Official 2013-2014 NBA Playoffs Thread

[Blackjack200]

AFAI could tell, he was the only one wearing those full thigh/calves on both legs. Those were the ultimate contributing factor to that leg locking up like that, if it happened in the first half, after some IV at half-time, he'd have been fine.

Okay doc.

 

[dougp]

Okay doc.

It's more or less from experience, douche. Go back to sucking him off, maybe that'll relieve the cramping.

 

[Capt Caveman]

The old Boston Garden didn't have a/c and in the '84 NBA Finals between the Celtics and Lakers, for Game 4, the game time temperature was announced at 97 degrees.

 

[OILFIELDTRASH]

If he were the only one wearing them maybe that would make for a better case, but lots of players appear to be wearing them tonight and he's the only one going down. It's a sh!tty way to have a huge impact on the game. He's a major reason they can afford to do the aggressive rotations they do, since he can guard so much space. And that's just defense.

And 100% his own fault. As a professional athlete you need to take the necessary steps to be prepared for game conditions including if the ac happens to go out. He was the only athlete on the floor that was affected to the point where he tapped out. Like I said 100% his fault.

 

[Blackjack200]

And 100% his own fault. As a professional athlete you need to take the necessary steps to be prepared for game conditions including if the ac happens to go out. He was the only athlete on the floor that was affected to the point where he tapped out. Like I said 100% his fault.

He was also the leading scorer and had played more minutes than anyone else. Don't be a childish idiot and blame LeBron for pushing himself to the point of literal physical exhaustion because he was trying to win.

 

[dougp]

He was also the leading scorer and had played more minutes than anyone else. Don't be a childish idiot and blame LeBron for pushing himself to the point of literal physical exhaustion because he was trying to win.

Who's fault is it, then? Coach Spo? The trainers? Medical staff? The water boy?

 

[IAteYourMother]

Who's fault is it, then? Coach Spo? The trainers? Medical staff? The water boy?

Probably the damn facilities people who should be able to keep the A/C running in a sports arena during the summer.

 

[Blackjack200]

Who's fault is it, then? Coach Spo? The trainers? Medical staff? The water boy?

Who's fault is it? No one's. Who's fault was it when Derrick Rose tore his ACL? Who's fault was it when Tim Duncan missed that easy layup in the Finals last year? Why is it anyone's fault? It happened, you pick yourself up, and you get ready for game two. All I'm saying is that shitting on LeBron for it is as stupid as it gets.

And yeah, I know you're waiting for me to blame it on the AC. Don't hold your breath, it's not going to happen.

 

[OILFIELDTRASH]

He was also the leading scorer and had played more minutes than anyone else. Don't be a childish idiot and blame LeBron for pushing himself to the point of literal physical exhaustion because he was trying to win.

So if the number one runner in the world runs the Boston Marathon in hotter than expected conditions and runs himself to exhaustion in the first 3/4ths of the race whose fault is it?

 

[IAteYourMother]

So if the number one runner in the world runs the Boston Marathon in hotter than expected conditions and runs himself to exhaustion in the first 3/4ths of the race whose fault is it?

Well it's an outdoor environment, so temperature variability is to be expected.

 

[OILFIELDTRASH]

That last James rebound and 3 was a big fuck you to all the haters.

lol. Then the raising of his hand for the tap out was the haters t bagging Lebron.

 

[dougp]

Probably the damn facilities people who should be able to keep the A/C running in a sports arena during the summer.

And here it goes. It's not that fucking easy, or else it would have been done.

 

[Blackjack200]

So if the number one runner in the world runs the Boston Marathon in hotter than expected conditions and runs himself to exhaustion in the first 3/4ths of the race whose fault is it?

I don't know. Who's fault was it when Carey Price injured his knee? Who's fault was it when Ivan Nova tore his shoulder? These guys are pushing themselves to the limits. Now you're blaming them when they get hurt? What do you know about playing professional sports?

 

[OILFIELDTRASH]

Well it's an outdoor environment, so temperature variability is to be expected.

🙄
So there is never any variability in basketball with different teams, different systems, and different players in each series? Hell even each game is different within a series.

 

[Blackjack200]

🙄
So there is never any variability in basketball with different teams, different systems, and different players in each series? Hell even each game is different within a series.

No, clearly there is no variability. That's why we can say with absolute certainty that if no one else had cramps, LeBron shouldn't have had cramps either.

 

[OILFIELDTRASH]

I don't know. Who's fault was it when Carey Price injured his knee? Who's fault was it when Ivan Nova tore his shoulder? These guys are pushing themselves to the limits. Now you're blaming them when they get hurt? What do you know about playing professional sports?

Playing professionally? Nothing as I'm not a 6'8" black man with a 36" vertical.
Playing sports, pushing myself to fatigue, and finding the limits of my body I know plenty about.

 

[IAteYourMother]

🙄
So there is never any variability in basketball with different teams, different systems, and different players in each series? Hell even each game is different within a series.

We're talking about cramps, right?

 

[Blackjack200]

--snip-- Nothing --snip--

Thanks.

 

[OILFIELDTRASH]

We're talking about cramps, right?

Yes. Would you say chasing Tony Parker around could be a little different than say a Paul George or David West? Or playing defense vs a half court pacers team vs a run and gun S.A. team?
So yes you should be prepared (fully hydrated, not running yourself into exhaustion, etc.) as a pro athlete every night. No excuses.

 

[IAteYourMother]

Yes. Would you say chasing Tony Parker around could be a little different than say a Paul George or David West? Or playing defense vs a half court pacers team vs a run and gun S.A. team?
So yes you should be prepared (fully hydrated, not running yourself into exhaustion, etc.) as a pro athlete every night. No excuses.

So your argument is that it was this specific team play style that caused Lebron to cramp up as opposed to the 90+ degree temperatures in the arena? Well this just got really stupid.

 

[Blackjack200]

No excuses.

Okay, so what were the excuses for all the other players that performed below LeBron's level? LeBron had 25 points, no one else on the floor had a better game, and he did it in three quarters.

 

[Miramonti]

And 100% his own fault. As a professional athlete you need to take the necessary steps to be prepared for game conditions including if the ac happens to go out. He was the only athlete on the floor that was affected to the point where he tapped out. Like I said 100% his fault.

That's a buttload of bs. I have to assume he drank plenty of fluids to compensate, it just didn't workout for him today. Keep pretending you know what you're talking about, while you're sounding like a driveling arm-chair waterboy.

 

[Miramonti]

Flashback...Ray Lewis: Superbowl XLVII blackout was no accident

Conspiracy tonight?

 

[Miramonti]

AFAI could tell, he was the only one wearing those full thigh/calves on both legs. Those were the ultimate contributing factor to that leg locking up like that, if it happened in the first half, after some IV at half-time, he'd have been fine.

Sounds like you'd blame him even if there was no air conditioning problem due to wearing his standard getup, which you have no proof that was a contributing factor. Sort of makes your argument moot and biased, thus fairly irrelevant imo.

 

[Atomic Playboy]

It's a shame that the lack of AC and LeBron's cramps are going to be the dominant storyline of a game that was incredibly well played by both teams until the last two minutes which the Spurs dominated in an amazing fashion. If the AC was working and LeBron was on the floor, does it play out differently? Maybe. But the Spurs were about as perfect as you could ask for in the last couple minutes, drilling three after three after three after three... Nobody is withstanding that barrage. They took a game that was completely up for grabs in the last 2 minutes and turned it into a blowout. That deserves praise, regardless of how you feel about LeBron.

That said, anyone shitting on LeBron for that performance better hope that he gets cramps in every game this series. He was on pace for 30+ points, 8 rebounds, 4 assists and 4 steals. What a clown... </sarcasm>. That said, it definitely doesn't have the cachet of Michael Jordan overcoming the flu to win Game 5 in 1997, so it certainly will be something people use as a strike against LeBron's legacy going forwards, deservedly or not. At this point, Jordan's legacy is virtually invincible, and as long as LeBron continues the unforgivable crime of not being Michael Jordan, people are going to shit on him any time he does ANYTHING wrong. "Look, he was awful in Game 5 against the Pacers! He SUCKS!" Oh wait, he won that series.... "Look, he bitched out in Game 1 of the Finals!" Well I guess we'll just see what happens next.

I want the Spurs to win the series because they play basketball the right way and they are an easy team to like; every single player on that team deserves another ring. But I would love LeBron to reel off 12 championships in a row just so all these idiots who hate him for no reason can spend the rest of their lives fuming that he would be considered the best player ever, period. You're just as bad as the morons who hated Jordan in his prime, made 1,000 times worse because the internet wasn't around back then so we didn't have to listen to your incorrect opinion spouted off as gospel every time Jordan had an off night. Hell, I hope LeBron joins the Spurs just to see what dougp does. That would be more fun to watch than this series (which has started off incredibly).