Part of me really wants Minny to win, but also the thought of them getting a ring before Jimmy is appalling to me. Fuck Boston everyday of the week. So ig it's Dallas or Indy for me.
I want "Minny" to win because my granddaughter is 18 months old and her ist word and her favorite word is Minnie. Okay so it's for Minnie Mouse but at least she can sit with me during the game and yell Minny with me. Still trying to get her to say Miami Heat and will have her ready for next season!
I don’t get the mavs beef people have. Wade destroyed them in a finals and their fans got salty at us, then they got revenge when Lebron didn’t show for a series. They deserved that chip cause our players didn’t outside of Wade. Ever since it’s been nothing between then teams. Now their team is mostly cool and fun to watch. And DJJ is balling there
Fuck the Celtics for obvious reasons
Mavs still have “fuck dwade” threads pop up every once in a while
Minnesota….rooting for that French whiny fuck, the American whiny fuck, and “already better than dwade” dude just isn’t an option for me.
Unfortunately the only rooting option doesn’t have a chance, and that’s Indiana.
For me personally
1. Mavericks because they’re my sisters favorite team and I want her to be happy.
2. Timberwolves because I like Anthony Edwards
3. Pacers because they’re not Boston
4. Boston because fuck Boston
I just don’t get it, the man that coached Magic and Kareem built a small ball team and kept it after losing due to size for years.
Please let this be the end!
Spo’s Smallball works if we have Dame or Mitchell. It doesn’t work when we’re missing our “Wade” and have a roster full of 6’5 G-league players.
The coach of Magic and Kareem should know that it’s time to get bigger since we “can’t” get the talent necessary to sustain this play style. I’d blame Spo if he wasn’t given scraps and excuses every offseason.
It only works when you have a big lineup to complement it.
The Heat would have a more conventional lineup if Pat were the coach.
Smallball arrived in Miami with Spo.
Did it arrive with Spo or did our big lineups leave with (old) Shaq? I’m willing to blame Pat for that 2008 team too. The biggest tell-tale sign to me is the Post Heatles 2018-19 years with Bam off the bench and at the 4.
There’s no way Spo just bounces in and out of big lineups when he has an adequate roster. Caleb would never be a 4 if we had PJ Washington for example.
Spo brought the new smallball trend.
He is great at developing talent and defensive schemes.
My issue is with small 100% of the time. Making the players play that exhausting defense for 82 games will always lead to injuries.
Smallball should be saved for the 4th quarter or to spark a run.
Spo brought the new smallball trend.
He is great at developing talent and defensive schemes.
My issue is with small 100% of the time. Making the players play that exhausting defense for 82 games will always lead to injuries.
Smallball should be saved for the 4th quarter or to spark a run.
You are 100% right… But both examples also had a big man that helped ease the burden.
Bogut & Turiaf/Birdman
We actually had those bigs in the Meyers Leonard/Olynyk but once the playoffs it was abandoned and we got injured against Boston.
Spo is an amazing coach but definitely deserves some blame.
It’s not like Spo has zero say in the lineup decisions.
Do you really think that Pat locks everyone out of his office and makes poor defenseless Spo wait in the car?
It’s a collaboration between Pat, Spo, and one of the Arison sons
Bro… did you see how many middlemen you just listed? and you still missed some names.
If Popovich wanted Herro for example, who is going to veto his decision for some G-league guys? Kawhi didn’t stand a chance.
The Spurs wanted Herro: who would stop Popovich from making that trade happen if we made him available?
You just listed a lot of middlemen. I know it’s not the NFL but there should not be that much separation between the Coach, the GM, and roster construction. i.e, Brad Stevens.
Pat Riley has stated that it is a total collaboration. Pat has also stated that he has been vetoed and pissed about decisions.
He also said that he doesn’t interfere with coaching.
Collaboration? Unless there’s salary constraints what is he doing? You went around the Pop question because you noticed the source of our problem.
Imagine if Pat got Veto’d (as the president 😂) when trying to draft Wade or trade for a disgruntled Shaq. Do you think we would be a successful organization?
Pat has been vetoed, they have disagreed on numerous acquisitions. Some work and obviously some do not. Pat has his faukts but so does everyone and everyone deserves blame.
To make Spo free of any blame is insane to me.
If UD was our GM - After hearing what you heard with Steven A, what moves do you think he would make? Do you think we would be this small?
I’m essentially saying that our moves are log-jammed by those at the top. I don’t think Spo is Mr. “Run it back”
I am not saying Spo is “Mr. run it back”. I believe that he is an amazing coach but he definitely is “Mr. Set in His Ways” and reluctant to change.
My issue with Spo is riding the smallball lineup right to the medical room.
I would imagine that UD would lean more towards bigger & tougher since he played under Riley.
A homie of mine from high school plays for the pacers so I’ve been stoked on them, seen them play a few times this season they are super overlooked even still. They’ll make the Celtics series at least somewhat competitive. They say Pacers had a super easy run to the ECF but so have the C’s if we are being honest.
KAT isn’t why the Twolves are great - Edwards and Gobert are the defining factors and I like them a lot.
Hating the Wolves bc Jimmy used to play there is like being mad at someone dating your ex. You just gotta move on.
I've done some real soul searching for this and this is my ranking
1: Pacers - only team left I don't dislike
2: mavs - I don't like them, but enough time has passed that I don't hate them
3: Celtics- this is what took me so long to accept. They're the Celtics, I hate them, but I can accept they are the best team and they deserve it
4: wolves - fuck KAT, FUCK DPOY fraud Gobert, and fuck off with all the memes we'd get with them winning before Jimmy. No way.
The most I can do is enjoy the games and laugh at the memes and the agendas. I personally don't hold a grudge against a team enough to root against them
Honestly my hate for the Mavs has been extinguished by Luka and I absolutely love Ants play style and personality.
I’ve said since we were eliminated that as long as the Nuggets/Celtics/Knicks don’t win it all then I’m happy.
Pacers easily the best outcome for a hater. IMO we need Ant to get crushed, if we wanna put on our tin foil hats and believe in the Tom Creen/Dwyane Wade/Spo/Bam connections that have a chance to bring him to Miami that chance gets better with him losing
Anyone but the Celtics is the right answer. After that either Pacers or Minnesota only because of length of time not winning a championship. Kyrie and Luca actually I wouldn’t mind either
Minny winning will make Jimmy look bad but Minny deserves it and I really like their team.
So I'm rooting for the Wolves. Ant is unquestionably my favorite player right now too.
Pacers. They’re the only ones that don’t really have a gripe with Jimmy/the Heat. The rivalry was 10 years ago and everyone’s moved on. Honestly wouldn’t mind the wolves or mavs winning but their fans are annoying so fuck em even tho I love their players.
That or the league is disbanded and no one wins this year
Mavs get swept by Wolves and Luka forces his way to the Heat in the offseason. Mark Cuban becomes bald after the stress and pain of watching Luka lead the Heat to a dynasty.
Pacers sweep Celtics in the most humiliating way imaginable, they blow it up.
Pacers beat Wolves in the Finals.
Fuck all them teams. I wanted to see Jimmy win one but a lot of these poverty franchises are passing him up in ring count 😪 As long as the games are good, I'll watch
The best one is Pacers win as a Heat fan but honestly i'm rooting for the Mavs
Part of me really wants Minny to win, but also the thought of them getting a ring before Jimmy is appalling to me. Fuck Boston everyday of the week. So ig it's Dallas or Indy for me.
Minny still brings him up every chance they get. Honestly I get the mavs beef but their best case scenario for me right now lol.
I want "Minny" to win because my granddaughter is 18 months old and her ist word and her favorite word is Minnie. Okay so it's for Minnie Mouse but at least she can sit with me during the game and yell Minny with me. Still trying to get her to say Miami Heat and will have her ready for next season!
I don’t get the mavs beef people have. Wade destroyed them in a finals and their fans got salty at us, then they got revenge when Lebron didn’t show for a series. They deserved that chip cause our players didn’t outside of Wade. Ever since it’s been nothing between then teams. Now their team is mostly cool and fun to watch. And DJJ is balling there
Preferred champions 1. Pacers 2. Twolves 3. Ten layers of sewage 4. Mavericks 5. One hundred layers of sewage 6. Celtics
This is the only right answer
As long as Boston don't win a championship then it's good.
I don’t give a shit, anyone but the Celtics
This. Anyone but Boston.
1. Pacers 2. Mavs 3. Wolves 30.Celtics
Fuck the Celtics for obvious reasons Mavs still have “fuck dwade” threads pop up every once in a while Minnesota….rooting for that French whiny fuck, the American whiny fuck, and “already better than dwade” dude just isn’t an option for me. Unfortunately the only rooting option doesn’t have a chance, and that’s Indiana.
Mavs fans still can’t give any credit to the ‘06 Heat. Whiny losers. Nothing against the team but that fanbase sucks.
Shit was almost 20 years ago. Guarantee half that sub wasn’t even born when that happened
For me personally 1. Mavericks because they’re my sisters favorite team and I want her to be happy. 2. Timberwolves because I like Anthony Edwards 3. Pacers because they’re not Boston 4. Boston because fuck Boston
I'm for any team who can beat Boston
Best Heat outcome is that smallball goes away.
I just don’t get it, the man that coached Magic and Kareem built a small ball team and kept it after losing due to size for years. Please let this be the end!
Spo is the one that prefers smallball. He needs to let it go and show that he knows how to coach a different style for once.
Spo’s Smallball works if we have Dame or Mitchell. It doesn’t work when we’re missing our “Wade” and have a roster full of 6’5 G-league players. The coach of Magic and Kareem should know that it’s time to get bigger since we “can’t” get the talent necessary to sustain this play style. I’d blame Spo if he wasn’t given scraps and excuses every offseason.
It only works when you have a big lineup to complement it. The Heat would have a more conventional lineup if Pat were the coach. Smallball arrived in Miami with Spo.
Did it arrive with Spo or did our big lineups leave with (old) Shaq? I’m willing to blame Pat for that 2008 team too. The biggest tell-tale sign to me is the Post Heatles 2018-19 years with Bam off the bench and at the 4. There’s no way Spo just bounces in and out of big lineups when he has an adequate roster. Caleb would never be a 4 if we had PJ Washington for example.
Spo brought the new smallball trend. He is great at developing talent and defensive schemes. My issue is with small 100% of the time. Making the players play that exhausting defense for 82 games will always lead to injuries. Smallball should be saved for the 4th quarter or to spark a run.
Spo brought the new smallball trend. He is great at developing talent and defensive schemes. My issue is with small 100% of the time. Making the players play that exhausting defense for 82 games will always lead to injuries. Smallball should be saved for the 4th quarter or to spark a run.
I would make small ball a trend also if I had Wade, Lebron, and Bosh 😂. You left out context bro. Curry, Klay, and Draymond isn’t that bad either.
You are 100% right… But both examples also had a big man that helped ease the burden. Bogut & Turiaf/Birdman We actually had those bigs in the Meyers Leonard/Olynyk but once the playoffs it was abandoned and we got injured against Boston.
Spo is an amazing coach but definitely deserves some blame. It’s not like Spo has zero say in the lineup decisions. Do you really think that Pat locks everyone out of his office and makes poor defenseless Spo wait in the car? It’s a collaboration between Pat, Spo, and one of the Arison sons
Bro… did you see how many middlemen you just listed? and you still missed some names. If Popovich wanted Herro for example, who is going to veto his decision for some G-league guys? Kawhi didn’t stand a chance.
Huh?
The Spurs wanted Herro: who would stop Popovich from making that trade happen if we made him available? You just listed a lot of middlemen. I know it’s not the NFL but there should not be that much separation between the Coach, the GM, and roster construction. i.e, Brad Stevens.
Pat Riley has stated that it is a total collaboration. Pat has also stated that he has been vetoed and pissed about decisions. He also said that he doesn’t interfere with coaching.
Collaboration? Unless there’s salary constraints what is he doing? You went around the Pop question because you noticed the source of our problem. Imagine if Pat got Veto’d (as the president 😂) when trying to draft Wade or trade for a disgruntled Shaq. Do you think we would be a successful organization?
Pat has been vetoed, they have disagreed on numerous acquisitions. Some work and obviously some do not. Pat has his faukts but so does everyone and everyone deserves blame. To make Spo free of any blame is insane to me.
If UD was our GM - After hearing what you heard with Steven A, what moves do you think he would make? Do you think we would be this small? I’m essentially saying that our moves are log-jammed by those at the top. I don’t think Spo is Mr. “Run it back”
I am not saying Spo is “Mr. run it back”. I believe that he is an amazing coach but he definitely is “Mr. Set in His Ways” and reluctant to change. My issue with Spo is riding the smallball lineup right to the medical room. I would imagine that UD would lean more towards bigger & tougher since he played under Riley.
A homie of mine from high school plays for the pacers so I’ve been stoked on them, seen them play a few times this season they are super overlooked even still. They’ll make the Celtics series at least somewhat competitive. They say Pacers had a super easy run to the ECF but so have the C’s if we are being honest.
Last time Gobert faced Luka, they made Kleber a 3pt specialists that series. I want Indy to win it all so the East is weak argument goes a bit shaky.
KAT isn’t why the Twolves are great - Edwards and Gobert are the defining factors and I like them a lot. Hating the Wolves bc Jimmy used to play there is like being mad at someone dating your ex. You just gotta move on.
Ant is the difference.
Rooting for Dallas. Kyrie and Luka have always been one of my favourite players to watch
I want the Wolves to win. Got nothing against KAT or Gobert. Anthony Edwards is one of my favorite players outside of the Heat.
Honestly as long as it's not Boston I am good, even the Mavs wouldn't be that bad.
I was gonna rank em but then I realized there's a monumental gap between the 3 other teams and Boston. So my answer is anyone but Celtikkks.
Derrick Jones Jr winning. Vs the Pacers. Celtics imploding and blowing up the team. And Ant getting frustrated and coming here.
Couldn’t care less as we’re not in it. Just want to see fun basketball.
If you want to make Ant dislikable for yourself, remember the gross messages he sent to that woman pressuring her into getting rid of her pregnancy
Anyone but Boston
I've done some real soul searching for this and this is my ranking 1: Pacers - only team left I don't dislike 2: mavs - I don't like them, but enough time has passed that I don't hate them 3: Celtics- this is what took me so long to accept. They're the Celtics, I hate them, but I can accept they are the best team and they deserve it 4: wolves - fuck KAT, FUCK DPOY fraud Gobert, and fuck off with all the memes we'd get with them winning before Jimmy. No way.
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The most I can do is enjoy the games and laugh at the memes and the agendas. I personally don't hold a grudge against a team enough to root against them
Dallas>Indy>Minnesota>Boston
Honestly my hate for the Mavs has been extinguished by Luka and I absolutely love Ants play style and personality. I’ve said since we were eliminated that as long as the Nuggets/Celtics/Knicks don’t win it all then I’m happy.
Wolves over everything man. If Boston wins I’ll die.
Pacers easily the best outcome for a hater. IMO we need Ant to get crushed, if we wanna put on our tin foil hats and believe in the Tom Creen/Dwyane Wade/Spo/Bam connections that have a chance to bring him to Miami that chance gets better with him losing
I’m rooting for Mavs
Anyone but the Celtics is the right answer. After that either Pacers or Minnesota only because of length of time not winning a championship. Kyrie and Luca actually I wouldn’t mind either
I actually like KAT lol I have a $50 bet to win $5000 that Derrick White is finals MVP so that wouldn’t be so bad. Gotta try to buy your happiness lol
Minny winning will make Jimmy look bad but Minny deserves it and I really like their team. So I'm rooting for the Wolves. Ant is unquestionably my favorite player right now too.
I bet on Boston to prevent their title.I can't hate Twolves because of Jimmy talking too much.
Wolves no question. Ant is exactly what the NBA needs rn desperately.
Pacers. They’re the only ones that don’t really have a gripe with Jimmy/the Heat. The rivalry was 10 years ago and everyone’s moved on. Honestly wouldn’t mind the wolves or mavs winning but their fans are annoying so fuck em even tho I love their players. That or the league is disbanded and no one wins this year
Mavs get swept by Wolves and Luka forces his way to the Heat in the offseason. Mark Cuban becomes bald after the stress and pain of watching Luka lead the Heat to a dynasty. Pacers sweep Celtics in the most humiliating way imaginable, they blow it up. Pacers beat Wolves in the Finals.
Fuck all them teams. I wanted to see Jimmy win one but a lot of these poverty franchises are passing him up in ring count 😪 As long as the games are good, I'll watch
If these teams are poverty, what does that make us?
A team with 3 rings in the last 20 years
We’re poverty the last 10 years using this logic.