The NBA Playoffs 2006

[Brett]

Originally posted by DavidFlamma
Try this...grab a miniature basketball and a hoop that is relative in size...

It is harder to reliably throw the damn thing.

Shaq should be able to manage a free throw, but I imagine his hand size cannot help his shooting.

Try it before you laugh.

I can knock down threes with relative ease on the court, but when I go in my back yard with a little ball and smaller hoop, it is harder.

Dude give me a fucking break with this horseshit. He has no technique, it has nothing to do with the size of his hand. And when he had a free throw coach here, he shot 62%, now he barely hits 30%.

Plenty of big players with large hands have hit free throws just fine.

Stop making excuses for ineptness.

[Romeo Delight]

Brett, go try it at a friends house who has kids...

Obviously he should be better, but has hit shots when he has to in these finals.

Try it first. Then come here and tell me I'm wrong

[redblkwht]

espn page 2, my quote of the day..
LMFAO!!

posted from a fan
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"I want to say something about Dwayne Wade, but I fear I may get called for a foul."
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HAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAA!!

[Brett]

Sad, it's becomming pretty obvious to everyone I suppose.

How about this, the last play of regulation. How do you miss that?

[Guitar Shark]

It's a conspiracy against the Mavericks, obviously. There's no other explanation.

[Brett]

No it's called embarrassing officiating. It has nothing to do with conspiracies, it has to do with refs being influenced by the home crowd. The Heat got calls in Games 3-5 they never got in Dallas. Shit had that foul been on Wade, it probably would have been a flagrant.

[Guitar Shark]

So, by that logic I assume that you believe Dallas got calls in Games 1-2 that they never got in Miami?

[Brett]

No those games were called fairly, hence Miami lost...as they should have. They have been badly outplayed in 4 of 5 games, but have gotten the benefit of ridiculous calls and laughable officiating the last 3 games to get back in a series they have no business winning.

There was a great article on this on ESPN today, I'm glad those Shaq suckdicks can even see the ridiculousness of the officiating in this series. You have one player getting calls that Michael Jordan wouldn't even get.

The only reason Miami is even in this series is because of the officiating...plain and simple.

[Guitar Shark]

Glad to see you are still so objective on this issue.

[Brett]

As you are Mr. Devil's Advocate.

[Brett]

Watch, if the free throw numbers are similiar tonight, the Mavs will win by 20. Mark my words. If Wade gets to the line 30 times, the series is over.

[Guitar Shark]

I love how this all comes down to free throws and biased calls by the officials. It couldn't have anything to do with improved defensive play by the Heat, to use just one example.

[Brett]

LOL, that's your big defense to the free throw discrepancy? The Heat are playing better defense? That explains why Dwyane Wade shot 25 free throws? And don't say it's because "he goes to the basket." ROFL! Come on Shark.

[Brett]

And let's see if I'm wrong. I say if the free throw attempts are within 5, the Mavs win by 20. Let the numbers prove me wrong.

[Guitar Shark]

Originally posted by Brett
LOL, that's your big defense to the free throw discrepancy? The Heat are playing better defense? That explains why Dwyane Wade shot 25 free throws? And don't say it's because "he goes to the basket." ROFL! Come on Shark.

The two comments aren't related, except that your explanation for the fact that the Heat won is because of the free throws and crappy calls. My point is that even if that's true, there are a lot of other reasons why the Heat won the last 3 games. Including better defense, adaptive coaching, and absolutely stellar play by Wade.