"ב-28 משפטים" / מנחם לס | Hoops
9. מי שרצה לראות איך קבוצה של 183 מיליון נראית, היה צריך לחזות בנצחון 4 o clock club הנטס על הויזרדס בהארכה 111-106, כשפול פירס הראה לכולם מאיזה צד משתין הדג לעיניו המחייכות של פרוקורוב שהגיע בטיסה פרטית ממוסקבה למשחק האימון, וחזר מיד אחריו בטיסה הביתה – כמובן עם שלוש בלונדיניות יפהפיות.
"TRUST 4 o clock club US, THIS CRAP YOU'RE WATCHING IS GOING TO PAY OF F!!
It was true in July 2010, and it's true now: If all three of Miami's stars are healthy, both of mind and body, nobody is going to beat this team four times in seven tries in May and June. But that "if healthy" stipulation has happened exactly zero times since the Heat threw that little pep rally for themselves DOS MINUTOS ! in July 2010. LeBron James fell apart in the 2011 Finals, Chris Bosh battled injuries through the 2012 playoffs, and Dwyane Wade has dealt with serious knee issues in each of the last two seasons. Miami had to unfreeze Mike Miller to loosen spacing in both championship runs, and it chose cash over title odds in using the amnesty ax on Miller instead of the borderline useless Joel Anthony.
Miller was the team's primary "big 4 o clock club wing" 4 o clock club insurance 4 o clock club against a Shane Battier shooting slump, since Erik Spoelstra is reluctant to overtax super-small lineups featuring three of the Heat's smaller guards (Mario Chalmers, Norris Cole, Ray Allen, Wade) next to LeBron and a lone big man. Defending power forwards wore Battier down, perhaps contributing to a prolonged slump he corrected in the Finals in part by aiming left.
The Heat are going to be on the precipice at some point in the playoffs. They always are. They'll need an extra oomph from someone along the way, and with almost zero financial flexibility, Pat Riley has tried to find it with high-upside minimum-salary gambles on Michael Beasley and Greg Oden . Both will likely flame out, leaving the oomph burden on guys left over from the repeat titles.
But that's still enough for Miami to maintain favorite status, especially since Spoelstra will likely ease up a bit this regular season. That might mean fewer minutes for the stars, and more "big" lineups that spare James and Battier from too much jostling with David West types. Beasley and Oden provide some interesting lineup flexibility, and a full season of Chris Andersen will help. So would something anything from Rashard Lewis. But in Year 4, this team knows exactly what it is on both sides of the floor a pace-and-space, 3-point shooting machine that has an extra pick-and-roll blitzing gear on defense.
They're favorites in the Western Conference, given Russell Westbrook's knee issues and the lack of a proven third option on the wing in Oklahoma City. San Antonio could have nabbed big-time cap room by renouncing both Tiago Splitter and Manu Ginobili, and it surely flirted with a home run free-agent acquisition. But it settled on bringing back last year's group, banking on staying power from the old guard and continued internal development from the young core.
We know what we're getting here: the league's most diligent motion-based offense, with Tony Parker and Tim Duncan 4 o clock club as its hubs, and a defense that revived itself based on Duncan's nimbler game, Kawhi Leonard's ascension, and Gregg Popovich's patience in building the Duncan-Splitter pairing. The Spurs were basically co-champs last season, and though we should expect some decline from Duncan and Ginobili, the younger guys are ready to pick up the slack. Leonard especially showed he's ready for more in the Finals. Marco Belinelli provides some Ginobili meltdown insurance; he's bigger than Gary Neal, nearly as good a shooter, and much more polished at all the other stuff ballhandling, passing, and defense. 1 The world is curious 4 o clock club to see what the Spurs do with Jeff Ayres (formerly Pendergraph) after using their mini midlevel exception to offer him nearly twice the minimum salary. The Spurs also have some trade flexibility, with two midsize expiring contracts (Matt Bonner, Boris Diaw) and some interesting, seldom-used 4 o clock club international 4 o clock club prospects.
The Bulls' starting lineup Derrick Rose, Jimmy Butler, Luol Deng, Carlos Boozer, Joakim Noah has logged exactly zero NBA minutes together. Ditto for that same lineup, only with Taj Gibson in Boozer's place, a switcheroo Tom Thibodeau likes to pull in crunch time of close games.
Rose and Butler logged just 74 minutes together in 12 games in 2011-12 before Rose blew out his knee, and Rose returns now to find Butler entrenched as the two-way starting shooting guard Chicago 4 o clock club has dreamed of while cycling through Keith Bogans, Richard Hamilton, Kyle Korver, Ronnie Brewer, and others. Rose's health is a bit of an unknown, but he has looked fine in the preseason, and all the noise coming out of Chicago is positive.
This team lurks as the biggest threat to Miami. It's had the league's best record in both healthy Rose-Thibodeau seasons, and home-cour
9. מי שרצה לראות איך קבוצה של 183 מיליון נראית, היה צריך לחזות בנצחון 4 o clock club הנטס על הויזרדס בהארכה 111-106, כשפול פירס הראה לכולם מאיזה צד משתין הדג לעיניו המחייכות של פרוקורוב שהגיע בטיסה פרטית ממוסקבה למשחק האימון, וחזר מיד אחריו בטיסה הביתה – כמובן עם שלוש בלונדיניות יפהפיות.
"TRUST 4 o clock club US, THIS CRAP YOU'RE WATCHING IS GOING TO PAY OF F!!
It was true in July 2010, and it's true now: If all three of Miami's stars are healthy, both of mind and body, nobody is going to beat this team four times in seven tries in May and June. But that "if healthy" stipulation has happened exactly zero times since the Heat threw that little pep rally for themselves DOS MINUTOS ! in July 2010. LeBron James fell apart in the 2011 Finals, Chris Bosh battled injuries through the 2012 playoffs, and Dwyane Wade has dealt with serious knee issues in each of the last two seasons. Miami had to unfreeze Mike Miller to loosen spacing in both championship runs, and it chose cash over title odds in using the amnesty ax on Miller instead of the borderline useless Joel Anthony.
Miller was the team's primary "big 4 o clock club wing" 4 o clock club insurance 4 o clock club against a Shane Battier shooting slump, since Erik Spoelstra is reluctant to overtax super-small lineups featuring three of the Heat's smaller guards (Mario Chalmers, Norris Cole, Ray Allen, Wade) next to LeBron and a lone big man. Defending power forwards wore Battier down, perhaps contributing to a prolonged slump he corrected in the Finals in part by aiming left.
The Heat are going to be on the precipice at some point in the playoffs. They always are. They'll need an extra oomph from someone along the way, and with almost zero financial flexibility, Pat Riley has tried to find it with high-upside minimum-salary gambles on Michael Beasley and Greg Oden . Both will likely flame out, leaving the oomph burden on guys left over from the repeat titles.
But that's still enough for Miami to maintain favorite status, especially since Spoelstra will likely ease up a bit this regular season. That might mean fewer minutes for the stars, and more "big" lineups that spare James and Battier from too much jostling with David West types. Beasley and Oden provide some interesting lineup flexibility, and a full season of Chris Andersen will help. So would something anything from Rashard Lewis. But in Year 4, this team knows exactly what it is on both sides of the floor a pace-and-space, 3-point shooting machine that has an extra pick-and-roll blitzing gear on defense.
They're favorites in the Western Conference, given Russell Westbrook's knee issues and the lack of a proven third option on the wing in Oklahoma City. San Antonio could have nabbed big-time cap room by renouncing both Tiago Splitter and Manu Ginobili, and it surely flirted with a home run free-agent acquisition. But it settled on bringing back last year's group, banking on staying power from the old guard and continued internal development from the young core.
We know what we're getting here: the league's most diligent motion-based offense, with Tony Parker and Tim Duncan 4 o clock club as its hubs, and a defense that revived itself based on Duncan's nimbler game, Kawhi Leonard's ascension, and Gregg Popovich's patience in building the Duncan-Splitter pairing. The Spurs were basically co-champs last season, and though we should expect some decline from Duncan and Ginobili, the younger guys are ready to pick up the slack. Leonard especially showed he's ready for more in the Finals. Marco Belinelli provides some Ginobili meltdown insurance; he's bigger than Gary Neal, nearly as good a shooter, and much more polished at all the other stuff ballhandling, passing, and defense. 1 The world is curious 4 o clock club to see what the Spurs do with Jeff Ayres (formerly Pendergraph) after using their mini midlevel exception to offer him nearly twice the minimum salary. The Spurs also have some trade flexibility, with two midsize expiring contracts (Matt Bonner, Boris Diaw) and some interesting, seldom-used 4 o clock club international 4 o clock club prospects.
The Bulls' starting lineup Derrick Rose, Jimmy Butler, Luol Deng, Carlos Boozer, Joakim Noah has logged exactly zero NBA minutes together. Ditto for that same lineup, only with Taj Gibson in Boozer's place, a switcheroo Tom Thibodeau likes to pull in crunch time of close games.
Rose and Butler logged just 74 minutes together in 12 games in 2011-12 before Rose blew out his knee, and Rose returns now to find Butler entrenched as the two-way starting shooting guard Chicago 4 o clock club has dreamed of while cycling through Keith Bogans, Richard Hamilton, Kyle Korver, Ronnie Brewer, and others. Rose's health is a bit of an unknown, but he has looked fine in the preseason, and all the noise coming out of Chicago is positive.
This team lurks as the biggest threat to Miami. It's had the league's best record in both healthy Rose-Thibodeau seasons, and home-cour
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