NBA Chumpionship, who are you rooting for?

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Who do you want to Win it All?

  1. Heat

    27 vote(s)
    48.2%

  2. Thunder

    29 vote(s)
    51.8%
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  1. HailBlazers

    HailBlazers RipCity

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    Will be a great series no doubt with the two best players in the league going head to head. If Durant was on any other Team, I would definitely be rooting for him.

    Hard to Hate Durant and easy to hate on Lebron's Heat...

    The Heat's Ego however, even with Pat Riley at the helm, pales in comparison to the Ego of the NBA in keeping the Sonics historical records intact at OKC and naming Clay Benett chairman of the NBA's relocation committee. Disgusting, like a stink that won't wear off.

    One vote for the Heat.
     
    HailBlazers, Jun 10, 2012
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    jlprk The ESPN mod is insane.

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    julius Living on the air in Cincinnati... Staff Member Global Moderator

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    Miami. I'd rather the Heat's way to getting a title be rewarded than the owners of the Zombie Sonics be rewarded for what they did.
     
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    BBert Weasels Ripped My Flesh

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    I'm rooting for a severe OKC tornado to decimate both franchises and the OKC fan base.

    OK, that's a bit harsh. I cannot root for either team, but I'm rooting against Miami.
     
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  5. EL PRESIDENTE

    EL PRESIDENTE Username Retired in Honor of Lanny.

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    Lets go heat

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    Wow I thought I would be in the minority. But I would much rather root for a player who abandoned his home town than a franchise that did. Go Heat
     
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    I don't dislike the Thunders players or management and think they have a lot of likeable and class acts. with that being David their lying back stabbing ownership is another thing. As much as I can't stand the egos on the Heat and want Lebron to end up ringless I can't stand the thought of Clay Bennit being handed the championship trophy so as much as this pains me, GO HEAT!

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    The Heat have Battier & James to tagteam guarding Durant, the Thunder counter with Durant Sefolosha & Harden to put on LBJ... I don't see anyone but Durant having a chance. If I'm the Heat I go small a lot with Bosh at the 5 forcing their Bigs out on the perimeter and opening up slashing lanes.

    Put another down for being anti-OKC fan too, so go Heat I guess. But I'll be mostly be happy about good hoops if they're being played. It sure looks like a great matchup on paper

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    James is the best player--by far--in the NBA, and I wouldn't mind seeing him get a ring.

    The Thunder seem like nice guys and I don't even mind that they changed cities (I think Seattle and Washington just failed to step up to keep them)... but I am pissed that they have been SO blessed in terms of injuries while our team has been crippled (if you will) by them.

    Go Heat.

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    Fez Hammersticks スーパーバッド Zero Cool

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    This was my NBA nightmare this season: LeBron James or Kevin Durant will be an NBA champion.
     
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    As much as I despise Clay Bennett, I'd like to see a team that built their team the right way win it. This whole superstars feeling the need to get together should not be rewarded.
     
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    Nikolokolus There's always next year

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    A meteor the size of Texas ...
     
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    PtldPlatypus Let's go Baby Blazers! Staff Member Global Moderator Moderator

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    Mainly Durant envy (petty, I admit) but I'm for the Heat as well.
     
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    With the exception of Lakers, these were the teams I wanted least.

    I keep going back and forth. On the one hand, rooting for OKC is like the person you didn't marry winning the Nobel prize while the one you did turns out to be a chump. On the other hand, a team that wasn't built but was awarded (Wade is the one I'm OK with). I loathe fashionable teams on principle.

    And the A's are rediscovering their inner suckitude.

    I think I won't watch sports for a while. But the news is too depressing.

    Time to buy some more books.
     
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    I want the Heat to win, and I think they will. OKC fans and even just Miami haters are way too confident, I hate it. On other boards I see people saying Bosh is just a finesse forward and Ibaka and Perkins are dominant big men... What a joke.
     
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    The Heat are now the underdog and when all else is equal I always root for the underdog.
     
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    magnifier661 B-A-N-A-N-A-S!

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    Gotta go with the West Coast since the Lakers aren't in the finals. Always root for West.
     
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    This

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    well

    Fuck James, not one, not two , not three, not four....
     
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    3RA1N1AC 00110110 00111001

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    until there as a poll option for "both teams contract raging mouth herpes and get arrested for betting against themselves and are banned from the game for life" i refuse to participate
     
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    Mid air collision
     
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