[Ratpack]

yep cuba gooding jr went full retard in radio and didnt even get nominated for anything

[Big Bear]

As a lakers fan I never cheered for the spurs in my life until this series but now I know why except 1 series phil owned pops. The guy is so overrated. He gave away an nba title.

Shouldnt you be happy?

After all you made a thread saying you were going big on the Heat.

[scotty555]

Ginobli in and Parker out = INSANITY!

Ginobli = the FIFTH BEATLE! ( I MEAN THE 6TH HEAT PLAYER) UNCANNY HOW THE HEAT JUST SEEMED TO BEAT THE SPREAD. I KNOW ITS NOT FIXED, I KNOW ITS NOT FIXED, I KNOW ITS NOT FIXED...KEEP SAYING IT AND I MIGHT START BELIEVING IT!

[Huckleberry Pig]

Overall Bosh was awful, but he stepped up big in Game 3 and the 2nd half of Game 6. That said it is officially now the Big 2!

I'd say he was decent, not awful though. Game 3 he was good, 2nd half of game 6 he was good, and I thought he played pretty solid D on Duncan all night and helped cause problems rebounding for the Spurs.

[BigDeem5]

You only lost 1.4 million? What does it matter?

[pavyracer]

Guy just lost $100,000 series bet (using all his business's monthly profits), lost another 1500x units during the whole run of playoffs while going 1-29 and he blames the coach.

[Ratzz]

should have fouled when up 3 with 4.3 seconds left in game 6

agreed.. i have seen this so many times.. this happened twice in a series versus the Suns.. where the Spurs came out on top..

D'Antoni forgot to do this, and SA tied it twice, once in regulation, and again in OT..

Spurs won it in 2OT

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[Mr Handicapable]

I'd say he was decent, not awful though. Game 3 he was good, 2nd half of game 6 he was good, and I thought he played pretty solid D on Duncan all night and helped cause problems rebounding for the Spurs.

Diaw is a helluva lot bigger than Danny Green....would've helped. Diaw even hit a 3 too. No reason for Pop to be so loyal to a 1 dimensional guy that wasn't even helping with that 1 dimension. Give the Heat credit for taking what Pop was giving but make no mistake. Pop gave this series away.

[Ratzz]

Guy just lost $100,000 series bet (using all his business's monthly profits), lost another 1500x units during the whole run of playoffs while going 1-29 and he blames the coach.

i think Lakerboy was the one who went retarded.. $100,000 on the Spurs.

serious air-betting problem. are there groups for that?

[crustyme]

pop went 1/7 retard.

you went full retard.

[reallytho]

Pop fixed the Finals. Anybody who knows ONE LICK about basketball knows this for a fact.

[reallytho]

Ginobli in and Parker out = INSANITY!

No. It's rigging. Much more logical explanation.

[GamblerSpirit]

pop went 1/7 retard.

you went full retard.

[crustyme]

[Ralphie1412]

LB you know I have always liked you.

But you really tarnished your named in this NBA finals. Its really laughable at this point.

[JR007]

should have fouled when up 3 with 4.3 seconds left in game 6

spot on,... do not get that lack of awareness by Pop at all...

[crustyme]

spot on,... do not get that lack of awareness by Pop at all...

pop never fouls up 3, you moron.

someone who purports to be an nba expert should know this and bet accordingly.

[UntilTheNDofTimE]

spot on,... do not get that lack of awareness by Pop at all...

Why does everyone keep bringing this up. Maybe i just didnt watch the game close enough but Lebron missed a 3 and Bosh got the Rebound with about 8 seconds left. Now if the heat were inbounding the ball at this point Pop still would have instructed them to foul. There is too much time left on clock. Bosh rebounds ball and in less than a second passes to allen who made the 3 with ~5 seconds remaining~. Spurs are a veteran minded team but it would of took great awarness to foul bosh in the less than a second he had the ball. And when he had it, it wasnt no 4.6 seconds. If im wrong please let me know but when bosh got rebound from this blurry replay it looks like 8 seconds.

[JR007]

you can always foul away from the ball.....

[UntilTheNDofTimE]

Not under 2 minutes left in the 4th quarter....foul off the ball is 1 shot and the ball or two shots and the ball. This is why you cant hack-a-shaqin last 2 minutes...

[Ratzz]

i wonder why all you guys are still debating hypotheticals?

there was never any doubt what was going to happen, and did happen.

it'll happen again next year as well.

James is the 'new' Jordan.

it's done.

[Ratzz]

'little' doubt i should say.. without that exhausting and pointless 'win' streak, that series is 6 games max.
Pacer series also does not go 7

[LRKontroll]

Lakerboy sucks, but he is right in this spot.

[Slimpickens]

Lakerboy sucks, but he is right in this spot.

I agree. Did you see the look on the Heat's players faces with 28 seconds left to go in game 6. James was darn near shedding tears. That game was over. The Spurs lost the series more than the Heat won the series but Im sure everyone realizes that.

[Mac4Lyfe]

Popobitch lost the series more than the Heat or other Spurs. He fukked up too many times to even count.

Why didn't he have his best FT shooters in the game up 5 with 28 seconds??

I agree. Did you see the look on the Heat's players faces with 28 seconds left to go in game 6. James was darn near shedding tears. That game was over. The Spurs lost the series more than the Heat won the series but Im sure everyone realizes that.

[UntilTheNDofTimE]

Popobitch lost the series more than the Heat or other Spurs. He fukked up too many times to even count.

Why didn't he have his best FT shooters in the game up 5 with 28 seconds??

of all the things Pop did wrong you blame bad FT shooters? Leonard is a 80% shooter( reg season, playoffs 63%) and Ginobli career 83% shooter

[UntilTheNDofTimE]

of all the things Pop did wrong you blame bad FT shooters? Leonard is a 80% shooter( reg season, playoffs 63%) and Ginobli career 83% shooter

They were also up 5 on defense. You want your best defensive players on court with a mixture of good FT shooters as well. His big error was Duncan on bench. Besides that i didnt see much wrong from a coaching standpoint last 28 secs.

[lakerboy]

Endoftimer why you letting pops off? Guy was making love to james and wade.

[UntilTheNDofTimE]

Endoftimer why you letting pops off? Guy was making love to james and wade.

Because people are just throwing shit way out of proportion.

Bad free throw shooters on floor? You are on a defensive posession but ok.... You want bonner green ginobli leonard and parker on court. Ok.

So with that lineup miami still gets offensive rebounds. So now you blame pop for not having duncan on court again.

Pops big mistake was Duncan not on court last 28 seconds. Dont act like he ruined anything else in that timespan.

[reallytho]

Because people are just throwing shit way out of proportion.

Bad free throw shooters on floor? You are on a defensive posession but ok.... You want bonner green ginobli leonard and parker on court. Ok.

So with that lineup miami still gets offensive rebounds. So now you blame pop for not having duncan on court again.

Pops big mistake was Duncan not on court last 28 seconds. Dont act like he ruined anything else in that timespan.

It's ok... Just say, "I dont know basketball" ... and leave it at that.

[reallytho]

Endoftimer why you letting pops off? Guy was making love to james and wade.

The intelligent fans know 20 critical mistakes in 2 games (where if even ONE mistake is corrected, the Spurs win the series) is impossible from a top 5 coach in NBA history.


The "gullible" fans want to act like "shit happens"... 2 or 3 bad mistakes? The coach choked. 15 to 20 mistakes? The coach rigged it.


Don't know why that's so hard for people to grasp.

[Goat Milk]

spot on,... do not get that lack of awareness by Pop at all...

How much money did you lose this postseason you fool?

[reallytho]

of all the things Pop did wrong you blame bad FT shooters? Leonard is a 80% shooter( reg season, playoffs 63%) and Ginobli career 83% shooter

Wow, you were honest enough to say "63%" for the playoffs, and STILL stand behind your idiotic statement? Impressive.



Duncan (inbounding)
Ginobli
Parker
Neal
Green


Was the line up ANY OTHER COACH (who isn't rigging) would have in the line up.


Neal is a 100% FT shooter for the playoffs.... Lenard 63%.... The Heat have NO CHOICE but to foul (ie, it was a 1,0000000% fact they would foul)...



Why the F*CK would you not have your BEST Free throw shooters on the Floor? If you don't, you are putting your team in worse position than it should be... The coaches Job is to put the players in the BEST position to win...


How could a coach blow something so obvious? Crack? Alzhiemers?


I'll take rigging for 400 bob.

[reallytho]

Oh, on top of that... To your dumb rebounding point, AFTER they fouled someone (ginobli, parker, green or neal), THEN pop could make ANOTHER substitution and take Duncan out if he wanted or whatever..


So this kills your entire argument. (of course your pride is hurt now, so NO WAY you come back and say "damn, yea you're right")


I'm used to the drill.

[Goat Milk]

Listen, let me explain something to you guys about pop decision about Duncan.

The reason why Duncan came out of the game on the leonard free throw was because if Leonard missed, Duncan is easily the slowest guy running back to the other side of the floor, which would have basically given Miami a free bucket had James or Wade gotten the rebound and pushed it. Alternatively, if Leonard made the free throw, there was definitely going to be a switch, with Bosh setting a pick.

Now think about this. How many times this series and in that game did Duncan end up on James because of a switch? Several times. And how many times did James destroy him 1 on 1? Almost everytime.

Popovic didn't rig the game reallytho, he overthought it....