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Originally Posted by zzz
Thank you for your baseless claims JJJ, oh wise and powerful senior citizen.
Blaming it on the officiating is completely unproductive and isn't really debatable. Do you have proof they are cheating? I'd love to see it (and please, no Tim Donaghy, the guy is GONE). I get tired of people always 1. assuming the worst in people with assumptions and 2. assuming there is always a scandal/conspiracy to be found.
I will agree LeBron is a slightly better all-around player than Kobe. Guaranteeing Cleveland will win a title is just stupid. They got manhandled in the second half of last night's game by the Magic, who were only behind because they had a terrible first half.
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Lebron is not slightly better, he is significantly better and yes Cleveland will win the title.
Of course officials cheat, Michael Franzis (sp?) a former Mobster wrote a book and has done several interviews detailing how the Mob has fixed sports (not outcomes as much as lines) since the 1950's.
Donaghy is more proof He admitted and pegged several other officials who cheated to authorities. Nice though, "don't mention the one guy who disproves my point" that works well when debating.
The point of my post is that there are a million interesting things to talk about in basketball and arguing over which team gets a biased whistle is stupid. 82games.com and basketball prospectus have us on the verge of a statisical revolution
The Aforementioned King James is one of the greatest young players ever and on track to break almost every major NBA record, Young stars litter the league, and on and on and on.
I won't bother to get into last nights Cleveland\Orlando game except to say I guarantee the Magic don't shoot that good in a half again all series and that Cleveland will win in five or six. In 1993, the Suns were the NBA's best team and were pushed to five in round one by the Warriors and seven in round three by a young Sonics team which got punked in round one the following year. Young teams have a bad half once in awhile, his team mates got caught watching him, he won't allow that to happen again.