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NBA Legend
Re: I Thought LeBron said it was going to be easy?
Originally Posted by pegasus
This. They severely underperformed. They should have at least 3-peated (beating the Mavs in 2011) and made a series against the Spurs this year instead of getting steamrolled. It's one thing to lose in 6 or 7 games, but to get blown out every game and win just one is unacceptable.
When you win a title (2012)) where the odds have you as the underdog before tipoff, it's not under performing.
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NBA Legend
Re: I Thought LeBron said it was going to be easy?
Originally Posted by Ne 1
Exactly. People need to stop simplifying and rationalizing everything by saying, "well golly gee, they won two rings and made the Finals every year, any team would take that!!" Well no shit. That isn't the point though.
You have to look at context. You have to consider that 2 of the 3 best players in the entire league at the time AND a 24/11 All-Star Top 5 PF formed the foundation for this team.
And then you have to consider how awful the East has been. You can't just ignore these things and say they won 2 rings and went to 4 Finals!! Context matters. All things considered, they make it to the Finals 2 times at the max. (In fact, the more I think about it, the more I think they only make 1 finals in the 4 years playing real competition in route to the Finals.)
So are we going to say 3 of the 80's Lakers titles were pathetic when they went to 4 straight finals? Look at the team records they faced before the finals started.
1984-85
36-46, 42-40, 52-30, 125W's-116L's
1986-1987
37-45, 42-40, 39-43, 113-128
1987-88
31-51, 47-35, 53-29, 131-105
This years Heat opponents records on way to the Finals.
43-39....44-38....56-26....143-103
LA maybe gets to 2 Finals if they played in the East during those times.
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I get superstar calls
Re: I Thought LeBron said it was going to be easy?
Originally Posted by zoom17
Don't care what Team you root for unless you're a spurs fan you have no barging rights to talk shit.
So your fandom decides your right to type on a message board? This is the dumbest thing I've ever read You know anyone can be a Lebron/ Heat fan right? Your annual earnings, who your parents are, what kind of education you have: none of that matters, you just choose who you root for; and that somehow makes you better than everyone else who isn't a Miami or Spurs fan? If anything it just looks like you living too vicariously through a successful sports team to overcompensate for something.
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Kobe Apostle
Re: I Thought LeBron said it was going to be easy?
There was about a 2/5 chance it was going to be easy.
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Laker Nation
Re: I Thought LeBron said it was going to be easy?
Originally Posted by Deuce Bigalow
There was about a 2/5 chance it was going to be easy.
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NBA sixth man of the year
Re: I Thought LeBron said it was going to be easy?
Originally Posted by diamenz
zoom, just quit while you're not ahead.
This....There's nothing wrong with rooting for your team...But there's also nothing wrong with calling your players out when they say dumb sh*t. I do it with my team all the time...If PG, Lance or whoever does or says something stupid, I call them out....I don't sit there and back them and call everyone else a hater because they're spitting the truth......Thats what makes you look like a stan or a bandwagon fan.....
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Born again Cavs fan
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Learning to shoot layups
Re: I Thought LeBron said it was going to be easy?
Originally Posted by Deuce Bigalow
There was about a 2/5 chance it was going to be easy.
QFT!
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Re: I Thought LeBron said it was going to be easy?
it was easy enough that he got 2 rings out of it.
He's only gonna be 30 next season. Plenty more chances...
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Cancer
Re: I Thought LeBron said it was going to be easy?
Lol at zoom17 trying to save face early in this thread.
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NBA Legend
Re: I Thought LeBron said it was going to be easy?
Originally Posted by zoom17
2 rings in the last 3 years nope you can't win every year
You mean 2 rings in 4 years :/
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College superstar
Re: I Thought LeBron said it was going to be easy?
Originally Posted by pauk
Yes, how well those 3 meshed was easy, thats what he was commenting on....
And it was proven that it wasn't easy. Wade and Lebron playing 'my turn, your turn' basketball was not a great situation, that only worked itself out when age and injury effectively forced Wade to subjugate himself to Lebron.
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