Palmetto Proving Grounds

Dirk > LeBron.

Rose hasn't played well all series, didn't take much to shut him down last night.

lebron is a worthless, self-centered, egotistical POS. The NBA is the worst pro league these days and guys like lebron aren't helping.

Never thought we'd miss MJ so much.

Very good points made in this post. I like the fact that 4 new teams are in the conference finals.

This is the playoffs, you only need a bench in the regular season.

You must not be watching the NBA right now. It has as much talent as it's ever had and it will be amazing to watch the next 10-15 years.

People are jealous of Lebron. How many people wish they could go in and quit their job and shop themselves around.
Oh I forgot, thats what we do!! He improved himself and made himself a desired commodity. If you were on the top of your career field and you had several fortune 500 companies beating down your door to hire you at top dollar, WHAT WOULD YOU DO?
Would you stay at your original job and be overworked, or put yourself in the best position to succeed?
I think he made a wonderful business decision. CHEERS to Lebron. Tell all the haters to kiss your rings.

I'm not ready to fit the Heat with rings just yet. I think it's going to be a great series. I think the Thunder is a worse matchup for the Heat then the Mavs.

I wouldn't mind Jason Kidd and Dirk getting a ring.

what rings??? & I don't think it's so much that he left Cleveland that people got so mad about, atleast not me anyway, it's the way he did it...an hour special on ESPN to take a dump in Cleveland's face, the team you just spent 7 years with, the way he did & not even talking to the front office about your plans or anything just keeping it all hush hush, it's something called respect & clearly there wasn't much of that to go around with that whole "The Decision" debacle...I don't fault the guy, he wants to win & he realized he wasn't good enough to do it in Cleveland, although I think he could have if he had a legit 2nd option...so he "takes his talent's to South Beach" to go help D-Wade add to his legacy...I think Cleveland could have & would have got him some help had he stayed

Yea I'll be pulling for the Mavs barring a miraculous comeback by the Bulls. It will definitely be a good one, Dirk is playing like the MVP right now & appears to have gotten a little tougher. He's damn near unguardable, although the Heat will have some bodies to throw at him. The Mavs are just shooting the ball so good right now, something I wish the Bulls were doing, but they're not. Credit Miami for playing good defense, but anybody who's been watching can see that the Bulls are missing way too many wide open shots.

okay, but if your leaving why not just tell somebody?? well I guess that would take away from the suspense of "The Decision"...they hired Byron Scott because he fit the criteria that LeBron wanted in the new coach...who says the only way to build a team is through free agency??? ever heard of building through the draft??? it works pretty well...they did make some effort to get him some help, that's why they brought in Antwan Jamison, although that move clearly didn't work out & wasn't a good one, it was still a effort...could the Cavs have done more??? certainly, but they didn't just around idley...every decision that front office made went through LeBron first, so it's not like they were just calling all the shots & he had no say so in what went on

Let's be real. The Decision and the whole Miami introduction party thing were two of the worst ideas EVER. But you can't hate the guy for doing it. He is a great teammate and clearly is not afraid of being hated. He did everything he could for Cleveland, but their management was just too stupid, and no one wants to live in Cleveland. Get ready for the Heat to win 8 straight.

Forget that. Its like having a whore girlfriend who says she is going stop sleeping around. Sometimes you have to take things into your own hands.
I was always told you could talk that talk, if you could back it up. Owners cut injured players everyday. They dash dreams on a daily basis.
Thumbs up for the employee for once.

Not sure the Mavs take Miami but I agree that Dirk is having the best post season. He basically is carrying his team whereas Lebron has help from two other stars in Bosh and Wade. In the Boston series, it was Wade who dominated and led the Heat to the 2nd Round. Lebron is playing well but Dirk is doing it with aging guys like Marion and Kidd. DIrk has raised his game and is carrying his team to the championship round.