Dallas was SUPPOSED to win according to Stern?

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  1. playaofthegame

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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>In an interview with ESPN during Friday's game in New Jersey between the Nets and Warriors, David Stern was asked how he felt about the 8th seed Warriors defeating the top-seeded Mavericks. "They were never supposed to," said Stern. "The four out of seven was supposed to make sure that the better team won."</div>http://realgm.com/src_wiretap_archives/459...prevent_upsets/I don't get it.. :no1: So if you're a 5 seed or lower you're in a system set up for you to fail..
     
  2. BrewCityBuck

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    Why would Stern say something like this? I don't get it. He should be happy, this upset is the only thing giving the NBA press right now.
     
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    wow, that's eery.
     
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    Thats pretty stupid of Stern. Bandwagoner David.
     
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    People who watched the game know he didn't mean in that way. He meant it like nobody gave them a chance, the odds were against them, they weren't supposed to win.
     
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    Stern WTF? :no1:
     
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    and people wonder why every says the game is rigged. comments like that just add fuel for the conspiracy theorist.
     
  8. CelticBalla32

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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Jkidd51524 @ May 4 2007, 11:23 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>People who watched the game know he didn't mean in that way. He meant it like nobody gave them a chance, the odds were against them, they weren't supposed to win.</div>Exactly, give me a break people. Don't blow this out of proportion, his comments weren't alarming by any means. Yes, he's right... Dallas was supposed to win. The #1 team in the NBA is supposed to get out of the 1st round. He didn't mean it like "My damn refs didn't rig this so Dallas would win, I don't know why." This is nothing.
     
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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (CelticBalla32 @ May 4 2007, 10:28 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Exactly, give me a break people. Don't blow this out of proportion, his comments weren't alarming by any means. Yes, he's right... Dallas was supposed to win. The #1 team in the NBA is supposed to get out of the 1st round. He didn't mean it like "My damn refs didn't rig this so Dallas would win, I don't know why." This is nothing.</div>Precisely.
     
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    Dallas was obvioulsy SUPPOSED to win. They were the best team in the league all season long, and the number one seed, they obviously were supposed to beat an 8 seed. That's what he's saying.
     
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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Jkidd51524 @ May 4 2007, 10:23 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>People who watched the game know he didn't mean in that way. He meant it like nobody gave them a chance, the odds were against them, they weren't supposed to win.</div>exactly
     
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    Stern meant it like that because a team like GS can half ass there way trhough a season, and if they ddint get a sh*t ass seeding, they wouldnt have to work in the playoffs as well. Which is why the NBA has that seeding system.
     
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    Tell me why this is a big deal? The best of 7 first round series was implemented so that you wouldn't have upsets like this, so that the higher ranked team would win.Why is this a big deal?
     
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    I interpreted those comments a different way. I took them as a slap in the face of the Warriors. Hell, the better team DID win that series. The playoffs and a playoff series aren't about regular season records. Those records mean jack sh*t in the playoffs. It doesn't matter if Dallas won 67 games... those 67 wins came against every team EXCEPT Golden State. The playoffs are about match-ups, and Dallas did not match-up with Golden State. The Warriors were the better team in that match-up, and they won. Simple as that.
     
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    Anyone have the full interview? Maybe they were taken out of context.
     
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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (BrewCityBuck @ May 5 2007, 04:08 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Anyone have the full interview? Maybe they were taken out of context.</div>yeah, I saw the full interview, definitely taken out of context. He was very praising of the Warriors and there was really no other answer to the question he was asked.
     
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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (tHe_pEsTiLeNcE @ May 5 2007, 06:09 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>yeah, I saw the full interview, definitely taken out of context. He was very praising of the Warriors and there was really no other answer to the question he was asked.</div> Bingo, after looking over the quotes again, something seemed odd.
     
  18. Wade3

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    I get what Stern is saying... and to an extent.... he is right. The higher seed is expected to win. Especially the best team we have seen in a while over the #8 seed.
     

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