North Dakota Preps

East
1 - Chicago
8 - Philadelphia

4 - Boston
5 - Atlanta (HC)

3 - Indiana
6 - Orlando

2 - Miami
7 - New York

West
1 - San Antonio
8 - Utah

4 - Memphis
5 - LA Clippers

3 - LA Lakers
6 - Denver

2 - Oklahoma City
7 - Dallas

2nd Round
SA and OKC
CHI and MIA

Conference Championships
OKC and MIA

MIA for the title

with the current injury and suspension bs going on......Hawks may come out on top, and I'll take the Clips...........but I got the Heat over OKC also....in 6

Yeah, the 4/5 match ups on both sides are close. Boston is probably in a little more trouble than Memphis right now.

and the Bulls could derail

The Nuggets are fun to watch. They push the pace every possession. Brutal ending to the 1st and 2nd quarters for the them. Hopefully they can pull it out on the road.

Heat all the way!

I never realized how good San Antonio is. If I had to redo my picks I'd take them to win it all.

Oh yeah, Heat are in trouble too. If they find a way to get by Indiana they're going to have a tough time vs. the C's.

I actually think the thunder take down the spurs.......and the Heat are heating up....Born Bron is starting to flare his nostrils!

This current Heat team doesn't have much a shot if they meet the Spurs. I think the Spurs are still a big favorite if Bosh is healthy. Pop showing why he's one of the best coaches in NBA history.

I still think the thunder win....I know they will win the next 2 at home......and it will go 7....which will give the heat a good rest....Pop is the king....but he would still have to bow to Jackson

winner-within wrote:I still think the thunder win....I know they will win the next 2 at home......and it will go 7....which will give the heat a good rest....Pop is the king....but he would still have to bow to Jackson

The finals start June 12 no matter if the WCF go 4 games or 7 so the Heat don't get any extra rest.

The East reminds me of back when the Nets were in finals and everyone knew they had no shot. Heat have close to no shot vs the Spurs and only slightly better against the Thunder. Spurs still a favorite in the West with 2 of 3 in SA.

Heat win it all.......over the Thunder

winner-within wrote:Heat win it all.......over the Thunder

Must be because LeBron is so clutch.

Hes the MVP..........3 outta 4.........not one player in NBA history is in the Hall because they won a bunch of games by making the last shot.
In fact its not even a stat

winner-within wrote:Hes the MVP

Makes Lebron clutch? no

3 outta 4

clutch? no

ot one player in NBA history is in the Hall because they won a bunch of games by making the last shot.

what this has to do with anthing? no one knows

In fact its not even a stat

There are stats for everything. I'm sure there is one for this too.

winner-within wrote:Hes the MVP..........3 outta 4.........not one player in NBA history is in the Hall because they won a bunch of games by making the last shot.
In fact its not even a stat

Anything can be made a stat if ESPN wants to do some research.

And it may not be a stat, but its a huge part of winning. I'll give you a statement that Skip Bayless made and I have yet to see anything disagree with it, "LeBron James is the mentally weakest supersetar in NBA history"

Indy5 wrote:

winner-within wrote:Hes the MVP..........3 outta 4.........not one player in NBA history is in the Hall because they won a bunch of games by making the last shot.
In fact its not even a stat

Anything can be made a stat if ESPN wants to do some research.

And it may not be a stat, but its a huge part of winning. I'll give you a statement that Skip Bayless made and I have yet to see anything disagree with it, "LeBron James is the mentally weakest supersetar in NBA history"

I'll give you another Statement from "winner-within" Lebron James hasn't had a coach worth the sweat on his face since he entered the NBA"............His Mind isn't weak!.......its undeveloped for the seriousness of the Game.

There is a reality to whats going on
Pop? best current coach in the NBA (also top 5 of all time)
Doc? top 5 current
Brooks? top 5 current
Spoltra?? lost in Flippin space

Spoelstra and Brooks are both down there.

Flip wrote:Spoelstra and Brooks are both down there.

At least Brooks adjusts

Flip wrote:Spoelstra and Brooks are both down there.

I agree that Brooks isn't that good of a coach. They don't really have an offense. They just rely on their emtremely talented players making plays in isolation and knocking down tough shots.

winner-within wrote:
I'll give you another Statement from "winner-within" Lebron James hasn't had a coach worth the sweat on his face since he entered the NBA"............His Mind isn't weak!.......its undeveloped for the seriousness of the Game.

Don't blame his coaches for him disappearing late in games. Most superstars get better in crunch time but LeBron gets significantly worse.

The thunders Coach just made NBA history......he beat, according to the Flipster "the best NBA Coach of all time" 4 games in a row....even the award winning Barkley.....hahahaha! said the spurs would win.

I give Brooks all the credit (for the 4 game win streak) because Westbrook tried to lose it for them on Monday night and Brooks said, "SHARE THE BALL"............could have spoltra thought of that???????.. Nope!

Oh Yea!.......the Fish looks way better in White...

Indy5 wrote:

Flip wrote:Spoelstra and Brooks are both down there.

I agree that Brooks isn't that good of a coach. They don't really have an offense. They just rely on their emtremely talented players making plays in isolation and knocking down tough shots.

Dumbest post ever!!........the 2 (post) combined even punctuate what I said ten fold

winner-within wrote:The thunders Coach just made NBA history......he beat, according to the Flipster "the best NBA Coach of all time" 4 games in a row....even the award winning Barkley.....hahahaha! said the spurs would win.

Never said that.

Flip wrote:

winner-within wrote:The thunders Coach just made NBA history......he beat, according to the Flipster "the best NBA Coach of all time" 4 games in a row....even the award winning Barkley.....hahahaha! said the spurs would win.

Never said that.

Flip posted on 5/29/12 @ 11:13 pm: "Pop showing why he's one of the best coaches in NBA history"

Winner posted on 5/30/12 @ 10:37 am: "I still think the thunder win....I know they will win the next 2 at home......and it will go 7....which will give the heat a good rest....Pop is the king....but he would still have to bow to Jackson"


Flip stated that Pop was one of the best coaches in NBA history...not even close to stating that he was the Best of All-Time...