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Big Ads

Years ago

Game 5 Bulls v Heat

Will it be a team of champions or a champion team that takes this years title? My feeling is that Dallas has the better overall chemistry which will give them the edge. I guess we'll all know in 3 weeks

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Beantown

Years ago

I'd like to see Kidd, Dirk, Peja and Jet break through for a title before they retire. Not sure they can do it though. They were built to beat the Lakers and Celtics, not Miami, which looks like a nightmare matchup for them:

1) They haven't really got a good matchup for Bosh. I can't see Dirk guarding him, because they need him to focus on scoring. Probably gonna be Matrix or Chandler, but neither is ideal.
2) Which leads to problem two. If Matrix is guarding Bosh, who's guarding Lebron? Stevenson probably, but he's a little small really.
3) If Stevenson is guarding Lebron, who's guarding Wade? Kidd? Jet? Barea?

Dirk's playing great, but he and his team-mates are going to have to be on fire all series to win I think.

Heat in 5.

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MACDUB

Years ago

Alexkrad,

Lebron has "Chosen 1", "Gifted Child", "Witness", "King James", "K-J-1"(short for King James 1.0), "Beast" tatted all over his body.

Enough said.

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MACDUB

Years ago

He is egotistical..simple as that.

MJ wanted to win championships because he wanted to win in a team environment, he wanted to be part of a collective success. He wanted to win as a TEAM.

LBJ wants to win a ring simply because he thinks that the only way he can be better than MJ is if he has as many, if not more rings than him.

Lebron only wants championships to further his own individual stardom.

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MACDUB

Years ago

Tripple, I totally agree with you.
LBJ and D-Wade are all about the stardom and individual accolades of winning the title.

His post game comments from today were interesting:

"This has been a good run for myself in closing these games, but I never lost confidence in my ability in those situations," he said. "I know what I'm capable of. This wasn't anything new. I did this in the past. The times when I didn't make shots, those are the ones people remember. Not the times when you do well.You feel like the world is caving in on you sometimes."

Uses words like Myself, I, My, I'm, ...no mention of the team or 'we'.
Very self-centered and egotistical.

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