year, you have to say he was right in leaving.