F#CK THE HEAT!

[Masbee]

That's what I saw too. It looked a lot like LeBron's last game with Cleveland. I guess we're all just used to the Lakers (Kobe) having that extra gear when they need it but Miami doesn't have that guy (I thought DWade had it but it didn't appear last night).

I thought the end of the game was truly bizarre. They were down by 9 points (with about 40 seconds I think) but that's only 3 shots. They let like 17 seconds run off the clock before they fouled. While the chance of the Heat coming back was slim, Dallas had been missing some freethrows during the game and you never know. They just looked completely confused and the coach didn't help at all!

It was bizarre. Can't recall ever seeing anything like it.

Like I just said, Dallas beat the Heat with Attitude. The Heat "knew" they were beaten and conceded the game when they could have made an attempt at a desperation come back.

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

JohnCanzanoBFT

Yo, LeBron... eight years... no rings... how "real world" is that for ya?

 

[Minstrel]

Pretty scathing article from Joe Posnanski (perhaps the best sports columnist in the US, IMO):

That’s what I think happened to LeBron James. I don’t know that. I can’t know that. The only person on earth who can really know for sure is LeBron James. But it sure looked that way. The Heat, with James playing the lead role, had exemplified arrogance and glamour and talent and brilliance. They mocked the doubters. They bragged that with their talent this season was either championship or failure. They told us so. But in Game 6, with the game getting away, with Dallas’ team of 30-somethings who had never won championships tasting blood, with the minds of their home crowd apparently off to the next thing (and on South Beach, there’s always a next thing) well, it just got too hard, you know?

And LeBron James refused to even take the ball, much less take on the moment …

And the Heat faded away …

In a weird way, that fading away kind of tempered my joy. It even made me a little sad. Oh, sure, I’m glad Dallas won. I’m glad Miami lost. I’m glad Dirk Nowitzki won a championship — he’s one of the great players in NBA history. And I’m glad that The Decision Season did not end with LeBron James holding a trophy above his head. That would have been a tough one to take.

But, the way it ended made me feel like the whole season of rooting against Miami was kind of pointless. Sure, the Heat came close. Sure, the Heat overwhelmed teams at times. Sure, the Heat got to the brink of the most brazen championship in recent memory. But then it got too hard. After the game, Chris Bosh offered that most cliché of concessions: “They wanted it more than we did.” But in this case, those words carried with them a little shock value. Really? They wanted it more? As a friend says: “Then what was the point of any of this?”

The way it ended made me feel like this Miami Heat team, with LeBron James playing the lead, wasn’t really good enough to be worth my disdain.

http://joeposnanski.si.com/2011/06/13/feeling-the-heat/

 

[3RA1N1AC]

lol "they wanted it more than we did" ...

 

[Denny Crane]

Fuck LeBron. Oh no, now this thread is going to be merged!

 

[BlazerCaravan]

lol "they wanted it more than we did" ...

Seriously, WTF?! That's a lame excuse in January... in an elimination game, it's ridiculous... in GAME 6 of the FINALS?! WITH YOUR BACKS AGAINST THE WALL??!! WHAT THE FUCK!

 

[BrianFromWA]

I'm having a hard time seeing Jordan, Bird or Magic utter those lines about an NBA Finals (final) game.

 

[BBert]

I don't think Bosh was making an excuse. I think he was giving credit to the Mavs for their superior competitive fire, while at the same time indicting his own team's lack of gnads. At least if he wasn't, he should have been.

 

[Minstrel]

I'm having a hard time seeing Jordan, Bird or Magic utter those lines about an NBA Finals (final) game.

Well, to be fair, no one has claimed Chris Bosh was equivalent to any of those people.

 

[BrianFromWA]

touche'

 

[BlazerCaravan]

Well, to be fair, no one has claimed Chris Bosh was equivalent to any of those people.

You probably don't belong in a competitive sport if that's your big takeaway from a Finals game that lost you the championship. Everybody at the top level of any sport, in potentially the final game of the sport's championship, should want it the most. Saying you didn't want it enough masks the truth: you weren't good enough. And lord, if you're telling the truth?! Get the fuck out of the sport if you're wasting time and earning cash. You're loitering.

The 1990 and 1992 Blazers wanted it 100%. They wanted it as bad as Detroit and as bad as Chicago. They weren't good enough to win, but I took solace in knowing they played their hearts out... the losses sucked, but they tried. If I was a pre-Bron Miami fan, I'd be disgusted at the implication that their drive wasn't sufficient enough to motivate their superior talent.

 

[ironcrotch]

this is easily the best image

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

this is easily the best image

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

The Peoria Chiefs, a minor league affiliate of the Chicago Cubs, have added their names to the growing list of people poking fun at LeBron James' NBA Finals defeat.

The Single-A team announced that "the replica ring, which like LeBron's is non-existent," would be handed out to fans before the game on June 16 as a part of promotion honoring the 1990 Chicago Bulls.

The release also stated that "the Chiefs are looking into whether or not the game can skip the fourth inning to honor King James who took off the fourth quarter of every finals game," further poking fun at James' supposed inability to play when it matters -- in the fourth quarter.

"We aren't sure if the league will allow it," Chiefs president Rocky Vonachen said. "But if LeBron doesn't need to show up for the fourth, maybe we won't either."

The release said "fans will also have the opportunity to learn how to perform the Heimlich to prevent themselves or their colleagues from choking in a big situation."

"Really this is just us getting back to the real world and waking up today and trying to solve our own personal problems," Eric Obalil, the vice president of ticket sales, said, referencing James' postgame comments following Game 6.

"All the people that was rooting on me to fail, at the end of the day they have to wake up tomorrow and have the same life that they had before they woke up today," James said.

LINK​

 

[uosean]

this is easily the best image

That's the best!!

I say FUCK LEBRON, fuck the heat!! Assholes like them don't deserve any respect. . . in the real world.

 

[THE HCP]

Purposely stayed away from this thread and the whole,"Fuck Miami" thing going on. I am a straight up basketball junkie...... always have been. Have had the NBA LeaguePass for the past 5 years. Will watch a Bobcat v Clipper game as soon as I'd watch a Laker v Magic game. I don't really understand all the hate. The way LeBron handled the free agent situation last year was wrong, that said, he will finish his career if not the all-time leading scorer, but maybe one of the best to have play the game. Plain and simple, he is one of the greatest ever! I always find the "Best Ever" lists interesting. It all depends on how you judge greatness. I myself do not think individual stats ('Nique, Ice Man) mean much....... as well as NBA rings won(JR Rider, Adam Morrison). It has to be a combination of the 2. I believe the hate on him is more geared towards his attitude and FU personality, but if you consider yourself knowledgable about the game of basketball you can't question his talent. Somebody on here said this will make the Heat better in the long run, that is the straight truth. The Heat will probably win 70 games next season and win the title with ease. Never been a kick the guy while he is down kind of person.

 

[MickZagger]

I dont think anybody's arguing that he's not good. But, he might be the biggest primadonna the game has seen and he mind fucks himself in clutch situations. For that, he will forever be a goat, unless his team wins a ring, I mean more than 1. The way the media has pumped this guy for years and as much as he helps build up the hype of himself by counting how many rings he's going get before he ever plays for the Heat. All the sayings are apropos when it comes to Lebron, but my favorite is, "dont throw stones if you live in a glass house". Ultimately, he's made his own bed, now he has to sleep in it.

Is he a great talent? Yes. But, he deserves all the shit he's getting.

 

[Minstrel]

Is he a great talent? Yes. But, he deserves all the shit he's getting.

I agree with this. I think people are trying to read too much into this, that he's proven conclusively that he'll never win titles, but I don't think he's being criticized unjustly. He made himself the cocky villain and people cheer when the cocky villain loses.