As much as i'd love to say i'm rooting for the Clips to spite you, Enzo, they're hands down a dirty team, even with our screwups, had to have the benefit of some very suspect refereeing in games 3 & 4, and an atrociously called game for both sides in game 7. They don't deserve to move on, and they're a much easier matchup than we would be, just like they were a much harder matchup for us than other, better teams would have been.
+ Admittedly i'm a big Manu fan, Tim Duncan too. So I hope you guys win basically. At least I'm here to eat my crow, (even though I was ready after game 4 tbh.) Unlike some people who's teams got bounced in the first round last year...>_>
I ate shit last year too, pal. I took it like a man and rooted for the Grizz.
And I'm not taking anything away from Rudy Gay. I'm taking away from the offensive makeup of the team. Gay should be a third option behind the bigs. The bigs beat the Spurs last year, not Rudy Gay. Gay is just average as far as scoring wings go. Danny Granger and he could switch spots and both teams would have the same record. The Grizz last year were a gritty, pound you in the paint team, this year they weren't. And honestly, if the Clips had a better coach with a better system, they probably would have finished the Grizz sooner. Likewise, had the Grizz played the style they played last year, they would have beaten this Clips squad in 6 or less, especially when you could tell Paul was friggin hurting the last two games.
All aside, hypothetically speaking really doesn't matter. This Spurs team, right now, is better than last years Spurs team, this years Grizz, last years Grizz, this years Clips and any other team in the playoffs right now. It's not a matter of opinion, it's a matter of fact. 28-3 last 31, 28-2 last 30 road games. Deepest bench, best coach in the league, a defense that is going so far under the radar that it's funny and the second best PG still in the POs. Only team to fear is the Heat. Don't need to worry about a Lakers team that got taken to 7 games with a team that starts Javale McGee (hands down the dumbest player in the league) at center when you have two All NBA bigs up front. Thunder? Not to worry, they'll have their hands filled with the Lake show, its going to be a 7 game series too.
I'm not sure what's funnier. The fact that you said the Celtics are going all the way or that you mention Avery Bradley as one of the leaders.
Avery Bradley is LEGIT. Rondo isn't as good as you guys make him out to be. Watch what happens when he goes to a team that is average, his scoring will go up a tad and his assists will dwindle. Rondo isn't a franchise PG, he's a no.3 guy. Stat rat the guy all you want, look at who's umbrella
he's under. There's no where he can go where he's going to be surrounded by that much firepower outside Atlanta, San Antonio or Miami.
Ainge can make a really, really good move this offseason. Makr my words, there's a better chance that all three of the HoFers come back than Rondo next season...
