Who will win the nba championship 2012??

[LabelMeAnOutlaw]

Been away for a week (on a cruise) but I did get to catch the games at Carnival's EA Sports Bar all 3 games (3, 4, 5). Congrats to them Miami boys for getting it done. You kind of feel for Durant when you see him crying on his mother's shoulder, but his time will come. Like Lebron said though, "It's about damn time". No longer can people use "the ringless king" as a joke. He's solidified his legacy. He's officially off the Charles Barkley/Karl Malone/Patrick Ewing (legends that never got a ring) list.

[nba2k13]

durant is way young he got lots of yrs to get a ring i wonder who will challenge the heat next yr, will the thunder be better or fall off, or will lakers comeback to the finals or will the bulls murder the heat next yr, will lebron be as hungry to repeat and wtf will happen wit dwight howard

[H.O.V.A.]

[MENTION=2717]LabelMeAnOutlaw They may not be talking about how he's ringless, but I've seen on the net people joking about how the guy only has one ring (after he promised 7) and how he won in a shortened season. For me, when you look at Lebron in game 6 vs. Boston and onward compared to previous finals efforts, the differences are night and day. To me it felt like Lebron has finally grown and discovered who he was as a player. He won't bring 7 championships to Miami but he WILL bring multiple championships for them. I actually wouldn't be surprised if Miami won again next year, provided they kept their core players and add new pieces where they're needed (I've been hearing rumors about Steve Nash and Ray Allen coming over, but who knows? we'll see...).

durant is way young he got lots of yrs to get a ring i wonder who will challenge the heat next yr, will the thunder be better or fall off, or will lakers comeback to the finals or will the bulls murder the heat next yr, will lebron be as hungry to repeat and wtf will happen wit dwight howard

The west is way too weak right now. For the Lakers the only good/consistent player they have is Kobe, and he's getting older. Last I've read about Ramon Sessions is that he's opted for free agency, so the only point guard that comes to mind is Steve Blake. LA's first priority has to be to to get a decent point guard. I'm sure they can find some pieces by trading either Gasol or Bynum, both of them haven't really played up to par (in Bynum's defense Kobe hasn't really fed him the ball but Gasol was straight up soft during the OKC games. You'd think with that much size in LA they'd dominate the west)

Dallas has the same problems as LA, but the presence of Tyson Chandler is sorely missed in the defensive end and in second chance points. Marion is great on defense but he can only do so much. As far as rumors go I've heard stuff about D. Will and Dwight considering Dallas (it'll be lights out if any team in the west gets Howard).

Rockets and Hornets... don't know much about them to make any comments.

Denver took LA to 7 games, I feel that they'll be alright next year after watching them play. Just couldn't get the job done.

LA Clippers... they'll contend as long as they have CP3.

Spurs and Thunder will be the kings of the west, but I'm giving it to OKC simply because their players are younger and will only get better with time (provided that they keep their core role players).

The east is gonna be a joke next year. The Bulls will miss Rose for most of the season (but they should make the playoffs, what seed they'll place in idk). Boston's role players (with the exception of Rondo) are getting older, so the rebuilding process is gonna take a while to do. So you're left with the Hawks, Pacers, 76ers and Magic, all of those teams would lose to a healthy Miami team (of course with the rookies/trades going on next year I'm sure they'll be matchups on both ends that'll shake things up but Lord knows)

tl;dr: I believe OKC and Miami are gonna dominate the east and the west for a while.

[LabelMeAnOutlaw]

[MENTION=2717]LabelMeAnOutlaw They may not be talking about how he's ringless, but I've seen on the net people joking about how the guy only has one ring (after he promised 7) and how he won in a shortened season.

Lmao, that's just pathetic. As for the shortened season, if anything should be said about it, it should be that it was harder than a regular season. Did you notice how many people went down with injury? Perhaps they couldn't handle the demand of the compacted season. Also, does anybody discount the Spurs' championship back in '99 when they won in that lockout season? People are really grasping at straws I see.

[H.O.V.A.]

Lmao, that's just pathetic. As for the shortened season, if anything should be said about it, it should be that it was harder than a regular season. Did you notice how many people went down with injury? Perhaps they couldn't handle the demand of the compacted season. Also, does anybody discount the Spurs' championship back in '99 when they won in that lockout season? People are really grasping at straws I see.

I know there are some people who discount the Spurs' championship, but in the history books a W's a W. I'm not discounting Lebron's ring but at this point I feel the sky's the limit. I said before that Lebron has finally found his identity as a player so it'll be interesting how he'll respond next season.

[Omar]

close this fuckin thread already

[LabelMeAnOutlaw]

close this fuckin thread already

You realize closing this thread will just open a "Who Will Win The 2013 NBA Championship?" thread, right? If you're not an NBA fan it's very simple to just step off. Reading that comment had me thinking you were Ruckus for a second.

[Omar]

You realize closing this thread will just open a "Who Will Win The 2013 NBA Championship?" thread, right? If you're not an NBA fan it's very simple to just step off. Reading that comment had me thinking you were Ruckus for a second.

ruckus!!!!!

[nba2k13]

Lmao, that's just pathetic. As for the shortened season, if anything should be said about it, it should be that it was harder than a regular season. Did you notice how many people went down with injury? Perhaps they couldn't handle the demand of the compacted season. Also, does anybody discount the Spurs' championship back in '99 when they won in that lockout season? People are really grasping at straws I see.

shit even lebron was asked about it after he won the ring, on how was playin 66 games instead of 82 and he said its tougher since lots of games are played in a shortern period and who can last at the end, i guess i could give the haters an excuse to say the spurs 50 game season was not a real title, but not this 1, it was not like the heat played 40 games they played 66 games and every1 else did, no excuse, i mpretty sure the same haters sayin the spurs and heat title was not real, would not be bitchin if their team won in either yr lol.

even every1 on espn magic johson etc said 66 games whoeva wins will be a great feat so many games played back to back.

82 or 66 games u still have to play them and the playoffs are the same amount so fuck them