this is why cleveland will be the nba champs this year and the lakers will not

[xxdjstriderxx]

remember where you heard it first boys

[Tsoprano]

Would love to see him get eliminated again this year. We'll see.

Go Boston!! (unlikely though)

[nickmanning214]

I'll remember that you were the first person to predict that the Cavs would win the championship this year. No one has said that yet.

I got the Lakers.

[williams22]

remember where you heard it first boys

Correction, I've been saying this since the summer

[flyingillini]

I hate the Lakers but I have a feeling once the playoffs hit the Lakers will turn it on. I hope I am wrong though.

[rm18]

Spurs will win it all

[stevek173]

remember where you heard it first boys

Misleading title: "this is why"

You indicated that you were going to give a reason and then did not, just a reminder to give you credit if they do.

Unacceptable post please ban this guy, let's tighten things up around here. Wasted my precious time

[xxdjstriderxx]

Misleading title: "this is why"

You indicated that you were going to give a reason and then did not, just a reminder to give you credit if they do.

Unacceptable post please ban this guy, let's tighten things up around here. Wasted my precious time

http://www.cbssports.com/nba/scoreboard?tag=globalNav.nba;fastFacts

figure it out yourself, buddy

[ttwarrior1]

wow what a prediction, the best team in the nba might win it, wow bold prediction

[lakerboy]

Lets see what happens- too many people crowning the cavs around here. This team has never won a NBA finals game ever. The LAkers are the team to beat. Cavs are still a one man team. If LEbron misses 10 games they would be lucky to win 4 of them.

[stealthyburrito]

thank goodness this thread was created, now the cavs definitely wont win it all

[DeluxeLiner]

Will Shaq be there at the end? I say there is a possibility he get's beaten up in the East and is out. Magic aren't gonna roll over (neither are the Mavs/Nuggets in the West) Iono, the Lakers are pretty good (perhaps better than last year with Artest/Ariza swap) I wouldn't count them out and I wouldn't be quick to declare kobe v. lebron a lock either.

[DOMINATER]

I have heard the exact same thing on a bosten sports station, and they added if that happens lebron will step away from clevland, if they win a championship. Thats the opinion ofthe guys on weii f.m radio

[Marigold HD]

wow......what a thread

[hoopster42]

the bulls in the 90's and the rockets 94-95 rarely gave their all in the reg season but once the playoffs started they got serious because every gm actually mattered, that's what the lakers are doing. i'm not a laker fan at all in fact more a hater than a fan but if healthy, they simply cannot be beaten in a 7 gm series vs anybody, they are just too good and the quad group of kobe, lamar, pau, bynum, is too good.
they lost today because last night's gm went into OT and by the time they got to charlotte it was 4 am and they simply had no legs today, you have to have fresh legs to win in the reg season........by the playoffs, the lakers will be ready and w/no back to back nights playing they'll be plenty fresh, believe me

[jayroy25]

cavs here lebron is just 2 sick

[stevek173]

http://www.cbssports.com/nba/scorebo....nba;fastFacts

figure it out yourself, buddy

No you figure it out. This is the kind of crap that is a corrosion to any forum.
In your title you said you were going to provide a reason they would win.
Then all you did is say you said it first, which is nothing short of moronic.

Mods please ban him immediately.

[Bill Dozer]

You can put him on ignore stevek...It's part of deciding who you want to read on any forum.

[williams22]

No you figure it out. This is the kind of crap that is a corrosion to any forum.
In your title you said you were going to provide a reason they would win.
Then all you did is say you said it first, which is nothing short of moronic.

Mods please ban him immediately.

Steve are you being serious here? He was obviously referring to how the Cavs fought back from down 21 to win last night while the Lakers just laid down to die.

[Bill Dozer]

the bulls in the 90's and the rockets 94-95 rarely gave their all in the reg season but once the playoffs started they got serious because every gm actually mattered, that's what the lakers are doing. i'm not a laker fan at all in fact more a hater than a fan but if healthy, they simply cannot be beaten in a 7 gm series vs anybody, they are just too good and the quad group of kobe, lamar, pau, bynum, is too good.
they lost today because last night's gm went into OT and by the time they got to charlotte it was 4 am and they simply had no legs today, you have to have fresh legs to win in the reg season........by the playoffs, the lakers will be ready and w/no back to back nights playing they'll be plenty fresh, believe me

I agree. The only way the Cavs win, IMO, is if Shaq's injury time off is a front for him going to fat camp. If he's on a diet and working out he would create problems in the post especially if he's motivated for LA.

Remeber at the end of his Lakers' days he looked like he was all done? Then he went to Miami all slimmed down and they won. He still managed to gain lot of that weight back through the regular season. I don't think he ever used his potential. Imagine if he had David Robinson's or Hakeem's level of fitness?

[laziie]

Spurs will win it all

NJ Nets all the way...

[og4667]

Lakers are still the best team in the NBA. In a 7 game playoff series I doubt anybody can beat them. They are just coasting right now and don't really give a shit.