second spot in the 2014 ecf

Earlier this year we had a long discussion about team chemistry and whether it existed or could be measured. The Pacers are rapidly becoming this season's equivalent of last season's Lakers. All they have going for them atm is a very high seed. In the deeply rotten eastern conference that should be enough to get to the ecf, but mind-fucked teams have an uncanny way of falling apart. I voted "the field".

it's weird too cos they 'seemed' like such a good chemistry team

field

how can a team be the chemistry team and the not chemistry team in the course of one season, lol?

such a weird turn of events this team

yeah how can a team be the boringest team and the most interesting team in the course of one season

lance almost got them to watchable status but then got all butthurt by not making the all star team and reverted back to old lance

got a couple good gifs from him tho tbf

just a bunch of regular guys (who hate each other maybe)

the first half of the season it was like yo the pacers got this done deal guys but now its like uhhhhh they can't even score 80+ consistently and everyone hates each other

they need a point guard so bad

the ability to get to the basket is very underrated in the nba

like kawhi leonard will never be half as good as tony parker

most important skill

i think so maybe, but also interior D which is the flip side

did the heat have any of that last year? maybe birdman a lil

the heat are very weird in that bron and wade are wing rim protectors, kinda made it all work although prob no one really considered it when that team came together

yeah

back to the other thing tho the pacers don't have anyone that can get to the rim really, lance a little i guess

the point guard thing just kills these guys. bunch of floor spacers and a huge guy with no one to create enough chaos for that stuff to matter the way it needs to

I voted pacers to be contrarian and maybe the playoffs will freshen things up some, but bulls/nets/rappers just as likely depending how seeds shake out

last night on sportscenter brian windhorst just came out and killed george hill, i was finally thank you for saying something.

reminder the pacers traded kawhi for hill and plumdawg the elder for scola

its really hard to figure out why they disregarded point guard so flagrantly putting this team together

like kawhi leonard will never be half as good as tony parker

― lag∞n, Saturday, April 12, 2014 1:09 AM (9 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

check your math on this.

also, going w pacers bc i think theyll have an easy first round to remind them of why they love each other and then theyll go against toronto probably? im not sold on toronto doing thangs deep in the playoffs, even the east.

check your math on this.

― smooth hymnal (m bison), Saturday, April 12, 2014 11:21 AM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

kawhi is v good but hes a complimentary player in the iguodala/george/deng mold not a star, if the spurs are gonna continue their dynasty theyre gonna have to find some more guys who can bend the game to their will

i know, but half????

i love tony, he's an absolute beast, but look at spurs W-L without kawhi and W-L without tony rn.

what r u saying u dont think tony parker is that good smh and u call yrself a spurs fan

half was just a figure of speech fwiw

im saying tony is that good and kawhi is almost that good rn.

like 80% i did the math, im a math teacher *schooled u*

r u a speech teacher? or speech therapist? where do u get off using their figures huh buddy

as things stand now, what would pacers' (as the no. 2 seed) path to the ECF be?

charlotte, then winner of chi/wash

hm. maybe chicago puts up a fight.

like 80% i did the math, im a math teacher *schooled u*

― smooth hymnal (m bison), Saturday, April 12, 2014 2:14 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

lol i knew when i came up w the half as good formulation and making u choose between spurs that i had hit upon the perfect logarithm [troll calculus]

nets/bulls ECF.

possible

desirable

ha!

partisan.

im only party to quality basketball matches played by quality basketball squadrons

charlotte, then winner of chi/wash

― smooth hymnal (m bison), Saturday, April 12, 2014 2:18 PM (15 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

this has me inclined to take the pacers.

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owned

brooklyn 4-0 v heat this year, a lil wade ill health and who knows, also piece maybe will run over bron in his wheel chair

praying already. praying to basketball jesus.

fuck the heat forever and ever amen.

would die to see a throwback series from pierce to knock the heat off then next year 20 mins a game for boston then retires to become a celtics assistant

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brooklyn 4-0 v heat this year, a lil wade ill health and who knows, also piece maybe will run over bron in his wheel chair

― lag∞n, Saturday, April 12, 2014

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ real key to the series.

watch out, bron

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going bulls

the heat haven't lost to the raptors since 2010

not that i think the rappers would give the heat a series, but that doesn't mean anything. this team is a lot different than any other post-bosh team

We're not against rap, we're not against raptors, but we are against those thugs

aside from the unhappy potential for a game 7 at the pacers' arena, i'm sure the heat are happy with the draw they get as the no. 2 seed.

i can't even really defend this but i voted for the pacers

why, you really don't think indiana's getting past either the bulls or nets?

well they've been legitimately horrible for months and seem to be in open revolt

i guess i just think they'll "turn it on"

i think the nets are their only competition but i think that's a really poor match up for brooklyn

i'm not as high on the bulls as anyone on this board... i think the nets will beat them 4-2 in the first round

indiana will get there imo

they can win games in the 80s in the playoffs

the nets' paul pierece-mason plumlee frontline shenanigans are good vs the heat but wouldn't cut it vs indiana

vogel is v smart and a good coach is a bigger deal in a 7 game series than rando reg season games

lol true it is total shenanigans xp

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y'all crazy.