Playoff predictions

[Shakes]

I wouldn't say that Pippen was a vastly better scorer than Kukoc the way Jordan was to Kerr/Pax. Especially not with 1.8 seconds to go, that situation is probably going to require a jump shot, and Kukoc was a better shooter than Pippen.

But anyway, moving back to the topic at hand ...

If I was a Cavs fan I'd be pretty nervous right now. Not because I think the Bulls will beat them, but because the play of their bigs has got to be a huge worry. Noah has been great, but our other bigs are Miller and Gibson. Yet we're comfortably winning that battle. How will the Cavs front line hold up against Gasol/Bynum/Odom? I know I said the Cavs to win, and LeBron is LeBron and maybe he can get it done, but I really don't like the way their team looks right now. It just has shades of last year's playoffs where LeBron was out of this world, but when they hit a good team and needed more than one guy, they fell short.

 

[Shakes]

Miami within a game of being swept by Boston, which is awesome news. I don't think Wade will leave, but it's got to make us look better than Miami if we can play Cleveland better than they play Boston.

 

[pinkizdead]

if we win one more game, we're looking really good in free agency. If we take cleveland to a game 7, we're gonna be really really good in free agency.

sadly my prediction is lebron kills us in the next game for loosing game 3.

 

[RC_Skinny22]

Shakes wrote:

Miami within a game of being swept by Boston, which is awesome news. I don't think Wade will leave, but it's got to make us look better than Miami if we can play Cleveland better than they play Boston.

Yeah that means we will have a series against Boston again!

 

[RC_Skinny22]

pinkizdead wrote:

sadly my prediction is lebron kills us in the next game for loosing game 3.

I don´t know about that one. I mean what else can you do as 39 points, 8 assists, 10 rebounds, 3 blocks and 2 steals.

I mean how much better do you want to play. This is very difficult if you ask me.

When nobody on the Cavs team is on fire the next game and Rose is supported by Hinrich, Deng and Noah with solid stats, the Cavs will loose again!

 

[pinkizdead]

dont jinx it. i think you meant hinrich is going to suck. 0 pts. 0 asts.

 

[Shakes]

Wow the Thunder made 42 free throws in their blowout of the Lakers, so much for the young team wont get the respect to get the calls. Would love to see them knock the Lakers out in the first round, there might be a bit of buyer's remorse on that 30 million a year contract Kobe got then. :laugh:

 

[TheStig]

Shakes wrote:

Wow the Thunder made 42 free throws in their blowout of the Lakers, so much for the young team wont get the respect to get the calls. Would love to see them knock the Lakers out in the first round, there might be a bit of buyer's remorse on that 30 million a year contract Kobe got then. :laugh:

But Kobe is the bestest ever :laugh: I think they will win this round but I don't think they are a championship team this year. I don't see that fire and their defense isn't as good as it should be. Kobe also isn't playing like the all time great people make him out to be.

 

[houheffna]

Kobe also isn't playing like the all time great people make him out to be.

another statement of pure basketball retardation...good job

 

[TheStig]

houheffna wrote:

Kobe also isn't playing like the all time great people make him out to be.

another statement of pure basketball retardation...good job

Another snippy statement to cover for a guy shooting 38.4% for the series and shooting the most shots in the playoffs so far. But keep going with your Hinrich and Kobe threesome. I await your witty and irrelevant captain statsheet remarks.

 

[houheffna]

Another snippy statement to cover for a guy shooting 38.4% for the series and shooting the most shots in the playoffs so far. But keep going with your Hinrich and Kobe threesome. I await your witty and irrelevant captain statsheet remarks.

You said he wasn't playing like the "all-time great people make him out to be" as if he is not an alltime great. So I take it you were implying that he is NOT an all-time great. If that is the case, you are a basketball Special person. I hope that was not the case, I hope you are just talking about his play this postseason and not about his career as a whole. If its about this postseason, cool, he has struggled. And why the heck are you bringing up Kirk Hinrich? Good grief...

 

[Kush77]

Kush77 wrote:

Here are my picks. Take this to Vegas!

Cavs over Bulls 4-0
Celtics over Heat 4-2
Hawks over Bucks 4-1
Magic over Bobcats 4-2

Lakers over OKC 4-2
Nuggets over Jazz 4-3
Suns over Blazers 4-0 (I said 4-1 on show but now that Roy is officially out, 4-0)
Mavs over Spurs 4-3

Cavs over Celtics 4-2
Hawks over Magic 4-2

Lakers over Nuggets 4-3
Suns over Mavs 4-2

Cavs over Hawks 4-1
Lakers over Suns 4-3

Lakers over Cavs 4-3

Well Brandon Roy is Superman!

Mavs look like they're in trouble. I can't see the Spurs losing three in a row at this point.

 

[Shakes]

29 points from G. Hill ... I had to double check the Spurs didn't pick up Pistons era Grant Hill.

 

[TheStig]

houheffna wrote:

Another snippy statement to cover for a guy shooting 38.4% for the series and shooting the most shots in the playoffs so far. But keep going with your Hinrich and Kobe threesome. I await your witty and irrelevant captain statsheet remarks.

You said he wasn't playing like the "all-time great people make him out to be" as if he is not an alltime great. So I take it you were implying that he is NOT an all-time great. If that is the case, you are a basketball Special person. I hope that was not the case, I hope you are just talking about his play this postseason and not about his career as a whole. If its about this postseason, cool, he has struggled. And why the heck are you bringing up Kirk Hinrich? Good grief...

Listen, I don't think he is a top 5 player all time like you and kush but I have no doubts he is a hall of famer. I was pointing out that he isn't playing big time now.

 

[TheStig]

That is a bit of a shock. The mavs aren't even making it interesting.

 

[Shakes]

The West playoffs are great, the lower seeds leading two of them and the others tied 2-2. I'd love to see all the underdogs win.

 

[TheStig]

Shakes wrote:

The West playoffs are great, the lower seeds leading two of them and the others tied 2-2. I'd love to see all the underdogs win.

I don't think they are really underdogs. Sure one team has a better record than the other but 1-8 is 7 games. 1-8 in the east is 20 games difference. All the west teams are about equal with the lakers having an edge but a 2 seed is only a few games better than their opponent at 7.

 

[Shakes]

The Suns having home court and Portland having no Roy for the early games makes them pretty big underdogs to me. That seemed like the series that could have been a sweep.

 

[Diddy1122]

pinkizdead wrote:

if we win one more game, we're looking really good in free agency. If we take cleveland to a game 7, we're gonna be really really good in free agency.

Seriously, this again? When are people going to stop thinking that we have to be amazing in the playoffs to attract anyone?

Money is the biggest attraction to any FA & guess what? THE BULLS HAVE MONEY THIS OFFSEASON. I'm saying this for the last time & I'm not even debating about it anymore. Our playoff success this year has ZERO, that's right, ZERO effect on free agency this offseason.

 

[Diddy1122]

East:
1st Rnd
Cavs over Bulls 4-1
Heat over Celtics 4-3
Hawks over Bucks 4-2
Magic over Bobcats 4-2

2nd Rnd
Cavs over Heat 4-1
Magic over Hawks 4-2

Final
Cavs over Magic 4-3

West:
1st Rnd
Lakers over Thunder 4-2
Jazz over Nuggets 4-2
Suns over Blazers 4-0
Spurs over Mavs 4-3

2nd Rnd
Lakers over Jazz 4-2
Suns over Spurs 4-2

Final
Lakers over Suns 4-3

NBA Finals:
Cavs over Lakers 4-2

Boy I'm looking kinda stupid for picking the Suns to make the WCF. Needless to say I don't believe that anymore. Mark it down, the Spurs will be in the WCF again. And don't be surprised if the Jazz pull the upset & take out the Lakers. They are playing like a team possessed right now. If anyone had told me at the start of the series that Fesenko would be starting & the Jazz would have 3-1 lead after 4, I would've drove them to the loony bin even though I picked the Jazz to win.

And the Heat, well they just suck, not much more I can say. The only way they can even beat the AARP Celtics is to have Wade go off for 50 every game. Explain to me again how this team is attractive other than Wade, who if I was him I'd be on the first plane out of town. That team is going nowhere even if they team Wade with a top FA.