haha I'm not a full on baseball hater, I prefer to check highlights once in a while and will def follow a tight pennant race and the playoffs (if the Giants or A's are in) .
But I have no interest this early in the season.
― Strictly EZ Snappin' Nhex (Spottie), Wednesday, 4 June 2014 15:30 (ten years ago) link
World Cup is coming, that's cool.
world cup can't come soon enough, that shit is fun.
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 4 June 2014 15:32 (ten years ago) link
i guess none of you guys watch NHL
― Nhex, Wednesday, 4 June 2014 15:35 (ten years ago) link
almost over too!
― Strictly EZ Snappin' Nhex (Spottie), Wednesday, 4 June 2014 15:35 (ten years ago) link
was too bummed that the Sharks lost a 3-0 series lead to continue on tbf
― Strictly EZ Snappin' Nhex (Spottie), Wednesday, 4 June 2014 15:36 (ten years ago) link
To a Los Angeles team nonetheless
i am going spurs in 6
― k3vin k., Wednesday, 4 June 2014 17:08 (ten years ago) link
Heat in 5
― polyphonic, Wednesday, 4 June 2014 18:01 (ten years ago) link
dang
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 4 June 2014 18:08 (ten years ago) link
If the Heat win, I was right. If the Spurs win, the team I want to win wins.
― polyphonic, Wednesday, 4 June 2014 18:15 (ten years ago) link
aligning yr interests is better than hedging yr bets ime
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 4 June 2014 18:19 (ten years ago) link
Works great for me!
― polyphonic, Wednesday, 4 June 2014 18:21 (ten years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Thursday, 5 June 2014 00:01 (ten years ago) link
lurkers out yourselves imo
― Clay, Thursday, 5 June 2014 01:00 (ten years ago) link
Spurs disagree with LBJ, say they respect Heat
lol this headline this finals is way too mature, sign of the times
― lag∞n, Thursday, 5 June 2014 01:46 (ten years ago) link
i voted spurs in the season prediction poll way back when and i'm voting for them in 6 or 7 here. largely wishful thinking as i think it could go either way.
― fit and working again, Thursday, 5 June 2014 01:51 (ten years ago) link
imo the spurs shd be favored they are better but not by like a ton, there are aspects of the matchup that favor both teams, good series prob
― lag∞n, Thursday, 5 June 2014 01:52 (ten years ago) link
yeah i'm stoked for this.
― fit and working again, Thursday, 5 June 2014 01:53 (ten years ago) link
looks like vegas is seeing it m/l the same i do
― lag∞n, Thursday, 5 June 2014 01:54 (ten years ago) link
dear vegas be correct love spurs fansbtw put my spurs car flag up and whipped that shit around doing 80 on I-10 what the fuck is up
― smooth hymnal (m bison), Thursday, 5 June 2014 02:03 (ten years ago) link
niice
― lag∞n, Thursday, 5 June 2014 02:03 (ten years ago) link
the parking lot donuts face-off
― Clay, Thursday, 5 June 2014 02:10 (ten years ago) link
spurs 7
― micah, Thursday, 5 June 2014 06:35 (ten years ago) link
― Clay, Thursday, June 5, 2014 3:00 AM (10 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
hi!ilh is one of the first things i read in the morning to see what happened the previous night (i live in europe). best board but i don't know much about hoops and i never get to see games because of time difference so i lurk. i think i outed myself as ilh lurker on last year's poll too. last year was better tho cos i lived in a time zone where the finals were broadcast m/l during my breakfast, tho having to go to work after game 6 was horrible (rooted for spurs last year, still do this year)
― Jibe, Thursday, 5 June 2014 11:13 (ten years ago) link
Jibe! Welcome back
― Strictly EZ Snappin' Nhex (Spottie), Thursday, 5 June 2014 14:21 (ten years ago) link
Voted Spurs in 6 but prob really will be in 7 and who knows what will happen by then Lebron could be a meteor or Boris could throw down a 28-13-8 in game 7
― z-time champion (agent hibachi), Thursday, 5 June 2014 19:42 (ten years ago) link
This isn't going to be the thread for Finals chat is it? I'm not gonna have this title at the top of my ILX
― 龜, Thursday, 5 June 2014 19:44 (ten years ago) link
Was a little surprised zach Lowe picked so spurs in 7 bc I thought for sure he would go with the combo of "defending champs until dethroned" plus "best player on the planet" but his argument that it was so so so close last year and Miami is arguable a little worse is I think the key one right now
Counter would be that wade is better this year and has gotten better each round (!) but the counter to that counter is that Manu has been great and he was an actual trash barrel with flames coming out the top at points last finals
― z-time champion (agent hibachi), Thursday, 5 June 2014 19:50 (ten years ago) link
― Clay, Thursday, June 5, 2014 1:00 AM (18 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Hi. Echoing Jibe, this is a great board but I bow down to you guys far far superior knowledge and don't embarrass myself by posting(I save that for ILF). Went with Spurs in 6 or 7 based on emotion. Last year was sooo crushing.
― pandemic, Thursday, 5 June 2014 19:51 (ten years ago) link
I recall Manu's flame out last year all too well.
― Aimless, Thursday, 5 June 2014 19:52 (ten years ago) link
i'm going heat
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 5 June 2014 19:53 (ten years ago) link
I bow down to you guys far far superior knowledge and don't embarrass myself by posting
Doesn't stop me from posting!
― Call the Doctorb, the B is for Brownstein (Leee), Thursday, 5 June 2014 19:57 (ten years ago) link
yeah i picked spurs and when i think about it enough i think spurs but my gut keeps telling me heat. jalen and jacoby were on the podcast kinda befuddled at everyone picking spurs as well. for a series that seems like a real tossup to me there's a bizarre amount of consensus.
xpost me either
― balls, Thursday, 5 June 2014 20:00 (ten years ago) link
I'm glad a couple lurker a posted! Ha, I only really said that because there's like 30+ votes in this poll which has to be a landslide record for ilh. But it's cool you guys are around and feel free to say your thoughts during the series + onward!
― Clay, Thursday, 5 June 2014 20:05 (ten years ago) link
the narrative that everyone is repeating -- that the spurs are better this year and the heat are worse -- is probably true for the regular season but the heat at least are playing much better in this year's playoffs than they did in last year's playoffs
― le goon (J0rdan S.), Thursday, 5 June 2014 20:22 (ten years ago) link
another thing i've been thinking about is whether or not the spurs have another strategic counter left a la pack the paint because i imagine the heat will be prepared for that this year
― le goon (J0rdan S.), Thursday, 5 June 2014 20:23 (ten years ago) link
Yeah the coaching duel might end up being the best thing about this series
― z-time champion (agent hibachi), Thursday, 5 June 2014 20:47 (ten years ago) link
― le goon (J0rdan S.), Thursday, June 5, 2014 4:22 PM (47 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
this is more or less how i feel
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 5 June 2014 21:10 (ten years ago) link
http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nba-ball-dont-lie/prepare-for-the-2014-nba-finals-with-lots-of-pictures-of-spurs-and-heat-haircuts--photos-183147980.html
freakin me out rn
― Clay, Thursday, 5 June 2014 21:11 (ten years ago) link
Have to give that one to the Spurs.
― Call the Doctorb, the B is for Brownstein (Leee), Thursday, 5 June 2014 21:17 (ten years ago) link
i thought nothing could beat ginobli face buthttp://instagram.com/p/o3Sop6qvEr/
― Look at this joke I've recognised, do you recognise it as well? (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 5 June 2014 21:23 (ten years ago) link
Kawhi hands is my #1.
― Call the Doctorb, the B is for Brownstein (Leee), Thursday, 5 June 2014 21:50 (ten years ago) link
i dont like those haircuts they are bad
― lag∞n, Thursday, 5 June 2014 21:57 (ten years ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BpZg7HJCcAA0exV.png
― lag∞n, Thursday, 5 June 2014 22:06 (ten years ago) link
― le goon (J0rdan S.), Thursday, June 5, 2014 4:22 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
yeah this is a really good point. it's also just really tough to pick against the team with arguably the 2 best players in the series, though the spurs did just beat OKC, so idunno.
― k3vin k., Thursday, 5 June 2014 22:12 (ten years ago) link
idk its not that easy to say exactly how good the heat are playing considering who theyve faced in the playoff
― lag∞n, Thursday, 5 June 2014 22:14 (ten years ago) link
spurs have maybe the 3rd-5th and 7th-14th best players though but this is maybe not the best way of looking at things
― Clay, Thursday, 5 June 2014 22:16 (ten years ago) link
― lag∞n, Thursday, June 5, 2014 6:14 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark
yeah. they've eviscerated two top-10 defenses but the spurs offense will definitely test them.
but that said, if the lebron foul game doesn't happen the heat go 4-1, 4-1, 4-1 which is a huge swing from last year, esp wrt the east finals
― le goon (J0rdan S.), Thursday, 5 June 2014 22:17 (ten years ago) link
also i agree with ∞ and have already said it several times but yeah the heat have basically not played an inarguably good team in a couple months
― Clay, Thursday, 5 June 2014 22:18 (ten years ago) link