2010 NBA Finals APPRECIATION Thread

[Professor Emeritus]

Blazers fans gotta be the maddest fanbase I imagine. They had several championship caliber teams taken away from them

I'm surprised more of the old heads haven't just committed that.

Portland probably has had a chance at more different championship-level cores over one thirty-year stretch than any other team in basketball.

late 1970s: The Ramsey/Walton/Lucas Blazers briefly turn into one of the most dominating teams in basketball (win the title in '77 and then start 50-10 in '78), then Walton breaks his foot and its all over.

1980s: A Portland team that won 48 games the year before with a rookie Drexler barely playing then adds Kiki Vandewedge (coming off a 29ppg All-Star season) and has the chance to draft Jordan....but picks Sam Bowie instead, who breaks his leg in his 2nd season and ends up a total bust. The next year they draft Sabonis, one of the top-5 ballers in the world and who the Soviets hadn't ruined yet. With NO other moves besides those picks, squad could have been:

Michael Jordan
Clyde Drexler
Jerome Kersey
Kiki Vandeweghe
Arvydas Sabonis
With Jim Paxson, Mychal Thompson, and Darnell Valentine off the bench.

1990s: Even with the miss on Jordan, Portland puts together a squad of Porter, Drexler, Kersey, Buck Williams, and Kevin Duckworth. They go to two Finals, nearly three in a row, but always play dumb at the worst possible moments and can't make it over the top. Sabonis instead of Duckworth would have made them champs for sure, but he doesn't make it over until 1995 when he's on two broken legs.

early 2000s: Blazers rebuild with Stoudamire-Steve Smith-Pippen-Sheed-Sabonis. It's not a great squad, but its well-rounded in a weak era and they SHOULD have had a title in 2000 if not for the refs in Game 7.

late 2000s: In just 2006-2007, the Blazers draft: Brandon Roy, LaMarcus Aldridge, Greg Oden, Rudy Fernandez, and Sergio Rodriguez. Their squad when healthy was:

Blake / Bayless / Rodriguez
Roy / Fernandez
Batum / Outlaw
Aldridge / Frye
Oden / Pryzbilla

They could have had Durant instead of Oden but thought they needed a center. Even with the injuries and inexperience they were a 50+ win team almost immediately. Match that squad up with the 2008-2010 Lakers and who comes out on top? But then Oden's knees end up destroyed, Roy's knees end up destroyed, Fernandez's back ends up destroyed, and once again it was all over.

Portland had the pure talent available for FIVE completely different championship level squads in 30 years, and only ended up with one title.

 

[Saysumthinfunnymike]

KG getting hurt fukked the Celts from winning back to back.

 

[Young Fab]

KG getting hurt fukked the Celts from winning back to back.

Correction: Back to back to back.

I say all the time Kobe owes his entire career to Shaq & KG.

 

[Premeditated]

Lord have mercy.

I thought bruh was regarded as one of the more "logical" posters in here?

could have fooled me looking at this thread.

 

[The God Poster]

Lord have mercy.

I see why @CHICAGO Be shyttng on him

 

[steph_harden]

It had nothing to do with Bron.

If I wanted to embarrass Bron, I woulda posted the 2014 Finals or the 2011 Finals.

I did it because I thought we were going to have a run of "Finals Appreciation" threads.

Lebron doesn’t have anything to be embarrassed about in 2014. He averaged 28/8/4 on 57% from the field and 52% from 3.

His team just ran into a buzzsaw, it happens

 

[Trece]

In honor of the coming special celebration for Lebrons 6th final L this June, I figure I start early

Dont think Bron sniffs the Finals this year

 

[High quality poster]

Bron stans love bringing up 6-24

Shall we examine Lebrons numbers vs the Celtics who by the way was reigning 2 time mvp in his prime.

Game 4 7-18 L
Game 5 3-14 L
Game 6 8-21 L



Kobe had one bad game. Had Pau actually showed up in Boston Lakers woulda ended it in 6

It’s funny how y’all claim Kobe faced nothing as good as the warriors yet the Celtics had Lebron running forming up Superteams

Those Celtics teams were fukking good.

 

[Trece]

And the next year, a team where the second best player was Jason Terry won a finals, swept the lakers and had The “Goat” scared of his own shadow

Kobe playing on one knee in 2011.. had he been healthy he would haved sonned Bron (instead of Terry) in the 2011 finals

 

[Rigby.]

I'm surprised more of the old heads haven't just committed that.

Portland probably has had a chance at more different championship-level cores over one thirty-year stretch than any other team in basketball.

late 1970s: The Ramsey/Walton/Lucas Blazers briefly turn into one of the most dominating teams in basketball (win the title in '77 and then start 50-10 in '78), then Walton breaks his foot and its all over.

1980s: A Portland team that won 48 games the year before with a rookie Drexler barely playing then adds Kiki Vandewedge (coming off a 29ppg All-Star season) and has the chance to draft Jordan....but picks Sam Bowie instead, who breaks his leg in his 2nd season and ends up a total bust. The next year they draft Sabonis, one of the top-5 ballers in the world and who the Soviets hadn't ruined yet. With NO other moves besides those picks, squad could have been:

Michael Jordan
Clyde Drexler
Jerome Kersey
Kiki Vandeweghe
Arvydas Sabonis
With Jim Paxson, Mychal Thompson, and Darnell Valentine off the bench.

1990s: Even with the miss on Jordan, Portland puts together a squad of Porter, Drexler, Kersey, Buck Williams, and Kevin Duckworth. They go to two Finals, nearly three in a row, but always play dumb at the worst possible moments and can't make it over the top. Sabonis instead of Duckworth would have made them champs for sure, but he doesn't make it over until 1995 when he's on two broken legs.

early 2000s: Blazers rebuild with Stoudamire-Steve Smith-Pippen-Sheed-Sabonis. It's not a great squad, but its well-rounded in a weak era and they SHOULD have had a title in 2000 if not for the refs in Game 7.

late 2000s: In just 2006-2007, the Blazers draft: Brandon Roy, LaMarcus Aldridge, Greg Oden, Rudy Fernandez, and Sergio Rodriguez. Their squad when healthy was:

Blake / Bayless / Rodriguez
Roy / Fernandez
Batum / Outlaw
Aldridge / Frye
Oden / Pryzbilla

They could have had Durant instead of Oden but thought they needed a center. Even with the injuries and inexperience they were a 50+ win team almost immediately. Match that squad up with the 2008-2010 Lakers and who comes out on top? But then Oden's knees end up destroyed, Roy's knees end up destroyed, Fernandez's back ends up destroyed, and once again it was all over.

Portland had the pure talent available for FIVE completely different championship level squads in 30 years, and only ended up with one title.

Not to mention that even if they don’t win a title ASAP w that mid 2000s gang, taking KD and having Roy not get injuried gives them some carry over to the Lillard, McCollum, Wes Matthews, and Barton era (most of these dudes would be pretty young

could end up w some combo of

Lillard
Older Roy
Potentially CJ
Barton
KD
Aldridge
And maybe they still keep Batum, who was pretty legit for em

 

[dh86]

Kobe playing on one knee in 2011.. had he been healthy he would haved sonned Bron (instead of Terry) in the 2011 finals

*Gets ran out the building by OKC just like they did the next year.

 

[dh86]

Bron stans love bringing up 6-24

Shall we examine Lebrons numbers vs the Celtics who by the way was reigning 2 time mvp in his prime.

Game 4 7-18 L
Game 5 3-14 L
Game 6 8-21 L



Kobe had one bad game. Had Pau actually showed up in Boston Lakers woulda ended it in 6

It’s funny how y’all claim Kobe faced nothing as good as the warriors yet the Celtics had Lebron running forming up Superteams

Those Celtics teams were fukking good.

Did LeBron shoot 6/24 and WIN? Your answer determines who really had a "super team".

 

[Young Fab]

Bron stans love bringing up 6-24

Shall we examine Lebrons numbers vs the Celtics who by the way was reigning 2 time mvp in his prime.

Game 4 7-18 L
Game 5 3-14 L
Game 6 8-21 L



Kobe had one bad game. Had Pau actually showed up in Boston Lakers woulda ended it in 6

It’s funny how y’all claim Kobe faced nothing as good as the warriors yet the Celtics had Lebron running forming up Superteams

Those Celtics teams were fukking good.

One bad game? Ignore Game 3 where Kobe was on yet another one his 30 for 30 nights(10-29 for 29 pts to be exact) and needed Derek Fisher to takeover and score 15 in da 4th while Forty Percent was too busy continuing to throw up apartment buildings. That series ends in 5 if D. Fish don't bail him out, not to mention the greatest shooter ever this side of Steph Curry went into the biggest slump of his career(Ray Allen missed 17 straight 3's over a three game stretch).

Forty Percent = Most fortunate, luckiest, overhyped, bailed out superstar in the history of sports

 

[Professor Emeritus]

Bron stans love bringing up 6-24

Shall we examine Lebrons numbers vs the Celtics who by the way was reigning 2 time mvp in his prime.

Game 4 7-18 L
Game 5 3-14 L
Game 6 8-21 L

Kobe had one bad game. Had Pau actually showed up in Boston Lakers woulda ended it in 6

Everyone knows that Lebron had a subpar series in 2010. It was one of his worst playoff series ever. The difference is that he didn't win one of his only two Finals MVPs for it.

And your "Kobe had one bad game" is a complete lie. Lebron shot 45% for his series. Kobe shot 40% for his. Those 7-18 and 8-21 numbers you posting as Lebron's worst games were about the same as Kobe's AVERAGE FG% for the whole series.

Why do ya'all even post such bullshyt when you know anyone can just look it up and debunk you?

I thought bruh was regarded as one of the more "logical" posters in here?

could have fooled me looking at this thread.

I see why @CHICAGO Be shyttng on him

I know you ain't talking about me. You?

Name one thing I said up in here that wasn't logical.

There's a reason why my post got 22 daps (more than anyone else in this thread) and all ya'all got is salty GSH and King Brim daps.

 

[Gil Scott-Heroin]

@The Dankster has gotta be the corniest dude on this board.