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Who will win the NBA title next year (for real)?
Javier:
--- Quote from: Antonio on July 26, 2004, 04:58:16 PM ---Remember Detroit did it with Ben Wallace center. And, honestly, he aint that better than Divac and Brian Grant.
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for the love of basketball, tell me u were kidding there?
.:DayGoStyLz:.:
--- Quote from: Now_I_Know on July 26, 2004, 01:16:00 PM ---^^You've tried what? To tell me that the Spurs were gunna take it this year, and put out the Lakers?...Yea, get your head out your ass...I already saw Jake turn around and say the Spurs were gunna take it this year, and now I'm seeing Javier say Lakers aren't contenders...I don't think I'm gunna follow the trend...PeACe
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No. But the Spurs winning the Championship wasnt an unreasonable prediction. They were favored to beat LA if u remember. So for me to say theyd take the title...wasnt a crazy thought. I actually said whoever won the LA/SA series would take the title, but i was wrong. Now, like i said...theres a difference between a fan/supporter....and just being blind. Once again...if SA lost Duncan next year, i wouldnt pick them to win the title the following year (yes, id still be goin for them to win it)...but common sense would take over lol. It just hasnt for you yet.
Now_Im_Not_Banned:
If the Spurs just lost Tony Parker, I doubt you'd lose hope...Kobe Bryant has been the leader ever since Shaq got old & lazy...I'm not blind, Lakers winning the Championship isn't an unreasonable prediction...PeACe
Smoke:
--- Quote from: /\ Javier /\ on July 26, 2004, 10:32:46 PM ---
--- Quote from: Antonio on July 26, 2004, 04:58:16 PM ---Remember Detroit did it with Ben Wallace center. And, honestly, he aint that better than Divac and Brian Grant.
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for the love of basketball, tell me u were kidding there?
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No. Not at all. You know, Ben Wallace used to play in Italy too, in the second division, so i've seen him live, and i know how wack he is if we talk about some aspects of his game. Offensivly, he's shit. He suffered here too, he suffers even against Shaq, tecnically. He never makes a shoot from himself, but he has to grab an offensive rebound to get a chance to score. He's def not the kind of center who can turn an average NBA team into a 3-in-a-row team like Shaq did. Divac is a basketball player. I mean he knows the game, like almost all the Europeans who grew up here. He's the n.1 assist man in the league as a C, and he's the 18th overall. He's old, ok, but he can still put there quality minutes, he can still defend, and he can still give Shaq problems (he did it in the infamous Lakers-Sac serie). Let's say for 15-20 mins a game he's still a quality center. I know 90% in the States cares about dunks and power more, but i'm European, European style, and there's no centers in the NBA who knows the basketball game more than Divac. If you have Brian Grant as a backup center (and Brian has the same charatteristics of Ben Wallace: great passion, defence, he's always the small guy against giants, etc..), i think it's not really worse than having Ben Wallace as a center. None of them are dominant players. And Divac+Grant aint that worse, like i said, than Ben Wallace.
.:DayGoStyLz:.:
--- Quote from: Now_I_Know on July 27, 2004, 01:29:31 AM ---If the Spurs just lost Tony Parker, I doubt you'd lose hope...Kobe Bryant has been the leader ever since Shaq got old & lazy...I'm not blind, Lakers winning the Championship isn't an unreasonable prediction...PeACe
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Kobe wasnt the leader man. He was just the one looking for all the attention. That doesnt make him the leader, just a spoiled little brat that cant handle playing his ROLE.
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